i like to move it, move it!

i like to move it, move it
i like to move it, move it
i like to move it, move it
you like to? Move it!

ok no prizes for right answers. Guess wad show i've juz watched. Yup, Madagascar!! N now diz stupid song is stuck in my head. I know i'm not obligated to update my blog as regularly as possible(or am I?), n besides, i'm really exhausted, but i decided to blog an entry, coz at least its e last entry for the month of May.

Have to admit, it is really a no-brainer show, but den come to think of it, its an animated show and its for si geena(points fingers to kids aged 12 n below, not me hor!), so the plot cant be tt complicated for them to comprehend whats going on. But overall it was a damn hillarious show lah!! I'm so sure e 5[angeline, yirang, jul, wenting n i] who went enjoyed e show.

You have to know some things when u walk out of the cinema. 4 main characters--Alex, Marty, tt hippotamus, n tt giraffe. Shit, i'm really bad with names, so i kinda forgot the name of e hippo n e girrafe. dammit. Basically Alex is e lion n Marty is the zebra n they r best friends. Anyway, some parts i thought were quite relevant, for instance like all other lions, Alex have diz thing with pride also. Like how he'd die die also not wanna move over to the happy side of the island to join his other 3 friends coz he believed he cld do w/o his friends n he was afraid of losing 'face' n having to swallow his big ego. Or how ironic it is when they purposely played at the background 'What a wonderful world' when they showed what it was really like in e wild; not as fun as it seems when its a dog eat dog world, predator/prey kinda thing. I mean, tt's nature. Of course there were those 'awww' moments but i shant reveal too much.

You have to go watch the show. Its great for comic relieve. ahahahaa.

So we had trg today n ran to 1st bridge. Partnered geoks. It was really a long long run, at least 5km i tink? Based on e yellow indicator thing at e start(2.4km) of the park n e towards e end(0.4km), so u minus them n den multiply by 2[coz its to n fro mah], n u get 4km, add it to approximately 1km(to n fro) of e noisy longkangs n tt's how i figured we ran 5km. Maybe we ran more, highly possible coz mine's just a rough gauge. I'm so not a short dist runner, i dun have tt burst of energy to sprint. Tt's y for interval sprints i tend to lag. But its not tt i dun have long legs wad! Lipin told me b4 tt i've got a short upper body but long legs so by right i shd run fast, but ok, nevermind, i juz cant run fast when it comes to short dist. Which explains y i betted with pinxiu during land time trial to see who wld run slower for 100m. I think i came in like 0.01 sec faster den her but overall e time we came in was like, way slower than the others lah.

The row today, i think it was quite good in e sense tt we r in e midst of working on e precision of entry by pausing in front. But of course, e pulling arm was damn suan, having to freeze there while vic did e counting. Compared to ytd's strokes i think its better today coz i got my blade entry correct.

We had discounted pull ups today. I've got my toes hooking onto e feet step thing[dunnoe how u call it] n my chin hitting against e bar. Thanks ah wenya..hahaha. U r still my fav supporter though, tgt with yirang. Hang there, sigh..i cant hang. Maybe tt's y i'm a human n not a bat. Bats can hang there for as long as they want, but i'm human n i've got a bad grip. Though i tried to preoccupy myself by thinking of the longest song possible in my head, 'wen rou' by wu yue tian. didnt work tt well, i lost it at 55sec.

Have u noticed tt ur pee is now bright yellow in colour rather than the usual pale yellow? That's coz we took e pills. I used to 'eewww' at my brother who doesnt have the habit of flushing the toilet aft use, n i have to see his bright yellow pee, Yucks with a capital Y!! Yup he takes pills too. Now i cant 'eewww' at his pee coz mine's e same bright yellow as his pee. But who cares? I'm still gonna 'eewww' him coz i flush e toilet aft use n so he cant see my pee n cant say its a case of the pot calling the kettle black. He's gross lah!

Anyway, i learnt something very invaluable today. it doesnt mean tt u shd only show concern to pple u r close with; its always nice if u can extend this concern to pple u may not be very close with. Today, no in fact it was ytd, i let the walls come down. It doesnt take too much from yourself if u wanna let something go back to its original state; u juz need a change of heart. "We ourselves are the first ones who need a change of heart and probably the only ones whose hearts we can indeed change." --got this from my church bulletin

dragonboating on 28/05/05

No, i havent sold my soul to dragonboating yet. [ha iso!] but woah, e few free days i have, i actually sleep thru it. Yup tt's how i spent the whole Friday..sleeping at home. The only time i stepped out of the house was to go buy bananas for e team.

Had to give tuition b4 gg for trg today so i went by yirang's house ytd to put down e bananas coz i'd look really weird carrying my barang barang, which includes a paddle, for tuition. Can u imagine if i had to carry the bananas as well? Santa Claus arriving way to early man! Yup thanks gal, for helping me with the bananas =]

Today's row to Sheares Bridge, david was sitting in front so my strokes were in full view. He was commenting again tt my front catch wasnt there, in his words, 'cha bu gou shen' and den he made me grip my paddle 2 inches away from the blade. Ok,tiz was done so as to force me to really cha shen coz no choice muz really dip in den can really fulfil e 'last finger must touch water' theory.

Was asking wenting how she makes sure she has front catch n she says she sit sidewards so tt can reach further. She also mentioned bout punching arm being close to the forehead so e paddle will automatically go further out. Yah, it was like a 'eureka!' moment. To think my punching arm used to be 1 inch above my forehead so tt explains y my paddle blade cant catch front water. Now i get it.

Sometimes it feels..hmm..interesting. pacers are supposed to count the strokes for diz particular set where it was 50 strokes, but den aft the transition everyone kinda lost count so even aft we ald hit e 50 strokes, no one knew!! So we juz continued rowing, n rowing...N rowing. It felt like at least another 30-40 strokes before he called for 'easy'. I kinda knew we overshot le, but den, juz must go on right? Rule of the game is tt no one says 'easy' den dun stop right? Plus i was thinking it wld be really weird if i suddenly shout '47-48-49-50' outta nowhere. It wld be like in e gym where u suddenly lose count of the no. of reps the person is doing, den u suddenly come out of a number outta nowhere. Dilemmas..to do or not to do? aft tt set, david said, 'pacers, never count ah?'

For the run today. Somehow b4 e run, when we ran e stretch of the noisy longkangs, i thought of Amy. What a coincidence, today we ran the exact same route as the one which i did an OTOT run tgt wif her. Drank a bit too much water b4 the run, so was enduring some parts of the run with stitches. Same vandalism we ran past, e one with the 'I love Amy' sprayed. Told myself, ok this run is for u, amy. We U-turned at Sheares Bridge n headed back. Nearing the toilets, mona told us to run OTOT back.'Without ur partner, run ur best timing!' she said. I started out slow, as i always do. Den i picked up some speed, ran past a few pple, shouted 'jiayou!' n did an OTOT back. So, it was back to the noisy longkangs. I dunnoe but it was so much of a coincidence. I felt tired, i really felt tired. N out of breath. But i juz thought bout her, tt special run. Her, 'come on cindy! Keep up!' n e 'come on, run towards my hand' n e one which left the fondest impression, 'Cindy, come on now let's open up!' At tt pt i was really like, 'Huh!! Must we really??' It felt nice, i felt like i wasnt running alone today. I wonder who actually heard me wheezing a little towards the end of the stretch of longkangs. Was really alternating btwn breathing thru my nose n my mouth. As i approached the SDBA gate, was thinking again, yup, 'what fails to kill me makes me stronger' The run was over, for today at least.

Today 7 pple went to 'beach-ing'--quote wenya. meiping, wendy, wenting, wenya, yirang, jul n i went. I thought i'd be gg alone today. Well i guess its true, expect nothing. everything that happens is an added bonus. Thanks man, really. =]Though i wld have also felt ok if i went alone. Ok it was quite funny lah, wenya's 'talk show' and we went on talking about ba zhang n char siew. Not sure about u all, but diz yr, eating ba zhang sure feels special. I have been served 2 ba zhangs in 2 different occasion diz week n i suddenly realised the significance of eating them. Den i start imagining how dragon-boating originated, n Mr Qu Yuan, and rowers rowing out in dragonboats in a race against time n throwing ba zhang in so tt the fish will eat the ba zhang instead of Mr Qu Yuan's body.

Good riddance to such crap. I believe i need some rest.

even a coin has both sides

i had wanted to type a post on e past 2 trgs, but i thought tt since others had ald done quite a gd update on it, i'd not do it again.

ytd, and almost everytime aft trg, yirang n i will take a train home tgt. we had a gd chat, a really heart to heart conversation indeed. if u'd think we r merely c gin na, i think u thought us wrong. 'even a coin has 2 sides'--she says.

anyway, i wanna mention smth about pride. As much as i've toned down considerably on my strong pride[its not like i want it but its a character trait], i have to admit tt my pride was hurt ytd.

i dont wanna talk about it le. it's so true that forgiving is 1 thing, forgeting is another thing altogether. No matter wad, diz saturday i am gg to beach road to eat, even if it means tt i'm gg there alone. I've said b4, i'm ok being alone, and furthermore, i think i need some time by myself also.

Not everything can be passed off as a joke. lame pple can be hurt too. i remember someone ever asking me on msn b4, 'r u hurt?' n i replied, 'does it matter?'; So wad if its a Yes, n so wad if its a No? What's e use of asking it in e 1st place if u r gonna continue saying hurtful things intentionally/unintentionally in future?

loads of fun over the weekends

wenya did a really gd post on e chalet+trg lah!! I've fallen in love with her posts, its really well done up, with pictures n ur thoughts. *thumbs up*

so let me start with day 1 of chalet(Friday 20/05): We were supposed to meet 10am at JE Stn to go IMM Giant to get the foodstuff n BBQ items but i decided to meet them ltr coz my towel needed for sat had yet to dry up n my flu worsened in the morning. N so i met them at 1245 at JE aft they finished shopping e stuff. Checked in, but b4 tt, i was juz amazed at how the paddle drew so much attention. Pple kept staring. Yes, ok we have trg the next day n tt's y we r checking in with a paddle. N no, its not Nimbus 2000, its NOT a flying broom.

Anyway, the rest nua-ed ard, esp on e bed n watched tv n lazed ard, while weili, jul n i went to prepare the foodstuff, like to get rid of the wrapper of the crabstick, clear the insides of the sotong[yucks!],marinate the chicken with dark soy sauce, pepper n BBQ sauce.Which reminds me of the joke in diz particular episode in PCK, [Marry Nate, the chicken, with the soy sauce] hahaha..ok den we had a late lunch n jul asked if i wanted to buy e 25c Mac ice cream n i said i'd be full so i didnt want to, Regret no. 1

We played Uno with Yanling's Winnie the Pooh cards and i was named the Silent Killer coz hahaha.. i'd juz keep quiet there w/o the rest knowing and b e first to game. The game tt truly test friendship..wahahah.. coz we'd see how pple throw the wild draw four card; or to protect themselves by throwing a draw 2 on top of another draw 2 to sabo the next person; or upon knowing tt e person has the last card left, throw a wild card n purposely choose a colour tt she knows the person who wants to game do not have. it was damn funny, yah..seriously reliving lost childhood. wenya arrived e last n den we started the BBQ n i volunteered the 7-8pm shift coz i asked my bro to tape while e majority watched e last episode of e 'a-wang' show.

Aft we finished BBQ-ing all e food, many were still hungry coz we had intentionally ask them not to buy so much food for fear of leftovers. So aft watching e guess show, we walked out to Cheers convenient store to get some food. there was the 6pack Carona which i contemplated buying to drink for the night, but then i thought it was expensive n we cld drink the following night so, didnt buy in the end. Regret no. 2

Oh yah, how can i forget mentioning bout the b'dae surprise for sally. wait, let me finish laughing first. wahahahahahahahahahahhaaha. It was damn funny lah. It was her turn to bathe, so while she was bathing, there was a commotion outside n we were planning to surprise her when she stepped out of the bathroom. So the mahjong kakis[me,jul, yanling n kaiyan] were told to STOP PLAYING n to get ready. We switched off all the lights, positioned ourselves, with jul holding the slice of cake. It was pitch dark, den suddenly, we heard the door knob turned, and sally came out of the bathroom. At this instance, weili got damn excited, she jumped to her right, misgauging tt jul was there. Weili has night blindness lah!! As a result, she banged into jul, n caused jul to mishandle the cake n the cake dropped onto the floor. At tt moment, all of us juz stunned there, not knowing what to do. jul picked up e cake, relit the candle, and den we pretended ntg happened, and sang Happy birthday to Sally. 2 version some more..e normal one n e crescent style. It was damn funny, laughed like mad!
sally hugging weili coz weili was close to tears when she realised she ruined e surprise, but it was ok lah, hahah.

woke up at bout 5am coz it was darn cold, the air con n e fan was on!! And i was sleeping under the fan. So so cold, considering i was wearing the trg tee n fbt shorts to sleep n the very hole-y blanket didnt quite help. So i walked out where wenya, wee, yanling, n lipin were talking n i think i scared them[it was unintentional, really!] coz i looked zombified n they happened to be talking about the movie 'the sixth sense' when i juz walked out.

Day 2(21/05): Woke up at 8am, but i lai4 chuang2 for 2hrs till 10. They went out for breakfast while i stayed in to watch powerpuff girls. Was planning a light breakfast n heavy lunch b4 trg. We TP-ed ALOT b4 e 3 of us left for trg, tt explained y i didnt bother to take out Ixus 400 during trg coz i was so satisfied by e no. of pics we took lah. Actually its quite convenient to get down to kallang frm pasir ris, it only took us about 30-40min to reach, coz its only 9 MRT stops.

Trg today was with dessert. 2 donuts to be exact. I believe tt the highlight was tt 5min resistance trg followed by an unexpected additional 5min row. Yup, in e cab on our way back to e chalet, we were discussing bout trg today, n i quote wenya, we all 'felt smth'. Indescribable wad exactly was this something, but somehow, it felt nice. It was something. It was an amazing thing. Yes david n his usual crappiness, 'I want perfect 10 strokes *pauses a while*..U noe what i mean by perfect 10 strokes rite?.. 98.7 FM!' I broke out in laughter, turned to wenting n said, 'I knew he was going to say tt!!' In fact in my head i was ald thinking of tt lah. Weird frequency man. He went on about how tt set was shiong, but 'if its not xiong, u wont enjoy trg rite?' and i thought back bout how he once said smth like tt during e 1st few trgs last sem when i was having a hard time rowing n he mentioned smth like, 'if trg was not xiong, u wont wanna come back every week for more' n in my heart, i was like, 'yah ok next week u wont see me anymore'

Anyway aft tt, we ran to somewhere not far frm the national stadium n did circuits. Arghh, no tissue paper!! Was trying to hard to prevent e mucus frm coming out. But while doing e last set of sit ups, mucus came out n i tried to prevent it frm coming out so it was rather awkward when doing. Instead of hands to ur ears, it was left hand couping my ears, n right hand to my nose. meiping tried hard not to laugh while helping me press my feet during sit ups. hrmpf.

Pull ups. haha yah, e 1st bar. Yirang, u noe e reason eh? smart girl! hahaha n wenya's really learning to convert screams to my constipated sound instead. Anyway, pple who think wenya's screams r unbearable obviously havent met wangwee!! my eardrums almost burst/burst nth times in e chalet itself.

While walking to e shower room aft trg, wenting was beside me n we started talking. Converstation was kinda funny. I asked, 'hmm, so how's it being e pacer? Do u feel tt u r always being zhua-ed?' n we both burst out laughing. actually i'm not tt gd either, really. Just have gotta be zhua-ed more to learn NOT to get excited when up-ing n maintain a steady pace for back pac. I got zhua-ed quite a bit last sem when i started out wif meiping beside me n zhenyi behind me; zhenyi kept catching me rely on my biceps to pull when i was tired; while meiping telling me to 'PULL LONG!' while up-ing. N diz sem its angeline who'd give pointers like to flip up. I noe they meant well lah.

3 of us took a cab back to chalet n had dinner with them. Discussed bout e sets we did today. Dinner was at the food court. Life is sad w/o chilli! =[ N there's no Carona tonight coz..food ban started le! Boo hoo hoo.

Went back to chalet, n i asked wangwee to massage me, coz muscles feel a bit sore aft trg. hahaha. but in the end, i got so easily tickled tt she couldnt massage me. No, i'm not high, neither am i aroused[oh pls!] just tt, i dunnoe, lotsa very sensitive spots recently. put 9 girls on e same bed n what do u get? Lotsa screaming!! They kept tickling me n weili 'tau-pok' me while lipin n yanling kept jabbing me n i dunnoe who wld juz join in e tickling. Bullied!! Being the youngest..hrmpf. Well i get to whine the most but at e same time get bullied also. N i'm not a little girl! I'm mature. We played 'heart attack' on e bed n basically we'd juz siam-ed getting smacked as far as possible. Then we also played 'Who, what, huh' n i was almost gonna KO le so i actually wanted to say 'what' but it came out as a 'wuh'--a combination of what n huh. So it was considered 1 forfeit. Heng ah, nv forfeit thrice if not gotta do funny stuff. Weili had to stand on e bench n sing a song; jul had to hug e lamp post n shout 'lamp post i love u!'; kaiyan n do dance round the same lamp post n do the smurf song. There was this really amusing alien game, wah next time can play man. dedededededede, tiu, dedededededede, tiu ..hahah its still fresh in my head.

We all KO-ed early, maybe like 12/1 am. It was really an enjoyable chalet. yup, a toast to our friendship of 7yrs and still gg..

i'm capable of being very anti-social

I'm simply amazed at myself how i can be so super anti-social and exceptionally quiet when i'm DMS-ing. Ok, its not about being anti-social, more like i just wanna be alone and i isolate myself. It makes me realise that i indeed have a Lion inside me, that i do ROAR; so stay away from me when its tt time of the month.

I choked on my mucus twice ytd when i was sleeping, this despite the fact tt i tried e usual last minute tactic[which DONT work coz its last minute!] of giving myself an xtra immunity boost--eating 2 oranges for e vitamin C to build up my ald weakened immunity. I dunnoe how i got the flu bug. It suckx, really. I was sleeping and breathing normally when suddenly i juz choked on my mucus and den i broke into loud gags n coughs which lasted for a whole 3 min. Coughing so hard tt it reminded me of back then when i was 6yrs old n i was a really sick kid with damn bad cough n had to see a specialist, and visit the doctor once every 2 weeks for to cure me of it.

So i woke up today, with a very deep voice, and it hurt when i swallowed saliva coz my throat was extremely dry. My nose was runny. "Damn", i told myself. "It's flu." double whammy. Period N flu. How nice. Went for trg, kinda grogy though i wasnt under medication.

We received e Chapion paddles today. Mine's e default one, and i call it Moley coz it had 2 'moles' on the shaft. We did warm up, 160 jumping jacks. It just reminded me of back in nc days, this thing called the Golden Mouth Syndrome. Golden Mouth is a term we'd use to describe/scold cadets who had mouths too precious to open. Some count, others mumble, others dont even count. Just feel tt punishment is the most yuan2 shi3 way to achieve a particular result; it's like, kids are introduced to the cane coz they r too young to understand reasoning when u tell them. And as for our cadets, we used to tekan, i mean, discipline them coz sometimes the soft approach just dont work, hence the hard treatment. Like for instance e time i made my part march in e parade square in their socks in e afternoon coz a few of them wont change their bad habit though we ald stressed to them tt they shdnt be dragging their shoes when they march coz it produces an awful sound n its extremely sloppy. Ok i was mean, but aft we punished them tt once no more dragging sound le. It pays to be mean, BUT since we r old enuf, we shdnt have to be told time and time again.

Today we did 2 sets to Sheares Bridge, and i must say with the new paddle, its much quieter while rowing. That's coz there's less splash when e blade enters the water. We also played tiz game 'row ur team mates weight' near Sheares Bridge and those who chose to jump into e water did so, while e remaining rowed wif them clinging onto e boat as resistance. I opted to stay on the boat; it wasnt much of a choice. I cant get any wetter den i ald was. The boat didnt inch forward by much despite the 30+ strokes we rowed. Maybe we just barely managed to row back to the original spot b4 drifting backwards due to the waves. We came up and did pull ups. I guess i just like doing pull ups using the left most bar. If u happen to be someone who knows the reason, shhh, keep it to urself. If u dunnoe the reason, den its ok.

We had lunch at marina. Today is lunch day. 13 of us turned up for lunch. N u might be thinking if i'm still sore about teh o-ping dat cost $1.30. Today quite 'off' ah, in fact i think wenya got my 'high'-ness, esp now with e new pink cap. Told u it looks gd on u, n it fits u well. Really, not everyone can pass off well wif AA stuff, but u happen to b a person tt can. Tmr got chalet wif my clique of friends, 3d 2n at pasir ris. 1st nite BBQ n mahjong session cum drinking session, 2nd nite maybe gg nite cycling to Changi Airport to fetch Wangwee's dad. Hope we got energy lah! N poor wenya n jul has gotta bring their paddles n vitasoy to chalet, =] Anyway i volunteered to go get the foodstuff n bring tongs n brushes, damn..gotta pack 2-3 days worth of stuff in my bag.

rowing in e rain, blister, detached deltoids

to start things off, ytd was my 1st day. Ok dun come and promote to me the pros of using a T instead of a P. For ur information, T and P this time round does not mean TP. I just dun wanna spell out the entire thing though its quite obvious wad it is anyway. I tried using the T twice b4 and it wont go in no matter how i relax n all. So i'd just stick with the reliable P.

As a result of having our gd ol auntie visit once a mth, i was slightly 'off' today. I dun lame tt well when i'm bleeding, literally n metaphorically speaking. U noe wad i mean. Anyway we ran n i partnered wenting. Then we rowed n 1st set e stroke rate was gd but 2nd set since wenting's pace is slightly faster than me i decided to accomodate to hers n we went faster. stroke rate exceeded what was targetted n as a result, many were more chuan. den mona came and told her to follow my timing; which is to pull slightly longer n slow down her pace to follow mine.

Wont go into the details of tan lines, i'm ok with it, shall juz go swimming to get rid of the tan lines. We rowed in the rain. Damn high lah!! I love to get caught in the rain, i really do. It really tests ur focus n concentration despite the heavy patter n tt e rain juz blows into ur face n ur eyes n u cant hear e coaxwain tt well coz of the howling winds. It was a blast, damn shiok. Ok i'm insane. Another thing tt i really love is waves. Yah, its leaves a damn high feeling when u flip up n though the timing will sometimes go abit off, u learn the importance of staying coordinated when faced with e odds.

Jul, wen n i went to suntec for lunch n to shop. Ok i admit its my fault, 3 bowls of la mien shd go wif 2 side dishes n if we ordered 2 bowls of la mien den can order 3 side dishes. I said i've got a huge hunger to satisfy so i got quite out of hand n ordered 3 bowls of la mien n 3 side dishes. Sorry ah, wad to do? b4 n aft rowing i've got an insatiable appetite, used up lots of energy wad. in e end i did help to eat up my share of food, but poor jul had to stuff herself wif her share of food n wenya was damn bloated aft she finished her share of food. Took a picture of jul being very stuffed. I dunnoe y, i was supposed to be 'off' today but den i started saying really out-of-the-world crappy things. Its a different kinda lameness altogether. Periods, they really do weird things to ur body. But i thought tt it was really funny when we were reminising back to our last water time trial n wen started recounting the story bout how she attempted desperately to climb up the tyres n clinging onto the rope for her dear life. and tt was the start of the 'siren' days. hahaha ok we really laughed so hard at e Crystal Jade!! Then we went shopping and i aint a shopper but i was more than happy tt jul was shopping for covered shoes and we'd step into shoe shops n i get to sit down. There was this reallly comfy pair of shoes at Bata thats so soft and so bendable. So fascinating.

We then walked to marina coz only tt branch of royal sporting house had the pink cap in e size tt she wanted. b4 tt we walked past Topshop and we walked in to browse n i just kept browsing while they tried on some clothes, which included racer back, so i waited outside the changing room for them. It was quite hillarious actually, they both came out, den exclaimed tgt, 'Shit, got ugly tan line! That's it, i'm not shopping for anymore clothes for today!' n dat's when i happen to notice that jul had a trademark chuppa chups tan line. Chuppa chups means 2 colours--like tt lollipop. Since she was wearing wrist guard on her punching arm, it got baked under the sun and e covered part was beige while e rest of her arm was red. Chuppa chups!!

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I went to NUS today coz i had an appointment wif the vice dean of FASS, A/P Paulin Straughan. i sent out an email to her on monday to set a time where we cld have tea n ask her bout the possibility of switching course, of which she replied an 'ok' response, tt is, she was fine 2-3pm, Wednesday. In the email, she even asked me to bring my transcripts, O n A level certs and anything else tt can help assess my suitability for FASS. which i did lah, brought 4 certs--O n A level Cert, sec sch testimonial n JC leaving cert, n my transcript. I ald had everything in my head; i thought thru wad questions to anticipate n what to say, what not to say when answering some possible qn that she may ask. I wasnt nervous at all, really. It was tiz one shot, it had to be my best.

I reached e Dean's Office at 150pm, waited till 2pm, n the receptionist asked me to sit down and wait coz A/P Paulin and her secretary are still out and hasnt came back from lunch. So i sat down n juz flipped thru tiz Arts n Social Science bk which all e modules listed[yah tt bk! Mine's e Sci-ence one] which they had on e shelves. Then she came back from lunch, looking very flustered indeed, and the kind receptionist briefly told her that someone[me, of course] have scheduled an appt with her from 2-3pm regarding switching of course. She exclaimed, 'i have??' and den she juz asked if i brought necessary stuff and glanced thru my A level cert, muttered, 'hmm, yah u suit the arts requirement' and asked me to wait for a moment while she goes to her office.

She came out and introduced me to this other lady, which i think is her subordinate, to come and talk to me n make sure i know what i'm doing n to analyse the feasibility of a switch. And at tt pt in time i was like, -_-". U forgot an appt when u replied e email to me ytd, and now u arent even gonna talk to me. Sure v little/no chance le..boo hoo!! In my head i was still thinking tt on account tt both of us are Tays, she is Paulin Tay Straughan, maybe got higher chance. But i didnt even get to talk to her lah, other den show her my A level cert n transcript.

But actually her surbodinate was quite nice. I couldnt catch her name, or maybe i'm bad with names so i forgot her name. She asked bout y i wanna switch we analysed my modules taken so far. Really, quite feasible in e sense tt i can transfer all my 7 modules(6 maths n 1 life science module) to become my UEs. So all i'd need to do is juz to satisfy the remaining MCs like a typical arts student will have to. I left AS7 Deans Office at 224pm, aft e surbodinate went to ask OAM thru phone bout the likelihood of swtiching and told me tt i can only go ask them aft 6th June, coz they OAM is currently busy with the new intake of undergrads. Whether or not i can come over dp on e vacacies. My one shot at it, and now...i guess i juz gotta wait lor.

Went sci-ence to go in search of some happy food but the Jap stall tt serves katsu closed early. Sometimes i feel tt it doesnt rain but pours. I settled for e next best alternative--yong tau foo soup. Anyway, i was quite amazed tt the drink stall uncle actually recognises me. He asked(in chinese),"r u wearing contact lens" and i said "yes" and then he said, "oh No wonder u look quite familiar. I've seen u ard but u are always in spectacles." and in my mind i'm like, "woah uncle is really gd wif remembering faces n he actually noticed."

Den went to do gym and felt like i punctured le. shall end here, kinda tired n i havent packed for tmr's trg. abrupt ending, as usual.

scary yet amazing

woahhh, remember not too long ago i blogged bout me 'scaring' my brother by walking into his room n using his pull-up bar?

Today he scared me. We both happened to be unable to wake up early to attend the Mass at 845am coz both of us were online till quite late ytd. Surprisingly, he seemed very eager to go church today and kept sms-ing me to ask wad time Mass wld i attend ltr n asked where i'd b sitting n to help him to chop a seat n all. Long winded ah! Ok so both of us woke up late n went for the 1215pm Mass at Holy Cross.

It came to the wishing each other 'peace be with u' part n b4 tt i was ald thinking if we shd hug. And den Benjamin Tay Zhi Yang(hahah) extended his arms opened, leaned forward n attempted to hug me. I couldnt be tt bad as to leave him in tt position, so i hugged him back. For a moment, i felt this awkwardness, diz sense of 'hmm, weird' feeling. hahaha. Yah, scary. N he's a towering 180cm while i'm 160cm so my head was against his chest n yup, its damn hard lah. solid sia hahahaha. Ok seriously, for tt moment, i seemed to put aside all e many incidences of him switching off e modem when i'm still using e laptop, farting in front of my fan which blows in my direction, being as irritating a brother as he can possibly be. Yah, wooah, my brother is sweet man. For once.

We decided to go for lunch aft tt. Went back to this hawker centre at our old house [West Coast Market] which serves really good food. We ordered 1/2 a chicken and ate chicken rice--him, his gf and me. He foot e bill n i had wanted to pay him back coz we agreed on spilting the cost. He said it was ok n tt e most, next time it'll be my treat. Woahhhhhhh, Scary sia!!!! First time he so generous wor! Ok maybe he's generous but hardly to me lah. I juz gave a stunned look, and managed an 'Orh' reply. Has he finally grown up and received some form of awakening to decide to want to be nicer to his sister? This is so amazing. Pinch me, somebody. I need to know if its a dream.

aching quadracepts, butt ache, sore deltoids(frm staying in riding position)

u noe, actually e highlight of e entire nite cycling was chiong-ing up e slopes in sentosa. yup my personal preference lah, coz i felt tt it was damn challenging, e slope up to shang-rila hotel. The bicycle rental uncle gave me a mini crash course on how to operate the gears n e brakes, so gg up the slope on e bike was manageable. b4 i go on, here's e name list of the 9 adventurers(ha!) who made it. Yunshan, melissa, meiping, geoks, wendy, cheeling, yirang, wenya n myself.

I learn a new thing every day. Thanks to the helpful bicycle rental uncle who was late in opening the shop[he opened e shop at 908..8 min late!] Anyway,

Lesson 1 of Cycling1101: U must 1st apply e right brakes b4 u apply e left brakes, coz right brakes control e front wheel, n if u squeeze e left break first, there'll be a higher chance of u flying forward.

Lesson 2 of Cycling1101: Adjusting the gears. The gears on e right side, using my bike as reference, ie bike no. 32. Adjusting e gear anti-clockwise(e big knob) aids in making the process of gg up slope less tedious. Adjusting the gear clockwise(e small knob) resets the gear back to original to suit normal terrain. Geoks added tt by adjusting the knob to help go upslope more easily, u actually compensate by gg slower coz e wheel revolution will be lesser. Woah..insightful. N yup, u can only switch gear when the bicycle is moving, if not the bike risks having its chains loosen.

Our devised route for the nite cycling--from ECP we cycled past SDBA, hahaha like seriously. No lah, i mean, coz i suggested we went Lau Pat Sat for dinner mah[n it was actually taken into consideration hahahah], so we took tt route and passed by e Esplanade(really magnificent view at night). But b4 tt we had cycled diz particular route tt we run past sometimes during trg. Aft Lau Pat Sat, we headed for Sentosa, and den to Orchard(PS to be exact), PS to Geylang for tau huay breakfast cum number-game to finish up whatever cld not be finished =] and finally frm Geylang back to East Coast.

Yup, i did quite a LOT of gear adjusting when chiong-ing up e slopes in Sentosa. Just play ard n experiment n somehow cld conquer e slope coz when it got really shiong, i'd stand up n peddle on e bike. Downslopes...WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. I juz love downslopes. While others r on standby for jamming e breaks, i was happily riding faster down. E thrill of speed, woahh!! Exhilarating man. Speedster in e making.

The people at Shang-rila Hotel were very hospitable indeed. We cycled up in e hope of exploring n at the same time, to use their toilets, which they willingly allowed. And i actually thought the chances of them[in a posh n high class hotel] letting us[sweaty n sticky cyclist] use the toilets were rather slim. They even agreed without hesitation or reservations or any airs at all, to help us TP. ohh,we did loads of TP-ing. muahahaha. The guy who took pictures for us managed to do it really well n zoomed to the right proportions. When we were about to leave, another guy asked us to be careful on e road. Nice people we have here.

Right from 130am onwards to about 3am or so was my exceptionally quiet period. Reason being tt i needed to past my sleeping time at 2am n wad wld b e next time tt i'll switch back to normal crappy mode is ambiguous n not fixed. As wad yunshan asked, 'Cindy u r being abnormally quiet, r u ok?' Seriously, i think being lame n crappy wld be my normal self n if i'm quiet, den something's really wrong.

Actually i like silence. Believe it or not, tiz is coming from a si geena person like me. I dont generate noise as much as u perceive me to. The thing is, I'm very comfortable with silence, n i'm not embarassed by silence. I mean, ok, if u r talking bout tt kinda 'awkward silence' situation where u run outta topics to talk n u're seriously trying to think of some new topic to ease the atmosphere n mood, den maybe i'd feel tt its awkward. But other times, i'm not bothered by the silence. In fact, i'm also not bothered with being alone. I can eat alone in e science canteen n not worry tt others wld perceive me as a loner, coz alone does not mean lonely. They r 2 different things altogether. I do not find comfort in noise, maybe tts y when it comes to studying i have a very low tolerance for noise.

Point is, there r moments when i'm quiet, but i'm ok. For tt pd of 1 n a 1/2 hrs(or more?? not too sure) i was struggling to past my sleeping time n attain another jing4 jie4 dimension level, Nirvana..hahaha, so didnt wanna talk much. Ok maybe there was another reason y i turned silent but yah, aft tt i was slowly returning back to usual self, ie lame+crappy.

Front packers included: Yunshan(expedition leader) woahh very street-wise n knows e way n very professional cyclist; wenya(in a trance n cannot cycle/run/swim straight)--eh cannot take part in triathlon le, hehe-- another one who knows Singapore roads very well; Mona(boss) haha who mind switched off le aft we reached e tau huay stall n suffered lotsa intentional/unintentional smack on a very sensitive spot on her back hahah

Mid packers included: Wendy(with her frequent 'clear the road!') n tt evil laughter which resembles e character Janice from Friends n all e i-cannot-stand-ur-lameness-anymore tone in e morning coz she was about to KO le; Yirang(e act blur gal hahaha) who unintentionally knocked e side mirror of an empty police car in when her bike swerved past it) hor hor u die. D-I-E DIE!! =]; Geoks(u do ODACians proud!) who was very prepared for e nite cycling n even brought duct tapes, apples n pears, n a Singapore Map.

Back packers included: Meiping(e last woman) looking out for our safety n laughing at her own lame jokes n always saying i'm e lamest but look who's the ultimate haha; Chee Ling(check out something new on her! =]) who is our PUB n provides light for e back to see whenever it comes to very dark stretches of road. n constantly encourage pple who were chiong-ing upslope on e bike to 'jiayou~'; Myself(ODACian) who brought e first aid kit. Thankfully neednt take out to use ah. Asking people to remember to 'keep left' to avoid being lunggah-ed by cars.

And so we arrived at ECP at about 650-7am and watched e old folks do Tai-chi exercises and Qigong. Had to wait almost 2 hrs n 8 minutes!! for e bicycle shop to open so we cld return the bicycles. Some pple KO-ed, others nua-ed, n others had their eyes open but i think they shut off le. I'm a morning person so i was kinda awake despite no sleep throughout e entire nite. Plus i have not had enuf of cycling n my butt aint aching so meiping n i decided to cycle somemore n in e end we stopped at tiz stone n stoned(lame~ i noe hah) there till it was about 835 den we went back.

Actually, this blog post can be summarised with just 1 word, given my limited vocabulary...EXCITING!

pls take care hor

Quite happening ytd. Didnt get to blog first hand when i got back home coz i was ald quite drained le. Anyway, hmm about ytd. Went to swim wif yirang at Jurong East Sports Complex in e morning. Thanks to very creative n innovative ideas tt she came up wif, swimming becomes very challenging indeed, and definitely gives u a 'high' aft completing. High on endorphins, u bet. There'll be special set which comprises 4 laps[to-n-fro, to-n-fro] 1st is normal lap, 2nd is swim wif hands only, 3rd is normal lap, n 4th is swim wif legs only. Believe me, swimming wif hands only is..#*&(#@!$. Yup, e experience is #*&(#@!$. hahahaha. Received an sms saying ktv was cancelled so i had time to have lunch wif yr, den went home to take a nap.

Woke up, looked at e clock, said 'shit!', den didnt really bother to dress nicely, so my attire today was lok kok. Rushed down to PS Swensens where we were supposed to 'surprise' Melissa n celebrate her bdae. I was on time, yeh!! 'Surprise' wasnt a surprise coz of intentional n unintentional pou-tousters. hahaha like jul, vic-ah-vic n peiqiu. Ah well, anyway, my theory states tt birthday girls senses r very acute indeed, so there's actually no need to plan a 'surprise' coz they can sense it one. It's juz tt feeling tt smth is not right. =]

Dinner was gd. Spared e team of whining, coz thankfully(for them), my food wasnt e last to be served. If not, hmm =p. Eh i'm not a xiao hai zi/si geena/xiao mei mei
k, i'm actually very mature. Not mature(d) but mature. hahah juz tt, i think u cld juz blame it on e Jurong Syndrome. Or e air in e Western part of Singapore. Go West, life is peaceful there lalalala. We were fully utilising, oh i mean, over-utilising the menu lah!! To cover n conceal wad jian bu de guang things we were doing. Like writing on e bdae card, or hiding tt slice of cake from mona's view. Yunshan suddenly asked jul n i, 'Wah u all so long still havent decided wad desert to eat ah, still looking at the menu!' n had wanted to take e menu away n i started being defensive n said, 'no cannot!! *break out in fits of laughter*' coz e menu was used to hide e cake behind it.

Had wanted to watch a movie but to summarise a bit, there wasnt 'goodness-of-fit' present so in e end, we didnt watch a movie but instead proceeded to acid bar to nua. How can anyone forget e 'fun' we had squeezing in e elevator while wendy n i grabbed e opportunity to TP. It was damn hillarious!!

Once we entered acid bar, i couldnt help but chuckle coz i remembered e last time we were here, there was a 'truth or truth' session n i remembered e 9 of us(zhenyi, boon chin, vic, jul, wen, yirang, angeline, geoks n i) promised one another tt wadever was said here will remain in e boundaries of e premises n juz among e 9 of us. N it wasnt even a day or 2, tt jul got sabo-ed by i cant recall who but in e end, e whole team knew about THAT secret. So, terms n conditions, No 'truth or dare' session in acid bar. wahahaha.

I so wanna try e blowjob next time. E name really suits the drink, really it does. I'm not joking. Iso asked for a blowjob[no pun intended hah] n showed us how to drink it. e process of downing e drink, nicely done. ;) e whipped cream seemed so enticing hahaha.

We played e number game n i lost e 1st round so had to gulp down 1/2 a cup of beer[was it tiger beer or heineken?] I was considered one of e luckier ones who kena once only. e rest ah, esp melissa had to help others drink. But in e end those who didnt kena[meiping n yirang] were also made to drink 1/2 a cup.

Took e train all e way home wif yirang. All i'd say is, yirang pls take care hor. I vaguely remembered a 'cindy, i'm gonna faint' n den barely a few steps aft we checked out of the ticket counter at boon lay, she pengz le. Head on my right lap. I realised Singaporeans r generally a kind lot. The illegal hawker(malay auntie selling fruits) offered medicated oil w/o me having to ask for it. But some pple are too kind which can be quite unncecessary. Really. Its to the extent tt u juz wanna shout, 'Go away!' but u r too nice to say tt so u juz say, 'oh its ok'. Like for instance 2 guys who walked past asked, 'eh is ur boy ok?' of which i replied 'yah ok ok' in my head i'm ald like -_-" n thinking, 'she's not a boy' n den later the guys asked, 'what's ur boy name?' n den i'm thinking, 'why e hell do u even wanna know e name? Does it even matter!? Get lost!' but i juz forced a smile and said, 'It's ok lah!'

Sent her home personally, den came back home in a cab. ha yah 1 street away still take cab. Indulging in cab culture. Eh, pls ger, take care hor. Hope u feeling better ald, which i noe u ald r lah. =]

Anyway, yup the thing about being a ger, not tt i wanna say, but i have to say. yah i came home at 130am, den dad was telling me diz morning over e phone, tt mum was very worried ytd. had wanted to go down n search for me coz i was estimated to reach home by latest 1245(she called n i said i was at JE station at 1230am) n she called again at 1.20am n i didnt pick up e phone coz it was rather inconvenient. I had no hands at tt pt in time. Well i called mum today n explained y i cldnt pick up her call. They are quite lax when it comes to me coming home late at night and all, in fact they dun set rules 1 leh. But yah, can see frm here tt as a ger n as e younger in e family, i have gotta take e xtra responsibility to inform them. Ok yup my fault tiz time. Newayz i'm glad they trust me n i shdnt make them worry for ntg.

cravings

i think i just scared my brother 20 minutes ago when i knocked on his room door[which was ajar], den he said 'what is it?' n i said, 'oh ntg much, i juz wanna use ur pull up bar to do pull ups.'

Of which he replied, a very typical/usual 'brotherly' remark, 'eh dont die in my room hor!' diaoz. though i havent been doing pull-ups for a long time, i wont die. My hands will probably just slip off e bar n i'd land on e floor. Anyway i climbed onto e chair so i cld reach e bar n did like, hmm 3..hahahaha[insiders joke btwn a few of us] e difficult part is btwn 180deg to 160deg. Once u past 160deg(ie angle made btwn forearm n backarm(?), its easy to go up. Anyway when i climbed onto e chair n grip onto e bar, its juz nice 160deg, so its easy to pull myself up. I've tried it b4, ie hanging 180deg n pulling; other den e constipated sounds i produced, no work was done.

I find it very strange indeed, y is it my brother wld ask me if i wanna go gym wif him, but he nv ever ask if i wanna go run wif him. i turned his offer down today, as always. I mean, even if i went gym wif him, i'd have to pay like $1.50 entrance fee n he'd probably be doing his own workout while i do mine, so wad's e pt? If i went to e sch gym, its free n its e familiarity, knowing where e machines r. Ytd once again, he happily went wif his gf to go for a night run, hrmpf. Ok, anyway even if he'd ask i wouldnt have went. Dun wanna b xtra. Cmon lor, i asked him how how to run frm our house to OCS since 2 yrs ago n he has yet to teach me e route. Urgh. Brothers! Wad a bother!

i cant wait for tiz saturday to come!! been craving for ah balling since e last water trg which was 02/04/05. Yummy, e thought of e peanut paste spreading across e tongue when u bite into it, woahh, heavenly!! N i miss rowing man, though i know when we start rowing n my deltoids start complaining i'd probably take back my words ahahaha. =] Yes n i can finally utilise my white nike cap. It can finally make its appearance again, n i'd feel gan yuan dat i'm utilising it. Over-utilising e cap is better den under-utilising it.

happy mothers' day

to all official n unofficial[meaning u r naggy n have motherly instincts but u arent a mother hah] mothers out there: happy mothers' day!

mum came to wake me up at 730 tiz morning. slept at 3am last night coz i was chatting online. Ahhh, such a nice weather to sleep in, it was raining leh! ah well, nvm. Must go church mah. It was raining so heavily tt even though we were waiting for a cab n had umbrellas, the strong wind blew the rain n drenched us. I was wearing tee shirt n shorts n sandals but still, i was kinda soaking wet.

i had thought i wont need to experience e yih freeze-ur-ass-off feeling again, at least not so fast. But, yup, since i was slightly drenched n e air cons in church were in gd working condition, it was darn cold!! The same feeling all over again..brrr. N i dun have e habit of bringing my windbreaker/sweater out on sundays. My goosebumps were all out, so so cold. sat on my palms to keep warm but still, didnt really help. I realised tt recently i'm not as resistant to cold as i used to be. In e past, i'd be e one of e last few who'd put on my windbreaker in e exam hall in my sec sch days, when ther were really blasting air cons in e hall. These days, i hardly switch on e air con in my room. Take for instance ytd nite, it was kinda humid n e whole family switched on e air cons n locked themselves in their own rooms, while as always, my door is open. I'm comfy with e fan switched on. But its kinda weird, i only switch on e air con when its about to rain..weird cindy. Yah anyway e cold kept me really awake during e entire Mass.

Now u muz b asking me wad did i plan for my mum for Mothers' Day. Nothing, yup, nothing. It's juz tt my family doesnt have e habit/culture of giving things to each other on birthdays, or mothers' day, or fathers' day. We dont celebrate special days for one another. It's juz another typical day. Yah my family is really conservative. Conservative isnt exactly e appropriate word, but maybe its juz tt we arent expressive when it comes to our love n concern for one another. Like hello, when its time to say 'peace be with u' in church, we actually shake hands!! whilst other families wld b seen hugging n sometimes pecking each other on the cheeks as a form of love. I guess ours is a more implicit way of displaying our concern we have for one another.

I think being a mum is such a high calling, another kinda of vocation altogether. Mummy, i love u. Haha though i'd probably not say it to her face-to-face n she'd probably not see it here anyway.

Ytd i went to sch, on a saturday[dammit!] n its exactly 1 week aft e exams, so wad e hell was i doing in sch!? I had to go back for an interview for e Project Rakchuay which was held at e yih student lounge. printed out e interview form last minute at e yih cblc, made a trip to e yih study room n sat at my fav seat to fill in e form. Yah, fav seat is tt one, e exposed table[when u walk down e stairs] n den its e seat tt's e extreme right. Well, if u dunnoe, u dunnoe. If u noe, den well n gd. saw yunshan's tissue box left on e table, hah. It's probably another 6 more mths b4 we invade e place n apply for PR again. *so NOT looking forward actually haha* =] Anyway, yah e interview, ok lor, i was juz kinda relaxed n answered e qn as best as i could. No sweat man. Came home, checked mail coz they said results wld be out by tonight, as to whether i'm selected or not. Seems like i wasnt selected. angeline also signed up for it n i saw her email add listed in e intended recipient so like me, we werent selected. N den somehow i came home n received a call diz morning at 10am n they said due to some confusion of some sort, i'm actually selected to go. Woah, ok! N i'd be taking e 2nd flight unlike e rest who'd be gg on e 10th. I'd be gg on e 11th n coming back on e 20th of July, so bye folks. I hope its a gd opportunity for self-discovery n to stretch out a helping hand to e pple in Thailand. Somehow when they asked me if i knew how to speak Thai during e interview, i said 'No' and i started giggling to myself in my head coz i remembered how i pretended to speak Thai to denise n wld end wif a snort at e end of e sentence. hahaha

Today i had to teach tuition. 2 hrs wif my boyboy n gerger, den stand in for weili n help teach her kid for another 2 hrs consectively. So its about 4 straight hrs, excluding e 1/2 hr transition time to get frm 1 place to another. Damn tiring, i mean, my boyboy, he's juz not helping himself. U noe e saying, 'u can lead a horse to e water, but u cant force it to drink' Yah, i've taken tt 99 steps to lead him to e water, but he has gotta take tt 1 step to go drink e water wad! So i got so mad at him coz he juz saved a pile of hw[eng comprehension corrections n sci-ence qn] to ask me. I juz scolded him n said, 'Look, i'm only gonna help u to understand e qn, u go find e answer urself.' It was supposed to b 2hrs dedicated to helping him in english coz he's got SA1 Eng paper tmr, but in e end since he was un-cooperative, he used up 1hr 40min trying to complete his hw, leaving him 20 min to do eng.N tt gerger, i juz hope she can improve abit coz i havent taught her long enough to lay a strong foundation for her.

Helped teach weili's P6 kid aft tt. Stand in for her for diz week coz sim pple having exams, n pri sch kids cannot stop tuition now coz its e crucial pd n they've got their Semestral Assesment(SA) exams. Woah, i dun remember english being so difficult. I seemed to breeze past it last time leh, or maybe it juz wasnt so tough in 1997 when i was P6. Now, i have to refer to e answer for comprehension cloze to find out e suitable word to fill in.

Was so hungry aft tt. My last meal was at 130 and it was a bowl of honeystars cereals for lunch. Felt a bit cold[fa1 leng3] due to hunger. Yup, goes to show, if ever e day comes when i feel faint when running, its probably coz there's not enough food in my stomach. hahaha. I need food! Decided to buy a slice of cake frm coffee bean for mummy coz like, juz wanted to do smth sweet for her. haha

anyway here's a pic of us, behind us is e 800m race route. taken on 05/05/05

of belated bdae celebrations n boys dun cry

went to marina square to celebrate gm's n ky's bdae ytd. Many thanks to wenya who planned e venue while jul n i were e runners to get their present. Why? coz nus pple exams end le, n sim pple starting exam, so diz time round its our turn to plan.

we dined at tiz place called Centrestage n for some reason tt i shant mention, i was so freaking pissed off with somebody for being such an ass. Really, dun u dare take it out on me n act like u r e only one who's affected by recent events. I was so mad n thankfully wenya was ard so i went with her to look for an atm machine[coz she wanted to withdraw $] n i told her bout how i'm so pissed off,seriously P-I-S-S-E-D. I told u b4, i do roar ok! Dont u think of messing ard with me juz coz i joke n laugh most of e time. Anyway, wen, thanks. No, i wont bite u, though u offered ur hand. 'calm down cindy, if u want u can bite me' wen said. tt was nice. We couldnt find an atm machine coz they r currently renovating e place so we did some short browsing at royal sporting house and frankly, u dun look silly in a cap. Can consider buying one actually.

dinner was gd, wen's mummy was ard e area so she popped by with her colleagues to spy on us. hahaha. nah, our parents trust e company tt we mix with. Took some pictures at the restaurant b4 we left but somehow i felt tt i look better in e pictures wen took wif her camera. Hrmpf. As we were walking towards the Esplanade, i kept singing Jie Lun's 'Dao dai' n i dun sound constipated hor. It's singing wif feeling~ ok. hahaha damn high lah. Was chilling out n behind us was e 800m June/July race course n we were talking n crapping. N den i think i suddenly mentioned smth about how bigger chest seems to give to optical illusion tt our bust r bigger when it isnt n den 9 of us started engaging in girl talk, with jackson[ky's other half] being very interested to hear wad we were talking about n cheeweng[weili's other half] eavesdropping n arm-chiou. Lipin shared wif us diz natural mtd of enhacing ur bust which she learnt on wan quan yu le. Basically u put ur arm close to 1 of ur bust n den u flex ur muscle. Do it *i forgot how many* times a day. It must seem so natural when u r doing tt no1 knows when u r doing it.

Think the funniest joke of e day was when someone said e word 'depressed' n weili registered it as 'debreast' and den wenya started bursting out in LOUD high pitched laughter with everyone staring in our direction. N i really liked e extremely lame joke ms chung weili told us:

"When my friend was younger he used to throw butter out of the window, so one day his father asked him, 'Why u always throw butter out of window?' and the boy answered, 'Oh coz my friend say throw butter out e window den can see butterFLY' "

-_-"

hahahaha ok, a really gd joke cracked over dinner table huh? I realised its always damn obvious when we try to make it seem like we r not giving them e present but it juz makes it even more so obvious. Me taking out e present frm my bag, e rest coming over n checking out where their $ contribution went, us whispering among ourselves about when we r gg to sing e birthday song. haha damn obvious lah! I seriously think we can do away with the handing-me-e-money-under-e-table thing, coz its official lah, everyone contributes $10. =]

Went for a morning swim wif yirang today at Jurong East Sports Complex. Had tiz great urge to clear our bowels b4 gg for a swim n we were ald wearing our swimming costumes inside our clothes, so its extremely mafan to go. But when u've got to go, u've got to go. So we were in toilets behind each other. We went to e toilet cubicles, was about to release, when we unanimously moaned, 'Seriously!' hahahaha yah seriously it damn mafan lah. gotta tuo diao ur shirt, shorts, n den e swimming costume. Yes, tuo diao tuo diao tuo diao..

went gym n damn e stupid bicep curl machine. Or maybe it was coz i leaned forward a bit too much so when i pulled e metal bar in, it whacked my tooth. Ouch!! Dammit. Shit happens really. I finally managed to go Central Lib to watch the movie 'boys dont cry'. Now they r damn strict wif e viewing of audio visual materials coz e MDA is says its restricted material blah blah, so apart from filling in my name, n e stack no., i had to also fill in wad module i was taking n e lecturer's name. This is to make sure e show i'm watching is recommended by e lecturer. As for wad module i was taking, i juz anyhow scibbled yunshan's module code coz anyway diz show has got smth to do wif sexual identity n i recalled e module code coz there's my fav no. inside. As for lecturer name, i juz crapped wif e librarian tt i was interested in taking diz module[not exactly hahaha] next sem so i wont noe his name unless i'm pyschic, n so, hah as usual, i got my way.

But happiness is short-lived. Its true. It's a really depressing show. No, it didnt make me cry lah. My tear ducts r not tt active recently, they r on strike. It's juz so, urgh, depressing. Yes there was a rape scene, but i was so mad at tt stupid guy. Just leave her alone lah, wad's wrong wif being a gay or a lesbian? I mean, u r not a freak based on their sexual identity. I'm straight n i'm catholic lah, but i juz feel tt they shd be accepted for e way they r. All these differences, all these distinctions, where is it gonna bring us to? In e end, its juz gonna widen e distance btwn people, casting pple aside. So pointless i tell u, so pointless. I just walked out of central lib n decided to go home. Actually intended to watch another show, 'Minority Report', but, e show was really disturbing.

p/s: if u wanna see pictures, can check out wen's blog. Her photo's nicer. Besides, photobucket's page juz expired on me, making me very annoyed indeed.

Crescentian Survey

I got this from Kaiyan's blog. Thanks ky!

Name: Tay Cindy

Class/Year: 1/8 2/8 3P1 4P1

Serial #: let me go chk my report bk..32, 35[girls school mah, den surname is 'T', so very behind]

CCA: NCC (Land) Girls. "one for all, all for one" woohoo!

[in class]
what position do you hold in the classroom?
secretary, vice chairperson

who sits beside you?
sec 1: i tink it was jeannie choo
sec 2: was it wangwee? hmm..i really dun rememeber
sec 3: wangwee again, poor wangwee, always a victim of my bullying..*chuckle*
sec 4: Minghui

who sits in front of you?
eh walau, memory not tt gd lah!

who sits to your right?
people

where do you sit?
usually at e left side of the classroom

are you the class joker:
erm, no. I very quiet one. hahahah, will anyone buy tt? Ok maybe i was one of the corny/crappy/lame one in class, tt's y always kena sabo-ed get wad, 'most friendly ger award' n 'environmental friendly' or smth..hrmpff

honestly do you like your class tee?
eh, honestly? 1/8 shirt abit like prisoner tee, sec 2 shirt is nice, i still wear it nowadays. Sec 4 shirt's nice as well, juz tt i peeled out my name written wif fabric paint coz very erm, striking..hah =]

how many people you dislike in clasS?
1 or 2 obnoxious ones who wont share their stuff, e smart ones who juz wont give a damn

your form teacher: Ms Eleanor Seah

[out of the classroom]
how many dps have you accumulated this year?
eh tiz one u really muz trust me on tt. I got 0 demerit pts. Though i'm e class joker, i nv chalk up any demerit pts k. E key to escaping Mrs Siah is to always act innocent.

honestly do you like the uniform?
of course! It's so distinctive. Banana. It looks really gd lah.

fave place to hang out?
canteen in e morning b4 assembly, den aft recess wld be e photostating corner to help auntie staple notes. N itchy hand me wld play wif e wax thing[lubricant] to separate papers easily. N e nc room[muz always remember to knock b4 entering]

fave canteen stall?
frankly speaking..almost all leh..hahaha. But if i really gotta choose, it has gotta be stall no. 4, e wanton mee auntie. Her wantons are like, superb. A pity she's retire le. I'm reputed for e one who makes a dash to e canteen when the bell rings. hahah

what are you proud of?
everything =) but most importantly, i tink Crescent made us believe tt as girls, we can do anything. Its not a matter of choice, but juz gotta do it lah. Ranging from parade commanding to working e AVA stuff, there's no such thing as guys to help u. Of course, camaraderie, crescent ncc--e sweat,e blood, e joy,e tears, e banging of the boots, e KID[knock it down] sessions, ok in short, EVERYTHING!
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went swimming today...and i managed to finish e Baby Blues comic strip for e yr 1996. today i finshed 1/2 e yr of 1997. It's in e archives section in www.babyblues.com i am so gonna finsh reading e comic strip of Baby Blues. Its really nice to see Zoe's growing stages, from a toddler to what she is today. Makes me laugh so hard sometimes. Check out

http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=05/13/96
http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=10/17/96

2 of my favourite so far. e 1st one, hahaha, it's so close to heart. Every smack for a snack. N e 2nd one, its so awww. So wen xin. Although Zoe's really such a headache n creates so much intentional/unintentional trouble for her parents, its so sweet lah. Saying e 3 special words to her dad while deliberately waking him in e middle of the night.

e thing about being e younger n a ger in e family

mum insisted i stayed home when i told her i was gg out to run at 1115pm. she said it was dangerous n all. Benjamin was oh-so-helpful by giving an extremely lame comment, 'Oh yah, e last time i went jogging at night, i was raped'. So am i suppose to *gasp* at his comment? Yah rite, seriously who will wanna rape him? My gosh. The reason y i jio yirang to go run is coz when i ask my bro to run wif me for like nth times, he doesnt want to. And den his gf juz need to say, 'i tink i'm getting fatter' and there he goes for night runs with her. Of course, i wont tag along with them lah.

Ha but in the end, as always, i got my way. I'm so sure if i was a boy, i wouldnt have such a problem. Though they r extremely lax when it comes to our gg out n all, they dun exactly like to see me gg for a run at such unearthly hours. hahah. we were kinda breathless while running so we decided not to talk so much. must have been all e waffles cum pocky cum hello panda cum oreo cum biscuits tt caused so much inertia.

Die lah, i just surfed to e office of admissions website to check out stuff regarding transfering course n tiz is wad i see:

Transfer period

There are two transfer periods. Applicants can apply for a transfer as follows:

1 to 21 February 2005 for a transfer to a new course in Semester I of AY 2005-2006 (confirmed date)


17 October 2005 to 11 November 2005 for a transfer to a new course in Semester II of AY 2005-2006 (tentative date)

die lah!!!!!!! Does this mean what i think it means?? Save me somebody.

Happy birthday Kaiyan n Guimei!

So its e 5th n 6th person in our clique to turn 20 le! Happy birthday!! We'll celebrate urs tiz Wed yah? I'm thinking bout e no. on e shirt we r gonna make as a clique and e name on it..boo hoo. =[ Is my no. really gonna b 10? N my name on it, muz it be CIN? why cant it be DEE n y cant i choose my fav no to be on it? boo hoo. Well, it muz be nice ah, maroon colour hor? Ok its red so most prob it'll be nice hah.

Today Fr Ignatius preached bout gg against the tide of relativism. "Compromise n indifference r in line with the topic of curbing relativism. What it means is like, it doesnt mean tt if u see everyone doing something, u blindly follow coz u dun its e trend. Like pre-marital sex, abortion, n so forth. U dun compromise with ur values or be indifferent about the way things are. N he also mentioned smth about though we r baptised catholics n its kinda like a passport, sure way to heaven, it doesnt mean there wont be such things called 'defaulters'. Terms and conditions apply. But do remember there's tiz thing called free will tt He cant interfere with so its up to u ultimately. But of course, u wanna do His will, not ur own will rite? " He's really damn funny lah. I like it when he does the preaching. so full of energy.

Oh man, diz is coming from a person tt dislike shopping. Brace urself for wad i'm gonna say next..RETAIL THERAPY ROX! hahaha My goodness! I bought stuff on impulse today!! I went Queensway shopping centre coz i wanna go get myself more shorts--(1 blue FBT n 1 black Waveline) coz i was thinking tt if trg is increased to 4x weekly, i'm gonna need more shorts. Buying the shorts was not e stuff which i bought on impulse. After buying, i did some browsing ard to see if i'd need more sports apparels, n kept chanting in my head, 'Needs, not wants. Needs, not wants. Dont anyhow buy things'. I saw tt orange Nike sports bra i've been eyeing since 2 weeks ago. It was on 30% discount so it costs $33.60. I ald had 3 sb at home ald, den..which is enough lah. But, but..4x a week means need 4 sb mah rite?? Right or not? *nods head* yah, n so, i bought it!! Yea, aft tt, e new chant in my head was, 'do whatever makes u happy, wahahhaha'

Was thinking of getting myself a pair of new sports shoes but i'm still a rather rational shopper. And besides, i really hate shopping so i didnt stay long enough to let tempting thoughts set in and get the better of me. Seriously, my maroon nike shoes are in gd condition, so y the hurry to get new shoes huh? N besides, i love my shoes. No shoelace means no chances of shoelace being undone while running halfway, though i ald mastered a long time ago the way of tying shoelace with tt special double knot so it wont go undone.

I had wanted to eat sliced fish bee hoon soup for dinner but mum insisted it'll be nice to have dinner tgt as a family n so we settled for KFC. Like, KFC. Huh? I dun like KFC. N i havent been exercising so its damn sinful food lah. So it was dad, mum, bro n his gf, n me eating at KFC. bro goes on n on about how chicken breast meat is full of proteins n its gd for building muscles yadder yadder n i shd eat more, coz there was too much food n he wanted me to help finish up e food. But i dun wanna build muscles to his extent lah! Furthermore, i was full ald. I dun need have big chest like him lor. Anyway he was happy to have tt last piece of crispy chicken breast meat.

I realised i'm still damn shy when it comes to buying lingerie lah. Aft dinner mum n i decided to go shop for yah, bra, or undergarments. Ah well, yup. There's ntg to be shy about rite? But i dunnoe lah, once i walked in i kinda felt as if i blushed. Its the 'ok get it quick, n get me outta here' thing. So the sales assistant measured my chest size, den chose a few based on my preference n showed me the way to the fitting room. Den she asked, 'u noe how to try on rite? Make sure u push everything in n it fits snugly but it must not feel tight' Den e next qn she asked, 'U need me to stay n help u?' My reaction..hmm, i juz cringed, n gave her the thanks-but-no-thanks look, and didnt hesitate a 'Errr..NO!~' answer. Damn shy lah. Urghh. i shoo-ed her outta e fitting room. Mmmm. What a bra-haha day. Sports bra, den now, normal bra. aghh.

Advertisements. U noe now they've got tiz top 5 ads for the month or smth featured on tv. I personally think ads in e past were so much better. Now e ads nowadays lack e ability to reach out to e consumers heart. E ads in e past, they were so gd i cld easily memorise w lines said in e advertisement. And yes, Macdonalds ad in e past was so much better. It created a lasting impact because it pple cld relate to it. Like tt one on e kids in e zoo n then it was raining. Or the one where the kid walks into e parents room n ask what's for breakfast n he was ald dressed n all prepared to go to Mac. Or the one where the boy says 'B for Boy, G for Girl, M for Mcdonald' n there's diz old auntie who says, 'wo de sun zi, dai ta chu lai hen mafan, da zui xi huan de jiu shi Macdonald'. N how cld anyone forget the tongue twister thing, '2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions n sesame seed bun' n there's the chinese version also. I memorised all tt, no, i didnt bother to go memorise it. It's juz tt i spent so much of my time in front of the tv tt i naturally remembered e ads so clearly. i watched ALOT of tv last time. Yes i did. Our generation, u hardly saw anyone of us spending 1/2 e time these kids nowadays spend doing assessment bks. Watching tv was smth i spent a lot of time on.

B4 i end, let me answer some quries of pple who leaves comments.

To iso: e hair conditioner didnt really condition my face. Maybe a bit lah, wad failed to kill my face made it stronger. haha more resistant. e pimple healed by itself.

To zhenyi: stats ah, haiz. Dunnoe, maybe lor, consider stats, which is another branch of maths. But hmm..i didnt quite do well in stats in JC though it was said to be easier. Others cld understand it coz its so straightforward but for me, i thought it seemed confusing. See how ba

To jinwen: ha u actually checked out my blog. Yup i need to take him down frm my notice board if not got no space to put up impt notices.

I just received a movie clip from wenya which took about 30 min thru msn. Woahh, its gd stuff man!! David Tao singing Ai. Hen Jian Dan. Woahh..nice. Really gd. Eh u shd post tt clip on ur blog lah! =]