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No matter how much time is spent sleeping, or napping, every time I face the computer to do my work, I feel tired. :(

Had a nice korean meal & ice-cream for lunch with cab, fang & gla. I decided to return home after that instead of going back to school. Guess that wasn't the best choice cause I fell asleep on my huge bed the moment I reached my room. Then I was late in meeting my family for dinner... thankfully still acceptably late though.

The thing about naps is that they make me have flu. No, really. My nose has been running since I got up from my nap and I have no idea when it'll stop. This always happens to me :( but I guess this is still better than my friend who has the fever every time she naps. -__-

Ah well. Back to *tiredly* doing my project work. Y SO MUCH TO DO!

day shots

Photos always look prettier when you take them in daylight! Both shots taken and edited with my phone. I think the quality's not bad! (: Oh and yes, we were all in school. This term break = project timeeeeee. Beats getting holed up at home for 3 weeks~

think.

I was just looking at the newly updated documentaday posts and I had this sudden feeling that Singapore really is different from the rest of the world. Every country, every place is different.. but the way those people led their lives seem so carefree.. and happily. Unlike most of us here who seem to get caught in the rat race.

Is it really not enough to live life simply and not hanker to be the best, or to aim to be a somebody? I asked my family that, and their replies were a unanimous "No." In Singapore, that isn't enough. To find a means to survive, you've got to at least have plans for yourself. Which I don't have. :/

Here in poly, we set out with the goal of entering the uni of our choice. The problem is, most of us don't even know what we want to do with our lives. I feel like I'm forced to make a decision on what I want to do, and much too quickly.

Anyway, I've decided what to do for part of Christmas. (Woo, a decision!). And I need to find the time to shop for presents. Who will be there to hand me the money?! :( Feeling very much poorer this semester cause I don't have additional income. Ah, life.....

11 NOV & 4/2

A week ago, my upper secondary class had a gathering. It it was refreshing to see everyone again since the last time I met up with them was during chinese new year. Come to think of it, social media is really important for keeping track of friends. How many of your own outings were organized through facebook?

And for those whom I've not seen since graduation (weiyao and perry), keeping track of their faces through fb made me not-so-shocked when I saw them again. Hahah.

Made use of the toilet break to take a few photos..

With clara and qi'en!

Time for me to focus on attention on the @^#&!* RMTR report again. Srsly can't wait till I submit the completed report at lvl 9. Will be heading to another bbq gathering later, for my lower secondary class. Think the turnout will be even smaller though..

adayinmylife

Today, I shall record a day in the life of a TRMK student.

I woke up at 10.30am, washed up and continued on my notes. Finished my handwritten notes on lecture 04 and went downstairs to cook a maggi mee feast for myself & my sister. Came back upstairs and ate while surfing the net. Continued reading on lecture 05 and found myself inching towards my bed from the table. Sat on my bed and studied the lecture notes.

At around 2.30pm, fell asleep with a bunch of notes on my hand and another few pieces on my face. Woke up momentarily at 4pm and saw a piece of rumpled paper beside my face. Thought, "Oh, I fell asleep..." and dozed off again.

Got up at 4.30pm and felt an ache in my shoulders. Oh no....

Anway, the time fast forwards to now and I still have the ache in my shoulders. Feeling very bored of studying this module (nvm, only a few hours more to go!) and not look forward to the submission of the retail management report, zzzzz.. How exciting, huh. Am kinda worried that I won't be able to fall asleep later due to my afternoon nap. how how how..

yawn;

So, it was survey day at the sitting area along merlion park. It horrendously sunny and I could feel myself getting tanner with each moment spent in the sunlight. Hope the both of you are feeling better.. please rest well!

It was a full day spent outside.. went to jurong point in the evening to meet my family for dinner and I even had supper outside after. Am seriously tired, but there's still e-learning assignments on hand waiting to be done :/ Wish me luck in surviving the long week ahead!!

shoot;

Last Sunday's brunch. It was raining heavily when we had the dim sum! :}

The kinder surprise cheated our feelings >:(

It was supposed to contain shrek toys but obviously didn't!

Resting our legs while waiting for the chartered bus at Sentosa!

Celebrated Hari Raya Haji making tourists do surveys.

My toy from the kinder surprise..

An ugly-looking blue surfer dude (which i threw away shortly after).

Fion's toy. A monster/robot/extra-terrestrial? For you to decide...

Hair, please grow quickly!! :/

time rewind

It's been a long time since we last took a photo together, gla!

From the day we had our XLB buffet.

We are the worse people to eat buffet, ate so little!!

The day we failed to capture the chinese tour group @ esplanade.

Milo toast & honey lemon :)

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So my family met up for dinner yesterday night to celebrate Tong & Claire's birthday and my dad and aunty christine turned up in matching spectacles.. so now the entire family wears black rectangular frames! Minus my brother, of course, who doesn't require spectacles to actually be able to see.

And I finally bought christmas lights today! Haven't put them up yet, but i'm anticipating to see what they will look like when I finally do :) I've always mentioned that I want a room to myself and it's finally confirmed to be happening in about a month's time. Should be feeling happy, but I'm kinda sad at the same time cause that means that I'll be lonely! Humans sure are hard to satisfy, huh..

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Had my first taste of an argument today. But it wasn't really one. I'm just too (physically) tired to explain, want to sleep so badly. And I really, genuinely couldn't rack up my brain to remind myself what I was thinking of just moments before.. oh well. Wonder if I'll sleep well like this, leaving an issue hanging in mid-air as such.

daily imagery

Familiar picture? Photos on the wall against my table :)

Potato chips from Sweden, courtesy of IKEA

Hmmmhm, nom nom nom..

Picture from Bird Park outing; Toucan looking suspiciously like a lizard

From Kpop Night on 25th October. I wish we were closer to the idols!

(click to zoom in on picture & try to identify them, haha)

wild ramble

I may be afraid or incapable of typing down everything that I feel here in this little space of mine, but it doesn't mean that I don't think; A LOT. But it gets tiring, and sometimes all I want to do is relax and enjoy the moment, without wasting brain power thinking about the future which is so uncertain.

There are some changes ahead set in my life and I'm looking forward to them :} Being stationary for too long is quite stifling!

It's all in the mind

All it takes for it to be a good day is to condition the mind properly before a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, I didn't, so my day is starting up pretty darn lousy :( in addition to being late for my first TRMK tutorial, (despite sitting in a taxi right now), I brought my laptop charger out with me when I don't have any use for it in the first place.

Morning talk

It's 8am, and once again I'm up before my multiple alarms start ringing. It's happened thrice thrice this week and trust me, I always always wake up long after my alarms command me to during the previous semesters. Perhaps internship did help to turn my body clock back to getting used to human waking hours!

Saturday was only 5 days back but it kinda felt like a lifetime ago already. I saw the people who brought me into Kpop (빅뱅!) and I can probably say that i've lived without any regrets, except that I still really want to see them, BEAST and 2pm (for the first time) again live in action.

Sometimes things happen when you don't expect them to (and pretty quickly, at that). I've been wondering if I've made the right decision especially since this semester is going to be particularly difficult and stressful. But I'm hoping that I would be able to cope with everything well and eventually emerge a happy person with satisfactory/good grades. It is possible to keep a balance of things right? Dear friends, please guide me along!!

Ah, time to start getting ready for school. Blog, see you again when I feel particularly inspired (or happen to be up early again)!

Leaving, soon

Last day of work today! I still remember first stepping into the company, my first impressions of everyone and will never forget the wacky antics of these people. Was supposed to end work on 13 august, but that kept extending my time here till I couldn't extend anymore due to the start of school.

I made several interesting discoveries about my own behavior. When stressed.. talking to oneself, snacking and sometimes crying it out is the best method to handle it. Silly mistakes are made sometimes, but I accredit it to being young and inexperienced, haha.

Tv time

Feels really relaxing sitting here in the living room with my grandma, sharing a watermelon half among the both of us. Reminds me of the times in 珠海 where all of us constantly ate watermelon for dessert! :) it's best to appreciate these times where I can watch the tv with no feelings of guilt.. When school starts, there won't be such chances anymore!

Posted this from a blogging app, how convenient!

학생

Finally had the feeling of being a student again today. Received results via SMS early in the morning and was talking about school modules throughout lunch time. Only 20 more days of work to go~ school is going to start soon!

Ah and my laptop screen's frame cracked already. I was waiting for it to happen after seeing Glady's poor laptop. But mine's a little more protected since there's a laptop sticker behind the screen and I put scotch tap on the cracked area. Hopefully the tape can hold on to all the bits and pieces securely! It's scary attempting to flip open the screen upon boot-up though, feels like it's gonna give way any time :(

cosy

Travelled all the way to the east for the expo home design exhibition with my family today. All the exhibits were of modern home furnishing and I was bored out of my wits :( This is surprising, since I had wanted to study interior design in poly. Shouldn't this have ~appealed~ to me? But I really do much prefer IKEA.. Scandinavian > modern decor!

The month of October is gonna be an exciting one. Grades for the internship semester will be out on the 1st (4 days time!), quite likely to get a new phone in about a week's time and I'm looking forward to the Kpop Night concert!! :D

chirp chirp

I'm really glad to spend my off days out with friends having fun. The bird park was great, and night safari was kinda creepy but I don't mind going to either again soon. If only I had a lifetime of free passes to the zoo, bird park and safari!!! I'd make friends with my favourite animals :)

spin around

sleeping late, sleeping late. i really should get rid of this bad habit and stamp it out of my life!! with only 4.5hr of sleep and an 11-hour work day ahead, it's no wonder that i always seem to be falling sick :( bed, now. bye!

just maybe

tomorrow, my sister & her bf will be queueing at JP's singtel early in the morning to get their hands on the iphone4. kind of reminds me of how i wanted to queue for the kpop night tickets.. but this is much less madness of course. anyway, my sister might be able to help me get one too but it's a difficult process cause we're getting new plans under my dad's name; new numbers, yadda yadda yadda. thus it's highly likely that she'll only get one for herself but we'll see how things go...

my expenses for the past month have been much higher than usual, with a new camera, trip overseas, kpop night tix and it'll have to stop! but i don't feel much of a pinch cause i'm working now. the f&c outlet at JP is currently renovating, which makes it okay for me not to return for the moment i guess. at my current workplace.. after my colleague returns from maternity leave in a week's time i'll be unsure of my standing too. but there's always another way out, another role to play, so there isn't much to worry about for the moment.

right now, i'm just looking forward to (and yet somewhat dreading) the start of the new semester at school :)

Up, up and away!

Haha, this was what I came home to upon returning from overseas 2 weeks back. Isn't my brother the sweetest thing ever? He downloaded and added "Up" to my hard-disk cause I've been lamenting to him that I want to watch the movie :} I've no time to watch it for the time being but I will soon!

Today's the day I finally found the courage to speak the Korean language to actual Korean people/tourists [other than my song saeng nim (teacher), that is] only to get looks of shock in response, along with them repeating what I said happily. Or maybe they were just shocked... I don't know. They managed to correct my sentence into something more meaningful. Instead of 'pls follow me version 1 (请跟着我)', it became 'pls follow me version 2 (请跟我走)'. Guess it'll be useful for work. Hahaha! :)

bubble tea

I miss the cheap bubble tea from 50岚!! 90% sweet milk tea + pudding (yummy. they don't seem to have this in sg!) + large pearls + regular ice. Plus, it's only about $1.50! Mix and match to your liking with no added cost~

The perfect combination... *__*

week-long dream

Hihihi, being home feels good :) Reached home at around 1am this morning and spent the rest of the day mooching around the house, unpacking my luggage and surfing the net (of course). The previous week feels like a dream which ended rather abruptly. One moment we were in Taiwan, taking the 捷运 and walking at their street markets... the next moment, it seems, I'm already home sitting on my bed. :(

Nonetheless, I had fun with fang fang, cab & dao dao! It's my first trip to tw and I had no expectations of that place (no idea what it will look like, etc) but it was alright. Good looking youngsters everywhere (why isn't it like that in Singapore??), cheap street food and the uncountable number of shops between alleys. We can never have such stores cause the land is so carefully planned out.. where can you find so many alleys? Oh and the Taiwanese we encountered were so helpful & courteous, quite different from the typical kiasu Singaporean us locals always complain about. hahahha.

I'll be facing reality again tmr morning.. will be returning to work at the company and don my striped (macdonalds look-alike) uniform again.

It's 2:20AM now, time to sleep.

i'll be back

Hello, I'm probably up in the air on a plane as you read this post. This is my first actual trip overseas with friends and I hope that it'll be a fun trip tasting lots of good food and visiting taiwan's attractions! Be prepared for lots of pictures and words later on~

Till we meet again when I return to Singapore on the 28th, bye!

bits & pieces of life

went out to the central area for awhile in the afternoon

the street where my home is located for now

a cactus on the ledge of the low wall in the backyard

the cutest grandma ever.

my august 20th

Took a look at these faces as I stepped in front of my table!

Mmm, looking good today :)

It was drizzling slightly as I walked to bukit batok mrt station.

Had yummy & juicy Guo Tie for lunch @ chinatown w/ gla!

I think the guy at the cashier's darn cute. Hahah.

My first ever cup of Koi bubble tea. It was alright..

Walked by an indian temple with the most interesting entrance.

"Stalked" tall caucasians. Nah, kidding.

They just happened to be walking in front of us.

Returned home to find my grandma preparing dinner!

walk the talk

my squeaky shoes from gmarket~

lovely view from near the double helix bridge!

cab & gla, thanks for the great day :)

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will upload the rest of the photos onto facebook later on! good night for now.

nativity

my room in all its messy glory

My new camera's a black beauty and I love it :) What shall I name it?

So, the dreaded report has been completed + submitted and internship is over! The six months sure sped by quickly.. can still clearly remember the first day I reported for work all blur and clueless. Anw, only several more days of lazing around and spending time with my new-found freedom before I'm setting off to Taiwan for a short trip! It feels great when there's something to look forward to~