yesterday afternoon, i went to meet up with sw and mz. miss sw so much. she bought souvenirs back for us from disneyland. about 10 different designs of cute little keyrings. i had the first choice and i chose one with winnie the pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore hanging from it. mz and i thought it was the cutest. i really liked it alot. but, the careless me had to lose it. yup, i LOST it. barely hours after i got it. think it must have dropped out of my pocket. i tried to retrace our steps but couldnt find it anymore. probably some lucky kid picked it up.

sw, so sorry for losing it. thanks though...

gosh, time flies. i'm 1 year older today and hols have come to an end. hit 20 and i'm feeling old oredi.

*hope next year will be a wonderful year*

had a a wonderful xmas weekend this year! first off was friday when i went shopping with meizhen at orchard. it was bursting with people at wisma and taka. cant imagine what it would be like on the eve. we went to far east where thankfully there wasnt any crowd. tried the tian bu la(tempura) from the taiwan xiao chi. dont ever eat it cos it just tasted like fried fish paste with flour or something. yucks... but i managed to buy clothes. thanks to shiwen and meizhen for 'sponsering' my shirt. =)
sat was the first xmas eve i spent with friends. orchard would be nice with the lights and festive spirit but squeezing with the crowd is really not my cup of tea. so we went to marina bay for steamboat. we were split into two tables with the 3 guys, hui and me and the other table with ling, nana and their boyfriends. it kinda felt like we were going out seperately. but i had alot of fun, all the laughter and eating. but of cos, we stank of smoke at the end. after teh meal, the 5 of us went to city hall for ice cream. city hall wasnt crowded. in fact the mrt station was quite empty. still early perhaps? too bad iz had to book in or we could have gone esplanade. just love sitting at that place.
xmas day was spent with my family as we had our own party at my aunt's place. my mum had lots of last minute shopping to do and we had a mad rush for gifts 1 hour before. clearly, many people was also in a fluster, crowding the wrapping station. the party was good. gifts exchage and more food!!
now left the last week of hols and its my bdae week! must enjoy more. haha... though its belated, merry xmas!

feel so so relieved today~ xin zhong de shi tou zhong yu ke yi fang xia. cos i passed all my subjects! i was so worried for advanced cell bio that i had trouble sleeping yesterday. but yeah, i got a C+! thanks to dr ky. still didnt managed to get an A though. will i even manage an A in the 4 years? whatever...whoo~

yesterday, the class of p6/1 was finally back at qiaonan. 8 years have passed by so quickly. we waited at the canteen for the rest to arrive. so many faces, familar yet foreign. many of the girls have grown so pretty, making the guys go 'wah, chio!' as they walked in. about 25 out of the 43 in the class turned up. not bad i think. its amazing that we could get together now. our class was really united, cos everybody treasured our times here. this gathering was planned months ago by vic and seng. friendster has proved to be very useful locating everybody. only 2 people were like missing and uncontactable. some others have returned abroad. but yesterday was really fun. our form teacher and chinese teacher came too. we went up to our old classroom, sat round in a circle to update ourselves. kind of like orientation... everybody seems to be doing very well. we have future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, engineers, music players etc. all among us. we shared past gossips and toured the school.
but the whole day was like shifting tables. cos everywhere we went,we had to shift tables to accomodate the whole group. laughed so much yesterday cos of weiling and walid. walid would laugh at whatever weiling said and we would laugh at walid's laughter. created so much noise. and seng, he brought us to his 'fave spot', which was some secluded corner at tm's top floor beside a 'cage' with rubbish dumps. like what kind of place is that to sit and talk??
we spent the rest of the night at safra talking about the past 8 years of our life. everybody's love life seems pretty drama. or are all love stories as dramatic? yesterday was also the first time i sat on a motobike. walid sent me home but i was kinda nervous. gripped the side of the bike like my life depended on it, till the plastic cut into my hand. he was going quite fast but i enjoyed the wind. but i still prefer to stick to the car. lol...
yesterday was the first gathering but i believe many more will come. the kind of pure friendship in primary school is hard to come by and i'll treasure it. so mrs choo, watch out. cos we'll be raiding your house in the new year!

by this time tomorrow, sw will be on a plane to hongkong. so xian mu, she'll be gone for almost a month. gonna miss u. haha... enjoy your trip and take care~

sw and mz finished their exams yesterday. went to watch chicken little. didnt know it was the opening day. i had already heard the stupid song at mc donald's for 1 month. the show was entertaining but the plot really stupid. didnt think it was worth 8 bucks.
went swensens's after that and saw julian hee shooting outside! he was wearing a suit and i think he looked quite shuai. though mz say his face look fat. there were only a few crew members and he kept walking up and down across the busy road. seems awkward and blocking people's way. lol...
talking about stars, i was surprised that nic was out after the first round in star idol. didnt think he was great but didnt expect him to get kicked out so fast either. thought he had alot of fans. proved that good looks are not everything...

finally,i got to watch harry potter last wed. bought the tix at ps for 5.30. the lady assured me very good seats. but when we tried to go in at 5.30, we found out the tix were for 9.30pm! (T.T) the blur auntie gave us the wrong tix and blur me didnt check after buying. luckily they managed to get good seats for us at 6.30. this forth sequel was highly anticipated. especially after reading the book, i can imagine how spectacular the movie will be. the movie was really exciting, though i'm a tad disappointed that they left out the quidditch match. they left out some details too but they managed to round up the plot nicely. emma watson is soo pretty!

yeah~exams finally finished. now suddenly so free, a bit weird. haha...hope can find a part-time job this hols. yesterday's paper was so disastrous. i really hope i can pass. hai...never have i before felt so panicked during an exam because i dont know what to write. really zhen bu hao shou. but its over now. i can only hope for the best.
the only thing i like about exams is that it is only during this period that i get to see friends i dont usually meet. only during exams will i see hui everyday and sw every saturday to study. without them, i'll be too lazy to go out. haha...its very boring to study alone. so thanks and sw, jia you. faster finish your exams and we can watch harry potter!

supposed to be studying now but here i am in access lab typing this. hai... feeling sian cos i'm alone in school again. dont really like being alone most of the time. but, i have a paper tomorrow!! left 3 more papers, 7 days to freedom~ this week is going to be a killer week. last sat, went to airport to study with sw and we were so unlucky. we were chased out of 2 locations. in the end, we got tired and left early. we actually got chased out by an auntie from t2 foodcourt at 4pm. the canteen was empty but the auntie kept telling us that we cant study there. its the rules and the canteen is for staff to eat. she was so relentless that we got fed up. cant they be more flexible?? its cos of us students that the canteen actually has some business. dont know what they thinking...
hai...hope someone will come keep me company...

jia you for the exams!! hang in there~

my computer seems to be having problems. its like it has a mind of its own; shutting down suddenly and restarting when i want it to shut down. is it mocking at me?? hate this computer.
yesterday was the last day of the semester. had my french oral and 204 test. did quite well for my french test. think oral should be fine too. though i made some mistakes and said places in english. my group had 3 persons so we took longer. it seemed like an eternity with never-ending questions. sometimes we had to continue our answer on that of the previous person's. she asked me why i liked singapore. didnt really have much choices of an answer left so i just made up something. vocab so limited. so glad no listening or i'll just miss out everything. but i'm quite relaxed about french cos i adopted a dont-really-care attitude. but it seems better. stress-free... not so for my core though. i hate studying for cell bio. someone help me~
this sem no one to study with me. and i'm feeling less motivated with each sem. dont really feel happy. felt left out from my usual group of friends this sem. maybe cos i'm always going for french during breaks. end up missing alot from their conversation topics. and they are all so smart. really cant catch up when they discuss school work so feel stressed around them sometimes. sometimes feel like i have nothing to say. sigh...i was hoping to get closer to one of them. maybe i think too much ba. now have to concentrate on studying. gambatte!

had my french role play last week. lucky to have role play instead of oral. just have to memorise the script. my script was quite short so i had no problem. hee... but i think all the groups didnt understand totally what everyone else was talking about. we're just performing for the teacher.
my friends always ask 'isnt it tough that u're taking french on top of ur core? french is so difficult...'. french is difficult but i still enjoy languages more than my core. languages are so fun to learn. besides, i've become used to the teaching style in french class. its different from japanese but both styles have their good points. i think i learn more vocab in french, verbs especially. the teacher always teach us extra things, sometimes from level 2. japanese class was more speed learning and conversation practice. can see the difference between french and japanese teachers too. the french are more easy-going with a better command of english. they enjoy the arts. japanese are more particular about puntuality and rules. always very polite. very interesting to learn all these.
oh yah, very excited. i met sijia in ntu. she's my primary school best friend. we chatted all the way home. so much to catch up on. victor is organising a class gathering at the end of the year to be held at our old classroom. isnt it cool if it can really take place?

finally went out with my friends yesterday. met up with my dmn friends. went to the nasi padang shop at killiney road. we shared 6 dishes for 5 people. i liked the beef rendang but hui thinks its too hard. gal, getting old oredi is it? teeth cant bite. lol...have to thank the guys for treating. actually wanted to watch corpse bride after dinner but tickets were sold out. heard its a nice movie. oh well, save my $9.50. then we wanted to go hagen diaz for the chocolate fondue. only remembered that near far east have. where else in orchard got hagen diaz?? have to ask shuhui next time. but we didnt get to eat it after the long walk too. too many people le. so ended up slacking outside shaw cinema. enjoyed myself though i have a sore throat now. argh...too many people sick in the lecture hall. next time must find new places to go!!

feel so restless lately. havent gone out to relax with my frens since dunno when. the outing with my japanese classmates keep getting postponed cos of our damned assignments. one after another. haiz... was really looking forward to meeting them. didnt even go out during the last hols except to nus to study with shiwen and meizhen. pathetic huh. but there's really nice to study.
started playing with maple story during the hols. was attracted by its cute characters so i tried to play my first rpg. its not very exciting actually, except when you get cool stuff or level up. i guess that's why people are addicted to gaming. think i'll lose interest after awhile though. and i only told one person i was playing and now all the guys know i'm playing. hai...
got back my french test last week. i got a 17/20! really surprised. thought i'll do badly for the compo and questions sections. maybe i can get an overall good grade afterall. hee...
went to swensens to celebrate my mum's birthday. really coincidence cos i saw willie with his family having dinner too. then jy came to meet wy, hk and yy. havent seen the guys in a long time so it was great to catch up abit. seems like they are planning a xmas party.

who can calm my restless soul?

whew, havent blogged in a long time. yr 2 sch life has been pretty busy so far. so much more to study. hate advanced cell bio. yucks... stupid lecturer gave us a scientific journal to read and answer questions. finally handed in the assignment. think i didnt do very well for yesterday's french test too. cant remember french as well as i did for japanese.
looking foward to holidays this week~

i attended my great grandmother's funeral yesterday. she passed away last wednesday, at the age of 96. its quite amazing to see the whole extended family have dinner together. though i think many people didnt come. i saw relatives i've never seen before. my grandma is the only child alive. but the families of her other 3 brothers came too. my nephew would be the 5th generation.
we went through elaborate rituals, with the taoist priests chanting prayers. they sang in a hokkien dialect incomprehensible to me. i was quite amazed by the 'musicians'. one could beat the drum, sound the gong and sing at the same time. i didnt know my greatgrandma well but as the females went in to kneel down, i saw my grandma cry and tears came to my eyes too.
but funerals seem to have become more commercialised. we even had the choice of what prayer package we want. of cos, more prayers will be more expensive. and its quite sad that the whole family only comes together in occasions like this.

goodbye greatgrandma...

changed my blogskin more than 1 week ago but feel like changing it again. hee... dont like the harry potter music. skipped my bs203 tutorial today. so stupid to go for 1 hour lesson just to see the tutor write answers on the board.
anyway, i had a great time at sentosa on sunday. went with the s09 classmates. expected more girls to go though. end up me,shiwen and joy were the only girls. i thought i wouldnt enjoy myself cos i'm not close to the guys. we paid $5 each to rent the volleyball and facilities at siloso beach. i totally sucked at playing volleyball. couldnt even serve over the net. hai... but after that we went kayaking. woohoo~ damn fun. i've been waiting a long time for this. i paired up with dennis. realised all of them are quite strong kayakers. after all dennis and jerome was from dragonboat team. we raced with damian and minsiang's boat and came in second. at least not last. haha...i changed kayak and rowed with weixiong for awhile. the waves were quite strong and were pushing us to shore. then when our boat became paraqllel to the waves, we capsized. lol... hope to go kayaking again. 5 hours in the sun and i'm red like a lobster. pain~

first week of school is ending. its been quite a slack week. went to mabel's house for the naruto marathon and steamboat dinner with some of the cns people. she's living alone in the two storey house. a bit creepy actually, especially when we told ghost stories after dinner. i couldnt sleep myself.
very sad that this semester couldnt get jap2 for my ge. really wanted to continue taking before i forget everything. i got marketing instead. though i was interested, now seems abit heavy to take with my core. it'll be good to take but i'm kinda reluctant now. yesterday, i went for 8 hours of lessons. reached home at 9pm. that would be the time i'll reach home if i got my jap. i crashed lihui's french class in the afternoon and junjie's jap class in the evening. french class was interesting and the teacher was good. its was in the same class as my jap last sem. sat back in the same seat too. but french pronounciations are all so difficult and confusing. my interest was not deep enough. good experience though. jap class was very fast paced. i forgot some things already and sometimes couldnt keep up with the over zealous class. i preferred suzuki sensei and my previous class. this teacher was lively but there seems to be something missing. i miss my class...in any case, both french and jap have no more vacancies. sigh...

tomorrow is the start of a new semester le. holidays have come to an end. hope i can do better this semester. slacked for 3 months le, hope my mind havent become rusty. now printing lecture notes. its so fustrating. argh...when will i learn not to try to print at home. this printer always give me problems. like printing one page onto 3 pages. sigh...13 more pages to go...
spent my last day of holidays with my family. we tried a bit of archery just now. its quite fun but very tiring on the left arm. not enough strength. haha... my first shot flew off on the floor. but i managed to hit the target later.
yesterday, i met up with meizhen and shiwen. bought my first shirt during the hols. couldnt resist the urge. haha... and i highlighted my hair. but seems like its not obvious enough. the actual colour looked much darker than what the hairdresser showed me. anyway, still prefer myself with shorter hair.

school's starting next week, so i'm gonna enjoy myself first. though i've been doing that for the past 3 months. i forgot my ntu password! how blur can i be. now i've to go to the IT centre for the second time this year to reset it. sigh...cant even check my timetable now.
anyway, met up with some of the cns people for lunch yesterday. jinhan's treat. haha... we went to this cafe in cineleisure. think its called friends. replaced the previous lips cafe. the food was quite good. they were having the student promo, from 2 to 6pm. damn cheap. for $5.90, you get to choose a main course and also free flow of soup. drinks are an additional 60 cents. really good bargain considering the original price of the main course alone range from $7.90 to $11.90. students can consider going. after lunch, i played pool for the first time. haha... its not as easy as i thought it would be. not very fun to play. maybe my skills too lousy. the only balls i can hit in is the white one. hwai quan almost gave up teaching me. now looking forward to our naruto screening~