after a long day, I had just attended a project meeting. Not to mention b4 that was this 4 hrs seminar which was mentally draining... We got back our assignment which we submitted last week, a rushed and unorganized one. I rem that nite me n joyce were furiously trying to do last min changes n discussion cos we were nearing the 11pm deadline. Plus our grp din manage to meet up to do it at all...

So getting an A- was quite ok for it, I tot. Hmm... could be cos I'm tired. My groupmate commented sth which for a while I was quite pissed. But I didn't show... although I quite wanted to say sth. I rem she came to our table saying.. " I haven open the final draft leh... haven even seen it at all..."

Then when we got it back and saw the grade, she was saying if she saw it, she would do this and that. Why the explanation nv longer etc... Come on la, all those IFs... Why didn't you open it up and look thru it when I sent you all to ask for comments? Why when submit le then say so much? I know I could have done a better job compiling... but isn't it supposed to be a group effort?! Dunno la... Just felt a bit.. upset could be the word la.. Hmm joyce, dunno la.. This was how I felt, but yep.. For a while only. Dunno if you noticed or how u felt. haha. Didn't want to blow it up besides, she didn't seem to say it very seriously though she harped on it for a while.. Oh well..

The weekend which I've been looking fwd to is finally here... but tml alrdy packed with 2 project meetings for both my core modules.. So I guess no time for me to go home b4 meeting eugene for dinner.. Then Sunday gotta go back to sch for another meeting.. NO TIME!

I've decided. I will quit my calling job after next week. Simply getting too much to handle.
Don't dare to take up too many stuff at one go... in case my results get affected. Really wanna get it up by one notch ( one GPA class =P ) so I must wk hard, wk hard!

But I feel its hard cos this time round there's a lot of grp assignments. Sometimes even presentations. There's virtually one every wk for both our HR modules. So its like a lot coordination. So if u meet here, stay back there... wk once in a while. How do u catch up on ur reading huh?! Maybe I don't have gd time management. But what good is it when I dont have time to manage?

Reading one article on Hay's mtd alone took me like 2-3 hrs, cos nd to digest. They're throwing alot readings to us b4 and aft class... HATE IT! Grr...

forgot to mention in my last post... Me and eug actually wanted to take neoprints tog after the Hairspray movie but in e end we din manage to... Sad. Long time nv go PS, then do we realised the neoprint shop has long gone. Oh my, gotta update myself...

So yup, neoprint's on our agenda for now.

Today... I had sth else on my agenda... SHOPPING! My usual shopping trip in JB. This time to Jusco. With my family and 4 other family frens. (my bro's fren & his mum, my mum's fren and her son - complicated hor...)

I had high hopes for this trip cos i felt I desperately need to find a new bag! New clothes and shoes too... Cos my shoes are worn out by France actually... Those that i brought there, the poor soles walked miles... Gonna be cui soon.

My 'trophies' all came from the same shop... Alot of things going for 50% discount. 5 tops, 2 pairs of shoes and a necklace... Wahaha. Guess how much i spend? =P Abt S$90++ Only boo-boo is no new bag... I'll need to do sth abt the necklace... Make it longer, rummage ard my mum's old treasures to see if i can find the right stuff.

But having such an eventful day, I had to end it with rushing to compile my grp's stuff for Com & Ben (Compensation & Benefit, for the sake of abbreviation, not the names of my new classmate)while watching Campus Superstar... Tml gotta chiong chiong chiong! Hopefully I'll be able to do much more reading to help me catch up!

hairspray... watched it at The Grand Cathay. Woo... the seats are nice, and the theatre looks real up and glam. haha.

The movie is musical-style cos it originated from a musical. Alot of singing and great dancing... the music and everything makes u feel like dancing along with them! and the whole movie is so happy and fun-filled. of cos, every movie has a theme... the meaning behind this movie is to iron out all the discrimination and differences perceived by people... There is one particular song with some lines of the lyrics that go sth like:

The blacker the grapes, the sweeter the juice. The darker the chocolate, the richer the taste. Spread the word!

So why do they only see the colour on their faces? Why do we sometimes only see the surface of things and people? In the movie it had a gd ending, and in Singapore we don't really have this kind of discrimination. Plus the fact that everyone's more open to differences, or rather diversity... But I guess its undeniable that in certain parts of the world... some people still suffer in silence this way?

I think its really sad, that their own people don't accept them. Being isolated. Singled out for insults. Or just plain ignore you, your existence... Hmm... I guess when they say nothing is fair in this world, it really does mean sth...

Haven't been blogging cos was simply too busy... mostly with work, and just going to lessons. Well, I've decided I'm growing sick of the job and how its making me lag behind in my readings... So I shld be quitting soon. Cos I really cant get much wk done when I'm working for the whole evening and only have abt 2 hrs b4 that to do sch stuff. Sometimes printing notes, queuing, buying dinner etc... takes up alot time for me, not much left for reading, am I?

So yep... so far, my lessons... a bit boring honestly. Learning stuff but not as much as I hoped to. Feel a bit lost sometimes. I feel the concepts taught and topics brought up are too broad. There really isn't much focus. I hope the situation will improve aft I read all the req stuff in textbk. But so far, I think most pp experiencing the same thing like us...

Tml's my follow up appt for my braces. Been having it on for 6 wks! Woa. I've came so far, alrdy got used to it. haha... Its quite interesting to see how my teeth have moved, esp my canine teeth... Its now at the same row tog with the other teeth le! I have some qns to ask my dentist tml... Will see how it goes.

Today I was SO TEMPTED to eat LAKSA!!! But I din, endured... I'll wait and see how is the appt tml. If he changes the rubber bands and ceramic brackets, then next time b4 my appt I'll eat laksa, curry... etc woo! Cos even if they're stained it'll be changed anyway. No yellow, disgusting stuff on my teeth...

And you know wad, I miss Europe so much... France... saw the pics of my trip and also some of those from Yanping from her Facebook, the talk with Wenhui and Joyce that day abt the bits n pieces of our trip... makes me so nostalgic. Miss the days where I wake up in the nice Sports Hall, with the sun pouring in from the tall windows... then waking Veron up to get ready for sch... knocking on others' doors... the walk to sch... xiang nian!

watched fireworks @ Marina with Eugene just now... today's firewks were from Spain!

As always b4 the show there is this endless waiting. And Eugene happens to be not very tolerant abt waiting more than 15 mins. even if its for food. ha. So yep, since I'm not a very gd entertainer, he found ways to entertain himself also. Like talking to this photographer guy next to us. haha...

It start late though... like 9.10++ pm. And there's this lame lights show at the floating platform there with them playing with laser. I think everyone was VERY impatient by then cos pp waited so long leh... then u make us excited by counting down at the platform there... then u don't start the show but played with lazer?!?!

Lucky it was a great show... haha. Alot new firewks, some i can recognise from those i saw in France. 15 mins of craning my neck and almost 2 hrs plus of waiting... hmm. once a year, worth it ba... Last year and this year... Hmm. A bit of difference.
Last yr's show were incorporated with music. I could hear it even from across the merlion area at the 2nd bridge. But this yr... the music and everything were focused on the pp at the floating platform area. Music, lightings, angle of firewks... all for them.

Last year the crowds were more terrible. Too many pp. This yr there were crowd controls and all along Marina you see TP. all the way to City Hall Stn there's commandos at the traffic lights, police here and there. Wa... People were sometimes even running.. dash across the traffic lights.. Eugene said it was like a freakin war zone, which I must agree. The security's very tight! Poor things are those cars who kena stuck in the long line of jammed cars. Man... and the TP and commandos also add a bit of 'pressure' there...

2 weeks of sch so far. with 1 week of tutorials + presentations.

DAMN SIAN!

My HRC's core modules are quite boring... My tutors are nice but I think its the topic and the textbk tt's making things a bit dry. Plus its not helping that both are 4 hrs seminar. And they each have a rather difficult project they want us to complete. and there's damn a lot of READINGS! OMG... its like, we're only at the 1st/2nd lesson and there's alrdy readings... hai.

Boring and dry lessons aside. My electives are quite fun. Thank goodness... Forensic sci is interesting though I wish the chairs in NY Audi is not that comfortable. cinema-style cushioned seats that go all the way to ur head level... Wa... Slp condusive sia...

Psychology tut... We have a malay lady who's rather young. I like the way she conducts her tut. Quite fun, don't make me feel like falling aslp... Let's hope it stays this way...

I dunno how, but I know I gotta work hard this sem... Cannot cannot make my GPA fall liao. Must instead improve... So now? Gotta make myself adjust back. Mug gal, mug. Start reading those articles!!!

ytd was so fun! finally we got to go Sentosa tog! took quite a lot photos here and there but all in zhe's and pong's camera. hehe, you all must send us the link or sth ah...

we were so afraid it'll rain cos it drizzled a bit when while we were on the monorail. Who noes later on it was so scalding hot that I turned as red as a shao zhu and i retreated into the shelter (toilet... hehe) to go cool down and reapply sunblock on my face. I'm very glad I did cos after tt I wasn't so red and it worked out to become a tan. And it was also very unbearable to stand on the sand, let alone run! I think my feet were cooked to become well done...

anyway, we played like ultimate frisbee, volleyball (only hitting the ball to each other, not the real game though) and captain's ball! I tot we were quite enthu despite the sizzling weather leh. haha, later when more pp joined us like wenfoo, yong tat, elsie & tino, and rose, it was much more fun. Thks to all who turned up and make us all had a great work out and still have so much fun... haha.

And my fave photo of the day... happens to be of pong lying on the beach, tanning. haha... wa. i think after france my photog skills got improve a bit. haha... stupid kor, spoil the photo by saying the angle a bit obscene. Its ur brain obscene ba... hehehe. this might get me a beating...

I thought I should do Rush Hour 3 justice by separating it from my previous gloomy post simply cos its a very good movie! Those of you who's contemplating it please don't procrastinante anymore... Go grab your tickets and prepare youself for 1.5 hr of action and good humour. And I really mean good, not the lame 'ha. ha.' kind...

yup, it got the whole cinema people laughing and laughing especially at a few scenes which were rather good. haha. Of cos jacky chan's films always got NGs at the end. And it was equally entertaining too!

conclusion: WATCH RUSH HOUR 3!!!

felt better after talking to some people like kor, shuyi and eugene abt it. Well, people may say what a small world...

I say what a small, small world...

To think, after years, after putting everything down. behind. away. It all came back. Is this fate? Or is this some joke from above? I don't know how will I be dealing with it this time round, or what to think. What attitude to bring there next week. I only know that just now, everything came back in those flashback memories you see on movies n drama. bits and pieces slipping back.

well. what can I say. Yes, I don't care anymore. But whatever memories this jolted back and the nagging uneasiness in my mind from this morning till now... Even if I don't care now, I can't deny I used to. And yet, it still hurts somehow.

just want to get it all out of my mind. like... *poof*

so stupid.

how can I forget I need to submit a resume and cover letter next monday? when I alrdy did my resume in my laptop. nicely laid out and everything.

then I went to get my laptop battery to be taken a look by the technician in the com shop. with ALL my materials inside and NO BACKUP!

*slaps forehead*

What were you thinking gal?!?! OMG... Now gotta go back to the com shop and make a fool out of myself. ha. try to get it back so I can complete my assignment...

Anyway, I've been actively posting ads in the public folder in our sch's email account so I can sell my 1st yr stuff. woo... sold my financial calculator and biz law textbook. Still got other deals on hand but haven posted ads cos they're mostly still with the gal I exchanged textbks with... well! I shld be able to get them by next week. hehe.

first day

not as bad as i thought. comms seminar was surprisingly quite engaging. I think we're pretty lucky to get a good tutor. can see that he is very experienced and I shld say interested in this job. Cos he had gave up his banking career aft 22 yrs cos he could no longer stand the pressure. I think maybe this job in career services gave more meaning to his job? I sensed that coming from him... not the $$$ but the sense of accomplishment...

anyway. he's damn funny la. Kept making us laugh with his accounts of what he had met with when matching students with jobs etc. the student with bad breath. the student who cant drink and were made to attend dinners for networking etc. haha.

oh ya, and was damn coincidental to be in same class with veron and min! Totally did not plan it sia! haha...

but psychology lecture was a bit... hmm... monotonous in comparison. esp the 2nd part. Somehow the lecturers seemed inaudible sometimes. or maybe it was just my mind shutting down. hehe. let's hope it'll be more interesting ya. gotta do well for this!!!

needless to say there are always endless queues and crowds on first days in school. my morning bus ride. the lunch queue. the printing queue at the library. argh... cant stand it.

last nite went back to Bosses with Eugene. we had wanted to go crystal jade, at JP de. But I called up to chk and they said no reservations on Sat, and I sort of dread e queue that I see quite a lot of times waiting for tables outside the restaurant.

then this brainwave hit me, let's go to Bosses! Voila. haha... yeah, cos I think Bosses is much nicer than Crystal Jade with more variety of La Mian. And the prices are so comparable. So yep, we both ordered Beef Brisket La Mian. But mine is dry with a special red oil. Not spicy though. Quite like the way the beef taste... tender and tears easily in your mouth - yummy! And of cos ordered the xiao long bao. then also showed him the classy toilet. haha... its very seldom we can 'go toilet tog'. LOL

there was a funny incident in the toilet. this grp of aunties trying to find out how to make the water from the tap come out so they can wash their hands. So the three of them kpt slipping their hands in and out at the sink, but to no avail. I was quite amused looking at them while queuing. don't they know there's a sensor? If not at the sink area then its like at ur waist or leg or sth? So happens the sensor is at e waist area in the center of the sink, and the 3 of them all stand at e side. haha! of cos no water la... so i just went up to them aft a few mins and put my hand on e sensor there so they can wash their hands. so LOL. then eugene explain to them why while it was my turn to go use the washrm. haha... all the while inside can hear them 'oh...', 'ah...' haha, trying so hard nt to laugh out inside. hehe.

oh ya, u all rem that time our dinner at Bosses, we had this snack b4 the dinner? Wa. after the dinner then we realised they charged us for it... and its not cheap sia. $3.80... gee, I thought its like those peanuts etc, complimentary de lo... oh well. the food's good, so is the ambience. and we enjoyed ourselves. I guess that's wad matters (:

this morning I woke up and when washing my face I realised sth. my face was like much smoother cos i used to have some blackheads on my cheek areas and they were evidently lesser now. hmm... amazing! Just one night? Fairy godmother visited?

No la, I put it down to the banana mask. haha, cos its the only thing I had done other than my usual skincare regime ytd. So, I guess though its messy its worth another try again? hehe. shall see how's e results the next time. =P

how time flies... Its been 3 mths & we'll be starting sch in a few days' time. I still rem how ecstatic I was after my exams finished cos I knew I had a whole 3 mths of hols and a trip to Euro waiting for me... And now its alrdy over!

Was checking my timetable for next week and its pretty slack of cos, being no tutorials... But on Monday there's alrdy an assignment that will be posted online lo. And gotta hand up on Tues de. Gee... so anxious to make us wk ah? Saw all the course outlines. and schedules etc posted online... A bit starting to dread liao, the projects tt's bound to be coming up... Haiyo.

Btw, I've gotten both my electives I've registered for. Woo! So happy... Forensic science seems pretty interesting from the schedule. They even included this sentence that says:

Pls note that there might be changes to the schedule if our guest lecturers are called to the crime scene at the last min.

wa...

Going to enjoy my last few days at home properly! Grabbed a few books in e library just now, I think it shld keep me pretty occupied. Haha, oh ya... Just now tried making my own facial mask from natural ingredients at home. The banana scrub mask... Eh. A bit messy... not recommended, so i wont give u all the 'recipe' ya... haha.

besides my job in the evening, I'm actually quite enjoying my day at home. =P I guess its really a good break b4 sch starts for me... Yeah... not thinking abt the job alrdy. no worries abt that.

Spent a good deal of time transferring stuff from the internet & my laptop to my phone. Cos aft upgrading the software, the Nokia PC Suite software finally compatible with my phone le. Woo! Lots of new themes & games.

Btw peeps, if you would be so kind... especially my friends from uni/GSS... I most probably alrdy lost your contacts from my phone aft servicing... If you're free, drop me a sms? Thks loads!

I think I havent been updating about my calling job? Cos I've been working in the evenings from 7-930pm. Well... Its ok, just calling up alumni members to update their particulars. Does this sound too innocent? Ok ok, there's some more to it of cos... Gotta ask them for some donations lo. Pledges, they call it. $9/hr simply cant be so easy right? =P

Last night was good. I had the highest call rate and highest total amt of pledges. Was pretty lucky to meet people who were willing to donate... $410 in total, wahaha. Of cos you feel good abt it cos you're helping the school ma! I didn't noe u need so much money to run a sch. 80 million, for goodness sake!

Anyway, Eugene came to fetch me from work and I was alrdy quite guilty abt him being quite lost in NTU. Quite a natural outcome since its his first time in, so I had to walk to SBS (Sch of Biological Science) to find him. Wa... Thought can eat Mac with him in sch. How were I to know they close so early during our hols? *even guiltier* So we went out to get some food since he alrdy came, which makes everything quite rushed cos it was 10 when we start to leave. And er, lost for a while. haha. Cos I dunno the rds in sch well. And my contacts make my night vision much poorer (astig)... He gotta reach camp by 0000. And he was back at the camp at 1158, after some speed and good luck with the traffic lights... If he is late I think I'll nv stop apologising... I dun want to noe the consequences sia... More duties? Charges?

Anyway, I saw Joyce's blog and her entry abt the NDP Preview... *envious* IT LOOKS SO FUN LO! ): Boohoo, I wanna go too... the stars torchlight look so cute, haha... hai. Hope next yr can get the tickets ba...