Sunday, December 31, 2006
goodbye 2006.
blossom. 11:59 PM
Monday, December 25, 2006
with all the christmas celebrations and all, what a hectic week. i feel like writing every nitty-ditty detail down, and so i will.
monday was spent present shopping, it burnt a hole in my pocket.
tuesday was spent surprising leandra. we decorated her place while she was sleeping, we had to keep so quiet and sneaky i felt like a thief.
wednesday was spent steamboating with twcsters at keli's place, there was way too much mushrooms, im swearing off mushrooms for a week.
thursday was spent slacking at keli's place cos i was too lazy to leave. we had breakfast at twelve noon (pancakes with cheese and ham, yum), went to the gym (amazing eh?) and had tomyam soup with the leftovers (which turned out pretty good!)
friday started with scholarship interview which went totally wrong. but it was saved by the basketball farewell later on in the day. we went to treetops again (an apartment in orchard). living in town rocks. walking down the street at 1am is probably the best time to look at the christmas lights.
saturday morning was spent searching for tanglin mall so that huangjinrong can buy her pita bread (which just tasted like salted dough, really.) headed to arvin's place for the class xmas get-together, havent seen the people for so long, it was good.
sunday was spent lazing around at home, watching desperate housewives and random tv shows and LOVE ACTUALLY!! my brother invited his friends over for a mini-barbeque, its the first time that i cooked chicken wings that were just right, yummy.
and today, i will head over to huangjinrong's place for the bballers xmas party!
you have to love christmas ya. i had two christmas gift exchanges, and for both, i got back the present i gave. as in, someone bought me the present i bought for someone else. coincidence? if it happens again, i'll be speechless.
i was just thinking, why are scholarship interviews so difficult? the things they asked made me feel like i lead a dull life, that i did nothing in school, that i made no decisions or faced no problems. there were so many questions, basically it was like asking you to list 100 problems you had in the past two years and how you solved them. im sorry i lead a simple life. and im sorry i had to lie to spice up my life a little. but even after doing so, my life still sounded like crap. oh yeah, and there was one question that totally got me stumped. "tell me about one problem you solved using an innovative method." like, WHAT?! give me a break. it felt like i needed to take up all the leadership positions available in school and solved a million problems in order to be good enough.
a little randomness: i just uploaded new photos onto my friendster and i feel so happy looking at them.
i think christmas is the season of drinking. my stomach feels weird. and i feel like im having constant stitches, ever since the super hard fall while i was snowboarding. but things like these arent spoiling my jolly christmas mood! merry christmas folks.
monday was spent present shopping, it burnt a hole in my pocket.
tuesday was spent surprising leandra. we decorated her place while she was sleeping, we had to keep so quiet and sneaky i felt like a thief.
wednesday was spent steamboating with twcsters at keli's place, there was way too much mushrooms, im swearing off mushrooms for a week.
thursday was spent slacking at keli's place cos i was too lazy to leave. we had breakfast at twelve noon (pancakes with cheese and ham, yum), went to the gym (amazing eh?) and had tomyam soup with the leftovers (which turned out pretty good!)
friday started with scholarship interview which went totally wrong. but it was saved by the basketball farewell later on in the day. we went to treetops again (an apartment in orchard). living in town rocks. walking down the street at 1am is probably the best time to look at the christmas lights.
saturday morning was spent searching for tanglin mall so that huangjinrong can buy her pita bread (which just tasted like salted dough, really.) headed to arvin's place for the class xmas get-together, havent seen the people for so long, it was good.
sunday was spent lazing around at home, watching desperate housewives and random tv shows and LOVE ACTUALLY!! my brother invited his friends over for a mini-barbeque, its the first time that i cooked chicken wings that were just right, yummy.
and today, i will head over to huangjinrong's place for the bballers xmas party!
you have to love christmas ya. i had two christmas gift exchanges, and for both, i got back the present i gave. as in, someone bought me the present i bought for someone else. coincidence? if it happens again, i'll be speechless.
i was just thinking, why are scholarship interviews so difficult? the things they asked made me feel like i lead a dull life, that i did nothing in school, that i made no decisions or faced no problems. there were so many questions, basically it was like asking you to list 100 problems you had in the past two years and how you solved them. im sorry i lead a simple life. and im sorry i had to lie to spice up my life a little. but even after doing so, my life still sounded like crap. oh yeah, and there was one question that totally got me stumped. "tell me about one problem you solved using an innovative method." like, WHAT?! give me a break. it felt like i needed to take up all the leadership positions available in school and solved a million problems in order to be good enough.
a little randomness: i just uploaded new photos onto my friendster and i feel so happy looking at them.
i think christmas is the season of drinking. my stomach feels weird. and i feel like im having constant stitches, ever since the super hard fall while i was snowboarding. but things like these arent spoiling my jolly christmas mood! merry christmas folks.
blossom. 2:14 AM
Monday, December 18, 2006
ive been putting off updating on my korea trip cos im just plain lazy. but, ive finally convinced myself to do it because if i dont do it now, i will just forget the details. well, pictures first. click.
like i said in my previous entry, i was worrying if i forgot something, and i did! i forgot my retainers, my teeth were feeling out of place during the whole stay in korea. yeah so anyway, while i was in korea, i wished i was back. but now that im back, i wished i was back snowboarding again. never mind the difficulty i have with standing up, never mind the falling downs, never mind the blue-blacks. i just love the thrill of snowboarding down, even if its just the beginner's slope. hahaha.
my homestay partner turned out to be miss tan, so yeah. my homestay family could hardly speak english, just like the rest of the families, they speak KOGLISH (korean, english, geddit?) despite being unable to communicate much, they were very sweet lah. bought me lots of stuff, brought me around, paid for my shopping?! i felt kinda guilty that i only got a pathetic box of merlion chocolates for them, so im going to send them gifts from singapore. i have no idea how much the postage will come up to, cos the singpost website refuses to give me any quotations. bloody website, it sucks. i have a horrible feeling that the postage will be cost a bomb, my poor poor pocket.
i went xmas shopping today. how i wish i had enough money to buy presents for everyone. i saw so many things perfect for so many people. too bad, ive got a budget to stick to.
the rest of the year (technically) would be super busy, xmas dinners and all. i hope my camera battery would have a super long lasting power, cos i lost one battery so now im left with one miserable battery. bloody samsung, cant you just sell batteries?!
random note: dunkin' donuts have the best hot chocolate ever!! please come to singapore ;))
like i said in my previous entry, i was worrying if i forgot something, and i did! i forgot my retainers, my teeth were feeling out of place during the whole stay in korea. yeah so anyway, while i was in korea, i wished i was back. but now that im back, i wished i was back snowboarding again. never mind the difficulty i have with standing up, never mind the falling downs, never mind the blue-blacks. i just love the thrill of snowboarding down, even if its just the beginner's slope. hahaha.
my homestay partner turned out to be miss tan, so yeah. my homestay family could hardly speak english, just like the rest of the families, they speak KOGLISH (korean, english, geddit?) despite being unable to communicate much, they were very sweet lah. bought me lots of stuff, brought me around, paid for my shopping?! i felt kinda guilty that i only got a pathetic box of merlion chocolates for them, so im going to send them gifts from singapore. i have no idea how much the postage will come up to, cos the singpost website refuses to give me any quotations. bloody website, it sucks. i have a horrible feeling that the postage will be cost a bomb, my poor poor pocket.
i went xmas shopping today. how i wish i had enough money to buy presents for everyone. i saw so many things perfect for so many people. too bad, ive got a budget to stick to.
the rest of the year (technically) would be super busy, xmas dinners and all. i hope my camera battery would have a super long lasting power, cos i lost one battery so now im left with one miserable battery. bloody samsung, cant you just sell batteries?!
random note: dunkin' donuts have the best hot chocolate ever!! please come to singapore ;))
blossom. 11:10 PM
Sunday, December 10, 2006
im gonna fly off in five hours time. for those who dont know, im going to korea. SOUTH korea for that matter, in case there are people who need to check (eg. leandra and jason). i cant stop wondering if i packed everything, or whether i brought enough clothes (or too much?). and when i reach there, i'll be worrying if i kept my passport and wallet properly. that kinda stuff. how annoying. why is it not possible to travel without these hassles? but im pretty much psyched up for the trip. for one, its time away from the parents!! hahaha. i'll only pray i'll master snowboarding quickly and not fall down for all of the five days.
prom came and went. all the shopping and money spent, just for the few hours. nothing absolutely interesting about prom, other than the fact that i was in a dress (as fai claims excitedly). but taking picture were a whole lot of fun, i guess thats what prom is all about right? all my pictures turned out with red eye, i was so disappointed. as i was complaining about the red eye, my friend very smugly mocked at me for leaving the anti-redeye turned off. ARGHH. no wonder. i hate my camera. i missed out some of the photos too, thanks to this lousy camera (and i have to bank on it for my korea trip!! its a terror.) so i'll just update the album again when ive got photos from my slowpoke friends. for now, THE PERFECT CADENCE. oh, no entertaining captions, because its impossible to write anything interesting other than to name the people in the photos.
oh yeah, ive just submitted my psc scholarship application. but i have not even applied to universities, sheesh. i'll get it done when i get back i guess. i even need a reference. WHO TO ASK?! oh, and i wrote the corniest essay in my life for psc. one of the cheesy lines: the truth sets me free. yeah, i hope thats as cheesy as it gets. i really pray that the reader dont gag.
till the sixteen. ;D
prom came and went. all the shopping and money spent, just for the few hours. nothing absolutely interesting about prom, other than the fact that i was in a dress (as fai claims excitedly). but taking picture were a whole lot of fun, i guess thats what prom is all about right? all my pictures turned out with red eye, i was so disappointed. as i was complaining about the red eye, my friend very smugly mocked at me for leaving the anti-redeye turned off. ARGHH. no wonder. i hate my camera. i missed out some of the photos too, thanks to this lousy camera (and i have to bank on it for my korea trip!! its a terror.) so i'll just update the album again when ive got photos from my slowpoke friends. for now, THE PERFECT CADENCE. oh, no entertaining captions, because its impossible to write anything interesting other than to name the people in the photos.
oh yeah, ive just submitted my psc scholarship application. but i have not even applied to universities, sheesh. i'll get it done when i get back i guess. i even need a reference. WHO TO ASK?! oh, and i wrote the corniest essay in my life for psc. one of the cheesy lines: the truth sets me free. yeah, i hope thats as cheesy as it gets. i really pray that the reader dont gag.
till the sixteen. ;D
blossom. 3:33 PM