Anecdotes Of Life

Wisdom teeth extraction

2009-10-02T20:39:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, Children's Day, I lost my 2 back teeth. Went for wisdom tooth extraction at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in the afternoon. After doing the X-ray, found out that my right bottom wisdom tooth was not growing straight up, but rather slanted towards the 2nd last tooth. No wonder it has been causing me so much pain. For about 1-2 years now the gum around that area has been periodically swelling up, becoming so painful that I can't even chew properly. Luckily my other wisdom teeth are growing normally, so extraction would be normal and not by surgery. Oh, and itz confirmed that I only have 3 wisdom teeth. I have been telling my mum that I don't have wisdom tooth at the top left corner but she didn't believe me cos itz kinda weird I suppose.

So anyway, after viewing the x-ray, my mum left the room and they started preparing for the operation. Since this would be done under local anaesthetic, they had to administer the shot first. Omg, the needle for that is like super long and huge. And because the dentist had to inject the medicine in slowly, she was holding the needle there for so long, and I was trying very hard not to swallow or move my tongue. I could feel the needle being pushed very deep into the gum and maybe cheek too. After that, the dentist told me to rinse my mouth (blood came out), but half of my mouth was numb so it was kinda hard to do so. I just kinda put water in and let it drip out again lol. The weirdest part was when the nurse spread some numbing gel on my tongue and lips. I felt as if my lips were swollen like 2 sausages although they were actually still normal sized.

Now, the nurse proceeded to cover my face and body, leaving only the mouth area open for the dentist to work on. Since my bottom tooth was slanted, they couldn't just pull it out, but had to drill it into pieces first. Before she started drilling she warned me first, "You're going to be hearing some drilling sounds". She did this a couple of times and after each drilling, she would stop for a moment and say "there's gonna be a crunching sound now", which i assume is when she is using something to break away the broken tooth.

Although the area was numb, the dentist pressed down so hard when drilling that I could still feel the pain deep down, and had to grip the side of the chair. Halfway through she said, "wow, your bones are really strong". lol. I think must be my tooth really hard to break if not why must press so hard...

After the bottom tooth was completed out, 2 stitches were done to close up the wound. (I didn't know this until the nurse told me later, cos I obviously couldn't feel what they were doing) The top tooth came out quite easily. er, the dentist gripped the tooth i think, and the nurse pressed both sides of my face hard, causing my mouth to open wider vertically, i suppose so that the tooth can be pulled out ba..and..it was all over! A kinda big piece of gauze was used to wipe some blood off, which made me feel like gagging cos the gauze filled up my whole mouth. Feel like someone suffocating you. Luckily it was only a few seconds, then a smaller piece was positioned at the back, and I was instructed to bite down on it.

The numbness was still in effect for a few hours, though there was a dull ache in my jaw despite that. When the numbness started to wear off though, the pain was unbearable. I quickly went to eat my painkillers, but of course it didn't work straightaway, I had to lie down for 1/2 hour with an ice pack on my cheek before the effect kicked in.

So the whole of yesterday it was bleeding alot so I couldn't see the wound properly, but today it stopped bleeding so I used a small mirror to observe the operation site. I couldn't really see the bottom on where they operated, probably cos I still can't open my mouth too big without pain, but where the top wisdom tooth used to be, there was this deep hole filled with blood. I'm kinda worried that food will get stuck in there before it totally heals. According to the dentist, it takes about 2 months for the hole to close up.

Next friday gotta go get the stitches removed. I still thought they would use those kind that dissolves after awhile so you don't have to go back. Maybe they only use that for internal operations?

2nd day in London

2009-09-03T16:33:00.002+08:00

wa the plane ride to London is super super long, I think it was 13 hours? Then so have to keep going to toilet, but then I try to control cos if you wanna go out from your seat need to squeeze past the people sitting beside you to get out, then i dun wanna disturb...But luckily my elder bro and father were sitting in same row as me, so disturb them also not so bad la. My lil bro was sandwiched between 2 strangers so the whole 13 hours flight he didn't go toilet at all! can you believe tt? Oh but the 2 ppl sitting beside him also never go..i think all 3 of them contesting to see who can hold the longest lol =_="

ytd I was supposed to check my school mail and school website see got any work anot, but by the time reach hotel I was waayy too tired, so we just went to dinner and then went back to rest liao. Oh around the hotel here got Mcdonalds, Subway, KFC. I think stay here too long will keep eating fast food and get fat lol.

Just had breakfast not too long ago (time here now is 9.41 am). there's a sort of diner or something at the hotel, then got English breakfast in the morning consisting of toast, sausage, ham, eggs, mushroom, tea, orange juice, and can take cereal and fruits if you want. So much food! I obviously couldn't finish eating all lol. I think the people here eat breakfast like a king de, unlike us normally eat breakfast like a beggar haha.

Today my father has to go for some meeting in the afternoon with the people from the organisation he's graduating from, so my mum and elder bro are following him shopping first then after he go they continue by themselves. me and my lil bro however, are staying in the hotel to catch up on some work since we din do anything ytd...

Oh, and i just checked my school email, and turns out I have to register for Industrial Attachment by next wednesday! Lucky here got internet access if not die la. Have to choose a list of companies i'm interested to apply in and then gotta upload resume too...so many things to do...and i still dunno what company I wanna attach to and what I wanna work as...

Btw if yq is reading this, Happy Birthday! oops actually in sg already quite late hor? lol hope you enjoyed ur day =p

The Amazing Cracking Cup

2009-06-25T14:36:00.003+08:00

last week i was making a cup of hot coffee for my mum, and she usually drinks it super hot (i.e. no cold water added), so after the water boiled I happily poured the boiling water into the cup. To my dismay, there was a loud *crack* and the coffee level in the cup started falling rapidly, while the size of the puddle on the floor expanded.

I was kinda shocked by this suddenly happening since i've always poured hot water into cups without incident. So I was just staring at the coffee leak out...It was leaking out rather than bursting out all at once because the cup had a hairline crack in the middle, but the 2 halves were still joined together. Anyway, when there was about 1/3 liquid left in the cup, I finally came to my senses and placed the cup in the sink. wasted all the coffee..I had to make a fresh cup.

I discarded the cup of course..but a few days ago, my mum took out a new cup to replace the broken one, and it was the same type as the one before. Some free cup from some event some time ago. (lol I can't really remember..I think it was some CC event) When she poured the hot water into this cup, guess what happened? The cup cracked again! lol...so poor quality. But I had already warned her beforehand that since that incident last week, we should be careful not to fill up a cup with hot water while holding it. In other words, make sure you don't touch it, in case it cracks then won't get scalded. Luckily I wasn't holding the cup when mine cracked.

So luckily she wasn't holding it either, and since she had prior knowledge of such a thing happening,she quickly took another cup and poured the drink into it, thus avoiding wastage. haha quite quick reaction..Normally a cup wouldn't break unless there's a huge difference in temperature btw the liquid being poured in and the cup itself, so i dunno what happened. Maybe the cup just wasn't made properly? those with thicker walls are also more prone to cracking when hot water is poured in, but all my cups a home are about the same thickness, and we've been using them for years with no problems.

And this also reminds me of the time when someone's cup of milo exploded in the coffeeshop. Haha this one is really exploded, not just cracked. Er, but a small explosion la. Fortunately it was a cup of cold milo, not hot. It was in one of those beer mugs, and about 2 minutes after it was served to the customer, it suddenly broke into many pieces, and milo shot out everywhere. But most of the milo leaked out over the table and floor...I think the customer in question was quick enough to move away from the table, so she wasn't drenched in milo. But she obviously complained..and got a new cup. lol..but the coffeeshop staff, and everyone around tt table were kinda shocked..

Hi

2009-05-12T14:36:00.001+08:00

lol...i have given up on blogging abt trip (as if you couldn't tell), my last post was like..too long ago. If fact nowadays feel so sian...don't feel like blogging much..I guess just leaving this blog here for the occasional ranting

My Tokyo Trip part 2

2009-01-24T19:33:00.002+08:00

24/12

Today we went to the Gotemba Premium Outlet, which is a village full of outlets of those branded stuff like Gucci, Bally, Hermes etc. Those are something like factory outlets (except that they are shops not factories) where the prices are cheaper, but of course I don't think they sell those new or current season items, but rather something like last seasons? Meaning that today is gonna be a shopping trip for my Mum & elder bro while the rest of us tagged along...

We had to take a 2 hour bus ride to the village as it was on the outskirts of the city..luckily the bus had a toilet in it. The bus dropped us off just outside the village and we had to take a shuttle bus in. while waiting for the shuttle bus, we noticed Mount Fuji in the distance and took some shots of it.

Oops, cloud in the way..

aha, that's better =)

Inside the village itself, we saw Mt. Fuji again and I took even more shots haha. These were better cos there were less things obstructing it... and there were less clouds at that time too.

As the sky got darker, the decoration lights on the trees were switched on...

This is Ferris wheel somewhere on a hill just behind the village. Took this when we were about to leave so it was quite dark.This is the first thing you'll see on the bus trip here. When you see that, you know you'll be arriving at the village soon...

My Tokyo Trip part 1

2009-01-10T17:19:00.004+08:00

21/12/08-22/12
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Our flight for Tokyo was at 11.45pm on the night of 21/12/08. We were gonna sit the A380 for the first time, and the plane would be leaving from T3, which means we get to see the inside of T3 for the first time too. Therefore we planned to leave early to look around. Thus at around 7 plus pm, we were doing some final checks around the house, making sure all the electrical plugs (except the fridge of course) were switched off and any places were rainwater might collect were covered etc. I was busy reminding everyone to bring their important stuff like keys, money, passport when my elder brother suddenly came in and said he flagged a taxi already. So my mum, elder bro and I left for the airport first with most of the smaller luggage, leaving the big and heavy ones for my younger bro and father.

When we arrived at the airport, we had to wait a long time for my father and younger bro to arrive, probably they were unable to get a taxi, so my elder bro got impatient and went to check-in his own stuff first. After almost 30 mins, the other taxi finally arrived and the rest of us proceeded to check in as well. Usually only my father goes to the check-in counter and we just hang around somewhere near so that they can see our faces when checking the passport. So during this time, my mum was busy trying to stuff a coat into a coat bag, and that's when I remembered something very important-I forgot to bring my winter coat! This is the first time ever that I actually forgot something, not to mention something as important as that. Luckily we reached the airport super early, so there was time to take a cab back to grab my coat. I was so busy helping other people remember things that I forgot my own things....I guess I would have remembered it as I was going through a list of important things in my head, but my elder bro was so kan chiong, go and flag a cab before we were even properly ready so we had no choice but to leave quickly...Lucky I also stay quite close to the airport. Can you imagine if I stayed at say, Woodlands? Liddat sure no time to go back and take de...

After we boarded the flight, I looked through the Kris World guide and saw that there was Wall-E, which I wanted to watch for some time le, so I was quite glad. And I also watched something else which I can't remember haha. But there wasn't much time cos the flight is only 6 hours and each movie is about 2 hours+. When we first boarded, the stewardess asked me if I wanted supper or breakfast, but i ate before going on board so i said breakfast. But just before breakfast was served (which was 2 hours before the flight landed but I forgot the time), I decided to sleep awhile, so when they came to me I rejected the food...

When we arrived (already 22/12), we took a long bus ride to Tokyo Station (a train station) and then took a taxi to the hotel. Since this isn't the first time we've been here, we could recognise the area around there. Surprisingly, even though the hotel was quite near to the station, the taxi drivers always get lost -_-". The taxi driver this time didn't understand English at all so it was abit hard to tell him he's going the wrong way. We even gave him a map in Japanese, hoping he could read it, but apparently he can't read maps well. Actually, he stopped at an intersection for awhile, and if he had turned right, the hotel was like just a few meters away. We tried to tell him that but he couldn't be bothered to listen to us, I think he didn't trust us. Anyway, so he went straight and turned a whole big round before coming back to the same place, and this time he turned right at the intersection and we finally got to the hotel.

It was about 11 plus am when we arrived at the hotel, but we could only check into the rooms at 3pm. so we walked around the area, and got some food. My feet were killing me cos me and my mum were in heels and walking for 2 hours+ in heels in a cold place is no joke. we returned to the hotel after that and waited in the lobby cos our feet couldn't take it and we were quite tired cos didn't really sleep on the plane...

when we could finally check in, all of us quickly went to rest and unpack stuff from the luggage. After dinner I slept super early, like around 8pm? cos I was dozing off already...

23/12
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Today we went to Shinjuku, a popular shopping district. There, my elder brother brought us into a part of Takashimaya where there was this shop called "Tokyu hands". The store had 7 storeys of craft supplies, magic tricks, household items, pet supplies etc.,something like Daiso, except that it wasn't a $2 store. Since my brother has been here before, he went by himself to Ginza to shop for his own stuff...

We were at Tokyu Hands for the whole day cos there were so many interesting stuff to see! And I bought quite a number or strawberry milk scented bar soaps, cos i'm kinda into bar soaps now but it's very hard to find nice ones in Singapore...

Oh and my younger bro and I were laughing over a Tickle me Elmo for quite some time lol. I first saw this elmo on 100% Entertainment, where xiao zhu and xiao gui were tickling the elmo and it was laughing insanely. After that they left the elmo alone and went on to host the show, but it suddenly stood up on its on and they got a shock! Lol, it's not available in Singapore yet i think, couldn't find it. Here's a youtube video of it:

Hahahahahahaha! again again! ahahahah you did it again! lol i especially like the part where elmo wiggled on the ground and said some nonsense which I can't make out. =p.

I also managed to find very nice Hello Kitty organisers that cost like only 1/3 the price which I bought from Kinokuniya last year. I bought 2 cos I couldn't make up my mind which one was cuter haha. I'm currently only using one, but the other one can be used next year simply by changing the day headings at the top of the calender cos I realised that for every year, the date just shifts one day behind. Like if jan 1 was wednesday this year, it'll be thursday next year. Of course I suppose this doesn't apply for leap years..anyway, this organiser is just a calender infront and the back are blank pages so it's easy to modify it.

Haha took me super long to post about 2 days only...the rest are gonna be mostly pictures so i'll post in a seperate post.

Gonna blog abt my Tokyo trip soon....

2009-01-06T20:07:00.003+08:00

I wanted to write about my trip to Tokyo ever since I came back but I wanted to upload some pictures as well so I was waiting for my father to dig out the camera for me (I gave him to keep it before coming back). So..he just gave it to me a few days ago and my school term just started so I don't really have time to blog about it now, will probably do so during the weekend.

But..i'm not quite sure how much I can remember haha, got quite a poor memory. I actually planned to "blog" in Tokyo on my DS, using a program called "TxtWriter" which allows you to type stuff and save it as a text file so that you can transfer to computer. But, things didn't turn out as planned cos for some reason the save function wasn't working properly, causing me to painstakingly type letter by letter a super long paragraph on my first day there, only to have the whole file erased when I tried to save. And I didn't bring any writing materials so I couldn't document it on paper too...

Oh and I think I took some videos in Disneyland too, not very good quality but nice enough.

Ants Attack!

2008-11-30T13:34:00.002+08:00

Recently there have been alot of ants around the house, dunno where they come from. At first it was only downstairs at the dining table, but now they seem to have migrated to my room as well. While i'm sitting at my table doing stuff, I keep seeing a few ants randomly crawling around, and i proceed to squash them, but after a few minutes i see a few more ants. But the thing is, they don't move in a nice line, so i can't follow them to the source and get rid of them once and for all. Sometimes i feel a sharp pain on my arm or leg and I look down to see an ant biting me -.- Luckily it's small ants and not those big ones, but their bites still hurt (dunno why wanna bite me anyway, perhaps I smell sweet cos of the strawberry-scented lotion i'm using)

So anyway, last night I was eating some chocolates, and left the box on my table before I went to sleep (there were still some chocolates left). They were individually wrapped pieces of Toberone (is that how you spell it? looks weird) in a sort of paper tube thingy, meaning it's not air-tight.

In the morning, I thought of taking a few out to eat, and horror of horrors! There were thousands of ants crawling around inside the box! I kid you not, the ants were literally swarming the whole thing. Thus, i quickly brought the whole box to the sink, removed the few pieces of chocolate inside, and washed away the ants on the box. so then I tried to save the chocolates by removing them from the wrapper, thinking that there might only be a few ants inside which I can just flick away. But boy was I wrong. I opened the wrapper of the first piece and hundreds of ants burst out in panic! i kept sweeping them into the sink but more and more were rushing out. Same goes for the other pieces. In the end I had to throw away the whole thing and wash all the ants down the sink, what a waste =(

Hold your breath!

2008-11-09T01:54:00.002+08:00

On Friday, I went to school just to take a quiz, and after we got seated and started writing, I smelt something really disgusting... Someone somewhere sitting near me was passing gas continuously though without any sound (silent killers lol...). The stench was so strong I had to hold my breath almost throughout the whole quiz, only taking in tiny breaths of air.

And if that wasn't bad enough, halfway through the quiz he(i'm assuming it's a 'he' =p) let out a very loud erm...sound...A few seconds later, a whiff of gas so noxious diffused over to my seat that I almost choked. I also almost burst out laughing, luckily I managed to control it cos I told my friend later and she said she was about to laugh too and would have if I started.(And once I start laughing uncontrollably and unstoppably, I tend to make people laugh uncontrollably too..and it goes in a cycle haha)

Omg...and even after that there was still more gas released. He must have ate something wrong for breakfast...

my bro thinks i'm blind....

2008-11-06T18:47:00.002+08:00

*warning-long and complain-filled post ahead =p*

today at lunch my younger brother was drinking a can of winter melon tea, and he was reading some info on the back of the can which said, "Product Of Singapore" and "Imported by Brunei". And for some reason, he keeps insisting that "Imported by Brunei " was grammatically wrong, but more about that later.

So anyway, he asked me to look at the back of the can and he said "I dunno if you can see the words "Product of Singapore" because they are quite small". The words aren't that small anyway, quite big actually, perhaps font size 8 or 10 Times New Roman. So I asked him,"Do you think I'm blind? Why wouldn't I be able to see that?" And...he answered,"But you wear specs what."

Omg....until now he still doesn't know that i'm short-sighted, not long-sighted, and this means I can see perfectly well in close range cos my specs degree isn't that high anyway. I mean, I can even see those tiny words on a Singapore note that says "monetary authority of singapore" repeatedly in a line, without the aid of a magnifying glass.

Moreover, this is not the first time I explained to him what short-sightedness is and he still keeps thinking i'm blind. Just cos my mother can't see near so he thought all people who wear specs can't see near. -_-"""""" And he takes Bio in sch la(there's a section that teaches you about the eye), how can he not know this? Even though he doesn't wear specs, he can't be so ignorant as to not know this simple fact? Usually youngsters will be short-sighted de ma, get older then got "lao hua yan" then near things cannot see clearly.

Anyway, after that super annoying comment by him, he started on another super annoying argument. He insisted that the can should not state "Imported by Brunei" but "exported" instead. He said how can it be a product of Singapore and imported by brunei at the same time. And why not? I asked him. Since it's made in Singapore, and for sale in both Singapore and Brunei, then obviously it would have to be imported by Brunei for it to be sold there right? So simple and logical but he keeps insisting he's right, and proceeded to argue that importing means bringing it in so it should be exported since it goes out to Brunei. At which point I said if you wanna put "Exported" then you gotta say "Exported to Brunei" but he still refused to listen. (So annoying right, everytime talk to him feel like vomiting blood...)

So i tried a difference approach, I said, people in Brunei would see the exact same words on the can that we see, so If it was printed "Exported to Brunei" instead of "Imported by Brunei", people in Brunei reading the can would find it weird that they said "exported" instead of "imported". And his reaction was, "Why didn't you just say at the start that people in Brunei are seeing the same words on the can as us?" As if that would make any difference! Whether they see the same words or not, it's still correct to say "Imported by Brunei". And if they don't see the same words, then why do they bother to even print the part about Brunei on a can that only Singaporeans see? -_-"

This is only one example of how he always insists he is right when he is obviously wrong, and totally refuses to listen to what others say. Sometimes he even confidently says that someone else told him that "fact" when actually he made it up. e.g. there was once i was eating a sausage from a stall, and he said that it was a pork sausage but I knew it was chicken because it didn't taste like pork at all and I would never eat it if it was indeed pork. So I asked him how he knew and he said the stall owner told him. So I went to ask the owner, who went to check the package and showed me that it was a Halal chicken sausage. Nowadays I don't easily believe what he says anymore cos most of the time he will get other people in trouble by saying that they did/say something which they didn't. And he still thinks it's funny when I find out that he's making up stories! 0_o

Bitten by a cat!T_T

2008-10-13T20:58:00.004+08:00

ytd I went to my neighbour's house for lunch cos they invited us for Hari Raya but we couldn't make it that day so we went ytd instead. After eating we were sitting on the sofa chatting (actually my parents were chatting with them, i was watching a show on their tv) and I was bored so I tried to pat their cat which was lying on a rug.

wa dunno the cat dun like me or what, once i touch it, it hissed and promptly bit me! but not that hard down la, and the teeth so small compared to my dog's so it wasn't that pain. I never knew cats actually bit people, I thought they only scratch? well after tt it lifted the paw too but my hand was gone liao.

Maybe it could smell the scent of my dog on me ba, cos after tt some other guest went to pet it and it didn't object. But maybe also itz bad-tempered cos it got abused before but luckily rescued by my neighbours. Some evil person tied a rubber band super tight on the cat's front leg and put super glue over it. The poor cat had to go to the vet to remove the rubber band and glue, and now there's a bald patch (or rather bald ring) around the front leg. =(

Tokyo here I come!

2008-10-09T23:10:00.003+08:00

Yay! I think I might be going to Tokyo again this December for vacation. =D Actually my mother wanted to go to Milan cos we've never been there before, and seems like always going back to the same place. However, we found that the hotels in Milan cost much more than those in Tokyo. If you go to HotelsCombined.com, there's a whole list of hotels from different countries, including the star rating, rates and stuff. The page for Tokyo hotels is here:http://www.hotelscombined.com/City/Tokyo.htm. There are some pretty cheap yet at least 3 star rating hotels. There are even pictures of the room and sometimes reviews of the hotel there, quite a useful site.

It think sometime this June, my bro went to Tokyo with some friends on a shopping trip (of course he paid for the trip himself, my parents were reluctant to let him go) and found some rather interesting places we didn't know of before. According to him, they have a 7 story shopping complex that is something like Daiso the $2 store in Singapore. But then again, maybe it was Daiso just that he didn't know? cos if you look at this site: http://www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp/english/storeinfo/, the Daiso in other countries is just a small store compared to the one in Japan which is like i think the whole building! Oh and I think Daiso in Japan is a 100 yen store, which is slightly cheaper than $2.

Hopefully they'll have some nice and cheap stuff like those found at Strapya.com. The stuff there is so cute! But quite ex la, plus got shipping fee...Oh, and I hope got cute and affordable Hello Kitty stuff too! the last time I went there, there was this super cute furry pink Hello Kitty bag but it was much too expensive to buy...=(

Scaredy Dog

2008-10-08T16:01:00.003+08:00

Wa my dog is really scared of the smallest things, which is very funny cos normally he's quite fearless and keeps biting the hand that feeds him(of course not really biting down la, like mouthing, but his teeth so sharp! T_T). So anyway, usually when I bring him out to walk, there's still abit of light, like around 6 plus in the evening? Around that time, the only things he can be scared about are slopes, steps and drains. He will refuse to walk when we start to approach those "obstacles". But now abit braver la, sometimes will walk over.

Last weekend, however, I brought him out around 7-8 plus cos I had lots of work to do before that, so it was quite dark at that time and the street lights were on. At first we were walking with the light in front of us and he was happily enjoying the wind. Then, we reached the end of the path and I turned around, so the light is now behind us. Immediately, he caught sight of his own shadow and sprung back in fear! LOL. It was quite cute actually. He started sniffing the shadow and I think realised that it was nothing harmful. Even at home, when the cars drive past at night you can see the shadow and he'll start barking at it -_-".

Oh and there was once, someone painted white stripes on the usual path we walk on, and he approached those stripes so suspiciously, sniffing each one and walking slowly over them. He'll be like running at full speed then reach the stripes, suddenly slow down to a crawl. XD

0.0

2008-10-04T18:40:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, I was on the bus after school and overheard this group of girls (I wasn't eavesdropping! They were talking so loudly! lol) discussing someone's engagement. Apparently, one of the girls' boyfriend recently proposed to her, and she got an engagement ring. Wa the ring is like quite ex, heard them saying it's dunno $100 or $1000+ and it's real diamond! the guy must be super rich.

So her friends were pestering her to tell them how he proposed la, and she didn't say anything, just kept giggling -_-". So they came up with all sorts of crazy scenarios including one in which he had a fireworks display just for her.

So after that they were asking her when is the wedding, and she said this December! Omg, I can't imagine getting married while still in school la, like much too early. In fact, I can't imagine getting married at all lol. And we have exams in November...still have time to prepare for wedding?

Come to think of it, I remember one of my friend's friend got married last year, to a guy she met online! Of course she met the guy in person already, and even met his parents, but I think they knew each other for less than a year only! So kan cheong =p

Don't buy the Honey range from Watson's!

2008-09-16T15:30:00.002+08:00

Yesterday I got a free sample of something called "Honey foaming milk bath" from Watson's. Normally, the word "honey" would be associated with something sweet and nice smelling, so I expected as much when I opened the sample to try at home.

But! As I poured the liquid out on to my hand, I caught a whiff of the most disgustingly chemically smelling "scent"! The thing did not smell like sweet honey in the least! The smell was so revolting that I instantly got a huge headache and nausea for a few hours. Don't ever ever buy anything from the Honey Bath & Body range from Watson's. In order not to waste it though, i used it to wash my feet haha! since that's quite far away from my nose so I can't smell it.

On the other hand, the honey shampoo & conditioner from the Body Shop smells heavenly! Though it's abit more expensive then normal shampoos and conditioners, but it works really well for dry & damaged hair. Since my mum has Body Shop membership anyway so I try to buy when there are promotions for members. =)

Funny Usain Bolt Video

2008-09-06T20:43:00.001+08:00

Lol...found this crazily exaggerated video about Usain Bolt's early celebrations. Enjoy...

http://view.break.com/559321 - Watch more free videos

Singapore is in.....where?

2008-08-10T16:04:00.000+08:00

I was watching Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends one day and apparently, the people over at Cartoon Network (or whoever who made the cartoon) don't know where Singapore is.

That particular episode was when the Duchess finally got adopted by a family, and everyone at Foster's were so relieved that they celebrated by partying late into the night. So when Mac got home, he was about to open his door, when guess what, he heard Duchess' voice coming from his neighbour's room!

The entire night (and the rest of the day too), Duchess was making such a racket ordering her newly found family around and complaining, that Mac's mother could not take it anymore. She said that it this continues, the whole family would have to move. Mac, hearing this, panicked as he feared he might not be able to see Bloo anymore if they moved any further than a few blocks down the street. Terrance (Mac's brother), tried to scare Mac by telling him that they were moving to Singapore, and added that it was in Wisconsin. And Mac corrected him by saying that Singapore was not in Wisconsin, but rather in Malaysia. -_-" Ok well it's sort of close by...

Mostly I get people asking me if Singapore is in China. Like there was once on my family vacation in Melbourne, this lady on the street asked us to take a survey for tourists. So we filled up all the info, including the country we're from. After she took the survey back, she stared at the country and asked, "You're from Singapore? Is that in China?" (maybe just because we were Chinese?) Then we were like, "Nope it is at the tip of Malaysia". And she replied, "Oh really?? I didn't know there was a country there!"

Annoying little kid on MRT

2008-07-31T20:01:00.002+08:00

Today i was taking the long MRT ride to school(reason for going to school in the last paragraph), and there was no place to sit, so had to stand. And just nice the only place available to stand was where a little boy of about 5 years old was monkeying around the pole. I was trying to hold onto the pole for balance, but the boy kept jumping onto the pole and climbing up so that he can grab those handles hanging above and swing on them. And he also kept spinning around the pole, oblivious to those around him. Everyone was so annoyed la, and the worst thing is, his mother was just sitting there doing nothing to stop him. I frowned when the little boy kicked into me when swinging and his mother only said "see you kick into people liao, quick say sorry". Though the boy did say "sorry", he wasn't even looking at me when he said that, just saying to the air.

And he did all these annoying things all the way until Red Hill, when a guy came in, sat down and started playing PSP. His mother then openly and loudly told him to go sit beside the guy and watch him play. So the boy was like staring into the PSP screen until his head almost block the screen. But luckily for him the nice guy didn't shoo him away, still let him watch.Finally at Clementi they got down, and the train suddenly became so quiet cos the boy was also making weird screaming noises at the top of his voice.

Oh ya, and there was this stupid perverted man on the train also. One of the rare few minutes that the pole was annoying-little-boy-free, I held on to it, and this idiotic man beside me looked at the pole and suddenly grabbed it right on top of my hand! The whole pole was totally free and he had to grab it there, then after that pretend it was and accident and quickly move his hand up. I shot him a dirty look and he quickly got down the next stop.

Anyway, I had to go all the way down to school to collect a device called the "clicker" and have a briefing on how to use it. It is sort of like a mini remote control and has the numbers/alphabets 0-9/A-J on it. It is to be used in lectures like when the lecturer flashes a question, you press the answer on your clicker. Your choice will be anonymous (except to the teacher) and a chart will be used to show how many % of the students chose what option. Quite interesting. We had to pay $10 deposit for it, refundable after we don't need it anymore, provided you didn't destroy it...apparently some of these responses you give will be including in the coursework marks, so cannot anyhow press..

Funny Bulgarian Music Idol 2 Videos

2008-07-19T13:55:00.002+08:00

Mariah Carey's "Ken Lee"

Lol! It took me awhile to realise she was singing in English...Look at the female judge's face! Her video got so popular that many people did their own version of it, should be able to find some on youtube. Oh and she even got interviewed about it!

"Helium-like" Singing

Ok her voice isn't that bad, I mean you can't help it if you have a high-pitched voice right? But the judges were quite mean, making fun of her like that, all while she was still standing there. But in the end the guy still let her pass cause he said "we must give her the paper because she didn't breathe from the balloon and she sing like us when we breathe from the balloon." Haha they sound so weird after breathing in the Helium. I wanna try that too! Oh and I dunno how come that 2 guys with the balloons suddenly popped out of nowhere.Who are they anyway?

Hiccups...

2008-07-07T21:45:00.002+08:00

I was out with my mother yesterday and I was just drinking water when I suddenly got the hiccups. I haven't had hiccups for years! I think the last time I had them was like primary school or lower sec. And the irritating thing was it lasted for hours! I wanted to get a warm drink but then we were on our way to take bus to Chinatown to meet my aunt so never mind just get on the bus first.

Throughout the whole journey on the bus I was still hiccupping (is there even such a word lol) and I was trying to control it to no avail. Then because hiccups are accompanied with a rather loud "hic!" sound so everyone around me keep looking at me haha...And my mother still keep talking to me, but I was scared to talk cos I was afraid talk halfway then hiccup, then the sound will be very loud ma (as compared to if I keep my mouth closed).

So anyway when we reached Chinatown I got a hot drink and the hiccups instantly went away. But! When we were leaving the place, I triggered them again by yawning. Lol..just yawn then the hiccups come back. And it lasted all the way home, to the extent that I got stitches in my side from the constant sudden muscle contractions caused by the hiccups.

I remember when I was younger used to get hiccups like almost everyday, then they stopped for years and I never thought I would get them again. But luckily I know that warm water will cure it for me, though it doesn't seem to work for some people. I've never tried other hiccup remedies like getting scared or breathing into a paper bag etc..wonder if they work..

Worms hanging from trees..ewww!

2008-06-14T15:06:00.003+08:00

I don't know why worms like to hang from trees, maybe they were trying bungee jumping or just fell off. anyway, they are super disgusting, i hate worms! Actually, I didn't notice these "hanging worms" before I went to JC. Because from the MRT I have to walk past a long road with trees on both sides to get to school, and almost everyday I see worms hanging down from the trees. they are actually very tiny and green so if you don't look carefully, you'll most probably walk into them.

At first, I just walked to school normally, thinking that i was safe, didn't expect worms. But then on 3 occasions I found worms on my shirt, which totally freaked me out. 2 of the times it was a small green worm somewhere on my shirt where i could see it and sweep it away with something. But there was once it was a 3 inch black worm on my collar! Ewwwww! At first I felt something on my collar so I touched it, then I felt something moving! So my first reaction is to flick whatever that it to the floor. And behold, a long black worm squirming on the floor. Then I had to warn the girl beside me cos I flicked it near her bag lol. Oh ya, and there was once, I was walking to MRT station after cca at night, and a worm fell on my violin case and i didn't know till I got home and saw it there. Lucky it didn't crawl onto me. So after that I always open umbrella when walking under those trees, else i would keep a sharp eye out for those worms.

Just yesterday, I was waiting at a bus-stop with my mother and I saw a green worm curled up and hanging down from a thin thread off a tree. I pointed it out to my mother but she didn't believe that it was a worm. There was a strong wind blowing so the worm was like swaying in the wind. My mother kept insisting it was a fly because the worm was curled in such a way that it looked like it had wings and since it was swaying around it looked like it was flying. Anyway i was feeling very stressed looking at the worm cos I was afraid the wind might blow it towards me. Then at that moment, a sparrow flew over and grabbed the worm out of the air and ate it! Wahahahaha! serves the worm right for hanging down like that. lol XD

UOB NOW card

2008-05-27T22:21:00.002+08:00

Just received this bright red debit card with a big "NOW" across it from UOB. Apparently, they are discontinuing the Campus Debit card (which i'm currently using) from 1 July onwards. Thus this card was sent to replace it. I have to say, compared to the cool and sleek design of the Black Campus Card, this red NOW card just looks so eww..
Though it has a ezlink function too(not much use to me anyway, cannot use concession with this), but there is no NETS function, so you will have to use a separate card for NETS transactions. And the worst thing is, there is a fee waiver for only a year, and subsequently there is an annual charge of $18! The Campus Card would have been free for all my years in Uni!

The rewards system of SMART$ instead of UNI$ now seems better,but only if you frequent those participating merchants. Looking at the list, I think guardian pharmacy is the only place I might go to, and not all that frequent too. Bottom line is, I'm not going to activate this card. And it's not even worth the trouble to activate for one year and cancel it. Also, I looked at the UOB website, and the NOW card is the only debit card UOB offers now. So much for wanting to apply for the debit mini after graduation. But since the Campus Account offers higher interest rates (though still minuscule), i'll keep it open till I leave uni.

For now, my DBS capitacard is my best shopping companion. Rebates at all capitaland malls, and can be used for online transactions too(no rebates for that though). Sadly there's a fee waiver for 2 years only and a subsequent charge of $24 p.a. Seems like none of the banks offer free for life debit card anymore? Liddat how to shop online? I'm very stingy, don't wanna pay for card, but I also don't spend so much a year to be entitled for free waiver. Actually I seldom have the need for debit card, but sometimes got good discounts or want to buy something online ma. I'll probably have to resort to applying for cards that offer fee waiver and cancel them after the specified period, only to look for another such card =p.

first time at Changi Airport Terminal 3

2008-05-22T21:48:00.002+08:00

I changed my blogskin again, cos I couldn't stand the other one having such a narrow column for the posts. So I changed to the same one i'm using for my shop. =)

Anyway, today I went to T3 with my mother cos I wanted to go Candy Empire to buy a can of gummy bears that I saw my tuition student eating. She let me try one and it was nice la, and it's in this plastic can that looks nice too.

I expected much more shops there cos there have been quite alot of advertisements after T3 was up, and they show until like the shopping there so good and what not, but actually very few shops only, quite quiet. But maybe they were referring to the transit area, cos we could see inside through the glass and it looks quite nice.

Most of the shops are situated at B2, though some are on levels 3 and 4. But those on levels 3 and 4 quite boring, like Harris Bookstore, Lerk Thai restaurant, The Body Shop... B2 has minitoons, minibits, kopitiam, popeye's chicken, NTUC, Eu Yan Sang, a few other shops I can't remember, and of course, Candy Empire. Quite alot of interesting sweets, chocolates and biscuits in Candy Empire. I bought the can of gummies, some sort of chocolate that looks like kinder surprise, but smaller and without the surprise and something called caramelised biscuit(it's very nice, i just tried it ^^).

After that when we were exiting Candy Empire and going towards NTUC, we saw all these camera men and crew carrying the lights and all that, setting up. At first I was just wondering what they're doing. Then my mother saw someone standing at one corner and said "Eh? isn't that Fann Wong?". Erm but I couldn't see the face clearly la, cos was quite far, but the hair looks like so I said must be la. Then people walking past all stop and hang around watching them film, but we went into NTUC. (NTUC walls are glass so I could still see outside =D). All she did was walk slowly towards the camera a couple of times and they started packing up liao...no idea filming for what. Maybe there's a part in a new show where she was walking slowing in deep thought. lol cos she put her head down and hand at the chin there like thinking deeply. Maybe will see that part in some new show ba.

Anyway after I confirmed is Fann Wong liao, my mother said she din believe itz Fann Wong at first cos she was so fair and skinny. But actually I think she has always been so fair and skinny. Fann Wong mentioned before that she (and most actresses) goes for vitamin C injections to maintain her fairness. Cos normally I think cannot become so fair de unless you are ang moh.

unable to access blogtraffic.sg

2008-05-16T10:25:00.003+08:00

i don't know if i'm the only one having this problem, but ever since i install the blogtraffic.sg tracking code on my blog, the load time has increased significantly. the status bar(is tt wad you call it?) displays the message "waiting for blogtraffic.sg..." and I have to wait like 1 min + for the page to load.

Erm, and I tried going to blogtraffic.sg to check what's going on but I was unable to access the site...

Also, I've been having pop-up advertisements recently, related to the blogtraffic.sg code. (I know this cos i removed it and the pop-ups were gone)

Does anyone know what's going on? I've removed the code for now to avoid such problems.

*I've since re-installed the code and things seem to be working fine now...hmm...

Why do dogs chase their tails?

2008-05-08T20:20:00.001+08:00

I was just wondering why dogs like to chase their tails cos my dog used to chase his tail when I first got him, but that behaviour didn't continue for long. So, internet research has told me that..they are simply bored in most cases. So it's like, they catch sight of something moving at the corner of their eye, and start chasing it just for something to do. Well that would explain alot cos my dog now has like 4 soft toys and 2 hard toys (all squeaky and/or crinkly when squeezed). Haha when I see cute toys I can't resist the urge to buy them. The soft toys are used as pillows at night to sleep too! That wasn't my intention at first but my clever little doggie piled up his soft toys and laid his head down on them.^_^

After that I started wondering why dogs have tails in the first place. They actually use them for balancing, though on flat ground and in normal walking conditions they serve no purpose except as a form of communication. E.g. a wagging tail shows happiness or gratitude or eagerness etc. However, when running at high speeds, their tails are very important as dogs need their tails to prevent themselves from spinning off-course when turning suddenly. As the front of the body will turn first, the back half of the body will tend to continue in the original direction. Thus, dogs will turn their tail together with the front of the body in other to balance out the weight, and in doing so avoid falling head over heels.

Also, when walking on narrow spaces, the tail can be moved left and right to shift the weight, much like how a tight rope walker balances using a long pole. Amazing how much a little tail can do!

Hello Kitty!

2008-05-04T17:02:00.002+08:00

My blog has been taken over by Charmmy Kitty and Sugar! Both of them are Hello Kitty's adorable pets, Charmmy Kitty(the kitten) being a present from Hello Kitty's father and Sugar(the hamster) from Dear Daniel. I just found out recently that Charmmy Kitty was Hello Kitty's pet though, I always thought she was just a more cat-like version of Hello Kitty.lol.Imagine a cat having a pet cat...

Anyways, I love the lace detail of this blog skin, but had to spend some time editing some other parts to my liking. The original skin had a white background with pink sparkles, but I thought all white was abit too glaring so I changed it to pink background with white sparkles. And there wasn't the "posted by.." and comments thing at the bottom of each post, so i had to find out how to add them. Oh I also included the permalink of each blog post in the title, and added the blog title so that navigating to the home page would be easier. lastly, I found a nifty little widget to display recent comments too. =) Too bad i can't do anything to expand the column for posts, itz abit narrow...

But, enuff about that, this post will be dedicated to showing some cute Hello Kitty stuff I found during my search for a Hello Kitty themed blog skin, which seriously turned on my Hello Kitty craziness. =D Feel like getting a Hello Kitty wallet...Something like this:

Or this:

would be cute.^_^ but Hello Kitty stuff are ex..$_$ so wait for those pasar malam heh heh..

And I realise, Hello Kitty has also taken over almost every object you can think of; iron, fan, laptop, thumbdrive, calculator, vacuum cleaner...just to name afew. One which really caught my eye was this Hello Kitty toaster:

The bread is almost too cute to eat!Speaking of which, here's a clip of too good to eat bento, featuring some Hello Kitty and sanrio characters:

And then there's the Hello Kitty mobile phone. There are clamshell, touch screen, candy bar and sliding ones but since i like clamshell phones best i'll only show that here:

and it comes with loads of cute, pink Hello kitty accessories!

I also found a couple of online shops selling Hello Kitty stuff, visit them for more Hello Kitty cuteness:
DreamKitty.com
My Kitty Love
And of course the official sanrio shop:
Sanrio shop

And to round things off, take a look at this clip of a Hello Kitty themed wedding in Hong Kong! It's like the perfect wedding to have all Hello Kitty stuff and to have Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel as your bridesmaid. (all the flowers are shaped like Hello Kitty too!)
Everything is so pretty!

YouSwop

2008-04-20T18:26:00.002+08:00

Ever since I received an email invitation (from an unknown person, prob got my email from profile or shop?), i've checked out www.youswop.com and swopped away some stuff that has been hanging around my room for some time. It's quite a useful site to get rid of things you don't need and swop it for something you need or want instead. There are cute things like plush toys, or pretty things like accessories and even computer tables and cabinets. Oh and there are weird things like an airplane barf bag too (barf not included) lol.

How does it work? You post things for swop at a price of say, YS$2 (YouSwop $), and when someone buys that item from you, you get YS$2 credited to your account, which you could then use to buy things from others. You can arrange to send the item by post, meet up, self-collect etc.

So far I've only mailed stuff to others but haven had the time to look through all the stuff on sale...(exams! must study...T_T). Though postage can be paid for by the buyer, it's probably best to provide free postage as your item will be taken up more quickly, and this provides a true "cashless" transaction.

Anyway, membership now is by invitation only and i've got some invites so if you're interested, drop me a comment with your email address and i'll send you an invite. You'll also be helping me (and yourself) out cos both of us will get YS$5 free! =)

easySafe - Your unique key to security

2008-04-10T20:26:00.002+08:00

FAST easySafe is the only hardware cryptography product available in the market with unique features. It protects all sensitive information in your computer, external hard disk, USB flash drive, SD card and etc.

Although the design is compliant to FIPS 140-2 standard with PKI technology, FAST easySafe, as its name implies, is rather easy to deploy and use as compared to other sophiscated security products that require dedicated IT specialists for deployment and maintenance.

Fast And Safe Technology Pte Ltd (FAST)

FAST easySafe can be purchased at the following locations:-
*E2000 shop at Funan #05-02.
*Tec-Drome Technology at Sim Lim Square #05-78 and #06-74.
*IMM Challenger L2-49.

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Called M1 and got.....Starhub??

2008-03-27T19:06:00.001+08:00

My phone was acting weird today, displaying the message "Insert SIM card" when I didn't touch the SIM card at all and also telling me that my phone is restricted and prompts for a code to unlock it. I switched the phone on and off a few times and this seemed to solve the problem, though only temporarily. Oh btw, this happened just as I was going home from school. Anyway, by the time I arrived home, the phone was stuck at "Insert SIM card" and I couldn't do anything to make it go away. I tried re-inserting the SIM card to no avail. So I decided to call M1 (my phone line service provider) to see if they can help me.

Not knowing the M1 hotline number, I went to their website and found that it was 1627. Ok so I dialed the number and this is where things got weird. The customer service officer asked for my hp number and he did a check for my number but couldn't find it. So he put me on hold and did some more checking. When he got back to me he said, "this is not a starhub number, it's a M1 number." Then I was like stunned for a second then I asked,"er what number is this? is this M1, 1627?" Then he was like, "No ma'am this is Starhub 1633, maybe you dialed the wrong number?" But i'm very very 200% sure that I dialed 1627. I mean 1633 and 1627 are so far apart...how can I make such a mistake? And besides I didn't even know the Starhub number before this. Anyway so I apologised and he was very nice about it, said it was ok and thanks for calling. (lol I know that's part of their job but you know some people get annoyed when their time was wasted and you can hear it in their voice.)

This time, I made sure I entered each number slowly and carefully. And I got thru' to M1, yay! But frankly, though the Starhub call was unexpected and unplanned, I rather preferred it to the M1 call. After going thru the usual machine recorded voice and choosing a number of options, I finally got to talk to a human...who couldn't help me and transferred the call. Ok so I was on hold for a while listening to some M1 adverts...then got to the second person, who also couldn't help me and put me on hold again....more adverts...

So, got to the last person who told me to try my SIM card in another phone to check if it's the phone's fault else bring it down to the M1 service center to check. Not much help at all. Didn't even bother to offer to check if the line in down or not like the Starhub one. Maybe cos I told him i'm just the daughter? Cos he first addressed me as my father but after I corrected him, I sensed a subtle change in tone. Like i'm not important or mature enough to be calling him. He even had to tell me that I need to go service center with my father in case anything wrong with the SIM card since itz under his name. Maybe i'm thinking too much and he was just telling me in case I really didn't know?

Anyway, that's not the main factor that made me prefer the Starhub customer service. Though calling Starhub by some weird accident (I swear I dialed 1627!) brought me to a machine voice and number pressing before talking to a human too, the first person I talked to could already help me. But in the case of M1, had to go through 2 people to get to someone potentially helpful. And Starhub's musical hold tone is also nicer than M1's ads lol...

And I just tried re-inserting my SIM card again. It works. I don't understand this at all. First time this happened to my phone. hope it doesn't fail again.

Perfect course structure foiled

2008-03-20T20:49:00.000+08:00

Due to the fact that my course already has like 154 AUs and i'm planning to take a minor, adding 6 AUs to that, I have to plan my modules carefully such that i'll be able to finish all the modules on time for graduation, and not overload myself with too many subjects per semester.

Since we are allowed to go back during the holidays for Special Term 1 and 2 to take our electives, I was planning to go back for all of them for year 1 and 2 so that i'll only have to take 1 elective per normal semester and clear them all by year 3. However, I just realised that the subjects offered during special terms are very very very limited. Not to mention the number of students on the waitlist far exceeds the available vacancies...(about 4 times for the module I was planning to take). And I haven't tried but I don't think you can apply for the same subject for both special terms. This means that if I don't get it this time, I gotta wait till next year to try again. But looking at the choice of subjects...don't think I can come back even if I wanted to...don't have my preferred choices on the list...

I think i have no choice but to take more electives during the normal semesters. But in year 2, I already need to take 4 cores each semester...so it's quite unadvisable to add too many electives 'cos I know I won't be able to manage my time well and will probably do badly in something...But if i have no other options...I just gotta learn to cope.

No organizer for DS?

2008-03-15T22:44:00.002+08:00

I've had my DS lite for a while now, but it was only yesterday that I thought of using it as a organizer to write notes and keep track of deadlines and such. So I tried searching for an available software for that purpose...and found nothing. Ok well there was one homebrew application called "DSOrganize" but I expected Nintendo to have at least one of their own. I mean, having a touch screen makes it so convenient to be used to take down notes like a pda.

I couldn't believe there wasn't an official organizer for the ds so I did a little more Googling and did find something. Diary Girl.

But...it's not released yet, due to come out on 18th march. Reading the previews, it sounds rather interesting. Other than recording deadlines and stuff there are also mini-games and even horoscopes. But obviously...it's targeted at girls. and younger girls at that, you can customise your avatar with a variety of clothes and accessories too. Maybe they'll have a "Diary Boy" or "Diary Woman" or "Diary Man" in the future it this one is popular? XD

Busy Busy Busy

2008-03-06T22:48:00.000+08:00

I've been so tied down by work lately that I'm starting to feel so tired everyday. I just feel like sleeping the whole day away...Recess week also no break...got assignment to do and 2 tests to study for..

During lectures nowadays I just can't seem to concentrate, maybe cos of lack of sleep? The recent programming assignment I had to hand up had me working till 4 am in the morning only to wake up after 2 hours to prepare for school. Sometimes it's the silliest and smallest mistakes that can cause such huge errors in the program. It's really frustrating especially when I spend hours looking for that small fault. But it's actually my own fault for making errors in the first place so I shouldn't complain.

And exams are starting next month! 15th April to be exact. How time flies...somehow this semester seems so much shorter than last semester...Must start planning study timetable liao. Actually I think the school is quite mean. My first paper starts the week right after the last tutorial of that subject ends. so no time to study in between. Well I guess they think we are all uni students now, should know how to manage time well and start studying early. Or better yet, learn as you go along. But that never works for me, I can't keep the info inside my head for so long, by the time exams come I would have forgotten lots of things.

New Dreamy Gifts banner!

2008-02-25T17:03:00.001+08:00

I finally made a new banner for my blog shop! here it is:

Is it nice? Well at least not as plain as the previous one la. I actually had a design in mind for the new banner but I was unable to realize it on paper and I didn't know how to draw a nice picture using the computer...

So I tried looking for a nice picture I could use instead but couldn't find any suitable ones. In the end I took a picture myself! Yea that banner is actually a picture of things I arranged on a pink piece of paper.

It's kinda small and hard to see but the border with the 3 stars is actually my belt/necklace, the white fluffy thing at the top right corner is my soft toy lamb. It has a pink bracelet I made across its head but I don't think it's very visible in the tiny banner. Oh well. Below that is just a nice pair of heart-shaped dangling earrings of mine. The text was added later in paint, the only picture editor I know how to use other than picasa. =p

Pink Nissan March!

2008-02-23T18:23:00.002+08:00

I never really felt the need to learn how to drive, after all, i didn't know much about cars(or rather I know nothing about cars) and thus wasn't really interested in them. That is until I saw this pic:

It's a pink nissan march and it's soooo cute! (and pink!^_^) Looking at the pic is enough to make me wanna learn to drive. I have no idea if it's considered a "good" car or not but I don't really bother about that as long as I can drive it from point A to point B.

According to the Nissan webby, owning one of this would cost about $64,000, something only achievable after I get a full time job i guess. Hopefully by that time it's still around? or perhaps even nicer cars will be available in the future...

Vote for Singapore to be on Monopoly World Edition!

2008-02-17T14:39:00.001+08:00

There's going to be a World edition of Monopoly, and Singapore is not in the top 20 countries yet! We're ranked #35 the last time I checked. To get on the board, we must be in the top 20. Wouldn't it be so cool if you could see Singapore on the Monopoly board? Click the poster below to get to the voting page. You can vote once per day so start voting now to increase Singapore's ranking! Only 12 days left to vote, make every one count!
You have to log in to vote (to prevent vote spamming), but creating an account is very fast and easy!

NTU advertises on Google??

2008-02-10T21:37:00.000+08:00

I was just surfing around on the ping.sg site and I noticed this ad:
Found it very funny at that time cos I didn't know schools advertise on google too...But thinking about it this is a Uni we're talking about and I suppose they are targeting foreign students?

Beware Paypal phishing email

2008-02-04T00:15:00.000+08:00

Users of PayPal, be very careful when you receive emails from them. Be sure to confirm that the email is actually from PayPal. I just received this email from "PayPal":

As you can see (click on the pic for a better view), the email is from "services@ipaypals.com" which is obviously NOT PayPal. Furthermore, it is mailed by "host3.xon.pl". Very suspicious looking if you ask me. I immediately forwarded the email to spoof@paypal.com, which is what you should do if you receive suspicious looking emails claiming to be from PayPal. They are looking into the matter and hopefully will be able to stop the scammer sending these emails out.

After doing that...well I was curious to see how the supposed "PayPal" page would look like so I clicked on the link in the email.(btw if you hover over the link in a suspected phishing email, the url of the website will probably tell you all you need to know. And clicking on a link to log in to PayPal isn't the safest way to do so.Go directly to the website.) Below is a screen shot of the bogus website. Notice the URL in the address bar? PayPal NOT!

Note that not all phishing emails are this easy to spot. Some are very cunning indeed. To learn more above spoof emails, and protect yourself from them, you can go to PayPal's page on the subject. (genuine PayPal link!)

[p.s. notice the pink firefox skin! the reason why I switched to firefox =p]

New Gifts from Japan!

2008-01-27T20:31:00.000+08:00

Dreamy Gifts has been updated with many new and interesting gifts from Japan! One of my favourites is a cute little balloon which you can attach to your phone or computer, or any smooth surface, using a small suction cup. Oh and there's also a mini chupa chups handphone strap that looks like the real lollipop! (though much much tinier of cos =p) Do look around the shop even if you're not planning to buy anything! =)

Hmm speaking of my shop, i think i should design a nicer banner one of these days...the current one is quite plain...the background is actually cut out from a picture of pink candy floss I found lol..but the thing is...the only photo editor i know how to use is paint haha. no matter..maybe paint can come up with something interesting too. Else I can learn photoshop? Will probably try to come up with different banner sizes too.

Cool free digital clock!

2008-01-24T23:29:00.000+08:00

There was a meet your mentor session for the Computer Engineering school today, coupled with a free lunch for freshmen. Sadly by the time I got to the free lunch, there was nothing left. The lunch was supposed to start at 12.30pm and I got there at 12.45pm after lesson and meeting my mentor...They must have started earlier..

But no matter, I got this cool clock as a free door gift!

This is what is says on the top.

The clock display changes as you turn the clock, and green and blue lights flash. It looks very pretty! (though not pink lights =p). Here are some pics to show the different displays. They're abit dark cos I had to turn off the flash to capture the coloured lights.

Time display:

turn 90 degrees clockwise for alarm time:

Another 90 degrees clockwise for timer:

Lastly, room temperature!

Blood test results normal!

2008-01-22T16:56:00.000+08:00

Got back the results of my blood test today. Seems like everything is as it should be. So the doctor has no idea what's wrong with me. But since it's not that often he says that I shouldn't worry too much about it.

But I forgot to mention ytd that I also did a skin scrap of a weird patch of super itchy thingy on my face to send for lab analysis too. Turns out it's a yeast infection. Apparently the yeast cells are floating about in the air around us and our antibodies are supposed to prevent them from infecting us, but somehow mine couldn't do the job. Anyway got a cream to apply from doctor, hope it heals soon cos it's been there for 2 months liao.

Almost fainted again...-_-"

2008-01-21T21:28:00.000+08:00

This morning I almost fainted on the MRT trip to school. At first I just kept feeling that my bag was really heavy, even though I have all the same things as last week inside it, and I didn't feel that it was heavy then. Then around 2-3 stations before Jurong East I started feeling nauseous and thus had to grip on tightly to one of the metal poles and bend my head down. At this moment my condition was still bearable, as in still don't feel like fainting yet...

However, a huge crowd of people entered the train at Jurong East, and that's when things got worse. Firstly, the huge crowd meant that there was less fresh air, and secondly, there was this man with terrible body odour standing in front of me. I started feeling breathless and started breathing very deeply and rapidly. At this point the people around me were looking at me weirdly...Because of this, and the fact that the train was packed, I didn't want to squat down even though I was already breaking out in cold sweat. Around Chinese Garden however, I just couldn't take it and had to squat down. Those around me shifted away from me...I guess they were afraid I was gonna throw up on them...This wasn't the first time this happened in the MRT but the previous time someone offered his seat to me so I recovered by the time I reached school.

Anyway at Boon Lay I managed to get off the train but had to rest on the seats for about 5 mins because my hands and legs were feeling numb and shaky and I couldn't walk without feeling faint. Tried calling my friend to see if she could pick me up from Boon Lay interchange but she didn't pick up the call cos somehow it couldn't get through...Anywae she was 1 hr late for lecture haha.

Supposed to have lab today so I thought it was important to go to school...thus made my way to take the bus and actually managed to get to school. But still felt quite unwell in school so went to the school's medical center to get mc. Normally I don't bother seeing doctor since it's expensive but I needed the mc for the lab teacher...

lol..such a long winded story..but there's more! After explaining my situation to the doctor, he suggested doing a couple of tests to determine the cause of these fainting spells. Mainly it was a couple of blood tests checking blood sugar, blood count and such...Gotta send these to an external lab for tests though so I haven't gotten the results. I was kinda apprehensive about drawing out blood for the tests though cos the last time i took out a tube of blood I fainted after about 2 hours? And this time they needed 2 tubes...The nurse made me lie down before drawing blood just in case I fainted. She thought I had "needle phobia" so she told me not to look at the needle lol. But luckily this time nothing happened. Maybe cos I ate a milo bar right after I left the clinic..

So they'll contact me after the test results are out..hopefully there's nothing wrong with me..

New Year, New Dreamy Gifts!

2008-01-19T15:02:00.000+08:00

Over the past few days, my blog shop, Dreamy Gifts has undergone some major changes. First and foremost being a pinkification! =) A change of blog template has made it magnificently pink, or pinknificent!

haha word play aside, some products sold on Dreamy Gifts before have been removed, and a few new ones introduced. The reasoning behind this is that I'm too lazy to make stuff lol. I've had lots of bogus buyers emailing me to order items and when I ask for payment they go MIA. It's very annoying. Some even email me to ask about pricing and don't even bother to email me back to inform me if they have decided to buy from me or not. I'm perfectly ok if people decide not to buy from me, just try to take the effort to inform me so I don't keep waiting in anticipation...

The types and numbers of items sold there right now has significantly reduced but I hope to add more gifts to the shop in the near future so do check back often ya? ^^ In the meantime, do check out the special Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year items!

Ho Ho Ho!

2008-01-18T21:23:00.000+08:00

No it's not Santa Claus...It's Horlicks!

"Ho Ho Ho, as much Vitamin B6, form 48 bananas.
Ho Ho Ho, as much Calcium from 55 cups of milk.
Ho Ho Ho, as much Iron from 3 kilo of spinach!"

This Horlicks advertisement plays on TV mobile at least 3 times during the trip on the bus to or from school. I even heard this group of boys going "Ho Ho Ho!" during a lecture. Lol. This can mean 2 things. Either they have effective advertising or the advert just repeats too many times.

Actually I wonder all that goodness is in one cup of Horlicks or did they mean the whole jar? Come to think of it, I vaguely remember some other words being said after all that ho ho ho stuff but can't seem to remember them exactly. Oh well, can listen to it again on Monday.

Monday Blues

2008-01-14T22:10:00.000+08:00

Today was quite a bad day for me. Firstly in the morning, 179A queue was so long I was 2 minutes late for lecture. Well actually long queues are usual la. The real reason why I was late was cos I was so tired I didn't hear my alarm. But anyway the lecturer himself was 13 minutes late lol.

Then after my last lesson at 4pm, it was raining so heavily that there were huge puddles everywhere, or should I say mini ponds? I was walking along the path from south spine to the long staircase leading to nanyang audi and the whole area was totally flooded. Rain was splashing down the sides of the shelter like a waterfall and water was flowing down the steps like a fountain. Tried tiptoe-ing thru' the puddles but gave up and sloshed through cos they were much too deep.

Managed to make it safely to the Can A bus stop and got on 179 thinking that I could have a peaceful nap till the bus interchange. I was wrong! At the stop near the school of biological sciences (i think), the bus has to stop on a slope (uphill). So, students happily filed in, the doors closed and the bus tried to continue the upwards climb. Tried to. 3 times. And failed. It was quite funny actually. Could hear the engine trying its best but when the driver released the accelerator the bus started rolling downhill before he stopped the bus with a huge jerk. 3 times this happened before the driver instructed us to alight and board the bus behind. Too bad most people didn't get a seat in the second bus since it was already fairly crowded.

When I arrived at the interchange, things started to take a turn for the better...because i got these pretty pink donuts for dinner! ^^

they were bought from a new donut shop, Donut Donut, at boon lay mrt. All their donuts there have names and the one on the left above is called "Princess" & the right one "Sweetheart". Cute names huh? Yes I was attracted to the pink colour, but they taste pretty good too! =p

Oh! and not forgetting this colourful brownie from school! Kinda sweet but oh so rich and sinful..

Change of blog address

2008-01-10T21:31:00.000+08:00

Hi! As you might have noticed, I'm now blogging at this new address and not at http://astarryblanket.blogspot.com anymore! Just felt the need to change the url...at the expense of my google pr of 2 though...no matter, can work towards it again. Hmm I wonder if I should use "Anecdotes of Life" or Anecdotes Of Life" for the blog title..small or capitalised "o" in the of? argh...getting frustrated over a small issue again...anywae, kindly give me your opinion on this matter if you have any =)

Advertlets domain expired?

2008-01-06T20:15:00.000+08:00

I received a sms from my friend today telling me she couldn't visit my blog as it keeps getting redirected to another page. At first I tried accessing my blog with no problems. Then I tried a second time and true enough got redirected. A search on google told me that this was the fault of Advertlets ads so I removed them right away.

I wonder how long it would take for them to fix this problem. Just google "advertlets redirect" and you get lots and lots of info, not to mention angry people blogging about this. Even in forums people are discussing this issue. According to the advertlets blog about 50% of Singaporeans should not be facing this prob anymore...Well i'm not taking the risk..shall not replace the code until it is completely fixed. Anyone else with this problem should do the same too, lest risk losing your blog readers.

Wet wool smells really bad!

2008-01-03T16:54:00.000+08:00

Yesterday my mother put some of the clothes we brought overseas to wash, including a woolen sweater. To our horror (or actually just mine cos my mum had already experienced this before) there was a terrible stink coming from the woolen sweater! All the other non-woolen stuff was fine. According to my mum, woolen stuff always stink after washing but the smell disappears after it dries. She has no idea why though so I decided to do a little research.

Couldn't find that much info about this on the web, but apparently wool that is pure and untreated usually retains much of the natural oils (and perhaps odour?) from the sheep. Thus wool smells terrible when it's wet because the wool on the sheep gives off the same smell when it gets wet too. In other words, the bad smell is actually a wet sheep smell and there is really nothing we can do about it except make sure the sweater dries out fully.

Happy 2008!

2008-01-01T15:23:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year to everyone! Hopefully this will be a better year for me and everyone. I emailed the school about my timetable clash thingy but still haven't got a reply. I guess they must be having their New Year holidays too cos calling the office also yielded no results. Actually I don't really mind taking the module again, but the thing I really dread are the labs! I hate labs =(. Wonder if they will be the same ones as last sem though?

Anyway, I just remembered that I brought home a bracelet from Paris to be sold on my shop! I totally forgot about it until now. Can't seem to find my camera though. Shall upload the item on the shop when my father gets home and I get the camera from him. Itz a bracelet made out of pink stones and there's an Eiffel Tower Charm on it too! I think itz quite cute (maybe cos it's pink haha) but you can judge that for yourself when I get the pic uploaded.

*edit: bracelet uploaded in shop! do check it out =)

Failed module

2007-12-28T23:59:00.000+08:00

Exam results released today...and I failed one module. The rest are ok though. I wonder what i'm supposed to do now. Retake the module next semester? But i've tried fitting it into my timetable seems like the course clashes with all the cores i'm supposed to take next semester too. Maybe i'm supposed to take it in year 2 semester 1? Tried searching the school website for more info but couldn't find any...At a loss right now...shall call school tomorrow if the office is open.

Home Sweet Home =)

2007-12-25T01:01:00.000+08:00

I'm back in Singapore! Earlier than expected though...But this means I'll be able to catch all the special Christmas programs on tv! (including a special Christmas episode of Spongebob =D) Feeling quite miserable now though cos I caught a nasty cold and cough in Paris due to the dry and cold weather. In fact I should be sleeping now after taking medicine, but a lizard is currently stationed on the wall beside my bed and i'm afraid that doing anything to try chasing it away might cause it to leap onto my bed. So, i'm here blogging instead. don't think itz gonna move away anytime soon though....

Anyway, Paris was quite uneventful cos we've been there before and this trip was more of a "shopping trip" for my Mum and bro, while the rest of us tagged along. Had fun feeding ducks, seagulls, pigeons and sparrows at a nearby park though. The ducks got most of the food thrown into the water though; swim faster than the seagulls. And the pigeons and sparrows will eat out of your hand =). we went to the pond in the park twice, and the second day almost all of the pond was frozen over, leaving 4 ducks swimming in a small patch of unfrozen water. This time the seagulls managed to get more food. They seem better at walking on ice than the ducks. And they fly too. Somehow the ducks are either too lazy or too fat to fly, so they waddle across the ice to get food. In the end the ducks gave up cos they we simply too awkward on the ice lol. Oh and I managed to get the pigeons to ice-skate too. It was hilarious! I tricked them into going onto the slippery ice with a trial of food, and without webbed feet they couldn't keep balance as well as their water-loving counterparts. Wonder why they didn't think of flying away though, maybe they're hungry.

Having the window seat on a plane is quite fortunate for me because I have the privilege of being able to look out at the tiny things below, that is, after getting below the clouds. Actually, the clouds are also rather interesting. They look so dense and solid that it seems as if you can actually walk on them without falling through. One thing I was very fascinated about was how the sea looked liked from way above. All I could see of the waves were white sort of semi-circular shapes in the sea. And I couldn't see ships moving either from such great heights, so they just looked like they were cutting through a sheet of ice because of the white waves and foam created on both sides of the ship as it sails. In other words, everything looked stationary. However at an altitude of around 300m, I was amazed that I could actually see the ships moving, the water splashing off the sides, people cycling in east coast park and cars moving on the road! ok maybe 300m is quite low already but I didn't expect to be able to see so much detail.

Argh the lizard is still there! Gotta call for reinforcements soon or i'll never get to sleep. oh and I miss my dog! In Paris people love dogs. Well most people I guess cos they even allow dogs in shopping centers and boutiques. Every dog I saw made me think of mine back home in Singapore...Too bad couldn't bring mine there, he would have loved the cold air. Can only bring him home on boxing day since the pet shop is closed today...oh well..a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! ^_^

Au Revoir!

2007-12-17T23:00:00.000+08:00

This is my last night in Singapore, will be leaving for the airport at 9am tml for an afternoon flight to Paris. Which means I should be sleeping now since I need to wake up early tml, but I can't sleep w/o watching Spongebob first hehe =p.

Today's subject registration was quite confusing...right on the dot I uploaded my timetable into STARS and got a message telling me I couldn't register my core subjects because there were no vacancies. I wonder how that could have happened though..i mean since everyone is supposed to take those subjects, how can they run out of vacancies? But luckily I managed to register the cores after trying many many times.

Well I'd better log off now so that I won't be tempted to waste more time on the com. Be back on 26th! =)

Addicted to DS

2007-12-15T13:44:00.000+08:00

Ever since i got my NDS on 1 dec, I haven't used my com much. I haven't been updating here, haven't been to facebook(and to think I was addicted to that only a few weeks ago) and haven't been checking my email. Luckily I decided to check email today cos I received an important email from school about subject registration. Apparently I have to choose the same group for all 3 of my core subjects, which means I have to replan my timetable cos I mixed up the groups. Though the email stated that choosing different group would result in a clash in timetable, but I managed to get it to fit nicely leh. But to be on the safe side I changed all to same group anyway. I'm afraid that if the registration fails then vacancies for the electives I want will be all taken up.

Oh ya, other than being stuck to my DS(phoenix wright is a superb game!not to mention addictive), i've been busy packing stuff for my overseas trip from 18-25dec (coming soon! i can't wait =D). All the guys in the house seem very free though, not helping with the packing at all! And not even packing their own bag to bring on board the airplane. Well i guess they can just dump things in on the day before...

Hmm, before I got the DS i was planning to make some Christmas stuff to sell on my shop but then...oh well maybe when I get back from overseas..that'll be like after Christmas liao so, we'll see.

My first $10 from EmailCashPro!

2007-12-04T22:30:00.000+08:00

I finally accumulated $10 in my EmailCashPro account and am now eligible to cash it out! =) The $5 I received when I got 20 direct referrals was certainly helpful. For those who don't already know, EmailCashPro is a Singapore-based emails ads program where you get one point for each email ad you read, and at the start of each month, these points are converted to cash. This program is completely free to join and you can even select the types of ads you wish to receive, for example those on fashion or home businesses etc. The advantage to this is that you will most likely receive ads that actually interest you! There are 5 levels of referrals and you get a generous 50% of your referrals' earnings on level 1!

I first came to know about EmailCashPro in the Sunday Times some time ago. You can read the article on their homepage if you didn't see it in the papers. While this isn't something that you can quit your job over, it does give you a little more cash with hardly any effort at all! In fact some of the ads provide you with very good deals that you'd probably not know of if you didn't join the program. Some deals are even specially reserved for members only.

The minimum cash-out for PayPal is $10 and for a cheque you need $11 to cash out a $10 cheque as there is a $1 processing fee. Though Paypal charges $1 for withdrawals of less than $200, i still prefer to cash out that way since it saves me the trouble of going down to the bank, I can get my cash quicker, and i'll lose $1 either way so this is the more convenient choice. Well i can always wait till I have $200 to withdraw the cash too...

Post-exam activities

2007-11-30T20:17:00.000+08:00

Just had my last paper today and am now officially exam-free! But this last paper has made me realise something very important: I think too slowly. It's such a pity that I know how to do all the questions but don't have enough time to finish them cos i spend too much time thinking. Actually I find the programming paper abit crazy, asking us to write so many programs, or mini-programs, within 2 hours. Or maybe it's just me that thinks too slow. Oh well, not gonna think about it till nearer the release of results. Now that exams are over, I have a list of things I need/want/have been waiting to but don't have the time to do.

1. Watch The Outsiders I & II which I have borrowed for a long time but have not had the time to watch.

2. Watch Inuyasha! I stopped at episode i dunno what. It was so long ago. gotta watch from the start again.

3. Watch assorted Korean Dramas like Princess Hours, etc.

4. Start exercising! (meaning cycling, swimming, badminton cos i hate running) Lack of exercise during the exam period has made me feel so lethargic everyday that I just wanna sleep the whole day. Even doctor says that I need to exercise more cos I have poor blood circulation and need to get my heart pumping.

5. start planning next year's timetable. which includes choosing what electives to take.

6. pack room? yup. gotta put my old notes somewhr and clear a space for next year's notes.

7. start practising piano/violin/yangqin again cos i've been neglecting them. poor things must be collecting dust.

8. i'm sure there's more but i can't think of them now. lol i don't think the short dec break is enough to complete all these...

Help spread Reuben's music!

2007-11-27T19:55:00.000+08:00

The piano solo you hear in the background is Reuben Kee's Back Home. In light of the recent dragonboat accident, you can show your support for Reuben by embedding his music in your blog. Here's the link for the song: http://www.ridzuan.info/tianhong/BackHomePianoSolo-ReubenKee.mp3
As you can hear, this is a very beautiful song so do consider adding it in your blogs!

do also visit my friend Tian Hong's blog to find out more about Reuben and express your condolences.

Say hello to my new Cbox!

2007-11-26T22:30:00.000+08:00

Just added a tagboard cos i felt the need to add more pink stuff to my blog haha. I like Cbox alot cos I can customize the colours! =) Used to have a Cbox account when I made a tagboard for my blog shop...wasted a few minutes trying to figure out the username and password to no avail. In the end just signed up for a new account lol. I wonder if the tagboard will be used much though...

On a side note, I think i'm gonna fail electronics! oh noooo...halfway through the electronics paper...I already wrote all I could and tried everything I could remember ( which wasn't much becos somehow everything I memorize seemed to have leaked out of my head), so I spent some time trying to calculate the grade point average. Argh..hope moderation helps me to pass...even though it might be a terrible pass, I don't wanna retake! I dunno why I always mix up all my rules and formulae and stuff during exams, especially for physics-related subjects. I guess this means I don't understand my concepts well. lol see I actually know the reason why. Cos really, some things I don't understand but just memorise. This is obviously not working. must be smarter next sem. Well off to study now.

Does anyone actually make full use of their email storage?

2007-11-20T13:09:00.000+08:00

It was just a matter of time since Hotmail increased their limit to 5 GB for Gmail to follow suit. But I wonder how many of us actually need that much space? Hmmm well I guess some people do use their email accounts as storage accounts for pictures and such, or don't bother to delete old mail after they are no longer of use, or even can't be bothered to delete junk mail (I know my brother is one of those people. I can't believe he has 500+ junk mail! I've been bugging him to delete them ever since i noticed it.)

Personally, I don't like leaving unnecessary mail in my inbox, even if I do have lots and lots of space and never have to delete another mail again. Before the increase from 2GB to 5GB, i was only using 1% of my max storage size allowed in Gmail. Now it's 0%. Not that i'm complaining about having lots of space. This is in fact a great improvement over the few MB Hotmail was providing some time in the not so distant past. That was the reason I switched to Gmail at the time, because we can't run away from junk mail, and it was causing my inbox to be full everyday. Oh and it doesn't hurt to have more space to keep those chain mails with pretty pictures =). Though Yahoo now has unlimited storage space, I prefer the layout of Gmail. And besides, i'm more used to Gmail now, though I do have a Yahoo account for other purposes.

I don't think i'll ever use up all 5GB of space, but i better not speak too soon. Having more space makes me lazier too. I've been wanting to download and save all my 'A' level project work stuff from my Gmail but haven done so yet! =p After all, there's space to keep it in Gmail...

Luo Zhi Xiang's New Album is out!

2007-11-16T19:52:00.000+08:00

Xiao Zhu's new album 舞所不在 (Show your dance) is out! I wanna get it! Not really sure if it's in stores yet though cos it was only released today and seems like Sembawang's website didn't say anything about it. Might make a trip there to check out this weekend.

He sang afew of his new songs on 娱乐百分百(100% entertainment) today and they are really nice! There's a very cute mv of one of his new songs on this page.

Xiao Zhu is coming to Singapore for concert on 1 dec...too bad the tickets are sooo expensive...I wonder if all his concerts eventually come out on DVD? I really hope so.

Blog accepted by PayPerPost!

2007-11-14T14:36:00.000+08:00

I joined PayPerPost sometime back, though at that time my blog wasn't 3 months old yet so I couldn't submit it for approval. Now, it has finally been approved! Before PPP i actually joined another sponsored posts company but they had very little opportunities and the few they had did not interest me, nor would I think my readers. That's when I decided to join PPP as it is very popular and thus I reasoned there would be more opportunities available. And I was right! Rest assured I won't litter my blog with sponsored posts just for the sake of it. I will only blog about things that genuinely interest me, or I think would be of interest to others.

For those who don't already know, PPP offers you sponsored posts where you blog about a certain website, service or product, give your opinions about it, and get paid. All you need to join is a blog at least 3 months old and the ability to write and give opinions I guess. Oh and they have a rating system too where the advertisers rate your post on them. You are more likely to be offered higher paying posts if you give insightful views or opinions since your rating would be better, so don't rush through the post and do a lousy job!

PPP is a great place for me to make money to fund some of those expensive textbooks we need in school. =p Especially since we only use the textbook for one semester, and selling it off the next semester will also result in quite heavy losses =(.

Oh and all sponsored posts will be declared so if you feel offended by them for some reason, you can simply skip them. But who knows, you might actually read something interesting. In fact, I once wrote a post about a website similar to Singapore's tatarah, though it was way before Singapore came up with the concept, so I appeared to be knowledgeable about tatarah though till now I have not even visited the website!

Given up on Nuffnang

2007-11-14T14:17:00.001+08:00

I have finally given up on Nuffnang and taken their code off my blog. I've read alot on other's blogs about how nuffnang never gives them any adverts and how they are just advertising themselves, but I guess I was still hoping that I'll be lucky enough to get at least 1 advert. Hmm but maybe my blog traffic is too low also, only managing to get an average of more than 20 visitors in certain weeks. Maybe try them again if I get more traffic in the not so near future.

For now I'm just sticking with Advertlets. Signed up for Blog2u.sg too but i doubt i'll be getting adverts anytime soon. But no matter. I finally got 31 polls answered! yay! only 19 more to my goal of 50, do fill it in if you haven ya? ;p

I prevented the loss of hundreds of eggs!

2007-11-14T13:08:00.000+08:00

After lunch today I went to the nearby minimart to get some Smarties (to make me smarter cos my first paper is tml) and when I was there, I heroically saved a few hundred eggs.=p

After I took Smarties from the shelf, I joined the queue at the cashier. At this point of time, a supplier was moving cartons of eggs into the little store, stacking them up just beside the cashier. So anyway he was busy pushing some cartons around and didn't notice the tall stack of eggs swaying dangerously. Luckily I was standing beside that tall stack (and had quick reaction) because the whole tower of eggs bent over and started falling. I managed to catch hold of the tower and push it back upright and was applauded for this heroic save. lol no la the egg supplier just thanked me profusely and the shop owner said he should give me some eggs to thank me haha.

Hmm actually I can't really understand why people just stack up eggs so dangerously. Ok if they were actually stacked properly I guess it's quite stable. But as long as one carton is out of line, the whole tower becomes shaky and unstable. Maybe that's the most space saving way of displaying eggs ba.

Pictures of my cute puppy! ^^

2007-11-10T17:49:00.000+08:00

Finally managed to take some pictures of my Yorkshire Terrier puppy after having him for about 2 months! This is because he was too naughty before, don't wanna keep still and keep trying to bite or lick the camera. He's much more well-behaved now..=) His name is Rufie, he's about 6 months old now and I bought him a pink collar though he's a guy lol. And I give him pink towels to play with haha. Ok let's get on to the pics:

Just out of bath...wet and skinny looking.

Getting blown dry with a hair dryer...

Notice the hair dryer at the bottom left?

Yay! Dry, fluffy and shiny fur! Mmm smells nice too!

Hehe..looks cute with the hair tied up..smile for the camera! =)

lol i dunno why he has green eyes in the pics..i tot ppl usually get red eyes. maybe dogs are different...

Weird Obsessive Behaviour

2007-11-09T19:30:00.000+08:00

I realise I have this weird, and possibly unhealthy, obsession over the way things are arranged on a page. For example, how things are arrange on my blog, and now facebook. I worry about whether this should be put on the left or right column and whether it looks better before or after a certain item in the column. At first it was only my blog, which has quite few elements to be moved about...but now, I have so many facebook applications and more still to come. I can spend hours just obsessing over the layout of things, in the process giving myself a huge headache.

It's really very senseless things like "I should put my (fluff)friends near the top so that ppl will pet it", "should I put my wall near the top or bottom? If it's near the top I can access my messages easily and ppl are more likely to write on the wall, but if it's near the bottom it won't push the other applications below it further down when more posts collect". And then there's deciding what should go into the left column...

Sometimes I really have to just force myself to stop shifting things around and just close the browser.

Just joined Facebook!

2007-11-06T19:22:00.000+08:00

I finally succumbed to peer pressure and joined Facebook.Ok la not really lol. Just decided to try it out cos i've heard alot about the cool applications and such. Most of my time on facebook now spent added new applications so that my profile looks less empty..oh and (fluff)friends is really cute!=) But some applications such as the vampires and werewolves look abit scary so i don't wanna add them..

I didn't even know that so many of my friends had facebook.Hmm come to think of it I might have received some invitations before but since i had no interest in facebook then i rejected them all.

Argh..i should have waited till after exam to join facebook...starting to get addicted..must study must study

Funny Hokkien Star Wars

2007-11-04T16:10:00.000+08:00

I watched this video before some time ago, but felt like watching it again recently cos itz really quite funny. too bad itz so short though...

translation:

Luke: Arghhhhh!! My hand!!
Darth: Luke, follow me to the dark side.

Luke: Wait long long ar!
Darth: Luke, I am your father.

Luke: It can't be true! It can't be true! My father is deaddddd!!
Darth: You just think about it, and you will know that it is true...

Finally found a Super Puzzle Bobble for my hp!

2007-11-02T21:55:00.000+08:00

After searching for a long long time, I finally found a version of Super Puzzle Bobble that works on my phone! I got it from this forum which is translated from Spanish I think. At first I was searching for Super Puzzle Bobble for my hp model to no avail. Then I decided to look for one that fits my hp screen resolution instead...and tada! I found it. However, had to trouble my friend to transfer the file to her hp and infrared to mine cos I don't have the cable to connect my hp to com.

Though I can now play the game on my hp, the quality is really bad compared to on my friends' phones. It is very laggy, images not that clear, colours are quite dark, and not to mention the graphics are small. Oh well, I can't have everything.

Now that I have Super Puzzle Bobble on my hp, my friends have started to play tetris instead..arghhh seems like i'm a little behind time...

Excuse me, do you speak Engrish?

2007-10-31T23:07:00.000+08:00

Engrish.com is a very entertaining website full of funny grammatical mistakes made on signs, menus, sweet wrappers and such, funny names of products and just generally rofl stuff. Mostly features stuff from Japan since the Japanese are fond of printing a short sentence or 2 in English, or Engrish, on their products. It's a great site to visit when you need a good laugh cos most of the mistakes made are really laugh out loud hilarious!

I wouldn't drink this...who knows which human was used to make this water...

lol...better take a good long bath after this

I hope this cup is clean...

There's a law that lets you get cut by electricity?? And you want me to cooperate? are you out of your mind?!

Why bother reading xiaxue's blog?

2007-10-28T13:32:00.000+08:00

I don't bother reading xiaxue's blog, because everyone else can do it for you. If there's anything of interest on her blog, someone else will probably blog about it and then it will most likely be one of the top 10 posts in ping.sg. You can then read about it on their blogs, so why bother reading xiaxue's?

Though I have to admit she has some interesting posts (like pink Ikea furniture!), she is also one very good reason not to post pics or identify yourself on your blog(unless you don't mind being called a disgusting blogger).I also don't understand why she has to use vulgarities so frequently...

Actually I also quite envy her for being a full time blogger la, i mean how cool is that? Earning an income blogging your days away...So..love her?no. Hate her?no. But I guess I also don't read her blog directly cos i reckon she has enough traffic as it is liao..=p

(this is just a random post written cos a post about a post on xiaxue's blog made it to top post in ping.sg again!)

Major flaw in 2004 Bio 'O' level paper

2007-10-25T13:51:00.000+08:00

All the recent hype over the PSLE maths questions has reminded me of an unforgivable mistake in my Biology 'O' level paper. There was this one question where according to a graph(i think), the pupil gets larger as the person got closer to the light source. I think even someone who doesn't take bio would know that this is impossible. The pupil getting larger means allowing more light to enter, and if that happens as you get closer to the light source, you'll probably become blind eventually.

I was very confused when I got to this question, and a few people raised their hands and asked the invigilators about it. But those invigilators don't know anything about bio anyway. So I just answered the question according to the given data, which means the answers were nonsensical but were correct according to the data. Then after that the error was announced and marks for that question were not included. I can't remember exactly how many marks the question was worth, but it was quite alot! Due to a silly mistake, marks for an easy question were not considered.

I believe the 'O' level papers were set way before the actual exam, so why weren't they checked properly? A minor mistake would have been slightly more forgivable, but this is such a glaring mistake that i'm shocked it wasn't noticed. Makes you wonder if the papers are actually reviewed after they have been set.

Why aren't there any nice new pink phones?

2007-10-21T20:19:00.000+08:00

I've been looking out for new pink handphones but there don't seem to be any. (or maybe i'm just really blind and cannot find them? do let me know if that's the case =]) My current phone is the Nokia 7360, the lowest end phone of the 3 in the L'amour collection.

It's nice and all but doesn't have bluetooth, only has a vga camera, and has a memory space of 4MB. I can't even install super puzzle bobble on my phone, that being my current addiction, and have to play it on my friends' phones.

Actually when the L'amour collection was first introduced, I wanted to get the clamshell one, that is, the Nokia 7390.

This one has both infrared and bluetooth, a 2.0 megapixel camera and 21MB internal memory+slot for memory card. Sooo much better than my phone. However, the reason why I did not get this, but got the candybar phone was simply because it was too expensive. My father has this rule where i'm only allowed to buy handphones that will cost $100 and less after trade-in, I guess it will also apply even if i use my own $$. But my mother has the previledge of owning the nokia 7390. I personally prefer clamshell phones but it's rather hard to find nice ones. And even harder still to find nice pink ones. Oh well..till then i'll have to live without bluetooth and super puzzle bobble..

Guilty unless proven innocent?

2007-10-17T21:26:00.000+08:00

Referring to my earlier post on my Java lab assignment 1, I looked through the lines of code in my program that were found to be similar to the other student's today. I must say I was very upset when I found out that the similar parts were all the parts where I had to use formulae and java classes. Come on, of course the formulae will be the same! they're called that for a reason you know, I can't just change it! When I tried to argue this point, my tutor pointed out that the structure of the program at those sections were similar too.But, this doesn't make sense at all! I mean, if I have a formula like a=5+b, and b is found by the formula b=3+4, obviously I would find out the value of b first before going on to calculate the value of a right? So how is that copying? Isn't that just the logical way of doing things??>=(

And, my grade is still going to be pinalised!!! Seems like I have to talk to the professor personally to appeal..sigh...This is because my tutor said that I can't bargain with him for my grade as he does not have the power to make the final decision, and also he can't not pinalise me just because I said I didn't copy. This is because he has to be fair to everyone. May I ask, how is this fair to me at all? He keeps saying he believes I didn't copy, so why are you still pinalising me? And he also said that the prof was lenient for this first assignment, and thus my grade was only lowered slightly, for in other cases a straight 'F' would have resulted. And since i'm on the watchlist, I would get an F for the next assignment if this happens. But of course there's the oral assessment part, and since I will be able to explain my code, I'll probably either not fail that badly or barely pass. Maybe I shouldn't even bother doing assignment 2. Just fail me now.

Unfortunatedly, I don't think this is a case that can be appealed through email, though I would have preferred that. Appealing in person is disadvantageous to me as I tend to be unable to control my emotions, and being upset makes me less able to argue and convince. Through email however, one has the sufficient time to organise one's thought properly before replying, and the reply can be worded in a convincing manner. Also it doesn't help that i'm not assertive by nature, having once scored a -54 on an assertiveness test where the score ranges from -90 to 90, the more negative being more unassertive. Maybe I should hire a lawyer..LOL..-_-"

Binary Code in Uncyclopedia

2007-10-14T15:20:00.000+08:00

Uncyclopedia is a very interesting parody of the popular Wikipedia. If you haven't visited it before, start by visiting the page on Binary. =) The entire page is written out in Binary code! Don't worry if you don't understand it, click here for a nifty translator to help to decipher the code. Ok, now that you are armed with a chunk of binary code and a translator, get translating! The whole page is actually full of hilarious nonsense so it's rather fun to translate...=p I didn't actually translate every part of it( itz so long!) but here are some highlights:

"Binary is a code based on the letters of the acronym "LOL", but with the L's written in lowercase." lOl...

And somewhere near the middle of the article,
"Dude why are you reading this all the way down here? Okay it wasn't that far down here but you shouldn't even be reading this at all. If you aren't using a translator, then it's pretty sad that you read the whole thing. In fact, it's sad that you even know binary, what kind of life do you have? I know the other guy said that knowing binary is cool or something, but seriously, what kind of life do you have to have enough time to know binary? Seriously, stop reading this, right now. I don't care if you want to read the whole thing. Just stop reading."

Right below that there's a section written in l33t which is actually quite hard to read...
"4f73r 7h3 d3(4y 0f 1337, 7h3 7ru3 h4x0r5 574r73d 70 wr173 1n 81n4ry 1337 r47h3r 7h4n 337, 450 (43d 81n337, wh1(h 4((1d3n7y 450 m34n5 "1 4m 1337" 1n 63rm4n. 7h3 (hur(h 0f 5474n 8313v35 y0u (4n 533 7h3 83457 1n 7h3 p4773rn5 0f 0n35 4nd z3r035 0f 7h3 8183 3n(0d3d 1n 807h 81n4ry 4nd 1337. 7h15 f4(7 15 d15pu73d 8y J35u5 -. (hr157."

(After the decay of leet, the true haxors started to write in binary leet rather than leet, also called binleet, which accidently also means "I am leet" in German.The church of satan believes you can see the beast in the patterns of ones and zeroes of the bible encoded in both binary and leet. This fact is disputed by Jesus H.Christ.)

For those who don't know, "haxors" is leetspeak for "hackers".

Visit the uncyclopedia page if you are too free and are interested to read more silly stuff..=p

Amazing 5-year-old kid DDR

2007-10-11T14:31:00.000+08:00

This kid is truly amazing! He's only 5 years old and is already such a pro.

no wonder the Japanese are so good at arcade games! they 'train' their kids from such a young age...Itz actually quite amazing how many arcades there are in Japan. Every street every corner you turn, there's an arcade.Oh and those machines where you grab a toy with a crane thingy? do you know that they actually pin the toys down??! I'm not sure if this is the case in Singapore, but in Japan, the soft toys in these machines are pinned down discreetly using tiny pins. this means that you'll probably not get them on first try, and have to wait till the pins are loosened. Maybe everyone there is too pro so they have to do that if not they'll lose money lol.

DDR actually looks quite fun, I want a dancing pad at home! I don't wanna go to arcades to play cos people will crowd around and stare! I don't like people looking at me ><. besides, i'll be such a noob. The nearest i've come to playing ddr is an online game, Super Dancer Online. Since i don't have the dancing pad i can only use my fingers to play. Itz a rather fun game, you can even connect the dancing pad to your com if you have one. Oh and the interesting thing is that your character gets fat if you don't dance often lol. But of course there are things like slimming potions and such to get you back in shape.

I used to play the Malaysian version of that game but somehow the site was just abandoned for months so I switched to the Thailand version. Fret not if you don't understand Thai, itz mostly in English. The only thing is that you might not understand what the other players are saying. I actually feel quite bad sometimes cos i think they are talking to me but i ignored them since i dun understand...=p

Why is this happening to me?! =(

2007-10-10T19:49:00.000+08:00

My first lab assignment and already I might be accused of plagiarism. Apparently my program code had 105 lines that were similar to that of another student's from another class. I don't even know who that student is and that that class existed, so how can it be that I copied? And anyway I took computing in JC and am able to do all my labs by myself so what reason do I have to copy?

It is inevitable that some parts of everyone's program codes will look the same, cos afterall, how many ways can you implement java classes or do a loop?? So i suggested that maybe it was just a weird coincidence. But my tutor said that the others in the class who had similarities with other people had only about 40-50+ lines similar at max. Mine was the highest in the class. haiz...what have i done to deserve this?

So my tutor advised me to be more careful during assignment 2, as he said that someone might have copied my program if i forgot to logout from the lab computer. However, I did my assignment 1 at home! so that cannot be the reason. Also, how am I supposed to be careful if I didn't copy in the first place and don't know which were the parts that were similar? Hopefully my tutor can get back to me soon about the parts that were suppposedly "copied". Maybe it's my use of variable names, or my style of coding. That means I have to change my style? perhaps i should write it in such a complicated and long winded way that no one will ever have the same code as me. And I should use variable names such as "abc" and"xyz" that are not meaningful and self-explanatory.

Because of this my grade might be pinalised, though my tutor said he would speak with the professor to see if i will be given the benefit of the doubt. And, i'm also now placed on the watchlist so if such an incident happens again during the upcoming assignment 2, i don't think they will be so lenient.=( I really really hope they don't minus my marks because of something i didn't do. However, even if my grades are not affected, i will still be on the watchlist.I feel so tainted...I've never been one to break rules, and now, i have "cheated" during an assessment. T_T :-(

Any new products you would like to see on the market?

2007-10-06T07:49:00.000+08:00

Are there any new products or service you would like to see on the market? Or perhaps some improvements you would like to see in existing products? Well now is the time to voice out your ideas. I have a marketing project where I have to think of a new or improved product/service to market so I just wanna get the opinion of everyone in order to get a general idea of what people want. Any and all ideas will be much appreciated! thanks!

And...just for fun, how about some wild and out of this world ideas if you don't have any that you think are possible? =p

Electronics Principles

2007-10-06T07:40:00.000+08:00

I have a dislike(lol hate sounded too extreme) for Electronics Principles. It is physics. I don't like physics. Cos i dun understand physics.

During this week's lab there was oral assessment for a bunch of random people and I happened to be one of the unlucky few. Ok maybe it was because I kept asking the teacher things and seemed so blur. So when he came to assess me, I could only answer about half of his questions I think, and it was the easier ones that I could answer. For the rest of the questions, I was asking him to explain to me instead of me explaining to him lol. But at the end he still said "Good, good". But i think he says that to everyone...

Haiz, every eletronics lab, I can never do everything by myself without getting help, and I can never finish within the 2 hour slot allocated to my class. Usually will drag to 3 or 4 hours even. Luckily there aren't any other classes after us so we can just stay on to finish, otherwise would have to come back another day.

New bus service 179A

2007-10-01T23:41:00.000+08:00

Starting today, there's a new bus service 179A that goes straight to NTU, skipping all the stops in between. So now those going to NTU by 179A can queue at the previous 179 berth, and those taking 179 can queue one berth further where 199 is situated.

Although NTU students were informed of this through email, the general public was not, and there weren't even any signs to indicate this new bus service. Ok actually i think I saw a piece of paper announcing this stuck to the railings of the previous 179 berth last week, but they should have put up signs at the MRT station! I mean the queue is mostly so long that people will just assume the long queue is the 179 queue and won't even know that there is actually a 179A.

So, today there was this elderly man on the 179A bus, and didn't know there was a difference in stops. One stop before entering NTU, the man frantically pressed the stop bell but the driver just kept going (as he should). But the thing was, the driver didn't even bother to tell the man that the bus was 179A and not 179 and thus does not stop at that particular stop. When the elderly man went forwards to ask, the driver even waved his hand impatiently and said that the bus doesn't stop there. The poor old man got down at the first NTU stop looking annoyed.

SBS should have at least put up some signs in prominent positions near the MRT or along the pathway to the 179 berth so that people who have not been informed of the new service would not join the queue blindly. I'm sure the elderly man is not the only one who made a mistake today.

Problem with Advertlets Polls

2007-09-30T17:16:00.001+08:00

there seems to be a problem with the advertlets polls on my blog. Ever since i added the code, my blog has been taking a long time to load, and sometimes, it doesn't load properly. Also, the polls are not always visible. Either that or they don't load properly and you see a little box with a red 'x' in it. I wonder if i'm the only one experiencing such problems.

well anywae, if you can see the poll, then please help me fill it in, if you can't, it's ok. If my blog doesn't load at all, or takes a looooong time to load, please let me know! Cos apparently sometimes my blog and poll loads fine on my com but has problems loading on other's coms.

Semi-addictive game:Grow Cube

2007-09-29T20:30:00.000+08:00

If you haven't tried Grow Cube before, you should! It's quite fun. There are 2 columns of items on the left and right, and you are supposed to select them in the correct order. Each of the items will grow with each turn, and affect each other as they grow, so you have to be careful of your clicking order! If you manage to get all in the correct order there should be a nice animation at the end and a "congratulations" banner.=)

It is quite unlikely that you will get it right on your first try cause it's mostly guesswork when you first start. After a few tries you should have observed which items require another item for it to grow fully and which items grow at a faster or slower pace. If you have a poor memory i suggest you write down the order which you clicked the items so that you can adjust your clicking order the next round and not just repeat the same mistakes. lol sounds like alot of work for a game? Well you can alwayz just keep trying until you get it.

In the event that you have tried countless times, are still unable to solve the cube and feel like screaming, leave me a comment asking for help! I think i've memorized the order by now, though i'm prone to forgetting it. =p

How to stay awake during lectures

2007-09-28T00:23:00.001+08:00

Recess week is almost over and I've still so much work to do! Well anyway since school is starting again soon, here are some tips to keep awake in those boringgg lectures...

1. repeatedly poke the soft toy hanging on your friend's bag (or on your own if you have, but more fun to poke other people's =p)
2. poke your friend instead if no soft toys are available
3. bring a cute pencil case for everyone to play with (mine's in the shape of a Yorkshire Terrier puppy! ^^)
4. blast music out from your laptop, but make sure itz only loud enough to annoy people around you, and not loud enough for the lecturer to hear
5. play games on your laptop (make good use of those hours in lectures to level up!)
6. grab as many pens, pencils and other stationery as you can and start stacking them up, challenging yourself to create a higher stack each lecture
7. whip out your handphone and play games on it
8. sms your friends ("this lecture is sooo sian, i feel like sleeping!", "yea, me too, later we skip the next lecture la. wanna go home Zzz liao.")
9. call your friends
10. amuse yourself watching other people's head nod and sway as they take a nap
11. start tapping out a rhythm on your desk and encourage your friends to tap along 12. play games like tic-tac-toe, hangman and connect 4 on paper
13. examine the lecturer and attempt to draw a sketch of him/her on your lecture notes
14. read notes on another subject you like

and if all else fails....
15. give in to the sleepiness and drift off into dreamland...

Pink Cube Earrings

2007-09-26T12:44:00.000+08:00

I was bored so I made these cute cube earrings...hehe =p

Check out my shop if you are interested in buying ya? =) Oh and while you are here, could you please do the short survey in the left column? It'll take less than a minute! Thanks alot! ^_^

My horrifying near-fainting experience

2007-09-25T16:31:00.000+08:00

Today I almost fainted during lunch time. Maybe it's because I was too hungry, coupled with terrible cramps... ><

It was quite sudden actually. I was fine while walking to the coffeeshop with my mother. Then we ordered drinks and awhile after the drinks arrived, I suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous. Following that I started shivering uncontrollably and both my arms felt numb. At this point I was too weak to hold my head up so I had to put my head down on the table. Cold sweat soaked my clothes and dripped down my face. My lips became paler than my face (according to my mum, cos obviously i couldn't see it myself) and my numb hands also lost their colour.

My mother ordered milo for me but I only managed to drink a few mouthfuls as I didn't have the strength to hold the cup and I was feeling too sick to eat or drink anything. So in the end we "da bao" everything and I slowly made my way home.

At home i forced myself to drink the milo (while sitting on the floor moaning lol) and felt slightly better after that. And had to eat a bun too so that I could take panadol. It took me about 2 hours to slowly recover back to a normal state.

I remember the first time I ever fainted, it was in school! I think it was during sec 4. Some nurses and doctors were at my school to take blood samples to test for Hepatitis B. After they took out a tube of blood from each student, we were made to sit in the room and wait. I was wondering why they made us wait in the room for such a long time, about 1 hr plus. And I found out the reason soon enough. My vision started getting blurry so I blinked afew times, trying to clear it to no avail. Then came the dizziness and nauseous feeling, and then, a blank. After that when I came to the doctor asked me "do you always faint when withdrawing blood?" (As if I did it very frequently -.-) It was only then that I knew I had fainted haha. I was quite blur when i first came too, didn't know what had happpened. At least this experience taught me something: how to identify the signs of fainting. so now I know to sit or squat down if I experience any symptoms.

Finally had a haircut (or trim)

2007-09-24T16:15:00.000+08:00

I finally went to get my hair trimmed after i dunno how many months. This time I went to a different salon in bedok, it's called White House salon. Previously i went to a different salon just beside them lol. I decided to try a different one cos the I wasn't really satisfied at the old salon. They made me stand to cut my hair cos it was too long. And the cut wasn't that nice anyway.

At White House salon however, the stylist actually bent down to cut my hair, and not make me stand up. also, they were much more professional and I was quite happy with the cut, though it was shorter than I wanted it. Actually i wanted to trim only 1 inch at most, but the stylist said my hair is quite dry at the ends so she told me to cut 3 inches so I said ok. But i think she ended up cutting more than that but itz ok as long as itz nice. =) My hair is so short now! From around hips previously to just below waist now I think. haha.

Oh and the stylist was also commented that for long hair, having a neat shape is important. I guess she said that cos i was trying to drag my next trim for as long as possible so my hair was kinda seriously out of shape lol. But i usually trim around once every 6 months or so? sometimes less. It depends. cos if hair grows at a rate of ard 1/2 inch per month then i gotta wait at least 6 months before cutting, if not they will kp cutting it shorter and shorter...

And the stylist also asked me a weird qns."Why did you dye your hair such a light colour? Do you like it?" Of course i like it if not i wouldn't dye it that colour rite? But the way she asked it was as if i'm the only person in the world, or maybe juz Singapore, whose hair is light-coloured. This is not the case. I'm sure there are many out there who have light-coloured hair too. Or maybe not that many in Singapore? In Japan itz rarer to see dark-haired than light-haired people.

Show Luo: Bet on it (high school musical 2)

2007-09-23T22:18:00.000+08:00

I caught the music video of xiao zhu singing the chinese version of "Bet on it" today on Disney Channel. It was quite a cool video, but there is something I wasn't happy about. (Has nth to do with Show of course =p) They misspelled xiao zhu's name as "Show Lo" instead of "Show Luo". How could they have made such a mistake! >=(. Actually they also spelt it wrongly previously when they were advertising the date and time of the music video. I even tried to email Disney Channel Asia to complain but somehow the email couldn't go through. They didn't provide an email address and I had to send and email through their website, but when i clicked "submit" I got an error message...=(

The Da Vinci code

2007-09-21T21:06:00.000+08:00

I just finished reading the Da Vinci Code, and I must say it is a very engaging read! I couldn't wait to come home from school everyday just so I could feast my eyes on the novel. reading it makes me wanna go back to the Lourve again to look at the features in the paintings mentioned in the book. I went there once before but I think i was quite young at that time, so I don't remember anything. I remember taking a picture of a picture of the Mona Lisa though cos i think they didn't allow pictures of the real thing lol.

But one thing about the book is that, fact and fiction are mixed together, and thus I have no idea what to believe and what not to. I have a tendency to believe eveything in the book just because there are some facts, then I have to stop myself and question if the information is real. All the codes used in the book were very ingenious indeed! I don't think I would have been able to solve them! though of course I might have a better chance if i actually researched extensively in those areas.

Oh, and the reason i've only read the book now though itz been out for some time is that books are expensive! And I was only allowed to buy this cos the MPH at Parkway Parade had a closing down sale...

UOB campus account

2007-09-21T00:42:00.000+08:00

I just opened a campus account with UOB this Wednesday.they credit interest into your account monthly and I really like that, I hate waiting one whole year for interest. Also they have a higher interest rate than my current POSB account so that's great too. Seriously, POSB's interest rate is too low in my opinion. Oh and this campus account is a chequeing account so you get a cheque book too! Though i doubt i'll be using it, itz cool..=p There's also a promotion going on till dec 2007 for UOB cardholders, where every $5 you charge to your card gives you 1Uni$, which when accumulated can be exchanged for great gifts.

Actually, my school has an OCBC bank with a special debit card just for the students there, but somehow I found the offers and priviledges for the UOB campus account more appealing. Also , on the OCBC page promoting the debit card, the relevant interest rates were not clearly stated and that really put me off 'cause I had to search for it in other areas of the site.

Now i'm just waiting for my personalised UOB campus account debit card to arrive! =) I need to remember to transfer my $$ over before then or else i'll have nth to spend! =p

Mind Over Stress

2007-09-18T00:12:00.000+08:00

Had my mind over stress mid-term quiz today. It was quite manageable actually. At first it was supposed to be MCQ + some structured questions and the duration to be 2hrs, but then the lecturer changed it to 20 MCQ only and the duration, 1 hr. Anyway most people finished way before the 1 hr was up.

Due to the lack of space in the small LT, we were all sitting side-by-side, as opposed to sitting on alternate seats if there was enough space. Thus, this made copying very easy, especially for an MCQ paper. The guy sitting to my left knew, and exploited, this fact. Throughout the whole test he kept peering at the the answers of the guy in front, and frantically copied down his answers. His eyes were flickering from left to right too, and he kept twisting from side to side in his chair, trying to get a glimpse at his neighbours' answers. I had to constantly sheild my OAS from his peeping eyes. It was really quite stressful. And, when people started queuing up to hand in their papers, there was some noise and talking, and he took this as a sign that it was now ok for him to discuss the answers with his friends sitting around him. The lecturer, busy collecting scripts and taking attendance, didn't notice the unusual amount of talking during the QUIZ. My friend even saw some people taking out their notes to refer!

Show Luo at Plaza Singapura

2007-09-08T21:34:00.000+08:00

I'm so happyyyy!! today i saw xiao zhu at plaza singapura! he was there to perform the chinese version of a song from high school musical 2. Sadly though , i couldn't make it there earlier cos i had to teach tuition in the morning, so i didn't actually see him perform. I managed to see him on stage discussing his new album and saying some well wishes though. His advice for those sitting for exams soon: "Don't cheat during exams!" XD

But, too bad my hp's camera is really lousy can can't even zoom, so i couldn't get a picture of him..awww...when i get a new phone itz going to be one with a decent camera...Anyway this is the first and probably the only time i get to see him in person so i'm content enough..=)

Early..but dead

2007-09-06T13:56:00.000+08:00

after last wednesday's experience of being 15 mins late for my first lecture because of the super long 179 queue, i got out of the house earlier this wed, meaning i had to wake up earlier too. It was around 7.45am when i reached boon lay bus interchange and surprisingly, the queue for the 179 bus was rather short, such that i had to walk some distance before i spotted it. Last week it was so amazingly long that i joined the queue straight after i exited the mrt station. And i heard some people at the back of the queue saying that the queue actually had to loop around the mrt station as it was too long...LoL.

So anyway.. i managed to reach the lecture theatre at 8.15am, lots of time to spare, but i was so dead tired that i couldn't really concentrate during the lecture. Luckily it was a maths lecture and most of the stuff is just A level maths.

So halfway during the lecture i took out my intro to Java lab manual and started reading it cos i was getting too sleepy. And that managed to wake me up cos i was trying to remember how to implement something. Oh and one of my classmate was so late that she didn't even bother coming into the LT.hahahhaha.

Happy teachers' day!

2007-08-31T19:53:00.000+08:00

today my first lesson was at 11.30am so i went back to my secondary school for a very little while just to pass some gifts to a few teachers. my music teacher was especially happy to see me =) she said "you're very good, you never forget me, and i also haven forgotten you" haha, i'm not sure if that is a direct quote anot cos i can't really remember... Oh then i was talking to my sec 4 (i think ) PE teacher and he suddenly asked, "Have you alwayz been this tall?" and i said, "err...ya.." LOL.

I haven been back to the school for a while and much has changed, the teacher's have new lockers outside the staff rooms now and there are painted designs in the toilet walls and on the staircase steps. Most of the walls also have a fresh coat of paint. Looks quite nice. Too bad i didn't get to go back to my JC too, class ended too late..

Also, i dunno why most people think i'm not a Singaporean, but i was in the canteen and the auntie from the burger stall asked us (me and my friends) if we are from Thailand. Then i said no, only 1 guy is from Thailand. Then so she asked me if i'm Indonesian! haha mostly people ask me if i'm from China so this is a first.

oh and now the guard sitting at the foyer to take down visitor's names even has a nice wooden table with some equipment. Previously he was just using a few of those classroom tables...
It was nice going back even though it was only awhile.too bad i couldn't ask all my friends along though since i had to rush to school for lessons..oh well, i wish all teachers out there a very Happy Teachers' Day!

me & my lappie

2007-08-26T16:24:00.000+08:00

Haha, lappie as in laptop! Finally got one of my own..=) itz a Hp student promotion, check it out if you're interested..i believe the promotion is still on. If your matirculation card is approved by HP, you can get the notebook at $1499! it usually sells for $2299. What i like about it is the fingerprint recognition, i can log in with juz a swipe of my finger! totally cool ya.

Some quick specs:
1 GB RAM
160 GB harddisk
1.8Ghz processor
12.1 inch screen

ok well the screen might be a little small to some, but i find it ok. you can always adjust the font size if you feel that you are going blind. ^^ oh btw, itz a tablet pc so you can write instead of type if you hate typing. however in my opinion typing is much faster la.

A poem by me...

2007-08-19T15:59:00.000+08:00

I was helping my younger bro with his geog homework last night and he was supposed to write a poem about protecting the forests...so anywae i wrote a poem as an example for him and last night he refused to use it, saying it was too much like literature and not like geography. Forgive me la, i only took geog in sec 1 & 2. And isn't a poem supposed to be literature?? And then this afternoon he decided to use my poem after all. Must be too lazy to think of his own. But he modified it slightly, and in my opinion he made it sound weird but if he likes it...The poem i wrote goes like this:

Protecting the forests

I am home to many creatures,

The crawling, flying, climbing and gliding.

They need my shelter, a place to hide,

When storms and monsters threaten their lives.

I hold my branches far and wide,

Providing shade for those below.

Because of me the air is fresh.

How can you bear to cut me down?

Leave me alone! for I am innocent.

Don't burn or slash or cut or saw!

I am helpless, I cannot run,

Please spare my life, oh noble one!

I miss my home, I miss my friends,

I don't want to be a paper plane!

So I beg of you, my dear friends,

Observe the 3Rs and help me stand tall!

ok i know itz not that good la, some parts sound abit funny...but i did it in 10 mins...

Raining Cats and Dogs

2007-08-16T18:16:00.001+08:00

wow it was storming so heavily this morning at Boon Lay! And the wind was so strong that everyone got drenched just coming out of the MRT! can you believe that? the platform floors were totally flooded and the MRT staff had to make announcements every few minutes to remind people to stand behind the yellow line.

when i reached the 179 berth, i was lucky that the bus just came so i managed to get a seat..=) speaking of which, ytd i had a morning lecture at 8.30am, so i was thinking since it's earlier it should be less crowded. but boy was i wrong. 179 is at berth 8, and the queue stretched from berth 8 all the way to 7 and 6 and almost reaching 5. When i was walking there from the MRT station i juz saw this long line and thought that must be the queue for 179 so i juz joined it. And sure enough it was. But the good thing was that 3 buses came consecutively so it wasn't too crowded..

oh yes, and i finally managed to drop symmetry and crystals! i'm now taking a business minor elective...but this one is a weekly 4 hr seminar..=( oh wells you can't have everything.

Happy Birthday Singapore!

2007-08-09T15:22:00.000+08:00

Yay! National Day is finally here! Can't wait to watch the NDP tonight! =)

Hmm, i'm not sure if everyone thinks the same way i do but i find that our National Day songs have a certain 'feel' to them, like you can recognise a National Day song when you hear it. This year's national day song for example, I first heard it in a minimart, and immediately i could recognise it for what it was. I was like, "that sounds like a national day song, is it the new one this year?", and my mother who was with me told me it was! And i'm not even talking about the lyrics, which might give you some clues, just the melody in general...haha maybe i'm the only one who feels this way.

Anyway, once again, Happy Birthday Singapore!

Symmetry & Crystals...

2007-08-08T20:07:00.000+08:00

I had my first science elective lecture today on symmetry and crystals. I actually wanted forensic science but sadly there were no vacancies left. I hope someone drops it!

So anyway, it was a 3 hr lecture, but luckily there was a short break after each hour, so it wasn't so bad. 3 hrs non stop would have been a killer. But what is symmetry and crystals all about? Well...itz mostly about tesselation in crytals, as in the atoms and how they bond. Very chemistry stuff. It's rather interesting, though a tad chim. The first 2 parts of the lecture was ok, but by the 3rd part, more chim stuff was introduced and I was slightly lost.

The thing about this course is that there is no final year exam, but instead online exams every 2-3 weeks. That means a total of about 4 assessments in the whole semester. I'm not sure if that's a good thing anot.On one hand, I'll have 1 less exam to study for at the end of the semester, but on the other, i'll have to study my notes every week to get prepared for the online assessments...

First day of school

2007-08-06T20:58:00.000+08:00

Today I woke up at 7am and rushed out of the house at 7.50am (cos i was supposed to leave at 7.45am) and almost thought i was gonna be late. But luckily I reached on time for the first tutorial. However, after waiting in the tutorial room for a few minutes, someone came in and told us there are no tutorials for the first week. -_-" could have told me that earlier then i could have slept for another hour.

Oh ya, on welcome day i met one of my seniors who was from the same secondary school as me. I didn't know him in secondary school la, just see before around school. My sec sch friend who knew him introduced us then after that he said he sort of remembers seeing me performing with the CO (Chinese Orchestra) b4. lol maybe cos i sit right in front... Anyway itz lucky that I met a senior, so i was less lost around the school. He's been a great help. =)

Tomorrow I have a 1 hr lecture at 9.30am, and then a 4 hour break b4 the next lecture! omg i dunno what am i gonna do...

Random funny video

2007-08-04T19:54:00.000+08:00

the video is in Chinese...enjoy! =)

What a day!

2007-08-03T22:50:00.000+08:00

Had trouble falling asleep last night, was tossing and turning in bed till about 6+ a.m. then finally fell asleep. And had to wake up at 7.30a.m. to go to school for the Freshmen Welcome Day...yawnz.

When I arrived at Boon Lay bus interchange, I had to run after bus 179. Let me, at this moment, explain that Boon Lay bus interchange is shaped as a U, with the MRT at one end of the U. And, 179 stops at the other end of the U shape! Grrr...>=(
but luckily there was a long queue so I managed to get on the bus. This is about the only time I'll ever be thankful for a long queue.

So anyway the welcome ceremony was rather fun, at least the last part was. The first part was mostly welcome speeches by various important people, during which I was trying hard not to fall asleep. However the performances after that managed to wake me up. And we got free school windbreakers! =)

Lessons officially start next Monday..I hope I can find all the various lecture theatres and tutorial rooms..

You realise how small Singapore is when...

2007-08-02T20:34:00.000+08:00

...you meet your primary school friend whom you have not seen for 6 years in your JC. And she ends up in the same class as you.

...you come from a secondary school in the east, go to a JC all the way in the west and meet your secondary school mate there just when you thought you were the only one from your sec sch.

...you go to university and once again meet your sec schmate who become your JC schmate who is now your Uni schmate.

cool huh? Btw, in case you are wondering, I did experience the above stated scenarios. =)

More frequent buses?

2007-08-01T15:14:00.000+08:00

It's good news right? Public buses arriving more frequently? Well...it might not neccessarily be good news, perhaps a mix of both good and bad.

I remember when I was in secondary school, it was a rush to get to the bus stop once the school bell rings, in order to beat the crowd. If you are lucky, the bus arrives not too long after you reach the bus-stop, if not, you have to wait sometimes up to 20+ mins. And when the bus finally arrives, the driver just ignores all the flagging hands and zooms past! Can you believe that? I mean the bus was practically empty! For some reason he must be behind schedule and therefore chose to ignore the crowd at the bus-stop. So you see, if buses have to arrive at a shorter time interval, they might just choose to skip some stops if they are late. But then again, the wait for the next bus wouldn't be so long either.

I've never really liked taking buses. The MRT is more predictable. No traffic jams, estimated travel time mostly accurate and no skipping of stops. And the best thing is, trains sometimes arrive at 1 min intervals during peak hours! With trains I can plan my arrival time down to the minute and almost always be on time.