Happening week of July!

Island Creamery @ Serene CentreThe long awaite birthday treat and ice-cream outing is finally here! =PUnique flavour of ice cream available @ Island Creamery

Wanna guess what I've got there? Mud pie & ice-cream: Puluo Hitam & Apple Pie flavours! =P

Dinner with the hall people...too bad our Timbre is fully booked for night......so we changed to a Jap restaurant @ Robertson Quay!A good jap restaurant is usually filled with the authentic Japanese customers......and we make the right choice! =D

Good price, good serving, good quality of Jap food! =))Drinks @ Wine Connection, Robertson Walk Cheers to good wine & good cheeze! Hehe...lol

First Hand Team Building @ Changi Airport

We were divided into different smaller groups and played photo hunt all round T2, T3 and Expo. We were given photo which show clues to where we should go to, and just take a photo of all the team members together with the place or item in our photos to finish!

Though our team didn't win the game but we had a great time spent too...yeah...lol

Lunch @ Shokudo + KTV afterwards

Hahaha...promised someone that I should not reveal too much about the KTV session part though...coz we had TOO much laughter and fun manz! =P

A Sassy Jazzy Night @ St. James Power House

Falling in love with jazz music...love the ambience in the Bellini Room... Since there is a promotion on the champagne, we ordered a bottle to share among us too.

A great night is certainly enhanced with great music and good wine...cheers! *grinz*One thing I would look forward to is to hang out with you guys after a long day of work...cheers to the working Ingenians! Hahahaha...lol

This is the first time that I went to St James Power House. This is also the first time ever since so many years that I went to club again. How to describe those feelings? Hmm...excited, happy, anxious...and maybe...sexy? :P Hahahaha....lol

It feels a little different now that I am officially declared as being a working adult. Financially independent, no worries about not studying and preparing for exams and tests, classified as being mature enough to identify what I can do and what I can't do in the club houses. It makes me feel that I am actually doing something out of my own decision, to hang out with friends, chit chat till late into the night and simply let yourself dance till your stress and headaches from work are dissolved in the crowded dance floor. Isn't that what clubbing is all about?

Well, one thing you need to make yourself clear: what is your purpose and motive of going to club? For me, I am here to see how the place looks and feel like -- is it just as enjoyable and fun as what everyone else is talking about? Honestly, I dislike crowds, even more to see people get drunk or to have people looking at you whenever you go. I love to hang out with friends at a cozy place, fun and probably good to chill out too, and just enjoy some great musician performing on the stage while you chat with your friends below on the comfortable seats. This is what I enjoy most for a nigth activity... :)

Good thing about St James is that there are many rooms here, namely the Movida Room (latin music), Bellini Room (jazz music), and Dragonfly (canton pop). These were the 3 rooms I went on last Friday. And out of the 3, I love Bellini the most with the jazz music, less crowded as people just sit around to drink, and cool retro interior design (there's a white grand piano on stage and saxophone too!). Movida is fun, hot and sexy. The performers wear scantily on stage and dance away in those really hot latin dances. The dance crowd is many young working adults too and many foreigners are here too.

On the other hand, Dragonfly seems to be the most boring to me. The crowd are generally older as the some of the canton songs they sing are listed as oldies already. It is super crowded but yet no one dances. Although I am not into dancing, seeing people just standing around feels a little awkward too. To me, it feels more like they are watching some kind of concert performance than coming to club...oh wells I shall not comment on it anymore then... *zipped* :X

Well, I had a great night of chilling out with my buddies manz...hahaha...and we are just as happy to go home feeling all our stress from work be gone too...yeah...lol

So who says christians cannot club?! :P

Welcome home! =)

Welcome back TS! :)

TS is finallly back after 5 months of staying in US under the work & travel...so glad to see you! Clarke Quay @ night...pretty!

We hang around Indochine Waterfront for a drink and some finger food, walk along the river before we head down to Orchard Cineleisure for a late night movie, Brothers.

Tonight's celll group was about God of order and design since the Arise and Build is approaching.

"Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." - Luke 6:38 (NIV)

The steps to be a good sower:

1. Your seed must be planted.
2. You must rendered your seeds useless.
3. You must expect what you have planted.
4. Size of harvest is determined by the type of seeds sowed.
5. Seeds sowed must be planted on good grounds.
6. We must wait for the harvest to come.

If you sow well into good persons or things, it'll be multiply back to you. Don't curse when you want the same thing from others. Would you like a backstabber or would you not feel the urge to get back your revenge when you know who backstab you? Who are you if you curse someone who bought his dream car and later on you cannot get your hand of his car? A big hypocrite isn't it?

For I learn one thing tonight: Whatever you do to others, it'll be done back to you. And THAT simply tells you one more thing: Be a blesser and not just a receiver!

Chris asked us to think about 3 things we want to achieve at this moment after the message was given. Because to have those visions in our heads, we will see where are the areas we should sow now so that we can reap in good and achieve these things we want to have in our lives. I want to see financial breakthrough in me. I want to be a provider who can provide in abundance to my parents. I want to meet my partner and married to have a family of my own. All of them are practical to achieve and I know where to sow too...yet why is there a stirring in my heart still...?

To make things worse, I keep thinking about him the whole night. It is kind of distracting me. There is a fear if he ever knows what I am thinking for I would not know how he would react to it. And even if nothing happens, I would not know how to face him too...what a dilemma...God, why do I feel this way? Is he the One? Somehow, this time I have absolutely ZERO confidence about it and I am starting to feel scared...because it would be too good to be true...

Nevertheless, I learn much more during cell group meeting today once again...so blessed! :)

"Thank God for this great night!"

Prawn Fishing!

Me & my prize for the night! *bleam*

I don't mean to boast but it was a wonderful day for me as this is the very first time I went for prawn fishing. Being the first and also the fastest person to catch a prawn sounds honoured! :DD

My rewards --> 3 PRAWNS!!! *yeah* One of them comes with a tag on its body. Frequent fishers say they are rare and hard to catch as you can bring the tag to the counter and exchange for cash ranging from $2, $5, $10 or free 3 hours of prawn fishing worth $39! Woohooo!!! lolWe went to prawn fishing only after our Botak Jones dinner, drinking session at Coffee Club, and a round of supper (chicken wings, fried bee hoon) at Holland Village. By the time we reached Taman Jurong, it was closed to 1am! But gosh....look at the crowd!

There were so many people crowding around the pond that we can only manage to find a small area available to squeeze in the 6 of us there. I feel like a village pumpkin that this can be such a popular sports here (opening 24 hours). This is a much more healthier and fun outing for the late night sleepless crowd isn't it? :PThey have all sorts of fishing activities here, starting with the prawn fishing as the cheapest and the most easiest. The price shown includes the rod, the bait, as well as the net for you to put your catch. It will be much cheaper to go in groups so you can share the package with a few people (can rotate to hold the rod to fish)!We are all first-timers here and we are getting so excited about it! :DThere are small paths around the pond and you can choose your place to fish according to your likings! Sometimes it takes a long to fish, sometimes you don't...so you can find people who are bored walking around this whole area...hahaha...lolWe rent 3 rods in total so there will be 3 of us fishing at the same time! There are quite some work to do before you fish too like cutting the clam into tiny pieces and hooked them onto the fishing line as bait for the prawns. After that it is just waiting, and waiting, and waiting...My prawn with the tag!!! :DD

We only know about the tag thing because I attracted quite a lot of attention from people around me when I got hold of the moving and flipping prawn! Hahaha...it was my first time catchin something so alive...and well...ya you know what girls will do right? :P

The nice uncle besides me saw what I got there and tell us about the tag. So we claimed from the counter a $2 cash with the tag! That's just so simple manz...hahaha...thank God for the uncle or else I would juz throwed the tag away like any other garbage on the table...oh well... :))Terry was the third to catch a prawn and his was the biggest among us all with a super-sized pincer! Glad that he let go of a few before he manage to get this big prawny here! :DVincent, who initiated this event, caught 2 prawns too!Joe and Yee Sin caught a prawn too. He took a short time of about 5 minutes to get it, which matches so well with what he is trying to 'promise' us on before he went for fishing...hahaha...so truly a man who keep to his words ya? :P

But sadly his 5 minutes is broken by me later on when I caught a prawn in LESS THAN A MINUTE!!! :D I can't believe it myself at first too because it was just THAT fast:

1. Throw the bait into the river,
2. Wait for the indicator to go upright and being pulled down,
3. Wait for the right depth where the indicator is being pulled to,
4. Pulled the rod towars the back!

3 prawns, $2 tag and fastest timing...I guess it was my lucky day that day and the unlucky day for the prawns! :P

Our catch for the day!!! *grinz* :DDIt was all worth the 2 hours of fun!

Well, thank God that I came! :p Hahaha...thanks for the persuading manz...lolThe prawns can be barbecque immediately as there are BBQ pits around. It was a cruel scene though coz the prawns will jump off the grill because of the heat if you didn't hold them firmly. Well, so much so for the fun, there are always some sacrifices to be done as well... :S

The prawn meat is crunchy and fresh with a natural salted favour. It wasn't that hygenic to eat them but it was a good experience to me. Well, my sleep is lost...but for a good reason this time.

Fishing is fun especially you are on the verge of getting the prawn hooked up and yet it went off, probably the movement to your rod alert them about some danger. Sometimes, you can feel the prawn slowly nibbling away your food and yet it is not enough to hook them up and let them run away. You can feel quite fed up with that but you will also be wiser. There are some skill to be picked up here if you want a quick catch. I have seen a few of the experts around who can hook up a few prawns in juz a few minutes! Coolz...lol

Initially, I don't have much likings to fishing as I heard how cruel it is to hook the fish up and eat them. Or worse you let them go, they will still suffer a slow death because when you took off the bait from their mouth, the hook would have designed in the way that it will cut their throat and die slowly to remain its freshness. So eating the prawns at that time I don't feel that good too...but then they were already cooked so not eating them will be such a waste too right? :/

I wouldn't mind going there again. This is so much more fun and healthier compared to pubbing or clubbing at night ya? :P Hahaha...something to keep the sleepless people busy...or even just to make them fall asleep while waiting for the prawn to be hooked...and juz wait...and wait....and.... *zzzZZZ* :P

Convocation 2007

NTU undergrad life has finally drawn a fullstop here.

Here's the memories of me in the very suit that I have been waiting to wear for almost 20 years of my life...hahaha...or maybe not just me... *wink* :P

From left to right: Vincent, Me, Zhiwei and Joe (@ orange block 4th floor)

The very place where we had our steamboat, TCS, and lao yu sheng during the CNY period. :)Hall 5 Canteen!

Why do they only renovate this place AFTER we left??! Sigh...*pout* :(Gifts brought back from New York by Joe! :DThe friendly Can B fruit stall uncle, who took over hall 5 canteen, wants a picture of us when he saw us there. He even wanna put our photo with him at his stall...well but...we probably forget to send him the softcopy ba... :PThe bridge that connects Yunnan Garden to the extension outside.

It is memorable to us coz we had been climbing over this gate whenever we came back late after our supper gathering...for the past 3 years liao... :)Yunnan Garden is certainly the best place in NTU to take graduate photos together...right? :PThe old school gate of the former Nanyang University.The Three NBS Graduates!Nanyang Lake!

Whenever there is a birthday celebration, it is very likely to end up here...hee hee hee...*grinz*Take a closer look at this photo...see a difference? :P

Don't know why Joe is so happy that day...hahaha...lolChinese Heritage Centre! We are trying HARD to take a good shot with us throwing our caps up in the air...and you can see how many NGs we got to take manz...lol

This is our best shot manz...hahaha...HOORAY! :DD

Of coz we'll not forget to take picture with the Hall 4 Canteen aunty...our favourite zhu char for dinner! :D Gonna miss her cooking and her hospitality manz... *smilez*

Our photoshoot has not ended at NTU. We took a cab down to Esplanade to take more pictures, something that really represents Singapore...hahaha...it's a pity Vic missed all these manz...lol

My solo shot! :P

I like the rooftop garden of Esplanade...the place is pretty as you overlook the Singapore River here... :)

Thank God for you guys manz...I can only imagine how my life in NTU will be like if I never stay in hall...probably sad...hahaha...lol

Most of us already started working now...this picture seems to suit us perfectly right now... :)

We also met another group of NTU graduates who came over to take photos together...so qiao! :D Hahaha...ALL THE BEST TO EVERYONE! *jiayou!* :)

Convocation photos without taking with my parents are certainly NOT complete! The most unfortunate thing is that on the actual day of my convocation, I forgot to take my camera, the one I put in my bag everyday without fail, to NTU! (coz I left it at home to charge that very morning and forgot to take it as I left in a hurry...*sobz*)

Since I haven't collected my studio photos yet (will show you guys IF I have a softcopy :P), these are just all that I've got...haiz...memories of the day that my parents have been waiting for all these years...well I know they are and they are proud of me too...thank you to both my parents and my Father in heaven... :)

The S3 tutorial and seminar rooms...hahaha...how can I forget this place manz...lol

Mummy & Daddy! :D

They are pretty happy to be here...hahaha...lol

I finally manage to make it to this day, the day I really want to make my parents feel proud of me...one of the best ways I know to show my gratitude to all the years for raising me up... :)

PS: Daddy came all the way back from China just to attend my graduation ceremony k...even for just a few days I feel so touched...*sobz* :S

Finally...I am a GRADUATE!!! :DD

Thank God for giving me the wisdom to pass all my exams and making my parents happy.

Thank God for letting my parent came for my graduation ceremony and be proud of their very own daughter.

Thank God for being here with me always as I face the new changes ahead of me after graduate.

Guide me and use me my Lord as I want to shine for you too...hope you'll be proud of me too... :)

"Went to be the backup for the basketball game for my company tonight and they played well. Next Saturday will be the netball match...hope I can play well for it ba...Jia You! :D"