Friday, March 25, 2005 @ 9:53 pm
good friday. a lazy day for me.
sacrificed gg shopping with my sis coz the priest said so. then fasted somemore.
the hunger pangs were intolerable, so i countered it by taking a long long nap..
dreamt of my mum in the process..
she said that her heart belonged here on earth, with us..
warms my heart to see her smile again.
hmm. but i'll be shopping with my sis tmr.. loads of offers and sales..
and i gotta spend more time with her b4 she leaves in ard july.. hiaz.
congrats to keow and amanda.. and i'll be rooting for u jieyi! jia you. :)
Thursday, March 24, 2005 @ 9:50 pm
hmm. ponned orientation today.. i just have no mood for orientation..
i know i'm gonna be stuck with the same cg for 2 yrs, but i realli cant
be bothered to know the new ppl in my cg.. orientation's realli sian for now.
anw. so me, cherlyn, wee and hy had a 1st hand experience of being a tai tai..
woke up at close to 10 today [u dunno how much of a luxury it is sleeping late].
then took my own sweet time savouring my breakfast and not bothering to rush
like i do every morning.. so coz i was feeling good, i helped cook spaghetti for the rest
who came over to join me for lunch..
Then it was off to my club!
It was rather deserted coz the students were in school and ppl were working.. so
we had the changing room to ourselves and shared the pool with some guys at the
other end.. Had a fun time swimming man..
tried diving, gliding on the floor of the pool, holding our breaths, water ballet
and other stupid stuff that we dared to do coz there was no one there to watch us.
The funny thing was that Cherlyn tried the backstroke and ended up almost
colliding into this guy who was swimming. Instead of swimming vertically, she
swam at an odd angle. if we hadnt called out to her in time, she would have
banged into that guy. :P
Next, we jumped into the jaccuzzi for a 'massage'.. The impact of the 'bubbling' was so
great that it distorted wee's swimming costume, making her look so bloated..
too bad i cant go into details otherwise it'll be too obscene. but hy n cherlyn know wat i mean.
haha. wee was quite happy with the effect anw.
Then it was off to the suana room and the steam bath.. it was freaking hot and
suffocating in there, with the temp as high as 72 degrees. we pespired like
no body's business, but the feeling was great.
Went to chomp chomp for dinner after that.
Hmm. so, this is how a tai tai's life is like. relaxing and so not stressful.
We already agreed that if we were to marry rich ppl next time.. we'll continue
with this kind of life. lol. if dreams could come true so easily. i wished.
Sunday, March 20, 2005 @ 10:06 pm
hiaz. the more i think of it, the more sian i become.
I DUN WANNA GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!
that means, no more slacking on the kcc court with my dears and hope to
get sunburnt.. and also no more chionging and laughing without any reason
with my darlings. hiaz. gonna miss the cool holidays we always spend with
each other..
no more shopping sprees or queuing up for warehouse sales together anytime
soon. no more crazy bickerings. no more seeing the guys and laughing at them
so often. no more many other things.. gonna miss all u guys loads.
though i cant see u all everyday, ur images and memories we spent will always
be etched in my mind.
if i suddenly burst out laughing, it may be because i
remembered something that Cherlyn said, wee wee did, or hy's laughter, bee's
naiveness, kleon's suaning, jem's blurness, wy and isabel's cheerfulness,
evelyn's lamenes, xy's bluntness, yang's 'retardedness' in a cute way,
shamir's arrogance and attention seeking-ness,
andre's 'i know everything' attitude, xiang xiang's 'ni men yao hui qu le arh?',
tmak's 'heck care' attitude and many many other things to do with kcc members.
sorri to those who didnt understand what i just blogged, its just a language
that kcc members understand. love u guys forever man.
Saturday, March 19, 2005 @ 10:44 pm
AHH!! went on a shopping spree again with cherlyn, wee and hy..
first off to adidas warehouse sale.. wee was super excited bout it..
too bad kleon and jem couldnt go with us, no one to carry stuff and
queue up for us.. :P. so on our way to expo, we were discussing wat we
wanted to buy and stuff.. then went we reached there, there was this super
long queue. we even had to wait for about 1/2 hr to get into the shopping area
itself lor.. while waiting, we made lots of plans:
wee: must grab everything u see k, although u may not buy them, just dump into
the shopping bag first.
cherlyn: must fight with all the aunties and snatch the stuff, so i must tie up
my hair first so it wont be messy [in the end she used a hairband]
me: must keep close together, or will get lost and be pushed ard by the aunties.
hy: 'haha'.. 'heheee' [like jem said, she's always just laughing]
Then when we were finally allowed in, we were so excited. esp dear wee wee..
she looked like she was about to devour the things over there la..
But it realli was worth waiting for.. prices were slashed over more than 50%.
jackets were selling for $50, shoes-- $50 to $80, shirts -- $10 to $30+. etc..
wah. we realli grabbed those we liked, the later discarded those we didnt want
when we were about to pay up..
even slipped on the clothes and used our own tiny mirrors and camer phones
to see how we looked coz there were no fitting rooms. coz of this we earned
a few stares and laughs from other ppl.
Next stop was suntec.. while the others went to eat 1st [we were starving after the sale,
but i couldnt eat in peace later coz hy kept disturbing my food!]
i went to the 'study in australia' fair.. asked about vetinary science, and the min. grade
was AAA. and i have to submit an essay bout why i wanna study vet. science there.
and if i had helped out at the SPCA or animal hospital, it would be a bonus..
hiaz. so stressed man. imagine. AAA is not an easy feat. and the fees are so ex. some
more. its gonna be so hard on my dad.. so i've decided. I MUST STUDY HARD!
concentrate more and not spend so much time gg out. ARGH. i realli wanna study
vet science in aus. one of my dreams i have yet to fulfil since young.
realli jealous of all the vets working in the wildlife on animal planet.. wish i will be
like them someday.. nono, i must be optimistic. i WILL be like them someday.
ok. then we went shopping. AGAIN. wee was so excited when she knew my sis bought
a tommy hilfiger bottom for onli $29.. from an original price of $165 or something.
wanted to drag me and hy there immediately coz we had our atm card.
but when me and hy wanted to withdraw money from the atm machine, it refused
to give us money la. so embarassing!
see wee, even they knew we were spending too much money. and didnt want to feed
us somemore. hiaz. must wait a while for us all the replenish our wallets
before going out to shop again.
Thursday, March 17, 2005 @ 5:00 pm
gonna get slaughtered by the 3 of them.. but for now,
check out the pics from our 'haircut' day here.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 @ 10:26 pm
KCC gang [minus isabel] at huiyi's house for steamboat. :D
--MS
@ 9:07 pm
had steamboat again with kcc yesterday.. full house. pity isabel couldnt
make it.. i'm so proud of myself coz i managed to limp all the way from
my house to hy's house with my bandaged leg.. met bee and xy on 42.
and kind old xy helped me to re-bandage my ankle. thx dear.
felt like family again. eating with my closest buddies.. the feeling's just great.
then me, cherlyn, hy and bee went to cut our hair together at the salon
near my house.. poor bee had to sit thru almost 4 hrs..
and she fell asleep halfway during rebonding.. now that explains how come
her rebonding didnt last long last time. :P.
for the rest of us, we took a much lesser time.. esp me. so i went round
taking pics of everyone in their worse states and sent them to others..
haha. like wee and jem said, they looked like they were being tortured..
i shall upload the pics. so cute. :D
then went shopping at orchard today.. my ankle lasted 8 hrs.. not bad at
all.. as usual, i was the earliest, and the others were at least an hr late.
hiaz, wat to do.. the characteristics of kcc gang..
wee spent the most today, and the rest of us spent more on food..
met elise and her bf at heeren.. passed by her quite a few times.. but
she refused to acknowledge us the first time until wee pointed her out.. :P
anw. gonna rest and laze ard at home tmr.
enjoy ur bball camp coach. dun be suprised if cherlyn crashes it.
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 7:58 pm
I feel cheated. now guess what. i conquered ophir and managed to walk
on the slippery trails n difficult routes. but i sprained my ankle.. not in Ophir
but in school itself!..
Went school to unpack, wash the ponchos and tents and stuff.. then i missed
my footing and landed on one side of my ankle.. there was even a loud
'crack' sound. gosh, i almost cried there and then.. this means no more bball but
more suffering. the medic bandaged my ankle n it felt better.. lucky its the
inner ankle onli, so its not that painful..
the best part was that i got to sit around and slack while the others slogged
and had a hard time washing those stuff. i did the easy job of just folding the
ponchos and cover. hiaz. as if i wasnt feeling bad enough.. wen yi kept immitating
the way i walked and the rest kept laughing la. stupid guy.. but later he
pulled his neck muscle.. haha. indirect 'revenge'..
met the rest at parkway later..
xy's new specs very seh leh! look more and more like 04..
and i seem to see many 04 look alikes today.. all those with silver specs.
then bee looks more like a woman! so mature, sweet.. then got lots
of admirers and ppl she admire liao. :D.
isabel's still so cheerful and sunshiny..
Cherlyn dear still the same! can talk loads of crap with her and laugh
over every single thing.. xy will always have this fed-up yet amused
look whenever cherlyn says something..
hy, my rock buddy. still as blur. didnt know her wallet was not with her
until almost an hr later [luckily i took it when she left it on the table,
but of coz i didnt return it to her until she started panicking.]
haiz. i just so love them.
Meaningful song:
Don't you think it's rather funnyI should be in this position?
I'm the one who's always been
So calm, so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show
He scares me so.
I never thought i'd come to this
what's this all about.
Yet, if he said he loved me
I'd be lost, i'd be frightened.
Couldn't cope, just couldn't cope.
I'd turn my head, i'd back away,
I wouldn't want to know
He scares me so.
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 9:48 pm
I conquered Mt. Ophir!!!!!!! wat an experiece it was la..
but i survived! under the toughest and most 'un-imaginable' conditions ever,
i managed to survive without bathing and washing my hair for 3 days!
i managed to live in the most dirty and horrible conditions ever.
[gonna be boring for some ppl.. sorri.]
Day 1:
ponned school in the morning then reported later.. left school at ard 12..
the bus ride was fun. everyone was super high and excited, played card
games and all the other stupid hand games like chopsticks/hammer/
complex versions of scissors,paper,stone etc..
was excited yet scared, coz heard that mt. ophir is rather dangerous.
apparently one of our seniors almost rolled down and died while trekking.
then we finally reached the campsite ard 5 hours later..
we were immediately surrounded by mosquitoes.. it was like buffet dinner
for them.. fancy them sucking our blood while we panick and reach for our
insect repellents.. irritating blood suckers.
learnt to pitch our tents and it rained while we were pitching them.. luckily
it stopped after a while, and we were able to settle down/change and eat..
quite slack the first day, and we were able to sleep quite earli..
but i was awoken in the middle of the night by this super loud snore coming
from 1 or 2 tents away. so u can imagine how loud the snore was.
[they said i snored too. so i shant complain much..]
Day2:
woke up super early [4.40 am] to prepare breakfast..
then we packed up and left the campsite, ready to head for our next campsite.
but the route we took was long and treacherous.. felt like giving up so many
times.. i swear i had never sweat this 'vigorously' b4. i was practically dripping
sweat. and the weight on my hips and shoulders were super heavy.. 10 over
kg.. about 1/4 of my weight. felt like giving up every single step i took..
if i didnt lose weight, something must be terribly wrong.
so everytime we reached the checkpoint it was like a mini victory for us.
finally reached our 2nd campsite at ard 11am..
then after a quick rest, we went for our summit hike carrying onli a few things..
so it was my chance to dump everything to my partner, gary..
the summit hike was super exciting and thrilling. like a gigantic obstacle course.
we had to trek through caves, climb steeper than u could imagine, and climb
up huge rocks using onli ropes as support.. but it was super fun.
we were esctatic when we reached the summit. the 1st of sunlight we saw for like
24hrs.. enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the victorious moment.
left the summit for our campsite for the night..
and that was where the hard part began. when i was trekking up i wished it was
downhill. but when i finally trekked downhill i changed my mind. the feeling of gg
down rocks/slopes that were v steep freaked me out a little.. banged against
gigantic rocks along the way, and had numerous cut, bruises and scratches..
lucky dear Gary was there to guide me and help me.
what a great partner i had.. coz he knew he would have to answer to alot of ppl
if something serious happened to me.. so everytime i threatened him using this
excuse, he'll get super scared and look after me more carefully. lucky for him,
or i dunno how i'll survive.. :D
my poor friend was complaining bout how unlucky she was to get darrell yam as her
buddy. he just left and trekked on without her, leaving her as far as half an hr
behind him.. but though he 'ill- treated' his partner, he was rather helpful, and helped
pull me up when i couldnt step up this steep step. so i shant criticise him as much.
but actualli he can be rather funni la xinyi.. cracked jokes about his
'solar-powered torchlight' and 'waterproof towel' that he brought along..
when we reached our campsite, the worst thing happened. It RAINED. it not
onli rained. but it rained heavily. we were so pathetic. all wet and cold and huddled
in the middle of our tent sipping hot milo that was provided. that was the point
where i started thinking of everyone and regretted ever coming on this trip.
we were seriously pathetic. plus, my knee was aching like hell coz of the impact
of climbing downhill for several hours straight. so i realli felt like giving up and gg home.
but i persistered. at least the idea of reaching home and seeing all the ppl i
missed kept me going..
Day 3:
Finally! the day we would all go home..
but the trek down was horrible. it was muddy and slippery coz of the rain the
previous night. and i fell twice and would have fallen more and sprained my ankle or
maybe rolled down the hill if Gary wasnt there to support me. i realli owe him big
time.. he's one guy who isnt afraid of falling.. running downhill and enjoying it.
i realli salute him. every path that the rest took, we took a different one.
he was in front of me, clearing the pathway for me and telling me the best possible
way to descend without falling or hurting myself..
reached the foot of mt. Ophir at ard 11am. that was when we realli celebrated.
we completed what we set out to do! what a huge sense of satisfaction for me.
now no one can call me a weakling any longer. :D
But now i have to suffer the after effects..
my whole body is aching.. my knees are suffering. my legs are disfigured.
my cuts and bruises are unsightly. [the worst thing was i got cut by Gary's
swiss army knife. quite deep in dact.]
i cant lift my arms properly. and i'm super
tired coz i havent slept properly the last few days.
sharing a tent with hy was horrible. her butt ended up right in front of my
face in the middle of the night, and i had no choice but to kick her and rest
my feet on her butt instead because of the limited amt of space. ARGH.
Things i learnt while trekking:
- In the wild, your best friend is no longer your mirror nor the comb. its
the insect repellent and a torchlight.
- try to hold it, or u'll end up digging a hole, shitting in the bushes, and
covering it back with a spade. [like hy. :P]
- always make sure your partner is stronger than u. u wont want to be playing
the manly version of the partner if u were a girl.
- help each other out. teamwork is realli important.
- dun worri about smelling bad. everyone else is on the same boat. just try taking
a powder bath. its already a luxury.
bottom lime: i survied. miraculously.
i can now tell ppl i scaled and conquered a mountain.
now thinking back, i dun regret going on this trip. but if u were to ask me to
do it again. i would seriously think twice.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 @ 11:28 pm
just finished packing for the ophir trip. i'm gonna carry like 1/4 of my weight.
the backpack is super big/long/bulky/heavy.. and my shoulders are already
aching though i havent put one toe on the grounds of mt. ophir yet.. just
carrying the bags alone have already discouraged most of us from trekking.
hiaz. but i'm sure i can survive.. worst of all. i'm made to carry this 2 huge
metal pots and 2 packs of cereal. apparently the stuff distributed to us are
according to our levels of fitness. so jack thinks i'm fit enough to manage those.
bet he'll be disappointed. i'll just pass them on to my buddy, who happens to be
rather strong.
xinyi's totally happy today. totally. and she was still able to laugh at my misery k.
ya la, so, congrats xy.
oh and the best news i've heard so far for this week is that my sis got accepted
into university of melbourne.. though she cant do the double degree she wanted
initially.. she'll still be majoring in psychology, something that she wants to do..
i'll miss her terribly if she leaves of coz. gonna be damn lonely at home, without
anyone to share my stories/problems with.. but its for her own good, so all the
best my dear sis! am v happy for u. =) hope i'll be able to join her in 2 yrs time..
Monday, March 07, 2005 @ 9:08 pm
check out the steamboat pics here.
very little only though.. check back at xinyi and jieyi's blog.. they have much more.
had a half day today.. and training was cancelled.. so me, hy and zhiyong scooted
off to MJ after lunch.. met up with wee! so sweet. she ponned her chinese
tutorial just to see me! :D love u dear..
crashed cherlyn's maths tutorial.. her maths tutor is damn
funny la.. but i was getting sleepy coz it was rather hot and stuffy. so me and
zhiyong went out to fill our water bottles. walked round the school in circles coz
we didnt want to re-enter the class so early. apparently it was rather obvious that
we were going round and round. coz of my oh-so-green uniform of coz.
went to macs after that to eat.
then fell asleep on the way home.. poor hy twisted her ankle..
hope it recovers asap so she can go climb mt. ophir.. get well soon gurl :).
Sunday, March 06, 2005 @ 9:15 pm
Another Sat i so looked forward too gone again.. but at least i had fun. great fun.
Went queensway to buy trekking shoes. dear cherlyn was asked to go 'tackle'
the boss' son of this shoe shop we bought our shoes from. hiaz.. but of coz she
didnt.. she already has her obligations.. :D
then we ended up entering this shop selling accessories.. bought so many pairs
of earring coz it was only $0.90. bloody cheap.. but me and evelyn ended up
being the atm machine for hy and cherlyn. Evey spends money like water lor.
literally. she buys drinks/food without considering whether they are nice. and
she willingly spends alot of money on arcade games.. then when the money in her
wallet is depleted.. she resorts to using her ez-link card.. thats y she's always
asking us to go Macs. coz its one of the places u can pay with ur ez-link card.
lol. that girl arh..
then went for dinner at marina bay. steamboat cum bbq.
me, cherlyn and kah sing ended up doing most of the work.. chopping crabs, taking
food etc. then the mathias and zhi yong just ate and enjoyed la.
wah. they're even more 'girly' than us.. one minute its :"aye! dun drip this thing
on me,". then its "Get it away from me! so dirty!" followed by: ''eew.. so oily!"..
and the list goes on. the girls had to do most of the cooking la. esp. certified
housewives cherlyn and hushing..
in the end xy couldnt stand it and shifted over to our table. lol. she loved our soup.
didnt realli eat much food coz practically everything was burnt. and we didnt have
enough drinks to quench our thirst.. me and cherlyn had to keep stealing from ppl
when they werent looking.. managed to steal quite a bit.
the vj ppl kept 'eloping'. prolly went to visit the arcade and stuff.
went to the esplanade later to sit down and chat. looked at stars. 'shooting
stars'.. the calm sea. the merlion. just the perfect place to sit down and do
some serious thinking.. but cherlyn thinked too much and ended up crying. :D
[and the guys did everything possible to make it worst.. lol. made her cry more]
its ok my dear.. nothing will change. all our friendships will be kept strong. i know
it will. and though i might leave for australia 2 yrs from now.. u'll still be my dearest
dear! and i'll still be part of ur everyday life! :D love u and kcc loads!
[many more to come]
Friday, March 04, 2005 @ 8:57 pm
I didnt know it was so tough on you. i really didnt.
so sorry u felt that u had to hide it from us. i would have gladly shared
your sorrow with you if u had let me.. i'm so sorry.. it pains me to even
think what u had gone through. love u so much..
i'm sure everything will be fine. she'll make sure its fine from up there..
Tuesday, March 01, 2005 @ 9:33 pm
This sux. every JC i know granted their students at least 1 day off.
and we still had to drag ourselves to TJ. anticlimax. argh.
was almost late. and was half asleep the whole time.
so i wasnt in a good mood already. then had to sit through 2 super
boring periods of civics.. were busy gossiping even though our CT was talking.
oh, and me and jie yi so dislike our CT. she just doesnt look/ sound nice.
hiaz. so skipped one tutorial and went for the rest. what a waste of time.
we were just talking crap during GP..
and we got chased away by the teachers when the yr 1s decided to gather
outside the general office to protest and 'request' for an off day. argh.
at least i ended at 12.. earliest day.
went out with hushing, hy, wy and isabel who crashed today.
[lousy day to crash. couldnt see half of the ppl or sit thru the better lectures..
next time must follow cherlyn or wee. :D. they are experts already.]
popped by cherlyn's house to eat, talk. and ended up sleeping there.
thx for having us dear. :)
then later went back for rock climbing PT. climbed 25 flights of stairs 3 times.
so that made it 75. super super tiring. argh. gotta have intensive training coz
we'll be going mt. ophir next fri.. aiya. gonna have muscle aches tmr.
[i'm so waiting for the weekend]
