Happy Birthday, Mummy!

I've been getting throbbing headaches every night.
I dunno what's the cause but I keep linking it back to the accursed dengue.
It's frightening how a small insect can do so much damage to your body. *shudders*

CNY's coming but I don't feel excited at all.
Besides getting 3 days of holidays(which is the only good), we have to fret about new clothes, worrying about whether you remembered all your relatives, trying hard to make small talk with them and then having to accomodate their stupid comments like "Wow! You've grown so big liao!" and "You're in University already? I thought you were still in Junior College." which makes them sound like they have amnesia every year. *rolls eyes*

Though I would feel much richer during that period, but come to think of it, ain't all the money given to us what our parents give other children too? It's something like equal trade.

Nothing's special anymore.
Just like how Christmas was so magical to me in the past but now it's just too commercialised.

Everything's getting so commercialised nowadays.
Even Jay. Sighs I wish I could be in KL now and relieve his Incomparable magic.
Dorothy Gale, lend me your ruby slippers please?

Yeah jane reminded me.
I just ain't good at dealing with all the concern over my recent dengue.

I would love to say my thanks and am really grateful about all the concern but something just holds me back. Darn my screwed up personality.

And yeah, I'm ok now.
THANK YOU, everyone. It felt really good to know people care.
Sometimes you just need moments like these to prove to you something you already know. That's just how humans work yeah.

Found this quote while random surfing for Johnny Depp's movies.


"I love the sky. It's so limitless."
"It is big. It's very big."
"Big doesn't even sum it up, right? That word big is so small."


I like it. Words can never express everything.
It's an excerpt from the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?"(1993)
I had forgotten what the plot's really about but I could still vividly remember Leonardo Dicaprio's brilliant acting.
Leo fans, you gotta catch this show!

It is official.
I have been defeated by the Aedes mosquito.

Luckily I don't have to land up in hospital.
But the rashes are driving me mad! And the doctor has confined me home until he gives the green light.

ARGH.

"OLE OLE OLE!"

Yay! The Lion roars again.
Singapore has won the Tiger Cup!

Though I couldn't make it to the stadium to catch the match but nevertheless, I could feel the unbearable atmosphere even at home.
The crowd is truly explosive and it's great to see that sea of red filling the entire stadium. It's amazing how the tickets were snapped up in a matter of 2 days. This goes to show that Singaporeans do stand together when we need to. :)



And yeah, we played well. Though not as well as the 1st leg but good enough to win.
Lionel Lewis is truly the man, I love his well-toned legs and the hilarious way he does his goal kicks.

Yay! Once again, I salute the Lions, the SG coaches, FAS and crew, the sponsors and of course the SG fans.
A good start to the future of Singapore soccer.

Anyway I traded in my Nokia 6100, sadly, because after I dropped it into the toilet bowl in Cambodia, it doesn't function properly.
So I got this one instead. Sony Ericsson K508i.




Quite a good deal cos it was with no extra costs. Am trying hard to adapt to using a non-Nokia aka non-user-friendly phone for now.

It's really unusual for me to run a fever.
Especially for someone who has had a fever probably less than 5 times in her entire 19 years, a fever running continuously for 2 days is damn weird.

And I'm feeling paranoid that my brains are gonna be burnt cos the temperature's been constant at about 39+ degrees for 2 days.
Plus the doctor said that if any rashes appear, i need to get a blood test to check for dengue fever!

DENGUE FEVER!!!

OMG I was so freaked out when I heard that.
Having Dengue equates to staying in hospital... and that notion itself is staggeringly freaky.

Really hope I'll be fine to watch tmr's Tiger Cup Finals.
And not landing up in hospital at the 2nd week of school.

I'm so paranoid.

Had my taste of school yesterday.
It didn't start off well...
Was supposed to go for Lab at 9am BUT stupid IVLE indicated 10am.
So the naive me just happily went at 10am and realised I missed 1 hrs' Lab session.
And yeah my stupid lab partner never fails to find it a funny joke. Hmmph.

Lesson starts at 2pm later so here I am, twiddling with Fireworks again.

Nothing fanciful though.

A super narcissistic shot. Heh.
Haven't had the chance to wear this hat I brought in Korea, so thought I would flaunt it at home. Haha.
This effect make me look like I'm slightly pink. I wanted the rosy cheeks effect.


And one of the most important people in my life...

Presenting my cutesy Mummy(aka Rou Rou)...
with me outside my fave hangout in Bugis - Kinokuniya.


I realised my parents and I don't have that many shots together. Quite sad.
I remember we took a neoprint before, I think 4 years ago. We all looked so cute.

Ok I uploaded some new pics.
I'm using a new webbie for ul so pls reflect back if this link works.

Click here for New Pictures!

School officially starts today.

I'm happy that I have achieved a 4-day week!
You know, us poor science students don't have the privilege of an easy timetable because just the lab sessions take all the time away.

I'll be taking

LSM1101 Biochemistry of Biomolecules
LSM1102 Molecular Genetics
SC1101E Making Sense of Society
SSA1202 Southeast Asia: A Changing Region
HY2247 Sports and History

Happy I got mostly what I wanted. :)

Putting that aside, I so don't want school to start.
There's so much things I feel I haven't done.
And before you know it, Year 1 is done.
Ah, I so don't want to grow up. And reaching the dreaded number 2.

O_o

Sighs. Bored and rotting at home when I should be enjoying whatever time I have left before school starts.
Nobody ever seems to be around though.

Anyway just received my results in paper form today.
I forgot to mention about it the other time.

I feel happy about my results and yet I shouldn't be.
Sounds confusing?
Ah well, it's a really horrible CAP score for the high achievers because I just scrapped through on the dot.
But I'm really happy that I passed cos the exam period was so shitty.

And whenever anyone asks about my CAP score, they must be thinking I'm a crazy freak.
How can anyone sound so happy with a measly score of 2.0?
BUT I'm really happy though my hope for honours is dashed.
Unless I get 5.0 every semester thereon. Wahahaha, which is a big joke.

So I decided to take all the modules that I have interest in.
Heck about being wise taking something you can score in even though you don't like it. What's the point when you won't have the motivation to study?

AND the stupid bidding system had to come spoil it for me.
I didn't believe my eyes when the numerals displayed on the "Vacancies" slot under GEK 1045 - Intro to World Religions was 5!
And even more when I saw the numbers 1231 under "Next lowest minimum bid".
WTF. I only have 700+ points to spare.
So naturally I would retract my bid and drop something I can't get.
And guess what? The stupid department had to email me, which I checked after bidding ended and after I got the other module, that they had added more vacancies.
Freaking assholes.

All in all, CORS sucks.
How can they expect us to bid when they only offer 5 vacancies as a cross faculty module? And yeah to think they still encourage us to take cross fac, blah.
Hypocritical pigs.
Whoever came up with CORS, may you die a terrible death. PUI.

I feel so strongly for the Tidal Wave Asia victims.

Not trying to sound pragmatic but I cry everytime I read an article or watch the news coverage.

Read this and this

I feel so helpless. So useless. And very guilty that I'm living in luxury while those victims not very far away are suffering so much.

So I urge you guys to do what you can.
Donations in kind or money, anything within your capability.
And please excercise discretion when you donate. Give only materials that is needed and can be used; don't treat the relief organisations as your dumping ground and delay the arrival of aid.

Do your part:

Ah come to think of it, school is starting.
I so very much dread 10 Jan.
And I can never get used to writing this year as 2005.

Something to blog about the previous 2 days.

2 Jan 2005 (Sun)

Doing work at the National Stadium for the Tiger Cup Semi Finals - Singapore Vs Myanmar 2nd leg.
My job basically comprises of distributing the "Official die-hard Lions fan" which features a hilarious caption "Roar Lions Roar" tee at the redemption counter.
As it was raining cats and dogs, I was expecting a low turnout and thus a slack day(which means good news) since I wasn't the type of fan who would want to brave the rain for a Singapore match.
And I was surprised. Many fans came as early as 12pm, when the tickets started its sale and when the rain didn't look like it would let up anytime soon.
By 4pm, we were SO busy we didn't even notice the time until 8pm, when the majority of the crowd streamed into the stadium for the match.

It was nice to see the support of fellow Singaporeans for our national team.
I always thought that the support had diminished loads after the Fandi Ahmad era and that applies to me personally.
And I caught the match too, being tempted after hearing the cheers and jeers.

My first LIVE match, though not my personal favourite team but still its my country.
I must say when we scored, the unison in cheering and display of happiness was overwhelming.
Sports is amazing. Its ability to unite strangers of the same interest/goal.
Though I was quite put off by the rampant display of violent fan behaviour and the various crude gestures and jeers. (I'm actually guilty of that, oops)

All this fun and experience for a nifty 60 bucks.
It's all worth it :)
Can't wait to watch the finals on 16 Jan. Any takers?

3 Jan 2005 (Mon)

Yesterday was KTV day.
First stop was K-Box with Jane, with Jo joining us later and leaving earlier too.
Jane and I decided that our share of KTV goodness was not satisfying enough so at 730pm, after 5 hrs of singing, we checked out the rates at Kster.
Oh incidentally, we were at Lucky Chinatown where K-box is located on the 3rd storey and Kster on the 4th. So much for overcrowding.
And don't ask me why we chose to go Chinatown of all places for KTV-ing. (It's the cheapest lah)

Anyway the Kster staff were so friendly we got kinda scared.
And we discovered that the rates were cheaper, especially with this coupon offer that allows us to sing for 5 hours with no room charge, just the tidbits and drinks charge.

I so have to mention this guy.
He's prolly younger than us (maybe 16) and Jane claims he's like a younger version of Siberian. And he's very cute (which I actually do agree to a certain extent)
And guess what? *rolls eyes*
She had a teeny weeny crush on that guy. *rolls eyes again*
He was in the lift with us on our way to find dinner, and being the friendly Kster staff he is, he offered to give us more coupons. And Jane cheekily asked for 5. He assured us that the total bill would be less than 20 bucks.

So after settling dinner and making a rather perilous journey to buy snacks, we trodded back to Kster where we were greeted by the friendly staff again.
And I swear I saw that mini Siberian(let's call him MS for short) give a little grin. For what reasons, I don't know.

He brought us to our room, the platform tatami type that we the swa gu Kster first-timers marvelled about. And yeah we were so swa gu that we didn't know how to operate the system. Some funny incidences with MS.
Jane kept peering out whenever someone walked past. *rolls eyes*

And yeah we sang ourselves hoarse and cheeky MS came in with the bill, with the satisfied smile and proclamation that he was right about the bill totalling under 20 bucks.
We acted like a buncha fools trying to snap pictures in the room and waiting in vain for MS to take a picture for us.
In the end we said bye to him and hopped on to Jane uncle's cab back home.

Eventful day.
Jane claims he only talks to me and she seems quite jealous haha.
I got a kick out of seeing her overreacting.

I miss KTV! Jo, Jane and Carrie, we must go again soon!

I'm actually back from Cambodia for quite some time, a week ago, to be exact.
I keep putting off blogging about it because I still am pretty confused over my thoughts and feelings about the trip.

I don't wanna write everything since most of you already knew most of it.
Just that I do appreciate my life and am grateful that I'm able to receive education so easily.
I wouldn't say Cambodia is very backward but it has also been an eye-opening experience for me in many ways.
Dealing with myself, hypocritical people, adapting to a different environment and cultural sensitivity.
I hope I did achieve positive growth. If not a lot, at least a little.

It's a new year once again.
Reflecting on the past year, the first 6 months were virtually unproductive.
And the final half, I admit I do have some regrets.

My New Year Resolutions
- Build up relationship with my parents and friends
- Work harder to achieve better academic results
- Be a happier person
- Reduce monetary output; increase monetary input
- Pick up more useful skills

Christmas 2004 was really sad.
It proves the point that only in dire straits do you see who exactly are your true friends.

I wasn't in the right mood to welcome the new year.
And I still can't accept why others can so joyously celebrate while somewhere so close to home, the situation is so bleak.

Singapore is very lucky. Yes, we are indeed really lucky geographically.
Without the neighbouring countries to bear the brunt of the tsunami effects, our puny sunny island may have been drowning in sorrow.
Thus for me, I see the celebrations as an expense of other's misery.

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