A SimPle LiFe

2008-07-05T04:21:00.000-07:00

Please take note that from today onwards, i will be shifting my blog to wordpress.com
Relink me if possible.
Thank you

stefaniechua.wordpress.com

2008-05-19T02:44:00.000-07:00

My birthday is coming.............
But.... as usual i guess i wont receive any presents.. at most wishes at the last min they know about my birthday..

Im starting my first driving lesson on my birthday.
Taking private under BBDC, instructor was recommended by Alan, my badminton friend.
Its so much cheaper taking private driving lessons instead of school since i have lobangs

2008-03-23T19:25:00.000-07:00

My 2 months holiday is coming to an end....
=(
Im going to spend my last 2 weeks to the fullest...
Been going back to CHR badminton these days.. I just love my secondary school... Lots of memories in it..

I miss CHR

2008-03-18T18:40:00.000-07:00

Am sooooooooooooo tired..
Falling sick..

Had whole day of badminton today. Went to play with fadli and calvin, and this juliana PS us..
Then went to school again to train.
Didnt really had much training, my arm was kind of pain again..
Today is CHR Sports day.
I wont be heading down to scream for them, instead im heading to MOE to collect my certificate.
Will be having lunch with my GB, since he is working there.

Want to get myself a Sintec Shoulder Bag. SInce my bro keeps taking my Yonex Bag.. ARgh
Wanna get grips too.. Its getting smelly.

2008-03-16T18:43:00.000-07:00

Im such a huge fan of Ellen DeGeneres.
I watched her show every single weekday. Channel 5 is currently showing 3 series every single day.. 9.30am, 5.30 or 5am and 2am.
She is such a nice and talented person..

READ more about her

She was the voice over for Finding nemo , Dory Fish.
She just celebrated her 50 years birthday and she is such an American " icon"in the States. Everyone there LOVES her.. even the mayor =)

2008-03-15T18:26:00.001-07:00

I recently watched a Youtube Video on this talented girl who rollerblades extremely well.
Come to think of it, im being inspired by her ... to excel in things i like.

These days haven been quite demorlizing for me..
1-A lvl results are out, and alot of them did quite well.. Kind of regret that i didnt take my secondary studies seriously, and get into a good jc and get a good result... Rather.. i ended up in Republic Polytechnic.
Just because RP uses a different learning technique, everyone simpliy gives the "look down"look on me.

2-Saturday newspaper headlines heavily impacted on my mood.
The Headline was: Polytechnic grads put squeeze on university places
Its hard for a polytechnic student to get into a university now. Whats more im from a RP.. Not that i do not like my school PBL (Problem based learning), its just that the society isnt ready to accept it yet.
I will have to work doubly hard to not only maintain my current grades, but at the same time, try my best for my Final Year project.

Meanwhile i have been thinking in depth on my future occupation...
If grades permits, im going to a local U or maybe apply for a recognise Uni overseas.. and then to NIE for 2 years.
If grades arnt that well, im heading for NIE 4 years course (bachelor of teaching)
If grades are plain BAD, im just going to use my diploma cert to apply for NIE 2 years .. (This means that i can only teach primary school kiddies for the rest of my life unless i upgrade myself later on)

2008-03-09T19:30:00.001-07:00

Okie.. Photos time..

Location: Redang Islands

Filming Location for "xia ri momocha"(summer Point Movie) Hong Kong Film.

"One photo a day, keeps my blog alive." -Stef

2008-03-05T20:12:00.000-08:00

I will update the photo once it is ready..
i love redang island..
Its soo... ( i cant find a proper word to describe)...

I would want to go back there soon!..
Its blardie cheap.. 200+ for 4 days, and it includes 3 meals a day PLUS 3 snorkleing and scuba diving trip. The hotel is fantastic too!

REGRETS: DIDNT BUY A REDANG TSHIRT FOR SOVOUNIER =(

* ONE must leave regrets in a place, so that return trips can be make again!

special request: Who wants to go snorkle or dive with me!

2008-02-27T01:52:00.001-08:00

I ve really got nooooooooooo idea on what to post!
OKie..

I shall post on the tour im going to this sunday.

Destination: Some island which i dont know its name
Purpose: Dive into the sea. feed the fishes . Enjoy my tan with the sun
Date: 2nd march onwards
no of passengers travelling: 4 (my family)

PS: Do not ask me for souveniors due to the fact that im going for a diving trip and not a shopping trip. Its only a small island that doesn have anything buy sea water and sun and coconut tress.

TODAY!!!
I spent 2 hours queeuing in the clinic.
WHY? im not sick!
I went to get my m****s delay pills! =(
My period is suppose to come next week (i think), and so i went to my favourite doctor WEE to get the delay pills..
Its blue btw!!

=) UPDATED PPLE!

2008-02-15T23:00:00.000-08:00

I looked upon the stars .. and.. i wish to collect more Re-ments!

When am i going to have a miniature land of my own?

www.re-ment.co.jp

2008-02-12T21:58:00.000-08:00

OKIE..

IM sooo into re-ment again.

I have gotten myself another box yesterday at Wheelock.

Below is a picture.

2008-02-08T22:10:00.000-08:00

STEFANIE is collecting angpaos & playing GINRUMMY & she has no luck this year.

Red packet is record breaking LOW THIS YEAR.. =(

2008-02-03T04:54:00.000-08:00

badminton with my LostInTouch buddy---- Kim

Okie. Saturday 2nd Feb was THE day.
Samantha and Kimberly was SUPPOSED to meet me for RP badminton, however samantha flew me and kim's aeroplane(PS).
According to Samantha number 403 statement of excuses, she said that she went for CHR badminton, and thus didnt want to come.
[ I really hope to meet her soooooon... I ve yet to passed her the stuffs i got for her in Vietnam. ]

GinRummy with my relatives at Seletar Hills Drive

My winnings were (- sign )after the first hour.
Luckily they stopped the game late (12 am exactly), hence enabling me to win back my portion of my $$ and extrass..
My total winnings on saturday: $34.60
Considered not bad, as i lost about $40 in the first few hours.

NOTE to the public readers
PLEASE popularize GinRummy.
Its a nice game. ( i cant find a better word to describe the game)
I will post the game rules one FINE day.

2008-02-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

Retail therapy with my ex badminton partner

Bought:

A half gold & Silver plated braclet (SLEEK)

2. A white long sleeve with a gold chain at the side (STYLISH)

3. A pair of socks which has typical china pattern

Regrets!!

MY MICKEY VELVET SINGLET

which i find it over budget. =(

2008-01-30T17:09:00.000-08:00

I cant believed that i actually left class my Java lessons ThreeQuarter Way.
Went CineLeisure for BBQ chicken with Gen, HM, XL, Expartner, food buddy (james)
It has been almost a year since i last went town, im beginning to YISHIGEJUE.

{(SideTrack) Come to think of it, i dont mind being a nun. Just that i cant let go certain stuffs like families etc.}

Had lots programmes yesterday.
Went for a movie after my BBQ, then job interviw at Ngee Ann tower A, then went back Wisma to meet james n misa, followed then, head down to far east to buy new year clothes.

Rushed down to Bishan to meet my korkor, its been like so long since i met him.
Kinda disappointed when he didnt want to pass me his new hp number. (*must be the wife). =(

2008-01-28T18:47:00.000-08:00

Im looking for a job.
Hoping that i will not be unemployed.
=)

2008-01-25T02:48:00.000-08:00

* PS: My links for my blog cant work.
Any Kind souls out there that will help me debug =X?
Appreciate it

2008-01-25T02:45:00.000-08:00

Stef got a new blog skin
Comment on it =)

1 more week of school and TADA, its over!
Cant wait to play badminton with my usual kakis (Kim, Sam)

Was on cloud 9 yesterday.
My brother and i scored reasonably well for this year's O levels.

* Pat on his Back and my Back =)

Will visit Christ Church tomorrow

2008-01-13T23:41:00.003-08:00

STEFANIE is currently busy with her school work.

STEFANIE is working on a nice blogskin.

2007-12-09T21:29:00.000-08:00

Desperate for a New Piano

I am dying to get myself a nice piano..
Preferably a Kawai....

Reason 1: My current piano which has is "collapsing"!...

Finding...: Sponsers for piano..

2007-12-02T02:20:00.000-08:00

I am on cloud 9 today.

Upgraded my laptop RAM to 1G. Wanted 2G, but my small little laptop cannot support.
Now trying to sell away my DDR2 RAM for laptop 533.

Finally got my nintendo Ds lite to work on MSN! i can now finally use msn with my dslite.

Am not really motivated to go school these days. Not sure why.
Having composition tomorrow, its the module that i find im the most useless in. Sigh.

i want to get myself a bio magnectic.

Ps: sorry godwin (the prodigy) for not getting the tickets to T' ang Quartet from you. Was not feeling well..=*( My sincere apologies.

2007-11-25T02:12:00.000-08:00

Conveying my Sadness and Sorrow

Singapore boat capsized as the 22 men were rowing back to the starting line at
the end of the 1.5—kilometre Cambodia—ASEAN Traditional Boat Race.

:Latest News: Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of five Singaporean men who were killed in a dragon boat accident during Cambodia's annual water festival.

I just dont understand why the team had a choice to put or not to put their life jackets on . Making the choice to put their lifejacket on optional was really a wrong move.. =(*

2007-11-20T00:48:00.000-08:00

SAD - System Analysis Design module today
Very satisfied with my team performance and also our final product today =)

Went to watch movie (The kingdom) on Sunday with my god bro. It was exceptionally nice.. I love war & movies based on true stories..

Some movies that i ve watch and fit in that bag would be..

The pianist ( I LOVE IT)
Blood Diamond
The kindom
300
Catch me if you can
Etc.. Am old.. cant remember

Looking for the movie:

We Were Soldiers based on Based on the Battle of Ia Drang, the first major engagement of American troops in the Vietnam War
English Patient
Flags of Our Fathers ( i wonder if its boring)

2007-11-11T16:25:00.000-08:00

STEFANIE CHUA JIE YING IS SICK

2007-11-09T08:14:00.000-08:00

A day im proud of

1- I will be back playing what i am made for- badminton singles.
2- Played with my idol from nyp today.
3- Lost... but... by a small margin
4- Made lesser mistakes than i thought

POL-ITE is over.. 1 week holiday is over.
Spent most of my time in badminton these days. TGIO (thank god its over) =)
I can finally have a nice zzz.

2007-11-04T01:01:00.000-07:00

Professional Profiling Poster completed.
Hopefully i am to pass, if not.... ...

Supposed to watch Resident Evil Extinction with my god bro today, but he isnt feeling well.
Haven been going for piano lessons for close to two weeks, "thanks"to my PP, UT's, and O level.

I am such a soup lover.
I drink all kinds of soups.
Especially Cambell.
Yet i am always too lazy to cook it - Steffi

2007-11-01T09:20:00.000-07:00

POL-ITE

2 matches till now. Against Singapore Poly and Combined ITE.
Lost to SP.
Quite Surprise that we (RP) actually lost to Combined ITE.
Team mates had many mistakes. * Dont worry folks, we can do it. *

Won my matched today. Played doubles this time round. My partner = Misa
"We go Partner =) "

* Thanks James for bringing bananas and my favourite pokari sweat for all the games so far. *Thanks for everyone support.Though Me and Misa scared all of you..
Especially Loke.=X

2007-10-31T00:08:00.000-07:00

A DAY OF TEA

I drank FOURcups of tea today.
1- EARL GREY ICE
2- ENGLISH BREAKFAST ICE WITHOUT SYRUP
3- POKKA GREEN TEA
4- ORANGE LIPTON HOT TEA

I LOVE TEA..=)

2007-10-29T07:52:00.000-07:00

"As the problems get harder, make sure your fundamental are there. I was surprised that you couldn't answer the IF question during the presentation. Revise your materials and make sure you understand everything, you have the potential to get "A"s." - FRAN*** C**, my facilator for web application
DAILY GRADE GIVEN- C.

This is my very first C since the day i started my learning journey in RP. How great.. I thought i should have deserve at least a B from him for the effort i put in on that day..

I feel ... pissed... Just unable to understand why some, in fact most facilitators are "BLIND".....

2007-10-26T09:56:00.000-07:00

This will be my new blog skin for now. I am still wondering if i should switch to wordpress, though it is alot more static and their free feature does not include the editing of html codings, which means i can only use their templete which makes it extremely unpersonalized.

Welcome to my fresh blog. Guesstimate how i did this image?

2007-10-08T21:10:00.000-07:00

Walked home with Marilynn today and we talked about my tragic life.
Life has been depressing since my internship to Vietnam.
It all started when i got bombarded with the task of creating RV's newsletter. (Its the school that i worked for)
I only had a few days to design and do the write up as it was the sept-oct issue that i was supposed to come up with.
A few days was all i had, and that includes sending for authorization, editing and printing in bulk.

The "best” part yet come....
My first complete newsletter which i had put in so much effort in got rejected. I went berserk.. ! This means that i have even lesser time to work on it. I had to spend my entire night working on the newsletter...In addition to, i had to bug my two good friends, James and Raymond to stay with me throughout the night. Thank You.
When it got finally accepted, i realized that my newsletter was not published. That makes me wonder if my works are being appreciated.

The horror came. I got pick pocketed a total sum of 2000 SGD , 3 sim card -one Vietnam, 2 sgp card, MasterCard. All i could do at that time was to cry due to the fact that the police have no idea what am i trying to drive at.
After i got over this incident, i got food poisoning and had diarrhoea. My lovely papa chu wanted to bring me to the hospital, but i refused as at that time, i was teaching my lovely IQ class, and that was my last class with them.

SAD 1.1- I Cant reach and octave
1.2 - I change class every single day and i am not a permanent resident of any class
1.3 - My Teacher blacklisted me and i got scolding personally from him just for some unreasonable reason.
1.4 - I lost all contacts and now i lost touch with Singapore

2007-09-21T18:55:00.001-07:00

i miss hanoi soooooo much..

Realized that everything here in singapore is so expensive.
Sigh.. thinking back.. my lunch everyday in hanoi only cost 80cents. Now, i spent about 3 dollars just for lunch.
I miss MiA DA. (sugar cane in vietnamese)
Its so cheap. Only 25 cents for one big cup. And its nice..

I miss xaeohm, (motocycle). I guess i would never have to chance to ride one in singapore, as it is even more dangerous than riding it in hanoi. Speed in comparison is much slower over there.

I miss my colleagues, especially Phuong. She is the closest colleague i have over there in RV Centre. She brought us out for shopping and bargaining at Ho Kiem Lake. SHe helped us got cheap crumplers. haha.

I miss papa chu..the guy who always protected us throughout the entire trip. I remember there was once, we got scammed by the taxi drivers over there, we immediatly call him, and he ... came to our rescue.. Such a WoNDERFUL BIG man!

I miss the moving buddah in his room, which moves its position every single day.I remembered we still concluded that there is a secret compartment in his office.

I miss going to ché dam (night market) every friday, saturday and sunday! -_-'' Although i already got pickpocketed on the very first saturday.. Sigh.

I miss the CHEAPO snacks and stuffs over there, especially the famous VINA MILK. ARgh, milk in Singapore is so bloody expensive!

The only thing i dont miss is..... WASHING and ironing my own clothes..!

2007-09-11T08:10:00.000-07:00

These are some of the photos i took in vietnam!

This photo on the left is my internships friends from RP... 3 weeks together in hanoi, the city of pickpocketers.

The picture to the right is where i went to watch the famous Water puppet in hanoi.

The fan im holding is from the THEATRE, however.... the bloody pickpocketers are soooo cheapskate.. sigh

This is how bad the traffic is in hanoi.

Though this street is not very conjested.

But the ratio of motos and scooters is to car is 1: 10

And almost everyone drives a bike..

Even my students -_-'' who are like younger than me..

2007-09-07T20:28:00.001-07:00

LOMONOXUP

One of the more well known schools in Hanoi.

Went there to help RP study tour take photo which i will need for the upcoming RV newsletter

BTW. RV CENTRE is the school where im teaching in...

Something interesting about hanoi culture. Im not sure wheather it applies to the entire vietnam.

1- their staff and students in the entire city have nap time even in office.

So between 12-2pm, all the staffs will take a nap. For RV, they even have a sleeping room for the staffs here. Quite surprisingly. And for students in schools, after they have their meals in the classrooms, they lay their mats on top of the table, and take their nap. -_-'' quite weird, but i guess its their culture.

Photos of Lomonoxup. Hanoi reputable school.

This is the first class i sat in on the first day to see how teachers here conduct their lessons. I will upload my lovely class students here before i leave for sgp.

I will be teaching ASEAN scholars IQ ( class 707) and also INTER E class 706.

Thats all for this post

2007-09-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

an extremely unlucky day.
I got pickpocked...

Everything in my pouch is gone.. really gone.
From my samsung hp, to mastercard, to singapore sim card, vietnam sim card, and alot of money.. ALOT ALOT of money..
sigh
'
Now we are all counting how much we have to pay for the hotel and also the extra service
such as laundry etc. sigh..

Made police report le... sigh.

i think its a motocyclist who did that. cos we slowly cross the road, cos i was totally blocked by them
.. sigh..

2007-08-31T06:12:00.000-07:00

2007-08-29T00:07:00.000-07:00

I finally get to blog.

REASON BEING:MY BOSS IS NOT IN TODAY..

and i finally wore normal clothes.

By right, i have to wear formal wear EVERYSINGLE working day.

i decided to be brave and not to wear formal today. HENG, boss really didnt come

Oh and i got no lessons, so i m too lazy to send for laundry again. Hmmfph, i dont even know if they really understand what im saying. its like chicken speaking to fish..!

THis is how i see on my webpage in blogger.com

And i seriously dont understand.

This is my third da working in RV centre hanoi.

And i really tried lots of stuffs....

From looking at a menu, and purely TIKAM, to crossing a road where there is no law and its from 5 direction.. -_--'' and to eat some funny food which i dont know what its call.. think its tape noodle., It looks like those tapes from the cassettes. OH..and i RODE MOTOCYCLE LAH! with my boss.. --_--;; its like sooooooooooooo FUN and scary and the same time..

but the traffice is very slow here. cos too many moto..

2007-08-25T07:40:00.000-07:00

See how constantly i update??
I will try to see if there is internet access over there... Or maybe mac? *DRreaming..

Today was a busy day. Went to watch Rush hour 3 at BIshan. It was damnnnn funny. Especially the part when jackie and james went to this chinese kungfu school. The YOU and ME part..
I would not elaborate so that those have not watch will not kill me.

Met my mum after that to get some last minute stuffs that i have to bring for my trip tomorrow.. ARGH.. my luggage is totally packed.
And guess what..

I brought my toy TURTLE ALONG... HE will accompany me throughout my days in Hanoi..

2007-08-24T07:34:00.000-07:00

Im not really excited in going vietnam..
And i dont know why those that are going with me so excited...

I will be missing alot of stuffs in singapore, such as teacher's day...
Gabriel LIm's performance ..
Jazz Duet..
international muithai competition..

Sigh.. its those rare to come by performance. yet...

Anyway, my flash web is not really completed yet.. thus have not uploaded it to a webhost. Too busy with my stupid vietnam reports...and my olvl.

Im supposed to attend chr training tomorrow.. HOWEVER... i will be going to catch rush hour 3. Anyway i cant attend training as i will be meeting my mum at 2pm to buy my stuffys.. Hai...
This vietnam internship really cracks my head alot..
IM still worried that my luggage has no place for the BUDGET Hotel!
argh..

2007-08-24T07:25:00.000-07:00

im flying to vietnam in 1 day!
I have yet to fully pack my stuffs.
AND my luggage is extremely BIG.
i guess those who looked at mine will laugh over their heads off = (
BUt.. I have already minimize it!

LIST that i have not bought:

Kettle
B..
Instant noodle

Things i have not put in luggage.

Hair bands
1 spoon and 1 fork
DS lite & charger
Camera and Camera battery + charger
HP and charger
Laptop + laptop adapter +mouse+ mouse pad+ external HDD
Slippers
I dont know what i miss =(

I really have no spacwe in luggage.. I really TRIED to not bring so much stuffs.. but.... sigh..

2007-08-08T20:55:00.000-07:00

Went for a concert at RP-TRCC on 3rd august. Well, its a late post though..
Better than nothing..

Purpose of my attending the concert mainly is to see SHANNON The pianiast.
He will be performing 3 songs together with CHR (christ church) choir. Led by Mis Sheila Ong, conductor.
1-Breaking Free
2-As Long as I have Music
3-Love in Any Language

We were supposed to sit at 7.15, but alot of schools were late.
Schools participating were:
Fuchun Primary Choir
Greenwood Choir
Si Ling Primary Choir
Woodgrove Secondary Choir
Woodlands Primary Choir
And last of all.. the school where i left my beautiful memories.. CHR

I almost could not get a ticket as there was some miscommunication between mdm yam and the in charge. Tickets were not issued. And chr was bringing 5 classes there. I had to pray that few students were absent, so that i could take over their seats.
Saw many familiar faces there.. such as my badminton team juniors..

After the interval, Chr performed.. The entire concert hall turned to a staduim, with all the CHR supporters cheering for their performance. Irwin Kang (MR), NG and a new CHR teacher sat beside me...Irwin wanted to trade pokemon with me. but i told him to set a good example to the students. haha..

Overall Performance was a success, and i find that conductor Francis Liew was excellent. HE was very into the music and i love his style of conducting, although i believe alot of people would not know how to appreciate his style.

2007-07-29T03:07:00.000-07:00

SSO - Inspirational notes on Friday 27 july was not too bad..
Conducted by Yaron Traub and Chen Sa from china on Piano.
I didnt really like Chen sa piece that day( Piano concerto in G major) ... Luckily there was an encore, and i felt that her encore was much better than the actual piece.
3 peices lasted for about 2 hours i think.

1- Alborada del gracioso by Ravel, (8'00)
2-Piano concerto in G major by Ravel (23'00)
3-Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64.(50'00)

Next performance i will be watching would most likely be A little Fix (under VCH chamber series) on 5th Aug VCH 5pm sun.
Anyone interested, pls ask me along, or i will attend it MYSELF.

5th Aug will be featuring pieces fr omDebussy, Moszkowski, kurtag, bartok and ibert.
There is my favourite violinist there too. Chan yoong han. =)
Reason for attending this VCH chamber series would be cos i missed GABRIELS violinist performance at the espalande last week! what a waste. 12 years old boy that is so talented. sigh.
Guess i have to start hunting for money to watch more of such perforamance .. sigh

2007-07-16T00:09:00.001-07:00

Im thinking of creating my OWN FLASH website. BUt im wondering if i could include this in blogger. zzz

2007-07-16T00:06:00.000-07:00

oh no.. MY BLOG IS DYING! =(

But i really got no idea what to update. My life is so boring.
My recent updates

1- GEtting a Nit DS TODAY hopefully
2-Practice on my piano exam pieces
3- Fell in love with SPring waltz Korean drama.

2007-07-01T07:34:00.000-07:00

update:

The average time for me to eat a durian (NOT a whole durian, just a seed) is : 4 mins..
ANd the normal time for a man to eat 4 whole durians is 4 mins.

IM sooooooooooooo slow..

2007-06-08T17:46:00.000-07:00

Badminton CHR is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fun..

I really miss the training back then..

Feel so old everytime i return. Luckily theres coach around, which makes me not the oldest.
Photos of CHR senior team after the water bomb thinggy. You cant really see how wet we are from the pictures, but we were sure that no one was dry a single spot.. =)

2007-06-03T06:13:00.000-07:00

Let me share with you sometime on what i did during my short trips.
See those photos of the clams like - creature over there?
Its what i picked on the beach.. We dig them out one by one.
To be specific, these are called "GONGS GONGS"...
My dad said he ate it before, so we have decided to try them.
We brought back to the hotel.. We could not find any container to boil them, so we threw all of them in the water boiler (the one that boils water).
We boiled them over and over again, until the clams open their shells automatically.
We ate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although there were still sand in it. The sand were too fine, and it was hard to get it out from the THING inside, therefore we ate with the sand.. =)
Quite disgusting..
Anyway this food is being served in high class resturant.. Yet we do it the Traditional way.. see the photos..
DIY FOoD!

2007-06-03T06:01:00.000-07:00

Just returned from my short trip to - Bintan..
Not really a nice place to visit though. Just a good place to hang out at the beach.
WIll slowly upload the pictures one by one.. Taken by my dad who "was" a photographer.. Before i was born i think.

2007-05-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Short post

Life's been hectic again...
Will be going to indo this thurs.
Excited
Have been skipping trainings for quite some time
Met up lots of pple
Issac baby got sick
God bro looking for apartments, helping him
Finally watched spiderman 3
Will watch POC soon

2007-05-23T05:30:00.000-07:00

YES i managed to find time to update my rusted blog.
TOo many updates.. i shall only briefly talk bout the recent ones.

1-
I got myself a green specs, and from then on, people have been calling me froggie, or even better old froggie, cos i just celebrated by birthday 2 days ago.

2-
I am one year older.. =( Signs of old ageing seems to be getting quite obvious. My memory is not that good anymore, im beginning to get naggy, and my stamina is declining.

3-
My grades for this semester are quite well so far... I shall push myself furture to maintain this standard.. Am having JAVA coding UT tmr, sure gone case, as im very lousy in Java.

AGENDA For at lesast this week

Complete my PP (professional Profiling) project proposal which dues on 30th may
Study for my JAVA UT which will take place tmr at 4.15
Memorise Melodic and harmonic ascending and descending for my next test on June
Revise on my Korean which i have not been touching for months since i got my intermediate cert..-Got inspired by derek to continue learning.. Will only continue my advance korean lessons most likely next year
Get my Certificate for Sports Excellence award 2007' from Serene
Finally... CLEAR everything and go for holiday next thurs..

AJA... - jiayou in korean.

2007-05-23T05:09:00.000-07:00

This photo is requested by PanYing.. .Hahah.. Stop nagging at me..

THere is my Grandma's piano.. TOld you it looks kuku.. Anyway returned her, so this is my only memory left with this keyboard. ALthough i got back my piano, it does not sound good yet... =( Guess it will never sound good unless i buy a new one.. Well that only happens.... if ... 1 - my parents strike lottery, 2 - i earned that amount myself.. Both seems quite impossible.

2007-05-02T06:53:00.000-07:00

Chamber Players -Simply Strings was good.. THough the air con was not really cold enuf. Maybe its because of the spot light. Overall i still prefered the last song. (refer to the song list in my previous post.

These days, have been meeting up with Jiening for lunch and piano playing in the school library. Guess the two of us are VIP of the library piano or the ROland Keyboard..
I feel so shit*y without a piano these days. Lent my grandma's keyboard instead to just practice on the fingerings. It just feel so different. No pedal, no solid woody feel, no weight on the keys, and MOST importanly, NOT enought Scale ..This limited alot of songs i want to play..

HOpe the tuner return my piano internal organ back and tune it properly.He said one week, but i predict it will be more than 1 week. NOw my piano at home is like a hollow piano.. useless. The hammer heads were all removed.

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Went to school today to attend a photography talk. IM like so desperate for CE points. haha.
Will ask my dad to help me take a good photo for the assignment fot the NDA points, and i will write the essay. Met jiening and Candice in the library afterwards. They were like so LOST, and could not decide on what piano piece to play for their audtion. It was so funny when they keep changing their minds on the songs.. (MAybe its my influence) haha.

Went for my piano lessons, my teacher was kind of fierce today, cos my pedalling was wrong ( I CANT PRACTICE without a piano, with a keyboard that has no pedals). Thus end up only passing few songs.. haha..

After lesson, jiening called, walked with her to the interchange and talk bout how she faired for her audition. Tomor will have my PP briefing, and also i just recv a email saying i am awarded with certificate of merit for some sports award.. Quite shocking..
Anyway i hate to recv awards in front of a big crowd, so i just replied them if i can not attend yet still get the certs..

Waiting for their reply... ...

2007-04-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

Will be going to the esplanade for Chamber PLayer's performance at 7.30pm. It will be held in the recital studio.

They will be playing :
Young Felix Mendelssohn's String Sinfonia No. 8, a Singapore premiere of Louis Spohr's Double Quartet No. 1, and the ever popular Serenade for Strings by Tchaikovsky.

The group will be led by NAC Young Artist award winner Chan Yoong Han, and joined by violists Lionel Tan of the T'ang Quartet, and Oh Han Ling, recently returned to Singapore after a stint working with some of the biggest names in the popular and movie music business in America

-Esplanade.com

Also found out that the above mentioned, Chan Yoong Han is someone i know, brother. haha.. So coincide.And that someone i know will also be performing later..

AND
Oh han Ling is actually my web mutimedia faci violin teacher.. SO COINCIDE lah.. she actually knows him.

In addition to, i found out that alot of RP pple are going to watch.. This includes RP entire string ensemble and their friends/families, my web mutimedia facilator and her friends which is also RP SIT facilitators..
My RP badminton coach and also.... GUESS wat... the young violinis, SELINA TANG and her Mum.

IT Will be soooo exciting... im so..... EXCITED!

2007-04-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

A new school term.... The route to challenges..
First week was hectic.. 4 modules a week
And 3 modules were programming..

First day: Did HTML codings.. Each of us had to create a website by 2 oclock. There was no help given, and most of us are just trying an error.. Keep pasting codes from resources on the NET.

Second Day: DId Networking module.. Had to learn about the computer OSI system. Second week of this networking module, we had to crimp wires. -__-'' and i flung for my this module daily grade.. hai...

Third Day: OFF DAY

Fourth Day: Did JAVA coding -_-''
Had to work on the CMD black screen. Java codings are so different from MySql and html and VB.NEt.. im getting confused.. sometimes end up, entered java codings into MySQl database condings./

Friday: Did MySql database programming..its kind of fun for this module, as its not that tedious SO Far.. but i think i will flung for this module as well..

These few days keep meeting up jiening for lunch and piano playing in RP library.. haha.. RP piano very popular... had to queeue, so we went to look for scores to sight read and play with the ROLAND piano instead of the YAMAHA... haha..

Will meet kim later to go for RP badm soon...

2007-04-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

I will soon be hanging my white flag besisde my bed..
I am soon going bonkers.
I am soon going mad.
So many stuffs to do.
So many people to meet.
So many codings to remember.
So many ppt to rush

These few days are so hectic.. NO time to sit on my sofa and relax with a cup of tea.
Just came back from badminton training in rp. Been long time since i last went, due to my injury and busy schedule.
Wont be going this thurs training too, cos of my arm..

SAD
Looks like my arm will never ever recover. Been almost a month and have given up on my physiotherapy. Maybe the doctor is cheating me my $$ along.. Praying that it will heal by itself, but after today's practice, it seems that it feels the same when i first injured it..
Badminton was my life, but it seems that it shall now be classifed under, ONCE...
Badminton is once my life...
This injury create such an impact. hai =(..

DOnt know what to do also with it.... Best to chop off i guess.

2007-04-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

My plans for my May-June overseas trip.
All these plans will take place just befor my school holidays on the 3rd June. This means that i will have to skip school =X

Plan A
Date: Leave Sgp on the 29th may night
Duration:5 Days
Destination: Pangkor Island
Details: Stay at either a 0 star, 1 star or 4 star beach resort. Leave Pangkor island on sat and move on to KL for shopping. Probably hire a chauffeur to drive us all the way there or to just take a public coach.

Plan B
Date: Leave Sgp on the 27th May night
Duration: 8 days
Destination: China- Lijiang, Dali, Kunming
Details: Not sure. but internal flights from china would be involve

Plan C
Date:29th May night
Destination: Perhentian island
Duration: 5-7 Days.
Detials: Similar to plan A

Feel kinda bad.. Going to skip lessons just for tour.. haha.

2007-04-03T03:14:00.000-07:00

Been practicing my piano for the last past weeks, hopefully im able to play them perfectly with feeling instead of hitting the right notes..

Saw this designer piano on the Net. and made 1 photo out of many photos..

This are so far the 3 Nicest and coolest piano i have seen so far.. well i designed the "poster".. =)

2007-03-29T03:31:00.000-07:00

Please Drop by at my music blog when free.. www.stef-music-addiction.blogspot.com

This is my latest re-ment miniature collection i have bought recently..

-Sushi Revolving Set

Although i hate sushi, i find this set rather interesting. It seems so REAL..

2007-03-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

NEW!!

- (1) I have changed my blog address to www.stef-travel-addiction.blogspot.com
Sorry for the trouble. I know it can be very irritating to change the links in your template, but i have no choice. (Got spamming in my old address)

-(2) I have created a new blog specially for music lovers (specifically piano lovers) Do drop by and take a look. The link is indicated at the profile of this blog at the top left hand.
Link: www.stef-music-addiction.blogspot.com

-(3) I will try my best to constantly update my blog whenever i got the time and provided i dont feel lazy. Both blogs will be ALIVE, so do drop comments or any questions for the music blog

2007-03-21T20:38:00.000-07:00

Its been quite sometime since i post my entries..
22/03/07 - POST ON... my favourites in relation to music..

Favourite instrument: Piano
Favourite Piano piece: Polovetsian Dances by Prince Igor.
Favourite movie theme classic: The high and the mighty (GRAND)
Favourite orchestra symphony: The Ballad of Cat Ballou

Favourite pianist: Richard Clayderman
Favourite composer: J.S Bach
Favourite Conductor: Darrel Ang (NEWEST idol)*

Hate: Countings of tempo
Hate genre: English Pop
Hate: musicians who got no feelings..play like dummies

Recents:

Recently went to watch 2 SSo performance. 1- TRCC, the other is the outreach programme beside woodlands Mrt.

Soloist: Selina Tang ( 13 years old this year)
Conductor: Darrel Ang(will talk bout him later)

Selina Tang (Violinist)
I believe and have confidence that she will become famous one day.. and therefore i can DARE SAY i watch her first performance in sgp at TRCC.
Although she was technically great with the violin, however she can be considered still quite raw, she alittle shy too cos of her young age.
Currently she is one of the top scorers, and was admitted to RGS. In addition to, she is in the NAFA ensemble and was one of the young musicians (when she was 7) that was awarded the ABRSM (associate board of royal school of music)..If you are one of those MUSically incline person readingm u will know that to enter royal school of music is a damn hard thing.. haha..

If you are interested, read.. he is really an amazing talented guy, whats more he is born in singapore.

*Darrel Ang

DARRELL ANG, Conductor Laureate and co-founder of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, was born in Singapore and studied with the composer Leong Yoon Pin. He was recently named the Conductor Laureate of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in honor of his tireless dedication to the advancement of this young orchestra. which is a damn famous music associate place)

In sgp, 1997, his studies in Piano and Music Theory at the Vienna Conservatory were interrupted by military service. Since 2000 he has been studying Orchestral & Operatic Conducting at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory under Leonid Korchmar (Conductor of the Kirov Opera, Mariinsky Theatre).

He has also worked with Prof. Otakar Trhlík (Janacek Academy, Brno) and Tomás Koutník (Principal Conductor of the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra, Zlín / Slovak Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice) in the Czech Republic, and most recently with Sir Colin Davis (Principal Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra) in Dresden. Orchestras with whom he has appeared include the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, the Congress Orchestra of St. Petersburg, the Filharmonie Hradec Králove and the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Beginning with the 2002-2003 season he was appointed Associate Conductor of the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, leading them in highly acclaimed performances with soloists from the Mariinsky Theatre Academy of Young Singers, and at the renowned contemporary music-festival „From the Avant-Garde to the Present Day" in St. Petersburg. Appearances have been planned with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo, and with the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice (Poland).

He has inspired me to push on with my music pathway...Love his style of conduction, esp when a orchestra piece that have lots of staccato's in it. Rare young talent. Recently he won the itallian 9th Antonio Pedrotti International Competition for Conductors held in September-October 2006 in Trento, Italy, which is a HARD n prestigous award for musicians.
In addition, he won the young performances award for conducting. (alot of conductors are old lah)

2007-02-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

Now for the updates... I have just passed a hectic week.. A complete hectic week worst than school days..

I shall start saying how RUSHED my life was these few days..
Day 1 of my school holiday: my coach, dr loke suddenly msned me : "Are you there? URgent"
Therefore i thought what happened, so i responded in the shortest time.. He wanted me to enter the sports council website to help make payments for the badminton courts booked. And when i finally entered the payment page, he passed me RP's visa card number.. It was like sooo cool lah and i thought i could contribute by helping to make payments for the courts booked online..

(Had to booked the badminton courts in woodlands stadium as RP's sports complex was undergoing either upgrading or reparing. Not sure though)

Then came the THING>>>
ERROR 172. And i could not make the payments via credit card. Their webpage went mad..
So i asked dr loke, by what time have to book the payments... and he said 12pm. so i glanced at my new watch SOMEONE bought for me... it was 11.25.. And the worst thing that i was far away from the stadium which is in woodlands..
I had to dashed down to the stadium. worst thing is i could not get a cab.,...! so i got so frustated that i dashed down to the taxi stand in the nearest mrt. and it was sooooooooo LONG queeue..S and the time was 11.45. So i gave up.... i called Comfort taxi. They were very inefficient and came at 11.55.

I finally borded the cab, and i asked the taxi driver if he could dashed to woodlands stadium by 12. he laughed and said "you think this is james bond movie ah" so i replied him : just try your best"

oooo finally reached there, and the time was 12.15. Went to make payment, and the fellow in charge said all the bookings were cancelled.. Cos its automated and all bookings will be cancelled if payments were not make by 12pm. Luckily i was there JUST in time to re book the courts...

DAY 2 of my holiday
Msned till 4 am plus plus.. (actually cant remember till what time), and woke up late... Had promise my friend to accompany him go shopping for his shoes at amk. lukily i didnt off my phone and he message me "i have reached the station".. zzz how blur i was, i thought he was too early..Then i heard the vacuum cleaner sound....(my maid was already up)!! i DASHED out of the house after all the necessary stuffs and CHOING ahhhhh.. went to meet my friend.. THere i dashed out my house as if there was fire... wah lao.. damn hectic..

DAY 3
Went for pysiotherapy. Made an appointment with the doctor at 10. And guess what ? i overslept (cos of the late msning in the night) and woke up at 10.15.. Ahhhh... i was so lost, that i changed in the shortest time possible and DASHEDDDDDD out of the house again... my maid called me "sieow ah".. -_-''
could not see any cab at all again... (maybe its due to the cny period) and like the same, i dashed to the mrt station taxi stand.. and even longer queeue.. i gave up and took mass rapid transit there. While in the train, i called the doc up and i told him i was on my while.. he was like "waht ???" so i apologies and said i could only meet him at 11.15 the earliest..

Conclusion of my pysiotherapy for today, doc ramesh said that i had something growing on my back of my shoulder, which he describe it to be watery.. i was like" what on earth is that" i was damn scared at the moment too... Then he did ultra sound on that watery spot..Quite depressing but luckily doc ramesh gave me a positive look..
He told me that i now had 3 problems on my arm 1- dunno what 2 muscle seprately is having inflammation. 2- Rotatory cuff ...... problem. which i dont know what is the full name..
3- is the watery stuff that grow on my shoulder back..

hai.. wonder when will my arm will ever recover...

After , dashed home from Bishan and dashed again out of home from woodlands to yishun gv to catch a movie with my brother.. "just follow law! " its a good movie though the fact that its a singapore film. Guess im beginning to gain interest in singapore films..The elements that are being used in this film is extremely terrific. In addition to, so far this is the only movie that really make me laugh throughout non stop..

Had a great time with my brother, he owed me my birthday present, but i could not se de him to spend money ....hahaa... how wei da...

Reminder: Try to avoid lame movies like Epic..its a lousy story with no plot or story line..
Taken from wiki:
This movie has proven extremely disappointing to almost all reviewers. At one point, it had an almost unheard-of 0% approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes reviewing site, and is generally regarded as the least imaginative film of the "...Movie" franchise to date

WAH>>> my longest post.. with pure words..

2007-02-09T04:32:00.000-08:00

DONUT FACTORY

Guess what? i have tried Singapore's best donut. - Donut Factory. Lesson ended super early, thus decided to go with a few classmates. Went there.. and PLEASE DOWNLOAD this ppt to see my journey buying the donuts..

Credits- Johnathan's team.

Edited. Thus left the story about how we queued for the donuts.... For the long 4.5 hours wait...

Will upload the ppt SOON... (i dont know how to upload..) =( thus only can print screen one shot of the slides)

This is the QUEEUE STORY.... too bad. not animation

Meanwhile.

This is a few snapshots on the donuts i bought...

2007-02-07T05:43:00.000-08:00

Went to buy new year's goodies and snacks with my mom. I had promise her to clear my wednesday this week to accompany her. Bought so many things... .Was not feeling well, thus did not really choose alot of goodies.. yet my mom keep saying.. "its free, just take..." hai..

Caught a flu.. Went to GalaR'e to eat waffle ice-cream... was so nice.. yet sinful.. hehe... haven been going to training for quite some time...

Had a wonderful time with few of my classmates with the rare company by brian, moxi and diana.. We played mafia, and made a lot of noise..

Pass by a shoe shop, and this everlast shoe caught my attention.. It was on display, looking so sad, thus decided to buy it off the display stand.. Another levis shoe caught my attention, but it was bright RED, so end up buying EVERLAST =(. Its a women's cutting shoe, not the normal converse type.. =)

This is a snapshot taken from my phone.. i just merely design the picture design not the photo.

2007-02-06T04:31:00.000-08:00

My Latest design...
I just love fossil watches.. They are soooooooooooo cool...
Especially the one on my picture.. haha.
Please click on it to see a clearer and Bigger version....

2007-02-04T05:03:00.000-08:00

First thing first, i really have to apologies for the hard effort that one have to enter my blog.. Sorry.

Played badminton with Kim and Sam on Sat, was fun... Met Sam in the morning, cos kim could not wake up in time..Slowly strolled to Rp, and a slow warm up by playing pushing with Sam. Damn funny. No matter how hard we tried, we could not push for more than 50 times.. AHH... we gave up halfway...-_-''. Then we were not satisfied, so we played pushing with Kim too.. 2 of them against me.. -_-'' AND guess what, we finally reach 50 for ONCE..(that was the only once though)...

Went to meet up with Mr.Bay for lunch.. And as usual, HE STILL CHEATS when playing whether poker cards or board games.. We played bluff at the foodcourt, and at first we really thought he had win, but then.... he HAPPILY TAKE OUT 2 cards from the tissue packet that was put in front of him all the while... FAINTS LAH!!!!!!

Mr. BAy never change... haha.. Maybe thats why his nick is cheater Bay..

Sunday
When out with my family.. Initially wanted to shop for new years clothes, but end up with lots of other stuffs like some gibberish.. AND SAD TO SAY " MY DAD BOUGHT A FOSSIL WATCH FOR MELVIN" im like soooooooooooooooooooo JEALOUS LAH!!!!.. YET i could not do anything... I LOVE My bro's fossil watch.,. its so much nicer than mine.. and whats more, the fossil im having now is not bought by my dad =(

Went to shop around with my mum... Finally pass by a OWELL shop.. my mom promise that she would get a bio magnectic braclet for my bd.. (bio magnectic braclet is said to have alot of health benefits.. like improve blood circulation and many many more.)
Went to check out the price... and it cost.... $499..
Although none of the braclet look very nice, haha, its for HEALTH benefit like i said..

New year's finally here. really hope my relative DONT SWTICH the tradition to MAHJONG!"!!! I STILL PREFER GIN RUMMY.. Cos i win alot on GIN RUMMY every year.... unlike mahjong.. only few cents.. -__'' IF I WIn this year (EXCLUDING ANGPAO MONEY) , i will sure get my FOSSIL WATCH.... n if enuf, will get my bio magnectic titanium braclet...

Every year i will make it a MUST to not spend any angpao money... To keep for my future use.. =)

2007-02-02T05:42:00.000-08:00

Im going to finally update a proper short post. well at least its short..

First Thought: orion belt is not a korean. Its not kim's brother Donavan, its.... Kim's elder brother Ben. For so long, i didnt know even know who i was chatting with all along.
Found out that Ben is also another Korean Freak. haha.. We will be exchanging korean resources often now. But for now. he owes me "love at harvard OST soundtrack", and i owe him my intermediate korean lesson book..

Second Thought: I have so many things in mind that i wanna buy..
1- Fossil Watch
2- Bio-magnetic wrist band
3- New bag / New shoes for CNY

Third Thought: We, as human will never be satisfied with what we have at the moment, yet the pursuing of luxury will never end.. till the day we get our last C... "Coffin"

Fourth Thought: I wonder will 2007 bring me hope and light?

2007-01-31T16:37:00.000-08:00

oh my... its been ages since i last uploaded!!!!!!! my blog is going to rot and filled with maggots (this is wat SAM neo said)
Too long ago.. Dont know where to start...

i will just have a short post about my gadgets... haha

2007-01-26T07:42:00.000-08:00

Credited by rare stream in the desert..
-looi moxi

2007-01-14T00:47:00.000-08:00

Short post for my trip to Guizhou, China

2007-01-13T17:52:00.000-08:00

oh my... maggots are BeginnIng to CrawL in to My blog.! its Been such A Long And TirIng perIod Since SchooL starTs.. Been BUsy WIth studyING FOR my Test... Cos my Grades ARe droPping.. Busy with BadminTOn trainings, as IVP tournment is Here..

IVP TOURNMENT SCHEDULE

(1)Men: RP vs NTU; Ladies: RP vs NUS)- already played... LOST..zzz
(2) 16th January (Men: RP vs SIM; Ladies: No match scheduled)
(3) 19th January (Men: RP vs ITE; Ladies: RP vs ITE) 6.00pm
(4) 24th January (Men: RP vs SP; Ladies: RP vs SP) 6.00pm

RECENT UPDATES FOR MYSELF

BroughT kim FOr bAdminton TrainING in RP.. Sam WAS supposed TO be involved too, yet she pang sei me n kim last Minute... PLayed 1 or 2 doubles matches with the guys, and did some shuttle drill and shadow.. damn tiring..
Kim did a set of shadow with me.. then she WATCH ME DIE alone...

After which, we slack alot, watched Dr.Loke played Singles with one of my team member. WAH, no joke, drloke jump smash DAMN high lah!!

Went To take Shower and went to take A look at RP's open house.. oh btw, i dont have school on monday and tues, -thanks to those waiting for o lvl results pple, due to rp open house.
Met, ke xin and her friends, met joanne and her mum, met kimberely's primary school friends, met other CHR pple whom i forgot their names.
Last of all, went to see DR .loke's magic!! so damn "zai" lah.. THough i must admit i suck at magic, its quite cool somehow though..

Been wanting to post my trip to guizhou photo, but i just cant FIND THE TIME!!! lol
been so busy practicing my VB skills.. and VB take s up sooooooooo much of my time!!.. hai..
I dont even have the time to visit CHR new sec 1 badminton players... sobsob... heard that there are 80 over pple who came for CHR selection for badminton players...

Also, have not visited mdm wee house lah!! its been so long since she said, and when i m free, she isn't, and when shes free, im not. And when both of us are free, she is sick.. -_-'' faints..

Thats all for now, going to practice piano now! recently found a great score.. Oh.. and also, will be taking up jap class in RP on feb i think... then i will be mutilanguage speaking.. haha..
Talking about that, i have stopped my korean lesson for almost an YEAR! im in dead meat..
DOOM.... my korean skills are damn rusty now.. yet i still dont have the time to revise..hai..

TRAGIC life..
Tragic me..

2006-12-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

I shall Talk aboUt JapaN toDay.. ALthough my Fav Country Is STill KOrea.. -_-''

GatewAY to Western JaPan, the City OF osaka. Osaka Is The Third LargeSt City in Japan anD iS Also One Of the Cities Where most TOUrist Would Visit..
FirST Stop, OsakA Castle, Whose TopMost Floor iS Now a 360 DegRee View Of ObserVatiion Deck. AlthOugh i didnt EntEr the Castle. -_-'' During Winter, AS the Sun Shines on Osaka CastlE, It Turns Gold In CertaIn anglE wHen you see IT. I wenT DurinG winter, Thus Its not really ShinnIng GOld lah..
HereS a fEw PiC of Osaka Castle wiTh me n My LittlE bro..

We HAd to Take QUite A shorT walk bout 5 Mins TO Actually SEe the caStle. Along THe Way Was Osaka CastLe Park. Its a puBlic Park That LEads to the castle Itself.. Just Flowers N botak Trees along the way.. cos all of the LEaves have DroppEd Due to the Season.
Here Are some Pic OF me n My Bro ALong Our way TO the Castle. IT does NOt seemed COld in the piCutres, but YES ITs indeed COLD!
AcTUally There iS too mANy Pics For me To UplOad. SO i WIll just RandOMly upload SOme.

2006-12-04T16:28:00.000-08:00

my post Date a bit Co.k up..
now I SHall TalK aboUT The "DATE" i havE wiTH GeralDINE..
MEt GerAldine On Friday! we BooKEd the Day FRiday sincE last Week, COs both oF us are Busy pEople..
Was So ExciTed lah,when WE FirstMet up, Haha.. WE almost HUg Each OTher, but didnt.. cos very CrowdED.. haha..
Both OF us ARe So Broke that We Could NOT find a NIce PLace TO eat... We THus went To pAsta MaNia.. Got 10% disCount Cos im A RP student! haha..

While We ate, WE Tok Cock.. .so MUCh that WE nearly DIed oF tHrist... THen we went For a walk, Saw lalitA n Kylie... SHe Keep ASking US to QUIT poly!! sobsob lah!!!!!!!!! haha..
then we Stand ANd talk In the MIddle OF cwp.. haha. For 1 n a half HOur laH! haha..

tts all...

2006-12-02T17:26:00.000-08:00

plAYed badmINton with my Buddy, Kim YEsterday at RP.. brOUght her along...
IT was So FUn lah! except for the PArt thaT i had TO do FootWork.. Super CoIncide THat she Actually KNows my Coach, Dr LOke.. wAs her fac 2 YEars ago.. Dr.Loke Said He didnt RecogNize hEr the momEnt she SteppeD into THe hall.. BUt He Somehow RemeMbered Something vaguely...
Kim waS SO funny.. SHe missed HEr FIrst 2 lob Shots TOTALLY! ahhaaaaa ..air ball.. she almost forgot what BAdminton was... BUt aftER some Warm up, she remembered her strokes again!!!!!!

We plaYed doubles Against the Rest of THe graDuated Rp students, whom i myself DUnno who tHey ARe, but we Won!!!! muahahahaa.. undefeatable pair.. until the last matCH, guess our Energy weRe low, n Kim BLister Got worst i guess.. So BY right, we WEre able to WIN the last match.. OTher Than that, we WON! haha..

SomethING funny HappEn! we Went TO take a Shower at my sch toilet, and i dint uSe my sch SHower facilities before, So we JuSt enteRed any Room To bathe.. THE WATER WAS SO Cold! that we kEPt screamiNG! AFter showering, -_-'' i found out THat there Are Cubicals That have heater (WARM, HOT WATER)... -_-''' super lame..

WeNT FOr a SHORt shopping Trip after That at Cwp FOr kim's winter Wear.. aiyo,, she Going korea and I still Cant Believed it.. hhaa.
OVerall HAd lOTs of FUn yesterday.. IN fact nv had So much Fun in RP badminton BEfore till yESTerday.. Haha... Thank you kim too For the WOnderful Time...

HAve a safe trip in koreA! and Dont worry, I will tell yOU wat i Wan YOu To Get for mE!!.
And ENjoy!!!

-yr buddy!

2006-11-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

I smile whenever I recall
The special moments we have had;
Walking always hand in hand
Through the good times and the bad.

Sometimes, I think it is a dream --
The love you give me could not be;
But then when you are in my arms
There's no mistake in its purity.

Whether I'm with you or far away,
My thoughts are always drawn to you
Like a compass needle pointing North
To a love much more than true.

Of all the people on this Earth --
How lucky can a person be?

touched?

2006-11-23T16:36:00.000-08:00

NexT STop.. to The BOA TEa FAcTOry.. WaS QUITe Cold thEre, Cos of THe WINd.
TooK SOme PhotoS, Went INto The FacTOry whereby it Got So Smelly....

2006-11-22T02:29:00.000-08:00

Will POst my Trip SLowly!...
BAck from CamerON highLand and GEnTIng. PersONally Prefer CAmEron HIghland THan GentinG, all thouGh in Cameron hIghland, there is NOt much THing to Do or to BUy, yet i EnjoYEd the FreSh air And the Hotel over THere.. The cameRon highlanD - Strawberry park Hotel ROom Is so biG lah! Esp the TOilet!!!!!!So BIG! the bathtub Is IN the middle OF the toilet, and there is So much Space For Rollerblading in it lah!
the TOIlet has 2 doors Linkway. And they Have COnnecTIon Room For Every ROom. So it Was fun hOpping by my dad's ROom n MIne.. so lame lah..

ReaCheD there in THe mORning, too earlY for OUr check in, as they Say the ROom was nOT ready! stupid service! ThinK we STill had 4-5 houRs to pass befoRe we Could cheCk in. Left our LuggaGe in the Luggage room Lobby, And When TO booK a Taxi and Bring us around CamEron hiGHland.

FirsT STop, wE VisiTed StraWberry Park. Have Lots oF Photos, But I Dont THink i will POst them all! too manY! no choice, my dAD loves To Take photos.. -_-''

Im tired of typIng.. TO be Continued...

2006-11-15T18:44:00.000-08:00

Dunno WHy Some pplE Are Just NoT AuTomatIc.
TRYing to be SmarT when They Are NOt
AcT HardWorkIng, buT not
Think THey ARe always RIGHt without Using Their Brains
NeglEct Feelings oF OThers.

IN this WOrLd, Some Pple Are Just likE The Above.

2006-11-15T01:23:00.000-08:00

my life is BeGinninG to Reach tHe DepresSion stage.
I am BeginNnig to stop GettINg A's
I Feel So SucKy.
WhEn pple Take advanTage of the oThers who they Think they Will do all The works.
PEople smoke THrough,
Easily A.
Pple Work hard And Get Stress Up,
Never Get A's
EveryThing Doesnt sEemed TO be in the COrrect way It SHould Be.
Arm inJured.
Not In a Good HEalth State.
DidnT achIeveD AnyThing out Of the PO-LITE games.
No Achivements thiS yeaR.
Holiday IS comiNg.
Yet THe FeeLing is JuST noT theRe.
No life aT home.
Not inteResteD in Doing AnyThing at HomE.
Miss My BuddieS,
Love accompanion,
yet Not in the MooD.
leaVing for HolIday This friday,
Yet seemEd alittle boRIng.
Miss My SeconDary LIfe,
Where There WereNT thINGs to worry.
Lost in TouCh with some Pple that i Used To hAng out With,
Wanna CatCH up, just no time n no mood.

-sad me

2006-11-11T02:07:00.000-08:00

SomeETImes i Feel So UnFortunATe. EVerywherE i Go, There SEemEd to be a SHortAGe of BAdminTOn girls... I TOt CHR was the Only Case, and NOw in RP, there still is a shorTAge Of Girls For TOurnment...

I remEmBEred WHen i FirSt EnTerEd CHR sch Team, i Had less tHan 3 girls in My bAtch... It was ONly When I leave the Team, The Girls Team BegAn To BuiLD up anD gEt sTRonger.. i RemEmberEd i had tO Train with the GUys alwaYS and THere was not mUch Girls..

Now in RP, its still the Same, in thE SEnse THat there iS not many Girls in the Team.. i Dun feel the BOnd in RP girls Team at all actually. There isnt THe feeling I can Get from the Previous CHR B diVision Girls- sophia and sam's batch...

KIM KIM KIM!! i miss yoU lah!!!! haha.. remembered The times WHEn We CLimb MT k TWICE? remembered THOse freakiNG tedious Trainings wE get before the Final Climb. remember we had to carry THose 3 1.5 littles n more n run more than 10k along Gambas Avenue..!! remember the moments when we sleep in the Same room the second TIMEs!!! we were like so kuku n was so happy we Got a decent place to sleep compared to the first climb...and we were SO happy that We kept jumPing on the BEd!! i miss mt k! i miss the wonderful moments.!! i miss the times when i had to squeeze with Miss Phua in a single bed due to the lack of beds. i Remembered the scene when a rat climbed onto mdm yam's shoulders, and she SREAM!! i rememebred we had to wake up at 2am to prepare for the final summit climb! i remembered the White Water rafting that We had.. I remembered the times when played Water fight with our paddle with our principal mr Ang... I remembered when we Got ourselves a new pet- JIEYING, the mini colourful caterpilla.. N i also rememebred MR KANG KILLED IT by dropping it at an altitude of more than 3000 m... i remembered when we Got So borED in the bus and WE played with our TWIN ducks!!!!!!!!!!!

KIM YOU REMEMBER??

2006-11-10T00:03:00.000-08:00

in class now..maths faci is talking to his tablet PC and the white board... hai.. sad
Will be going for tournment at SP later. i forgot whether i will be against NYP or TP.. either case, GONE CASE!! =)
WIll be Playing Doubles later, due to ARM PAIN!! its been QUite Some time it have noT recovER. Sleep ALso GoT probleM.. hai!!! tragic.

Continue with the CHR badm 2006 photos...

2006-11-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

NO badminTOn trainiNG today!! life is so boRing.. O level Done, Now its time TO study For mY KoreEAN.. GettinG so chim.. Wanted To Go semBawanG shopPing centre, BUT no one follow me!!!

O lvl yEsterday Was so zz. "no word to discribe".. quite Ok n Also Quite Difficult.. GOt a strong FEeliNG im GOing to fail AGAIN!!!!!!! nvm.. i shall HAVE SOme faith of myself! =) hope I Can at LEAst pass... =)

ContinuE with the CHR badmInton camp 2006 Photos...

2006-11-06T21:23:00.000-08:00

OH no!!!!!!!! O lvl TOmo!!!!!!!!!!!!! die!

Finally i got THe linkEd where CHR Badminton camp 2006'
500 Over Photos. thereFore i Will UploAD few at a time!!!!!!!

2006-11-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

Lost to Sp in POL-ITE games, but i won ITE yesterdaY. =)
ReachEd home At about 11pm Plus i THink and Watch "Op Pa" meaning BROTHERS in korean. it was QuitE TOuChing, ExcepT the faCt that i dun reallY like the Actor in It. haha. and its a bit slow..

Im so Into PRISON BREAK lah.. its the best storyplan ive ever seen. Wonder How On earTh Did The WriTer tought of it. CurrEntly WaTChing SeaSon 2 now, Have To slow Down, cos O 's are ComIng, anD i really HaVE tOO MANY actiVities ThEse Days.

I LOST MY mousepAD! im so irriATeD!. my Dad BoughtT tt for Me.!!!! i rememBEred i Kept It, but Somehow IT disappeared.. hai..

2006-11-02T04:36:00.001-08:00

will Cut the Story short SHort. Extremely BUsy n TireD theSe few Days becos OF the PO-LITE games.. InjuRed quITe a bit hEre and There, Not in Form at all.. BadmInton RequIRes a littLe of "FENG" sometimes too..
WIll MEet up wiTH alot OF pple Next wEek After mY o Levels.. HEHE! GOING to meet my kor afTer soooooooo loNG!
No time For Photos!

2006-11-02T04:36:00.000-08:00

2006-10-30T01:16:00.000-08:00

My new latest toy.. somethiNG that Looks Quite LIke the korean show- "GOONG" bear.

Went For CHR Badm cAMp. I like tHe campfire Activities LIke the song n dance sesSIon and The Dress LIke lady Contest.Thanks And AppreiciatE for SUch SportINg pple like Shannon, fadli, Sheng Hao, oh no i Forgot the Another Guys name, (blue house!) sry. and my Little Bro..
Had A greAt Time. I will UPload ThoSE crappy PhotOs such AS them Dressing Like chio bu as Soon aS CalVin Burned THem inTO CDs. Thanks FOr the BBQ fooD and everyTHing..
CurreNTly Only HAve ONLY 1 PATHETIC fadli photo which is NOt very Clear. Taken From a crap Phone. =x.

2006-10-27T05:01:00.000-07:00

WantEd to Go Coffee Bean tOday.. someone had $20 free vouchEr, Planned to Use It today, Yet decIded to waTCh movIe with someONe.. WeNt to watCh sinkIng japan!. it Was quite Cool Though a littLe tragiC. Fear of it HappEning is indeed presenT. Therefore lets all pray thaT everyThing Will Go wEll for Our futUre.

2006-10-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

Went For a Movie On satUrday. BOokEd the TickeTs online on Friday, wanTed to watCh at OrcharD, but The Seats Left Were Too FRONt for Us.
End Up waTchIng at Plaza SingaPOre. WeNT to WATch ROB B HOOD. THe SHOW was like sooooooooooooooooooooooo Nice lah. Though a lot of Aunties were WatchiNg. The Baby IN the show was so cute and Funny, plus the Cinema and Car Park Were ALl FUll House!! My Relative and i, a total OF 8 PeoplE wenT to watCh. Its been Long time Since we WatChed A moviE togethEr.
After the MOvive, we WenT For MAHJONG.. i lose though.. =( my Bro won his whole week ALlowanace.. around $20.. sad for me. happy for him.. haha..

2006-10-17T02:52:00.000-07:00

ONly untTil NOw, i am beGinnIng to Like mY phone.. panasonic x800.
AfteR Sunday, I FounD out That i FinalLY managEd to finD a way to tranSfer powerpoints, words documents and excel to my lappy.

Its soooo Cool. Now i am Able to Do my RJ in mY phone then send via words Document To sumit Through inTernet..I m even Able to Just pRint anything using my phone while connectEd to the printer, no more lappy needed..
Was initally Thinking of tradIng in my phOne n Get a new one, noW i will Stick to it, Till i Find a similar SymbiAn OffiCe Phone.

InstAlled the new Beta version for microsoft Office 2007. was Quite Cool, Thus i Got It From My Friends.. Am not uSed to it, so cant Comment Much yet...

2006-10-13T05:29:00.000-07:00

Almost Died YesteRdaY.. Went For badMinton TrainGin in RP, and Guess WHat, we wEre bRought to the GYm for some PhysicAL execriSe!!!
The momEnt we sTepped in, guess what! ALL the dragon BOat People were there, and EVery Single One of their MUscle is twice BiggeR than JOel Bay..! In anoTher wordS, their muscles Were extRemely BIG..
Got StunneD, but yet, Still Had to use some Of the WeirD machiNES to train our musCles... In conclution, I ALMOST died!.

Went To collECt my Pay TodaY, MUAHAHA, i thiNK they COunt WrongLY, or i CounteD wronglY, i Got morE of what i THink i WAs expeCted to geT. FInally AFteR almost 2 Month, my PAY is OUT.. But Going to bank in soon.. =) ThereFore still = NO money..

2006-10-12T00:21:00.000-07:00

oh my! DId excel the WHOLE day.. my excel sheet got so complicated That i canT understand It myself.HAd a topic on chi distriBUtion, so chim. Im stuck with probabliTY since Last SEmesteR. Went to ASk Someone and my god Bro, they also DUNNO!!!!!!!!!!!Heard from mY fac, they learNT that in C maths.! OH MY..
heres a PRINT screeN on A SMALL PART of my EXCEl SHEet.

2006-10-07T20:06:00.000-07:00

an extremely loving and touChing Day!
WenT For MY cousin weddINg cermonY!.. was there To witNEss their CermONy,It Was Held in a TemplE, and It Is the FirsT Time i exPEreinCed sucH occAsion in Such A VenuE.
EvEn the LuncH waS helD in The TemplE itSelf. In addItion To, The LuncH was A vegetaRiAn BUffet STyle. ANd it WAs quite Nice IN fact.

-DUn UndersTand WHy Pple AlwaYS THink THAT vegetArian FooD are YUkies.. Pls abanDon This Thought. =)

The CeremonY was Quite DragGy and SILENT... because OF the venue. WhatS more, thier certificate of marraige waS SigNed by the Famous Ming Yi Fa shi. ( the famOus monk that is alwaYS preSent in all President ChallEnge progRam.

The Whole CeremoNy was Quite A success, ExCept For the FAct That both my uncle and my cousin Car Got knoCked.. ONe towards A taxi and the Other onto an wall.. =(
BouGht lots Of NumBers but.. so FAr, none strike...

My Cousin And CouSin In LAw was likE so HANdsome and PrettY. So itS true That no WeddinG women is Ugly.. =) I will Upload THe Photos When THeir PhotoGraphers DevelOped it.

2006-10-04T02:50:00.000-07:00

70% of my EntirE sChool PopUlation kend (ed) *past tensed. the RavMon Virus.. HearD its Passed ThroUgh By ThumbDrive, thuS thesE days, EvERyone is So Cautious when PasSing THumbDrive ARound For PPT.. Cos The Virus LAgs your Computer..

ThUs my Classmate mR. Jonathan came up with a silly idea. He attached A NOTe to his Thumbdrive Key chain sayIng : im free from virus!! so cute lah.. plus his keychain iS a Tortoise named: jackie -_-''

a photo that is not very clear... Very lame Post, coS Got nothing MUch To Talked About THese dayS.

2006-10-02T17:29:00.000-07:00

Very IrriatEd, my phoNe last Three BUttons Spoil!! .. so hard to preSs SpaceBar, thus very lazy to senD smS thesE Few Days..

Pro: Save Smses
Cons: Dun FeeL GOod..

SIllY phOne.

2006-09-30T23:17:00.000-07:00

A new MOuse after a LONG search.. Finally BOught A norMAl MOuse..
WanTed to Get Sony SkypE mouse..- a mouse WHich CAn be Used as a phone too!. but Realized that IT was Too Ex..

So End UP, wenT FunaN with My mom and BoughT A prEtty red MOuse.!.. Comes With a 3 YR WarrenTy.. =)..

HEres a Pic.. i Like The FLower ACtually... haha.. There was A gReen one, but... I realized i Got Too ManY GreeN thiNGs, that i have To reDuced Green STuffs

2006-09-27T04:52:00.000-07:00

CurrenTly, My SchooL had StarTEd for 1 Week To be ExaCT and I GuesS i Am QUite SatisFied With MY CurREnt New CLass..
I havE An ONGoing Project ComING up, whicH is thE Making OF a TOy House! This Is onlY A minor ONe that WIll ProBably be Going to be ExtRemely TINy.. JusT a Model, and WhEn I suCceed, theN i will StarT on THe BIg real ONe, which NEed money to BE invesT on... hai..

Lack OF moNEY doeS noT FEels Good.

2006-09-25T03:05:00.000-07:00

Now AfteR Days, i VE upLoaded the shelf i was talking abouT.. Only 2 BUcks Shelf..haha..
And A photo OF my Bro anD a bunCh of Rats TakeN in IkEA.

2006-09-24T05:07:00.000-07:00

WenT to SingPurA plaza toDay To LooK for MY Re-MEnt Toy HOuse.. Action City SElls Re-Ment, but uNFortuNAtly, Not the FurNIture I want..
SpoTlight SEll TOY HOUSE! but UNFortunatly, its OUt Of Scale. ITs Too BiG.. It not myy 1/6 size I m lOoking for... Hai..
End Up wENT to The NEwly DIaso! they Sell LOTs of HandiCraft WOod stuffs, and i BOught myself 2 ShelF! 2 bucks EaCh/. CHeap Yet nicE.. will POst the Photo Some OTher DAys...

GOign to Play PizzA fRenzy NOw...

2006-09-22T06:05:00.000-07:00

Had a taste Of my New CurRent ClasS now.. Guess WhatEver thE case Is, posItive IS the kEyword TO success. Had CogniTIve PRocesses today. iTs so COmplicated And EVen aFter the TeachEr'presentation. i Dont UNderStand A single Thing..
Its about Atomism... hai... Guess I Will DO baDly For This MOdule..

ThiS is the KukU problem STatement.. let's See IF Anyone undeRstandS it !

"At least over the past 2,500 years many great thinkers had been toying with the idea that things seen and perceived around in the world are made up of separate, indivisible, and indestructible bits of elements. This is all about explaining all things in this world using a few simple units.

Provide an account as to how this ancient idea of elements is doing today."
Cited: Rp G102-2 Problem StatMent..

SEe how Chim it IS!... hai

lots of news!

2006-09-18T23:58:00.000-07:00

Guess i Ride a Roller CoasteR todAy.. Recv 2 ShoCKing news..

1-- MY new CLass LIst is OUT. and GUess what! NO one i KNew.. plus i M changing BLock From w1 to w2.! now have to NOt only Walk MOre, will experience More winter time!. (cos its COLD in w2 n w3)...

LOok at my Class List..! oh my..
Click to zoom in.. see if you know anyone! -_-'' lame

2 big news-- i just Received a CAll and it says.... no re-ment funiture -_-''...
Was so excited Before.. was praying SO hard for THe funiturE set... however!..
ARIMASEN... - non existence... hai.. sad day...

will be GOing to CHR for alumni Committee meeting.. hope EVeryThing Would Run SmooThly..

Thats ALl for today