Double Movie Day!

Yup, I watched 2 movies in 1 day! Yesterday, Friday, I got my final semester results. My mum didn't know about it until we were on our way to Vivo. When she found out I passed everything, (YEAH MAN!!!) she said ''ok, let's celebrate!'' So we tried to go for the Gold Class movie which was ''Horton Hears A Who''. But they were only left with the first row, so we decided to just watch the same movie at GV Max. After that movie, we wanted to see if there was another movie we could watch. ''Spiderwick Chronicles'' was our next choice, but they didn't have good seats for that, unless we watched the midnight show, which my mum didn't want. So we ended up watching ''No Country For Old Men'', cos it won for best picture at this year's Oscars. BIG mistake. In movies, I find the Scottish and Irish accents pretty hard to understand. Next is the old type of American accent. You know, those Texan-like accent where they drag out the ending of every word, the kind you see in those ''cowboy'' movies. Anyway, the whole film was in that accent and it barely had any music in it. A lot of violence and a lot of long pauses and I kinda lost my concentration in the end. For me, if I have to concentrate on a film instead of being just naturally drawn into it, I don't think its a very well made film. I don't know why it won for best picture. But then again, maybe I just don't get it! I think Atonement should have won... :)

My results certainly weren't top-notch. But, I managed to pass everything, which was what I was aiming for anyway. The good thing about my parents is that they aren't particular on what type of grades I should have. They're just happy as long as I pass! My dad even said ''fail 1 or 2 also never mind''. My mum reminded him that if I did fail, I would have to stay back another 6 months or so! Haha...

The toilet is my friend. Ever since I was sick, I've been having what I call ''backside vomit''. Its like actual vomit, but from the back! Haha... You know the kind when you feel it coming and you have no control over it and it just comes out however it wants to come out! I go to the toilet about 4 times a day now to do that and the result always looks weird...

Seems like today is another just slacking at home... I'm enjoying myself! I love to stay at home, but only if I go out once in a while. I got food, drinks and entertainment in the form of movies, karaoke and Sims! I like to read, and when there's no one at home, I can concentrate better... Over 60 channels of cable TV to browse... and there's a Chelsea match tonight! What more could I ask for? Haha... The way I see it is, I better appreciate all the free time I have now, slack all I want to, before I actually find a job and become a working stiff for the rest of my life!

And that's my interpretation...

Vietnam!

I returned home from my trip from Vietnam on Saturday, around evening time. Woke up close to the afternoon on Sunday, watched a movie, came home and relaxed, was too lazy to update my blog. The next day, I don't know why, but I got seriously sick! I felt like vomitting everytime I sat up and at one point I couldn't really walk! My head felt like it was about to drop off and my whole body felt like there were tiny elves just hammering away! What made it worse was that I had my period too! Ladies, I know ya'll can sympathize with me... :) I thought I could wake up, make myself lunch, then update my blog and play my Sims. Instead, I spent the whole day just lying down because that was the only way I felt comfortable! Then yesterday, Monday, I still wasn't feeling too well, which is why it took me until now, 3+ days after my return, to update my blog...

So here's what happened on my trip to Vietnam. I went with my Uncle and Aunty, Dad and 4 of my cousins… We went to 2 places: Ho Chih Minh and Nha Trang.

1st Day
Met at Budget Terminal, which is a far cry from our other terminals, ate lunch and prepared to leave. This is my first time taking a budget flight and it got delayed! I think it’s something to do with the flight schedule for the pilots and flight attendants, cos the pilot didn’t sound too happy. Anyway, after about a half hour delay, I took a flight for the first time with my cousins! Previously, we’ve all taken flights separately, so this is the first time for me with them! Taking a budget flight isn’t too bad. It’s just a little more cramped, they don’t serve food, and the stewardesses aren’t too pretty. When we reached, we checked our bags temporarily into a hotel called Liberty 2 and went to eat at a place called Pho 2000. It’s the best food I had in Vietnam! Pho is a soup-y noodle with either beef, chicken or pork. I had the chicken on and ice milk coffee. Vietnamese coffee is the best man. Its fresh and has a real aromatic taste!

That night, we took a 7-ish hour train ride to Nha Trang...


2nd Day
In Nha Trang, we stayed at a wonderful 6-star (according to my uncle and aunt) hotel called Vinpearl. Its actually a resort and spa and you have to take a ‘’speedboat’’ to it. The entire island is the resort and spa, so its very nice, quiet and private. We checked into our rooms and then went swimming! The water was damn cold, both in the sea and the swimming pool. In the sea, I went a little too far and panicked when my feet couldn’t reach the bottom. The strong waves made it difficult for me to get my feet back to the bottom, but luckily I had my trusty cousins to help me! I got pretty tanned that day... After that, we went to a water park where we all got our butts seriously injured after taking a few rides that totally slammed our butts to the floor of the slides! Then we went to the aquarium, it’s like a mini version of our Underwater World. After that was a ride which we all thought would be pretty easy to take. I was even thinking of taking a couple pictures while it brought us up, but as soon as it started spinning, I had to grab onto the railings for dear life! That’s the thing about the local Vietnamese, they’re so not kiasi (scared of dying). The guy did not tell me to hold on to the railings, nor were there safety belts for us, when the ride took us up about 5 stories and constantly spun us around! Haha… my cousin vomited a little. After that, we were all a little tired, so we had dinner at a real nice Italian restaurant and went back to sleep! I was so tired that my Dad’s snoring did not bother me one bit! :)


3rd Day
We went back to the mainland and stayed at a rather haunted-looking hotel called Dream Hotel. It had a pretty decent view, but due to… administrative problems, none of the kids got that one room. All of us did manage to stay beside each other though... I don't really remember what happened after that. But based on my pictures, we went for a little unvolunteered sightseeing and then dinner and shopping. I think it was this day that we had a 2.6 million... dong dinner! Haha... That's about SGD$260 for 8 adults, so its not that bad. We all laughed at the most ''expensive'' meal we ever had! I didn't really enjoy the meal, cos it was full of things I didn't like to eat. Like crab, some weird lobster porridge and *gulp* lobster sashimi. I promptly spit that out as soon as it went in my mouth! :) After that, we walked around, shopped a lil' bit, then sat at a cute lil' culture place and sipped tea in their very nice and cozy garden...


4th day
We went on a boat trip this day. The boat was filled with people, which I found to be too many... but we met some realy nice people there. My dad made good friends with these 2 Australian guys who turned out to be ex navy and air force people! When one of my cousin got cut when she was coming out of the water, the navy guy gave her some helpful tips on how to clean the wound... so cool. There was a cool English dude with his girlfriend, who did not like football! All the English people I've met don't seem to like football! Haha... This was also the first time I swam in deep sea. We were supposed to see corals, but apparently the sun wasn't bright enough to see the corals below us. :( After the trip, we went back, got ourselves showered and went for dinner. Dinner was pretty good. There was fish, something I am familiar with, and I learned to eat crab (claws) and oysters! After dinner, we did a lot more shopping... :)


5th day
I think we went for more unvolunteered sightseeing and a tiny bit more shopping, before it was back on the train ride to Ho Chih Minh. I enjoyed the train ride a tiny bit more this time. Jixiang sacrificed himself and slept on the floor while the rest of us got our own bunks. I read quite a bit while my cousin played tai ti (?). I slept so comfortably until I was rudely awoken by my uncle just banging away on the door... sigh...

6th day
Reached our 3rd hotel at about 4 in the morning and just crashed in the lobby. We were all dead tired cos we only got about 3+ hours of sleep... We only checked in about 9 in the morning then took a shower and did more shopping! The girls and I got some alone time and we had a pleasant break from the adults!

The next day, we managed to squeeze in a lil' more shopping before we had to leave for our flight at 2.10. This time, it wasn't delayed and we arrived on time. When we finally touched down in Singapore, I spent over $100 on liquor! And when I saw my mum, I hugged her until she could barely stand straight! I tole her some pretty touching words! Haha...



Here are some other things that didn't really fit in anywhere...

My Dad and I

Hotels...

Scenery...

Food... they give vegetables like its free over there!

The wonderfully cute animals (and some creepy fishes) that I met over there!

Phew! Update is done! I'm still feeling a lil' sick, still feeling like I wanna vomit, but with a lil' rest from the computer, I think I should be fine!

Until the next time!

Brithday, Chalet

Just came back from my class chalet not long ago. Writing this now on the eve of my vacation to Vietnam. I haven't even packed yet! Its so unlike me cos I usually pack real early... I like to be organized and prepared, sue me... :)

Tuesday

I celebrated May Ann's birthday. All the gang came to my house where they played mahjong and poker. Before that, we blew out a cake for May Ann. They all didn't really like it.. I dunno if its cos its a cheesecake (which I thought most peple would like) or that it was one of those frozen cheeskecakes from the supermarket! Hee... I didn't have time to go get a proper one and I was on budget cos of my chalet and vacation! So, May Ann left at around 10.30 and the rest stayed until 2am. I was dead tired by the time they left cos I had to clear up the mess and finish packing for my chalet. Anyway, it was a rather fun time. Here's a picture...

Wednesday

My class chalet started the very next day. On Wednesday, Yu En came over around 1.30 to help me carry some drinks. They were pretty heavy so I'm real glad she came over to help! After that, we took a train and ''picked CL up'' at Redhill. The train journey was very long and I was so not used to it. So we reached Tampiness interchange and met up with Kal. Went to the chalet offie to register, after which I called Shereen. She said that she can't go out that night cos she was not allowed. Wtf. At that point. we were all a lil pissed with her cos its not the first time this kinda thing happens. After that we were pretty sian of things already. Cos so many people weren't coming or were reluctant to come, then now another girl cancels on us. Anyway, Kal, CL and Yu En went to Marina Square to eat dinner. We thought we could catch a movie but we didn't arrive on time. At dinner, I payed slightly more again, and I think my girls should know who payed the least... again. After dinner, we walked around then went to kbox. Sang until 3am, walked over to Esplanade, sat there and took some nice pics, then walked to Merlion then to Lau Pa Sat. By the time we got there, it was a lil boring already. There were supposed to be more of us, plus I was tired so didn't have to energy to keep the conversations going. I told En and CL that they should totally talk more cos I can't be the only one who keeps talking! Haha... so we sat there and stoned in silence, waiting for the public transport to start up. We didn't realize that just around the corner, there was a much more comfortable place with fans and football! Damn! So we bought some Dim Sum and sat there till about 6 when we went back to the chalet.

On the way back, CL was getting on my nerves. We were discussing whether or not to go get the fresh food that morning or wait for Kal to go and get it later. I would suggest something, she suggest something else, then after some silence, she would suggest something again and we would be back to square one! The whole trip was like that.She really is one of those ''say a lot but never do anything'' kinda person. Normally, I would be more tolerant of her style, but I was tired, grumpy, and completely annoyed from the rash that I was having! So I apologize for snapping at you CL, but you gotta learn to have more initiative and be more quick in your thinking!

Thursday

When we went back to the chalet, we slept and later met up with Kal, Shereen, Ming Kuan and Fu Cai to go Tampiness Mall NTUC to get our BBQ stuff. MK was worried about his exam results which made me worry at that moment too! I wasn't even thinking about it until they started talking about it! Anyway, I hope and pray that I'll do fine. Once we got back, the boys got settled and we played some Monopoly. Halfway through, I wanted to eat dinner so I let Hafiz play. He played for the rest of the night. GV was also having their BBQ night so a bunch of us popped in to visit them. I think it was also this day that we all learned about the JI terrorist on the loose. The news then later mentioned something about Changi, which was pretty scary cos we were there! We could see police here and there and that night, I made an extra effort to make sure the door was locked!

Leap Year Day (Thursday)

Next day was our BBQ day. Shereen and En had to go off for a pre-trip school thing and Kal had to go off for her organ lesson. I was left with.. CL again! This time, I didn't bother to make conversations so the morning was pretty quiet. JX was sleeping so it was just the 2 of us in the hall. I transferred some pictues, played a lot of solitaire, took a walk on the beach then took a nap. By the time I woke up, the rest of my class were coming back soon. I took a shower, but didn't realise I forgot my towel until I was done! I was practically sreaming for someone to help me get my towel. They were either in the kitchen or sleeping. Finally, En came to my rescue by which time I was practically dry already.

So we started our BBQ at around 6. Only started cooking stuff close to 7. Our fire kept dying out and we had to constantly re-ignite it. Some more people came later on, including Siyu, Jojo and Mr Tan Aik Nan. The food that we bought turned out to be just nice. Not much left over at all! The fire gave up on us, which was when JX, JS and the rest decided to use the microwave to cook the chicken! It turned out to be nicer! Kal, Shereen and me fetched Siyu off in Kal's family car. After that, we went to buy some ice cream. The petrol station had so many people and I was dressed in my house clothes smelling like BBQ. I felt uncomfortable man... After the BBQ, we just slacked, played a lil Monopoly and I went to bed earlier (around 3+) cos I didn't feel like playing anymore.

Pictures are with my friend, so it might be a while before I get them... :)

Saturday

Woke up later than I expected. I was brushed up and packed within half an hour! Called the chalet people to check out, loaded our stuff into Kal's car, then left out chalet for the last time. Phew! Kal fetched us to Pasir Ris MRT and it was raining steadily by the time we got ther. Yu En and I stood at the car boot when, no surprise, CL and Jojo stood under the shelter of the bus stop while we got our stuff. Got on the pretty empty train where the 2 small ones sat opposite me and En. We were pretty quiet through most of the trip. I think we were more tired than sick of each other!

So that's a wrap!

Triple Celebration!

Yes, my exams, stupid projects, etc, are FINALLY OVER!!! Now I can finally breathe properly and have a good night's rest... But my school life is also over... :( I'll miss spending time with you girls! I could not have gone through Poly without all of you! Looking forward to the chalet! :)

So, after my last paper on Tuesday, I've been going out doing stuff for the past 3 days...

Tuesday
After the paper, which I could have done much better, I needed to pee badly. So I went with 3 of my friends to the loo. There's usually 6 of us in a group, and by the time I came out, there was only 4 of us. The 2 small ones walked away with the crowd. Maybe they didn't see us... Hee... Anyway, it was a lil' sad cos that was our last day of school and we all split up so suddenly. I wanted to have a drink at the canteen at least, cos the next day not all of us could make it for the proposed celebration. But we all split up and I decided not to get worked up about it, its just not nice. So after that, I went to meet mum and waited about an hour for her. We then went to Orchard to watch ''P.S. I Love You''. I wanted to eat someplace different, but we ended up eating at the food court. Never mind, the chicken rice was pretty good! And the movie was great too. I was tearing up a few times and I managed to control until only 1 tear came out! :)

Wednesday
Met Cai Ling, Yu En and Kalthoum at Vivocity to watch Jumper. I'd already watched Jumper but I didn't mind watching it again. It could've been better, but the effects and charismatic actors made up for the lack of information! We wacthed it at GV Max and I swear I'd never seen that theatre so empty before. I think there was only a 30% occupancy at most! But before that, Cai Ling, Yu En and I went to this Japenese restaurant to eat a rather hurried lunch, cos we were rushing to catch our show. The food was great... And the view was pretty good too cos we got a window seat. I wonder what they're building opposite at Sentosa... Anyway, after the show, we walked around Vivo looking at stuff and then went home. This was the only picture that I remembered to take. There was some more, but my phone's having a little problem with the transfer of pictures..

Thursday
Wow. This day had a lot of firsts in it! I woke up at about 11, slacked in front of the TV until mum went off to work. Played Sims, watched American Idol (this year's winner is so gonna be a guy! Go Michael! Or if its a girl, either Carly or Amanda...), then got ready to go to Jess' house. My cousins and I were gonna have a sleepover, so we went there first to put our stuff down.

We (me Ruyi and Jac) took a cab to meet Jess at Clarke Quay. Jess wanted to eat so we sat at Mac first. There, Jac and I discovered we forgot to bring our IDs!!! So Ruyi went to meet her friends first at MOS, while the rest of us went back to Jess' house. We gave Jac a complete makeover from that ridiculous pair of jeans she was wearing to a retro looking outfit! Then we took another cab back to MOS. We gave Ruyi a big hug cos by the time we got there at 12+, it was her birthday! Happy 19th! We all gave her a kiss on the cheek... :) I had my first screwdriver (drink) and Martell straight up. We were playing drinking games with Ruyi's bunch of about 5 guy friends. I helped my cousins drink a lil' cos Ruyi felt like puking and Jess was really high already! Needless to say, I did NOT like the Martell by itself. I also didn't like 1 of Ruyi's friends who said something offensive when he didn't even know me!!!

Another first is my first puff. Yep, Ruyi was ''kind'' enough to offer me her bud and I took a puff. I didn't feel or taste anything... I think I did it wrong. Hee... I don't intend on doing it anyway, I like my skin the way it is now!

We went to the toilet so many times I lost track! One time, we bumped into this girl with a ''barely there'' outfit. She was standing outside a stall while her friend was peeing with the door open! I wasn't expecting it and saw her red underwear. *widens eyes* I quickly walked out after that!

After that, we went dancing! The dance floor was pretty empty. I prefer it when it's packed... I had so much space I could do the hustle! Ha... On the dance floor I had my first ''dance partner''. The dude looked about late twenties or early thirties and apparently indian, according to my cousins. He appeared something else to me, but I couldn't really tell.. Anyway, it was the first time I had... something rub against me! His hands... I had to keep it from going places where it shouldn't go! It was a lil' weird dancing with a complete stranger... Anyway, we danced for awhile until I was starting to feel a lil' uncomfortable, cos by then he was totally everywhere, then I told him I wanted to go to the loo, intending to ditch him! By then it was about 3+. Jess still wanted to dance, so she did that with Jac while I rested a lil' with Ruyi. After awhile, we went to find Jess and Jac. Guess who was there? I was totally unprepared until he started doing his thing again. *rolls eyes* Then he told me ''your friends (my cousins) don't seem to like us (he and his friend)''. His friend tried to dance with Jac and she didn't like it and blew him off! Haha... After that he moved away and a lil' more after that, I got pretty bored and started to look at my surroundings. Some pretty interesting observations were made... :)

Alright, so clubbing was over. We went to Mac again to eat breakfast. Jess was still high and she was muttering some really funny stuff! She even kissed a Maroon 5 poster! After that, we went to sit at the river, after passing a bunch of skater guys who said ''Ladies, ladies, ladies... you're drunk!'' In which Ruyi denied that we weren't. Jess was continuing to talk crap while i encouraged her... Hee... We wanted to take a bus home so we just sat/lay down there until 6+. It turns out that by that time, the train was already running! When we boarded the train, everyone was staring at us. Some of them were going to work and even some school kids! Paiseh... Then we took a bus back and stumbled into Jess' house at around 7.30. Crashed until 1+ then went home...

left to right: me, Jac, Ruyi, Jess
left to right: me, Ruyi, Jac, JessMe with the birthday girl!

Later, I watched Fools Gold with mum. It was alright... Could've been better, but once again the actors and this time the scenery made up for it...

So that's my 3 day round-up! Have fun ya'll! :)

Valentine's day

But that's yeasterday... I'm taking a break from studying Workplace Safety and Health, my 2nd last paper. On Feb 19, I'll be FREE!!! For now, it's posting time!


Yesterday, my cousin Charleston and his long time girlfriend got MARRIED! At my age, marriage is not for me, but they totally desrve to be married! So now I have a new cousin-in-law! We all call her ''Girl'' to avoid confusion, cos her name is pretty close to mine. I'm still not sure of her actual name though! Hee... We had Dim Sum at this restatuarant in China Square and I got pretty full! We arrived late and the ''party'' was in full swing by then. Charleston looked like one of the brothers in the 2007 movie ''Brothers'' and Girl looked oh so sweet in a blush-pink tube dress that dropped elegantly to the floor. She's gotta be the hottest bride i've seen! Since it was Valentine's Day, Charleston gave flowers to all the women. Most of us got red roses and my mum got a real nice lavender bouquet cos it was her birthday! So sweet of them... We stayed at the place for about 2 hours before we went off to Great World City for Mum's b'day celebration...

Upon reaching Great World, we immediately went to buy Mum's b'day present: a painting of a African lady. I booked tickets to ''Juno'' the previous night, so my gift to her was the movie tickets and the refreshments! Gosh, next year i gotta get something bigger cos i'll be working then! While we were walking around before dinner, I saw this incredibly cute hamster and just couldn't resist taking a photo, even though we weren't allowed! :) After that, we (my family) had our usual dinner at Kenny Rogers and after the movie, Dad came to pick us (me, mum and sis) up. Dad bought a cake for mum, which was so unexpected! He never buys anything! Haha... it was a cute lil' heart shaped cake with fresh cream, roses (the edible kind), strawberries and adorable pink stuff sprinkled all over!

It was a nice cake and a nice day!

Something not so nice is the American Idol decisions! I like Josiah and Kyle! Josiah (the one living in his car) just screwed up, but only cos he's so young! The talent in him is there man... At least Simon agrees. And Kyle (the one that wanted to be president) is so cute. Some of the other guys chosen were forgettable!!! Why the hell were they chosen?? And the last 2 females.. I like the white girl. Of course i'm no racist, I just think she has a lot more charisma in her. Plus, I'm a sucker for singers who can play an instrument, I always prefer them over those who can just sing, and she plays an instrument! Sigh... at least the talent this year is pretty good. So far, I like the Australian guy and the Irish girl. I hope they get in!

3 more days to complete freedom! :)

It's Over!

FYP is finally done!!! No need to see the stupid old fag ever again! No need to find out information on renewable energy!!!

Speaking of the old fag, he was extremely rude during our presentation. He was constantly on his phone and even went out a few times, blocking our slide and distracting us while going out! He even dosed off at one point! Stupid fucking old man. I'm so gonna write a complain letter to the director. And maybe even one to him! We'll see how things go...

After the presentation, Sammi and Teo asked a couple of questions and then we were done! We hung out around GV room and canteen 1 for awhile then took a cab to my place. Just as we left, i flagged a cab down. There was another one directly behind! We arrived at my place at the same time. Everyone had been here before, so there was no grand tour. We immediately sat down to eat KFC, watched Hidalgo, did Yu Sheng, sent Kalthoum off, watched Step Up, stuffed ourselves silly with chocolates and sweets, enjoying our few hours of freedom before we had to start studying for our exams. Just 2 more papers and everything will be over! So bittersweet...

This Chinese New Year was pretty good! Last year was pretty dull, we didnt take much pictures, but this year we took a lot! Went to the same places, gambled, lost $1 in total and saw everyone... Good enough for me! Now I look forward to this Sunday when relatives from mum and dad's side will come and even my sis' dragon boat friends. A lot of them are like 1.8m +(angmohs), so our house will look damn small that day, together with the amgmoh giants and all the relatives. I'm kinda hoping my nieces and nephew don't come, cos it'll be way too crowded, even though I kinda enjoy entertaining them.

February 10

I miss you.

It's a year today,

I still miss you

Of course I do.

You were in my life

for 15 years.

How could anyone forget 15 years?

Ever since I could remember

you were there.

Now you're not.

It's sudden, it's different.

I don't like it.

You weren't well, I understand.

For me...

you just went to sleep.

The day you left,

I hurt so much.

An emptiness,

a void,

I've never felt before.

Who knew you could hurt that much?

Now you've gone

where I can't follow.

The house is different,

it won't be the same.

I found solace

in an alternative rock band.

You were always giving.

Your last gift was

the realisation

of a 6-year mistake.

I miss holding you

in my arms.

The way it feels

isn't so clear anymore.

Funny how that happens,

you lose touch,

with things that you

can't touch anymore.

Your smell it lingers,

ever with me.

Your face is with me

indefinitely.

Your life,

your memory,

with me always.

I love you.

Forevermore,

I'll love you.