haha. like yw mentioned, it'd been a really long time since i updated this blog.
school started just barely 2 months back, inclusive of float and all.
i must say it was quite enlightening.
from how i kept thinking it was impossible to build a float or to learn a dance at all to utter disbelief when the float was completed.
at least this experience allowed me to get to know the other 47 people i'll be spending the next 4 years with, for good or for bad.
schools hasn't been really a bed of roses.
lectures at 8am in the morning is just really draining.
luckily NUS is high tech enough to have things called webcasts.
haha. =)
friends are flying off here and there.
alan, leslie, timothy and waiyip have either already flown off or are going to fly off soon.
it's quite hard to fathom that we started JC life 5 yrs ago.
totally old already.
this recess week reminds me too much of "holidays" in JC.
where tests and exams were put just after them.
but i guess its inevitable in uni.
i think i just need sleep.
or at least another recess week?
=(
haha.
if i was still a student, i'd be quite irritated by the fact that school's gonna start on schedule.
but since i am not a student (not yet at least), i don't really care. =P
being unemployed isn't as good as i thought it would be.
waking up late makes me damn happy though.
=)
tuitioning also seems so much nicer when i'm more alert.
haha.
that Chris Brown is finally pleading guilty to his assualt case.
haha. the article is as attached.
its mentioned that he's gonna clear graffiti or thrash.
i'd so love to see him clear trash with tonnes of reporters surrounding him.
haha.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090623/ten-us-people-chris-brown-5e343d7.html
a few months ago i was at the bus stop when i noticed this notice someone pasted on one of the pillars.
it says....
"anyone who found this dog, please return to us. the dog has got a tumour and is scheduled for a surgery next week and need special medications daily."
den i realised someone wrote some stuff in pen...
"never mind. i can take him to see my doctor. thanks."
haha. it kinda shows how singaporeans are so kind, doesn't it?
haha. i didnt realise i have not blogged in such a long time.
went to Bangkok with some of my friends in mid May and had tonnes of fun and great food.
not to mention the stuff to buy there. altho i didnt buy a lot.
i'm finishing up my working stint with NUS Business School this coming friday.
quite happy. but at the same time am thinking of what to do during the free time.
haha.
they held a special farewell lunch for all of the temps.
the people here are genuinely nice people to work with,
and i must say i had a really good time here.
thanks BIZ Career Services!
=)
MOM just announced the list of hols next year.
out of 10 scheduled holidays, 8 of them fall on a friday or a monday.
sounds totally perfect ah!
too bad i am not in the army already.
haha...
u can read the full story here! and be as excited as me. haha.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_387509.html?vgnmr=1
haha.
was following the AWARE incident via twitter.
i must say it was exciting...
its clearly a case of the big black witches against the defenceless white wingged angels.
from the live update i can only garner one conclusion.
The big black witches were bound to lose.
from the way Josie Lau screamed "Shut up and Sit down!" so many times...
that inspired people to design shirts with that slogan within 10 minutes. That clearly became the tagline of today's conference.
from Dr Thio screaming away for pple to respect her because of her age.
its like someone screaming away on a MRT to ask someone to give up their seat for her because she's old.
so yea i hope this concludes the AWARE incident.
which is so dotz.
and expensive at the same time.
spending almost 100k on that stupid event and debate?
that money could easily be spent elsewhere.
and only the person with the LOWEST possible EQ can possibly rebute that point by saying
"we made 120k with the new memberships! so what we spent is reasonable!"
pls. women pay 40 bucks a year to be ur member.
u spent whatever they paid u for a year in 1 or 2 months?
what a good (ex)leader!
ah ok. so end of story.
the white wingged angels won!
and just another joke of the day...
while walking around in The Cathay after a satisfying meal at Aston's...
aaron made a comment about Wolverine to jinyan.
aaron to jinyan: "i didn't know wolverine was born a mutant."
jinyan to aaron: "huh... what 没有灯?"
its like omg.
i was laughing hysterically.
reminded me of this.
haha...
enjoy the video!
=D
its quite disturbing when another possibly infectious disease starts its attempt to wipe out the human race.
ok that might have sounded a bit too scary.
haha.
but so far, so good.
at least Singapore's still have a squeaky clean record on confirmed swine flu patients.
recent days have been rather boring!
but hey! its MAY 2009.
its quite fast come to think about it.
a few more months, we'd probably be buried under books or notes.
which is seriously quite scary to think about.
just one thing to hope for!
NO SWINE FLU pls. i remembered how my dad nagged at me for coming home late during SARS. and i hope it doesn't happen again!
Stay healthy, pple! =D
this morning, the 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced.
the Pulitzer Prize has long been regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition.
looking through the list of winners, one caught my eye.
the winner of the feature writing category - Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times.
the story can be found here...
http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article750838.ece
what happened was a 7 yr old girl was found living in a home with faeces of cats, dogs and humans smeared all over the wall.
wrapped up in diapers which were past saturated in a room with a four foot high mountain of use diapers.
the floor, freezer and basically everywhere else was filled with roaches, it was impossible to walk a step without crushing a few.
the girl was saved and placed in a foster home.
some kind soul adopted her and since then, she improved a lot.
because 85% of the human brain develops in the first five years of a human,
she was considered to be severely mentally retarded.
though she wasn't autistic or psychotic, she can hardly make sounds, not to mention speaking.
its so tough to think about the possibility of such people living in third world countries, let alone in the country with the most spending power (aka the USA).
quite disturbed by it.
but nonetheless, i'm glad at least this one got saved.
some unknown 47 yr old woman became the hot search this week on youtube.
with over 12 million views on her videos.
she's Susan Boyle, one of the contestants on Britain's Got Talent this year.
i shall let the video do the talking (or singing).
=)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR_N9iljeMk
this video is definitely worthy of your 7 minutes.
so sit back and enjoy.
to all my juniors,
good job!
i really enjoyed the performance! =)
i remembered my SYF (or any other competitions) quite clearly.
which part of it you may ask.
i dont really rmb the exact day, but i remembered:
how we toiled and practiced everyday.
how we all became better musicians than before the SYF.
how we all got to become such great friends with each other.
how we all look back on this journey and not remember what we lost, but what we gained.
its the journey that matters more.
and its the memory of it that will seriously be with us for a very long time.
a very meaningful song I'd like to dedicate to everyone i know.
to my bestest friends and all the marist band family.
for all the memories you've given me.
be it good or bad, you guys definitely made a difference in my life.
and to all the juniors in MSSB, good job and you guys definitely made the big band family proud.
Carrie Underwood - Whenever You Remember
When you look back on times we had
I hope you smile
And know that through the good and through the bad
I was on your side when nobody could hold us down
We claimed the brightest star
And we, we came so far
And no they won’t forget
(Chorus)
Whenever you remember times gone by
Remember how we held our heads so high
When all this world was there for us
And we believe that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember
When you think back on all we’ve done
I hope you’re proud
When you look back and see how far we’ve come
It was our time to shine
And nobody could hold us down
They thought they’d see us fall
But we, we stood so tall
And no we won’t forget
Whenever you remember times gone by
Remember how we held our heads so high
When all this world was there for us
And we believe that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember
Yeahhh, Ooohh
We claimed the brightest star
And we, we came so far
And know that we showed them all
And no they won’t forget
Yeahhh
Whenever you remember times gone by
Remember how we held our heads so high
When all this world was there for us
And we believe that we could touch the sky
Whenever you remember, I’ll be there
Remember how we reached that dream together
Whenever you remember
Whenever you remember
Ooohh, whenever you remember
-------------------------------------------
For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.
- Laura Swenson
haha.
these two weeks have been quite tiring!
with tuition, work etc.
it seems like i should really take a break soon...
haha...
decided to stop work somewhere before the middle of june so I'd have at least 2 months to relax.
and congrats ah yongwen bitch.
for getting that ESPN job.
go ahead and slut around with all the pple.
haha...
speaking of which SYF started.
went for Day 1 and Day 2 PM session.
i must say this year the standard's really quite high.
i love the set piece.
prefer overture no. 2. guess prob because 99% of schools choose the other one.
haha.
quite a pity AMK got penalised for exceeding the time.
but honestly, i would have been so angry if it was me.
the conductor should have known of the penalty.
they were just lucky they still scraped a gold.
which dumb blonde will go play a few more seconds or even take a 1% chance that that will happen.
=S
but ACS(I) did well.
really quite impressed by their Symphonic Metamorphosis.
another thing I didnt get is why st nics got gwh.
their sound's definitely not gwh material.
lol.
maybe its because there were three judges from holland.
and they happened to play Jericho?
lol.
but well. they still got their gwh.
can't wait to see how SYF unfolds during the next few days.
and ultimately.
i cant wait to see how they perform.
good luck!
haha. learnt from the news that Whitney is totally producing a new album. haha. so excited.
check this out!
http://entertainment.sg.msn.com/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2758913
heh. looks like all the come back singers' names all end with "-ney'
for e.g. britNEY.
haha.
argh! i am just bored at work. =(
hello everyone!
yw's becoming an entrepreneur!
haha. by printing loads of flyers.
oh and he's probably gonna "ejaculate" them later.
=P
"-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
sending out flyers is juz like a freshly ejaculated sea of sperms
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
u have to send a lot in mass quantity
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
or else
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
they will nv reach the 'egg'"
wad a funny analogy, but it does sound sort of true! =S
haha.
just a very funny video. haha.
no. 1 One million stars season 4.
because tao zi went to give birth, huang jia qian took over.
and she's hilarious.
watch the following video at 4:20.
totally.
wad a way to jeopardize the university's credentials on the week of the release of the A level results.
that NTU student who stabbed his prof sure stirred up some fears everywhere.
this happening in Singapore is just as shocking as the massacre at Columbine High.
nothing big happened recently.
less the double birthday celebration we had @ No Signboard Seafood for wy and yw.
haha. even their initials are almost the same.
the food was good, it was also pricey. haha.
but nonetheless, it was a good reward for the completion of the second month of the year.
and that brings me to another topic.
one-sixth of this year is gone! LOL.
just like that.
time indeed does fly.
March is gonna be an incredibly dry month.
no birthdays, no public holidays.
but the most exciting of reality tv programmes should come in this month.
=D
but i am quite determined to work every single day this month.
=P
see if that happens! LOL. =P
just spent 7 days in haikou, china.
it was quite an AMAZING experience.
lol.
totally amazing race.
flew off early in the morning and landed in haikou after a 3 hour flight.
talking about the flight.
the landing was the most horrible landing that i've ever experienced.
i thought my brain was exploding. haha.
after the 2 hour drive and all to the village.
saw bulls, rice padi fields etc.
it was a bumpy ride, like those in india on TV. lol.
after a four day stay in the village,
filled with chickens, ducks, firecrackers, fireworks, children, mahjong.
lol.
the kids there all possess a PhD in Mahjong.
totally li hai.
haha. i lost about 7 yuan overall, which wasn't even 2 sing bucks.
so its not that bad.
haha...
fireworks were amazing.
on the 13th day of CNY, all the different houses start to shoot fireworks in the sky.
and omg it was quite amazing.
haha. with stuff exploding above my head.
took some videos and pictures (all should be at facebook soon).
thats why it wasn't all that bad.
haha. but china tv kinda rocks.
so many channels.
and they were still going on and on about their olympics triumph.
not that they have no reason to.
haha.
every night they will air some sports and interview people in that sport.
a sneak peek into their training and personal life.
until one day i saw a special about zhang yining and i saw the ZYN and Li Jiawei match.
totally.
haha...
the people in the village were really nice to us.
perhaps because we were visitors.
the weather was great.
no mozzies and all.
nothing much to complain about.
the food was great too.
though it was almost the same everyday.
after day 4, we left the village for haikou city.
haha...
stayed at the hotel and all.
haha.
shopped around for 2 days. and bought nothing.
lol.
except dvds.
oooh perfect. LOL.
cheap dvds =)
the food was unbelievably cheap though.
in the village, we drive out for breakfast.
6 people eats, one bowl of unbelievably nice porridge, some you tiao.
it cost us 24 bucks.
CNY.
which means. omg less den 6 bucks.
totally cheap.
when we went out to the city, the food was damn cheap too.
one meal typically cost us 200 yuan, which was abt 40 bucks.
for 6 people. thats cheap.
haha.
had a dinner with 11 dishes?
lol. great great food. =)
shopping is totally dotz.
nothing to buy. but plenty of good street food.
we had oysters! bbq-ed with garlic on top and all.
18 for 2 sing bucks.
its totally-dotz-mamaneem-dunno-how-they-make-a-living CHEAP.
haha.
slept a good 13 hours last night. holy shit. didn't even eat dinner.
haha.
i want more family trips.
because i don't need to keep tabs about how much money to spend etc. =D
haha...
work starts again next monday.
totally dotz.
i love to slack. =(
haha...
its survivor premiere day.
i can't wait!
and american idol this season is damn funny because of this girl.
Tatiana Nicole Del Toro
totally dotz bitch.
haha.
watch this video and see how dotz she is.
haha.
a blink of the eyes and almost one month is gone from the new year
time does fly! soon we'll be ushering into another year.
=S
in about 30 mins time, my most hated festival of the year is goona arrive.
i hate chinese new year.
i really do.
LOL.
it's just like forced networking.
haha.
because of chinese new year. i just spent three hours botox-ing my room.
its wrinkle-free now. without all the stuff that were seen in the pic from a previous post.
ha.
my room is so clean now. but i bet it wont be abt 2 weeks later.
=P
alright. hopefully i get more ang baos this year.
=)
just came back from lunch hour.
and was talking to yong wen, who's just about the blondest of all guys i know.
well basically, he's looking for a job on jobscentral and all.
and came across this.
"Salary: Neg"
so the convy went like this.
"-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
wad does neg stand for
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
omg? negligible?
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
omg omg eeee they vvv jian
-[ yoNg weN ]- ™ says:
think we cheap labour sia
I say:
negotiable la dumb blonde"
hopefully this brightened up your afternoon too! =)
alright.
2009 came and for one lucky bastard, he got a new handphone.
he either sold it for cash or he is using it himself.
if he sold it for cash,
i hope he gets appendicitis when he buys food to eat with that money.
go to the hospital, enter surgery and ends up having a complication.
spending 10k in the hospital.
if he is using it himself,
i hope the phone gets overheated and explodes in his ear when he's talking on the phone.
and make him permanently deaf.
if he becomes blind, even better.
so he can no longer prey on people's property.
ok after cursing that guy,
i must say its my mistake i allowed him to get tempted to steal my phone.
my 4 month old E71 got stolen when I was playing badminton.
my unattentiveness and assumption that all singaporeans are kind creatures made it a wonderful place for theives to flourish.
and so i'm stuck with my brother's old phone.
yucks.
but not for long. i hope.
that happened on the 3rd day of the new year.
wad a great start.
nothing much else to update except haosiang's birthday!
happy 21st!
really good to meet up with pple whom are more busy at the moment.
like maurice and andrew chua.
i've started packing my room for CNY.
2 hours in and i realise i have tonnes of O and A level notes.
i just can't bear to throw them away.
i just hope they mysteriously disappear.
my mum's gonna scream tmr when she enters my room and sees this.
i probably need about 1 more week b4 my room is nice and clean.
argh.
packing up is a mega bitch.