ST701 Logo irene's journal: January 2007

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Cool Sat outing with JC frens n lst 3mths oso

Sat

Hai just as I expected my frens were late...We were supposed to meet at SOmerset Mrt stn at 7pm...I went out of my house at 6pm..thinking that I maybe abit late but i was punctual. Luckily I had stomachache and had to use the toilet..If not I would have waited in vain. The nxt person to arrive is Bowen...Whom reached at 7.10pm...not so bad..Jiahui came abt 730pm But the rest came at 745pm like tt...wat a long wait...

Finally when everyone arrived, we went to cine foodcourt to have our dinner.. I must be very hungry..I just ordered Fried Dory Fish with rice without thinking..when the actual fact is I wanted grilled fish...hee nvm they are all fish anyway...

I was quite happy tt we could still talk like the good old days..A pity Xiao Tian, JAsmine, Zong Liang n DOminic couldn't make it. If not, could have been full house le..

Nxt, we went to have dessert which proves to be disappointing cos the service was bad and the Triple chocolate banana boat which Rumin and I shared arrived at our table already melted.. We couldn't take it esp. since the chocolate was flowing out of the bowl. We rejected the icecream...Mei Zhen who also ordered banana boat concluded that the bowl must have hole at the bottom cos her ice cream oso leaked out...Hai we waited for ages before the nxt banana boat came. This time round, there was no time to waste. WE immediately attacked the icecream before it melted again..

Time really passes fast when you are having fun. We left somerset at ard 11pm...It was great time spent. And I knew tt I had to work extra hard on mon cos sat I din do much hw...NXt week I must cut down on outings and focus on my work le..No wonder ppl say once you are addicted to sth...you would stay tt way. I have been attacked by the slackers' bug, I need antibotics to get away from it. Slackers' Club I shall leave soon!!!

Friday, January 26, 2007

Fri's surprise treat by Bro, Yummy Fish & Co Seafood Platter

Fri

Hehe was expecting myself to go home early for once cos no meeting or outing... But my plan was disrupted by Bro's call fortunately.. It was his pay day so my 2nd bro treat me...hehe hope nxt month like tt too... But I had to wait for him for 20min....sian cos he had alot to do at the hospital so I had to wait at tmp mrt stn patiently...Hai... But the wait was worth it..

The food at Fish & Co was very good and I only had the chance to try its fish & chips...But I realised that the seafood platter was much better than fish & CO...Nvm the food there was abit pricey but I think the food was delicious...Hehe somemore is not I pay the bill...so I could eat leisurely...

Hee Sat got another JC outing then think I must refrain from gg out l...Really alot of work to catch up..Mayb I limit myself to going out on fri after my 630 lesn if really got a need to go out..hhaa cos fri i usually dun do any hw de....

hehe looking forward to sat's dinner...Barely see my JC's lst 3mths frens le...for more than 3yrs ba,,Hope there's not much change..


Thur's lunch with zj,macrus,Shiong, and ZJ's nepo fren

Thur

Our lecture on Thur ended at 1030, just one lesn but I have to travel 3h 30 min for a 2hr lect. But lucky that day got plan activity like lunch w marcus theyall, goodie bag collection w zj, badm w yuan xuan theyall and street salsa with rumin n yuan xuan.

The 306 lect was getting abit cheem le, but I hope the weekend studying would help, must stop slacking le.. I dunno why this sem I lag behind tutorials, hai bad time management.... Lunch was quite good and we had unexpected ppl too. Rumin's fren, joyce from TJ, she came down to play badm with us...hehe she sch player, hope she fang zhui later.....Zijia's fren Robin whom we met at the ntu bazzar, ate lunch w us oso..It was abit awkward..cos dunno wat to say to him, I oni saw him once last sem on the bus with zj and alex...Then zj was not really entertaining him...
Then macrus n shiong met us very late...we arranged meet at 1130, but they oni came at 12plus..but can't blame them cos shiong not fr ntu. Then macrus had to bring him to cant b... Hehe anyway the most exciting part is collection of Ramly burger, file and goodie bag with zj... Hehe this wk is our NBS week so alot freebie to get....

Then I finally rushed to meet yx theyall for badm, was really late, suppo to meet them at 115 but i reach 2plus...diaoz, lucky they not angry, I was memerised by the freebie temptations..

Anyway our street salsa later, we learnt alot cos the teacher couldn't make it for the last 2 lessons so he squeeze 2lesns into one this wk and next week..very xiong...cos we learnt alot tt day...I abit forgot wat was taught..hope we can extend our lesn after the 2weeks...if enuff ppl wan continue.cos salsa within 5lesns really can;t master it...

Wed's Da Chang Jin Outing

Wed

The much anticipated outing is finally on. We have been planning for this since last year's exam. But due to busy schedule, we only managed to meet on Wed. The food there was quite good, service was good as well. The staffs were very motivated, coming to our table once in a while to change the pan cos ours' is a bbq cum steamboat buffet. But erm teh table abit crammed for 7 of us (beth, her bf, zijia,gladys,michelle, riyang and me). Cos we din booked in advance and we din want to sit at the back alley.

Then think I got abit moody towards the end. cos I was sick of their suaning. Think abit suaning like tt of cac outing is fine but too much of it really throws my mood down. Hai, I just wanted to concentrate on eating and not talk that nite, weird feeling. Unlike of me. But thankfully things got abit better when we got to the mrt on our way home, that feeling vanished then I started talking normally. Think I should lame less, if not ppl wun take me seriously.

But nvm the focus of the outing that nite was food so at least that objective was achieved.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Sun's my lucky day..But last 2days passed w/o accomplishment

Today's mon already..and I didn't manage to do much hw..Hai...I need to remb sun will be my tuition day and little hw can be done so I got to treasure sat and do my hw...Hai It's doesn't help that I kept having "still got another day to do my stuff' attitude. Nxt week i shall have some improvement.

Anyway I was over the moon when I won a prize at the Prime supermkt"s 21st anniverary draw yesterd. I was relieved tt I have postponed my 2 tuitions to take part in the draw. The requirement is for every $10 spent, you will get a chance to win a prize at its half-hourly draw from 830 to 11am.. Erm i overslept cos I din expect the draw to be so early then my father was urging me to wake up at 7plus... But heck, I woke up at 8plus instead.

Thx to the sponsorship of my father, we bought 50plus worth of groceries..hehe we can use straight line dep method to expense tt expense(just crapping..haha). Anyway, i was kinda tired at ard 10plus le..thinking my chance wun be high since got so many ppl join...AND I really liked one of the prize (Abalone in a pineapple ornament, so cute!!) But nah, the prize I got later is $50 Prime voucher to be used during CNY and a eight treasure box...

I was astonished when my name was called..THink I retarded for a moment b4 realising is my name..You know sometimes you will be paiseh when you mistake someone's name as yours... Yeah I felt a sense of achievement. hehe hope my luck can also be for studies,career and love life... Haha then I have nothing to worry abt...

Now back to reality, go do my mountain of hw le..

Friday, January 19, 2007

Fri Dinner with Wei Xiang and cool long weekend finally coming le

Today seems to pass very slowly, later I must reg my project companies...Somemore my gpmate sick..oni I will reg the companies..Felt abit stressed but heck care la..lst come lst serve basis..In the end, every gp would have to do 3 diff companies anyway...

Surprise,surprise, while Gladys,mich and I were having lunch, met melvin...tat busy guy...no time to meet us for food outings, no time to go gym with me..hai no gym kaki this sem le..Lucky got yuan xuan n rumin as my salsa and badm kakis... Still get to do some exercise...

yeah Fri's AA304 lesn finally end le..Can meet wei xiang for dinner le....was abit hungry after the 630 lesn..*(Who wouldn't be?) Haha I quite long din see wei xiang le..didn't know wat to say..lucky things got moving..We updated each other abt our upcoming...It wasn't tt awkward..
Sian I wanted to eat at New york NEw york, but i was on budget (too much outings hangover = $ depleting) then there were a long queue oso. We nxt went to secret recipe at marina sq but it was in the middle amist all the restaurants, felt very weird eat there.. We finally settle w Jack's place, but we nvr eat b4 so spent abit time choosing wat to eat..Sian the pricing was abit high..Hai Shd haf eaten at New York New York, I have yet to try the couch there..haha..

Anyway It was funny when our food and drinks arrived.. wx thought tt one cup of tea not enuff so he ordered a jar of lemonade juice..then the waiter gave us plain water as well...so there many drinks on the table...The food there was quite nice, but I find the pricing abit ex.. I must thx wx for treating, really paiseh cos like he always treat...wanted to pay him back but he dun wan...

Anyway the most funny part was when our desert and tea came. We tho the juice substitute the tea le..So when the tea came...and after gulping down a few glasses of juice, the soup, maincourse (salmon and chicken combo tasted real gd but the huge potato on the plate was really very big) and our jaws went wide open...I was literally stunned...But ok la I tried to eat and drink as much as I could.. I must admit the serving Jack place gave was gigantic, amoh food serving...

hai sian...think once you get to yr 3, everyone be busy. Wx was telling me abt his surprise quiz then I had one today oso tho not surprise cos in the morn everyone was saying got test but not sure if all the tutors would gif, then I was lazy to read oso. But my quiz counts towards tt day's participation nia...( and I did not bad, one wrong, 12/16) cos one wrong ans -2,correct ans +2) not bad la..got ppl negative marks de...

We also talked abt whether Taiwan or HongKong is better for grad trip, If I got the $, I would want go to both places..Hai dunno where beth they all wan go then Ly IA until june, dun think can go with us in MAy..Looks like we need to go during peak period June le...

Hehe, anyway Mon I dun haf class, I can enjoy a long weekend, and hopefully do my hw too... Haha must work hard le..

Thur lunch w lifei,macrus n my gang, lst lesn at street salsa

Today I have a few different identities. Walking zombie by the day (cos of lack of sleep the nite b4) ..active kid in the aftern...working holic by nite (cos rush thr my seminar qns) Sometimes I really feel that i am strange...I can be restless then tired..somemore got block periods..My frens all got used to me behaving like that le...

Anyway had a great laugh during lunch with lifei, macrus, zj theyall...lifei had cca booth to tend to so didn't eat with us until later...It's always great to talk to frens rather than studying...Studying can be sian at times... Chat with frens let me forgot abt all the projects, hw to do....hee frens are like sweets, but some horrible one my end up being expired sweets...haha

After lunch, I had to rush for my street salsa..Actually feel quite paiseh...Initially i agreed to meet rumin,theyall play badminton lst b4 the street salsa but had the lunch so didn;t go.. The street salsa was quite fun..The teacher was really patient w us..Think he felt that we were a bunch of giggly lot cos we couldn't do what he expected us to do..do the steps and repeat them over n over again w/o stopping..We got blur after a few rounds..Is it step forward or backwards? hehe..Ok la...must practice at home when free...haha nxt thur w finally get to play badm w rumin theyall, wun pang sei them le..

Wed part 2: Movie Pans Labyrith and Hongkong Kim Gary Restaurant

Hehe really enjoyed myself at Vivocity. But that Chu feng ar..kept having different views from me,xinying and jianfu..Hai like for the movie, we wanted to watch Pans Labyriths then he wanted to watch cha wu...We had a hard time convincing him...Abit regret wat I sais to convince him. Told him we let him choose where to eat later...only to find out that he wanted to eat at places w nice but expensive dishes..The rest of us were more price conscious..

Anyway with much efforts, we managed to settle with Hongkong Kim Gary restaurant...Hehe the price was quite reasonable with set male consisting a soup, drink and main course for ard 5plus to 9plus. Quite a bargain and the food was not bad. I would recommend the pork chop baked rice, yuan yang (Though after the caffeine take effect, I kept gg to the toilet at nite, din sleep well and I was a walking zombie for the whole thur morn...haha but the yuan yang tasted really nice)

Nxt, we went to the outside path of Vivocity....take photos..Just realised we din take foto during our outings at all...So this will be the lst time..Haha very funny..cos everyone outside were couples then we were like tourists taking fotos there.

We finally got to the cinema to watch the movie. I must say the movie was fantastic but abit too much violence to stomach. Really enjoyed the flow of the movie..But it didn;t make fairy tale that beautiful cos the creatures were not very nice looking..But It reflects life I feel, cos not everything r beautiful. So when the little gal carried out her tasks w bravery, I admire her. Cos Dun think I got this courage. Mayb cos' too pampered in life le...then ppl forgot that being independence is impt too.

hai must go back discuss my proj choice of companies. Thx to Chu Feng wanting to eat some snacks after movie, I was still at vivocity at 930..but my discussion was at 1030pm..sian..ok la..tho later the rest were late oso..

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Today is my free day...but in a crappy mood

Wed
Here I am in my house writing the blog...I am supposed to be tidying up my room...Hai It's still in a mess since the new aircon and cupboard is moved in...I realised I haf alot of things here and there...then my desk n another small cupboard were shifted out to make way for the big cupboard to put my clothes. Got to find a way to fit everything in my room again...

Hai... luckily the thought of going out w xinying,jianfu n chu feng later makes me feel better. But the disapproving looks on my parents' faces of me constantly going out made these feeling confusing.

It;s only week 2 of school and I feel that i am struggling. The seminar qns are so hard and it required comprehending the required readings. But once I finished the many many readings, there is not much time left to do the qns and I dun really see teh link of the readings to the questions being asked. And as a result I end up w substandard answers..Sometimes I have to reluctantly say my answer in class and I feel like crap..Last sem was much better.. My answers were at least logical and make sense...

Time for me to really buck up and read the daily newspaper to be at least well informed with what is going on and I need to sit down and do my seminar more seriously... Tv got to be cut down oso... Outings must go oso...Final sem le, dun wan to screw up....hehe though I think some going out is ok, but it got to be subjected to the approval of my parents...

Ok time to tidy up my room again...hehe plan to tidy up one portion and continue nxt wk..







Hai I got to have my time management and knowledge cumination back...

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

1st day of sch (tue), yeah no sch on this wed

Hai this is the most dreadful day of the year, the start of sch again..dun think I had a gd rest....was working acc admin job at airport during the holi......Only had a few days of rest...The worse part is haf to prepare sem 1 qns for aa206 n aa304..lucky aa304 sem1 is quite crap, can just scribble some ans...Aa206 is a headache..4chaps to read up n qns to do...I just read the part of chap related to the qns....Must thx Mei Qi for lending me her bks...If not, wun haf the chance to do my readings le!!

Think today was fine....for my aa304 gp, I am hoping tt more ppl would appear in my gp on fri...now oni got 4ppl and one of them not very enthus...I very scared end up oni 3ppl do the proj...My aa206 gp was fine but got a gal attachment till 3rd wk then return to sch...Hopefully the rest of us (4) can manage the project..

After our lesn today, has to make our way to Queenway shopping ctr to zap tb (still short of aa304 customised text cos abit different fr last sem) Sian thur n fri I need make my way there again cos lending zj theyall the tbs I borrowed from my fren....

Looking forward to tml..free day for this week then get to watch movie with beth,ly,joon theyall.....hehe wanna unwind b4 I start studying hard...now still holi mood..

Movie Borat and dinner w kahying

wed is my off day...Met up with beth, lihying,joon theyall for our lst movie, 21 oni show..Haha we actually made a promise to watch the movie after our 21st bdae! This show Borat is super lame...He was quite funny at the start...using words to let us had a gd laugh..The most funny part of the show is when he was trying to sound amercian...The part abt Americans making silly jokes w sth then adding a "not" behind..which was super funny...another part was when he buy a bear for protection,damm funny...The later part was rather disgusting..I shall not comment...But It was sweet Borat found his fren and got back to his country....

Fri
I can;t take it that I end my lesn at 6.30pm. Luckily I can finally meet up with kahying...Havn;t c her for a long time le.Really missed her...somemore she is one of my close frens, known her since pri 5. Hai sad we can;t really meet up le..She doing her final year project....she is design school...wa envy her at times...Cos i dun haf tt talent...haha better at crapping..

Hai now my final sem le....I need study hard and get a decent degree....Studies more impt now, somehow I dun wan find a bf this period,still studying...I dunno why..But I think it is hard to find a guy who can gif me security and care for me now....Wat;s more..I will be an auditor...Definitely no time go out de...

hai then i see the seminar qns for my last 3 cores..I nearly faint..AA306 is so hard....Hope I can manage it..

Sunday, January 07, 2007

last day of work n 2nd outing at Settler Cafe, Cool!!!!

5 jan 2007

Today is finally the last day of my work le...can;t wait for 6pm to come..Felt pressurised to finish the dec reconcilation of acc oso...I even bought home to do teh day b4..But haiz still futile..wonder wat is wrong...i triple and even check at least 5times but still can;t balanced...When teh 6pm clock ticks..Iam still stuck...decided to just go to my head and tell him I tried my best but still can;t finished....

He was understanding and said at least I did some work....ok la...I felt relieved...then need to meet my cac frens for settler cafe outing...THen my colleague Chee Xiang quite nice..waited for me take mrt tog....haha gd to haf someone to talk to esp. nd go clark quay..but he alighted at tanah merah cos live in east... Anyway He is the most talkative guy I have ever met...He can out talk me....tho I quite talkative...

Hehe was glad to see my CAC frens when I reached clark quay mrt...hai tho zj be on time cos she says she nearby le..haha then she says she mi lu so late...haha can;t wait to play games..last time to unwind b4 sch starts le.. But Clark quay settler cafe quite funny, can;t eat upstairs..tehn we had to eat outstairs n go up to paly game cos got ppl reserve the seats downstairs le..

Haha but got 10ppl abit hard to play games..ok la...lam still so crappy, laugh at wat he says man...then junyuan zai at balancing the blocks on a tray....very high difficulty.....Chris still cunning...he tricked the other team ppl to put card at wrg place so we got higher chance to win..haha cannot be deceived by his hao hao guy look...haha ok la..oni a game..win or lose doesn;t matter....as long as haf fun gd liao... Had a great time today tho it would be better if less ppl today..cos zijia n I were uncomfortable sittign on the japanese style cushion and the place was very cramped...haha at the end chris go toilet and I sat at his place..wa no wonder he kept winning ...his place was very comfortable....i felt energised after sitting there..
finally 11plus le..must go home, if not can;t catch last train...had so much fun....but still nd go home at the end...hopefully got chance go again..

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Xmas day, result release n new yr day

real busy these few days,so haf to squeeze everyting here...

Xmas
B the time I woke up on xmas...Half a day gone le..was tired after getting up..Got msg fr aa abt dinner time on xmas day but family told me to celeb tog tt day so told him can;t make it...felt abit bad...

Actually I felt surpised abt aa's message....so long din get his msg le then suddenly receive his msg again....haha mayb he is busy...My other frens oso long time nvr msg me le, guess is different schs got different holiday timing..then everyone busy w their own stuffs..

REsult release
I can;t believe my eyes...was anticipating my result release once i got into my office..then got gladys msg tt result is out.. Think I did very well for my GEs..pity they not counted at all..was extremely pleased with he205 international trade...cant believe I did so well despite having difficulty learning how to draw the graphs..Thx to Junqi who taught me to look at the impt graph tt would come out n it did 15min before teh exam..Tink I was very lucky..

As for my core..tink I think well for ab311 but abit bad for aa205 but at least I din get a C..which would be very sad...Ok la...I haf to think positive n worked hard for nxt sem..

New yr Day
Had a great time at MArche suntec cos was my lst time there....then shared food w joon n lihying...met up w Beth, her bf, her bro n sis, zewei n kai jie oso...was quite fun talking to them...Great fd at marche too, found tt I had a big appetite..mayb cos i din eat breakfast then was rushing my acc work...hai need balance the accounts soon.. so I wake up early do that...

Hehe after marche we went to marina sq, wanted to watch movie but couldn;t find a movie we all wanted to watch. Later settle with bowling...Yeah n boo...cos I wanted to bowl ..boo cos ly, joon, beth all din wan to bowl..so oni left me, kaijie, beth's bro n zewei to bowl...was abit terrorised when see zewei bowl..quite a no. of pins down..then I was 2nd to bowl...pls let me hit a few pins dun go into the "drain"..hey not bad lei.,.I improved my skills...mayb cos I used heavier ball..wun move sideways so often..Final score 77....not bad lei..used to get 30plus marks in bowling...haha

Nxt wanted to confirm if joon n my spec were ready..then realised zewei lived opp that shop..then rubin was sick so we din want to trouble her take us there..thought if askign her for directions then we go tog...now dun nd le..can just ask zewei take us there...hmm but haf to meet winnie later le..abit paiseh let ly n her wait for me..luckily they din get mad...

Felt like the gd old days when we meet up..could still tok abt stuff and dun feel like strangers...hehe really felt happy...pity cant stay too long at bugis...hai bad record le..been gg out so often tt parents unhappy and feel tired oso....I must not go out so much...Been great go out w my frens...guess holi is teh oni time can go out n enjoy ourselves





Xmas eve at lam's house

So sad, I actually wrote on this le..But realised I din publish this i went offline..Must rewrite le..

Firstly, thx lam for inviting us to his house for xmas...hehe had alot of fun esp. meeting Bobby, Lam's dog which listened to Cantonese commands(cos" my fren is Hongkonger)...haha a friendly bt very hyper active dog..

It was really fun playing "killer",Uno stacko, Bluff,Heart attack with my CAC frens..I was proud of myself when I won the "killer", hehe nobody guess I was the killer tho I wink at a few victims le..Haha must thx Jun Yuan, Chris for "fang shui" during uno stacko.,.If not I reallly lose de..
Had a great nite talking to Lifei, Marcus,lam theyall... Pity tt Zijia couldn"t join us...(although later i found out tt she came back spore early)

We had some volka mixed with coke n it was really nice....Tasted real gd..Tink i became alcoholic after drinking on 16dec, haha finds drinking harmless if taken in moderate..

Wa I din expect me to stay till 2plus then leave Lam's house..
Lucky Lifei n Junyuan nice enuff to pei me wait for nite rider..if not cham...haf to take taxi fr orchard to tampines...sure broke de..

Phew I reached home finally at 4plus am....slept till aftern...

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