i fucking love the change on 987fm! Yesss. I can totally imagine mugging from 8 to 3am! I used to loveeee listening to shan wee in his late night show.. And young and his 'say it with music' last time! Then, they change.. And though there was muttons to midnight.. They were too distracting to mug to. Esp justin's joke of the day! So distracting lor. Hahahah
Now, shan and rozz is frm 8pm to 12mn. Super love shan and rozzzz! Somemore i love reading rozz's blog! Ahhaha. And nw, mr young can accompany me till 3am! I hated desiree lai's show lor. The previous dj for the 12 to 3am timeslot. She keeps putting those sound effects and she's not very funny la. Yay! Hope it stays like this for a looooooooooooooong looooooooooooooooong time leh. Love it now!
Rllly miss listening to carrie chong and daniel ong. Hahaha.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Young adult i am.
ok, so those who have been talking to me recently should have slowly gone nuts about me saying about life.. and how we're entering the life changing/ adulthood-stepping decade of our lives and how weird it is that by the end of this decade,that WITH ANY LUCK, i'd be typing on this blog having kids. HOW WEIRD AND BIZARREEEE!!! omg. O.O shocks me to think abt it. i mean, having sex is already quite mind-blowing, let alone.. offsprings. MY OFFSPRINGS. x= omggggggggggggggggggggggg.
so anyway, so currently, im confused. im confused about how my life should steer? what is considered normal? what is the stereotype. ok.. i know the stereotype. right now, the correct mould i should fall into is -
1. study
2. graduate with a bachelor
3. get a decent and steady job
4. have a constant group of girlfriends (a.k.a sex and the city/ desperate housewives/ bridget jones kind of girls.. who sip cosmos etc)
5.get a decent enough boyfriend who has a stable job
6. get married and have a mediocre sex life (based on durex survey on singaporean's sex life)
7. have children and start paying for household expenses/taxes etc
8. retire and go into an old folks home.
ok, but reality check here:
1. i have stopped being geeky after i went through poly. so is it possible i will revert back to the muggertoad i once was?
2. yeah. i think i will but how long will it take?
3. i dont really want a decent job. i wanna be a travel journalist! i wanna be paid to travel and know about other people and their lifestyles!!!! i wanna be filled with knowledge! i dont wanna sit at a desk and deal with numbers. sigh.
4. i do have group of friends now. but as what i can see, we're slowly splitting and stuff. and new friends are coming in. so.... how constant?
5. hmmmm. im leaving this section to fate and cupid. lol! i give up in finding my own love already
.
6. refer to no. 5
7. i might adopt if i eventually dont get married. or like back-up plan, i wont mind getting sperms from a sperm bank. why not?
8. if best right, i'd retire and MOVE TO SWITZERLAND! best ending to my story eh?!
okok. so, my point being... when i was young, my aunt got me a set of encyclopedia. lol. there's this particular one called "all about people". so its all about biology and stuff.
but in between the biology bits, they insert sections where they introduce u about the different stages of a person's life.
the coloured person refers to the stage of life u're reading..
i used to read about the pre-teens and teenage part when i was in primary school, trying to figure out what life will be like. even in sec school, i will refer to it once in a while to know where i stood. its not a very in-depth/oxford-ish kind of book.
lol! teens. ok, lets just see how my teenage life was supposed to be:
1. im supposed to be getting a new body.. which i have gotten. boobs and pubic hair, CHECKED.
2. "teens are old enough to go out without their parents. for the first time, they can do things by themselves without any adults around" CHECKED.
3. "looking good is important to most teens. they need to keep in shape if they want to look their best" .. after my eyelid glue and contacts experience, CHECKED.
4. "Lots of exciting things are happening in teenagers' lives. but they need to study because their education will make a big difference in their future lives" CHECKED. but im quite guilty about the studying part.
5. "Most teens start dating. they also develop close friendships with other people their age. they sometimes seem to have little time for their families." the dates part, CHECKED. the families part, also CHECKED!
6. "Having a job for the first time can be fun, even if it is hardwork. it feels good having money you have earned yourself" CHECKED!
weeee~ i've lived my teenage life well, at least according to the book. weee~ ok. so, to get a rough guide on how i'm supposed to map out my "young adulthood" ... here goes:
ok. im looking forward to this bit. the travelling bit! ohhhh london, please let me go to u!
i do hope im not ging to live with my parents by the time im 30 though.. i DO have thoughts of moving out. but the idea doesnt work well in singapore, because honestly, how far can u shift in singapore? from simei to boon lay ar? HAHAHHA.
hint that i REALLY SHUD LEARN FRENCH AND SPANISH?!!?
WEE~ shall continue with yoga. maybe bowling? idk!
this was the bit i was saying. MARRIED. the scary M word. lol!
lol!!!!! that is what i should be looking out for now, i guess? a new job + a family + a new home.
ok lor. i know its lame to rely on an encyclopedia meant for young children for the road map of the next 10 years of my life. but when you get confused.. sometimes, the simpler the solution, the better.
ok. phew! finally blogged. shiook feeling. shall.... watch FRIENDS! and sleep!
so anyway, so currently, im confused. im confused about how my life should steer? what is considered normal? what is the stereotype. ok.. i know the stereotype. right now, the correct mould i should fall into is -
1. study
2. graduate with a bachelor
3. get a decent and steady job
4. have a constant group of girlfriends (a.k.a sex and the city/ desperate housewives/ bridget jones kind of girls.. who sip cosmos etc)
5.get a decent enough boyfriend who has a stable job
6. get married and have a mediocre sex life (based on durex survey on singaporean's sex life)
7. have children and start paying for household expenses/taxes etc
8. retire and go into an old folks home.
ok, but reality check here:
1. i have stopped being geeky after i went through poly. so is it possible i will revert back to the muggertoad i once was?
2. yeah. i think i will but how long will it take?
3. i dont really want a decent job. i wanna be a travel journalist! i wanna be paid to travel and know about other people and their lifestyles!!!! i wanna be filled with knowledge! i dont wanna sit at a desk and deal with numbers. sigh.
4. i do have group of friends now. but as what i can see, we're slowly splitting and stuff. and new friends are coming in. so.... how constant?
5. hmmmm. im leaving this section to fate and cupid. lol! i give up in finding my own love already
.
6. refer to no. 5
7. i might adopt if i eventually dont get married. or like back-up plan, i wont mind getting sperms from a sperm bank. why not?
8. if best right, i'd retire and MOVE TO SWITZERLAND! best ending to my story eh?!
okok. so, my point being... when i was young, my aunt got me a set of encyclopedia. lol. there's this particular one called "all about people". so its all about biology and stuff.
but in between the biology bits, they insert sections where they introduce u about the different stages of a person's life.
the coloured person refers to the stage of life u're reading..
i used to read about the pre-teens and teenage part when i was in primary school, trying to figure out what life will be like. even in sec school, i will refer to it once in a while to know where i stood. its not a very in-depth/oxford-ish kind of book.
lol! teens. ok, lets just see how my teenage life was supposed to be:1. im supposed to be getting a new body.. which i have gotten. boobs and pubic hair, CHECKED.
2. "teens are old enough to go out without their parents. for the first time, they can do things by themselves without any adults around" CHECKED.
3. "looking good is important to most teens. they need to keep in shape if they want to look their best" .. after my eyelid glue and contacts experience, CHECKED.
4. "Lots of exciting things are happening in teenagers' lives. but they need to study because their education will make a big difference in their future lives" CHECKED. but im quite guilty about the studying part.
5. "Most teens start dating. they also develop close friendships with other people their age. they sometimes seem to have little time for their families." the dates part, CHECKED. the families part, also CHECKED!
6. "Having a job for the first time can be fun, even if it is hardwork. it feels good having money you have earned yourself" CHECKED!
weeee~ i've lived my teenage life well, at least according to the book. weee~ ok. so, to get a rough guide on how i'm supposed to map out my "young adulthood" ... here goes:
ok. im looking forward to this bit. the travelling bit! ohhhh london, please let me go to u!
i do hope im not ging to live with my parents by the time im 30 though.. i DO have thoughts of moving out. but the idea doesnt work well in singapore, because honestly, how far can u shift in singapore? from simei to boon lay ar? HAHAHHA.
hint that i REALLY SHUD LEARN FRENCH AND SPANISH?!!?
WEE~ shall continue with yoga. maybe bowling? idk!
this was the bit i was saying. MARRIED. the scary M word. lol!
lol!!!!! that is what i should be looking out for now, i guess? a new job + a family + a new home.ok lor. i know its lame to rely on an encyclopedia meant for young children for the road map of the next 10 years of my life. but when you get confused.. sometimes, the simpler the solution, the better.
ok. phew! finally blogged. shiook feeling. shall.... watch FRIENDS! and sleep!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Status: Graduated
Hey, i know i'm a day late. but yes, i have finally graduated after 3 years of sweat and tears. this is gonna be a long post.. so.. yup.
i thought the graduation ceremony would have been a touching and sad one. but, i didn't feel a trace of sadness nor happiness. i felt that the ceremony was too commercialized. last time in secondary school, i guess it was more homely and hence, though i had alot less friends back then in broadrick than in sp, the atmosphere was sad. and who could ever forget the scene where mrs ang cried. but this time, it was big and grand. i sat beside 2 people whom i've never spoken to in my life before, and of course, made friends. but there were less feelings i guess. and i guess, wearing my contacts and makeup, i become a tad more .. superficial. and if u realise, the more superficial one is, the less feelings she has. plus, how can any graduation ceremony not have graduation song? i know it sounds corny, but i feel it should never be left out. maybe they could do less video playing and more corny graduation stuff. really. i tell u, theres a reason why these things have existed for centuries, because they are what people like. deep down. no matter how people say "wa lao eh, so cheesy".. deep down, it makes them happy, i tell you. but there wasn't any. in fact, it was after the graduation ceremony that made me more emotional. seeing my friends gather together, like tingfang and reggie... and my classmates.. were the best! we just kept laughing and talking rubbish and screaming and running around despite the really hot and humid weather... but its just like the good ol' times. it'll probably be the last time we'd be gathered together like that in a place. cus the usual la, outings will be attended by less and less people as the years go by... so, oh well. be happy that it happened, and not upset that it never happened. and after having been through 2 graduations, u know more or less that "keep in touch" and "friends forever" are just sugar coats. just like universal studio's perspective of the world. but anyhow, back on topic, it was nice. as i've said before, SP is the best thing that has ever happened to me. the best 3 years of my life. the most significant changes were there. i went from geek to being lazy. from having nothing to my name to being the editor of a yearbook (my baby. and im not trying to show off la.. but i did put in alot of tears and efforts. tears.. wow. i remembered the last night of editorial, it was a saturday and i was in school until 10pm, crying from all the stress augustine goh gave me. editting articles. crying like mad. lol!). from thinking that clubbing are for ah lians to clubbing is fucking fun. from always sensoring my vulgarities (F***) to freak to fuck. from being someone who needs to be approached to becoming someone who does the approaching. from being scared of lecturers to learning how to be their friends too. from having only a few friends to having quite a big circle of friends. from being the quietest in class (as in broadrick) to being the noisiest.. from being in dreamland and fantasies to learning what reality is. from being ignorant to believing that general knowledge is as important as academic knowledge. from wanting a stable life to wanting a vibrant life. from being sooo shy of boys to becoming more open and comfortable with them.. and even going on dates. i made the closest friends i have ever made. i've become more and more shopaholic. i've become more workaholic and starting to believe in earning my own keeps and not rely on my parents. i have learnt humility. i have learnt that no matter our statuses, we all are human. i've had lots of laughter. lots of anger. lots of tears. lots of heartbreaks. lots of jokes everyday. lots of nonsense. everyday we come up with something new to laugh upon. we complaint about having no seats in the foodcourts, but there were always the tinge of happiness that lines our complaints because we were all in this together. we groan when lectures had to be extended. we cheer when we're released early. we sleep in lectures together. we draw on each other's notes like young children. we laugh at lecturer's boring tones/ funny pronunciation (ceteris paribus, for example). those were the moments i missed and so much so much more. how i wished we videotaped every second of our campus life. there is just so much changes i went through. and now, it has ended. i know all these sounds like they are things you have done even before u went to secondary school. but to me, these were indeed the transformation that took place. i went into SP with dreams of becoming carrie from sex and the city. i leave SP with dreams to bring my experiences and knowledge round the globe and pile them all on it and see what the world brings. i entered SP with money in the highest priority of what i look for in the future. now, i slowly believe that money isn't everything. but of course, abit of spare cash would always do us good :)
SP was a nice warm house, with a roof over and has one of those cosy fireplace and when winter comes, you know you still have a roof over u to hide from the cold. that was the kind of fuzzy, safe feeling when i was in SP. but now, i've left this house. and i need to find another one that can give me the feeling that i am safe. and happy. its quite scary because frankly, although i know i'm going to do a bachelor in accounting and finance (which i regret signing up on impulse).. but what am i really going to be doing in life? most of us are 20 years old now. we have ended the decade when we were supposed to be having fun and being reckless so we can learn not to make mistakes during those times. now, we're in the "gonna get married, get a stable career, can start getting a mortgage and have a family anytime soon" era. i don't know. i never thought i'd be stepping into this period of time so soon. of course, i don't forsee myself being the one who's gonna get married and have a family kind. cus i've always been the .. carefree one? after being in the control of my parents for 2 decades, this will be the one where i can taste freedom. i don't think im going to be tied down even before seeing how far i can fly with this wings that have been tied down. i still wanna be the travel journalist i have dreamt of becoming. yes, that is another thing i've found out from these 3 years. my passion for writing. its sounds silly but i enjoy writing reports.. hahaha. x= and doing journalism work for yearbook. so i really don't know what or how to plan for my future. so, i'll do what the best advice ever thrown to me will tell me - just play by ear la! hahaha.
just a few more years, and our reunions would be filled with executives and mothers and fathers. wow. the transitions are scarily grown up. we are going to start becoming our parents. it is scary as you no longer can rely on your parents to help you. remember the times when you didn't wanna go for PE and ur mum just have to write a letter? if the PE teacher questions, she will complain to the principal? now? u have to be responsible for your actions. slowly no one can take your rep anymore unless you're one of those ruthless and scheming bitch who backstabs your friends. then again, you will not come to a good end. this graduation ceremony doesn't mark an end to our miseries as what most of our albums have been labelled but a start of one of the toughest roads ahead. you are now driving on a road where the road signs have been removed and the road is bumpy and dark ahead and you only have your car and its headlights to guide you down.. we're no longer on the safe highway where as long as you drive according to the rules, you'd be safe and reach your destination. anyway, life has no destination. there are stops along the way, but the rest of it is just a journey. well, enough said.. some pictures from the ceremony:
ITS DEDICATED TO US. :)
Mrs chong! see her hand behind my head! how cute! :) will miss her. though she has been fierce and strict, but i see her as motherly. hahaha. :)
Mr Teo, my guidance through the yearbook days!
pohpoh. cost accounting.. has never been funner! hahaha.
trademark: -asks someone to present tutorial in front of the class- "erm, can you please check your left and right." when we put the tutorial on the visualizer. hahaha!
me and mr goh! my stress master. lol! always pressing me to give him articles. and edit, edit, edit. forced me out of my comfort zone but i need to thank him for helping me in the process of making the yearbook possible.
my junior, yuanshen and my "sisters" Jolene and Adeline! always so cheerful and young! my juniors from when i was a facil for their freshmen orientation programme. our common topics: "ai". hahaha!
how can we not have toilet shots at the famous SB toilet? hahah! nice backdrop!
morgan and me. 7 years of friendship :) all the bimbo-ing and splurging and k-ing. hahah. who can forget the days we were so enthu about CMCC. LOL!
another one! Douglas teo. hahaha. 7 years! 2 graduations. somemore was 4 years of classmates? hahhaha. never change much la, still as cheeky as ever!
Evon! same course and gonna be schoolmates AGAIN at sim! hahahah. that makes it, 9 years in the same school! hahahhaha.
with martiantian, anita and ade.
me, caijing and ttengy. gonna miss randomly seeing them in lecture halls (Except tf, since we're gonna be classmates.. ahha) and talking random stuff!
i really love this pic of me and ttengy - my daughter. but apparently, i adopted her from the singapore river... she was an offspring of the merlion. lol!
me and ruizhen!
yangyang, hongming and me. the ever so pretty girls of our class. :)
lol! me and the three musketeers. hahahahahaha. forever full of nonsense and excuses to skip tutorials and cut the tutorials short! hahahah
me and seto. hahaha. nathan's friend whom i've hardly talked to.. but everytime we walk past, will raise eyebrows. LOL.
shuhuan, me and martin! gotta know through my favouritest module in the world, Global Business Environment!
martin, me and hendri! hendri is the pride of our cohort! very very nice and smart guy and he was the father of my child! hahaha. was for our GEMS, when we did a skit and i was supposed to play a pregnant mother who smokes and clubs. and he was the father of my child. lol! yup. my life in poly was "scandalous" ar! hahahaha
me and Ariel! hahahha. how funny things go in one circle! she was my primary school schoolmate. i know her presence in primary school .. and i found her in year 1 through friendster. and she has technically been through 2 graduations with me as well! hahahaha.
me and the ever so cute huiyan! she always reminds me of stars cus i keep seeing her wearing her starry top. hahaha.
me and reggie veggie. the person who knows the most about me, i'd tell u. lol! love u to bits, bunz.
shopaholics. far-east-plaza lovers. lol!
me and bro. pino-chio ar?! btw, he's the best chef i'd ever known. [: and in 4 years time, we'd be in this spot but our roles switched.
Mar-tian-tian and me. omg.. mr rich kid. hahahaha. will miss you also. when can we go your house and mahjong?!
me and will~ me(asst class rep) and willie (class rep) for 5 semesters! well done! hahaha. thanks will!!! he's the one that does the photocopying of notes and doing the papers and sending us his model answers so we can survive the exams. i will not have done this well (though my GPA sucked, but would have been worse) if not for willie. thank you uncle willie!!
me and nei. nei also played a big role in my poly life (like the other boomzers, chantel and adeline). always wanna "bi dong xi 比东西" best person to draw notes on. and all the laughter from laughing at the small games we play in lecture and stuff. but forever blur as a sotong and always late. lol!! gonna miss u too. and ur mum! LOL!
us.
boomzers. wished chantel was here too. adeline has also played a big role in my life. hahahhaah. she's like, 3/4 in my poly life lor! hahaha.
Class Dac/04 of class 2010. with mr Dennis Sim. the person you can always turn to when you have problems!
and DAC/04! hopefully we'll still remain in contact and meet up like in the past. for random movies. for random chalet. i'll definitely miss you guys.
wow, i've been blogging for 3 hours. damn sleepy and tired. martin low still has a lot of my pictures. this is not the last episode. but it's just an interval.
last but not least, all the best to everybody of graduating class 2010. all the best for your future and hope that you guys will find your happiness wherever it lies or however you define it. School's out!
i thought the graduation ceremony would have been a touching and sad one. but, i didn't feel a trace of sadness nor happiness. i felt that the ceremony was too commercialized. last time in secondary school, i guess it was more homely and hence, though i had alot less friends back then in broadrick than in sp, the atmosphere was sad. and who could ever forget the scene where mrs ang cried. but this time, it was big and grand. i sat beside 2 people whom i've never spoken to in my life before, and of course, made friends. but there were less feelings i guess. and i guess, wearing my contacts and makeup, i become a tad more .. superficial. and if u realise, the more superficial one is, the less feelings she has. plus, how can any graduation ceremony not have graduation song? i know it sounds corny, but i feel it should never be left out. maybe they could do less video playing and more corny graduation stuff. really. i tell u, theres a reason why these things have existed for centuries, because they are what people like. deep down. no matter how people say "wa lao eh, so cheesy".. deep down, it makes them happy, i tell you. but there wasn't any. in fact, it was after the graduation ceremony that made me more emotional. seeing my friends gather together, like tingfang and reggie... and my classmates.. were the best! we just kept laughing and talking rubbish and screaming and running around despite the really hot and humid weather... but its just like the good ol' times. it'll probably be the last time we'd be gathered together like that in a place. cus the usual la, outings will be attended by less and less people as the years go by... so, oh well. be happy that it happened, and not upset that it never happened. and after having been through 2 graduations, u know more or less that "keep in touch" and "friends forever" are just sugar coats. just like universal studio's perspective of the world. but anyhow, back on topic, it was nice. as i've said before, SP is the best thing that has ever happened to me. the best 3 years of my life. the most significant changes were there. i went from geek to being lazy. from having nothing to my name to being the editor of a yearbook (my baby. and im not trying to show off la.. but i did put in alot of tears and efforts. tears.. wow. i remembered the last night of editorial, it was a saturday and i was in school until 10pm, crying from all the stress augustine goh gave me. editting articles. crying like mad. lol!). from thinking that clubbing are for ah lians to clubbing is fucking fun. from always sensoring my vulgarities (F***) to freak to fuck. from being someone who needs to be approached to becoming someone who does the approaching. from being scared of lecturers to learning how to be their friends too. from having only a few friends to having quite a big circle of friends. from being the quietest in class (as in broadrick) to being the noisiest.. from being in dreamland and fantasies to learning what reality is. from being ignorant to believing that general knowledge is as important as academic knowledge. from wanting a stable life to wanting a vibrant life. from being sooo shy of boys to becoming more open and comfortable with them.. and even going on dates. i made the closest friends i have ever made. i've become more and more shopaholic. i've become more workaholic and starting to believe in earning my own keeps and not rely on my parents. i have learnt humility. i have learnt that no matter our statuses, we all are human. i've had lots of laughter. lots of anger. lots of tears. lots of heartbreaks. lots of jokes everyday. lots of nonsense. everyday we come up with something new to laugh upon. we complaint about having no seats in the foodcourts, but there were always the tinge of happiness that lines our complaints because we were all in this together. we groan when lectures had to be extended. we cheer when we're released early. we sleep in lectures together. we draw on each other's notes like young children. we laugh at lecturer's boring tones/ funny pronunciation (ceteris paribus, for example). those were the moments i missed and so much so much more. how i wished we videotaped every second of our campus life. there is just so much changes i went through. and now, it has ended. i know all these sounds like they are things you have done even before u went to secondary school. but to me, these were indeed the transformation that took place. i went into SP with dreams of becoming carrie from sex and the city. i leave SP with dreams to bring my experiences and knowledge round the globe and pile them all on it and see what the world brings. i entered SP with money in the highest priority of what i look for in the future. now, i slowly believe that money isn't everything. but of course, abit of spare cash would always do us good :)
SP was a nice warm house, with a roof over and has one of those cosy fireplace and when winter comes, you know you still have a roof over u to hide from the cold. that was the kind of fuzzy, safe feeling when i was in SP. but now, i've left this house. and i need to find another one that can give me the feeling that i am safe. and happy. its quite scary because frankly, although i know i'm going to do a bachelor in accounting and finance (which i regret signing up on impulse).. but what am i really going to be doing in life? most of us are 20 years old now. we have ended the decade when we were supposed to be having fun and being reckless so we can learn not to make mistakes during those times. now, we're in the "gonna get married, get a stable career, can start getting a mortgage and have a family anytime soon" era. i don't know. i never thought i'd be stepping into this period of time so soon. of course, i don't forsee myself being the one who's gonna get married and have a family kind. cus i've always been the .. carefree one? after being in the control of my parents for 2 decades, this will be the one where i can taste freedom. i don't think im going to be tied down even before seeing how far i can fly with this wings that have been tied down. i still wanna be the travel journalist i have dreamt of becoming. yes, that is another thing i've found out from these 3 years. my passion for writing. its sounds silly but i enjoy writing reports.. hahaha. x= and doing journalism work for yearbook. so i really don't know what or how to plan for my future. so, i'll do what the best advice ever thrown to me will tell me - just play by ear la! hahaha.
just a few more years, and our reunions would be filled with executives and mothers and fathers. wow. the transitions are scarily grown up. we are going to start becoming our parents. it is scary as you no longer can rely on your parents to help you. remember the times when you didn't wanna go for PE and ur mum just have to write a letter? if the PE teacher questions, she will complain to the principal? now? u have to be responsible for your actions. slowly no one can take your rep anymore unless you're one of those ruthless and scheming bitch who backstabs your friends. then again, you will not come to a good end. this graduation ceremony doesn't mark an end to our miseries as what most of our albums have been labelled but a start of one of the toughest roads ahead. you are now driving on a road where the road signs have been removed and the road is bumpy and dark ahead and you only have your car and its headlights to guide you down.. we're no longer on the safe highway where as long as you drive according to the rules, you'd be safe and reach your destination. anyway, life has no destination. there are stops along the way, but the rest of it is just a journey. well, enough said.. some pictures from the ceremony:
ITS DEDICATED TO US. :)
Mrs chong! see her hand behind my head! how cute! :) will miss her. though she has been fierce and strict, but i see her as motherly. hahaha. :)
Mr Teo, my guidance through the yearbook days!
pohpoh. cost accounting.. has never been funner! hahaha.
trademark: -asks someone to present tutorial in front of the class- "erm, can you please check your left and right." when we put the tutorial on the visualizer. hahaha!
me and mr goh! my stress master. lol! always pressing me to give him articles. and edit, edit, edit. forced me out of my comfort zone but i need to thank him for helping me in the process of making the yearbook possible.
my junior, yuanshen and my "sisters" Jolene and Adeline! always so cheerful and young! my juniors from when i was a facil for their freshmen orientation programme. our common topics: "ai". hahaha!
how can we not have toilet shots at the famous SB toilet? hahah! nice backdrop!
morgan and me. 7 years of friendship :) all the bimbo-ing and splurging and k-ing. hahah. who can forget the days we were so enthu about CMCC. LOL!
another one! Douglas teo. hahaha. 7 years! 2 graduations. somemore was 4 years of classmates? hahhaha. never change much la, still as cheeky as ever!
Evon! same course and gonna be schoolmates AGAIN at sim! hahahah. that makes it, 9 years in the same school! hahahhaha.
with martiantian, anita and ade.
me, caijing and ttengy. gonna miss randomly seeing them in lecture halls (Except tf, since we're gonna be classmates.. ahha) and talking random stuff!
i really love this pic of me and ttengy - my daughter. but apparently, i adopted her from the singapore river... she was an offspring of the merlion. lol!
me and ruizhen!
yangyang, hongming and me. the ever so pretty girls of our class. :)
lol! me and the three musketeers. hahahahahaha. forever full of nonsense and excuses to skip tutorials and cut the tutorials short! hahahah
me and seto. hahaha. nathan's friend whom i've hardly talked to.. but everytime we walk past, will raise eyebrows. LOL.
shuhuan, me and martin! gotta know through my favouritest module in the world, Global Business Environment!
martin, me and hendri! hendri is the pride of our cohort! very very nice and smart guy and he was the father of my child! hahaha. was for our GEMS, when we did a skit and i was supposed to play a pregnant mother who smokes and clubs. and he was the father of my child. lol! yup. my life in poly was "scandalous" ar! hahahaha
me and Ariel! hahahha. how funny things go in one circle! she was my primary school schoolmate. i know her presence in primary school .. and i found her in year 1 through friendster. and she has technically been through 2 graduations with me as well! hahahaha.
me and the ever so cute huiyan! she always reminds me of stars cus i keep seeing her wearing her starry top. hahaha.
me and reggie veggie. the person who knows the most about me, i'd tell u. lol! love u to bits, bunz.
shopaholics. far-east-plaza lovers. lol!
me and bro. pino-chio ar?! btw, he's the best chef i'd ever known. [: and in 4 years time, we'd be in this spot but our roles switched.
Mar-tian-tian and me. omg.. mr rich kid. hahahaha. will miss you also. when can we go your house and mahjong?!
me and will~ me(asst class rep) and willie (class rep) for 5 semesters! well done! hahaha. thanks will!!! he's the one that does the photocopying of notes and doing the papers and sending us his model answers so we can survive the exams. i will not have done this well (though my GPA sucked, but would have been worse) if not for willie. thank you uncle willie!!
me and nei. nei also played a big role in my poly life (like the other boomzers, chantel and adeline). always wanna "bi dong xi 比东西" best person to draw notes on. and all the laughter from laughing at the small games we play in lecture and stuff. but forever blur as a sotong and always late. lol!! gonna miss u too. and ur mum! LOL!
us.
boomzers. wished chantel was here too. adeline has also played a big role in my life. hahahhaah. she's like, 3/4 in my poly life lor! hahaha.
Class Dac/04 of class 2010. with mr Dennis Sim. the person you can always turn to when you have problems!
and DAC/04! hopefully we'll still remain in contact and meet up like in the past. for random movies. for random chalet. i'll definitely miss you guys.wow, i've been blogging for 3 hours. damn sleepy and tired. martin low still has a lot of my pictures. this is not the last episode. but it's just an interval.
last but not least, all the best to everybody of graduating class 2010. all the best for your future and hope that you guys will find your happiness wherever it lies or however you define it. School's out!
Monday, April 5, 2010
An optimist in a pessimistic world
Every time when i feel that something good will happen, i tend to have very high hopes about it and kinda be mentally prepared to be happy about it. Sometimes, things really go my way and i have this surge of excitement shooting up my bloodstream. i believe that is adrenaline. however, there are times when it doesn't go my way, and i will tell myself, "hey, its alright. next time, just don't aim too high". Hence, i conclude that i am somewhat an optimist by nature.
However in my opinion, as one grows up, the chances of being disappointed increases. So, the more i will tell myself to keep my hopes low. So basically my heart which was originally filled with optimism, is slowly covered up with blankets of pessimism. However, there will always be a little optimism glowing through that almost opaque layer of pessimism. It's like in my heart of hearts, it still says that "hey, something good will happen." Some people call it hope. Some people call it denial.
As for me, i don't know what it is called. All i know is, sometimes i wished that the little glow would be extinguished. because sometimes because of that little glow, i expect to see a fire burning.. when in fact, it is darkness that will only follow after. And in the end, it just results in nothing.
Sometimes, when it is all dark, a little glow makes it a lot brighter. Contrastingly, when life is so bright, you wouldn't notice how much brighter it seems when no matter how much light has been added to it. To relate it to life, sometimes, when you can't see the hope at all and when your life improves by a little bit, the happiness reaped out of it is magnified.
As a friend once said, when life is down, the only way it will go is up. So, why be an optimist? If you see a glass of water as half empty, when you drink it, you will only be happy because there is something in the glass that can fulfill your thirst. When you thought that it was only half empty, you'd probably think that it is only half empty, hence it can't do much. but when you gulp it down, it has exceeded your expectations and hence, you feel happy. On the other hand, if you see the glass as half full, you would probably have thought that you were more thirsty than you really are and when you drink that water, it wouldn't satisfy you as much as you thought it would have, would it?
If given a choice, I would choose for my glass to be half-empty. What about you?
However in my opinion, as one grows up, the chances of being disappointed increases. So, the more i will tell myself to keep my hopes low. So basically my heart which was originally filled with optimism, is slowly covered up with blankets of pessimism. However, there will always be a little optimism glowing through that almost opaque layer of pessimism. It's like in my heart of hearts, it still says that "hey, something good will happen." Some people call it hope. Some people call it denial.
As for me, i don't know what it is called. All i know is, sometimes i wished that the little glow would be extinguished. because sometimes because of that little glow, i expect to see a fire burning.. when in fact, it is darkness that will only follow after. And in the end, it just results in nothing.
Sometimes, when it is all dark, a little glow makes it a lot brighter. Contrastingly, when life is so bright, you wouldn't notice how much brighter it seems when no matter how much light has been added to it. To relate it to life, sometimes, when you can't see the hope at all and when your life improves by a little bit, the happiness reaped out of it is magnified.
As a friend once said, when life is down, the only way it will go is up. So, why be an optimist? If you see a glass of water as half empty, when you drink it, you will only be happy because there is something in the glass that can fulfill your thirst. When you thought that it was only half empty, you'd probably think that it is only half empty, hence it can't do much. but when you gulp it down, it has exceeded your expectations and hence, you feel happy. On the other hand, if you see the glass as half full, you would probably have thought that you were more thirsty than you really are and when you drink that water, it wouldn't satisfy you as much as you thought it would have, would it?
If given a choice, I would choose for my glass to be half-empty. What about you?
Monday, March 22, 2010
If there were more Wu Fu in the world.
(Source: http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt183/BaguaTV/TAN_7380_4R_1.jpg)Was watching the new channel 8 drama 五福到 (eng title: the best things in life) and how i wished i could be as simple or meet someone as simple as the main guy - Wu Fu (played by Chen Han Wei) who is a simple countryman who has been living in his fish village for the past 35 years of his life. he is the simplest, cutest, most naive person one would meet, although he is fictional. i mean, he doesn't think twice before helping his friends, he gets happy over the simplest things and his love for someone is so pure, there isn't any motive. i know he is just a fictional character and it is probably hard to ever find another guy so simple like wu fu. and honestly, most singaporean girls won't like him. he's too simple, doesn't have a steady job, isn't really good looking, too simple, too naive for a guy and the list goes on.. but then again, his flaws have turned into his strength, because he possesses something most modern city boys don't.. and that is innocence. through his innocence, you can count on him that his sweet words are real and heart-felt and you know that you can rely on his words to live on your life with him. and his intentions are simple. but where do you find such simple minded guys these days? and when we do, we call them "sua gu" (or ignorant). So, why can't everyone else be like him? the world will be a much much better place to live in! no more over suspicion. no more being skeptical about someone's good intentions. no more broken promises. no more heartbreaks. no more scandals. just a world filled with pure hearts and salted fishes. i guess i'm just rambling on about something really really lame eh? hahah. but it's just a little thought.
here's a little diagram i've come up with. you see, the red line is the external environment that is going everyday - the crazy financial climate, the random ups and downs in your life, the influence your peers have on you, the random happiness you find, the random sadness you encounter.. they are averaged out and assumed into that red line. from Wu fu's perspective, because he isn't exposed to the real world, though his happiness comes from simple simple sources, it makes him happy. you see, we are all greedy. there can never be enough to satisfy our happiness. and as for WuFu, it takes little (compared to the city goers) to brighten up his life whereas because we are so so exposed to the everyday level of happiness and we are so prone to social comparison, we never seem happy enough. you see, only when good things happen, we smile. that's too practical, isn't it? i mean, wu fu is probably happy over the small things in life. but sadly, when we are so used to the big city life, small things can no longer satisfy our big appetites for sources of happiness. i guess, thats because his happiness comes from within, so it takes little to make him happy. but as for us, we rely alot on the external environment (e.g. winning our friends when social comparing) - eg. money, materialistic wants satisfied, having a better boyfriend, having a boyfriend, having cool friends, having the better grade, having the better career .. to make us smile. but deep deep within, we are as bitter as bitter gourd dipped in bitter gourd sauce. i guess that's why, we are easily "emo-ed" over the simplest things. isn't it good if life was simpler? where it was like when we were during our childhood? hmm.. so, how do i lower my big city-goer's appetite for happiness to one where its simple enough to make me smile to simplest things like just seeing the sun shining, but without giving up halfway due to the influence of this damn practical society?
hmm... i guess the answer varies from individual to individual. in fact, some might argue that they are happy being the city-goer they are. and some might add on that, being simple is simply being in denial and it will do you no good. but how will knowing reality make our lives easier or happier anyway? reality robs hope. its like the movie "the tooth fairy", where tooth fairies die (or something along that line) because adults start telling children that they don't exist, thus taking away a simple source of happiness. that's what reality does. but sometimes, we are just plain curious although we do know deep in our hearts that the reality will always (or mostly) hurt. how strange human beings are.. foolish, overrated creatures who think that they are superior to the other animals just because they have a thumb.
oh well. i wanna go somewhere simple. somewhere where people made merry everyday although there isn't any particular reason to celebrate but they do anyway! oh well. in the "typical, practical, smug city go-er" lingo, i just simply wanna waste my life in denial.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Life is a two-sided coin.
The jack neo saga has taught us one lesson: Life is a two-sided coin. When he was enjoying the money, fame and glory and with many people wanting to be in his footsteps after seeing him become so successful, he has proven that there is a downside to being famous and successful. He has taught us all, that fame isn't the answer to everything. Yes, it makes your life alot more extravagant and easier to live, with your life being prioritized above all other commoners like the rest of us. but then, when you make one booboo (which in this case, 11 booboos for mr famous director), it gets amplified and magnified. i guess people can't blame the reporters. they are doing their jobs and in the first place, it is these reporters that boosted him to where he is today. without the reporters praising his movies and shows, would he have been famous? I guess you can call these the perks of the job. he (and other celebrities) signed up to be our (and our kids') role models when they signed the contract to be an actor/actress, thus it is the duty of the reporters to tell us about their lives, so that we continue to know what it is we want to learn from them, which is why we buy the things they endorse, which in return, gives them their pay cheque. Like the SGX, reporters mainly tell us what we need to know to "invest" our respect to him. i admit that the reporters should leave his wife and kids alone because they are afterall, not whom we idolize and know. they are just people who keep our idols (and celebrities in general) sane and able to produce good shows/ products for us to carry on idolizing them.
As for mdm kng, i would just say its her bad luck. She is the wife of mr famous director, and hence, she has vowed to be with him, through thick and through thin 27 years ago when she said "i do". So i guess this is what she has sworn herself into. i pity her a lot, because, she simply made a wrong choice. but then again, how would she have known that in 27 years time, her famous and successful husband would be sex partners/ jerks to 11 other girls? i wouldn't call her a coward for not confronting him and making a big hoo-ha 1 year ago when she knew of wendy chong (the slut)'s affair with mr famous director. in fact, she swallowed the pride as a woman and of her principles for the sake of keeping her already-very-in-the-limelight (in a good way) life as normal and out of the press as possible. Her actions simply kept her children away from the unnecessary stress and pressure from the public. i respect her for that because i would never have been able to do that. i am not as selfless, as a woman, to do so.
anyways, i know i was furious and stuff about this. so i thought it through rationally, and i have concluded the above. agreeing with me or not, this is simply my opinion as an ex-fan of mr famous director's works/ the public/ a female and from the perspective of a reporter.
As for mdm kng, i would just say its her bad luck. She is the wife of mr famous director, and hence, she has vowed to be with him, through thick and through thin 27 years ago when she said "i do". So i guess this is what she has sworn herself into. i pity her a lot, because, she simply made a wrong choice. but then again, how would she have known that in 27 years time, her famous and successful husband would be sex partners/ jerks to 11 other girls? i wouldn't call her a coward for not confronting him and making a big hoo-ha 1 year ago when she knew of wendy chong (the slut)'s affair with mr famous director. in fact, she swallowed the pride as a woman and of her principles for the sake of keeping her already-very-in-the-limelight (in a good way) life as normal and out of the press as possible. Her actions simply kept her children away from the unnecessary stress and pressure from the public. i respect her for that because i would never have been able to do that. i am not as selfless, as a woman, to do so.
anyways, i know i was furious and stuff about this. so i thought it through rationally, and i have concluded the above. agreeing with me or not, this is simply my opinion as an ex-fan of mr famous director's works/ the public/ a female and from the perspective of a reporter.
Of another valentine-less Valentines Day.
I have never had a (proper) date on Valentines' Day. I have had dates before, but they just never seem to stay on long enough for V. day! haha. oh well, 20 consecutive valentines-less valentines day..though i almost broke the chain last v. day... so, it's a tragedy eh? I guess it is, to some people who have never had a shortage of suitors. But you know, i'm still proud to be single above that all. I could have just gone out with some desperate jerk who just wants sex just so i could become attached. But then, i really need to find someone whom i can have "the feel (or commonly known as chemistry)" with. And in my life, there was only 1 guy who did that. But its all over already. Of course, seeing so many of my friends looking so happy in their facebook profiles with their good-looking boyfriends made me green with envy, i'd admit. and of course, i'd love to have someone whom i love and loves me back. Afterall, Nat King Cole sang, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return". But what if my love never comes? Am i gonna be sour and sulky about it? Anyway i have already gave in to cupid, if cupid thinks i should have a boyfriend, then i guess i will have one. but if not, i'm not gonna give a damn. i guess i'll have to focus my life on other areas of my life - travelling around the world, be the journalist i wanna be, be the best friend i can be to my dearest friends, be the good daughter to my parents, be a good human being.
Although i have mentioned that i've never had a (proper) date on Valentines day, it didn't mean that i didn't feel any love before on that day! I remember going out with morgan so many times on v. days, letting people think that we're lesbians. X= hahaha! One valentine's day was spent with hong choo and anita, i remembered. see? they are still filled with love, though not the romantic kind. I guess adeline was right, i should just love the single life while i'm in it. I mean, if its fated, it will be, won't it?
Oh, found from my personal blog a breakdown of what i did on some of the V days of my life!
2007: I wanted to scream. lol! had no idea why..
2008: I went k-boxing with morgan and counted how many bouquets of flowers we saw. I was also packing for Perth trip then.
2009: Spent it with Morgan again, eating ice cream.
2010: I supposed will be spending it with my beloved family. I am so loving being single! Though you'd probably think that i'm really superficial because if i was okay with it, i probably wouldn't be blogging about this right? Wrong. just wanna remind all my single friends out there, that you are not alone. (:
And as for all the happy couples (especially Chantel and Terence, Adeline Khng and Darren), HAPPY V. DAY!
Of payphones.
When was the last time you frantically search through your coin purse for some loose change to throw them into a narrow rectangular hole on the right hand corner of a red box they used to call - Payphone?
Of procrastination.
Today, i was called in by my lecturer to have a talk about the referral letter she was preparing for my university application. the moment i sat down, she asked me, "What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
I paused.
I went through a list of strengths with her, which included me having leadership experience and being enthusiastic about school events. When it came to my weaknesses, there was only one which we zoomed into - PROCRASTINATION.
Wow. Even a lecturer who has taught me for barely a year can see that i am one who procrastinates. I am guilty. i procrastinate a lot. i procrastinate so much that even my friends are unaware of it. i even procrastinate on sleep. I have decided to write on this topic to acknowledge this problem and hopefully to find a solution for it.
Whenever i am given a task to do, say for example, for a school project, i do not start on it immediately. i would log onto facebook, and then check out my emails, and check out celebrity blogs, and play facebook games i don't even touch on normal days, and i go to the loo, and i go and get some snacks, and i rest, and i blog, and i do ANYTHING ELSE that didn't involve doing my project. Even right now as i am typing this blog post, i am procrastinating my sleep, because my eyelids feel so so heavy, but i just refuse to budge the sting in my eyes and carry on with this blogging thing.
The reason i procrastinate? Its for the most childish reason - I'm afraid of time. whenever i am 100% focused on doing something - be it work, or play, i am so wrapped around in that world that i become unaware of my surrounding. By the time i reach the arrival hall of reality, the whole day would have been gone. When i realised that this is what concentration brings to me, i freaked out! i want to know whats going on around me. i want to be part of whatever thats going on around me. i don't want to be in my world. i want to be in the world. i don't want to realise what i have missed out because i have been in my world. its scary how detached you can be. it truly is. so, it has been more than 2 years since i realised that and it has been showing in my report cards. i never dare to study too much because of this fact, and hence, i put them off. Friends and family are placed way ahead of my studies. Whenever my friends asked me out and i know i have to do my homework at night, i'd go out with my friends. Whenever i know i have work to do, i don't do them until the last minute when i really need to hand them up. i know you might think that it's a lame excuse to defend my poor grades, but its a fact. i do have a phobia for time, for growing up. Chronophobia (defined in wikitionary as Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.) is what makes me procrastinate.
The solution: No idea. I guess i really have to do one thing at a time and stop worrying so much. What's the point of worrying about the future when the present is more blurry than the future, eh? To be able to succeed in life, focus is important. i am one of the rare female species of human being who cannot multi-task. i only perform when i grasp the best understanding of something, and that requires my 100% focus. But because being 100% focused makes time fly by faster than you think it has, it is the root of all my problems. Well, i am going to try to take my mind off this whole "time flies past" nonsense. But u know whats the fear here? it is that, what if it takes 20 years to have gained consciousness of my surroundings from being absorbed into my own world? What if i missed 20 years of .. opportunities just because i was too focused? Its kinda like the "chicken egg theory", where the problem is pretty much the solution and vice versa.
I have no idea what is going to happen. But i do know for sure that i need a change in order to move on in my life. I guess i will need to change then, to be successful. But you know what they say - its always easier said than done.
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