Cheyenne

Human nature

2012-02-17T00:25:00.001+08:00

i loved the song sung by Sam and Mercedes during the michael jackson episode. ah sighh. the guitar bit in front was already great. honestly i didn't know half the michael jackson songs they sang. well.

so ecology project pitch today! and yay it went well and the general project idea was approved and we just needed to fine tune some stuff and we'll be starting field work next week! :) i hope we do see loads of butterflies (with diversity) along the trail!

anyway, along with the theme- human nature. i don't know why we feel the way we feel, sometimes i think it must be the way we were brought up, how we take our cues from our parents, from society, from the media. how can one know whether the feeling is natural, whether it is even real in the first place, or thought up by the subconscious because of what it thinks it is supposed to feel at a certain point in life or situation?

sometimes i just feel confused. (if i do trust what i feel in the first place.) do i want something (hypothetically) because i want it, or because everyone else has it, or because it is what people do at a certain age or cause it is what is expected of me?

my ecology professor said that a species' main aim in life is to live to reproduce and pass on it's genes. i would say that as a human being, that would be a sucky aim in life to have. there is so much more to live for and do and experience. animal instincts lead them to fulfill their main aim in life- should i really trust my "human instincts" as well? what if i don't what to do what every one else is doing- what control do i have over my own "instincts"? aren't feelings all electrical impulses happening in the brain which you don't really have control over anyway? so the mysterious human nature.

i do not know where this post is heading- but i think i have had enough of questions for tonight. can my brain even be thinking and questioning itself? it is like something wondering whether it functions as it is functioning. hahahaha okay i am going no where.

something on tomorrow evening which i am pretty excited about!

Human nature
-Glee

Moves like jagger

2012-01-21T00:51:00.000+08:00

hello again people! so since my last post, i have started the new semester, turned 21 (!!), had a party, and yes that is about it.

thanks everyone who came for the lunch and who gave me presents! yay! so what i am most happy about turning 21 is that i can watch the "The girl with the dragon tattoo" movie. hahaha. hopefully i get to catch it before it stops showing in theatres.

been so busy the past few weeks, working whenever i have a free day- so i am pretty tired and not caught up to most shows i usually follow, except for greys anatomy and castle and glee and nikita (which i HAVE to watch).

glee was sooooooooooooo good! great songs- moves like jagger and we found love- like GASP YAY! and the whole proposal thing and i loved emma's whole "this is what you get" speech and then at the end when FINN PROPOSED TO RACHEL!?! like oh my gosh.

oh and nithia says i should start watching big bang theory. is it really that good?

Moves like jagger
-Maroon 5

2012

2012-01-01T21:35:00.000+08:00

time for the last day of the year cum new year post!

spent the eve working at USS, but it was good, well- maybe a teensy weensy bit depressing to see other people having fun, but then again, they had to pay to come in, while i was being paid. hahaha. caught the parade and the fireworks as well! :)

so 2011, it was okay i would say, with some pretty awesome moments- like going to Stuttgart in the summer! and getting accepted by NUS for SEP to Germany! and meeting quite a lot of new people.

Stuttgart was awesome!! really. best decision of 2011 to apply and go there. totally got me so excited to go for exchange and just basically loads of fun in Germany with a bunch of friends. (so in hindsight, one of the best decisions of 2010 was applying for the German LPP!) now i should be heading off for exchange in October, and I CANNOT WAIT!

academics, well not the best, but like i said in my 2010 year end post, academics- not my ultimate goal in life. (not that it is not important, but i find that people just put so much emphasis on academics, especially in Singapore where it is practically an obsession!) i can't believe i managed 6 modules each for the past two semesters, and i thank God for bringing me through.

still stuck as ever on watching US tv shows (number 3 on last year's list), and unfortunately, i have not really found myself another hobby or something hahaha (number 6 on last year's list). i did read quite a lot of books last year (number 9 on last year's list)! especially books from my new found like- dystopian fiction! as for music (number 10 on last year's list)- pretty okay, still mainly GLEE and pop songs. but they float my boat so yeah.

so for 2012, i look forward to loads of wonderful new experiences, travel! being independent- (oh my gosh- turning 21 soon!?!!?), being my own person and discovering as much about the world and myself as i can.

2012
-Jay Sean

O Holy Night

2011-12-28T17:03:00.000+08:00

hello! i am finally not working and actually have the energy to think up a post, rather than just catch up on TV.

which by the way, is awesome- i have found another interesting tv show- Person of Interest, which kind of reminds me of Human Target (which was so good but they cancelled :( ). so far, it is pretty good, with interesting plots. (also a sort of substitute for Nikita, which is on a hiatus :( )

so Christmas was okay i guess, Orchard road totally lit up as usual,a Christmas tree at every mall, each one trying to be bigger, more colourful, brighter than the rest- i really wonder how much electricity is consumed just by these decorations! sigh, i really missed being in Switzerland for last years Christmas! where it actually snowed, and was cold, and the decorations were so cute (for example, quite a few houses had Santa Clauses climbing up their windows!!). oh and the REAL Christmas tree at my aunts house, with REAL candles on the tree! where the cousins all sledded outside down hills before dinner (and i believe i narrowly escaped injuring myself when i steered right into a tree! hahaha) and of course my mum would say everyday, do you remember, last year this day we were at (blah blah blah). NOT HELPING.

on the bright side, I'LL BE SPENDING NEXT CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY! :):) (most likely) YAY!

oh and presents! yay! my family got me a pretty big one this year- cause i really needed it, and my mom was so nice to think of it, cause i was going to pay for them myself, but my mom and brother shared the cost for a pair of Timberland Boots!! I needed it for work, a pair of brown waterproof shoes as i will be working in an area which will be pretty much wet all the time, and since i will be going to Germany in the winter, i can use my waterproof shoes there as well :) so yay thanks mom and bro!

i also got a Baylis & Harding gift set in the gift exchange at the Weihnachten party this year, Reese's peanut buttercups from a church friend (oh my goodness i have always wanted to try them and they are soooo good!), a mini bottle of purple nail polish from another church friend (yay!) and a set of cute metal containers from my work friend with a really really nice note! not too bad a collection i think, since most of my friends do not celebrate Christmas anyway.

back to school- i'll probably only be taking up 4 modules instead of the usual 5 next semester, since i cannot find another module i like that fits into my timetable. anyway, i took 6 modules for the last two semesters so i won't be falling behind. and that means i'll be having 1 free day, and maybe 2 half days free where i can work or relax! (oh, and study) next semesters core modules are gonna be tough and totally based on memorisation! darn.

next semesters goal: do well, pull up cap then it'll be exchange to germany! whoohoo.

O Holy Night
- Lea Michele

(one of my favourite songs sung by her- just lovely!)

Yeah x3

2011-12-20T21:52:00.001+08:00

got my results for the last semester today! got it by SMS this morning, and was pretty surprised, cause i thought we had to opt in for it, well, i guess we have to opt out if we don't want it. (which i didn't, cause i would receive it at around 7am and i didn't want my whole day to be ruined if it was bad)

but it was good! YAY! my overall CAP improved, from 3.0 to 3.19 (i know, not much, but at least it did :) ), and most importantly, I DID NOT FAIL CELL BIOLOGY! Thank God.

so i still qualify for SEP, and i can continue my application now in peace :)

next step: module planning and then bidding starts on the 28th!

Yeah x3
by Chris Brown

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

2011-12-17T15:14:00.000+08:00

went out with nithia yesterday! :) ended up at one of the wishing sphere stations at The Cathay and wrote a whole ball of wishes. thought it would be cool to note them down, and we'll see how it goes.

I wish to be more punctual.
I wish to be more decisive.
I wish to finally know what i want to do with my life after i graduate.
I wish to do well in school and graduate (with honours).
I wish to improve in my German and study in German soon.
I wish to do well in my degree and study graduate medicine.
I wish to write and publish a book before I turn 30.
I wish to migrate to Europe by the time I am 25.
I wish to to write for a TV show.
I wish to live in a mansion before i retire.

there you go, some of my wishes (i couldn't remember them all haha)

Extraordinary Merry Christmas
-glee (original composition!)

Baby, it's cold outside

2011-12-12T19:40:00.000+08:00

and i am back from the first day of training! seriously, the trainer lady from HR is THE best, engaging presenters i've ever encountered. really. too bad, it won't be her training us tomorrow.

and i found out today that RWS is going to have a marine life park! like whut!?!! yay another place i can potentially work at. met another girl who is working there at the training, and she used to work at the night safari! soo coollll.

and finally i will find out which attraction i'll be at tomorrow, hope it's a fun one! but USS is generally all fun fun fun! cannot wait to go back and ride the new transformers ride.

okay, time for my subway wrap dinner.

Baby, it's cold outside
-glee

Anything Goes / Anything You Can Do

2011-12-11T15:46:00.001+08:00

oh my gosh have not been up early for such a long time, and this morning, had to wake up at 7.30am for church and i am now exhausted. (i know, it's not even THAT early.) haha. my lower left eye area keeps twitching!

but anyway, was at The Cathay area for church, so went to Plaza Singapura to go to Spotlight to get more craft thread for my bracelets. went in expecting to buy a maximum of 10 skeins, came out with 80 skeins! bam. i didn't really go crazy, it was a value pack and i had to grab it. normally one skein costs 85 cents for the DMC brand, but the pack of 80 skeins costed only 25 bucks, which was only 30 cents a skein! WOW. my mom probably would not be happy but, i mean i couldn't resist. RIGHT? (okay i am guessing i am the only one.)

then went on and bought Christmas cards! yay so i am set for sending them out by the end of next week.

still need to decide on the modules i'll be taking next semester, but i think i'll wait till the results are out, just in case i need to retake one. but i should be having Wednesday's off either way- well i'm making sure i have that day off. unless i get the 8am slots of German, then i might have Mondays off too, but i need to fit another module in, so one of the days will have to go.

okay i am off to catch up on The Mentalist. bye.

Anything Goes / Anything You Can Do
-Glee

We Are Young

2011-12-09T18:24:00.001+08:00

finally i have finished updating the 30 days Top 5 Challenge!! So hopefully you guys have found out more stuff about me, (remember the cool ones, and forget the silly ones like my guilty pleasures!). and i might start another 30 days challenge, but perhaps next year.

Days 1-7

Days 8-30

So click the links above to look at them all, under the months of October and November.
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watched Glee on wednesday and awesomeness as usual! the whole jackson themed sectionals was brilliant, and though i was sad Rachel wasn't singing (that talent should not be denied from the stage!), at least that meant the others had a chance as well. ah they all looked so good in their white tuxedos! and the final song (the title) was soooooo goooood!

anyway, went out with the girls yesterday and watched New Year's Eve! :):) it was good, not the best but okay. i guess it's just cause there are so many story lines to fit in so they can't really develop them well. i think the best one was Elise and Randy's (Lea Michele and Ashton Kutcher) story in the lift!! Paul's (Zac Efron) story was disappointing, really, all that cute hotness should not be spending time with and kissing that lady on new year's eve. hahaha.

We Are Young
-Glee

(OHMYGOSH AWESOME SONG)

Girls just want to have fun

2011-12-01T23:55:00.001+08:00

i realise after rereading yesterday's post, that the last part wouldn't make sense to anyone but me and my brother hahaha. so explanation: i left my computer to do something, leaving the post open, not published yet, and so my brother came and entered those 2 lines in between the paragraph. in caps. and later when i told him i saw it, he was like huh how come i spotted it? yes shawn, cause it was in caps. hahaha. <3 to you anyway.

anyway, watched the latest glee episode yesterday!!!! so good! cannot believe rachel won't be singing in sectionals, i was going nuts- like noooooooo wayyyyyyyyy, then i realised she'll probably sing a song anyway in the episode. but the sectionals songs are always sooo good, especially if they write their own songs again this year! i can't believe she's not singing, what about her NYADA application!?! and oh my gosh, FINN IS AWESOME. the song he sang (the title of this post)- oh my gosh swoon. cory monteith is my twitter background picture now - super cute! at least i see his picture whenever i'm on twitter now too, and it's winter / christmas themed as well, with the snow and all. yays!

okay the last paragraph was just about glee and cory moneith. i am beginning to see that i am seeming almost a little fangirl like- like the kpop fans and what not. honest confession: i have pretty much been this way since i was introduced to zac efron way back. but like internally shrieking with excitement, though if i ever got to meet him (or cory monteith for that matter), i'll be acting cool with them, and then when i get home, i'll be screaming like crazy and jumping up and down and up down and repeat till i get exhausted. hahaha. i am literally getting excited thinking about this.

okay, maybe i was just a little too honest. don't judge the silly fangirl me.

Girls just want to have fun
-Glee

Constant craving

2011-11-30T15:12:00.001+08:00

Yay finally the exams for this semester are over! cell biology wasn't too good, crap listening to my friends discuss the paper and i'm like thinking oh shit, my answers are different- and it's like the essay part, so i guess i spent my time writing rubbish. oh well, just praying that i won't have to take this next semester again! though i felt like i did better than like biochemistry and chemistry of life sciences where i got like D pluses, so we'll see. okay- blogged about it, so now out of mind.

things to do during the break:

-finish my blog posts on the top 5 challenge which i missed cause of the exams
-get a job
-meet up with the friends :)
-finish planning the 21st party
-make reservations at the restaurant
-make and send out the invites
-settle modules for next semester
-send out Christmas cards to everyone who hosted me in Germany / Switzerland this summer
-have some fun!

i cannot believe i am turning 21 in less than 2 months. it is unreal! i don't know if i should feel excited or slightly demoralised at what i have accomplished in more than 2 decades of existence. sigh. sometimes i look at young kids who are happy and think- oh boy, you do not know what you are in for when you grow older.

okay i'll put it in anyway:

HAHAHAHA I LOVE SHAWN
HES SO AWESOMEEEEE

hahahaha.

Constant craving
-Glee

For Good

2011-11-23T16:17:00.000+08:00

Day Thirty: Top Five Favorite Song Lyrics

ahhh i don't know how i can choose only five.

okay i have gone and looked at my playlist, and here goes:

1) Time of our lives (by Miley Cyrus)

seriously, i still love this song.

"Holdin' back
What are we waitin' for?
Take the chance
Now's all we've got for sure

Lets have the time of our lives
Like there no one else around
Just throw your hands up high
Even when they try to take us down

We'll have the time of our lives
Till the lights burn outLets laugh until we cry
Life is only what you make it now
Lets have the time of our lives!"

2) Turning Tables (by Adele)

"So I won't let you close enough to hurt me, no
I won't ask you, you to just desert me
I can't give you, what you think you give me
It's time to say goodbye to turning tables
Turning tables

Next time I'll be braver
I'll be my own savior
When the thunder calls for me
Next time I'll be braverI'll be my own savior
Standing on my own two feet"

3) Don't Stop Believin' (by Journey)

i love this song. the version sung by glee is soooooooooo much better then the original.

"Just a small town girl
Living in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere

A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers, waiting, up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
Streetlight people, living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Paying anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Don't stop believing
Hold on to that feeling
Streetlight people"

and of course the whole song HAD to be posted.

4) Good Life (by OneRepublic)

"Sometimes there's airplanes I can' t jump out
Sometimes there's bullshit that don't work now
We are god of stories but please tell me-e-e-e
What there is to complain about

When you're happy like a fool
Let it take you over
When everything is out
You gotta take it in

Oh this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could really be a good life, good life
Say oh, got this feeling that you can't fight
Like this city is on fire tonight
This could really be a good life
A good, good life

Hopelessly I feel like there might be something that I'll miss
Hopelessly I feel like the window closes oh so quick
Hopelessly I'm taking a mental picture of you now
'Cuz hopelessly The hope is we have so much to feel good about"

5) For Good (by Wicked)

Glee's version of this is lovely! sung by rachel and kurt at new york :):):)

"I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let themAnd we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew youI have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with meLike a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

And because I knew you...
I have been changed for good."
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okay i have to stop cause i can actually go on and on. i have realised that if someone just reads these lyrics it would seem silly, so go listen to the songs! (i had so many other songs i wanted to put but the lyrics alone looked silly without the music!) haha, does that make sense?

and this is finally the last day of the top 5 challenge!

For Good
-Glee

Cool

2011-11-22T16:16:00.000+08:00

Day Twenty-Nine: Top Five Biggest Guilty Pleasures

this is gonna be embarrassing, so read quick and forget about it fast.

1) Tween TV shows

i loved watching Hannah Montana (before it ended), Sonny with a chance (when Demi Lovato was still in it), and now Wizards of Waverly Place (WOWP). but come on, they are really funny disney shows! really. but yes it is rather embarrassing to admit that i watch these shows. but i won't be soon, cause WOWP is concluding! so there won't be any more tween shows i like to watch anymore. good thing? sigh okay moving on.

(and no, tween is not a spelling error, it's the demographic of kids between the ages of 9 and 12.)

2) Dystopian fiction books

this genre is really good! even though most of the books i've read from this genre are from the young adults section, cannot stop. some examples are the Hunger games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, (MOVIE coming out next march!!!), Divergent by Veronica Roth (MOVIE rumored as well), the Maze Runner trilogy by James Dashner and many more. okay one under the adult section would be Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. seriously give these a shot :) oh and i would say that the movie In Time would be under this genre too.

anyway i am just a little hesitant to tell people i'm liking books in this genre cause it's like dark and basically about repressed and controlled societies, but i find it so interesting, to learn about these societies, and some are actually imaginable in the future i would say, and to see usually the protagonist start to actually question the rules of society and want to challenge it instead of just accepting them as the norm.

when i was reading book after book from this genre, people who asked me what i was reading at the moment would get this long speech about the dystopian genre i am currently enjoying, and i get in return like a polite "oh okayyyy, i've never heard of that before" and a weird look. hahaha so now i keep it to myself and enjoy whatever more i can find cause i am running out of books from this genre already! waiting for authors to finish the sequels, or new ones to dream up a whole new world.

3) Making friendship bracelets

well, i guess it's pretty obvious why i am not shouting this fact out to the world. but i do enjoy making these bracelets, but i only do them during my holidays and breaks. i have quite a large collection and am always finding new cool patterns to make, but i find it so hard to give them away! haha. i currently mostly have only one of each design, and those i have made multiples of have different colours so i am reluctant to give them away, even though they aren't doing much sitting in a box. my mom thinks i should sell them, but i really do not know if people would actually pay for them! so in the box they stay.

4) Windows games

like freecell, minesweeper, solitaire and so on. it's just that when i am watching a show of movie online, i need to have something to do with my hands or something, so i play these windows games on the side. it's kinda silly, but it's just something i do. for example: my freecell statistics are: 10577 games played, and 10562 games won. yes, it is ridiculous.

5) Stalking people online

once i start looking, i do not stop till i am satisfied. one crazy example was, when i was signing up for auditions on an online google docs spreadsheet, i started looking up the other people who were auditioning as well online. facebook, googling, looking for blogs, and so on. that was a little silly. but also like ex classmates, and people i meet- facebook or look online for information. it used to be easier when a lot of people had blogs, now not so much, and people are making their facebook pages more private so i can't get much information, which can be frustrating. which is why i leave my social networking sites more or less open, cause i know how other stalkers feel. hahaha

Cool
-Glee

I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams

2011-11-21T22:18:00.000+08:00

Day Twenty-Eight: Top Five Favorite TV Shows

These are my top 5 at the moment, not including the summer shows that are all on a hiatus now.

1) Grey's Anatomy

oh my gosh oh my gosh where do i begin!?! One of the first shows i started following for real, watching from season 1 till i caught up with season 4 i think, when i got my own computer to start watching shows. i got the whole 1st and 2nd season at the nyjc library and watched it like full screen on my tv! it was awesome! (thanks ny library)

anyway, this show is awesome, the characters are all great, the storylines are great, the medical cases are pretty much awesome, and most are based in fact, the writing is great, ah it's just awesomeness.

i think Christina Yang is my current favourite character for now, her lines are sooooo good!

2) Glee

AH :) my latest new love. i have almost every song they sang on the show and lea michele is awesome!!!! her voice is beautiful, and needless to say, cory monteith- he is currently on my twitter's background. ah, he is fine!

3) Castle

my favourite crime drama- really really good show with great lead characters and pretty interesting cases. and castle (the lead) is so witty. love the writing.

4) Psych

another crime show, but leaning more towards the comedy side than drama. shawn and gus, hilarious together. their lines are so good, GUS IS AWESOME!

5) Nikita

spy show! super hot main characters and it is usually really exciting, especially now that nikita and michael are together!! :)

Top 5 favourite summer shows

ah heck i'll make them their own section.

1) Make it or break it

AH finally a tv show on gymnastics! Teen drama but ah so fun to watch :) Fav summer show!

2) Pretty little liars

Classic super drama teen drama, but i can't help watching it! it's so drama but ah can't wait for the new episodes every week, and the girls are all so pretty, and there is ian harding!!!!! (which now reminds me, i'll put him in my top 5 favourite fictional crushes!!!) link to that post here :)

3) Rizzoli & Isles

I was so happy to find out they turned this book series into a tv show!! YAY! Only the characters are the same though, not the cases, but the characters are good so yay! :) Books are by Tess Gerritsen.

4) Big brother

Ah whenever it's summer, it's big brother time!!! So far the cast has been not too bad the past 3 seasons i have watched the show, and the competitions are hilarious sometimes, and it shows three times a week so plenty to watch and it's always fun! :)

5) Switched at birth

I felt like learning sign language after watching this series, it's new, only 1 season so far, but teen drama all the way during the summer!

Special mentions (Favourite shows that have been cancelled):

1)Veronica Mars

I loved this show! Used to watch it on TV after school back when i was still in secondary school. I was so sad when they cancelled it in 2007 :( :( :( :(

2) Human Target

Really good old school spy show. Season 2 was awesome!! especially when the character of Ilsa Pucci (played by Indira Varma- who is half indian half swiss, with a british accent- cool!!) was introduced. And the black guy was so funny, ah i miss this show!
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2 papers done as of today! yay 2 more papers left, then it'll be the holidays! :) and i cannot wait for the sectionals and christmas episodes of glee. really. ah!

I Can't Go for That / You Make My Dreams
-Glee

(oh my goodness, current favourite glee song- super duper catchy and fun mash up- i always feel like dancing or boogieing to this song!)

Man in the mirror

2011-11-20T19:50:00.000+08:00

Day Twenty-Seven: Top Five Most Annoying Things About Yourself

hah. this post won't be going anywhere good, and i apologise now if i end it badly being pissed at myself and basically anything at moves on earth. hahaha.

in no particular order:

1) I am way too shy

crap i have not outgrown that. it is ridiculous how i don't 'dare' to talk to people i don't know and would rather stick to myself and do my own thing. i get so nervous when i need to introduce myself to a group, or when i need to do a presentation or something and it should be getting better, no?

i believe i am getting better at talking to new people and mingling, but it is probably also cause i am in university and the people here are nice enough to bother to start conversations with you. the past few events i have attended were okay, even the one where i knew no one, the girl sitting next to me also came alone and so she introduced herself and we kinda stuck to each other. hahaha.

2) I don't seem to be good at any one thing!

argh i hate this about myself. i need to discover my talents- something i am good at that i can be proud of. sigh this needs to happen soon before i have some sort of quarter-life crisis about my value to society.

3) I am usually late for stuff

sigh, super bad habit which i totally need to work on.

4) I am way too self conscious

it used to be much worse than it is now, but i still think people are staring at me sometimes, (when they are probably not, or they just happen to glance at me), and i then i worry that it is my clothes or my hair or my face or body and so on. well at least i usually bring a book so i am busy reading rather than thinking about what other people may be thinking about me/my clothes/whatsoever.

my mum says i have an identity problem too, like i want to try so hard to be 'ang moh', but then (and probably because) i look so chinese (or malay, or anything else), i just feel like i don't belong, like i am neither here nor there, and yes no secret i would rather be 'ang moh' but i am not, and even being half, it doesn't even matter, cause i don't look the part, i've stayed in Singapore all my life and am Singaporean so it's nothing special anymore.

i should stop. and i can't really think of a substantial 5th point.

i shall end this better by having an awesome glee song as the title!

Man in the mirror
-glee

Don't Stop

2011-11-19T19:50:00.000+08:00

Day Twenty-Six: Top Five Most Useful Inventions

1) Transportation

be it the car, plane, train, ship, bicycle. needing to walk everywhere would suck.

2) Stationery

pens, pencils, paper, highlighters, and so on. how did they do without a 0.38 uniball signo ink pen in the colour blue-black?

3) The computer and internet

information is great. (knowledge = power!)

4) Books!

i love books. what would i do without a good book in my bag throughout the day.

5) Music in general

instruments, recording stuff, and so on. i need a dose of Glee songs at least twice a day!

i know these were kinda vague-ish, but there is no way only a top 5 would be enough. and most inventions would be useless without another one, for example printing would be useless without the inventions of ink and paper. so there.

Don't Stop
-Glee

I want it all

2011-11-18T19:49:00.000+08:00

Day Twenty-Five: Top Five Products You Most Desire

1) iPhone / iTouch / iPad

just gimme one! any one!

2) A new laptop

mine keeps shutting down for no darn reason and sigh it's just time for a new one. it's 3 years plus old already and has served me well :)

3) A Kindle

always wanted one since i heard about it. i mean, it'll be awesome for travelling (my last trip to Germany i brought 2 thick Jodi Picoult books, and man did it take up so much space i almost wanted to leave it in Germany. but i couldn't! it's Jodi Picoult!!) , you can download pretty much ANY book, and it even has a dictionary built in! awesomeness in a bundle.

i can't really think of any other specific product right now. given a choice, i would rather just have a lot of money. to buy clothes, tickets to wicked(!), to fund my university education, to be able to travel, and so on.

(so if any one is thinking of getting me a present, money is much appreciated - i need cash for my exchange to Germany next year! thanks.) (or the kindle would be awesome too)

I Want it All
-Highschool Musical

Take me or leave me

2011-11-17T22:21:00.001+08:00

Day Twenty-Four: Top Five Things You Do During “Me-Time”

1) Watch TV shows online

I don't think i have run out of shows to watch yet. Even when my favourites ones are on a hiatus, i take the opportunity to discover new shows, or check out shows people seem to really like but i don't watch yet, and start watching those from season 1 till i have caught up. maybe i should work in this industry since i love it so much.

2) Read

I can just sit somewhere (preferably a comfy couch) and read a good book for hours.

3) Watch a movie

Online of course. Even though i realise i don't mind watching a movie in theatres alone, i've done it once and it was okay, except that i had to pay for it of course hahaha.

4) Just use the internet for whatever.

it is amazing how much time i can spend on the computer. no, actually it is ridiculous.

5) Go out and window shop

and of course, i usually end up buying something.

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changed the layout of my blog! updated to the new interface, like finally! didn't want to cause i didn't want to lose my old template or try to redo the html or what so fine i just went with whatever they provided. It's okay, no?

and i realise they never were comment sections on the old template, i don't know why hahaha. so instead of a tag box thingy at the side, you guys can comment on the specific post now!

Take me or leave me - Glee

Rumor has it / Someone like you

2011-11-16T17:13:00.000+08:00

Day 23: Top 5 worst teachers you've ever had

Sigh another mean one hahaha. not gonna do it. my teachers have more or less been pretty good.

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the last episode of GLEE was AWESOME! woah.

anyway, will continue with the days i've missed soon after my exams. this one was easy since i've got nothing to list hahaha.

Rumor has it / Someone like you

-Glee (mashup)

Animal

2011-11-15T17:19:00.000+08:00

Day 22: ~~Top 5 sexiest people ever (Dead or Alive)~~ Top 5 Cutest/Hottest Guys

decided to change it, okay lets go.

1) Cory Monteith

2) Zac Efron

3) Liam Hemsworth

4) Adam Levine

5) Matthew Morrison

Animal
-Glee

Loser

2011-11-14T10:45:00.000+08:00

Day 21: Top 5 movies you quote constantly

honestly i do not even quote movies. so. end of post.

Loser-
-glee

starstruck

2011-11-13T23:08:00.000+08:00

Day 20: Top 5 most annoying celebrities

1) Lady GaGa

it's probably just me, but i cannot stand her over-the-topness with everything! her songs are not too bad, but then you bring in the music videos, and her costumes and outfits, and calling her fans monsters. okaayyyy. i loved the first song from her i heard- which was Just Dance - which was good! then came the rest, which were catchy and good music, but her lyrics, not too nice in my opinion. especially Judas. like really, that was daring of her to do that song. Born this way was good, till the video came out- it like totally gave a different meaning to the song.

and 20 minutes later, i can't think of other people. i googled, and apparently kim kardashian, paris hilton, and so on came op as top annoying celebrities, but i don't even follow their news, or am interested in what they do so i can't say i'm annoyed at them. hahaha. maybe i'll update this when i remember someone else i'm annoyed at.

then again, life's short, who bother yourself with people you are annoyed with? just don't keep up with their news, and you can't get annoyed at them anymore. yay.

Starstruck
-Sterling Knight

Hero

2011-11-12T22:26:00.000+08:00

Day 19: Top 5 favourite sandwiches

1) Cold cut trio (from subway)

with all the veggies except jalapenos, ranch sauce and yellow mustard. awesum.

i've recently been ordering this in a wrap, instead of my usual honey oats bread, it's nice, and way neater too haha.

2) Butter with honey / fruit jam. plain and simple but good.

3) peanut butter and banana and cinnamon. haven't had this in a long time, it's really good.

4) Tuna sandwich - with mayo. already comes mixed in a can, so yay.

5) i guess any sandwich with cold cuts and cheese = i'm good to go.

sandwiches like this were practically everywhere in Germany, just grab one and go, at the train stations, bakeries- which they probably have one or more per street of shops! oh in fact, my host family had bread and a spread of cold cuts, cheese (they even had garlic cheese, which was pretty good!) and butter and different spreads (like vegetable, cream cheese) for dinner almost every night. lunch is their typical heavy meal, not like us Asians, where dinner is the heavy meal.

Hero
-Sterling Knight

(hero like the brand of jam- geddit? hahaha)

Jump

2011-11-11T23:34:00.001+08:00

Day 18: Top 5 favourite sporting events

1) Gymnastics

i LOVE watching gymnastics. the women artistic gymnasts more than the rest though. favourite gymnast: Shawn Johnson from Team USA! she is brilliant! whole lot of power in that small body. currently she is a non-travelling alternate for the 2011 USA women's team, hopefully she makes the 2012 olympic team for USA!

2) Ice Skating

another beautiful sport! i think pair skating is the nicest to watch! :)

3) Track and Field

track and field is always so interesting, with so many events, and it's fun to just sit in front of the tv and watch them do all the different events. and i volunteered for the youth olympic games held in Singapore last year and was at bishan stadium where the rack and field competition took place! exciting stuff.

4) Swimming / Diving / synchronized swimming

another sport with so many events- i'll say diving is the most interesting to watch, but swimming is more exciting.

5) winter sports like curling, luge, speed skating, skiing

these sports we don't have or see in Singapore since it doesn't snow, so it is always interesting to watch them! at least i can cheer on team Switzerland!

Jump
-Glee

Bein' green

2011-11-10T22:47:00.004+08:00

Day 17: Top 5 favourite things to do where you live

1) Going to the library and borrow books

2) Take a walk in Botanic Gardens or Hort park or the many park connectors we have now

3) Shopping!! (even window shopping is fun here:) )

4) Eating and discovering good food. the amount and variety of food we have in Singapore is amazing. reasonably cheap, especially when compared to Europe.

5) Movies i guess?

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ah finally german is over this semester after today's semester test. i can't believe how much german i know! yays. we probably are only at the primary level or something, but compared to last year, woah. yay german 4 next semester! german is seriously my favourite class every semester. fun people, fun teachers, fun subject.

and had the final practical exam for experimental microbiology, oh gosh, not too good, couldn't finish the paper! knew how to do it, but no time to write it all out. le sigh.

cell biology test tomorrow! with negative marking. mug mug mug.

Bein' green

-Glee

Uptown girl

2011-11-09T22:14:00.002+08:00

Day 16: Top 5 things in life you'd like an explanation for

1) What is my purpose in life?

2) How the computer actually works. like it is amazing.

3) How our voices work. (and how come some people have good voices and some don't?)

4) How languages came about. like who said a book was a book and so on.

5) How our emotions work.

Uptown girl

-Glee

Falling

2011-11-08T00:00:00.005+08:00

Day 15: Top 5 favourite beverages

1) WATER!

I love drinking water. i need a bottle of water with me at all times. a friend told me he doesn't like water cause it is tasteless, and i had never thought about it that way before, but even though it really is tasteless, it is refreshing and i just like it. haha. but i don't like those distilled ones, they have a funny taste.

2) Green tea

Yay i pretty much drink this if not water. Jasmine green tea, particularly the Heaven and Earth brand, i used to like Pokka, but i find H and E better now. their passionfruit tea is pretty good too.

3) Apple juice

I love apple juice, but i rarely drink it, usually on planes or when i was in Europe! but not like the fresh ones with pulp, the processed ones. hahaha.

4) Pearl milk tea

Favourite bubble tea drink order.

that's about it at the top of my head. beverages i hate: any gassy, fizzy, sparkling drinks. no soft drinks, not even sparkling apple juice or sparkling water! i cannot stand them, which was a terrible thing in Europe where water automatically means sparkling water, and they love their gas in their drinks. hahaha

Falling

-Emmy Rossum

Magic

2011-11-07T17:19:00.003+08:00

Day 14: Top 5 things you'll do if you had magical abilities

1) Get straight As without trying

2) Be able to apparate

i shouldn't be late anymore then!

3) Be invisible when i want to

4) Think up whatever i what and it'll appear

5) Read people's minds (when i want to, not all the time, it'll probably get irritating hahaha)

Magic

-B.o.b ft Rivers Coumo

The show goes on

2011-11-06T21:30:00.004+08:00

Day 13: Top 5 Dream jobs

ooohhh, the answers to this question might have no end. i literally have wanted to be loads and loads and loads, but i'll stop at 5.

1) Doctor

I think i first really wanted to be a doctor when i was watching greys anatomy. it sounds silly, but i guess i never realised the impact of the doctors in the world. how much of a difference they make to everyone, from birth to death. one day, wait for it.

2) Writer

I love reading, and so naturally i guess i have always wanted to write a book of my own. i constantly am thinking of plot ideas, but i don't know how they manage to develop and stretch their ideas so it becomes a novel, maybe i should start with a short story. haha.

3) Teacher

looking back i really realise the impact of our teachers. kids are the future and impacting and guiding them right is so important. but i do wonder if i'll be strict enough hahaha.

4) Scientist

I always thought it so cool that scientists get to find out and discover so many interesting things about our bodies, the world around us and invent stuff that is unbelievably incredible. Hopefully i get to discover or invent something that contributes in someway to the world.

5) Performer (dancer, musician)

When i was learning ballet, i wanted to dance on stage, when i was in the band in school, i wanted to be playing professionally in an orchestra or for musicals. performing is so exciting, i really enjoyed performing on stage.

The show goes on

-Lupe Fiasco

Fine by me

2011-11-05T14:59:00.002+08:00

~~Day 12: Top 5 trends/styles you abhor~~

lets change it to Day 12: Top 5 trends/styles you adore

1) Bohemian

braids, flowy tops, embroidery, sandals yay!

2) Military

i love the colours- olive green!!!, browns, navy. i wish i had a military style blazer!

3) Girly

floral prints, knitwear, dresses and skirts, flats, heels. ah.

4) Causal

JEANS! and cool graphic t shirts, and comfy hoodie jackets, converse shoes- well i pretty much dress up like this, so i had to have in in the list hahaha.

thats about it. no number 5. haha.

I really cannot wait until i get a steady job and can spend all i want on clothes and shoes and bags and what not.

Fine by me

-Andy Grammer

Speak now

2011-11-04T11:30:00.002+08:00

Day 11: Top 5 languages you wish you were fluent in

1) GERMAN!

I'm learning it now, but it is pretty difficult to just speak fluently, especially if the dialogue is not one we have practiced before in class or with sentence structure we have not learned before. It is so limiting, and i have to always break down what i want to say into simpler sentences and not make things so complicated hahaha.

2) Spanish

Spanish just sounds so sexy. I first really wanted to learn Spanish after watching Zorro, the conversation between Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones, oh my goodness, hot.

3) Hebrew

Hebrew is so interesting. Hopefully i'll get to learn it one day.

4) French

Ah French just sounds so lovely.

5) Chinese

Even though i can speak Chinese and have been studied the language for like 13 years or so, i am not as fluent as i should be. I need to like learn more vocabulary and at least converse more often. My writing and reading is horrible since i didn't have to learn it in school anymore. I need to practice. haha.

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and an interesting, read-worthy quote taken of a friend's blog:

"The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it is not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of the other person – without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without reducing the other to a thing, and without becoming addicted to the other. They allow the other absolute freedom, because they know that if the other leaves, they will be as happy as they are now. Their happiness cannot be taken by the other, because it is not given by the other”-Osho, Being In Love

Speak now

-Taylor Swift

Jesus be the center

2011-11-03T21:40:00.003+08:00

Day 10: Top 5 reasons you feel the way you do right now

how do i feel / what am i thinking about right now- shit the world, why am i so stupid, why do i suck academically in comparison to my peers, why can't i do better, crap there are 3 exams next week, shit is my cap score going to drop below 3.0 so i won't be qualified for SEP, i feel like bursting into tears. i feel like going to sleep and not ever going to school again.

1) Just found out my scores for CA1 for LSM2103- and i got a 56.9 for the test, not that i was expecting to do very well, but i thought i could at least hit a 65.

2) Then i saw the graph of results of the students taking this module- WHAT on earth, the median is (71-80) marks, and there are only 22 people (out of 261 students) below my grade range of (51-60). holy shitsu.

3) I just watched a documentary this morning called ExamiNation (which is really good by the way) about the korean college entrance exam, and thinking i will not let myself come to this, that i value my self more than my results and what my examination results prove to the world about my academic ability, and yet once i saw my results, i couldn't of anything else but how they defined me. which was crap.

4) Then i look back at all my results, and realised that since i started uni, sit my results suck. the only A i have gotten is for general biology, and it was an A-. and to think i wanted to do medicine, or even the thought of applying for graduate medicine, yeah right YOU AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH. what am i going to do if i can't even do AVERAGE for uni.

5) and i realise too that i don't really have anything else to show for my past 20 years of existence. in whatever else i have pursued, i am only mediocre at best, i have accomplished NOTHING, nothing that i can be proud of. what is my worth to society, what can i contribute that no one else can already do better?!

i don't know what to do.

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Help me God to trust in You and Your plan for my life, for me to keep the faith and remember to rely on You and Your strength, especially for my upcoming exams and finals, help me to accept and not question, for i know Your ways are greater than mine. Give me the wisdom to understand what i am studying, wisdom to know when to get off the computer to study, help me be focused.

1 John 5:4 "for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith."

Phillipians 4:13 "I can do all this through Him who gives me strength."

1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you."

1 Corinthians 1:30 "It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God- that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption."

Psalm 27:1 "The LORD is my light and salvation- whom shall i fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall i be afraid?"

Isaiah 41:10 "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Jesus be the center

- Israel Houghton

What i know

2011-11-02T10:33:00.000+08:00

and Day 9: Top 5 people you'd like to kill

that's just mean hahahaha. not gonna do it.

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have i mentioned on here that i have a new favourite band?!?!?

PARACHUTE is AWESOME!!!

i love all their songs as of now (:

yay is it silly that i am so excited about this? hahaha.

What i know

-Parachute

She is Love

2011-11-01T22:56:00.009+08:00

Day 8: Top 5 biggest fictional crushes

1) Finn Hudson (Glee)

Ah. Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) freaking cute. His smile, heck even his half smile when she looks at Rachel sometimes, aaaahhhhhh. He can sing, plays drums, super cute, what more can i ask for?

2) Charlie St. Cloud (Charlie St. Cloud)

Charlie St. Cloud (Zac Efron). He was chosen mainly cause of the fact he was played by Zac Efron hahaha. Gorgeous blue eyes! Charlie can sail, is darn good looking, and has that connection with his dead younger brother which i find is so sweet.

3) Four (Divergent)

Ah this guy! No photo cause he is a fictional character from a book i recently read, but they are making it into a movie! YAY! Great book honestly. Divergent by Veronica Roth.

and Four (actually his real name is Tobias) is like such a sweet guy inside, with his tough guy demeanor, and his backstory is so sad, but he seems pretty awesome! whenever there was a part with Four and Tris (the main girl character), man i wished i were her! maybe i just had too good an imagination and thought up this awesome person through someone's writing hahaha.

darn this is getting embarrassing.

4) Ezra Fitz (Pretty little liars)

AH he is so cute! his smile is ahhhh melt worthy. Ezra Fitz (played by Ian Harding), is an english teacher on the show, how cool is that!? man if i had an english teacher so crush worthy, well if i had ANY teacher so crush worthy, sigh. his name is so nice too.

5) Michael (Nikita)

AH! Michael (Shane West) from Nikita. He is so bad boy looking, but when he smiles, oh my goodness. Michael is a spy, super fighting skills, his voice (speaking that is) smooooooth.

and who else remembers Shane West from the movie "A walk to remember"?! Super cute last time too. sigh.

She is Love

-Parachute

No regrets

2011-10-31T22:13:00.000+08:00

Day 7: Top 5 favourite historical figures

really. what am i going to say about this.

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and after researching, i don't really have favourite historical figures. well except Jesus.

No regrets

-Dappy

How to love

2011-10-30T20:33:00.001+08:00

Day 6: Top 5 things that happened to you this year

1) Stuttgart trip

2) Switzerland trip

3) Offered SEP to Tuebingen

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Sorry i could only come up with 3 at the moment, need to finish my 2 lab reports (due tuesday ahhh!) and i'll update this when i have the time. okay bye.

How to love

-Lil Wayne

Headphones

2011-10-29T22:01:00.002+08:00

Day 5: Top 5 places you'd like to live

1) Switzerland

2) Germany

3) United States

4) Austria

5) England

Well, 4 out of 5 of the countries are in Europe, so needless to say, i want to move to Europe one day. But Singapore is quite a nice place to live in for now. Probably not where i want to raise my children though.

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Came back not long ago from the German night at Paulaner's Brauhaus! FOOD WAS AWESOME! yay great night meeting quite a few new people who are also learning german at nus, i would say i have improved in my mingling skills. hahahahaha. yay!

Headphone

-Britt Nicole

You and me

2011-10-28T23:50:00.004+08:00

Day Four: Top Five Favorite Things About The Internet

The internet! what an awesome invention.

1) Watching TV shows online!!!!! (sidereel)

Awesomest thing about the internet! I spend about 80% of my time on the computer and internet watching tv shows online.

2) Social media (Twitter, Facebook)

Just to keep up with everyone, (stalk people), and chat.

3) GOOGLE!

google is just great. it is so great, it has even become a verb. enough said. (take that Yahoo, Bing, and other search engines)

information so readily available, i think is a great thing.

4) Learning languages! (German in my case)

online dictionaries, video podcasts, websites for beginners in languages, and all other great tools for improving my German!

5) Youtube

you can find almost anything on here. where i go to get my music!

You and Me

-Parachute

It Girl

2011-10-27T21:41:00.006+08:00

Day 3: Top 5 names you wish were yours

So starting with my name now, Cheyenne is of Native American Indian origins, meaning "unintelligible speakers". It is the name of a Native American tribe, and currently the name of the capital city of Wyoming.

The meaning is obviously not very good, i mean unintelligible speakers?! who comes up with this. I'll prefer the one in "The name book" by Dorothy Astoria

Cheyenne

Language/Cultural Origin: Native American

Inherent Meaning: Tribe

Spiritual Connotation: Creative

Scripture: Exodus 35:10

"All who are gifted artisans among you shall come and make all that the LORD has commanded."

now this is way better. hahaha. but in general, i love my name. it's unique and pretty cool (i think it is anyway haha), even though it is quite difficult to pronounce. and coupled with my surname, woah, intimidating for all my teachers when calling me out for the first time. hahaha. one good thing is that people i just meet can't really remember it right away, so they seldom call on me like during ice breakers or saboing or making me answer questions, simply cause they have forgotten it, not sure how to pronounce it or afraid they'll say it wrong. so sometimes it works out.

So my top 5:

1) Noelle

Language/Cultural Origin: Latin

Inherent Meaning: Christmas Child

Spiritual Connotation: Precious Gift

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given. ... And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

I think this name is lovely. i love the way it sounds and it's meaning as well. and the nickname elle is great and it is french for Christmas!

2) Chyler

Language/Cultural Origin: Dutch

Inherent Meaning: Scholar

Spiritual Connotation: Wise

Scripture: Romans 15:4

"For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that by steadfastness and by encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope."

Isn't this such a beautiful name! First heard of it a few years ago, an actress in grey's anatomy is named Chyler Leigh, and i thought it was such a nice name. It is pretty hard to find information about the name Chyler, cause it is like the alternate spelling for Schyler, which is a variation of Skyler actually. But Chyler is so much better.

3)Olivia

Language/Cultural Origin: Latin

Inherent Meaning: Peace

Spiritual Connotation: Walks with God

Scripture: Matthew 13:44

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. One day a man found the treasure. ... He was so happy that he went and sold everything he owned to buy that field."

Olivia. beautiful name. a really popular name, number 4 in the US in 2010. i have never met anyone named Olivia before though. i love the fact that it sounds so nice, and also sort of like my favourite colour olive green!

4) Aria

Language/Cultural Origin: Italian

Inherent Meaning: Holy

Spiritual Connotation: Pure in Heart

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:1

"Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God."

Aria, such a lovely name to say. It's a name of one of the characters from pretty little liars, where i first heard it from. When literally translated from Italian, it is a musical term meaning a melody sung by a soloist in an opera. I just love how it sounds.

5)Willow

Language/Cultural Origin: English

Inherent Meaning: Willow Tree

Spiritual Connotation: Great Hope

Scripture: Ezekiel 17:5

"There he planted it in fertile ground beside a broad river, where it would grow as quickly as a willow tree."

I have loved this name since back in primary school and this would have been number 1 for me back then. When i think of Willow, i think a graceful, soft spoken beautiful supple dancer. I probably heard this name first from Pocahontas, from the speaking Grandma Willow tree. hahaha.

Can you imagine me with any of these names? Chyler is the closest i guess. Any other recommendations for names (if you know me), post them in the tagbox, it is really lonely. hahaha.

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2 reports due next tuesday! ah. but the last two assignments i think for the semester :)

and mom coming back from Turkey tomorrow! (gotta finish the housework tomorrow morning! hahaha)

It Girl

-Jason Derulo

Glück

2011-10-26T23:13:00.000+08:00

okay so it's day 2 today!

went to nithia's place for dinner and catch up for deepavali! yay, it was fun (:

Day 2: Top 5 favourite books you've read for school

Honestly i can only remember reading two books for school, Romeo and Juliet in secondary 1 literature, and Flour babies by Anne Fine for secondary 2 literature. didn't do literature after that and we had to read newspaper articles for english class so, that's about it.

but of course, being such an avid reader, i'm sure i've read books on reading lists for schools in america for example. so i'll just pick my top five favourite books from those lists.

1) Shadow of the wind (by Carlos Ruiz Zafon)

This book was actually on my brother's reading list, every student had to buy it at his school. i don't think he even read it though hahaha. one of my first like complicated and adult books i had read, i was probably 14 i think. with the interwoven plots and the narrative through the years, it really was an interesting book with a great story line and i was like mind blown when i finished reading it the first time. couldn't believe the twists the book takes. honestly great read.

2) The book thief (by Markus Zusak)

Read this in JC, first interested when i found out the main character's name was Liesel! (which was a classmate's name) hahaha. but i did already enjoy reading books set in the world war 2 period, and this book was set in that period, with Liesel and her foster parents hiding a jewish fugitive, and Liesel's love and want for books and how she realises the power of words.

3) Never let me go (by Kazuo Ishiguro)

I watched the film actually, on my recent trip to Europe, and was really surprised at how much i enjoyed it. It deals with the idea of a world where they have clones that exist to provide organs for transplants. The story follows 3 clones from when they were in boarding school till their twenties where they eventually complete (die). It was a really interesting concept and story and might not be too far from the truth in the future.

4) My sister's keeper (by Jodi Picoult)

The first book by Jodi Picoult i read! I was really interested in the concept of conceiving another child just to provide stuff like umbilical cord blood and bone marrow and so on for the sick sibling. A rather interesting controversial subject with a good story line. The protagonist is petitioning for medical emancipation, and the story of how this affects her and her family is told from the perspectives of the main characters.

Of course after this i pretty much wanted to read every other book by Jodi Picoult, as i have found that she deals pretty much with controversial subjects in all her books, which i find so interesting. her books usually have sad endings though.

i can't think of a fifth one at this moment, will come back to this.

Glück

-Andreas Bourani

Champagne showers

2011-10-25T23:43:00.000+08:00

came across lists on challenges that can be done, originally for tumblr, but i'l do it on the blog. hopefully it'll be interesting, and that i don't give up after 10 days or something hahaha. picked out a few that looked interesting so i'll start day 1 today!

Top five 30 day Challenge

Day 1: Top 5 favourite excuses

1) I forgot (good excuse for almost anything)

Well, this usually is true. Unless it is important to me, and i don't write it down somewhere so i will be reminded about it, might just forget about it. and seriously, most things i forget about come to me way too late. for example, collection of the nus diary was on these two dates, i kept telling myself, go collect the diary on the date, go collect the diary next week, go collect the diary in 3 days, but of course the next time i remember, crap the last collection was yesterday! no thanks brain. dendrites, make more connections.

2) My mom made me do something (therefore late)

Pretty common excuse, and pretty much always true. hahaha. really, if my mom is at home when i am leaving the house for something, even if it is school, she somehow always has something for me to do before i leave- like wash the dishes or fold the laundry, and since i always plan to leave like on the dot, no spare buffering time, i end up being late.

3) I don't feel well. (therefore cancelling the appointment)

Sometimes i just don't feel like going out or i just want to stay at home and chill (aka watch shows on the lappytop).

4) I had to wait very long for my bus (therefore late)

I blame me having to make connections for being late pretty often. They do happen, but usually the real reason is that i left the house late. whoops.

5) I didn't get the message/the call. (therefore not replying you)

This happens so often it is ridiculous. My phone is always kept on silent mode, so i don't know whether i get a call or message until i check my phone, or unless i'm like holding it while it vibrates. But my phone doesn't vibrate when a call comes in, and 2 soft vibrations when a message comes in. This is why i usually reply your message or missed call like 3 to 4 hours later, even though i am like free, the phone was probably in my bag, or on the table but i was too engrossed in whatever i am doing on the computer to notice it.

So that's the first day, stayed tuned for tomorrow's top five challenge!

Champagne showers

-LMFAO

(my brother kept playing it on speaker, cannot get it out of my head)

Nur in meinem Kopf

2011-10-25T01:16:00.003+08:00

i can't believe i'm awake at this hour! had 3 tests the past week since i last posted. really. darn it all. and module mapping for sep starts tomorrow!

great time spending almost the whole day with a friend :)

and i feel so sad seeing my friend so heartbroken, knowing her side of the story makes me question my decisions even more, who is one to say, who another can love? (that probably is bad grammar, best i could put it at 1am.)

push on girl, hope it all gets better and it works out.

the hope that the other one just at least bothers to give it a shot, that is all that is asked of right?

Nur in meinem Kopf

-Andreas Bourani

Eisberg

2011-10-17T00:46:00.003+08:00

Goodness a month since my last post! Let's start the update.

1) NUS has offered the me the Eberhard Karls Universität of Tübingen for SEP in semester 1 of AY2012/2013! YAY! The only problem would be that i will have to delay my graduation by one semester due to the different semester periods between Singapore and Germany. I will only end my SEP in February, while the semester at NUS starts in January. Well, i have to take it in semester 1 cause at the moment i am not eligible to do the honours year, and since i cannot go for SEP in my final semester, it'll have to be semester 1. I am working to pull up my grades, and i am hoping that they will let me make the switch to semester 2 instead so no delays will have to be made. Well, we'll see in time!

2) SEP sharing and Stammtisch next wednesday! I am the emcee for the sharing session, and in charge of a game at the Stammtisch, but it should be fine and fun.

3) Joined NUS i.CARE! It is a cca that gets involved with welcoming and organising stuff for the international students at NUS. It should be fun to get to know more people and get to practice my german more too! Which reminds me, i have my german oral tomorrow!

4) Finally got up the courage to speak to an old friend again. I have missed our conversations. and oh the irony of him actually leaving Singapore for 3 weeks in a few days. really.

Sometimes i really wonder if i just fantasize too much. Do i expect too much of myself, of others and if i am being shallow. Maybe the books i always read with the good endings and the girl always getting the right guy in the end and them having good relationships have just been setting me up for being so unrealistic.

I don't know what exactly i am feeling. I mean, of course i would like to be in a relationship, but i don't know if ill be doing it for the right reasons. Just to be in one, not to be lonely, or because i really like the guy and can see this going somewhere.

This is probably just a fraction of what i think about this matter. I am being ridiculous. I need to talk to nithia or huiquan.

I think too much. Where are my outspoken swiss genes?!

I need to go to bed, 8am class tomorrow!

Eisberg
-Andreas Bourani

The Lost Get Found

2011-09-18T21:30:00.002+08:00

finally it's the recess week next week!

still quite a bit of stuff going on though, visiting the supreme court tomorrow! that should be exciting :)

and SEP interview on friday! it's a group interview though, which i think is worse than a normal interview, what with having to compete with other people in the room to stand out.

and i have an audition for the Sound of Music musical as well! excited and nervous. but even if i don;t get a role, i'll still do backstage cause it is going to be so fun working on a musical!

The Lost Get Found
-Britt Nicole

Gravity

2011-08-27T23:54:00.003+08:00

as of now, school is not that fun. i am literally exhausted the past week from waking up so early and coming back so late everyday.

gosh.

Gravity

-Sara Bareilles

Light up the world

2011-08-11T11:44:00.003+08:00

first day of school today!

i'm excited- sort of, i'm looking forward to german 3, and forensic science this semester. the other 4 modules i'm taking will be my core modules. so meh.

so this semester i'll be taking

lsm1104- General Physiology

lsm2103- Cell Biology

st1232- Statistics for Life Sciences

lsm2203- Experimental Microbiology

lag3201- German 3

gek1542- Forensic Science

gotta do well and pull up my pretty miserable CAP score.

most of my classes are in the afternoon and evening- great since i hate waking up early, but it means most of my evenings are taken up so meh. either or i guess. suckiest day would have to be monday, 8am class! pooh. but at least that means i will not be late for my 10am german tutorial on mondays haha.

Nithia is also starting school- in less than 2 weeks! We'll have fun together :) :)

Light up the world

-Glee

Pretending

2011-08-01T17:07:00.003+08:00

It's the 1st of August already! school is starting in 10 days and that kinda sucks. i am really enjoying the holidays slacking around at home and meeting up with dear old friends :)

currently bidding for the moduel GEK1542- Forensic Science- and i really really hope i get it! we'll see. anyway if i dont't, its not too bad, i'll try again next year. i am a little worried taking 6 modules again this semester- especially since i didn't do too well when i took 6 modules too last semester.

anyway, fun thing- postcrossing! where people randomly send post cards to other people!

postcrossing.com

sign up on the website- and it is pretty self explanatory. i'll gotten 5 addresses already, bought the postcards(finally) yesterday and will be sending 4 out today! yay i can't wait to receive my postcards though :)

i feel like i've just discovered all these fun summer stuff to do, but summer is actually pretty much over. oh well.

Prentending
-Glee

The lost get found

2011-07-18T22:41:00.005+08:00

guess what i just got in my inbox?!? a letter from myself that i wrote 6 months ago (through futureme.org)! darn cool. i had totally forgotten about it and so it was a nice surprise :)

below is the letter i wrote:

Dear FutureMe,

School is starting in a soon for you again, as it is (or was) in Jan 2011. How did the past semester turn out? I hope your CAP has improved. if it didn't, you better freaking study this semester. but i'm sure all the worrying for semester 2 in year 1 was wrongfully spent and i should have gone and watched some grey's anatomy or something instead.

so advice for you, stop worrying about the modules and CORS before school starts. it'll work out in God's timing. Go watch a movie or tv show or two and relax before the semester starts again.

did you go on the immersion trip to Germany or Switzerland in the summer? i'm currently hoping you did and had a blast.

are you dating anyone? if not, be more open and try. you are already 20(gasp). stop building up walls to the outside world and actually let yourself experience.

all in all, stop worrying, spend more time with your friends and family, and don't ever stop watching your favourite tv shows online. THAT WOULD BE A HUGE MISTAKE.

Love Cheyenne

hahahaha! yay i did go on the immersion trip to germany, my past semester wasn't too good, but no worries. okay i can't believe i thought i might be dating someone in 6 months, but then again, you never know. i wrote this on the 2nd of January this year, so i was still 19, and maybe a little desperate and immature hahaha.

anyway, go try it out! receiving this letter today was a great surprise :)

futureme.org

The Lost Get Found

-Britt Nicole

Strip me

2011-07-16T22:37:00.004+08:00

did my nails today!

even though i didn't go to nithia's place to do it, our original plan, i decided to do it anyway since i couldn't bear to remove the one already done on my pinky. ;) hahaha.

it took me quite a while, as i was doing it while watching videos on my laptop (what's new?), and i redid 6 of the nails as they didn't turn out so good. had to go online to find out the best way to get the effect i wanted and ta da!

i think it looks super cool and awesome! and i am finally going to wear colour on my nails out of the house! bought both the purple polish and the crackling one at the face shop yesterday with nithia and akshaya after dinner at marche, and we had a fun time :)

starting work on monday! well it is only for 9 days and from 830am-130pm so i can still sorta relax a little. hahaha. looking forward to school again, especially german classes! though my timetable sucks a little cause i currently will end school at 8pm tuesdays till thursdays, and i end at 10pm on fridays! this equals no more social life in the evenings. but i get to wake up late i guess- which would be good, cause then i definitely have no excuse to miss any class. but it's still tentative, till bidding is over.

i'm getting into this website called getglue- where you can check into entertainment and what not and earn stickers. pretty cool. and i've found a reality show which is a competition for special effects make up artists- called "Face off". pretty darn cool too.

Strip me

-Natasha Bedingfield

Pricetag

2011-06-30T22:32:00.000+08:00

hey people!

long long time. i kinda apologise for my previous seemingly depressing post. oh well.

i'm back from Germany (for a week already actually), and the whole experience was awesome and i cannot wait to go back there again! (:

i have written posts on a word document while i was there, not totally complete, cause i was a little lazy some days hahaha. so i will be posting those up along with some pictures (almost all the albums are up on facebook already), just to give you guys a taste of my beautiful time in Germany. (:

i definitely missed certain aspects of Singapore while i was overseas, but i do miss Germany now that i'm back. i miss the chatter of German all around me when i'm on the train, the beautiful weather and great people in my german class! (:

Pricetag

-Jessie J

get it right

2011-04-04T23:38:00.004+08:00

ah haven't posted in a while!

anyway, nothing much going on, finals in less than a month, gosh i need to start going through my notes now. and planning the upcoming trip in detail.

the past academic year for me, has not really felt like one. i don't feel motivated to score well, i find myself not really putting in much effort in my work and wondering why i even chose to study in uni. sigh. totally wrong attitude. i keep thinking of stuff i want to do in my life, like travelling everywhere, owning a house, having a family, children, and so on, stuff that are like 10 years away from now (or less), but i keep wanting to just fast forward till then.

i can't seem to focus on like my "job" at the moment - studying, not that i don't like what i am studying, i just can't see myself doing something i really enjoy with what i'm studying. i know and like the options- just that i am not seeing myself secured in that job. like you know, not a guaranteed. argh i don't know. am i making sense?

and i find myself just wanting to spend time watching shows, reading, whatever- anything really, other than studying. i mean of course i finish assignments that are due, but i do not feel prepared at all for finals, and not sure of the coursework at all.

problem. i need to get motivated and have some sort of purpose for doing my work. it's almost like the A levels was my final hurdle and so i don't feel like i need to do anything more, i'm already in uni right, just graduate with a degree. but seriously, i find that life without much of a short term goal or motivation is boring and i would much rather spend my time doing stuff i enjoy presently, even though i know it won't get me anywhere in the future.

oh gosh i need to wake up. this is ridiculous.

Get it right

-Glee

Raise your glass

2011-03-20T16:14:00.003+08:00

I can't even express how much i am loving this show now!

awesomeness on every level.

Raise your glass

-Glee

Rocketeer

2011-03-13T21:16:00.002+08:00

great news! I got accepted for the German Language Immersion! YAY!

even though i didn't get my first choice, which was go to Fribourg, Switzerland for the immersion than to Switzerland for the SEP, which i would have preferred cause i have more modules to map for SEP.

but i got the one to Stuttgart, Germany then go back to the Baden-Württemberg area's universities for SEP. Not as many modules to map, but survivable i guess.

anyway, thank God. I really wasn't sure if my 1st sems results were good enough, so i'm grateful i even got a spot.

so, the award covers the course fees and the accommodation for the 4 weeks, but doesn't cover the air fares and food for some days. but this financially bonds me to go for SEP in the area mentioned and will have to pay nus $3000 if i don't.

but after much discussion with my mum and stuff, i will be accepting the award! YAY! i'm so excited! I'm already looking for flights and thinking of what to wear and so on. and i hope i get a host family instead of the dormitory, it'll be way more interesting. and i'll be able to go visit my godmother and grandpa and maybe my aunts too! so i'm thinking of flying to zurich first and staying with my grandpa for a day or so, then take the train to stuttgart, then coming back, also stay with him for a few days before flying out from zurich. cause his place is like 2 mins from the train station and so convenient. tentative plan.

anyway, super lot of stuff due this week, but this news was a major plus! awesomeness.

Rocketeer

-Far East Movement ft Ryan Tedder

2011-03-08T16:31:00.003+08:00

just finished reading this book today, "Fever Cell" by Leonard Goldberg.

Basically, it's a mystery/thriller story dealing with the idea of bio terrorism. obviously, as this is in the mystery/thriller genre, you don't totally know what is happening at the beginning of the book, but you slowly start getting the picture as you read point of views from the terrorists side, and the detectives in the book are definitely way behind and only finding out last minute what is happening.

okay that was quite unnecessary, but my point was that what i will be talking about i know cause i have finished the whole book.

anyway, the virus "used" in this book for the act of bio terrorism (that of course never occurred in the end) was smallpox. smallpox, that was eradicated in the 1970s with massive vaccinations and so on, but not before many many many people died from it. so in the book, this group of arabs wanted to totally cripple america and so their plan was to install these vials of the smallpox virus in the ventilation systems of 6 airplanes and on a certain day, there will be terrorists (vaccinated against the virus) on the planes and with their laptops will activate the vials to open and the everyone on the plane will be infected with the virus (except the terrorists). and as the incubation period of the virus is about 14 days, these people won't be showing symptoms till 14 days later, and during that time, spreading the virus to anyone who comes in contact with them. this of course would lead to a major epidemic not only in america but all around the world.

in addition, the smallpox virus they used was genetically manipulated to manifest into more deadly form of blackpox, which was fatal to anyone not vaccinated.

what i don't get about these terrorists, is why on earth would they want to do such a thing? i feel that they don't have much foresight, so if everyone on earth except themselves (and maybe their loved ones who they got vaccinated as well) die from the virus, what do they think they have accomplished? sooner or later, that small group of people would die out as well, even if they intermarry and what not to keep the generations going on, i don't think that small group of people will be able to keep surviving without let's say a doctor amongst them, or a farmer or people to keep a constant food supply.

what is even more ridiculous, is that at the end, when the "leader" of the group escaped from america to sudan after their "mission" was blown, he went to this research plant where scientists were working on making the smallpox virus resistant to any type of vaccination by changing the protein coat of the virus. so now even he is not protected against the virus. what!?! so he would rather the whole populations of earth be wiped out (including himself) for his "cause", which would be futile cause there wouldn't actually be anyone left to lead or follow or even notice his "cause"! in the book, it so happened that the whole plant was bombed and so he and everyone in it died.

but at the end of the book there was the author's note, which actually said that the novel is not science fiction, and that the threat of the reemergence of smallpox was very real and of course the possibility of it being used in biological warfare.

of course this is just an example, atomic bombs also have the same outcome, of everyone eventually dying, if not from the initial or secondary effects of the bomb itself, then from the eventual spread of radiation.

i don't get why they think it is okay to totally wipe out the earth, or why they would actually think of doing stuff like this.

"What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?"

-Alan Paton

"Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it."

-Mark Twain

sometimes, i don't know what to say. well, i've said a lot in this post, but you get the point.

Written in the stars

2011-03-06T21:18:00.002+08:00

just wanted to say something cool. this place needs it.

was at church today for the 3rd service at gallery west, and it just so happened that my mum and i were sitting at this area where we have never been before, and guess what was happening there, there was a person translating in sign language for the deaf! it was so interestingly cool. i mean, not cool that they were deaf, but cool that there were people translating in sign language.

honestly i was watching the translators do their thing the entire time. there were 3 people and they took turns to sign. i just think that it is awesome that they still come and hear the word at church, not literally, but you get the point. and it is awesome that they are servers who step forward to provide this service so that even the deaf can "hear" the word of God as well.

just saying.

Written in the stars

-Tinie Tempah

Like whoa

2011-02-26T18:58:00.003+08:00

just had to say something. damn cool.

My bro and i were walking along swiss club road to get to the swiss embassy for something, and of course it was just a string of private houses. gorgeous, we were saying one day, we were gonna get one of these, with a front porch, pool, garden few stories high on and on.

and we saw one property that blew our minds, it had it's own private tennis court. WHOA.

yeah you can say that again. awesome.

Like whoa

-Aly and AJ

Jar of hearts

2011-02-24T18:07:00.004+08:00

i am suddenly interested in making friendship bands! hahaha. random.

i found a box of craft stuff cause i was looking for ribbons for a present, and i found my old friendship bands i had made in primary school! i remembered it was just a short period of time, maybe in primary 4 only that the girls we all making them and teaching their friends and stuff. we didn't even wear them, just made them and kept them to show off to other people i guess hahaha. and there a shop near my primary school that sold the string we used for 10 cents a piece and we would go there after school and choose colours. but it was such a short phase, less than a year and when we changed classes in primary 5, it wasn't a popular thing to make them anymore.

anyway, back to 2011, i went online to start searching for patterns to do and stuff and i am kinda hooked. it might not last long, but it's keeping me busy for a while. my mom even donated her collection of DMC embroidery floss for me to use, and of course is requesting for me to make her one too. haha.

i wore one yesterday when i met nithia, and i felt so cool, like a hippie or like a surfer girl with my bracelet. haha. it's all in my head but whatever.

so just thought i should note down this sudden interest at this time in my life. who knows, i might stop and start again 10 years later, it has been 10 years since i last did them too!

Jar of hearts

-Christina Perri

Need you now

2011-02-19T21:25:00.004+08:00

Hey guys!! Just a post to kinda promote myself in this competition that's going on by ciba vision!!

I'm almost till the end, no doubt with countless other people, but there is still a chance hahaha! This round depends mainly on votes or technically likes on my 'passport' on their facebook page.

Here is a step by step guide.

Step 1: You guys have got to like the "Seeing the world with ciba vision" page. Link below.

http://www.facebook.com/SeeingtheworldwithCIBAVision

Step 2: Then go like my 'passport', which is a photo of the passport in their photo album. Link below.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=154296871284031&set=a.154293861284332.28599.126470160733369

And you are done! you'll get a souvenir when i make it there! hahaha. thanks guys. :)

Need you now

-Glee (originally by Lady Antebellum)

silly love songs

2011-02-15T21:09:00.005+08:00

i don't have much to say. sigh

had german vocab test today! hopefully i get more than 70%. just one more chapter in this book and we are moving on to the next book! exciting. and i am learning quite a bit about english too from my classes, tenses and verb stuff that come so naturally, i kinda get a bit better.

anyway, i think Ian Harding, who plays ezra fitz on pretty little liars, is super cute!

oh and the Taylor Swift concert! it has come and gone, sigh i am going to her next one!

she is soooo pretty.

Silly Love Songs

-Glee

abc

2011-01-28T22:52:00.002+08:00

looking forward to chinese new year! holidays and family time and i'll probably get to meet nithia too :)

anyway, had lsm1101 lab today, and prof too let us take apart a micro pipette! oh my gosh, super cool. ahahaha.

school so far is so so i guess. most interesting- german class of course. except for the last lesson which was the most boring german class i've had on record. haha. learning about the perfect tense and all the irregular verbs and what not. so many rules that are in english that i did realise i know about, cause we don't really learn through rules like i do in german, we or at least i learnt by reading a lot of books and gradually following their phrasing and style and what not. or maybe we really did learn all these in school and i forgot about them. haha.

ABC

-Jackson 5

Pretty eyes

2011-01-25T20:44:00.002+08:00

took a bus all the way to Changi Airport today! albeit the super long journey, it was nice to be in an airport even though i wasn't traveling hahaha. and before bus could enter any terminal's bus stop, a guard had to come up and sweep through the bus! i was quite surprised.

anyhoo, just an interesting titbit for you bored people. i bet you guys didn't know that!

Pretty Eyes

-Alex Goot

Good life

2011-01-21T20:35:00.002+08:00

i forgot to do a birthday post!!

so thank you to the people who wished me a happy birthday, especially those who messaged me (nithia, huiquan, my mum) cause i know you guys didn't need facebook to remind you! hahaha.

anyway, had german lecture only, so went there, did it, than i went for the interview for nus open house student ambassadors, and i'm not too sure of my chances. it was a group interview and some were quite impressive, even to me. oh well. then i went to taka to change my phone, and can you believe that they had to try 2 sets! the 1st one they changed hung twice when we switched it on. goodness. but mine is working great now yay!

had dinner with the family at ichiban at esplanade :) yay i love japanese food!

anyway, being 20, no big diff. i probably am still a little immature (a lot according to my brother hahahaha), but hopefully more will be accomplished in my life as i grow older!

Good life

- by One Republic

so far so great

2011-01-12T20:34:00.002+08:00

first day of school today!

and i was super early. like 45 mins earlier than my first lecture! but it was okay cause i had to print notes and buy school supplies. and i finally bought flash cards! well, those 3 x 5 cards you use during presentation that are not ruled. so i've got to cut them up then write. well maybe i should have bought the on already cut hahaha. so that was step one in being more diligent in german!

my first lecture was into to philosophy and it was really really interesting! and the finals are mcq! bonus points! but the theories and debates he introduced were thought provoking, and hopefully by the end of the semester, i'll be smarter hahaha.

had two bio lectures today too and they were okay. so far i'm enjoying myself and enjoying being in school. even travelling today didn't seem that bad.

So far so great

-Demi Lovato

What the hell

2011-01-08T14:38:00.003+08:00

okie, a little change of plans. couldn't get gek1055, which would have been great cause it had no finals. so i should be going for gek1001 - place environment and society.

really want to clear an arts gem this sem even though i can't really find one i like, it'll be the same in sem 2 next year right!? sem 1 in year 2 is already packed. anyway, at least i have some geog background. but too bad i don't get the sem 1 lecturers, heard that they were really good!

anyhoo, sem 2 starting next week! not monday for me cause i have a lab session on monday, but practicals don't start till week 2 i think. in fact, not on tuesday either, i just remembered german lecture start on the 2nd lecture of the week, the thursday one. so that's great!

still gotta shop for school supplies, meeting nithia to go to NEX on monday and hopefully work out at her condo's gym. i need exercise hahaha.

What The Hell

-Avril Lavinge

Falling Stars

2011-01-06T22:20:00.003+08:00

bidding is still going on. and i still have 2 modules pending.

decided to drop lsm1104. there was no way to fit in the lab session of this module without missing an hour of another lecture. and i don't know if they'll like make me drop something AFTER the bidding ends, leaving me with only 4 modules this sem, something i cannot afford to allow happen.

i'll be bidding for ph1102e, introduction to philosophy, maybe in round 3, cause i've found out that gek1055, theatre experience has got 50 slots open in the next round. so i'll try for that, and if it get too high or what not before it closes, than i'll just go ahead with ph1102e.

if i succeed with gek1055, then i'll be taking 6 modules this sem, if not then just 5. either way, i'll have 4 finals, i'll be ok.

Falling Stars
-David Archuleta

never grow up

2011-01-03T12:05:00.006+08:00

just spending the morning checking on my modules, cause cors only lets you log in during bidding. which i think is SILLY cause i just wanted to see if i have been allocated the modules and how much points i have. but no, still gotta wait till bidding starts 9am today.

anyway, i've also been catching up on the shaytards videos i missed while overseas. hahaha. fun.

gonna go watch The Tourist later with some jc classmates. well, i only know that xue li is confirm going, so i'll be surprised.

anyway, having fun on a new website i found called Listography.

where you can just make lists. seriously. and making lists can be quite addicting.

so, i started making a list to sort out the modules i need to take to graduate and what not. and have come to the conclusion that i want too many things that probably cannot happen together while i am in school.

List.

it's either german, or the minor. oh we'll see in year 2. i'll still definitely take the forensic science module GEK1542, but maybe not the minor.

ah well. WE'LL SEE.

oh. and i found my phone. well someone returned it. yay. so i got all my contacts back and my memory card. but the phone is not working so i can't listen to any songs or anything. but i am still using the old phone without the charger, cause my brother got a present which is like a universal charger thingy with so many different little adapter things that fit different brands of mobile phones, ipods too i think, so i have a charger. but i really hope i get my new phone soon!

Never grow up

-Taylor Swift

Speak now

2011-01-01T16:59:00.003+08:00

okay this will be my official last day of the year cum new year post!

2010.

2010 was to me a year spent waiting for a lot of things to happen and making a lot of decisions and of new experiences and also disappointments and this and that.

i think quite a chunk of this blog in 2010 was me weighing options of this and that and not wanting to make a decision. i always thought i was just an indecisive person, not wanting to commit to a particular choice cause i really really thought both were right. something like that. but, i have kinda realised, that when i have a decision to make, i have already made the choice in my head (or maybe in my subconscious haha), but i keep on weighing all the options and pros and cons and people's opinions and what not ultimately cause i am just not willing to commit to the decision i have already decided on and will probably make in the end cause i am afraid that when it doesn't work out, i have myself to blame, or fear of people's opinions on my choice, or fear of hurting someone or whatever else my mind comes up with. bottom line is, i know what i want to do when given a choice, just that fear of something makes me doubt myself.

so Number 1: Trust God's plan in my life. (this has to be repeated 100x to myself)

Number 2: Don't think too much. Enjoy the present and think about the future, but don't go insane wondering.

of course 2010 was a great year for watching tv shows for me! i seriously enjoy the time i spend watching my favourite shows online, waiting for a new episode to come out every week, guessing who was going home next (for the reality shows), guessing who was the murderer (for the crime shows), watching what happens to the patients (for the hospital shows), totally loving what the writers come up with for most of the episodes. hahaha. too bad i don't get paid for watching US dramas. and too bad it sounds lame when people ask me what i do in my free time and i say "i watch tv shows online". hahahaha. but i seriously enjoy it and probably won't stop ever.

Number 3: Continue watching tv shows online and hopefully find a job that pays me to do it. hahaha. (like reviewing them or writing a synopsis or something)

and the super recent trip to Switzerland and Germany definitely made me want to go back for a student exchange even more! great to know i have relatives and friends there :)

Number 4: Be way more diligent in practicing German and start corresponding in German to them as well.

my results for semester 1 for uni wasn't toooo bad i would say. i could have done better, especially for chemistry. hahaha. grades as follows:

LSM1301: A-

LAG1201: B (i was hoping for an A- at least. so competitive!?! i got 80 percent for both my semester tests! must be the vocab tests that pulled me down.)

SSA2218: B (wow. i was planning to s/u this, cause my project already got me a B-. but this was a good unexpected grade.)

PC1322: B (expected)

CM1401: D+ (gosh this mod. thank God i passed it and didn't need to retake it)

so my CAP is now 3.3. not awesome, but meh. sums up my life in uni so far. MEH.

Number 5: Study hard for my modules in sem 2.

and i need to find something to do. like as a hobby or something. something i can be passionate about (other than my tv shows).

Number 6: Find something i like to take up, a skill, a hobby, something.

Number 7: Spend more time with my friends (especially nithia and hui quan) and my brother too.

Number 8: Be myself more around others, and don't be so affected by someone's opinion of me.

Number 9: Read more books!

Number 10: Keep up with music.

well that's about all i can think of now. at the moment i think relationships are most important, with family, friends and so on. i don't think you can be who you are without the people around you, whether they are good influences or not, that's another matter. studying and achievements are not our ultimate goal. we want to achieve, get excellent grades, be better than everyone else, because we want to be able to get that job, earn that amount of money - to buy that house, car, clothes and so on. at first it may be for ourselves, pleasure, happiness, satisfaction. but i think in the end, we do it for the people around us, our family- parents, future spouses and children, maybe even friends. we want to work hard in order to get a better life, and provide a better life for the people around us. so it doesn't really matter how we get to it, doing well academically may not be the only well there. i don't know, maybe i'm making up excuses or maybe it's a valid point. studying and doing well is not ALL i want to think about this year. well, that's just my opinion anyway.

hope you've had a great 2010, mine wasn't toooooo bad, and let's all have an even better 2011. have fun, enjoy yourself, live life, make new friends, keep the old friends, do new stuff and love.

Speak Now

-Taylor Swift

Over my head

2011-01-01T15:24:00.002+08:00

it's the new year! YAY!

i just got home from my trip yesterday, landed at about 9pm, but what with baggages being stuck in the conveyor belt thingy (not ours thank goodness), causing a baggage pile up and a long time till it was sorted out, then the SUPER long taxi queue, we only got home about 11 plus. but the trip was really really good:)

we didn't really sightsee much as the main purpose of our trip was to visit our grandpa (who is 80 this year) and my aunts and their families and my mom's friends and what not. the entire trip we stayed with people, mainly my grandpa's house in Switzerland and my godmother's house in Germany.

and of course, the weather! it snowed the whole day on christmas eve and christmas day which was awesome! i might update about the trip, but then again, don't look forward to it cause it might not happen till i feel like it. hahaha.

so now i'm just catching up on life through the internet, and most importantly, the modules for next semester! i've already missed round 1A of bidding, but i think i might not be dropping any modules preallocated to me after all. even though there is a clash, i hope that the language people will let me go for lectures from two different groups for my german. i don't think pushing a year one core mod to year 2 is a good idea, especially since i will already be packed full with year 2 mods. think think think think. i am just worried that they might make me drop my german module and then i'll be left with only 4 mods this sem.

okay this was kinda random. will have a proper new year's post up soon! Tschüss!

Over my head

-The Fray

Waiting outside the lines

2010-12-18T18:39:00.002+08:00

whoops i haven't really been keeping up with the trip blogging.

but busy busy, been doing up a last minute present for my grandpa cause my mom suddenly decided to give the gift she bought for him originally to someone else. so we are doing a photo album thingy. which we think he'll like better anyway. my mum likes it, and now she wants to print more copies o give away to other people, and i'm like NOOOO! don't hand around me and my brother's photos to people. it's just so awkward. serious. hahaha.

anyway, took me really long to find photos we all look good in. haha. hopefully it get's printed and binded by monday, before we leave. so, the posts will have to wait till i'm back i guess. i'll still backdate it though.

and guess what, i've not started packing yet! serious. i love to pack for holidays, and usually get a list done and half of it packed 2 weeks before we even leave! haha. but the date just crept up, and i'm gonna start now!

oh, and did i mention i actually lost my phone the past sunday, and i haven't really missed it i guess. well the only irritating thing is that i can't tell what time it is, cause i do not own a watch. seriously. i was digging around in my room and i couldn't find one that worked! maybe i'll get one when i'm overseas! wink wink.

anyway, got a new sim card yesterday, put it in an old phone, and then guess what? i couldn't find the charger for that phone! and that was the only working one left. ahahaha. good thing i'm travelling soon. so i'll probably get a new phone next year then. and please sms me something leaving your name cause i could only remember 3 numbers: my mum's, my bro's and nithia's. pathetic. hahaha. the number is still the same.

really excited about the trip!! YAY!

Waiting outside the lines

-Greyson Chance

Day 7 Israel

2010-12-09T09:00:00.018+08:00

first place we went that day was to the City of David.

the area is not far from the temple mount area and was where King David built his palace and ruled from and what not. we could see again, the temple mount area, and here is another mosque in the temple mount, not far from the dome of rock(the golden dome), called the Al-Aqsa mosque.

anyway, so we also went through Hezekiah's tunnel, which is underneath the city of david. it was built during the reign of king Hezekiah, hence the name, and it was built in preparation of a siege to protect the city's water, and the plan was to divert the water from the Gihon spring outside the city and leading it down the west side and into the city. the tunnel is 533m long and was built by two teams starting on opposite ends, meeting in the middle. built before 701BC, it's amazing that they accomplished it.

and here is from inside the tunnel. we took the dry route, cause it was cold and we didn't want to get wet, and the water level in the wet tunnel reaches 70cm.

and out of the tunnel, we see beautiful plants:

blueberries!
an olive tree!
after the tunnel we took a walk outside to the pool of siloam. and along the way, we see old tombs carved into the rocks:

Hezekiah's tunnel ends in the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus healed the blind man by spitting in the ground, applying the mud to the man's eyes and telling him to wash them in the pool of siloam! (John 9) it was cool to be there, the steps are sorta intact still, but the pool wasn't full, and i think we couldn't see the full pool. i can't really remember. but we where there in the area.

next we went to the Holocaust Museum. we took like 2-3 hours to walk around the museum at our own timing and pace. read a lot of information about the war, and a lot of stories from the victims of the holocaust. the whole place was very nicely done and we had lunch there.

here is the entrance:

and here is the view from the top of the museum area

next we went to the garden tomb. located outside Jerusalem, this garden is believed to be the tomb and site of Christ's resurrection.

along the way, we had a rest stop at a place where the owner is obsessed with elvis presley. like woah. everything elvis themed. and when you buy a drink there, you get to keep the mug it came in. elvis themed as well of course. hahaha.

we didn't go up to the place believed to be the site of Christ's resurrection, but we could see it from the garden tomb area. as mentioned in the gospel of Mark, they took Him to Golgotha, translated to 'place of the skull'. and here is the picture of it, the rocks have kinda been weathered (it was about 2000 years ago), but there was a picture there of how it looked when it resembled a skull more.

we took holy communion in the garden and went to see the tomb. this is it on the inside.

and the current door of the tomb

picture of the day:
structure right at the entrance of the holocaust museum. ezekial 37:14

Day 6 Israel

2010-12-08T09:00:00.016+08:00

we were in Jerusalem! the capital city of Israel, considered a holy city to three religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. the first place we went to was to see the temple mount. not inside it, but where we could see it in jerusalem. this place is quite controversial site. it is significant to the jews as it was the site of the first and second temples, and many jews believe that it will be the site of the third and final temple as well, to be built in the time of Messiah. the temple mount is also significant to the muslims as the dome of rock is believed to be the spot where the prophet Muhammad ascended, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is located here as well.

the temple mount was built on mount moriah, where abraham prepared to sacrifice isaac in genesis 22. it is also where Jesus was presented in the temple by his earthly parents joseph and mary, and where He later stayed behind to debate with the teachers. the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom when Jesus died at the cross.

i am just taking it from my guide book. so the temple mount is an area, and now it is in the muslim people's possession if i'm not wrong, and they have built the dome of the rock there.

so that is a little background, and here is the dome of the rock which is very noticeable around jerusalem:

so the guide brought us around the area, through the streets and we got to see a bit of the city. it is obviously so different from singapore! we have tall buildings and flats and modern looking stuff. there is is like we are back in history. there are even ongoing excavations there!

in the past, when someone conquered somebody else, they'll destroy the place and rebuild another one on top of the rubble. some when they now dig down, we can see streets and pillars and bits of the past! here they are excavating, not constructing. serious.

we also saw some of the old city gates like this one, and the marks in the stones are actually bullet holes from the 1948 Arab-Israeli war!

next, still in the area, we went to the Western Wall. it is a part of the wall of the second temple and considered a holy site to the jews. many jews come here to pray.

and closer, you can see that there is a division there between the area for the men and women to pray.

and even closer up, you can see pieces of papers stuffed between the crevices of the wall, and is said to contain prayers. but i don't know, cause i didn't open them up to check haha.

after lunch, we had the opportunity to participate in the temple mount salvage operations! it is an archaeological project started since 2005 to recover archaeological artifacts from the 300 truckloads of soil removed from the temple mount site during the construction of an underground mosque.

So we got to sift through buckets of soil and search for stuff like bones, mosiac stones, pottery. and here is some of what we found!

after that we went for an evening tunnel tour of the western wall. so we were underground and they was a presentation and little models of the first and second temples and we got to walk along tunnels that used to be streets in the past!

see this used to be a window somewhere!

after that, we got back to the hotel for dinner. and food in israel is really good.

till tomorrow!

picture of the day:

back in medieval times with this kind of architecture from the past!

Day 5 Israel

2010-12-07T09:00:00.007+08:00

finally we are in israel! ok so first place we went to was Timna National Park. we went to see king solomon's pillars, which are structures formed through water erosion of the sandstone cliff.

we got to climb a little bit inside. then we went on to see The Wilderness Tabernacle in Aravah and had a guided tour of a life sized reconstruction of the Tabernacle. It is mentioned in Exodus 25 till 28, where detailed instructions were given on the building of the tabernacle.

the outside:
the picture of the inside is rather blurred, so won't put it up.

we had lunch than went on to the dead sea! the mineral content in the dead sea is so high that nothing lives in it! and the salt concentration of the dead sea is many times higher than that of the world's oceans, so it's density is so high that anyone can float in it. the shores of the dead sea is actually 422m below sea level, the lowest elevation of earth's surface on dry land. we actually passed by a sign that said we were at sea level, and we were on the bus going down a slope!

anyway, we went in the water at about 5pm in the evening, and it was already getting dark and they were about to close, so we got to spend about 15mins in the dead sea. it was so super cold! and of course if you had any cuts it stung! no pictures cause we were in the water!

picture of the day:

a rainbow just before we went into the dead sea!

Day 4 Egypt/Israel

2010-12-06T09:00:00.007+08:00

so a little intro: Mount Sinai is the place mentioned in Exodus 19-20, where moses goes up mt sinai and God gives him the 10 commandments. not everyone agrees that the one i climbed is the actual one that moses climbed but we climbed a mountain anyway. hahaha.

so, the wake up call was at 1am to assemble and the plan was to reach the summit in time to catch the sunrise.

it was so super dark and super cold at 2am at the foot of the mountain and man it was tough climbing it. Mount Sinai is 2285m high! you could sit on a camel for 2/3 of the journey but we chose to walk with most of the group. no pictures cause it was so dark, and we were just concentrating on climbing it. so at the 2/3 point there is this small shop where they sold snacks and hot drinks and we rested there before climbing the rest of the way to the summit. the sunrise at the summit, taken by my mom and bro.

i didn't get to climb to the summit though. so maybe i should stop saying i climbed a mountain. hahaha. i had bad food poisoning, throwing up and what not, and my mom actually didn't want me to climb but i had to! like we were already there! so i stopped at the 2/3 point along with about 5 other people and our mountain guide. we waited there for the sunrise and then started our descent, without waiting for the rest haha so we could take our time. anyway, not going was a good thing too, cause we got to climb down a different way from the rest! the rest went down the same way we came up, which is called Siket El Bashait (camel path). we climbed down another route called the Steps of Penitence, a total of 3750 steps! supposedly carved by monks from the monastery at the foot of the mountain. the trip down was beautiful. we were surrounded by granitic rocks that were pinkish and the view was astounding. we literally sat on the edges of some rocks swinging our legs in the air, a huge drop below us, and we had to climb over, jump down on rocks and it was just fun. and looking at the granitic landforms (or at least what i thought looked like granitic landforms, geog still fresh in my mind then). well it was exciting for me. haha.

ok when we got down at was about 9 plus, we grouped together and went back to the hotel, showered, breakfasted, packed up, yada yada. then we started the drive to israel. had lunch and crossed the taba border into israel! i got stopped for a bag check though. haha. there wasn't anything else planned for the day, just to check into the hotel, which was so nice! it was resort style cause we were at the red sea at Eilat. and the food there was so much nicer than in egypt.

our cute cabins!

picture of the day:

nice picture my bro took at the foot of the mountain.

Day 3 Egypt

2010-12-05T09:00:00.009+08:00

just a note: we also went to the eygptian museum, but i can't really remember on which day it was. according to the itinerary, it was supposed to be on day 3, but i think we went there on day 2 cause there was some switch, but i can't be sure cause they are no pictures cause cameras weren't allowed inside. ANYWAY, it was quite cool cause there were a lot of artifacts from tombs of kings, and statues and a lot of stuff with hieroglyphics. and, on to day 3.

first place we went to was the Great Pyramids of Giza. this is one of the seven wonder of the ancient world, and the only one still in existence! so there are 3 pyramids there, belonging to the same family:

King Khufu: Grandpa

King Khafre: Father

King Menkaure: Son

and king khufu's is the tallest pyramid, cause it was disrespectful to have your pyramid taller than your ancestors' one. so this is a picture of three of them together. the one at the left is the grandpa's one, the middle the father's one and the right one the son's one. the middle one looks the biggest cause it was built on elevated ground or something, and is the only one with it's limestone cased tip, the other two don't really have their tips any more.

anyway some facts: the biggest one, king khufu's pyramid, was built with 2.3 million blocks of stones (limestone), each weighing 5 tonnes (5000kg)! goodness! it took a total of 20 years to build, but the workers only constructed it for 3 months a year as most were farmers and so they did it during the 3 months when they flooded their fields. and so it took only a total of 60 months to build! which is amazing, considering the technology and what not back then. so this is it closer:

it was so cool. they actually had tours to go into the pyramid and see the tomb (empty of course). but we didn't go in cause the guide said it was dark and there wasn't much to see anyway.

there are some people going up to go to that triangular hole, the entrance to the pyramid. the entrance isn't the original entrance though, it was carved by people when they found the pyramid and were trying to get in.

next we went to see the Great Sphinx of Giza. this is the one most people know about that doesn't have it's nose anymore. behind it in the picture is king khafre's (the father) pyramid.

next, we went to a papyrus factory, where they showed us how they made paper a long time ago. and it came from the papyrus plant as seen in the picture and two paintings on papyrus paper in the background. the paintings there were really nice.

we had lunch and then the really long drive to the city st katherine through the sinai peninsula. through wikipedia, i found out that the sinai peninsula lies between the mediterranean sea(north) and the red sea(south) and is the only part of egpyt located in asia instead of africa. interesting fact anyway. and we drove under the suez canal!! studied about that in SS or lower sec history.

we also drove past and got down to look at a site called the wells of moses, which is believed to be the one mentioned in Exodus 15:27.

anyway, the whole point of us driving from cairo all the way to st katherine was because we were going to climb mount sinai! more about that exciting part in tomorrow's post! so we reached the hotel near the foot of mount sinai at arounf 10 pm, had dinner and went for a short sleep as those who were climbing the mountain had to meet at about 1 am. stay tuned!

picture of that day:

me next to a stone at the base of the pyramid of king khufu. one block was almost as tall as me!

Day 2 Egypt

2010-12-04T09:00:00.004+08:00

we went to Memphis first, which used to be the capital of lower egypt and visited the Rameses II museum there. It doesn't actually hold the mummy of king rameses II, just that many statues of him were found in the ruins of Memphis and many were quite large, so instead of transporting them, they built a museum there to house them. anyway, this was the pharaoh who refused to let the Israelites go when moses asked, and God put the 10 plagues on egypt, and after the 10th, where all the firstborn sons except the israelites' died, he drove them out of egypt, only to lead his army to chasing them afterwards and drowned in the red sea. super condensed version. go watch the 'prince of egypt' for the story.

coming back, this is the largest one there of king rameses II:

you can see some people at the side for a comparison of it's size! this statue (and i guess all the others too) were carved out of a single piece of limestone! anyway, the egyptians believed that these statues and sculptures were actually substitute bodies for themselves in case their mummy was destroyed, and so of course the pharoah had so many!

this is the side of the right leg of the statue, and the boy here is to represent his son. they had all sorts of symbols on their statues. we also saw the sphinx of memphis, a small one, not the famous one everyone knows:

anyway, a sphinx has a human head and a lion's body and is usually located around tombs of the pharaohs for protection or something i think.

here is another statue there, and every statue in egypt will actually have their left foot forward, unless they are sitting statues, and this was to symbolise strength and power, as the heart is on the left side on the body too. according to the guide.

anyway, after this museum, we went to Djoser's step pyramid in Saqqara, which is the oldest standing step pyramid in the world! as the name suggests, it was the burial ground for King Djoser.

the weather there was a bit weird to me, the sun is out and shining, as seen from our shadows, but the air and temperature was still cool enough for us to wear two layers and a jacket. anyway, there the pyramid stands far far behind us. and surrounding this pyramid, is a wall all around it 10 metres high made of limestone. it is currently not intact anymore, but certain sections are still standing:

and this goes all around it! how long did it have to take them to build it?

here you can kinda see the size of the pyramid better, compared to the people around it. it was huge!

they are still restoring it or something, as you can see from the stuff at the base of the pyramid, and there is still quite a lot of ongoing excavations around in the area.

after lunch, we went to an area called old cairo, or coptic cairo, and had a bit of a history lesson about the arrival of christianity and judaism into egypt, and visited the oldest church and synagogue there. No pictures, cause we weren't allowed to take any in there.

we then visited an egyptian oils and perfume mixing house which was quite interesting. they use and mix pure essential oils to create different essences (without using alcohol) and actually create some famous perfume brands' fragrances. my mom bought like 4 different ones.

and before we went back to the hotel, some of the people requested to go to the hard rock cafe in cairo. until then, i didn't know people actually collected hard rock tshirts from the different cities. hahaha. that's where i got my hard rock jacket which i love :)

some of the soft toys sold there, egypt style. hahaha. the mummified bear is so funny!

after dinner, we went to an egyptian souq for some shopping, it was just a super crowded market selling quite a lot of stuff, but we didn't buy anything. a look inside:

after that it was back to the hotel to pack up cause we were switching hotels the next day.

Picture of that day:

Me standing in front of the original entrance (which is part of the enclosure wall) into the area where the Djoser step pyramid is. :)

Day 1- Doha/Egypt

2010-12-03T09:00:00.004+08:00

Just two days after my last A level paper, physics mcq i remember, and i was just so super excited for the trip to begin. We met at the airport at about 11pm on the night of the 2nd, our flight was on the 3rd of Dec actually, at 220 in the morning. The flight was 8 hours but cause of time difference and what not, we reached Doha at about 520 in the morning. We were going to be in transit at Doha for almost 8 hours! But we had a city tour of Doha in the morning so it wasn't too bad.

I don't think you guys can see the map properly haha, but like the amazing race, i just had to put in the "flying from here to there" arrow.

A small city (just 132 square km), doha is the capital of Qatar, located in the persian gulf, next to Saudi Arabia. So we got on a bus and began the city tour.

Most of the houses we saw along the way looked like this:

seriously! All beige and almost like historic or super important buildings or something. just wanted to point that out. anyway, our first stop was to see some camels! i guess it was a camel farm? well, here's a camel:

Then we went to a fruit and vegetable market, which was kinda boring i guess. I mean, not like we were gonna buy any of them to cook or what hahaha. but there at least 10 photos taken by my mum of the fruits and vegetables. hahaha. i guess vegetarians like looking at veggies.

Then we went more into the city area, where there were quite a few sports stadiums, cause Doha hosted the 15th Asian games in 2006.

Thia is the Aspire tower, and it holds the record for the tallest ever game flame, and can be seen across of Doha.

This, a sculpture in front of the sports school in Doha. and like any other tourist, we do silly things like this. so i decided to poke the world.

One of the stadiums:

Then we went on to the Equestrian club, another location for the Asian games and we got to see horses!

After that, we went to souq, which is what a market is called in an arabic or muslim city. The way the souq is built is quite interesting, like the wooden sticks, which are part of the ceiling, actually sticks out the front of the building! Actually it looks like the ancient middle eastern houses in movies, like in the prince of persia (which i just watched on monday), where people can like run on or swing from stick to stick.

And this is the inside, where you can see the sticks on the ceiling:

Is it just me who finds this cool? haha. So in the souq were just shops selling clothes, food, pets (like loads of birds and rabbits), and jewellery and stuff like that. We also went to a place were they had falcons (and i guess they sell them too). They all had their little cap covering their faces and tearing at pieces of meat.

Then we stopped for some hot food, naan! It was so good.

And that was about the end of our city tour of Doha and we went back to the airport to wait for our flight to cairo. We just hung around the rather small airport, had lunch there, before the 3 hr 40 min flight to cairo, egypt! ohmigoodness i was so excited to get to egypt. So plane left at 1310, and we arrived at 1550.

On the way to our hotel, we actually passed by the Nile, the longest river in the world passing through quite a few countries in Africa.

So cool!

So we got to our hotel, checked in, had dinner and that was our first day in the middle east!

Umbrella / Singin' in the rain

2010-11-25T15:56:00.002+08:00

finally the semester is over! both final papers were yesterday and i'm so glad i'm done with it all.

anyway, since i don't post often, i thought i'll do a recap of my trip to the middle east. i know i said i'll blog about it but i never came around to it, and since the exact dates are coming out, why not do a post about each day on the same day a year later? we left on the 2nd of december, and came back on the 15th, so look out for those posts, i promise i will do it!

and it is just nice cause i'll be travelling soon after that to switzerland and germany to go visit my granddad and a couple of my mom's friends since we are in the area. and we are going over Christmas! and it should snow i think, so yay exciting! and i'll get to see my cousins and aunties and my godma too (who lives in germany). the last time i saw them was 8 years ago, and it wasn't all of them too. so yea, i can't wait. :)

and random thought: i really miss wearing my nyjc uniform. seriously. hahaha.

and gLee was super nice yesterday! whoever is not watching gLee, go watch it during the holidays. super fun series with great covers. i look forward to gLee every week!!!

gosh it's raining so hard right now. which makes this post's title really apt.

Umbrella / Singin' in the rain mashup

-gLee

Yeah x3

2010-11-13T22:13:00.002+08:00

met up with some classmates last wed evening. and it was nice :) i have not talked about so much stuff since i started school. i do hope next sem will be more enjoyable. ah well.

had a major talking session with xueli, just walking around and around jurong point for more than an hour i think, and thank God, took the last train home.

anyway, just missing having a class, and being around people i know, not just a person in a crowd of strangers as is usually the case. though i realised i have made quite good friends with my german classmates. maybe it's cause we are not so competitive, it's not a core module and everyone is starting the language from scratch. german was definitely my favourite module of the semester! :)

Yeah x3

-by Chris Brown

speak now

2010-11-09T11:20:00.003+08:00

just a short blog about my weekend and what not.

i'm a little heated right now cause my laptop shut down JUST before i was going to click the submit button for an online assessment which i can only attempt ONCE. seriously. !??!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!!!

okay moving on. i'm buffering last thursday's greys to watch now even though i've got a test later. i need to calm down. the alternative was to look for an insect to squish or something. hahaha.

anyway, the weekend was awesome cause we were in a hotel for 2 nights :) i love hotel beds and especially the breakfast!! seriously i must have put on weight just from 2 days of hotel buffet breakfast. and of course, even though i brought notes to study, they never left my bag. my brother brought a thumbdrive with about 5 movies and i brought my laptop, only to find out that the huge tv in the room actually had a usb port! since when did tv's had those?

so we watched 500 days of summer (which my brother liked but i thought wasn't that good), wimbledon (which was good) and my favourite one: P.S I love you!!! come on, gerald butler and jeffrey dean morgan, hot singing irish guys! seriously. and i love gerald butler's accent!!

oh and the nat geo channel of course.

okay the end. going back to greys.

Speak now

-Taylor Swift

PS: i love taylor swift's new album!!!

Chosen generation

2010-11-03T00:03:00.003+08:00

i have got to keep reminding myself

-trust in God's plan for me and my life

-let go of my problems and stop worrying

-live for God

i try too hard to do everything by myself, i'm stubborn i'll admit, not asking for help when i need some, not willing to bring down the wall i build up around me.

and from the past Sunday's message: Walk as if.

Chosen generation

-Chris tomlin

Broken arrow

2010-11-02T23:37:00.003+08:00

ooh haven't posted in such a long while. busy busy busy week. 2 reports, 1 presentation, 1 essay, a vocab test. and 2 tests next week too. i don't know if not having final exams is worth it, with the projects, presentations and extra tests.

but, can't wait till the weekend cause my family will be living in a hotel for two nights! awesome! just that i have outgrown my previous swimming costume so i've gotta go get one before friday if i wanna go swim. which i do, but then again, saving up cash for the upcoming holiday so. decisions.

crap decisions. i don't know if i should sign a bond so that my school fees and hostel fees are paid and i'm given a monthly stipend if it means i might not be able to pursue the graduate studies i want to, or get the job i want to, or leave me the option to change my mind if i want to. oh commitment is crap too. well, it is all about the money in the end, i wouldn't care if my family actually had the means to pay for my entire education, but that's not happening. if i had the money, i wouldn't even be in singapore studying, i'll probably be studying medicine somewhere and doing what i want to do.

but every time i think about it, i come crashing back down to my reality. oh gosh, me and my lofty dreams. dreams freaking remains as dreams. it's in their definition not to.

i'm not making much sense. bye.

Broken arrow

-Pixie lott

lights off

2010-10-13T23:29:00.002+08:00

phftt. i've got to start studying harder! some results have come back and they are not at all good. oh crap. the only module i'm doing well in at the moment is LSM1301, the bio bridging module. and i better be since it's my major. oh poo.

and i seriously HATE travelling to and back from NUS. i wish i could apparate.

Lights Off

by Jay Sean

the only exception

2010-10-02T14:07:00.003+08:00

glee has been great as usual, and the britney spears episode was fab, but my favourite song from that episode would be rachel singing "The only exception" by paramore. my brother is getting sick of me singing and playing this song so often hahaha. he thinks it's paramore's worst song. just cause it's different from their normal music doesn't mean it sucks bro. i bet he didn't listen to the lyrics.

anyway, the scene was awesome and the song was awesome of course (i already loved the original). rachel and finn (and the song) give me such hope for love and what not. i know it's just a show, but that had to have come from somewhere real. looking at the world (and closer to home, my parents), i have to wonder, when, or will we ever find our 'only exceptions'. okay. back to catching up with the week's shows then to do my lab reports. till i feel like i have something to say, Tschüß!

The only exception

-Glee

i'm putting it on the playlist.

hello

2010-09-24T22:27:00.002+08:00

i tell you, i am steering clear of cabs from now on. they can be ridiculous sometimes. for example, i took a cab to suntec today and the cab driver was argh!! i knew roads would be closed around there so i told him just go to raffles city, i'll walk in. he acted like he didn't even know the roads there were closed! like seriously. he drove super slowly (for a cab. i mean come on, we take a cab most likely cause we are rushing, so don't take your own sweet time.), cars were passing us, buses were passing us. gosh. then nearing raffles city, i told him to just drop me off there, he was like "we can try going in, if not then come back", i already told him it was closed!!!!!! he just wanted to earn more money. then when i wanted to pay, i didn't have enough cash, so i wanted to pay using ez link, he didn't know how to use his machines. gosh. he must have tried 5-6 times and i was like seriously, i need to go!! then no choice he accepted my cash, which was 3 bucks short. then when i was leaving, he said "aiyah, you ladies ah, please prepare next time ah". like !!!! you don't know how to operate the technology in your cab and you are blaming me? then don't provide such services. and what's with the "ladies" remark. sexist!! oh gosh.

Hello

-Glee

Empire State of Mind

2010-09-21T00:08:00.004+08:00

ooh i've realised i've been a little lazy blogging wise.

a little recap:

Went to Universal Studios for the YOG volunteer appreciation night! yay it was fun :) i didn't get to go on everything but whatever i did go on was awesome! can't wait for the new additions and fixing of everything so i can go again with nithia!!!

Having recess week now, but i'm still going back to school for this project thing where i pick out organisms from water samples. i feel cool though, wearing my lab coat for the whole day, like i'm a scientist! hahaha. but i've gotta choing for studying for mid terms. ah well.

Empire State of Mind

- Glee

over my head

2010-09-06T19:11:00.004+08:00

rereading my post, i have realised i made an ironic statement.

there is no such thing as a sad dejected smiley face right? cause if the face is sad and dejected, it won't be smiling, and so it's not considered a smiley face anymore. sigh.

and my brother is blasting chipmunk versions of rock songs.

and at singapore film today, we watched 12 storeys by eric khoo. which has won a lot of film awards at film festivals and considered one of singapore's breakthrough films in the revival period (90's). it was quite interesting, not too bad but i would say definitely an art house film.

i definitely prefer mainstream hollywood cinema. cause i get entertained and i don't have to think much about the plot and what not. lazy audience hahaha.

Over my head

-The Fray

club can't even handle me right now

2010-09-04T23:42:00.003+08:00

oh and just to add: cause next friday is hari raya puasa, i'm gonna be missing a german lecture. and guess when my make up lecture is??????

Thursday 8PM to 10PM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! which is ridiculous if i may say so myself. that mean i have to stone in school from 5 till 8, and then i'll only reach home at around 11.30 pm. at least i can do my lab report in school i guess. but still (insert sad dejected smiley face) :/ :(

the only class i have made my mind up to stay so late for will be forensic science in year 2 sem 1. classes are every friday 7 to 10pm i think.

Club can't even handle me right now

-Flo Rida ft David Guetta

This song is from step up 3 and it is awesome! which reminds me, i want to go watch it! in theatres.

2012

2010-09-04T23:20:00.004+08:00

hooooooo. this week has been a bit much.

first: completing my chem lab report was sucky. i mean, they totally didn't give us a clue on what to write, just the headings and they expect us to produce 8 pages of something discussing the hydrolysis of methyl salicylate. well, they made us do a short report, not a formal one, which meant we could only discuss about the results we had gotten. which was percentage yield and the melting point. how much can one crap about those two points alone? oh well, chem lab coming up this week - and i finally got my lab coat! yay. (cause the co-op had run out of stock)

second: travelling from arts to science to arts to science is taking a toll on me. but i do enjoy my modules this sem. so far.

third: singapore film tutorial is a bit intimidating.

fourth: i guess i'm just tired.

i need to get myself into a schedule where i wake up early even though my lesson is at 2pm.

oh and i like bringing my laptop to school now, so i can read my e-book on the bus and back cause i have not had the time to go to the library to find a book to read. and i can't seem to find fiction books at the central library at nus, am i not looking properly?

2012

-Jay Sean

Mine

2010-08-28T14:28:00.003+08:00

gosh, quite a lot has happened since my last post. like we have lived 2 weeks more!! haha okay. moving on.

the YOG came and went. ah volunteering at bishan stadium was awesome! met many great people, saw many athletes (who might one day become olympians) and had a great YOG experience :) making the decision to volunteer was a great one and I am proud of what Singapore has accomplished with this 1st EVER Youth Olympic Games. ( PS: my mom didn't know this was the 1st ever yog till the closing ceremony. hahaha.)

anyway, school is ok, i just started tutorials and lab lessons the past week and so far so good :) i'm joining recreational netball this sem for fun and exercise! haha. and guess who i saw last tuesday at netball, HILARY CHIANG!!! we were so excited to see each other! we didn't even know the other one was joining netball too! awesome :D i'm joining the German society as well which should help me in practicing my german as well as for LPP stuff.

so far, that's about it. i'm enjoying myself at uni and can't wait for nithia to join me here next year!!

i am really really sorry the feeling is not mutual.

Mine

- Taylor Swift

Dynamite

2010-08-14T11:58:00.004+08:00

okay first week of school is over!! gosh it passed so fast.

lets go day by day:

Monday was a holiday, sad to have missed my first SSA2218 Singapore film class. :( but the lecturer told us to go see an exhibition about singapore cinema in the 60's and 70's at the Singapore Art Museum so i should be going tomorrow.

Tuesday i had PC1322 understanding the universe. the lecturer was quite nice and i could understand her though she is not singaporean and she really really likes astronomy. like seriously hahaha. anyway it was just an intro to the module and she talked about some of the celestial objects and stuff.

Wednesday i had my first LSM1301 Biology (bridging module) lecture! i thought i was going there alone, but i found some of my og's chemistry majors there! yay! anyway, it was still quite basic o level stuff about the classes and kingdoms. we'll see next week!

Thursday was my CM1401 Chemistry for life sciences lecture. guess what the first topic was : Quantum theory stuff!! gosh. thank goodness i had taken physics so i could understand everything, but my poor og mates who took biology in jc didn't really know what was going on.

Friday i had my first LAG1201 German 1 lecture!!! was super excited. my teacher seems quite nice, and thank goodness he is bad at remembering names cause he didn't approach me about the fact that i am half swiss and learning german. haha. anyway, we learnt the german alphabet, and some phrases to introduce yourselves. and i can type these : Ä, Ö, Ü, ß hahaha. some are hard to remember how to pronounce though.

then i had my 2nd PC1322 lecture and she went through the sun and a bit of the moon. it was super interesting! now i understand why summers have longer days, winters have shorter days and more and can appreciate what God has made so much more. and the lecturer went on quite a bit about stonehedge - something about archaeoastronomy. it was interesting.

so that's about my week at school.

anyway, i managed to change my yog pants finally! but they changed it to giordano version instead of the crocodile brand. i guess it's better cause i can use it more? haha anyway, excited for the yog!!

Dynamite

- Taio Cruz

so far so great

2010-08-10T23:04:00.002+08:00

1st day of school!

okayy so nothing much. i only had 1 lecture from 4 to 6 pm. PC1322- understanding the universe. it's looking cool and interesting so far. and i got the tutorial slot i balloted for for that module with my og mate :) now need to find more people for our project. at least physics SPA will come in handy!!!

haha. anyway, 1st life science lecture tomorrow. exciting! though i'll be going alone for now. and i'm going for the performing arts showcase thing too with my og peeps. (:

So far so great

- Demi Lovato

Tell me something good

2010-08-09T23:37:00.002+08:00

Yay i am finally starting school tomorrow!!! Super looking forward to it though it is only for one lecture hahaha.

at least i've already got friends :)

anyway, i still have got to wake up at 630 am to register for my chemistry labs even though my lecture is only at 4 pm. sian.

Tell me something good

-Glee.

fight for this love

2010-08-07T20:32:00.003+08:00

i've realised something about myself through this camp. i need to find more stuff to do outside. seriously. whenever people ask me like so what do i like to do, all i can say is that i like to watch tv shows (US shows, not korean / jap) and i like to read. and really, that's about it. i don't do sports unless i have to during pe and i only play music when i am in band, not like i take exams. so i have realised i am kinda boring.

even during icebreakers and what not when we have to introduce ourselves and say 1 thing interesting about ourselves, i always say that i am half swiss. but then, that's the way i was born, not something i have developed myself or have a talent in or something. does this make sense? i don't really like it when people want to be my friend or want to talk to me just because of the fact i am half swiss. i mean, it's a topic of conversation, but i am more than that fact.

so i should go find something else to do, like join a sports cca for once.

Fight for this love

-Cheryl Cole

Beautiful

2010-08-07T13:06:00.003+08:00

okay finally SOW is over and i can blog about it! hahaha.

i am in the house called Chaos (we are yellow) and from the og called nightmare. hahahaha. gosh.

so day 1,

getting on 95 to nus was crazy, cause all the science students had huge bags for the camp hahaha. but thank goodness i met suyi and her friend and we all walked to the stop before the one in front of the mrt station. we were still late anyway. hahaha. declared our majors first so that the appropriate modules could be allocated then the activities for that day were icebreakers first of course and then lunch then station games. they were so many seniors attached to our group including our house's orientation house leader who is always super fun and high :D got to know people and there was one girl from ny in my og, and 4 other people from band too! and one girl who was also mixed. and a senior from the nus cheerleading team! so cool. station games were mostly fun, though our og didn't really win many of them, we had a fun time together. at night around 10 pm we had our sp (secret pals) talk. they grouped us into different ogs for sp, and they pair up a girl and a guy and make you two talk for more than an hour while blindfolded. hahaha. well thank goodness we were blindfolded, cause we were able to talk more freely with it on. anyway, my sp was ok la, we had totally different interests so we just make smalltalk with periods of silence in between while one of us think of a random question to ask or initiate more small talk. hahaha. i mean the first question he asked me was "can i speak mandarin", i was like seriously... anyway after that ended, they showed some videos than time for a shower and sleep. cause there wasn't enough shower heads, our og had to shower with pails and super cold water. sian. stayed up to figure out module stuff, i had mine more or less set already before the camp, but was just listening to our senior's advice and stuff. they are all so super nice :) so we ended up sleeping at around 230 am.

day 2,

had to wake up at 730 am i think, cause we had CORS bidding that day. bidding opened at 9 am, but we were still in lt27 being briefed and stuff so my senior lent me his laptop to bid first cause i already knew what i wanted. so i was done for round 1C. we still headed to the com labs for everyone else to bid, and so i just double checked my timetable stuff, asked more about tutorial balloting and labs and kept refreshing the page. hahaha. cause the mod i wanted PC1322 "understanding the universe" only had 20 slots under the physics code (this can be taken as a gem, to be bidded for in round 2A onwards, but i wanted it as a physics mod to clear my faculty requirement though it would be more expensive bid points wise). after lunch, it was wet and dirty games time! most of them were fun though i had some reaction to the detergent they so liberally used, cause i had rashes on my thighs for 2 days after that :( so after dinner, it was sp og games time. i was in the mrs incredible group so all of our group's sp were from the mr incredible group. so the whole of the incredibles played sp og games together. i figured out who my sp was but i didn't go talk to him at all. hahaha. instead, i had quite an okay time talking to other people cause of the nature of the games (like always pairing up with a guy, or standing in alternating guys and girls), met a guy from nyjc and worked in sgh too. anyway after that, we were still wet and dirty mind you, so we nightmare girls insisted on warm water and a shower head, and that meant walking all the way to one of our senior's hall. at least we exercised. hahaha. slept at around 3 am that night.

day 3,

wake up call at 9am, after breakfast and stuff, went to lt27 for talks by some of our sponsors. it was boring, but necessary i guess. anyway after that was the amazing race game. around nus and singapore. and of course during the travelling, got to know our og better :) anyway i left early cause i had a ticket to the yog opening ceremony rehearsal. it was nice, definitely geared towards a younger audience than myself but it was still enjoyable. best part was of course a shower at home and my bed and i slept at like 1 am. much better than my og, who had a HTHT session (sad that i missed that) but they slept at 4.30 am. gosh haha.

day 4,

Sentosa day!! yay:) last time i was there was j1 during orientation. first part were station games, mostly wet of course than lunch and than the war game between houses involving sandcastles and water bombs. it was a super fun day, except for the fact i got sunburnt even after using sunblock. hahaha. and the bad thing was the tan was so uneven! i will probably go to sentosa again to get tanned more evenly someday hahaha. anyway, headed to vivo for dinner with the og, left around 10 with my friend who lives in toa payoh too! :)

that was the end of part 1 of the camp.

Monday 2nd august,

the freshmen inauguration ceremony. went there at 1, had a flag day briefing, (our og's location was bedok/marine parade......) than the ceremony at the UCC. the performances were nice and the committee people were decked out in robes and even a cap. it was so Shakespearean / harry potterish hahaha. after that, our og left for a karaoke session (somewhere in nus, i do not know where cause our senior drove us there from the UCC). we do have quite a few good singers in our og! hahaha. if course, karaoke is not my thing, cause i don't listen to much chinese music. i tell you the only chinese music i know are new year songs and songs from going for k box with xueli and 0810. haha. anyway i left early too cause i had bible study.

Tuesday 3rd august,

Flag day! wasn't too excited about going initially cause the reporting time was 0640 at the location but at least i got my og mate who lives a few blocks away from me :) change into our bright orange flag and rag shirt and off we went to marine parade around parkway parade to flag. the nicest people were those in the morning who were either the older people or people who were from nus before. anyway, though it was tiring, the seniors were so nice always coming around to talk to us, or bringing cold drinks and snacks hahaha. anyway after all that flagging (we stopped at around 430 pm) we sat outside pp while the tins were being sorted out and stuff and after a long time of deciding where to go before dinner (same habit as 0810) we went to play pool. it was fun :) i had a great pool partner and had a great time talking and i guess i did improve from my last session with 0810 last year. had dinner at kfc and more talking time with people before heading home.

Thursday 5th august and Friday 6th august,

SOW part II. met some of the og for lunch at pomo, which is around dhoby ghaut. some actually met at 9 for lan. anyway, we were supposed to report at 1pm, but we only managed to reach at around 2? haha. well thank goodness they hadn't started yet. quickly dumped our bags into the lt and went to change into our bright yellow camp tee! so the program was a SOW talent night, so we spent the rest of the afternoon as a house coming up with our act. it was fun, super funny and we had a great time. even though there was no winner in the end! after that it was fear factor! gosh most of the stations were just downright disgusting. like meal worms and blended stuff and gosh knows what mixed together we had to stick our hands and heads into. that ended at 2 plus am. our senior drove us to the SRC to get a shower with a showerhead yay, than we walked back for supper and another HTHT session. at around 5 plus am some went to sleep and the rest went to an empty lt for a karaoke sessions. gosh this og loves to sing. anyway, most of us dozed of for about an hour or so and then just chilled in the lt listening to them sing. reporting time was 10 am for the prize presentation and guess what, our house won best house!!! yay! we were all so high :) :) headed of to the field area for rag and science fac was still so high, probably from being sleep deprived or something haha. science rag was awesome and we were cheering like crazy cause we won quite a few awards for flag and for rag :) so it was great to know i contributed to our flag :) our og left after the faculties rag and chilled in the lt, writing our notes to our og mates and seniors. it was really nice to get to read the yellow paper full of thoughts from my fellow og mates and seniors!

all in all, i really really really enjoyed SOW and the time spent with my og :) :) i've met really nice people who i know i can be good friends with and i really look forward to seeing you guys in school and being lecture buddies and lunch buddies and studying buddies and what not. thank you very much seniors for all your hard work, time spent, advice given and memories you have helped create :) even the unglam photos you guys like to take hahaha. and to my fellow og mates, thank you for a wonderful SOW, all the fun and laughter and for being so friendly :) :) i do appreciate each one of you. See you in school!!!!

Beautiful

-Glee.

don't rain on my parade

2010-08-04T23:30:00.002+08:00

no posts in a while cause i have been at camp!! yay for camps. anyway, i'll update when i get back from part two, which is tomorrow and friday. see ya.

Don't rain on my parade

-glee

what if

2010-07-25T21:07:00.004+08:00

so we had our venue training today. it was good.

and i have come to terms with the fact that i am volunteering at bishan stadium for athletics and not bishan sports hall for gymnastics. ahh to many it seems so lame and petty but i will probably still wistfully stare at the sports hall and the people going in and out. after calling and emailing them about the issue with no change, i will just be happy with where God has put me.

ooh and guess who i saw at bishan sports hall??? Team Singapore Gymnasts Nicole and Tabitha Tay!!!!! AHHH. it wasfrom a distance, but still. my heart like stopped for a second.

it's so exciting and i can't wait for the yog to start. though it will be during school.

anyway, sow camp thingy is like on wednesday but i still haven't gotten any details yet! like we paod 50 bucks already but we still don't have much info?! and having camp during the bidding phase is a bit worrying. i know the point is that the seniors can help us, bu i had intended to like camp in front of my computer and watch the bids till the closed bidding phase. but i don't think they will let me do that at school. ahahahaha. we'll see. but i WILL NOT let them interfere with my modules and stuff. it's way more important than an orientation camp.

What If

- Jason Derulo

breakout

2010-07-18T20:19:00.002+08:00

lets start from a few days ago.

on the 15th, mum's flower design competition at the garden festival. though she didn't win a prize (mainly cause her surprise piece was weak), her structure was awesome!

16th, last day of work! yay :) was so excited that day, though i ended up leaving late cause i had so much little little things to tie up and hand back over to the perm staff. the company was nice, the staff and my boss were nice people and having a best friend work there to meet up for lunch was even funner! (does that word even exist? it wasn't marked put by spell check. hmm.) anyway, the team i was under were all so sweet, bringing me out for lunch on wednesday and my boss even gave me a small present from her vacation in europe.

17th, went to nus in the morning for the science orientation camp briefing, where i met suyi on the bus! and a few other ex classmates from beatty and nanyang. the video they played us on the previous camp wasn't very reassuring. sure, they looked like they were having fun, but maybe a bit too much body contact and games that were scenes for potential awkward and embarrassing moments. not really looking forward to that. well, some people have already warned me on the nus orientations, but i can't go in not knowing much people! hopefully nothing major happens.

that afternoon, went for the zone, which is my church's youth ministry. and i have to say i had a great time despite not knowing anyone. the caregroup leader for my course was very nice. :) so looking forward to more!

that evening, we went to marche at 313 for dinner with one of my mum's flower friends from japan. cause it's the garden festival, he came to compete too. anyway, food was awesome of course, and i met elgiva! another temp staff from work. haha.

today had church of course. and i met someone with the same name as me! i was so shocked. hahaha.

anyway, tomorrow's my mom's graduation from her floristry management diploma course. so her class has a fashion show on to wearable floral pieces. so i'll be there. the garden fest is quite cool. i especially like the competitive displays that are on the 6th floor. super nice. don't underestimate florists. ahahaha.

Breakout

-Miley Cyrus

Solution

2010-07-09T00:07:00.005+08:00

really excited for school to start. reading up on the modules and stuff is fun :)

and i have finally decided to take up life science as my major in NUS. even though i do not have the h2 biology background and have to take the bridging modules, life science is what i am interested in. i had already wanted to take h2 biology at nanyang, but because i got b4 instead of the minimum b3, i had to take physics instead. but mr neo told me i could still do bio in uni if i take the bridging module so i had hope then and went on to take physics which i didn't really like and got a B which i was so happy about :) anyway, if i hadn't taken physics i wouldn't have been in 0810!! awesome class with awesome people :) God always has a plan in our lives :)

the whole argument with myself was whether i should do something i am interested in (though i'm not sure if i can do well in) or something i know i can do well in (but i might not enjoy). in the end, putting in the hard work is the most important if you want to do well in something whether you like it or not so i have decided to take life science rather than chemistry. might as well enjoy what i'm learning right? it'll be for four years (if i do honours) long. and i am also more interested in the research for life sciences, biomedical science in particular. this should bring me closer to my goal of working in a hospital. if not as a doctor (ultimate goal), at least in the lab. saving lives is all that matters. and of course there is always the Duke-NUS graduate medicine school. but we'll see where God will guide me to in 3-4 years time.

Solution

-Hillsong United

Can't take my eyes off you

2010-07-04T20:54:00.005+08:00

back home finally :)

gosh it has been such a long day.

went to the hotel (meritus mandarin) at about 8 in the morning to set up the function room for the solemnization ceremony with my mom and bro cause she was in charge. worse for her cause she went to help last night to set up some of the ballroom for the reception and only reached home at 3 am. thank goodness i didn't follow. so after that, we went to the ballroom to finish the setup, just adding the souvenirs which were all super cute :) then waited round till guests starting coming cause we were ushers. it ended around 330 pm, and we helped clear up, then went for the 4th service at church and just reached home.

anyway, it was quite fun cause it was the first wedding i have ever attended! congratulations to the couple who are my mom's friends :) :)

Can't take my eyes off you

-i don't know who actually sings this and i'm too lazy to google it.

song for singapore

2010-07-03T23:34:00.003+08:00

so back from the ndp (rehearsal) :) it was fun though it was kinda wet. it was only slightly dizziling throughout and me and my brother refused to wear the poncho hahaha. and this year's bag is quite nice too, i won't mind carrying it to school. and i like this years national day song!! i realised i didn;t even know what it was till we were there, cause i've not heard it on the radio or tv or anything so i thought it was nice. though corrine may wasn't there and they used a stand in holding a sign with her name hahaha. but kit chan came and sang home!!! everybody was clapping for her. more than when the stand in president came ahahahha. oh and the mobile column (is that what they call it?) was so super cool. i like the one which can go on land and on sea and open it's top flat for other vehicles to come on and get transported across water bodies. so cool. and of course the aerial show was awesome :)

Song for Singapore

-Corrine May