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2008-01-01T00:12:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

first entry in the brand new year. i thought, i should do the honour.

is going to be an exciting year, no doubt.

university life will NOW begins! (last quarter is just warm up!) haha ... no more doubts leaving home, opportunities start tumbling down. i'm uber excited!!! woo-hoo~~~

hope everyone will have a really really really wonderful year ahead.

my gut feeling say, 2008 will be more awesome than 2007! watch and see =)

wheeeeee i love adventures!

Stephanie Tsjim

2007-11-20T00:37:00.000+08:00

sorry.

been a long time since i updated.

or BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE amanda cared to update! *hmph*

oh wellz:
life been busy (and that not only include study life ... i do a gazillion other things here o-kay?!)

short updates!!!
1. I'M GOING BACK FOR WINTER BREAK!!! WOO HOO~~~
dec 16. 1.25am. changi airport. =)

2. I'M GOING BACK TO INDO ... =(
from dec 18-29th.
so peeps who misses/love-hate me ... please quickly book a date for US to meet up!

3. I'M GOING TO NEW YORK FOR THANKSGIVING (THIS WEEKEND!!!! YIPEE!!!)
is going to be a hell lot of fun. yipee-dee-doo~ cant wait for BLACK FRIDAY SALES! hhahahhaha
(yeah .. one of the reason my parents want me back is cuz i shopped too much here ... and they are lazy to come visit me!)

2007-10-09T10:53:00.000+08:00

1 month anniversary! USA and me.

i hope you guys (and girls) miss me ...

if not,

i probably dont know / dont recognise you when i return back to singapore .. hmph!!!!

love / misses those who miss me

2007-10-05T23:16:00.000+08:00

hey hey!
sorry for the lack of updates. school is really taking up lots of time. i'm pretty behind time for organic chem (apparently one of the hardest courses here) i'm 2 chapters behind!! that's a LOT ... quizzes are coming up like every-other-day and homework/reading works are pilling up like mad. students here are just like nj students? muggers?! what suck the most i guess is my p r o j e c t work. is really tough. we got to make this device that helps people with wheelchairs exercise their abs in the gym ... i find it pretty hard/challenging to understand the norm / attitude / character of the locals here. is like, i still don't understand their sarcasm? direct-openness? etc (is hard to guess other's intention) ... unlike in singapore, when we do pw, everyone seems to be 'friends' and work effectively by compromising etc ... but here, things are more systematic and to the point that our textbook actually teaches us how to work as a team, what to do when you conduct interview "start the interview by saying: hi, my name is blah blah and this is my team members blah blah blah ..." spoon feeding? and our written exam for this course is to memorise all these general things and write it down on paper. (i tried one quiz already, is really tough! memory work. the book is 30 or so chapters thick)

somehow i'm getting use to the food here (salads and salty soup and other funny bread/meat/pasta combination) is darn-it unhealthy but i cant do anything about it, food at downtown evanston is equally unhealthy. dreaming badly of my mum's home cooked food.

so much for ppl telling me that chicago is a beautiful place, the places i go so far are pretty 'alright only'. unclean etc etc ... evanston is a boring place with no entertainment except food, michigan avenue is the orchard-road look alike but i really prefer orchard road or else texas shopping malls, oldorchard westfield mall seems pretty good, shall play around in it another day (MID TERMS IS NEXT WEEK!!!) and weather is turning cold (but i'm still wearing tees and skirts and no-sleeve shirts) haha!

everyday i'm so shagged from school (i wake up at 7am everyday for organic chem class while everyone else starts their day at 10am or something, i sleep past midnight usually). havent gone to any party yet. havent really sociliased. (hang out with my dorm-mates and fellow singaporeans a lot) and that's pretty much it?

is hard to call my dorm room, my home. and laundry takes 2 hours to wash. ugh :(

upcoming plans:
visit 6flags (the great america) >>> check out online on what it is!! is a darn exciting place to go!
buy sneakers and boots
go to new york for thanksgiving (thanksgiving sales) nov 22-25
eat good asian food (so far i tried is ewww .. thai food that is not spicy and stir-fry that is really JUST stir-fry)
mug more ................. ha!

2007-09-22T13:46:00.000+08:00

hey! i'm sorry peeps, been really tired and lazy to blog :/ there is sooo much new happenings everywhere. i don't know how to start or where to start from.

short updates, i'm already in northwestern university. is still orientation period. so we have the normal academic advising, choosing of classes, and a few get togethers with fellow singaporeans and my dorm mates.
my dorm has been nice, to the very least, everything is still comfortably bearable. my roommate is really great and we click real well, so we are getting along fine.
most of the time, i hang out with fellow singaporeans or friends of fellow sophomores singaporeans. and this hanging out periods are mostly by chance!? we didnt need to plan before hand or whatever, we just meet! is awesome, the fate we have .. ha!
instead of playing orientation games like local unis ... we dont have such things. so we just chill around the campus (the lake is really pretty) and attend concerts/parties at night. like tonight, i went for LIFEHOUSE concert. but by the time concert start, i'm really sleepy. so i'm half asleep in a rock concert (-.-")

gee .. i'm too xian to write somemore .. tell me what you all want to know. then i will write k?

2007-08-25T20:57:00.000+08:00

i'm hanging out with the wrong type of people these days ...

1. i'm watching movies with my tuition kids
2. i'm lunching/hanging out with my mother friends and they are sooooooo eager to have their kids meet me (kids ranging from 25 yrs old to 10 yrs old)
3. i'm going to the housewife church gathering instead of the youth one ...

oh dear!

2007-08-19T17:52:00.000+08:00

the days just past very unknowingly. been a long time since i blog huh? i cant really rmb what i do on a day to day basis ...
probably more yoga, belly dancing, combat classes. which are super enjoyable. after weeks of no one asking me out (boo-hoo! i'm so unlove, no one bothers to find me) hahaha joking! (i do spend considerable time with my mother, each day to yoga class and lunch together plus shopping trips too ... lovely~)

so on monday i went for iceskating with yawen sis! heh~ the rink was pretty empty ... so i can freely 'try' to improve my skating skills ... like trying to move backwards (the secret is through moving your bum from side to side!) it was really enjoyable catching up with her! :D we promised to go do some healthy activities every week. hopefully i can bring her to one of the yoga classes this week :D

on tuesday, NUSAF (northwestern university singaporeans and friends!) had a get-together dinner. i get to know fellow NU-goers and seniors and alumnus! the seniors tell us a lot about all the nitty-gritty of NU like:
1. is a 6 months winter school. frm november to april is freezing cold (sometimes colder than artic) at -29degree celcius!
2. school food is okay till the end of the first week. cuz they repeat every week. it becomes really grosss
3. NU has no fashion sense. being the winter school, everyone donned the same down jacket for the entire fall/spring period (4 years of school) and cover every exposed skin (except the eye area) with scarfes and muffs ... so everyone recognised each other from their jackets?!
4. engin school is one of the biggest low storey building in the world. it has many basements, windowless. so the point is that, once you enter class in the morning at 7am and leave school at 5pm. you wont see DAYLIGHT AT ALL!!! cuz is just dark dark dark ... 5pm and is midnight dark
so my dorm mentor is also a singaporean, psc scholar. and my international mentor also live at my dorm. everyone just converts at ISRC! cuz is the BEST DORM EVER!!!! WOO~~
i seriously cant wait to go!!!

rika came back! and me, sui, den and lele went dinner together with her :D it was sort of farewell to me too! i 'snobbishly' declare that i'm not going to miss any of them when i go to the states. (well it was my plan! to feel 'detached' and adapt faster to the states and not affect my moral from missing things back home ....) it was a nice dinner to catch up with things etc ... small 2c3/4c2 gathering! ha! we planning to visit crescent this coming week too! i cant wait to eat the lor mee and vegetarian stall bee hoon :/

this afternoon, perk initiated a 'farewell lunch' for me. very small group of us. fred, chunjek, neo turned up at essential brew holland v. not a bad lunch! the dessert, apple crumble is amazingly delicious! the guys even wanted to pay for my meal (but i decline heh! you all have to treat me when i come back to visit singapore! not now ...) so we talk quite a lot of stuff. army, school, medicine, overseas, fellow classmates etc ... i think we stayed there for 3 hours? they even started betting whether i will get 'laid' first / job first / married first / children first / divorce first / plastic surgery VERSUS other class girls! -.-""" but it was a good fun. appreciates the intention to give me a 'farewell lunch' hah .. thanks guys :D hopefully can meet up with the rest of S17 *ahem!* bfr i leave.

so i was telling everyone (family and friends) ... if circumstances allow, i dont want to come back to singapore for holidays. maybe drop by for 3-5 days but not for long stay. i rather spend my holidays doing summer studies at japan or france or even china OR go travelling around the states/europe. and i also thought that it will be good to start my work/career there at the states. plenty of experiences. everyone said that i will sure miss my family, singapore food etc ... haha! i'm praying hard that my family will visit me often at america or else, come join me for my holidays. (my engin course is a 3 years course ...) what is home really to a 'settler' like me? i have officially 3 bedrooms at singapore, jakarta and batam. soon enough, another bedroom at evanston, northwestern univeristy ... i'm fated to be a traveller? i didnt even stay a decade at singapore...
of course friends and families are important. i definitely dont want to lose touch or contacts of all the dear people who have came into my life at one point or another (MSN! SKYPE! EMAIL! SNAIL MAILS! DONT LIE THAT SUCH TECHNOLOGY CANT HELP YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME!). but i shall treat this as an adventure? 3-5 years adventure?
i will come back to a home where i'm definitely most comfortable at ...

oh yeah ... my roommate has been the most enthusiastic of all ... she has been msg-ing me pretty often. with long long long long mails! :D she got us a fridge already! and even promised to give me an international call this coming week to chit-chat and all ... woo~ plus, i think our personality is very identical! no wonder NU put us together! haha :D hopefully we can be great roomies!!!!! yipee ...
hmmm what shall i talk to her about over the phone? colour coordination of our room? or more of our home background? or things to buy and not to buy? what you ppl think?!

i finished my maths / chem / school-rules tests .. didnt do well for chem .. poof! oh well ... i hope it doesnt affect that much, "i got merit for chem 's'?!" now back to full trottle shopping!!! i still havent get my bedsheets after people telling me that R H L aint a good brand.

now .. toodleS!!!
princess stephanie ordered the kingdom to date her everyday!

p.s: i'm crashing N U S tmr!!!! cant wait! 8am lecture~ waaaaaahhhhhhh hurrah! :P

2007-08-12T20:20:00.000+08:00

guess uni life has started for me alr. gotta face up to reality and stop living in denial. maybe the reason for self denial is the realisation that i'm growing older...
first wk of sch is not so bad. wldnt exactly call it school as the whole wk was spent on orientation. non-stop games, fun and cheering, day after day. first day did seem a bit awkward though it gradually improved as we started warming up to each other. i was grouped into astroboy under machines. qiao qi thankfully was in the same og as me. oh & there was mirna too! ex-mgsian. & yan ling, my new found friend from nj. orientation in uni is a whole new experience for me. most of the cheers are in hokkien and chinese. argh ... dont understand. yet that didnt stop me from enjoying myself.

lol, i think 1 thing i cant forget abt the orientation was this really weird game. secret partner. we're blind folded and made to talk to a person of the opp gender. literally blind dating. after a few interactions, we get to see for ourselves how our partner looks like. weirdest thing was that i had 2 sps! didnt get to find out who the first one is though. he was super crappy, that's all i can say for sure. as for my 2nd one, we were made to play games together that involved alot of unthinkable interactions. eww... esp the mouth to mouth passing of items. i stood in between two super TALL guys that made it really difficult to pass items :( that nite was really funny! coz my friends and i came up with code names to identify ourselves yet not givin away our names to our sp. i was called apple -.-" haha ..so act cute. as a result, my friends' partners & mine followed suit. my sp was called durian ..a D24 (i tink) from thailand ..dotssss .. haha! while my friends' were chicken farm & starfruit. the whole episode was real hilarious la. now i cant get rid of that stupid 'name' apple. bleah ..

war games were messy & beach games were HOT!!!! haha .. i got ultra sun burns la! now i'm super dark & my burnt skin ached like hell :( my skin colour is really gross now as i'm startin to peel... ewww. hope those tonnes of whitenin cream applied work their magic!!!

fri was fright nite. they purposely made us go in guy-girl pairs only la ... damn scary!!! i think i practically clawed my partner .. haha. fright nite ended only ard 2am then. guys were hungry so we did away with the idea of sleeping. mann .. wrong move. i was so tired! my contacts were so dry that it felt as though they were stuck onto my eye balls .. gosh it really hurt! in the end, we left for homes ard 6am in the morning to sleep. meeting again ard 1pm for lunch followed by rag. it was super packed & the weather was disastrous! it practically felt like a sauna. in the end, we cld take the heat no longer. headed off to marina sq & played pool. okkk .. guess i did improve a bit but i still suck great time .. haha. considerin it's only my 2nd time playin! at least i only air ball once this time :) my og mates were kind enuf to pretend not to notice! haha. lame ...

orientation wk is over. exhausted & lookin horribly dark! lessons are starting tomorrow ... sigh. cant help feeling excited or nervous. up till now i still dont noe my classmates, my way ard campus clearly, my tutorials, etc ... mann! i'm a sotong. at least i dont feel so lonely anymore. made really good friends at orientation! engineering doesnt seem that bad after all :) however, i still got to say this: my timetable sux!!! so does my modules... argh

all the best to my uni life mann .. hope it rawks :)

2007-08-06T13:44:00.000+08:00

watched this with my dad and bro. fantastic.
i'm soooooo into SHAWN YUE! hurrrrrrrrrr ..

2007-08-03T10:38:00.000+08:00

finally i got my room assignment...

is

WEST FAIRCHILD INTERNATIONAL STUDIES RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE for the win!! woo~

got to know my roommate too!

her name is ramachandran lakshmi! she's a gymnast, and she loves italian food (that's much i know ... heh)

i think she looks like a mixture of jaya and samyu! haha (: is going to be great.

i got good vibes about it. plus my neighbours, cindy teng (she's a taiwanese-american?) and shannon ... is going to be suit style .. so 8 ppl in a suite, 4 rooms, shared bathroom and common area and large kitchen. nice~

now i got the 'things to put in my dorm' worries

i need to purchase:
table lamp
clip on small fan
bed sheets
towels
pillows
clothes hanger
clothes dryer
refrigerator
hook-on walls hanger
bolster
blanket
and many more ... how to lug all those to and fro?!
thinking of sending it off by shipping. :/

2007-07-28T22:16:00.000+08:00

what always go up but never comes down?
AGE!

dearest birthday girl,
so much cliche things been said for your past 18 birthdays. i shall get to the point ...
"you BETTER have a good day ah!"
my ulitmate best wishes to you,
non-birthday girl (:

2007-07-26T22:11:00.000+08:00

my f l i g h t details is as follows: (i'm travelling ALONE)
SINGAPORE (Transit at TOKYO) LOS ANGELES --- Sept 10 (S i n g a p o r e Airlines 9.45am flight, arrrival at LA at 12.50am)
LOS ANGELES (Transit at PHOENIX) DALLAS --- Sept 10 (U S Airways 4.15pm flight, arrival at DFW at 10.47pm)
DALLAS (No Transit) CHICAGO O'HARE AIRPORT --- Sepr 18 (A m e r i c a n Airways 8.00am flight, arrival at ORD at 10.10am)

to all the k i n d t e r r o r i s t out there, please dont b o m b me. appreciates it.

one more month or so. i cant lie, i'm really super excited. i cant wait to leave! i think if i leave earlier, it will be much easier on the 'feelings' side. my baggage limit is only 45 kg! oh dear. and i think i got many more things yet to buy ...

i cant wait to shop at dallas! i cant wait to eat true american food! i cant wait to see my little cousin! i cant wait to live in an american house! i cant wait to step into chicago! i cant wait to make 'international' friends! i cant wait to meet my roomie! i cant wait to start school at NU! i cant wait to start this 4 years HOLIDAY! HURRAH HURRAH hurrah hurrah HURRAH HURRAH!

S T E P H princess (:

2007-07-13T21:07:00.000+08:00

what a wonderful day (:
my life is becoming holistic (a.k.a more tai-tai-ish) each day ... hmmmm *satisfied*

my mum upgraded her normal membership card at TRUE YOGA (pacific plaza, scotts road) and i got a FREE VIP PASS! meaning, i can join any programme TRUE YOGA offers!
so i started my routine today. waking up at 6am is not easy. but i manage to bring myself up anyway. at 7am, i was already sitting on the yoga mats doing deep breathing and funny stretches and poses and pespiring (not sweating!). i attended the GENTLE yoga class, but i still have difficulties doing all the poses. cuz one, my muscles are really pretty stoned after weeks of no exercise >.< and i dont know how to do the deep breathing thing-y properly and since dont know when, i cant touch my toes :(
but it was alright. i manage to pull through 1 hour of it (: feeling very happy that i accomplised GENTLE YOGA (with the rest of the ppl, comprising of middle to old women -.-)

then after that, my mother and 2 of her friends join the BELLY DANCING CLASS. i joined too, thinking how hard can it be! but wow! is freaking hard! very hard actually. i cant 'segment' my body. so when i jiggle my butt, my whole body shakes! but the slow butt movements and shoulder shakes, i can do. haha! and i think of 'slutty' when i did it. the instructor was impressed (: cuz i did it better than the rest! my mum and her friends are shaking wrong parts of their body -.- indian dancing is no joke siah! i really respect jaya now ... is not as easy as malay or western or chinese dance. oh! there is also a guy in th class. those beefy type of guy (aka canoeist/wrestler?) and he is pretty good! amazing. my hands are aching after yoga, so i cant do my hand movement properly -.- hmph! if not, my dance will be more beautiful =P LOL!!!!

tmr, i'm going for YIN yoga and DANCE STEP (hip hop!) wee~~~~ so happy.
TRUE YOGA is pretty posh. got changing room, showering area and lounge. really nice. i'm going to check out the gym tmr! i got 2 free personal training sessions! lol~ *i'm losing weight sings ... i'm losing weight sings ...* (promised yawen that i will lose weight!!!)

in the afternoon, met up with amanda and regina for lunch (: another major tai-tai-ing move! we eat jap at ichiban. not bad. i felt full pretty fast. like what dawn use to say, "eat 70% full" hah! okay .. that's a bit crap, i dont know whether i ate a lot or not. but i tot is fine and not too stuffy! then we went to this hand-i-craft shop (: that is absolutely gorgeous! ppl should check it out .. cant rmb the name. but is beside OP lvl 3 plaza singapura. lots of pretty stuff to make scrap books and other photo related stuff.
then we found out that LOUISE is working at b&j's so we scoot to cathay to see her (: (: (: gorgeous scoopy! give us such a big treat! hahaha ... advantages of having a scoopy fren (: hur~~~ plus she gave us a brownie too! free! lol!!!! shhhhh .. skali jason, her manager saw this! hee~ but we DESERVE the little treats!!! when we came, there is harldy anyone! but once we arrived, the shop is full of customers! must be S.A.R-CENTRE OF ATTRACTION (: hahahahahhahahaha ... sorry bit ego!

cant wait for tmr!!!

ciao!
princess steph

2007-07-08T22:00:00.000+08:00

This part of my life is called ... the pursuit of happyness! :)

just last monday ... saw the end of my second 3-mth contracts at raffles hospital.
that makes a total of exactly 6 whole mths there! which makes me equivalent to d**n. HAHA!
mann, that's ancient! lol ... the permanent staffs were jokin abt me being a permanent temp staff & ask me to stay forever =.=" okaez ...
well, my stay at raffles was quite a memorable one i must say.
made many friends though only some will remain & the rest will just pass on by ...
had an insight to what a 9-5 desk job entails ...
occupational levels ...
pulled involuntarily into gossips ...
learnt some useful IT skills ...
most of all i enjoyed myself on the whole ...

my last day was the same as pey fung's! so we celebrated together. ben, louise, qiao qi, steph, wanyi came back! together with interns (meilan, wenchang & zhiyang) & yichang, we went to v8 cafe. thank you all of you! made the last day more exciting :)

my last day couldnt have come at a more timely period! morale was low & it was getting a bit boring. gossips were also too much for me to handle and rumors/facts were beginning to upset me. sigh~

the peops at raffles: cms, his, hmms, rss, aob, infra, eunice, temp-ers (mainly)

so it's the start of something new! i can finally experience the real hols. always been wanting to wake up late, but since i'm so used to wakin up at 6.30am for work, i auntomatically wake up ard that timin each day! though i must say .. it has been improving ever since! now it's 11am. hehe. past few days had been fruitful. completed btt, had a haircut, medical checkup, been going out with friends & 'play' catchin up .. etc. the medical checkup part was rather 'disgusting' .. wish i wont have to ever go for another one in my life!

yichang's last day was last fri, so we all went back on fri for pastamania. sad everyone's gg to part sooner or later. the feeling of returning to bugis after work contract has ended, & seeing ex-colleagues is weird :S

things to look forward to: planning to dye hair again, gg to the the childcare centre which benjamin has been askin me to go ever since i've known him (lol! tmr, i promise! >.<), catchin up with old friends, class get together .. etc

of late ... i've taken a great liking to mika songs! whoo! u ppl should go listen too!

2007-07-08T20:48:00.000+08:00

happy birthday to my dad.
watch die hard 4.0 with him today.
not a bad movie. my dad said he dont really get the movie though. must be cuz the story line is all about computer stuff.
got him a RONALDINHO soccer shoe. the sole of the shoe is just right for him to play golf. but he mention that the shoe is just nice for him. no free space. so maybe he is going to give it to my bro. :/
we eat sukiyaki (mum's creation) at night. i helped to prepare .. and my hands are aching now ...

washing vegetables are not easy task! my mum make me wash like 3 times.
then make dumpling and fry prawn balls and fish balls paste
waah hardwork. plus the kitchenette is too short for me. got to bend down a bit ...
but learn quite a bit about cooking. chinese cooking is really v mafan! all the funny sauces, wine, condiments etc ...
best jap food: raw raw raw ... hah!

next week going to fully packed! cant wait
going for interview at ben & jerry's on tuesday
going to the home again on monday (:
going for ben & jerry's course on 17-19 i think .. hur!

lol .. the queen hasnt post anything yet ..
keep ur promise!!!

princess

2007-07-02T20:04:00.000+08:00

what a pretty sight!
wynn's posh lobby. did you see LV, DIOR, FENDI, PRADA?
bella and i at the back of the stone wall
WYNN

first thing first: i need to lose weight.
i need a dietician/physical trainer/yoga instructor/anyone who can help me lose weight.
make a bet with my mum that i can be lighter than her. and if that happens. my mum going to waiver my shopping expenditure.

shhhh ....... everyone is busy shopping! got to keep quiet!

HONGKONG was a mix-feeling.
i felt proud and sad at the same time.

the conditions were these:

1. raining HEAVILY almost 6 of the 7 days

2. my family went with my dad's GOLF friends. freaking rich families.

3. dim-sum almost every morning

4. sharkfin (not as good as my mum's), abalone japanese mushroom, meat, fish, veggie, soup almost every dinner

5. shopping with the girls (steph2 and lydia) almost 80% of the time

6. didnt get to eat lunch for many days

MARCO POLO hongkong hotel was located at tsim tsa chui. its 'attached' to this really big mall that has almost everything. from high end posh to low end posh. hotel was pretty sucky. the bathroom is very small. and having to squeeze 4 ppl in the 'superior double bedroom' was pretty squeezy. i think my mum has a hardtime sleeping at night. i got an extra bed all by myself so is pretty okay. my family is pretty budget on accomodations and luggage and other things. we travel light and 'conveniently'. the other families booked 2 rooms each or get the super super posh rooms (the superior double bedroom aint superior afterall). lydia got a room by herself, lucky her.

most of the time we are shopping mainly at causeway bay, admiralty or mongkok. taking cab is absorbitant. the tunnel fees across the ocean is pretty expensive. i'm pretty good with directions, so i lead the ways for the girls. by leading the way. i ushered them to the trains MTR. is very convenient. the girls shop like mad. really mad. whatever they like, they just tossed it into the cashier and *ching ching* bought the stuff already. they lead me into really high end shops like bulgari, bottega venneta, prada, burberry, chanel, louise vuitton, fendi, versace, armani, tiffany and co. and many many many more ... shops like esprit, mango, and even coach ... were hardly entered (unless i insist)
whats best is that they asked for rings and diamonds (plus, did i mention that they are fluent with all the seasons' design and their unique names and code number?) lyd asked for a 4.5 carat diamond at tiffany. she was ushered into a room just to wear it. hah. i dont even dare to ask to wear any of the diamond rings. steph bought REAL fox fur (nicely made up like a shawl with the shape of the fox itself from nose to the bushy tails!!) and chinchilla's fur. gawd. lyd got herself a 17k chanel goat leather bag. hurr.
i felt like a noob in shopping. i'm so not well versed. hah. not that i'm planning to be well versed in it. maybe next time, when i really got money (not my parents money, felt bad enough that i'm spending quite a sum to study at NU). then yeah. i will busy myself with those.
dont know what's wrong with me. i cant shop infront of them. so weird right? i have to excuse myself. hop to another shop or go to the other end of seibu dept store and start frantically buying stuff before returning back to the shop they are in :(

food was passe. i get really sick of the high end dimsums and dinner. is all the same! the good thing is that breakfast and dinner were paid by the uncles. we hardly fork out anything (unless we scuttle off for our own private breakfast and dinners .. which were really yummy!!! i insisted on local delicacies, wanton mee.milk tea.char siew.roast duck.thick toast.vietnamese kuay teow.)

MACAU was really nice! its like LAS VEGAS in the making. all the big names are already there. MGM. THE VENETIAN. WYNN. we stayed at Wynn, which has a very posh lobby. cuz of the endless rows of high end boutiques. the rooms are sooooooooo big and spacious. so is the bathroom. decor was really nice. almost las vegas-ish. most of the hotel occupiers are china mainland ppl. i played at the casino. 18 years old are allowed to enter. lost HK$39.90. aint that bad. compared to the rest. amazinly my parents dont gamble either. so actually only who tried to gamble away HK$40.00.
but apart from the gambling. macau is pretty empty. not many places sell the portuguese egg tarts. but the one at LORD STOW was o-kay. not impressive but fine anyway. should come to MACAU in 3-5 years time. it will be really like las vegas then. all the new age and oldies played through the lobby, lift and corridors. musical fountains at the front of the hotel. colourful lights and decor on each buildings. big spacious rooms. nice~ for now, its really nothing else to do, except gamble your money away ... haha

egg tart (we ordered 50 +++ altogether)

hongkong is really getting very cosmopolitan-tourist are more diverse, large portion came from mainland china and they are good spenders. almost all hongkongers can speak a little chinese and english. the mood is really for shopping at hongkong. i'm guilty of the shopaholic crime too (heh .. bought jeans and long tees for my US trips ma ...) hongkong's great sales start 30th june.we werent late for it. thank goodness. haha. hongkongers like to rush a lot. buildings are really close and cramp. an HDB can house almost a hundred floor with many more units than those found in singapore. some hongkongers are rude, especially towards customers. hongkong can be said to be more advanced than singapore. hongkong's shopping districts are hardly empty, ppl throngs everywhere at every minute (great big tourists proportions), weekends are horrible, everywhere.

my buys:
2 skirts, 1 dress, 1 jumper, 2 tops, 1 jacket, 1 long sleeve tee, 3 jeans, 1 necklace, a few hair accessories (for gifts and personal usage), 10 or so tees (mostly for gifts) and a COACH BAG (limited edition, LAST MINUTE buy, one and only one at HK, anniversary collection, 30% off, mum encourage me to get it, cuz she loves it but she doesnt look nice in it)
the bag cost as much as every other thing i buy. while the every other thing i buy was on great discount and sales. (there goes my 1 month salary at rmg + tuition). mum got herself another bag in the LAST SECONDS cuz she want to be as happy as me with a new bag -.- (same goes with lyd's step-mum who also want a chanel bag after lyd got one)
i want to kick myself for not getting SHOES for school, a never-been-able-to-get WALLET, and a COVER/BAG for my mac book. ugh!!! oh well. what a long entry

princess stephanie
p.s: congrats queen amanda for ... 'freedom'

2007-06-23T23:30:00.000+08:00

psyched!!! going XIANG KANG in 2 days time!!! woo-hoo~ come to think of it ... been a long long time since i been there .. 7 years? ohhhhhh!!! i want to fly there straight away!!! i'm going to come back with a hole in my wallet!! must must have a hole in my wallet ... then it will be a successful trip! 17 ppl going altogether (all my dad's kakis) mostly girls, around my age (no bitch fights i hope!) tee-hee~ psyched psyched psyched!!! if only ... i can actually go overseas trip with a few close friends :D how wonderful!! but now ..
the mission is clear: SHOPPING!

anyway, jason dear got me a music box*parts ... yup only the inside of the music box. really cool and very addictive ... all i do is just turn and turn and turn the thing. over and over and over again. i do get bored of the tune. but i never get bored of turning it .. wonder why .. heh! but is an interesting toy to play with. and is so small, i slip it inside my little bag (yes, manda ... i know you hated my small cute GUESS bag!) and show ppl the nice music box*parts (: (:

social night part2 - delta socialising/rj-hc prom reunion/marriage proposal
went to my second social night. the objective was lost completely. 'gentlemanly' aint the main focus for the night. everyone wanders around themselves. making it, really a SOCIALISING night. which is good (: i like. met soooo many ppl! everyone was busy catching up, chit-chatting. the 'dates' aint even 'bined' together. most of the time, i'm wandering around myself, catching up with old friends, and acquaitances (:

ppl i meet: fred,fuwei,debo,justin(classmates!) liyan(softball!) weide,his date,qiyan,his date,shawntan,his date,horse-face?,his date,aaron gan,his date(njc-ians!) eunice,jamie,jeanette(crescent!) kwangxiong,evangeline,meixi(smu classmates!meixi-future uni-mates!) charmaine(smu lkc scholarship teammates!) angeline,alan,a few others(firefly scholarship teammates!) a girl who also went for the sierra social night(haha! we said hi, then we promised to pretend that we dont know each other, she is the one who went for ocs trng too! but quit aftr 2 weeks) alison(rjc softballer! enemies? haha ... her date was justin who happen to be fred's buddy) & a few others who i cant connect the face to the time i saw/meet/know them ...

like i mention earlier, the place is populated with rj/hc ... making the whole event a reunion for them actually ... but i dont mind (: the atmosphere was much more livelier. the whole setting/ambience is just right to make friends and 'socialise', my table was pretty rowdy and fun (social night 1, the mood was rather pristine and really too 'polite'-ish) ... food was buffet style (haha! thank goodness ... i was really hoping for buffet. chinese dinners are simply too draggy) THE PINES's food is not bad actually (: didnt get to drink the soup and eat the bread thoo .. argh :( i'm a bread lover!!

the dates got a flower each and the guys got a really cool keychain bearing their dragon logo, place in a box that looks like those boxes to put rings ... :/ i rather have the keychain than the flower ... table arrangment was sucky tho. it was free seating. but platoon 3 got the back part of the room. making it super hard to see what's going on stage. most of us ended up standing up to see the event happening infront.

entertainment wise, it was pretty okay. lots of preparations were done to make plenty of cold/cool jokes. while sierra's was more of an impromptu and highlights involve more on the audience participation. the highlight for the night was a game ... which turn out ... to be a realllyyyy important game for 2 person among all of us.
Is called the RACK CHALLENGE. 3
guys and their dates are invited to the stage (after much cojoling and sabotaging). the guys got to wear this LBD? suit which has lots and lots and lots of pockets. on the other hand, the dates got to find equiptment hidden in all the pockets. the guys aint allowed to touch the suit. but can only instruct the girls on locations to find the stuffs. haha .. it must be difficult to find, cuz the game was pretty looooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggggg ...
FINALLY! one of the date found THE RING! heh, yes it was for a marriage proposal. the rest of the ppl went down the stage, leaving the odd couple behind. lights were dimmed and the spotlight was shone on them. the guy (one of the big officers) went to his knees with flowers and the ring on one hand and the mike on the other. the girl was shocked, flabbergasted,keep on laughing non stop! it was a reallly mussy speech the guy make, "corinne i love you ............... its going to be a tough journey .................... i want to wake up everday to hear u, touch u, feel u, smell u, kiss u ..................................... kiss away ur tears ............................. i'm making this proposal infront of all my brothers ............................................................. will you marry me?" (some excerpts of the speech) haha ...
i think the girl is just too shock. maybe she is in a dilemma or somethink. she is afterall infront of soooo many STRANGERS! younger than her somemore. haha. that's why, i think, she said YES. lol! but it was really sweet and touching. everyone was chanting .. "yes yes yes yes ..." hah! apparently all the male species in the occassion were aware of it. only the females werent. cuz the main lead was afraid that if the girls know bout it, and gossip at the toilet, his date may hear .. and it wont be fun anymore. interesting, aint it?

oh, i got to leave bfr the whole event ends, rush home with a cab myself. (stupid sister of mine, threaten to lock the door and said other frightful things >.<) so, end of part 2.

i think each occassion has its own good and bad.
really appreciates the gentlemanly gestures for the part1
really enjoyed the atmosphere, food and people for the part2
i think that's the end of it. no more part 3 ... hehe~

love ya all, see ya in a week! will be back by 1st july late afternoon!!! will try to rmb you all *HA! HA!* then perhaps i will get you presents? *dont put high hopes yeah?* i got pretty bad memory when i'm happily shopping for MYSELF ... *grins* =P

princess *hongkong stephanie

2007-06-20T12:50:00.000+08:00

social night part 1 - vanilla sky

it must be a tiring night. cuz i woke up at 11am today.
it was an okay event. have to appreciate the 'gentlemanly' intentions the army boys tried to show to their dates. from the pick up of their date to introducing their dates to others to pulling of seats to getting food to the dropping off their dates safely at home. amusing how some boys find it very very taxing to carry out those tasks. is it because they are simply tired (most of them looked shagged) or are they nervous? will looked stoned and shagged. his buddies told me that aint like him at all, gone were his noisy nature (some of the girls asked whether i was bored. i wasnt really... i'm very amused with the atmosphere) hmmm .. for the class ppl who recalled, rmb halloween nite at j1? then we went to eat at coronation there ... and for once ... will dont eat at all? yeah it was like that ... haha
but really, i appreciates all the kind intentions. good men in the making...
entertainment for the night are mostly singing, videos and a few strip tease.
saw a number of familiar female faces .. not those frm nj. but those i saw frm scholarships sessions. oh and my neighbour (smu friend) came too! and her date wore the same shirt as will. haha ... it was shocking. heh~
decent night. really decent night (:
thanks anyway ....

oh i heard there is another commander's ball at the end of it all ... haha ... i wont be here then ... lol ... more scapegoats have to be sacrificed then ...

social night part 2 coming friday .....................................

princess *escort stephanie

2007-06-13T16:13:00.001+08:00

for the first time ever, i'm super excited to blog!!!

today morning, i went for breakfast at suntec's food republic (half bowl of porridge) then my mum sent me to the GP clinic to get the results of my blood test. There is one negative result, meaning i have to take the MMR vaccine jab AGAIN (i heard that in singapore you got to take twice, i only take once in my lifetime ... so its the same dosage eventually?)... *ugh* so i happily tell the doctor that he can give it to me right away. i dont want to hustle back and forth just to get another jab. and so he did! it was quite a bloody jab, unlike normal jabs w/o blood, this one ... got some blood oozing out after the jab. doctor told me to press on the wound ... and so i did!
then i realised, i didnt bring money. so i called my mum to bring for me while she fetched me.
mum: you wait at the roadside ah, i pass you the money then you hustle and pay up and jump back to the car ...
me: *nods nods*
very hot and bright morning (today is) ... i waited for my mum at the pavement outside the clinic ... blistering sun ... i suddenly feel faint, wanted to puke, seeing stars and black backgrounds ...
i moved towards a shaddier spot, hold on to my handphone and documents tightly on one hand and the clinic glass door on the other. tried to blink and blink and .............. i lost it ... i FAINTED!
i fainted side ways and lied still on the side of the pavement ... body very straight¶llel ... then i saw this indian lady scream for help and the clinic ppl rushed out ... i was thinking,"damn .. the pavement so dirty" but i continued to lay there and wait for ppl to heave me inside the clinic again.
so the indian lady carried me in with the help of the nurse. i was super weak and unsteady. fainted again on the floor then they heaved me on the chair and dr gary keong rushes out (all along i saw flashes of ppl around me, talking loudly, big commotions, but i cant hear anything)...
i dont know how they managed to carry me to the room, but when i open my eyes again, i was on the floor of the patient room. dr gary keong was talking and talking ... i felt better then.
then my hp rang (its my mum) ... OBVIOUSLY, she was freaking angry i'm not at the roadside waiting for her ... i can hear her complaining ... (oh the nurse pick up the call unwillingly! haha) then she told my mum i fainted ...
after i'm a bit 'sober' ... dr gary keong heaved me to the bed and asked me to rest ... he said my face is placid white ... no blood goes to my head that's why i fainted (so he inclined the bed so that blood rushes to my head). AND i'm not suppose to be running about (without 20 min rest at the waiting area) after my MMR jab. he forgot to inform me that's why -.-
felt numb on my nose and forehead and i was tearing (not crying mind you!)
dr keong turn up the aircon and felt my pulse, i was much much much better already ... at least i'm sane ... mum rushed in moments later *uber kanchiong* saw that i'm fine ... dr keong told her to relax and stand outside while i'm under his 'monitor'
the clinic was pretty packed then ... poor patients ... no nurse / doctor to attend to them (longer wait hah!) mum checked that i'm fine ... she paid the bill and rushes back to the car (she anyhow parked somewhere and forgot to lock it too!)
so after a good rest, dr keong gave me a blood pressure test, check my lungs, check my heart, prick my middle finger (for blood sugar test) and then i get to go home already ...
my hair and clothes are dirty -.- (the dirty pavement!!!) and i'm pale and i'm weak ...
WHAT AN ADVENTURE RIGHT?!!??!?! FIRST TIME FAINT LERH!!! OMG!
mum: you shouldnt move about when you just take the jab. no need to wait outside, weather so hot! no wonder u fainted! scare me! nxt time wait inside for me ... i understand that you have a jab wat ... no hurry!
me: er .... you are howlering into the handphone just now when you call and i'm not there???
mum: *blush*

my diagnosis is that ... i lost too much blood for my wisdom teeth operation the day bfr (yest!) hence not enuf blood on the head.
this time around, the operation is much more painful ...
"bigger teeth and longer roots,"said the dentist. it was pretty horrible ... the dentist was yanking my head a few times ... i tot my skull will break. he almost gave up yanking 5 times! its was so deep and so hard. the nurse was pitying me so much. she stroked my head for comfort.
but the good thing is that, there is much less swelling and after the 2 hours of crucial pain in the afternoon (when the painkillers run out) i was pretty fine and kicking and eating heartily :D
i got 5 stitches on my gum! lol ... that's pretty a lot right?

visited the music shop at peace centre before the surgery. so many music books! i can stay there for hours man!!! i bought 6 books for my students (planning to try out all the songs first bfr giving them ... pretty nice songs they have in the books! yay!) i saw a couple of 'famous and recognisable song titles' books, tempted to buy! shall make mum buy for me next time (: yes!!

okay~ so today is really an adventure =P dont want it to happen again tho ... if it happen again, hopefully a really gorgeous hunk is beside me or something (: haha ... will be much more fun then! tee-hee ...

got my visa! got all my health stuff done! its a day closer to SEPTEMBER! i'm within weeks to USA! now ... i just need to shop and shop and shop and eat! yipee~

princess *faint stephanie (:

2007-06-11T15:26:00.000+08:00

hi hi!
just did my VISA today at the American Embassy. Waah .. long wait and pretty short interview. i forgot to bring lots of stuff and documents, but managed to pull through the interview anyway and my VISA will be ready by wednesday ... sweet~
oh yes, i saw a WANTED sign for osama bin laden, its pretty big poster with the word 'MURDERER' written across it and the FBI is offering $5million for his capture.
oh yes, they took hold of your handphone and other electronic devices at the guard house ... so i was uncontactable for 3 hours. then at one point, the embassy ppl need me to provide 2 persons' (non family members) contact number and address ... i was totally stumped! in the end i wrote my neighbours' address (just need to change the unit number right?) haha .. i dont even know my neighbour's proper full name ... wanted to write in the queen's details too ... when i realised, i dont know where she stay (but i rmb ur handphone number!) soooo .. in the end use ben's haha ... (wanyi taught me how to rmb his hp number bfr and his address is a one liner ... easy to rmb! i anyhow write in the postal code tho .. oops!)
on friday, finally! went to the children's home (: is really enjoyable ... the kids are pretty welcoming and fun! you de, shi hui and anna left me with the biggest impressions (:
i taught you de chinese during the tuition period! haha ... knowing how crap is my chinese, i actually gave him wrong answers for his exercises .. but otherwise it was pretty okay lesson, not fun but just okay ... i taught him the word OU ER - SOMETIMES ... cuz he keeps answering me with the word 'sometimes' for all the questions i asked him -.- i asked him whether i can be his gf .. and he said 'sometimes' too .. (: he is really handsome ... i heard that he and shao min are often teased together ... how sweet!
shi hui is just rude ... plain blatantly rude! at first i thought i wont be able to communicate to her .. but after a little warm up .. hee~ she loves me man ... haha! during break time ... we were chilling out and just having a girly fun time together ... hur hur~ i miss her already .... awww
anna has a crush on chu pei and she talks to me about it! omg! so cute right? i confirm + chop that girls start having crushes since a young age ... and is NORMAL! lol =P
had dinner at CHOMP2! pretty yummy place (: i think i was famished (after just kaya+butter bread for lunch) so, me.ben.louise.amanda.raj ate stingray, satay, pizza, hokkien mee, sugar cane juice, fried oyster omellete, chicken wings ... freaking heaty and our bodies stank after the whole event ... would be more fun if we were eating in gusto (not D's way of gusto ... just the fun and enjoyable type of gusto) or something ... lol! :D
going for wisdom teeth extraction again tmr .. yikes! so peeps .. i cant talk much then for a few days .. hopefully i will lost appetite too (so i can lose weight?) haha ...

TO DO LIST:

1. Buy jeans for trip to US (levis or the pretty jeans at fox --- sale!)

2. Buy notebook cover/jacket for my macbook - crumpler (buy at hongkong?)

3. Book tickets to US

4. Buy winter clothings (i have outgrown many of my winter clothings)

5. Eat turtle soup (tsk tsk! winnie, sherina, ben!)

6. Eat frog porridge at geylang

7. Go for OVERNIGHT trip at singapore (chalet or night cycling?)

8. Get a job! -.-

9. to be continued .........

love, the princess CYX

p.s: someone's brother made my day (:

hmmm .. ocs social night to look forward to?

2007-06-07T15:08:00.001+08:00

and! everyone should stop badmouthing PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3!
its a good show, it will and forever will ...
(:

2007-06-07T14:05:00.000+08:00

2 weeks into my bum-ming days ... ah so sweet! ah so boring!
some days, it felt really good to be bumming, waking up at 10, skip breakfast altogether, eat really good lunch with my mom or off with fellow bummers at town or something.
but usually after lunch, i'm super bored :/ usually at rmg (i will be super bored in the morning), i can start my TEA and last the whole afternoon with tea, music, talking ... but now, got to spend my afternoon ... infront of the comp? lol ... i need more outings tsk tsk ... and more activities
*pleading eyes* *someone ask me out!!*
sigh ... miss yawen sis alot ... miss queen manda too :(

i went for a couple of injections the past few days. my dear mother throw away my vaccines and immunization records. giving the doctor no choice BUT to re-do all the jabs ... i got to do this TB test too (skin test) and the nurse who jab me wif the 'germs' said, "eh sorry ah .. sorry ah .. sorry ah" -.- she poke lots of time i think ... it hurts :/ anyway, the skin test is horrible, a little hump is growing (indicating the possibility of TB) but i'm perfectly fine, and NOT contagious, cuz i do have past records of pneumonia (when i'm 6-9yrs old) ... but i'm perfectly cured now! so no worries ppl, i wont die just yet (: *i hope* heh ... spend 200+++ bucks on all these jabs ... and if the results prove negative, i got to take more jabs *groans*
"its like ... not enough i went thru the pain and cries and tears when the doctors do it when i'm a baby ... now i got to do it again!?" *bimbo wave ... sigh!*

highlightS of the past 2 weeks,
1. i got my MAC BOOK!!! is black is pretty and is my pet (: my pet is great. definitely better than ben's!! hah! it got functions like garageband (which can do podcasting stuff and write music), photobooth (take all sort of funny shots of urself - ugly, beautiful, cartoon-ish also have!), all the other .mac stuff which i have no idea how to operate now ...
the problem is i cant download that stupid BOOTCAMP. so i can operate windows vista in my MAC too ... gaah ... anyone want to help? and i dont know whether i can use my iCamera (webcam) in MAC'S version of WINDOWS LIFE MESSENGER ... help anyone?
oh yes, i havent get casings for my pet yet, dont want it to get scratched ... thinking of the Crumpler note book holder .. *hint!!!*
2. travelled to chinatown in the means to hunt winnie's birthday present on monday. turn up to be just a pigging session ... ate dim sum at an old chinese shop, aint impressive but i like the feeling of being in the midst of OLD things ... haha (: *chinatown, old shop houses, old men&women, old tea, old delicacies .... yes that includes YOU! old-ie* tsktsk .. we missed the soyabean milk at maxwell food centre ... wasted that partially full stomach
ended up going to CENTRAL - CLARK QUAY. we got a really beautiful MOTHER OF PEARL necklace ... waah is uber gorgeous! so sad, i cant carry off the look with the necklace ... but winnie look stunning in it! is the skin colour i think ... ~~~***shines***~~~ happy birthday to dajie winnie!!
3. picked up my a level certs ... its really nicely printed and put in a old brown folder ... look super parliament-ish ... then went out with the class girls .. 7 of us(plus adi, who joined us late afternoon)! so happy tai-tai-ing the whole afternoon away. we ate at cine's billy bombers (the beef wrap aint bad) then to coffee club across the street for muddy mud pie! the fans are blowing really nice wind-sprays, would be better if the beach is just next to us! cooling and super relaxing ... we stayed there, chit chatting for 2 hours plus! amazing! haha (: IT FEELS REALLY COOL! FEELS REALLY FAB! to be jobless, relaxing for tea with a group of girl friends *droolllzzzz* i want this kind-a high life, it will be even better if our pockets are loaded with money, then we can spend our day at paragon or something ... heh >.<

the girls (: huimin, hsiao wei, regina, stephanie, deborah, jaya, serena
we look gorgeous dont we?? fresh and relax!!! ahhhhhhhhh!!!!
for the record, our class got an architect, doctors, chem engineers, chemist, comp engineers, a TCM doctor, lawyers, businessmen/women, economist, psychologist ... profit churning classmates i have (:
4. oh i went for my second kbox session at singapore ... wif wanyi,van,lena,ben last wed ... being 'new' to this singing thing ... i'm uber noob with all the songs .. the songs they choose super hard - coco lee, fish leong, ah mei, jj lin(and pretty old, or is it cuz i nv follow the trend?), i cant read some of the chinese words somemore -.- haha the only song i can sing is the ju hua dai by jay zhou ... lol
wanyi's voice is really not bad! her voice is cut out to sing chinese songs ... ben's voice is good as usual ... he hardly go off tune and have that nice low voice to counteract the squeakky high pitched thingy-ies ... got to brush up on my skills then :/ or i shant sing at k box!

i need to make a list, a list of things i want to do bfr i leave singapore.
yeah ... you ppl should suggest things also! so i wont miss out anything ...

okie, ciao ppl!
love, stephanie CYX
P.S: cyx = chen yan xuan

i'm dreading to share bathroom with my dorm ppl!!! i'm dreading to live with a not nice roommate!!! tsk tsk!!! hope things will turn out well ....

I miss listening to other's music .. hmph

2007-05-31T12:49:00.000+08:00

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?

2007-05-28T18:38:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-27T14:08:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-20T15:32:00.000+08:00

( 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.

2007-05-18T20:53:00.000+08:00

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)

2007-05-11T21:12:00.000+08:00

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~~~~~~

2007-05-07T16:32:00.000+08:00

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!" :)

2007-04-29T13:44:00.001+08:00

the past weeks have been utterly havoc. i'm not sure why too, things are manageable, yet i thought otherwise. feeling blue at times, until right-straight-after-lunch tea breaks cant cheer me up much. thanks to those who are always there when i'm up or down (: really makes my day knowing that you peeps are there ...

i feel bad being always busy like this. the number of people who i am responsible too increases each day and i already make that pledge to be committed and responsible to each of them, please pardon my busy-ness. i hope things will be fine after this period is over ...

updates on school:
1. i got one school at USA that has already accepted me for chem engin. i got another school ( a much better one) putting me on the waiting list. --- DECISION: i havent decide whether to go or not ... how silly, for the past 4 years i wanted to go sooo badly. now i'm pondering whether to leave my family and friends at singapore ... sigh!!
2. SMU has accepted me for double degree business and econs - i'm in second round interview for LEE KONG CHIAN scholarship (3 rounds altogether .. as tedious as any other scholarship applications.)
3. NUS medicine --- interview next week. i heard is also another shooting type of interview ... mine is the 2nd last day and i'm the 2nd last person to be interviewed for the day. i hope it will work well ...

i made new friends these few days.
get to know eunice and winnie. really great ppl to talk to. lol, get to know kimmy better too (after the 2-3 days of moving her stuff) talking about moving day, it was really a great time for bonding ... hahaha ... all the memories are priceless ... just too bad i cant spell it all out here (:
"a new scratch / scar is found everytime i wash my hands, just remind me of ..."
"sleeping gas ... sleeping gas ... i'm falling asleep already!!"
"leaving a long lasting landmark ........................................ on the telephone line?"

oh yeah, for once i shop with my money. i think its super addictive. gaah ... but i think i deserve it ... for working so hard day after day ... i spend 4 x $100.00 (do the maths urself)
so far i got myself:
1. yellow dress from mango
2. green dress from vivo - spain shop
3. red shoes from viel - suntec city
4. pink dress from viel - suntec city
now, anyone want to bring me out for special occassions so that i can wear my new dresses?! lol!

princess stephanie

2007-04-19T13:30:00.000+08:00

Everyday, I look around me and see people who have problems far greater than mine yet they confront life with a courageous and honest determination within themselves. It makes me stop and realise how small my worries are in comparison and how i should try that much harder to be happy, tolerant, understanding and caring towards others. It encourages me to believe in my own abilities but most of all to be thankful for all I have every day of my life.

recently, there've been lots of events happening. new friends come, old friends go but true friends stay! :) louise, yawen, jiayan & elizabeth joined us! but wanyi left :( soon, yawen also leaving .. haiz .. our lunch group is getting smaller and less rowdy! oh yeah, shiying left too. maybe benjamin also gg to get sacked on 2 May. lol .. well, all the same, we have to leave raffles some time. wanyi has been meeting us for lunch some days though :)

"In a world full of changes, where the change of season dances with the changing times, there is one thing that will never CHANGE ... that is our FRIENDSHIP of the vege fam!" hee

had lots of outing together and photos taken!

life is really kinda different now! feel so matured .. bleah. day in day out the same thing. responsiblities here and there. social circle of friends seem to be alarmingly limited!! oh well ...
guess i'll be stayin in IT all the way until july. wanyi found a new job at suntec there. yippee .. hope ya get the job k! then can meet up for lunch more often :) life does present us with surprises indeed! queen & princess have found something .. or rather something has found us & left us baffled ~~~ haha .. oh yeah! there's SWAB too. hee
hmm, i tried giving tuition recently. JC1 - physics, chem & maths. difficult! esp phys. some syllabus of maths changed too. gg to use all these income earned to buy contacts and a laptop! yayzz..

okay! lookin forward to steamboat, kbox ... etc

In my life, I will not try to predict events before they have happened or cast final judgements on situations that are ongoing in my life. I have learned that at any given moment a smile can change one's direction, and who is to know when a smile will come my way :)
come what may~~~ (nothing related to the duet of sort!)

2007-04-14T08:12:00.000+08:00

mum drops me early again today at work.
so got time to slack around and a few moments of lonely/tranquil periods...

070407 is a super interesting day. (skipping the noon-early afternoon part-that's private)
wanyi, manda, ben, lena, van, louise, qiao qi went for SPORTS DAY 2007 @ EAST COAST PARK!!!

fantastic weather, with slight drizzle (due to benji's singing), we blade and cycle (me and ben cycled), sing songs, scream, play lots of ball games and best, swim :D
wanted to destress as much as possible. so i cycled quite fast at some points and went off bedok jetty, nearing changi jetty there with ben. we 'talk cock sing songs' ... he really have a good listening ear! cant help it ... everything just spills ... that's the gd thing of having a mature-looking friend. haha :) he seems so easy to trust, and will gladly offer great advices ... PLUS, he is the evil guy that brings out the utmost evilness in ME! haha .. all the awful thoughts i have, all generated by him!
wanyi brought along her two best frens, van and lena, we click pretty well. played lots and lots. thanks wanyi for bringing all the equiptment! me and her has been plotting to dump ppl into the sea. i thought it wont happen. cuz i dont feel like plunging down the water in my BEN SHERMAN polo. BUT! -.- someone drags me into the sea and scratch my knees in the process!
then afterwards we plot to plunge amanda (NEXT TARGET) she is so hard to bring to the sea la .. need to carry her etc. and in the process she unbuttoned my shirt! omg! zao geng! lucky i'm not wearing some revealing stuff -.-"
then we have dinner of stingray, satay and oyster ommellete. then papa ben send us ALL HOME :) So sweet rite~

yesterday was wanyi's and shiying's farewell lunch. we ate till 3 something then get back. FISH AND CO! 10 of us makan together, 4 seafood platter for 2. we eat until ... **PRETTY CLEAN** hahah .. we have havoc camhoring!! i really like taking photos. cuz you can pose wif all the different style (unless some ppl usually have a fixed pose ... all the shots the same one -.-)
i'm so going to miss wanyi!!!!!! no more sitting partner for me ... and no more mad girl to make fun of our common enemies -.-" she always compliment all my evil doings, making it even more EVIL! RH going to regret not having her man ... our dear potato can work okay! and she's pretty good too!! just becuz she spread love around by sharing chocolates and looks happy and fun always, ppl think otherwise :( "YOU GOT TO PROMISE TO ALWAYS COME BACK OK?!"
dear shiying too! at first v quiet, then when you get to know her .. she also another havoc girl! i like the way she interpret lai pi xiao shing (: oh man .. we know each other only for 3 weeks ... wil be great if we can know each other more! haha .. must often come back and visit k?
THINGS THAT WE SHALL DO!
1. eat sakae buffet
2. ktv
3. duets wif bass alto benjamin
4. steamboat?!
5. camping?!

was waiting for someone to call/msg me last nite ... and the msg only comes at 2am. was freaking tired and asleep at that time. so i msg back some rubbish that doesnt make sense ... poof! got to practise how to keep myself sane when awaken in the middle of the nite...

i got a new student! that up my tuition kids to 6 excluding my sis and bro!
tiring siah ... but all the parents sort of beg me to teach them... cant help it .. i'm a good teacher (:
two of my students are transfer student. one transferred from this hwa chong girl. the other transferred from a 20 yrs experience tutor. lol! i'm good eh?but its killing my time!!! i got no time for myself :( oh well, the purpose of all this is really to help the kids. NOT THE EARN MONEY PART (tho is pretty good too, i can quit rmg and still earn as much, you get wat i mean?) exams are coming, and i know these kids need my help, so i shall help them!
my kids all got big dreams one, one wanted to be a doctor, the other wanted to be an aerospace engineer, one wanted to be a singer... and is not only say say wish to be this and that
they have been working hard for those profession they dream of. like the aerospace boy, he have been collecting spaceships samples and building prototypes... great kids...

aye got to practise ALL I WANT IS YOU for lunch time concert. haha SECRET DARE!

love ya all,
princess stepha-la-pha-gus (say it fast!)

2007-04-01T22:09:00.000+08:00

so long havent update this blog. whose fault? haha

tmr i think i'm going to begin a new chapter to working life. kimmy-leelim-olivia move me to accounts payable RMG. so sad, leaving nanako, jayanthi they all. so i promised that if they ever need my help, i will do OT for them (:
hope everything turn out well, learn new stuff and excel in that too! yeah, i shall do my best in whatever i do ...

on the raffles hospital TEMP - ERS side ... is been FUN FUN FUN!
movies, dinners, jokes, gossips, smells, beans ... glad i make such a great bunch of frens
the veggie family seems really close these past few days, we all got common 'foe'!!! hee hee~
NEWS FLASH!
1. ayu is pregnant!!!
2. my dear sister (yawen) joins RMG!!!
haha .. so great rite? anyone jealous? i got such great company everyday :D

been thinking a lot ... random stuff ...
i think i really suck in the topic 'relationship / love', i need a love guru or something ... haha! i heard i can find one at tibet ... lol! i shall sprawl the mountains of tibet and find a love guru ... maybe i should keep a look out for a sex guru too! haha ... i have the sudden thought that manda would want a sex guru too! i help you book appointments okay??? hahahahhaha!

ah yo .. the days are so random

mr bean is pretty funny, wan yi and amanda laugh the LOUDEST .. benji loves to immitate mr bean
meet the robinsons is really sweet .. great story ..

i want to go shopping badly. only i dont dare to spend.
i'm sooooo not going to be a shopaholic (but i WANT to be one!!!)

great :( poof!

2007-03-19T12:55:00.000+08:00

so much for the wisdom teeth extraction scare~ -.-"
the whole process was painless! the operation part i mean. but it was a violent operation. got plenty of drilling and blood and knife and 3 catridges of anaesthetic, my mouth was super numb until i cant spill my water on the basin ... it shoots to the floor! haha ... my dentist say that the operation was a tough one ... i can tell! he was sweating profusely and most of the time standing up, his face peering into my mouth, hand yanking the wisdom teeth out! i kept my wisdom teeth for keepsake ... they are humongous! and their roots actually curl ... like a girl dress like that ...
so ppl! those who scared of wisdom teeth extraction ... do not be afraid! its almost painless!
*phew~~~ i got v scared at first cuz benjamin was gushing how the dentist will drill and stuff, and mr tong mention that he was hospitalised when he extract his wisdom teeth, and reg mention that without wisdom teeth, one become more stupid* (haha! that's why i keep my wisdom teeth with me!)

my appetite was totally unaffected! like totally~~~ i was eating like nobody's business!! to think that i could use the opportunity to actually go on a short period of diet-ing ... hao shi bai ah!!! :/
should be coming back to work tmr ... i can simply start today .. but i tot my swollen cheeks and my disgusting smile is simple tooooo UNPRESENTABLE! i got an image to uphold!
"swollen cheeks, swollen cheeks, pls de-swell!" :D

reading thru my past essays (for scholarship, uni admission etc) the topic of racial identity struck me again ... been thinking whether everyone who look at me actually DO have a mental note that, "she is not singaporean. she is indonesian. but she is chinese. she is a foreigner ..."
rmb-ering about boon and ivy, 2 ppl from different origins, i admit i had that thought of,"wow ... they are so different, inter-racial relationship ... how it start man?!" haha funny rite ... sometimes i just forget that me too are not considered LOCAL. lately, so many ppl ask me bout where i come from. the construction workers at lvl 10 asked me, the taxi drivers asked me, new friends asked me ... i wonder whether they will be bias if they know that i'm not LOCAL. again, i gave that sneaky look, smiled and say, "i'm super mixed! got china, taiwan, japan, indo origins ..." could have easily added that i'm also hong-kish, vietnam-ish, thai-ish, afro-ish and korean-ish ... haha ... all the possibilities!
i know at indo, the normal indo ppl treat the chinese indo differently. i feel that until now, both indos just dont mix together, like oil and water. then the question is ... whether the singapore pink card holders .. do have that same impression of me ..
dont get me wrong, i love my frens! they have been really great, friendly and supportive .. but i really want to know whether there is such a barrier that differentiate me and the rest. i wonder who will be able to tell me the truth about this fact ... hmmmm ... gd question to ponder eh?
what happen if someday, i change my blue ic to the pink one ... and marry a singaporean ... lol! i nv even thought of that yet! is hdb, cpf, medisave, erp ... really my thing?
someone mention over msn few days ago ...
me: haha .. i really have plenty of stories to tell huh?
someone: yeah, perhaps its cuz you are not local. your tradition abit different from here. so all your stories are really amusing
(pls note that the convo is not quote-to-quote ... but otherwise have the same effect)
that someone dont mean harm at all ... just a side track i guess ... but poof it proves my point about that biasness and barrier ...

can the world be one day soooo GLOBALIZED that the word ORIGIN doesnt matter any more?

~L is for the way you LOOK at me...~
*pondering*
princess stephanie

2007-03-10T15:29:00.000+08:00

hey hey ... been a long long long time since i post something here ... too busy larh - my life

i heard that our class is the top class for 2006 A LEVEL EXAM in njc ...
100% 3As
24 out of 28 05s17 students 4As
mr lim must be super proud of us! i wonder whether the school will increase his pay or something ... :)
was rather numb, and felt very calm throughout friday ... except when
1. hsiao wei (who is late) suddenly rush in and pointed out to everyone who and who got 4As ... not mentioning me, manda and cheryl's names ... then cheryl freak out and start crying ... ah yo ... wasted the tears for nothing man! haha :)
2. i saw YAWEN'S RESULTS!!!!! omg~~~ i'm like super happy .. she got an A for her biology!!!! gosh gosh gosh!!!! the feeling was estactic .. crazy .. delirious .. unthinkable! for once, i really felt, "boy, i'm doing good. i'm making a difference in another's life ..." is super fantastic feeling can ... that .. I BROKE DOWN AND CRY! gosh so embarrasing .. i was practically bawling! ha-ha-ha :/
everyone who saw me tot i cried for my results .. NO SHIT! i cried for my dearest sister results! :) really proud of her ... and really proud of myself :) that's the magic of helping others ...
i guess the feeling cant be sooooo easily describe with words alone ... only me and you! will know what happens yup yup?

other than that ... i have been promoted to lvl 11 at work ... but it was a sad/depressing move to lvl 11 ... me, yumi nanako(my new colleague! she from indo, her mum is jap, her dad is chinese ... she say i'm v funny -.- and we gossip in indo like mad!!), jayanthi felt super unwanted at lvl 11 ... we got to share photocopying machine, printer etc ... sad :/ the workload is getting crazier on my side ... cuz my new colleagues still make a lot of mistakes in their work .. so i have to check, recheck, help them ... i think if i was solo like last time ... things will be carried out sooo much faster.

the gd thing is that now i am now closer to manda, brynjal (ben), wani and all the other temp staffs ... the past 2 days was really fun teasing brynjal aka banana aka benjamin (: then calling manda FREAK! hahaha ... really enjoyed myself ... :) felt like for once, lunch is becoming more alive and more forward looking!

anywayz .. i'm going to extract my wisdom teeth on wednesday!!! ouch~~~~ going to have swollen cheeks, fever and what nots -.- regina said that without wisdom teeth .. a person will become stupider -.- i hope not! i still want my wisdom! haha ~~~ oh well see how larh. maybe too pain then i dont need to come to work! lol .. i want to see how the billing dept can survive without me ... oh yeah KIMMY GOH (FINANCE DIRECTOR) actually praises me! lol .. wat a miracle siah ... she recognise that i'm the only person who understand the working of billing dept and credit control ... she want me to extent ... i'm giving second tots on that ... i really want to try working at BEN AND JERRY or any hawt&chick FOOD OUTLETS! :) :) :)

oh yes .. you know wat, i had my PRINCETON interview over the phone at 11 pm! lol ... crazy rite? and its super surprise surprise kinda call! my siblings were spouting vulgaraties at that point of time somemore! crazy .. the interviewer was impressed with my life i think .. haha .. hope everything goes well then ... :D

i'm going to try medicine (NUS) cool or not?

princess tsjim

2007-03-06T16:40:00.000+08:00

well all the anxiety & suspense is ALL over!!!
results are released ... phew~
this finally marks the end of our JC life .. haiz ..
dont you just feel so OLD.
esp when you work with all those 20+, 30+ ppl ... just makes you even older!!!
hmm ..

OMG today .. quite a freaky day!
just like any other day .. sittin in front of comp doing work,
listening to music ....
suddenly i felt as though someone was playin with my hair la
ok-ay! frantically looks ard .. who is that person(!!!) so daring ...
go play with my hair!
NO ONE .. gosh .. feelin rather stupid then ... i turned back to resume work.
THEN i had this weird sensation ....
my head was spinning .. i felt like i was sawyin in circles VIGOROUSLY!!!!
oh my ... had this weird feelin that i was going to faint
(esp when i had been having dizzy spells the past few days)
wah .. i tot i was suffering from sth seriously sick & fatal ... bleah!
why was my head swimmin???
thankfully my colleague brought me back to reality.
he shouted super LOUDLY wif this horrified look on his face: "the ground is shaking!"
Apparently, there was this earthquake in sumatra & we can feel the tremors.
haha .. lookin back at this scene ... it does seem really hilarious! it seemed as though he was acting in some drama-mama-serial. poof ...
then all my colleagues started to leave the building ...
i was too stunned to move la! i dont want to leave w/o my valuables & the part-timer frens here :( they were still happily msn-ing away to each other about the tremors felt la.
lol .. i tot IT dept was kiasu! but oh-no! corporate ser/com there was even more kanjiong
kan-jiong-spiders ... wahhaha .. they took all their belongings to leave. Finance best la .. stay behind count money still .. haha .. so money-minded!

hmm .. the tremors came not only once but twice. really huge waves & long-lasting. haha .. my colleagues so scared that they took the lift all & down soo many times. tink they took the lift more often than me for today at least .. i tot i was the record breaker la .. haiz .. they beat me to it -.-"

this comes from steph: "tell you something funny, you know AVIVA (INSURANCE COMPANY) ? I tried calling them .. then voice msg say, "Due to the Sumatra Earthquake and Safety of our employees, Aviva has closed for the day" hmm .. lucky ppl!

wat an event! an least sth different happened in our otherwise mundane lives. yesh ...

2007-03-02T10:41:00.000+08:00

most A LEVEL 2006 students are feeling calm

OR
not ...

:)

2007-02-25T14:38:00.000+08:00

hello again.

the queen is too lazy to blog? lol! i guess not, cuz these few days are really abit monotonous. apart from the T*Y ~shrugs shoulder~ move that i come up wif, everytime i heard the word T*Y ... nothing its really interesting.

went out wif yawen on thursday (: we visited CENTRAL@SOHO. still a brand new place, many shops are not yet open. so we spend a good time just walking around the clark quay area. we walked to the entrance of MOS to feel the air-con ... haha ... i think clark quay is really one of the romantic areas few locals actually considered going cuz the place is filled with angmos, japs, afros dining and wining and just relaxing~ sigh~ i bet all those single and available guys/gals will simply love spending time there ... "how i wish ..............." oh nvm~

oh yeah, i sort of thinking about backpacking trips wif frens. got the sudden urge to travel (not wif families or family-filled tour groups) after tien teng mention that he is going to explore europe for 3 weeks budgeting less than 2000SGD (his airplane ticket is sponsored by ICES though ...) how nice it will be, spending time wif frens overseas. the experience will be exhilarating i guess. i think money, safety, and parents-concerns are the factors that may impede such things from happening. i hope i could go to one of those trips ASAP!!! before i reach 20? haha (: so anyone planning for such a thing, pls count me in? shopping/entertainment/relaxing trips are okay wif me too! i'm thinking of either europe or japan/korea/china or hongkong/thailand or australia/new zealand or better, GREECE/ETHOPHIA/SOUTH AFRICA!!! <3!!!>

felt so unhealthy these few days. not the eating too much or sleeping too much unhealthy-ness, just the lack of spirit, teamwork, gaming kind of excitement!!! one of our bio tchrs once mention that the hormone the body creates during high level activities (sports, games and dancing?) is the same as the one that drugs gives when one is high. maybe my body is really lacking of such hormone (Dont worry i wont resort to drugs/alcohol!!!). i'm currently craving for a game of netball/captain ball/volleyball/softball or else just pure dancing routines~ hip-hop,ballroom,modern,traditional .. anything that moves the body! wanted to swim or run. but i find those rather boring ... LOL! for now i shall stick wif my sit ups, push ups, crunches etc. my schedule is too full anyway to place a slot for such sports and dance lessons. :/

i realised that gladys and shawn dance studio is actually very near to my work place! beside national library only (gladys aka the dance floor judge) hahaha ... anyone care to be my dance partner? (this question is only directed to guys btw, but girls who want to join dancing can also tell me ... then we go scout for dance partners together!!!) lol .. again, wishful thinking of this little princess (:

yesterday was the princess's filial piety day. got my dad 2 shirts from CALVIN KLIEN amounting to 169SGD. he was soooo elated that he squeal/did a little hop of joy/ smile broadly like a little kid. he said, "finally, after raising her for 18 years, she finally got the money to spend and spoil me..." it was rather a touching experience, my dad loves me the most i think. i'm glad that i havent let him down. its not the expensive clothes that matters, is the gesture i believe. 169SGD is the amount i earned one month teaching a p6 girl mathematics. wow~ haha ... i asked my mum whether she wanted anything. she said no. lol... how silly, i know she is dying to shop new bags and clothes for herself (by using my money!) guess she dont want to burden me yet. so ... i queued for her at the uberly crazy donut factory line at city hall for a bloody 2 hours .. for 2 dozens of double chocolate donuts *yum!* she loves the donuts ... another satisfied customer ~ come to think of it, i havent spend any of my hard earned money on things for ME yet ... hmmm .. one of these days i really need to shop! shop before the GST hike ppl!

oh yeah speaking of the donut queue. 2 hours is really bloody long, but the experience is worth it. its rather a physical and mental and social challenge. physical, cuz you have to stand (in those heels and hard court shoes) for 2 hours without anywhere to lean on or sit or squat when you are tired(my heels were numb after the episode). mental, cuz it was monotonous (the line doesnt move at all), easy to give up (i saw plenty of ppl leaving the queue after merely 30 minutes) and distracting (i came without my achillary supplies of music, book or portable game). social, cuz of the mockery passerbys sprouted on the queue-ing ppl (very audible i tell you ... "crazy ppl" "no life" "kiasu ....") and trying to hide from the eyes of ppl you know (fellow schoolmates/friends/enemies who saw you being silly standing in queue). but 'the queue' fosters friendships among fellow queuers. 'the talk' usually starts with a laugh about how stupid they feel queueing up, but they are dying to try the donut and see what the fuss about these donuts. then they talk about other sort of food that requires tedious queue-ing. then they talk about the shops and bargains around. finally the story of ppl who is finally going to consume the donuts they bought (family members, friends, colleagues etc) . around me were aunties, who wore slippers, t-shirts, shorts(practically going to the market outfit, its a mall for goodness-sake! dress appropriately), bagged music players/magazines/books and bring their friends along (to take turn to queue) they chit-chat non stop. i was too lazy to chit-chat, so i stood still like a crane. at one point i raised one of my legs in a yoga position and stayed for 15 minutes one-legged. hahahaha ... see! tranquility, buddhism? hahaha ... lucky the THAT CD SHOP is playing rather good and loud music for me to hear and enjoy haha.
i was thinking whether i can actually seamlessly make my way thru the queue and get first in line within minutes. i tot of doing magic tricks,"hey aunty, i show you magic tricks free of charge, if you can catch me cheating, then i will stay in line, if not, could you let me pass you?" ;) interesting huh? but i know no magic tricks yet, tot of asking yy to come. afterall, i got his magic cards! but my phone sort of died. so i have no choice but to just day dream my way thru 2 hours of donut queue ... haha 2 hours, 24 donuts. that's 5 minutes for one donut. woo~

oh yeah, monday visit to mr lim's house was interesting and disappointing at the same time. hardly any girls turn up. just the queen and i. interesting cuz, finally get to see the botak guys and i travelled to a new place in singapore (bishan !). the guys seem to put on or off the correct amount of weights! haha. plus, they are tanned and toned. sadly, all they know is army. army this army that. yawn~*~*~* chun jek really lost a lot of weight i think. william's bald head dont really surprise me. just no more ginvera smell eh? hahaha ... it was pretty enjoyable. we get to see mr and mrs lim's wedding photo! lol~ fun/romantic/lovely! could tell the queen is jealous! haha ... dont worry, for your wedding shots, i will make it even more interesting (dont need the lalangs and greenery) ... i help you plan your photography sites! first stop, farmyard ... get down and dirty wif the animals and mud! then the swamp. we close it wif a spectacular photo of you and ur king on a donkey *smiles* so romantic!!! pls thank me quickly!!!

waah ... not bad from a not so adventurous week, i can come out wif such long entry. my english is really rusty. my writting too.
results in a few days time! gd luck everyone. (dont know why, i feel a little jittery this time around for results ... "results only! no big deal...." yah rite ...)

just a random thought: should i just study medicine? and be a good-old-doctor?
interesting ...

princess tsjim

2007-02-17T20:51:00.000+08:00

hello! time for the princess to greet everyone
GONG XI FA CAI! (:

haha ... wat a new year man ... havent even officially start .. and i got 2 ang baos already *grins!* haha ... and one of them come from my students' parents. she said,"naah .. more money for you to buy clothes ... "-.- haha ... wanted to really use the money to buy more new year clothes ... but when i reach the mall ... EVERYWHERE IS CLOSE!

anyway, in front of OG at bugis the CAI SHEN YE, got writtings about our DRAGON luck this year ... sound really good :D
really good on the luck part, achievements wise too, and relationships wise too!! *grins* so ALL THE BEST PPL! HOPE YOU DRAGONS ARE REALLY LUCKY THIS YEAR!

tuesday class outing to mr lim's house! (: really great time to meet each other! haha... see all the botak army boys and the full-time working girls too! its so hard to keep in touch wif ppl nowadays ... hardly anyone is online and our activities are soo different that we cant find a common ground? but i hope tuesday meeting will really be a fun one! haha! must thanks mr and mrs lim for putting us up! (:

okok ... sooo much food for the new year ... yum!

oh the previous post by manda ... i believe only 2 of us get the whole scenario ... but is so funny ... i wanted to change all the code words to real ppl names .. how nice would it be then (:
okiez ...

zhu ni men nian nian you yu! (:

princess yan xuan :)

2007-02-16T18:11:00.000+08:00

Hohoooo! i must say these few days have been kinda interesting and enjoyable :)

ok .. princess already blogged about the tale of our valentine's day. haha

thurs .. we made 2 new friends. went to beach road to eat set lunch.
sth different :)

haa .. we had so much laughters, which hasnt been present much in our lives recently.
there was one scene that was super hilarious!
we were at the crossing .. waiting for the 'green man' to come on.
A bus just happened to whizz by, so i swirled steph ard such that she was facing the bus
& i shouted loudly: FINAL DESTINATION! omg! .. it seems so real like the actual movie. i saw our reflections on the bus! mann .. scary ...
all of a sudden .. steph SCREAMED so loud .. till i started screamin too ..
-.-" she tot i really intended to push her into the bus's path.
wah .. mula-ting mann! we created such a scene. haiz ...

woah-ho! here comes the 2 best parts! ~friday ...
well APPARENTLY, M likes this girl R & R happened to join us for lunch
A was awarded the excellent service award (wow! first class somemore!) haha ... so he stayed behind in office as a reception was taking place. thus we decided to ask him to confirm if the girl was really R. out of room we went into main corridor. A then went to stand beside XL's desk, resting his hand on her desk partition, lookin towards XL's comp directn. haha .. that part alr .. steph & i couldnt stop laughing! omg .. wat a stupid move la!
XL saw A, asked him: "wat are you doing here?"
A: "oh, waiting for friend." & A laughed. FAINTS*
-.-" -.-" -.-" ..... dots......... wat a lame excuse! okay .. let's see .. he was lookin at XL's comp, resting his hand on her table .. yet he claimed he was waiting for a friend. wat's more ironic is that he's an IT guy!!! (maybe u dont get the point i'm makin .. but princess & i couldnt control the bouts of uncontrollable laughters that possessed our bodies relentlessly!
out of the corner of my eye .. i saw R extending her hand towards A & they shook hands & intro each other! omg!!!! .. lol ..
i asked: "why u do that for!" in between giggles
A:" she smiled at me ma."
now .. i could stand it no longer .. so i staggered away, trying super hard to control the fits of laughter.
mann .... boy! the got no tactics mann .. lol
later in the afternoon .. the cny festive season has gotten into us .. so come late afternoon, we felt so bored.
okaez ... let's drop by bugis shoppin mall to get a mos burger milkshake! SET!
happen MATA were also gg for a break.
well .. all goes into the lift.
*dinks ... *dinks... *dinks ....
ppl come in .. ppl go out.
*DING! 3rd Level.
LOW & BEHOLD ... LA JIE!
& .................
she had this look on her face -----> (-.-")ZZzzzz
"save me from this misery!" LOL
she stepped into the lift quickly, wasting no time to swirl her back towards T.
A then pressed the close button lift but a look of bewilderment flicked across her face:
'aye, why cant the lift doors close?'
ATASA all turned heads to left ... M was holding on to the open lift door button!
"LET THE MOMENT LAST LONGER" sneered M. haha .. you should have seen the look on M's face ... wonderful acting mann! hee
finally .. he released the button. soon AMA begin the pleasant chanting (jingle) of ___, ___, ___, ___ ...
oh my god! haha .. couldnt stop laughin!!!!!
*just had to post this ... to let the moment last EVEN longer. tahahaha

okaez .. cny is here!
happy chinese new year :)
happy holidays!

2007-02-15T08:41:00.000+08:00

yesterday was valentine's day.
and it was A FUN day! (:

the highlight was when manda called me at 0737pm, "STEPH YOU GOT MY EZLINK CARD! I'M STUCK AT ANG MO KIO MRT!" (the rest of the phone convo was filled wif endless laughters and the phrase "you tell me what to do?" "steph, i'm going to kill you" "omg! i'm so sorry") it was hilarious, i tell you....
it was really crazy.
she cant get out of the mrt station. she is broke (no coins) to take bus home or to take mrt/bus for work the next day. her handphone is almost battery-less.
SO the least i could do was to rush all the way to novena mrt to pass her her ezlink card in 15 minutes, running thru the crowded-couple-infested velocity mall with my flip flops, hair wet, class t shirt and shorts! haha .. damn ridiculous. and again the first thing she say to me was "STEPH I'M GOING TO KILL YOU" :D

so now the question is why do i have her ezlink card? wellz, today our lunch kakis decide to finally eat FAST FOOD - BURGER KING~STUDENT MEAL.
for many who knows ... i lost my ezlink card at one of the school physics spa exam j1. so i'm practically losing out on a good deal here! lucky manda pity me, after she bought her food then she shove her ezlink card to me and i make use of it to get my student meal too. all was well... then i think cuz i want to make it really seem like its my ezlink card. so i keep it in my wallet... and all was forgotten.

at 4 oclock i went off for my STB interview (which was pretty okay mind you, only that they are discouraging me from taking engineering courses) then manda changes the BLOGSKIN! then the few laughable messages about wat happen to my cookies (goobled up by some hungry 'Tiger') hahaha ...

THANKS for the pink bear you got me! (: i name it PINK-O! anyway, its been adopted by my sister. lol!
your presents make me so stress about my presents, so to top it up, i ALLOWED you to keep the container! hahahahahhahahahah ...

THE QUEEN is very grateful of my presents to her can ... -.-"
princess: hello! i have presents for you too! flowers!! taa-daa
queen: omg! chinese new year cookies!
princess: ah? -.-" no! is eatable flower cookies! (gosh ... so malu can!)

oh well ... that was uber eventful ...
hopefully next year, we dont need to give each other presents anymore ... CUZ! its time for the alpha males to splurge on us ... MUAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! *evil laughter rings*

*ahem*

(^.^) *sweet smile*
yeah yeah .... happy valentine's day to all~~~

love,
princess tsjim

2007-02-12T23:33:00.001+08:00

test test

2007-02-12T16:44:00.000+08:00

SELF PROCLAIMED BREAK TIME!!!! heheheh :)

today's one of the very few days that i have work to do the whole day ...
but i'm tired! my poor eyes .. are so sore!!!
the whole day i stare at computer leh ... my gosh .. imagine the amount of radiation!
i can already start to feel the initial effects. my mind is in a daze as the days drift by. OH NO!

hmmm...well got lotta random thoughts that i wanna pen down.

let's start with thursday > well my elder sis flew off to australia & my dad followed her to see that she adjusts well to the new envt. so my family suddenly shrunk considerably :(
that nite, my heart felt void & lonely. i think for the first time, i cried for my elder sister. i'm gonna miss her. once gone, she'll be gone for 2 yrs ...
so now, being the 'eldest' left in spore, i had to take care of the family = mum + sis.
hmm .. buy food, handle family business, house work. tired tired ...
i've been working late nights & wkends (including sunday) at OG (bugis again!!!!) as a sales executive from 12pm to 8pm on top of my raffles medical job! stand the whole day ... pack clothes .. promote clothes ... hang back clothes!
i tell you, i've never seen sooo many clothes in my whole life :(
my feet hurt so BAD!
haiz.... 7 days work wk ...
i feel rite ... i'm growing shorter with each passing day. as i stand the whole day, i'm putting pressure on my knees .. then my bones will get compacted over time! i'm shrinking ....
nevertheless .. at least this 'holiday' has been kinda fruitful.
ok .. exposed to a bit of computer stuff. admin work. handle customer calls. sales executive. service. goods packer. ok wow .. so many alr.
once after cny, i'm prob not needed at OG anymore .. then i'll take on tutoring :)

hoho, fri .. saw mr lim & wife. peops ... mr lim's wife is pretty! :)
Mr lim is one lucky guy ... heheh ... his wife is one lucky woman too ..
Mr lim really loves & cherishes his wife :)
friday was also the day mr lim's bro-in-law leaves the company.
haha .. that day la jie & la mei keep jokin & laughing. omg ... never laugh lyk that since the begining of this year.
the wonders of having a good fren in the same company :)
haha .. this period is almost as good as ices ... i wont forget the memories!
uncle tay, john little sales ... blah blah! all the emails that caused me to ROFL .. oh mann.
those are the things that make me wanna come back to office each day!
LOL .. but princess makes me lose my sanity!!!!
nowadays ... classmates are all so uncontactable. tsk tsk .. why?

hmm .. daddy is coming back tmr nite :) heard jie jie is doing fine in Australia but meals are expensive .. so she have to eat sandwiches for breakfast, lunch & dinner everyday! gosh .. how she gonna survive??!!

V day is coming too. guess v day spent in office will be a totally different experience. cny coming too! holidays holidays holidays .. lookin forward. btw CLASS 05S17 ... if u read this ... mr lim will be inviting us to visit his home on tuesday 20th feb after 9 am onwards :)
more details nearer the date.
ps: i hope john little isnt having a sale that day.

5.30 pm now .. yay! gonna knock off soon .. but i have to work at OG again today.
i'm tired but loving it! (i guess)

for all the hard work ... i treated myself to a
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YAM PAU! :) rofl .....

i need to buy new shoes! la jie says i look lyk market gal wearing sandals -_-" haiz....

2007-02-09T22:04:00.000+08:00

hello!

long time no blog!

haha ... yesterday (thursday) was a super sucky day. i thought i'm going to die or something. marilyn left, so did darwin. leaving MOI alone to hold on 3 ppl's job under the same amount of pay. quite sad. i felt so helpless. then the scoldings came, from all sorts of people, indian national, china national, japan national, insurance companies and singaporeans. mostly pissed-off customers who are super angry that their requests were not fulfilled (thanks to who? so irresponsible, leaving me with half-done cases). i have to painfully explain to them that i'm new to this work and i just get to know of their cases that very day. PLUS, ppl have been throwing their work to me. sad. luckily, after i told them my sad story "18 year old, new temp staff, holding 3 ppl (executive) job, underpaid..." everyone seems to pity me and stop giving me a hard time :) so TODAY was so much a better day (less scoldings) but the work is still piling and the pile doesnt seem to recede. haiyoh!

today me and manda met MR LIM AND HIS WIFE (they look so loving!) (haha .. i know mr lim will read this :) ) it was quite nice to have a few moments of laughter. mrs lim even commented that I KNOW MY WORK WELL! (i was trying to introduce her to the hospital's antenatal package... and i manage to guess her doctor's name...)
manda having nothing better to say blurted out that i am a **** !!! lol ... it was quite funny larh. of course i must make her pay for what she say so i said to jeff that manda think he is "shuai!"
i had a good laugh then (:

oh yes someone commented that i'm the CEO OF MY DEPARTMENT. sound pretty cool eh? 18 year old girl heading a department ... lol! i think that maybe a good motivation for me to keep on doing well for this job...

valentine's day coming ... i'm spending it ... um .. with STB interview board! haha ... sound weird rite? i'm having my interview at 1730hrs .. so late rite? i have to read up on all the things STB'S production on valentine's day ... like ROMANTIC SINGAPORE? HAHAHAHA ..

okay time to sleep

cny will be spent in singapore ! :) my jakarta home is 'FLOODED' according to manda ... but actually its just leaking everywhere ... no big deal! so no worries .. although DONATIONS will be great! haha KIDDING! i'm coping well ... so i'm going to go visiting to YOU PEOPLE'S house okay? welcome me everyone!!!!

2007-01-27T16:04:00.000+08:00

hello world~~~
i think i have gotten use to working life le. its just like that. monotone, repetitive, stressful at that moment, but when you reach home, the world seems to come back to life. :)
i have learn to accept my job, my responsibilities in my work place. so, i'm practically trying to enjoy work! :) (kudos to amanda for the inspiration -.-) hahaha ...
anyway, i'm totally living with my own money now ... so its a good thing to earn more. i know i complained that i have no more time to relax and chill, but now, i'm driven for money! no kidding, i really want to tuition more people, especially secondary school kids. i want to know how their mind process and stuff. very interesting to analyst. hopefully i can get one soon. :)

anyway, chinese new year is coming :D
and i have a STRONG liking for the COLOUR RED now!!! red seems so auspicious and all.
the colour of red <3!

this new year, i'm going back to jakarta. so peops, i'm sorry you cant visit my house for ang paus! lol. my mum really want us to spend it here. so that she wont have to cook and tire herself playing host to my other extended family members. BUT. my dad is totally into the notion of everyone to come and celebrate together at my jakarta house.
worst thing is that they use ME as the reason why their notion should be supported by the rest of the family.

an example:

in the living room

mum,"i think this year we cant go back to indo for new year. fanie got work already. sure dont have leave one. so i think cant go back."
dad,"-.-"
mum," :) "

mum walked to her bedroom

dad looked at me warily

dad,"why cant we go back to indo?"

me (shock!) ("hello! its mummy who dont want to go back!") ,"um .."

dad,"next year new year you will be at US, your uncles and aunties just want to see you for the last time .. wish you well and all. your little cousins also misses you ... everyone will be happier if we go back to indo for new year"

me,"er ..."

dad,"i check the calender already. i have book ticket on friday night. can come back on tuesday, no problem. wednesday, go back to work.... PLUS! there is a golf tournament going on during the new year. you can have the chance to watch!"

mum comes out of bedroom

dad,"i book ticket. fanie say no problem can go to indo for new year."

mum,"-.-"

me,"?!?!??!!"

lol, isnt it funny!? they USE me! i felt mistreated -.- make me the source of trouble. is not only once lerh. in another occassion, my mum wants to go shopping at city hall. so she told my dad that I need to go shopping to buy a bag. then my dad ask me to go shopping, i say i dont want. then my dad told my mum he also dont want to go. soooo my mum practically beg and conjole me to go, so that my dad will also go. -.- gosh ... my family is unique siah!

it just show how important i am in this family. oldest child, favourite of my parents (: everyone please get jealous! hihihihi ...

its so pressurising now that most of my extended family members are JUST coming to jakarta so that they can bid me goodbye for US (and give me extra pocket money for my studies) when the US schools havent even confirm my attendance in fall 2007 :/ sighhh ... all hope should not be lost though ... i know i can DO IT! :) wish me luck, mates!

now that my parents like to dress up and 'feel young', it becomes SOOOO hard to pick clothes that doesnt look like their kind of style -.- hahahahaha ... i have to sorta stay away from a few types of clothes cuz my mum and dad likes to wear those ... hihihi! it is a good thing to have 'feel young' parents ... nowadays, they gamely bought me new clothes each time they shop cuz they must prove to ME that their fashion sense is the most updated one ... HAHHAHA .. is really funny ... but i'm not complaining. i think my parents have changed a little since i reach 16 years old. they are now much happier and livelier bunch. maybe they feel that i'm already grown up, and can start supporting the family or something. sometimes, i have to restraint them from purchasing un-necessary stuff, like new dry-fit shirt or a t-shirt with different colour tones. plus reasoning sensibly with them on certain actions they make, like eat lesser oil etc -.- oh man .. is that a sign of them getting old? for me to now take care of them and not they take care of me ... haha ....

lol .. this blog entry is badly done .. with poor english ..

dont mind me ..

i'm just ditzy from all the occassions and appointments ...

anyway, welcome back s17 boyz :)

princess tsjim

2007-01-24T08:22:00.000+08:00

hey girls!

very very busy at work?

no time to shop?

or ...

singapore's collection toooo boring for you?

my colleague is co-owner of this online BOUTIQUE (imported goods from KOREA)

the collection is really not bad (especially the boots, earrings and dresses). so have a look around and inform me if anything TICKLES your fancy (:

www.amegus.com

princess tsjim

2007-01-22T16:38:00.000+08:00

I'm sure every job has its own frustrations, be it the people, environment, workload, lunch, pay ... ETC!

my gosh ... there's just so much things to fret about when working!

* WELCOME TO THE WORKING LIFE!*

now i begin to believe the elders when they say that studying is sooo much easier.

you just have to study hard & pass examinations. NO other worries.

Plus, everyday you get to meet your friends, chat & have fun :)

On the other hand, working life is kinda mundane and repetitive. haiz...

However this is just the begining of my working life! I'm going to work hard.

Princess is soo frustrated from the HEAVY workload, while i'm so frustrated from the LITTLE workload ... (lol, first time you hear of people complaining of no work to doyea?)

How ironic ... if only we could divide the work equally among us.

Well at least, it's not that bad, we dont have to worry about lunch time because we have each other & 4 other people to lunch with :)

Currently i'm getting more work too!

This is my 4th week at work already. okay i'm starting to take a greater liking to the place, people & maybe work. My colleages are friendly and love to joke. BEST OF ALL I TELL YOU! OH MY GOSH, one of my colleages is Mr Lim's brother-in-law. hoho .. pressure. lol.

This morning I saw one of my managers walking behind me, so i held the door for him even though he's lyk probably 15 feet away. But, he saw me open the door for him so he ran towards office so that i can stop holding the door. haha .. so cute!

The environment here is super relaxed. Some people like to 'blast' their music so i'm hearing like 3 songs at one go, what more is that they may be of different languages. woah ... ok-ay! save time, expose myself to more songs .. haha, lame!!! But that's the best part of work, hearing music while working :) thankfully my nearest neighbour (colleage) loves korean dramas & shows, which is exactly what i love! whoops! Another of my colleage is a drummer .. wow, it's quite cool when he 'drums' along to those rapid pop/metallic music.

My work entails more moving about than steph's job. Thus, i often take the lift up & down to various offices. I take the lifts sooooo often that this cleaner recognises me & can even hold a conversation with me!!! it's so funny la. everytime the lift door opens ... i see his face, he sees mine & we would laugh a silly laughter. *doinkss....

the worst part about working is the travelling part. everyday i have to take the SUPER ULTRA crowded mrt. ewww ... i hate it when people (esp guys) brush sooo freaking close to me & touch where they're not supposed to touch!!!! argh. oh another thing my fren says is, she hates eating other people's hair. SO TRUE. LOL. Put that one side. today i saw 2 couples taking the mrt together. oh my, they're so sweet & thoughtful of each other. the guys will put a protective hand around each other's wives and draw them close to their selves, preventing others to bump into their wives. when the time comes, they'll bid farewell & part, heading off to their respectively office destination. lol, next time i dont mind travelling this way to work with my husband, even if it means that we have to take the ultra crowded train.

well working is definitely a totally different experience. no matter what happens ... come what may! i cant do things i like so i'm going to like the things i do. i'm planning on giving tuition too cause i love teaching :) i'm really going to work hard. push myself to the limits!

ONWARDS! ~*

2007-01-21T10:00:00.000+08:00

hello

work has been pretty sucky. i was v angry on friday but i keep a smile on my face. :/ my supervisor assistant came back from 2 days of MC and innocently said, "next time there is new bills for me, you just settle for me."
again, to those people who are unaware of my work scope and my department, we settle bills.
SO IT OBVIOUSLY MEANS THAT I HAVE TO DO HER WORK! THE WORK THAT SHE IS PAID FOR! BILLING IS ALL THAT WE DO. so new bills are like new folders we have to settle, despatch and keep track of. that is the basic of our work!!!! so if she push all her work to me, then what will she work as?!
oh yes, she makes a lot of mistakes, make the boss angry of her work ethics, cause she forgot some simple procedures and have many things to settle, plus she is sick. BUT it doesnt mean she has to push her responsibility to me! I'm practically pointing out all her mistakes the other time, which she ignores, then the boss queries her working procedures and BOOM! she kana questioning! -.-
my supervisor even pitied her and whispered to me, "today, i dont give you any work, you help her finish her stuff okay?" -.- its crazy! everyone is helping her! my supervisor also took some of her problematic case files and settle it herself (admist all her other responsibilities)
so yeah, i'm very irritated with that. PLUS! the way she settle her bills (writting cover letters, filling, etc) is totally different from the way my supervisor does it (a more slipshod way, i must say) sooooooo ... i have to freaking remember 2 ways of doing the same things!
(mind you, a bill is super thick, super messsy, super confusing - thanks to the nurses upstairs)
i think i have to work overtime next few days. cant finish all the work. i have HER bills to settle which is already pending since 17th jan. haiz! work is pilling up!
PLUS PLUS! my supervisor is quitting her job on 7th feb, AND they cant find a replacement for her. so the boss has discussed that I TOOK OVER HER WORK SCOPE. lol! very funny, take over her work scope and being paid the same amount still? its pain labour siah! can some lawyer fight for my rights or something?! I WANT PAY RISE!

since manda nv really blog. i shall blog her life too (: she also got some work frustations - from having NOT MUCH. its quite sad to have nothing to do, its also very sad to have TOO many things to do.
manda wanted to help me in my work. but finance = money = tricky business = might have a lot of mistakes = not good for her to come down and help. siggghhhh ... it will be great if she can come down!
maybe you should go to HR .. and say,"hi, i feel very unchallenged in my work scope. i hope you can introduce me with more responsibilities that i can put my skills and talents to a test. i know my capabilites, and this is certainly not the limit. i wish to be more challenged in my work scope....."
hahahahhahahahhah ... good idea?

piano tuitioning students who told me openly that they dont like piano or music is a TORTURE. seriously. they never practice, so practically tuition time is practice time. and they are not even serious! they laugh and drag and run off to the computer room to play MAPLE STORY! and i will be at the piano, telling them to come now for tuition. BUT i keep an open mind, i'm really earning money by the minute! so i just smile, joke and really try to have fun. i wanted very much to instill 'love for music' to these people. i hope that they can be brilliant musicians and play music with their heart and soul, get rid of their teenage awkwardness to beauty, love and passion. its only the 2nd lesson, i hope i can make a difference in their life and help them instill some DISCIPLINE to their life. one is a 12 year old boy, the other - his brother - is 14 years old. i'm 18 for goodness sake!

then there is the other 2 students i have for piano and maths. GIRLS! i totally enjoyed teaching them. though they are not geniuses that impress but they are soooo WILLING to learn. especially the little girl (piano) - she is my sister's friend, 8 years old. i use to dislike her cuz she is very brazen at my home (when playing with my sister) but lately she is being really nice and she respect me and listen to my instructions attentively! i told her to feel the music like a dance, and she did wat i said and her music was so beautiful! the other girl (math) - also my sister's friend, is so mature at thought! she want to go to NUS HIGH and become a doctor/scientist when she grow up! such a determined girl, i'm totally going to do my best so that she can reach her dreams (:

i estimate i can earn $510 from tuition each month! (4 students) not bad eh? hihi!!!

okok too lonng an entry, i will talk bout my family Chinesenewyear dispute another time!

love,
princess tsjim

p.s: 36 year old grandmother sound soooo wrong! it means me and my daughter practically give birth before our 20! lol!!! SICK SIAH!

p.p.s: i'm dueting with my sister on her violin examination. i play the piano, she with the violin! it sound super good!!! gosh i totally love harmony!

2007-01-17T09:08:00.000+08:00

huh? i dont get it... yesterday is a very very happy day meh?!?!?!
lol ... mayb cuz you got to keep see-ing the new guy intern at HR is it???
OMG! haha i didnt know amanda is also boy-crazeee!!!
okok .. i wont fight with you larh .. you can take that 'JOAKIM!', kiss and lick him for all i care :P
lol! i got work to do now .. but i'm slacking .. cuz its really TOO MUCH work ...

more about my work place:
our team is in-charge of bills - bills for companies, insurance companies, individuals
we take care of outstanding bills, refunds, the finale of ALL bills that run around this hotel and all the other clinics.
the figures can be very big: one bill (outstanding since 2005) reach 1 million singapore dollar.
yet i dont see any money around, or cheques around ... all the money is under the system :( :( :(
most of the time, i will be typing some patient code number, check whether that person pay or havent pay bill yet, then check on the 2-10 pages detailed bill on things that can be payed under medisave or under the insurance or individual self-payment

okay those are the nitty gritty.

i'm from the finance department. but i dont work at level 11 (amanda wong work at level 11)
i work at ................................................... level 3
doesnt sound bad rite? "level 3 only ... sure okay wat"
its only that level 3 is actually THE CAR PARK
lol! so my office door merges with the car park wall ... when i open the door i will see cars lining infront of me. and there are chances that i may get knock down by a car everytime i come out from my office -.-

otherwise, my collegue is pretty fine ppl.
my 'supervisor' is retiring from this office soon. cuz she cant stand working here. so nowadays she try to teach me lots of things (so i can take over her duties) not that her duties are very executive kind ... its the same: billing, typing bills, checking bills, filling bills, taking calls for bills, call customers for bills, write reminder letters to ask for outstanding bills.
not very related to finance she say .... oh well
then got this poly student under attachment: one sentence - she is a boy crazy girl. and she likes to stick her leg on the lift door to prevent it from closing.
the other 2 of my collegues, one is a talkative grandma, the other is late 20 something supervisor assitance. i work with my supervisor and supervisor assistance.
my colleages are super hardworking okay ... i feel so ashame that they allow me to go off early (6pm) apparently they stay till 8pm haha! i work from 0830-1800. yesterday i even do OverTime work!

oh yes! the mail room is smelly -.- cuz its also the housekeeping room.
and the hospital kitchen is also at level 3 carpark. poor patients, they have to eat the hospital food.
AND! i have yet to enjoy a good meal for lunch :/

my lunch kakis: 3 rj, 1 vj, 2 nj

cheers,
princess tsjim

2007-01-15T21:51:00.000+08:00

HOHO!
on my way back, i saw RABBIT! omg, he's sooo cute! lol.
he lives at amk too. wow! so many ppl live ard that region :)
today's a happy happy day!

2007-01-15T12:36:00.000+08:00

HI colleage! :)

yea .. today's princess first day at work. sigh .. too bad, we're not on the same level.
lucky her .. at least she got some work (maybe ALOT!) to do on first day, i rmb i had to find work to do. tsk, hee.

now at least, i'm getting more work :)

today's regina's dsta interview too. All the best!

..... waiting for 1pm: LUNCH TIME!!! .....

2007-01-13T19:11:00.000+08:00

its been a long long long long time since anyone update this blog (:
short updates about my life:
1. i'm no longer jobless
2. i'm a full time working girl - holding 2 jobs: office job at raffles medical group and tuition jobs (piano and maths)

its tough siah .. especially tuition jobs .. must exudes some sort of interest and act stupid .. so the kids will love you (: oh well is really a good pay and i feel satisfied being able to teach another something i have learn from 18 years of education? haha (:

hope office jobs will rawk big time too!
the queen is my collegue btw ... (:

cheers,
princess tsjim

2007-01-05T18:43:00.000+08:00

i'm jobless ...
how can?!

2006-12-31T21:24:00.000+08:00

i'm back from indo
after 8 days of intestine virus attack ... plus plenty of LS-ing ... i managed to step into this lion city and i'm immediately well and kicking!
today is new year eve ... sobz!!! 2007 is here and there is no school to look forward to at 3rd jan 2007 ... that's pretty sad ... i got to work now ... working world :/ all i can think is money, i dont mind the hard work i guess. i just need the money. haha (:
pretty lazy to blog cuz i just arrive by a rocky plane today ... so i keep details of my trip a secret first!
i want outings please! someone arrange ... i will come for sure!
i miss everyone (:

new year resolution:
too many to say it all out. haha!

love,
princess tsjim

2006-12-30T18:33:00.000+08:00

In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.

In primary one your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.

In primary two your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.

In primary three your idea of a good friend was the person who shared spent recess with you playing soccer with makeshift balls/ playing five stones and zero-point.

In primary four your idea of a good friend was the person who was willing to keep the smelly guys at bay during PE/ sneak off with you to catch tadpoles in the monsoon drain.

In primary five your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the back of the school bus for you.

In primary six your idea of a friend was the person who shared the pain of taking PSLEs with you...and the joy of finishing it all.

In secondary one your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the (insert subject) homework that you had due the very next lesson.

In secondary two your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up all your stuffed animals and old comics so that your room would be a presentable "teenager's" room, but didn't laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.

In secondary three your idea of a good friend was the person who supported you in your bid to become the team captain...and helped you out when the going got tough and you wanted to throw in the towel.

In secondary four your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their study schedule so that they could study with you for the O levels...and listen to you bitch about the subjects you have to take AND symphathize with your predictament.

In JC1 your idea of a good friend was the person whom you 1st met in your OG/ class, and who stuck around with you as the academic year wore on and everyone drifted apart to their own interests.

In JC2 your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a college/university, assured you that you would get into that college/university, helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go...while being reluctant to see you go as well; the person who had dinner with you every single day of the week because you stayed back in the library to mug till late into the night, who went to prom night with you so that you wouldn't feel out of place without a date...

At graduation your idea of a good friend was the person who was crying on the inside but managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you for your excellent results.

In the army (for guys), your idea of a good friend was someone who suffered just as much beside you, who got pumped for your mistakes, who charged up hill after hill, marched mile after mile, dug trench after trench with you in the sun and the rain, and never once complained about you...it was always the system's/weather's/officers' fault :) They were the ones who served detention with you, who helped ease the boredom of detention with you, who tried to help you avoid detention as best as they could...

At work ( for girls), your idea of a a good friend was one who spent the time together with you in the office/restaurant/ wadeva working place you were in, and helped you get through the maximum of workload with a minimum of fuss. They were the ones who ticked off the bossy customer, who helped you clean up the tables so that you wouldn't be the last one left to close up, and who took it upon themselves to help you finish up the in boc on your desk so that all of you could go out for lunch/dinner together.

The year you left for university your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you clean up the bottles from that party, listened to you when you ranted on about how you just couldn't deal with your parents, assured you that now that you and (insert name of bf or gf) were back together, you could make it through anything, helped you pack up for university and just silently hugged you at the airport as you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and finally on those last days of childhood, went out of their way to give you reassurance that you would make it in college as well as you had these past 18 years, and most importantly sent you off to college knowing you were loved.

Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when they are sad and helps you become a better person.

A friend now is someone you love. Not that you are "in love" with them, but you care about them and you think about them when they are not there. The people you are reminded of when you see something they might like, and you know this because you know them so well. They are the people whose pictures you have and whose faces are in your head regardless. They are the people you feel safe around because you know they care about you. They call just to see how you are doing, because a friend doesn't need an excuse. They tell you the truth, the first time, and you do the same. You know that if you have a problem, they are there to listen. They are the people who won't laugh at you or hurt you, and if they do hurt you they try hard to make it up to you.

They are the people you love, regardless of whether you realize it. They are the people you cried with during the last song at the prom and at graduation. They are the people that when you hug them, you don't think about how long to hug and who's going to be the first one to let go. Maybe they are the people that hold the rings at your wedding, or maybe they are the people who give you away at your wedding, or maybe they are the people you marry. Maybe they are the people who cry at your wedding because they are happy or because they are proud. They are the people who stop you from making mistakes and help you when you do. They are are the people whose hand you can hold, or you can hug or give them a kiss and not have it be awkward because they understand the things you do and they love you for them. They stick with you and stand by you. They hold your hand. They watch you live and you watch them live and you learn from them. Your life is not the same without them.

2006-12-19T11:43:00.000+08:00

I must say that this few days have been awesome, somewhat or rather :)
Had been doing lots of shopping of late too!

Friday
A group of us met up - eng hong, fred, fu wei, gavin, jaya, steph, william @ clementi. We went bowling and played pool. [no one was up for steph's swimming party .. lol, guess some other time yea?] Such outings are different .. yet kinda special in its way! haha, all of us are real lan bowlers mann! our scorings are only 2 digits while the pros in lane beside us score high 3 digits figures!! -.-" but hey .. we did improve in the 2nd round. some funny things happened. 1. steph was such a strong bowler that she threw the bowling ball into the next lane, william's lane ... lol, thankfully he managed to escape unscathed but steph sabo-ed him coz the ball that went over fell into the gutter & in the end, william scored a big fat ZERO. 2. i tink william wanted to try to throw a spinning bowling ball, but he ended up dropping it vertically down onto the floor. ok, damn maluating! 3. eng hong with his goofy imitations of some ppl, lyk fred flinstone tiptoe-ing. 4. & many others. after that, we proceeded to play pool. ok .. problem-o, princess & i dont know how to play. bleah, thankfully jaya & fu wei tot us, but guess we still sux. hai

Saturday
ICES outing @ vivo - chen wee, choon heng, peixin, steph & yishien. hmm ok supposed to meet at 12pm. i planned hard to come late ard 12.30 la! yet, i ended up comin the earliest!!! argh, 12pm on the dot! darn .. karma mann. yup so had to wait, sigh. choon heng even forgot abt the outin la. 12.30pm++ & he's still at serangoon!!! bleah, stupid CBA, lol. had lunch at Asian Kitchen. Went to arcade & played pool again. Yay! I tink princess & I made some improvements. [chen wee & choon heng are super pro] Watched the movie – The Holiday, a super romantic love story, chosen by steph! Haha, expected, since it came from princess. All of us spent a great deal of effort setting chen wee & peixin up together .. woah! It was sooo funny, laughed till I was out of breathe. Hee! Vivo cinema theatre aint that great anyway! The chairs are so straight that you can lean back properly. Oh yea, this optic shop was giving out free trial of coloured contacts .. coolio. Unfortunately, had to try on the spot. Haha, in the end no one tried coz we’re all beginners except for steph.

Sunday
Wasn’t quite what I expected to do on a Sunday .. helped dad at his warehouse sale. After that had dinner & I saw mr lim!!! Omg, I was so shocked la!!! Lol

Yea, princess has returned to her castle in Indonesia. tataz

2006-12-11T10:01:00.000+08:00

party-goers!!!

1. jaya
2. neo
3. debo
4. wei peng
5. fred
6. amanda
7. william
8. gavin
9. serena

>>>> i need more ppl !!!

2006-12-08T18:38:00.000+08:00

okay. people, please breathe!
CALLING 05S17!!!

through interviews and surveys, i realised that many of you all are pretty bored at home.
SO!
LET'S HAVE A SWIMMING PARTY AT YONG AN PARK! :):):)
>>> chill out under the sun (i hope it will be sunny morning at singapore!)
>>> splash around in the pool
>>> get a nice tan
>>> have fun fun fun fun again with fellow S17-ians
>>> water games
>>> babes watch
>>> hunks watch
>>> water soccer / water polo / swim race / board diving
>>> eTceTeRa!

date: Friday, 15th December 2006
where: yong an park condominium, river valley road (near great world city)
time: 0930 to LATE!
after party: lunch at great world city? movie at gv grand? bowling/snooker at kim seng (opp great world city)? party at clark quay?

how about that? you all think its a great idea?! email me your names if you are interested! THE MORE THE MERRIER!!! so keep ur next friday free yeah?!

<3>

rain-circumstances
please note that in case there is a heavy downpour, we will shift the swimming part till the afternoon, then we shall watch movie and eat lunch at great world first :)

2006-12-08T12:55:00.000+08:00

thank you princess for sharing wif me abt the prom :) now i wont regret my decision anymore.

phew, tis few days haf been hectic mann! scholarship applications and job interviews. haha, but busy busy busy. NICE! despite all these, i managed to find time to watch dvds. hee .. lovely samsoon (i noe i'm sooo slow) and full house. korean gurls are just sooo pretty :) now, i understand y ezzah wanted to tie her hair sideways. neway, the shows are damn sweet and romantic (princess, u should go watch, can dream abt being wif someone. ~clicks!*) oh yea, and the guys are super shuai, better than do. lol. u noe, i kinda miss do! hmm, but life goes on :)

recently, ezzah wrote this very nice testimonial for me.
" by word of mouth, i've been told that you are not as happy as you seem to be. which i totally CANNOT figure out! why amanda! you have everything in your life going on for you! really! EVERYTHING. its like your studies are great, your family is fantastic (your dad is cute! HAHAHAHA), you have more than enough friends. so yeah man, you just have to keep it real and appreciate what you got! wait till you find out what I got. hahahahah! omg i am self-high now."
THANKS EZZAH! that's very sweet of you. you should be happy too! u got a lovely large family (that's realllyyyy very cool u noe), cool brothers to joke wif, friends who are true and trustworthy, admirable and humorous character, plus, u noe ur really actually quite smart! i can tell ;) SERIOUS. btw, haf my uncle replied ur email favourably?

princess is planning a swimming party, first time i heard of it :) haha, cant wait. yea, i wan2 see someone. only when the person isnt ard, will you feel that sense of lost and hopelessness. watever it is, i wont let it ruin my holidays. i'm gg to enjoy my hols lyk mad. arghhhh ... lol

this 2 yrs have definitely been an unforgetful chapter of my life. i met a no of friends whom are SO NOT superficial. thankfully. tsk, bet i've gotta learn how to cope wif such ppl, there's many more outside in the working world. sigh! i'm grateful for the people in NJ who has made this chapter of my life more interesting & coolio~ heehee! my 2 closest gurlfrens and do. AND tis special person ...

2006-12-06T09:59:00.000+08:00

just when i tot i will have the whole morning to myself. my dearest brother has to wake up from his dreamland and REQUEST me to get off the comp so that he can WoW again -.-

wanted to tell you peops more about the prom... especially for manda who is not around.
wellz, mr lim, fang jing and charmaine asked for your existence. pOOf! :)
the night was definitely better than crez prom cuz there is more ppl and more hype? our class ppl all dress pretty nicely ... i'm so glad guys did wear jackets! my bro's prom (acs) all wear tshirt and jeans -.-
anyway a lot of taking photos, food really sux, i got cold stomach in between.

i did my nails unwillingly (pedicure) but it turn out really nice and barbie-ish lol! then i went to do my hair and make up, MAJOR DISASTER ... should have just do myself or sumtink *sobz* i look like aunty! pui! uber sad ... but heck larh, i'm young! aunty is another 60 years later!
i thought some of the photos dont turn out really nicely - princess is vain, yes princess is vain
anyway many different ppl praise different parts of my overall look. haha ... someone even voted me best hair, hsiao wei&regina tot my skirt is transparent all the way (woo so sexy) haha ... serena said my bag is nice (is my mum's really ... CHRISTIENE DIOR!)
oh yes the wedding photo segment is also really fun ... cuz of my tall figure ... hardly any guys can beat my height ... so i quickly grab a chair and sit down .. so at least they can be taller than me ... haha ... i dint even realise is wedding photo poses larh .. but its really fun ... i know i did the chair shoot wif bing, cj, perklun ... fuwei and shaoxun tiptoed when i photo wif them ... lol after the chair shoot, many many many girls come and grab guys to do the wedding shot! hahahhahahahaha ... i'm a trend setter! so much of wanting to get married ah, girls? hihihi
oh yes me and cheryl took a shot wif ms sharon phua and mr sito!
so sad got no dance segment ... me and debo were like sooooo going to groove already ...
in the end we went to karaoke ... i din noe i can sing ... i din noe anyone can sing except for perk and sx ... but PPL SING!!! especially willy, bing and fuwei .. hell lots of fun and laughter ... and i sing a duet wif hsiao wei - BARBIE GIRL ... lol!!! the guys are like rolling on the sofa laughing their head off.
but but but ... i got to leave early, cuz mum wont get any of the nonsense about staying till dawn break. so poof at 2am, she came along ... must thank fred for sending me out (although he took a bloody long time to find the exit, my legs ache like crazy so i took off my heels and go around marina square barefooted!) blehhhhhzzzzzz .. sooooo unfair! i really would like to stay :/
oh wellz ... (i heard coco latte is a hell lots of fun too!)

(to be continued)

i finally bought my swimming costume ... haha .. can now swim! s17 how bout a swimming party at my condo? um, olympic size swimming pool, jumping board, jacuzzi? and there is a shower room nearby (so that no glass will break again aka regina's incident at my toilet - shattering of glasses)

i will be around till 17dec. thereafter i will be back by 2jan2007
i hate to say this, but i miss classes already ... or maybe i miss ices ... writting essays are sooooo boring ... plus i got to make a presentation econs 'How can Singapore leverage on Asia's strong economic growth and the rise in cross-border transactions?' for my 2nd round interview. i have zilch idea. so anyone? help? econs expert needed :):)

FEW of the question probbing my head:
1. what is everyone doing now?
2. am i love sick or just plainly sick? -.- gahhhhhhh

princess tsjim

2006-12-02T18:23:00.000+08:00

time to blog!
i just read finish EZZAH's blog ... blow to blow incident man ... haha ...
ezzah, must keep the entry okay? so next time i can just refer to your entry on the wonderful chalet experience!

i went chalet a day and a night later than everyone else. at the beginning, i was quite afraid that i will miss a lot of fun on the first nite and i wont get a bed at nite (cuz everyone will then mark their bed territory already rite?) hahaha ... worry worry me :/
PLUS ... i cant contact anyone to direct me to the chalet! called MANY people :/ i was carrying 3 boxes of cake and wire mesh for bbq ... LUCKY smart me ... i can find my way to the chalet and found everyone just hanging out playing cards.

so yeah, we have BBQ at nite. the most successful bbq as to date. i still cant forget the second bbq we have at yong an, bbq-ing french fries and hashbrown is really not a good idea. this time around, fu wei took charge of bbq, it went really well!!! plus all the marinating of food by amanda and her sister :) about 10 of us help at the BBQ pit while the less-lazy-pokers watch JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE... courtesy of MOI bringing all the dvds and vcds ... lol, it was a good thing that i brought all those, since we all watch sooooo many movies during the chalet :):):)

nite cycling was really fun! rui yuan was commenting how he is scared i was TOO HEAVY... "an extra load" ... and how we wont be able to double bike together. LOL .. then i slap him at his back! and he shut up ... hahahaha and we start practising ... not much a practise of double biking ... since its just natural for us! hihihihi ... ruiyuan is super pro okay?! he is the pro-est double biker ever!!! very fit and strong leg power! plus he got super good eyesight and very very very good at balancing larh! i was UNSCATHED (i was threatening him that if he fall, i'm going to ruin his life or sumtink) and we came in first back from changi village!!! hur hur ... propropropro US! thanks rui yuan :)
plus, during our departure, we partnered biking wif amanda and bing ... whole lot of fun, jokes, insults and ego-ness ... hahaha then on the return trip, we partnered bike wif william and wei peng ... then we did the SUPER ROCKET FULL SPEED RIDE!!! superbbbbb feeling man ... like space rocket like that! hahaha .. really have a good time and i feel super super fit :)
oh yes ... i drop my phone 3 TIMES! everyone laugh at me :(

on the second day many ppl went home ... left 4 girls:cheryl ezzah amanda and me .. it was CHERYL bday!!! hope you have fun gurl~ though not much a celebration but ... still fun? hehehe ... watch movies ... me and manda starved ourselves, cuz we dont feel like eating. then at nite, we played card games and HIDE&SEEK! super fun hide and seek .. poor william cant find neo .. neo is hidden below gavin, chunjek, me and manda ... i can hear him breath super loud! must be v v v v stuffy ... poor willy got sooo frustated ... 30 min and no neo!
oh yes then we play asshole taitee ... the guys make us spurt vulgarities! have quite a fun time cursing each other .. especially chun jek .. who is being a super ego ass ... always lost! then in the end he become queen .. and i become king -.- yuck!!!
then willy,gav,ry and me played bridge until we turn BLUR .. we played till 4 am! then cant tahan .. i need sleep .. only manage to sleep 5 hours for 2 nights .. ugh .. but i have fun ...
and i win a lot of bridge ... the guys think i'm crazy, the way i play ... haha .. v unpredictable ...

on the last day, we check out and i lost my PINK PIN!!! sobzz ... so sad larh .. its my bday gift somemore ... the guys being nice help me look for it ... and said plenty of "awwww" .. but still cant find! then off we went home! me and bing rush thru dhoby ghaut mrt to catch free shuttle bus home .. but we are like 1 min late?! so got to wait for another 30min ... we went times and laugh at all the stupid economic books ...
yup ... reach home and i sleep straight till 7pm! hur hur

got prom to look forward tooo!!!!!! i hope its going to have fun!
not wearing my old prom dress ... cuz its too loose .. got a new black one ... not even prom-y .. but i guess i will make do with it ... hope EVERYONE will look gorgeous!!!
and i promise manda sumtink ... hopefully i can DO IT! hurhur ...
okies ... dinner time!
ciao!

i get into secondround interview EDB!

princess stephanie

2006-11-26T00:52:00.000+08:00

HOHO ... cool blog! chic and classy .. woots! no wonder princess is going to wear something similar (chic and classy) to prom. hey guys .. LOOK OUT and be BLOWN AWAY by this HOT CHICK! :) haha ... maybe 1 of you guys will be her prince charming. *sMiLeZzzzz ...

the queen and the princess waiting patiently for the king and the prince
"when will you come my dear"
time ticks, days past, months flies, yet we are still here waiting for you, shame on you
"cant you hear the song of my heart?"
"i'm not going to wait anymore"

haha, steph, did you come up with this yourself? cute! but only you say so ... i dont! lol :)
anyway ... i've attached the the happy feet heart song. the penguins are super duper ccuuuuttteeee! oh i just realised! do you remember who's penguin? lol .. it's SY!

Happy Feet Heartsong Clip

exams are over already, yet i dont feel like i'm in a state of 'highness'
i realise, there's so many things that gotta be done fast.
scholarships, cv, essays, SAT
then there's driving, piano .. etc
gotta look for job to keep occupied for the next 6 mths or so. mann .. the job i was plannin to take up is not available anymore. sigh.

hey who cares! i'm going to take a break first, at least for a while. just bought a bag & wedge shoes, found some nice outing shirts too! hee ... estatic! woo ..

Princess, shrek & frog are the same person la. shrek=dang-ou & dang-ou is wang zi bian qing wa (frog) .. haha .. correct?? cool .. I feel that DO is a really nice person!

Dont you ever wish, you were someone else?
you were meant to be, the way you are exactly!
Dont you ever say you dont like the way you are,
when you learn to love yourself,
you are better off by far!

2006-11-25T15:09:00.000+08:00

new blog skin hur hur~~~

specially done by the princess hahaha ...
anyways i heard there are mysterious ppl reading the blog ...
i wonder who!
so please do tag your names at the tagboard okies?

love ya!

2006-11-23T22:06:00.000+08:00

exam over ... felt quite numb ... oh wellzzz ... that's behind me now ...
7 months to look forward to
fo€r the time being these are the stuff that i'm looking forward to:
1. friday - i need to work out v badly ... lol ... i panted climbing njc stairs *ugh .. how unfit i am* then i shall go pop by crescent and see whether they need my expertise :)
2. weekend shopping with mum to pick out SOME heelzz ... i got zilch ... and beg mum to help me do my make up for prom ... cuz i'm just toooooo lazy to go to salon and get it done ... haha
3. monday girl date wif yawen sis dear!!!! weee~~~~ i owe her a present ... and i really need to gossip v v v v v v badly ... she is the best gossiper! woo~
4. tuesday - prepare for interview
5. wednesday - interview @ edb ... then OFF TO CHALET !!!!
6. FEW DAYS OF CHALET WIF 05S17
7. saturday - psc talk ... parents need to come ... haha
8. sunday - prom
blehz ... i'm dragging it ... cuz of many reasons ... like how i totally scared that i cant wear my dress either toooooo big or tooooooo small and how i need to book salon for my hair and stuff ... ugh (you guys MUST MUST MUST dress properly okay!?!?!) ... plus MANDA NOT COMING!!! can someone please scold her or sumtink and make her come ... :/ please manda please! and ITS NOT CUZ OF DO OR SY ... itz cuz you are FUN! so yeah :) please my queen!!!

next few months
going back indo at 15 dec
going to bali at 24 dec (dad say i can go hard rock cafe at christmas eve!!! hope they have a great show that day) we staying for 6 days (so friends, please pray that no bomb will explode) i am going to plait my hair like the africans ... the multi plaits!!! hawt~~~ and if i'm lucky me and mum can go for SPA! weeeeee~~~~ find beach hunks .... dump SY! lol
i'm coming back again by new year ... and embark on WORK!
jobs options:
1. teacher at crescent
2. tuition teacher - school subjects and piano
3. edb got any intership?
4. shop assistance at some place
i hope can earn quite a sum ... so that i can pay off my parents for all the money i spend to apply US university ... and get my family presents :)
learning options:
1. definitely continue my piano tuition finish grade 8
2. golf (dad bought me a club already!!! its baby blue holding ... :) pwetty ... i'm going to be pro golfer ...
3. tennis (anyone want to play tennis .. so i can be as good as maria sharaporva! my condo got tennis court .... grins)
4. french class
5. driving! i'm going to have my tSjIM (SIM - surat izin megnemudi) driving lincense!!!! weeeee~~~~~~

ok bored le
byebye
princess tsjim

2006-10-27T13:04:00.000+08:00

apologies for my tardiness ...
the princess had search high and low for a present for the king.
here it is:
"a new carriage"
(awaits your majesty on the 2nd of nov)

2006-10-25T19:21:00.000+08:00

25 OcToBeR

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY coz ....

it's someone's birthday :)

KING BING*

ta-da!

all hail the king .... lol. so cute, his family is throwing a mini 'royal birthday bash' with 7 other 'royal' attendants.

neway ... the As are just in 8 days time! my gosh .. so fast but i hope it'll be all over asap. then comes 6 mths of FREEDOM! yay! wishing everyone all the best for As. let's defeat it together! :)

~ jasmine & fiona

2006-10-19T12:58:00.000+08:00

finally break time!!!
been trying v hard to get back on track ... catching up with my studies after neglecting it due to SAT2 ... so yeah i'm glad i'm gearing up for A levels now ... but i'm quite worried about how my schedules are always disturbed with school occassions ...
i have yet to complete my stanford essays (after mr sim commented that my essay is good but not GOOD enuf) my personal statement (must go back to school on and off to meet mr goh about this) i got an interview with the school board (monday!? man ... i forgot what the word interview is all about ... i shall just be honest, and answered all the questions maturely and intellectually) plus i'm helping yaw*n sis with her bio! (which is totally a good thing, i get to revise bio at the same time :) )

my purpose of blogging today is really to pen down the stuff that happen during farewell assembly ... one of the many memorable farewell assembly i ever have! :)
so the day start of kinda normal ... take plenty of photos ... listen to school speeches ... the occassion is more like a normal school day rather than an EMO kind ... chun jek didnt CRY! :/
then mr lim gave a little speech on our future, how great we are ... thank each of us too! then more photo taking ... haha ... i took with almost everyone :):):)

showed my mum my photos ... she commented that the class guys look pretty handsome ... she cant recognise bing in his red shirt and jeans(thought he was some cool dude or sumtink), was pretty shocked at perk for being taller than me in one of the photo, said willy was good lookin and many more !

after much dilly-dally .. we finally get to go to vivo city ...
i thought the outing is going to fail miserably after the class cant decide whether to watch movie or not ...
BUT .. it ended up pretty nice after all :) i think the perfect outing is the UNPLANNED outing .. with no voting what so ever .. then the organiser wont feel guilty ... hahaha
we ate at carl juniors ... then walk to the romantic roof top for the romantic walk ... take more PHOTOS!
its really nice to take photos ... for prom ... i shall bring more memory stick! so i can take more photos ... haha ... anyway i upload all the photos at my shutterfly .. but i dont know how to link it yet to this blog -.- oh wellz ... i shall find out .. so everyone be patient!
so some of us when to play EZONE .. while the rest play at the fountain!
i have to admit now ... i was the mastermind behind wetting perk lun, manda and jaya (:(:
no hard feelings k!! haha afterall . i get wet too! from the work of manda and perk lun ...
haha ... too bad not EVERYONE is wet ...
if EVERYONE get wet .. it will be super fun!
act like little kids ... (end of junior college mah!)

just find out that guys are going ns soon ...
cj going at dec 9 (no more games for you!)
yy going at dec 16 (toughen up okie?! get a little more BLISTERS)
the rest of the class guys i think is around 11-13 jan
ns is actually a good and bad thing ..
good that is the guys will FINALLY toughen up ...
bad that is ... 3 weeks - 2 years gone from civilisation ...
ahwellzz ... good luck guyz!
We will miss you?
NOT!!! hahahahaha ..

queen manda ... as your shrek went tekong ... lets go find OTHER guys!!!
the unfaithful queen and princess
:)

cheers,
princess tsjim

2006-10-18T16:13:00.000+08:00

Do-Rei-Mee!*

Group of us @ Vivo rooftop

05S17...

2006-10-14T23:01:00.000+08:00

Love Actually Hugh Grant Dancing

i love this movie! so sweet! this scene is so funny!

2006-10-14T16:06:00.000+08:00

wow wee~~~
okay ... so far only these ppl BOTHERS to reply me ... hopefully the rest will reply my email asap, if not ... the decision is final!!! haha ..
being the ever kind me ... i check out VIVO CITY!!!
the crowd is crazy man ... simply crazyyyyy!!!!!

my analysis:
1. not many shops are open .. yet those that are open are BIG BIG BIG and vvvvvv pwettyyy!!! and is enough to SHOP & DROP! woo~~
esprit, zara, topman/topshop, forever 21, adidas, bebe, tangs, marks&spencers, toys 'r' us, crocodile, best denki, charles&keith, trucco(i want to go to this shop!),big book shop, bossini, hang ten, fox, gap, kipling, levi, paris miki, pull and bear, swarovski, timberland, godiva, vivo mart, giant, golden village,crocs, precious tots, some other kids clothes boutique are open (as far as my photographic memory can remember) the shops are pretty high end ... so at most we can only window shop .. unless SOME ppl being kind and all decide to flash their credit card and allow the class to have a shopping spree (highly impossible)
i only manage to walk thru B2, Lvl 1 and half of Lvl 2 .. didnt get to see how the GV VIVO look like ... but its BIG alrite!
2. food wise ... food replubic, kopitiam/bonquet, the chicken rice shop, thai express, bread papa, sushi tei, crystal jade dining, akashi jap restaurant, bread talk, haagen dazs, starbucks cafe, coffee&bean is open and is LOADED with customers who refuse to leave the restaurant (due to the vvvvvv pwetty view of the sea!) there is not much student-friendly restaurants :/
3. ambience wise: due to the saturday crowd .. is rather pretty enjoyable .. i'm not sure about monday crowd though ... and the outside is still pretty dirty ... but the flooring is squeaky clean and slippery! many ppl actually take a walk outside at the harbour ... so manda, a romantic walk is v possible (:
4. MANGO is set to open on monday (haha .. i can imagine regina squealing -.-) ... and so is a few others ...

so yeah ppl ... VIVO CITY is go-able ... not that bad larh ... main purpose is to eat and watch movie only mah ... so quite okie ...
remember, voting ends at 1200pm on sunday! then the decision will be finale~

2006-10-12T18:44:00.000+08:00

to 05s17 who read this blog (often):

updates!!!
1. please check your emails on class stuff (v important!)

suggestions given from the emails:
1900hours thursday
neo: I suggest we bring outside clothes pls. Since it's the last last time, I have yet to go out with the whole class without being in grey.
ry: dun think watching movie at this period of time is suitable...
fred: eh, lunch cheap lar, wa lao, alr pay 200bucks this 2 weeks still want so posh lunch. i would say, food republic then
2300 hours thursday
debo: you, me& dupree x1000 times!
bing: Let's watch departed at GV MAX at vivo city. New cinema and still clean hahahaha! VIVO CITY got lots of nice food i guess.... and try something new. But I still under 18...? so more ppl should come then can sneak in. Just go relax.
fred: haha, the preveilleges of being 18, nvm, almost there alr bing. yea, i support the idea of vivo too, cheap and gd food there.
willy: orchard cine, departed, pastamania or seoul garden
manda: "i support you" :):):) (the 'you' is referring to moi!)
chun jek: if 50% of class go .. i will go .. just pick up my mugging momentum
ezzah: movies>>>dupree , departed "I DONT MIND!" (hee hee)
1100hours friday
chun jek: i change my mind ... the fact i'm going or not will depend on my mood
amanda: lets go vivocity .. then we can have a romantic walk

common ppl .. keep suggesting (:(:(: ! waiting waiting ... hee~

2006-10-11T16:02:00.000+08:00

so this is it. end of the last day of OFFICIAL lessons in nj.
end of junior college...
that's it people ... that's what 2 years in njc feels like ...

at the end of biology class today, regina said,"that's it? how come i dont feel anything magical?"
haha ... so i joked about the school lighting fireworks or something to celebrate the graduation of another batch of muggers (:
when ms sim lily bid farewell to the chem lt5 ... i thought someone would tear ... but no one did ... i guess cuz we are soooo immune to hard-core life in nj ... we become stones! haha ... oh well, i hope to see some EMO faces on monday - the official farewell assembly ...

i still remember crescent farewell assembly .. it was bittersweet i guess .. i remembered my classmates crying their hearts out ... 4 years in such lovely environment ... plus the teachers-day-grease-lightning-concert totally bonded 4c2 together ... not forgetting our nice-nice teachers (: crescent has been an accomplish achiever ever since! i'm proud to be a crescentian ...

how about njc? i'm not sure about that yet ... i know i made quite many friends here, even strengthening friendships (cheers to: regina,yawen&yessica)
have many little adventures ... staying out late with the class guys at jalan kayu, having the ever-memorable-glass-shattering class outing at my house :), the stint at jurong island ... unforgettable experiences really ... not a waste of 2 years afterall ... i believe i have grown psychologically mature, emotionally stronger, and intellectually smarter haha!
i really have to thank 05s17 for all the fun and joys ...
and not forgetting the teachers for being patient and encouraging all the way ... the vast improvements that i have obtained ...
THANK YOU!

what struck me this farewell is the question whether we will ever meet again, whether our friendships/classmate-ships/fun-ships will retained till we grow old with families of our own. 05s17 , s6B, triple science class, undoubtedly the class that owns the school in exams (: 10 girls, 18 guys: all going to be the next BIG thing is singapore ... form teacher: mr felix lim.
my gut feeling tells me, "DEFINITELY"
i'm not sure why ... is it cause we never actually say good bye? haha (:
i think 2007 will be a test to see whether we will still keep in touch ...
from crescent days, good friends like yawen, denise, sui sui and a few other classmates&softballers still keep in touch with me, my beloved indo-clique(rika,inggrid,christina,aspri,gab,angela), tuition frens like inka,michelle,stella still visit me in singapore :> so yeah ... shall see whether nj-ppl will still keep in touch with me!!! haha (:

a friend told me, "er ... you dont need to write my autograph book ba ..."
i was quite shocked
but she continued, "afterall we are still going to meet up with each other .. and be friends forever" she said matter-affectly ...
*smiles*
the beauty of it all ...

so yeah, queen amanda dear, i'm still going to invite you to my wedding .. even if its far far away ... i will send you airplane tickets and hotel room stay free-of-charge (:
this also applies to ms ginger and ms yaw*n (:(: of course there will be others on the list .. but yeah for my ever good pals in nj ... YOU3RAWKz! (:

i will pay tribute to other ppl another day *hehe*

love ya all
princess tsjim

2006-10-11T15:30:00.000+08:00

today is officially the last day of school!
no more lessons .. but here comes A level. hmmm
well .. today can be said to be one of the most interesting days ever .. haha .. must be coz every1's so excited that it's the last day of school. every1 so crappy la!

day din start off too well .. had a migraine! gosh .. super pain .. on top of that .. i had sore throat & running nose. wanted to spent my day quietly in sch .. but guess that couldnt be realised coz haha .. there's so many ppl in sch who LOVES to joke & tease ppl. lol. KA-JIAO-er la! wont write some names .. guess they may not lyk it.

first thing .. bing started tokin to me abt maggie & me ... & as usual wif his good linkin skills .. he started to link things up. then i ask him to count some money, he DONT WAN ... wat a 'useful' friend -.-" haha .. bing i tink u noe wat i'm refering to. S call me stupid coz i couldnt do some maths qn. haiyo .. haha. then P pay me $50, i give him change, he go take back his $50 .. ended up i pay him. haiz ... i also saw another side of him today .. very frightening yet admirable. haha .. if u read this, dont discriminate against me k :)
come bio .. sigh .. super lame. william pay $ for college annual but he dont wan2 sign class list to confirm payment. i call him dense & i ask wat that means ... he says yar .. MASS/VOLUME. oh mann .. haha, my IQ felt lyk it hit the ground! then S tells me he check the dictionary for the meaning of sarcastic ... & it means amanda .. wa .. haha! my gosh la. bio was super funny .. guys are such dirty-minded creatures (esp some guys!)
aye william .. if u read tis .. wanna tell u that i din count $ wrongly .. it was shao xun performing some magic tricks to fool us la (naughty shao xun .. lol) mann .. i wasted sooo much of my time counting money wif u la! then of all things when we were both panickin & frantically counting money .. bing added in a lame statement: "so cute, look at the same family counting money!!!"
haiyo .. guys will always be guys. tsk .. *shakes head* but y were there so many coins in the first place!?! count until so giddy la.

the 2 yrs in NJ haf been rather interesting. very different envt from mgs ... yet likeable. although ppl may some that nj is a mugger schools full of muggers .. but the ppl are generally very friendly & helpful. class 05s17 has been very enjoyable! no wonder william wants to buy college annual to treasure all the fond memories .. lol. no time to write more .. write some other time. i'll miss all the laughters i had wif nj ppl .. esp reg& steph :)

all of a sudden, every1 is either workin at mcdonald's or burger king to earn a mere wage of $13. haha .. & there are many cases of boyfriends pushing their girlfriends onto the railway tracks.

2006-10-05T21:39:00.000+08:00

sooooooooooooo romantic aint it?!!??! hahahaha .. bet princess fiona is ELATED! :)

So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it
How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Cause everybody's after love
So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love
Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no
Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love
Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love (x7)
Accidentally
I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally (X 2)
Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Love ...I'm in love

for princess jasmine ... haha ... "its late aladdin! good nite..."
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me

2006-10-04T18:04:00.000+08:00

in a turn of event ...
ppl are now going to prom ...
haha ... since i'm the money collector ... i got the longest time to decide whether to go or not to go ... hopefully more ppl will join ... then can make 2 tables!

anyway ... almost finish up my university application ... except for essays ... let me take a breather anyway!
yesterday was a super sucky day ... i was very irritated and could not keep still ... yawning at periodic times ... upset that i cant do physics fluid and screwed my chemistry s ... but that are just mulling points ... was more upset cuz i think i'm having PMS!!! GASP! i was pondering deeply about my future. i cant see a clear picture of my future. when i talk to adults, i assured them of my plans etcetera ... sound super impressive, mum even cried reading my personal statement ... but that is beside the point ... i want an enjoyable future, doing things that i like ... like being a curator of a museum, or spending days arranging flowers, or farming, or painting, simply doing things that leave my landmarks everywhere ... almost like the work of artist, actress, models~ the princess tsjim way <3
i'm not sure about desk-bound jobs or laboratory jobs ... i mean ... yeah, i can function in the such a place ... i have function well in school desks for the past 16 years or so ... another decade of desk-bound jobs would be easy ... no problem .. i have the qualities ...
but at the end of it, i wonder whether i will have a fulfilling life ...
it just takes a lot of guts to venture into uncommon paths.
i have no such guts now.

today was much a better day ... bing was being so entertaining the whole day, plus is william's birthday too ...
dear willy,
i know i can be mean to you at times, but is not my fault that you are simply so gullible and easy to bully :) v grateful for all your expertise in computer (adobe professional etc etc) and all your help in maths and interest in dota? haha ... hope you have a wonderful day.
HAPPY SWEET 18TH BIRTHDAY
cheers,
stephanie

when to meet mum at borders ... going to fetch sis from school later on ... mum bought travel guides ... i think we are going back-packing at the end of year ... i hope none of the scholarship boards hold their interviews nearing end of december ... i dont want to miss another family adventure, i still WANT the scholarship tho!!! haha .. crazy little princess wants everything.
later on, mum showed me around OFS ... international school ... i see the diversity of the students there ... there is sooo much exoticsm and integration of culture and history, vibrancy, style, languages and arts that i felt a sense of HOME. was pretty ashamed that i was wearing school uniform, with tuck-in shirt, hair tied primly, white shoes. love the chaos style of dress sense the students adopt there, painted finger nails, wet hairs, guys wearing double shirts with the outside unbuttoned, curly bright red hairs. and the CCA is fantastic. the school population is small though. and i think the academic level is not as strong as local school, yet the activities and project works they have are just simply alluring. sigh ... my rants again ... sorry to bore all of you ... i just cant decide on one thing ... i love BUFFET! yeah, given the chance, i will still send my kids to local schools.

princess tsjim / jasmine

p.s: thankz queen fiona for your wishes!

2006-10-04T15:41:00.000+08:00

GRATEFUL!

i'm grateful for the fun & laughter in my life :)
i'm grateful for my close friends whom have been there for me all the time!
i'm grateful for the friends in my life for letting me be who i am & not being too demanding or unreasonable.
i'm grateful for the treasured ppl who took time off & generously helped me in times of troubles or frustrations.
i'm grateful for the dear ones who have brightened up my life.
i'm grateful for all the comforting messages.
i'm grateful for my sisters who seem like my twins that can never be separated.
i'm grateful for my parents, for guiding me & showing me unconditional love when i needed it most. although they may not allow me to do some things, i know they have my interest at heart. i know i'll grow up to regret it but their advice is correct. i wont change my mind.
lastly, i'm grateful for aladdin & shrek who sweetened up our lives.

dont noe why i feel so grateful all of a sudden .. haha .. i'm really looking forward to class chalet. hope we can book a chalet, that's the only thing i'm allowed to go for.

all the best to those takin ur SATS! beat them all gurl *winkz!

i dont do things i like ... i learn to like the things i do! no wonder i feel happy. like regina says .. enjoy the simple things in life ;)

2006-09-30T14:51:00.000+08:00

A BRAND NEW BEGINNING :) :) :)

2006-09-28T13:29:00.000+08:00

hihi!
felt sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good after shopping trips!
sound like a bimbo chick ... but nvm!
was supposed to go to harbour front to get some stuff from a dad's friend regarding bank statement. mum has to skip church gathering for this. so yup we go to HARBOUR FRONT! i thought i may be able to see some of my classmates. (class outing at sentosa i heard) but i see none around. anyways!!! what become of a short trip, is really a LONG trip!
started browsing at ESPRIT, to no avail, i complain that i look fat :/ so didnt get anything. then pop by this great shop BLUM&CO. mum's favourite 'antique' outlet ... saw a pretty brown dress ... thought it was the moment of truth! to my disappointment i dont look good in it. so skip it. then ths shopping spree STARTED!!!
got myself a purple stripe aka japan aka korean aka puff-up sleeve top!! yeah man ... its perfect~ haha mum bought it for me, and i choose her a nice turquoise top. everyone happy!
then pop by U2, not a shop that i usually adore, much of its clothes are simple design. i dont like simple design. but there is this big discount 50% for members. mum is members. so .... haha ... shopping spree! bought 2 long pants (dirty green and baby blue) and 2 shorts (white for moi, and dirty green for mummy dear) a really cool dirty pink jacket which has a pretty antique pin along with it (for my overseas trip this year!!) and a polo tee for daddy! and guess how much we spend! 6 items (including jackets and pants mind you)! felt really happy.
i think the next items i'm going to invest is:
1. white skirts with pretty prints
2. swimming costume (gee i dont have this like so long already, deprive me from going to the pool)
3. shades! mum say i look gorgeous in it! haha ...
4. jeans
5. antique corset tube top!
haha .. so much dreams of buying stuffs ... my closet is nearly filled to its brim ... time to get BIGGER CLOSET! haha .. dream on gurl~~
oh yes, daddy bought my bro his new specs! its amazingly hawt! i still cant believe my dad is so cool larh ...
yeah man i love my young dad! i love my young mum too~~

i think the coolest thing ever is to hang out with your father and mother. its just a perfect feeling! when you go out with your parents... you hook their arms with yours, it just seems so nice and everything. and i know my parents love it too... so people out there! love your parents man ... make them involve in your life! then you dont need to complain that your parents are lao-du... teach them fashion, pick their clothes and stuff! and BOND~~~
its not too late to start now, just dont be shy, share your feelings and thoughts with them. it works wonders!!! of course at the starting you have to be more understanding, give in a little, spoil them like little kids! then the next moment, you can just easily click! *ching~*

2006-09-24T19:06:00.000+08:00

the princess feelings right at the moment:
tired, frustrated, scared

sigh .. not a good combination ..
its all because of the US uni application
so many form to fill
essays to write
results to receive
money to spend

all done by friday .. wish me luck
i'm applying for 6 schools
yikes!!!!

someone help!

2006-09-23T12:43:00.000+08:00

Finally!!! Prelim is over over over!!! Realized that actually nj is one of the last school to finish prelim -.- oh well... at least I pulled thru it 2 weeks~~~
So much of 2 weeks, most of the time I spend thinking about the future and other problems that are still around haha...
Future will be: results, uni application, scholarship.
Now will be: how to have fun now, shopping, birthday presents!! (sorry yawen sis, I haven't pass you any yet :/ I'm going to call you soon!! Wait for my call~~ woot), solving my "general's problem" cuz I’m such a lousy soldier (you know who you are), preparing for SAT? haha and stop thinking of SY ... diao!!

Had fun yesterday, watch Miami vice ... eat sushi at cathay ... then hang around orchard for a while ... till we realized that 'eh, how come all the shops close already???' when we decided to just go home ..
Yesterday outing episode was so funny ... encounter 'choon heng baboon head' at the bus .. which makes it more interesting haha ... plus ... me and regina are not told yet by dear manda our purpose of outing ... so got a little mystery ... lol!!!
Miami vice was so shocking, all the gun shots and bomb ... stupid me freak out at the sound of a zipper being zipped up! Haha ..
But I tot it was quite okay ... I tot I will get bored at first, but ended up quite enjoyable la ... haha
I miss watching movie wif indo clique ... all the scream and grabbing of each other's hands at gross scenes and the laughter too ... cant do it at nj ... the possibility of being called a les (when you grab a girl) or a slut (when you grab a guy) is sooooo high :/ but oh well, I did my routine of covering my ears ... shutting my eyes ... haha .. :D

Prelim episode was okay I guess ... every morning we will see the guys discussing other school papers that they did ... then me and Cheryl will just talk ... I did my routine of bringing all my notes to school plus the heavy files ... but in the end I just touch it .. nv really read it ... haha ... its called "trying to convince myself that I'm prepared" then toilet trip wif manda and regina as always ... and rush home with bing! Cuz mum always rushing us ... got once we walk out the fastest .. ended up the second last to leave ... diao
Then there is the fred daily chat .. haha .. routine I tell you! Lol
Maths paper was okay. I hope I can still retain my performance in that ... paper two a little tricky, hope I pulled thru!
Chemistry nearly killed me .. cant finish paper .. forget concepts .. the work of complacency??
Biology .. ha .. I just cant judge that paper .. I did wrote what I know .. whether I can gain the marks is another thing.
Physics .. just afraid of careless mistakes .. otherwise I'm cool I hope? 2 As 15 Bs 11 OTHERs .. gee, it wont be nice to be the OTHERs ... pray hard to God ..

So ya ... I tot you will forget about things since you are sooo good during prelim, not breathing a word of it.. Then just on the second last day of prelim .. you brought it up again ... sigh! I know you have your own mindset and stuff ... but again I did what I could ... I ask them again yesterday and still the answer is NO ... I appreciate how much you want to treasure them: "as long as they are still my friends, I will protect them no matter what"
if its in the movies, all the audience will melt ... but too bad ... not movie .. you not actor ..
on the other hand .. "gee! He is already soooooooo ever trying to control himself ... cant you all just give him a chance to talk .. if THAT talk wont work ... then reach a conclusion to BREAK UP forever!!!"
give each other a piece of each other's mind ... then finally conclude!!! Leaving things in the air will just make the MIDDLEMAN suffer :/
and so I will PLEAD all of you to just do each other a favour for the last time ... make it clear ... give a statement of clearance ... which point are you all at A-B-C! and after that ... none of you should worry no more for anything ever again.

So yup now on my list:
1. present buying / present making for sis and chapalan bro
2. bosini 40% discount
3. kinokuniya shopping
4. esprit 25% discount
5. celebrate my mum's birthday
6. watch THE BANQUET with my mum
7. uni application

8. work-out heh :)

cheers,

princess tsjim

2006-09-23T10:39:00.000+08:00

i'm really amazed, why do so many ppl lyk to talk to me abt their problems? sigh .. i can forsee my future .. a counsellor ... mann .. haha
but it's ok .. it's nice to help others & comforting to noe that others trust in me. i cant say i'm the type that discusses my problem wif others .. i've got too much stuff kept inside me that i tink i'm gg to burst soon. so i'll use tis blog to tell others how i feel abt them. it's sth lyk wat steph did last time, no names written.

My stress ball :)
i call you my stress ball .. coz u never fail to make me happy. it's absolute fun tokin to u. u share info wif me ... i share info wif u ;) i still rmb the time u approached me when i was alone after all my friends left for some thing or other & made friends wif me. thanks, that was nice of u! i'll never forget all the jokes we had .. & the many friends we made together along the way. i cant tell wat the future has in store for us, but come wat may ... i'll cherish this friendship always :)

My reflection~
hey gal, i feel that we're very similar in many ways in terms of personality & i lyk that :) i feel that i can really relate wif u. watever i say, u'll hold the same opinions as me. i wanted to get to noe you better & i did make the effort. hee .. & the exams are to my advantage, coz i tink it pulled us closer. recently we had lots of laughter & i enjoyed it. you are a strong-minded girl .. i admire that; i wish i can be lyk u in that aspect. hope our friendship may last even after our jc years :) all the best for your 'A's.

My amigo!
ciao signorina. haha tok abt affinity... i trust u (ALOT) ... u noe so much of my secrets .. haha. all the fun & laughter we had. that one time we laughed, was the hardest i ever laughed (i assume u noe wat i'm referin to) watever troubles .. u noe them all i guess .. except those that i kept my promise not to tell anyone. u are a strong independent girl. i'm sorry for all the trouble i've caused u. glad u noe how to handle them. well i wish u luck in the future and may u find the happiness that truly belongs to u :) wish me luck in finding my happiness too kae? hee

My dream*
haha .. u are lyk a dream to me. just lyk wat the word means, it's just a dream! dreams hardly ever come true; nonetheless i'm contented .. at least i get to dream (but some dreams do come true, then i'll be so elated!). u are very cute, in my opinion. i lyk ur personality & ur funny antics ... they never fail to tickle me. haha .. despite tis, it's really hard to get close to u. one minute u are so funny & warm, joking all the while, next u are so serious. guess u play hard & work hard. hope we'll never lose contact. i never wan2 wake up from tis dream :( can i?

My new found friend
hey there young fellow ... i noe u are very frustrated. i feel for u lyk how u pity me .. haha .. we haf such sorrowful plights .. lol .. no la! dont tink that way k .. must be optimistic! the L thing is a complicated matter .. there's bound to be hearts broken. i cant really help u much in ur matter, but i can help u try to forget. all those cliche stuff applies here. wish her well ... wan her to be happy ... u'll wait for her ... never giving up hope; be determined, hopin one day she'll come to u ... there's many others outside; dont becoz of a tree, u neglect the forest? i dont noe .. it's complicated. it all depends on how u wan2 see it. i can give u advice but ultimately u are the one to make the decision. it's ur life, u haf to decide for urself, if not u might end up regrettin doing sth that wasnt ur decision in the first place. i dont wan u to live a life full of regrets.

i guess i'll stop at five pple for the moment, the entry seems kinda long. btw .. PRELIMS are OVER!!! oh mann .. i'm on cloud nine right now! happy happy happy ... then again .. it's short-lived. A's are just rd the corner. sigh ..

2006-08-31T13:39:00.000+08:00

>>> YAY!
>>> double YAY!!
>>> triple YAY!!!
yay yay yay yay YAY!!!!!

haha, went back mgs today .. rather reluctantly, cheryl pulled me along.
(before that she 'purposely' said bye to Z .. lol)
but thankfully, i saw TIFFANY!!!! MY GOSH! & many other old frens & teachers. haha
i cant believe ms tok tinks i'm a DAO person. tsk ..
tiffany tiffany tiffany .. yay!

today's teachers' day celebrations
celebrations was rather enjoyable .. esp mr incredible.
hee~
lotta things happened today ...
blah blah ...
then there were things (every single little bit of them) which made me smile from within
haha ... it was so sweet la. thank u :)

back at mg, the whole envt was so drastically diff
could sense it - the fun-loving type
i asked cheryl a qn: ever wonder wat it'll be lyk if we went ac instead of nj?
cheryl: i will be attached now!
haha .. cheryl! -.-"
no use regretting .. well i'm gg to look forward. no use dwelling on the past.
ONWARD! ONWARD ... slowly, it'll be prelims & finally As .. then in search of a new future :)

2006-08-27T11:57:00.000+08:00

"Around the corner I have a friend,

In this great city that has no end,

Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,

And before I know it, a year is gone.

And I never see my old friends face,

For life is a swift and terrible race,

He knows I like him just as well,

As in the days when I rang his bell.

And he rang mine if,

we were younger then,

And now we are busy, tired men ..."

"Around the corner, a vanished friend.

Remember to always say what you mean.

If you love or like someone, tell them.

Don't be afraid to express yourself.

Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.

Because when you decide that it is the right time

it might be too late.

Seize the day. Never have regrets ..."

haha, so cliche! nonetheless true. well tis msg is meant for my 'special' friend out there who has shared so much joys & woes & secrets wif me :) you must be brave & tell YOUR SPECIAL SOMEONE ok! haha. you'll get your man back .. dont you worry *smiles*
your guy wont choose other girls :)
u musnt let other guys get in your way too!
*BEAMS!*

my fairytale is gettin hay-wired! argh .. lol.
first a smelly vege - dang-ou, then a hairy 'ape' - tarzan. now it's SHREK!!!! an ugly green, stinky monster ... bleah! GREEN GREEN GREEN! haiz ..

2006-08-22T17:16:00.000+08:00

hello!!!

jaya reminded me that only a few days left to school!!!

wow ... time really flies! :)

in a short while our class going to fly to different parts of the world ... making their own dreams come true :)

this reminded me lots on the first three months ... the december holidays ...

i realised that this year ... our class didnt step into yong an park :/ which is pretty sad ... knowing that last year yong an park visit is like almost monthly!!!

although many say our class is the most muggish and gerrard -.-

i still believe that i learn alot in this 2 years wif 05S17 .. in terms of academics, life experience, adventure ....

very fulfilling i must say ...

there is simply soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much things i want to rmb about this 2 years ...

all the fun, laughter, sadness, moments of crazziness, eye-candies ....

oh man ... imagine rewinding again our life ... all the memories ...

there is sooo much things left unsaid ... so much things left undo ...

i want to have all the nice biographies of 05s17 ...

where is the time!!!!!

p.s: jasmine is the princess... aladin is the prince :)

jane's tarzan is hairy :)

princess jasmine

2006-08-17T17:00:00.000+08:00

Loosen up my buttons

the royal ladies' favourite HOT song
Whoo .. so hot :)

2006-08-04T17:40:00.000+08:00

still so much unsettleness in the class ...

but admist that i find many people starting to study ...

blehz ... so much hw how to start studying? but oh well left 1 month ... i really got to start ...

so yeah i will start .. some day .. soon i hope :)

yest i have dinner from 6-9pm

rawks biggggg time :) chawanmushi, western salad, miso soup, nabeyaki udon, chicken steak yummmmmm!!!! i felt goooooddd :)

nowadays the girls become super excited when it comes to PE ... really play hard man :) haha .. its been fun!

i'm writting a fictional story of a volcano ... lol! inspired by someone hahaa...

okay ppl please take care of youselves!!! dont get hurt mentally or physically ...

stay strong ...

a few more months ...

a few more lessons ...

and poof ... we are A LVL GRADUATES!

princess

2006-07-29T22:11:00.000+08:00

wanna thank those who made my special day ever so special and meaningful :)
:: a BIG thank you to y'all ::

chen wee, debo, eng hong, fang jing, ferro,
frederick, hsiao wei, ilona, jaya, joanna,
matilda, pau ling, perk lun, regina,
rui yuan, shan ning, shao xun, shuo jun,
siew chien, steph, tien teng, tiffany, yuen ling

(i hope i din miss any1 out .. sry abt it if i do)
L-O-V-E all the memorable presents and birthday wishes :)

oh wow, 18 alr .. feel so old. lol .. but i can do lotta stuff alr .. hee!

mum wans me to learn drivin soon. cool! but i noe she wont allow me to drive anytime soon or alone.
accordin to princess stephanie, i can engage in karma sutra .. haha, i dont wan! lol .. na-ah, no DO! nope! dont pollute my innocent mind. hee
sis wan me to drink tiger beer ... ew, but it's soo bitter. yucks!

well, i'm gg to look forward to being 18. YEA!

= Rihanna + unfaithful =

- Verse 1 - Story of my life / searching for the right / but it keeps avoiding me Sorrow in my soul / 'cause it seems that wrong / really loves my company He's more than a man / and this is more than love / the reason that the sky is blue The clouds are rollin' in / because I'm gone again / and to him I just can't be true

- Bridge - And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful / and it kills him inside To know that I am happy with some other guy / I can see him dying

- Chorus - I don't want to do this anymore / I don't want to be the reason why Everytime I walk out the door / I see him die a little more inside I don't want to hurt him anymore / I don't want to take away his life I don't want to be / a murderer

- Verse 2 - I feel it in the air / as I'm doin' my hair / preparing for another day A kiss upon my cheek / as he reluctantly / as if I'm gonna be out late I say "I won't be long. Just hangin' with the girls." / A lie I didn't have to tell Because we both know / where I'm about to go / and we know it very well - Bridge - 'Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful / and it kills him inside To know that I am happy with some other guy / I can see him dying

- Chorus - I don't want to do this anymore / I don't want to be the reason why Everytime I walk out the door / I see him die a little more inside I don't want to hurt him anymore / I don't want to take away his life I don't want to be / a murderer

- Breakdown (Verse 3) - Our love / his trust / I might as well take a gun and put it to his head Get it over with / I don't want to do this / anymore / whoa-oooh / anymore

- Chorus - And I don't want to do this anymore / I don't want to be the reason why And everytime I walk out the door / I see him die a little more inside And I don't want to hurt him anymore / I don't want to take away his life I don't want to be / a murderer - oh A murderer No / No / No / Yeah / Yeah

2006-07-28T17:36:00.000+08:00

wow ~~~

the past few days have been

interesting to many extent!

finally got fred a shirt hahz ...

when he wore that black version of the shirt ..

he look so gay ... ahem!

hahaz ... laugh my head off ...

but still ...

the story still remains as such,

NO WALLET FOR THE ROYAL LADIES ...

and we felt so poor while sitting at bugis junction food court hahaz :/

so me and manda going to start our STEPHANIE&AMANDA FUND!

apparently bing and willy also want to join .. bah! lol ...

its going to be SWAB FUND! the profit is split 70-30 :) hahaz ... lets see whether we will succeed ... hope nj ppl will pity us or sumtink :D

anyway ... i have this v v v v weird feeling,

i'm not sure myself ...

i dont understand why

i'm so concerned about this matter ...

i mean you are nobody really in my life! i hardly even talk to you

(or maybe yes we do talk .. but only on few

occassions!) but when the problem now divert to you ..

i become so affected by it ...

worry worry worry ... sigh!!!

how i wish i could open up to you! lol~~~ you wish -.-

trying v hard to erase this overly concern thought of you ...

i bet you wont even think of me -.- sigh!!

princess stephanie

2006-07-28T17:19:00.000+08:00

29th July 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO AMMMMMAAAAAANNNNDDAAAAAAAAAAA~~~~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!

hello hellow~~~

today is my mummy's birtday :)

happy birthday mummy!!!

hope you like the shaolin-temple-monk-bag

that we got for you :)

hope you have a memorable

sweeetttttt eiggghhteeen~~~!**

say "HI" to clubbing, alcohol

and karma sutra~ loollll!!!

my biggest wish for you is for you to be

happy ever after okay!??!? especially wif

D-O!

love ya alwayz ^.^

princess stephanie

2006-07-24T20:52:00.000+08:00

2006-07-22T11:02:00.000+08:00

pirates of the caribbean 2

2006-07-21T21:06:00.000+08:00

yipppeee

things are looking up i hope!

at least for me :)

haha the secret for my happiness???

dreams .. that occupies like 8 hours of my day ... while i'm sleeping of course :)

1. i had a dream of our class going for overseas trip to japan!!! woot~~~

so totally rawks larh .. and we have a goooooodddd time at japan's disneyland .. it was bliss :)

heard from my mother, she went overseas to japan when she finish jc too with her friends and with her own money!! how cool is my mum~ :) but nowadays .. how to go overseas wif frens with terrorist roaming wild and parents being sooooo protective over their children ... but oh well ... once i go US ... i may turn a little wild heh~~~ paris for one day, london on the other hee~~~

2. i had another dream of a shopping spree with my class at wisma atria and takashimaya .. so cool right? i really mean the whole class!! it was so fun ... and it was not even planned! we juz meet and poof we are having shopping spree :) hahz .. i wish i have the money to splurge :/

3. 3rd dream is a huge secret .. i cant reveal haha ...

4. the last dream i have last night is about me and my bf-to-be haha ... i still cant see his face :/ but he fetch me to school in his yellow lambourghini .. how cool is that!! woot~ haha ..

i'm such a dreamy princess ... but thank goodness for all these lovely and mysterious dream ...

had sushi for dinner today .. FINALLY ... haha :)

school work is pilling up .. but i'm not worrying yet ... that IS a worry haha ...

havent told my mum bout my bio results .. i scared she will flip! lol .. thinking of some stories to tell her why i got such bad result ... cant think of a convincing story yet ...

class photo is next week thursday!!! girls please look your best!!! and boys ... um juz be cool :):):)

love ya,

princess stephanie

2006-07-18T17:58:00.000+08:00

just some randomness ...

haha .. it's all smiles again!
gonna watch the much awaited
PiRaTeS of CaRiBbEaN tmr~
plus plus, we're gg to meet tien teng!
how cooooolllliiiooooooo .....
haha, lol, rofl ... dots dots dots!
MANN ... if he sees tis, he'll be sooo pleased & honoured :) hee
steph & i cant wait to see u!!!
we're gonna stalk u too ;)

btw, the latest paris hilton song stars are blind rawks!!!

2006-07-14T23:32:00.000+08:00

guess tis wk wasn't great for most ppl

read quite a no. of blogs cursing and complainin how lousy their days were. true true!

wow .. wat a hectic wk. everyday stay back till so late & stand so long till the varicose veins on my feet are so prominent! so many nites wif so few hrs of sleep till got headaches. mann .. but phew, it's all over

yay .. one down, dont noe how many more to go .. sigh!

i'm starting to feel more relaxed now ... thanks to some ppl :)

friday i laughed all my worries away :) it's been so long since i ever had that feelin

haha ... listenin to bing tok really makes u feel so smart lol.

his craps are super duper funny!

the 4 of us (reg, cher, neo & me) all were irritatin each other .. acting childish!

hee~ sometimes, even the simplest things can make one's heart feel lighter.

hope i can pass tis feelin to ppl esp those ard me who hasnt been feelin too good.

note: i dont feel like knowing anymore things. the more i noe, the more confused i get, the more xin luan i get .. argh .. pls .. put an end to this misery.

OOoo .. at nite was eclectic! thanks to everyone who supported us (shant name any1 in case i forget to mention some ... sry)

all the doors are closing
i'm trying to move ahead,
to break free from your clutches
be as free as a bird and
fly away to some peaceful place

2006-07-12T18:08:00.000+08:00

felt v troubled lately ... no specific reasons .. perhaps is juz pms .. hahaz .. been a loooonnngg time since i have THAT!

geez ... juz have another wave of moodiness ... dont feel like posting anymore
byebye

stephanie

2006-07-09T15:21:00.000+08:00

updates updates!!!

poor queen .. she seems so stress up! relax gurlfren~~~ we can always be free as a bird again!!!

haha ... and we still can continue talking bout DO and SY if we um ... become work partners at some place!!! haha ... that is IF till then we are still unattached .. lol!!!!

omg i'm crazy~~~

okok ... so my handphone number changed again -.-

my sister's genuisity! she played around wif my PIN and PUK numbers ... and boom! SIM IS REJECTED ... so got a new number ... go ask me for my new number *you will need it* :) hahaz!!!

this few days seem quite aimless ... nothing much to do ... so i spend my time sleeping ... like at 9 o'clock?! hahaz .. that is how my sis got to play around wif my phone -.-

okay must remind myself that prelim is coming!!! *but i juz finish studying for ct2!!! whines* oh well ... let'z juz work hard la!

so yesterday went for ETUDE31 ... see throngs of njc ppl in city link .. quite funny really ...

good job regina, neo, alex!!! i hope you all have a memorable night :) the whole event was okay i guess ... a few slips of notes but the pieces are definitely more diff than last year's ... the biggest boo-boo was the mc ... the guy mc .. keep saying wrong stuff! wat embarrashment!!!

oh ya! i want the pictures ok reg!!! must send me :)

so today went to shop again hahz ... life rawks when you know how to shop ... :)

got myself a ballet-shoe at so cheap! less than 20 bucks!!! good bargain .. and is the last pair ~~~ totally rawkz ... v pleased hee~~~

now on my shopping list:

1. sun dress

2. that cool dirty green/brown half 3/4 half full length cargo pants with funy belt from edc esprit

3. heels ... i got none at the moment

4. the much awaited wallet hah!

princess stephanie

2006-07-07T20:16:00.000+08:00

In short ... life is CrUeL!
just when everythin in my life seems to be gg well & smoothly, things had to change.
a 180 degrees drastic change. dang!
now my life is completely messed up.
in retrospect, i used to be tis carefree person ... happy go lucky, smilin all the time.
in contrast, my life is now fraught wif countless problems. arrr ...
i tink i'm gg to haf an emotional breakdown! i cant fight away the tears in my eyes. my mind is confused .. spinnin .. i'm dizzy, i feel lyk i'm gg to fall sick again. everytime i tink abt all these troubles, i get hot flushes. i dont wan anymore fevers! :(

everytime i try to rectify the prob, it's always end up fruitless.
i noe it's not beyond hope, but i've really given up tryin anymore ... wat's the pt rite? it only ends up the way it was b4. i'm afraid. i fear the worst. hai ...
why is it that when things are fine, sth haf to crop up & ruin it all
i dont wan2 experience anymore such stuff. it happened wif 3 ppl up to date.
i noe i'm not the one who is the real cause of the problem .. cause my other frens too experience these kinda stuff.
i'm really grateful to all those ppl who haf comforted me or cheered me up.
i miss the mg life badly.
i miss the times when everyone had no worries .. ever jokin
i miss the times laughin at each other, teasin abt SY and DO
i miss the times talkin freely wif yessica, fangjing, yuenling & other angklungnites
i miss the PAST.
i really wish everythin was back to normal.
no THIS, no THAT.
<<>>

my frens are emotionally stronger than me & i admire them.
ignorance is bliss. how is wish i am oblivious to all these kinda stuff. i wan2 be my true self again!

2006-07-07T15:57:00.000+08:00

hey eet eezz me agaiinzz (it is me again ... haha)

have a little chat wif my mum on wednesday night about me when i'm young ...

she said that she regretted sending my brother and i to taiwan 11 years ago ...

i was on my 7th birthday they send me and my 5 years old brother (then) to taiwan with my dad's big sister to visit my dad's big brother's family ... da bo (dad's big bro) house is located 3 hours bus drive away from the main city, taipei ... a small town, not much malls ... but living condition is fine ... and they have a huge park! oh well .. the purpose of sending both of us there is really a plan to get er gu (dad's big sis) a husband ... we lived there for 1 whole month .. away from mummy and daddy :/

oh well .. i always thought i'm a very independent girl since young :) v streetsmart ... or otherwise juz plain nosy/kaypoh/know-it-all/bossy ...

imagine a 7 years old girl ... now looking at those primary 1 students .. i tot they are plain babies ... lol! i use to think that i'm a big girl :)

anyway ... the regret ... was actually cuz i fall from a rickety swing and deformed my skull :/

yupz the back of my head has a huge bump ...

i rmb the whole incident like it was yesterday .. hahz

it was a dark windy night ... after dinner bo mu (dad's big bro's wife) brings me and my bro to the local park ... to play wif the swings ... the best swings i ever played actually! it can go all the way up such that the angle of oscillation is 180degrees woot~ it was dark ... the park is not lit at all ... stray dogs roam the place ... then suddenly one of those stray dogs charged at us ... and i was at my maximum displacement ... got scared ... i let go of the swing .. and wham!!! my head hits the big rock on the ground -.-

it was no big deal .. felt a little dizzy but i was fine ... bo mu saw that i was not crying and hence we played somemore ...

and then we went home and my head hurts ... but i didnt cry ... they boiled an egg and rubbed it on my head ... i thought things were fine ...

so yupz one month past ... and i went home ...

another month past when i realised that the bump on my head is really big ... it was THEN my parents know about the whole incident ...

my mother was super angry .. super super super angry .. she complained why they didnt send me to the hospital to check on my skull or even tell her about the incident! but again i didnt visit the hospital to check about my skull ... it was not THAT painful anymore i guess ...

so on wednesday night ... it all comes to light ... ask my mum why she didnt send me to hospital when she knows my head got a bump ... dont she want to check wat happen on my skull?

the reply: i really wanted to send you to hospital ... but i'm afraid about the thing that i will found out! what if the doctor wants to operate your skull! its juz as near as brain surgery!!!

then it dawn on me .. my mum's love for her children .. the impact that she must have! knowing her daughter probably have fallen from a height of 2 metres! head first mine you ... plus the rock on the ground doesnt help -.- imagine your 7 years old cuzzin ... gosh ... my sister is 11 this year ... i still cant imagine her falling down!!!

no wonder my mum still makes sure that when my sister sleeps at night ... she will put bolsters and pillows around her ... so that she wont fall ..

princess stephanie

2006-07-05T17:43:00.000+08:00

okay days come days go ...
that is life ...
met rika yesterday :) have a nice afternoon wif her and my sis .. we watch superman :)
things sooooooo fast change!
halfway thru our chit chat .. i rmbered she talk bout marriage and having kids .. wow ... we are reaching the 2- digit soon eh? but oh well ... i still feel young as ever
batam trip was quite a let down .. didnt get our WALLETTT!!!!! it cost only 9 bucksSSS!!!
its out of stock ... sorry manda :/
but otherwise the food was great ... we ate 5 days of CRABS ... i got diarrhea on the 5th day ... lucky me :) and we eat my mother's hainanese chicken rice for 2 days ... and some great fish on the second night .. woot
monday was a hurry back to sg cuz some belgian frens of mine come and visit ... went to esplanade .. eat NO SIGNBOARD SEAFOOD RESTAURANT .. heavenly .. i was not well fed that night ... altho the food is a plenty .. i got to serve the best parts to the guests of course -.-
oh well ... trying to live my day by day ... no stress no fret .. prelim in 2 months time woot~
ya i juz rawk as a princess .. i know .. i know (self-motivational talk heh) -.-

2006-07-01T23:07:00.000+08:00

Weee .. post exams fever is on & hot! :)
every1 i noe is partying (hard) ...

haha, thurs went to watch superman returns
the guy kinda choi ... hee!
choi guy = gay? no rite?! haha
but the show very lame n look kinda fake
the show only ended ard 12am .. great! all public tranport stopped.
in the end gotta ask dad to fetch.

steph now in batam .. lucky girl. can relax
& she gettin wallets too. yay!
2 days in a row, i got angklung pract.
so tired! head so groggy now ... i only had 8hrs os sleep for 2 nites. mann ..
the 2 days had been great though.
there's elaine, fangjing, serena, shou jun, yessica & zhonglu.
reunited once again :) ... tok so much, had great laughters.
so happy now.
sth embarrassing happened during pract, darn, i really hoped he din see anything. he was smiling too la. dont noe whether coz i smiled at him too or was it coz he saw. haiya .. shooots!

today, went to celebrate sis bdae. went to cafe cartel
smiles~ had great time
really missed those childhood days wif family ...
where we go for walks together,
sis & i count how many snails we see,
then dad throwing us literally in the swimming pool,
sis & i always sleepin in the tunnel slide .. etc ...

Have you ever wondered which hurts the most?
Saying something and wishing you hadn't?
or Saying nothing and wishing you had?

butterflies*stars*flowers*angels*hearts*hugs*loves

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