And so Montfort Chorale got Bronze for their SYF... Nvm... Its okay... at least they didn't deprove. Yea, definitely am sad that they weren't able to get that silver because they did really well for their Set piece! But, hey, things happen on stage and as a chorister, I should understand that. Oh well, I am glad that they got a Bronze at least and that the hard work they put in did not go to waste. Well done MC! =)

Time flies. Yesterday, I was helping Jan with his SYF set piece for JCs. How much he has changed. When he was in Montfort, he would find ways and excuses to skip choir practice and now when he is in Meridian Choir, he is so enthusiastic about it and even asked me to help him with the songs. How much he has changed. The both of us were looking at some old photos of Montfort Chorale yesterday and boy did I miss those days so much. The fun we had and the many change of conductors we had. It is definitely a very interesting experience.

I miss those days in Log branch where every day is a day of fun and laughter. Where we help each other whenever possible and stay in together. Most of the people in Log branch has left. Yea... I've got to move on. Just can't help but think of those days when School 2 Log Branch existed.

I miss my Meridian Choir days where we were given so much pressure. I still remember the time where we were practising for SYF, when Mr Kwei goes into his SYF mood. When AJC, VJC, TPJC and us come and sing to one another. Where we had to go through so so much to perfect the unperfect-able Shoga. Where we sang the set piece the best (out of the 4 choirs) but screw it up on SYF day itself.

I miss my Meridian Day. I miss Mrs Chong's cold maths jokes, Mr Lee's GP consultation and humour, Mr Sung's patient teaching, us making Mrs Quek frustrated, Ms Soh's care for us. I miss Mr Eric Chua's unending patience for training me in my pull up and his never ending encouragement for me during PE. I miss the fun times I had in class with the wanderers in J2 and with Magan, weilin, weeling and josephine in J1.

I have so so many fun times in my life which I will never forget. And I am so thankful that I am able to have so many happy memories which I can keep till the end. Yea, praise God!

Oh well, such is life, life is as such... Let's wait and see what else is installed for me in future...

By the way, please support MJChoir (if there is anyone out there reading this...)! Come for La Risonanza IV!!! Come come come! =)

Today, my family gathered at Carribean for my grandma's birthday celebration. The food was great but I guess I was too tired to even enjoy myself. Futhermore, most of my cousins are not around, so its rather quiet. Oh well... I'm really too tired to type anything so I will just post photos. Oh yea! Today's service concludes the 10 ways to maintain our healing. Its really very enlightening for me. Shall talk about it the next time I blog. Here are the photos...

The final final product with strawberries from China!





The Swimming Pool. My whole family was watching the swimming pool for a good half an hour at the Clubhouse because they were very very fascinated with an ang moh throwing their kids into the swimming pool, literally. haha...

The future bridge to dunno where...

The nice fountain...

And finally... the giant ferris wheel... I just can't help but take a photo of it... again... haha...

I went back to Montfort today to listen to Montfort Chorale before they sing for SYF this coming Wednesday. And to be honest, I am really very very surprised when I heard them. They have improved tremendously! Its like they went through some crash course in choral singing. Their set piece was very nicely done (Not really gold standard but definitely better than the standard they produce for Sunset). They sang in one voice, they moved together as a choir, there was actually interpretation to the song, every note was correct and most importantly, they actually show some choral technique! Never in my life have I heard them sing so well ever since Mr Yong left. Seriously, I am really very impressed and proud of them man! Woots! Yagi Bushi was a stunner! The song was definitely of a high standard (comparable to their jap proverbs i guess) given that they have never sung such songs in TTBB before. And they are able to deliver it reasonably well. I admit that the song wasn't perfect as there were messy entries and sometimes they will just slow down and there are definitely some frivolous notes sung during the song but then, its really a great achievement for them. They suck when I heard them in Jan. 3 - 4 months later, they are able to produce a standard like that, its really very good. As for Ave Maria, I find that they can do more for the interpretation because they sounded so chor lor when they sing this soft mellow piece. But oh well... they managed to pull through a difficult sacred piece like that, I have nothing to say (although they went sharp in the end =X) haha... Hopefullly they will be able to get a Silver for SYF and prove to the school that they can be better than the band and most importantly, they have substance! Kudos to Mr Wilson Goh for helping them improve so much!!!! =)



Anyway, after choir pract, Ernest and I made our way to Cafe Cartel for dinner then he came over to my place to see me bake a cake for my grandma's birthday. Ernest Lim Wee Kiat actually helped me to decorate the cake. He sucked at it. So do I... haha... The both of us were practically laughing our heads off while decorating the cake, coming up with funny ideas of how we should decorate the cake and all. Its really very happening. I will have to thank Ernest for helping me out today! Thank you Ernest! Anyway, this is the end result...



Cocoa pops wordings were done by yours truly! Thank you thank you! Haha... oh well... I will post more pics tomorrow. I am so so so tired now. Out since 8.30am for MJChoir Alumni pract, then rushed down to Montfort for MC pract which ended at about 5pm. Didn't have time to eat and drink man... Okay... Shall go and sleep now... Goodie night


Quote of the day: Let's see the cake of the fate...
No prizes for guessing who said that... ha!

Its home alone again for me. My parents have flown off to China for their holiday early this morning while my brother will not be back from work till like midnight (not that he is working OT or anything but he will most probably be out with his friends...) So its just me, myself and I, alone at home. And I ended up watching Night at the Museum again at home. Funny movie that is... My dumb dumb wants to speak... haha...

I'll be on off tomorrow because I'll be going back to Montfort tomorrow to see how the choir is doing. Their SYF is coming up soon and I so hope that they will do well for it this year. Hopefully they can maintain their bronze or even move up to a silver (so that the band won't laugh at them anymore since they got a bronze this year... ha!) I will have to deliver old choir uniforms to them too, to help the needy students.

Yesterday's choir pract at Meridian was nonetheless, fruitful. Despite most of the uni gals having exams and stuff, quite a number turned up for practice. woohoo! And its only when we enter our wonderfully horrible choir room (I so miss that place...) that we found out how horrible we sound. And lucky for us, Mr Yong came before our Alumni Practice end, so we asked him to work on the 3 pieces with us. And so, we've decided to start having intensive practices from next Saturday onwards, to improve on our 3 songs. diao diao...

After so many months, I finally went out with my cousins yesterday. We went to watch Meet the Robinsons and boy were we so inspired by that movie. Keep Moving Forward! yea... and Hooray! I've made a mistake which means I will get to learn! That kind of thing... Its certainly much more interesting than Mr Bean's Holiday... Oh well... After the movie, we went to New York New York to taste the most spicy chicken drumlets of all time. One piece of the drumlet caused me to down one whole glass of water. One small bite of the drumlet caused Amanda to down half a glass of water. How small is the bite you may ask.... This small....

And we had to de-skin the chicken to finish them. How sad can we get...

Before

After

We had a great time yesterday definitely. Hopefully we can go to the Austrailia trip end of this year after their exams. Woohoo!!

I banged my head against the door the other day. It gave me a pimple and a swelling. Boo... And today, I was almost late for service because complacent me thought I could make it in time by leaving home 45 mins earlier... But the bus never came... And when I was about to walk to Compass point to take a cab, bus 83 drove to the bus stop happily.. And when I reach Compass point taxi stand, there was a super long queue and no cabs were in sight. Then I began walking upwards towards the 89 bus stop to try to get a cab. But there were no cabs in sight too! da bian... and It was like 11am (15 minutes to service) and I was like so panicky... don't even know whether I can make it in time. So in the end I took bus 27 to the busstop before the expressway and I got a cab there. In the end, I reached church just in time... woot! Praise the Lord!!

Alright... Let's all Keep Moving Forward! Put the pass behind us! Let go of all unhappy worries and troubles and delight in the presence of God!

That was random... oh well... Let's see what God has installed for me this coming week..

Happy Easter everyone!! I spent my Easter Sunday baking away at the Kitchen today. I have been waiting for today to come because I wanted to try out that White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake recipe which I've found at all recipes. It didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to be because my mother bought duo chocolate chips (white and milk chocolate together) instead of white chocolate and my raspberry sauce didn't turn out as thick as it should be. Hmmm... So the cake became brown in colour (instead of white) and I don't think the thickness of the sauce affected the cake much. Oh well... I didn't take a photo of it because I am too lazy to do so.


I'm just so so so tired because I've been sleeping late and waking up early every day for Good Friday Service, Choir practice and Sunday Service. I really don't mind waking up early for these stuff but the lack of sleep is causing me to be a little heavy in the head. And so, I messed up the kitchen in the end because I can't think clearly and I felt really disorientated and disorganised. So pooi pooi...


I've finally found my Mascarpone Cheese at Cold Storage when I was out with Choon on Friday!! So I went home immediately to make my long awaited tiramisu which didn't turn out very well too... (How irritating...) I don't know if it should be creamy or cake like. But it turned out creamy in the end. Maybe I should not have used my electric mixer to mix my mascarpone cheese and egg yolk mixture because it turned out that the cheese became watery!!! I was so shocked that I began panicking (the uncertainty of whether I'm doing it correctly kills me... pooi pooi!). I wanted to throw the whole thing away but I heard a distant voice from afar (Sharon's one actually) reminding me of the countless children who are dying from hunger in Africa everyday. So, I fought the the feeling of imperfection and continued on with the journey of producing my first ever tiramisu. And so, that's how my creamy/ failed (I think...) tiramisu came about (no photos... Its too disgusting to be posted online...). It turned out that my mum's friend said that the tiramisu tasted nice... I've tried it. It was okay... But I don't find it perfect yet...


Somehow, the only thing I've baked over the pass few days which turned out well was my Apple crisp. The look is okay but it was too bloody sweet!!! pooi pooi pooi! But its really very nice (not praising myself but the recipe) if I cut down the sugar content by half. I felt diabetic after taking one small bite of that apple crisp. Comparable to the constipation and diabetes inducing brownie I produced last week... Woot!! Here's one photo of how it looked like in the oven...





Oh well, I enjoy baking because it sort of relaxes my mind. Sometimes it helps me think through stuff and sort out my thoughts. Yea, its one way to calm the irritating beast within me. People ask me to sell what I bake but I feel awkward doing it for money. I sort of want to do things as and when I like to do with no worries whether I will poison the next guy who takes a bit out of my stuff. Also, its really laborious to bake things in big quantities. I just one to bake it, savour it and clean up. haha... Its just my way of relaxing I guess...

Alright, Choir practice have been very very productive so far! We've chose our 3 songs and finished learning 2 of them. So exciting! People who wants to support MJChoir and its alumni (3 songs only...), Please please buy tickets!! Details are as follows:

Meridian Junior College Choir presents:
La Risonanza IV
Date: 24 May 07
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall
Time: 7.30pm
Tix price: $12


Lastly, I'm really really broke! Phewy... I've been spending a lot on movies and food for the past few days and I think I'm buying things on impulse. Like yesterday, while I was waiting for Ernest and Edwin at Vivo City, I went into Candy Empire and came out with 2 packets of biscuits (Buy one get one free... I'm no cheapo ok!) worth $7.90. Then on Friday, while I was buying ingredients with choon on Friday, I bought one packet of M&Ms, 2 packets of Marks and Spencer cookies, Oreo cookies and 1 packet of marshmellows just because I felt like buying it. Now my house if filled with biscuits and I have no idea when I can finish them... da bian... I'm so dead... I'm so dead... The money in my pocket is replaced with guilt (for not saving... damn it!)... Oh well... I guess I really have to start saving and learn how to control my expenses (I'm a finance clerk for goodness sake!) Alright... here are some photos taken yesterday with Ern and Edwin (Such cam whores are we!)

Through this cam whoring experience, I realised that my face is very small... Boo... Oh well... To end off, Ernest, the following is for you:

Seek ye first the kindom of God

And His righteousness

And all His things shall be given unto you

Hallelu Hallelujah

Recess over loh!!!

And so I had my first weekend guard duty yesterday. I'm quite blessed actually because I had a lot of resting time yesterday and there was no turn out or anything. So yea, lucky lucky me. Anyway, guard duty is definitely not fun but one thing about doing it at SFT is that you get to see aeroplanes land one after another. Not that its a very interesting sight or anything (it gets boring after a while because the planes just keep on coming...) but you get to see planes from different airlines. Some are foreign but most are common (like, duh!). That is one way to past time when you are walking about, making sure that no suspicious personnel can be found lurking around the vicinity. Oh well... One month down... another 8 more months to go...

After returning home from guard duty today, I decided to bake something to relax myself. And I'm proud to announce that I've produced the ultimate constipation causing brownie. I'm not praising my own cooking but the brownie is very chocolatey itself, and its coated with chocolate icing made from cocoa powder, butter, icing sugar and honey. Woooooooh! No doubt, it will definitely cause constipation and if you're unlucky enough, diabetes mellitus... haha... Shall see the reaction of my friends tomorrow... wooohooo

Another exciting week ahead for me! Good Friday service, MJChoir Alumni Practice, MCA lunch and my grandma's birthday at my cousins' house. Woots!

This is what I've learnt from my counsellor today...

What causes insecurities in a friendship? Its the unmet expectations that gives rise to this insecurities. Insecurities leads to paranoia which ends up in frustration. This could also lead to destruction of a friendship instead of development/maintenance of a friendship as one would tend to say hurtful and accusatory words to one's friend. Define your expectations and think about it properly. Are they demanding? Is it difficult for your friend to meet that expectation? If yes, moderate that expectation. Let go of these difficult expectations and not let it ruin your friendship just because your friend is unable to meet it.

Never ever accuse your friend for something which he is not feeling. If you are unsure, clarify and don't accuse him or her of feeling this way because you will never know how he feels unless you clarify. To build a friendship, you have to be nice about it and not be harsh because that is not how you should behave. What level do you want to bring your friendship to?

If you know that things are not like that but you cannot seem to stop thinking about the worst then "thought stopping" methods have to come in. There will definitely be happy and enjoyable moments in a friendship. Why do you decide to develop a friendship with a person if you don't like him in the first place? Therefore, distract yourself by giving one loud clap or smacking your leg to stop ruminating about the bad and use that interval of distraction to replace these negative thoughts with the positive. This may help stop you from thinking the unthinkable and maybe even paranoia. Trust your friend for he did not do anything to make you distrust him. Build this friendship and not destroy it.

........................... Chapter closed............................

Book burnt

Yesterday was quite an exciting day! The alumni went down to Siglap South CC for MJChoir practice. The Choir definitely sounded great! Beati Quorum and Yoru. 2 very beautiful songs indeed. Hopefully they will be able to get their Gold with Honors this year... Can't wait man...

Anyway, the alumni will most probably be performing for La Risonanza IV this year. Also, if all things go well, we might be joining them for their Pattaya trip this coming July!! So exciting!! Really can't wait man! I definitely need more practice since I've not been singing properly for so so long... All my choral technique seems to have disappeared. Damn... Oh well... its time to sing at home more again... wahahaha...

Met up with the 7 wanderers yesterday. Finally, after 7 months, all 7 of us gathered at Safra Tampines Sakura to have our "Reunion" dinner. The gathering was great! We laughed and ate and laughed some more. We turn ghost stories into comedies and suicide attempts to interesting debates on how the person actually die. We talked about Meridian and how different it is now since quite a number of our teachers left. Its really fun. Wee ling has her own car now and she drove us all home. How nice of her =) Her car is big and very cool!!! A honda civics with a digitalised speed-o-meter (maybe its common now... I'm a sua gu can?) and the interior of the car is very very nice! Not bad... Oh well, all 7 of us squeezed into her car after dinner, and we went to the playground at granny's house to have a chit chat. The the out of the 4 girls, siew li seems to be very stress with her course, sophie seems tied down with her readings, wee ling and wen feng seems to be quite alright with their studies at the moment. As for me and Meng yang, all we are concerned about is to ORD and start our studies. Both of us will be entering NUS FOS together!! woots! But still, unsure of what we want to do. Somehow, it makes me think how all of us will be like when time passes. What will all of us be doing in future? I know I want to be a teacher but somehow, I still feel a little uncertain of my decision. The rest are also uncertain of what they want to do... Hmmm... Whatever it is, hopefully all of us will be contented with what we want in future and one day, we might sit in a restaurant, in our working attire (or maybe not), talking/bitching about the stuff we do at work... hmmmm..... Here are some photos which we took last night... Take note of wee wee's beautiful car!!!

As for today, my family and I went to Sakura for dinner. Which Sakura? Safra Tampines... Me and my itchy mouth... Should have kept quiet when my mum was asking for suggestions on where to have our dinner. So I had a second round of Sakura today. As a tradition for all buffets, my cousins and I will compete to see who will be the last to finish eating. The first ever competition was at Pariss International (Marina Square). I came in fourth (aka last place). As for today, I came in fourth again (Da bian...). But I'm not in last place this time round because "Here comes a new challenger!". Muahahahaha... So I shall take comfort that I drop out after a 12 year old declare that he is full... Hahaha... Here is our pai hang bang for today...

In last place, we have Mr Jonathan Goh, the 12 year old....

Its not supposed to be a monkey pose... Its supposed to be just the pinkie showing to represent last place =)

In fourth place, we have... Me! The supposedly NS trained...

Note sad face... boo hoo...

In third place, we have... Sharon!! From second place to third place..

And finally, we have a tie in first place... Samuel and Shawn, the wonder twins!

So that's that for dinner. After giving up at fourth place, my back actually hurts quite alot... Hopefully I don't suffer from kidney failure or anything. Oh well, let's see what's God's plan for me =)

Lastly, I think that they should ban people from playing music through their handphone speakers on buses! Especially when its a mix of hokkien songs and chinese/english pop! The agony I went through just to go home today is unimaginable. Here I am, trying to read my book and there those people are, playing songs at full blast, ruining the quiet atmosphere of the new 72 bus model. Da bian... Oh well... will just have to bare with it won't I...

Frustration Brushtration... A lethal weapon I say...

Yes. Indeed I have not been feeling right for the past few days. I'm glad to have trashed/talked things out. I guess its all up to me to fight this evil within me. Away you evil frustration! Away!
Thanks =)

MJChoir alumni meeting this sat morning at Siglap South CC... Can't wait!
7 wanderers gathering at Sakura... Can't wait!!!

And so... In the last and final session of the TIPS course, we learnt about relationships.

There are 4 phases to a relationship and they are "Getting started", Development, Maintenance and Termination. Most of us will not have a problem with the "Getting Started" stage as it is the basis of each relationship. However, most of us might have a problem with the development and maintenance of a relationship. The development of a relationship will decide how far you regard a person (as a close friend or an acquaintance) and when you go pass that stage, it is how you maintain this relationship that determines its future.

Sometimes, I really don't know which direction each friendship is heading because you don't know how the other party is feeling or thinking and sometimes paranoia kicks in to make matters worst. Sometimes the other party seems to treat you differently compared to the past and you read it as a friendship going downhill. I guess it all depends on how much you trust this friendship and how much you treasure it that helps in the development. During the discussion at TIPS, the facilitator was saying that if somehow one starts to ignore you or becomes hostile to you all of a sudden, just let go of that friendship and end it nicely. Because there is no point holding on to it and make your life miserable just because that person doesn't seem to want to carry on with the friendship anymore. Yes, true if its an acquaintance. But then again, what if its a friend whom you really treasure a lot? Someone who has been with you through thick and thin, someone who has been your best pal for a very long time? It ain't easy letting go of this friendship if things become worst.

Oh well... I guess its time to change ourselves if our attitude and character is not helping a friendship at all. Of course, a person should not change himself just to fit in or please a someone else. However, if he is behaving like a childish idiot, its high time that he wake up his idea and change for the better (not directing this to anyone at all...). Sigh... I guess I'm holding on to friendship too tightly and I'm not giving myself any breathing space. But I seriously don't want to give up any friendship that I treasure. Oh well, like what I've said, I will just have to have faith in them and not worry... Trust in God is also important...

Anyway, Choon, Chase and I met up today for a meal before Chase enters the forbbiden land this coming Friday. We went to the Singapore Art Museum to take a look and the art pieces there are definitely intriguing and interesting. Each art piece left us deep in thought. Of course, me, being the one who is not artistically(if there is such a word) inclined, just enjoyed the beauty of the artpieces, not so much of the thinking. But its definitely an interesting trip.

Met my family at Marina Square after that. Somehow, it feels as though half of Singapore has decided to visit Suntec City today for the IT fair. Its scary to see people squeezing through the over head bridge leading to Suntec. For a moment there, I thought the bridge was going to collapse... Its so crowded that the queue started from escalator which leads to the over head bridge from City link mall (or even way before that...). Luckily there wasn't stampede or anything... muahahaha...

Alrighty, service at church today is definitely very enlightening. Great great great!!! =) Shall end here by posting a few photos taken today...

In my previous TIPS workshop session, I have learnt how to be a good listener, speaker and how to be assertive. And it was then that I realised that my smile can actually scare people.............. I was asked to show the group how I will open a conversation with a complete stranger using the skills which I've learnt. It turned out that my smile sort of intimidated the guy... haha... I've got nothing to say. Some people don't mind the smile while somewill suspect that you are up to something when you smile. I guess I am who I am and I must learn to do the right things at the right time.

Anyway, we played this message relay game during that session and the result was hilarious. This is the orignal message:

Mary's mother has 3 dogs. They are named Piggie, Winnie and Chicky. Piggie and Chicky are males while Winnie is a female. Last week, Mary took Winnie and Chicky for a walk in the park. One hour later, Mary realised that Winnie was missing.

The last person received the message as:

Mary has 3 dogs. They are named Beaky, Vicky and Chinny. Beaky and Chinny are males while Vicky is a female. One day, marry took beaky for a walk.

Hmmmmmm.... The power of communication. The lesson learnt is that we must not be afraid to ask again if we are not sure about the message we have received. If somehow, we did not listen to the message or orders given to us properly, it may give rise to many problems which we might not be able to handle.

Before leaving, I must say that I'm proud to be a MERIDIAN!!! WOOTS!! The previous batch did extremely well for the A levels! 300 plus triple A students and 80 plus 4 As students. Double the number we had for the previous batch!! Woohoo!!! So proud of my juniors =) Meridian rocks my socks! Oh well... Thinking about how my juniors did and looking through last year's college annual, it kind of made me miss my college days a lot... Sigh sigh...

I love my family to bits! There will be never ending drama with my mother's sisters around. Recently, they have been discussing about my uncle's business and that i guess that topic will stay for quite some time. Their animated speeches will never fail to crack me up. My poor cousins have to listen to the stories over and over again because my aunt will repeat the same speech to all 4 sisters... How how interesting... woot!!

Today's session with my counsellor has been a very enlightening one...

In life, whatever you do, you will definitely have a role to play. What is your role? Once you have identified your role in a particular organisation or situation, things will definitely be much better for you because you will then know what you have to do and what you should do. Not having a well defined role can cause you to burn out easily because you will then be doing stuff which you should not be doing...

Also, in whatever situation you are placed in without have a choice, you have to accept it and learn to work things out from there. One should not dwell into the bad side of things and indulge in self-pity because one cannot achieve anything out of it. It will only make you feel more depressed and this leads to health problems. There might be certain things which you will have to do which is not part of your job scope, e.g. regimental duty. Treat them as little spects of dust which you will have to do because your job and being a soldier comes together as a package.

In this world, there will be many losses. Losses in terms of a loved one, a relationship, material things and many other stuff. Whenever you lose something, you will have to fill up that void immediately and not leave it there and let it grow. Making yourself busy with work will not help because at the end of the day, once you are free, these sad thoughts will flow back again and it will be in a larger magnitude. Instead of ruminating about it, why not find a solution to it or even try to close this chapter?

Through the many phases of life, you will meet many people. Friendships are forged between some of them. Some might be transition friends and some might even be your very close friends. In the working society, people come, people go. When a friend leaves, it does not mean that your friendship ends there unless you regard the person as a transition friend (friendship made out of convenience...). If you really do treasure the friendship, keep in contact with them instead of mulling over the "loss" because the person is still living and breathing. Don't fear but trust.

This is what I have learnt today. How inspiring.... =)

Chinese New Year has been interesting this year. I had my reunion dinner at home with my parents and my brother. I quiet one. Then as usual, I would go to my 4th aunt's (mother's sister) place for another round of reunion dinner before heading home to usher in the new year.

This year, my family headed to my uncle's house (mother's brother) first before proceeding to my father's side. Its really a very quiet gathering this year... But my cousin's house is very very nice! It has a great scenary of the sea and the design is great! I've taken quite a few photos at her house. Can't resist such a huge opportunity... haha... Here are a few of them...

CNY holidays are over. Wonder what other days are there for me to look forward to before I ORD. Time seems to fly if you are unaware of what you are doing and it seems to crawl when you are observing every minute and every second, waiting for that faithful day to come.... haiz... Wake up Jeremy! wake up! Its coming... its coming... Thank God I have a wonderful family and great friends to bring me through each day...

Happy valentine's day everybuddy!


I was told that i shouted and mumbled in my sleep last night... This is so freaky... For the past few nights, I was unable to sleep/sleep well at all... I'm suffering from insomnia and its kind of getting on my nerves because I seriously need to sleep... The lack of sleep is killing me... argh... Hopefully things will be better for me as each day pass..

CNY is coming! yippee!

Yet another week has passed. Nat nat and ao ao has ORDed, leaving me with these words... "Your time will come" Oh yea it will... Gotta be patient won't I?

Anyway, I bought 2 books last week when I was out with my cousins, "Asking for trouble: Tales of Saffy and Amanda" and "Table for Three: More tales of Saffy and Amanda". These 2 books are a must read!! Its extremely hilarious!!! They were the first books which actually made me laugh out loud while reading it and I just can't stop smiling while reading. Its basically the story of Jason Hahn and his oh so dramatic life with his flat mates who never fail to amaze me with their weird antics... Haha... How I wish my life will be something like that... It will never be boring (though it can get annoying sometimes...) Oh well... Its definitely a must read for people who needs humour in their life =)

I bought another 2 books yesterday while I was out with Andre. "Scribbles from the Same Island" and "Final Notes from a Great Island" by Neil Humphreys. I've only started the first one and so far its quite interesting. Woohoo! I guess most of my time will be occupied by these two books for the time being.

Andre and I went shopping for New Year clothes yesterday and it was a very fruitful one. We managed to get something despite the crowd that was there. Oh well... Chinese New Year is coming and I am so looking forward to it. Woohoo! I'm getting this cny feeling man... baking pineapple tarts again and again and again...

To end off this entry, I shall post photos of the 7 wanderers! Really miss them alot and truly regret that I did not spend much quality time with them in the past... shite me...

Dearest Mr Eric Chua. Our PE Teacher who inspire us to name ourselves the 7 wanderers...

I went shopping with my cousins yesterday. Got a new pair of shoes!! (My old one had officially disintegrated to nothingness... ) So yay!!! Also bought 2 shirts from Samuel and Kelvin, 2 books by Jason Hahn and a CD... I spent a lot yesterday... But its okay! Everything was sponsored by my dad! yippee!! It was very very crazy yesterday! Shan't type out what happened in order not to throw face....

Last night, I dreamt that I was in my grandma's home... It was new year's eve and I was like feeling all sad that no one turned up for reunion dinner since my grandmother had passed away. My brother and I were at the kitchen preparing for something and it was all weird. I told my mum about the dream and she said that we have to pay respect to my grandmother on the eve. Which explains what my brother and I were doing in the kitchen in my dream. Anyway, this I'll be going to my uncle's house on the first day of chinese new year. Shall see how different this year would be...

Nat and ao ao will be ording this week... Haiz... sad that they are leaving (lesser company you see...) but am definitely happy for them! At last, they are released from their service... haha... Oh well... I guess once dre and mi mi leaves, life at work will be more and more boring (although will still be others it will be different)... Haiz... haiz... haiz... They say that my time will come... but how long will it take for my time to come?! (looks at ORD countdown timer at sidebar...) Haiz... I need to relax... I seriously do...

I've gained 1 kg... yippee!

I want to ORD...

I love this song alot! This song is called "Butterfly" arranged and sung by a vocal a cappella group called Rajaton. But in this video, the song was sung by the Williams College Ephlats. I like the voice of the Sop solo in this video. Very nice and beautifully sung! Woots! Sweet sweet butterfly...

For the past 2 weekends, I've been trying out new recipes with my oven! I think I'm addicted to baking -_-" But it is really fun, spending time baking cakes and cookies for frens and family to eat! Its like some big charity event (so my mother said........ haha... Anyway, I tried baking pound cake and cheese cake last week. This week, i tried oreo cheesecake and chocolate chocolate chip muffins while my mum made pineapple tarts.They all came out okay. Not too bad i would say =)) Yea yea! Here are some of the photos of the things I've baked.

The muffin looks disgusting (due to my untrained hands..... =x) But its still taste alright. The light brownish colour on the top is due to the sugar I've sprinkled on the top to create a crispy top. It looks uneven because I didn't know how much would be enough... haha... I'm not very good at agarism... So yea... And Andre, it doesn't taste like peanut cake! haha...

So its almost one year since my Grandma had left us. Time has indeed passed by so quickly that it seems only weeks since it happened. Tomorrow will be some ceremony at a temple to commemorate my grandma's first death anniversary. Hopefully all will go well. Yea, although I'm a Christian, I'll still take part in the ceremony as a sign of respect for my grandmother. Its the least I can do to make up for the wrongs I've done in the past. It kinda dawn on me that this coming Chinese New Year would be so different. In the past, my family would go down to my grandmother's place for reunion dinner on new year's eve. We would just be there at Serangoon gardens, eating a sumptous dinner prepared by my grandmother. Although the whole family wasn't around, it is still great to be there because I kinda grew up there. When I was very very young, my family would go down to her place immediately and we will help with the spring cleaning (although I wasn't of much help... haha...). Then before we left, we will help place sweets and new year goodies on the large brown table beside the television. On the first day of new year, we would go back to my grandma's place in the late morning. All my aunts and uncles would be there, trying to remember whether they had given us red packets. Then they will start playing blackjack and mah jong in the afternoon while I will be in the bedroom with my other cousins, talking and stuff. That's the typical Chinese New Year for me... How will it be like for me this year? Will there even be reunion dinner with my father's side? Where will we be going on the first day of chinese new year?

I just feel really stupid. Its only when something is gone forever, that I start missing it so much. I so want to go back to my grandmother's place again. But I heard that my uncles would be selling away her place. Everything is just so different. Lately, I've been thinking about my grandmother quite alot and I don't know why... haha... Oh well... I will just have to move on won't I? I'm just glad that I am blessed with good memories which I can keep. But can I go back and relive these memories again?

What have I cooked so far? Last Saturday, I made Macaroni and cheese at home!! It's nice but then, after some time, it can be quite tiresome because its so cheesy... But I like it... Then again... Self praise is no praise. So I'll have to let my guinea pig volunteers do the testing when I see them. Here are the pics of my mac and cheese!!

I'm baking cookies now!! Not my normal chocolate chip cookies though. I'm trying something new, called the peanut butter duo chocolate chip cookie. The chocolate chips are actually milk chocolate and white chocolate striped chips (I didn't realise that until when I opened the packet...). The turn out is not bad. I've tried one or two, needs more sugar. Therefore, I'm going to bake more tomorrow!!! Anyway, here are the pics of my wonderful cookies... hehe...