happy vesak day to all! although my dad is buddhist, i dont think he is aware of this day ... hmmm ... heh~

guess what i did or FORCE to do today? watch 2 hours of little kids TRYING to play music.

it was a hilarious and mocking experience.

my sister (12 years old) performed together with some 3-6 years old kids. thank goodness for radio dubbing, cuz the little kids are most of the time 'frightened/crying' or 'waving to their parents' or 'jumping on the stage' or 'pressing the keyboards wrongly at the wrong time, hence spoiling the music'

i have nothing against the little kids, they are awfully adorable and all~ some of them are really pretty and handsome and cute and lovely with their gowns and bow ties. but i find that the whole setting is very demeaning. the little kids are unaware of the whole situation, parents (which made up the audience) simply take photos, walk about the auditorium, waves to their kids (forcing the kids to wave back and not concentrate on their performance) ... not giving the whole event any sort of respect for music, what happen to the real meaning behind this whole event?! i think the music school got to do more in terms of showcasing 'their talents' ... not in this kind slip-shod way ... show the public, really that their music programmes are doing wonders to these kids ... practice makes perfect?

my mother laughed throughout the event, pointing out to me the 'silly' things the kids did on stage ... i was in my 'bad girl' mode. i lamented continuously and audibly about how each performance was BAD, non-class, degrading ... i think some of the kids parents heard me ... heh~ plus, i dont understand why some of the kids actually CRY on stage? are they even aware of STAGE FRIGHT? plus, some of the kids DONT even play any music on stage, just stand there while the radio dubber rendered the whole music and the kids look around 'blur-ly'

i ask my mum whether i'm that silly when i'm young, she say "no" ...
"yay me!" *snort* :D (oh fine, the ego in me bursting out again)

i mention before i LOVE musicians right? but not all sort of musicians tho, i believe that if one can put so much into their music, then that one person has ...

1. emotions, feelings, imaginations, creativity, entrepreneurship, dexterity
2. responsibility, passion, determination, hardwork, strength, disciplined
3. love, integrity, confidence, truth
criterions that make a good hubby?? hehe .. PERHAPS IS TRUE?!

oh! i also realised that most of the kids parents are PRETTY OLD! comparable to my mum! just highlight the fact that singaporeans are marrying at too old an age! the fathers especially, plenty of white hair and wrinkles, guysss ... so sad :/ take care of your looks man! dont want to look like the grandfather of your little princesses do you?

i remembered last time, at indo, under MS KIENRY, she is really a great teacher, her students are very disciplined and responsible for the music they played ... freedom is there for us to explore, yet we are clearly aware at our age *all younger than 10 yrs old* what is good music and what it means to have good techniques for the music we played ... i'm thankful that thru her guidance, i am able to appreciate music as it is now (:

oh oh! thank goodness the songs they played on stage are songs i'm familiar with, i sang along phantom of the opera, moon river, song of music and other likes ... i think i sang quite loudly too (: bliss~

*poof*

who want to watch shrek 3 with me?

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hey everyone (:
first of all, thanks for the birthday wishes you all so kindly bestowed upon me! hee~ it seems clear who actually remembered my birthday, and WHO DONT! *ahem*
haha ... no hard feelings (: i'm suppose to be 19 and mature now! as i mention to someone the other day, i'm 19 with a mind of 16 (a vast improvement frm being 18 with a mind of 15) lol!
special special thanks to amanda for the nice sign board she make for me! (view the last entry)
special special thanks to my DA JIES --- sherina, winnie, eunice for the birthday presents! sweet surprise~
special special thanks to ayu and wanyi for the LATE and EARLY birthday wishes respectively .. hehe!!
special special thanks to yong yi for the tulips and cardS (bday card and ace of heart card!)
special special thanks to felicia dear whose bday fall on the same day as me, thanks for the card, mittens and shawl dear! so thoughtful (: --- my ever sweet student, hope you like my present for you too!
special special thanks to yawen sister! who give me a CALL right from guangzhou! wow~ how can i not be shocked and pleased at the same time?
special special thanks to louise (evil twin sister!), regina (first person to greet me!), hsiao wei (wish that i will find my prince charming soon!), serena, jaya (haha .. pattern for 2 years running at 10pm wish me happy birthday), cj (must have seen my nickname hence you rmbered), jason (you just have to come for tuition on my birthday huh!?), jeffrey, winson and every other person that i want to apologise for forgetting to mention (: love you all! oh yes, aunty nadya and rika (frm overseas!)
finally! special special thanks to benjamin for bringing phantom of the opera to me (: as promised ... (i better put a trademark for my card design, lest ppl start using it as you have!!)

last day at RMG was a sentimental event ... never did i expect such warm, such care, such memories to etched sooo deeply in that place. everyone surprises me with so much gifts and good wishes that i longed to stay longer, its almost like OHANA once again (: thanks dearies! will never forget you all!
i took gazillion photos!
billing: nanako, mdm ho, jayanthi, june, ayu, loraine, rolaine, siew kiau, veron, phayling and the other aunties (plus marilyn and darwin)
rh: winnie, masni, aisah, janice, suhada, lisa, brandon, siti and many more (plus nee nah and hsueh li)
rmg: sherina, shermaine, connie, pui har, say lee, siew kim, vinnie, catherine, agnes, lee ping
managers/directors: lee lim, jason, olivia, kimmy
IT: melvin, tay, xiao wei, calvin, winson, azli
random ppl: eunice, judy, mr tan, richard, rosie, lynn, josephine, toilet auntyand the rest of the business office ppl
MY FAVOURITE TEMP-ERS: amanda, benjamin, wanyi, louise, rachel, joshua, dawn, jiayan, elizabeth, qiao qi, yuh shing, zhi yang, mei lan, wen chang, angel, shermaine, peta, emily, fernandez (you are the last friend i make!)

the last few days at RMG were spent helping ayu find folders for her medisave audit. so it was most of the time ben and me at the store room. stuffy!!! hot!! shag! from 20 folders, we only manage to find 17. poor ayu got to find the rest herself ... the store room is AWFULLY messy. got to thank wanyi and zhiyang for coming down to help to search ...
last few days also another fun session with zhiyang! my du ti! my da ge! he is such a sweet guy (: lol! i hope you will have lots of fun at rmg! both of us just talk and talk and talk ... while every other person in the vicinity quietly listen to our conversation! lol~ talk too loud! he and his 'not frightening at all' threats to ben! he and his doubts on whether ben and i are his assessor! hee hee
thanks zhiyang, meilan, wenchang for the chocolates (: so thoughtful!
lee lim treat the last-day tempers for lunch at blue jazz! hehe~~ lucky us! then me, ben, sherina dajie and winnie sneak off to drink at coffee bean for an hour! (: we camwhore like mad! lovely~
then was called back to store room cuz rosie was angry! she complained that me and ben were the culprit behind the messy store room ... BUT! is not us lorh! IS FERNANDEZ! haha .. me and ben packed the room again and took shots on the NEAT STORE ROOM.
sherina and winnie so sweet la ... they planned for our farewell, asked the rest of the them to pool money and got me a converse bag and a card! so sweet!!! i'm uber grateful! then mdm ho surprise us with a magazine wrap package with earrings inside! and xiao mei eunice with a necklace (: (: (:
me, ben, shermaine, winnie went to coral for curry fish head ... only to meet winson and xiao wei ... haha we asked them to join us ... and the convo is ... um dominated by fish-y stories! ehhehe
then 4 us proceed to blue jazz for a 'nite cap' drank my first 0.5litre of beer - erdinger light .. not that bad .. and the ambience is nice (: too bad i got to go home early ... we were then in the midst of great conversational topics :P i didnt stink of beer or cuz for every one gulp i drank, i eat a scoop of ben and jerry's compliment of sherina da jie! 2 big tubs of ben and jerry! gosh ... i'm really spoilt :x only ben's face is red as lobster .. or wat is redder than lobsteR?
enjoyable time ... i'm grateful and spoilt ... sigh :D

15/05/07

dinner extravaganza with winnie, sherina, benjamin. we went to esplanade for HAO CHI DE DONG XI (good food) ended up eating bbqed chicken wings, ice kachang and an old coconut ... hahaha! the coconut taste sooo horrible! we played some hand game to force each other to drink it up finish!! but it was fun! (: then we went to suntec for another round of HAO CHI DE DONG XI ended up eating some instant korean noodles! hahahhahaha ...

but that's not the end! we went for another round of HAO CHI DE DONG XI at secret recipe ... bought 3 cakes altogether!? banana something something, and 2 cheesecakes ... yummy~~ it was a great adventure with plenty of laughters ... lol (: how sweet can life get?! love the DA JIES <3

19/05/07

amanda, benjamin, louise and stephanie went to watch BLADES OF GLORY @ LIDO ... great funny show ... left all of us crying in our seats ... too funny!

we ate at BIG O - WHEELOCK PLACE. i ate dirty rice. yummy hur~

after movie, we went back to BIG O for their mudpies, chocolate drink and cheesecake. played a few water blowing game ... nice~

will be a better day, IF dearest queen aint late for dinner, hence we wont have to rush to the movie too! tsk tsk***

23/05/07

amanda, benjamin, eunice, louise and stephanie went to eat at CALIFORNIA PIZZA @ forum!

i introed them to the place, we ate peking duck and played a few games again ... lol ... it was amazing the amount of time we spend just chit chatting! we didnt realise that is 10 plus! thanks eunice for the treat (: really kind of you to care for us xiao di and xiao meis

the highlight of the day were:

1. ben, loui, me went to FJ BENJAMIN to try their 'interview' it ended up super long long long wait!!! tsk tsk ... hahaha! in the end me and louise just tell the person that we wanted a combined interview ... and the whole interview, we were questioning the interviewer?! ben so poor thing .. he got to went thru like 30 min worth of interview .. filled with funny questions and answer ... tough work they offer, but i think i'm going to take it up anyway, too bored bumming around, plus it will be a great experience, no doubt, OPENING OF THE FIRST BANANA REPUBLIC AT SINGAPORE PARAGON 14TH JULY 2007

2. when 3 werid looking sauces are mixed, with sugar and warm water filled with ben's saliva plus remains of bbq-ed chicken ... it really taste awful and disgusting, just ask benjamin and stephanie ... we can make it for you again if you please (:

3. i ran all the way home frm forum ... wow~ thanks to a threat -.-

i just found out that MOK LI QIAN has the same birthday as me (: (: (:
if you all dont know who is he ... recall first 3 months at NJC, new softballer, chinese high, move to hwa chong, live at rivervalley~ nice~~~ one day, dude, we shall celebrate together (: you should have told me soonerr!!!!

LOVE,
princess stephanie

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Some things are left undone
Some words are left unsaid
But someone as nice as you
Could never be left unwished
Happy birthday dear! :)

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( i tagged this on louise's blog)
yeah you bet town can get boring over the time ... tell that to a girl who has been staying here for 9 years! but it does has many advantages to be a full-time town-stayer!

1. you practically know town as IF its your backyard
2. you can easily psychoed your friends to go to town after school (just for a cup-of-coffee or movie or window shopping!) in the EVIL PLANNING of having your ENTIRE class escort you home! ~~~you wont have boring school-home road trips ever!
3. is just SUPER convenient to meet up with other ppl! cuz 75% outings are held at town, it simply takes 5-30 minutes to get ready for it! 0-20 minutes in dolling up, 5-10 minutes to WALK TOWARDS TOWN.
4. is impossible for your parents to complain that you have stayed super late out .. cuz really, "mum, i'm just 100metres away frm you? i'm at TOWN, i'm at HOME." hence, you can easily get away with curfews, no such thing as coming home late babe!
5. the word TOWN usually associates with night-life, busy ppl walking in throngs, endless traffic, noise/environmental polution and ERP CHARGES when you come in and out just to get home ... the residential area is actually VERY PRISTINE, filled with expats frm around the world and if you know the 'backway' to avoid traffic or ERP at TOWN, it is really the residential pathway
6. the property prices at TOWN residential is skyrocketing like mad ... please view 2nd page of the 2nd section of SUNDAY TIMES today. good investment, good future, good money ...
7. you are never TOO FAR AWAY frm ppl, cuz it is ppl who are TOO FAR AWAY frm you
8. all the buses, trains, highways, roads CONVERGES to TOWN. it takes 20 min to town frm MANDAI zoo. it takes 20 min to town frm CHANGI airport. it takes 20 min to town frm JURONG island.
9. the most important: SHOP, DROP, FEED, BLOAT, WATCH, LAUGH, HIGH, LIFE, BE, IN, COOL.

lol ... 9 years, 9 reasons, i dont know how i do it, come up with these lines as easy as flipping my hands back and forth. just highlight how SAD i am to leave this place ...
I HAVE ACCEPTED NORTHWESTERN.

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i dont like it when my lower eyelid twitch. i think it is cursed. i dont like it either that i'm super superstitious... that's why, i choose to be optimistic in things. cuz the lower eyelid will twitch in some day or another. what can i do? i perfectly know that a bad thing will happen... but i dont want to mull over it. so ... i become super OPTIMISTIC lorh. i become super HAPPY lorh. i become super UNAFFECTED lorh. i become super FEELING-LESS lorh. hence my non-angry non-sad non-pissed attitude.... yet ppl still DARE to complain about this! ah yo~~~ give me a break or stuff my mouth with bread...

tsk tsk

i think its 99% confirm i'm going to northwestern.

i will miss home alot! i know i will. no 'benefits / advantages / yi-pee i'm going to US' sort of thoughts actually pop up into my mind. what's wrong with me? i'm feeling rather NORMAL, left my destiny to FATE... God has been very kind, He left me with a single path, He block all the rest of the pathways... EITHER He is kind to make me less troubled by the thought of choosing which path, OR He really want me to enter this PATH 101 - must be a challenging ordeal then. i'm not complaining, i wont, i believe. use to it. 18+++ years i got such challenges every other day, this one wont affect much, it wont, i know.
RE: getting into singapore school, getting into cgs, getting into njc ...
all the choices are reall not planned by me, not FULLY wanted by me, but it just occur, and things do goes pretty o-kay. i wont be disappointed cuz i'm a frog in a well. everyday, the vision is just there, i saw what i see and i make the best out of it. yup. smile princess (:

life is really fair.
if there is yin, then there will be yang.
no doubt.
work wise has been pretty fantastic. making new friends, getting a du-ti (zhiyang - frm ntu accountancy year 2 intern, he called me "xi fu" instead of "shi fu", sometimes called me "xiao mei", always amused by me laughing at him, he said i'm 'adorable' just to make my day and let him get good grades for his internship), getting great da-jies (sherina, winnie - we went out for dinner one day, and nothing else can describe the whole thing! good food, good company), getting compliments (eunice - dr premkumar secretary, my xiao mei! has been complimenting my looks these days ... sweet aint it?) many more great things happen really. so is fair. yes, is fair.

been pretty hook up with silly old love songs. is like my voice box FINALLY want to open up or something. been singing non stop all afternoon. i'm HIGH and getting ditzy over the obvious lyrics, old romance is the NEW RED. going to miss the singing, the moves, the looks, the grins ... wonder when will i get to see the temple of your head flush red again :)
"Promise me, all you say is true. That's all I ask of you"
"Tell me when you will be mine?"
"Put your arms around my shoulder, whisper into my ears, i love you"
"I will buy you a diamond ring my friend, if that will make you feel alright"
"In the summertime, weather is great, its time to think of WOMEN!"
"Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker, wherever you're going I'm going your way. "
"Dream a little dream of me"
"Fly me to the moon, let me play among the stars. Let me see what SUMMERS like on Jupiter and Mars"

heh ... music just makes my spine tingles you see ...
been pretty obvious pattern, i adore musicians. really adore them (: high respect for ppl who feel their music, feel their dance, feel their art...

hopefully more ppl out there will start enjoying the arts and music and dance. is almost spiritual... yep (: feeling really great after another round of singing!

weekends here i come! hope it will be great and full of simple surprises ...

love, princess

"say the word, and i will follow you ..." ~ all i ask of you (phantom of the opera)

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hmmm .. its been some time since i post something up here.
well, life has been ALMOST hectic these past few days. my students have their exams these few weeks, so i have been chionging tuition with them. i hope they do well!! (: dont disappoint me hor? hehehehe ... its pretty fun teaching them, and chionging exam means more tuition hours, more money earned .. hehe :P okok, its really not about the money. the exhilarting feeling of preparing for exams! i think they should do just fine, i taught them what they should know. (only that sometimes they refuse to listen to my advice, then ... not my fault?!)
RMG side, i'm getting really good with the accounting SUN system. been making lots and lots of payments for the companies, they should feel happy (: the last few days have been havoc with da jie-sherina. all the jokes shared, wow ... hihi! we young ppl can click very well la! sherina da jie is 2 days older than ben, so both of us call her da jie. actually ben started first, but i just follow follow! got advantage siah!!! hahaha (: the da-jies love me more than him! winnie got me a hair clip and sherina got me a piggy key chain (the butt is super cute la!) and .... ben got nothing! HAHAHHAHAHAHAH ... oh yes, we got da jie a really cute cup! with pictures of little boys and girls which we name after the ppl at work! i think da jie is v touch! :D
DAJIE, YOU STILL OWE US BEN&JERRY'S AND MORE!!! and and and WINNIE, BRING US TO JB WITH YOU, PLEASE!!!
i think i'm ending my work at rmg by end of may, then i'm applying to the singapore zoo!! hee hee~~~ so happy! when else got such a chance la! the zoo ppl call already, i'm going interview next wednesday! so excited!!! going to try to work there for 1 month or so. get the feel of being a zoo person, then perhaps i want to try working at hotels too ... yup, the options are open. rmg even promise that they will let me come back if i want to, w/o going thru the HR again. i just realised, I'M PRETTY SPOILT & V LOVED ho?
oh yes, i got to dedicate a paragraph to LOUIS. this girl, special one lerh! keep staring at me during lunch!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEeeeee .... stop looking!! look at ur food and eat finish ur food!! hahahahha ... first i find that she is evil, always on the tether-hook to catch other ppl doing stupid stuff, to salvage herself frm doing stupid stuff -.- hahhaha! she is easily tickled by jokes too! poor girl, sad childhood eh? always laugh so hard on our jokes! that's for being the only child at home, and for ALWAYS plotting to kill ur grandma who stay above u :/ oh yes, siew kim commented that me and her are twins!! omg! lol, but actually our body wise look pretty the same, especially when i wear heels, but face wise .. no larh .. hihih! so fun, ***~~TwInS***
oh yes, i catch 200 POUNDS BEAUTY and SPIDERMAN3. i would recommend the 200 pounds beauty than spiderman3. funny comedy, nice to watch (: love the songs too! the normal silly love story, but in the end touches hearts.
i'm having a funny OBSESSION with breads nowadays. each day, i need to eat flour, if not teeth itchy, mouth waters, stomach not full :( this is bad, i think got some worms / virus / bacteria that makes me yearn for bread. never really enjoy bread, until lately, gawdd ... is FREAKING FATTENING CAN!?!?!?!?! must go on diet already, my stomach is bursting, is really bad. birthday coming, got to look slim and pretty, so i can fit in my dresses? haha (: shall start my swimming regime again... aja! fighting!
HEY YOU! thanks for all the experiences, hope we will be frens foreva! you know i will always be here to listen to you and stuff, hope you will return the favour likewise. will never forget that DASH we have frm cathay to buona vista. exhilarating!!! (: though it was really a short period of time, but we do have fun?! i guess i'm still a little girl at heart ... i'm loving it though, it could be that you enjoy my company cuz i'm really a little girl at heart? oh well, little girl very random, little girl get bored easily, little girl get pleased easily too ...
SMILE ALWAYS dearies!
lots of hugs frm the princess

p.s: ayu-fungi is sooooooooooooooooo totally going to love her birthday present!!! is a BAD BOSS VOODOO DOLL!!! managers, be on your guard! weeeee~~~~~~

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xian ... this is so mundane!
this job doesnt give me any satisfaction :(

past few days went alright. i dunno how i could have survived 4mths, coming to 5 mths here w/o having friends like - benjamin, dawn, elizabeth, eunice, jiayan, louise, qiaoqi, steph, xiu ming, wanyi & yawen. haha, now 4 of us (s.l.a.b) jokin a lot & gettin more & more kinky with each day~ lol. thankfully, there's eunice too! can gossip and tease each other frequently :)
but it seems like i want out already. the thought have ran through my mind countless times, yet each time, there'll be sth stoppin me. argh!

well neway .. this post is to announce to the ppl out there .. that louise is MEANNNNNN ... meaannnn .. haha! tsk tsk... cant recall all the details. anyways ... maybe we2 arent mean at all. maybe it's that someone who has been instigating both of us to call each other mean! lol .. that only goes to show that both of us are wols.

recently, took on 2 S4 tutees. challenging i must say. one is smart, while the other is rather 'weak' in most subjects. the smart one asks me extraordinary qns that baffles me, while the 'weak' one renders me breathless struggling to teach him as much knowledge within the shortest time period. nah .. at least i am able to gain that sense of achievement and satisfaction at the end of the day, knowing that i'm helping/enlightening someone. i felt so proud of myself that the 'weak' tutee was so amazed that he could work out a qn after i taught him how to approach the qn :) smiles.... i'm gg to teach him to the best of my abilities! he's got a nice name, kinda shuai .... sigh! but TOO young .. hmm ..

this is to princess: "welcome to the league of free birds! (sounds weird) haha .. the feeling is just so exhilarating yea??!! .. hmm .. congrats!" :)

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