there's a fine line between what u believe and what happens.
life's like a movie that never ends.. u're either the production crew, the actor, or the audience.

im finally back from my 3day escapade to malaysia/pahang/lanjut beach resort.

the leadership lessons were really sleep inducing (esp when u barely get 5hrs of slp per night) but i kinda liked the video clips and activities. good for team building :)

hm okay the best things abt council retreat was:
1. the beautiful, peopleless, huge, beach where there is not end to the sea
2. seeing LOADS of stars at night
3. singing to the tune of guitars!
4. really gettin to noe my council mates better
5. beach soccer with 12 topless guys and another girl (sharm) -__-"
6. camwhoring!!!!
7. JB's SECRET RECEIPE (half price of sg!) and dunkin donuts!

haha.

but yea, back to singapore alr. there are 2 formals tmr (snr and o1) ji sian la. here i am crashing anytime soon and yet i have to prepare for 2 stupid meetings.

bleh. byee.. gna chop chop finish and crash out.

ps: i seriously need a tan/i seriously think my melanin producing system is malfunctioning cos 9days in thailand + 2days on a malaysian beach = never get tanned at all ughhh. (but the beach wasnt sunny though)

bleh was looking at pictures again :) i think the pictures i took in thailand were the most beautiful i've taken in my life. ahh. as in not literally :)

hm since im leaving singapore (again) for malaysia tmr, and since i've just completed the campfire thing for pj camp.. decided to upload some pics on my blog! :) enjoy!

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the 21 brave hc students (and 3 teachers) took a laopok and squeezy bus on 24th nov to anuban nongkhai school, where we were going to spend 5 days teaching :)


3 happy girls! :)

i had a favourite seat on the bus, which was at the back and required me to extend my legs over the railings for more leg space. the door wasnt closed! :D


upon arrival, we were definitely overwhelmed by the massive number of students in the school, ranging from preschool to grade 6.


(this is like 1/4 the school)

we then proceeded to teach our classes. for the first week (i.e. 24th/25th nov, 2nd wk i taught grade1s, who are a bumch of monsters) i taught the grade2 kids with rice and jia an. david and jeana were in a another class. we taught them animals with the cute pictures we had prepared.


this smart kid kept raising his hand in class and managed to spell 'hippopotamus'! :D so i conferred him the title of MY CUTE KID and proceeded to take a pic with him (and many more on the days following tt)



i think we look alike.

we then proceeded to class 2/2. where i met an ang tse siong lookalike:

and took a pic with him.. when he smiles he's very cute! looks like a monkey too


lunchtime was camwhoring time.. here are some candid shots i took:

class2/7 aka my favourite class! notice what my cute kid is doing. how cute weird.


more weird> retarded stuff.


more...


and more. he's so weirdly cute.


they're happy!

introducing.... EYECANDY :D

his name sounds like 'pieceofbone' and he has beautiful eyes that can set ur heart ablaze and electrify you. anw, he's holding a broom cos i think they have a duty roster and take turns to clean their classroom and area ard it.


THIS IS TOTALLY CUTE LA. singaporean guys, feel zibei!!! :P

finally managed to get a pic with him


somehow, i managed to get a pic with both my cuteboy and my shuaige innit:

classic man.

this is a cute pic.. something that is so childhoodish (??)

(OHMYSHUAIGE!!)

we played games with them too! like poison ball.. (this pic was taken duringthe game)


carrying them..

they have such happy and beautiful smiles :)

this girl v cute!


ocip trip was chao relaxin and sinful, as can be seen from what we ate:

welcome dinner :D


some snack called 'roti', which is basicall roti prata + condensed milk + sugar all rolled up into one. and it's really, really yummy and can only be found in nongkhai! :)


we had swensen's at lotus (a shopping centre) in nongkhai. cheap eh. 59 baht (~SGD$2+) for the sundae.. though there was just alot of whipped cream (eew) and v little ice cream.

had a fun time with ocip people too:


wendy the happy hippo. we love her and we alws niao her! :D


peter the resident gay.

and his hairy leg.


i love the sun!!


now you see it,


now you dont.


the sun shining behind is qt nice.

we had a 'farewell party' in the hall.. (which was qt lame i wld rather have spent more time with the kids cos the party was only us?!) but anw, we danced for them and the kids were allowed to come in. was sian when i was dancing until i saw.. SHUAIGE!! (and class 2/7) then i danced more happily :D

some parting shots :'(



when our bus left the kids all crowded ard our bus and said bye! :( and some kids actually ran after the bus.. incl my cute/weird boy who chased the furthest. ahhh. said our last goodbyes and i actually cried. :(

what a good experience it was! :D

shopping in bangkok.. nth worth of pictures. except this cutie:

the adidas kaka big poster in mbk! (actually beckham's was bigger, but heck)

and as i said, the pictures i took were beautiful.. some of the artistic ones:

my feet sticking out on the bus


peter looking at the scenery


bridge! i think we're near laos here


sunglight makes nice pictures


watched a sunset for the first time in my life on mekong river


i like the sampan there. gives a feelin of going home with a good catch after a hard day catching fish.


colour v nice!


this was taken in the sculpture park.. (sculptures of buddhas)


i think this pic is damn nice. the girl is chao cute! she's prob jap cos she's called sakura.

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yayy im done! this has to be my favourite blog entry man!

ps: this is totally random i showed hongyi pictures of me with my boyfriends (i.e. shuaige and eccentric boy) and heres what he did:

and he said "this one better la"

omg.

ahhh i so need a new phone.

during the very fun dance session today my phone suddenly went mad like it did a few months ago and started scrolling back and forth uncontrollably. i was so annoyed i totally daoed my phone. its still mad.

and i dont dare to off it cos im afraid it wont on again. at least now i can still connect it to my comp and get whatever i want from the phone.

maybe tmr i'll go and fix it. shun bian go food shopping at ntuc for monday's retreat! :D

anw, i still nid a new phone. ugh.

i'm back! (: after a good 9 days spent in thailand, 8 7 of which in nongkhai.

really had a very good time teaching the kids english and playing with them. thai kids are really different from singaporean kids. they have a much happier childhood. while kiasu parents are giving their p1 kids assessment books to do, thai p1 kids have so much fun playin with simple things like balloons.

anw, taught p1 and p2 kids. i love the p2 kids so much (p1 kids are too rowdy). got emotional attachment for them alr! :D esp like class 2/7 cos got my 2 fav boys in there: shuai ge "pieceofbone" (his name sounds like that) and eccentric cute boy. but i like the p2s on the whole.

i actually cried when we left the school the last time (i was like one of the two ppl who did this ard). had so much fun. one of the boys in 2/7 said "see you again tmr". i guess he didnt know we were leavin for good alr. we may never ever get to see them again :( and god knows what will happen to them 10 years on cos i think they wld never get far stayin in nongkhai. ahh. i just wish the best for them. study hard and make their life good! (:

anw, this trip has opened my eyes to a different world.. and has reaffirmed my belief in living for a cause. i'm more certain that i want to travel to africa/other third world countries one day to contribute in any way that i can :)

random: http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/foreign-signs.html

wahhh im gna be at changi airport in 7.5hrs' time ):

im gna miss singapore loads!!
family, frens, using hp freely, laptop, internet, hkdramas, bed.....

bleh. but at the same time i hope the trip would be good. and as i mentioned a few months back, it can bring in sth new in my life! sheesh abit scared cos i really dno what to expect.

nevertheless, im glad my group is fun! we've been doing our work tgt and the ppl had a shopping trip today (during which they bought $70 of food omg) so hope we spend good time together!

meanwhile im gna help my bag jianfei now cos i think i am being too kua zhang with 10 tshirts haha. then hopefully watch abit of my drama! currently watching 法证先锋/forensic heroes, which like classical hk police shows etc is v exciting!

ahh. but im really tired havent got enough sleep the past few days. so..

till 9days later!

i love everyone! :D

sleepover at jess' house last night! :) first sleepover i had actually. went ps shopping first then we watched 2 movies, played cards and drank sparkling peach wine (nice!). then jess slept and rice yixi me played speed (i suck at this). then yixi slept at 5am. then rice and i tok for 1hr then slp at 6am.

and we woke up at 10am! how nice and sleep deprived. went tongshui place for brunch. it's.. not tt worth the money. hm.

then class bbq! er attendance was like half the class again damn sian lah. but the food was chao good i ate loads of cheese bacon mushrooms and prawns! :D

and we had fun basking in the pool and camwhoring!

woohoo.

supp to do some proposal then i NID TO SLP!

blehhh.
bye!

ocip's in 3days! :S

oh my bro bot my sis and i a fondue set from i dunno where. wan us to get fat la! but its quite fun wahaha. :D

and i received my hp bill for october today, and stupid openhouse my bill reached a new high i was so shocked. ughhh. must ration this month alr

just checked mail for ocip and for a moment i thought we were going there on tiger airways cos it says TG402. omg. luckily it's thai airways. which isnt that bad. cos my first experience (and hopefully my last) with budget airlines was jetstar and it was horrible. horrible as in boring + horribly small seats and leg allowance. and ugly grey seat cushion covers. hehh.

departure time!
15 nov 2006
TG402 (T1)
0600

(omg, 6am. means wake up at like 4+ or 5am. o.O)

hm and we're visiting an orphanage and a rehab centre on sat and sun. nice! :)

bleh but i'll miss loads of things in singapore! eeyer. 9 days lah. i hope i dont get too homesick!! o.O but i do hope this experience will be a v good one and quite life changing :)

ooobaby! :D

(ps: ohyeah wrote out my packing list ytd night at 1am i realised i have to qt empty out my wardrobe. haha. 9days worth of clothes?!)

I ROCK I ROCK I ROCK I ROCK I ROCK OH YEAH I ROCK

liwei loves clarice.

that was spamming.

we are bored.

ocip meeting was supp to start at 0900 but it's 1015 now and attendance is now 4/7.

blehh.

pillow fight! bye.

today's a good day! :D

firstly, NO MORE PW! wahah had op today. though i tink i screwed my op a little because i stuttered but okay lah, i think it was okay. :) then melissa tay and the new guy tcher were our examiners. the male teacher has a nice voice!!

okay thats not the main point. finished at abt 3 and was starving. then i had a craving for... SUN MOULIN BREAD. :D so i took 171 to orch and went to buy $3.90 worth of sun moulin bread (5 mini ones, 1 chocolate cream thingy). then i finished ALL the bread by 5pm while watching vcds. wahaha tell me i'm not a pig :P super yummy! but i dont think i'll eat so much bread for a long time to come!

wahaha.

okay nid to do i&r but i shall go bathe! :)

ohyeah!

happy birthday dad! :)

runny nose, feeling cold, feeling lethargic.. i can feel it. im going to get sick anytime. crap. this is totally the wrong time to be sick.

no. no. no!!!

have a bottle of water beside me now i aim to finish 2 bottles before i sleep today and hopefully flush out all my urea or whatever. water gorging!

shopping with joce and hongyi today (sinful.. tmr's op! haha) and main highlights were topshop, walking shaw and scott shopping centre back and forth twice, and hongyi and me gorging ourselves silly with ice cream and sun moulin bread. (yummy!) my appetitie has been v good since saturday! bleh sinful. haha.

okay i must go and do my pw now and slp earlier.

tmr's Liberation Day! (:

041106 saturday

PIGGING DAY :D a.k.a. clique outing to swensens marina sq, to celebrate post-promos (and promos performance) and rice's bday. :)

aft that we went to esplanade! :) if you want to make me happy just bring my to the roof terrace at esplanade at night! :) super romantic place!! ahh. and fullerton looks great at night, beside the waters. if only there was a guitar, and someone could play loads of songs then i think it'll be great if we all can sing under the stars!


051106 sundaay
ushering for lee clan 100 anniversary.. loads of bigshods including pm lee.. he's quite tall! (okay make tt v tall, ard 1.8m). he has 2 kinds of aura, one of the PM aura (as in u see him and like "wah",) and the other the bodyguard aura.. there were at least 6 bodyguards with cool earpieces! and chairman of the clan was quite cute!

and i learnt a new word! 胤 is pronounced yin4. (everything was given/spoken in chinese la)

oh then we had breaks and around 10 of us would walk town in our blazers etc. haha. super stylish man, invted lots of stares, no less. and cos me chengxian peter hongyi wanted to buy slippers, we went to find slippers during our breaks i.e. at flash n splash, num, pacific plaza. (in the end nv buy anything at all, i think i wan to buy ripcurl instead of havaianas alr lah.) oh and the ppl at pacific plaza are super slack, at 9.15pm everything was closed alr ugh. on a sunday somemore!

bleh.

so im going on a shopping trip later. must.get.slippers.!


off to pw now. oosh tmr last day! :)

took this a few months back and looked at it again just now while waiting for my pw video to load onto hotmail. i think its qt true! (:

You are a Considerate Director.

about you
You are a Director

As a DIRECTOR, you combine an unusual openness and passion for beauty and style with confidence and a down-to-earth sensibility that allow you to realize your vision.

You are practical and pay attention to the details that others tend to miss.

By focusing on what is real and concrete, you achieve more than those who always have their heads in the clouds.

When it comes to what really matters in your life, you are confident in your ability to succeed.

Having beautiful things in your life gives you pleasure and satisfaction - you have a keen eye for style.

Even when problems present themselves, deep down you know you will overcome these challenges.

When routines get too familiar, you become bored and start looking for ways to spice things up.

You are open to new types of experiences – you are not afraid to take a risk on something new.

You have a highly developed sense of taste – you know what looks good on you, in your home, and in the world at large.

You're not one to force your positions on a group, and you tend to be fair in evaluating different options.

You have a strong sense of style and value your personal presentation - friends may even seek your style advice from time to time.

If you want to be different:

Occasionally let yourself dream a little more, even if it doesn't seem practical or efficient.


how you relate to others
You are Considerate

You trust others, care about them, and are slow to judge them, making you CONSIDERATE.

You value your close relationships very much, and are more likely to spend time in small, tightly-knit groups of friends than in large crowds.

You enjoy exploring the world through observation, quietly watching others.

Relating to others so well, and understanding their emotions, leads you to trust people in general, even though you're somewhat shy and reserved at times.

Your belief that people are generally well-intentioned contributes to your sympathy regarding their problems.

Although you may not vocalize it often, you have an awareness of how society affects individuals, and you understand complex causes of people's behavior.

You like to look at all sides of a situation before making a judgment, particularly when that situation involves important things in other people's lives.

Your close friends know you as a good listener.

You're not one to force your positions on a group, and you tend to be fair in evaluating different options.

You have a strong sense of style and value your personal presentation - friends may even seek your style advice from time to time.

If you want to be different:

Because other people would benefit immensely from your understanding and insight, you should try to be more outgoing in social situations, even when they make you uncomfortable. (this is so true lah!) Others will want to hear what you have to say!


(mouseover the colours to see what each represents!)

.. contrary to popular belief, i hav very low masculinity. lowest in fact. hah! i even have slightly high feminity! :P i may nt act v gu naing but i believe that i think like a girl lah.

i need to bring a fly swatter to thailand.

this idiotic beetle is in my room now and im VERY DISTURBED. ive been trying to kill it for the past 15mins. its huge and it flies. and when it flies it makes some grotesque sound with every surface it touches. omg. my heartbeat is at least 100/min! argh.

and genesis told me this girl in thailand threw bugs at her on her first day there. if this happens to me im gna faint. ahhhh.

i just swatted the beetle off my curtains. but i cant find its carcass. i cannot rest till i find its carcass and throw it out of the window! (the window, the window, the second storey window...)

so i shall look for the stupid beetle now.

im supposed to be doing PW!

ARGH.

10.08pm: i found the stupid beetle's carcass and just threw it out of the window, heaving a big sigh of relief along with it. i can feel my legs going weak. omg. when i was throwing it down my mum passed by and said, "你比它有头脑 leh, should have killed it earlier"

okay lah! ahh stupid flying insects.

ahh i have the starting part of gavin degraw's chariot stuck in my head. the (piano?) tune. nice :)

and im seriously considering investing in a guitar. mayb a second hand one for a start. (shall go amk cash converters see see) budden went to yamaha and the cheapest guitar i saw was abt 140+. more worth it eh. aiyah. c how. im itching to play guitar now!!!

ahh nvm im super indecisive. maybe i'll take super long to decide whether to buy. shall wait and see! (maybe i'll get my new earphones first)

and crap my nose is watering and has been watering since last night I CANNOT GET SICK! luckily mum cook crysanthemum tea today (as in the one from real flowers not the packet drink) so less heaty. ahhh. pig until this state grr.

ohyeah done my holiday schedule till end dec. abit busy liddat. haha. wonder how i'm gna finish hw and try to mug. and think of fireball.

zzz

okay nid to type out some stuff for ocip then i go slp le.

oink.

bolted awake at 1130 this morning. OH evaluation was at 1200! like omg, rushed to school leaving my mum bewildered. haha. OHcomm made me go ntuc buy rubbish food. and i was like 45mins late for formal. traumatising. o.O i set alarm on my phone and totally missed it. ahh omg.

okay nvm. was so horrendously late that i was qt traumatised. cant imagine it if it was mrs ang or sth. i sure die.

anw. then rotted in council room listening to the highly amusing erik talk.. then off to athena fac outing! the place was nice la. somemore scream stuff made it nicer (they koped almost everything possible!) programme was okay la.. but we cldnt participate or anythin. i stuffed myself full with 'bloody ricky' cocktail (i think its called bloody mary). which is basically sprite+ribena syrup. nice! :D

oh put on black nail polish as part of 'dressing up' but i think my nails looked hideous. -__-" so much so that the moment i got home i rummaged thru my sis' stuff for her sally hansen's nail polish remover.

ahh okay im qt tired.

shall (try to again) wake up earlier tmr to do my stuff! bleh. just pangsehed megawati and steffi were supp to go vivo tmr. oops sorry!

anw.




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