Anatomy

Barcelona...my fav!!!

2008-02-22T16:35:00.001-05:00

It's all OVER!!!

2007-12-30T01:31:00.000-05:00

School's out for me! Kinda crazy...been waiting for exams to be over for the LONGEST time! Now I can finally get out of the coffee diet. Though now that it's over, I'm feeling a little sad. The night before my last final, I basically couldn't study. It was hard to imagine that it'll be the last time I'm gonna sit in that lecture theater taking the final. Even if I stay in NYC and go back on campus in the future...it's gonna be different. I'm no longer part of that undergrad life...

Alright...enough about that! Get a lot of stick from my Dad for being too sentimental.

The break has been great so far~ Kana came over to visit from Japan. Terry's been not too busy with work...so these days we've been having quite some going out, great food and crazy midnight chats=) Looking forward to the EU trip! Plus going HOME. Missing ASIA + the SUN big time!!!

Otsuka Kouhei!!!

2007-08-01T05:19:00.000-04:00

2007 Upper House Elections, Japan

Aichi-ken 1st: Otsuka Kouhei!

All the hard work paid off=)

Campaigning and being in the jimoto really showed me the importance of local politics, the importance of what's not glam to many.

食べ盛り

2007-07-16T23:27:00.000-04:00

a new way of thinking...

2007-07-16T23:04:00.000-04:00

The office is a male dominated world. Well, most offices, more so in countries like Japan. Woman are thought to be the weaker sex. The man is the head of the family. The woman's job is to stay at home and be a good wife, mother and daughter-in-law, to take care of the family.

Having grown up in a family where both my parents work, I stand firm on the notion that woman can both work and handle the family well. I turned out fine, if not better than average...haha

I guess to a certain extent, women try to prove that we are just as strong. But have we ever thought we never need to prove that because we already are? At the Kawamura Fellowship party last Saturday, someone raised a very interesting thought. That is, "women are oppressed because we are strong".

When the time comes when all women have to be mobilized in the work force, then the end of the world must be near... *put in extremes*

What do you think?

「子は親の鏡」

2007-07-06T02:10:00.000-04:00

けなされて育つと、子どもは、人をけなすようになる
とげとげした家庭で育つと、子どもは、乱暴になる
不安な気持ちで育てると、子どもも不安になる
「かわいそうな子だ｣と言って育てると、子どもは、みじめな気持ちになる
子どもを馬鹿にすると、引っ込みじあんな子になる
親が他人を羨んでばかりいると、子どもも人を羨むようになる
叱り付けてばかりいると、子どもは「自分は悪い子なんだ」と思ってしまう

そう言うとおり。。。

Summertime is coming!

2007-05-04T01:08:00.001-04:00

Val = Inspiration

2007-05-04T00:53:00.000-04:00

Yatta!!! I finally managed to recover my blog after attempting multiple accounts. Great! Now that I can log in with my gmail account, it's one less password to remember.

Yes I should be cramming for finals now...but thanks to Val and her brilliant idea of putting all the course websites on her blog... The story starts with me trying to find Tim Huh's 3402 website. Can't remember the exact address so I figured googling with give me the answer...never did I think this will lead me to Val's website! Made me feel guilty that I made zero attempt to keep it going for the past year. So... here I go again!

btw...you should totally check out Val's blog and the post on "Guys...this is how to get dumped". Hilarious!!!

alright...I shall leave u with... a pic!!! hmm let me choose one...

i shall post more photos

2006-12-05T03:17:00.000-05:00

This one is for TIFF!

i will persevere

2006-11-18T18:23:00.000-05:00

Don't know why I am in such a weird mood now... I just have zero mood to do work...or anything else. There's like... this huge 'stone' choked up my throat or breathing tube *sorry for the bad description, never a bio-genius*

So what's wrong with me?

It's so scary that there's only like 4 weeks more to go before my semester as an upperclassmen ends! Am I going to screw up my GPA this sem?!? NO... I cannot let that happen! haha...against my principles. Somehow, I know that I'm going to make it past my expectations... But how?!? I'm not even studying right now! Maybe I'm being too optimistic about my own abilities... haha

Does my 6th sense work? You know...I always thought I have an awfully good 6th sense about what people are thinking. I always can tell if my good friends are unhappy or there's something wrong with my friends even if they don't say it. Or whether someone's irritating, whether that's a decent guy to get to know... But sometimes... just sometimes... I wonder if I can really trust my 6th sense and follow my heart anymore. I mean... this world is getting so much more complicated.

*Actually, the world is not getting complicated. It's just I'm slowly being exposed to the complicated-ness of the world*

Hopefully writing is a way to help me get out of this bad-thinking loop. I'll be fine. Things will all go fine.

"Take things easy & just do what I want... There's nothing to fear"

So cheezy! hahah... it's all an experience right? *SMILEZ*

For those of you who got even more confused after reading this... haha I'm sorry. I hope I can explain soon=D

can you 'conveniently' help me eat the cheese as well?!?

2006-10-29T22:51:00.000-05:00

So... I made a bet... that I will have a no carbo diet until Halloween so I can look good in a mini dress... hahah...

I've been pretty disciplined up till now=D Thanks to my 'dietician' and Val... We had brunch today @ kitchenette and shared cobb salad and omelette (egg white ONLY!). So Val said, "ok lah today I help you eat the carbo = muffins". And I said, "can you also 'shun bian' eat the cheese as well?"

haha I'm so mean... I love you VAL!

P.S. ooh i forgot... must go to GYM as well=)

all will conquer this fever called living

2006-10-15T22:18:00.000-04:00

edgar allen poe wrote in his poem 'for annie'
...'and this fever called living is conquered at last'

Isn't this a great quote?

cute or not?!?

2006-10-15T21:52:00.000-04:00

As usual... the ego me and my nice friend=D

my stupidity

2006-10-15T01:45:00.000-04:00

I saw rach's MSN pop up on my screen and thought I should let her know my latest gossips!

"Rach, check this photo out!"

"Do you think the guy in the centre is cute?!?"

*Photo sending*

She didn't reply for a long time. That's weird... not usu like her when I am actually trying to show her a pic of a cute guy.

Then I looked at the nick again... it's RAPHAEL... KNN!!! hahah...

I quickly cancelled the photo transfer and screamed "PLS IGNORE EVERYTHING!"

now it works!

2006-10-08T12:08:00.000-04:00

Template changes again. This time, I'm using traditional blogger-provided templates. So at least everything runs. Spent the past hour trying to find a template that I like. They are either really nice but not supported on Firefox, or don't support East Asian fonts, or at the extremes of being too loud or too subtle. In the end, I just got sick of choosing.

Today's SUNDAY... homework day again... sadly=( Have a shit load of DATA SRUCTURES and FORECASTING to do. But hey, this Sunday's not been like any previous Sunday. I actually woke up pretty geared up about finishing my work...heheh. Maybe 'cos last night I've been a good girl, i.e. didn't go partying. Edward "the PIMP" invited a bunch of us to his housewarming gathering. I hafta say...you cook really well...will be a challenge to anyone to up that standard! And with mooncakes, snacks, drinks, cards and mahjong, what else can go wrong?!? =D

question

2006-10-04T01:42:00.000-04:00

Just a random thought...

Say... you broke up with someone. And later that someone got a new gf/bf. If you are still friends with your ex or somehow got to see the new beau... Should you be feeling happy or sad if you think this someone new is not as good as you are? Or if this someone new is a lot more attractive? Does it actually matter whether you broke up with your ex or the other way round?

Haha... points to ponder=D

my new template

2006-10-02T18:00:00.000-04:00

I love it! But it doesn't work well on FireFox=( Check this out in IE... it's cute=D

*I need to find a CS literate to fix this...

人間は元来弱いものだ。。。human beings are born weak?

2006-09-28T18:11:00.000-04:00

What do you think? This is a question from my latest Japanese homework. And honestly speaking, I really don't know if I agree or disagree with it.

so sick...

2006-09-27T09:38:00.000-04:00

Don't know why... but just feeling kinda stifled... and I just remembered that this blog still exists. Heh.

Tiff really knows me too well. So she's been making these once a week trips up to Columbia for one of her design classes, and it's really cool. "redesigning" the brands... or whatever you call it. And yesterday, even before she saw me, she already sensed the bad vibes.

"what's wrong with you?" That was her first question. And all I can do is laugh and feel glad that she's here. you've found a true friend when you can sit all silent with the person and leave feeling like you've had one of the best conversations This is one of those moments I guess. Somehow...it just made me feel much better.

Haha I don't want this to turn in to a Tiff-praising entry...ok last bit of all the mushiness!!! You've always been here (at least these few years) and I'm glad you are... Thank you for being there to share my laughter, sadness, stupidity, craziness... and most importantly tell me "Jinkie, you just need to get it done!

new semester...new year...long awaited new post

2006-09-11T10:51:00.000-04:00

SIR!

2006-06-04T11:02:00.000-04:00

So Su Chang and Xianjun were relief teaching at RJC. I went back to especially see them teach. I hafta say, I am impressed! They actually made sense!!! haha...

Mr Su and Mr Chang were teaching integration techniques. The rest of us sat at the back of the class and listened. And then it was 'Over The Hedge' at Junction 8...Cute movie=)

back in NYC

2006-06-04T07:20:00.000-04:00

It's time to post some photos.

Been back in NYC for a week. Love the city! I think my 'ba zi' just goes better with NYC... Think it's the weather. Once I touch down, I feel less bloated and grossed out. Maybe because it's drier here, there's less water in my body so I feel lighter...haha. It's true!

Training started last Wednesday. Was boring at times but some were pretty useful. And definitely got to know some really nice fellow interns...and 'shady' friends *grinz*

So Friday we went to Pravda. Finally met Helen!!! yeah... She brought another Singaporean along. And once we saw each other, we were both like, "you look extremely familiar!" But it took a while before we figured out why. Ok we were both in RGS and RJ, but it's gotta be something more. Then we found out we were both in Waddle, the RGS house. No, but that's still not it. VOLLEYBALL!!! that was it...heh=) She was my volleyball senior in Sec 1. She's going to start full-time in NYC. Cool! It's all so random but fun!

Freaking funny!

2006-05-06T00:37:00.000-04:00

People who understand Singlish, please go and read 'Talk Cock' by Rockson Tan. Hafta say that has become my staple feed of the lastest happenings in Singapore.

For now, it's the Elections. Yeah hor, I didn't even realize it's happening now. Come to think of it, my mum was just telling me over the phone the other day that I got 600 free from the government. But must go set up a bank account then automatic can draw out liao. (Shit, read Rockson too much, now also write Singlish!)

Seriously, I always thought elections in Singapore are jokes man. What is this? No fixed election dates and districts. Only announce the actual election dates damn close to the actual thing, like the opposition party can prepare...as if! Then before the election, redraw all the GRCs and what not. Live in Holland become Bukit Batok GRC. Wah take bus also half an hour then reach loh. Sigh... what can I say?

Last night pulled an all nighter again. It was pretty fun though... I must say. We found an empty classroom in Kent. It's really not bad. Big room with huge tables and many chairs. Big enough for us to through our things around. Then when we are bored, I took this Hokkien test on someone's blog. I must say, I pretty much suck at Hokkien. Sounded like angmohs trying to speak Chinese...

bored...

2006-05-05T07:47:00.000-04:00

Here I am sitting in Kent 511... waiting for 9am to come. Why? cos Broadway (my dorm) has a fire alarm drill at 9am. Is the administration crazy?!? It's freaking study week and Friday before most finals start... and they wanna test the freaking fire alarm?!? Can't they do it another time? Or at least move it to noon or something.

So I have been camping in Kent the entire night. Still feeling with 'genki'...dunno why. But that's good. It's so much easier to study in the evening!

this is amusing

2006-05-03T02:31:00.000-04:00

Ok so I think I didn't really inform everyone that I'll be doing a summer internship at JP Morgan for Corporate Finance at the New York office. Now you know...if you didn't already=) And today we got our final group placement. CHR!!! (Consumer/Healthcare/Retail) yeah I got it... "happy" is the only word I can say.

Why I feel so strongly about this? I guess cos I'm REALLY REALLY into the healthcare industry. Thanks to EDB, I learnt loads about the big pharmas and biomed developments in Asia, and also realized there's tons more fascinating details about this industry. I suppose I would have been contented wherever I ended up. People at Industrials are awesome. So is FIG, Sponsors & TMT. But healthcare is where my passion lies... at least for now=)

Now to less serious stuff... I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE SUMMER!!! esp. after receiving the CF intern contact list and getting to know the other interns. Everyone's super excited and enthusiastic, which I'm really glad about. WE HAVE A BLOG! Are we the first for this batch? I think so...heh=) And that even stirred up some hoo-haa on another online wall street tabloid.

So maybe you should check it out. jpmsummer2006.blogspot.com

my Frat orientation

2006-04-30T21:05:00.000-04:00

No, I didn't join a Frat... not like I can in the first place. [FYI: frats are for boys.] A good friend did and I was honourably invited as the date for some kind of a senior send-off dinner. Met some interesting people and had a few pleasant surprises. Got to know a girl who was born in the same hometown as me, which was rare; another girl who's half-Japanese and speaks fluent Japanese, ie I have a new language partner! And when my entree came, it was twice the size of what everyone expected. The fried whole snapper looked like it serves two. I should have taken a photo of how big it was. No kidding... the guy sitting opposite me was so upset at how small his serving of seafood was compared to mine. Eventually he ordered another entree to make it up.

After dinner... Willy and Val joined Andre and I at a live Jazz bar. Great place to chill out with wine and cheese.

It's a sad day...

2006-04-16T22:30:00.000-04:00

It has been an extremely happy weekend until today. I guess 'god' always tries to be fair... one shall not have too much happiness at one weekend... heheh=) I'm glad I can actually still joke about this.

Sounds like something terrible happened? Yeah... my beloved Fujitsu laptop passed away. It's not one of those cases of just a disfunctioning 'organ', where I just hafta reformat and everything goes back to normal. It seems to be a central nervous system problem. At least to Raphael, our SSA computer engineer. The CPU isn't detecting all the necessary connections!!!

So all I can do is order a new laptop online. It was probably the fastest decision to spend 1300 bucks as far as I remember. Though it ships immediately, I'll still only get it probably on Thursday or Friday. Wednesday would be a miracle but I'm staying hopeful. For now, I am hijacking my friends' laptops, whoever I can find! I simply refuse to work in the computer labs. The environment is not condusive for intellectual thinking.

Fine, it's probably not that bad after all. I didn't have internet connection in Bahamas... but it's kinda different!!! All I hope now is that I'd fall in love with my new HP laptop. Raphael guaranteed that it's good stuff. It better be!!! Wanted an IBM, no I mean Lenovo 12", but it freaking ships in 1-3 weeks. By then I'd be done with finals and flying back to Singapore. So yeah... I guess HP was the only choice I have now... for something value for money, and with good tech support in the States.

paranoid...

2006-04-13T00:05:00.000-04:00

I need to seriously revamp this site... the frames are turning 'bad'. Somehow it doesn't load properly, at least from my comp.

And what can I say? I've been dedicating too much time into my Japanese blog, which is kinda compulsory for class... it's been fun though! I'm REALLY excited about going to Tokyo and climbing Mt. Fuji in the summer. Would definitely update on that...I hope...haha.

Anyway, I was just talking to Hanzi and realized... Gosh these e-circles, search engines, facebook, blogs, friendster, etc. are so freaky. Like you can literally search for anyone online. Oops...I guess it's not something new. But think about it, even your potential employers, and whoever else you can think of, can look up on you online. And here you are just having fun, putting up crazy comments & photos... you never know who reads them! So your stories better be uniform online and during interviews!!! *laughz*

Oh well, I guess I can't really be bothered with sensoring what I say anyway.

*disclaimer* just random thoughts...=)

Bahamas...finally

2006-04-13T00:04:00.000-04:00

optimal sleeping time

2006-03-22T12:33:00.000-05:00

Do you believe that there's actually an optimal sleeping duration for each individual? You know how some people claim that we should sleep in multiples of a certain number, and that number varies from person to person?

I'm starting to think that mine's in multiples of 5! haha=) A few days back I had such a lengthy phone conversation with Vina, we only stopped talking at almost 4am... In the end I barely got 5 hours of sleep and went to school and work, etc. and it all worked out well. Yesterday, I attempted to sleep early...1am...and set my alarm for 6 or 7 am, I can't remember. And amazingly, I woke up effortlessly. But being the lazy and greedy for sleep me, I decided to give myself more sleep time. So I switched off the alarm and slept longer. And that's when everything starts to go wrong. I woke up just before class... but feeling much more tired now than yesterday.

Maybe I should tell my brain to stop taking pity of my body and just make do with 5hrs... Afterall, it's good training for finals=)

Happy Vday my friends=)

2006-02-14T10:31:00.000-05:00

'Tis is the season to express your love...

Amazing! Now I hafta to update 2 blogs. And trying to formulate entries in Japanese isn't the easiest thing in the world. I hope I don't sound completely nonsensical with an overload of grammar and usage mistakes.

Someone other than my sensei actually wrote a comment. He said he's from Japan. I wonder if he's someone from the EALAC department, or really a stranger who stumbled upon my Japanese blog. In any case, it was a pleasant surprise. I welcome any comments from anybody. So he gave his perspective on Valentine's Day. I wrote that it seemed that Valentine's Day in Japan is when girls give boys they like chocolates. Why is it the other way round? Guys should take the initiative! And so he shared what he thought. In Japan, there's actually a White Day a month later when boys return their appreciation to the girls. We don't have such a formality in the States or in Singapore or do we?

Japanese Blog!

2006-02-09T17:52:00.000-05:00

Guess what?!? For Japanese 3rd Year class, we hafta create our own Japanese blog, ie write in Japanese. Isn't that super amusing? Check it out when you are free... and see if you can figure out what I'm writing=)

http://furyoo.at.webry.info

It's amazing what I can possibly do with my Japanese at this level. I always feel like I haven't really learnt anything significant. Still relying on subtitles when watching Japanese dramas. But hey, that day when I browsed through Japanese blogs, I could actually understand what they were writing about. And actually for Japanese class, we watch dramas for 'listening comprehension' without subs (with the help of vocal lists)... I don't get everything but at least the gist of the story.

One thing for sure though... I definitely have to practice kaiwa (conversation). Found a kaiwa partner! I was trying to find a seat at Uris one day and sat beside this lady and started doing my Japanese homework. Then when I looked up, she started talking to me in Japanese, thinking that I'm Japanese. So that's how we started talking... Since she wants to practice her English, and I wanna practice my Japanese, we are aiming to meet up once a week=) All thanks for being studious in public!

Happy Lunar New Year

2006-02-05T22:53:00.000-05:00

新年快乐！

As usual, I've been horribly lazy, which explains why the last post was 1 month ago. There's been so much things going on... I feel that things happen faster than I can take the breathe to write them down.

Fortunately, the interview season's over for me. Currently in the process of deciding where to go for the summer. It's a REALLY tough choice... It seems that the more perspectives I hear, the more confused I get! And catching up with classes... there's some work to be done!

Nevertheless, I'm glad that things has been working out for everyone (at least the majority). Vina and Chengze are going to HK... That's so exciting! Though, it'd really be cool if Vina and I can work in the same place, at least geographically. For about a few weeks, I thought I'd be going to HK this summer as well. At least when I was there for a week of break, it seemed really exiciting to work there. However, once I came back and started interviewing full-fledged, that urge to work in HK kinda died away. Partly because I connected better with the interviewers from the New York offices as compared to the Asia ones. Figured with my kinda temperament, and considering the size of the Asia offices, if I couldn't get along with one or two, it's as good as not liking the entire operation! Haha... I'll be in deep shit then=)

Talking about not getting along... there's some stories to be told. But I really hafta get back to Japanese 'shukudai'... Next entry next entry.

I'm featured on ...!

2006-01-04T00:56:00.000-05:00

Yo friends, gotta check out Su Chang's blog!!! almostcolourless.blogspot.com

I must say Chang takes some really AWESOME photos=) including ME *laughz* hey you gotta pay me for posing next time... look at how I bring out the quality of your photos?!?!?

finally got what i want... a tan!

2005-12-30T10:50:00.000-05:00

I went wakeboarding... for the first time in my life today. It was really fun! I got blisters on my hands now=( but good thing I managed to get up on the board... that's probably the toughest part. It's the initial tug that really requires a lot of grip, which I almost couldn't do for the second run 'cos my hands were super tired. I must get better the next time... let's go again next week before I head back into winter once again!

Val! I finally updated my blog... Ha but why do you need to read my blog anyway? Not that you don't know most of the 'interesting' stuff that's been happening=) boring right?!? Nothing too exciting to write about...

My blog is boring shit...

2005-12-30T10:31:00.000-05:00

ahhh... I've really been damn lazy with updating my blog. Or maybe it's cos I'm too busy leading an 'exciting' life to write it down... haha

Let's see what did I miss?! I got my license in New York!!! Was the examiner crazy?!? I only had freaking 8 lessons on an auto car. And the test was in a neighbourhood which has on average 2 cars passing every 5 min... How could they even trust me driving on a 'normal' road. I don't even trust myself man... haha. Hopefully it'll come with trial & error on the road=)

Oh I got the second round phone interview for SEO! Super relieved when I received their email. I seriously thought I screwed up my first round interview. Maybe I did for some questions. When I was trying to give an example of a case where I showed leadership quality, the interview gave me the 'what the hell are you talking about' look. That totally threw me off-guard initially. And my reply became super unorganized.

When my friend told me that they might give the 'stress' test, I laughed and said I won't even be scared a bit. But I guess I was wrong... at least partially... It's easy to say that I am confident of what I am talking about under normal circumstances. But during the interview, when the result really mattered like dear life, you will become more uncertain of whether you have convinced your 'examiners'. I guess I became more self-conscious at that point. But eventually when it came to the case study, I'm glad that I knew what I was doing. They seriously questioned every single statement I made, to the point that it got irritating at times. Somehow, I think my 'irritation' then gave me more strength. I was pretty damn sure I was correct so I stood up to my reasoning. That interview really taught me the importance of courage and confidence.

so... "how many diapers are sold in the United States in 1 year and what is the market value?"

you see I have been busy...

2005-12-16T17:43:00.000-05:00

Apologies!!! Really haven't been updating this place. Just give me 1 more week! I'm make sure I'll recap anything exciting that happened...

For now... IT'S THE FINALS!!!!!

Anyway for a break from studying, everyone please check out this link below. Build your own on my street please! I want all my friends to live on my street=) heh...

http://www.drawahouse.com/takethetest/index.asp?street=90bf3d79ca5198a0949d3a5900726fb7

Excuse me SU CHANG...

2005-11-17T00:52:00.000-05:00

Hello?!? What's this about 'Kat's drunken life'? haha just visited your new blog. Then at the corner of my eye, I thought I saw my name. I thought I made a mistake. Then I looked again. YES! You finally provided a link to my blog! haha...

btw Su Chang's new blog is at almostcolourless.blogspot.com
*note: it's the British spelling, not American spelling*

I better change the link on my page too. In case you didn't realise, if you put the cursor over the + sign at the top right hand corner, there's links?!? Wow... haha

About me?!? I just started my part time job! Having 2 'jobs' is really tough. I really need some discipline and perseverance man. On days I have work and comes back at 9pm, it takes a lot to get down to completing schoolwork after that. But I guess it's worth it. I'm having fun at work. Ha bet Johnny'll laugh if he reads this. "Fun? What fun?" He'd say. He's my direct supervisor. The VP. Johnny rocks! He's really funny. And he really takes the time to explain things. Everyone else on the team rocks too!!!

oh yes, to add on...

2005-11-08T20:07:00.000-05:00

I overheard from a close friend that an 'old' friend of mine has been constantly complaining about "needing a girlfriend...", "no one is keeping me company...", bla bla bla...

come on! give others a break. Nobody wants to keep hearing you complain about the same old thing. Instead of complaining, do something about your life. Well... having a girlfriend or boyfriend is always good. But u can still enjoy life without one. I am just having as much fun with friends. That's not necessarily the same kinda happiness but at least I am happy. In fact, I think I am happier this semester than last year. Well again, friends can argue that precisely that's why I broke up with my ex...=) So if you are feeling so horrible just because you don't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, all I'm saying is GET A LIFE!

I hope I am not being very impulse when I argue this way. For all you know, the next day it'd be me complaining about not having a boyfriend! *laughz*

here I am in Linear Algebra revision session and writing my Blog?!?

2005-11-08T19:36:00.000-05:00

The much yearned for 'Election Days' break came and went. Tomorrow school's gonna start again. And the 'exciting' part is that there's 2 midterms! yeah!!! haha... yeah right. The good thing is that come the end of the week, midterms will be over and done with, after months of multiple rounds of midterms. It makes people really wonder the meaning of 'mid' term. It's more like APR and EAR. omg... you must think I am sprouting nonsense. haha I am actually=) Just writing down whatever that came to my mind. So bare with me. Oh and I am v. touched to realise friends are actually reading my blog?!? wow... haha ok ok I will keep it updated.

to put it in Singlish: LAZY LAH!!! UPLOAD PICS AND EVERYTHING...SUPER MF!!!!! haha...

Anyway, I've been in extremely good mood since the last week of October. Good things have been happening since. School's been busy but I'm holding on well, with at least SOME satisfying results. Internship hunt...another source of immense stress... so far so good, things have been working out. And of course FRIENDS!!! THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE, which includes my dad & mum too=) You, guys & gals, were there for me when I needed help. And of course, there's the coming to my birthday party, finding me a present which I really liked, and being CRAZY! I love you lots.

I think I've told friends umpteen times that 'I FEEL THE LOVE'. And often they'd laugh at me, cos I just looked so smiley and everything... haha they'd say 'siao'! But it's true! There was this period mid-Oct when I was SUPER DUPER stressed. There just seemed to be too many things to do. Classes, Extra-curriculum Acitivities, Internships, Driving... esp. when I failed my first driving test. I was a little disappointed. There I was, making so much effort to make sure everything fits into schedule, then that's how things turned out? It made me wonder if other things would take the same course of development. Oh well... but I got over it soon. Just gotta take it again I guess, no big deal. Talking to friends really helped.

I guess I can't live this life alone. There's always people out there who'd be able to help. Why not ask, instead of carrying all the burden myself? That said, I treasure all my friends for who they are, not because they can potentially help me!!! heh=) Does this sound too much like some application essay?!?

I really mean it though..

check this out!!! JAY CHOU's new album...

2005-11-02T14:00:00.000-05:00

This is ultimate COOLNESS! I love the album name. heh...omg I just found out Jay Chou's latest album was released on Nov 1... That's my birthday!!! Plus it's my 21st! What a birthday present?!?!! haha I am nuts. Anyway above is the album cover I believe. I bet Yishi's gonna faint when she sees this... haha I finally got hold of the songs... all I can say is...

IT IS WORTH THE WAIT

Everyone so has to check this out man! Alright alright... updates later about what happened to the busy me for the past month...

driving

2005-10-07T00:37:00.000-04:00

We drove to Woodsbury last Sunday! It was really fun. First time there by car, thanks to Val's mum who rented an 8-seater. Driving and trying to find our own way there's really fun. I guess 'cos it's our first time driving on American roads. Alright I didn't drive. Been taking driving lessons though. 3-4 more times and it's the test! I really like driving; it's a lot easier than I thought, probably 'cos here we learn auto. I can't wait till I get my license then we can go on road trips!

And I must say I'm becoming an AX girl! Bought quit a few AX stuff at Woodsbury. For one thing, the range this time was a lot better than the last few times I've been there. Maybe cos it's the change of season? And I finally got more nice jeans!!! One from Miss Sixty and one from AX... plus a Tommy v-neck knit! That'll complete the 'jap' look=) heh...

I'm still waitlisted for my JFK-Narita part of my flight back to Singapore. If I get it on ANA, then I'll be going to HK in early Jan. Heard the AX stuff there's even cheaper. I hope so! If I don't get the ticket, I guess I'll stay here for winter. Maybe I'll plan a road trip. Any ideas?

time's really passing fast...

2005-10-07T00:32:00.000-04:00

It's so different from last year. I still remember last year the few of us were literally counting down to any public holiday or winter break. But this year, it has already been, what, 5 week since school started?!? I feel like before I know it, it'll be Nov, then finals, then winter break again! wow... maybe 'cos there's really a lot more things to do this sem. 'Heavier' classes, more activities, hanging out more with friends... it all adds up. Sometimes it gets a little breathless but I'm enjoying it!

watch my grammar

2005-09-22T01:33:00.000-04:00

Lately, I am starting to realize that my grammar's really bad. I wonder how many simple mistakes I have made in this blog. Probably because this sem I am taking Japanese Civilization, which requires the writing of discussion topics and papers, I am more careful when I write. Alright, I really need to improve on my writing... That's all I have to say.

Ok this seems a little random but I AM SO GLAD THE WEEKEND IS FINALLY HERE!!! had so much work this week... almost died. To prevent 'hyper-exhaustion' again, I need to be more hardworking during the week, ie learn from the freshmen...go to the lib! So that I can still have fun when the weekend comes=)

haha my mum's so cute!

2005-09-17T18:39:00.000-04:00

Last night when I got back from clubbing, I received like a million MSN messages from my mum... "Where are you? We called many times... call us back once you get back... we are worried..." Oops I realised I haven't been calling my parents that often this semester. Felt bad so I immediately called back.

The first thing she said was, "Did you injure someone?!?" I was like, "WHAT?!?" That's so random. Then my mum said how she saw my nick on MSN said, "I'm so sorry... I'll be more careful next time to disfigure u again=(" Then I started laughing. Haha my mum seriously thought I got into a fight or something. But actually, it's just that a few friends were fooling around, throwing frisbee. Then my friend threw the frisbee damn fast towards me...it missed me by barely a metre. I guess he didn't mean to hit me. But anyway I wanted to get back and made him stand at that spot and I throw the frisbee as fast as I could. Never have I thought that I could throw a frisbee that fast! And I really aimed... So it hit his jaw!!! At first we thought it's nothing but later he said it's a bit painful. I looked at his jaw and there's a bump with a scratch mark!!!!! I feel totally bad...

'cos you know... I am the super duper rash and rough kind of girl. Ok lah not very much like a girl sometimes=( So I always end up doing something outragious, only to regret afterwards. Vina always says, "aiyoh u don't think before you do one..." Haha... I'll try next time=)

more photos

2005-09-17T12:01:00.000-04:00

I completely gave up trying to fit the entries exactly beside the photos. It never works... gets really confusing as I add more and more photos. So I'll just stick to pictures...or words...

Went to 2 parties last week. First at DEEP, a senior party. I really liked the place, the decor, the music, the crowd. Everyone was really spotting and high... Annika can really dance! And Jared made his effort *grinz* Won't mind going there again.

Also checked out this NYU/Columbia frat party...met some familiar faces from NYU. But that's about it. The music wasn't fantasitc...even though it's R&B. The DJ's just plain boring. So we tried to entertain ourselves=) As you can see from the pics... As usual, Willy's butt received quite some attention!!! *laughz*

And thanks to Key for coming to the girls' rescue with his killer dance moves!

What a hectic week...

2005-09-05T23:34:00.000-04:00

ok I haven't been filling u in on what's happening since I came back. Where should I start? NSOP? Right... I helped out at the orientation program. Not an orientation leader, but like was heading a crew of orientation leaders for setting up of events, etc. I was excited and enthusiasitc on the first few days, but nah... kinda died down after that. Felt the committee really should have done better scheduling. There's too much manpower and too little things to do. Everyone was pretty bored... [or was it just me and a random few others?!?]

Met the new freshman from Singapore. They are a pretty fun bunch! Did many funny things together... haha. Like the drinking games... I just suck at 'diu diu diu' [what a name!]. My luck... Haha can't stop laughing 'cos everyone was pretty hyper. There was this poker game where everyone hafta follow the winner or drink. Wah... Andrew & Raphael just had to take out their shirts!!! Damn hilarious... And Andrew almost made everyone show their underwear the next round. Glad that the Americans really liked our games... haha talking about assimilation.

Vina left for Penn on Wed. It felt like she has left for a really long time though... I was such a sweet friend to write her a snail mail in advance so that she'll get it once she get there=) Okay I am being egoistic but oh well... she understands... haha. Right vina?! heh=)

As promised...

2005-09-02T02:02:00.000-04:00

For my fellow interns at EDB... last night out in Singapore! Though not everyone was able to make it... it was pretty fun=)

I'm trying to put up more pics but the uploading is REALLY SLOW!!!

Eerrrhhhhh I look bad in this one... Chris u rock! Will definitely miss dancing with you *wink*

Chang has a really good artistic photo of us standing outside Pacific Plaza. Visit his blog to see... bluepen.blogspot.com

And of course, I finally saw Yongz's great dance moves...haha. Eh you are seriously not bad! Keep it up bro...

Alright, sick of waiting at 3 in the morning for blogspot to upload the photos. It's time to get my 'beauty' rest=) I'll try to upload everything... but it's seriously tedious to arrange the photos beside the entries nicely. One day when I get impatient, I'll just give up=)

omg...totally forgot what the password was...

2005-08-25T20:05:00.000-04:00

It's been long since I last wrote! Well I might take even longer when term actually starts... *sigh* it's been a really hectic few days for me. Rushed back to NYC 3 days after I ended my internship at EDB; packing and unpacking was such a chore (never realised I have so much stuff!); and preparing for freshman orientation all wrapped up into less than a week! *phew*

The weather here's much better than Singapore! Sunny but breezy, even though the nights can be a little cold for skirts=( *short skirts I mean* I still wore my maroon mini to meet Vina & CZ yesterday. I had to apologize...took a nap before I left and I overslept! Wasn't completely my fault...I made an effort to set the alarm clock...but I forgot to change am to pm=( Was woken up by the phone ring. I so thought it was early in the morning and so was prepared to scold whoever who woke me up. Then I heard Vina on the other side, "Where are you?" Oh shit was my first reaction! Why am I still at home?!? haha... but the rest of the night was good. Had a lot of fun talking, while enjoying the food at St. Mark's place. Alright, maybe I did too much talking at times...but at least I was funny!!! *self-esteem* hmm... haha

Can you believe it?! I through away two pieces of clothes in one day! First I put on one of my fav Japan soccer jersey and found that the sleeves were torn...*sob* Fine it was a little old. It's ok, at least the Liverpool piece is still new. Waiting for the next World Cup! Shall get another Japan soccer jersey if its 'style' factor sustains=) Second I found my Mango capri full of faded spots. Never saw those before the summer. What happened? So I guess today's the last time I'm going to wear it. Wait...does this mean that I need to buy more clothes? I don't have any mid length bottoms for now. Oh and as I was saying, I want funky gold flats!

Yes and I hope even with running around orientation, I'll have time to do a picnic at Central Park and go to Long Island beach...

What a coincidence!

2005-08-15T03:58:00.000-04:00

When I came out of the dressing room at Warehouse Wisma, vina & cz was standing in front of me. How funny! My dad bumped into them when he was on his way to find me and my mum. I mean Singapore is not say very big but still... it was a nice greeting on Sunday=)

Sunday was a good day. Went shopping for the second consecutive day...this time, much more fruitful. The day before, I was pretty depressed 'cos I couldn't find any decent skirts to buy at Bugis! Ok vina's gonna scold me for being bimbo...I have been whining about needing new short skirts for quite some time... haha. I must comment the salegirl at Warehouse. She was really sweet and friendly. Went out of her way to help me find matching accessories and tops. True that's her job and she's trying to make more business, but I still think she's nicer than most I've come across. So I did get a top and skirt from Warehouse. I really think it looks SUPER NICE!!! Duh...if not why would I have bought it?!? Anyway, I'll try to take a pic next time and post it...

And I have to say...I've kinda given up on local brands. Don't like the design, the cutting, the material...nothing's good. Since it's slightly cheaper to get branded US clothes like AX & Kenneth Cole, it only leaves me with the likes of Zara, Warehouse, Mango & Warehouse to shop in. Alright, occasionally I'll find some nice stuff at local stalls. At least for this summer, I think I've already reached the saturation point for that=(

Following the shopping, I went to meet the new Columbia freshies at the Send-off Party. They are all pretty nice & funny people. Finally met Desmond again. He used to be my senior and Orientation Leader in my JC days. Now he's kind of my jr and I am organizing the orientation for them! haha...this is a pretty weird feeling. Never thought we'll end up in the same school again. It's a pleasant surprise. And there's Andre too. Glad that he finally decided to come to Columbia=) Good choice! And I just saw him in the EDB lift! The world is indeed small. Or rather, my circle of friends is limited...

Last week in SINGAPORE

2005-08-14T20:26:00.000-04:00

Next week this time, I'll already be on the plane heading back to New York. Time really flies. I'd have thought 7 weeks is a long time but it just went by like that! Part of me is really excited about going back to NYC. Miss being able to just walk down streets and streets exploring the different parts of the city. For one, I've ran out of ideas of exciting fun things to do in Singapore. But on the other hand, I must admit that I've had so much fun for the past few weeks. The next time I meet all these friends is probably in a year's time?! And of course there's my parents. It'll take some time for all of us to get used to living by ourselves again...

Alright... moving on to lighter topics. We are gonna have a party this Friday!!! Yeah I'm pretty excited about it. It'll be Vina's and my last weekend in Singapore. So I thought it'd be great if we could have a gathering with all our friends (at least most of them). And going to a club will be one of the easiest ways for different groups of friends to mix. So yup, that'll be it... ChINA BLACK on FRIDAY!!!!!

*WARNING* Hey if u consider us friends, u better come! heh=) even if clubbing isn't really your thing...com'on... After all it's gonna be our last few days here. We'll be really glad to see you there *smilez*

check these lyrics... there's a little bitch in every women=)

2005-08-09T21:26:00.000-04:00

[Chorus]
I pick all my skirts to be a little too sexy
Just like all of my thoughts they always get a bit naughty
When I'm out with my girls I always play a bit bitchy
Can't change the way I am sexy naughty bitchy me

I'm the kind of girl that girls don't like
I'm the kind that boys fantasize
I'm the kind that your momma and your daddy were afraid you'd turn out to be like
I may seem unapproachable but that's only to the boys who don't have the right approach or ride that makes a girl like me wanna hop in and roll

People think it's intimidating when a girl is cool with her sexuality
I'm a 180 to the stereotype girls like staying home and being innocent

[Chorus]

My mouth never takes a holiday
I'm always shocked with the things I say
I was always the kid in school who turned up to each class bout an hour late and when it came to the guys I'd lay, I'd always pick the ones who won't figure out that I am clearly a rebel to the idea of monogamy

People think it's intimidating when a girl is cool with her sexuality
I'm a 180 to the stereotype girls like staying home and being innocent

[Chorus]

Sexy... naughty... bitchy...me

People think it's intimidating when a girl is cool with her sexuality
I'm a 180 to the stereotype girls like staying home and being innocent

[Chorus]

I like all of my shorts to be a little too shortly
Unlike all of my guys I like them tall with money
I love all of my nights to end a little bit nasty
Can't change the way I am sexy naughty bitchy me

I pick my skirts to be sexy
Just like my thoughts a bit naughty
When I'm out with my girls ...bitchy
Can't change I am
Sexy naughty bitchy me

dumb me!

2005-08-09T21:01:00.000-04:00

No wonder my flu is not recovering as fast as expected. Just found a stupid mistake I've been making. I'm supposed to take 2 pills each time for my sore throat. BUT BUT, I've been taking only 1 pill each time for the past few days. No wonder it seemed weird but somehow I remember myself reading the instructions and seeing 1 pill 3 times a day. ILLUSION...

happening happening happening

2005-08-09T05:47:00.000-04:00

First of all, HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE. Not one of those super enthusiastic viewers but at least I said it=)

Alright...don't know where to start but so many things happened in the last few days that I just can't list them all! FYI: they r all good things=) *phew*

yeah there was the US-bound party. I was forced to take part in the 'pageant' by wanyun. It was really like a pageant as in beauty contest. More like fear factor!!! I don't know where I got the courage, but instead of the normal catwalk, I did a super saucy dance to the music. Hope it wasn't too bad a performance... Then it's drinking down stout w soft-boiled egg. Lastly, it's raising money. Lost that round, ended up second. Hey but that's cos the other girl is from the organizing school!!! haha...shan't complain... I had fun anyway.

Then it was the vina *drama* followed by hilarious conversations at the chalet. Apologies for those who weren't invited. It was quite last minute and we only got like a 2-bed room. We had such fun talking about the wildest things on our minds. Was laughing, screaming, shouting so much that the next day...I've got a sore throat=) But nevertheless, it worth it. Old friends and new ones... Oh yeah must welcome cz *vina's bf* into the family! haha... and of course he's best mate daryl. funny bunch...

And then there's China Black yesterday. I hafta compliment CB for their good music. MUCH BETTER THAN ZOUK. I don't think i can take mambo anymore, let alone trance or house. China Black's one of the few places that constantly plays r&B hip hop. And the plus point about yesterday is that it's a semi-SMU party so the crowd is good too. Not too many bengs. Met a lot of pple at the party. Some rj pple... many many fencers (old & new)... So yeah despite my slight flu, had a wonderful night! A bit tired though... like my legs couldn't carry me as much as I wanted. But all's good=) Must give Daryl a compliment too... haha for being a good dancer. Alright alright, I shouldn't boost his ego anymore... it's already at an intolerable level *laughz*

And lastly, I must tell myself to start exercising again! been missing the action the past few weeks. Wah must stay fit!!!

Great pic of yongz... don't u think so?!?

2005-08-07T09:53:00.000-04:00

Not so sq;-)

I had to add in this one...pissed

2005-08-05T06:17:00.000-04:00

I don't wanna write this here but u put me on the spot. Ok I actually don't know where to start...
Ok...I don't think I did you any disservice... I didn't do anything funny under-the-table. Whatever my decision was, was based on rational judgement and reason. It could have been you or me, anyone. It's something u've gotta be understand from the beginning. But I have no idea why now it seems as if I'm at fault?!?

What is this man?!? First, i realized that ur name is not in my facebook list. I figured that you took me off ur 'friends list'. Alright, if that is absolutely NECESSARY!!!

Then I receive this email from your good friend and co-chair, advising me that I should leave the exec board next year but can still be a dj. Who r u to decide that?!? Why? You are too trumatized issit? Then don't go into any in the first place. Just like if you can't take losing, don't EVER EVER gamble! Simple as that...

Now I am telling u. I was long planning to excuse myself from the exec board next yr. I don't mind being a dj. But don't think I can cope with Fencing, and all the other committments, plus this. So I call it quit. Never did I expect that just before I was going write that email, I received co-chair's email. Fine. So be it. I'm not agitated.

I'd just like to say...I AM GLAD I DID WHAT I DID. I HAVE BEEN MUCH HAPPIER THESE DAYS. YOU MADE ME REALIZE WHAT I HAVE BEEN MISSING. THANKS! =)

Cheers to Roald Dahl=)

2005-08-05T06:11:00.000-04:00

Hey pples,

you definitely gotta catch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm personally not a Johnny Depp fan but nevertheless, accepted vina's invitation=) It turned out to be much better than expected. Reminded me of all those childhood days when I'd spend my days at the bookshop reading Roald Dahl books. He's a truly great author. This is the movie adaptation of the book with the same name, but with an added bit of flavour at the end. It was so touching that I actually teared. Not going to say where so that this won't be a spoiler=)

I wanna know who that little boy who acted as Charlie is. He's such a cute and adorable boy. And the best of all, he's not a brat (or at least not in the movie). He showed me the importance of kinship...

new discovery

2005-08-01T02:12:00.000-04:00

It seems like I'm the only amused one. Did u hear that the American astronomists are on the way to proving that there exists a 10th planet?!? Isn't that exciting? Ok not to make myself sound like an astro-geek but if it ever comes true, don't u think that it's cool that it happened in ur lifetime?

sigh... rubs eyes

2005-07-31T20:28:00.000-04:00

sian. monday blues AGAIN. I quote vina=) We r probably not alone on this one. It's the first Monday since the previous batch of interns left...except for the few 'hardworking' ones like my dear friend VINA. That's what friends r for right?! Even though she came early, she waited for me to end together! heh...

There's quite a few things to finish up today. Been procrastinating. Let me address a few things here first...

First, thanks MING for offering ur house as the partyspace. Even though it wasn't much of a farewell... only 3 of the leaving interns came... but it was still fun nevertheless. Took some time to warm up but eventually we got down to the games & drinks. Got to know our fellow interns a little bit better.

Thanks Pearl for calling your lil' bro along... This is one brave boy, downing half a cup of vodka in one gulp.... and Peizhen for calling her funky friends who brought us the mixers. Oh yes, of course there's also the 20-yr-old car which made funny noises as the driver attempts an Initial D. Couldn't stop laughing... And guess who's this Takumi person?!? none other than our RJC prom king a yr before mine. Abel (think that's how his name goes) was since labelled 'e Initial D guy'. haha...

Thanks to 'whatever his name was' (another RJ snr) for introducing the 'chu-chu' game. It's DAMN funny!!! esp. when everyone's make the same sound at the same time. plus it can get utterly confusing... caused me to drink a couple of times in the row.

Thanks to Andy for lugging me home. I was totally ok when we were at Ming's house, perhaps cos I was sitting down all the time. I knew I didn't eat dinner. That's bad for the stomach. So figured I should take some food. But by the time we r nearing NUS main campus, I was already feeling bad. Eventually when we finally managed to walk to the famous prata shop at west coast, I couldn't take it anymore and had to puke. Would u say that's utterly embarrassing? I don't know, at least I didn't think much of it. My stomach was pretty weak for the remaining weekend. That was a bad experience... and a lesson to be learnt.

I have excuses though. First I was so tired that once I got home, went to take a nap. By the time I got up, didn't have time to eat anything. Then I figured it's just gonna be Wala Wala, so I won't have that much to drink. Who knew, we ended up at someone's house. Plus the consecutives shots, the lack of mixers, and no dancing to sweat it all out... Alright, being the reckless me, I never thought it would be so bad either. So in some ways, I deserved it! hahaha...

no regrets though... it was a fun night!

Lesson learnt!

2005-07-31T12:04:00.000-04:00

NEVER DRINK ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!!!

explain tomorrow...kinda running short of time...ZZZzzz

Ello?!? Is there a way to not type a title but still have a link w the first few words or something?!?!?

2005-07-28T20:52:00.000-04:00

Haha excuse me if I sound hyper. 'cos it's Friday! It's finally the weekend!!! yeah... i hafta say that recently I've been experience diminishing returns at work, which is totally not good. Got a presentation this afternoon, I better make it work. The day should be over by then. I'm all ready for the weekend to re-charge. Productivity better picks up next week!!!!!

Despite the complaining, I've been enjoying myself. There's always e 'talking to friends' & e 'doing wacky things' aside from all the work.

Issit the common thing for our age group? What I realise is that when ur age reaches the 20 mark, love/relationship no longer remains a personal thing. Out of nowhere, it becomes the topic of conversation with friends, and also PARENTS! Parent?!? Yeah parents! It becomes awfully funny when ur mom starts to tell u how she thinks all these guy friends of urs look... how she would start asking who is this and who that is and why aren't you good friends with this person and that person. It's weird that parents seem to be the ones totally against BGR when u r in ur teens. And suddenly, when u turn 20, their body clock rings and there's a 180 degree change. Not that it's the case for my mum but just in general. And the weird part for me is to actually agree on the looks part with my mum. It's just funny that all of a sudden we r on common ground. That's not NORMAL... ...

And with friends... yup that sure is interesting. Vina & I never used to really talk about these things 'cos I know she might not support my radical views. But yeah now it's fine. More often then not, our girl talk ends up surround the topic of dating, relationships, guys, bla bla bla Hope that's not too BIMBO! And Vina, pls don't blame me for dragging u in=) Of course, there's all these other pple... Tiff has been an 'old' member of this 'chat club'...and Yishi. And now, even with old classmates & new friends... someone else bound to mention the topic. But it's not that it's not interesting. Part of me love talking about it. 'cos it's always fun to hear other pple's views. To sometimes realise that u r not alone... reassures me of my decisions.

What decisions? u'll know soon enough...

CM offsite...

2005-07-27T21:15:00.000-04:00

To those of you who doesn't know what it means... it's an EDB thing, where the chief management 'disappears' for 2 days to brainstorm for ideas. Our entire division is gone, except for the 3 interns and the JOs... which leaves me with more room to clear what's on the table and tie the bits & pieces together. A little too quiet though...

For those who are leaving this week, we had a lunch gathering yesterday at an Indian restaurant. It was loads of fun! less 'cos of the food than the hilarious conversations we had. A group of us were having 'heated' converstaion over bgr. I'm a poor storyteller but u've gotta admit that the simplest comments can become a joke when u have 2 different species giving their thoughts about the same thing. u realise that our brains r wired totally differently.

out for food: WHO PAYS?!?
pre-marital pregnancy: TO ABORT OR NOT TO ABORT?!?
what makes a GOOD KISSER?!?

These may seem to be extremely common topics but seriously, the jokes r funny when 5 pple seemingly high-on-water starts rambling. esp. towards the end when we incorporated very EDB jagons, ie. value-add, value chain, outsourcing. Haha 'cos Hau Yee was talking about couples going to movies, with the couple seats in mind. Guys, we r already going to movies with u, why r you still thinking of value-adding? The argument is, of course we have to move up the value chain, if not why do we pay twice of $9.50 on the weekend for? BGR is like the entire value chain... from R&D to clinical trials to eventual production. It's the entire economy! Even though production cost in Singapore may be high, we still gotta sustain manufacturing!!! *grinz* Outsourcing is not an option!

I hope you see the parallel and laugh=)

Monday blues...

2005-07-25T08:46:00.000-04:00

It has been a really busy but exciting weekend. Too many things happened for me to recount. Well...all I have to say is that I have REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. I'm really glad that's the case. There's been times when I was down... on and off when I think of troubling events. But thank goodness I've got many good friends to talk to. Thank you...esp. to those few who have heard me go on and on about the same topic. I hope I didn't drive you nuts! haha=)

There's pple who have made my life hard 'cos they are so immature. But I think I don't blame them. Everything's gonna be alright. I just hafta enjoy my summer and move on!

Guess who?!?

2005-07-19T11:59:00.000-04:00

disclaimer

2005-07-18T21:14:00.001-04:00

This is a special request from our dear Yong Chuen. The photos posted are a misrepresentation of how my friends look! heh...esp. Yongz=) He definitely looks better than that in person *grinz* I'm sorry; it must have been my camera!

P.S. i just changed the template. How does this look? If u didn't notice, the small 'x' on the top right corner gives all the links. It's e navigation bar!!! Anywayz, the first link i've got is Chang's blog. Enjoy...

new photos!!!

2005-07-18T10:10:00.000-04:00

hey friends, I've uploaded the latest photos we took in Singapore. Just a selective few 'cos it's really slow to upload EVERYTHING. I should go set up a photo album and link it to this page. Maybe that'll make things much easier next time round. But anyway, bear with it for now=)

2005-07-18T09:42:00.000-04:00

rain...are the gods crying?

2005-06-27T17:05:00.000-04:00

It all ended. It's supposed to be a beautiful week... my mum came to visit; everything's going well; I was happy. But it just had to happen. I was too tired... too exhausted to continue anymore. It was almost like the San Andreas fault. Two plates constantly rubbing against each other. Every other day, there's a build-up of tension. Finally, one of them gave way. *earthquake*

I don't know. Am I too scared to walk the same trail again? Am I to be blamed for having no guts? I don't wanna think... I don't wanna think about it anymore. All I plead is for a break... for me to rest.

It's already the End of June

2005-06-17T10:47:00.000-04:00

The title says it all. Time really flies. Before I realise it, I've been waking up everyday at 0745 to take the subway downtown for work. This is an incredible feat, considering I never used to be able to get up even for the 1030 classes. *sorry* Alright, I'll make an effort to be more hardworking next semester. Somehow, the resolution has never failed to be included everytime.
Recently, I've been starting on this East Asian Studies 'craze'. At one point I was insane enough to be evem thinking of doing a 4-1 dual degree. It's not the dual degree requirement that scares me. If you don't know about Columbia, it is really 'hard CORE'. This means that apart from major requirements, one has to fulfill the liberal arts core requirements too. If I decide on the 4-1, I would have to complete the entire CORE on top of thesis and everything else. I mean...I'd love to read the classics and philosophical papers for knowledge. But taking it for a course seriously and writing essays after essays about it... I don't think it's worth so much of my time. So eventually, I think I would end up only doing the minor in East Asian studies on top of whatever else I have.
I am pretty excited. Columbia has a great East Asian Studies faculty. One of the best in the country, if not the best. East Asian civilization is so fascinating! I've always loved studying the history of imperial China. And also to encorporate Korea and Japan into the picture. I'm not sure how to put this feeling into words... I'm not even sure if anyone else gets the same feeling as I do. Learning about all the history and culture of China really makes me exclaim about what mysterious land it is.
Not to let mention, I've been on a drama watching craze since the summer hols started. Mainly HK TVB dramas, Korean and Japanese ones too. First to amaze me was Gokusen 2 (Japanese). The fun thing about watching Japanese drama is that, since I've been learning Japanese for 2 years, I could actually understand parts of it. Maybe 50%?! For this drama it's not that difficult 'cos there's a lot of casual speech involved among the teenagers. Next, there's the Korean FULL HOUSE. Song Hye Gyo is so pretty and Rain is so cute! You've gotta watch this if you like funny love stories. As for the TVB dramas, there are always many good ones. TVB is really known for writing stories about police, lawyers, doctors, and rival between rich families. The best in the Chinese entertainment business I would say. Last but not the least, there's the ancient dramas!!! I'm now watching 'di nu hua', an adaptation from Chinese opera about a Ming dynasty princess called Chang Ping. A moving love story.
I realised that I've been writing longer and longer. I'll finish up=) I've always been interested in the Qing dynasty. Now I guess there's more to read up!

Summer

2005-06-08T11:13:00.000-04:00

Yes 6 Flags! As promised, Tiff and I eventually did go on a weekday. When we got there, the first reaction was... 'Gosh there's just so many high school kids on graduation trips or something.' For a moment, it felt so weird. We were kinda stuck in the middle. We were NOT kids; we were NOT tourists; and we were definitely NOT adults bringing their kids along. It all felt really different from NYC. Here, I rarely feel out of place. So while we were in-line waiting for our rides, we were talking about all these differences, how it's so great to live in the city. WE LOVE NEW YORK CITY!!!

We sat KINGDA KA! The tallest, fastest ride in the world. Cool... the wait was horrible but the ride was excellent. We were totally freaked while sitting, waiting for it to rocket up, but when it actually did, it wasn't as scary as we've thought. It's awesome. The other rides like Batman & Medusa were awesome too. Just a note of advice, don't take the Scream Machine! (it causes concussions to ur head & neck...bad design) We chickened out of Nitro at the last minute... just because both of us prefer rides with belts across the shoulders and Nitro doesn't have that.
The day was so hot! unbearable at times. Luckily it turned cloudy around 4. But we both got burnt nevertheless. Being in the sun for a whole day, I can't imagine how I am going to survive those weeks back in Singapore when it's gonna be hotter and much more humid.

Oh yes! last thing...gotta mention this for TIFF=) The last highlight of the say was waiting for the bus back. The wait wasn't fantastic but we were standing beside this cute 'surfer-ish' dude with ash blonde hair. He's tall, with short hair, good built... I dunno what got into us but he just simply looked cute. Not the 'oh i know i am cute' kind but the quiet and nice kinda guy. Maybe cos he doesn't look local. I thought he looked scandanavian-ish, could pass off as one of those Swedish soccer players. He might just be from Europe, or down-under. Whatever, he doesn't look American. Haha so if u or ur friend happened to be this person, pls contact us!!!
MORE DETAILS... t-shirt, hawaiian pants, addidas sneakers

Tiff's a fashion school student & would need ur help for her design project;-)
Alright, enough said for the day...

No longer a freshman!!!

2005-05-13T20:14:00.000-04:00

Yeah! As of noon today, the Spring semester is over. And that marks the end of my Freshman year...my first year studying abroad on my own. It's hard to say how I really feel right now. It all seemed so fast. I still remember during orientation, how I thought it'd be a LONG LONG year. But hey, things aren't that bad after all. Columbia is really fun. I've made friends here... and there's always those Singaporean buddies around=)

Finals are finally over. Results?!? hmm...we shall find out soon enough. As for celebrations after exams, I went to a Karaoke bar. Turned out that every room seemed to be Columbia students. Drank, sang, some pple went crazy...kinda chaotic but fun! Today's pretty quiet. Most people are moving out. Parents here with cars...bla bla bla. A group of them went on a backpacking trip to Europe. Hey have a great trip guys!!! I'd love to go, if not for the fact that I've gotta start on my internship next week=( Oh well...part of me's pretty excited about going to work, learning things in a different environment.

And definitely 6 Flags! I'll be there in a few week's time... ROLLER COASTERS!!!

The beginning...

2005-04-28T00:26:00.000-04:00

I felt like I need a place where I could express my thoughts. Exhausted after a day of work, I'd be able to do some free-writing. So that one day when I look back at the precious moments in my life, it'll be there to help me recollect things.
Guess this thought evolved as I recalled the fond memories of RJC days. I really missed those times. I missed going to class, despite the crazy amounts of work; I missed my teachers, despite the constant lecturing; and most of all, I missed my classmates and friends. Looking back on those days, I suddenly felt that I've crossed the border that separated childhood from adulthood. Maybe 'cos I'm now abroad, I feel that there's so many more things to consider than when I am back home. Sometimes I wish that I could turn back time. I wished that I have treasured those days more. I wished that then I didn't hope for RJ life to end so soon.
Hopefully the blog will help me reflect on things that happen from now on, so that I'd treasure the moments...