Monday, October 29, 2007

i miss Tinky

I miss my baby!!!



*sobsob*

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

*Phew*
After one insane week of exams and assignments, i'm now only left one assignment!!
Now i can finally take a breather and relax a little.
And catch up on my series, animes, movies, storybooks etc muahahahahahaha
Soon after, i'll be wearing that square hat!
*pat on my back*
I wonder whether the time will come for me to want to head back to school to do my postgrad and masters...


*Reality kicks in*


But there's still heaps of planning i need to do.
  1. I have to look for a casual job! Sent out a few applications and i'm hopping someone will contact me soon.
  2. Look for new accomodation. This is so frustrating. Our current apartment has a new owner and they intend to move in after our lease ends. Due to the high demand of rental properties, all the rent prices have gone up quite a bit. And it is so hard to find a place that is not too expensive, relatively safe, not too dodgy, unfurnished, suits our date (so that we don't have to pay empty rent), not too far from transport (coz i don't have a car...yesyes...i'm MAY go take my licence. Quit pushing me about that already. Oh, Jeremy said he'll be my chauffeur when he buys a car next year kekeke), etcetc. We found a few good ones but they are gone even before we had the chance to book an appointment to view the house. *faints* I guess we just have to stay on our toes and take action before others do.
  3. Go book a date for my ELTS test. It's a english test that i need to take in order to apply for a work permit and PR in future.
  4. After i get my work permit, i need to find a full time job that is in my field of study and work for a year in order to quality for PR application. To keep this short, if i can't find suitable job in about 6months, I'll have to go back to Singapore and my chances of getting a PR in Au will be voided (due to some legislations) then it'll be all up to Jason to apply for PR when he grad then sponsor me over in time to come.
  5. Last and most importantly, i have to think of my family. I spoke to my Dad of my plans to work in Au before so I'm sure he will not disapprove, but what about Tinky? Should i bring her over or should she stay in Sg?
AArrghhhh to much to think about. This uncertainty is so much more stressful than working and studying.
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On a different note, I got tagged by Doreen.
And she said my blog is the longest she’ve been following...*blush*
Thank you Doreen!! I'm really honored!! *SMACKS*
It's called the 'Sampat Tag'.
Wahahaha i like the sound of it lol.
So here goes the sampat questions and my sampat answers.


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1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Jason
2. What were you doing at 0800? Sleeping lor...
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Watching Death Note.
4. What happened to you in 2006? ermm...i grew a year older (>_<)
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? What!!
6. How many beverages did you have today? 2 cups of tea and 2 bottles of water
7. What color is your hairbrush? Pink!
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Strawberry milkshake!! mmmm...
9. Where were you last night? Out to uni to hand in my assignment, then went for a glass of milkshake then watch a group of guys eat their dinner since i'm full after the milkshake then went home.
10. What color is your front door? White
11. Where do you keep your change? Wallet/purse/bag/pockets
12. What’s the weather like today? Temp: 25.4 degreesC, Wind: NNE 11kph, humidity: 64%, rainfall: 0.0mm
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor? I like all kinds of ice-cream wor hehehe as long as it's not pistachio flavoured *yuck*
14. What excites you? Dogs!
15. Do you want to cut your hair? I want to but can't bear to.
16. Are you over the age of 25? Noooooo!!! I'm like Doreen, forever 17 wahahaha
17. Do you talk a lot? I'm relatively quiet but it also depends on my mood and topic of the day la.
18. Do you watch the O.C.? Nope
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Yes, just one
20. Do you make up your own words? ahahahahaha i've coined a number of words to date. hmmm..can't think of any examples now.
21. Are you a jealous person? occasionally lor.
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’. Angeline
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’. Kenneth
24. Who’s the first person on your received call list? Jason
25. What does the last text message you received say? Call me when u done
26. Do you chew on your straw? If i'm bored...
27. Do you have curly hair? nope
28. Where’s the next place you’re going to? maybe going out for dinner but not sure where
29. Who’s the rudest person in your life? that ABCD la....
30. What was the last thing you ate? maggie mee with bok choy, egg and sardine
31. Will you get married in the future? i think so ba
32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks? It's been ages since i last watch a movie...but series will be Romantic Princess...anime will be Bleach :p
33. Is there anyone you like right now? Of coz
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? few hours ago.
35. Are you currently depressed? Depressed! nooo...more like stressed
36. Did you cry today? nope
37. Why did you answer and post this? Because i want to...duhhh...I agree with Doreen...this question is quite pointless eh
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. Nah...not going to coz they won't do it LOL

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Friday, October 19, 2007

earn karma points the fun way!

They peepz,

want to earn kamar points the fun and educational way?

You can do this during your lunch/tea break, or maybe during one of those 'illegal' breaks during your work time heehee






Free Rice is a vocabulary testing game that adjusts itself to your level of language skill - the more questions you get right, the harder the questions. But the main point of the game, and the reason you should head over and play for a while, is that for each question you get right 10 grains of rice are donated to a hungry person through an international aid agency. It doesn't sound like a lot, but the more that you play, and particularly the more of you that play, the bigger the donation will be. Head on over, play, and save lives now. (from lazylaces.com)

Just click on Free Rice and start the good deed. Oh, remember to spread the word around too!

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

It's worthwhile taking 5 mins to read this essay...

I received this email from Jason's dad.
An essay that everyone should read.
It's very well written, very sad and it's increasingly true...

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Hi All

It's worthwhile taking a few mins to read this essay.
Singapore girl wins Commonwealth essay prize!
A 15-YEAR-OLD Singaporean, competing against 16- to 18-year-olds,
has won the top prize in a writing contest that drew 5,300 entries from 52 countries.
In the annual Commonwealth Essay Competition, Amanda Chong of Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) chose to compete in the older category and won with a piece on the restlessness of modern life.
Her short story, titled What The Modern Woman Wants, focused on the conflict in values between an old lady and her independent-minded daughter.
'Through my story, I attempted to convey the unique East-versus-West struggles and generation gaps that I felt were characteristic of young people in my country,' said Amanda, who likes drama, history and literature andwants to become a lawyer and a politician.
Chief examiner Charles Kemp called her piece a 'powerfully moving and ironical critique of modern restlessness and its potentially cruel consequences'.
The writing is fluent and assured, with excellent use of dialogue.
Amanda gets (S$1,590). A Singaporean last won the top prize in 2000, said Britain 's Royal Commonwealth Society, which has been organising the competition since 1883.
Singaporeans also came in second in the 14 to 15-year-old category, and fourth in the under-12s. Other winners included students from Australia, Canada and South Africa .
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What the Modern Woman Wants By Amanda Chong Wei-Zhen

The old woman sat in the backseat of the magenta convertible as it careened down the highway, clutching tightly to the plastic bag on her lap,
afraid it may be kidnapped by the wind.
She was not used to such speed,
with trembling hands she pulled the seatbelt tighter but was careful not to touch the patentleather seats with her callused fingers,
her daughter had warned her not to dirty it,
'Fingerprints show very clearly on white, Ma.'


Her daughter, Bee Choo, was driving and talking on her sleek silver mobile phone using big words the old woman could barely understand. 'Finance' 'Liquidation' 'Assets' 'Investments'...
Her voice was crisp andimportant and had an unfamiliar lilt to it.
Her Bee Choo sounded like one of those foreign girls on television.
She was speaking in an American accent.
The old lady clucked her tongue in disapproval.


'I absolutely cannot have this. We have to sell!'
Her daughter exclaimed agitatedly as she stepped on the accelerator; her perfectly manicured fingernails gripping onto the steering wheel in irritation.
'I can't DEAL with this anymore' she yelled as she clicked the phone shut and hurled it angrily towardthe backseat.
The mobile phone hit the old woman on the forehead and nestled soundlessly into her lap. She calmly picked it up and handed it to her daughter.


'Sorry, Ma,' she said, losing the American pretence and switching to Mandarin.
'I have a big client in America. There have been a lot of problems.'
The old lady nodded knowingly.
Her daughter was big and important.
Bee Choo stared at her mother from the rear view window, wondering what she was thinking.
Her mother's wrinkled countenance always carried the same cryptic look.
The phone began to ring again, an artificially cheerful digital tune, which broke the awkward silence.


'Hello, Beatrice! Yes, this is Elaine.'
Elaine.
The old woman cringed.
I didn't name her Elaine.
She remembered her daughter telling her, how an English name was very important for 'networking', Chinese ones being easily forgotten.
'Oh no, I can't see you for lunch today. I have to take the ancient relic to the temple for her weirddaily prayer ritual.'


Ancient Relic.
The old woman understood perfectly it was referring to her.
Her daughter always assumed that her mother's silence meant she did not comprehend.
'Yes, I know! My car seats will be reeking of joss sticks'
The old woman pursed her lips tightly, her hands gripping her plastic bag in defence.
The car curved smoothly into the temple courtyard.
It looked almost garish next to the dull sheen of the ageing temple's roof.
The old woman got out of the back seat, and made her unhurried way to the main hall.


Her daughter stepped out of the car in her business suit and stilettos and reapplied her lipstick as she made her brisk way to her mother's side.
'Ma, I'll wait outside. I have an important phone call to make,' she said, not bothering to hide her disgust at the pungent fumes of incense.
The old lady hobbled into the temple hall and lit a joss stick, she knelt down solemnly and whispered her now familiar daily prayer to the Gods.


Thank you God of the Sky, you have given my daughter luck all these years.
Everything I prayed for, you have given her.
She has everything a young woman in this world could possibly want.
She has a big housewith a swimming pool, a maid to help her, as she is too clumsy to sew or cook.
Her love life has been blessed; she is engaged to a rich and handsome angmoh man.
Her company is now the top financial firm and even men listen to what she says.
She lives the perfect life.
You have given her everything except happiness.
I ask that the gods be merciful to her even if she has lost her roots while reaping the harvest of success.


What you see is not true - she is a filial daughter to me.
She gives me a room in her big house and provides well for me.
She is rude to me only because I affect her happiness.
A young woman does not want to behindered by her old mother.
It is my fault.
The old lady prayed so hard that tears welled up in her eyes.
Finally, with her head bowed in reverence she planted the half-burnt joss stick into an urn of smouldering ashes.
She bowed once more.


The old woman had been praying for her daughter for thirty-two years.
When her stomach was round like a melon, she came to the temple and prayed that it was a son.
Then the time was ripe and the baby slipped out of her womb, bawling and adorable with fat thighs and pink cheeks, but unmistakably, a girl.
Her husband had kicked and punched her for producing a useless babywho could not work or carry the family name.


Still, the woman returned to the temple with her new-born girl tied to her waist in a sarong and prayed that her daughter would grow up and have everything she ever wanted.
Her husband left her and she prayedthat her daughter would never have to depend on a man.
She prayed every day that her daughter would be a great woman, the woman that she, meek and uneducated,could never become.
A woman with nengkan; the ability to do anything she set her mind to.
A woman who commanded respect in the hearts of men.
When she opened her mouth to speak, precious pearls would fallout and men would listen.


She will not be like me, the woman prayed as she watched her daughter grow up and drift away from her, speaking a language she scarcely understood.
She watched her daughter transform from a quiet girl, toone who openly defied her, calling her laotu; old-fashioned.
She wanted her mother to be 'modern', a word so new there was no Chinese word for it.


Now her daughter was too clever for her and the old woman wondered why she had prayed like that.
The gods had been faithful to her persistent prayer, but the wealth and success that poured forth so richly had buried the girl's roots and now she stood, faceless, with no identity, bound to the soil of her ancestors by only a string of origami banknotes.

Her daughter had forgotten her mother's values.
Her wants were so ephemeral; that of a modern woman.
Power, Wealth, access to the best fashion boutiques, and yet her daughter had not found true happiness.
The old woman knew that you could find happiness with much less.
When her daughter left the earth everything She had would count for nothing.
People would look to her legacy and say that she was a great woman, but shewould be forgotten once the wind blows over, like the ashes of burnt paper convertibles and mansions.
The old woman wished she could go back and erase all her big hopes and prayers for her daughter; now she had only one want: That her daughter be happy.
She looked out of the temple gate.
She saw her daughter speaking on the phone, her brow furrowed with anger and worry.
Being at the top is not good, the woman thought, there is only one way to go from there - down.


The old woman carefully unfolded the plastic bag and spread out a packet of beehoon in front of the altar.Her daughter often mocked her for worshipping porcelain Gods.
How could she pray to them so faithfully and expect pieces of ceramic to fly to her aid?
But her daughter had her own gods too, idols of wealth, success and power that she was enslaved to and worshipped every day of her life.
Every day was a quest for the idols, and the idols she worshipped counted for nothing in eternity.
All the wants her daughter had would slowly suck the life out of her and leave her, an empty soulless shell at the altar.


The old lady watched her joss tick.
The dull heat had left a teetering grey stem that was on the danger of collapsing.
Modern woman nowadays, the old lady sighed in resignation, as she bowed to the east one final timeto end her ritual.
Modern woman nowadays want so much that they lose their souls and wonder why they cannot find it.


Her joss stick disintegrated into a soft grey powder.
She met her daughter outside the temple, the same look of worry and frustration was etched on her daughter's face.
An empty expression, as if she was ploughing through the soil of her wants looking for the one thing that would sow the seeds of happiness.
They climbed into the convertible in silence and her daughter drove along the highway, this time not as fast as she had done before.


'Ma,' Bee Choo finally said. 'I don't know how to put this.
Mark and I have been talking about it and weplan to move out of the big house.
The property market is good now, and we managed to get a buyer willing to pay seven million for it. We decided we'd prefer a cosier penthouse apartment instead.
We found a perfectone in Orchard Road .
Once we move in to our apartment we plan to get rid of the maid, so we can have more space to ourselves... The old woman nodded knowingly.


Bee Choo swallowed hard.
'We'd get someone to come in to do the housework and we can eat out-but once themaid is gone, there won't be anyone to look after you. You will be awfully lonely at home and, besides that,the apartment is rather small. There won't be space. We thought about it for a long time, and we decidedthe best thing for you is if you moved to a Home. There's one near Hougang-it's a Christian home, a very nice one.'
The old woman did not raise an eyebrow.
'I've been there, the matron is willing to take you in. It's beautiful with gardens and lots of old people to keep you company! I hardly have time for you, you'd behappier there.'


'You'd be happier there, really.'
Her daughter repeated as if to affirm herself.
This time the old woman had no plastic bag of food offerings to cling tightly to; she bit her lip and fastened her seat belt, as if it would protect her from a daughter who did not want her anymore. She sunk deep into the leather seat, letting her shoulders sag, and her fingers trace the white seat.
'Ma?' her daughter asked, searching the rear view window for her mother.
'Is everything okay?'
What had to be done, had to be done.
'Yes,' she said firmly, louder than she intended, 'if it will make you happy,' she added more quietly.


'It's for you, Ma! You'll be happier there. You can move there tomorrow, I already got the maid to packyour things.' Elaine said triumphantly, mentally ticking yet another item off her agenda.
'I knew everything would be fine.' Elaine smiled widely; she felt liberated.
Perhaps getting rid of her mother would make her happier.
She had thought about it. It seemed the only hindrance inher pursuit of happiness.
She was happy now.
She had everything a modern woman ever wanted; Money, Status,Career, Love,Power and now, Freedom, without her mother and her old-fashioned ways to weigh her down... Yes, she was free.
Her phone buzzed urgently, she picked it up and read the message, still beaming fromear to ear. 'Stocks 10% increase!'
Yes, things were definitely beginnin g to look up for her...And while searching for the meaning of life in the luminance of her hand phone screen, the old woman inthe backseat became invisible, and she did not see the tears.

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Selamat Hari raya

Selamat Hari Raya!

Had a dinner celebration with some friends.

hhmmm i love malay food...

Ondeonde, goat curry, chicken rendang, sambal prawns etc

yum!

Sorry. No photos hee

(=^_^=)

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Friday, October 12, 2007

Nice Matters Blog Award

WOW!
I was awarded the Nice Matters Blog Award by Lovely Doreen!




This award was originated from bella-enchanted who decided to award some bloggers who are “just nice people , good blog friends and those that inspire good feelings and inspiration!
Those that care about others that are there to lend support or those that are just a positive influence in our blogging world”

Thank you for the award Doreen!
I'm honored to receive it.
(=^_^=)


p/s: i'm still humming 小虎队's songs till now!
'wo men...dou yi jin zhang da...how duo mong zeng zai fei....laalalalaaaa..lalalaa...'

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Saturday, October 06, 2007

Check this out...



Poodwaddle.com

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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Series...

In times of boredom,

we turn to series and youtube to kill time as tv in Australia are mostly reruns.

Or Australian drama series that are almost as old as me.

*yawnz*

While waiting for the new season release of 'Heros', 'Prison Break', and 'Lost',

we decided to try others out.

And now,

i'm addicted.

It's like cigarette or coffee addiction.

You will crave for it everyday.

Here's an overview of the series we've watched.


1.



The series revolves around student Jaime Sommers, who is saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants.

While adjusting to her new bionic powers, Jamie agrees to work for the organization that performed her surgery.



We watched the first episode and didn't like it.

It may get better as the series continues but still...

We didn't bother to continue with it.


2.


After fleeing a Nigerian operation blown apart by the sudden and unexplained non-cooperation of his U.S. contact, abandoned by all his normal intelligence contacts, under continuous surveillance, and his personal assets frozen.

Consumed by the desire to find out why he's been burned, and by whom, he goes to work as an unlicensed private investigator and freelance spy for anyone in town who can pay him any money in order to fund his personal investigation into his own situation as a blacklisted agent.


Watched a couple of series...

It's so-so only.

May continue to watch it if there's time.

p/s: i love all the dresses the lady on the right wore in the series!!!

p/p/s: Jason liked the series better than i did...So maybe it's more of a 'guyish' series.


3.



Psych is an American comedy-drama television series. The show stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young police consultant whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts allow him to convince people that he is psychic.

The program also stars Dulé Hill as Shawn's best friend, straight man and reluctant partner Gus, as well as Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's captious father, Henry.


I like this show!

James Roday was 'trained' by his dad, a law officer, since young and grew up with great observation and deduction skills.

And his best friend, Dulé Hill's really funny in it hahahaha

And there's this interim police chief in the show who always have this constipated look on his face.

Muahahahahaha

Go watch it!


4.

Last but not least and one that i'm most excited about...


Kyle (Matt Dallas) is a sixteen-year-old boy who wakes up in a forest on the edge of Seattle totally naked and without any memories of an earlier life. Kyle is like a newborn baby in his lack of knowledge of human social life: he doesn't know the simplest things, like how to eat or drink, and cannot communicate with others.


...And he doesn't even know how to pee...

It sounds like a simple story but it gets more and more interesting as the story unfolds.

Oh...notice anything weird in the picture above?

Something amiss somewhere around his tummy...


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he has no belly button!!!

Why?

Go watch and find it out yourselves.



I am so totally addicted to this show.

Love it love it love it!!!!


Those dreamy eyes of his...

and his character in the series...

so cute I want to bring him home.

You guys absolutely have to watch it.


What are you waiting for?

Go watch it already!!

p/s: he's the same age as me *snicker*

p/p/s: the color of his eyes seems to change. I still can't grasp whether it's blue or green or hazel or grey or amber...

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007



It's week 10 of my final semester in Uni life.

And i'm still surviving.

wow...

and i just come to realise that I've only being out of the house once in the past 5 days.

*bringing out the trash doesn't count*

It felt good even though it's groceries shopping.

Or maybe looking at those adorable puppies in the pet shop kept my spirits high till now.

The days whirled by me.

Nothing significant happened that's blog worthy.

Just the usual 'assignmenting'.

It's not like i have a choice.

I have 1 presentation, 2 final exams and 3 assignments due in week 13.

So it's do-it-now-or-i'm-a-goner.

Can't make any mistakes now or i'm toast.

arrgghhh...information overload.

I'm rambling...

Ignore me, i'm just bored.


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