yesterday, i indulged in: 1. oh-so-yummy beef hor fun from that famous geylang stall for the first time and now i cant stop thinking abt it. 2. my fav soft, smooth & silky warm tau huay w peanuts+you tiao from you tiao da wang in geylang. i tell u, this tau huay makes all the rest of the tau huay in singapore look & taste bad. 3. DURIANS! creamyyyy sweet durians from geylang. the aroma of durians was enough to make me salivate. need i say more? =)

my brain is so so so exhausted after the continuous weeks of tests, it is now throbbing really badly after convulsing too violently today during my money & banking test. unfortunately, there wun be much of a break for my poor lil brain b4 i start working on my money & banking essay assignment which is due on friday. gonna need brain juice transfusion really soon. spent saturday afternoon at shan's place where i was made over first by shan who curled my hair really prettily (with a narrow escape from a disastrous hairstyling session when she almost sprayed an anti-dandruff hairspray onto my hair instead of the l'oreal curling spray before curling it arnd the heating iron.. phew =p), den by shanying who helped me apply makeup (note to self: time to learn how to apply makeup on myself!) for the comms ball. it was held at shangri-la, which is a really posh & pretty place, albeit a lil too out of the way. comms ball, though was supposed to be a night to celebrate the commissioning of the officers, ended up being a huge gathering place for the girls as well. check out my pictures at http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2108141311&code=21235721&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite. sunday was spent lazily first at jalan kayu for some of their yummy pratas w curry den at jason's place where i studied for my test while he gamed. weekends alw pass so quickly while weekdays crawl past... sigh. alrights.. its time for dinner =) enjoy the photos!

=) im finally back!!! nono.. i did not abandon this blog in seach of greener pastures.. though i very much contemplated to and even set up a livejournal account... but that blog is still under construction and even when i move, probably only my closer frens will know the webby cos i value my privacy very much! nor was i buried under my readings and notes and econs textbooks... was jus extremely caught up with uni.. one thing i jus realised abt uni.. it never stops.. after a test comes a deadline, after the deadline comes another test.. and the process goes in a never-ending cycle.. and often i find myself getting so caught up with everything, i start neglecting my social life, my need for relaxation and my family. like last week, i went home for less than 24 hrs den was back in hall again.. and if not for having to send hwee's package and buy my comms ball dress, i would probably not step into town when i still had piles of work weighing me down. jus had my calculus test today.. and i honestly dunno whether i should rejoice over taking calculus or cry about it. the lecturer is not very good, the textbookcan hardly be deciphered, and i hardly ever understand wad is going on in tutorials.. BUT (yes, there is a but =p ) the module is kind of a godsend.. cos the lecturer is so lazy. he hasnt changed the lab worksheets at all so i alw jus refer to my fren's worksheet from last sem & ta-dah! near full marks for each lab.. and his webcasts were recorded in 1999 (?! i was only sec 1 den!).. and... (this is the best part.. haha).. he alw recycles his exam qns changing only the values in the functions to make them different. =) so maybe it aint that bad afterall. hee. =p shall have an exciting weekend ahead.. mengsiong's comms ball this sat and he very gentlemanly paid for my dress and a clutch for the ball =) he even msged to ask if i needed him to pick me up from my house this sat! haha.. how unmengsiong-ish.. guess ocs is changing him for the better! =) have one more test and one more essay to overcome before a short breather den its the last stretch to exams. things are looking optimistic now =) have applied for a couple of internships for this hols to make better use of my time, gain more experience and to boost my resume.. hope things work out =) *hweee! remember to take some photos of urself in the dress! we wanna see how gorgeous u look in it! =)

happy friendship/valentine's day! =) *muaccckss* to all my dear friends out there... hope u guys are always showered with lotsa love, care and concern.. and i really do miss my frens! esp. you girls- hwee, qiao, shanjin =) life has been hectic.. and time is passing so quickly i hardly have time to take a breather. *takes a deeeeep breath* last week marked the conclusion of the exhausting, time-consuming, stress-inducing 3-day bazaar, which we had been planning for since december. but at least our efforts did not disappoint as we managed to raise a pretty decent profit from the event. =) after the bazaar comes hall production.. really looking forward to the curtain call on saturday den its 2 commitments down! den i'll be left with bizcom, photog com and secretariat com.. once the curtains are drawn, i can finally take a well-deserved break with the approaching midterm hols. so much sleep (and work, of cos) to catch up with next week. gotta study for 4 midterms scheduled the following week too. no time to slacken! gonna be cooking spaghetti, bruschetta, paper-wrapped chicken and some shitake mushroom thingy tonight with jason! our first attempt at cooking.. hahah. better start thinking of a contingency plan.. hee. will upload some pics if the food turns out well! =) *hwee! we haven forgotten abt u! the parcel is alr in its planning stages! =p

a long relaxing break, lotsa sleep, non-stop television, lotsa tasty bak kwa, fat hongbaos, GOOOD FOOD, plus mahjong winnings and yummy melt-in-ur-mouth munchies from shan makes me a happy happy girl =p but now, its back to school. boo. =(

alright.. jus a quick update b4 i go to bed... my life has been insanely busy these day.. lectures, tutorials, ihg squash, committee meetings, committee duties.. i alw find myself exhausted at the end of the day. and sometimes i find myself so tired im unable to drag myself out to lectures. and the mugger inside me protests against my slowly-forming class-ponning habit really vehemently. i find myself not keeping up w my modules, esp. the unavoidable stack of readings dat has been snowballing since term started. as someone who prefers being on the ball, the sense of guilt and pressure is rather overwhelming. if becoming nocturnal is an essential trait of a hostelite, then i think i can truly call myself a hostelite now. my bioclock's shifted and now i sleep at 3, wake up at 10, and effectively my 3 meals a day become lunch, dinner, supper. (if mummy hears about this i think she'll jump through the roof and withdraw me from hall. bleah.) after i get back from class at 6, there's alw stuff on till at least midnight. i dun even get to watch my fav. tv shows like the 9pm show now. guess that really shows something huh? hee. i'll go to bed now.. be back soon to blog about cny! happy lunar new year everyone! =)

ok.. 20 years and 1 day old to be exact. everything feels normal, nothing special, nothing out-of-this-world.. i guess turning 20 was jus a culmination of maturing and having more power and responsibilities placed in your hands ever since i turned 19.. so its all a very smooth transition from a teenager to a twenteen (in siva's terms *grin*). special thanks to all who remembered my birthday... in no specific order, elaine, william, junxian, zhanghao, andy, zhebin, melissa, dominique, shanky, daniel, sanjay, huiyi, siewjun, huan chao, zixiang, my fav. girls - qiao, shanjin, huishan who celebrated huishan's & my bday on sat, and even a really sweet ecard from hwee all the way from georgetown.. thanks so much everyone! i really felt so touched when birthday greetings came one after another from my frens.. its so heartwarming to know that despite being in different places pursuing different courses in life, im still on so many people's minds! =) this brought about a sense of reassurance that the two decades that ive lived have not been in vain.. (not that ive ever thought that ive lived in futile) and with these warm wishes & heartfelt greetings, i do feel more confident facing a new decade knowing i have so many good frens by my side =) friday was jason's birthday so we went to town to shop but it was kinda disappointing cos nothing appealed to me! den we had dinner at meritus mandarin's triple3.. the buffet was yummy! they had salmon sashimi (my fav!), roast beef, honey baked ham, oxtail stew, ribs, tiger prawns and a huge selection of other delicious food. the highlights of the meal was really the lobster which was limited to one serving per customer but jason and i were served twice (lucky us!) and the chocolate fountain with strawberries, mashmellows, and assorted fruits... are u salivating yet? haha. on saturday, i met up w the girls for lunch at imperial treasure @ taka for dimsum! (hwee.. dont u wish u were there? hee.) it's my first time there and shanjin did most of the ordering cos she's been there w her family b4.. but the food was pretty good.. esp. the xiaolongbao which i thought beat the one at dintaifung.. thinner skin & more juice! we'll eat there next time when ure back hwee! and on sunday (MY BIRTHDAY!).. jason and i went to the suntec-marina square area to shop and we went home w so many things.. i bought a top and a nike shoebag while jason got a pair of adidas indoor-soccer shoes, an adidas soccer ball and a tshirt. dinner was at this quaint shop named dianxiaoer that's decorated to look like a tea house in those periodic chinese dramas complete with waiters and waitresses dressed in gu zhuang costumes that serves really tender and yummy roast duck(another place for us to eat when ure back hwee!) =) woke up this morning wishing my birthday didnt pass so quickly.. its the start of another bustling tiring week. practically everyday's packed w activities from morning to night when things become too overwhelming and suffocating, it becomes more of a chore than an enjoyment. now im starting to reevaluate the level of commitment and amount of time im really willing to sacrifice in order to be able to stay in hall next year. have i piled too many things on my plate? is it really worth it? looking forward to chinese new year. *smile*

finally can blog cos my lappie at home has some problem w the blogdrive webby and im in faith's room now waiting for bidding to start!

made a HUGGGEE mistake of not declaring my major cos i was hesitating between econs and psych (i should've jus declared both!) and now im paying the price for it by having to wait till round 2B to get my modules while all my frens have theirs preallocated to them alr or they've alr bid for them in the earlier rounds.. bleah. bidding is the bane of my life... all the planning and anticipation and reshuffling ur timetable the umpteenth time (cos uve been outbidded) is a huge pain-in-the-ass.

so many pple have started school alr.. and soon sch will start for me too! if all goes well i'll get a 3 day work week again.. but definitely more challenging this time. higher level econs modules, CALCULUS (?! wad was i thinking??), more diversity in the mods im taking (1 from sci, 1 from biz, 2 econs, 1 ss). but no matter wad, i cant afford to slacken off with the BIGG picture in mind. have to maintain my CAP and grades if i wanna get my double major.

no exciting happenings lately.. ive been a homely person jus bumming arnd at home keeping my parents happy. guess its not in my blood to go partying w my frens and i absolutely hate having to fight my way through stinky sweaty crowds.. which explains why i was home watching hollow man w my family while the rest of the world was high on fireworks in the dark starry sky. im such an unhappening person. haha.

10 more days to my 20th birthday! been wondering how i can bloom gracefully into a 20 year old lady when i still feel like a 19 year old kid! haha =p becoming 20 will be an interesting transition year for me... to have the energy, life and vibrance of a youth yet with increasing duties and responsibilities of an adult. hope i'll be capable enough to juggle both successfully!

oh dear.. time for me to go for training! ask me out yea??? esp. my fav girls! we muz go out again b4 hwee goes back to washington! =)

finally updating.. better update before qiao and hwee hold me at gun point.. haha.

i've been so busy after i recovered from flu & fever.. meetings meetings and more meetings.. but it's a love-hate relationship with hall commitments.. i love the people im getting to know, love feeling like im one of those business executive women in power suits strutting down shenton way when i type those corporate formal emails to big companies to look for sponsorship deals, love learning new stuff everyday, love thinking of interesting ideas to publicise and decorate the valentine's day-themed bazaar in feb.. but i honestly hate spending so much travelling time on the trains and buses to-and-fro nus, hate how everything's a mad rush during the hols and i find myself thinking about sending out proposals and doing follow-ups with the companies all the time, hate how hall commitments seem to be eating up my hols leaving me with no time to really do what i wanted to accomplish this hols (like baking!)... i wish i had more time to jus sit at home and play sims2 the entire day! haha.

got some great plans lined up for the next few days.. long awaited shopping, dinner and chilling w the girls tml, lovely christmas eve spent at home with my parents and siblings, spending precious quality time w jason and his family on christmas day, meeting up w andy & class gathering on 26th.. and possibly a council gathering before new year's day.. only dampening thing is not being able to visit snow city with jason before christmas.. i soooo wanted to experience a special white wintry christmas this year... but somehow the plan fell through.. sigh.

with only 8 days left to the start of 2006, i suppose now's a good time for a reflection. 2005, in retrospect, has not been a smooth-sailing year for me in terms of things which really matter to me.. such as the unexpected C obtained in A levels, the rejection of nus law which relegated me to nus arts (somewhat not what ive been expecting of myself) and my grandmother's demise... these events altered the path of my life in many little and unexpected ways.. for one, ive started to explore more options and think about my future more as i slowly progress in my university education now.. also, i find myself appreciating my family much more now.. and im now more willing to step up and take on more responsibilities as an elder sister at home in order to relieve my mum of additional burden. 2005 often brought me to tears, but im thankful for the support i have had to face the various challenges head on. im am glad i did not give up on myself, for in the process, i have grown and i have learnt. these are priceless lessons well-learnt and i shall bring them with me into 2006 as i approach the orange glow of the sunset of my second decade and walk into a beautiful sunrise welcoming me into the dawn of my third. =)

staying optimistic as i look forward to my 20th birthday.. =p

merry christmas my dear frens! =)