From left: HuangQiTongXue, LingLaoShi, treasury-LingTongZi, bespectabled-LingTongZi, BaiFuRen & LingTongZi again muahaha...

Had to pass up on the PRU bash & rush down to sch @ 2230, 20th Jan for our maincomm's Ten Word Road Mouth. AHA & I've dyed my hair that glorious brown-red colour heh heh =)
Yesh, we're doing the retarded pre-dash pose.... BON APPETIT!!!

Our very first dish... ROTI PRATA!!! Muahaha... Skipped Fong Seng for this little shop by the road with bigger protions & nicer food heh heh heh... Jiahui aka Ling2 Lao3 Shi1 have to contend w the vege stuff since she can't take meat.
Pardon the horrendous chinese words... Aint easy writing w the darn mouse...

Right. On with the next dish which is...

After we happy happy finish makaning the roti prata, we sang our way to ... no no not Haagen Daaz... nono not Swenson's but BehDoNald's... and no, we didnt eat in but take away under the lomanticly dim lighting of a lonely lamppost hahaha... Yay! DING DONG DING DONG!!!

NEXT DISH NEXT DISH!!!

Ok... 3rd dish in Holland V... Ning2 Meng2 Cha2...
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*cough cough*
RIGHTO!!!! On to the next dish... *scurries away*

Yesh, we ordered paper-wrapped-chicken, har kow, siew mai, cheng chow, & CHAR SHAO BAO!!!

*yawn* On to the next dish...

Ok divert divert... we were supposed to be looking for PoPiah but had some orh-lua...
Tastes good... until Weisoon kindly enlightened me that the goo I've been feasting on was starch, starch & MORE starch... yuck... *flashback on paper mache mask we made with newspaper & starch in secondary sch...*

Right... On to the next stop... LAU PA SAT!!!

& here, we have 2 mei-nuz posing w the POPIAH!!! woohoo... * at this time we're all dead beat... BUT STILL HAVE TO MOVE ON!...

*rushes back to Mel's car*

... 2nd last dish! 2nd last dish!!! Here is LingLaoShi w our Bai2Fu1Ren2 attacking our icy dessert whose name I've forgotten thou I always eat it @ kopitiams sheesh (recall: Er Auntie, ke yi gei wo ji ge mah *points @ picture*)...

Soursop something something... er er... *whistles like JaNehNeh when he wanna change topic*

TADAH!!! Here're the nicely-drawn er.. stick figures JieMei drew... Shant spoil it w my horrid graffiti haha...

*oh in case u're wondering why everything's in Chinese, that's cos we HAVE to JIANG HUA YU throughout the entire game!!! & looking @ my tagboard, Mr Alamak nicely pointed out that my cheena ultra cmi... Picture 6 hours of literally-translated-Mandarin from English... sheesh...

Actually the last pic is supposed to be that of the last dish SATAY aka Sa1 Die1 but *gasp* NO PHOTO!!! Only a clip of us "ding dong ding dong"-ing away hahaha... & noone noticed that it's supposed to be Ning Meng Cha, not Ling Meng Cha... If I hadn't wanna edit the photos I wont have known.... sheesh WE LOST!!! BUT WHO CARES!!! muahahaha... =) Too bad I cant upload the clips here... BLEH!

Can't wait for the campus wide ShiZhiLuKou!!! WOOHOO!!! Let's share the calories, baby!!!!

*evil laughter* =P

Aren't they BEEEAAAUUUUTIIIIFUUUL?!?!?!?!

Too bad they cost too much, dun last as long as roses, convey "frenship" instead of "love", are waaay too fragile & are exceptionally rare ard here... The nice looking ones like these, that is......

WILL U JUST LOOK AT THOSE VELVETY SOFT PETALS!!!

Man... they're the loveliest things I've ever seen... *rite, save for my FujiFinePix, brand-new stiletto-suede-boots, grey contacts yada yada yada*

Oh yah... Something I conveniently missed out bloggin' on (simply cos there aint nothin' happenin' then) in the hols...

But AHA! NOW things have taken a different turn... heehee...

Anyway, really think this final sem's gonna b memorable =) I noe I said I'm enjoying this sem already but there's gonna b more OOOMPH *does the "ooomph" action muahahah* from now on heehee... Lalala... More reason for lookin' forward to sch every Mon, Tues, Wed & esp Fri *thou there's gonna b a #$!%&$ Solid State test on my bdae PUI* =)

Man, I cant wait for my bdae =) *grins like a love-struck fool*


Later. I shall go dance around my room somemore hahaha =D

WOOHOO!!! Finally got my bright yellow Lance Armstrong Foundation LIVESTRONG armband!!!

Initially thot I'll need to order online but heard from JaNehNeh tt Haze's selling ard sch. Dumbshit bluff me & said it'll cost $1 but it's like $8 lor!!! #^%$&&&#... But it's worth it... =)

Hmmm... wonder if there'll be one to support Tsunamis Victims...

*Suggestion to any budding designer in S.E.A. : ORANGE looks good heehee.


Later.

Came across this on Before Sunset today on the CL comp...


AmericanDude: How're u doing?

AmericanDudette: GREAT!!! How're u doing?

AmericanDude: GREAT!!!


("'-_-)


Totally diao moment... But U sure won't find this in Singapore, that's for sure.

Wassup with all that "Awww, life sucks. Still the same old boring shit around" anyway


WAKE UP & SMELL THE ROSES, PEOPLE!!! LIFE'S BEAUTIFUL!!! REALLY!!!

One of the things I uncovered while spring-cleaning my drawers *I dun even noe WHY was it still lying in the drawers aft so long, so dun start on me* was the lil'ole secondary school autograph book. Come year end, almost all Sec 4 grls will go into a frenzy exchanging of beautifully bounded/ agonisingly cute-sy scrapbooks-cum-diaries with their frens while the rest of the world will be "mai2 tou2 ku3 du2"-ing for the coming O's @ AMKSS, 1999.

Yes, those were the days when pagers were in fashion & so were elephant-socks *My 2 pairs are still ard for costume-party purposes* & thigh-high skirts *waaait... they're makin' waves now aren't they?... okok ripples. Duh.* And gosh, did someone just say *gasp* MOBILE PHONE?!?! *frowns @ memory of annoying PRIMARY sch kid "diu-diu"ing monsters on HIS mobile an hour ago* And how can ANYONE forget abt those neoprints we took a dime a dozen *okok $4 for 16 sheesh* every other afternoon after sch @ AMK Central... & lunchin' @ LJS, A&W, S11, KFC etc. aft netball practice *waves widely @ Filee, da netball captain* (hey babe, ever figured y we dun talk in sch last time? Hmmm... Anyway, I'm real glad we're talkin' now =) Blog on! See ya ard Yishun hahaha! =D

Of course, most of the information inside is now defunct, ppl aint livin' where they claimed 5 years ago, bitches & bastards might have turned over new leaves & who knows, frenships might have been lost, horror horror.

*Speaking of frenships, Mei, do u noe it's coming 9 years since we've been best frens??? ALMOST a decade man... we shd celebrate on our 1 decade anniversary muahaha!!! Thanks for being there, grl =) U're a God-sent =) Let us grow stronger in the Lord & be powerful women of God filled with fire & the Holy Spirit *big big hug* Haha... just check out the number of neoprints we took... & there're abt 20-30 more in my collection... photocards EXCLUDED



Heart-warming eh? That's the centre-fold of my book.
Loads more childhood photos of frens between the pages.
Loads more stories.
Loads more memories.



*whinces involuntarily @ neoprints*

Thou shalt not whine again but I'd like to repeat.









THANK GOD FOR CONTACT LENSES.

Later.

Dead beat. Yesh it's 3.00 when we finally reached YIH after our Zhi Zi Lu Kou ard Singapore.

Started off @ 10pm where the 18 of us were split up into 3 groups. First thing on the menu: Yin4 Du4 Jian1 Bing3 @ Pasir Panjang... then rushed over to Beh-Do-Nald for Bing1 Qi2 Ling2... then Ling2 Mong2 Cha2 @ Holland V, Char1 Shao1 Bao1 @ Geylang, Bao2 Bing3 @ Lao Pa Sat, Bing1 Sha1 @ Lao Pa Sat & Sha1 Die1 @ Newton... Courtesy of Mel's car =)

Ok... TOO damn tired to talk more. I'm so going to Zzz on the comp.

Later... no, make that MUUUCH later.

Revamped Ah-Lian Entry

That's right. I FINALLY went to have my hair cut & redyed @ the nearby salon aft weeks of agonized thinking if I shd get the dye from a box (Price: S$18.50) or go to the salon (Price: >>> S$18.50) But I STILL have to get my hair trimmed anyway...

Me (enters Golden Apple salon): "Auntie, ke yi bang wo xiu bao ma? Then bang wo layer yi xia..."
Auntie (darts a quick *not quick enough* glance @ my hair): "Xiao mei, ni yao ran tou fa ma?"
Me: "Er... wo kao lu kao lu..."
Auntie: swept a flowing cape over me & began snippin' away...

1 min later
Me (thinking): OMG!!! My last dye job looks HORRIBLE!!! U mean I have been walking around in THIS?!?!
4mins later
Me (still thinking): Shd I get my hair dyed here?... $80 leh!!! *xim tia cannot buy guitar*
15mins later
Me: "Auntie, wo yao ran tou fa."

Suddenly, the dam broke & the auntie chided me for having sucha bad dye job done b4 lah, why I go & dye myself lah, why don't get professional help when I noe I have such thick hair lah yadah yadah yadah... In fact, she's sooo good @ it that I was reduced to perching meekly on my seat throughout the entire process, feet dangling off the seat like some little grl, while she violated my hair roots, fried my head under the steamer, infused my scalp with O3 treatment.........

1 hour later
TADAH!!! Same old brand new ME =) My hair has been slashed *the amt she snipped off can clog the longkang downstairs* until my hair feels weightless & my hair is now ready for CNY *hmmm... mayb I can tie Mandarin oranges in my hair to complement, u think? heh heh heh*

BUT I still feel like an Ah Lian... Mayb I shd have gone for a darker colour like this Iced Mocha... Oh well... It's worth the $97 =)

Today's a GREAT day filled with blessings!!! Rushed down to church after tuition & boy, was the service today powerful... Never have I felt this way when speaking in tongues... Talk about taking a step of faith =) If u must feel it to believe it, then surely this takes the cake =) Can't wait to go to church again next week... =p

Oh I was talking about blessings, wasn't I? Well check THIS OUT... A GIFT FROM WEEFU, one of my brothers in church!!! WEEeee!!!! *pun not intended haha* THANKS BRO!!!





Introducing the cast of NARUTO (from left): Hyuuga Neji, Akimichi Chouji, Nara Shikamaru, Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto =) There're other characters in the anime, of course.

Been following the series on CBLC comps eversince I was hooked on the very 1st episode last sem =) So much for a Ninja named after "Japanese fishcake" =p I'm not boh-liao enough to elaborate abt the story here so do try downloading the anime from here & ENJOY!!! It's a free-download website btw =) *Many thanks to Felix for lending me the VCDs he burnt =) Arigato!!!*

Later =)

Groan.... Rushed down to AMK aft the 1800-2000 lecture about *loud gasp* X-Ray Diffraction *lightning bolts streaked across the sky + thunder storm crackling the air* Grasped Ju's & Jade's arms aft browsing thru the page, only to have this...
Ju: (grins widely): Eh, Jean, do u remember what's this? *points*
Me: (shoots her an ultra-bored look): short-wavelength limit lah.
Ju: (excitedly): SO CLEVER!!!
Pure horror rushed thru my body as I considered how much I'm gonna have to relive the nightmare of IA 1 (Instrumental Analysis)... Thank God it was brief. Phew.
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Dinner was great. There's a major gathering @ my aunt's as our Thai relatives popped by for dinner. Most of the crowd there (all from my grandma's side) went to the wedding dinner of Adrian & Avyne the nite b4 so we were aquainted. *Flashback: lao-aunties & lao-ah-peks saying in wonder if "Ji gai si Ah Qi ah?!!?!! WAAA... Ah neh nia/sam ah???... Gui huey liao? Zu lai zu nia hor... " & the awkward "kam-sia"s goes on... for a brief moment, I was transported back in time to my pudgy days...*

Had tons of fun brushing up on my Teochew vocabulary... & I FINALLY got to distinguish who's who in the entire family tree & address them in Teochew... wah piang... no joke man... over 40...

REVISION
Grandma's:

• sister = lao yee
• brother = lao gu
• sis-in-law = lao ghim
• bro-in-law= lao dio

*The above will come in handy during CNY muahahaha!!! Heehee...

Oh yah... heard some unexpected news today from a certain someone heehee... Today's a happy day =)

Later.

Wednesday @ Heeren's Sakae: Martin clutching his new, reversible ZINC bag (thanks to guowei for accompanying me & helping w the choosing) surrounded w our fave dishes... I call this pic "The Last Meal" hahaha...

Rushed a mini-project I had been planning on since last November but which I, The Procrastinator, only started last Friday:

1. Produce a mini-comic script depicting our frenship from beginning til now.
2. Choose & develop the 12 photos to be displayed in the IKEA calendar-like photoframes.
3. Buy him a new manlier-looking hp pouch *thou Tiko claimed no real man will use hp pouches... bleh*.
4. Get him something he can use in San Frans.

Presented Martin w the lot on Wednesday... Can't really read his expression that well *blame his small eyes ahaha... I'm kidding, dude =p* but can decipher well enough to tell that he's touched... Esp when he's reading the comic script hahaha!!! All that slogging over the stick-figures' expressions til 0300 every nite has paid off!!! YAY!!! =) Glad u like it, dude. Just wanna capture the moments off camera =)

TODAY: Rushed out of the house @ 1350, forgot ezlinkcard, rushed back, waited anxiously for 858 for 14mins 26 seconds... only to reach Terminal 1 @ precisely 1440... which means the entire journey took 20mins... 20mins on MRT will only leave me dangling between Novena & Newton... Thank God for expressways, express buses and fast drivers HAHAHA =P But, the departer has yet to arrive *groanz* Again, thank God for Angels & Demons =p. Chatted w him & his family til 1600++ when he has to board the plane w his mum.

A few pics taken, a few hugs, a word of advice "Don't let any guy get you down", a few lingering grins & waves & he's gone... *sniff sniff* (I noe I'm being ridiculous cos I can always call him on my Starhub line, msn & exchange photos, blog to keep each other updated but still... like what they always say, it aint gonna be the same...) Life is starting to feel different without u ard here...

Promise me u'll take good care of yourself & come online occassionally to let me noe u're still alive okie dude? Eat balanced meals, stay healthy, study real hard & be careful of gays hitting on u yah?

Missing u already... =(

Pui Ter Junior The Second aka P.T.J... Those of u who noe the size of my hand will know how ENORMOUS this fat-ass of a rodent I got here is... He (I have yet to know how to sex my pets unless they start breastfeeding their lil ones, so PTJ is, of now, male) can't even turn ard when I lie him on his back *chuckling @ image of PTJ's paws waving frantically ard in a flurry*... The resident heavyweight champion of Blk 824, unit 08-606... & 1 of my cutest babies =)

Wonder y the entry on hamsters now? Well, I just read abt the death of Filee's hamsters... Recalled how I cried my eyes out when I realized the cutest one of my 1st batch was blerdy murdered by its cold-blooded mother & sibling one morning... I dun even dare to touch its bloody lifeless lumpy body of matted fur... *sad sigh*

Let's observe a moment of silence for all hamsters who passed away b4 their prime
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Ok... now for some quality time w my 5 hamsters.

Later.

Eliora, YingYing & me @ Paradiz Centre... We had gotten her a small piece of cheese cake with a candle stuck in it & presented it to her @ Paradiz Centre haha... A little "off" but oh well... Hope she enjoyed our company as much as she enjoyed the cake haha.

Later.

The Great Tiramisu Experience

As Martin's date of departure approaches, I'm starting to wonder if there's something nice to do for him... Hmmm... So instead of buying him something, decided to make him something. After discussion w Kelly & Tiko on Monday nite, suddenly DING *lightbulb flashes* I decided on tiramisu, remembering the Bailey's Mum bought from DFS days ago.

Chanced upon this raspberry tiramisu recipe online amidst dozens of tiramisu recipes w funny variations. What struck me was not the simplicity of it... it's how less unhealthy it is compared to the one with *gasp* 6 egg-yolk or worse *major loud gasp* 9 egg-yolks!!! (Thought flashing by: SIAO AH!!! Wan us ALL to die from high cholesterol issit!?!?!) Madness...

Lugged my fat ass out of bed to Cold Storage on Tuesday morning... only to find out that mascorpone cheese is out of stock... The 3 most feared words of last-min-chefs... *groan* Had to make do w the ONLY cream cheese ard there... & Sara Lee pound cake... & strawberries & blueberries cos "boh lasp-lelly liao, Ah Mweh"... ='(

Wednesday morning Thank God my mum keeps her baking stuff together. Out came all the measuring spoons, cup, mixing bowls, whisks blah blah blah... Half an hour later, I was convinced whoever said tiramisu is easy to make has NEVER made it before. KNS... try creaming the damn cream cheese w sugar lah!!! And the yolks have to beat like siao... They conveniently left out ARM POWER in the recipe man.... *groanz*

4 hours later, Josh tried... *wait for his reaction w bated breath* ... & he took seconds! YAY!!!Mum kept listening to me talking & talking while she kept on eating & eating... DOUBLE YAY!!! Hahaha.... Now... Martin's turn...

Verdict: YESH it's a raised thumb heehee... There's something about seeing someone appreciating the food that one cooked (or in this case, froze) that I cant exactly pinpoint... Sheesh... I sound maternal all of a sudden hahaha... MUST be the Bailey's running ard my system =P
BUT... The real verdict lies in whether it's good to the last...er... scoop...

AHA!!! FINISHED!!! heehee... It HAD TO BE GOOD!!! Muahahah!!!

*Note: the eater was not compelled, under any circumstances, to finish up the entire dish by himself. He did it out of his own free will*

It's all worth it =) *grinz*

PS: See Martin, I didnt put up that retarded photo like I promised hahahaha...

OH YAH!!! Today marks the first long-distance-drive Martin ever made w a fren in tow hahaha!!! Relatively safe lah, I shd say... =P

Among the things I've thrown out is the superdried, superbrown, superdeteriorating, almost 2-yr-old bouquet of ex-blue roses my ex-bf bought me last last V-dae... Could u believe it, it was the very first time I celebrated Vdae w a bf *the others didnt last til 14th Feb... Which means, come to think of it, they didnt last til my bdae on the 18th too! sheesh... * & which means, TS was the one & only bf so far in history to celebrate my bdae for me haha... still remembered him waiting to meet me w the bouquet hiding behind his back... but I HAD to exit the store w his back AND the bouquet facing me HAHAHA... Thanks for the memories & TLC, dude =)

Right. Back to cleaning up my room... bleh...

List of things to buy:

• Storage boxes from IKEA
• Hooks for new dangly door-curtain
• CD shelf
• Labels *short-term memory sucks*
• Guitar string 6E + strumming guitar pick
• Dress for CNY

List of things to donate/throw/give away *shd I try online-auctions?*:

• Clothes
• Books I find boring
• CDs
• More clothes
• Knicks & knacks my little girly cousins will appreciate more than me
• PAPER
• Expired vouchers, unused stationery
• Have I mentioned clothes? *groanz*

& NO, I'm NOT parting with any one of my soft toys... Not when I still remember who bought the toy, when was the toy given to me, why was the toy given to me... Super need storage space man... which reminds me:

Areas yet to tackle:

• drawers + cabinets
• wardrobe *enough said*

Each semester's material is lying comfortably growing yellow over the years in their respective boxes... which means I've accumulated about 5 boxes of junk... And this excludes the textbooks I've bought. Me thinks the garang-guni man will fall in love with me... no, wait... It's supposed to be the other way round... sheesh...

*surveying the ruined landscape of my bed being occupied by the former occupants of my desk, wondering how the hell I let so much junk dui1 ji2 ru2 san1...*

Packing sucks... That "C" in me is sooo unsanctified hahaha.

Later =P

HAPPY NEW YEAR from XiaoHui & me!!!
Went to CBLC YIH early in the darn morning for duty & Naruto (oh according to Nooch, it means Japanese fish cake *diaoz*) b4 heading down to meet XiaoHui for dinner & coffee... Man... It's sucha looong time since I met her & apparently loads happened... Hers more drama than mine man... But I'm glad to see that she has the strength to go through with life's setbacks & live with no regrets... After all, a successful person is not one who has nvr failed but one who nvr fails to stand up after he has fallen... See that smile? That's a genuine Hikaru smile hahaha... Miss ya grl... I'm real glad we finally met up after so long heehee =D

Bumped into Dexter, Kakak & their frens while we're on our way down to Orchard. Chatted for a while abt modules & bidding bleah... final sem liao... Haiz...

BIG MISTAKE to go down to Orchard man... Xiamed the sprayers like MAD... anytime we heard the metal shaking of the spray cans, both of us ducked & quickened our pace to escape the fast & furious flurry of flying foam & any possible pickpockets lurking ard. I was telling XiaoHui that we shd have a PS game that puts us as the characters, then everytime the character kana sprayed by the foam, he/she'll cough like mad, choke & then die... yesh, grl, FYI, I'm STILL coughing... bleah...

New Year Eve always reminds me of New Year Resolutions. Think I'll lor soh later in the morning... Yawn...

Later.

& HAPPY NEW YEAR again to all =) May all of u have a wonderfully blessed 2005 ahead with fulfilled dreams & desires =)