paint me pink clouds against purple skies

better together- Jack Johnson

2007-12-12T08:35:00.000-08:00

Heard this song when I was at Spinelli's with fred. Used to have the song on my com quite some time ago but I can't find it now. Hmpff.

"There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
with sepiatone loving.
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart,
Like why are we here? and where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be decieving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together

[chorus]
Mmm, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression,
I was somewhere in between
With only two,
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now

[chorus]

I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together"

one, two, three, four, five.

2007-08-30T08:51:00.000-07:00

"uno dos tres cuatto cinco seis siete onche neuve deis."

My little cousin taught me how to count one to ten in spanish when I went to visit her in the states last year. She had picked it up from sesame street.

I could only remember half of what she taught me until 5 min ago when I was chatting on msn with kel (who has started picking up spanish).

uno dos tres cuatto cinco seis siete onche neuve deis!

2 wks into sch

2007-08-26T08:49:00.000-07:00

2 weeks into sch and ping is already stuggling with her sch work and lab. Gah.

Save me, somebody!

Presentation is coming up soon and i'm worried abt it. *sigh* I'm such a worrywart but I can't help it. Really.

my life is soooo mundane and boring. Maybe i should go back to writing my short stories A-Z. Where did I stop last time and where should i continue? J? K? L? Hmm.

sick

2007-08-09T08:50:00.000-07:00

Ping is officially sick.

Down with runny nose, blocked nose, blocked ears, cough, a little bit of sore throat and headache.

Hmm, sounds like i caught a cold.

Off to get some sleep before heading to sch tmr.

Gdnight all.

would you be there?

2007-06-01T23:18:00.000-07:00

"If I were blue, would you be there for me,
And whisper in my ears that's ok.
Would you stand by me, let me hold you tight,
And say you love me one more time.

If I feel good would you slow dance with me
And touch my lips with tender loving care
Would you die for me would you run with me
And never look back

Would you be there to love to be with me
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be the one
To take my breath away

Would you be there to love to be with me
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be the one
To take my breath away
Would you be there

If I'm away would you still think of me
And wish that you could hold me now (Hold me now)
Would you die for me would you run with me
All the way

Would you be there to love to be with me
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be the one
To take my breath away

Would you be there to save my soul tonight (Save my soul tonight)
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be there
To kiss my pain away

Would you be there to love to be with me
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be the one
To take my breath away

Would you be there to save my soul tonight (Save my soul tonight)
Would you swear that your love is always true
Would you say that you'll always be there
To kiss my pain away

Would you be there
For me"

Would you be there?

Ping is an intern

2007-05-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

Two weeks into my internship and I'm sick of working already.

I have two weeks to finish up 6 reports and present my findings to the management committee. :S

Save me!!!

post exams

2007-05-09T00:44:00.000-07:00

I just spotted a green ladybug on my wall! A small one, kind of cute.

It has been quite a while since I last blogged. Internship's starting this friday. I'm excited and looking forward to it. :)

Been spending lots of money going out since the exams ended last thurs. I bought 2 new shirts, 2 pairs of shoes and got a new haircut! Let's do a recap of what I did since my last paper on thurs.

Thurs: Paper ended at 3pm, after which i had tuition with eileen.

Fri: Fred was on leave and so we went to catch spiderman3 at cine, after i accompanied my mum to the dentist in the afternoon. Had my haircut at joanna's.

Sat: Stayed home for most of the day. Brought QianWen out to shop ard United Sq cos i was bored at home.

Sun: Went for service in the morning, lunch after that in a Hong Kong cafe somewhere in chinatown. Met fred in the evening.

Mon: Was in lab from morning till evening. Tuition at eileen's.

Met cindy for lunch today at Liang Court and I had Japanese Chicken Curry at the basement while she had a teriyaki chicken bento. *yum* food was not bad at all.

After lunch, we went to walk around Central, the new shopping mall at Clarke Quay. Nothing much there so we went to town to get her ballet shoes.

Met cc for dinner at a thai restaurant, followed by coffee at our fav coffee joint. And that more or less, concludes the day.

Capricorn- my love profile

2007-04-25T22:17:00.000-07:00

Capricorn - Your Love Profile

Your positive traits:

You are serious about relationships and ready for a commitment.
You tend to help your partner attain the success they dream of.
You are a rock. Relationship problems don't seem to phase you.

Your negative traits:

Sometimes it's very hard for you to accept your partner's past.
You are emotionally reserved, and difficult to connect with.
You expect your partner to take care of you - and make cheat if they do not

Your ideal partner:

Is incredibly powerful and well respected.
Is often older than you - and could be a superior at work.
Has a good amount of money... or the ability to be rich someday.

Your dating style:

Practical. A "get to know each other" coffee date is just fine by you.

Your seduction style:

Bossy - you like to be the one in charge in the bedroom.
Slow and patient. You know that good sex takes time.
Calculating. You'll use sex to get ahead, if necessary.

Tips for the future:

Open up. A little emotional expression is a good thing in relationships.
Leap before you look. You don't have to run a cost benefit sheet on everyone you date.
Enjoy the now. No need to worry about marriage on the first few dates.

Best color to attract mate: Dark green

Best day for a date: Saturday

What's Your Love Profile?

phew

2007-04-12T12:54:00.000-07:00

I've found my honours project supervisor finally! And a project that seems interesting enough to me, with the hopes of getting a publication after completing the project.

I just found out that I don't know how to use paint (the computer programme under 'accessories') . :( Doink. Been wasting my time sitting in front of the com drawing my trees for EL assignment when it could be done in a MUCH shorter time.

Hmm

2007-04-11T22:41:00.000-07:00

Perhaps things aren't as bad as they seem.
Perhaps rejection is a blessing in disguise.

I can only hope and pray.

Met fred today for dinner at noodle hut. His trip has been confirmed and will be flying off soon. Dear, please watch out for the DHL man! wahahhaha.

I really, really should stop procrastinating and get started on my work. Exams are coming in less than 2 weeks. *gasp*

rejected

2007-04-10T22:00:00.000-07:00

Blame it on the fact that Singaporean students are kiasu or that I'm not kiasu enough...

But, I'm beginning to feel like a reject good.

picture of the prawns

2007-03-19T00:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of the prawns that me and fred caught. His is the slightly bigger one at the bottom and mine's the smaller one at the top.

The sizes of the prawns seem to have shrunk significantly after my dad cooked them. Boo.

prawn fishing

2007-03-17T21:56:00.001-07:00

I went prawn fishing with fred last night. Prawn fishing is super fun! You guys should go try it someday. Think i'll be going again next weekend. Enjoy the novelty while it lasts?

Fred and I rented a rod for an hour and guess how many prawns we caught? Two. Haha. Well, at least we caught something! Not bad for beginners already, right? :)

I let 3 prawns get away with my bait. Boohoo. And fred let 2 get away. So, by right, if we had gotten them all, we would have caught 7!

Fred caught the first prawn. It was quite big and had a pincer! A long, blue pincer. Eeks. It tried to get at fred while he was struggling to unhook the prawn from the fishing line. Fred den stepped on its pincer so it couldn't wave it about anymore. Haha. We should have just yanked the pincer off. Then the prawn would be pincer-less!

My prawn was smaller than the prawn that fred caught, but still bigger than the usual prawn that you get in hokkien mee. My prawn was less menacing looking, at least it didn't have any long, blue pincers. I caught my prawn during the last 5 min of our rental hour and I was thrilled beyond words! How lucky!

In the words of the mastercard advert:
Dinner: $2.50
Rental of fishing rod for an hour: $14.50
Thrill of catching a prawn: Priceless

For everything else, there's mastercard.

stress

2007-03-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

It's the time of the sem where i'm feeling very stressed up again.

I seem to be getting nowhere in my essay writing. Been sitting in the com for a long time yesterday and i've yet to start on my essay proper.

Project meeting has been postponed. *sigh* I want to get everything over and done with ASAP. But I can't do that! :(

I was supposed to go see prof poh today but i told her i can't cos of the project meeting. Think i'll give her a call later to see if i can drop by, since the meeting has been postponed.

Oh, the interview at MOM wasn't like an interview at all. It was just me and the manager (who's in charge of the project), sitting in a room and having kind of an informal chat.

And I've got a letter from MOE, telling me that I've been offered contract teaching, starting in Jul this year. I'll be doing my honours year, so I can't possible go and be a contract teacher for one to one and a half years. Oh well... No news yet abt the teaching award. I've already sent out an email to MOE, and waiting for their reply.

I want a get-away holiday, now. Speaking of holidays, I want to go to so many places.

NMNT, though. :(

ping is happy today

2007-03-02T23:56:00.000-08:00

I bought another dress today! At only $24.50! So happy! This is the 4th dress that i bought in less than a month. Oops.

Oh, and I'll be going for another interview next week for an internship with MOM. Hmm, I applied for 2 projects under MOM and i'm not sure which project is the one that i'm being interviewed for. *hmm*

I've yet to get a reply from MOE. Hmpff.

msn conversation

2007-03-01T22:52:00.000-08:00

A funny conversation that i had with my msian cousin on msn:

Da Ming says:
later 2morrow morning tuisyen again
ping says:
tuisyen?
ping says:
what's that?
Da Ming says:
??
Da Ming says:
u never heard? =.=
ping says:
Da Ming says:
later 2morrow morning tuisyen again
ping says:
nv
ping says:
what's that?
ping says:
i ask huifang she also dunno
Da Ming says:
omg? =.=
ping says:
so what does that word mean?
Da Ming says:
err
Da Ming says:
like
ping says:
like........?
Da Ming says:
sry =.=
Da Ming says:
typo
Da Ming says:
its tuition
ping says:
...............................................

ping is an antisocial

2007-02-24T23:39:00.000-08:00

Just got home from another of fred's family gathering. I felt so... out of place. *sigh* I don't know how to make small talk, don't know how to entertain people, don't know what to do, how to help out and everywhere i turn, there are people! :(

I was studying in the library yesterday when there was this woman who came up to me and asked if she could borrow my eraser. I lent it to her and so, she sat down at the table next to mine and started to erase some markings in her textbook. 5 min later, she was still erasing some markings in the textbook... It seems like she's going to erase the markings off the ENTIRE book, WITH MY ERASER! :S After 10 min, she still didn't seem like she was going to stop erasing and I so, badly wanted my eraser back! So, I packed up my stuff and told her that I was leaving (the library) already. She returned me my eraser and then... ... I WENT TO THE 2ND LEVEL OF THE LIBRARY AND CONTINUED MUGGING THERE! Haha. -_-'''

happy CNY

2007-02-18T18:19:00.000-08:00

Happy CNY everybody!

This new year is a pretty boring one to me. Mum and sis are away in msia, leaving me at home with dad and grandma. I've been trying to do up my microb lab report and I've no idea how to work out the calculations! Argh! I've got a negative value for something that's not supposed to be negative! :S

Anyway, i'll be visiting fred and his family tmr! That's something for me to look forward to!

miss teo?

2007-02-11T12:09:00.000-08:00

I noticed a letter from MOE lying on my desk this morning.

I've been shortlisted for an interview on V day, which is in 3 days time.

I'm scared of interviews! No, no, terrified's more of the word. :S

Shall see how everything goes. I've yet to tell unlce meng that i've applied for a teaching position already and most prob not going to take up his offer.

I don't feel that I'm cut out to do research work at all. One year of research work waiting for me, come august, though. Sigh.

Oh, I went for the immunology and microbiology research projects road show in school yesterday. Some of the projects seem rather interesting, in particular those dealing with EV71. Dr Tan's lab seems like a good place to work in too. Might have to start emailing the profs soon. Honours project shopping! Haha.

Not going on a shopping spree though. :P

retail therapy rocks!

2007-02-05T08:48:00.001-08:00

I bought THREE dresses in ONE day!!! :D Terribly happy with my buys though. Went shopping with eve and xy at bugis in the afternoon after class and bought 2 of the dresses.

Then fred came after he knocked off from work and he bought me another dress! I was planning to wear that dress to fred's place for CNY... but... my mum thinks that the dress is too short! Boohoo. How? How?

Maybe I should wear the dress out on sat to seek the girls' opinions? Hee. (But then it won't be "new" if I wear it for CNY, right? Hmm.)

infection

2007-01-25T16:24:00.000-08:00

and so, ping is down with an infected eye again. Sigh.

Oh, and because of my infected eye... I realised that seeing a doctor at YIH is actually FREE! *whee* Even my medication (which consists of a small tube of antiseptic eye drop/lotion) is free!
The advantages of being a student? Hee.

Speaking of the medication, I hate it! The area around my eye gets oily and it gives me a blurred vision. Kinda hard to study with just one eye seeing properly. Argh. Perhaps that explains why i'm sleeping so much in the library instead of doing my readings and going through my notes.

infection

2007-01-25T00:11:00.000-08:00

of Crème Brûlée and tiramisu

2007-01-17T22:51:00.000-08:00

Had dinner at a french cafe at vivocity just now with fred. I had prawn and avocado tartine, a sprite and tiramisu while fred had rillette tartine, diet coke and Crème Brûlée. Dinner was enjoyable... :) The desserts were good and the company even better.

Tmr's gonna be a looooooooong day in school. Better be off to get some rest now.

update

2007-01-16T21:29:00.000-08:00

Haven't updated this blog in a long time...

We're 2 weeks into school already and the work's piling up already! Boo. I'm still in a holiday mood though.

Fred's going ice skating with me on saturday! Woot! That's one thing for me to look forward to, definitely! Meeting him tmr too, for dinner. :)

So, the deal has been set with 2 scoops to go running together on thursday! And every monday with ai (tentatively). Ping needs to get running again... *hums tune of 'running' by No doubt*

Had dinner with eve and baichi lian just now at Thai express, holland v. The rice portion was soooooooo... small. I wasn't even full after my meal. But then, again, maybe it's just me (and my big appetite). Oops.

I went for the teaching award seminar today. It was supposed to be from 6-8pm... and i was late for it. By the time I got there, it was almost 6.30 and guess what? The thing ended at 6.45pm!!!! *grr* So basically, I just sat at the back of the LT for, like, 15 min?!

Oh, I learnt something fascinating during my 'infectious diseases' lecture the other day. Did you know that some pple are actually resistant/immune to HIV?!?!?! *hmm*

i'm bored

2006-12-28T14:49:00.000-08:00

tis the season to be jolly

2006-12-18T23:24:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to annie and david, the newlyweds. Attended their church wedding on sat... The wedding's really sweet.

The family dinner yesterday was pretty ok. We had a grand total of 29 family members (from both sides of the family) who turned up! Quite a lot of people, eh? I've got a BBBBIIIIIGGGGGGGG family.

I think i'm a lousy host. I can't entertain people and i'm bad at making small talk. Got to brush up on my PR skills. Bleah.

I've got lots of bathing things as birthday gifts. I've got perfume,a bath lily, body lotion and body wash from the body shop and shampoo, conditioner, body lotion, body wash and a bar of soap from crabtree and evelyn. Hmm, do i stink? How come so much body wash and shampoo?

Oh, I've got make up too! A glitter eye pencil from aunt carol, eye and cheek colour palatte and lipstick from aunt linda. *wheee* Now, I've got to buy myself some foundation.

Lots of good food this wk. Ahh, i better stick to my plan of doing 100 situps/day, after christmas.

Don't u think the face looks like a pig? Hmpff.

2006-12-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

You are "Face with Glasses"

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

no more party

2006-12-13T00:05:00.000-08:00

My party is officially off... :(

Will be having a simple dinner with family though, this coming sunday.

Been slacking a lot lately. Been procrastinating cleaning up and packing my room for days... *yawn*

Met fred for dinner and coffee today, but before that, I went to check out the new velocity at novena square. Hmm, nothing much there. But i'm happy that there's now a new place for me to have coffee and hang out near my place.

I'll be attending annie's and david's wedding on saturday! Hooray! An occasion for me to wear my CNY's dress which i've only worn ONCE (during CNY, that is...)

Less than 2 weeks to christmas... and I've yet written any christmas cards. I don't feel the festive season so much this year. Why? Why? :( The decor along orchard road looks less and less attractive to me with each passing year. Hmm...

I haven't met up with zen for quite a while. I should meet up with him sometime soon.

holidays holidays

2006-12-07T00:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks to sining for my nicely shaped eyebrows, smooth skin and an almost new wardrobe. :D

Met 2scoops for a run today in the morning... but only did 16 min before we headed to macdonald's for breakfast! *tsk tsk* I shall train harder tmr. Met eme for some shopping and then sining in the evening.

Tmr's celebration night for the girls who finally finish their last papers. Yippee!

For those who didn't know I was overseas (in msia) over the weekend, yea, I was overseas. Haha. A night's stay in a kelong, good food, a visit to kota tinggi waterfall and the highlight of the trip: seeing lots and lots of fireflies. There were so many of them, the trees looked like christmas trees.

That's all for today. I'm tired. Shall update soon.

exams, exams.

2006-11-16T23:45:00.000-08:00

Bah.

15 more days to freedom.

But before that, hell, here i come.

------------------------------------------------------

Please, please, let my cells be ok when I check the cell viability tmr.
I am soooooooooooo reluctant to repeat the experiment. *prays hard*

wish list #2

2006-11-06T23:40:00.000-08:00

borders voucher
facial
angbao (money, which is a most practical thing to have)
a nice pair of covered shoes that i can wear to my lab (i've been alterating between my 'frog prince and princess' shoes and my sports shoes, i wear slippers most of the time. The SAME pair of slippers too.)
a new pair of nice slippers to go out in (i don't mean the kind u wear to market...)

Oh, my shoe size is size 6, btw. Haha.

party

2006-11-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

Slightly more than a month to my 21st. Was discussing with aunt linda as to where i can hold my birthday party.

Here's the list of places we came up with:
1) aunt linda's condo clubhouse
2) aunt linda's condo bbq pit (poolside party?)
3) quality hotel porridge buffet... haha
4) swenson's
5) raffles town club function room
6) europa country club function room

Zen said I should come up with my wish list too... and post it on my blog... haha.
Here it is:
1) a new laptop
2) a new handphone
3) asics runnning shoes (my current pair is falling apart)
4) running vest (this is going to be fulfilled by kelvin! *grinz*)
5) new spectacles? I'll wear specs more often if i have a nicer pair of spectacles
6) colour highlights in my hair?
7) a pretty dress (I have limited dresses to wear)
8) food vouchers? haha
9) water bottle (kelvin might be fulfilling this too. my 'running kit'?)
10) a nice bag (like the one that evelyn uses to put her laptop)
11) another handmade toy from narfy!

That's all I can think of for now. I'll add on to the list if I can come up with more. :D

another new haircut for me

2006-10-29T21:56:00.000-08:00

I cut my hair! It's almost the same length as my hair before i cut it... but now it's more layered and styled. Fred paid for my haircut. Thanks, dear.

Had ice cream with eve at the daily scoop yesterday. Lychee martini and hazelnut. I love the lychee martini ice cream, though we can only taste the lychee and not martini.

Not very productive in getting work done yesterday and the whole of today. I was fantasizing abt becoming a chef in the future, while studying in the lib yesterday. Even went to check out shatec's website.

Maybe I can go become a hairstylist too.

you know I would

2006-10-15T22:26:00.000-07:00

Chasing cars---- Snow patrol

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

i hate the haze

2006-10-06T23:14:00.000-07:00

I hate the haze.

The smoky smell is giving me a headache and my throat feels irritated and itchy.

Argh.

I should get myself some masks.

sunshine

2006-10-05T22:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the sunflower and card. *hugz*

2006-09-28T21:59:00.000-07:00

I am a jealous woman.

ping mourns the death of her desktop computer

2006-09-23T23:32:00.000-07:00

Got a cooler and a usb hub for my laptop today. Dad nagged at me in the morning when I told him that I wanted to get a new comp. Boohoo.

He just came back from sim lim not too long ago and passed me some flyers... Grr. Think I'll have to go down there again sometime soon. :(

half naked men in the lab

2006-09-20T21:32:00.000-07:00

Had human physio lab today and there were half naked men running ard in the lab! Hahahhaha. Today's practical was on ECG (electrocardiogram) and we had to practice pasting the leads on the guys' bodies. Kinda embarrassing though, to have to paste the leads on D's chest. Haha.

Pharmaco test today was pretty alright. Had a pop quiz during physio lab today too.

i vow to detox

2006-09-19T11:38:00.000-07:00

Had the biggest plate of salad ever for dinner at cafe cartel with miss pang. Both of our faces turned red and were radiating heat by the time we were done with our mountain-ful of salad. (Magical detox properties of eatting one whole head of lettuce at one go?) :S

Gonna make some fruit juice for myself later on. I love using my juice maker machine! So fun to use! Hee.

Pharmaco test tmr. I think my brain is swelling from all the memorising work. Bleah.

Another quiz coming up on thurs.

little froggie sing a song~

2006-09-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

Met dear for dinner and ice cream today. I had horlicks and burnt caramel this time and he had fresh banana and nutella ice cream. Been having lots of ice cream lately. Oops. (and i haven't been exercising...) Oh well...

Dear got me another 2 postcards from denmark. They were free advertising postcards though, but nice, nevertheless...

Here's one of them:

(Doesn't he look like fred?) Haha.

He got me some minicards from the national museum and a pebble from the beach near a castle. Hooray! A new paperweight for me.

I'm sooo not in a mood to study. Heeeeeelllllpppp!!!!!

1 more day! Just one more day!

2006-09-16T22:34:00.000-07:00

Dear will be back in Singapore tmr! *yippee* Looking forward to seeing him again.

Bought a microphone for my pc finally! Haha. Just when fred's coming back tmr. It's ok, I can put the mic to use the next time he goes overseas again.

Woke up at 6+am this morning for a career talk in school. I shouldn't have woken up so early, or rather, I shouldn't even have bothered going. I left the LT at 10am even though the whole event ends at 2pm...

Went to the library to do up my lab report and had problems connecting to my school's wireless network! And my laptop keeps hanging!!! Argh. I hate it when computers give me problems. Was feeling all panicky and stressed. Didn't even have lunch, cos by the time I felt like eating something, I realised that there's nothing left in the canteen anymore.

Today's quite a productive day, considering that I actually got quite a couple of things done. I finished my lab report and a tutorial, made my own notes for a lecture and read half of what i'm supposed to prepare for english. Gonna study a bit more later. But then again, I'm feeling kind of sleepy.

Met zen for dinner at around 7. He wanted to go to our fav jap restaurant but I just visited the place yesterday with william. So, we headed to bugis cos he had to buy some stuff from sim lim, and we had yoshinoya for dinner.

Fred sent me 2 postcards from denmark! I like the second post card a lot.... Here it is!

A big lady bug with some danish words on it. I went to check it out at some online translator and it translates to "shall you to the forest??" ................... which doesn't really make any sense to me in english.

time, please pass quickly

2006-09-02T22:21:00.000-07:00

Darling#1 just went away to denmark for work.

There'll be no more calls from him after work.
There'll be no one to complain to and share my stories with everyday.
There'll be no one to shower me with hugs and kisses.

Please, please, come back soon. :(

why do pple have to study microbes? eeks.

2006-09-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

I AM NOT CUT OUT TO BE A MICROBIOLOGIST.

I HATE USING THE MICROSCOPE. MICROSCOPES MAKE ME DIZZY.

BLAH.

ping is a happy girl today

2006-08-26T23:49:00.000-07:00

Had a long day out with darling today.

Played badminton for 2 hrs in tampines safra (of which i got bored, after abt an hour)... Had lunch in bedok, after which we headed to arab street and kampong glam to shop ard. I bought a rattan bag there. Hee.

After shopping, darling brought me to colbar cafe for dinner. I had "chicken merry land" while he ordered "fish and chips". The fish and chips looked kind of pathetic next to my order. Oops. Shall try the chicken cury there next time if I visit the place again. It's a little inaccessible. Had to walk quite a bit from the bus stop that we alighted at.

Darling bought me the maroon-yellow bag that I had my eye upon. *whee* 2 new bags in a day! =D

sadist?

2006-08-24T20:41:00.001-07:00

I did my first animal dissection today during immunology lab. It was on a small white mouse. I had to cut it up and extract the spleen and thymus, mash them up and do some tests on them.

The mouse looked so cute and i felt bad abt having to pin it down before i cut it open. The operation was pretty clean, but, of cos, I didn't sew the mouse back. I just threw it into the "biohazard" bin where the carcasses were supposed to go after the experiment finished.

The dissection was not too bad, kinda fun, actually. Oops.

happy 21st birthday

2006-08-20T23:54:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO LIYUN AND JIAHUI!!!

Had dinner with the girls in holland V ( dumpling hor fun) before heading to wala wala.

I'm feeling sleepy. Off to bed. Shall update more another time.

love me, that's all i ask of you

2006-08-18T23:52:00.000-07:00

Say
you'll love me every waking moment;
turn my head
with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and
always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.

All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me.

Say you'll share with me one love,
one lifetime.
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each
morning.

Love me, that's all I ask of you.

fried mars bar and ice cream

2006-08-13T23:28:00.000-07:00

met zen today at cityhall. Tried the fried mars bar that I had wanted to try for quite some time. Sat down and shared a drink at MIX. Walked around in Carrefour and i bought a badminton racket. Dinner at the foodcourt and met kelvin for ben&jerry's ice cream. =)

who wanna go for synergy's concert with me?

badminton and movie

2006-08-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

Badminton yesterday was pretty good. Except for the sucky timing of 1-3pm. Hardly played for an hour before my stomach started grumbling... Didn't really feel like moving after that cos my blood glucose was really dropping, i think. Felt much better after dear got me some fishballs and 100plus.

Went to great world city after badminton to catch a movie--- "my super ex-girlfriend". A super lame and funny show, i would say. Had dinner at country manna. The food's not bad. Caught a bit of the fireworks from the overhead bridge outside great world city after the show, when we were on the way home. A happy ending to the day out with fred. =)

School's starting next week. I need to get cheap printer ink for my printer, either that, or i have to go learn how to set up the new scanner-printer that dad bought quite some time back. :(

:(

2006-08-03T21:57:00.000-07:00

没时间，他没时间。

"But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine."

-Pablo Neruda, "If You Forget Me"

4 modules down, 1 more to go

2006-08-01T23:20:00.000-07:00

Today's the end of round 1A of module bidding.

I've got all 4 of the core modules that I want to take. Hooray, hooray!

One more module left. Let's pray that I get my english module.

i love my new toothbrush!

2006-07-30T20:58:00.000-07:00

I bought a new toothbrush.

It's an Oral-B electric toothbrush.

All I have to do, is open my mouth, put the toothbrush into my mouth and guide it over my teeth.

I love my new toothbrush! It's meant for lazy pple like me. =D

orangey-brown salty toothpaste

2006-07-26T23:21:00.000-07:00

I survived the dentist trip! and... I'm diagnosed with the initial stages of gum disease. Eeks.

The dentist scraped, dug, drilled at my teeth and ta-da! I now have clean teeth! =D The bleeding and swelling of my gums should be gone in one or two days' time.

The dentist said that I have pretty good teeth for someone who hasn't seen a dentist in such a loooooong time.

Oh, I bought a toothpaste from the dental clinic for my diseased gums. It's orangey-brown in colour and tastes salty. I'm glad that it's orangey-brown in colour... That way, I can't tell if the toothpaste I spat out is bloody or that it's the natural colour of the toothpaste. Oh well... No more brushing-teeth-phobia.

little gas ghost with bloody gums

2006-07-26T11:07:00.000-07:00

my gums have been bleeding recently when i brush my teeth and my teeth on the lower jaw feels like they're gonna fall out (even though they're not wobbly... i tried to shake them...)

Made a dental appointment at 4.30pm this afternoon. Haven't seen a dentist since I was in primary 6. Gah.

Wish me the best of luck! *ping doesn't want dentures nor any dental surgery*

aching body

2006-07-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

So, I'm right.

I woke up this morning and thought I was paralysed on the right side of my body.

Thinking of going running tonight with daddy. But then, will I have to roll out of bed tomorrow?

squash and badminton

2006-07-23T22:12:00.000-07:00

Went to play squash and badminton today with evelyn and jonathon--- the first time i've excercised in a long while. I've a feeling I'm gonna ache tmr. :S

Had fish&chips at amk S-11. The price of the fish&chips there have gone up by $0.50, i realised. I noticed that I don't usually eat western food in hawker centres and food courts, except for this S-11 outlet.

Headed to ntuc to buy cereal and condensed milk before heading for home.

I'm looking forward to tuesday! Mind's or settler's cafe with the girls and darling. =D

heading home in 3 days

2006-07-03T12:50:00.000-07:00

I'll be heading for home in 3 days' time.

I can't wait to go home! Hee.

Home sweet home. :)

new blog?

2006-07-01T19:11:00.000-07:00

i'm thinking of setting up a new blog. Shall let you all know if I have the new blog set up.

apology

2006-06-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the distorted pictures. They look kinda stretched because I tried to minimise the photos manually. Bleah. I'll show u all the pictures when you meet me in person or via msn or something.

Today, we went to swanton's berry farm in santa cruz, followed by monterey bay aquarium and then, lover's point (or something like that, I don't quite remember the place's name) The berry farm was fun! We picked our own strawberries fresh from the farm! *yum*

Tmr we're off to las vegas!

photos from san fran

2006-06-12T21:48:00.000-07:00

Fisherman's wharf

Lombard street--- the curviest street in the world

San Francisco

The conservatory (The white building in the next picture)

The conservatory (again!)

City hall

The Golden Gate Bridge

Palace of fine arts

nothing-much-day

2006-06-11T19:41:00.000-07:00

Didn't accomplish much today.

Went to the farmer's market at Santana street and after that, the rose garden in san jose. The roses are sooooo beautiful and there are so many of them! Red roses, pink roses, yellow roses, all kinds of roses!

Original plan was to visit the egyptian museum and the tech museum as well, but somehow, we didn't manage to go.

Went shopping at Vallco Fashion Mall which is near uncle meng's place instead and the whole family had dinner at a chinese restaurant at the basement.

More updates tmr.

no more late nights for me

2006-06-09T22:50:00.000-07:00

I visited google campus this morning. A really quick tour though. There was a group of vjc students there as well. 3 teachers were with them. A pity I don't know any of them. I'm getting old, they weren't teaching at vj yet when I was there, i think.

After a visit to google, we took a walk at a park near the Bay. After which, we went to visit the computer history museum.

Took a nap the moment I got home. I was sooooo tired...

Mum woke me up cos the family wanted to go to the supermarket and i mentioned that I wanted to go there. Yea, so we went to the Chinese supermarket nearby and an american one (The supermarket is called "Target"). Didn't bring my camera there. Shall take some pictures the next time i go there.

Heading off to bed. I can hardly keep my eyes open.

miss teo can't get to sleep

2006-06-09T03:02:00.000-07:00

it's 3am here and i can't get to sleep. Just had maggie noodles and munching on chips now.

Will be visiting google campus tmr morning and time to get more pictures.

I'll post some pictures up once I'm free/not feeling lazy/feel like posting pictures up.

Reached san francisco airport at ard 7+pm last night and it wasn't a direct flight from sg to sfo. We transited at *guess where*?

...
..
.
..
...
..
.
..
...
..
.
..
...

HONG KONG!

Boohoo.

Why can't i transit somewhere else? Like japan or something? :(

Uncle meng and family will be taking a trip to seattle after we've gone back to Singapore and he asked me if I wanted to go~ *whee* I WANT! haha. But most prob not joining them since the tix back to singapore have already been bought.

The weather here is pretty cold and thank goodness i brought my jackets.

That's all for now. More updates later.

goodbye

2006-06-08T13:43:00.000-07:00

I'll be leaving for the airport in about an hr's time. *excited*

I won't be bringing my phone for this trip, so don't send me smses or call my number. My dad will be using my phone while I'm away. If there's a need to contact me, drop me an email or tag me on my blog! haha. I should be able to get internet access when I'm over there.

Take care peeps! *hugz*

photolog

2006-06-07T14:26:00.000-07:00

My blog's getting boring... so I've decided to post some pictures. :)

Pictures of me and fred along the walkway to esplanade.

I came back from my hk/shenzhen trip on sunday afternoon and here are some pictures to share with you peeps.

I met zs along the streets in hk! Zs and his friend came over to shenzhen on the following day and we met up again. The original plan was to go to 'huan le gu' (an adventure theme park in shenzhen) but it was raining when we got there, so we went shopping instead.

Zs and I outside 'nu ren shi jie', hua qiang bei, shenzhen.

Zs and I outside "shi jie zhi chuang", another theme park in shenzhen

Zs and I outside "huan le gu". Notice the umbrella zs is holding? It's raining. Bad weather. Boohoo.

Desserts at a dessert shop in hongkong, near the hotel where I was staying at. The yellow pudding is damn nice! It has sago in it and yam paste beneath. Served warm. *yum*

Me along a street in hk, posing while mum tries to capture the trolley bus behind me.

"bai xing jie" in 'min shu chun", shenzhen

The Great wall of china (miniature version) in "jin xiu zhong hua", shenzhen

2 small emperors, a princess and me.

A small crab that the kids caught at "hong shu lin", shenzhen

"hong shu lin", shenzhen

the kids

Us in china's america.

"shi lin" in "jin xiu zhong hua", shenzhen

Taken at the train station in hk, on our way to shenzhen

"jiu long gong" taken in "jin xiu zhong hua", shenzhen

I apologise that the pics are not posted according to chronological order. Hee.
The whole trip wasn't very enjoyable, partly due to the bad weather conditions. *rain, rain go away... come again another day*

The US trip has better be good! I'll be leaving tmr afternoon, 5pm flight, flying direct to san francisco and won't be back till a month later. :)

sleepy holiday

2006-05-24T15:20:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling sleepy again, in mid afternoon. *yawnz* This is a sleepy holiday. I don't wake up till it's past 11am every morning, unless I have something important on. Hee.

I'll be flying off on sat morning. 6am flight, so I'll have to be at the airport by 4am. Anyone care to send me off? haha. Nah, just kidding.

I haven't packed my luggage. Still busy doing some research on the places of interest that i wanna visit there.

I'm off for a nap now. tata!

random ramblings of ping

2006-05-21T22:25:00.000-07:00

Had a meeting this morning with the instructors regarding this friday's camp. Woke up with muscle aches, after the "run" yesterday morning at macritchie with harun. Damn. I really should start training again.

Had lunch with a bunch of pple after that at bugis mos. Shopped ard for a bit with the 3 "bosses" after that while waiting for zen to turn up. Walked to sim lim to get a memory card with zen, after which i caught 'the da vinci code' with darling #1.

The movie's alright. I prefer the book, however.

Less than a week till i start my travelling. I can't wait for it to come, yet i'm dreading it at the same time. I've not looked up more pple for urops. The thought of it sickens me. :S Maybe i should give up on doing urops next sem. Sem 2, perhaps. Anybody wanna join me?

I'm feeling tired the past couple of days. I think i should go sleep earlier tonight.

Psalm 127:1

2006-05-20T00:48:00.000-07:00

Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

i solved it

2006-05-12T23:27:00.000-07:00

ok. I solved the problem of not seeing anything on my blog.

I just republished the whole blog and ta da! Problem's solved. :)

?

2006-05-12T23:24:00.000-07:00

Weird.

I've been trying to access my blog the past few days and I can't seem to see anything on it.
As in, it just appears as a black, blank screen.

Had dinner at ikea today wtih darling #1. Mini steak and meatballs. I feel so full. *burp*

sleep is more important than anything else in the world

2006-05-09T00:43:00.000-07:00

It always IS about the same issue, isn't it?

Maybe you should date an older woman and me, a younger man.

picture

2006-05-07T09:01:00.000-07:00

Went to take neoprint with dear yesterday. Finally, I have pictures of us in my wallet. :)

Met up with the hamlet girls in the evening. Really glad that we're still in contact after 3 years... Hee.

Might be working at a florist for a couple of days. Helping out with mother's day's orders.

Was talking to jh on msn. Here's part of our conversation.

ping says:
oh, i might be working at a florist
JiA the Hui™®*coz iT all amounts to nthn in e end* says:
florist!
JiA the Hui™®*coz iT all amounts to nthn in e end* says:
wah got discount!
JiA the Hui™®*coz iT all amounts to nthn in e end* says:
too bad u not guy arh!
JiA the Hui™®*coz iT all amounts to nthn in e end* says:
haha

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

freedom

2006-05-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

The exams are finally over! *whee*

3 more weeks till my hk/china trip and about a month to my US trip! I'm soooo excited, just thinking about it.

Jones sent an email telling us about an upcoming adventure camp for some primary school kids. There are some vacancies and it's on a first come first serve basis. Just applied for a position today, and i'm not sure if it's still available. I hope it is. :)

Meeting up with the hamlet girls later.

2006-05-06T17:54:00.000-07:00

Went to take neoprint with dear yesterday. Haha. Finally, I have pictures of us in my wallet.

eye infection

2006-04-21T22:48:00.000-07:00

i've got an eye infection! ARGH. WHY CAN'T BACTERIA AND VIRUSES LEAVE ME ALONE?!?!?!?! BLEAH.

Applied my cousin's eye medicine, cos he's got an eye infection too. I hope it gets better in tmr morning.

Met william the dentist for dinner yesterday. He's got an eye infection too. EVERYBODY'S GETTING EYE INFECTIONS!

blah

2006-04-19T13:01:00.000-07:00

I was studying with eugene and his church friends yesterday. Talked to one of his friends who's a year 3 life sci student and i mentioned that I was planning to do a project under dr A.

Upon hearing his name, she looked a bit shocked and said he took her for a module and that she's scared of him.

I didn't have time to ask her more abt why she was scared of him cos she had to go off.

Now, i'm starting to get apprehensive about working in his lab. :(

Scheduled a meeting with him tmr to discuss more about the project.

i hate falling sick

2006-04-17T21:27:00.000-07:00

I was studying with ai in sch yesterday when i've got diahorrea. Didn't eat much of dinner and took a cab home. After i got home, i went to the clinic near my place to see the doc for my diahorrea cos it was getting quite bad. There was no fever, nor vomiting, nor stomachache when i saw the doctor at the clinic.

Shortly after i got home, all the symptoms that i didn't have, appeared. Diahorrea+ vomitting+ stomachache+ high fever. Mum took me to TTSH at ard 11.30pm.

Waited for one to two hours to see a doctor at the hospital. Doc gave me two injections to stop the vomitting and put me on drip. Got home at 3am.

I'm feeling better today. Not completely well, though.

Think i've got to rest early. Studying will have to wait till i get well.

blueberry muffin

2006-04-15T23:07:00.000-07:00

Thanks, dear, for the blueberry muffin.

compliments

2006-04-13T23:33:00.000-07:00

Dr A complimented me today during the meeting and offered me a UROPS project in his lab next sem. *yippee* That certainly made my day.

I think i'm going to accept it. Will meet him for further discussions next wk when i hand in my lab report.

Got back 2 papers today(geog and anthropology) and a geog assignment. Got an A for the geog paper. :)

I'm tired. Too much happiness in one day.

Good night all.

7 days a week

2006-04-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

I'm in school 7 days a week. I thought going back to school on a saturday is bad enough... and now, my sunday is burnt in school as well. :(

Reached YIH at around 10.30am only to find no one there and the peeps are all in engine macs. So it's a walk to engine all the way from the bus stop along AYE to YIH and then to engine. Excercise, exercise. See, I do exercise, u know.

Started on the project at 11+am till 9+pm. My brain cells are undergoing apoptosis!

On our way to the bus stop, i spotted a snail on one of the steps and i warned the rest of the pple not to step on the snail. As soon as i said that, I heard a "crunch". Oops. Daniel stepped on it. Poor snail. Just when it thought it was safe after i stepped over it... ...

sweet

2006-04-06T09:41:00.000-07:00

Darling #1 is on leave today! *yippee* Gonna meet him for lunch and perhaps get a haircut. I can't stand my hair! Grr. I know I said i'm going to leave it long this time round. Oops. I did it again. Given in to the temptation of a haircut. Hee.

Going to the dessert shop at bugis later. Had almond cream the last time round. It was delicious! Hmm, what shall I have later? Green bean soup with seaweed? Haha. Sounds really "green". Eeks. I didn't make it up. It's really on the menu!

Time to start mugging. There are so many things to do, I don't even where to start. :(

hell week

2006-04-04T01:21:00.000-07:00

A quick update.

I'll be leaving for hongkong on 27th may and back on 4th june. Visiting hongkong, shenzhen and macau.

After which, i'll be off on 8th june doing the US tour and back on 8th july.

This week is a hell of a week.

1 lab report, 1 project due next week and 2 tests consecutively. One on friday, the other on a sat.

Of all days, they just had to put the stupid test on this saturday. :(

Exams are coming! Hao was thinking of having a mugging camp at eugene's place. Whee! Mug, mug, mug, non-stop!

I'll looking forward to after the exams.

sick

2006-03-21T11:16:00.000-08:00

I'm sick. I hate falling sick.

Throat is itching like hell and i'm having a runny nose. Coughing too. :( Slept at 9 last night, without eating much dinner.

When i was little...

I remember asking mum to take that horrible tasting medicine on my behalf, even though i was the one who was sick. I remember dad/grandma/mum chasing me around the house and forcing me to take my medicine. I remember dad teaching me how to swallow medicine tablets (after crying and pleading and threatening to throw up all over the floor). I remember crying everytime i feel unwell. I remember wanting people around me to care for me and comfort me when i'm sick.

Today, i felt like a child all over again and today, you had to fly off to Jakarta.

I wish you didn't have to go away today.

shall we dance?

2006-03-15T20:08:00.000-08:00

Caught "mad hot ballroom" with cc just now. It's more of a documentary, than a movie in itself. But it's nice watching pple dance. Makes me wanna dance too. The kids look super cute and funny in some scenes.

I wanna go sign up for salsa classes. Or swing. Just for fun. Anybody wanna join me?

I'm appointed leader for mini-project. Great... More stuff for me to do. :(

Miss darling #1 terribly now. Wish you were here.

2 more days.

coffee break

2006-03-14T22:32:00.000-08:00

Had dinner and coffee with couzin just now. *yippee* i need a break from stress and work. :)

Didn't get lost on our way to holland v for the first time. Haha. Met couzin's new friend, a greyish "thing" with no name yet.

I'm going off to bed soon. Not in a mood to mug tonight.

I miss you.

tour itinerary

2006-03-09T20:15:00.000-08:00

An email from uncle meng on the tour itinerary. :D

CURRENT ITINERARY

Here's my current plan.
- Thur 8/Jun. 7 people fly in. Meng to pick up at airport. All stay at Meng's house. Rest.
- Fri, 9/Jun. AM: sleep, rest, take it easy. PM: Visit to Google (7 pple, Meng to drive). Evening: Shop/eat locally, walk at Memorial Park.
- Sat 10/Jun. San Francisco (all 12 pple). Do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EA.ASP
- Sun 11/Jun. San Jose (all 12 pple). AM: Egyptian Museum. Lunch picnic at Rose Garden. PM: Tech Museum. Dinner someplace nice. (Meng+Cindy to drive).
- Mon 12/Jun. Monterey Bay (9 pple, all except Meng, Cindy and Enya). Do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EB.ASP
- Tue 13/Jun. Las Vegas! (7 pple, Mother, Desmond+family, Fong Ngoh, Hwee Ping, and Meng). I want to do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/ELV4.ASP but we may have no choice but to do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EGN4.asp
- Thur 15/Jun. 2 to arrive from Singapore (Please take Airport shuttle, sorry).
- Fri 16/Jun. Las Vegas tour ends, all meet in Cupertino.
- Sat 17/Jun. All fly to San Diego. Rent cars. If possible, we'll do a 4-hour city tour like http://www.allsandiegotours.com/Body.asp?tour=SAN-B0001&page=TourDetails. Otherwise, we'll do the Old Town Trolley tour at our own time: http://www.buysandiegotours.com/tours/san_diego_old_town_trolley_tour.html(Note: We may end up having to fly to Irvine and driving down to San Diego, depending on flight availability etc).
- Sun 18/Jun. San Diego Sea World.
- Mon 19/Jun. San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park (14 pple). Evening: Drive to Anaheim.
- Tue 20/Jun. Universal Studios.
- Wed-Fri 21-23/Jun. Disneyland! 3 days!
- Fri 23/Jun. Late evening, send 3 pple to LAX via airport shuttle to return to Singapore.
- Sat 24/Jun. Los Angeles. Do this tour: http://www.starlinetours.com/AL_tour_6.asp?al=A
- Sun 25/Jun. Fly back to Cupertino. Rest. Sleep.
- Mon 26/Jun. Bonfante Gardens (8 pple, all except Meng, Cindy and Enya). Alan might have to drive, depending on how many wants to go
- Tue 27/Jun. Great America (8 pple, all except Meng, Cindy and Enya). Meng and Cindy to ferry.
- Wed 28/Jun. Go to Oregon (8 pple, all except Meng, Cindy and Enya). Do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EOR3.ASP
- Fri 30/Jun. Come back from Oregon. Rest.
- Sat 1/Jul. Muir Woods (all 11 pple). Do this tour: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EC.ASP
- Sun 2/Jul. Visit Stanford (all 11 pple). The rest of the day is easy.
- Mon 3/Jul Onwards, Meng's Packaged Tour ends, but feel free to go on any tour on this page: http://www.discoverysf.com/BUS/EHome.ASP. Let me know anytime in the next few weeks which tours you like to go and I'll book for you. The advantage of these tours is they start near my house. If you want to book a tour that starts much further way, like in San Francisco, I'll drive you to the train station and you'll have to take the train on your own to SF. Alternatively, feel free to go on Google and learn about the San Jose area, and anyplace close-by, I'll be happy to drive you there (eg, Intel Museum, Santa Clara Mission, etc).Note that on 4th July, there'll be fireworks everywhere, we can walk to a nearby park for picnic and fireworks.

Sounds quite packed, eh? Geez. I'm really looking forward to the hols.

US trip

2006-03-08T23:01:00.000-08:00

My US trip has been confirmed. I'll be flying on SQ from singapore to san francisco on 8 Jun and will be back on 8th Jul. That's something for me to really look forward to.

Had a good run just now with dad. He asked me to go for runs in US. Shall bring my asics there, then. It's a pity dad won't be going along on the trip with us. I'll most prob have to run alone there.

4 days till i can see darling #1 again. I hope the geog proj gets settled really soon. I keep procrastinating. Blah.

far away

2006-03-07T07:42:00.000-08:00

Fell asleep at 10 and woke up at 5 this morning to get some work done.
Geog project meeting later in sch, so i'll be heading to sch earlier.

Yesterday's test was pretty ok. A+ for that sucky module? Ha. We'll see how that mini-project goes.

Darling #1 gave me a call yesterday. My very first overseas call from him.

"Far away"--- Nickelback.

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

[CHORUS]

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long

So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go

where is the faith?

2006-03-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

Matthew 14: 22-31

22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, uffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25 During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to themL "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afriad."
28 "Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."
29 "Come," he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"

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Mark 4:35-40

35 Tha day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swarmped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion, The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completel calm.
40 He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"

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mugger

2006-03-04T21:55:00.000-08:00

"Love is a journey, not a destination. Will you hold my hand as we go on this journey together?"

I went back to school to study today. On a sat! Sch wasn't as deserted as i thought it would be.

I'm worried abt 04 project and geog proj. Worried abt monday's test. Worry abt this, worry abt that. *sigh* I'm such a worrier.

Had dinner with my sis in town. Nobody else was free to eat dinner with me. :( Zen had to go back to camp early, cindy's going to her aunt's place, eve's studying at home. Saw baobao on the bus today as i left sch. She's feeling kinda stressed too.

I miss you.

i'm happiest on wednesdays

2006-03-01T23:30:00.000-08:00

I realise that I'm happiest on wednesdays. :)

Met up with darling #1 today before he flies off on a holiday on sat. Then i won't see him till next sat/sun? Boohoo.

I miss darling #2. :(

I wanna go shopping! I want more clothes, clothes and clothes!

back

2006-02-12T22:38:00.000-08:00

Yea, i know i said i'm gonna stop blogging yesterday.

But I'm feeling quite happy right now. So, I'm here to type an entry.

Went for a run with dad just now. Feels gd to run after a long time.

Uncle Meng is back in Singapore. Meeting him and the rest of the family for dinner tmr in Scotts.

Hmm, aunt linda raised the possibility of getting a Google scholarship. Maybe i can ask uncle meng abt it tmr. :) It'll be great if i can really get one.

That'll mean i'll be going to the states really soon. Perhaps, after i get my bachelor's in nus. :)

see ya

2006-02-11T22:25:00.000-08:00

I have decided to stop blogging till i have something happy to blog abt.

No more depressive entries.

Yup.

Goodbye for now.

i need everything new

2006-02-01T08:04:00.000-08:00

I need a new phone.
I need a new computer.

I need a new brain.

family

2006-01-28T03:44:00.000-08:00

I just told my mum the news.

She sort of exploded, which is what i expected. So, i'm not surprised.

It's gonna be 4am soon. I'm worried abt tmr, when dad finds out (and i suppose everyone else, sooner or later).

According to min an, it's a gd thing that i've taken a step forward. A step forward and off the cliff? Haha. I don't know what awaits me at the bottom. Cushions and pillows, i hope. Not sharp rocks and glass pieces. Oh well...

Kinship and family...
My soci project is due sometime in feb and i've no idea how to go about writing that essay. Blah.

all at once

2006-01-26T23:20:00.000-08:00

I might tear my heart out and beat you to death with it.

"big"

2006-01-25T22:35:00.000-08:00

Cc's a little out of sorts today. We talked abt the funniest and stupidest things, like "big" boys and "big" girls. Wahaha.

Gonna meet darling #1 tomorrow for dinner and ice kachang. Looking forward to that. :)

Uncle Meng is scheduled to be back in singapore in feb to give talks in ntu and nus. Hmm. I hope i get to go for the talk, at least the one in sch. Falls on a wednesday though. Blah. Wednesday is my busiest day of the wk.

Had a nice run and dinner with ai just now. Didn't run much though. We're gonna meet up again next wk! :D

I've got to go do my readings for tmr's tutorial already. More updates soon.

retail therapy

2006-01-22T11:49:00.000-08:00

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I cried again today.

And it wasn't out of stress or anything.

I cried because i couldn't stand the thought of losing you.

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Retail therapy today with evelyn in town. Bought a pair of earrings, a necklace and a pair of shoes!

Met darling #1 for dinner at esplanade, followed by a short walk along singapore river.

I feel so tired. Heading for bed soon.

untitled

2006-01-20T22:02:00.000-08:00

I'm done with the lab report, except for 2 small parts that CC is gonna finish up. Went for dinner with him at Magic Wok after our discussion. Dinner was gd, had a nice chat with him till about 9 before I headed home.

I slept at ard 4am finally, this morning. Woke up at 7 with swollen eyes, a weird stomach and a feeling of nausea.

I'm feeling quite alrite now. Still a little worried about things but i try to keep them out of my mind.

Meeting darling #1 tmr. The thought of that should put a smile back to my face. :)