Dharni the BEST beatboxer

Just saw Arzhou's latest blog entry. 3 youtube videos on some "singapore's best beatboxer". WHOA.. tricked me into watching steven lim beatboxing!!

Now now.. lemme show you all what is REALLY singapore's best beatboxer!!! Listen already also high!!!!



And one of him battling with another guy Zul.. amongst my all-time favourites.. i even bookmarked it on my lappy AND listed under my youtube favourites! ^_^

tortured

Had planned to take THE TEST in early august, with 2 weeks to study those 30,000 words and what not right after my Taiwan trip.

Yet, they had to spoil my plan. I am suddenly informed tt I have to pass the test BEFORE august, and they’ve specially planned a day for me. THEY PLANNED FOR ME!! 1 month before the day I had planned to take it. And so coincidentally, it is 1 of the 3 days I am ‘transiting’ in Singapore between my Tibet and Taiwan trips. I don’t know whether to be happy or sad. Happy, coz at least I can make it for this specially-arranged-test. Sad coz that means I have to bring my stuff to study DURING my trip to Tibet. Church camp definitely would be studying ler. HAIZ. There goes all the free time. Who asked me to have such poor English. Must study so many new words. Grr.

Yar. Luff. I still dunno why I must study ARABIC. ‘Kismet’ is the Arabic word for ‘fate’. And ‘phalanx’ is some formation of infantry carrying shields and spears (YES! Luff, NSmen.. luff!). And a ‘guy’ is a cable or chain attached to something that needs to be steadied. And ‘husband’ is to use sparingly or to conserve. You get what I mean. It’s not my fault that I don’t know the meaning of many of these words. >.<

050607

since the date today is so special, i decided to note it down! XD

went to look thru some of my clothes.. coz my cupboard is overflowing, yet i find myself wearing the same clothes everyday! And of course neatened it a little.. hee..

my t-shirt collection is not that small.. but i'm getting a lil' sick of it already. the only t-shirt i have yet worn is right at the bottom of the pile.. spot part of jay chou's face there. nononoNO! i didn't buy a t-shirt with his face. my sis found it somewhere (i think) and gave it to me. haha. dun dare to wear it out tho >.<
part of my cupboard. woot~ (fangers.. can spot our shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3 uniform in there? XD)


and some huge t-shirts tt i wear at home.. hee..

photoshop is magic..

Whenever you see a hot girl in a magazine, just remember - you can't Photoshop a personality.

3rd world wonder to visit (after Grand Canyon n Niagara Falls)

(i wrote this quite some time ago. can't believe i forgot to post it)

The closest I have been, was Luxor in Las Vegas. (Casino with an Egpyt theme)

I can’t really remember when was the time I started dreaming of egypt. Was it secondary school? It appears everywhere. Movies, cartoons (prince of egypt), magazines, discovery channel.. etcetc. Ever since many many years ago, I had wanted to go to egypt. It seemed like some unreachable land that I can only dream of. I never even dreamt of going to China, to Korea, to Disneyland, not even the United States. But over the years, I’ve traveled to all these places. All but THE place I had wanted to go all along. I want to travel the world, but THE place that I really want to go to is egypt. I can’t really pin point why actually. But I just wanna go. Go see the pyramids. Go float in the Dead Sea. Go try split the red sea. Go do many many things. But, I never dared to go. It seemed too.. ‘faraway’. Not in terms of distance, but.. unreachability. Somehow. And, being the very picky traveler I am, I would only travel when I find suitable travel partners. And GUESS WHAT? I think I have found just the right friends to go egypt together!! YES!!!! EGYPT!! My dream suddenly seems all so real to me!! So close!! Egypt is not so unreachable anymore!!!!! Thank God for FRIENDS!!!! ^_^

It wouldn’t be anytime soon, but still…

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virtual haircut!

manz. i seem to be blogging alot today. but there's so much tt i've promised pple but never done anything til today. so clearing all at once. hehe.

Adrian sent me this webby the day after i cut my hair. it's really cool! go listen.. USE EARPHONES though! enjoy~~

missing T

met up with 1 of the 2 guys who'd be going to taiwan with fangers n i. we were walking along orchard, outside wisma, when i heard a familiar song. AH! the song that timmy plays almost every week. (i dunno the song name tho.. i always don't! >.<) the band wasn't bad.. but.. can't beat the voice of timmy. i miss them.

back home, sis was surprised i was back early. "never go timbre today?" i haven't been there for many weeks! lemme count..

18th april.. meant to go with weilin, but she fell sick. ended up meeting jinghui to discuss our tibet trip. we happened ot be at city hall, so we actually DID drop by timbre at 11pm. but.. as usual.. it's packed. ultra full. (we usually reserve seats). so we left lah. so paiseh i din dare to say bye to D, who saw us queuing.

25th.. meant to bring sapphy and her bf there.. but ended up going to haixiang for buffet instead! whoahaha good excahnge lah. i loved haixiang.. and my first trip to mustafa!! whoahaha

1st june.. meeting the pple i'm going taiwan with! of course more impt than chilling out at timbre..

8th.. my last friday in singapore before i travel the world. weilin! hope we really make it this time round!! ^_^

permed hair

And since everyone keeps asking me to go perm hair, let me announce.. that i once permed it in 2005!!! whoahaha... so long ago.. those photos are already out of my lappy, in my external HDD... but i happened to chance upon my friendster, and discovered tt i have some photos of me with permed hair there! hence... here u go! wendy with permed hair~~


Ah. those were taken with hall friends, at our outing to fullerton hotel. free chocolate buffet. ooh... how i miss those days~~ >.<

should i.. should i get a... MAC?

so pretty. mac. reason i didn't get it was coz i don't know how to use it, and i am too lazy to learn. of course, there's the incompatibility, the cost etc.

But i didn't know that mac users see totally different things when we chat on MSN. Like 2 totally different worlds. Hmmmm...

tibet analysis

My first day of slacking around. Feels good to finally have some time to do some stuff. LIke reading the ALL-MANDARIN tibet itinerary. Since the height affects the weather, and the weather affects what we wear, i had to do some analysis. there had been a great debate going on about weather we'd see the real base camp (at 5000m above sea level) or just a fake, touristy one. Coz lhasa is at 3500m, and we cannot ascend more than 500m a day. hence, i had to analyse every place of interest we were visiting.. and here's the conclusion i received:

Date	Day	Place of interest	Height above sea level
20th june	1	8pm depart Shanghai
21	2
22	3	9pm arrive lhasa	3658m
23	4	Potala (3h), 大昭寺 (1h)	3700m
24	5	View 青唐古拉山, hotspring
25	6	View world’s biggest 淡水湖, 羊卓雍湖, via 岗巴拉山口	4750m 4880m
26	7	Make way to base camp
27	8	绒布寺 (1h), view base camp of mount everest	5100m 5200m
28	9	扎什伦布寺 (2h)
29	10
30	11
1st july	12	10am depart Lhasa
2	13
3	14	11am reach shanghai

WE'D BE GOING TO THE REAL BASE CAMP OF MOUNT EVEREST!! WOOT~~

egad ideas~

I had a surprise sprung on me today. Had to plan some icebreaker games (half hr) and a big team bonding game (1.5hr) for a group of about 50 youths aged ~12-18 yrs. Many pple contributed many good ideas. Ben came across this link that i thought was really good. It has many fantastic ideas for group games, icebreaker games, activities, indoors and outdoors, crafts, fellowships, bible studies etc. It's so complete. and the activities suggested there are really fresh and exciting! ^_^ i've added it to my blog links.. feel free to use it as reference when u run out of new ideas for your sunday school / youth group / any activities!

of farewells

It’s been a week of farewells. As one grows older, we bid farewell to more people, more often. (no, I am not talking about life and death, but of leaving people)

I remember that in Kindergarden, I didn’t even know much of what bidding farewell meant. In primary 6 and secondary 4, “last day of school” were BIG things. We held huge parties, wrote autographs, took lots of photos, hugged each other and said our goodbyes, as though we would never meet each other ever again.

By Junior College, I had grown up a little, and I realize that leaving school didn’t mean that the friendships would end just there. Internet made keeping in touch very easy, and we could always meet up over a cup of coffee.

When I was young, daddy would travel overseas occasionally for business trips. Each time, we’d bid goodbye, and I’d make ‘welcome back’ cards for him when he returned. As the years went by, I learnt that these trips were often, and he’d always return. Those ‘welcome back’ cards disappeared, and the ‘goodbyes’ whenever he left for a country, would seem like a normal ‘goodbye’ whenever a dad leaves for work each day.

However, no matter how easy ‘farewells’ seem nowadays, there are still some that I still can’t bring myself to say. The farewell last year was hard. We were brought together by chance, from countries all over the world, meeting together in a foreign land halfway across the globe. We hit the first day we met, and explored the States together. We had only each other, thus we bonded at an alarming rate. 5 short months later, we bid goodbye. After that day, we’d return to our own countries. Our own lives. And because we’re from different lands, simply meeting up for a cup of coffee would not be THAT easy anymore. Not knowing when we’d meet each other after that goodbye, we were terribly sad. Nonetheless, having picked up a little of the American way of life, we partied our hearts out even on the last night together. ^_^

That same month, I bid farewell to yet another friend. We had promised to meet up again soon after. I didn’t know, that that would be the last goodbye. I never saw that friend ever again. I never will.

Yesterday, Bora left. Bora is a Korean exchange student who’s been studying in NUS the past 10 months. A few of us woke up at 5+ to send her off at the airport at 7am. We don’t know when we’d meet again. Even more, she didn’t know when she’d see ALL her friends she’d made in Singapore again. She was crying so hard.. it reminded me of how I cried through my 24 hr flight back to singapore.

***

So many years down the road, I’ve re-found many of those primary/secondary school friends whom I had once bid farewell to. People whom I haven’t met for up to 15 years, people whom I thought had walked away from my life forever. I haven’t met them in person, but I found them on facebook. At least, we’re in contact. ^_^

Over the next 2 months, I’d be going to Tibet and Taiwan. And there, I might just be able to meet up with some HK and Taiwan friends I met at Penn! ^_^

It’s difficult having friends all over the place. It’s hard to say goodbye to people you know you wouldn’t be able to meet up with easily. But, looking at it from a more optimistic point of view, it’s nice to know people from all over the world.

**

Today, I said the happiest farewell. The whole group organized a farewell party for me. My 2 bosses made a really funny speech (and thanks MinTea for taping it all down).. and we had yummy food. Why is this farewell so happy? Just like bigboss said.. this is a 2-in-1 party. A farewell party, and at the same time a welcome-back party. It’s not going to be a forever-goodbye kinda party. I don’t like leaving pple. So we just had fun together ^_^

hairy issues

Since many of you commented that you don't remember how i looked with short hair last year, here're some photos to remind you.

Before i cut my hair on 14th dec 2006

After the hair cut

1 Month before i cut my hair on 24th may 2007

After the hair cut

Ok.. so.. now can see the difference?? XD

HaiXiang Buffet

Finally, i graduated and we (the FSC) made it to haixiang for a CHINESE buffet. A la carte style. For once, i was not stuffed with shark's fin soup the moment i entered the restaurant (a common tactic used by chinese restaurants to make you full so that you would not order too much of the buffet). We were pretty overwhelmed by the spread on the menu, and only ordered what looked really exciting and not easily available outside.

A look at the menu...

Appetizers.. (prawn salad, sashimi, vietnamese rolls, chicken feet, century egg with ginger..)

Chef's recommendations.. with scallops, crabs, prawns, buddha jumps over the wall on the list..

More good food.. including cereal prawns, sea cucumber, braised pork in coffee sauce, pork in wuxi style, venison, more scallops, steamed red garouper in chili bean paste, soft shell crab, egg plants with fish fillet and beancurd.. you get the idea. check out the menu!

Unlimited dessert.. (we tried everything on the list. and some glutinous rice balls with sesame, which isn't even on the list! muahaha)
Thumbs up!! ^_^


Hai Xiang Restaurant
Park Royal Hotel
Kitchener Road

Operates:
Lunch - 12:00 noon to 2:30 pm
Dinner - 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Location: Level 3
Capacity: 185 Reservations preferred


WOOT~~ we were so satisfied with the food. It was so nice that we wanted to eat more, but.. really.. our stomachs had a limited elasticity.

While ordering food..


Abit high from the wide ARRAY of good food..


Stuffed.



Cow and chicken.. (my top n my bag..)


A loving 'couple' caught on cam

it’s the IN thing

What can be more exciting, than bumping into your hairstylist all the way in farawayland Tibet??? ^_^ Well, I am not exactly THAT fortunate though. He’s leaving Tibet the very day I am going. >.< st="on">Tibet.. talking about long my hair shud be to make it a good trip.. haha.

Anyway… I think this should be the 10^th year I am getting my hair cut at Monsoon Hairhouse. I pretty much like the place, and their skills are good. My ex-hairstylist from there, Addy Lee, is now a celebrity hairstylist with David Gan.. thus I changed to Ken Lau, jacky-cheung-look-alike!! ^_^ Don’t see my hair messy messy ok.. he cuts really well.. just tt I am so busy I can only afford to go get my hair cut twice a yr. Maybe this year I will try to find time to go trim my hair more often.. (and say hi to ‘jacky’.. LOL)

TIBET

Woot!! The trip is getting closer and closer. It’d be the most exotic place I have traveled in my life. Couple of days ago, jinghui, sam and I had a conference call. Then yest, I got jinghui n bingling to meet. Now everyone who’d be traveling together has at least more idea about one another. ^_^ Visa done, packing list done, air tickets booked.. and my sis managed to get me lonely planet to Tibet ler!! Woohoo~~ Now left with a nice backpack to buy next week.. then I’m ready to CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST!!!!!

Ok. Fine. We’re going to base camp. But WE’D BE ON MOUNT EVEREST!!!! ^_^

Friends

Met up with jinghui last Friday, after JQ got called back to work. Poor gal. We had a nice chat.. and I realized I do know many people from many places and backgrounds! Friends from all over the world, making traveling so much easier. Friends doing all sorts of jobs, like jinghui, to give me advices in areas that I am so helpless. First class accountant.. I sure learnt a lot of things from her that night! Now I will feel more confident when asking people about insurance policies etc. Of course, I am still nothing compared to this amazing gal, who is into earning big bucks and retiring by 40!!

It’s really heaven’s blessing.. though I didn’t get to meet up with JQ last week, she got posted to MOE for work today, and we got to meet up for lunch! Whoahaha.. this gal.. is a born journalist.. can ask really interesting (And news-worthy) questions offhand. I felt like I was being interviewed by a pro-reporter lah!! Haha. Well done gal. Remember to come interview me when I discover THE NEXT BIG THING! ^_^

yummylicious

Bong introduced this new jam biscuit to me last week. Fell in love with it instantly. I happened to drop by marks and spencer, and got it! Must let my family try it ^_^ (pity it wasn’t on sale though. Thus it’s $3.50 per pack)

can you forget?

A short chat with vivi while shopping around today, reminded me of things that I have long forgotten. Or have I really? It’s so hard to gauge, but I am very sure that I wished Singapore was not so small, so that I wouldn’t have to keep worrying that I might bump into her one day. That shows that I am not ready yet bah, I guess. Anyway, once again, I’m so blessed with a friend from God.. someone who has gone through similar experiences.. ^_^

part-time parent

Once again, I went to a talk directed to parents of RJC students. Been doing this for years now, ever since my brother was in RI. I even go for parent-teacher meetings. This time round, it was a talk on US and UK universities. Just thought I’d go to see if they had any information that I still did not know. (having gone for multiple talks when I was in JC a few years back, and having studied in an Ivy League university myself). In the end, I was only tortured by an ex-RJC/ex-yale girl who was unable to speak English properly. Even my mother was irritated by her weird intonations at the end of every sentence, thus we left early.

So, I had a failed attempt to have a good talk with my brother after the parents-teachers meeting about a month back. Today, I tried again. It was a nice, long chat. At least, this time, he talked more, and there was more feedback. At least, he’s thinking. We had no conclusions, but I feel so much more comforted that he’s putting in the effort to think about his future. It’s about time. ^_^

Sometimes I wonder why I am so worried for my brother. He’s such a bright boy, surely there wouldn’t be any problem soaring to great heights, right? My sister doesn’t seem to worry that much either. Seems like my mum and I are the only ones who’re anxious about his future. And as yiwen always says, I’m so glad we know each other, being fellow sisters who share the same sentiments. =P

Perception changes

I found out only recently, that my phD programme will involve taking 10 courses, instead of the usual 6 courses for normal phD students. Yeah. Extra. Irritating. But instead of complaining about it, I starting looking through the modules, to find that some of them are taught by people I know! ^_^ and to my horror, I actually imagined myself going back to NUS for lectures.. not just any theatre, but the OLDEST and MOST UNCOMFORTABLE LT26!! >.<>

another new beginning

Yeah. My life is full of ‘new beginning’s. Many things I do are significant to me. Even things like haircuts, which people do regularly, can mean a lot to me. And today, I moved on again.

About 2.5 yrs ago, my frustration towards irritating random male species got beyond my control. I guess I didn’t take it too lightly, and I decided to do something about it. Maybe I am being extreme. To some, it may not be a big deal. But to me, I really hate it when random people on the streets keep trying to chat me up or ask silly questions etc. A couple of times are fine, but when it gets too frequent, I get annoyed. To add on, I was so gullible and stupid that I responded with the silliest ways ever. Haiz. In short, I paid the heaviest prices for my frustration. How? Think about it. What’s the best way to stop random people coming up to talk to you? Yes, disfigure yourself. Take away your best asset. And thus, I did. What I considered my best asset (besides my height, which I cannot change). Remove it, such that I would not get harassed anymore.

Well, I must say that I paid dearly for my actions, and I lost a lot due to it. But during this long period of time, I have grown and matured. Although I still cannot pretend that these people speak words as genuine as guys along the streets of NewYork (when I was in the states, somehow, I believe that every word random people on the streets say, would come from the bottom of their heart), at least I have better ways of dealing with them, and not bringing it all upon myself.

All has been good so far. Let’s hope I can do things as carefree-ly as I used to. WITHOUT those unhappy things happening, of course. ^_^

lazy summerdays

I took the day off for my final interview with new chairman Lim. He’s a nice man. Had a nice chat with all the 4 chairmen of various organizations and academys. But the main highlight of the day wasn’t that. I had rushed off to collect my visa at Tanglin. And since the rest of the day was free, I decided to go walk walk around. But as I walked from tanglin to orchard on a Thursday afternoon, I saw many Caucasians. Yeah. Tanglin seemed to be occupied by more Caucasians than locals, especially on a weekday afternoon when most people are at work. They were lazing around, wearing beetle sunglasses, some sitting on benches, reading books, enjoying the serenity of the place..

That’s what I really missed. Sitting on benches, doing nothing much, just letting the sunlight seep through my skin, watching people walk past, listening to the occasional car driving past, random thoughts filling my relaxed mind. The type of afternoon I enjoyed back in philly, something that I never did since I returned because of time constraint, and because the benches near my home are simply too dirty to sit on. (blame it on my being a biologist too.. bacteria everywhere!)

Instantly, I decided not to go shopping. Instead, I searched around for a nice outdoor café to sit down, and eventually decided on borders. I specially requested for an outdoor seat.. and it was my first time telling the waiter, “one person, please”. ^_^ I sat there, enjoying a nice meal of minestrone soup, asparagus/truffle/olive oil pasta, tiramisu and strawberry milkshake. WOOHOO~ ultimate shiokness ok!! Slowly eating, taking occasional sips on my drink, observing people, reading the book that I had brought along. The sky turned from sunny to a slight drizzle and then a thunderstorm. But though I was outdoors, I was sheltered. I sat there, watching people run for shelter, while others simply didn’t care about getting wet. Ah.. just like the times in Penn.. I never used my umbrella.. nobody did.. a simple down jacket would keep us dry.. for the rain never got too heavy. The carefree lifestyle.. j’adore. ^_^

3 hours of sitting there alone, 3 hours of not bothering about anything else but enjoying myself and pampering myself. I wished I could do this everyday, but I have to be practical. This is Singapore, and though I really adore a different lifestyle, I have no plans to migrate. Thus, I have decided to take a couple of weekdays off each year, just to enjoy lazy afternoons like that. They’re more therapeutic than shopping, and they cost much less. ^_^

unpredictability

I haven’t been of sorts lately. For some unexplained reasons, I felt as if part of me has returned to the past. About a year ago. Like I never moved on from all those incidents. And for some reason, I am getting insomnia again. >.<

**

Sitting in a cab on my way home from timbre one Friday night, I was suddenly shaken awake by the sound of the road whizzing past under the cab. My heart skipped a beat, and I started shivering. In a split second, it all rushed back to me. The fear of a fast moving vehicle.. the fear of an accident happening.. everything seemed all so fresh again all of a sudden.

**

As I sat alone at my desk at work, I looked up at the nicely made calendar. Those familiar faces. The people whom.. led me to the highest peaks and the darkest valleys..

And I felt like I was back a few months back, sitting in the lab alone at night, wondering when they’d ever return..

**

Fangers relayed a msg to me. A msg that I don’t know the purpose of. But the once forgotten person came to live. The person that I don’t know to be grateful to, or to blame it all upon. Such a dilemma.. I chose to forget her. Why must Singapore be so small?

**

We were discussing how sweet it was, for the guy to bring the gal to work on a Sunday, just to watch him work. Can’t help but be reminded of the many lonely nights when I worked OT, when I wished he was not 10,000 miles away.

**

FM blog mentioned an accident that led to the departure of a friend.

“my friend got into a freak accident and passed away this morning”

“my friend wants to celebrate his si2 li3 tao2 sheng1 (close shave from death).. not many of us will have experience that kind of feeling”

Yeah. I have.

fears remain etched

I was just browsing through some photos of the PIs (principal investigators, otherwise known as Bosses) in my company, when I saw a familiar face, smiling very sweetly and looking so friendly. Yet, I shuddered. Why? Such an amiable smile. And the next photo was of a very fierce looking man, frowning with his brows tilting upwards at the ends. The 2^nd photo looks fiercer and scarier, yet I felt ok looking at it. I wish I could look at that smiling face and not be afraid. It’s all psychological. I must overcome it. I told myself I will do it, if I get this far. I will do it.

it’s a world of ‘T’s

I am Traveling to Thailand, Tanjong puteri (resort in JB), Tibet and Taiwan over the next Two months. Not to forget, I will frequent Timbre and Timmy whenever I am free. ^_^

Today, I Taught the Thais English, and got to eat the yummy-licious, authentic Thai food. YUM!! I really miss their cooking. 1.5 yrs of not teaching and thus not eating thai food. After trying their cooking, you’ll never want to go Thai express or any thai restaurant in Singapore! ^_^ It feels so good to see my old students once again. Some were absent coz they were at work, some have returned to their hometown to get married. Some were new to me.. and it never fails to surprise me how some of them have children older than me! (seriously.. what makes them look so young?) During dinner, I got to meet some other new friends too. Friends from SBC (Singapore bible college). I simply walked up to the entire group of people and introduced myself. Not something surprising to see from me nowadays, but something that would have made the sun rise from the west if it happened years ago. This feeling of happiness after the thai lesson and thai food.. the fellowship.. so new.

GRE revision cancelled!!

I had banked in all my hopes upon that revision. They had planned like half a yr ago to revise GRE format in September this year. For those who are clueless, GRE is Graduate Record Examination, a test to be taken by most people who intend to further their studies beyond a basic bachelor’s degree. The general test for GRE involves verbal (English), quantitative (math) and a writing section. And the section that I hate most, of course, is the verbal section. To prepare for this section of the test, many (and I can say majority) test takers actually download the 30,000 word list to memorize. Yeah. 30,000 words, of which many cannot even be found in a Cambridge English dictionary. Memorize 30,000 words just to score a test to enter graduate school? It makes no sense. How does the ability to memorize English words make you a more eligible graduate student???

The revision for GRE was to alter this section of the test, to make it more applicable to graduate studies, such as incorporating more analytical stuff like comprehensions instead of relying on vocabulary alone. I’d rather do that. And it definitely accesses a person’s ability beyond memory-work. BUT THEY HAVE CANCELLED THE REVISION!!!! So now, I have to start memorizing my 30,000 words!!! Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There goes my hopes of slacking >.<

making the most

Haven’t worked so hard in ages. I guess a lot of work in the lab keeps me fit. Coz yesterday, I packed experiments from 9am-5pm.. just so that I could leave early to get ready to meet my friend later in the evening.. I had only 2 * 15 minute breaks in all, thus only managed a salmon sandwich for lunch. I was so dead beat by the end of the day, that I couldn’t even sit up straight. Most of my experiments are done sitting on a chair, so my physical weakness is pretty apparent. It’s just too bad that I forgot that the company had recently gotten 2 massage chairs that I can use!!

I really wanted to give timbre a miss, coz I was sooooo tired. But CF had put in so much effort to get us the best seats in the house. Plus, sapphy was finally joining us for the first time! And most importantly, I had asked a friend along. I met Kern while on exchange in Penn, and I haven’t met him for over a year. (he’s the nice friend who brought me church visiting and thus I found GCC) He was posted to work in Singapore since a couple of months ago, but I had been so busy we hadn’t met up! Thus, I couldn’t miss this chance of catching up again.

I grabbed dinner (Horfun, 3 slices of cheesecake, 2 waterchestnut drinks, seaweed and some other snacks) never had food tasted so good! I laid on the couch at home for an hour, not feeling like moving. Then it was time to go. Timbre yet again!

It’s either the 1-hr rest, or the place. Coz I didn’t feel at all tired by the time I reached timbre! ^_^ And timmy! Didn’t fail to entertain me as usual. Though they did repeat quite a few of songs, they were nice songs nonetheless. Even Kern likes timbre and timmy. Thus he’s going back!! Lalala~ And it sure was nice catching up with him. Yeah, I sure have changed since the last time we met. For the better, he said. (and I believe him XD). Sap had a really memorable night too. By memorable, I really mean UNFORGETTABLE. Due to some shocking news we received from fangers. CF and bong left early.. so sad.. luckily sapphy stayed to keep me company!! ^_^ So the trip wasn’t wasted with just listening to 1 hr of music. Stayed for 2 out of 3 sets, and we got to hear the DRUMMER sing! Whoahaha.. first time I heard him sing! Not bad eh.. he speaks ultra singlish.. abit shy and dunno how to perform (as a singer I mean. He’s a fantastic drummer).. but he’s got a not-bad voice. Now there’s only eric left in the band whom I haven’t heard him sing. Oh did I mention that last night was the first time I saw the bassist without a cap? Argh. Wasted. Had wanted to tease him saying he never cut hair or something so always wear cap to hide his ugly hair. Now no more chance ler. >.<>

Ah.. the night didn’t end there. I had a very interesting cab ride home! I got into a very nice and comfortable cab.. And since the cabby was begging me to talk to him to keep him awake, I yakked nonstop to preserve my life! (too much, in fact. Coz he ended up missing my exit.. lucky he was apologetic and charged less) Throughout our conversations, I learnt a lot about him..

-he’s not the main cabby for this car (coz I asked if it’s a new model for cabs and he didn’t know). He was simply helping a relative, who happened to be overseas. Don’t waste rental mah.

-he’s actually not that young (he looks like a young boy, in his twenties. Youngest cabby I’ve ever seen) after some calculation, he should have passed 30.

-he went backpacking in Taiwan right after he ORD, and he stayed there for 10 yrs without coming back! Backpack for 10 yrs! WOW. (he returned last dec, and tt’s how I calculated his age XD)

-his day job involves working from home only.. international marketing.. is his BIG family business!! And he gets to travel to Oklahoma very frequently for business trips.. so fortunate! Less work, and thus explains why he’s the most free to help his relative take over the cab.

-he lives near me. Coz after he dropped me off, he just went to grab a bite at the coffee shop and went home. Rich people. Feel tired then can call it a day ler.

Sometimes it’s nice that my sister returns home late on Friday nights too. Coz then I don’t have to worry about disturbing her while I bathe and stuff. Can even turn on my

ultra excited

Had a good talk with BIG boss today. He talked about his future plans, how he wants his lab to be structured etc. And in short, he invited me to join him in his pursuit of scientific knowledge ^_^ So now it’s up to the interview next week to see if I can join him..

Ah. Did I ever mention, that I think my big boss looked like xiaxue’s bf at certain angles?

MardiGras celebration @ Timbre

The long awaited email.. finally came!!!! ^_^ I was pretty sure I’d receive it.. just that.. confidence still cannot beat reality.. when it came in black and white.. waiting for my final interview next week.. hope it all goes well!

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And so happens that I was going to Timbre again with CF and Bong later that night to attend some special concert. Just nice can celebrate! ^_^ We had booked the tickets 1 week earlier, to attend a Mardi Gras Celebration, where the Dirty Dozen Brass Band from New Orleans, USA plays! Super cool lah! All the way from New Orleans! (pronounced as nor-leans.. as we learnt last nite XD) $58 for a 4 course dinner and 2 drinks. Lalala~ Anyway.. the food is not the main focus (and thus NO photos. Ha~) The band.. is superduperultra FANTASTIC!!

Not only good at playing, they sing really well too!! And the guitarist can play the guitar WITH HIS TEETH!!!! (I couldn’t catch much of it on video coz this irritating waitress kept standing in my view! Grr.. and the place was so crowded people were kicking my chair all the time.. but nvm.. the band made up for it all ^_^) and the guy with the trumpet.. can play TWO trumpets at 1 go!!! They’re like SO COOL LAH!! Whoahaha… I really dunno what else to say about them.. but just… in awe. ^_^ I had a really great time last night. And the lucky Ublues band (that I also managed to catch for the first time last night!) got to play with the Dirty Dozen people! Whoa.. how I wished I was more musically talented and could join in the jamming.. Many other people were invited on stage to play various instruments.. it was a cool exchange kinda thing.

Playing guitar with teeth, and playing 2 trumpets together!

D with the Dirty Dozen band

Here’re some videos I took and uploaded on youtube.. MUST listen! Ultra cool ok!! Haha… (please ignore those people walking past >.<)

The band singing

The band playing

Playing "When the Saints go Marching in"

And since this is once in a lifetime kinda chance, to catch a NewOrleans Band for MardiGRas (last yr I celebrated mardigras in school and at UniversalStudios.. very cool, but no real NewOrleans band), many pple were there to watch the band too! And I guess MardiGras is like not such a popular thing with locals, but there were like 80% Caucasians at the event yest. A different crowd makes the concert so different. The man in the SUIT, dancing.. stole the show. XD (I couldn’t help but keep glancing around to see if my boss, a Caucasian, would be there too. >.<)

Ah.. and early in the day when we first arrived at 6pm for our dinner, bong was like pointing to a guy in black walking in our direction (all staff there wear black). “Eh, your friend”. I stared at that person. No lah. Since when did I have a friend who works at timbre? Then the guy looked up and smiled. AIYAH! Is really my friend lah! *faint* To think that bong recognizes my friend but not me! >.<>

Ublues played after the concert. Like an after-party thingie. I must agree with CF and Bong that they’re really good. But then, they didn’t sing much.. so although their techniques were good, I wasn’t that entertained, unfortunately. Thus, I declare that Timmy continues to reign as my favourite local band thus far! ^_^

What a wonderful night.. can’t wait til Friday.. and next week when weilin finally joins me..

Happiness eludes

I just read my sister’s blog. Can’t help but feel so happy for her. Haha. Can’t wait for it to come true. Lalalala~

Too busy to blog!

First of all, THANKS to andy for solving the ‘mystery’. Or rather, mystery only to me lah. >.<>

***

There’s just so much to blog about. After exams means I have simply less time free at home (coz I go out more). Last week’s BBQ back in hall will have to wait until i have more time to upload those photos! I forgot what else I intended to blog about, until I read Sam’s blog today.

Yes! I am excited abt our trip too!! I had so much choices of grad trips.. Perth, Taiwan, Tibet, Malaysia, Thailand, Cruise, NewZealand, Europe, China.. in the end? I picked Tibet. Why? One, coz it was the most formulated and most popular (I had 3 different groups of friends proposing it..). Another, and the most important, is that I really miss traveling with Sam and other brothers and sisters-in-Christ! I have mentioned so much in the past year about how US road trips rocked.. but the most memorable trip, was still my Bangkok trip in dec2003. 5 of us, Bangkok. Not only coz it was my first real holiday overseas with my friends, but also coz it feels totally different to be on holiday with only church friends. I am not saying anything else, but the company just makes it different. Conversations are different. Throughout my multiple US roadtrips, only 1 was similar. My longest 3-week west coast trip. Even when I was traveling with 3 guys that I met for the first time in my life on day1 of the trip, it was still special. This upcoming trip to Tibet will not consist only of brothers and sisters, but it will have a rather big proportion.. and I haven’t met Sam in almost half a yr!! My BnJ buddy! (let’s convert to xiaolongbao buddies while in Shanghai.. lol) And more have decided to join the group. Jinghui, my friend for 8 years, but our first trip together! And of course my fellow FatSunshiners bong n maybe CF ^_^

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I wanted to start watching wuzun’s other show, Tokyo Juliet, right after I submitted my thesis. But I was so busy til now. I have caught 5 episodes of it.. and it’s totally different from Hana Kimi! HK is a comedy, while TJ is a sad love story.. those typical dramas about a guy and gal wanting to love but cannot love. So clichéd. And Wuzun couldn’t act then (I couldn’t figure out if he was really smitten with the gal, or if he was just trying to flirt with her). Yet, I love the show. From episode 2 onwards, I have been weeping buckets of tears as I watch the show. Why? I can’t really pinpoint why such a boring storyline can make me so worked up. But, somehow, some lines, simply touched raw nerves..

learning to love

I think I am getting used to the look of my new blog. I like the simplicity of it all. And the multiple posts a day (so I don’t need to join up all my posts anymore) and the wider column that makes my blog posts appear shorter (so fewer pple complain about my extra-long posts ^_^)

Only thing is.. i don’t like the irregular ends! I need ‘justify’ function from Word! (I think I have spent too much time on writing reports and thesis)

And oh, the “font color” button is still missing. Thus only 1 colored fonts are allowed for someone who hates HTML.

Lemme try one more function tt was not available in my previous blog. CHINESE words. Just a random Chinese song. The first to pop into my head ^_^

TANK 非你莫属 LYRICS

曲:TANK 詞:陳信廷 編曲:洪敬堯
製作人:王治平 配唱製作人:郭文宗


OS: 你知道嗎 我很喜歡牽著你的手的感覺
那是什麼樣子 我好希望再來一次

懂得讓我微笑的人 再沒有誰比你有天份
輕易闖進我的心門 明天的美夢你完成

整個宇宙 浩瀚無邊的盡頭
每顆渺小星球 全都繞著你走

愛我 非你莫屬
我只願 守護 由你給我的幸福
愛我 非你莫屬
也許會 笑著哭 但那人是你所以 不怕苦

懂得讓我流淚的人 給的感動一定是最深
在我心中留下傷痕 你同時點亮了星辰

看 那麼多相遇
偏偏只和你 天造地設般產生奇跡
哦 我心的縫隙
我想除了你 任誰也無法填補這空虛

There will not be another person as gifted as you who was able make me smile
Easily enter my heart. Tomorrow's beautiful dream, you've accomplished

There's no end to the universe
Each tiny star moves along with you

The one who I want love from..must be you
My only wish is to protect the happiness that you've given to me
The one who I want love from...must be you
Perhaps there are times that I smiled while crying inside.
But because the person is you, I'll not be afraid of getting hurt

The person who could make me in tears is definitely the one that makes me fall the deepest
Leaving behind the scar in my heart, you simultaneously lighten the stars

Looking back to the past meeting
Only with you can the heaven and earth generates a miracle
Oh, my heart breaks
Beside you, there's no one who could fill this emptiness inside me

the name timmy

It’s probably none of my business to complain about their name, but really. Why must they choose a name that can be a PERSON’s name? It’s not the first time.. where people (not just me) say things like “I love timmy!” or “I miss timmy!” or “I am timmy-sick” etc.. and people think they’re talking about a GUY instead? >.<

plastic bags not FREE anymore!

I was getting abit agitated about this “have to pay for plastic bags in supermarkets” issue. Then CF said ‘now THIS is the kind of things you should blog about’. . yeah.. I noe how my blog has stopped discussing such things. Simply because besides being a place to rant, my blog has become a tool for me to update my friends about my life, especially those that I don’t meet often, and those who’re not even physically nearby. And also coz I’m getting more lazy lah. Haha. Brain is not used to think about these things anymore. >.<

Anyway, my views on this issue.. also.. cannot put here lah. Coz, no matter how much I want to rant, I have an ‘image’ to maintain. I was once the vice-head for Green committee after all! (the equivalent of environmental-friendly comm.) Thus..

I AM FOR THE PLASTIC-BAG-FREE CAMPAIGN!! >.<

of censorship?

Was requested by a few friends a couple of days back.. to edit my blog and remove some links. So as to prevent people from tracking down my blog and discovering embarrassing truths. Aiyoh. I never really thought about that lah. My blog is not even a celebrity blog that attracts tens of thousands of readers each day. And I never really thought that people would be so faithful in tracking down every single person who visits their blog! Oh well.. I guess it’s just me. Coz both of them told me everyone they know has a tracker on their blog! >.< Henceforth, my blog entries from now on would star less of people around me, but more of MYSELF!! muahahahaha~

lemme try to upload some photos onto this new location to see how it looks.. hee~

arranged my room yesterday.. got my notes ready to be given away, removed the files, and moved the big table out of the room. Now i actually see some floor, and i can get onto my bed via the side! ^_^

here's a section of the room after i cleared it.



here's the same section moments after my sis comes home. grr.

Lazy...

I guess i am too lazy to bring all the links and info from my previous blog over. Only shifted the links to blogs that i still read frequently. The birthday list.. has to remain there for the time being. Wish list and all. Ha. (added new links though.. timmy and timbre!! lalala~)

One thing good about this new place though, is that i can blog more than 1 post a day! (for some reason the old one didn't allow that)