Every Colour I'm Not.

2011-12-25T07:23:00.000-08:00

2011-12-01T13:14:00.000-08:00

2011-11-01T03:14:00.001-07:00

Free People January from FreePeople on Vimeo.

2011-10-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

2011-06-25T11:43:00.000-07:00

heli is too cute (:

2011-06-10T12:47:00.001-07:00

the common regrets of the dying;

(link)

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

2. I wish I didn't work so hard.

3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

..just thought it'll better to know when we still have the time.

2011-05-03T06:58:00.000-07:00

don't pretend to know who i am,

then get upset and try to change me when i don't turn out to be who you expected me to be.

2011-04-20T12:14:00.000-07:00

a girl can still dream, no?

2011-04-15T11:53:00.000-07:00

random thoughts about wushu -

competition days: wake up thinking "fmlfmlfmlfmlfmlfml" and remaining solemn for the rest of the day, acting like your pet lobster just died while dreading your solo moment on the carpet.

feeling the soft fluffy carpet under your shoes and hoping in good (ill-placed) faith that it wouldnt trip you somehow.

going up in front of 9 judges and performing a solo for 1min plus without freaking out. (what?!)

dance: pick a song and choreo steps to it

wushu: choreo a routine, THEN add a random song (?!)

dance: move according to lyrics, counting and beats

wushu: move according to the person in front of you OR trust your gut instincts (?!)

i miss wushu ):

2011-04-03T10:27:00.000-07:00

awesome happy nails!

2011-03-22T11:34:00.001-07:00

here we go, come with me

there's a world out there that we should see

take my hand, close your eyes

with you right here i'm a rocketeer

let's fly.

2011-03-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

2011-03-01T08:32:00.000-08:00

finally got my astro star lamp! :DDD
now to figure out if it really reflects the actual night sky.

(had to assemble it from scratch and instructions were in chinese fml!)

2011-02-12T09:58:00.000-08:00

T-T

2011-02-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

wushu gathering;

seeing so many familiar yet foreign faces and how much everyone has grown makes me really miss the old days when we had so much time to play and dwindle away ):

growing up isnt all that fun, really.

2011-01-15T09:32:00.001-08:00

another shoe post! :D

this time im looking for a cheap pair of hightops i can thrash during pracs without feeling heart pain! (because the lacey burgundy "lingerie" ones are so fragile it'll get ruined by floorwork or rain ): )

as for updates on the school side, this will be the first "freeday-less" sem for me, idk how it's gonna be like ))):

props to 2010

2010-12-31T00:58:00.000-08:00

so much had happened in the past year that the only things i can vaguely recall off hand are the ones from this sem. (i blame it on the academic year really, we've been trained to believe that one academic cycle (midterms, studying break, finals) equals to one full year no? now in uni we experience it TWICE a year...fml.) everything that happened in the beginning of the year, ie. last sem feels so last year, literally :/ HOWELLS.

here goes nothing!

Year of the endless 21sts..

hengcai's at his condo,

timo's,

litian's on a freaking yacht surrounded and hijacked by jellyfishes,

yuyu's bbq with the epic fire,

wilson's haps party with zillions of surprises,

wan's failed 'supplies' with a shitting safety device,

rach's scandalous superheroes partay,

kokkiat's fried food,

jess' sweet lollipops and cupcakes,

and mine! sickly, frail, down with flu with that hit at the worse moment HAHAA.
(with no group photos whatsoever cos they're not with me or online)

Learning to longboard
okay.........i was boarding so fast km could just walk beside me -_- thanks.

another poser photo courtesy of shing.

but stopping soon after ): still missing it though, especially while watching matz boarding at scape during our pulse pracs. cant believe it was just the beginning of this year, feels like eons ago? back then i was raving about boards, now im raving about dunks hahahaha. will attempt to board again...someday!

Cactus!

first official concert with Jazztittude, doing a cabaret item for the second time! (first with with ke, loong long time ago.)

LANGKAWI & PEANANGGG
(highlight of the year, with no doubt! :D)
the point of the photo was SUPPOSED to be that eagle at the back we kept blocking, who knew right!

we visited fake waterfalls,

and we camwhored everywhere, even at the temple?!

plus we had breakfasts of awesome tou foo and champion otak with photos complementary of xiaobao's strong camwhoring arms!

also, we tried to act like ah bengs but er, the photo pretty much speaks for itself heh.

oh and a lkw/penang post HAS to come with a special mention of..
SAN SE NAI CHAAAA!

was really tempted to go on a photo overload for this one but it'll prolly mean staying at home and typing this entry till midnight. this trip definitely goes into the never to be forgotten trips list in my life though, along with the china trips with the wushu gang eons ago (still reminisce about them alot!).

Working in RWS

wth darren really, u HAVE to be a monkey.

darren epic fail HAHAHA.

then a supervisor came along and we were stuck hiding in the boxes for damn long! :/

not forgetting ze wushu roots.

voyage de la vie, for free!
(rws rocks hehehe.)

freestyling, freestyling!

warehouse outing!
(okay i forgot what my dept was called, oops.)

now THIS has to be the BEST JOB EVER!! :D the greatest, friendliest, craziest people to work with who (somehow) manage to make the most boring warehouse jobs entertaining and awesome every freaking day! despite the crazy hours (till 4am during stock checks), sleep inducing admin work and the manual labour, the coolest boss (zainie we miss you! ): ) and the nuttiest colleagues actually made work fun :D

Shanghai trip
(with a bunch of random strangers)

did random touristy sightseeing stuff.

visited the shanghai expo..

..for THREE freaking days.
(after a few days my cam batt died and i didnt even care heh. it was THAT frustrating!)

bullies who turned out to be pretty cool in the end.
(they're so gonna kill me if they see this)

friendly bball match with the kids there. (not)

i must have really been out of my mind when i decided to go along with the trip, knowing it'll be filled with business conferences and visits....all in chinese. and to top it off, with a bunch of strangers?! (like srsly, i met most of them for the first time when we were at the AIRPORT. holy..) but it wasnt too bad, definitely an interesting experience. (hey, i got to travel in a train for the first time yo!)

The making of the doctors

vets count, right qingqing?

CWL aka pangseh kia ):

harry steve!

then for the real doctors,

sending congen off freaking early in the mornang..

then litian at night.

there was timo and nigel too but i couldnt make it, sorry! ): those were depressing times, sending friends off for months at a time.

(but now they're all back, or soon to be back, YAY! :D )

then starting from somewhere around here, my life began revolving around dance like some crazy domino effect was triggered..

Jazztittude + Comm!

for all my friday evenings/nights!

along with joining the crazy comm! (:

Becoming a Blast!tard!

orientation camp, being a freshie all over again hahaha.

first performance, 9th anni! :D

with CTTT!!!

out of some crazy stroke of luck really.

First ever dance competition with Weird Blue Kidz aka WBK!

pracs till the morning that drove us craaaazy.

got through the auditions HAHAHA.

yellowy weird blue kids.

and 3rd placing for finals heh heh (:

and of course, kk (:

so that pretty much sums up the major events of my year.
SO LONG, 2010! :D

2010-12-27T11:41:00.000-08:00

show it & glow it;

lovin' the new nail color :DD

2010-12-26T07:20:00.000-08:00

my awesome ballsome dec so far:

long awaited picnic with md babes for our 21st

meetups with wushu gang

out with jazzies

blast! camp

xmas gathering with vj wushu

and dancing and fleas and xmas surprises and other stuff i dont have photos of.
(:

2010-12-24T10:21:00.000-08:00

Rekiem how to make a board from REKIEM skateboards on Vimeo.

hello! (:

2010-11-26T10:11:00.000-08:00

In an imagined conversation with a psychiatrist..

Psychiatrist: "So, what seems to be the problem?"

Me: "Well, you see, it's pretty hard to explain."

"I know i might look like i might be here for Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa treatment but i know for a fact that i don't suppress my appetite in any way - it's not that i don't WANT to eat, i just don't have the appetite sometimes when i do! Neither do i attempt to purge what i've eaten and i don't strive to be thin, so both of them are out, definitely."

"Once in a while, i get rather anti social though, not in the sense of someone with Antisocial Personality Disorder, going around harming others and robbing banks, heavens no! I'll tend to act oddly in social settings and it feels strangely like i might have Schizoid Personality Disorder, no? It might be that, or Avoidant Personality Disorder, i can never tell."

"I often get bouts of mood swings as well, not as extreme as someone with Bipolar Disorder, no, but like someone with Borderline Personality Disorder maybe? I don't tend to act particularly violently though, unless I have a Dissociative Identity Disorder and my alters act out during the aggressive parts which i highly doubt, so i guess these are out as well."

"By this point of time, perhaps, it might sound to you like i could be suffering from Somatoform Disorder or Hypochondriasis but i'm really not bothered about any symptoms at all and neither am i dreadfully proud of them see. It can't be a Histrionic Personality Disorder either really, i don't believe i'm exaggerating but rather i'm just very curious and find myself very peculiar."

"So, what is wrong with me?"

Psychiatrist: "...You've been studying too much Abnormal Psychology, haven't you?"

2010-11-24T12:38:00.000-08:00

triple dog sundae:

finally, a random post not related to dance! :D
(actually wanted to do one on WBK but couldnt find any proper shots we took at the finals, prolly all with wan so will update after exams, maybe.
maybe.)

heli's sleeping on my sister's bed now and im terribly jealous because the only time hes on my bed is when hes batting my face/stepping on my hair/biting my arms aka asking for food.

gaah.

soo.

back to mugging. ):

The Script - For The First Time

2010-10-24T09:21:00.000-07:00

assumptions vs. reality

2010-10-23T22:01:00.000-07:00

couldnt make it for dhops last wed cos we had external dance prac and was left wondering why both val and wil didnt msg or ask why i wasnt there.

assumption = no one cared enough to ask )):
(or maybe didnt realize HAHAA)

then i found out during the subsequent days that:
reality =
1) val went for wisdom tooth extraction and had to miss dance for the week as well.
2) wil just had lasik done (OMG NOW I FEEL LIKE GOING TOO! :/) and couldnt dance for the week.
and both were wondering why i hadnt asked about them either.

HAHAHA.

conclusion: stop assuming and start making the effort!

life does the funniest (and most unthinkable) things to you sometimes.

oh, and im sick again ))))):

never had another dude admire your smile, admire your looks, admire your place.

2010-10-12T13:11:00.000-07:00

♥♥♥ C.T.T.T! ♥♥♥

4 weeks of insanity have flown by,
after endless nights of rehearsals and conVURGing.
and now before you know it,
we'll prolly never get to perform together as a group again ):

im gonna miss you all so much!
uncle tommy, CT, jiayue, sam, fad, lakshmi, glenn, tim and red!
oh and wanwan as well of course,
even though i should still see you at least twice a week and we can emo about CTTT together.
T_T

i'm shakin my head
hey hey and all these fly girls
its like hey hey hey
and they gonna need someone
so hot hot hot
tight jeans and bodies like hey hey oh yeah
got me shakin my head!

2010-10-12T13:07:00.001-07:00

a 'lil bite of burnt cookies every night,
is all i need to remember what happiness really means.

(:

2010-10-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

after all the hoos and haas about the flowery high tops which didnt feel dancey enough, i got this.
presenting my official 21st bday present from the MD babes & TEM:

tadaah!

dark burgundy suede with black lace, hot pink shoe laces and subtly sparkly top.
OMGG.

(okay i was initially convinced it was purple, oh weeeell.)

freshly in just this morning and it was love a first sight.
got it the moment i made sure i wasnt just going crazy.
HAHAA.

(the picture doesnt really do her justice, still waiting for more professional ones to be posted. see, it's THAT new! :D)

pressure.

2010-09-20T12:43:00.000-07:00

vetting, in like a week or so.

sigh.

feels terrible to know,
that there's expectations to be met,
such big shoes to fill,
yet be so handicapped
and inadequate.

):

2010-09-19T11:28:00.000-07:00

pretty shoes for dance! :D
yay/nay?

2010-08-31T12:27:00.000-07:00

你要我闭上眼睛想像
有我看不见的一个远方.

2010-08-26T12:48:00.001-07:00

with each round,
the obstacles level up.

2010-08-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

the only enjoyable moments in life now:

1) dancing
2) sleeping

nice.

2010-08-25T13:32:00.000-07:00

never thought being a senior would make a difference after so many semesters but,

YEAR 3 SUCKS, I WANT MY FREEDOM BACK.
>:(

(can't wait for the day i can finally stop taking jap and feeling like a retard.)

2010-08-07T12:41:00.000-07:00

2010-07-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

and,

omg SH in a few days.
holy shit what have you gotten yourself into this time you freaktard.
zzzzzz.

definitely gonna need to spam autoroam like mad to stay sane.
))))):
sigh.

2010-06-19T10:58:00.000-07:00

(i know i was supposed to post this with photos, but i got too lazy. ah well!)

Langkahweee, Peaaanang & Friends!

Day Three
woke up early for breakfast, headed over to the atas beaches for sea sports! deh'ed the uncles to give us ultra turbo jetskis at cheap cheap prices but in the end wee and i were so broke (and i was so scared) we ended sharing one while the rest got one each. being pillion was TERRIBLE; you'll have no idea when or what anything was going to happen but driving the jetski was fun fun fun! the jetski ahbang said no talking or going close to one another on jetskis but we ended up sticking in a group and going in circuits - cant beat them systematic singaporean instincts man. went for a mild banana boat ride which got us dunked thrice and me tao poked/kicked thrice as well.
returned back to resort for check out and headed to our next hotel in lkw for check in but they sent us off to their sister hotel cos they were fully booked. -.- checked into our next hotel, washed up (again, im pretty sure) and drove to a nearby town to get prepaid cards, change cash and for dinner. it was then we realized how much we had spent so far already, so we had a long (nonsensical) discussion on the van on how we were going to save money but hunting the cows and chickens along the streets, steal some tudongs to use as towels at our next hotel, harpoon for fish when we go snorkeling, take away breakfast by the loaves, etc. had seafood dinner at a nearby restaurant (i know, so much for saving right hahahaha) and then our van breaking down streak occurred so the guys had to push the van on the roads and rush in the moment the van could move again - very dramatic eh? (:
(videos up soon as prove!)

Day Four
woke up for breakfast (i can proudly say i'm the breakfast queen! the only breakfast queen actually hahahah) and ta bao'ed homemade kaya toast and orange juice for the girls. checked out chop chop and rushed down and found the guys panting after pushing the van around the hotel for start up HAHAA.
drove down to the ferry terminal, got our mr. daryl luggage stickers and boarded the ferry to pulau payar marine park. played with the s90 which had super amusing functions like the blink detector which boxes up the faces of people who are blinking in the photo and a paparazzi shot function which snaps multiple shots the moment a person turns around hahaa. cool functions to get tons of unglam and stupid shots! (note to congen: dont delete the photos and videos okay upload everything!) played bridge after that and had terrible luck (must have been a sign, hmmm), the jers kept playing as one jer i.e, cheeat so me and wee (okay just me actually) kept losing.
went snorkeling for the first time, snorkeling mask, flippers, strangers' spits and all which was interesting and fascinating except there wasnt really much to see or at least it wasnt really worth 160sgd.. hmmm. ate a pretty good buffet lunch, washed up and dried up abit. then came the losing wallet and handphone part (already described in detail in previous post). no choice but to lanlanstuckthumb and continue on with the trip without ruining everyone's mood.
(on a sidenote, after getting over the shock of realizing how much deep shit i was in, my mind actually cleared up pretty fast and recalled all the horror stories about tourist in m'sia, being robbed, injured, kidnapped and all. it was then i found myself more relieved than anything (retarded and corny i know) that it was just cash i lost, nothing more. i couldnt imagine what would have happened if it was armed robbery and someone got hurt...i guess if this was the trade off for our safety, i would gladly pay this price than to have anyone hurt on the trip. THAT, would have really killed me. basically, i was just glad everyone was safe and sound. okaaaay enough mushy stuff, back to the trip)
took a ferry to penang, sitting behind some fat angmoh dude and his kid, a potent dual who took up far too much space and made too much noise. everyone was pretty shagged (and affected by the theft maybe?) and just slept through the entire ride.
reached penang and got bugged by numerous taxi drivers who insisted it would be impossible to get legal cabs in penang so we had no choice but to let them bring us to our hotel. checked into tunehotels.com (yeah really, cute name right! high tech sehh.) which reminded me alot of baiyoke boutique in bangkok - tiny, compact, but well-decorated and efficient use of space. most importantly, it felt clean and modern, a cheap no frills hotel despite its shitty service.
washed up and headed out for dinner with plans to just stop by at the nearest police post to lodge a police report but ended up having to split into two groups because THE MALAYSIAN POLICE ARE SO BLOODY INEFFICIENT. we spent about 30mins at one station, waiting to be transported to another police station and spent another hour or so waiting patiently for our report to be written while the police snickered at us and chit chatted, taking their own sweet time to call the different parties involved like we didnt exist. (the last time something got lost in sg, it took us 10mins max to make the report. wth.) we were all in a pretty bad mood, dehydrated from snorkeling and tired from the lack of food but could only wait and wait until everything was finally settled. thank you gan and gj for making the trip to the police station with us and sticking with us along the way!
we seriously owe you guys loads.
walked back from the police station after everything was done, ate dinner at a coffee shop, took noob touristsy shots and by sheer good luck found an amazing drink at an unassuming foodstreet - the one and only, awesome ballsome SAN SE NAI CHA! it looked like teh cino with and extra black layer at the bottom and at first sip it just tasted like normal extra sweet teh peng. but wait! once you get a second taste, you'll start to notice how the gula malaka tastes deliciously like melted pearls, giving the nai cha a sinfully mouthwatering flavour....
...okay this really isnt helping my san se nai cha craving ): tabao'ed some back for the rest in exchange for chng tng (a lousy trade, i tell you heh.) and made sure it got the proper response from everyone aka raving.
washed up and played bluff with the jers and gave congen an inferiority complex about his figure:
after terrorizing congen about his short legs mercilessly..
(both me and wee, plus supposedly jess, were declared to have longer legs than congen)
gan: "no lah he, actually, you're proportionate!"
he: *looks up hopefully* "really....?"
HAHAHAA.

Day Five
rise and shine for penang breakfast! (this time EVERYONE had to be present for breakfast, cause there wasnt really a choice hahaha.) ate at a nearby coffee shop with imba prawn mee (even the non-prawn eaters found it awesome) and jelly like ngo hiam tau foo! met the champion mummy otak who apparently has a website and is famous worldwide. (went back and asked my mom about him/her and guess what, she actually did know about this champion, dont play play okay!) walked around georgetown which felt pretty much like ghost town since it was still the vesak day holidays and the mats very relac one corner one, holiday like free. walked through some markets and roadside stores, got lousy straw fans that broke within few hours of usage cos the auntie didnt warn us that it had a speed limit (maybe like 20flips a minute or so?) and bought beng/cheena/english hats. went to tao sar pia tu chang to try out the local products then chilled out at starbucks for abit before heading back to hotel to erm, probably wash up again. took a cab over to Gurney Plaza (2nd biggest shopping centre in penang?) and there we spotted....A&W!!!!!!! - the much raved fast food which gained popularity once it disappeared from sg! had some time to kill before the night market opened, so we played arcade for a short while and watched Prince of Persia, each ticket's priced at 10rm only wthhhh! started debating on who the guys considered a pretty actress when they declared that the female lead wasnt pretty (she's gorgeous btw.) then had dinner at a roadside food market beside Gurney Plaza and ordered the usual lok lok, penang laksa, char kway teow, orh lua, ngo hiam, etc etc. tried water chestnut juice expecting the normal brown liang teh sort but got this cloudy white drink which just tasted like sweet water. after finishing up dinner (everyone wasnt really hungry after our late lunch) we walked over to the bus stop, were assisted by this really nice local student and waited imbally long for the bus that would bring us to the night market. the best part of the bus ride? IT HAD WIFI!!! (sbs do you hear?) used the net for a short while in the bus until we had to get off then walked around the pasah malam where lt when on a shopping spree while the rest of us just look look see see-ed. took the bus back at around 11plus pm in search of the ramly we missed on the first night in penang but the uncle pang gang already so we just walked back to the hotel and "yo mama'ed" on the way back. were starving after the long night so we bought bei mian from the 7eleven below the hotel and had supper while my lovely parents slept instead, yet again.

Day Six
took a cab down to Keh Lok Si Temple grounds for breakfast (curry mee with ZHU XUE OMG!) then climbed up the stone steps lined with shops up to the temple. got fascinated by the multitude of turtles/terapins/tortoise/idontknowwhats feasting on their breakfast of bread then continued up the temple in the first ever inclined lift. donated a tile for the building of new temple, wrote all our names on it for good luck and signed off with a dustbin man for good luck! some of us prayed, tried our luck tossing coins at the statues, then we walked back down the stone steps. we saw some pretty interesting shirts along the way and wanted to get the same shirt for everyone which said "强盗(chinese bandit)" and wear it to the airport together but the stupid aunty at the shop tricked us and it turned out there werent enough for everyone so only gj and i ended up getting the nicer colours. hanged around the shops near the temple, playing with sunnies and taking ah beng/gangster shots and deciding who was the prettiest boy. ate the famous asam penang laksa and the special bees infested sugar cane juice then continued walking around until it started to rain, so we ended up seeking shelter at an ice cream parlor, playing more tap tap and with the camera smile detector function. when the rain stopped, we ventured out and tried the famous ah pom kueh (which was this pancake like thing filled with sweet corn or banana) which made all of us keep craving for more and the fried curry bun which wil and gj couldnt get enough of. if anyone tells you that penang food is seriously to die for, trust me they're not kidding. san se nai cha, ah pom kueh, fried curry bun, prawn mee.....sigh. after the non stop snacking, we took a bus back to Georgetown (this time on a bus with no wifi) with an indian lady who kept blasting bollywood music like some ah beng. tsktsktsk. decided to search for the san se nai cha we chanced upon and couldnt find anywhere else and ended up getting lost for a while but eventually found our way back to the sacred place! lazed around there for awhile, learning how do various whistling sounds with our mouths and hooting sounds which gan the true ah beng was pro at. walked back to the hotel to (yeah you guessed it) wash up before dinner and here we caught the Jerjers being gay. (the picture pretty much says everything) walked over to Red Garden food centre for dinner and had our usual spread (it doesnt vary much, really) and er, enjoyed the life karaoke music and dancing. (it was ah mahs and ah gongs line dancing btw.) shopped abit at the few stores there before searching for more Ramly and chilling at the Old Town cafe at the New World Park situated beside our hotel. (we were there to leech the wifi more than anything, but the connection ended up being super lousy!) hung out till late then went back for zzz.

Day Seven
our last day as the awesome eight! ): went for breakfast back at the place with the champion mummy otak and realized that he was actually a she. (only then the whole "mummy otak" name made sense to me HAHAA) walked over to the tau sa pia tu chang again to buy our tau sa pias and beh teh saws for the people back home. walked around some more (im sure we walked off all the carbo we accumulated from all our endless snacking!) and returned to the hotel to find ourselves locked out of our rooms. (okay the rest did actually, i was away collecting otak and buying liang teh so arrived back later) reason? we mistook the check out timing which was at 10am as 2pm. bloody hell. and the worst part was that the receptionist was absolutely cold hearted and had zero sense of sympathy and insisted on us paying THE FULL DAY RATE for that few hours that we overshot. asshole. (this was the bad service i talked about earlier) so we had no choice but to pay the extra charges, which we insisted on making full use of by... (whaddya know) taking long loooong showers. packed up everything, checked out, then headed to the airport for lunch. (almost) everyone was terribly broke by now so we pooled all our coins together and had 6.65rm, woohoo! was craving for kenny rogers like mad but had to settle for macs (which was still pretty ex btw) and chionged our last heaty and sinful meal in malaysia. took the plane back, making plans to l4d2 and supper after. touched down in sg early and went our separate ways...

and this marks the end of our seven day escape from reality.

walking on the wild side

2010-06-04T10:00:00.000-07:00

Langkahweee, Peaaanang & Friends!

Day Two
woke up early for the odd-tasting buffet breakfast, rushed down to the van only to find that...

congen had stalled the van.
(kiiiiiiddding, the van was just plain cui.)

trying to revive our dear Vanette.

took a cab over to the jetty instead for island hopping and mangrove tour.

went into a bat cave in hopes of becoming edward cullens but barely saw the bats. (my lousy camera couldnt even capture a single bat and i had to shoot blindly)

see the tiny dark specks! yeah those are the only bats i caught, how pathetic right?

going for the mangrove tour..

entering our mini water adventure.. gotta waddle in water know, dont play play!

observed fishes kept in kampung styled areas, played with stingrays, horseshoe crabs, archer fishes, etc.

lookie lookie!
a new use for the NUM tank strap yo - to prevent you from falling into a pool of stringrays!

gan preventing the stringray from devouring his branded wristcuff.

meet the horseshoe crab!

it works great..

..as a little army helmet!

the crocodile cave we couldnt enter.

saw the opening of a crocodile cave but couldnt go in cos it was high tide, had lunch at a hole in the wall serving super fresh seafood (i believe we might have spotted some of the fishes alive before we ate them)

craved for sambal stingray despite deciding that they were absolutely cute little things just moments before (singaporean side dominates) so we asked the waiter if they had stringray. when we said "to makan?" they gave us a horrified look and went "nooo, pet!" HAHAA.

super fresh sambal stringray!

we then went for a super long and choppy boat ride for the "island hopping" part which was fun at first with all the bouncing nonstop but after awhile it felt more like our insides were being compacted (along with our shit, which led to bad constipation for days) and we got stitches from just sitting down.

wind was blasting at crazy speeds..

gave congen a cool hippies 'do hahaha!

went a huge round to the kuah ferry terminal.

and we finally reached the pregnant maiden lake after much agony.

kayaked, swam and lazed around in the pregnant maiden lake, then watched eagles fish for invisible food.

headed over to another beach to tan and play triple jump before heading back to our resort.

wilson the washed up starfish.

before (white) and after (black).

triple jump with human obstacles!

burying pants in the sand.

this is what i'd call "bromance"
(or gayness, if you prefer it that way hehee.)

washed up and went for dinner at a beach side bar called Babylon filled with hippy dudes who wouldnt stop singing and talking to themselves.

best kebabs i've tasted.

rocks and logs as tables and chairs!

the bucket of vodka lemonade (no kidding.)

as good as botak jones!

had awesome kebabs and burgers and ordered a bucket of vodka lemonade which literally came in a bucket. (i was trying to explain that they probably meant a pint or bottles chilled in a bucket so when it came in a BUCKET, i was speechless.) played with a sweet little black kitten that helped us finish the jers' chicken in a bun after being seduced by gan. on the way back we also found a pet crab that mastered the art of creating tiny holes in the sand but got seduced by gan as well.

gan's pet crab from the wild.

end of day two!

(p.s, the text for the rest of the days are finished already, but i still havent compiled and added in the photos....sigh. )

baby baby baby ohhh

2010-06-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

Langkahwee, Peaa-nang & Friends!

Day One

arrived early at the airport, wandered around to buy some last minute toiletries while waiting for the rest to reach. saw yannick who was heading back to mauritius but didnt have the time to talk. checked-in and went to killineys for breakfast.

hungry ghosts, all neh wait.

yummy food to start off a great trip.

gan's the official pro camwhorer - carrying the dslr with one (left) hand is no joke!

neh neh, me and wee thought bringing trolley bags would be too much of a hassle so we brought duffels instead but half the group ended up comfortably pulling trolley bags while we lugged our duffels around. zzzz.took an hour long flight to langkawi feeling excited excited excited while tap tapping on various iphones and got scolded by the super rude airasia airstewardess for blasting "baby baby baby ohhh... like baby baby baby noo.." too loudly on the plane.
so, we reached lankawi after a super short flight.

excited little noob tourists pretending to get off our own private jet.

airport also must take group photos.

spent about an hour at the langkawi airport deciding if we should rent a van and which to rent and was presented with an amazing breakdown-once-congen-touches-the-wheel manual lao pok van.

lt's excited to train up his muscles with the no power steering van.

hollan-ed in a unhollan-able place.

headed to federal villa after getting lost at an island where it is supposed to be impossible to get lost in (quote renting van uncle "if you get lost, i'll take a photo for you and upload to facebook, "first person to get lost in langkawi!"). had lunch at KFC (which tasted more like black pepper crab minus the crab) with cheesy wedges which tasted like sushi (according to jess).

after lunch, we went up Mount Machinchang via cable car, trekked for 20mins to reach the other cable car station and found that the cable car had broken down (unlucky streak no.2 - no.1 started with the yacht breakdown).

not the steepest, but still terribly steep nonetheless ):

jelly legs with sweaty palms and soles, ugh.

reached midway point, yay!

and while choosing between taking the cable car up the rest of the way or trekking, we decided to be brave and adventurous tourists..

into the rabbit hole!

start of wee's nightmare.
(note that everyone else is smiling HAHAA.)

"nyeeeeh!"

hollan-ed.

then we had to er, rock climb.

rock climbing with no harness and only slippers, all hail the pro gj!

then we hollan-ed again. trekked all the way through the jungle only to find that that way has been shut. oh no! okay but we made it somehow and then we saw this:

if there was a heaven, i really think it would look like this.

and then maybe it would be high tech and have solar panels like these HAHAA.

this is the cable cars being still. FAR too still.

waited around a bit for the cable car to get back into service while enjoying the amazing scenery, camwhored a little, etc etc. tried an emo shot since it felt so apt at a place like this but..

obviously we failed terribly.

(unemo) us at mount machinchiang, woohoo! (:

when the cable car FINALLY started working again, it moved at a PAINFULLY slow pace, so slow, it took almost 5mins just to make a small loop at the station and leave the platform. BLOODY HELL.

see, it was so slow we even had time to camwhore at the platform!

spot the vomit! (hint: tissue paper)

and thanks to lt's smelly mouth, the ride down did take at least 30 FREAKING MINUTES while feeling like it wasnt really moving at all. fml T-T the other group, jess, gan, congen and gj had to ride in a cable car which had VOMIT instead, presumably from the person who got stuck in the cablecar when it stopped, so i guess we had it good already. descended back into l4d like ghost town, headed back to hotel to wash up then went for dinner at an atas italian restaurant.

food so appetizing we all kinda forgot to take photos.

shopped abit for some snacks then went back to hotel to wash up (YES AGAIN. army boys bathe 3 times a day wth?!), invented a new version of asshole taidee where the first to win/cheat become the asshole.

(after adding photos i realized i should break it down day by day and that these posts are gonna take forever. holy cow.....)

2010-06-01T08:08:00.000-07:00

how my wallet and handphone got stolen in langkawi.
(written so i wouldnt have to repeat this again and again)

the group of us were travelling from langkawi to penang via ferry but we stopped by at pulau payar marine park, which was some small offshore island/platform at langkawi for a snorkelling trip. we left our luggage in the ferry for safe keeping (mistake no. 1), then went for snorkeling and lunch. after lunch, we were supposed to transfer our luggage to the platform because we were transferring to another ferry so we made arrangements for the crew to shift our luggage to the platform while we went off to visit some other shark infested snorkeling area (mistake no. 2). when we came back, we double checked to make sure our luggage were all at the platform then went to wash up. after a while, lt noticed a CREW MEMBER picking at some bags near our luggage, transferring cash from one wallet to his own and felt that things were kinda fishy, so he got us to check our luggage to make sure all our things were safe. i didnt think much of things of course, since no one would want to steal my lao kok phone and wallet with 200+rm anyway. so i took my time, rummaging through wee's bag which had all my valuables (hp, wallet and camera), didnt panic when i couldnt find it there, and STILL didnt panic when i couldnt find it in other people's bags since my camera was still around, until wee found her ipod and wallet missing too.

GG.

(tired and need to check results. will update about the trip tmr. i wanna go backkkk )): )

wrote my initials with the crowbar.

2010-05-22T12:21:00.000-07:00

CACTUS is finally over
and now it's countdown to.... MALAYSIA!
(i still dont know what we're doing there but im still excited anyway HAHAA.)

abit belated but still, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN MY DEAR BAYBEHS!
♥wan, rach & cheow♥
(((:

ps, KOI is opening at illuma, ie. there will officially be KOI available whenever i feel like it. hiphiphurray!

2010-05-15T10:00:00.000-07:00

has to realize that reverse psychology no longer works in this age and time.

2010-05-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

know where to draw the line,
or don't call yourself a friend if you don't.

period.

2010-04-27T09:44:00.000-07:00

May
=
K-ing + Cactus + jamming + lzx concert + bandheroes marathon + MSIA(!!!!) + dancedancedance!
(minus the first week of course)

I WANT MAY TO COME.
please hurry up, come sooner may, come quick!

2010-04-27T09:41:00.000-07:00

die.

2010-04-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

if only my notes would choose to engulf me in such creative ways instead...

..HAHAA. :D

to all that are mugging/drowning in papers/having exams:
embrace those papers baybeh! :D
(oh, and good luck!)

2010-04-20T15:36:00.000-07:00

mmm, breakfast.. (:

2010-04-18T10:49:00.000-07:00

TODAY WAS AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! SPENT THE WHOLE DAY WITH THE GREATEST BUNCH OF FRIENDS EVER OUT IN THE OPEN SEA, BLASTED MUSIC AND BOOZED WHILE CHILLING ON THE DECK, CANNON-BALLED AND WENT SWIMMING IN THE SEA, SAW JELLYFISHES WHO OUGHT TO BE SHOT FOR STINGING JHE, ATE YUMMY YUMMY BBQ AND ITALIAN FOOD, GOT STRANDED AT SISTERS ISLAND (AKA EXTENDED HOURS HEHEE), SANG AND DANCED LIKE CRAZY PEOPLE LATE INTO THE NIGHT, WATCHED THE STARS AND ENJOYED THE COMPANY TILL WE HAD TO TAKE EXPENSIVE CABS HOME.
I ♥ WOOSH.
(end rant)

HAPPY 21ST LITIAN! :DDDDD

2010-04-13T09:45:00.001-07:00

so.
after looking at some old photos, i kinda miss my short hair..

hmmm......

2010-04-09T08:54:00.000-07:00

what i've learnt (alot) this week;

what can you do when people treat you like shit/take you for granted?

simple.
suck thumb.
(that's all you can do, really.)

2010-04-07T11:14:00.001-07:00

Qing just reminded me that day how spontaneous we used to be on everyone's birthdays;

we used to make impromptu ice cream cakes, bouquets out of g-strings, huge ass last minute birthday cards out of postcards, lower skateboards from the roof escape, inflate and force people to carry home shitloads of balloons and huge yogaballs, make huge refugee like bags, give mysterious anonymous presents, trap people in rooms, bury presents..

man, what happened to our youth and energy ):
at least we gave cheow a retard impromptu bouquet that day i guess, heh.

2010-04-07T03:20:00.000-07:00

2010-04-03T08:03:00.000-07:00

been watching jap dramas (hana yori dango, a very VERY old one) in attempt to salvage whatever jap i can and catch up with my other insane anime-drama-manga-crazy module mates but NOOO that's the biggest mistake ever and now i'm so hooked on it, i can't stop thinking about the show and how i'd pretty much rather live another life as long as it isn't mine that i'm too stoned to do anything.

uggh.

need to stop getting so caught up in the shows i watch.
proposal due mon, presentation on tues and thurs, hell yeah.
wake up to reality please yumi, wake up to your boring damned life.

2010-03-30T23:47:00.001-07:00

Derwysky!

2010-03-30T23:22:00.001-07:00

Hold up
Hold on
Don't be scared
You'll never change what's been and gone
May your smile
Shine on
Don't be scared
Your destiny may keep you warm

Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out.

2010-03-30T23:12:00.000-07:00

i'm just beginning to comprehend the power bestowed upon me by my coming of age..

"hey you over there!
come, you will rejoice in the fact that i am becoming an adult!
what do you mean why? it's my birthday, duh!"

"oh hello!
yes, we haven't met in years but you will celebrate this day in my honor.
i know you want to."

"come people, gather and bathe in the glory that is mine.
this day is of extreme importance to one and all."

awesome.

2010-03-24T00:32:00.001-07:00

what i really need.

2010-03-17T11:40:00.001-07:00

heli got an upset tummy from eating too much raw meat and raw everything and ended up barfing all over the floor..
and his self instigated remedy?

chomping on whatever greens he could find.
(he was attacking mom's potted ferns at first until she started screaming at him and insisted on trimming off branches for him to munch on. no more live plants for heli to hunt and torture, how sad.)
(btw, the noisy audio's the washing machine which was unfortunately running at that point of time and my sis was the one doing the commenting.)

2010-03-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

dirty fellows.

2010-03-14T03:52:00.001-07:00

The ultimate guide on how to slack your way through a project:

1) do not appear for any tutorials or lectures.
are you freaking mad?! those are meant to waste spaces in your brain with things that might be relevant to your project, you know, like what your project might be about or how to conduct it - absolute waste of time!

2) do not contact your group mates.
why bother? deadline's impending, but that only means that your group mates would be working harder and rushing to complete the project without you having to rack your mind, perfect!

3) do not read up materials before project meetings.
it's terribly inconsiderate to disrupt or influence ideas of your group mates, so it is important to come with a fresh (and blank) mind receptive to all ideas. it is also ideal to leave your brain and opinions all at home.

4) in case of doubt, DO NOT ~~PANIC~~ THINK! just smile and wave boys, smile and wave.
the best way to deflect any questions is to smile sweetly with all that you can muster. after all, who wouldn't melt and relent at an earnest smile? no one would remember that you have evaded all questions and not contributed to the discussion. brilliant! this works for all queries, including ones asking about your absence or why you have not done research.

5) do not provide constructive ideas or feedback.
as mentioned above, smiling is often sufficient to ward off potential threats. in cases however, when your project group mates somehow begin to get wary of your smile, you need a new strategy which also involves a contortion of facial muscles.
when you detect such hostility while being asked a question, screw your face up into a thinking expression and try your best to make it look like you are pondering hard on the statement presented to you. it is important to note though, not to let your mind wander off during this process but if this inevitably happens, your group members are likely to prompt you again, which would be your cue to utter a few abstract words which are not linked to the question. abstract and unlinked words would make you seem deep and prevent your group mates from interrogating you further.

6) blend into the background during division of work.
volunteering for work is for idiots who have a conscience, making them feel compelled to do their fair share of work. this however, is definitely not for you! try moping around in the background (since smiling would draw unwanted attention to you at this point of time) and hope to be forgotten while work is being allocated. if you are, unfortunately, given work to do, fret not as you can simply tide through by typing a few words and once again being abstract (without elaboration of course; revealing too much would actually mean that you will be contributing to the project, good heavens! we won't want that to be happening now, would we!).

7) screw up presentations.
this is of course, the best way you can contribute to a group. appearing to be incapable of speech and looking unprepared ensures that your group mates in contrast will appear to be terrific speakers and they would thank you immensely for that! interfering with their parts of the presentation by not knowing the procedure and ruining the arrangement of prepared photos would also help make your performance more realistic and oscar-worthy.

you have now completed your project while sticking entirely to your principles, congratulations! remember though, this is best done when you never, ever appear or feel guilty!

p.s, the above was actually written based on a description of an ACTUAL project group mate - hard to believe but true.

p.p.s, if you would EVER like to follow the guide, please kindly ensure that you STAY THE HECK OUTTA MY PROJECT GROUPS, thank you.

2010-03-14T03:39:00.000-07:00

how to make it sound like you're being copied when you want to copy someone:

me: eh look! (shows something i just bought) :DD!
sis: ehhhh! i've been wanting to get something like that since forever! =/ (along with the millions of things i get which she has also been wanting since forever. somehow.) don't like you!
me (thinks): (huh? did she just imply i'm a copycat?!)
sis: where did you get that from!
me: er..
sis: okay i think i'll get it too.
me: ....

imba shit.

2010-03-06T12:43:00.000-08:00

Shit,
I almost want blonde hair just so I can put lavender streaks in them..

..HAHAA.

P.S, twitter's kinda a bad thing; it totally obliterates my need to blog since ranting can be done almost instantly with just an sms heh. if only i can blog from my phone too.. zzz. maybe in a few years time, maybe maybe.

2010-02-25T14:06:00.000-08:00

Shitty quality, but here's the cutest photo i've taken of him in a gazillion years:

Heli Potato Orh Ceh Iwaki
a.k.a
HELI
:D

(still can't remember his facebook password, arggh annoys the crap outta me.)

2010-02-24T05:59:00.000-08:00

Been slipping and (close to) falling in my dunks of late..

..i.e. TIME FOR NEW DUNKS! :D

spotted these while out running errands:

a) red, white with MAROON GLITTER omgomgomg.

b) purple with polka-dotted gray suede.
(this one kinda reminds me of my old silver/lavender spacesuit-esque sport shoes back in the cchms days HAHAA.)

i'm very very very inclined towards the red ones since i've been wanting red dunks since forever (and the maroon glitter! :D) but a friend from both dance classes has a high-top blackish version of it so it might get a little odd having matching shoes, no?

how how how! =/

2010-02-23T10:22:00.000-08:00

What would a guy wear if he was turned into a girl for a day?

According to Soon yee's description:

"electric blue plasticky (?!) tank, tweed grey shorts, hot pink tights, black heels and a nice big round belt."

...fits the description, no?

what he was TRYING to describe:

zzz.
epic fail to the max..

2010-02-21T00:21:00.000-08:00

2010-02-20T11:04:00.000-08:00

To the past; all the people and moments that i miss so much.

So far away from where you are
These miles have torn us worlds apart
And I miss you
Yeah, I miss you

So far away from where you are
Standing underneath the stars
And I wish you were here

I miss the years that were erased
I miss the way the sunshine would light up your face
I miss all the little things
I never thought that they’d mean everything to me
Yeah, I miss you
And I wish you were here

the little supporters.

2010-02-17T22:43:00.000-08:00

if theses wont increase your motivation to hit the books, i dont know what would..

five/ten/thirty second rule.

2010-02-17T22:34:00.000-08:00

of Eating off the floor:

"It's clear that bacteria and toxins can be transferred to food quickly. So, whether you subscribe to the 5-second rule (or, as I like to call it, the 10-second rule), picking up your food off the floor within a few seconds is no guarantee that it's safe to eat. Sure, the overall risk is probably low, but it's usually best not to eat food that's been on the floor. And one more thing: Blowing on your food that's been on the floor will not make it safer."

that take, army boys!

2010-02-17T11:07:00.001-08:00

stop the hate yumi, stop the hate.

a wonder-hu year.

2010-02-14T09:29:00.000-08:00

(credits to eddie for the entry title)

we (iwakis) are getting terrible at cny visiting.

few years back, boing would have bounced around from relative to relative reciting "gong xi fa cai wan shi ru yi shen ti jian kang nian nian you yu hong bai yi ge lai!"(we banned the last part after it became unfunny), fascinating them jiu gong/pos etc etc like a little boy who just learnt a new trick (cept it was used every single year without fail).

this year, three of us lined up (with my sister taking the first blow of course) and practically dashed through the living room where everyone was gathered, muttered a few "xin nian kuai les", shook a few hands that stuck out and headed straight for the tiny room where the little ickle ones were playing. we hid there till almost everyone was gone and came out only when we decided to go back up and escape to places that didnt involve oranges and chinese. sigh. so much for cny eh?

best group photo but the lighting still major fail.

oh and regarding friday,
SORRY NIGEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry wee and i couldnt make it there on time ):
hope you had an awesome time at your party!

and wee, sorry for being a 损友! (and nooo i didnt psycho her okay, im only a 损友 because we kept talking and she was perpetually distracted.)
here's your new DP to make up for it:
(remind me to send to you if you want)

the sunlight was so annoying but awesome for photos!

spotted: cny flowerball (?!)

okay im done and im bored. hope to squeeze in the lovely bones (been wanting to watch for weeks already!) before i prepare for another reunion lunch tmr afternoon. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

happy lunar new year all, Cap 5 huat ah!

2010-02-13T01:52:00.001-08:00

md babes reunion dinner minus linger ):

Eyyy Deee Emmm.

2010-02-13T00:51:00.000-08:00

i met a pokemon on the shuttle bus that day, her name was called EyyDeeEmm.

Girl (EDE): excuse me, do you know where ey-de-em? eyyy-deee-emmm!

Random guy on bus: erm no, sorry. (turns away and ignores her)

EDE: ey-de-em? no? where ey-de-em?

Me: hey, you're looking for the ADM building right? its the admin building, the one beside central forum.

EDE: eyyy, deee, emmm...?

Me: yeah, the one with the ATM there.

EDE: noo noo! (goes frantic like i was about to kidnap her) not ey-TEE-em, ey-DEE-em!

Me: yes yes, that ADM block has a POSB ATM there, to withdraw cash?

EDE: noooo, (looks at me like im stupid) EYYYYY-DEEEEEE-EMMMM. i need go EYYY-DEEE-EMM!

Me: (sighs) okay yes i know ADM, i'll point it out to you okay?

EDE: ey de em? (nods) okay.

....undergrads need to understand english, no?

2010-02-02T13:00:00.000-08:00

Why I love Subway.

(few days back..)

subway aunty(imagine a long, high-pitched drawl): harloowww yes, whaddu uwan?

me: a foot long parmesan oregano subway club please!

subway aunty: okay. what breeead?

me: erm, parmesan oregano?

subway aunty: how looong?

me: (?!) foot long?

subway aunty: so what sub?

me: (....) subway club.

downdowndowndown for sure.

built to last

2010-01-30T14:26:00.000-08:00

timo's 21st and beyond:

twilight (:

gossip girl.

♥

2010-01-30T14:21:00.001-08:00

evidence

2010-01-25T09:27:00.001-08:00

that wan really hates me HAHAA.

look how they shine for you,

2010-01-24T00:08:00.000-08:00

was at teoheng with a couple of hall friends yesterday night (which was daylight robbery compared to the afternoon hours) when we sang yellow by coldplay. obviously we knew how lao kok the english music videos would be in a chinese dominated karaoke system, so we were already expecting the usual ang moh girl running down the beach, hiding behind a tree, smiling shyly up at the camera, etc etc nonsense (which was a major mood spoiler btw) but instead of even bothering to find a random ang moh doing some random thing, the music video was of a chinese temple with chinese/asians milling around.

whaaaaat?!

and as we were trying to figure out what relevance the video had to the song, (as if there would even be any remote link in the first place) the system starting singing:
"cos you were all yellow.."
and
"your skkkkkiiiinnnn, oh yeah your skin and bones"

..now we know.
i used to love the song so much ):

(okay im kidding, yellow's actually a reference to the yellow pages, which is actually much more of a spoiler than our interpretation. HAHAA.)

2010-01-22T10:55:00.000-08:00

uh huh, dont we all know this one..

one you're saving, for a rainy day.

2010-01-22T09:12:00.000-08:00

had a horrible start to the morning, was awoken by the most ~~effective~~ terrible alarm - cramps. i would much rather pick heli stepping all over my face and tugging at my hair any day, really. switched bags and left my wallet at home, ended up having to tell this person asking for donations that i didnt bring my wallet which pretty much sounded like a lame excuse even to me, shit.

ankle's getting pretty screwed up, worse than yesterday i think. just hope it doesnt get worse, arts has shitloads of stairs and there's no way im gonna be recovering with this =/ anyhow, this marks the end of tutorial-less days and the onset of tuts are really getting to me. soon im gonna have to be explaining for the seventh and eighth time in jap tutorials why in the world im in the same module as them and try to convince these people that im reaaaaallly not cheating, dying from the overload and no better/much worse off than they are. how ironic, sigh.

oh, and take care in NZ kk! bring back some fresh beef okay :D

2010-01-19T09:44:00.000-08:00

In my place, in my place
Were lines that I couldn't change
I was lost, oh yeah.

sometimes the future seems so bleak that it makes looking forward to life pretty darn hard to do.
why can we do what we really wish to do and break out from this stupid race?

2010-01-19T09:28:00.000-08:00

i miss boarding real bad ): (do you hear, shing!)
actually dreamt of longboards in someway or another almost every single night last week, including one where someone had this super and swirly board (?!) and was showing it off a chalet. ahh okay im not making sense.

i just want to board again, sigh.

first week of school was pretty bearable, with the usual i-hate-school-and-campuses-full-of-friends/acquaintances/strangers shit. much better than first one in the previous sem at the very least, which was spent mourning over not being able to return to hall after a long day at school ): plus, no one can deny/fight the joy of having only lectures and no tutorials (at least for now) which equals to HAVOC WEEK :D (and turning on of mugger mode for some, wth.)

board, board, dance, board, vj wushu farewell, timbre, wii.
if only life's always like this.

2010-01-14T10:30:00.000-08:00

woosh 06s39!

annnnnd..

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a board that says hello! hellooo how cute is that?!

..but it's all the way in the US. )))):

neh mind, i need to make sure that it isnt just another passing fad i'll get over soon first anyway.
but still.
):

having insane cravings nowadays especially during late nights thanks to all my eating bans. i reaaalllly want to get well soon, please? controlling coughing fits during lectures/bus rides by spasming in silence is seriously not fun and takes more effort than paying attention heh.

thaipan butter squid and fried rice, mac curly fries, meatlovers/pepperoni pizza, indian curry, spicy drumlets, nachos with cheese..
junk food at its moment of greatest allure.

also, say hi to my new dua lian gong phone:

thanks yuyu! ♥

2010-01-10T01:18:00.000-08:00

craving for bubble tea, ice cream, floats, (longboards)..........

being sick sucks.

enjoy the last 24hrs of freedom yall, soon we'll be plunged head first straight into muggerland again.
ZZZ.

the mrbrown show: army fighting language

2010-01-09T03:38:00.001-08:00

the mrbrown show: army fighting language

hoot ji liap hor le siiiiiiiiiiii!

2010-01-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

i miss.......big happy outings/meet ups without having to plan like crazy.
arrrrgh.
organizing's seriously like asking for shitloads of trouble. naahh______.

towned with linger and yu again today. (hall people, where the hell have you guys MIAed to?! okay stupid question, i actually know the answer to that one =/ )
orchard's damn borrrriinnnggg.
shopping centres in singapore are all the same and are all borrrriinnnggg.
shopping is daaaamn boring. (YES! I'VE SAID IT!)
anyone and everyone's wearing the same old shit from the same damn places. also, bangs are freaking EVERYWHERE and on EVERYONE in the streets.
ugh.
i got the biggest shock when i saw this past-middle-age woman sporting BANGS and chin length hair, a la cleopatra. it was mostly the bangs that got to me though. bloody bloody bangs.
i seriously need to grow out my bangs quick.

2010-01-04T09:09:00.000-08:00

mannn have i missed mass K. (:

and since mama(sorry i still like using this heh) says that i should just say it outright, here goes - kokkiat your voice is still damn awesome! (or rather imbal sial)

why havent i inherited any of those genes =/

ermerm. i cant think, terribly sleepy now and it's only 1am wth?!

oh, and someone's BFF(FFFFFFF) is baaaaack :D
welcome back!

2010-01-03T10:26:00.001-08:00

What happens when you ask a group of hall people out on Facebook..

(these are completely random people.
...erm okay, random people among my friends HAHAA)

when you post a discussion on facebook addressed to a group of girls staying in the same dorm, one girl will probably read it first and eventually make her way to one of the other girl's room..

"eh did you see what yumi posted?"

"huh what post? okay i go see now"

*moments later*

"oh. er so how uh, did you reply her"

"errrmm no leh HAHAHA shit! did you?"

"HI FIVE! are you gonna reply?"

"i dont know when im free leh... i've got to paint my nails tmr, nua in hall, kick/throw/whack some balls.. WAH LAU SIAN!"

"YEAAAH!!! i also need to go wash clothes and bedsheets.."

"OH YA OMG YOU KNOW THAT DAY GOT KAZHUA IN MY ROOM!!!!"

....................and the message is completely forgotten.

HAHAA.
siggggh =/

2010-01-03T07:46:00.000-08:00

girl lonely less one be gonna there's.

2010-01-03T06:54:00.000-08:00

the real test of independence has yet to begin..

brace yourself.

2010-01-01T12:57:00.000-08:00

(edit: oh i just realized this would be my first post of the year! how very...inappropriate. new year resolutions would make so much more sense eh?)

so.
new year resolutions for the year 2010!
(i hate how the year looks btw, it means songs from 2000 to 2009 will be put into the archives along with the 90s music, 80s music.. sheesh. years down the road kids will be calling us "damn lao tu" when we listen to stuff like lady gaga, katy perry.. i feel terribly old already =/)

- eat more. (not like i dont already try my best to)
- sleep earlier. (today just....doesnt really count.)
- do my readings beforehand. (and few days before midterms/finals DO NOT COUNT)
- erm, i want to add the usual try not to be late/so late here but i think it'll just lead to alot of people niaoing me about it.. so better not eh?
- im too tired and brain dead to think of more. maybe tmr?

***

argh.
i just really really reeeaaallly need to get these outta my head.

I guess i just got lost being someone else,
I tried to kill the pain
But nothing ever helped
I left myself behind
Somewhere along the way
Hoping to come back around
and find myself some day

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

Would you Let Me Be Myself
Coz I'll never find my heart
Behind someone else
I'll never see the light of day
Living in this cell
It's time to make my way
Into the world i knew
And take back all of these times
That I gave in to you

Lately I'm so tired of waiting for you
To say that it's OK, tell me please
Would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself,
For a while
If you don't mind,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

That's all i ever wanted from this world
Was to let me be me..

Please, would you one time,
Let Me Be Myself
So i can shine,
with my own light
Let Me Be Myself

and

Cigars in the summertime under the sky by the light,
I can feel her read my mind,
I can see it in her eyes,
Under the moon as it plays,
Like music every line,
There's a rug with bleeding dye under the fan in the room,
Where the passion's burning high,
By the chair with the leopard skin under the light,
It's always Penny and me tonight (Sayin' OhOh),

On the plane step up with both my feet,
Riding in seat number 3 on a flight to NYC,
Got my bean in a coffee cup next to my seat,
Catch the view and another good book to read,
Sitting at home on the friendly sky's,
Missin' her eyes,
It's always Penny and me tonight,

Cause Penny and me like to roll the windows down,
Turn the radio up, and push the pedal to the ground,
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry sky's,
Close our eyes, pretend to fly,
It's always Penny and me tonight, (Singing OhOh NoNoNo)

Staring at a million city lights,
But still Penny and I are all alone beneath the sky,
Feel the wind brushing slowly by,
If I could soar I would try, to take these wings and fly,
Away to where the leaves turn red,
But no matter where I am instead,
Singin' along to feelin' alright, (MmMm)
or makin' it by in the pink moonlight,
It's always Penny and me tonight,

Cause Penny and me like to roll the windows down,
Turn the radio up, push the pedal to the ground,
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies,
Close our eyes, pretend to fly, (Singing OhOh)
Close our eyes pretend to fly,
It's always Penny and me tonight,

Penny likes to get away,
And drown her pain, in lemonade,
And Penny Dreams Of Rainy Days,
And Nights Up Late By The Fireplace
And aimless conversations bout' the better days,

Singin' along to feeling alright, yeah,
makin' it by in the pink moonlight,
It's always Penny and me tonight,

Cause Penny and me like to roll the windows down,
Turn the radio up, push the pedal to the ground,
And Penny and me like to gaze at starry skies,
close our eyes pretend to fly,(Sing OhOh)
close our eyes pretend to fly,
It's always Penny and me tonight,(Sing OhOh)

Penny and me tonight,
Penny and me tonight,
Penny and me tonight.(yeah)

aye, much better (:
listening to a song on loop for more than ten times can drive you crazy, especially if the bass is on high and vocals are tuned down low..
i dont really feel sane anymore, all the booming is giving me a terrible headache. =/
well im done here for now.

(heh, thought this was gonna be an angry ranting post didnt ya?)

2009-12-29T11:22:00.001-08:00

i've been having very weird dreams lately.

having to move, changing schools, becoming a concubine, doing a bella, pursuing a treasure hunt of symbols across town, getting married to the weirdest people - where in the world does my mind get all these ideas from?

don't really think analyzing these dreams might be a good idea, the last time i googled my dreams i was told that it was foretelling my death. hmm riiigght.

2009-12-29T11:13:00.000-08:00

sometimes life makes you wonder if people feel the same way towards you as you do them; if the bond you feel is a sign of a connection or merely something you try to hold on to.

most of the time, it flickers too much for you to believe that it's real.

2009-12-18T07:06:00.000-08:00

i kinda, sorta, really want it to snow. sigh.. =/

am wondering if i should bother setting up the miniature fake xmas tree this year, since Heli has probably never seen one or actually experienced xmas before.. have a feeling he'll just end up fighting/humping/eating the xmas tree though. hmm..

having serious f21 and mng cravings now... argh.
finally went to 313 yesterday woohoo! thought it was pretty nice and was marveling at how sg was really transforming into a shopping paradise, creating new shopping experiences etc etc etc...until linger pronounced 313 a neighborhood shopping centre. whhhaaaat. the lightings and deco was actually quite nice and the floor was carpeted, how in the world does that translate to a neighborhood shopping centre?! atas med girl hahaa. anyway, shopping with lin and yu = no damage control. yu just goes "go and die lah." every time i try to get her to try something and linger almost always approves of everything i slightly favor. thank god for the insane crowd (and my empty wallet) for the shopping rampage that didnt happen.

thinking of m_pling again heh heh. any takers?

2009-12-18T01:57:00.000-08:00

How Twilight works..
(yes, the one with vampires and werewolves and a million squealing fans)

http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight

HAHAA.
how very very true. not insulting twilight though, im a huge (guilty) fan too but everyone does know deep down how stupid it is. whats even more amusing is how we still flock to the cinemas and find reasons to like a show everyone predicts to be (and know is) lame. the book is slightly better though, if you do that whole slipping-into-the-shoes-of-the-main-character thing. sure, i mean whats more normal than screaming in your dreams because a vampire left you and not because there is a vampire near you? im sure it happens every other day for me too.. someday in the distant future. heh heh.
it's all just guilty pleasure, like a dark, gothic chic flick novel. being blonde just got darker (and cooler)...muahahahaa.

2009-12-16T09:52:00.001-08:00

an apple a day, gives you insomnia everyday.
apple juice in the morning people!

that explains alot..
sorry for calling you a pig heli, i shouldnt have doubted that you were one at all.

that is actually quite hard to believe after "stargazing" in bintan..

i'm sleeping before 2am, time to set a new record!

2009-12-16T09:34:00.000-08:00

i just realized how bad i am with facebook chat - it always ends with me thinking "urggh i need to stop playing country story/happy farm/stalking people" and decisively closing the tab.
moments later, i vaguely remember talking to someone awhile before.

shit.

but of course, by the time my brilliant mind gets me out of la la mood the person will be long gone. sigh. i guess fb chats never really seem to end properly with me, eh?

anyhow, bottom line is that my short term memory needs serious help. it feels almost like split personality sometimes when i dont remember things happening only seconds ago, its damn shittily freaky.

oh and im back from bintan! :D
(with no tan whatsoever, just this sea sickness that wont go away)

2009-12-10T23:00:00.000-08:00

(from http://www.care2.com/greenliving/10-things-to-tell-my-younger-self.html)

to all my babes:

10 Things I’d Love to Tell My Younger Self

(and something we really should realize by now)

1. You are at least ten times prettier than you think you are. That holds true no matter how pretty you already think you are! Don’t believe me? Ask your mother/auntie/grannie if she thought she was pretty when she was twenty. She’ll say no. Then find a photo of her at that age. See what I mean?

2. The only thing you should be faking is confidence. If you don’t have it yet, pretend you do. In every new situation, pretend you’re not nervous, pretend you’re not afraid. After a few times doing this, the pretend part disappears.

4. No matter how old you get, remember what it was like to be a nine-year old girl. Remember the feeling of freedom. If you’ve already forgotten, do a cartwheel. You can so still do one. Savior that feeling. Wake up with it every day. You’ll stay young until the day you die.

2009-12-10T22:45:00.001-08:00

last night i did something terribly stupid.

finished watching GG for the night,
was about to turn in,
found brittany snow extremely familiar,
(mistake alert)
wikied brit snow,
and ended up watching john tucker must die at 6am.

..there goes another promise to myself to sleep early.
argh.

2009-12-10T08:02:00.000-08:00

K K K K K K K ~~tmr~~ later!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDD

k with wee tmr (and whoever else can make it heh. which is good you see, i don't really want to have to subject too many people to the torture of having to stay in a tiny room with me and a mic. it's horrid, i promise you.) yay! can't wait! the latest chinese song i know must be...er. okay never mind. wee can sing the chinese ones and i'll just watch the english mvs heh heh heh.

dance just now was hot........in a humid and stuffy, smelly room kind of way. eww. i feel really sad there every week, not because i pity myself immensely (that's only PART of the reason) but also because i feel like i'm wasting my money there - 100 plus bucks to act like zombies is no joke okay :(
i need to either:
1) give up hope of ever being able to dance (wake up wake up...)
2) continue being deluded with the idea that taking lessons might actually enlighten me someday.

number two is a terribly expensive option to pick.

oh and about prawning, geylang prawning was nothing like the old kampong styled fishing that i was hoping for or expecting but still it was fun, like getting to play the lottery over and over. need to stop lassoing my fishing rod around though, gj looked like he was about to kill me when i nearly lassoed a prawn into his warden's face. still i want to go again! i'll make sure i actually don't eat the prawns this time though the feeling's....bad.

i need to start working already, i'm spending waaaaay more than i should be/can. fliers seems like the best option i guess.....sigh time to embarrass myself all over again.

2009-12-09T09:38:00.000-08:00

NEW MOON DAY!!
*does a little happy dance*

okay but the movie was pretty crap as expected, how else can kristen try to bring out what bella was feeling other than by looking constipated or like she really needs to go pee really bad? rob pat (not edward, edward's the innocent and perfect fictional character) looked weird, like he was one of those girls who powdered their face too much and forgot to blend the makeup in with the rest of their body that wasnt pale white, but jacob was wooaaaaaah - no wonder wee's a werewolf convert now. i'm still on team edward for the books but maybe on jacob's for the movies heh heh.

the whole world's driving/learning how to drive now, even wee who's terrified of crossing the road and jess who drives like she's daytonaing HAHAA. sigh. i should get myself a lousy car and start going for lessons soon..