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Mot: means witty saying. Short for Mote (speck of dust), reverse of Tom (Cruise), which is in turn short for Tomato. Ashlee Simpson, Big Fish, Just Shoot Me, Red, Tomato, Blueberry Cheesecake, Rockstar CREATEUR ALLEY Alan Cheng Chai Jun Yi JonK Nash Zee Breakfast! Snee Navjote We Spank Shirin Christine Shumin Jean Trixia Victor Kenny Liyana Jo Jun Sheng Ajit Shib Yam Alps Mike Aparna Sarah Stef Jasmine Shimin Reuben Ziing January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 December 2006 January 2007 March 2007 December 2007 January 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 October 2008 October 2009
Friday, December 29, 2006
yuletide the amazing things ive been up to this Yuletide season! and i have really the people to thank...so all friends' names are in bold! tribute. tree bewt. listening to the version of She's The One that Snee sent via msn. one of my personal paradoxes, unsolvable as yet, is that while i recognize amazing local talent, i always hesitate in supporting them. this applies to corrine may, electrico etc. even genie zomg. (haha i think only Nash will know who on earth genie is) if you dont know what im talking about, visit http://genie.sg she was performing at plaza sing on xmas eve- despite her dubious talent i must applaud her for the charitable heart that resides somewhere beneath all that commercialized crap. you see? sceptical me strikes again. but yes, other than stef sun, parking lot pimp, corrine may...i dont really know who else is worth idolizing. but i speak from ignorance- somebody expose me now! Uni Apps has got to be the most trying experience of one's life. get through the Essays and the mandatory period of writer's block, which totally gets to you and freaks your balls out, you can probably get thru childbirth, ns, death, whatever. damn why am i being so bloody insensitive. joking i assure you! forgive me, but did i mention the clock reads 6.02am? and yes the sun is rising...i can almost hear the koel (ms kelly!) and no i did not choose to wake up early for my morning jog- smthing which shld commence pretty soon. no, i was up with the essays that's how sucky it is. but i guess it's something that i chose- i cldve very well not got my hands all itchy and kept my paws off apps, but i succumbed to the temptation of getting accepted early to god-knows-where. and so here i am. wasting away before the computer, day and night, trying to speed up my progress (not happening) so that 2006 can end on a celebratory note. i have a feeling tho, that my first second of 2007 will be spent editing essays (which explains why i am blogging at this time, lest i dont get to before 2006 ends) it sucks to be me u got that right...at last! ah but can i say i really regret this? nah i guess not. the past week ever since returning from turkey has been great to me. or rather- the people. thanks to them, it was a pretty eventful orgy of outings to town- which explains my last minute dash to the finish now! but im not complaining. actually i am- but there's only me myself and i to blame. but i think this past week has taught me that you can have a life here at home, even when the rain keeps pouring, and the sun dont shine. there's just so much to do aint there! on Wed, 20 Dec, bumped into Sarah online and what began as an ordinary "hey how are you" convo became a spontaneous outing to borders! haha. borders btw, the most cunning monster american store cuz they keep sending out lucrative coupons that actually only serve to swindle more money out of you, but you fall for it anyway...willingly...at least, that's me. so anw met her there in the evening (was late as usual) and we bumped into Trix! In my excitement, decided to take a photo with her but got warned by borders woman that you cant take photos in store. how ridiculous. the audacity! but anw...thanks to trix and sarah...i finished chalking up $150 and earned my xmas 10% card- which i didnt get to use- but was a thrill earning anw. anw we decided that the 3 for 2 cds deal was too good to pass on and went ahead with it. sarah got damien rice's 9 and timberlake's futuresexlovesounds, and i got corrine may's xmas album for nash. anw somehow we managed to trick the system and were charge on the offer price, not the full cd price, thereby paying a crazily low price for each cd when divided out. ahaha. cheap thrill, and i mean it in both senses of the word. mwhaha. and was telling sarah abt turkey and we felt seriously hungry- headed to far east for some turk kebab but anatolia was closed! so we settled for burger king. later on the streets i made us share a strawberry milkshake, which made sarah convinced that i was trying to plump her up haha. the insecurities of girls- beware all. anw it was a nice walk arnd town- my first time soaking in the xmas decos at night given i was in turkey before that. it really didnt look so tacky at night, after all. not bad. i like the xmas tree fountains...too bad we didnt take a photo. anw after spotting the helen the baby fox dvd at borders and learning that i bought it on impulse, sarah suggested coming over to watch it. and so we did! in the end we didnt finish the movie (a nice one btw, touching and the fox is totally huggable and adorable- good for fur coats and carpets!- again i exercise poor humour. shut up) until it was almost 4am. watched a little bit of tv and contemplated having sarah stay over cuz of the rain. btw my parents werent home that night, which explains the relative freedom i had in bringing guests over at wee hours of the morning. anw being the fine gentleman that i am i escorted ms smith back to pine grove- after climbing my own back gate how sad haha- but i must say the walk in the rain was one walk to rmbr...it had all the potential for a romantic scene haha but dont go thinking silly thoughts. so it was one fruitful night, of doing nothing really in particular, but yet in good company, which i appreciated very much. so really, thanks sarah! below: Sarah the Santarina, and lo and behold, Me, for once, as fat as Santa baby
haha my dad just came in, looked at the spoilt clock and asked me to sleep cuz we have a lunch later. then i asked him what time he thought it was and he said 2 smthing. hahahaha. when i told him it was past 6 i think he almost fainted. hmm ok fainted aint the right word cuz my dad dont faint. but u knoww. how funny. ahh i really do adore my family. they do the darnest things sometimes...did i tell you my sis has this tee which says Nice Lungs? no prizes for guessing Where the words are. ok continuing with this post 12 hrs later, its 7.11pm now! how time truly flies! anw my keyboard was freaking me out by going into spams such as this: ggggggggggggggg (times a million) so i shut down the com just in case it blew before i submit my uni apps. tsk tsk technology (argh gp noooo!) alright so where were we? oh yes after borders with russ...had minimal sleep before waking up the next day to rush off to the national museum to meet Gawin and Sarah again! so anw we were All Late how Typical but you know how things are...it kinda saved my sorry non-punctual ass...but yeah gawin was nice enough to show us around, and i cld tell he was very proud of his job, which he shld be! anw the museum is really nice! and tons to learn...we didnt even finish the history gallery (copious amounts of info i almost collapsed with the inundation of it all) so we're planning to go back again. this time with Shib! and anyone's welcome to join us esp if youre a roadrunner! all this planning was impromptu i assure you and not designed to exclude...but to include! below: Gawin and Sarah at the stamford office...stealing food! anw we went to borders (Yes my 3rd time there in 4 days! argh i told u its evil) and pooled together some book purchases and got 40% off... i got alan's bday-cum-xmas present there. anw it sorta ended on a not so nice note but i think xmas made it all better. sarah had to dash off Very late to a party and it was left with gawin and myself for dinner @ Pepper Lunch. it was not bad the foood, and gawin is always funny company- he and his anecdotes... anw Sunday came and it was Xmas Eve! and the much anticipated ole friends lunch @ Sizzler's! so it was the group of us- saw Jun Yi, Alan, Nash & Jonk and i tell you seeing those pple is perpetually on top of my happy trigger list. actually met Darrenlai there on pure coincidence and what can i say. nice exchange of cards, gifts (in fact i was probably the most prepared this time round) and souvenirs and although the food sucked there was a nice salad bar with ice cream and salad and the company, as usual, more than made up for it. below: icecream deluxe creations by yours truly (right) and goh junyi. yummy  after lunch we roamed aimlessly abt talking abt god knows what but i think the common conclusion is that jonk has lost his brains after camping it out in tekong. anw most of them cldnt stay for long and before long it was just Nash and i left at PS. how we ended up there i cant rmbr but anw we saw plenty of random stuff like genie singing, a mum scolding her daughter which reminded nash of his brave orchid etc. oh and nash bought some nice nike shoes at some super discount rate! now i need new shoes i yearrn for them. hmmm chinese new year shopping saves the day! anw town was jam-packed believe me...had macs for dinner after much difficulty finding a seat. by then i was Sick of orchard and what not having been there almost everyday so i was pretty happy to land home way before midnight, and cross over into xmas peacefully. (haha now i sound like im dead!) below: supersize me! spastic i know everyone was staring  xmas was pretty uneventful but i appreciate having time with my family. and i got only one gift which was a clay aiken cd from my dad but i didnt like it at all so he gave me money to get one myself. haha. i feel bad. then before i knew it...boxing day! Xmas @ Xtine's! almost the whole class was there and it was just a miracle seeing everyone together. the food was not bad too. love cranberry sauce and turkeyy (the bird, this time) secret santa was more or less a success! got Snee a Johnny Depp book, and being the nice gal she is she got me smthing too! a ripcurl belt and of course the magic banana boxers shared with JunYi...thanks guys! Shu-mini was my sanatarina and she got me a very nice topman blue tee! thanks shu-mini! when pple started dispersing it was pretty sad but i know im gonna see those guys again. kbox iceskating badminton mind cafe outings are all in the planning alrdy! woo hoo! below: ramu snee daryl zhifeng yeeler glen trix navjote angie shu-min elly pek xtine huanna jean me joy!
last in my line up of appointments was 6h2000 nhps gathering @ swensen's holland v! not everyone turned up of course, but it was a start. great to see old faces again and i think all of them are turning into splendid pple. i wish i had more time with them, but after some post-dinner awkward shuffling outside hogsbreath, which we did not enter, the bunch headed to BK for some unhealthy zhongjimima- nice game for bonding- and it was pretty much goodbye thereafter. i think it was ziing xtine liheng terence and i...lingered on and went to eskibar for some Graveyard experience and it was yucks to the core- Don't try it! but very nice to just chill (eheh no pun intended) with them and i think we owe each other another outing...this time at hogsbreath on ziing's 25%! below: the swensen's giant earthquake and people i will never forget   and Thus i am officially Broke! but it was one hell of week, and one heaven of a 2006. to better times, good tidings, and love laughter peace joy happiness and health, and before this gets all cheesy- happy new year to all! see you soon...in 2007!
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Monday, December 25, 2006
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Sunday, December 24, 2006
turkiye hello obligatory post-trip post! i have been having this vision of me walking towards a crowd of people- people who ignore me. suddenly, the x-men cartoon music swells in the background and my eyes turn white and some wind carries me up above everyone else. this time, they notice me. too late. maybe it's time we start paying attention to the invisible. but back on point- TURKEY was fun! it was a magic ride throughout the countryside, the city and a totally different landscape and place in time. ive learnt so much over the past week and it was totally worth it, despite my initial reservations about turkey. now i just miss it. i miss everything about it. and i mean everything. i guess im too lazy to do a running commentary on the day to day happenings- but i'll just cover some fascinating things i got to experience. i hope i can recall them cuz i wanna rmbr them forever. but here goes- the highlights! 1) visited the ancient city ruins of Ephesus! pretty amazing sight to behold. library of celsus, the statues and architecture, marble pavements and wrecked pillars, the occasional stray cat prancing amongst the rubble, the statue of nike, the humoungous theatre with crazy acoustics, the communal toilet, statue of artemis, carvings of hercules, medusa, the amazons etc. it was a beige and brown day that day- but nevertheless scenic and breathtaking. i felt transported back in time- and i could almost envision ephesus at the peak of its civilization. 2) necropolis and pamukkale! necropolis or the city of the dead with all its tombs and formidable marble coffins- very reminscent of the sepulchral city of brussels, except this was in your face and the real deal! no metaphorical wishwash. the walk through the grim darkness of the hierapolis cemetery led to an enchanting view of the cotton castle, or pamukkale. limestone terraces known as travertines that were filled with pools of water and so white and pure it was like cotton. we had a chance to walk down the hill- barefoot in the chilling cold- which the water didnt help. it was excruciating foot reflexology but a hundred times better. a sense of immense accomplishment overcame me and a lot of us when the walk was done. we were lucky to have a warm pool at the bottom of it all, and thus a spa moment that was pure indulgence. ok im continuing this some time later. it's xmas now. sigh. 3) hot air balloon over cappadocia! around cappadocia in one hour! birds eye view of the fairy castles amazing formations which the balloon pilot/guide described rather aptly as "incredible"- although he kept repeating the same word to try to excite us and we realized that he probably does this to each tour group that goes up each day. a breathtaking once in a lifetime experience- i dont suppose i'll do it again cuz its super exxx. unless i have to get married on it or smthing. hahaha. pshaw! 4) mosques and churches turkey is like the one place with plenty of mosques all around. i see minrets splatter every city and village and town and the prayer song comes on each morning. but it was a very calming influence, and learning more abt other religions and cultures was really enriching and it made me feel just a little less smaller in a world that is so huge and so crazily divided. architecture wise- amazing! blue mosque was simply awe-inspiring and u must be there to experience the intricately lined tiles and the carefully balanced domes and calligraphy. even the carpets were exquisite to say the least! so it was everything look see and go out perhaps a little more less ignorant in that respect. open air museum saw us having a great view of the fairy castles and we got to see stuff like the apple church and other churches which had unbelievably beautiful paintings of the bible and all inside the walls, ceilings, everything- u walk in and ure surrounded by a holy silence that is also an echo of history. hagia sophia of istanbul, one of the largest churches in the world, except that while it was once a church it was also once a mosque, and now a museum. so u see how the two religions blended into one magnificent goliathe of a monument. saw the biggest wooden calligraphy and mosaic tiles and paintings- and u know what- i had time to appreciate them all! soak it all in! thats why i love holidays. the time is yours to spend. 5) across the bosphorus the sea between the asian and the european sides of turkey, connected by the long bosphorus bridge. windy cruise to nowhere but to a realm of knowledge and understanding of the pple's daily life and the reminder of turkey's special position as a eurasian country seeking entry in to the EU- or why it cannot possibly do so for so many reasons. one of the slow parts of the trip but a must have. 6) belly dancing and the whirling dirvishes! both completely new to me- as in my first time watching and i was impresssed. we actually saw Asena perform at kevaransaray- she's the best modern belly dancer in turkey btw- and plenty of photos to prove that bumpy encounter :] on a totally diff scale the whirling dirvishes, a much more sacred mode of dance in trance which humbled me very much and inspired me at the same time with a calm and soothing after effect that made me love turkey even more. and the above big points do not do my trip any justice because i am just describing with my limited vocabulary and modes of expression. i have not managed to capture the rich history of the place that i have learnt during my one week plus stay there. i have not managed to chronicle every sight and sound that amazed me at first but i grew used to eventually and hence now there seems to be nothing more to write about. but let's just say im so tireedddd now and u really have to experience it for yourselfff. turkey is such an amazing country. i never knew it was so big and bursting with culture and historical links. for all my memories and goodtimes spent there, i will rmbr all of the above, together with ankara and the ataturk museum/mausoleum and the guards who stand in transparent boxes, topkapi palace- ourfirst stop with lotsa plates and weapons and startlingly lavish ornaments and garments and thrones and furniture and what not from the ottoman ages and the time of the sultans which remains very much in the hearts of many there. i also wont forget the turkish delight tasted, the random cats and dogs that followed us wherever we went, the delicious kebab we atee, the super sweeeet dessserts trust me i dont just mean turkish delight sweet- even sweeter and soaking in syrup sometimes, the bustle of the roads without rules, the smoking, more smoking, and endless smoking that meant shopping malls had no dustbins but instead only ashtray bins. ohhh and the spice bazaar which was way better than the grand bazaaar, but both capturing the rich essence of turkey's clever artisans and those behind the food and homes. colourful plates, gaudy or tasty. evil eyes abound- protecting us, but also watching, almost knowingly. carpets flying carpets silk cotton on cotton silk on cotton wool changeable taffeta. cheap beer. cheap water but undrinkable tap water. the thousands of spices and nuts and hazelnuts in particular and bright chunks of apricots and meat kebab stands which cry out have a bite eat me eat me nowww. and then the numerous signs of which i could understand NONE, except the pictorial ones and those that read Bay and Bayan and WC- the toilets! and so much so much more! words fail me, very willingly. and i bought fun stuff. nasreddin hodja's statue's one of my favourite- what a funny guy- riding on the mule facing the back. oh the folklore. and that jester hat and turkey tshirt and white leather belt and the arab hat and books such as orhan pamuk's istanbul (nobel prize for literature 2006 ok dont play play a turk mind you!) and some other stuff icant rmbr now. oh did i mention turkish tea? i felt i was drunk on a new culture for one week, and quite happily so. the underground city where they hid frm mongolians and formed an underground labryinth that defied the odds of survival. my attempt at pot making- miserablee but fun. and of course meeing my extended family there was most wonderful. but this aint a family blog, at least not yet. so more on that another time, another place. but can i just say my cousin's son is the cutest thingg everrr? ok said it. and then before i knew it i was in dubai again and it was the return journey to rainy gloomy monsoon singapore. well, i was lucky enough to catch the following movies on SIA: singapore dreaming the night listener little miss sunshine scoop the illusionist beat the drum and i also caught some shows on the hotel tvs which reminded me home was just 6 hours away: one tree hill nip/tuck smallville various music videos on planet viva! ahh well. those were the days. im glad my dad took a video of the trip, so my memories of it wont be just still photos- although they would suffice. but i miss. thank you turkey. apart from the lack of the correct turk alphabets- tesekkur ederim! and gule gule! more to say on post-trip outings with friends, but later- im absolutely drained. i shall now boldly attempt my first slumber before 6am since i got back from turkey. good morningg. and merry christmas!
6:15 AM
Thursday, December 21, 2006
YoJo So i mean i do the internet-ego thing and see how popular i am right. (no not google- been there done that) and after finding out that my name is the company label for some cheem nutritional techonlogy chemistry organization in korea, i tried a variation and what a fuzzy surprise! Presenting to you...YoJo!
This big, blue, wild and groovy creature called YoJo is essentially a seven-foot living cartoon character and was created to perform motivational and educational comedy shows for large groups of children such as elementary schools, festivals or malls. YoJo is definitely not your simple theme-park character. His personality is MUCH more athletic, animated, and comical. His style of "cartoon personification" is very similar to what a skilled sports mascot performer aims to accomplish. However, YoJo is not a sideshow act at a ballpark ... YoJo is the show! With the help of additional talent and the use of new technologies for sound effects and music, great possibilities arise for hilarious entertainment. We strongly believe that YoJo's unique style of performing is vaudevillian style comedy for the 21st century. What exactly is YoJo anyway? Hmmm ... we're not too sure about that one ourselves. YoJo isn't any type of particular animal. He's basically a fuzzy, sometimes clumsy, overgrown kid who's very energetic and animated. To our knowledge, the word "YoJo" does not mean anything in any language, but we did discover recently that there is a important wooden sculpture called YoJo which is in the literary classic Moby Dick. HAhahahaha i absolutely CANNOT contain my excitement! you know those parts in bold indicate YoJo the monster aint so different from me after all. :] p.s. if you want a YoJo t-shirt, pls tell me! i plan to ship it in but can waive shipping charges if it's in bulk. so yeah take a look! (and im serious dude)
12:17 PM
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
midnight in manhattan  It's a miracle, a true blue spectacle that I didn't fall sick.This, despite staying up the entire night with the class after Midnight in Manhattan without sleep and my nose and eyes protesting with mucus and tears. But there was only one reason why I didnt decide to call it an early night and go home to recuperate. After all, it was the last night. The night of nights, as some might put it... In typical me-fashion it was already 6 oclock but nonetheless I found myself still at home, stuck in front of the mirror trying to figure out how the J's salon hairstylist waxed my hair just the day before. By that time it was pouring outside and my plans to take an MRT and save cost was completely wrecked considering MRT = getting suit and hair and sickness-prone body drenched by the rain. Anw my mom ended up calling a cab for me and so minutes later I found myself staring dumbly out at the world-in-shorts-and-slippers while drops of h20 rolled down the backseat window and formed liquid cobwebs. OH the temporal nature of them all. In that moment, as with many moments before, I resolved to make it an unforgettable night. To just give it my all and let go and, well, enjoy. I swallowed my saliva in anticipation and I swear I cldve cursed that numb feeling of a future sorethroat that surfaced within the throbbing walls of my larynx. Or do I mean trachea? Oh screw it. The throat lah. Anw long story cut short, (since I'm finding this eloquent style a tad trying), I arrived there abt 7 oclock, at which point my bladder was bursting and my cam memory card still full of images from one year ago- the US trip with the historians. I walked back into the place that I was in just one day ago at the SPH scholarship talk (and memories of all those Singapore lectures inevitably flooded back in my mind as well- again, the night of nights- to remember and never forget) saw lotsa pple alrdy there, all glammed up, getting a headstart in camwhoring and exchanging appreciative glances. Nobody noticed me ok. haha. No lah, at first. Or maybe I didnt notice anyone because I was looking for only one thing- the toilet, which I found. I walked past pple whom I thought I would eventually take a photo with later, but really didnt get the chance to in the end (which proves holding back does NOT pay). Anw after my camera took super long to erase all 600+ of US photos Part 1, I was officially in camwhore mode man. Started grabbing lotsa pple I could find and I guess the phototaking was smthing that lasted throughout the entire night. In a way I regret that it almost became a photofest rather than a grad dinner, but I know that if I didnt have those photos I would really slam my head into the wall. The girls, I tell you- unrecognizable- at least half of them. Haha. But in a pleasant way, of course, well, mostly :] But it's really amazing what prom does to pple. (Or rather what pple do to themselves for prom- ah!) It was really nice seeing everyone dressed in their best, or even quirkiest, even the guys although all of us almost looked the same (esp with the what, striped shirt craze and what have you). But for the most part, it was just nice seeing everyone- take away the clothes for all I care. Behind the colour of the clothes I smiled at the colour that came from the people. Their personalities shining through ever the same as when I first laid my eyes on them, be it in Nan Hua, RI, RJ- whenever, wherever. It was a warm fuzzy night- and from the way the programme started way late, and how Mr Vadi had a hard time getting everyone to settle down, you could tell we all knew that it was really the night of nights. Ok im getting very repetitive- but you know....  Anw the food was an 8 course chinese meal, which is always satisfying except that the waiters chose to ignore our table at the start and gave us drinks only when our mouths were cracking from oral drought. Golly. It was funny how as the evening went on there were only like 3 pple at the table at any one point of time, cuz everyone was busy accosting familiar faces across the ballroom. But it was an evening worth remembering for sure. I felt completely at home with the crowd, the endless blinding flashes, and of course the onstage entertainment wasnt bad at all. Mr Vadi did a good job being funny and lightening the mood of the night. It was nice seeing the usual pple sing for us, dance for us, perhaps for the last time in such a setting for such a crowd, and lucky draw was exciting although I didnt win (grumble). Revision: all on our table didnt win! What a biased night of nominations too. BUT with that said, it really captured the essence of JC life rather well. How cool was Mr Shah and Mr Siva's guest appearance anw! Woohooo! I felt crazy and almost certain I was in some concert when we went up to the front and did the groupie thingg. Wow, I dont know what else to say!Special thanks I guess to Liyana for her very shweet card that made me feel special- she does that a lot- aww man. Also to Jo for her spring toy she gave me- I still dunno why but thanks anw! Oh one sad thing was a lotta pple either 1) thought I was colour blind 2) thought I was trying to be funny and weird by wearing a yellow tie, but at the same time failing to realize it was a banana! haha. So anw it has to be said so that my reputation wont be like ruined or anything. On another note I regret not taking photos with a lotta pple- Ms Lui, Aysuria, Sooky, Manyan, Sherman, Liyi etc.- but for those whom I did manage to churn out a photo with (out of my 167- though i was expecting 200 at least!), thank you! And if youre reading this but I didnt see you last night sorry but there was just too many pple. I really tried! But we must meet up to immortalize our friendship on cam someday! And I guess sometimes words can only do so much. Here's to some of the many faces that have made my school life so complete. These pictures each have their own history, and I will certainly cherish them forever:  <<>. Yalps Oh what a cute couple. i pronounce thee man and wife! I like being a lamp-post, as you will see, haha. I shamelessly did the same thing with Alan/XX, Dani/Ryan, Hulin/Shuting etc. Whee  The one and only A01A- We Want Breakfast! >> In the photo we have trix, huanna, zhifeng, nav, cc, shums, jean, daryl, ramu, joy, snee, xtine, shirin, ms lui, angee, yeeler, hanyi, sam jo, glen & mr kwok! Highlights of the night include angee's self-designed dress (or so i heard) and of course glen's must see $1600 armani suit! phew!  << Moor Tarbet House Comm! Where's James?! Haha and ajit and glen and beli and jerry and ms chen! Well it was the best we could get after so many other confusing announcements that were "very important" according to the DJ music guy. and a long delay. But yay! Red Hot and champions in so many other ways. Dani = stunning and Dennet = juggler who can recite Pi. 3.14159265...  The one and only 3D 03/ 4D 04! >> Well the remnants of a disinherited race i suppose haha. Just so happened that all 6 of us happened to meet right smack in the middle of the crowd so it was like ok now or never lah. Thanks for all the memories from Arts @ TheAtrium to Ryan Cow to TPH etc. etc. Unforgettable class no doubt.  << Raffles Players ahh what can I say. Again incomplete but sigh. RP- Given me so much to even speak of.
This pic for the perverse fact that Shebarhnee looks like she aint wearin no clothes! Nude! Gasp!
One of my fav photos cuz Xtine looks like some actress from the Aviator movie and we look very happy in the photo haha. Anyway although most of the population scooted off to Club Momo, most of class eventually convened and did our own breakfast thing! As expected we spent close to an hour waiting for everyone and then deciding on where to go. But it was worth the wait I suppose. We scooted down to a place called Forbidden City which was really freaky cuz I looked up and found myself surrounded by terracotta warriors all of a sudden. Anw that wretched place didnt wanna give us a decent table-for-10 so we deserted it and left for Kandi Bar! There it was really avant garde (using this phrase a lot i know)- from the red plastic futuristic chairs to the blinking rainbow lights below the see-through squared floorings and the red hot chilli shaped bulbs that glittered above us like crimson roman candles to the cushioned walls made of olive green crocodile soft toys tiled together. And then there were the tables that were good for sleeping- totally cushion material, furry and with zebra skin patterns on them. Whoa! the ambience was fantastic except for the piece of shit (literally) we saw ensconced on the toilet bowl seat in the gents. I got me-self a Seabreeze! which is a dennis finch classic favourite for the Just Shoot Me fans. haha. Not bad at all. some others had lychee martinis and mai tais etc. anw the silly woman forgot snee's glen's and my orders so we had to wait longer. Second oral drought of the night. I will remember you, will you remember me? Grad Night Accounts:
9:38 AM
Sunday, December 03, 2006
rock steady I got my bags packed baby and I'm ready to go Look at my eyes rock steady and I'll promise you more I got my heart back baby and it's skippin a beat I got my ass in check (check) and now I'm ready to be i distinctly remember having been more excited for the Os. but i guess six years on and ive become jaded or smthing. but here goes: IT's OVER! like- really. totally. extremely belated- but better late than never. i actually cant tell if it has really sunk in yet. i get those nightmares telling me that i turn up for papers late, unprepared and what not. maybe im just insecure- at the back of my mind i hear a voice chastising me for not putting in my best and all. the sense of relief this time just doesnt match up that of 19 nov 2004. which makes it one hell of an anticlimax. and i dont like it at all! i mean come on almost one whole month, plus the studying that makes it more than a month, and all i feel is a patronizing relief coupled with a tinge of emptiness. maybe because there are no more honeymoon periods after this. i cant be sure of seeing the same old pple around anymore. everything's threatening to change. and change will come, sooner or later. it will come take away all that's familiar and comfortable. it will leave me with mere wisps of memories, which grow weaker in strength and flavour over time. and boy do we know how time doesnt relent. she flies like the wind and here i am, two years from being sixteen and thinking when the hell did all that happen? i sit here not knowing what to think of my past two years. great years, no doubt. and i have less regrets, which is a plus! but it's time for a new round of goodbyes. this time, perhaps for good. been moping around at home, sitting on my ass all day, waking up in the evenings, just in time for dinner, and wondering what lies ahead of me. i actually know what i have to do. i needa be proactive and turn my life around. prepare myself for whatever might come next. i have all the time now. but i dont seem to be using it well. i am bored. and that's saying a lot. i dont wanna lapse into atrophy again. become this stagnant pool of mash potatoes. well, figuratively. ok now im craving more mash potatoes. in fact im craving for lotsa stuff. im craving for more time with the family (well, there's always my trip next week), more time with friends (oh when will i see you again?), more time alone (doing better stuff), more chances to be myself and just shout out to the world how im loving it. earth's the right place for love. and there's no more pathless wood. it's a clear way ahead for me. but im revolving on the spot. afraid to take another move. i do i know not what. and then you know what im gonna do. im gonna leave it up to fate. which is what i do a lot. sometimes. but then i dont know where to draw the line. when do i start to take control. and when do i just lay back and float on air? anw. since this ought to be some sort of update on my life. these are some of the stuff ive been up to. 1) the As this is the biggie. what a nightmare. a never ending sleep. but now that i am wide awake, i can finally be! it was a hectic month. and temptations all around oh i swear. it took all the discipline i could possibly muster. no tv. i cheated wrt the com. but it was for checking email. well, mostly. anw when my parents ask me how each paper went, my reply remained constant: OK. partly because i couldnt bring myself to say anything else. didnt wanna jinx it. you see if i said GOOD, it wldnt really have applied to ANY paper, and i didnt wanna get my/their hopes up. and if i said BAD, i wld be admitting that i screwed up and my parents wld worry and then i wldve just doomed myself to a bad grade and extinguished hope. i believe one must always leave room for hope. it keeps us holding on. it does. but, as i was saying, before Truth interrupted me, also partly because the papers were really OK and there's really no intelligent way of telling how you did. you only go by that gut feeling, which is as opal as say changeable taffeta. and im not the one to stay behind and waste my life away aggressively discussing the questions and announcing that oh i can get A for this and that- well that's just not me. maybe im scared but sometimes it be that way. honestly, and ironically, math was not the worst. econs came close, hist too with paper 3 esp, and lit was the big disappointment. but i will conveniently avoid talking abt them specifically. let's just say that im hoping for the best- that's all i can do, and all i will do. getting back the papers was extremely disgusting. in the first place the whole idea of collecting them does not make sense. extra. and then putting them in messy piles and mixing them up? some dont even make it to the paper piles. invigilators siphonning off with them or smthing. but oh it's all one. i will look back years from now and have one expression- a smile. i sure hope it's a boy-did-i-get-away-with-it-again smile. but we shall see. i really dont harbour any more high hopes. i dont expect anything. really. lowered my expectations and all- because i felt that attempts this time were not topnotch. i was always faltering and tripping along the way- how i picked myself up each time i dont know. but i made it through and that's what counts. i tried. i really did. here i guess i shld thank the teachers for all the amazing stuff they've taught us over the mere two years. so much ive learnt. i think it was snee who agreed that she wldnt have had it any other way. humanz- the way to go man. but then i might get flagged for being elitist by some pink sod shite who goes by the phony name of angelique the pig who has nothing better to do but to pry into pple's private blogs- so i shall just return to my point and express appreciation and love for mr mcconnell, mrs perry, mr reeves, mr rolly, mr kwok, ms joanne lui, ms elaine lo, and even mrs jai singh :] id hate to disappoint any of them. then i have to thank denise and her mum for sending the pandan valley kids to and fro- thanks for the comfort and time saved and just the kind gesture. michelle and brenda too for sharing the pv solidarity and being great pple to talk to after exams. and i have to thank my dad for always being there for the morning and afternoon papers sometimes- taking me out for lunch and making me feel safe and confident. of course mum for all her care and concern which materialized in various ways- such as fruit juices, quarantining my sick sister, herbs, chicken soup, words of encouragement etc. this was as much a fight for them as it was a struggle for myself. and all the random pple- i hate that i cant rmbr but u know. like stef sitting with me before hist ass. wow that was magic cuz her presence just calmed me down even tho she didnt say a thing. terenceh for that phonecall before lit (i didnt even know u took lit!). cc for frost consultation, although it didnt pay but well at least it gave me a peace of mind. ramu for the days leading up to v party. oh angie for her calculator for math!! zee and gawin and sarah and liyi and mike and jon and shaun and zhaoyu for nice smses. and ms rachel chen for the chat in the canteen a few days before lit ass, and for telling me abt the venues and saying nice words before econs essay. so many others along the way i really felt this time it was less competition and more cooperation. so good job everyone! give us the As! and so that's the hardest exam i'll ever take. i hope. i appreciated the intellectual stimulation, i really did. but enough, no more! tis not as sweet now as it was before. 2) Channel V Party! one of the distractions during the As. i was seriously irritated by the fact that if not for As, i cldve met Kelly Rowland, Tata Young, zoetay, taypinghui, patmok, brianrichmond etc. but NO i didnt get to cuz i had to stay home and mug. so very upset was i. anw it was the week of the horror and ch V party was on friday night. perfect night to take a break right? haha and so i did. but not before getting real lucky on 987's late night show yet again! so anw i tried my luck after failing miserably on dan and young's show and woala! got the tickets! after doing a humiliating round of singing of course. but it was a small price to pay for a smashin' nite of euphoria @ zouk. anw i cldnt concentrate during lit paper 8 due to the anticipation but after that it was seriously party mode i told myself no holding back. so there we were ( i shall skip the part abt the BAD 987 prize service). we caught vanessa fernandez (i love parking lot pimp!), the channel v VJs who were all HOT (like seriously...ouch and ooh kinda hot), the 987 djs (which were less hot save carrie chong who was rather doll-like), river maya (very very goood live! was really impressed), the almost pathetic but extremely hilarious (im sorry) lip-syncher adrienne lau from hk (whoever she is...admired her showmanship nonetheless), some weird r&b sensation who almost wore smthing like a skirt altho he was a guy, hady mirza (good singing altho i wasnt like blown away) and willow (the obese girl who went on stage, danced like she was electrocuted and won a handphone). but the star was saved for the last! not only did we watch ryan star perform, ramu was lucky enough to catch his cd when he threw a few copies into the audience, and we got his autograph, and later took a photo with him! wooohooo! up close and personal never felt that good! i mean seriously. that was probably the closest i'll ever get to rockstar supernova! one of the better memories from the prelim days. haha. so yeah. great stuff. oh we met michelle and a guy called dennis whom she picked up along the way. it was a pair of strangers both of them...but i wonder...haha! anw good night, good fun, and i was dead beat after that. cldnt study for the next few days, which really affected my papers on wednesday. all i can say is, i still tried. dont kick me in the ass pls dont! 3) Tenacious D!!! as irony wld have it i have yet to watch the movie itself. actually hoping to catch it on SIA :] but well yes- in case u still dont know- YES i won it! it was a crazy ride i tell you. im looking at the guitar beside me and am filled with so much gratitude. from those who appreciated the art i did- to those who voted simply for the faith they had in me. THANKS- friends, teachers, family. no other way to put it. i mustve spammed all on my msn list- wait in fact, i did just that. and the response was just superbly encouraging. special thanks to those who replied via email or sms or msn: jingheng, bencai, the vic, trini, russell, erictoh, navjote, glenc, terenceh, snee, yingsze, mdm cheah!, mrs joy lim!, ziing, joy (hyper voter), denise&michell (on phone), mike (at camp), joel, xtine (who did duty as friend), shu-min, lehui, ryans (who in turn publicized his chU stint), jasmine, yeeler (power!), miki (phony), dani, ramu (you get yours soon!), shaun, nash, junyi, zhengyi, alan, cc, ray (buddy!), ms kelly!, isaac, jean (the only non-family to have seen it), hanisah, chengliang, szxjason etc etc. and THE FAMILY for "calling till fingers tired" and for mass emailing colleagues and friends omg extremely maluating but i guess it finally paid off as seen in the final vote tally. i shant brag any further. but last word of thanks to ALL (oh yes jeanmarie and photographers and even pat whom i dont know) so yes talk to me about it ok or i shall never get to say thanks personally. and congrats to my cousin yelicia, alan and miki for winning the movie hamper! haha super! i will rock with the gibson one day. but i have so many things to do i just cannot get down to learning anything- be it russian, driving, much less guitar. so one step at a time my friends. and it will be done eventually. you'll see :] 04# so as u can see i was really distracted midway thru the As, which wld partly explain why the end didnt really feel like the end because i lapsed into holiday mood rather prematurely. but perhaps i would just conclude the past month or so by saying that i do love my life- it has been interesting, compelling, challenging and invigorating all at once. looking back its been a good past few days actually, on second thought, and not futile or anything. ++ ViVocity! went to vivocity with alan jonk nash cc junyi zee. really fun time roaming abt, going to the contrived and supercold cheena foodcourt- i actually appreciated the decor very much- very 1938, to say the least. then we got messy later during dinner at carls junior. mmmmhmmmm. i LOVE the burgers and the onion rings. have to go back to get MESSY again! some of them tried to buy clothes which was mostly an empty handed affair by the end of the day but it was nice just dilly-dallying and giving opinions and doing some good ole window shopping after weeks of deprivation. omg i think that's what i am. a serial window shopper who likes to look at things again and again before not buying. haha! vivo's nice lah. i like the roof, i like the shops, the architecture's a bit goofy but that's what we need here! no more straight fit oblong concrete standard cliches. we need creativity! i think vivo has that. it was BIg, i was delirious after having not slept before the lit ass paper, so didnt really bother to coverthe whole place. but i will be back i swear! next stop- candy empire! and i need to get some new shoes cuz i crave them. i shall force myself not to get more books or dvds until i finish those at home. i have yet to touch/finish: -books- on beauty atonement oryx and crake lady oracle grapes of wrath stories we cld tell well beloved (bla bla) edgar allen poe's compendium time traveller's wife anansi boys a-z of being single mystic river -dvds- mystic river interview with vampire big fish <3 love me if u dare pieces of april duets etc. etc. so as you can see! a whole list of things to do. and what do i do at home? i watch the tv- lord of the rings (again! but i love), shattered glass (very good movie! im gonna be a journalist now!)- and do nonsense stuff. oh well. i guess the books and dvds will always be there. hee. anw we watched open season at vivo haha! instead of happy feet thanks to alan the penguin. (pray SIA has happy feet too!) it was a, i dunno, i slept thru some of it- but i like animated stuff, except this one actually fell short of expectations. gasp! my favourite ever is still monster's inc. boo! but yeah open season rather cliche as junyi said but ridiculous enough in some parts like the bunny abuse and the melodrama dog and the silly squirrels and ducks and omg actually all those animals were funny. haha i guess i wasnt in the groove u know what i mean? but it was nice to sit down and laugh it out. oh man i need to go out again i feel deprived already. we found a supermarket trolley for giant after that. it was closed by then. but in order to earn one dollar we asked the guard to open up for us. mwhahaa. junyi and i split the dollar- finders of the trolley got rich! whee! so anw it was nice having a nice grp of pple to hang out with. i shant begin to comment on jonk's prom suit aspirations- but i hope he turns out fine. he's a worry that boy. haha. and alan almost bought shoes. and nash proudly announced he had completed his search with brave orchid. good on him. i wished i earned an income like him tho. sigh. cc flew off before the movie- what a bummer. we met trixellyjoy outside the unopened Daiso. then later saw rich/teckheng and gang. then also bumped into ronnnie&hanlong. haha. novelty attracts all! i hope vivocity succeeds and takes away the orchard crowd. ok im rambling. oh page one! it's so gonna trash borders (maybe not kino, yet) cuz it's neat, funky, avant garde and totally new age comfy intimate and cool. i felt right at home there, loved the quirky shelves and the whole feel of that place just made me feel at ease. had a good time flipping thru books which i will soon get but am too poor at the moment. soon i guess. soon i hope. at the same time lit ass memories from earlier in the day haunted me. but oh that for another time. as we left the mall with most shops closed, i looked back on those familiar faces and relished the last few moments i had with them. when will we do this again? i really dont know. ++ Sarah's party! black tie theme at pine grove club house! i spent like the whole afternoon clearing my locker and then foolishly not taking back my thick paintbrushes after dumping the load in the car boot. so had to buy new ones from laurels and spent the next few hours from 5 all the way till abt 8 painting the present! it was a cat on rock and i really hope she liked it. anw the party was really nice in that it was a very diverse and yet chatty crowd and i felt very much at home there. nice food too from elsie's kitchen and ooh the cake! cheese oreos! simply heaven i must say. so anw it was a party i had very much looked forward too and although we didnt get to play musical chairs, haha, at least we got a nice sit down and a preview of sarah's prom dress. haha. ok so happy birthday girl! hope u had fun! ++SATs i took it again! yes SAT 1 that is. crazy cuz i effectively had ONE day to prep for it- i ended up slacking and even watched Ghost Whisperer (damn good show- exciting finale next week) the night before (during which i cldve been at the vivocity opening watching stef sun but my dad cleverly failed to tell me abt it and gave away his stefsun segment tickets to strangers. grrr!) anw i like starhub centre so much more. i think despite having abt 3 hrs sleep only, i was able to concentrate more and all. had a back seat, small room, comfortable, aircon, and though it was super draining i had fun doing the mcqs again. it certainly felt better but then again one never knows. fingers crossed! anw blur as i was i didnt realize that dennet was in the same room as me until after the whole thing. dope! anw it was nice talking and have to agree with her in that it's quite sad that we still had to study or rather do practice after the As. dang. later i went shopping with parents! finally borrowed my suit, got my shirt, shoes, socks and even some new undies and nice striped corduroy pants for CNY next year. so it was a very fulfilling afternoon i must say. met miki outside pandan valley (after getting stuck like almost 1 hr in the uber crowded people's park parking lot) and passed him the movie hamper. i look at him and the other juniors and im thinking whether i shld be sad that im not young anymore or happy that im done with As, unlike them. u can never have the best of both worlds. anw i might never see him again. but his last words were crazily apt! in holden caulfield's words: "Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody." and that pretty well wraps up my adventures of the month of november and a little bit of december. hope alan had a great world aids day and well, prom's the next thing to look forward to. and after that, well, im gonna feel real hollow and lonely. but i shall live for the moment. on a parting note here's to the songs that have featured prominently during the mugging days for As (and will forever be tied to those moments of doubt, uncertainty, fear, fatigue and nights of solitary contemplation on the use of hitler's arithmetic progression towards keynesian employment of memento mori and othello and gorbachev's anthropocentric linear interpolation of the world as we know it) : (ratings in stars) - Fergalicious by Fergie **** - I Dare You by Shine Down **** * - Rock Steady by All Saints **** * - Original Fire by Audioslave *** - Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol *** - My Love by Justin Timberlake *** - Chain Hang Low by Jibbs * - I Don't Need A Man by Pussycat Dolls *** - It Ends Tonight by All American Rejects *** - Irreplaceable by Beyonce **** * - Jump by Madonna **** - When You Were Young by The Killers **** * - Nothing In This World by Paris Hilton **** * - Hurt by Christina Aguilera **** - El Nin-Yo! by Tata Young *** - Show Stopper by Danity Kane * - How To Save A Life by The Fray *** - Lips of an Angel by Hinder *** - I Don't Feel Like Dancing by The Scissor Sisters **** *
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after that i accompanied sarah to touch up her pedicure and to her horror walking out in orchard was the ultimate post-pedicure disaster- people all around, threatening to trample on Big Black Toe. ahh sarah and her misfortune with toes. one with the nail ripped off...who knows what will happen next?! touch wood
anw my phonecall to Joy gohmah to invite her to Death Note 2 resulted in a 3 hr long convo in the wee hours of the morning. but it's always nice to do that sometimes. you get to hear the heartbeat of that person you know? sigh. anw met up with Shu-mini and Snee for dinner the next day at Nooch paragon and it was really cute how sinying turned up in her thai express uniform. anw the two sisters headed off for some Sexercise, as snee calls it, and shu-mini the death note queen accompanied me to Death Note 2! a well plotted and fine movie with characters that i aspire to be...L! haha. identity crisis is me. but the surprising thing is that i dont even think im even Half as Weird. i think im gonna get the dvds! go watch everyone!
Hahaha. Ok the following in blue is taken from the website, which you should ALL visit for some nice childhood pleasure: 
<<>Stef you might wanna know that when my mom saw ur picture- she said: "Wow this one looks like model" Okay your head is exploding now right? Anw this photo shall rep 1B for me. Haha thanks for being such great room neighbours. Really great crowd. Haha and I personally digged Keng Seng's white jacket, very good taste and smthing I wldve done if i had the chance to buy my own. Ajit, Weiqi did the same with the coats I believe. Nice! 
