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2011-03-07T04:39:00.000+08:00

:( :( :(

2009-08-20T07:15:00.002+08:00

despite the cumulative stress i am feeling at work, i am proud to say i enjoy what i am currently doing.

as of now, i do enjoy waking up early every morning to head for my office as it gives me a sense of purpose and i hope this sentiment stays.

my only wish is that time wouldn't pass so fast at work.

on another more important note, what i am most grateful is the supportive friends i have around me and on this random morning, i do want to say even though i may not show it, i really treasure you guys alot and thanks for everything!

2009-06-09T00:42:00.003+08:00

today i met up with the girls i spent more than 6 months with in a foreign part of the world- europe.
it was the first proper and complete one we had since our return slightly less than a year ago and depsite it being a short dinner date, i find that i miss these group of people alot, which also brings back the nostalgic memories in sweden.
no photos of dinner taken but the happy feeling stays.

2009-06-06T00:20:00.003+08:00

our nice neighbor just brought us top grade durians- she always gets the best coz her brother-in-law is a durian seller :)

anyway so dinner today was char kway teow-ice jelly cocktail-egg and ham sandwich-2 pieces of chicken-3pieces of fried fish-fruits platter(pear, another kind of pear, kiwi)- durian!

if some remember, i did speak of wanting to set up a food blog since i was in year 1 and today, i have finally realised the reason why the blog is still not up yet- i always gobble up the food when its served before remembering to take photos.

Macao-HK-TW Part 1

2009-06-03T23:53:00.009+08:00

Ok i admit i've been so bored lately.
Honestly, i wouldnt mind meeting up with people everyday but thats kind of hard when one is broke.
So i stay at home and after surfing all i can possibly surf on the net, i decided to blog- about the macao-hk-tw trip!
But becoz it was such a long trip and i do want to record all the memories down as detailed as possible so i can relive it when i come back to read this in time to come so the first part shall be our first stop- MACAO:

The early morning we met at changi airport, ready for the trip we've all been looking forward to!
Here, we see some people are not at their best in the mornings..

At hk airport where the guys wait as the girls do their much needed wash-up after the long and tiresome JetStar flight!

After a "nothing to rave about" meal at HK, we were on our way to Macao!

As the ferry leaving HK was too rocky for us to even keep our balance, this photo was taken when we reach Macao land.

Notice the 2 big bananas following us!

Ge Shuai came to the ferry terminal to pick us up so that he could bring us to the hotel!

Here we are on the free shuttle bus.

Free shuttle buses connect macao very well so dun bother paying bus fare when you are there.

The 5-star hotel that Ge Shuai helped book for only 66sgd/room/night, 70% off the normal rate coz his friend works there!

Its apparently the oldest 5star hotel in macao and i love the ancient feel of the place :)

At the entrance of Universidade de Macao, where we were taken on a tour by the President of Board of Directors, Postgraduate Association, Mr Leo Ge!

Lesson of the day: Bananas and red apples like to act cool.

We insisted on seeing his hostel room, which is rather nice a place, despite Zhilong pointing out the dirty windows.

It was Ge Shuai's misfortune that he could not stay with us longer as being the busy man he is, he had to rush to Guang Zhou for a meeting that very afternoon.

So we went back to the hotel to wait for Sophie to bring us around after her invigilation of an exam.

To my pleasant surprise, Edwin Chow came to meet us as well and they brought us to a nice place for dinner and even insisted on treating us.

Here's me with the both of them at the restaurant!

We then took a long nice walk to the Venetian, the world's biggest casino ever!

It was really quite a walk to the main entrance even after we spotted it- which only goes to show the large-ness of the perimeter.

5 eekers in front of a nice night view of the Venetian.

It has been told that the doors to Venetian are extremely heavy so me and Sophie decided to hold the doors for the other weaklings.

The grand lobby of the Venetian!

Can u believe the entire ceiling is made of solid gold?

No wonder Edwin Chow says his dream is to sit down there, waiting for a piece of gold to drop so he can live off it for the rest of his life.

Totally the chinese idiom, "Shou Zhu Dai Tu".

The interiors of the Venetian is as grand as it looks.

Besides the HUGE casino, there are retail shops there that open till rathe rlate, almost midnight!

On the 3rd floor there is a river, performances are held here and many high end retailers.

The ceiling is the picture of a fake sky so people will always be under the illusion that the day is still young and thus extend the stay at this place.

Very smart business tactic i say!

The next morning, Lucia, Edwin Chow and Sophie kindly packed breakfast for us as none of us could get up.

Later, i managed to meet Daisy for awhile and here's the entire group in central Macao.

Edwin Leong joined us for lunch later and i think we took some photos but i have no idea where it was.

One other photo i was looking forward to is of Sophie and Edwin Chow being tortured by eekers guys and their circle of death!

Anyhow, i think the Macao trip was extremely fun and i was really glad to meet up with all my friends there!

2009-05-24T01:15:00.002+08:00

i have always thought that the ideal thing would be to marry a guy i've been dating for a long long while, like 9 years at least?
that being said, if i intend to wed before i hit the big 3, i should be dating my future husband now.

however, recently i am starting to realise another point of view.
our way of thinking change throughout life and it is is difficult to say that the guy you think is right for you at 21years old will remain the suitable one years later.
i guess that is why youngsters are often advised against dating too early.

my question then is, what is the right age that i can trust myself to make a wise decision?

2009-03-17T10:15:00.002+08:00

i know mummy has always been doing silly stuff that amuses us but today was the ultimate.
the super blur woman wore my specs out by mistake and only realised it when she reached her office.
i wonder how she made her way to work since our glasses have +200 degree difference!
which explains why i am awake now instead of snuggling in bed in this cold weather since she woke me up to look for her specs so da-jie can bring them to her.
and i am squinting my eyes so hard typing this post- i love u mummy!

Reminiscence

2009-02-11T01:12:00.011+08:00

the day i dreaded came earlier than expected and so i officially moved out of hall today.
i wasnt happy nor sad but there were some people who got me rather emo(a feeling i dun really enjoy) and it made me ponder alot since i reached home.

thou i definitely miss hall life, the people there will be what i miss most and here's a special mention to them :)

pulau ubin, year 2 sem 1
i love love this photo coz we looked so natural and happy :)

thank you jo for always being there for, from swc secretary to neighbor to good friend and now even yoga partner! i know you're independent and probably won't miss me much but don't worry, i'm still keeping a lookout for you :)

night cycling, year 2 sem 1

Rachel, i'm glad we got to become neighbors and much closer after that! thanks for always going along with my wishes as well as being the one who calms me down often. See you on the way to school and i promise we'll make ice cream together soon :)

Pf and Hy's farewell, year 3 sem 1

Jacass! even though we always did and say the evilest things to each other, i know we're much similar than we can ever imagine (think supper, competitive, prideful and bitchy!). thanks for your yucky disgusting mushy words during my last days in hall and see you ard MY sch if you're lucky :)

Steamboat, yr 2 sem 1

sorry i cant find an individual pic with u guys, clarice and amy!

To clarice: thanks for the make-up lessons, late at night emo talks and times when you helped me align my blog! i hope all misunderstandings will be cleared and i shall be looking forward to our agreed facial session :)

Amy! u've been such a bubbly girl and the joy of block comm! i'll always remember the amazing hsm u chereographed for us for senior's farewell. i know u've moved out long ago but we still miss you- that's why we always plan gatherings with zl :)

durian session, yr 3 sem1

pf! u're undeniably my best male friend in hall la! even though this photo brings back bad memories becuase u insisted on me buying durians intact in their shells such that i returned with bruises on my leg, i still treasure your lame jokes and the times you un-intentionally make us laugh :)

jac's bdae, yr 3 sem 1

i duno why this photo is so small :(

lau qijun! thanks for being such a wonderful block head and i really miss the year 1 moments when you were still around. you never fail to amaze me by being willing to eat instant noodles(4 packs) at 4am, having no bed sheets and attending only 1 lecture for an entire sem! i hope to check yr results for you again this sem and give you gd news :)

Last but not least is Nicholas Tan Guan Hua!

sorry i cant get a picture of us coz you're so outdated and joined facebook so late!

you're a fantastic guy la- always being so easy-going and letting me boss around! i think my year 1 memories consist of yakult competitions with you and more yakult after that! thanks for helping me move back today and lets go whack some balls at the arcade again so we can win more childish pencil cases and milo :)

i think i shall end off now lest i start cying which btw, is something i am never going to admit!

goodbye hall but hello people, to a continuing friendship :):)

2009-02-02T02:20:00.002+08:00

2009-01-31T14:44:00.002+08:00

i realised there are few things that bug me for long but for the past 3 days i have been plagued by a nagging issue which has resulted me in making one of the firmest and most difficult decision in my life- i have decided to move out of hall.

i did not entirely have a choice but i did partially chose this path myself and i hope it will be for the good of everyone.

2009-01-30T11:51:00.001+08:00

should i or should i not?

2008-12-14T02:16:00.009+08:00

This is what i had at 3pm today, an hr after i woke up.

i cant believe i fell asleep after my late lunch and i vaguely hear my mum n sis bitching abt wad a pig i am!

i then woke up to a craving for these! (listed from intense craving to mild craving!)

2008-12-09T01:05:00.025+08:00

like usha said, this must be one of the rare hols when i'm not working and i'm certainly not used to it as i'm feeling bored alr!

here's a snapshot of wad i've been up to since my exams ended!

3rd dec
outing wif mag & jo, my fellow powerpuff girls but i forgot to take a photo with them!
so here's one from our last meet-up abt 2wks ago!
ps: thanks for the dress- i'm liking it more than when i first set eyes on it!

i also went to visit little Movin after so long and its sad that babies forget pple so fast but lucky he warmed up to me after a while.
isnt he cute? i'll certainly adopt him if i can!

4th dec

Thursday was dinner with hall ppl for Amy's farewell followed by the dumbest movie ever "Zack and Miri make a porno".
i cant seem to steal the photo from jo's blog so pls refer to it there!

5th dec
full-day shopping with usha plus realised my dream of bringing her to Crystal Jade and we did our mani & pedi!

it was then a rush to jasmine's wedding and i must say all brides look beautiful!

i miss my bball coach(2nd from left) soo much!
she's ageing but doesnt look like it and is still as cool and funky ever!
i kind of promised her that we'll all go visit her next yr cny and i really hope i make that come true!

6th dec
i managed to sleep 14hrs to wake up at 4pm then went to meet cj ppl plus others for dinner at PS, Swensens.
i got another dress as bdae gift from there, combined with the 3 other dresses i've bought this wk, thats a huge addition to my dress collection this yr!

7th dec
i'm so so proud of Hari who completed the Standard Chartered Run in 3hrs 52mins, much better than the timing he aimed for.
I am even prouder of Usha who did the run by herself in slightly more than 6hrs.
i am tempted to try it next yr!

A random call from Rachel and i decided to meet up with her at bugis for shopping.
i hope she's honored to spend my bdae with me, even before i met my bf, like she claims!
thanks rachel & clarice for the present :)

lastly, i realised another of my dream- sky dining on a cable car ride!

eh the food portion was unsatisfying, taste mediocre and some parts of the ride was abit jerky, causing a little spillage of the wine.

but the ambience and scenery made it a memorable experience which i think everyone shld try at least once.

thanks hf- for everything, despite bringing a camera without batt so we had to purchase the photos for $35!

my dream bag for the month!

2008-12-04T02:14:00.005+08:00

Women's Lacoste Special Edition L99.009

post-exams

2008-12-03T03:24:00.002+08:00

i dun think there's anything to shout abt since i only had 2 exams this sem and i was so slack during the whole exam period BUT i am still very excited.

gosh, i think i seriously suck at hiding my feelings coz today i was feeling so glad after my last paper i din realised i was smiling idiotically to myself on the way back to hall until yoyo stopped me and asked me if i had just finished my exams and when i expressed my astonishment at how she knew, she says my face tells it all.

so besides a mini slipper glitch this afternoon, i am basically glad that i now do not have to spend time worrying abt exams (yes, instead of studying!). thanks to a neighbor's curse resulting in me not getting any internship this hols, i am very excited to make big plans to make the most out of my vacation!

things i wan to do:
- exercise! lack of this has made me tired easily and menstrual cramps visiting me dutifully every month!
- go for bball and perhaps soccer training?!
- yoga, jo?!
- learn to blade!
- go for facial and massage!

things i want to get:
- slippers!!!
- nice (non-black) dress for wedding, by this friday!!
- colored lip gloss
- nice bag
- dark circles remover pen from Guardian

i seem to be getting increasingly bimbotic and perhaps so much vainer but who cares as long as i'm happy! haha

2008-11-01T09:17:00.001+08:00

i am so fucking dumb!
i didnt go night cycling but stayed back in hall last night so i can go for my makeup class this morn and now i woke up at the time the lesson's just starting but i cant rush down coz i have no fucking idea where the venue is!

2008-10-31T22:36:00.001+08:00

i regret not going night cycling!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-31T09:20:00.002+08:00

i'm suddenly not looking forward to the end of this yr.
there will be no one to mug with me during the study period since all my frens end exams way before me, even the NUS pple.
then there will also be no one to celebrate the end of exams or my bdae with me seeing that one of my best frens is in Norway and the other is leaving for India in the midst of my exams.
i guess this is wad they mean when they say frens grow up, their priorities change, u meet up less often and birthdays get forgotten.
i never want to grow up :(

2008-10-30T21:51:00.003+08:00

i just read an article that talks about how muslims will be banned from doing yoga because they think that that practising yoga promotes hinduism.
that really sucks because i think a religion shld serve to guide people and not stop people from doing anything.
and i guess this is why though i have always contemplated adopting a religion, i have not yet done so.

i am now going to eat some weird grapes kt bought me that costs $12 for a small pack.
thank you for bringing my shoes, the grapes and xxx!

2008-10-17T13:08:00.000+08:00

i really need to start exercising again to keep the monthly cramps at bay.

2008-09-30T13:30:00.002+08:00

No matter what, there will always be an inherent disadvantage for short people.

During a thunderstorm, the average girl's legs got wet from the bus which sped past but the short girl's entire body and part of her face was splashed with water.

On a hot day at a crowded place, the short girl feels even more lost than ever because besides not being able to see above the crowd, she is intimidated by the massive boobs she is squashed with.

In the cinema, the short girl never has to worry about blocking others but she often needs to find empty seats shift to as the person in front of her is obstructing her view.

Last but not least, a short girl can weigh the same as someone taller but looks fatter!

All in all, life is unfair so deal with it!

2008-09-28T16:18:00.003+08:00

my recess wk just flew past and i realised i have not done any concrete work.
maybe sch term is better studying period for me :)

anyway i often wonder why girls drift apart from friends after getting attached.
i have been frequently told that its normal and that as close as we may be now, we will still be going our separate ways and there are no such thing as forever friends.
i refuse to accept this sadistic fact of life.

and so i will continue to wait for u to realise that your life does not revolve ard yr bf.

2008-09-21T21:54:00.002+08:00

the power 98 challenge tire me out so much that i slept from 6pm yesterday till late morning today!
anyway even thou we did not win, we definitely had alot of fun, prob coz this time the activities involved everyone.
thanks qijun for being part of our team and also the driver of the day!
i hope u enjoyed the challenge as much as us; we're all CARVIVORS!

today i finally spotted my ideal bedroom set!
a pity i'll only get it in oct coz they dun have stock in the color i wan.
nvm, waiting for it gives me something to look forward to.

i duno why my head is hurting so much.
i shall go to sleep now and only go back to sch tml morn.
hopefully i wun be late.
gd night!

2008-09-19T08:34:00.004+08:00

mummy just called me.
i am really hapy my sis got a much better job and according to mummy, seems very excited abt it.

i am also excited for them that my parents are following my sis to japan in early oct.
too bad i cant join since thats when all my midterms are.

2008-09-19T08:34:00.003+08:00

one thing i got to learn is controlling my emotions.
i always knew i am not the most rational person but what i failed to realise is that i'm getting worse over the years.
the mitsubishi challenge and recent projects give me ample reason to reflect on myself.
Though i often am not as harsh as i made out to be, what matters is how others feel and i dun think the vibes i sent out is exactly positive.

bieng 22 this yr, i also think i ought to start being more independent.

i hate disappointments.

2008-09-02T20:46:00.003+08:00

My sunday.

2008-09-01T01:32:00.003+08:00

the nike human race route was really nice and even thou i was slower than i want to be, i think it was still a good run :)
i think i shld train to run shorter distances but faster but i dun wan muscles :(
life's full of dilemma.

anyway after the run we went to novena for steamboat again, this time for mag's bdae.
thanks serene, for the free drinks and chilli crab.
i bloated myself there once more and prob gain back all the calories i lost during the run and more.

oh yup and just now my mum and Usha yesterday was asking me why i am so free in my final yr.
which kind of make me guilty coz besides just totally wasting my whole weekend away, i also have not really started studying this semester.
maybe i should do something abt this.

thou its wayy over 12mn, happy birthday mag and hope u like the dinner, presents and cake!

2008-08-28T08:53:00.003+08:00

the weather sucks, especially for travelling.
it took me 1 hr 50mins this morning to reach school.

and my sinus problem is back, this time hitting me real hard with a stuffy nose which makes it so hard to breathe, thus keeping me awake the whole night.

I hope i can make some sense of the society at the lecture later.

2008-08-28T04:49:00.002+08:00

there was this 500gm of ikan bilis snack beside me and now there's only 1/10 of it left.
i think i was eating it unknowingly while surfing the net.
Thank god facebook got boring after awhile so i am saved from finishing the whole pack.
gosh, given the tiny size of ikan bilis, i think i just consumed at least 800 fishes.

on another note, i am recently taken an interest to baking again.
On my list now is baked rice and tiramisu!
hopefully i have time to try them out over the weekend :)

2008-08-28T04:40:00.001+08:00

nearly 5am now.
i really shld stop behaving so extremely; sleeping for 17hrs last night and not at all today.

anyway i really wan to organise a uppsala outing but i have searched and i cant find a freaking swedish restaurant in singapore.
the power of globalisation is not that great afterall.
maybe we shld just gather at IKEA.

2008-08-25T22:25:00.002+08:00

i have a sudden urge to go for SNDCC.

Not for the dinner and def not the formal wear but for the national day songs i will get to sing.

and nope, singing it by myself is pointless.

sigh, why do they stop the national day celebrations after jc?

2008-08-25T19:19:00.003+08:00

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2008-08-18T23:01:00.002+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S0mEJ-aajM&feature=related

pls check out this video!

it is really meaningful, esp since national day just passed.

even thou i agreed with most of the complaints in the lyrics, they were also close to my heart and i appreciate them for being part of our Singaporean identity :)

2008-08-16T21:58:00.003+08:00

blogspot's layout has changed and it makes me so confused.
anyway i just slept from 3-7pm and woke up to have subway :)

this afternoon i casually mentioned abt how my grandma is acting busy so we dun think she's too bored and desperate for ppl to bring her out.
I think my comments, coupled with my dad offering his respects to his late mum last night, got my dear papa emo.
he started commenting abt how he will always be free if we wan to bring him out in future and also recollecting the times he would always go look for my late grandma.
he's the most filial man i've ever seen and i think he really misses her alot.
sometimes i wish i could be as expressive with my love for papa as that of mummy's.

Rainy day indoors

2008-08-16T14:12:00.002+08:00

I planned for today to be family day since i've not been home for abt a week.
But my grandma just rejected my invitation to watch "Money Not Enough 2".
So much for waiting for her to watch that movie. Sorry hf!
Anyway i wanted to ask Dillon if he still wans to go cycling but today's weather real erratic and it just started pouring again so i guess its gg to be a cozy day indoors for me. :)

2008-08-12T08:11:00.001+08:00

i cant believe my first gd sleep in hall was disrupted by cramps, only to find out that i got my menses on the second day of school! :(

i hope i get by this long day quickly.

2008-08-11T06:10:00.002+08:00

ok, so after 3hrs and 37mins, i gave up trying to sleep in my new room and decided i am not one who adapts to change easily.

anyway because i have not gotten the NUSSU handbook that i am looking forward to, i shall temporarily record my to-do list here!

Mon(11/8)
11am: lunch with serene!
12-3pm: Lesson
Buy printer and do the troublesome installation.
6-12mn: go airport and send Nic and Joyceh off

Urgent note: SEP Report due on Friday.

Seems like i'm not exactly a far sighted person

2008-07-14T18:37:00.002+08:00

it was nice to meet the cj bballers again at eryan's party lasty night.
we were her first group of friends to arrive and last to leave as well.
even though we have not met for at least 6 months, we seemed to be able to pick up right where we left off and so althou most of them had work the next morning, we stayed till past midnight when we sang eryan's bdae song and den cabbed back.
i am so glad for birthdays coz its a great chance for all of us to meet up amidst our busy scedules. :)

2008-07-09T21:56:00.002+08:00

Tuesday, 8th July, Kei Jung* and younger sister Kei Tiang* headed to Orchard to get Kei Tiang's contact lenses.
After making their order at Lucky Plaza, they went to Taka Food Fair and had cookies and cream & peach yogurt plus some Japanese pancake balls.
They then entered Crystal Jade at around 5pm where the 2 of them feasted on Egg Yolk Cereal Prawn, Prawn Paste Chicken & Tofu Cubes with Salt & Pepper, accompanied by white rice.
Feeling bloated, they left Crystal Jade Kitchen at 545pm to walk around the food fair again and were proud of themselves for resisting the ice cream that was calling out to them.
To aoid the sinful temptations, they went to shop for clothes instead.
However, around 7pm, Kei Jung announced that she was hungry and was pleasantly surprised to know that Kei Tiang felt the same but was bashful to say.
So the 2 hungry girls went in search of Sushi Tei to satisfy Tiang's craving for sashimi.
There they had sahimi, 2 plates of unagi sushi, weird vegetables disguised as soft shell crab, prawn sushi, soft shell crab maki and mochi ice cream.
So the $70+ dollars the girls spent that fateful day were all on food.
They left Orchard in a hurry lest they start having weird cravings again.

*Story is non-fictional but the names of the sisters have been changed so as to save them any embarrassment for being such HUGE eaters.

2008-07-03T00:35:00.001+08:00

the worse pple think of me, the harder i'll strive to prove them wrong :)

kj is a happy girl today!

2008-07-01T08:06:00.002+08:00

sk's mum was diagnosed with leukemia abt 3 months ago and yesterday me & yy went to visit her.
i don't know what i was expecting but i was definitely surprised to see that her mum and the other patients in the same ward were cheerful and optimistic and one would not have guessed they were ill if not for the nurses and medical machines they were surrounded by.

call me paranoid but after that i went to crystal jade to pack xiaolongbao and other dim sum for my mum coz i love her more than i can say.

anyway, jiayou to sk & her family, esp her mum & fellow patients!

2008-06-08T03:50:00.001+08:00

2008-05-28T16:43:00.002+08:00

yeay!
Organisational Behavior exam was 5hrs but i left in an hr and a half!
now i only have my final thesis presentation later before i am done with my studies here! :)

anyway i think the competitive level in Singapore is reflected everywhere.
Take the exam for example, we are often given time constraints where we are trained to memorise stuff so well that we can just scribble from the first minute of the exam to the last.
here, the policy is to give students ample time to think and write.
i prefer the latter because i think u still knwo your stuff and it probably stays with you longer because u dun forget it right after u regurgitate information.

2008-05-28T05:44:00.002+08:00

this post is for rachel loo because i got so fed up with studying for my exam which is in 8hrs time!

our plans when i return:
1) swimming at least 2 times a week
2) feast on good food at least 3 times a week
- Bedok 85 (sting ray, bak chor mee...)
- Pasta de Waraku
- Jap noodles at Taka
- Octopus balls
- Steamboat
- Sushi buffet
3) shopping!!!

i will be back in less than a month!

now, back to my notes. :(

2008-05-27T21:54:00.002+08:00

it is so nice to have a room-mate who likes to cook, especially pasta, and even more so when i come back hungry.

swedish re-eam was a little more difficult than the exam so i really wish i can pass.

i shoudnt have been such a big mouth to ask my neighbor out for jogging coz i already bathe this morning and i dun wan to bath again!

dinner at snerikes later then start studying for OB tml!

2008-05-24T03:11:00.001+08:00

forget abt the shoes.
now i have 2kg less luggage to worry abt bringing back :)

2008-05-24T00:49:00.002+08:00

seriously!
just when i decided that i shall start joggin and i was all dressed and then i realised some fucking asshole stole 2 pairs of my track shoes!

i hate theives!
why din they steal the 5euros pumps that i was intending to leave it here anyway?!
the lost shoes costs me at least sgd300 in total! :(

2008-05-23T05:47:00.002+08:00

we had moderately nice weather today, completed the last seminar of our OB course, satisfied my craving for Pinnochio's pizza, shopped abit, bought strawberries & grapes, chanced upon an Uppsala Marathon and an exciting football match with quite a crowd just 100m away from my place, had yummy chicken rice for dinner.

i am a happy girl today depsite unfruitful shopping (i realised the dress was dirty when i wanted to pay at the counter and it was the last piece), unsweet strawberries and i failed my swedish test :)

2008-05-19T18:28:00.002+08:00

i am so lazy to post photos and blog about my trips so here is an insight of what i will be up to this week.

mon: proj meeting & laundry day!
tues: OB cultural dinner/staff party
wed: FREE day
thurs: OB seminar
fri: FREE day
sat: OB exam and shumin's villa thereafter!

i like to have my schedule planned out but i dun like to see empty sapces.

2008-05-15T00:02:00.003+08:00

gosh.
only last night i realised the extent of my hyperactive-ness.
i had my swedish exam to study for but i did not felt like doing it so i spend about 5hrs surfing the web randomly for nothing in particular.

today i saw that a group of fellow eekers having the time of their life in new york and i cant help but feel a pinge of envy.
dun get me wrong, i do not regret coming for SEP but sometimes i find myself getting bored with my life here.
it could be the lack of social network here, the early closing time of all shops, or the slackest sch timetable ever, but most probably a combination of all.

sigh, i really hate last minute changes and soemtimes i wish i was independent enough to go off travelling by myself.

2008-04-27T07:41:00.002+08:00

i finally found time to blog as we were sent home early from work as there was really no one at the club.
so it was day that could have been better spent.
what i am looking forward to is tomorrow when i have made plans to fika, take a slow walk to gamla and have a picnic there.
i really love the weather now but i wish the temperature wouldnt drop so drastically at night.
i hate having to bring extra clothes when i leave the house if i have to keep from freezing on my way back.

gd luck to all having exams now! :)

2008-04-09T08:14:00.001+08:00

if there were 4 seasons in singapore, i wouldnt attend school at all in winter.

2008-04-08T07:06:00.004+08:00

I take a look out of my window,
The sun today seems so bold.
I get tricked into thinking it is warm outside,
But in fact it is so cold that i suffer frostbite.
So now many many layers i wear everyday,
That'll have to be the case until spring comes in May.

Though the people here are kind and nice,
I am doubting if the singapore sun is worh the price.
Many friends and places and culture i have grown to love here,
These memories i will hold always very dear.
Life here has definitely been a great experience,
But i am still looking forward to going home to a familiar ambience.

this is a picture of how i think i look like in my bubble jacket, the one my friends call "garbage bag".

2008-04-07T00:01:00.012+08:00

here is part 2 of my copenhagen trip:
while lunching at KFC and being undecided about our next stop, we realised we were right beside Ripley's Museum and spontaneously decided to visit it!

first thing upon entry was to have a fight with my roomie!

a toilet bowl shaped photograph.

this man dared us to lift the leave and then he goes "HOHOHO, show me yours and i'll show u mine!"
???

i am on my way to becoming the HUGEST man on the universe!

8 legged goat!

getting dizzy from this turning tunnel bridge.

2 headed goat.

made from toasts.

man with 2 pupils in each eye.

we then visited the adjoining "world of Hans Christian Andersen", who is a famous author of many well-known fairytales.

the emperor's new clothes.

little mermaid.

the matchstick girl.

thumbelina.

toy soldier.

so that was all for copenhagen.

in general, the whole city was really very intirguing but the people werent exactly friendly.

i will try to blog about barcelona soon because this term's work seems to be so much heavier than the last!

2008-04-05T22:07:00.013+08:00

this is the 4th and hopefully last time i am trying to blog about the copenhagen trip.

copenhagen is a really beautiful city that i would definitely want to visit because we had to cut our trip short due to easter holidays and also many of the places of attractions only open in summer!

because the hotel we booked refused to give us a room since we arrived past their reception hours, we searched hard for a hotel as many were fully booked since there was some major football match going on!

we were lucky to get the last room in Saga Hotel.

the wide array of tourist info available!

our room!
notice that we even have a LCD screen.

breakfast with a view.

our food.

first sightseeing stop: rosenborg castle:

we arrived just in time to witness the changing of the guards.

i think the tall furry hats they wear are really cute!

our next stop: the round tower.

the seemingly never ending road up.

a very interesting room on our way up.

chinese characters: ME!

us.

famous; my fren's dumb thumb.

water.

helpless!

my attempt to steal the peanuts.

the view at the top of the round tower made the climb upwards all worthwhile!

from another angle.

i thought this photo was hilarious!
it is also gives u an idea how strong the wind was!

a proper one!

danish food for lunch was disappointing!

each of this dish costs abt sgd20 but it was not tasteful and even more not filling.

but the lady boss was so nice we had to take a photo with her outside the pub before we went to KFC for lunch part 2.

2008-03-31T07:05:00.010+08:00

sigh, sometimes i do get so annoyed with blogspot.
yesterday i spent an hr uploading all my photos from the easter trip but i think the huge number of pictures made blogspot super slow that i spent another 6hrs trying to align the then before finally giving up.
so now i am gg to blog about malmo and copenhagen separately.
malmo first.

the town wasnt as fantastic as we though it out to be and the best part of our time there had to be the stay at this 4 star hotel!

view from the corridor

our room.

DOUBLE bed!

i have no idea why they have an ironing board in the room!

i love it that the hotels provide dove shampoo, conditioner, as well as hand soap!

our first stop was supposedly a must-visit castle at malmo but it turned out to be disappointing, both externally and internally.
as we were approaching the castle:

the entrance

view from the other side.

the best of the castle: some bucks outside.

and the beautiful windmill!

our next stop is st peters church!

the interior. did i already mention the europeans' obsession with chandeliers?

and while on our way to the beach we passed by a very interesting albeit dangerous for kids playground!

and also the 90-degrees turn building.

it is quite pretty afterall.

and this is the amusement park which is supposedly open to public but all the rides are not in operation!

spot me in the line-up!

the HUGE easter eggs in conjunction with easter.

i think this was at some random school building we walked by.

malmo bridge.

although the town wasnt fantastic, the trip has made me appreciate the nice-ness of the swedes even more!
the tourist information allowed us a refund of 2 out of 4 malmo cards when we realised it wasnt worth it at the end of the day and that saved us quite a sum!
little acts of kindness are appreciated! :)

2008-03-28T19:44:00.002+08:00

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2008-03-28T02:25:00.002+08:00

i left de house early for swedish class to get some food coz i was really hungry and nothing at home appeals to me.
i made use of time alone to went and get a 6inch sub coz the sporean girls i hang out with dun fancy subway as much as me.
i also bought a french hotdog, my fav snack at the moment.

anyway i got a B for my other exam which i am very satisfied with.
in sweden, the locals either get VG, G or fail.
the exchange students get letters, A&B translates into VG and C&D=G.
all the exchange students(the bulk of the class) either got B or Cs.
so yup :)

i dun think the exam i just submitted this noon would go as smoothly thou.

on a brighter note, i am working tml after slacking for so long!
looking forward to the new post as barback, meeting new people and also the cash would definitly come in handy since i realised that i am actually very broke!

2008-03-27T01:49:00.001+08:00

is physical presence that important?
am i not doing enough?
call me selfish, but i really do not want to forgo something i want for others.

2008-03-26T23:19:00.001+08:00

sometimes i wonder why i even bother trying.

and is that special someone really that special afterall?

2008-03-24T06:23:00.001+08:00

i wish people would not be afraid to be who they are.

i really must learn to control my quick temper.

2008-03-19T03:51:00.003+08:00

yeay!
just finished my paper so its one module down!
anyway, home exams are more stressful than imagined but i still prefer it NUS style!
i shall be leaving for my road trip tml so wun be able to blog for a wk!

happy bdae mummy!

2008-03-18T07:46:00.002+08:00

for the courtesy of my parents; so they know i am conscious of my studies amidst being occupied with travel plans, here is my exam schedule:

Managing the Multinational Corporation, Advanced Course
18march 2008
Home exam
9am-7pm

Managing the MNC: Structure, Controland Influence, Master Course, 7,5c
26march 2008
Home exam
Timing unsured as of now

i wanted to take a nap while waiting for dinner and my nap lasted from 730pm to now, 1am.
gosh, i hate screwed body clock and now i wonder how i am going to do the exam later.

2008-03-17T06:52:00.007+08:00

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Fika is a Swedish verb that roughly means "to take a coffee break".
Fika is a social institution in Sweden: it means taking a break from work or other activities and having a coffee with one's colleagues, friends, date, or family. The word has quite ambiguous connotations, and can at its its extremes denote a date or a small meal with your boss. This practice of taking a break for a coffee and a light snack (some biscuits, cookies, or a sandwich) between more substantial meals like lunch and dinner is central to Swedish life, Swedes being among the heaviest consumers of coffee in the world.

today all the girls went for fika at Varmlands with Christiane.
This is my first time and i loved it!
i have decided to go try fika at each nation every Sunday and decide on my favorite one!
sorry i was too hungry and bsuy devoring the food to take any photos.

later we went to check out some canoe-ing competition along the river.

they have to row their canoe down this "slide" thing at the beginning of the race.

the competition is to go around this thing as soon as possible.

the canoes along the river.

the river current is really strong so i am impressed!

As the cheerleading championships that we wanted to watch was too far a walk, we decided to go shopping!

me & Christiane trying on the same dress in the fitting room!

it was a lovely sunday afternoon.

nice weather, great food, fantastic company.

2008-03-16T01:25:00.003+08:00

These are my upcoming travel plans:

19 March 2008
22:45 Stockholm Cityterm
07:05 Malmö Svävarterm
20 March 2008
Malmo-Copenhagen
22 March 2008
Copenhagen-Lund
23 MArch 2008
Lund-Stockholm

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To Barcelona, Spain
From Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) to Barcelona Girona (GRO)
Monday, 31 Mar 08
Flight 1935
DepartStockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) 06:30
ArriveBarcelona Girona (GRO) 09:40

From Barcelona Girona
(GRO) to Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO)
Thursday, 03 Apr 08
Flight 1936
DepartBarcelona Girona (GRO) 11:05
ArriveStockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) 14:15

2008-03-15T01:08:00.002+08:00

i didnt sleep at all the whole night because i was trying to be a smart alec and do up my grp's powerpoint.
excited as i was, they were unappreciative and we stayed there for 3hrs waiting for pple who didnt finish their work to finish it.

thank god for the alone time i had after that which made me a little less agitated.
i went to develop photos, shopped ard town, went back to collect photos, shop somemore and den return home.
bought alot of small and random stuff for many ppl and that makes me a happy girl!

oh, and i am starting to love my new bike now that i have gotten over the embarrassment of it being a kid's bike.

i am so sleepy.

2008-03-14T05:20:00.002+08:00

i love my parents.
they are so adorable.
my dad went to get a webcam coz i said i wanted to see them as much as they want to see me.
den my tech-idiot dad even set up a skype acc so he can talk to me even if my sisters are not ard.
and he was actually online at spore time 4am just now, saying he was waiting for me coz i haven called him in abt a wk.
that is so so sweet.
and den he woke my mum up and i had a long talk with them.

absence makes the heart grow fonder applies not only to romantic relationships, but to family as well.

this is my 101th post.

2008-03-14T04:29:00.001+08:00

i am not a very patient girl.

2008-03-11T22:03:00.026+08:00

i shall let pictures do the talking for my london trip.

the first stop was british museum:

my favorite egypt history: the mummy!

japanese section of the museum

china history

london park

beautiful flowers. it is supposedly alr spring there.

inside the tube. my fav transport!

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later i went to meet my friend christine to go to Cambridge to visit Weishen!
after the harry-potter like dinner there: us with Weishen & frens

me with the host

his cupcake got "penny-ed" so he has to eat it without his hands

us at "Mathematical bridge" at Queen's college.
it is so called because of its structure.

a BIG whale skeleton at Cambridge's zoology museum.

the market square.

one of the stalls selling bread.
i bought a sun-baked tomato foccacia for breakfast here!

world class choir at King's college.

me & chris at St John's College.

one of the punting company.

we went punting!

I tried to have a go at punting.

it was a beautiful scenery cruising along the river.

other punts.

i had a great time in Cambridge, probably my favorite destination during this UK trip.
Thank you Weishen & friends, for bringing us around and sharing with us the rich Cambridge history and also letting us experience the various cultures there!

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Next stop was Brighton, where Chris studies.
The doughnut place which she kept going on about.

At Brighton Pier.

There's a beach below it!

dinner at a chinese restaurant which i gulped down the soya bean i was so excited to see!

Char siew & duck rice!

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After a night, it was back to London!
Tower of London

Tower bridge as backdrop.

St Paul's Cathedral

front view of St Paul's.

random old tower.

dusk at London.

Royal Court of Justice.

Market at Leicester Square.

Apple Market

We ended off with Yummy donuts, nicer than Krispy Kremes in my opinion!

2008-03-06T09:54:00.002+08:00

i was expecting the weather in sweden to be getting better since we are afterall, approaching spring.
instead, the temperature's here erratic and right now it is snowing heavily outside.

i think the cold has frozen my mucus.
i always gets running nose in spore but here it is always blocked by HUGE pieces of mucus and i have to use so much force to blow it out that my ears hurt.

anyway i am looking forward to going to london tonight and also meet up with 2 fellow eekers!

2008-03-02T10:27:00.003+08:00

a typical saturday in kj's life:

230-330am ice cream done. ate ice cream & watched MOBTV
330-430am first time try at cooking fried rice awaiting fren's return from work
430-6am eating & chatting
6-730am surfing the net & toking to family!
730am goes to bed
6pm wakes up.
6pm-7pm eats 3 vanilla biscuits, grapes and a cup of tea in front on her macbook.
7-9pm waited for dinner at fren's place. had fried rice, ham ommelete, meat with beans and carrots, bacon, potato & brocolli soup.
9-10pm attempts to read her notes in the pantry but got invaded by neighbors so ended up chatting with them and watching part of an unknown show.
10-1030pm decides to cook her pineapple fried rice.
1030-12mn ate fried rice, tang yuan at fren's place. cooked instant noodles for a lazy woman.
12mn-2am returns to room and cook noodles for herself. surfs de net for more recipes to try out.

kj has not seen sunlight the whole of today.
kj really eats alot.
kj is extremely random.

2008-03-01T12:23:00.002+08:00

it is ironic that i was grumbling abt the last boring weekend and looking forward to a better one.
because i ended up not going to work simply coz i felt like slacking and so that is wad i did.
i slept from 5pm till ard 9+ when some random guys knocked out my door and asked me to go party with them.
that freaked me out coz i was alone so i took my noodles and fled to JK's room and stayed there for the large part of the night.
we watched a lame sporean drama and made the famous ice cream, half with digestive biscuits and half oreo!
den i came back n decided to cook pineapple fried rice for the girls' return.
gosh, i think i am de most random girl ever, frying rice at 4am in the morning.

anyway so here i am now, stuck online coz it is the time when most pple back in spore are available.

to sidetrack abit, i think it is really not easy having to live with someone, especially one u're not very close to.

2008-02-28T07:13:00.002+08:00

i went on a shopping trip to stockholm today to visit the HUGE underground shopping centre we missed the previous 2 times.
it wasnt as large as wad de guys described but more of a repetition of shops sprawled acrosee great space.
anyway my purchases of the day consist of various accesories and no bag/clothes like i intended to get.

that aside, depsite the fact that my last minute trip to Riga did not work out, i am looking forward to a more eventful weekend than the last coz its clubbing tml night and work on fri!

2008-02-25T16:40:00.005+08:00

so i am here to blog abt womens' woes no. 3.

one of the things hovering at the top of my hated list is menstruation.
every month i look forward to it just so i can get it over and done with.
it doesnt serve any purpose except "clears your body of toxins" which i am certain there exists various other methods that can equally or better serve this purpose.
and if all vehicles are gg to be so troublesome, then i'd rather be toxicated to death.
its not as if menstruation clears smokers' lungs or cancerous cells or makes u slimmer.
so we have just eliminated the first usefulness of menstruation.

on top of being messy and annoying, menstruation further irritates one by being unexpected.
i hate waiting, not knowing when it will come because i am, afterall a girl who likes her things well-planned.
getting it is like receiving a surprise visit at yr hse on the day u most feel like hibernating.
and make that a self-invite by someone u dun exactly fancy.
so now, if i know my menses is going to come every first day of the month at 9am sharp, i might be a little less grouchy about it.

lastly, but definitely not exhaustively, menstruation causes one so much unnecessary pain and discomfort.
no swimming, bloody shit, extra space in the handbag, frequent trips to the bathroom, self-consciousness about appearance, bloated breasts, and the list could go on forever.
being one who likes to lead a happy and peacuful life without constant disruptions, i often wish i could bleed consecuetively for 12wks in a yr and then be free for the rest.

i guess u can see one other effect of menstruation on women is emotional upheaval, causing them to get agitated easily and post a long winded post on something seemingly senseless.

2008-02-24T20:18:00.003+08:00

i have weird sleeping hrs.
thurs-18hr
fri-4hrs
sat-13hrs

anyway just saw this on facebook.

SAGITTARIUS - The Promiscuous OneSpontaneous.
High appeal. Rare to find. Great when found. Loves being in long relationships. So much love to give. A loner most of the time. Loses patience easily and will not take crap. If in a bad mood stay FAR away. Gets offended easily and remembers the offense forever. Loves deeply but at times will not show it feels it is a sign of weakness. Has many fears but will not show it. VERY private person. Defends loved ones will all their abilities. Can be childish often. Not one to mess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique appeal. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing in bed..!!! Not the kind of person you want to mess with- you might end up crying.

and this is wad my birth date says abt me:
You are a person who likes a lot of space. You don't need others to make you happy. And though you sometimes see yourself as a loner, people are drawn to you like a magnet. Deep and sensitive, you tend to impress others with your insights. You also tend to be psychic - so give more thought to that inner voice!

i think they are true to a very large extent.

2008-02-24T06:30:00.004+08:00

this wk has been an uninteresting one.
rushing for assignments initially and then it was a boring weekend coz we din get to work.
i slept more than half of friday away and then it was grocery shopping and hanging out at my fren's room till late coz my room-mate's not ard.

today we went over to our fren's hse armed wif ingredients for her to teach us to cook but she ended up doing a culinary demonstration for us instead.
and once again, we had a very yummy filling meal at her place and chatted till ard 11pm+.
and i am loving her son more coz he is now opening up to us from the shy boy her used to be but he is really a very mischievious and adorable child.
oh, when we came back, we decided to check out the Eklundshofsvagen party themed "C" and it was really cool as there were ppl dressed as Corpse, Chef, Cat, Commander etc.
we contemplated gg back to dress up n join them but decided agst it as they have alr been partying since 8pm and we predicted that they r gg to call it a night soon!

anyway, a fren of mine told me something a few days back that set me thinking.
he told me that it is weird that we will make use of a 4-day break here to go travelling when it is so uncommon in spore.
and it dawned on me that while the europeans have travelled europe quite abit, the aseans either stay in their hometown or skip their neighboring countries to visit the west.
i am making a mental note to travel asia soon.

2008-02-22T21:49:00.006+08:00

after an 18-hr sleep, i am finally feeling refreshed enough to blog about the trip to helsinki, finland.
here goes.

our first stop at helsinki.

the inside of the church is as magnificent as its exterior.

churches in europe have really high ceilings.

the 4 girls posing against a statue.

yet another one to prove that girls indeed do enjoy taking photos.

the second church we visited.

its interior.

the aisles.

we were starving and had a satisfying lunch buffet for 10euros at this cafe.

me at the streets of helsinki.

inside the cave church

with a snowman roaming ard.

we din make it in time for the flea market so we went into de antique shop behind the market square instead.

one of the unique machines they sell there.

we attempted to imitate this statue.

2008-02-20T20:15:00.004+08:00

some asshole stole my bike from right outside my hse!!
i duno why i always feel so shocked when something like that happens to me.
and i will be at a loss of how to react.
anyway, thou i may not show it, i really appreciate the girls walking for 1+hr with me to our fren's hse.
and to use my loss as en excuse to skip swedish class de second time in 3.

now i got to leave for class early coz i m walking.

2008-02-19T00:00:00.003+08:00

yeay.
my travel plans for the next 1.5month are booked.
so here goes.

To London
From Stockholm Vasteras (VST) to London Stansted (STN)
Thursday, 06 Mar 08
Flight 685
Depart
Stockholm Vasteras (VST) 21:15
Arrive
London Stansted (STN) 22:30

From London Stansted (STN) to Stockholm Vasteras (VST)
Monday, 10 Mar 08
Flight 682
Depart
London Stansted (STN) 06:35
Arrive
Stockholm Vasteras (VST) 09:45

To Barcelona, Spain
From Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) to Barcelona Girona (GRO)
Monday, 31 Mar 08
Flight 1935
Depart
Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) 06:30
Arrive
Barcelona Girona (GRO) 09:40

From Barcelona Girona (GRO) to Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO)
Thursday, 03 Apr 08
Flight 1936
Depart
Barcelona Girona (GRO) 11:05
Arrive
Stockholm S. Skavsta (NYO) 14:15

Now maybe i shld get back to my books.

2008-02-18T07:36:00.009+08:00

yeay!!
i finally got photos from my fren!!
first, de long delayed post abt dinner at one of our classmate's hse abt a week ago!

the sumptous spread: there's salad, potato gratin, steamed meat, wanton & meatballs!

the best of the day: home-made ice cream better than any store-bought!

us with Shumin(our classmate) & her bf!

wow, this china classmate of ours is really an awesome cook!
we all agreed that this is the best meal we ever had in uppsala.
i really appreciate hanging out with new pple.
we watched initial D, played UNO and some other game n left only at 11+pm.
I also like Shumin alot coz she is such a nice and funny lady.

i dun think i have the energy to blog abt the entire trip to helsinki, Finland so this is the first part.

on the train to stockholm.

me & hx on the almost empty train.

window view!

the train "Viking Line" we boarded at Stockholm.

our tiny room for 4! its a little bigger than the size of 2 single beds.
de red sofa can be turned over to be a bed and that is where i slept.

my frens. there are pull out beds on the top of each bed.

nice view on board!

the pub on the ship.

us on the deck. it was super cold n windy!

i will blog abt Helsinki and Stockholm another time coz my eyes are squinting badly now!
good night world!

2008-02-17T18:38:00.005+08:00

i went to bed by midnight yest and took a gd 45mins to fall asleep.
but it was a fitful sleep filled with weird dreams and i awoke by 530am.
thank god i slept peacefully after that and only woke up at 11am!

anyway i wan to blog abt de weird things a grp of girls do when v.dae has just begun n they r so far away from loved ones.
4 bizad girls from NUS(names will not be revealed to protect persons' confidentiality) decided to have a cooking competition at 1am.

the first dish:
heart shaped pancakes by Smurf representing KR.

bread pudding by kind Cinderella

pictures of nice small tang-yuans(glutinous rice balls) by evil stepmother is currently unavailable.

red bean soup from Cinderella's room-mate.

that was so random.
well, i tried making heart shaped strawberry tarts last week and this is how it turned out.

and with the experience gained, i made heart shaped egg tarts for my frens here for v.dae!

haha, life here is so boring that i think the most interesting thing is thinking of wad to bake/cook the next time.

2008-02-17T03:30:00.007+08:00

I am finally gg to update abt my class cultural dinner last thursday, which also coincides with the first day of cny back in spore!
i managed to persuade the professor to make the theme red to commemorate cny.

me & the french girl in our class that the sporean guys(maybe others as well) go gaga over.

all the multi-cultural dishes our classmates brought

my classmate's son. he is super handsome!
now i wonder if my daughter will stand a chance if i go give birth NOW!

i tried in vain to intimidate him for spilling stuff on me!

sporeans+spanish!

all of us sat down here and chatted and played games for a huge part of the evening.

lastly, us and our professor.

i really enjoy classes here because it is so interactive and the professors are so much more approachable.
not only do we call them by their names, we also can chat with them abt everything and even make sarcastic remarks jokingly at them!

anyway i thought this cultural dinner was a really gd idea coz we got to know our classmates better and this is a major factor in motivating me to attend lessons.
also, it was during this dinner that we made plans with our austrian classmate, Christiane, to go ice skating after sch de very next day!

my second time in my whole life skating!

typical girls even have to pose on ice!
me, Alexis and Christiane!

i think my butt was on the ice more often den my skates!

might as well pose nicely after a fall!

i am getting better at the end due to the fantastic austrian skate-tutor!

sigh, i am happy to be back in uppsala but i am upset that the weather seems to be getting colder lately!
yesterday at finland it was a freezing -10`C and de wind was so strong we felt like we were gg to be blown away anytime!

all in all, i thought that finland is a rather boring place and i still prefer sweden.
picture will be up soon i hope!

ps: thanks nic for yr card coz u made my return home even sweeter!
i love receiving things in the mail!

2008-02-14T17:35:00.001+08:00

i really wan to blog abt my ice skating experience and class cultural dinner but i have yet to get my pictures so dat will have to wait!!!

anyway, i shld be leaving for class in 10mins time and we're setting off to helsinki straight after that!i'll be back on saturday so till den, happy v.dae!!

2008-02-09T22:43:00.002+08:00

these r pictures of the nice dinner at varmlands nation.

the long rows of table like in harry potter.

my frens.

the food.

with rice

our mexican neighbor, me, hx(hui xian)

the wonderful choir who sang for us.

a last overview.

wed cny eve, all the sporeans being so far away from home, gathered for our own reunion dinner at a chi restaurant named FUGU.

the environment.

our private room with tv!

one of the dishes.

our dessert.

everyone eating.

the girls.

our whole grp.

i pretended to be a bartender.

poking fun at the unlit fireplace.

we role-played bartender & customer.

thats all for now!

work last night was tiring coz i haven slept much for the past few days.

and althou there were some upsetting encounters, i decided that i still wan to work coz its fun n there are still some very nice pple!

i had a nice long talk wif my family just now! :):):)

i shall now go attempt to start on my grp assignment!

2008-02-07T00:51:00.001+08:00

wad better way to get in de spirit of cny den to go shopping?
yest shopping wif hx, i bought 1 cardigan, a jacket, a cap, a hairband.
today i bought pants and a bag and a 4kg worth of chocs.
i really love the fashion here and i think i've spent abt sek800 on shopping in the 3 wks i've been here.

the big shoe shop we frequent. i bought my boots from here!

shelves after shelves of shoes!

our treasure chest, the candy shop.

be dazzled by the HUGE selection!

chocs sold at the counter. just take, pay, go n eat!

our fav choc, geisha.
we bought a total of 5 boxes! one is not shown here.

this morning at 1am while doing my asisgnment, i randomly got up to make pineapple tarts.
my second batch!
i think they're getting better!
thou still not the powdery crust like those my mum made.
but my fren says it coz de flour here is diff.
so i am consoled.

oh mon i was very sad coz the purse which i bought here n also my current fav, fell out of my coat while cycling!
even thou i found it in the middle of the road when i made a detour back, this is how it looks like.
really dirty.

and wad was more upsetting is that all my cards inside were bent or broken when i opened up my purse.
my student card

look at de bad dent.

and my ezlink card.

my matric card is in a worse state.
sigh, anyway thank god i found my purse.
coz my mum just sent my international card and IC to me!

all right, we're like 1hr late for our reunion dinner wif all de other sporeans here but my other frens are still dolling up.
i am so tiredd i hope we dun stay out too late.

2008-02-05T05:53:00.000+08:00

we had a nice dinner at our nation, varmlands, today.
but it ended off on a sad note.

i am suddenly feeling very moody.

2008-02-04T04:43:00.001+08:00

Thanks sherms, for sending the photos!

So these are my sisters and me at de airport!

my whole family!

i like these photos alot coz we seldom take complete family photos.

this is the first time i will be spending cny away from home!

2008-02-03T05:56:00.000+08:00

gosh.
i am so full now.

i ate a banana, swiss roll cake, grapes and 2 slices of bread with ham n cheese.
den right after that i went to cook dinner coz my fren was hungry and wanted to eat early.
we had rice and nuggets and veg with salami n omelette.
and after that i ate 2 huge cookies.
and some pinapple tarts.

now, 3hrs later, i have also finished a huge bowl of maggie mee.
honestly, i think de serving size of koka instant noodles is larger den normal.
anyway, de flavor mummy sent is wayyy too spicy for me :(

now i shall go watch somemore of channel 8's cooking drama so as to inspire myself to be a great chef!!!!!!!!

2008-02-02T23:09:00.000+08:00

i went to sleep when de sun rose n woke up when de sun sets.

anyway yesterday work was fun, i really enjoyed it and i'm looking forward to work next and every friday.
i really like de pple at varmlands nation coz they're so warm n friendly and helpful.
well, the regulars that is.
they are actually volunteers, that is they work there every week, longer hrs than us and without pay.
something like hall activities.
and yet they never ever grumble, they are so cheerful and they dun mind mopping floors or scrubbing toilets with us.

honestly i will definitely consider working for a swedish firm in future coz i have heard that the swedes supervisors hold no airs and i think that is a really important criteria for my ideal superior.

well, so i reached home at abt 5am coz we left our bikes in sch so we walked home.
and now, at 4pm, i just woke up, i am hungry but i cant go over for dinner but its snowing crazily and it doesnt look like its gonna get better so i am eating a banana.
i am tempted to eat pizza but my room-mate is not ard to share with me! :(

on another note, i finally got my mum's parcel on thurs!
had to walk to some ulu area to get it myself but at least one skinny but strong fren helped me lug the box and my groceries back!
haha.

i was initially angry wif my mum coz she spent $100+ to send me some unnecessary stuff.
a comforter (when i alr have 2 quilts! n i still have no bedsheet n i'm using my fren's pillowcase!)
a thermal flask (when my roomie and i alr have 3!)
koko krunch?!! (i din noe whether to laugh or cry! we get cereal here and thou it is a little pricier, the shipping price is exorbitant!)
hangers (not really necessary but useful)

the 2 most impt things were my international student card(which i cant believe i left at home!) and instant noodles! but of coz being the health freak she is, she bought some instant noodles which are non-fried and no msg!

well, this morn while i was still at work my mum called to ask me wad i want n says she wans to send it over to me in time for chi new yr.
i m very touched.
oh, and she also wrote me a letter in the parcel and though i can only make out the vague idea coz of her cursive chi characters, it got me all emo.
n i suspect de reason why i slept so long this morn is coz the comforter my mum sent me made me feel so snug and homely!

well, that aside, yest i decided to be a virtuous wife and make my own pineapple tarts!
since my roomie has been craving for them, i wanted to give her a surprise when she comes back from norway!
theses are some insights into the process n end-products!

they looked all right but it tastes unlike pineapple tarts!

more of them!

well, i will try again later today and hopefully i will perfect the skill before we go stockholm to meet her tml morn!
lastly, a view from my room window an hr ago but its pitch dark now!

sigh i randomly spent sek260 on random groceries yest n the swiss roll i m eating now sucks.

2008-01-31T05:27:00.000+08:00

anyway it snowed rather heavily this morning!

i am very happy!

even though we were late for sch coz we left late, we walked instead of cycle and we kept taking pictures along the way.

we ended up 45mins late for a 2hr lecture! haha.
here are some sceneries along the way.

me & JK outside de hse just before we leave for sch

me & smurf-look alike KR fren at the slope near our place.

i love the big snow flakes falling.

the 3 girls who lagged behind to camwhore.

real-life xmas trees!

the seemingly never-ending road to sch.

can u see de snow hitting the cars hard?

watch the backs of my 2 happy frens strolling to sch.

after sch we headed to 2nd hand stores to look for skates.

we attempted to have a snowball fight along the way!

the 1st second hand shop we went to.

us inside.

they serve nice and rather cheap food there too :)

i bought my skates there for sek30=sgd7!!!

as there were limited skates, we went to another 2nd hand shop to get skates for the 2 other girls.

there, my fren bought a bag for sek10=sgd$2.40!!

i dun think its exceptionally nice but it looks new and all right and its definitely worth it!

another one of my fren also bought a belt for sek5!

i think i like the idea of second hand shops already.

we are girls on budget!!

today is a happy day :) :) :)

2008-01-31T05:02:00.001+08:00

yesterday we went to eat at some very cosy place called Cafe Linn.
though i like de interior design alot and the food was appetizing, i still find it on the pricier side.

the thing in the second row is some custard pie thing which is apparently the favorite snack for the swedes' fika(tea in swedish).
however, it failed to catch singaporeans' fancy because all 4 girls didnt like it.

spoilt for choice by yummy selection of deserts

very big and chocolatey muffins

the frog looks like its puking blood.

more varities of muffins!

as mentioned above, the swede's fav food which we din finish!

i think this is called "lax pasta"

we ordered 2 kinds of pasta

shepherd's pie brother?

all the 4 girls shared the food.

we also ordered a choc brownie with ice-cream which is very satisfying.

it was a wholesome meal and we all felt bloated after that.

2008-01-30T12:14:00.001+08:00

this is the first morning for de past one wk my nose didnt bleed.
and so i am feeling happy.
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but why do i keep thinking of that?

2008-01-30T10:11:00.001+08:00

i just woke up from a nightmare.
which i think is too surreal to mention.
but i wan to say i miss running to jo's amy's or rachel's room after a bad dream.
or curling in to sleep with my mum.

anyway even though i look strong and tough(i think!), deep down actually i'm a scaredy-cat, a paranoid freak and i have a wild imagination.
maybe i am not so looking forward to my room-mate leaving me this weekend afterall.
and i wish i knew my neighbors around here which will definitely make me feel more secure.

well, that aside, i slept at 630pm yesterday.
its 315am now and i'm eating instant noodles.
talk about bizzare lifestyle.

i will go work on m grp project in a while!

2008-01-29T00:25:00.000+08:00

gosh. i just woke up from a 3hr nap.
my individual asisgnment is due in about 12hrs time but i'm nowhere near the start.
man, why did we have to take masters' level courses?
this is even more stressful than NUS.

but we had no choice.

2008-01-28T20:22:00.000+08:00

me and my room-mate actually booked de laundry room for 7am today but both of us didnt wake up.

i think we're all very tired lately.

this is depsite that i've not venture out of my nieghborhood for the past 2 days.

anyway so my fren was late for her proj meeting in sch at 10am and i only woke up when she called to ask me help her check something on her com.

i just had instant noodles for lunch and i really miss chinese food.
actually not chinese food since we actually cook that almost every dinner but i miss cny goodies very much.

well, that aside, yest for dinner i tried to imitate Aston's hickory chicken but obviously it was a flop.
it was still tasty chicken but not a very flavorful hickory taste.

nevertheless, i wan to show off the dish i cook for our very first home-cooked meal here!

and this is a trip made to ikea in its homeland last wk!

and the cutleries we got as we were a perfect grp of 6!

sadly, IKEA here is not cheaper, in fact some thigns are more ex.

anyway, another upsetting thing is the guys have decided that they dun wan to eat with us anymore as its very troublesome so they prefer to settle their own meal quick and easy.

sigh, talk about communal living.

anyway so its left with us 4 girls now.

2008-01-28T03:36:00.000+08:00

the open air ice skating rink near our place.

the nation we all joined.

my fren insisted that she takes artistic photos.

a scenice view.

look at the pile of snow!

these are outdated pics my fren just sent me.

anyway i really miss my private space.

2008-01-26T21:56:00.000+08:00

there are seriously alot of singaporeans in uppsala.

first, theres the 7 of us from Biz.
We met 4 arts pple on the airplane.
i know my secondary school fren and her bf are here too.
we know 2 guys, one from engin and one from SOC.
we have met 2 law students and they say there's a 3rd one here.

Oh, and there're 2 SMU girls here too coz all teh above mentioned are from NUS.

i really wonder how many singaporeans ar ein this small scandinavian town alone.

Now who says sporeans dun come to sweden?

2008-01-25T03:53:00.000+08:00

tomorrow me and 2 other girls are going to work at our nation, a sort of club, from 4pm-2am.
i am quite scared, partly because i do not what to expect of the job scope, partly coz i am afraid i dun have enough time for schoolwork and lastly also coz i think it very cold and dangerous for the 3 of us to come back so late as our residence area is really deserted.

ple let everything be fine.

2008-01-24T06:08:00.000+08:00

yest was the first time in my entire life i saw snow!

i was on msn at 630am in the morning when my fren msg me telling me to look out of my window!

it was a beautiful sight though no pictures could be taken coz our windows cant be opened and it reflects light!

anyway the first pic is of me outside our house!

the second one is of me and my room-mate in front of this slope outside our place!

i had a very long and tiring day so i think i shall turn in early!

gd night sweden and gd morning spore!

2008-01-23T02:43:00.000+08:00

sch has only just started but i can feel the workload alr.
even though our timetable is very slack, there are alot of self study to do.

eg, for the first module which we had an intro lect on mon, we had to go print our own notes and read them before first lect on wed, which is tml.
and its 3 sets of notes before each lesson, some rather thick.

oh, and rachel, we cant skip classes coz we have to participate even in lectures since its only a class of slightly over 20 pple and we're graded for class participation.

i think i will go for dinner and perhaps get started after that.

ps: sk, my swedish classes only start on feb but i will learn hard and teach u all i can when i'm back! :)