had a super busy but eventful week.

Mon: Movie with Eug (Golden Compass!)
Wed: Dinner w Pris + Minshan (Swenson's)
Thurs: Dinner w Eugene
Fri: Pri sch gathering at JP/Pizza Hut
Sat: HRC meeting in town, shopping with Joyce (Thai Express)

Well.. from this u can see I ate out EVERYDAY except for tues. And can deduce that my pocket's got a big gaping hole. But I'm very happy that I got to see so many 'long-lost' friends all tog in this week. Pris who disappeared la.. And my pri sch frens, Weili - haven seen her in years!

That's why I'm sort of craving for some quiet time by myself at home, with a homecooked dinner. And repeatedly turned down Joyce's invitation to Settlers' Cafe with her.. ha. I owe you one la gal, I am actually a homey person too.. I'll miss home de.. haha.

So from all these meals, I am feeling fat again.. Those yummy but sinful meals.. The fats are added to all the wrong places.. Argh. And I am too lazy.. Or when I am feeling upbeat abt a new exercise regime.. sth pops up. Like my internship.. no swimming on weekdays.. Boo.

went joyce's blog and saw some photos we took tog in Marche the day we finished our exams. haha. every time see photos of myself, I will have this 'sudden realization' that my hair so long meh?! then it'll also remind me of how time flies.. Cos only after I grad from SA then started to kp my hair long.. And its been like almost 2 yrs.. whew! yo joyce, hope ur intern is better for u now.. (: see ya this sat at our HRC meeting.. maybe we go shopping aft that like last time ya.. haha!

here's some of the websites I said I will be recommending after I go browse thru' them..

1. http://www.waiterrant.net/
This is the blog of a waiter in USA. He relates what he sees in the restaurant to some of his thoughts about those issues. Quite meaningful reads.. And his blog receive a lot of hits daily. (: something which we don't usually come across..

2. http://www.weikiat.net/slops
This website recommends shopping blogs (called slops), so if you're interested in online shopping, or just wanna update urself on some fashion trends.. can go visit the slops recommended..

enjoy!

so far, my internship has been turning out great! ytd the office was very much livelier due to the TGIF mood. Me & Eric also started being chummy with the other guy who's a temp and my age. Poly grad awaiting enlistment into NS, and he's been outwardly showing his detestment abt it. LOL.

anyway, Eug & me went to our usual hangout - Vivo. With a purpose this time though, to check out the products in body shop. Cos my classmate is able to get a whopping staff discount of 50%! I'm gg to shop till I drop (which also means shop till my account balance takes a big fat drop) & buy some skincare products. Yippee..

Gonna hit the PS outlet later. Hope everything I want is in stock then! (:

either cos its already my 4th day at work, or its cos I'm lucky today that there wasn't much work for me to do. so its not as busy.. My asst. manager (the person I'm reporting to) seems to be always too busy to give me some work to do. Lucky me that I'm sitting beside a young & friendly lady who is closest to us in terms of age. Both the guys already noted that there is a significant age gap in the rest of the peeps there as compared to us, and attributed the lack of conversation topics to this reason as well. lolx.

anyway, Janey was very kind to lend me some of her magazines to read cos my id doesn't have Internet access and my a.mgr STILL hasn't give me any work. She had gotten those HRM magazines from a Jobcentral Fair, and also some Careers Central magazine. The latter is seemingly familiar cos I think our sch gives out some free copies at the General Office. I never thought much of them till today. And no, its not cos I was bored to tears and too glad to have some entertainment. Those mags are very informative. HRM mags are abt some HR trends which are very relevant to what I'm studying and its a bit regretted that I didn't get to read them b4 the exams.

The Careers Central mags are very useful to us undergrads. They have alot of advice on issues regarding job seeking, interview skills, etc etc. And I saw this article on cover letter & resume writing which I went to photocopy. A gd reminder when the time comes for me to worry over them. But what caught my eye was an advertisement abt the STB Management Trainee Scheme. Its like a DREAM COME TRUE. haha. Its a 12-mths program for fresh grads. And they open it to grads with any type of degree but at least a 2nd upper class honours. Right now this seems a bit daunting.. but the article really gave me some hope la.. The program seems very enriching. And some even get to travel during the 12-mths period. Sth worth working towards to!

Oh ya, I also copied down some interesting webbies recommended by the mag. I'll check them out and recommend them to u guys if they gd (:

Friday's coming, woo!

had been very busy since this mon cos its the start of my holiday intern. well.. I cant bring in my camera phone, so these few days brought some inconveniences (& not to mention the occasional boredom) cos there's no phone with me. the security part is a bit of a hassle, but totally understandable.

And its actually a gd experience la. Learn alot excel stuff since the start till now. And I happen to be doing the internship with one of my classmates from my comms class! Eric.. quite glad got him ard for company. But the pp in the office, so far quite nice to wk with (:

These few nites I've been slping very early, max 11.. cos I gotta wake up early in the morning. Walk to wk! haha.. oh well. I dunno wad to blog le.. Tired. Wet & cold days like this makes me wanna drink coffee..

my last paper was finally over ytd. woohoo!

Went down to vivo with lionel & joyce to meet amy. We were so starved after the paper, lol. The train journey seemed so long & we kept thinking abt wad to eat. anyway, we settled for Marche. Long time since i went there. It was at the suntec one, so you can gauge how friggin' long it is (since its alrdy closed down. ha). We watched Beowulf. Hmm.. it was ok.. all animated, and I was a bit surprised cos i tot only Angelina Jolie was animated.

After that, caught dinner with Eugene at the Delifrance in Harbourfront. Guess what we had there? haha... Pizza! Well, we actually wanted to go there for the steaks, which we had there last time and it was pretty good. Comes in a set & the price was reasonable. Apparently its an offer, so its not on the menu anymore.. Thus, pizza as we both weren't really hungry. Hmm.. its not bad. We had the Tropicana pizza, which was sth like Hawaiian pizza, but its turkey ham instead. And its verrryy... cheesy! Yummy..

Oh, not to mention the fireworks display! I guess life has a lot of surprises here n there.. we went there wanting to spend a gd time after our last paper, and it happens that its their 1st anniversary. So they'll be having this 6-min fireworks display at nite. Eug & me caught it in quite a gd view, right in front of it, out on the deck. There were so many people there.. even the peeps in the restaurant came out to watch after hearing the bangs from the display.

short but pretty! gd end to a day like this.

I wish I can say I'll be happily slacking my 5 weeks away, but its not my zhuo feng. haha. I cannot stay idle so long, I will get bored to death.. Joyce & I had tried our shot at getting an internship this 5 wks and we each got one. Mine is at ST Kinetics which is like a stone's throw away from my hse. haha.. I'll definitely be walking home aft work!

So, this weekend will be spent slacking. Packing my messy room. And I dunno.. get a book? watch some drama online? :P

we all know, life is fragile. But I guess we never thought reality'll struck so close. We're so young, so are our friends. This few days its hard not to read or listen to the news without tearing up (i admit, and crying :P). Cos its not hard to imagine if it had happened to someone closer to you... The agony of the loss.. All 5 were so young & promising. And they will be dearly missed by their families & friends.

Been reading thru msgs left on blogs dedicated to two of the victims, and among them are many msgs with content similar to 'I wish I had known you better.'

How many times have such thoughts crossed our minds b4? I guess sometimes we learn the hard way, to appreciate everyone around you. Tragedy strucks and it jolts us back to reality - life is fragile.

Condolences to the family & friends of our 5 national rowers... You must be proud to have crossed paths with these good, young men. Let's hope they find peace in the skies above, rest well...

Rest in Peace

Chee Wei Cheng

Jeremy Goh

Stephen Loh

Poh Boon San

Reuben Kee En Rui

may our rowers rest in peace

I hate it when I have too many days between the papers.. 5 days is the max I can take. but 9?! no way! especially when people have alrdy finished their papers during this period of 9 days.. argh. my 'productivity' is seriously declining. Cut by half ytd. ha. only did 2 chapters..

oh well.. I can only do my best today and the next few days to come! I've been cooped up at home the whole weekend.. alternating between book & tv. (and occasionally my hula hoop, yeah.. my new past time) finally going out for lunch w eugene later!

our Fastcat project got us an A.. quite relieved abt that, cos it takes up a whooping 40%.. with the individual component factored in, I'm sure joyce & me will get the grade pulled up again since we both contributed so much for that.. hopefully it'll help! 223 papers seems tough.. from the look of the past year exams..

oh yeah, I've been stomping lately.. its quite addictive u know.. and some topics there are interesting.. haha. maybe u guys can go take a look when u're bored or sth.. cheers!

I'm addicted to STOMP. Too addicted!

ytd's paper.. was honestly not hard, was more of the time management & planning. Tho a qn or two shocked me.. ha. Oh well, like wad kor say "if want to worry abt it, worry after the last paper." ha! How 'optimistic' is that? lol.

anyway, Eugene's clearing his leave, so we have plenty of time tog nowadays. After buffet on Mon, we planned for a movie ytd. Well, Hero was supposed to have sneak preview ytd but none of the cinema had timings for that. Only for 22nd, which is today. bah! One of the cinema website even put heroes under "Now Showing" but when u click the schedule it shows timing for 22nd, and not 21st. Well, well.. I guess there's a new meaning to 'now' is it..

So, we watched the next show on our 'to-watch' list. Enchanted! haha.. quote from eugene: its a happy movie. Seriously.. the ending, and the characters.. Giselle (the princess from the fairytale land) is very bubbly and the things she says & does are so funny sometimes.. And how she sings kept getting onto Robert's (the lawyer in real-life New York) nerves at first. I shall not post spoilers here, but pls go and watch if you're looking for some laughter and a nice plot! And there's a bit of singing here and there, tho of cos not as much as Hairspray or High School Musical.

Had a good time, walked out of the theater feeling slightly 'enchanted' and motivated.. haha.. will there be a happily ever after?

next up on our list is.. Hero, Golden Compass.. :D

ytd was our 7th month tog :D so fast! haha.. so we met for some buffet lunch at Nihon Mura.. Eh. I dunno if i spelt that wrongly.. but its the buffet at the new Sports & Recreation Center. hehe.. die le, its my 2nd time eating in less than a month =P but really enjoyed it.. hehe

anyway.. me & Eug embarking on Project Shed the Fats.. haha.. gotta exercise to lose those fats! Tml's my paper.. but I'm going out again.. for this interview at the agency lo, a bit sian.. all the way in Ngee Ann City.. Just for '5-10 mins to know what you would like on the job'.. =_= I hate interviews!

Oh.. After tml's paper we're gonna watch Hero! The jap movie.. haha.. I know, I know, exams not over yet, don worry.. I'll rem!

cleared 2 papers ytd.. but din feel good abt it. I guess its those feelings that you have once u finished a paper, if u feel confident it means you had either successfully 'spotted' some qns or u studied real hard for it and could ans everything..

of cos I did study, but didn't do my best ): careless mistakes in the MCQ here n there.. for the efforts we put in, we are often aiming for sth with an A ( be it A-, A or A+, it'll all push up ur GPA).. just got this feeling... cannot make it... hai. Just hope for the best... still got 2 more core papers to study for...

anyway, today I gave myself some time off and slacked. Found sth I'd really like to pick up again this hols. Making earrings! Last time tried to do but gave up halfway due to some reasons.. But while searching online, I saw some beautiful pieces created by some people.. Can't help but save the pics, haha.. Can refer to them while buying materials next time, make sth similar.. so pretty!

this is it... tml's the start of my exams! Still juggling between my forensic science & psychology... hai. I seriously know this gonna affect my grades in one way or another - cos there's so much to internalise for TWO papers...

tml my paper's at 1pm. And everything will end up 7pm... although there's like a 1.5 hr break in between... bt its not enuff! din had a good slp last nite... and got waken up by the heavy rain like 5+. haha... my dream was a jumble of nonsensical stuff, lol. And some sort of a nightmare.

the worse thing is, to keep myself going.. I kp eating lil' snacks here and there. Argh... fattening!

Been studying psychology the whole weekend on top of clearing the last bits of my project. Initially was quite glad I cleared writing up my notes for all the chapters after mid-term... (which are more impt cos it'll be 90% of the stuff tested in the final exams) BUT... (yes yes, the always-dreaded word...) after doing some exercises... crossword puzzles... I realised I forgotten the stuff in front... ARGH! the more I do, the more I flip the textbook, the more I FREAK OUT!

(now according to Lazarus's Cognitive Appraisal Approach... this is because I have classified the impending exam as A THREAT & I estimated that I don't have enuff TIME to study everything... => Now do you get how stressed is this? )

Argh... I hate this... Psychology is actually the easiest to study so far, in terms of how easy it is to read each chapter and identify with the concepts and theories mentioned... Totally enjoyed it. But when it becomes an exam and you need to compress everything in time to sit for the paper... Its a totally different thing...

Okok, now I'm trying to de-stress... Cos I know I can't study properly being so tensed anyway. Now listening to soundtracks from High School Musical cos they're so infectious with the dances and the catchy tunes... Woo! Turning it up max to destress... So on a lighter note, what I learnt after revising Stress & Health today...

'Stoning' is actually good for your health!
It is actually a form of meditation... yes, you read it right, meditation! I was equally surprised haha... there is actually a form of meditation that involves a person concentrating on an unchanging stimulus to relax & calm down. Just 20 mins of 'stoning' or staring into blank space can lower blood pressure & calm you down... hahaha!

just came back from what we call a 'quality' breakfast date with eug at west coast park. The beach's opened up! but can no longer walk along the sandy areas, its now like those reservoirs with tracks to cycle, walk along... ha. A good break away from books & our last project (thank god, this one is much easier to handle)... Big breakfast (yummy!) and a walk by the beach... haha, thks (: now gotta chiong, really chiong.. I realised time is running short... still got a lot to cover!

Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love

Love has 3 components mainly intimacy (sense of close emotional ties), passion (physical aspect of love but not just s** =P) & commitment (decisions one makes about a r/s)

A love r/s can involve one, two or all 3 components, and hence gives rise to the 7 different kinds of love.

Liking: intimacy only
Companionate Love: intimacy + commitment (the kind that brings pp thru' the yrs of marriage)
Empty Love: commitment only (sad case )= )
Fatuous Love: passion + commitment
Infatuation: passion only
Romantic Love: intimacy + passion
Consummate Love: intimacy + passion + commitment (ultimate goal for many =P )

So... which love are u experiencing now? Revising for psychology, though a long process... is often quite enriching... You absently go "Oh.." and "Ic.." in your head when u read things like this (:

well... weekends. usually its 'yay!'. but now its 'argh...'. Exams are about one week away.. I still have another project on my tray. The interview's tml but 3 of us cant go.. I seriously hope this time it will turn out fine, though only 2 of us can go.. and nothing crops up last min to jeopardise our plans (like last time, puis.)

been trying to mug, make myself revise psychology. But I guess I'm still pretty reluctant. Hey! We just finished a damn big project, shldn't we have some time to relax, slack & enjoy?! No. Cos I gotta remind myself again, exams are in a week's time. ARGH!

Only finished one chapter and starting on another. Cos the chapter's long, and it doesn't help that I cant sit down properly to type out the notes cos I'm like, constantly distracted by the tv.. or my bed. or some snacks. or.. well, see? u get it..

Finally, finally... The end of the FastCat project



We've all been like counting down to today, cos even though ytd was the presentation, today's the submission of the report - the real end of our project. this project has been very very time consuming.. and the 2 seniors in our group which took it as an elective actually very bo hua la..



Now very tired, cos last nite slp like 2+ and woke up early to help with the report.. But ytd we took 3 hrs off to have buffet at the new Sports & Recreation center in jurong extension there. Haha.. guys, its so cheap! $14.50 only for students.. adults $16.50.. 2.30-530pm. Then still includes drinks free flow + 1 juice lo.. sushi and a lot side orders...



Quite fun.. chatting & trying some new food.. Then when we play zhong ji mi ma, I was lucky enuff not to kena at all.. Wahaha..



Anyway.. Here's Team Cattatooee.. No matter wad, I enjoyed the project with u all though it was so time-consuming.. At least during stressful and frustrating times there were silly jokes and stuff (: