Felicity.

Almost there.

2012-01-30T23:54:00.003+08:00

Morning class cancelled = additional 2 hours of sleep. Sleep is this important. My weekends were very school-related and no fun. Met up with Waiyee and Samantha in school at 11am for 3 hours preparation for our GISP. Last minute did a video with Waiyee. It was so hilarious that we have at least 5 NG shots. Waiyee and her quirky idea.

Glad to nail GISP down with all the hardwork and effort put in. What matters most is that "good job" from Ms Jean. An affirmation. Even in such a group dynamic, we can still produce this satisfactory work. (Y). Misery spared from all of us. We can now live back in our own world. :) Because of the peak season, I haven't been watching teevee. Especially that 9pm show. Xinmsn soon.

No school blues tomorrow since class is cancelled. I can finally sleep in and do my own work at my own pace. I'm almost reaching the finishing line of Year 2. ;) This heap of assignments leaving me with a sedentary lifestyle. I gotta start exercising soon especially after the CNY season. Wait till I overcome procrastination. Haha.

Anyway, today marks the 9th day of the lunar new year, which is also a significant day for the Hokkiens. Wonder why I'm so random. That's because I can literally smell the smokes coming from joss sticks or incense papers rising from the first floor. Most Hokkiens would offer prayers to the the Heavenly God after 12 midnight. Super grand affair according to my mum. No wonder the supermarket has been stocking up on sugarcanes and pomelos. I just find it a pity that I never got a chance to be part of this ritual cause it always fall on a weekday. Then my mum would be reluctant to head over to grandma house. It is gonna be an eye-opener if I'm there!

Sorry I digressed. I just find such stuffs interesting~
Okay, Time for some serious work,
goodiebye.

Stronger

2012-01-28T23:24:00.002+08:00

Good evening world.

Today was a very homely day. I finally caught back on some sleep by sleeping up till 11am. One of the best feelings is to wake up to no alarm sounds. Spent an hour at the bank replacing my card, which has been on my to-do-list for more than a week. The rest of the day was simply doing project work. Cosmetic the whole GISP slides and other stuff. Feel good at the end of the day when things are accomplished. Checklist for Saturday is done, except for script for monday's presentation. Really hope that all is well! Afterall, this project work is tearing us apart. I was actually a lil unhappy this afternoon while doing work. And then, I realize it's no point fuming because I don't wanna get depression. Haha. I'm not one who gives slipshod work and I always make it a point to do it till the best so I don't understand why people can just disregard my effort. Whatever it is, my lesson learn is learnt. I'll be sure that next time I'll give 50% of my effort in work since it wouldn't get appreciated at all~ What a total waste of my time and effort. Pfft. Keep the credits to yourself even when the project reaps an 'A'. :)

On a cheery note, I met up with Evon yesterday. Before that, I was hanging out at Little Wings Yuhua to do some video recordings. Children speech are just so ignorant and adorable. Not easy to find welcoming principal too. Thanks to Meixian for helping us to pull strings. I left soon after to meet Evon. Was late for 15minutes. My bad. Took a train down to Parkway Parade. The whole train journey was kept occupied with our chatterings. Like a 10 years no meet. The reason why we are there at subway office is for review of appraisal. I was the only part-timer from JP according to vivian. Both of us got increment. As expected, they only increased my pay by a few cents. Totally should just save it for themselves and save a trip down. Evon also tendered her resignation yesterday. Since her mind is set, there's no point keeping her behind. So just let her go. So Vivian, whining to me doesn't help because I'm not that awesome enough to change her mind. I encourage her to pursue after her happiness instead. :)

Took a cab back to the west. Met up with Renan and we had a good lunch over at Ramen Ten, Clementi. Thanks Evon for the treat! I'd better reciprocate before her last day on 21st. I left shortly to meet Waiyee for project, and the two went for their date. The rest of the day was a misery so I shall skip it. :)

It's almost 12. Time sure pass when you have tons to do. Hopefully my Sunday would be another productive one. 6 Feb marks my freedom from assignments. Let's go!

ATAS birthday dinner

2012-01-26T23:30:00.000+08:00

Thursday was a special night out with my girls.

Celebrated Kayfun's 19th Birthday at a 5-stars hotel. How grand and unexpected was that. Raided my sister and my wardrobe and luckily I found my little black dress the night before. Awkward to wear a dress after so long of not wearing. It's like a prom night (II) with them. First time out all wearing dresses. And I was like one of the shortest because they wore heels. Even Joyce became taller than me. The power of heels.

As usual, we are never punctual. Waited quite a while at lakeside station for Chiayiteo! And we trained down today. We were the latest pair to reach. Kept the rest waiting for us at Wheelock Place's carpark. Kudos to Clara's daddy, we reached Shangri-la hotel in a jiffy.

The moment we stepped down from the car, was like Wow. It's not always that we made entrance to a local hotel? Was already panicking to do up Kayfun's card that totally didn't snap a photo of the hotel. #typical tourist shot. Approached this man at the concierge for two oranges and his smile totally brighten up our day. He willingly searched for 2 at the storeroom and gave it to us. Thank goodness!

So we flee to the toilet's make up room to do up Kayfun's card. And epic moment happened when the birthday girl was in the toilet too. Change of plan so went to hide by the pool side. And wrote the card in the dark with torchlight emitting from phone.

Shang Palace's the venue for the dinner. Was given a VIP room. And the food was definitely mouth-watering and delectable. The service was thumbs up too. The waitress will stay in the room and keep refilling and change our plates. They were so generous with the servings such that the Yu Sheng given was enough for like 20 people. It was in a heap! Had a good time lou hei-ing with them. Haven't done that for long! So in total, it was a 8 course-meal. All was damn good except for the pumpkin. hahaha.

They surprised Kayfun with a birthday cake too. How nice. And we were all given a prosperity dragon toy as complimentary item. It was also a privilege to dine with Kayfun's mum's friend who is a producer for mediacorptv. This lady kept offering to help us take group photos. All of the group photos were taken by her and she used angles which make us look lean. Haha.

We were one of the last few to leave the place. The manager was kind enough to walk us out and even offered to take group photos with/for us. I think we spent half an hour or so just touring and taking lotsa photos. Once in a life-time experience!

Kayfun's daddy was very nice to drive each and everyone of us home. That lorry ride home was definitely awesome even with strong wind caressing our faces and making our hair messy. It's always the company that matters most. :)

All in all, a huge thank you to Kayfun and her family for inviting us over for the dinner! I definitely enjoyed myself a whole lot. I haven't seen these girls in a quite a while and they totally made January a better month. Count my blessings when I'm with them. :)

Happy Birthday to you, Kayfun! ♥♥♥ Stay cheerful forever and bring smiles to others!

Lights will guide you home.

2012-01-25T20:00:00.003+08:00

tumblr knows me best.

Time to pen my thoughts. I had one of the lousiest day in school today. First day back on campus and a little drama happened. I think in a dispute, there's nothing called right or wrong. I should have just skipped CFC lecture! ha. Was it a miscommunication or just something accumulated overnight. Looks like it's another tolerant week! Oh come on, when will January ever end.

This is the first time I spoke to Samantha in such a tense conversation while trying to remain cool. I'm not exactly angry or unhappy. It's more like a sad feeling? We all have our own style of doing isn't it? And I think at a tertiary level, isn't speaking face-to-face the best way out? I don't know why I'm always the "bridge". I don't like to take sides because I have feelings too and of course I'm trying to be unbiased as I can. Maybe sometimes people just got to understand that you can't have it your way. The society is making the world so grade-oriented that what I see now is results first, friendship second. It's really sad.

& Norami just made any of our day worse by uploading the stupid assignment 3 descriptor like now. Micro teaching to the class on Monday and the descriptor is out like at this time?! It's obviously her fault for uploading so late. Shouldn't descriptor be at least a week in advance? How to expect a good piece of work in less than 5 days' notice. Sigh. Thankfully I'm not working this weekends. I saved myself.

What a day right after a festive occasion. Back to the endless-things-to-do days. More latenights.

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Just as I thought today is just another sucky day. My girls made my day. Tomorrow I'm going to Shangri-la hotel for kayfun's birthday dinner! How honoured is that! Initial plan was just somewhere at a coffeeshop so that we could lou hei. Who knows, the birthday girl called and said that her parents reserved seatings for us. I feel so blessed. ;) I can't wait to meet them tomorrow. It's been almost a month!

The year of Dragon

2012-01-25T00:23:00.003+08:00

It's always a routine for second day. The whole family would wake up early and get ourselves prepared. Greetings to Dad by exchange of oranges and got a huge angpow. :) Before setting off, a few family photos taken. My elder sister is nice enough to help me plait my hair. Rare occasion. ;)

Set off and went to temple at Sin Ming avenue. This year wasn't that crowded which was a good thing. Paid respects to my grandma. Miss those days when she is still around. Cause I was her most doted grand-daughter.

best fried beehoon ever!

And then the next venue was my maternal grandma house at Telok Blangah. I really should make it a point to visit the old folks fortnightly. But because I'm working during the weekends, which makes things a bit harder. Stayed for 2hours or so. I was so bored to tears. I was left in the house with my father, while the 3 others went off to vivo city. Tsk. The only source of entertainment was teevee. And some occasion chat with grandma which I couldn't really understand. Need to brush up on hokkien! But time spent with them are treasured moments. :) Because I don't play mahjong or gamble, I didn't really mingle around with my cousins. Afterall, we only see each other once a year so what is there to talk about. A huge gap that can never be filled.

Subway D&D 2012

Skipped aunt's place and proceed with Subway's annual dinner. Which was another boring event. Totally a haven for pinoys. It's either aunties or pinoys there. Of course I was thankful to have Evon with me. But I guess it didn't made much difference because she was already part of the pinoys. hahaha.

The whole event lasted from 4plus to 10plus. Even though physically I'm there, but my soul was already at some other place. It was buffet-style for food, which I didn't ate much too. Even with my camera, I didn't snap much pics. Simply not feeling enthusiastic at all. Even the photos that I have with me, some are blurred. What bad photographer junyan is. Anyway, he is so thick skin to attend this event when he is already not with us. Reason being, somebody pulled out and the last minute. So he just took the shirt, wore it and joined us for dinner. Totally imba. hahaha. Free food and entertainment for him.

Made a move at 10plus and Rudy was kind enough to send me to the MRT station. Thanks :) Evon joined the pinoy gang for KBOX. I was glad I wasn't convinced by her to go. Because all who went were the pinoy gang. Me shall be anti-socialz.

So all in all, I didn't enjoy this year's D&D at all. :(

It's mehhhh for Chinese New Year this year. Hopefully, it would be better next year! :)

2012-01-23T22:25:00.003+08:00

Day one of Chinese New Year. Spent at home all day other than catching a flick with mumsie. I think I'm probably losing my Chinese roots. If only the older generations didn't have feud.
It's just a matter of time I will spend Chinese New Year overseas in a couple of years down the road. hmm.
Anyway, it just irritates me to the max when ignorant people messaged me not to wish me anything good, but to remind me about PROJECTS. come on, just give me a break. I need a life. Thanks.

Lunar New Year Eve

2012-01-22T22:06:00.006+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve!
Pussy willows and sunflowers (by lovelies) taken at my living room.
The past few days been eventful. :) That includes today. Time flies when one is so preoccupied with things to do and now it's almost 10plus.

My reunion dinner this year was at home again. Home is truly the best to be. Don't have to beat the crowd or queue super long outside. Main courses all cooked with love by Mumsie. For one who cooked only during special occasion, it's considered not bad though her cereal prawns failed terribly. Spilt the chores up and clean up after mealtime. I think there isn't much atmosphere this cny season maybe because it's in Jan. But I'll be sure to have a well-deserved break while I can. Waking up to no alarm sounds.

Not a time to think about assignments cause I simply left it untouched for 3 days. Not gonna self-torture. I shall do it when I feel like it. And I lost my atm card. So absent-minded! I either misplaced it at home or I dropped it somewhere outside. Irritates me when I misplace stuffs. And my house is not huge and cluttered, why I still cannot find itttttt. And even the panda dust cover is lost. Hopeless.

Steamboat over at my place on Friday was almost perfect. It would definitely be awesome if Samantha is with us. :( I hope I played good as a host? The food was in abundance, so many leftovers in the end. Anyway, it will be the first and last time I'm gonna organise such stuffs. Haha. Too much hassle! Just another experience gained in planning stuffs. Thanks all for coming! :) Leisure time after steamboat. Manicurist Xueyi helped us with our nails. Purple cracked nails on my toes for the new year. Hehehe.

Went back to YCS that day too. Missed the Plant-a-tree legacy where they invited all past principals back and the celebrations. But at the very least, we managed to catch up with our form teacher! YCS is almost becoming a forest with so many newly-planted trees. The new principal doesn't seem that good too. And times have changed, the current graduating students are sooooo lively? Totally far-fetched from my time. So much vibes among them. It's like when the new principal walked in, they would gather around her and take pictures. Too much "shows"? Just a penny of my thoughts. Maybe the world is indeed becoming more and more superficial.

I'm probably gonna spend the remaining night outside or at home or just being awake. What is Chinese New Year's eve when I just sleep away right. I hope we're going out later onwards! Like to some places. ;) It's raining again~ What a spoiler.

Have a prosperous new year! :)
Till here.

Just a note to say: You know when to give up when everything is not going the way you want to be. There's no way I can become the girl you met. It's not that I've changed overtime. It's just that we have too much differences to sort.

2012-01-20T00:11:00.002+08:00

Time: 12.48a.m.
I'm so wide awake now. What a day filled with chores. Finally, I'm all set for tomorrow's steamboat gathering at my place! Without my mum's help, I think nothing can be done. Haha.
Will be returning back to YCS tomorrow morning. Yayz. And then look forward to dinner at night. My first time organising and didn't expect everybody's response to be so positive. Great!

This whole week, I keep telling myself to be tolerant. It works. :) Never let emotions or inner thoughts control your actions. I can't wait for Chinese New Year to come because that is the only time I can just stay at home and catch up in anything I wanna do. Till the monotony hits me again.

I have 2 more group projects and 2 more individual assignments waiting for me to complete.
Shall hit the sheets now. More stuffs to be done tomorrow.

Night.