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Well, it seems as though I haven't been watching movies for ages. Last weekend, I tagged along with my brother and his mysterious gf (hmm...) to Fort Canning Park to catch the FREE screening (yes, i know v cheapo and i'm a big light bulb) of Ironman and Transformers II, organized by Class 95. It's a pretty cool experience! My mum was in a Jap mood that evening too, so we had nice Unagi rice that she whipped up to bring along as movie dinner. hehe... When we reached it was SO packed! Took us a while to squeeze our mat between 2 families and settled down at quite a nice distance from the screen. Before the movie starts at 7.30pm, the DJs had games and balls passing around to audience for them to answer some really siple questions and win prizes. And the Flying Dutchman and Glen Ong did a pretty good job of entertaining the crowd I must say. =)



I always can't remember when Ironman started showing in Singapore, is it when I was in UK? Cuz I've got no recollection of it being popular and me wanting to go catch it. Or maybe I was just too busy with fyp =\. Anyway, I've NEVER watched Ironman b4, and I must say it was a fantastic movie! haha.. I like action movies with good story and great action and charismatic actors like Robert Downey Jr.

The sound system was fantastic! serious... as good or even better than watching it in the cinema. Will definiely go the next time round it's organized.
*Start of Ironman!*


Anyway, we didn't stay on for Transformers II though I never watch it before too. Yeah I'm like sua-ku, but I totally didn't like the meaningless story of Transformers I, so I wasn't propelled to watch Part II of it. But it was still a great evening! :)

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And just earlier this week on Wednesday (my off day this week), I went to catch a movie ALONE for the first time. hehe... it may sound weird and pathetic to some people, but I really enjoyed the experience of being able to indulge in the movie and eating and doing whatever I like. One of the best part was to have Choc Banana cake & tea at Secret Recipe before the movie! $7.00 vs. $7.50 fr nachos from the cinema (haha.. yah i sound like cheapo again)! Nice... =D

The movie I watched was Coco avant Chanel, which was entirely in French. Talks about the life of Gabrielle Chanel, founder of the famous brand Chanel. The movie focuses more on the the events that she gone through in her life that motivated her to pursue the career of being a tailor-cum-designer in the generation where the idea of French women working is absolutely ridiculous. It also emphasizes on Coco (that's her nickname) being strong, independent and always having her unique point of view that eventually changed the entire fashion design scene from tight & cluttered victorian dresses to simplistic yet elegant dresses that we see today.


Entirely impressed - a woman always have the power to make change.

And upcoming movies that I really wanna catch!

Robert Downey Jr stars in Sherlock Holmes =D
Listen carefully to the last 12 seconds of the trailer. Funny. haha


Of course, not forgetting Inglorious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino (Director of Kill Bill). How can I forgo any Nazi-related war movie? hehe


Wooohoo~!

Woohoo~! Super long weekend! Time to be re-energized man.
Sat CSC gathering, Sun Ubin, Mon slack, Tues dear's coming back! Totally psyched up! =D

P6 Class:

Student A: Ms Loh! What's ur PSLE score?? Tell us leh!
Me: *ignores*
Student A: Is it very high? Did u get A* for Math??
Me: *ignores*
Student A: Wow I heard that for teachers to teach Math here, u must get A* for Math. Den ur PSLE score must be very high right??
Student B: Aiyah u stupid ah. Maybe she get A* for Math, but C for English leh??
Me: *giggles*

P5 Class:

Student A: Ms Loh! Are you from Singapore?
Me: *simi sai...*
Student B: Ya Ms Loh are you from Singapore? You look like u're from Indonesia!
Me: *HAAaa....*
Student C: Ya lor, why u speak English like Korean?? Can you speak Chinese??
Me: =.=||
(At end of class...)
Me: Zai Jian!
Students screamed: "SHE SPOKE CHINESE! SHE SPOKE CHINESE!!!"

sigh... all kinds of weird things kids can say...

Stop the gloom. Stop the gloom. Stop the gloom. Argh.

Today, I left work feeling quite sian and distant from the world whirling past me. It just seems a though the days are just passing by without myself remebering what happened. Suddenly... it's almost coming to 4 weeks at work. I recalled how excited I was on the first week, can't wait get down to teaching a class. But now... the enthusiasm have died down.

Being quite isolated from the other trainee Ts by a clear glass panel, no matter how I try, I just can't seem to get into their circle. Always see them laugh and gossip on the other side of the glass, sometimes I can't help feeling a lil' lonely. But when I go over, conversation is ever so limited. Hm... Maybe it's me that's not putting enough effort making relationships work. I'm quite at a loss too.

But, after meeting up with my ME gang, I feel so so much happier. Glad to have others to emphatise with me (sadly they're in the same situation), and just really elated bout finally meeting up with real close friends around me. My day has definitely ended on a higher note :)

Now that I feel so much rejuvenated, I shall try to be MORE ALIVE and find back the MEANING in my work. Jiayou Wan Ping!!!

So many pple are flying overseas soon. First is Minghui on Fri, next is my Ah An on Mon. =(

Minghui's leaving for the fantastically far and expensive Denmark, while Ah An is leaving for the fantasically wild South Africa. One lacks chilli sauce, one lacks civilisation. One's gg for 3 months, one is gg for 3 weeks. *Ahem, remember souvenir hor* hehe... So having dinners and send-offs on Thurs, Fri & Sat, Sun.

Then again, SzeWei *panda!* came back from Shanghai a few weeks ago, finally had full attendance at gathering (only 4 pple lah, but usually meetups are like 2 a time). haha... it's really funny listening to her anecdotes - pple peeing on trains and McPork (Zhu Liu Bao).

Things are so different now that everyone's working. It came so sudden that everyone is on different path, unlike when studying we're always hanging out tog and the common goal is to pass exams. It's interesting to see that from now on we're all heading a separate path of our own. Kinda sad tho... but on the positive side, that only gives us more things to talk about during gatherings and appreciate presence of these people in our lives =)

Yay~ tmr's Friday. I dunno why I've been so tired this week. Must have been the morning OTs I've doing. Well, it's not required, but I just wanna get some things out of the way. Anyway, today had an entire day of meetings - had other trainees sharing their kid's miraculous behavior which touched everyone. Kinda makes me wanna have a class of my own. hahaha... I guess I haven't really found my place at work yet. Probably bcuz I'm not teaching classes most of the time, so I haven't found a meaning in the work I've prepared. I'm sure the chance will come soon...

Anyway, covered a Science class yesterday. Pretty interesting, and I realised I like to teach Science! Feeding them with eztra info that I found more applicable and relevant to daily life. Math is essential, you'll need it for everything, but just find it a little dry sometimes. So now i'm considering whether I should teach both....

Heard that quite a number of teachers gg on leave this end year. That puts me in a a deeper ocean of work to drown in. Hm. =.=

Ok. I know this came really late. =P

Canele Pastry @ Paragon
Totally couldn't resist the colourful spread of dessert cakes. Canele restaurant took over where Delifrance used to be at Paragon. It looks like a classier version of Bakerzinn. Tried the Strawberry Shortcake & Blackforest & Caramel & Choc macaroons. Blackforest was fantastically chocolatey with tinge of alcohol taste. Yum! Shortcake could've been better if it's more moist. And no macaroons in S'pore can compare to those from Switzerland shared by Yisi. =P


DaVinci Outing
Went to Science Center with NUS peeps to the world of DaVinci. Not as impressive as I thought it'd be. But nonetheless, it was good fun :)


Ah Jin's Convo
Congrats gal!


Found my Gelare!!! ^.^
For those who didn't know, Gelare cafes at Suntec, Citylink and PS have all been converted to an unappealing restaurant called "AC2 Cafe".
Totally disappointed as Guijin & I searched all 3 places for Gelare during our outing. Did my research and found that Gelare had moved to Orchard Central instead!
hehe.. so it was total happiness to finally sink my teeth into those fragrant waffles and flavourful ice-cream! Thanks Yisi for gg there w me :P


Venti Starbucks
Took a break from shopping with mum @ Vivo. Ordered a 'venti' size coffee. Venti is the largest size they have... and that mug is HUGE. Even my mum started to play along to show how big it actually is. haha


CSC Gathering - Mt Faber, Henderson Waves, Vivocity
Yo ho! Gathering with long-time-no-see CSC mates. This time.. decided to take a stroll up Mt Faber. Ok, I had a little trouble getting up there cuz (1) totally no stamina after not exercising for so long (2) wasn't sure if that much of walking is okay for my tummy. But we all made it up in the eventually, and had a nice dinner @ KimGary :)


Super weird egg
Okay, sidetrack. This was my lunch @ work - Jap ramen. Got a really weird egg. It's like some kinda genetically twisted twin egg. Looks horrible & disgusting. Didn't eat it in the end.

Before I entered the classroom, the boy shouted "YOU SUCKERS!!!" at his classmates. =.= A sign of super terrorizng kid. The teacher leaving the classroom patted my back, "haha.. good luck to you hor".

Well, overall my lesson plan didnt go according to plan. hahaha... that boy took me some time to handle everytime I'm going through a question. Not bad lah, altho after the class was feeling quite demoralized, but upon some reflection, it actually turned out to be a motivation. A challenge for me to ponder on how I can handle these type of kids.

*Looking forward to classes!*

I'm feeling happy today. Into my 2nd week at work... I felt much better cuz I finally get to know people better, have a better idea of how the organisation runs and had really good advice through trainings with the senior teachers.

Compared to the first week, all I had to do was worksheets - solving problem sums one after another. And I have to say, TLL's standard is PRETTY high, cuz I have problems solving them!!! hahaha.. so demoralizing lah! I'm sure everyone else has no problems solving them in algebra, but in units and diagrams form, man.. those are the ones that really give me a headache.

Besides, first week was quite tough. Although the HR pple did introduce us around, but most of the trainee teachers are out having lessons, some are not in etc. The cubicles of another new colleague and myself are separated from the trainee teachers section cuz they ran outta space there. So... first week's basically "Do your own things and go eat on your own".

This week was much much better. Got to know some really kind, helpful peeps around, and the senior teachers are REALLY great! Training sessions are full of advice and tips on class management, company's culture etc. So my spirits getting up! :)

Results for the To-fu design competition are out!

Sadly I didn't get into the top 3, but still in top 10. Actually it was stated that public voting takes 50% and a panel of judges will award the remaining 50%. But it turns out that the top 3 are the top 3 from voting too. So I wonder what the panel of judges are doing. In fact, don't you think that the winner for 3rd prize should have gotten first?? Haa.. I feel like a sore loser. hahaha...

But in anyways, I still won a limited edition To-Fu stamp series being in top 10. It even comes with an authentication cert. haha.. So not bad la!

And of course, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VOTED FOR ME!! *mass hug*

Click here to view the results :)

Last few weeks, An & I got into UFO catching after walking around Iluma's arcade. There are SO many cute disney stuffed toys positioned in such a way that look so easy to win, but seems impossible to catch. So with the thought of not wanting to waste any $$, I searched some pretty cool UFO catching tips! these are really amazing! haha...





So after watching it, I was totally excited to go try and win one. hahaha.. So we headed to the arcade @ Bugis, and aimed for huge Chipmunk. After many tries (and spending about $8?), I felt that Singapore's machines are rigged!!! *Argh* I'm supposed to catch a round pig in place of Chipmunk, and exchange it if I was successful. I definitely caught the pig, the claw held it and raised it all the way... and jerked when it hits the top limit - and the pig dropped!!! And it happened again and again! I feel totally cheated manz =.=

So we were really frustrated and decided to try another arcade. This time @ Suntec. There I saw the same Chipmunk placed in a precarious position over the hole. But the floor it was lying on was placed with a anti-slip kinda mat, and everytime we managed to hold it up, it hardly moved. So quite sian diao... we tried for Mickey which only needs $0.50 a try (the rest are $1 a try). hahaha.. This time Mickey was sitting near the edge too. After trying once or twice, Mickey slowly inched to the hole. *got chance* So An tried again and again to press it down, and it moved bit by bit, but still didn't fall through the hole.

We're left with the last coin... and when the claw pressed down on Mickey, it seemed to be in a position where it won't drop into the hole. But when the claw lifted, Mickey started to moved over the edge and toppled into the hole! *hooray!* hahaha.. I literally jumped up the moment Mickey fell in. haha. And here's the photo of our prize! ^^


Anyway, S'pore's machines aren't as good as those in ithe videos. Most of the time when the claw is retracted upwards, it can't carry the weight of the prize and really, it just claws the side of the prize while moving up. =.= So do look around and observe some of the claws with higher 'integrity' where they can really hold some bit of weight. If not, the real idea is to PUSH the prize until it falls through, rather than to literally catch it. :)

It has been 3 weeks since I had my operation. The wound is just taking so long to heal... or maybe i'm just impatient. My belly button is taking the worst hit from the op cuz the incision is larger and the muscle around that area generally takes bout 1 month or so to fully heal. Every now and then, this clear liquid will keep oozing out from my belly button. Doc says it bcuz the inside hasn't completely healed.

But the experience is quite annoying, and worrying... and tiring at the end of it all. The day it was worst was on graduation day. All the walking, rushing around, carrying so many things at once, driving... it oozed so badly that at the end of the day it hurts. From then on, everytime i'm out, it'll ooze and stain my clothes and tires me out quite badly.

Just came home from Harry Potter movie. Almost late so walked faster, and it oozed again. Sigh. PLus, i'm feeling pretty down. I'm just, really tired.

=(

We've all graduated! :)

Exciting Happenings!

I recently participated in a SingPost stamp design competition which is held in conjunction with Singapore Toy, Games & Comic Convention. My design has been selected to top 30 and now voting has begun for Top 10 placing.

Please vote for me!

Just click on this link and vote for the design under my name: Loh Wan Ping (NUS).

Voting ends 12 midnight on 31 July 2009.

This is my design :)



Also, I really think this contestant has a very incredible design too. But her votes aren't very high though. So if you think hers is good, vote for her too!



Each voter is allowed to vote for 1 design only and you stand a chance to win $100 cash prizes (3 winners)!
So get your family, colleagues & friends to vote too!

Thanks a lot!! :)

Excruciating abdominal pain, visit to doctors & hospital, surgery... and finally relieved from the ragin monster inside me - an infected appendix =.=

Last week I had one of the most horrible experience of my life. Appendicitis.
It started out with a mild and persistent tummy ache which my GP thought could be indigestion. Just after 12hrs through the night, my condition worsened and I went back to the GP, with her concluding that it's high possibility of appendicitis.
And off I went to surgeon which my GP recommended in the hospital. He kept pressing my tummy all over trying to locate the specific spot where pain is most intense. But my pain was all situated on the right side, no specific location.

Then he said, "You know what? It may NOT be appendicitis... cuz usually pain is localized". So I was whisked to radiology dept for further diagnosis. There I puked all 4 glasses of contrast liquid I drank...and I could barely stand.

Finally, when the scans came out - confirmed a swollen appendix, cunning enough to hide behind my large intestine... "No wonder the location of the pain is so funny," said the surgeon =.=

Then I was admitted immediately, totally tortured by the stupid, infected & useless appendix in my body. Luckily for the painkillers, I was able to tahan a few hours until my op. All I could think of was "Damn appendix! Just quick get it out! Argh!".

Some pics whilst in hospital. That's me on second night after op.

This is my first breakfast meal after op. Hospital food is really... bland.

And a balloon from my bro & flowers from Ah An to cheer me up! Thanks!!


All these happened last Thursday... luckily not this Thursday, else I would've missed my commencement. I came back from a checkup a while ago. The surgeon showed me pictures of my swollen and dying appendix. *OMG* can't imagine a part of your body dying within you. yucks. And worse of all, I just can't imagine how swollen my appendix can get. Just read from the report, max diameter was 2.4cm wide!!! OMG!!! Wah lau eh! Ji da yi xia~!

So I asked what caused my condition and are all those old wives' tales bout appendicitis true??

Well, for my condition, dunno why a blob of faeces got stuck in the middle of my appendix - so that's why it got infected, and the rest is history. As for the tales that our parents, grandparents & gret-grandparents told us...

- "Tell u dun eat so much chilli with seeds! Later the seeds get stuck in ur appendix!"
- "Eat and jump some more lah! Wait the food gets into your appendix then u know!"

Actually when we exercise AFTER we eat, our tummy might ache because: When we're digesting our food, blood flows to the intestines to aid digestion process. But when we start exercising, blood is drawn away to our muscles. So with this lack of blood supplied to the intestine, it'll cause some pain in your abdominal area.

As far as the doc is concerned, those tales are baseless. Nobody knows exactly why the appendix will get infected. Sometimes even with nothing stuck inside, it can get infected too! Needless to say, no one knows why this redundant appendix is even present in our bodies.

Yup, so I'm glad that this painful experience is over. Now looking forward to commencement on Sat, 11 July!!! Woohoo~!!! I'm still jobless... but heck. Woohoo~!!!

My mum has been doing some voluntary work at different organizations. Last Friday, during her routine trip, I thought I'd tag along and find out more about what she does, and I'm quite free anyway.

We drove to one of the HDB blocks at Aljunied - to a centre "Kampong Senang". The name doesn't really sound like a voluntary organization, it can be easily mistaken to literally be a kampong or just a name of a place to any unknowing person. We walked in through the back door into a huge kitchen, in front of which is a mini cafe - they all serve healthy organic food.

It was later that I found out that one of the activity of this organization is to promote organic food - healthy living & a balanced environment. Part of the organic food which they obtained (in cartons) are to be packed and distributed to needy cancer patients. Well, I think that's quite a nice idea - donating fresh organic food once a week to these patients - I'm sure they will benefit from these vitamin-packed fruits & vege.

So just like my mum's routine every week, she got a list of fruits/vege to pack from the person-in-charge, and we begin to distribute carrots, apples, potatoes and beetroot into smaller packs.

that's my mum opening a huge bag of beetroot for packing.


I've eaten beetroot in its 'food' form, it's this dark reddish-pink colored vege that actually tastes sweet when boiled. And it can be eaten raw too (just like carrots). This is the first time I see beetroot in its original form! haha... so 'mountain-turtle'. =P


Yay! Packs of apples & carrots & beetroot to be distributed to needy people. Although it seemed very laborious to do all these packing, I'm sure my mum do feel some sense of fulfilment knowing that she has indirectly contributed to the process & helping out needy people. Well, I'm proud of her! :)

Celebrated dear's birthday by having an eating feast throughout the day. First stop is Tatsu Sushi Restaurant @ CHIJMES, Mango sundae during tea time @ MOF and lastly a hearty dinner @ Australian Outback.
In picture: my order of Alice Springs Chicken & dear's Sirloin Steak *YuM!*

Hi everyone! In line with the Great Singapore Sale, I've decided to put up my comics for sale too! They've been taking up too much space and still in great condition! Well, I've got 2 sets of comics to sell. Click on the pictures to enlarge - you can see that they're good as new :)

1) The Celestial Zone (Vol 1-18)



2) The Return of the Condor Heroes (Vol 1-18: complete set)



Both sets are illustrated by our very talented local cartoonist - Wee Tian Beng, and they're in English. As you can see, although second-hand books, they are still in very good condition - no doggy ears or yellow pages - and they are at bargain prices of $45 each set, considering the original price of each book is close to $10.

Also, I have individual books from 'Adventures of Wisely' for sale at $3 each. Please see the picture for individual titles - still in good condition - can make great gifts for children too :)


SO PLEASE please help me spread the word to whoever's interested. Thanks!

I've been to the zoo thrice since I finished exams for rackey, trails, and zoo camp. I'm glad that at least I can earn some income from working part-time in the zoo, especially now that i'm still jobless. hee...

Here are some pics I've taken during my rackey. That rackey was necessary cuz I haven't been working for at least a year since I'm back from exchange. So... need to do some homework before facilitating in school excursion trails.



Talking about lemurs... I was conducting the zoo trail into Fragile Forest with P1 students. FYI, Fragile Forest (FF) is an enclosed dome shaped exhibit where the animals within are free-ranging i.e. the mouse deers, butterflies, sloths, lemurs etc will all be roaming around the visitor.

So I was trying to calm the screaming P1 girls down, I told them, "Don't worry! These animals won't bite".

Right after I said that, this lemur suddenly jumped onto the railings of the balcony, grabbed my arm, opened its mouth wide and bit me. *ARGHhh!*

Immediately after that, a terrified girl commented, "But that one just bite you!!"
=_=... super suay. Well, luckily there's no blood, just a few scratches from its teeth. Didn't know my arm looked so yummy.





The zoo camp was held last weekend - 2D1N family camp. Maybe it was the presence of parents, it gave me higher pressure to facilitate well. The other 2 facilitators were Azilah & Haniman, long time regulars (still part-timers) as education facilitators in the zoo.

I felt that I've learnt alot more during this camp, especially from observing how both of them facilitate. I'm always impressed with the amount of animal knowledge that Haniman possess. Despite starting out as a guide at the Night Safari, he sure knows a hell lot about animal behaviors and how they interact. There are definitely ALOT of info I can get out of him than my notes and research from the net.

Azilah, on the other hand, is the one who's really good at conducting the camp, controlling the crowd and she's always the one that calms my nerves. Well, being the most inexperienced amongst them, I felt that the families who were in my group probably did not benefit as much in terms of extra info on the animals. But, every experience I have in the zoo is a learning experience for me.

I'm really glad that I went for this camp with a positive mind. It's this positive mindset that makes me open to learning skills and knowledge from them. :)

Last weekend, Weiann & I participated in a Bike Bash to Desaru. We joined other 30 peeps from his company at Changi Village to take a ferry to M'sia (blue), then cycle all the way to Desaru (red).

It's my first time taking part in such a LONG cycling trip, approx 100km from the ferry terminal to Desaru and back. We started cycling at 1030am, went past alot of kampong houses and coconut trees, a sight that's also quite common in Pulau Ubin. We were pretty lucky cuz the sky was covered with dark clouds - it didn't rain and the breeze was cooling & fantastic!

After 2hrs of cycling, this is our first stop for lunch break at Restaurant Good Luck! @ Sungei Rengit.


Oh, I also spotted one of the uncles that looked so much like HK actor. Anyone watched Gem-of-Life? This uncle looks so much like the actor portraying HoFung in that show. hehe...


The second part of the journey was super challenging! First of all, the seasoned cyclists keep telling the newbies bout the high slopes and they always gestured it to be like a deep valley. Then they warned us to be cautious of them and learn how to adjust our gears properly so that we won't fall down etc. Quite daunting k! Secondly, the rest of the journey is practically treeless and the sun was blistering hot already! :( Oh well, was too focused cycling up and down the slopes that we didn't take any pics, but the rustic scenery was very nice. Fields of lalang moving in the wind, little boats sitting stationary out in the sea, beautiful sight :)
And thanks to dear for all your encouragement!! The slopes were really tough to take on... but when we finally reached Desaru, that sense of achievement was immense!

At Pulai Desaru Beach Resort! Beautiful sandy beach~ ;) Buffet dinner & breakfast the next day!

Ah An floating~ *and his face looked super calm*

Sumbodies shoe...

Nice sandy beach!!!


Amazingly, some of the guys still got energy to play volleyball! *Ayez* but weiann & I still joined in, haha.


Well, after day 1, dear fell sick - had high fever - everyone was really worried bout him, especially the uncles. They all took turns to tell him to drink more water (so did i) until Ah An got a little irritated, hehe.

Yup so I had to cycle back from Desaru to the ferry terminal on Day 2 without a companion cuz An took the safety car following us. Well, but most of the journey, I was really motivated to reach asap - cuz Ah An was still being super encouraging.

Despite being sick, he still waved at me whenever the car drove past, showed me 'thumbs up' gesture, and shouted from inside the car "Jiayou!" Thanks alot dear, it's a pity we don't get to cycle back together cuz the return journey was really more manageable & the downslopes were shiok!

But most of all, I still enjoyed the trip and definitely learnt a great deal bout cycling - sense of achievement! ;)

For the past month ever since exams are over, life seems pretty mundane for me compared to friends who are flying all around the world for their grad trips. No grad trips for me yet.

So began searching for jobs, and that's no easy task at all. Applied for a few jobs, got 3 replies and all ended up unsuccessful. Even my biggest hope as product designer ended up in rejection, quoting "You do have talent in design, but we're looking for a person who is industrially trained". Sigh

I'm beginning to feel pretty demoralised. Everytime I look at available job positions related to engineering, they just look so unappealing to me - requiring us to know specialised softwares, design & calculations, need experiences. Then when I look at design-related jobs, they all require knowledge of Illustrator/Photoshop etc. I feel so lost, and feeling full of regret that I never pursued what I liked. Now it seemed that whatever I'm interested to do is not related to what I've studied at all, and it feels terrible cuz it's like I've totally wasted my parents' money and effort putting me through university. Everytime I felt this way, my FYP prof's words will come to mind... "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail". Yes, I failed to plan my future for myself... now I just need some positivity, some direction & guidance in life. Cuz I really dunno where to head from here on.

Wow.. thanks guys, for all ur slaps and punches & supporting me! Well, the worst is over le. And I also mean exams are over liao!!! Woohoo~~ on the road to graduation! Feeling kinda lost, cuz no jobs secured for me yet.

BUT...Tmr I'll be meeting my profs to submit FYP bounded thesis (oh ya, Hazel said must take photo with it. haha!) & then meeting up Lufbra peeps for ktv & dinner! *excited*

More happy updates coming up :)

Hypocrite = a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or principles that one does not really possess - Here's a perfect showcase of hypocrisy.

Today, I was very irritated with one of my groupmates. This person is so hypocritical - in class she's all participative, and out of class she can't be bothered with our group project.

For countless number of times, she's always late for meeting. I'm not saying like 10-15mins, it's like 45mins to 1hour for the rest of us to wait la! Today, she's late for meeting, giving the reason that she's getting some snack for lunch. Any considerate soul on earth will dabao some snack over, it's OK with all of us. In the end, she spent 45mins with her lunch and turning up for meeting an hour later, with no work done. She's NEVER ever once appeared on time for meetings except for attending tutorials and getting all enthu about class participation.

And to show how responsible she is in her work, she ALWAYS turns up unprepared and saying things like "oh, i'm not done with my part, I'm so ASHAMED to show it to you guys". Oh please, if you're so ashamed you would have done up your work, and its clearly obvious to everyone that she didnt do ANYTHING at all. And she also said "This project is not important to me at all. It's very easy." *rolls eyes* I totally feel like slapping her manz. She just don't understand that what's not important for her may be important for others. And this is group work, if she's gonna give s**T, everyone in the group gets s**T too!

How nice. Why on earth are there people like that around?? Wth.

One of my fav songs. :)

Really lag post. haha.. comp's running low on ram, takes forever to even rotate e image.

Anyway, went for my first Chingay with Si & Von! *woohoo* Actually we went just to give SW support, but the entire event turned out pretty well! Now I understand why audience on TV always look so un-enthu. That's bcuz there's really too much going on everywhere and we just can't take our eyes off the amazing floats and colourful performers! Totally enjoyed it :)

My first time baking cookies! Pretty exciting and tedious, cuz my oven is so tiny and one tray of 9 cookies are already squeezing each other out of shape. hehe... imagine how many rounds of baking I had to go through for dough that makes 30 cookies.

I baked them for An, it's our first Vday together - I was so worried the cookies won't turn out well. But, overall received pretty encouraging comments, just bit too sweet though.
To all those who have tasted the sweet sweet cookies, hope u had a sweet vday ;)

To my dear An-na~ hehe.. thanks for the handmade Vday gift. Really sweet :)


What you can learn from animals...

"Relax and enjoy life!" This cat is so indulged in its afternoon nap she totally ignored my presence. And see how she sleeps with a cheeky grin!


"To scare another bigger sized animal - Me. "
This insect: some bee-striped grasshopper - made me jump while I was opening the door to my home. It's like 2inches long! What weird colors and big eyes it have...


"To smile no matter what happens"
Took this picture at a little corner shop selling fishes at Square2 basement. This one goldfish took the opportunity to smile at me, despite the duck happily eyeing it =P

Well, as all of my peers are gg to graduate soon, the topic of "Jobs" is inevitable, and depressing for me cuz I think the worst situation has happened to me - I don't know what I want. *sigh* Let's just say, I'm an insecure and indecisive person.

Insecure - I am just that. I can't find any other word that can better describe myself. While everyone else is busy getting their resumes done up, I feel so lost. I'm envious at those who has a direction in life, who knows what they like and don't, who dare to venture out... while I'm like a timid and pathetic mouse finding a place to hide safely and watch the world go by.

And other than being insecure in my personal development, I'm also very ruled by my negative emotions. My tear ducts are unbelieavbly active (As many shld know). I can't suppress them as strongly as I think I would. I always blame my weak character on some other reasons, but largely it's because my indecisiveness and ignorance - because I don't know what I want, I don't know who I am. And also because i'm so bad with words, some friends just don't have the patience listening to me. So I keep to myself alot.

I dunno what to say. All these emo-ness sux. I need some positivitiy in life.