Walk Apart

Today's BS was cancelled again. Guess the lesson has been postponed for about two weeks now. It juz happened so often that my timing and Shuhui's timing doesn't fit each other. Well, hope that next week will be better off ba. :)

Watching Full House again nowadays. The show still touches me as much as before. I guess a love story that never come smooth seems to be the theme of every korean dramas. And the morale behind it? The same old line -- "True love never run smooth."

Valentine's Day is approaching and being single, I have to confess I don't really look forward to it. That day will remind me of certain past that I doesn't want to recall. No matter how sweet they are, some dreams are just never meant to come true.

I remember those sweet Valentine's Day when I spent with my other half then. Or not only that day itself, but many other times. My other half in the past used to call me HMW...what it means I won't tell the others. I love those bouquets of flowers, those expensive gifts, and those nice dinners at the exquisite restaurants. But they are not the things that can touch me much deep within.

Sometimes, when certain things have passed so long but yet you can still remember them clearly like yesterday, these are the things that really move you or make you truly happy. All I remember of that relationship now are those dinners when we bought food packets from Carrefour and sit by the fountain and happily enjoy our duck rice together. There is another time when we bought cups of instant noodles from 7-11 at Sentosa and have them on the beach. Making rice dumplings with his family, simply sitting there and listening to music together in his room, or even accompany him with his family for dinner or back to camp are juz so much better than shopping or watching movies. All these are the little details in life that are left unnoticed. Yet they seem to be the toughest times to be forgotten.

Watching Full House now reminds me back of all these. Little details in life truly can bring two persons together, being there to know each other, to listen to each other, and even being there for the other person are so much more blissful than trying to do something out of it. That's why Ronan Keating will sing "you say it best...when you say nothing at all."

Almost 2 years have passed now and I always thought I have forgotten about them. But yet I realise I haven't. I didn't know about it myself too. I guess I have tried so many times, yet it still failed. I know it will still hurt if I know he will see someone new. Yet it even hurts me so much more when I know he tried to love someone yet it doesn't come out the way he wishes it to be. I have no idea why. I guess I just wish for nothing more than to see him with someone who can make him a much happier person than he was with me. Seeing him happy will make me happy too...isn't this what love is all about? Hahaha...I don't know what I am thinking of now...hahaha...but I know God knows what I am saying...

Looking on the bright side...I will be leaving on 16th Feb to HK to see my parents...YEAH!!! :D And there will be a CNY service on the 15th Feb...the day before I left for HK! Hahaha...everything seems to come right for me on time...whoopie! :P In everyone's eyes I am an independent person, yet I can also be a daddy's girl who simply desire for a family dinner. I envy those who have dinners with their parents every so often. For me, family dinner is rare and only comes in a few times a year. I love them so much...and I miss them so much too. If I have my own family next time, I will make sure to be a loving wife and mother for my family and never let any work or other things to disrupt the love in my family.

Tomorrow has only one lecture and AA206 project discussion after that. There will not be any cgm tomorrow due to Pastor Ulf service on the weekends. Going to the career fair with Vic, Zhiwei and TS. Hahaha...I wonder why I actually want to be there now...juz a bit interested to take a look still...see how ba... :P

Love the song below. Haven't gotten anytime to share it with you guys. Love it as this is how friendship goes sometimes. Cheers to friendship! :)

Walk Apart by Jamie Michael

You keep coming to me, but all you bring is your agenda.

You keep preaching to me, but I don't hear you getting no clearer.

You get a little colder, and your face is so unkind.

Do you ever wonder what your mother's left behind?

We are only people, and people walk apart.

But hold my hand and understand, that this could be the start.

Of something really changing, changing for the good.

I'd go together to the end, with you my friend I would.

So you keep praying for me, when I don't even know your religion.

And you've been planning for me, but all I see is your indecision.

"Love can never be the same taste twice."

Oil painting lesson 2

Lesson today was on dealing with the colours for oil painting. This lesson is much tougher as getting around with the different colours can be pretty messy. Identification of the categories in which the colours belong to is critical in drawing out the feeling that the painting can give. I guess I finally know how to appreciate those great painters now. A painting is certainly not as simple as it seems.

This morning I received a call from RSM Choi Lim regarding the job application that I sent last month. They intended to have an interview with me but I kindly rejected the offer. Glad to hear from them at last as it was a firm that I would consider myself going right after the Big 4. Yet they have called too late anyway. My friend had went for their interview before and the feedback was not good too. So I guess it is a blessing in disguise?! :P Hahaha...but anyway I am satisfied with where I am going now. Thank God for planning my future for me! :D

"Anyone knows why painting classes always start with drawing apples???"

Vivo

On our way to Vivo City.I will never give a miss to my favourite B&J! :PNothing will cheer me up more than a cup of B&J ice cream. :D The new trains that linked Vivo and Sentosa.Dinner @ Earle Swensen's

Chicken baked rice for 2

Evening scene of Sentosa...lovely...lol

Met up with Zhiwei yesterday morning to go for breakfast together at Expo with the rest of the people. Dr A.R. Bernard is the speaker for the service. His words keep me thinking. Sometimes, I wonder if I were in a ministry already. Not the ministry at church, but more of the ministry at the marketplace that he has mentioned. My job, my career path will all be linked to the crucial business segment -- the financial industry. What I can do there is unknown to me. Yet this is the place, the marketplace, that I will be entering into less than half a year.

After lunch, I went out with Joanne after service while most of the others went home. This is my 2nd time at Vivo. Haven't gone out for some time as I have to study. Sometimes, a little shopping therapy helps to raise up my mood manz. :P As usual, I couldn't resist B&J and shared a cup with her. Ice cream is juz the best thing on earth that I need whenever I feel troubled and tired. Hahaha...sounds like a kid hor? :P

Received Yimin's sms that she will be going to UK for exchange. Hahaha...how come everyone is going Europe for exchange?! Hahaha...good good...I guess I can see more people over at Europe there in May ba...lol

Dinner I had it at the Earle Swensen's at Vivo City there as I haven't had a nice meal at all ever since mummy is not around. Thought the food there will be similar to Swensen's one but it is NOT! In fact, pretty bad rating for it coz the baked rice is not really up to the satisfaction level. The portion is huge but the cheesy taste is not enough. The bacon bits on the baked rice make it taste a bit funny too. Besides, it is also more expensive than the normal Swensen's. Well, unless you really came here for the seaview like us, it is not a restaurant that you should have a high expectation on the quality of the food. :P

"There goes another weekend and revisions start again. *pout* :/"

Ice cream! :D

We manage to make our Cornetto last till we got back. :P

Sometimes, we juz have to indulge a little in the sinful temptation.

Went out with Hanjie for dinner today. We decided to go to the coffee shop at City Harvest there for the meal. Both of us were thrilled by the small scale pasar malam at the extension.

Getting our ice cream cone at 7-11 store has a long story to tell. Hahaha...kinda a coincidence that we had the same thing in our minds at that moment we passed the stall. Yet for a sentence that I have made, we both rejected that sinful temptation at first. Nevertheless, we decided to give in and give ourselves a better treat today. Was it because of the same stress we were both getting that we need something to make our mood lighten up and smile a little more? Or are we 'infected' with the similar character...the greed for ice cream? :P Hahaha...lol

I am glad that the rain had finally stopped now...which means I can finally go JOGGING!!! :D Hahaha...it always rain whenever I want to jog. Well, juz hope that I can reach my goal to slim down before I went back to HK for CNY ba...hahaha...lol *bleah*

"The satisfaction that you can get from an ice-cream is always worth all that exercise that you need to do later on. :P"

Full House OST

Curious to watch this show ever since Rain has been a hot topic here. Love this korean drama lots as it is so hilarious. But still I don't think Rain is THAT handsome la...oh well, but he is pretty silly...and pretty cute though. :P Hahaha...lovely cinderalla story again...*bleah* :D

Friday!

I love Friday because it is the end of the busy week and the start of your own study time...or relax time. :)

This week doesn't feel too good as AA206 is getting harder and harder. My dislike for the bonds, options, and all those stuffs seem to be growing more each day. Moreover, my tutor juz warn us today that the financial instruments in the current society is getting more and more complicated each day. Oh man...is this an omen to my future path??? And AA306 is even more scarier than ever. Imagine my AA306 is the advance course of AA206 and I can't even handle that basic strong enough now...*super super stress* :X

Today went to town for a while to get some stuff. Got blessed by Hanjie as she is going there and Lincoln is driving. Manage to get back hall together with her from town and we finally bought our grocery over at NTUC. Really enjoy talking to her about the plans in our future, how much we gonna miss our hall life, what exercise to do together and stuffs. Well, hope our plan to play badminton, jog and swim together will be put into regular action ya? :P Love this neighbour of mine manz...*bleam* :D

Whenever I talked to my friend about leaving hall in less than 5 months, my heart seems to be always heavy. I have never imagined my life staying in hall before I came. Yet I cannot imagine my life living outside my hall now. It will be a life that you cannot possibly ask your friend to go out with you in one minute's time. It will be a life that does not have frequent suppers and late night jogging together in the quietness of NTU. It will be a life that you don't get a birthday surprise at your own room from your friend the instant the hands of the clock strike at midnight. It will be a life when you no longer do things on your own without the surveliance of your parents and siblings at home. It will also be a life that I know I will have to bid farewell to the life at hall forever.

Right now, even I maybe sick of the same food that I ate over the past 3 years here, I just wanna have more of them. Even if the shops nearby sells stuff that are not very interesting, I would not mind going around and simply indulge in a neighbourhood shopping trip. Even when I am too tired, I juz wanna keep jogging more and enjoy every part of NTU more. Even if I know I will be leaving this place that has once shattered my heart, I still want to fight for any chance to linger here longer. The memories of my campus living will not be those sad moments, but forever to stay in my mind will only left with those times that can put a broad smile on my face.

Surfing online, the tour agency finally have put up the itinerary for Europe trips in May to June. A little bit of disappointed as Vincent juz told me that he cannot accompany to go to Europe together as he still got his intersem to take in May. Well, I guess I really have to go alone this time then. Hahaha...but then I think I won't be alone for too long once I found Daryl they all there ba...that will still be my main purpose...lol

This weekend should be a great one with Dr A.R. Bernard being here with us for service. One biggest good news I have come to know is that my hall friend, Zhiwei, has finally accepted Christ at our Xmas service! :D Was a little surprise when he told me that because I remember he told me before that he was not ready for such religious belief when I asked him to come over last time. But thank God that his good friend manage to bring him there and he was touched by His presence. The joy of seeing your friend getting to know God is really the best thing ever. Go Go Jiayou! :D

Guess I will spend my Saturday at my room doing my work and cooking soup and meals. Bought lots of stuffs again to cook. Hahaha...will make full use of my slow cooker manz...lol So soup for anyone? :P

"I dream to paint, and now I will paint my dream."

Oil painting

My first oil painting! :D

I had my first oil painting class yesterday at NAFA, The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Actually, I have been considering taking up this lesson ever since the holidays when Joe brought it up to me that time. It is one of my passion and interest. It fulfills my desire to make good use of my free time and being able to learn something new to refresh myself from my routine work and classes. Thank God for giving me the chance to learn oil painting. Thank God for creating colours in this world that brought such beauty into our lives. :)

The lesson is really very fun and I LOVE IT! :D I am certainly someone who is not good at drawing (as you can see above :P) but like my instructor says, you should not expect your painting to be a photograph of what you are drawing. Art is a subject that should not be spoon fed to us. It is more of a subject that shows your creativity. Or else it will lose its uniqueness...lol

For oil painting, the uniqueness of it as compared to many other arts is its thick texture, its richness in colour that doesn't fade easily, its multi-layers of drawing and its colourful historical culture. Our instructor taught us not to try to perfect it but to be BOLD -- bold in your strokes, bold if your drawing and bold in your colour. Hahaha...I guess this is one part that I like about oil painting because you can anyhow wipe the paint onto the canvass sheet in any direction and not like those kind that you got to be careful not to mix up the strokes. Hahaha...finding some entertainment and beauty out of a mess ya? :P Indeed a nice way to relieve your stress manz...lol

I am happy that I have attended this course as I get to know different people as well. We start off the class by sharing why we attend the class, what we are looking out for in this class and what we want to gain from it. There is a couple who are both proffessionals, a lawyer and a retail buyer (moreover they are both accountants and auditors before they change their line of career) share that they love oil painting and want to have some fun out of it. Then there are coincidentally two IT consultants and a graphic designer who want to make their own oil paintings as buying one from outside will be way too expensive. Others like me seek to take it as a breather from our daily routine work and have some fun here.

All of us come from different areas but yet a piece of oil painting has brought all of us together, sharing the same joy and likings. Like my instructor says,

"Painting is not about making a photograph out of your surroundings.

Painting is about showing the characteristic of the painter."

Hahaha...I am really looking forward to my next class manz...YEAH!

"Cheers to great art! *wink* :D"

Happy Belated Birthday, Tze Shuuan! :)

Our birthday surprise for TS @ his room
Birthday wish is certainly important...but you got to know who is the real birthday boy... :P Cut-the-cake time! :D
How many more birthdays are there for us to celebrate before we leave this place?

Sigh...gonna miss all these fun soon...*sobz*

Our Ingenia culture for birthday people -- the super mixed cocktail!

This is TS at the beginning of the celebration......follow by each one's turn to greet TS with a birthday blessing...

...and here's TS at the end of his celebration...I guess he still enjoy our surprise ya? :P

This is the first and probably the last time we celebrated TS birthday at hall. Caught him surfing internet when we entered his room...hahaha...lol I do wonder if he is really surprised by us coz we kinda make lots of noises at the corridor...hee...but I guess he will still be glad to see us ya? :P Juz hope that he is feeling better by now...hahaha...so much for a birthday surprise manz...

"How I wish that time can stop at all these moments..."

Herbal soup! :)

Step #1: Add water (approx. 2 litres) to the slow cooker.
Step #2: Add sparerib cuts, carrots, golden mushroom (optional) and other food ingredients of your choice.

Step #3: Add the chinese herbals (fungi, waishan, songer etc) into the cooker.

[The herbal used this time is suitable for cooling off the heat inside the body and has detoxifying effect.]Step #4: Heat the mixture until it is boiled.

After the water is boiled, turn down the heat to cook for another 2 hours.

Add salt as desired for tasting. 2 hours later...the soup is ready to be served! :D

Didn't go anywhere these two days as my eye is sore. It is pretty fine now but still a little itchy. By the way, THANK YOU gals for your call...so SWEEEEET of you all! *muackz* :) I am fine and I can't wait to be with you guys again on Thursday!

Make the herbal soup above for myself since Sunday and I probably will finish it by tomorrow. Hahaha...thanks mummy for the recipe to a great soup. Oh well, I am a Cantonese after all ya? :P

Gonna be a little busy this semester as the work load is heavy. But I am somewhat happy about it. Especially for AA306 on consolidation. Read the book yesterday and somehow...I LOVE IT! :P Hahaha...amazing but true! Kinda like reading all the books so far now, maybe except AA206 as I still dislikes bonds and options alot. That module is gonna be tough on me but I believe I can pass through it ba...lol

I am considering of taking up an oil painting course these days. The course is conducted by NAFA and the first lesson will commence tomorrow night. Should I take it up? It only has 8 sessions so it will end in March and probably should not affect my study time for my exam. Besides, I realise I have more time to spare IF I manage my time well enough. I am still thinking about it and I think it will be good for me to get some leisure thing to do to relieve stress I hope. Hahaha...will tell you guys again if I really enrolled myself for the course ya? :)

Sometimes I wonder if the existence of YouTube is a good thing. Kinda addicted to watching Bleach and now FULL HOUSE! :D Hahaha...oh Full House is a korean show that tells a story of a girl who was set up by her friends when they sold all her stuffs during her trip. Accidentally, she met a super star who bought over her house and by many coincidence they become foes who stay under the same roof. They are two person who never get along but yet they soon discovered each other's story and from there love starts to blossom in between this two funny couples. Hahaha...I guess I can never explain how captivating it was until you watched it. The show is simply hilarious! :D

Tomorrow will have another row of lessons in the morning. Hope I can finish my tutorials for tml by then. :P

"In my dream of Ben&Jerry, Venezia, Haagen Diaz, Movenpick, Azumi, Gelarie, Gelato........ :P"

A big question mark?

Took an MC today as I was not feeling well in the morning. My right eye go swollen again and the doctor told me I got sore eye. Don't really wanna go out for the time being as it doesn't look very great. *sad*

Finally it's weekend again and I feel much better now. The work is suffocating me and certainly our tutors never fail to overload us for this final semester that we are still in NTU. *pout* I am really tired...

We got to snatch for the 3 companies today that we are going to work on for our AA206 project. In the end, my group mates inform me that we got Darco, Asiapharm and Keppel at last. They are not really our first choices (our first choices are Capitaland and SPC)...but I hope we can still do much better with these 3 companies.

Cell group yesterday was not really great as many people are absent. It wasn't a good start for the year but yet I guess it shouldn't last. Thank God for Amanda and Kenneth to be with us again. The message was repeated again from what we had in the service about the common mandate and the common grace we experienced from God through our culture, like how God will choose to speak to us through the media such as movies, music etc.

Sometimes it puzzled me how God wants me to do with my life. I am trying to be a cheerful giver and a cautious listener but yet reality may fail me from time to time. I am trying to learn the things that he has taught me but yet sometimes it just hit me back in such a way that says I have been a fool. I do not wish to give up learning from Him but many times the situation will tempt me to do so. Am I not strong enough in this sense or am I just plain stupid? I really have no idea on this...

Many things in this world do not lie in the way we often wish they were. When things don't go the way they were, I try to ignore that negative effect and continue to make the best out of it. Yet why it has to stripe off that last pride of myself when all I ever intended to do is out of goodwill? Why God wants us to be a blesser, a learner but yet the result has to hit me back telling me that what I did is wrong? I really wonder what does God want from me. I may sound angry here but pardon me I am not angry with God. But I guess I am starting to lose my patience soon as I really want to find out that answer. I am really tired here my Father...did I not follow what you want me to do again?

I really want to rely on you my Father yet would I burden you with my childishness? I am really scare of myself now as I know I am not as brave anymore. I want to be selfish but yet I juz can't. I wish I could hate but why the more I am pushed to that edge the more I want to turn it around? What should I do my Lord? I am juz so confused here. Can I lean on you for a while longer?

I juz watched the show "The Beauty & The Geek" and the show juz has a makeover for all the geeks there. The guys' new look are juz so shockingly different that you really couldn't believe your eyes. Yet what is there is the look but when they play the games they are juz the same old person. I guess you can simply change their appearance with a new shirt and a new hairstyle, but certainly it takes much more to change what is inside that person.

I recall a friend telling me that the world changes us from the ouside but only God changes us from the inside. Even if you put on the best clothes in the world, but you have not take out the slums inside you, you are still a slum with a good cover. And if you have God in you and He has taken that slum out of you, you will look good no matter what because you will learn to put on the best clothes on you from now on and even beautify the place around you.

Like what I learn from the message on common grace earlier that God speaks to us through our culture. I find that there is a link to what I say here. Like we always say "Do not judge a book by its cover" -- what we look for is the content of the book that will make us learn something positive if it is good. If its content is negative, we will only pick up the bad habits of it and eventually show them in our lives.

Jesus has said in the bible that "What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean', but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean'." (Matt 15:11) If we take dirty food, we may have stomachache for a while but it will be fine once we take some medicine. But what speaks through our mouth tells us what is inside us. Juz imagine a gentleman in a smart tuxedo speaking vulgar language...what would you think about this person?

"The veil that covers our eyes can only be lifted by the hands that weave it." I guess we should not be a fool ourselves to be blinded by our ego, our self-centredness and our pride. But to let those things that cover us to be taken out from us and for once, let us see what is really standing before us clearly than to keep ourselves away from them ya?

"What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean', but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean'. ~ Matthew 15:11"

Congratulation, SHU HUI! :D

Teachers' Investiture Ceremony January 2007

@ Nanyang Auditorium

CONGRATULATIONS to SHU HUI!!! :D

This entry is dedicated to you. :)

It's great today for me to be your camera man for once, taking those pictures of you in that convocation suit. It is really wonderful to see you graduating at last. :) But I will certainly miss you being at NTU and to be able to come over to my room to give me BS at ease. :P

Having you being my BS tutor is a blessing I have from God. You are always patient and listening and serious in teaching me the things that are required. I believe you will be a great teacher at Maris Stella and they are sure to love you ya? :D *hugz*

May God continue to bless my wonderful BS tutor and my friend and my sister in her teaching career. May God takes away all your tiredness and stress that you will encounter along your way and gives you the wisdom to overcome any problems that obstruct you. JIAYOU and take care always...*muackz* :)

"But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. ~ Matthew 13:23"

Delirious service + Independence

Delirious came to our service today. They were really great but I was not very enthusiastic about it initially. Maybe some of the songs they led I was not too familiar and the words were not easy to read as they played their MV instead of the normal shots of the audience and the lyrics. Only become more jumpy and enthusiastic later on and to those songs that I am more familiar with. Plus I was pretty worried for Joanne coz I realised there was something wrong with her. Glad to have asked her to find out that she got headache and asked her to go out for a while. Should have accompanied her though but since Shuhui volunteered then let her do the job instead. Felt a bit bad now that I could have just gone along with them...was I too slow to response?

The praise and worship session felt really like a concert to me. It was juz so much different to hear them live than through their CDs that I used to listen. And I saw many people even took their photos with their handphones and cameras. I was tempted to do the same but then I juz felt that I shouldn't coz I came here for God and not juz because of a celebrity band who was here (picture above is of courtesy by Googles). *no offense* It was good enough for me to feel and to capture their picture on the stage in my mind. So sorry guys! :P

The work load for me already piles up on the first week. Lots of readings to do for this final semester. On average, I have about 3 chapters per module (Scott 4,5,8; PHB 1-2, Tan & Lee 1-3), which means I already have about 9 chapters waiting for me to read them now! And that has not even included the FRS that are required (FRS 14, 27, 28 32, 102, 103) and other readings from the tutor to add on...

But somehow I feel better. Maybe it is the beginning and I wanna go ahead and make a good first move. Maybe I am simply an optimistic person. Not really complaining here but juz wanna let myself know what I need to do next. Maybe I am probably juz a way-too-independent person that I seem to be emotionless about it. Ha.

Seriously, I don't like the term "independent", but yet there seems to be nothing better to describe myself here. That word sounds pretty lonely sometimes. I wish there are things to bother me about, like things I can go and consult others on. Yet nothing much I need to know except the knowledge-based stuffs that I want to find out from others. Emotional side I am pretty peaceful most of the time. No crushes, no infatuation, no hatre, no anger. Juz maybe a little of sadness and a little of happiness sometimes. Sounds more like a robot...

Yet I wanna be a good listener, put myself into use to help others in all the ways I can. Yet I feel that I am not a good listener at all. Sometimes I do lose my attention and patience. Sometimes I simply get it off my mind pretty easily as I often do to myself as well. Sometimes I feel something for what they tell me, yet I don't know how to response and that I feel much worse than to simply being there to listen. I am certainly not a good speaker and I realise I even have problems to express what is exactly on my mind at times. I don't know. I am probably not of much use huh?

Second time being asked by Daph regarding who is your close friend in cell. Kinda feel weird coz she keeps asking it these few months and it feels forceful to keep repeating it. I wonder if she is seeking some confirmation somewhere. But yet everyone has an intention somewhere. In any case, I believe she means good. But really, there is nothing much I need to confess to anyone. Not that I don't trust people. Like I said I just have nothing to bother me. And even if I have, trust me it won't last longer than a day or I would have sort out answers on my own. Big troubles are rare and if I have I will definitely tell. Haiz...maybe that's why no one ask me anything too? HA! Juz hope that I won't give answers that are too independent, and if I do, sorry because it is my way of doing things...

Talk to Daryl about Europe yesterday as I cannot sleep again due to overdose of tea at night. Glad that he is thinking of going with me to find Huiling too and see if there can be plans made to travel together with his friends who are coming over as well. :) But the best thing is that I received an email...and it is from Junhui, my long-lost friend in UK! :D Pretty surprised to see her email as I have not contacted her since entering university. Only know that she is studying in Warwick. AND the good thing is that she is currently donig her work attachment at London till end of June, which means I can probably visit her as well...YEAH! :) Thank God for all these arrangements! :D

Planning for the Europe trip is the best thing ever to take my stress off me for a while. But there is nothing solid that I can do for the time being as Europe tours itinerary will only be out in March for those flying in May to June. So far I only know certain things that I must do:

1. Visit Daryl in London.
2. Visit Huiling in Warsaw.
3. Buy watches for my parents in Switzerland and hopefully fix that cuckoo clock my aunt bought for my family from there a few years ago.
4. Buy chocolates from Belgium for my relatives and friends and myself.
5. Eat lots of B&J and hopefully I don't overload the plane. :P

Travelling alone is not that scary because my purpose for this trip is mainly to visit my friends, especially Daryl and Huiling. But yet I am more worried for my parents coz I know they will be super worried for me. Feels bad about it but yet this is my dream and the chance for me to enjoy such a long holiday. After this, sigh, I don't know how long can I ever take a holiday that can last for more than a month? Survival is tough and competitive, but we need to CHOOSE to do what is right for us. And being right for me = being at the best time, best place, with the best people and doing something that brings benefits in our lives.

Thank you God for your guidance in my life. :)

"Feels good to call mummy juz now. Sometimes I shouldn't juz sit here and wait for her call instead right? Hee... :P"

Rainning continues... :(

It had not stopped raining ever since yesterday. And the weather feels cold. My blanket is in the laudry basket so I have nothing to cover at night. I seem to be unable to do anything at all since my clothes are not dried due to the rain. And there is no space for me to hang my clothes if I were to wash my laudry. GGGRRRR!!! I juz don't like the rain... :(

Today is Friday and I have made it a day for me to relax. Juz for a day k? :P Maybe I will sleep a little, tidy up my room a little, read a little, watch TV a little and blah blah blah...hahaha...lol Well, I am doing some stuffs for my friend in the meantime. Hope it will be ready given the limited time. :)

"Plan for the day: Sleep, eat, read and watch TV! :P"

Another rainy day...

It really feels good to sleep early and wake up early. :) I manage to get up at ease at 8am and went straight for my lecture at 830am with my neighbour. The tutor never fail to 'amaze' us with lots of crap at the beginning but thank God I still have enough energy to last me to the end. But then, I juz learned that AA306 is another course on risks again, this time more focusing on the risks reporting skills. Sounds much tougher than my AA205 manz...haiz...meaning gonna work harder le... :l

It started raining soon after my lecture and it hasn't stopped till now. Indeed what a nice weather to sleep! :P But went to the national library instead to borrow travel guides on European countries...I juz couldn't help but feeling all excited again after asking Huiling about Poland stuffs and also Daryl about UK. Not sure if I will be able to see Chongyu at Poland with his friend though. Then still need to check out on my return ticket if I could return directly to Singapore. Hope Daryl can keep to his promise too...yeah...*bleam*

It will be fun to see everyone again somewhere out of Singapore for once...hahaha...lol Oh manz...can't wait for May and June to come! *wink* :D

"Europe trip in the process! :P"

Hair dyed! :P

Before hair colouring... ...and after.

Is there any difference to my hair colour?

Yingz has the same colour as me but hers is more obvious...

Went out with Yingz yesterday to dye hair at Kimage school at Funan. And guess what...it only cost each of us $27.30!!! :D I bet this is the cheapest budget you can find anywhere in Singapore. This is even better than those salons at the neighbourhood manz... :P

We then went for dinner and shop around Marina Square before we ended off our day. It's gonna be a busy semester for the both of us this year...wonder when we can go out like this again... *sigh* :(

Today I will be having BS with Shuhui in my room later on. Since there is no lesson for the day, I aim to finish reading the first 2 chapters on PHB, my AA206 text book, and chapter 1 on Auditing for my AA304 module. Kinda regretted that I didn't do this earlier on for my first lesson. The tutor went through the stuffs super fast manz. Haiz...life is gonna be tough for me this semester...hahaha...lol *chuckle* :P

"I want to finish my race with my head held up high and the sun shining on me...yeah! :)"

Unexpectedly blur :P

I thought there was lesson this morning. Got up at 10am and rushed to school at 1030am. The seminar room is a new one and it took me 20 mins to figure out where it is located. And when I found it, it was empty. Called Joe and sms Hanjie to realise there was no seminar this week for AA306! Hahaha...I juz scare myself manz. What a fool... :P

Finally signed the contract for FKT today. I don't know if I am actually feeling a bit nervous when I signed the paper. Is that a relief or stress or puzzle by my unknown yet planned future???

Well I have just confirmed tomorrow lesson is on. Will probably be meeting Yingz after school to dye hair tomorrow. Great! :D I think I have been repeating myself about dying my hair for many many times le...hahaha...lol

"Don't worry about what you do not understand. Worry about what you do understand in the Bible but do not live by. ~ Corrine ten Boom"

1st 2007 Service! :DD

Glad that my fashion design for Joanne today is great...you really looks great gal! *muackz* :D

In fact, everyone seems to have dressed up a little today! :P

And sadly Katherine is leaving soon on Tues...won't be seeing her till probably July then...*sigh*My BS teacher MISS CHIA! :P

School have started for her @ Maris Stella...may God bless you with students who you will be proud of! :DHave lunch @ Suntec foodcourt.

Some kind of stretching exercise introduce by Belle that got all of us engrossed in...lolWent down to collect the coins ordered by my parents for the Year of Pig. Highlight of the exhibition by Singapore Mints include coloured pigs done by the celebrities...aren't they simply adorable? :P

This pig is done by our Mediacorp No. 1 Celebrity -- Zoe Tay!

School will reopen tomorrow. Somehow there is a dread for me to go now as I just feel tired and not enough of rest yet. The holiday mood is still up for me and I am not really ready for another round of lectures and tutorials manz. Yet...I am not really complaining that much this time as I know the importance of the final semester at NTU for me. Pray for me for wisdom and strength throughout this final term for me ya? I really need that to pull me through the stress that I will be expecting from my modules soon...

Thanks Shu Hui for your Xmas present! :D Oh manz I LOVE that book! ("The 10 Critical Laws of Relationship" by Robb Thompson) It really came in at a perfect timing for me as right now I am desperately hunger for more knowledge and I would not wait to just sit down and enjoy reading a great book like this! :D THANK YOU so much! *muackz* :P

And to cheer my own self up, I keep thinking and planning for my graduation trip to Europe later this year in mid-May to June. Sadly I got to go on my own as my friends ended up with separate plans: Joe going HK with his family, Vic saving his money to do business, Zhiwei going Australia with his army buddies, Vincent not going anywhere and Tze Shuuan is still planning to go for the work & travel trip to US. As for my girlfriends, most of them are taking up the work & travel trips to US while others who I am closer to like Yingz will only graduate next year. *sobz* :( So right now I will depend on Daryl to bring me around after his exams then...and probably will find Huiling as well...hahaha...lol

Tomorrow I will be going down to FKT Grant Thornton to sign the work contract with the company for 2 years after my graduation. I feel happier this way as a burden will be off my shoulder tml. Thank God for the blessings! :D

Desperate Housewives Season 3

My prized possesion! :D
Simply desperate for DH 3...I can never get enough of it! :P
This is what I do when I don't shop in HK or China...lol *wink*

I miss watching Desperate Housewives when I was in my house in China. Starting to feel a bit bored in my room nowadays. I think I need some time to settle down before my school starts again. Hahaha...cool down period after all that shopping, eating and movies marathon back in HK ya? :P

And just for information, I am a big fan of the TV drama series "Desperate Housewives"! :D 2 seasons of the show has gone and the season 3 is upcoming soon. Thank God for the HK trip coz I managed to get a set of 10 episodes of the latest season. The rest of the show I believe is still not shown yet in US...so be patient! *wink* ;)

For those who never watched this great TV drama, let me tell you a little more about it and why it is juz so captivating ya? :P

The series began with Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) leaving her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, and ending it all with a gunshot. Now she takes us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors.

Her circle of girlfriends on Wisteria Lane includes Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), the divorcee and single mom who will go to extraordinary lengths for love; Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), who struggles with balancing the complications of work and family issues; Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross) -- Martha Stewart on steroids -- who battles the demons of widowhood, alcoholism and vengeful children; Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria), the ex-model with everything she has ever wanted - a rich husband, a big house -- everything that is, but a good marriage; and serial divorcee Edie Britt (Nicollette Sheridan), the free spirited real estate maven whose love life has everyone buzzing.

Then there are the men: Mike Delfino (James Denton), a plumber who is the on-again/off- again love of Susan's life; Lynette's adorable husband, Tom (Doug Savant), who, it's turning out, has his own share of secrets, and Gabrielle's estranged husband, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira). Joining the group is Bree's husband, Orson Hodge (Kyle MacLachlan); the charming Ian Kavanaugh (Dougray Scott), a new love interest for Susan; and Austin Britt (Josh Henderson), Edie's 17-year-old nephew, who shares his aunt's knack for stirring up trouble.

[Information above is taken from http://abc.go.com/primetime/desperate/]

From my view, I believe that the 3 seasons of the shows focus on different things in our lives respectively.

In season 1, the story surrounds things like extra marital affairs, work issue and children problems among the families. Plus a little cheesy details and also the mystery of Mary Alice's death and her family secret.

In season 2, the story surrounds issue like children rebellious, baby issue and friendships etc. And of course there is another bigger mystery in the neighbourhood like before and this time the focus of the small neighbourhood falls on the Applewhite who just moved into Wisteria Lane.

As for the latest season, the show appears to focus more on love relationship problems such as mistakes that had happened in the past coming to haunt a great marriage now (the Scavos); secrets from Bree's new husband Orson Hodge and the importance of TRUST is highlighted here; life after divorce (Gabrielle) and what is really true love (Susan Mayer). The focus of the big mystery is on Bree's new husband Orson Hodge and the same old mystery to the background of Mike Delfino, Susan's on-off lover, who lost his memory from a car accident.

I love season 3 more coz I guess it is more close to my heart. Like what Carlos Solis, Gabrielle ex-husband had said in the show keep ringing in my mind -- If you don't like me, why can't you pull that trigger even when you are with another men who is richer and more handsome than me?.

And in this season, I start to admire Lynette Scavo who make the effort to accept her husband, Tom, and even his illegitimate daughter, Kayla, into the family in order to save her marriage and family. Her tolerance for Nora, Kayla's mother, is admirable. Kinda noble to me tho...lol

It is also touching to see what Susan Mayer did to Mike even when he had forgotten everything about their past. He even fallen in love for Edie who dumped him immediately after he was put in bail by the police. I guess this just shows that true love is never a smooth course and it takes lots of courage and sacrifices to make it works sometimes. So blessed are those who make their relationsips work wonders... :)

Often I wished to become a woman who has the best part of each of them: Bree's ability to be a perfect housewife; Lynette's wisdom and passion in her family and the sacrifices she is willing to pay for her family; Gabrielle's beauty and quick-witted character; and Susan's foolishness in love that sometimes you know you just don't need to be too suspicious always.

But I guess I am more like Lynette who would not want to give up working yet I am willing to sacrifice for my family and my marriage if there is a need. To me, I want to be more like Bree who can always stay so strong in handling problems. Ha. :P

Today I just missed the farewell dinner for Qiyang as Pei Ying forgets to msg me about the details. But then, I guess I should have called her to find out about it too. Haiz...simply lazy manz...so SORRY QIYANG!!! I hope you have a great time over there in China ya? :) May God bless you with love and strength to be a strong man there...Peiying will certainly miss you lots manz! :P Hope to see you back here soon! *wink* :D

And thanks Brian for your card too. :) I am honoured to be one of the 3 who received it! :D Do reply me when you got time too k coz sometimes I would wonder if you are ignoring me or not. Haha...lol Take care there and stay strong! *hugz*

"Simply desperate...for Desperate Housewives. :P"

The Pearl of The East

Taken @ The Peak...the scenic view is simply magnificent!
Enjoying myself @ HK! :DMiss my grandma... ...will miss such a rare reunion, after which we will be in different parts of the world again.
My main purpose of this trip -- To be with my family and meet up with relatives and friends. :)The Peak is my favourite place in HK! *bleam* :) Irressitable delicacies...YUMMILICIOUS! :P Viewing galore! :)
From my beloved santa clauses, my daddy and mummy! :)
Nothing is greater than your love...I miss you so much...*sobz*

I love HK and I will be back in a month's time! :)

Thanks Joanne for making another great day for me here when I thought I would simply slack in my room and stone. Hahaha...can't wait to see you on Sunday manz...hahaha...wanna see the result of my fashion taste for you too...stay confident! :)

I feel a bit empty ever since I returned and there is a reluctance for me to do things too. Hope this will not last too long for me. :P

Wanna read more books before the school starts. Read "The Present" by Spencer Johnson which was given to me as a Xmas gift from my aunt. Got a pretty tough time reading it even though the book is good coz she gave me the Chinese version. BUT it still inspires me lots and I will urge all sthose who wanna find happiness and be successful in your life to read it as well. Hard for me to comment on it coz such book inspires people differently according to what they need in their lives. Yeah! :P

Tomorrow will be another day that I probably gonna be stuck in my room tidying up the mess. May check out if the farewell dinner for qiyang is still on though. Everyone seems to be travelling nowadays and I simply can't wait for those overseas to be back manz...miss you guys out there! *hugz* :D

"Everytime I leave...a piece of me will stay behind..."