Because I'm Loved!

2010-12-17T17:07:00.001+08:00

Well...Decided that its time to blow some dust off this blog. So many things have happened, so many new insights, new responsibilities which have been taken on but finished the job, and left me hungering for more. So many new thoughts entering my head.

Why does it hurt to look back? Maybe its better to not look back, and look to the future.

2010-06-09T22:15:00.000+08:00

Where is this going?

2010-05-15T16:10:00.002+08:00

8th May 2010 - Official close of a chapter of life and a totally new beginning of a new one.

New place, new beginning, new friends, new acquantainces, new life, new pursue of knowledge, new happiness.

2010-04-15T10:44:00.000+08:00

This rings very true:

The reason why you are feeling that you are leading a meaningless unfulfilling life, is because you haven’t thought about your goals in life. What do you want to achieve before you die? What do you want to be remembered as? Everyday you do your job but it is not challenging your brain and it is repetitive and mundane and this is why you are feeling bored, because if you do something you are passionate about you can see where it leads to the future, then you are having fun everyday.

I’m sorry that you missed out on having all the ‘fun’ – movies, friends, parties, travel, but that was for uni days. And that’s over. Now that you’re working there is no more time for such fun, such superficial fun. Meaningless fun. Now is the time to now live in the past and wishful thinking and iron out your life.

I want to do it, I do. I will. 

2010-03-29T20:56:00.005+08:00

I'm allergic to people.

HUGE CROWDS of people.

Huge crowds or boring, uninspired, fugly people.

....

My eczema always flares up in the train when i go to work / come back after work.

Hehehehe.

Saw a bird sleeping on a bush just beside a lighted pedestrian walkway and actually used a leaf to cover the face! So cute and so stupid. Stupid bird. And only kang and me stopped to admire how stupid it was and took pics of it. When i feel like it i'll upload it lol. stupid bird. then took pics it woke up then it just stood on the bush and stared back like wtf are u staring at me get a life i want to sleep.

lol. stupid bird.

And nobody even stopped to look at it. unobservant people.

2010-03-25T22:17:00.003+08:00

Remember when I swore May last year that it was the end of studying for me and I will never ever study again or take exams again and I had enough of studying since I had been studying for like 21 years non stop!

Well, I take it back. I always eat my words nowadays I find, heh.

I may have forgotten how horrible my uni study life was, the stress and gila madness assessments, because I am actually going to sign up for a dip in retail management course covering everything from operations to supply chain to marketing to advertising to human resource to buying to merchandising to international retailing to retailing and the economy! And I'm quite excited about this because frankly I am really quite fed up with being a noob and not understanding things when the business analysts finance ppl start using their terms. I so wish to join them in their discussions, to provide some opinions and insights, to crawl out of this stupid shell, instead of having to mingle with people who are perfectly contented with their lives and have no aim to go higher and all the topics to talk about are kids, what they bought, what they ate, what is best to eat to keep slim, for some general health, I am really going to fall asleep if I continue like this.

So yes here's for continuous learning towards topics that I am interested in good riddance science degree at least you trained my brain up to rmb stuff. Stuff that i can barely rmb now unless you give me an article and i'll say hey i knew this. Yeah something like that. Bah.

Enough.

2010-03-22T23:03:00.002+08:00

Went to some female magazine 50th Anniversary glass set up outside wisma atria today, and was greeted with the most unexpected service:-

You know when you push a door into an exclusive magazine studio set up, you really want to buy a mag, and the sales is already in your hand when a customer sendiri goes and push open the door to go in. So i approach the counter where 2 girls are sitting, and ask whats the ongoing promotion.

"Oh you just buy a mag and get to choose u want this or this, but actually the new issue is coming out in a few days time so you might as well wait."

Awesome man actually rejecting a sale o.O

2010-03-14T15:58:00.002+08:00

Interesting how I've been bumping into people randomly these few days:

@MOF bugis - actually bumped into ex-colleagues from AZ. Glad to be out of there, and finally not be the girl from the office who wants to mix with sales ppl. Heh. Good riddance.

@Cityhall - bumped into Myrna, an old NUS friend. That was good, almost couldnt recognize her from the dressing up haha.

@Chinatown near office - bumped into Pui Ee, what a surprise :D havent seen the girl in ages since NTU days. :)

Haha. 4 yrs here and wherever i walk i have never bumped into anyone I know, until now.

An example of Excellent Top Management :) Taken from WSJ news

2010-03-08T22:00:00.003+08:00

By ELLEN BYRON

Estée Lauder Cos. CEO Fabrizio Freda, only the second nonfamily member to lead the company since its founding in 1946, would like to change the way department stores sell cosmetics.Mr. Freda wants to woo customers who are still hesitant to splurge on upscale cosmetics. To make shopping less intimidating, some beauty counters now display prices, loosening a taboo. He is also designing counters to cater to varied shopping preferences.Since arriving as president from Procter & Gamble Co. two years ago—he added the CEO title in July—the Italian-born Mr. Freda has also been working with the Lauder family, most of whom hold management positions, to remake the company.Estée Lauder's inefficient operations have long pressured profits, its reliance on U.S. department stores has hampered sales growth, and its management structure has encouraged fierce rivalry among executives. The recession also curbed shoppers' appetite for high-end cosmetics just as mass-market brands were increasing product launches and marketing.To cut costs, Mr. Freda forced brands to share consumer research and other back-office functions and cut ad and sampling spending. He also announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs.The company's new frugality has started to boost the bottom line, with profit in its most recent quarter up 62%, to $256.2 million, and sales up 11%.

In an interview, Mr. Freda explained how he's trying to shake up the beauty business.

Excerpts:

WSJ: What happened when some of your beauty counters started posting prices?Mr. Freda: It allowed the consumer to make up her mind without having to ask the price. This takes embarrassment away. Surprisingly, most consumers said, "I didn't know it was so affordable."We have an opportunity to better explain the value that we provide. For example, when a consumer buys a mass-market foundation, they have two to three times more chance of [selecting the wrong shade]. We get it right the first time.

WSJ: U.S. department stores have been a drag on Estée Lauder's results for years. How do you fix that?Mr. Freda: We are cooperating with U.S. department stores to get energy and [shopper] traffic back to the cosmetics floor. We can improve the level of service and education we give.We know that 45% of women entering the store want only to replenish a cosmetic and not have a full trial experience. Some women, particularly younger women, like to play with products without being disturbed by a consultant. Other women want full service. We are working to be sure we can serve consumers the way they want to be served.

Credit for both: Estee Lauder

At Bloomingdale's new Clinique counter in New York, you can have full service from a consultant, analysis from a computer or browse on your own. A corner called Clinique Express provides product replenishment. So far the counter is doing well.

WSJ: You've cut a lot of costs. Where are you investing?Mr. Freda: We're putting more emphasis on global product development. The biggest opportunities are skin care and makeup. In geographic terms, we're focusing on Asia in general and China in particular. We are cooperating with department stores around the globe to accelerate growth.

WSJ: You are investing more in consumer research. Why?Mr. Freda: We don't want to just do the products that consumers want. We want to be inspired by consumer desires and surprise them with products and services that they don't expect.

WSJ: So you want to offer consumers what they don't know they want?Mr. Freda: Correct. If you shop in a mass-market retailer, you're going to buy toilet paper, detergents and you can buy cosmetics. But this experience for the majority of women around the globe is not pleasant. When you buy cosmetics in a beautiful department store, your shopping experience is a moment of indulgence. We're trying to build our strategy to be sure this is well understood by consumers.

WSJ: Are upscale beauty consumers spending again?Mr. Freda: In the U.S. and Europe, consumers moved away from the idea of luxury being an element of status. Will they come back to where they started in 2006 or 2007? I don't think so. But I believe the elements of quality, value sensitivity and attention to their full experience will stay for a long time.Consumers in developing markets like China, Russia and Brazil, they're back full speed. They spend time at our counters—in this moment much more so than in developed markets.Our MAC brand is particularly successful in emerging markets where mothers don't teach daughters how to do makeup. The bigger the cultural differences between generations, the more the service provided by our makeup artists has value.

WSJ: Some surmise that your cost cutting would make Estée Lauder an attractive acquisition. Do you see advantages in being part of a bigger company?Mr. Freda: No. We see ourselves as an acquisitive company in the long term.

WSJ: How do you work with the Lauder family?Mr. Freda: Each one of them in a different way has been coaching me. [Executive Chairman and former CEO] William Lauder has been helping me understand all the opportunities and issues we have much faster than what I could've learned on my own. The right balance between consumer understanding and creativity is a strategic direction that emerged from a dialogue between me and my team and the family.

WSJ: Have any books influenced your leadership style?Mr. Freda: "The Prince" by Machiavelli. The book is much more positive than what history says about it.What we learn reading this book is the difficulty of change. Machiavelli explains [that] when you need to change something, you have as enemies all the people who were happy in the previous status. You look for supporters in the people who want to change but don't know how their life would be after change.

2010-03-08T21:43:00.002+08:00

Up till some award before the oscars, I have never heard of the movie 'The Hurt Locker'. Was it even screening in Malaysia? Or Singapore?

Now its the winner of Best Picture and Best Director? Not James Cameron with Avatar?

How can! Wtf. 11 million budget vs. 210 million bucks. Some normal effects vs a totally new technology to film 3D. And the winner wasnt the highest grossing movie surpassing Titanic! One more point, Zoe Saldana should have been nominated as Best Actress!

I'm not convinced.

2010-03-07T22:31:00.003+08:00

There MUST be something more to life than this.

But somehow I cant pinpoint where, or what it is.

Hmms.

Is this how life will be till you die?

How unproductive and meaningless. Hmms.

2010-03-06T23:59:00.002+08:00

Sooo.. its been pretty long since I really updated :)

I've been working at a new place for 2 weeks+ now! :) Love it very much what a big difference when there is an efficient management around! :) You actually SEE things being done, you SEE people interacting, you SEE ideas being thrown around, you GET big lunches, welcome lunches, you GET free stuff, nice colleagues, what is more to ask :) You also get a nice job which actually keeps you busy hahaha.

Love it. Love you job. Love you company :)

2010-02-28T22:24:00.002+08:00

Drooling over -

http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=80&viewAllFlag=false&catalogId=20552&storeId=12552&categoryId=155424&parent_category_rn=49448&productId=1459963&langId=-1

and / or

http://www.dorothyperkins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?beginIndex=220&viewAllFlag=false&catalogId=20552&storeId=12552&categoryId=155424&parent_category_rn=49448&productId=1460495&langId=-1

Would anyone be such a dear to buy for me? Dont see it in the stores where I am :( Even if see it still have to wait for price reduction :(

Haha :)

2010-02-10T22:12:00.001+08:00

From the step that seemed impossible to land on....I landed on it head on :)

Now to stay true to myself.

2010-01-27T21:34:00.002+08:00

If you don't love, you will never treasure

If you don't try, you will never know

If you don't struggle, you will never learn

If you don't learn, you will never live

When will you ever love, try, struggle and learn?

I did. :)

2010-01-18T23:36:00.002+08:00

Leona Lewis - Happy
someone once told me
that you have to choose
what you win or lose
you cant have everything
dont you take chances
you might feel the pain
dont you love in vain
cause love wont set you free
i could stand by the side
and watch this life pass me by
so unhappy but safe as could be
so what if it hurts me
so what if i break down
so what if this world just throws me off the edge
my feet run out of ground
i gotta find my place
i wanna hear my sound
dont care about other pain infront of me
cause im just trying to be happy, yea
just wanna be happy, yea

holding on tightly
just cant let it go
just trying to play my role
slowly diasappear, oooh
well all these days
they feel like theyre the same
just different faces, different names
get me outta here
well i can stand by the side
and watch this life pass me by
pass me by

so any turns that i cant see
ill count a stranger on this road
but don’t say victim
dont say anythng

so what if it hurts me
so what if i break down
so what if this world just throws me off the edge
my feet run out of ground
i gotta find my place
i wanna hear my sound
dont care about all the pain infront of me
cause im just tryna be happy
just wanna be happy

2010-01-14T15:02:00.002+08:00

One step away from the first step to do something that I really like.

I will stretch my legs damn far like elastic rubber band to make sure that I will firmly land on the first step.

2009-12-15T22:59:00.002+08:00

I'm rediscovering my passion in life. I'm finally rediscovering my drive, I've been living like a zombie for too many years. That time is over. This is now. :) This is where we start.

And i believe that my 4+ months was not wasted, I was able to help one of my friends to see some of the skills she has, to improve her self confidence, to make her feel happier.

I've also realized how two-faced people can be, and I've emerged from this so much smarter, and stronger, and wiser with a clear direction where to head.

Of course, I also realize that I've never really been happy here in this country, however since I am still young we shall see where the drive takes me for now the only reason I'm still here is because the money here is better.

To quote success built to last: Success in the long run has less to do with finding the best idea, organizational structure, or business model for an enterprise, than with discovering what matters to us as individuals. It is here, at a very personal level, where thought and feeling inform each other, that creativity begins,n and where the potential for enduring organizations emerges.

It is the people that matters. My soon to be ex company should learn this by heart.

Goodbye, suckers! :)

2009-11-23T22:33:00.002+08:00

When you let go of old cheese, you start to see that it is mouldy and you have been ignoring the mould all the while.

When you let go of old cheese, only then will you start to look for new cheese and see that new cheese is better than the mouldy old cheese.

When you laugh at yourself, you embrace change. And you believe that change is good for you.

Goodbye old cheese. I'm discarding my fears now and i'm going to look for fresh new cheese.

I was so blinded by the money that I failed to see that my personal development was stuck like a rut. I was becoming someone I vowed not to become. Superficial, materialistic, money-minded. Let this be a lesson to be learned. That people can sometimes be superficial, and warm on the surface but will not hesitate to backstab you whenever they please. Goodbye and...

Hello world! :)

2009-11-09T21:42:00.002+08:00

Split personalities.

Mornings i'm like crap i want more challenge *browses around and afternoons i'm like this is not so bad time to go home already! :)

How.

2009-11-05T22:11:00.002+08:00

I think that working in an MNC is SO overrated.

Just my humble opinion. In a huge international organization like this you dont even meet your big big boss CEO and he/she has no idea absolutely of who you are, your organization here in some tiny asia country is just a dot in the whole pyramid structure and you are not even a dot in the whole organization. And all the positions are already fixed on your job functions, and what you do, who does what, cross functional is possible but highly limited and everything is just so niched. I guess it always boils down to the name of the organization you are working for, just like the brands that you wear. It's so fake but you feel so much better saying you have a LV bag rather than a pasar malam bag, no? But dont get me wrong I still havent bought into that yet, dont see a need to, altho the whole of Singapore has one each. Heh.

And I am conflicted everyday mornings i'm like oh mans afternoon i'm like this job is not bad. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, or rather, the other departments. And then i'm not even sure thats what I want to do, do I want to stay in Science? I'm scared of making that change, taking that huge leap.

Decisions, decisions, decisions. And procrastination. Haha.

Newater, Sentosa, Underwater World, Ion Orchard Opening

2009-10-25T12:50:00.008+08:00

10/10/09 Decided that this week we'll break out of the usual boring stay-at-home/go shopping malls and make a trip to Sentosa for the first time ever in the 4 years that we've been here :) And whats a trip to Sentosa without making a trip to Underwater World? :) Comes bundled in with a visit to the dolphin lagoon so was kinda still okay for the price
Fishies! And some big ass lazy white shark-like/sharks fishes who are contented to just show you their tails

Siloso beach, me excited to be at a beach again albeit a no waves beach and kang squinting in the sun lol ;p The water was clear tho very nice :)
haha worms :)
My fave sea turtles
Siloso beach looks decent no? Just no waves -.- and no fishes -.- and no shells -.-

You can put your head inside its mouth damn huge
Hello dugong aka sea mermaid busy greedily chomping on algae
Acting like a tourist with a water bottle
Entrance to Sentosa as viewed on the monorail

The week before - Went to visit the Newater plant for Kang's FYP
RO distillation process
Some stations for kiddy games
Micropores? For filtration. Overall nothing much was more to cater for secondary school kids.

Last night went for ION orchard's opening - only went there cos wang lee hom was performing haha. Had to wait agonizingly for 1 hour plus with an empty stomach cos they had fashion shows + some dragon dance first. Couldnt really see clearly also cos stood super far away from the stage - they had it all barricaded from public. Whats the use of advertising in the public newspaper when you need a VIP pass to go in?!
Lazy to upload videos of wang lee hom, caught him waving to the crowds later whilst going up an escalator :)

We then proceeded to have a pillow fight :)

yums :)

2009-10-18T22:53:00.002+08:00

I think that somehow in the pursue of $$ and all things materialistic I've lost my sight on one super important thing that I've stressed again and again that nothing is more important than this:

Family. And Love.

Okay, that's 2 things. But yea, how much money can you fork out to buy love? or family? None, baby. None. Even if you had zillions you still cant buy a family, or love, and i mean real love, not fake gold-digger love which is so commonly found nowadays.

Now to steer myself back and remind myself constantly. Whenever you think of $$ this place seems like wow so nice but if you look at family and love this place is EMPTY. there's nothing there. It's empty. ( The click five-empty lyrics comes to mind)

When i balik rumah on certain weekends i see a dad who works in sg and goes back every weekend and his small kids (3 of them, 2 small boys like 4 5 yrs old)will always cry and tell their daddy all they want is him to not go and leave them. But duty calls and he still leaves for work anyway.

And if you think about it, would you make such a sacrifice? Your kids now are still young they will miss you and pine for you but when they are teenagers/all grown up you didnt spend much time at all you're just the fella who came on weekends ate some meals say be good and go back. Which sounds like somebody I know...

There wont be a bond. Would you sacrifice that for money? That bond that is so priceless it comes once in a lifetime and if you dont cherish it well its hard for you to get it back I can tell you that.

Would you?

2009-10-04T00:00:00.002+08:00

A very informative blog worth sharing:

http://pipeline.corante.com

2009-10-02T23:56:00.001+08:00

working is soo much better than studying

no stress man! :)

when you start at the bottom, you see people's true colours, they dont have to be nice to you, or act nice or act anything. So if you're at the bottom you see quite a lot and learn quite a lot.

2009-09-13T22:49:00.002+08:00

My heart goes out to Annie Le, the 24 year old graduate student who was going to get married. The fact that bloodied clothes were found stuffed in a ceiling tile at her lab is really saddening. Imagine your whole life and finally you're getting that phD and going to get married and you have your whole life shining bright ahead of you and this thing happens to you. And i wont be surprised yale is covering up some stuff to protect their reputation. It took 4 days to bring in the dogs, to bring in blueprints of buildings? FOUR days?

It's sad that human beings, supposedly with the highest level of thinking, will kill each other for minor minute things.

Animals wont even kill each other.

2009-09-09T10:38:00.001+08:00

Excerpts from President's Obama Speech worth noting (with slight modifications)

' Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.

We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems.

But at the end of the day, the circumstances of your life - what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going at home - that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. That's no excuse for not trying.

Set your own goals, which can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book - and do everything you can to meet them.

Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.

But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. You wont click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you wont neccessarily succeed at everything the first time you try. That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, 'I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.' These people succeeded because they understand that you cant let your failures define you - you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get a bad grade, it doesnt mean that you're stupid, it just means that you need to spend more time studying.

No one's born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You've got to practice.

Dont be afraid to ask questions. Dont be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Asking for help isnt a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and to learn something new. So find someone that you trust and ask them to help you stay on track to meet your goals.

And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you - dont ever give up on yourself. Keep on going, try harder, and dont do anything less than your best.

So today, I want to ask you, what's your contribution going to be? what problems are you going to solve? What discoveries will you make? What will a president who comes here in 20 or 50 or 100 years say about what all of you did for this country?

You've got to do your part. So I expect you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything that you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don't let us down - Don't yet your family or yourself down. Make us all proud. I know you can do it.'

So inspiring. I wish I had someone who gave me this speech when I was still in high school. But it's still not too late. It still applies :)

2009-09-03T23:16:00.000+08:00

To be normal...

or to be GREAT?

:))

2009-09-02T22:26:00.002+08:00

why do you still read my blog? :)

Now that i'm more contented with this country, i'm having less and less things to gripe about. haha. Just the usual mrt and body odour of the ppl in mrt and the escalating number of smokers on the street.

Speaking of that. My gosh every morning and evening walk to my office must breathe in some *insert curse word* 2nd hand smoke into my lungs. You want to get your lung cancer go ahead man dont irritate my sensitive throat. They should make it a rule that smokers should wear masks, everything u breathe out you breathe back in and i'll laugh at you when i watch you choke on your own smoke and die. Bwahaha. Serves you right.

Well yes i am the baby of the company i'm really the youngest by 2 or 3 years old. But i am proud and happy to tell you that altho I may be the youngest, I can knock your socks off and do things so fast and efficient it can make your glasses drop off no problem. Bring everything on haha. Cos i love my office and my boss and my colleagues. Went back over weekend wah now finally earning some sgd everything back home is soooo cheap :D Yea la i am super price conscious sales addict summore merdeka sales what to do. I will budget myself this month. :)

I miss all my dear friends which i met over the summer. Hope that you are all doing well :) You all are always in my heart no matter how far, thousands of miles, apart.And you all know who you are ;) Hugs.

One more random thought. The songs nowadays are all about the wrong things lah but the beats n d melodies are soooooooooooooooooo bloody addictive.

2009-08-24T22:35:00.002+08:00

Today I got my first ever name cards!!! :) one whole huge stack! :)

I think my degree put too long already: BSc. Life Science (Biomedical) lol. Now i realize should be BSc. Sci(Biomed.) haha! Nevermind at least ppl wont think what is sci and what is biomed ;p

2009-08-21T21:02:00.002+08:00

dum de da dum

nowadays whenever i reach the mrt station in the morning the today paper always habis already so sad. Usually i happily grab a copy and read it all the way while i walk to work. This week met a guy who came down from kl for training, haha i actually applied for that position in kl also but they were so slow in replying me when they actually did call me up i already had this job. Hehe when the guy heard he was like, wah damn lucky you already had this job! lol ;p I really look forward to my HR induction in kl where i will finally get to meet my own fellow msians :)) all the ppl who came down to d sg office from kl all so nice n friendly la. so nice.

G2k now having some massive sales cannot get in kl ever thats why a sales addict like me has gone a bit mad :P Cos i usually cannot afford now suddenly can. Lalala.

Oh. Yest i went to get my ear checked cos its been blocked quite long over the past few days and this all started since a plane loooong time ago u know when u land the
pressure goes 'pop' when the plane lands and ur ears feel normal again when this time it didnt happen to the left ear and i've been having some problems with it since. Then since i have some med benefits can claim ma now working, thought might as well give it a check in case infection later i lose my hearing how right. so searched online since consultation between public hosp n specialist diff of 30 bucks ah can claim might as well go for someone reputable right. Later i meet someone not reputable ask me go for surgery like in msia all d docs all surgery surgery can die. so off i went my boss allow me to go so good right i love my boss then went d doc check my ear cleard some wax on d right ear then say its prob my nose causing the prob lets give it a check, i said okay sure get it diagnosed right. then he turned the chair around and held up a tube with a bright light at d end then i was like hmm wait a minute then he said okay breathe in and out normally..and then pushed the tube into my nose wtf. and then through my nose into my throat OMG can DIE. o.O O.O then he showed me d video turns out its not ear wax lodged in my ear or sth turns out due to my sensitive nose all my life so eustachian tube slightly dysfunctional in opening n closing so pressure a bit hard to stabilize. then he said ok go for a skin allergy we see whether its allergies. Well i already knew i allergic to dust mite used to go for skin allergy tests in nus for free and get paid 10 bucks for being a volunteer. So i went ahead then yea la dustmite la so i told him no need medications la i can live with this as long as not ear infection can already he was fine with it. Went out receptionist say about next apptment i say not neccessary then ok then she give me the bill OMG wtf take your 1st 4 figure digit divide by half. yes i was expecting 3 digit but not that much that skin allergy test was 120 wtf which is i guess the market price. =(

give me a shock man. Lucky can claim. If not really cannot sleep or spend anymore money everyday dont eat or sth. lol. Doubt i'll go to doc again for a long long time.

2009-08-16T20:19:00.004+08:00

I am SOOOO bored. Seriously. When I go back on weekends i get so tired, when i stay here I get so bored and it is really so super damn boring here nothing to do at all man. Sales also cannot compare to home, malls also cannot compare, food also cannot compare, parks also cannot compare, zzz.

I am so bored. I need more friends. Right now I only have one friend :( But then again having one true friend is better than having 10 fake friends. Am i the only person who has so few friends ah. Everyone seems to be having parties go clubbing blablabla so many groups of friends. Maybe i'm just super antisocial. And probably boring. Havent really done anything extraordinary in this lifetime. I was watching Marley and Me today and i thought altho dogs have such short lives marley sure did live his to the fullest, good for him :) Oh, and i also found the closing commentary very true and worth sharing:

" A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes, a waterlog stick will do just fine; a dog doesnt care if ur rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb, give him ur heart and he will give you his. How many people can u say the same about? how many ppl can make u feel rare, and pure, and special? how many ppl can make u feel extraordinary? "

Seriously man. How many? One or two if you are lucky to meet them in your lifetime here on this Earth.

We should all learn from dogs.

2009-08-06T23:11:00.002+08:00

most of my friends have been to so many places all around the world.

I've only been to singapore and then phuket where my pics were all lost cos my stupid hard disk crashed.

great. :(

2009-08-05T20:41:00.002+08:00

Still loving my work and hating the mrt at rush hours :)

I particularly like when my HR associate and my department secretary start talking about hair food specs clothes lol. I've missed out on girl talk for soo long. Thank god my office can receive both hitz and fly fm! I tell u sg radios are SOOOO BORING PLS HAVE SOME ENERGY WHEN YOU TALK SO FLAT SONGS SO BORING if i didnt have hitz and fly i would have been really tempted to start my own radio..or throw a rock at sg radios. Buck up man. Have some energy. Semangat sikit. So yea, hitz and fly. I listen to it when I have some free time :) I am also very good at multitasking :) So far impressed everyone already lalala. Too bad the office people mostly 30+ sigh. Only the med reps are around my age and they arent always around the office. And the super high up people are upstairs at the regional office, lots of caucasians..which I never go to. :(

Oh wells. Anyway its a good job and a good company. :)

When you start to dress up nicely then you start to get attn and people come and intro themselves to you. When you dress tshirt and short everyday go uni nobody bothers about you at all. Dont even want to know you as a friend or know your name. Heh. From there you will know who are your true friends, or who will really love you for you. Which makes me wonder hmmm some girls they have to live with hair extensions and seriously paint on a face everyday, so if lets say they get a bf then at night where got ppl put makeup then the guy will get a shock and faint. lol.Just a funny thought i had, cos every morning in the mrt i see girls which such THICK foundation it looks so fake. haha.

I like my looks and i like my hair. I actually LOVE my natural hair hah you can count with your fingers who has natural hair and no natural hair isnt straight no matter what that is straightened hair already natural hair will curl sometimes quite irritating but its natural. hah.

I have trouble finding the right shoes to wear to work. Still yet to find the pair of heels/covered/ nice classy slippers in which i can WALK in without getting blisters! my feet skin is really irritating small small thing then cut/get blister! super irritating. and no i dont want to wear crocs.

Michael jackson live superbowl 2

2009-07-27T22:51:00.001+08:00

Sobs touching

2009-07-27T22:38:00.000+08:00

Simply amazing hearts

2009-07-27T21:07:00.001+08:00

What happens when a girl returns the drink a guy belanja to let him drink?
A) Broken hearted
B) Get fed up and leave/ignore
C) Get even more infatuated

O.O

hope its not C

2009-07-24T21:33:00.002+08:00

So everyday i will buy economy rice from downstairs cos its the cheapest and still eatable. and the 2 guys serving will smile and wink at me since i started buying last year. I just ignore only lo they probably do it to everybody. Then yest one of them ask me u msian ah turns out they also msian one from kepong one from puchong. Oklo then i get my rice eat and ciao. today i buy my rice sit there suddenly the drink fella give me a lemonade ais turns out one of d fella belanja me o.O seriously wtf man. O.O Consider today the first time i was sitting there and someone belanja me a drink from afar O.O seriously man.

O.O

2009-07-23T21:58:00.001+08:00

dont like the stupid crowded MRTs in d mornings and evenings. sooooo crowded and sandwiched. People smell yucks. and you do realize human beings are really disgusting creatures and it makes me dislike my fellow species....till i get off. Bleargh.

2009-07-22T23:05:00.002+08:00

It irks me that daughtry's newest album has 4 different versions in which each version comes with different bonus songs. :( And the bonus songs are the nicest songs! If you can get your hands on the song Long Road, i highly recommend it. I loved it since i first heard it at last year's concert. :)

Taylor Swift's you belong with me is soo nice and catchy :) The lyrics also makes sense, i like her lyrics, very true and honest :)

after work i decided to jalan jalan around suntec then after that leg pain my heels ah getting worse bleargh so decided to hop on d free bus thinking it will take me to city hall where d mrt is. so i was congratulating myself during the start of d journey haha so smart if not have to walk so far look at that so many turns and traffic lights. then i saw city hall coming up n i thought okay time to get off so good so smart of me. but the bus drove past city hall then i thought oh crap i hope it doesnt end up in changi why is suntec so generous the drivers can drive so far! the bus stopped at clarke quay instead -.- in the end have to walk further cos have to change mrt lines alamak. This is called smart aleck.

haha.

I so love my job

2009-07-21T20:45:00.002+08:00

today i met more ppl who are all soooo nice n i did some work also very interesting :) its nice to put my biomed sci degree to use hahaha. and i may need to read some bm n chinese docs next time lol read should be can speak my malay went down d drain adi i better brush up soon my gila goldfish memory for languages :P

im so proud to work in my company la u noe we're at a new building got super nice landscape man outside windows all gardens got natural sunlight sooo lovely. i wear my tag out everyday hahaha until i reach d mrt soo bangga la :)

today my hr manager gave me 2 wireless mouse man to take home n my director giving me a welcome lunch tmr can u believe it :)

my company ppl actually speak canton cannot believe it here its very rare so reminds me of home :) not all canton which isnt really bearable just sometimes. so nice. so believe it when i say i love my job :D

almost won daughtry leave this town cd on a radio oh well try again tmr im feeling super lucky nowadays =)

2009-07-20T22:14:00.000+08:00

one good way to preserve your malaysian slang

listen to hitz and fly fm in sg :)

I love msian radios :)

Fresh New Start

2009-07-20T21:54:00.002+08:00

First day of work! well first day of permanent job work :D got slight jitters last night wondering how would the 1st day of work be like, but didnt think long and conked out fast thanks to my bus which was delayed 3 hours causing me to reach back at 12am! and i only slept 4 / 5 hours the previous 2 nights last days ma wanna catch up with frensies :)

Woke up at 6.37am ( I like waking up (setting my alarm) at weird times not 6.30 or 7.00 or whole numbers ;p ) went out at 7.32am, reach mrt station 7.42am, reach cityhall 8.10am, reach work 8.31am, sat downstairs till 8.36am then went up the lift only to find nobody at receptionist counter yet so no access in. Luckily got this nice manager guy walking past then he let me in so i sat down read a mag then my super duper lovely director come in n we had a nice chat n she brought me to the pantry had a drink n she intro me to everyone in the team and showed me to my nice new station :) new and nice and big i like :)

cos my senior not in today so today really very relaxed ahhhhh bye bye stupid class tests and 2 hour lecture rushes and no lunch breaks helllooo relaxed working life :) lunch saw my fren so coincident he went for interview at the same company! went for lunch chat a lot i hope he gets it then got makan n work buddy :)

left work 5.45pm soo good life i love my job :D

2009-07-15T17:05:00.002+08:00

I've graduated! I'm an alumni!

I got a job! Starting next monday at a huge pharma MNC :)

Daughtry has a new album out leave this town, listening to it now!

:)

What a Scam

2009-07-03T16:45:00.005+08:00

Today I received a very NICE thing in the mail today:

Wow! Commencement Gift 2009! Wow! Am I getting a gift for all my toil and pain and suffering? Are you finally going to give me a pleasant surprise? I'm so touched!

*Flips open*

Dream on girl! --> A special Commencement Gift TO YOUR CHILD wtf. A few more pictures for your viewing pleasure

with a minimum donation of $100, your child's name can be on the board for everyone to see! So prestigious my foot. What a con job! As if i want my name on it! you pay me 100 bucks to put my name on your board is much more like it.

Please fill in the form to get conned

A special commencement gift to your child?! I'd like to see you give me a nice gift, instead of putting some nice words to get money! Shame on you. As if you havent earned enough from my graduation gown just because i'm such an inelastic customer right! Geram gila.

2009-06-30T22:22:00.002+08:00

on 25th June 2009, the King of Pop Michael Jackson breathed his last breath, the circumstances of his death still unclear. I was never really a fan, but throughout my childhood altho I never took the initiative to know him or his music, I still knew some of his music and his famous dance moves n the ever famous moonwalking stunt =) And these few days with the media full of his news, I read about his life, listened to his works, and watched one of his live concerts on dvd. I was really moved by some of his songs eg you are not alone, heal the world, i'll be there, and touched by how his songs tried to break down racial barriers (black or white), or to ask you to change yourself if you didnt like what you see in the mirror. He may have been eccentric, but I believe sans his quirks he was a very nice and loving person, and I admire the way he protected his 3 children fiercely from the media. I'm sorry for all the pain you went through, and all the surgeries you had to undergo, how people pushed you to your limits, and even the financial distress, and I am sure that you are in a much better place now and will rest in peace. You are, and is, the greatest entertainer of all time, and the world will definitely miss you while you will continue to live on in your music. God bless. =)

2009-06-19T22:08:00.002+08:00

Well you'd be happy to know that I've finally gotten my ass moving and am no longer listed under 'useless' or 'jobless' hah. And once i get my ass moving i get swarmed by offers which brings me to say that jobs come and find me when i want haha. :)) (yes I am feeling rather smug ;p )

So i've been applying to all the big pharma companies and fingers crossed i'll get to hear from them soon! Meanwhile I was on the lookout for temp jobs / promoter jobs and i came across this website asiaparttime.com that lists all the temp promoter jobs some posts are really not bad the pay is quite impressive for temp. I saw this advert rm100 a day at klcc so hey why not since im so free now at home lets give it a try. Emailed this fella and he called me up and we agreed to have a training the next day at 3pm. He offered to pick me up from kj lrt but hrm u think i trust u like that ah pick me up later fetch me dunno where wtf so nolah get the address i go there myself. So i reached there at 3pm sharp on the dot and from the address given i expected an office lot with at least a name out front...but no it was some shady stairs up one floor and there was no office name hung outside at all. wth right. So i'm thinking man like this i dont want to do already lah how the heck am i going to get my money with a nonexistant office. Called up the fella and he was like eh who are you again? oh yea yea eh which project are u working for again? oh yea yea eh i'm on my way from my office wait a while okay i'm reaching. i'm like wtf u should have all this info at ur fingertips and hello i work on sg time not msia time u expect me to wait for u ah u should be waiting for me if u wanna hire me. So kids, first impression is very impt. rmb that. haha.

anyway i waited half an hour okay cos i felt it was my bad too for backing out last min haha but i came up with a good story and managed to get out phew. Some punk guy who obviously looks like has no sense of responsibility omg la how to work like that buck up la for goodness sake. So kids, another lesson, dress up well be punctual and act responsibly. Oh wait thats 3 lessons. haha. :P

Am watching FRINGE, a series by my fave director jj abrams who directed my fave series ALIAS and also LOST :)) Well I was impressed by the starting woo bioterrorism weapon melts you out dissolves your tissues etc on a flight so cool. Then the only good looking actor was exposed to it then it was some chem rxn then he got saved only to go beserk and get himself killed again. wtf haih this one i really dont get it. now left the actors not good looking and i dont find a very good continuity to the story haih. Bring more good looking actors in next time okay?

Transformers 2 is coming out ooooh soooo excited man :D anyway i got a temp office job which i liked last time so all's swell and good and rosy :) And i got to meet up with my best fren chris too so nice that he lives so near me now can meet up very often :)) still waiting for jx to come back haha.

2009-06-08T22:55:00.002+08:00

Nothing like a few bites from reality from the boss herself to snap me out of some fantasy

you better do sth related to your field, dont waste your education
you better find a permanent job
of course work in singapore, better pay mah
Retail? wait till you're really in it. NOBODY wants to do retail. So stressful.

thank you very much for your sharp and succinct bites :))

File For Graduation!

2009-05-29T22:02:00.003+08:00

1. Results

:) Not bad not bad last minute also not bad :)))
2. library notice
Note from the Library to graduating students

Your library membership as a student ceases when you receive your exams result. You may apply for an external library membership as an alumnus.

HAHAHAHA as if i want to enter you again!
3. Status Change
Matric:
Year: 2008/2009
Semester: 2
Period: After Exam
You application to convert from 'File for Graduation with option to do Honours Project' to 'File for Graduation' have been submitted successfully. You will be contacted by email later whether your application is approved or not.
:)

i'm finally an official graduate! :))))

2009-05-21T22:58:00.001+08:00

Haha took this off a EW website
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007164_20171835_20280292_2,00.html

1. For perhaps the first time in Idol history, there is a common enemy much more deserving of our loathing than any individual contestant ever could be. I speak, of course, of ''No Boundaries,'' the Idol coronation song that rests at the bottom of the treacly song trash bin like the combined juices of so many discarded foodstuffs.

I hope the bad news I am bearing does not cause your breakfast to take leave of your stomach, but within the last couple of hours, I received an email from a publicist for iTunes that declared the following: American Idol season 8 winner Kris Allen, and runner-up Adam Lambert's versions of their debut single 'No Boundaries,' is available at iTunes now.'' To which I say ''WHAT?'' I thought the consolation prize for this year's runner-up was the assurance that they wouldn't be forced into releasing a digital version of what I'm hoping will be Kara DioGuardi's final defilement of the Idol franchise. It is in honor of her beast of a composition, then, that I write this week's Idol-themed ditty. Set to the tune of Bobby McFerrin's ''Don't Worry, Be Happy,'' it is called '''No Boundaries, It's Crappy.'' Click here if you want a little musical accompaniment!

Here's a song that Kara wrote
It suffers from bad lyrical bloat
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy
She can't quit yapping, she makes me hurl
She makes me long for Bikini Girl
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy

In every season they choose some ballad
How come it's always soft and pallid?
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy
This song it stunk up the whole finale
Too bad it's more up Danny's alley
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy

Kris and Adam they tried so hard
But they ended up all bruised and scarred
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy
Did they say somethin' 'bout hurricanes?
This non-melody causes stomach pains
''No Boundaries,'' it's crappy

HAHAHA. Just watched the finale and gosh the song really sucks.

2009-05-19T20:22:00.002+08:00

I'm still deciding whether I should work in Sg for a while then KL, or just screw sg forever and KL :))) The experience gained in Sg would probably be good, and the money would be better. However, lifestyle-wise, nothing beats coming home to a home-cooked meal lovingly prepared on the table and kicking off your shoes and just relaxing with your family. I guess it's always the lifestyle vs money problem. Bah.

American Idol Finale coming up tomorrow! Or, today, don't really know cos i'm watching it free on 8tv haha. Didnt really keep up at all till the final 3, where i watched it for the first time. To be honest....I didnt find danny's voice thaaat nice ( couldnt hear it much against the music), kris's voice ok ok lah not bad nice piano n guitar skills, adam...what the shit since when did SCREAMING become singing?! I cannot stand guys singing in the high fake voice omg want to become a girl then just become a girl.

Chris Daughtry's voice is still the best. Have you heard the latest single No Surprise? :) After hearing a few times its getting nicer and nicer :) Can't wait for his next album in july haha esp the song 'long road' which i heard in the concert :D

2009-05-15T16:54:00.002+08:00

Today I did myself a huge favour and went for a nice swim :)

Been so long since i last swam. Last time the waters would always be crystal clear and you could see the whole pool. TODAY..however, the water was so murky and greenish..eww. Maintainence ppl have obviously not been doing their job well *geram look. Oh wells. Swam my minimum 750m and decided that was enough for the day the water wasnt helping haha :P

Feels good after a vigorous exercise! :)

2009-05-13T22:05:00.002+08:00

On Monday I was introduced to a cute furry bundle of joy, Panda :) Only after a short acquaintance, i'm so surprised and touched that she recognizes me and gets excited to see me =DD I've never had such a cute thing so happy to see me before :) My terrapins arent that good at expressing themselves :P All they do is extend their necks and allow me to stroke their heads ;p I love you Panda you're so smart and cute and furry and happy and joyful and bouncy and curious :)) I'm sure that i'll learn a lot of things from you too :)

Sales

2009-05-12T14:55:00.002+08:00

Went for the UCB + Sisley warehouse sales on Saturday Hey what a great bargain I'm so surprised the response was not as overwhelming as the Zara Pull n Bear Massimo Dutti sales last week hah. The stuff were so much better and so many selections to choose from :) Got 2 nice bags at a steal :))) Normally I wouldnt be able to afford to buy them hahaha.

Hahaha *glee glee*

One last look

2009-05-12T14:51:00.002+08:00

One last look at my uni IVLE account where you get to dl all your notes blablabla as you can see now its all closed already as they gear up to change for next sem ( which i wont be using anymore haHAHA)

One more last look at my uni email account HAHA bye outlook u kinda suck

Good riddance!

SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER

2009-05-08T22:37:00.002+08:00

On 7th May 2008, I had human pharmacology - 6 essays in 2 hours, not too bad. Luckily can remember all the drug names, adverse effects, mechanisms of actions, discuss effects of SSRIs TCAs etc etc :) I love my brain it never lets me down when I need it haha even after cramming SO MANY info in 1 day for this paper.

finished that paper at 3pm, reached home at 4, bathed etc after having dinner was 6pm. Started on next subject Hormones and health, brain was already feeling very saturated due to the 2 core papers before that, with molecular basis of human diseases having SO MUCH STUFF to study for :)Pace was quite slow, went through notes once, went to bed 12.30am was rather stressed, weather was hot, and prob due to caffeine, couldnt sleep till 3 sth O.O And with each hour i was like shit tmr have to wake up at 6.30am and have to be super alert to do 150 true false + 30 mcqs in 2 hours.

woke up this morning head feeling heavy, but thankfully everything got better by the time i reached school at 8 :) Sat at a corner surprisingly can rmb all the stuff as went through notes again :)

9am start exam yadayadayada yay finished paper at about 10.35am! half an hour more to go! :) Decided not to leave since its my last paper forever in my whole life so i sat there, lazy to go through answers as I tend to change correct to wrong I trust my first time judgement :) I looked at the tables lined up and separated neatly in rows, with everyone around me looking super stressed tackling the questions. I looked at the overhead projector, the prof, the helpers, the paper, the mcq sheet, my matric card, looked at answers, shaded in all the uncertain questions dont care about negative marking anymore, sat there and absorbed in the atmosphere which I am so glad I will never ever ever ever have to go through again. No more continuous exams, tests, forever.

I suppressed a huge grin and from laughing out maniacally when the papers were collected :)

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

SUCKS TO YOU NUS I'M FREE

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA X 10^INFINITY

2009-05-04T14:33:00.003+08:00

My pace of studying is slowly going down as my saturated brain reaches the limit (think of curve where it goes up linearly then plateaus to a straight line or even decrease slowly)

been sitting here for 14 hours everyday for 10 days and have read about 6000 slides full of writing + text zzz plus facts. Summore have to commit to memory.

So for the last 3.5-4 months, i've had roughly...21 tests/exams. + final another 6..so 27 exams in 3.5-4 months. interesting.

Been surfing some blogs esp those sgprean frens blogs..what is wrong with them all so i dont want to leave and graduate boohoohoo. Grow up, people.

tomorrow marks the battle of 4 exams consecutive with 3 full core papers!

better get that curve back to linear line. bah.

MORE inconvenience

2009-05-03T12:25:00.004+08:00

NUS is geared to make my last few days as miserable as possible.

as i said my last 4 papers are on the last 4 days of exam: 5, 6, 7, 8 may. And 3 out of 4 is 9am paper means have to get up at 7.

well just realized that i have to MAYBE get up at 6 now instead!!!! got this email:
"
In view of the heightened alert status, the Ministry of Education has advised that the University begin daily temperature-taking for staff, students and visitors to the University. In addition, we will also be required to declare our recent travel history.

Semester 2, AY2008/2009 Examinations: Temperature Screening

3. While examinations will continue as scheduled from 4 to 8 May 2009, all students must first pass the temperature screening before being allowed entry into the examination venue.

4. All examination venues will be opened from one hour prior to the start time of each scheduled examination. You should plan to arrive as early as possible within this hour for temperature screening. To help expedite this process, you are strongly encouraged to bring your own thermometer for this exercise.

5. Upon passing the screening, you will be allowed into the examination rooms to await the start of the examination.

6. You are required to cooperate fully with the screeners. In this respect, please volunteer information on your recent travel history. This is especially significant for those who have recently returned, or have come into contact with those who have recently arrived/returned, from Mexico and/or other affected areas. For the most up-to-date list of affected areas, please refer to MOH’s website at www.moh.gov.sg. "

and this

" The Ministry of Education has advised that as of Monday, 4 May 2009, all schools and Institutions of Higher Learning in Singapore will begin daily temperature taking of their staff, students and visitors. In line with this advice, the University will be setting up temperature screening stations at the main entrances of building clusters to conduct temperature checks on visitors entering its campuses. There will be directional signs to the temperature screening stations.

3. All examination venues will be open one hour prior to the start time of each scheduled examination for temperature screening. A circular from Registrar’s Office will contain more details.

4. From Monday, 4 May 2009, all students will be required to monitor their own temperatures on a daily basis. Please record your temperature reading online at https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/prjvhs/index.html by 10 am each day. "

before you go on about wah so efficient i wish my uni was as efficient and concerned...what the shit.

i hate you stupid uni.

screen students who's been staying at home ALL DAY studying ALL DAY and theres no case in sg also!

Taylor Swift - The best day

2009-05-02T21:43:00.001+08:00

Aww man so sweet and touching :) Well I had the best days too :))

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen (trailer 2 2009)

2009-05-01T20:20:00.001+08:00

OMG TRANSFORMERS 2 TRAILER IS SUPER COOL MAN i cant wait till it comes out :D:D:D

2009-04-25T21:22:00.002+08:00

So I was just clicking on some older posts in 2006.

Is it me or have I gotten so much more cynical and more negative outlook on life since coming to singapore? I also feel that my life is very extremely boring. Heck, i used to bake and jog and swim and blablabla.

Well, hopefully it'll get better after graduation!

1 down, 5 more to go

2009-04-25T21:14:00.002+08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoTUNfjFCcA

Spiderman?! Library!?

1.30am?! So many people studying?! on studybreak week?!

Insane madness.

I guess this is the only form of entertainment NUS students get.

Heh.

2009-04-07T22:05:00.002+08:00

Today is the 1st time in my whole life I had to do a test which consists of

EIGHT (8) essays in ONE (1) freaking hour!

8 essays in 1 hour! each 10 marks 15 marks! What the freaking hell man. No we were not told beforehand. And i thought last year 6 essays in 1 hour was bad enough, not to mention the common 200 true/false / mcq questions in 2 hours.

Heh. See how fast you have to be? You not only have to be GOOD, but also FAST. you have to be the BEST.

If you dont, well, Singapore doesnt want you. Heh.

Tell me when you can finish 8 essays, long essays write like hell fast in 1 hour.

hah.

2009-03-27T18:16:00.004+08:00

Been having test/testS / graded lab report(S) deadline EVERY SINGLE BLOODY WEEK FOR LIKE 7 WEEKS and now is only week 10. we have 13 weeks for one sem. AND the trend will continue UNTIL week 13. joy.

exam timetable:

exam period : 25th April - 8th May 2009

Well you know last sem I had 4 core in 3 days at the first few days of exam and then 1 more paper a week later, but still ended a few days before the last day. Having exams at last few days really SUCK cos everyone's celebrating around you and its damn irritating to study and its super irritating to HAVE TO study.

This sem i have 4 core again and 2 more outside faculty modules.

exam timetable:
25th April - 1 core - Molecular Biotech
29th April - 1 outside fac - drugs and society
5th MAY - 1 outside fac - stats
6th MAY - 1 core - Molecular basis of human diseases
7th MAY - 1 CORE - human pharmacology
8th MAY - 1 CORE - hormones and health

Damn f*&^ing shit.

Yes NUS I know you want to prolong my time in uni as long as possible in my final sem but thank you very much i don't appreciate it. I can't wait to leave you behind.

Head count: 1

2009-03-19T21:02:00.002+08:00

Haha guess I haven't blogged for a really really long time. Not that I have that many (or any) readers, since i dont bother to upload pics and update often ;p

So I guess this undergrad life is going to end soon. I'm real happy that at least I made one good friend throughout my 2.5 years here in NUS haha. And likewise he feels that i'm his best friend in life science too! :) Thanks for everything, Anubhav :) I probably wont see you again after this undergrad degree, so all the best in everything - masters, work, life.

Thats the only regret I have about graduating haha. Other than that, I CANT WAIT TO GRADUATE :) :) :) Really had enough of this study-non-stop-and-get-mediocre-results-stressful life. Rather stress and earn some money.

Okay, back to that stupid one of the final few lab reports in my life about CETP. Blasted CETP.

I want this HP Designer Laptop Because...

2009-03-06T23:53:00.014+08:00

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A blend of beauty and substance in every heartbeat

She deserves a companion who can match her speed

And the HP Mini makes a GREAT fit

For its beauty has Vivienne Tam behind it

With HP Quality in EVERY bit

I want this HP Mini Designer Laptop because
it personifies the unique blend of
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that a modern lady possesses

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2009-03-06T23:19:00.001+08:00

2009-01-18T12:25:00.000+08:00

Hmm what's up with my shoutbox .. o.O

2009-01-16T23:37:00.002+08:00

Hello!

Why do you still visit this blog even tho I havent updated for like a month? :D

Haha.

Brief updates:

Fun FUn busy holiday (But i didnt get much rest :( ) went to Melaka, Ipoh, Genting for countdown (spectacular fireworks!)went out almost everyday, ate good food, had good company, and gearing up for CNY celebrations!

Till then..its back in this singapore for another week of boring studying. Last semester! Well thats if I don't want to do honours. Haha. Apart from research there's not much use in doing research for my course. And I dont really want to go into research either. Can you imagine me going to lab 24 hrs everyday? Bleargh.

Hm..regrets for choice of course? I dunno. But my interest is definitely in this field. Maybe should have gone for medic if had the $$. Oh wells. Now can earn $$ faster :)

2008-12-03T23:27:00.000+08:00

Am home.

Finally.

2008-11-26T22:52:00.002+08:00

on 22nd nov was the 1st time i spent 10 hours studying non stop in the school library together with all d other nerds.

on 23rd nov i spent 14 hrs studying non stop again like a nerd

for what? why become such a huge nerd with no life?

some geniuses at the science office or the professors decided to put all the core modules together for finals

2 modules, one 9am one 5pm on 24th, one 9am on 25th, and one other stats module on 26th.

my god. i tell you my brain juice all squeezed out already

thank god its all over one more next week!

2008-11-14T20:52:00.002+08:00

Thank you mom + dad for the nice dim sum lunch at one world hotel, and for all the love and presents :) I have the best parents in the world!

Thanks pk for the call haha. And for everyone else that wished me on facebook! :)

2008-11-14T00:28:00.003+08:00

Thank you myrna, marie, darice, hui juan, lin ling for the card and bday cake on wed. Thank you kang for birthday song
thank you mommy for all the lovely surprises <3
thanks jin soon, harn, may li and chang jin for birthday wishes :)

Happy Birthday

2008-10-30T10:30:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday baby <3

Love you lots <3

2008-10-23T23:40:00.002+08:00

In the past 2.5 years,

I've formed my own likes and dislikes. I've become more decisive. I've become stronger in my opinions. I've become wiser and more matured emotionally and intellectually. I've learned who can be trusted and who can't. I've learned to ignore what others feel about me. I've learned to tell you bullshit when I feel its bullshit. I've learned to think better and plan better about my future. I've learned to treasure my family much more. I've learned that life is much more than studying, music, sports, friends. I believe that although your results are better than mine, you may not turn out better than me in the future. I've learned that what I have is so precious. I've also learnt to form and voice out my opinions. And I'll tell you what I want if I can't stand it anymore. I'll also tell you no when I mean no. I also believe in myself.

And I thank Kang and my parents for all their guidance and love and telling me that i'm the best in the world.

Watch out, world.

Best achievement ding ding ding

2008-10-22T23:15:00.002+08:00

For my cardio assignment, we had to do 7 essays ( long essays mind you) in 1 hour. The mean of the class (210 ppl) was 49.2% out of 100%. highest mark was 80%, next is 78.8, and next is 77.5%.

I GOT 77.5% HAHAHA I'M THE THIRD OUT OF 210 PPL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

TOP 3 OUT OF 210 PEOPLE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

part 3!

2008-10-19T15:24:00.000+08:00

part 2

2008-10-19T15:20:00.000+08:00

part 1 of the treasured memories

2008-10-19T15:17:00.000+08:00

Such treasured memories

2008-10-19T10:53:00.004+08:00

Got this in a mail...my goodness all the wonderful memories. Read on if you're born in the 70s or 80s. I'm sure you'll go OHHH!!!haha. This is childhood memories :)

DORAEMON :D

pretty marblesss used to play congkak with them hee :)

MY FAVOURITE ICING SUGAR BISCUITS!!!!

BUBBLE BLOWING :D ;D

OMG WHERE ARE MY STACK OF CARDS USED TO LOVE THIS SO MUCH

love mario man..used to fight for it on gameboy with my cousins hehehe.

haha games played in primary school days

PENCILBOXES WITH SO MANY COMPARTMENTS HEARTS can become doll houses ;P

AAA MY FAVOURITEST PENGUIN GAMEEEEEE!!!!

used to have a bunch of these :)

thankfully this is still here :)

kids NOWADAYS should learn to have all these fun things and not play comp the whole day so boring next time you look back what did i do all i did was play comp games.

MY childhood is soooo wonderful :) Heart all my aunt uncles cousins grandparents parents esp mom's side :)

2008-10-18T23:47:00.001+08:00

oh no i'm going to turn 21 in a few weeks time!!!

don't want to be an adult BOOHOO.

haha. just kidding :P

2008-10-17T22:32:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday Chang Jin! :)

Hope you had a wonderful time! Thanks for being such a great friend, without you my life would have been very different :)

haha.

today in school i saw a guy wearing a shirt with the words imprinted in large font on the back of it: VALIANT THRUST

er...somehow it sounds wrong.

2008-10-16T20:36:00.002+08:00

As the years ( and days ) pass by, you realize that you are left with fewer and fewer friends that you can actually call 'close friends'.

You realize that you dont have that much people that you can have a heart to heart talk anymore. Most people only see whats on the surface, how many actually know whats underneath it. How many people will actually know how i feel, my likes and dislikes, my thoughts...

Actually, i dont think that i have anyone my age to talk to. As in heart to heart talk that kind. Isnt it so sad? I wonder what will happen one day when i get so crammed up with my inner thoughts haha. maybe i'll just implode.

2008-10-15T22:29:00.001+08:00

Am totally in love with taylor swift's new single - love song :) Love the beat, its so refreshing. :D Lyrics are sweeeet too =)

Lyrics:
Love Story

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
See you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo
You were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go

And I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while

Oh, oh, oh

'Cause you were Romeo,
I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go

And I said
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

Romeo, save me, they're trying to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

I got tired of waiting, wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town

And I said
Romeo save me, I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and he pulled out a ring
And said

Marry me, Juliet, you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, you'll pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh

We were both young when I first saw you

listen it with the song =p it's real nice. her voice is damn good.

Seremban

2008-10-09T23:19:00.000+08:00

Hahaha Been planning to blog this for some time :D Now that I have my picasa 3 beta again, I can create such niceeee pic collages haha ( I also did collages for my cauliflower report, so canggih eh)

WEnt to Seremban few months ago with parents ate at restaurant ming kok apparently famous for their dim sum as you can see its not bad ehhh :)

Long Way

2008-10-09T22:55:00.000+08:00

LOVEEE his voice :D Awesome new song, can't wait =)

2008-10-05T21:12:00.003+08:00

So since I came back from hols, apart from meals, sleep, toilet trips, and classes breaks, i've been sitting here at my desk for the rest of the hours. You think, why is this girl so boring? Does she have nothing better to do? What is she doing that is so interesting that she can just sit at the desk for so long?

Well i'll tell you what i'm doing.

Slogging off a 2000 stupid cauliflower paper, another 2000 stupid interval training paper for cardio (dont ask about the horrible topic-picking, blame the sg teammates), studying for my upcoming wed test, organizing stats project which is another 2000 word thing

How interesting, isnt it?

And after sitting here for so long and well actually during the sem except for hols i didnt slack much too unlike my other lovely peers studying in other countries - i've gone to classes, come back, study, go class, study, go class, study, yay hols, break, come back, study..what a nerd.

So don't tell me uni days are the best days of your life. What bullshit. I can't wait for all of this to be over.

2008-09-18T22:43:00.004+08:00

Hurray I'm done with that stupid 30% test!

Needless to say, Professors who are not good = dunno how to explain and talk in weird Sg accent and make an interesting subject boring till I can fall asleep - will naturally set questions who are very weird and not straightfwd and leave you scratching your head and still dunno whether you are wrong or right.

Anyway. Who cares, It's over! Now next up is going back home for one weeeeeeeeekkkk.

CJ has set appointment to meet up :) So has PK I think. :)

:)))))))

Now I shall leave you with some pics of hot guys for you to drool on

:D

2008-09-12T21:58:00.002+08:00

I can write very fast.

Saya boleh menulis dengan speed yang amat sangat cepat sekali.

:D

Well, you see, since my brain is the type whereby I can't rmb what the lecturer says, i've resorted to writing everything down. And well I can write everything down :D Even if you're talking super blazing super fast. Try me :)

I write so much that when my friend Anubhav sees my notes, he goes GOSH HOW CAN YOU WRITE SO FAST IT'S CRAZY! and when I see your notes I get overwhelmed and feel a headache coming :D Cos my notes is super lot of notes all written down at the side of slides.

:)

Just wanted to boast about my writing speed. I should become a journalist.

Hah.

Went back had tons of fun ate too much and came back with a stomachache. Now i'm 97% recovered but energy levels still at 85%. Walk a lot also will get tired easily.

Oh yea. Have a 30% test next Thursday! 30%!!!! Damn crazy and insane.

2008-08-31T12:34:00.002+08:00

My grandparents and uncle from taiwan is gonna go over to KL this wed!!! Miss them all so much of COURSE i'm going back haha. :D :D I cant wait :D Shall study for my next tues test this week :)

Currently having ALIAS craze all over again cos theres one shop in sg selling ori vcds selling this alias cds like 1 buck each OMG. So i bought 2 already and i'm watching it all over again and I'm falling in love with it all over again hah heart-stopping excitement and tension :D Jennifer Garner and Michael Vartan <3.

Rmb how I used to write ALIAS on Zhou Hau's books ahahaha. Monday nights at 10pm at ntv7 or 8tv cannot rmb it was so long ago ;p

Balik Rumah tak boleh tunggu lagi :)

2008-08-27T22:00:00.005+08:00

So here I am back in the land of the sad and stressed.

Turns out that kena kicked out of campus hostel wasnt such a bad thing cos I found an affordable unit and now am sharing with kang and harn.

Got to eat pasta etc and drink watermelon milkshake and toasted sandwiches yum

now my schedule is pretty funky one week super busy (think 12-9pm non stop) and one week free (imagine 2 days free and scattered 2 hour classes)

so now im at the free week and i study until sien already bored out of wits zzz

so bored zzz. stress also not nice. nth to do also not nice.

Sheesh

2008-08-21T23:45:00.001+08:00

AVRIL LAVIGNE TOO SEXY?!?!?!

FROM THE GROUP THAT SAID MSIA'S SECONDARY SCHOOL UNIFORM TOO SEXY???

DO THEY KNOW THE MEANING OF SEXY?????

WHAT A BAD PUBLICITY FOR THIS COUNTRY COS OF A BRAINLESS GROUP

2008-08-03T23:07:00.002+08:00

26th July 2008

Rocked AGAIN with Daughtry at Sony Ericsson's Traffic Jam Street Party! This time i got the centre front row view which was damn well worth the 4 hour wait + slight drizzle. Got to meet and greet them, shook their hands and shouted I was at ure singapore gig last year! but chris couldnt hear it cos d background was too noisy. Oh well at least i got thru to the other 2 josh-es. :) Too bad no autographs and photos allowed, curse sony ericsson.

Gonna go to their concert again next year. Whee.

31st July
Baskin Robbins! Nolah didnt buy ice cream was my last day of work everyone bu she de i leave haha. Such a cute and wonderful assistant, quote my colleague. lalala. :)Went for dinner at sushi zanmai, gardens..not bad lah. Better than the one in sg. Heh.

25th July
Grace's housewarming party. Never seen such a huge house before, the view of KL city lights from the infinity pool from d balcony 30+floors up is....breathtaking. Scary at first, but breathtaking afterwards. Still, i'd like a nice cozy house with lots of land on land.

lalala.

tak mau balik ke singapura. siapa boleh menyelamatkan saya :( :( :(

2008-07-16T22:39:00.002+08:00

Remember Canny Ong? How she was so brutally murdered and chopped up and burned?

Interesting how the killer is still PENDING on his court case, whereas another fella who apparently forced a 40 years younger than him fella ( ha ha) and still no evidence needs soooo many police cars to be arrested.

Ha ha ha. what a joke.

AND what about the other fella?

next time i bomb up ppl and swear to God's name and i will be free.

Ha ha ha.

2008-07-13T23:36:00.001+08:00

Last night went for SiJie's 21st bday party, did not expect SUCH a big turnout :) It was practically like a CHS reunion, with the s1 keat wei gang + jor how, s2 gang (kang harn chaizai youbing kakeat weimay etc), and s3 gang(jian ping david quin er jit han leeting):) I havent met jian ping for suchhhha long time, really nice to see him after so long. Same goes for Jor how. kang and i went to subang to meet up with s2 gang, which we went to the party in 2 cars together. s3 gang had a crazy time, we all had a blast, i had a really fun time meeting up with all d dear old friends, and i went home not too late thanks to a kind lift from david.

All these makes me really nostalgic of high school days. Haha.And it made me realize that I actually still have so many friends. I was settling into a lone ranger mode already thanks to the days in singapore where mostly i interacted with kang and eu harn.

And today, at dinner, i bumped into fabian. What a really nice surprise. and what was even more surprising was that even tho we were not that close in college, we were both really happy to see each other.

:)

Well. nothing beats having friends in malaysia. gonna make an effort i hope to meet up with as many ppl as possible.

2008-07-08T23:20:00.000+08:00

interesting+chilling read:

http://www.rense.com/general18/poxasd.htm
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/10/95544.shtml
http://www.rense.com/general25/mysteryblack.htm

2008-07-08T23:01:00.002+08:00

Chris Daughtry coming to KL and you need to freaking buy a new phone to see them live!

*U@#&^&@%^!

Sheesh.

2008-07-07T22:52:00.003+08:00

the more i'm working in this grocery/retail line the more i like it and the more i wonder what the heck am i going to do when i graduate and the more i think what is a biomed science degree going to get me, as research isnt my field.

Why work in a lab whole day without human interaction, looking at test tubes cells etc, when i can have so much fun doing an office job and learn so much more new stuff.

Eesh. But i dun wanna do a MBA / business degree too. No interest to take tests and study for business eesh. You either have the business sense or you dont.

dilemma,dilemma.

My hols is trickling away :( Boohoo. So fast :( Tak mau balik.

2008-07-05T23:51:00.003+08:00

What a political whirlwind upset.

And the sg dollar keeps on rising and the ringgit keeps on declining.

Bah.

Some people are just out to get the other fella and not for the well-being of d people of the nation.

Anyway.

Today watched kungfu panda, not bad, but quite short. Nice tho. I still like pixar more. Can't wait for Wall.E and journey to the center of the earth 3D!!!!!!!! damn nice.

Got to paint batik for free at one u, damn nice :) Bumped into a few old frens there too, was nice to catch up :)

Nothing beats friendship during high school years.

:)

2008-06-27T22:09:00.002+08:00

I like work. I like my colleagues, my job, my workplace, I can go window shopping everyday during lunchbreak, i like the non-=strictness of it all, nobody cares if u go off for a while, nobody cares wat you wear, nobody cares, as long as you do wat ure supposed to do, and everyone's so friendly, and we always get to eat some nice samples aha.

I also love Fly FM for making time pass so fast. those guys rock haha. the pagi show is damn funny :)

Speaking of which, I did a good deed (again) last saturday. When i went out, there was this bird just standing there motionless with its beak wide open. everyone who passed by thought it was dead, but not me. The bright round red eyes looked up to me, and I fed it some water. Note that this is a wild bird, must have been really thirsty and tired for letting a human feed it. Upon closer observation, its right leg was broken. I brought it up fed it some bread and water and left it snuggled up in newspapers and tissues. It gradually got better and started hopping around so cute. Then it flew off.

So cute.

Another note, CHRIS DAUGHTRY IS COMING TO KL!!!! YAY!!! i caught him last year in singapore and it totally rocked. One regret is my comp died and i lost all the videos and pics boohoo. So cool cant wait.