:: Turpy's World ::

:: Stuck :

2007-10-20T15:22:00.000+08:00

Qns: Why am I stuck in the office on a Saturday....?

Ans: Cuz the senior-in-charge totally bo hue me!!!

28th July: Convocation Ball

2007-08-05T18:54:00.000+08:00

28th July: Convocation Ball

And the pic of the night, goes to the Doudous!

Theme was Old School! Some people went to great lengths to dress up, was a nice evening, not spectacular... but nice. :)

Bai Ma Wang Zi

Evelyn and I

My dearie and I

Group pic! Sans Melvin because he was late!

Can you see Keedoudou's eyes?? Coloured contacts!

Melvin, the table leader!
They had to tie a pair of men's socks tightly around their necks, and it couldn't be their own! How repulsive...

With Melissa WJP, who asked me to cover up her tummy.... haha.

With Zhiyong

Keith, aren't you a lucky guy??

I should have put down the bag... lol. Spoilt the pic!

With Hao Jie

Amelia! Lady boss of the night

Jamie
Yee Lian, my fellow KPMG colleague too

24th July : Convocation ceremony

2007-08-05T18:14:00.000+08:00

24th July: Convocation Ceremony

Never thought that after so many years of lamenting that studying's a chore and a bore, it's officially come to an end. Can't spend as much time bumming around anymore... and yet, a new chapter begins... would it be as exciting as the past chapters have been?

Only time will tell...

Photos! (& a ton more with my bro, tho i haven't seen them yet!)

With Desmond

Me and Meli Cho, and Daddy in the background with the zai camera

Me & the Big Teddy Bear, Adrian

With Daniel

With Miss Kee Doudou

& Melvin, my fellow colleague

Vivien!

More KPMG colleagues. With Shu Lin, and Melvin

Sighs, time flies...

2007-07-07T10:23:00.000+08:00

:Europe pix:

So behind in this!! Too many photos to sift through. In the meantime, you can catch a sneak preview at http://counterjinx.livejournal.com/ , courtesy of KeeDouDou!

First week of work/ orientation is over... next week is training! My honeymoon period has started!

Did I mention we got brand new HP laptops too? So awesome.

2007-06-24T22:41:00.000+08:00

Europe Trip, Part I
Rome - 23rd May to 26th May 07

Rome! Do as the Romans do... All roads lead to Rome..

We started out in Rome on the wrong footing. Fumicino Airport... makes you really appreciate Changi's efficiency SO MUCH. 4 baggages were literally 'lost in transit'...
Despite that, we still had a fantastic time exploring the ancient ruins of the gladiators, churches built entirely of marble, climbing hundreds, maybe thousands of steps up the Churches and Towers to catch a bird's eye view of the city. It's a beautiful city, and definitely worth visiting again!

After 1 full hour... *taps foot* Where the heck's our baggages?

Fountana de Trevi

Pantheon

We love taking pictures of our food...

My fettucini and prawns... so delicious

Colosseum

What were we trying to do? Haha

Doudous' trademark pose!

Daniel the monument

Vatican City - St Peter's Cathedral
That's St Peter's tomb. And above, is the highest dome in the Cathedral, so that the Romans could get as close to God as possible.

Baths of Caracella
Mouth of Truth.. and no, my hand did not get chopped off!
Spanish Steps.
I don't really see how romatic this place was... it was PACKED with people! Even at night!
See what I mean?

:: London ::

2007-05-20T00:32:00.000+08:00

Back from London! Managed to meet up with Cassie-Khoo too! :) That was really lovely, being able to see her again despite her being in the middle of her exams! All the best for the rest of your papers! (Which, by the time I post this... has already ended... haha)

Surprisingly, London wasn't as foggy/dirty as I had imagined it to be. On the flip side, it rained... and rained... and rain when we were there. And imagine, just the week before, they were soaked in a nice and hot, sweltering sun. Damn.

Feels good to travel again though. For some reason, I love the weather in temperate countries... your skin feels so fresh. You don't sweat. Makes you just want to put on your running shoes and take a jog around the parks... And they have squirrels!! I miss Canada....

Pond in Kensington Gardens

Memorial to countries involved in WII

Canada Gate! Next to Buckingham Palace

Nelson's column on Trafalgar Square

10 Downing Street.
Well, not exactly. It's somewhere behind me. We just can't enter and see it.

First glimpse of the famous London Eye

Big Ben (Europeans really love their clock towers)

Inside the capsule. It was a surprisingly smooth ride! A pity it was raining and the view was obscured by the fog!

The view from our hotel!

Kensington Palace
Where Princess Diana used to stay.

Kenneth, this is for you! Haha

Do you see what I see?

Picadilly Circus

WooT. HAWT. They looked SO life like! Until the flash goes 'pop'.

London Bridge

Tower of London
Yeoman. Guardians of the Tower of London.
You need to be baptised in the Tower of London's church in order to qualify to become a Yeoman!
The tower where the Crown Jewels are kept

Symbol of St Mark's

Tower Bridge

Cassie Khoo!!
Waiting outside the Buckingham Palace for the changing of guards

See that last guard in red? He's looking sideways!

And you wonder, why females are the fairer of the 2 sexes...

Yum yum yum. FIsh and chips before the Lion King musical
Kensington Palace Garden

And that was it :) Great trip! And I loved the flight back. Wasn't filled. So I had the whole row of seats to myself in the centre. 4 of them! YES. Good to sleep :P

:: London ::

2007-05-11T21:39:00.000+08:00

Europe Trip: Part 1... :: London ::

Kinda nervous and excited to be going...

Heard it's sad rainy, cold weather... 9 degrees to a high of 20 degrees. ^_^ How nice to relieve my Canada days... haha.

Oh well! Looking forward to it! Hope Cassie-Khoo is free to come visit! She's got exams. So annoying. Europeans have exams all at the wrong times! >_<

Anyways, gonna miss my dardar :) *hugs* Had a great week with you, dear. I'll see you soon, okiedokie? Be back before you know it! Love you lots :)

Great salad at Fish & Co!

*muacks*

:: Clara's visit! ::

2007-04-23T16:06:00.000+08:00

:: Clara's Visit ::

Bored with studying for AA206... shall post about Clara's visit to Singapore! She's currently on exchange in Hong Kong and decided to pop by.

Met up with her at Cafe del Mar, Sentosa on Saturday, supposedly for lunch, but I ended up with just 1 drink. ^_^ Haha. Man, the place looks damn cool! We should organise our annual Sentosa outing after exams! (And Kenneth, you are coming along!) ^_^

Was a really eventful day, I must say. Let's start out from the beginning...
Mummy was really nice, she gave me a lift and dropped me off at VivoCity. When I found out that Clara and her friends were in Sentosa, I decided to find an ATM machine to withdraw some cash. So, I walked... from the drop off point... into the shopping centre. The place is f-ing huge. Took me 5-10mins to walk to one end... Couldn't find a SINGLE ATM machine. Checked out the directory, ran down the list of banks and spotted, "UOB Bank". And guess where was it located? RIGHT BACK WHERE I STARTED. >_<

So okay, I weaved in and out of the crowds to head back to the drop-off point, and saw the trademark light blue and green colours of Standard Chartered. Thinking to myself that I must be blind, I headed outside the shopping centre to look for the UOB branch. Nothing. So I went back inside and walked a couple of steps further down, and this is what I saw...
"UOB, COMING YOUR WAY..."

Murphy's law. (Proven)

So, I gave up looking for an ATM machine and walked to the bus interchange to catch the bus to Sentosa. They changed the system a lil, instead of buying Sentosa passes when you reach Sentosa, you purchase them before you board the bus. Whilst queuing up, I realised there was a pair of eyes following me. Initially, I thought I had jumped the guy's queue, however, his stare didn't seem an accusatory one, so I let it pass.

On the bus, I stood at the back as there were no seats left. There was a tourist on my right, and that weird guy on my left. So, just before the bus left the terminal, he tapped me on the shoulder and went, "Sorry sorry.."

I thought he wanted me to move in further, but he carried on mumbling, "Sorry sorry... can I ask you something? Are you from Nanyang Polytechnic?"

I have nothing against polytechnic students la... but for some reason I was insulted. Come on... Do I look like a polytechnic student to you?! Goddamn it. Forced a smile, shook my head, and ignored him.
(I started to msg Kenneth, cuz he was freaking me out.)

3mins later... "Sorry sorry... cuz you look like my follow coursemate."

"Urm, yeah. No, I'm not from Nanyang Polytechnic." *forced smile*
(Feverishly typing on PDA...)

Some people, don't know when to quit.
"Urm.. hi. Do you come to Sentosa very often?"
Persistent fellow. Isn't he?

I couldn't take it anymore. I gave him an adrupt answer, and called Kenneth. Omg, that guy, was like... following my gaze, blatently staring at me. Not as if he's good looking or anything. FREAKY LA.

Freaks aside... Guess who I saw at Cafe del Mar?! Ix Shen and Ericia Lee! I felt like some private investigator with my camera... trying to sneak a couple of shots in. They looked really good together though. ^_^

Shall post pictures when I get the time. Woot! 1 more week!
Sapboon! You're done!! So fast. I'm jealous la.

::Visual DNA::

2007-04-08T17:40:00.000+08:00

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Sighs, what a boring Sunday... I'm craving for my sugar cane juice...
Need... my... sugah... *shakes*

Shall post up the pics from Adrian's house soon! And the video of Botak Jone's employees singing a birthday song for Daniel... so amusing.

:: New York (26th Dec - 3rd Jan) ::

2007-02-04T21:05:00.000+08:00

Well... I guess, I'm reaaaaaally late with this post! So, instead of boring you with ramblings after ramblings of what happened during the trip, feast your eyes on highlights of the 2390842 photos we took! :P

One liner to sum up New York: Great weather, long queues, crowded (I mean, worse than the Great Singapore Sale... like... REALLY BAD), Timesquare disappointment, and yet, fantastic company.

Gary got a haircut, pretty boy now ^_^

They should have this in Singapore! It'll be a HIT. M&M shop!

Rockafella CentreThey sure didn't like sour plums.. was so funny :P

Cheers, to Schulich Fall Exchange 2006! (Well, to us, actually) haha.

Floor and me, our last night together :(
Yes, queue for the statue of liberty... so... SO.. long!

After 1.5 hours of queuing... Statue of Liberty! Did you know the statue didn't use to be green? And it was a gift from France to the US!

Remember.

Central Park - Gorgeous isn't it?
I touched a REAL dinosaur egg!

Haha, see, Kenneth, I told u I'm F-A-T! :P Okayokay, KIDDING :P Orh ^_^

Ahhh, after queuing up for 2.5hours... the view from the Empire State Building...

Any idea what this purple dress is made of? It's waterproof, stretchable... and baby-proof too!

Statue of Liberty from Brooklyn bridge

Brooklyn

See that blue speck above Time Square that looks like an antenna?? That's the famous count down 'ball'. So bloody small la! I was expecting something more spectacular and huge!

Last meal of 2006 - Macs!! (Oh, and Gary's first meal of 2007 too)

Time Square 2007

We celebrated Roan's birthday slightly earlier! And managed.. sadly (i'm SO BAD at choosing sizes) to get him an nice oversized shirt. >_<

:: Washington (23rd Dec - 26th Dec 2006)

2007-01-11T23:27:00.000+08:00

:: Washington (23rd Dec - 26th Dec 2006)

Updates! :)

Day 1
The day we left Boston, it started raining! Man, were we lucky! Arrived in Washington late in the afternoon, but it was dark already!!! Thank goodness their subways had escalators tho, :P Made moving our luggage around a WHOLE lot easier!

The hotel was pretty good! 2 persons to a room, Irina was in a room by herself. Each room had a TV, cable!!! *cheers silently* First night, we just took a walk around to kill some time, and see what there is to do for the next couple of days. Washington... is a dead town at night.

Just us, and our shadows...

Day 2: 24th Dec 2006
The weather today was just perfect. Light breeze, sunny. Perfect! Other than for the fact that it was a Sunday and that all the museums were closed (which didn't really matter, since we weren't huge museum fans), we managed to vist most of the major attractions.

View of the Reflection Pool from the Lincoln Memorial.

The White House! It's kinda small actually...

World War II Memorial

Korean War

BUSTED!!! No taking photographs :P

We had lunch at some sandwich cafe. The bread was freshly oven baked. Yummy! After filling up our tummies, we headed to the Capitol. Too bad it was closed because it was a Sunday! But we had a nice nap on the grass in front of the building :P I would have never done it in Singapore. 5 mins in the grass, and you're sticky, icky, and you'll have insects crawling all over you! We even had a police officer come up to us to ask if we were alive, or 'I would be in trouble if you guys are dead!' Funny ^_^

Yep, we were kinda too lazy to move :P

I took this pic lying down, I think it's cool!

Finally, we decided to haul our bums off the grass and back to the Washington monument, well, kinda had to because we had tickets to head up the tower for 4pm. :P We were kinda early for sunset, but still had a pretty good view!

Spot the whitehouse?

I dunno what that bright speck above my head is... my halo? :P

:: US Trip - Boston, Washington & New York ::

2007-01-06T01:42:00.000+08:00

:: US Trip - Boston, Washington & New York :: (Posts will be updated!)

I must say I'm pretty good. Back on my normal sleeping schedule within 24 hrs! (i.e. Sleeping, according to Kenneth, at unearthly hours :P) So the time has come! Updates on the past 2 amazing weeks with my travelling buddies - Roan, Gary, Julie, Aurore and Irina!

Pitstop 1: Boston - 19th - 23rd Dec 2006
19th Dec
Exchangies who were still in Toronto had a final dinner together before we left. We went to Springrolls again! (They really loved the place) And whoever had the group pictures, send them to me, p-l-e-a-s-e! (Thanks Julie! You're the best :P Anybody else? Just send them to me!)

When the time came for us to leave to catch our Greyhound bus, it was heart wrenching... most faces I saw that night, I probably would not see again for maybe a year or even more! Unless I have the money and time to head to Europe... =( *sighs*

20th Dec
We had to endure a gruelling 12hrs bus ride, punctuated with stops for immigration, and other destination stops before ours. At one stop, the bus conductor was announcing that the bus was full, and passengers should only occupy 1 seat. Gary was seated in the 1st row with Irina. The conductor looked at Gary, and said, "Sir! Do you have anyone seated next to you?" Gary lifted up the coat from Irina and was like... "Urm, yeah?" Was SO funny.

We finally arrived in Boston at 1pm on the 20th Dec. To make things worse, the subway stations had hardly any escalators, even the subway trains had steps. Luckily, I had help with my freaking heavy bags! Thanks Roan! :)

My stuff on the left :P

The hostel wasn't all too bad. We, 'cept Aurore who joined us on the 22nd, were in a 6 bed room. Pretty darn cosy I'd say. And they had the wireless internet too! We decided to make use of what little daylight we had left (since the sun sets at 4.30pm!) and take a walk around Boston to check out the area to plan the day for tomorrow.

Gary, well, being Gary.
We iceskated!
Roan teaching Irina now to open a beer bottle using another beer bottle :P
Getting ready for the movie! :P With a nice cold 12-pack and good company!

21st Dec
Weather was really perfect today. There's this red line called the Freedom Trail that snakes around Boston, bringing tourists to the various main attractions in the city. So we followed it, and just basically took a really long walk around Boston!

Inside Quincy Market

Need I say more?Harbour Front
Harbour Front

22nd Dec

Aurore arrived the night before, and since we had already done most of the major attractions, we decided to spend the day at MIT and Harvard. There wasn't much to see really, just the various buildings and such, but man, they were HUGE. Especially Harvard. Malls, shops... etc. Geez.

Yesyes, I know Julie and I have big heads... hahahahahaha. *coughs*MIT

Harvard

Later that night, we decided to head up to the Prudential building to catch a bird's eye view of the city skyline. Since we were cheapskate and wanted to save $, we decided to go for a drink at the restaurant instead of paying $10+ to go up. The tradeoff? A 20min wait, which wasn't too bad! The cookies were delicious too!

Best. Picture. Yet.

:: Final party @ Swiss :: 9th Dec 2006

2007-01-05T15:34:00.000+08:00

:: Final party @ Swiss :: 9th Dec 2006

Posting about this now kinda brings back memories of this day... the last day I saw most of my fellow exchangies. It was also the last day of my exams... and I guess, I must have taken the partying a lil too far ;) hahaha. *mumbles something about finishing off a whole bottle of pineapple malibu*

The party was awesome, so many people turned up just for a last gathering! Hugs and kisses went around the entire time... blinding camera flashes... last hugs, last photos... last memories...

Posting only handful of pictures! The rest can be found on my webshots link under Final Party @ Swiss' Place :P

My Secret Santa cum birthday prezzie from Julie! I <3>

Waiting for the rest to show up :P

Me & Massimo

Gary.. Gary.. Gary..

Gieri, Me, Carlo

Arnaud & me

Hey hey! Wake up! Party's not over yet
Happy Birthday, Nicola!
Roan & Me
Party Party!
Enrique, you lucky bas**** :P

:: 21st ::

2007-01-05T14:19:00.000+08:00

:: 21st ::
(typed a while ago, but updated today!)

Wheee... I am very behind with the posts I know! Hopefully, I can do some catching up today. Lol. So many things to do and I'm not packed yet! Urgh.

Got a surprise in the mail!

From my dear Sapboon darling~

From Daddy and family =)
And a nice T-shirt from my brother :) Which I got the day before I left, so no pics of it!

But, the birthday dinner was fabulous. I kinda just mass sent an email out... I wasn't really expecting a huge turnout, since it was the last weekend of school, and most people had exams/assignments due that coming week. But, to my pleasant surprise, 22 of them made an effort to come for dinner at least. You guys are the best!

So the 'party' was just a simple dinner @ Springrolls, its kinda like a Thai fusion restaurant. Food, thumbs up. Service... !@#$%. Enough said. I need to find the picture, of me holding this 1metre long receipt. They refused to let everybody settle their own bills, citing that, 'because we did not ask for it, therefore we should pool all the money together to pay them'. How annoying. So there I was... like a typical accountant... counting the money and checking off the names... RUBBISH.

Anyhows! Dinner was great ;) My recommendation of Thai Royal Castle (i.e. Pineapple rice) was a hit with everybody who ordered it. Muahahaha. Hahaha. Singaporeans and food. Great mix!

With Aurore and MattMy present from Michel... a pair of chopsticks that was 'painfully carved' by some 'old ancient tribe'.

Had to borrow Kat's scarf. I felt overdressed. lol.

With Laure and Lise

When dinner was almost over, Jack surprised me by coming down just to wish me happy birthday! Even tho he was so busy. Thanks bolla!~ And my present from Roan, Floortje, Romain, Arnaud, Mathilde, Aurore, Helene and Matt, a lovely York jacket...! Fits me to a T =) Thank you!

And the cake! From... (who?) Gieri and Michel? Thank you too!

I can drink legally in the US ;) Just in time for my trip there too! Muahahahaha~

:: Now what? ::

2007-01-03T09:46:00.000+08:00

:: Now what?::

This feels kind of weird, everybody has left... one by one. Those who were on the tour with me. First Irina... then Julie this afternoon, and Roan a couple of hours ago....

Man, it really sucks. I didn't really know how much I've bonded with these people here... The hotel now feels so empty without them... Not holding the door for the person behind you...

I'm left all alone...

*sighs*

I miss you guys already.. =(

:: Happy Birthday, Kenneth ::

2006-12-26T11:57:00.000+08:00

:: Happy Birthday, Kenneth ::

To my bestest buddy-buddy,
Who has always been there for me...
Happy 21st Birthday, my fellow leftie,
You're finally as old as me!

*lol* Sorry, I had to make it rhyme. Hahaha.

BUT! Mr. Quek! You can finally drink legally in the USA. Welcome to the club ;)
And just for your information, I've been good here. Just 3 beers since I was here. :P

:: Chicago ::

2006-12-18T01:55:00.000+08:00

:: Chicago ::

Time to post about Chicago! The windy city!! It was sooooooooooo cold! Well, the cold wasn't really a problem, the wind was! *brrrr*

So anyway, was great fun! Kudos to Roan and Gary who drove the WHOLE way! Thanks for not making me drive. I'm a chicken! I know... Haha.

Taken right before I was chided for taking pics in the car.... haha

Day 1.
We set off from campus at night, and drove through the whole night to Chicago. We arrived in Chicago at about 8.30am, and joined the other exchange hostels in Chicago International Hostel. Was a crappy place, no key to the room! (I think we probably didn't ask for it) So we had to leave our luggage in the trunk of the car. (Thank goodness for the car) Haha.

Helloooo Chicago!

So, tired and hungry from the long journey, we decided to head to the Cheesecake factory in Downtown for lunch. The place looked like some factory out of a magical fairytale! Too bad I didn't take any photos. But the food was oh-so-yummy. I had herb coated salmon with mashed potatoes, with a creamy sauce and asparagus. Doesn't sound like much, but it was so filling!

Me & Irina

After lunch, since we were already in the Hancock Tower, we headed up to catch a bird's eye view of Chicago. Quite frankly, it was kinda boring. It was just... buildings and buildings and more buildings. I personally prefer having a bird's eye view of mother nature rather than man-made nature. BUT, it was still an experience ;)

Le Magnifique Hancock

'Big John' is the pet name given to the Hancock Tower. And we were outside washing the windows! ^_^

Later on, as it looked as though it was going to rain, plus we were kinda tired, we just decided to take a walk along the Magnificent Mile. It's actually less than a mile long, 0.8miles or something like that. But the street has TONS of shops on both sides, but they were the really expensive kinda shops. Bloomingdale, Ralph Lauren... etc. Why can't I win Toto for once in my life?

Seperately, on this day, Irina and I introduced to Roan and Gary the finer things in life - Starbucks. Can you believe it? The 2 of them have never in their lives stepped into Starbucks before, let alone a drink. It was a moment that had to be captured on film.... Haha.

Seeing as we were all tired, we gave up the idea of going shopping and went back to the hostel at 4pm to catch some shut-eye. It was pouring anyhows, so we didn't make a bad choice! When we woke up some 5 hours later and went downstairs, we found all the other exchange students in the kitchen cooking dinner! There were like... 18 of them?! And ALL FRENCH. The only 'foreigners' there were Roan and me. The rest... all frenchies. >_< them =")" style="text-align: left;">Today, the weather was just perfect. We took a walk in Lincoln Park. Pity the leaves fell off already, the place wasn't as beautiful as what Enrique described. But, no matter. It was a nice walk from the park, to the beach, to town.

On the way to Lincoln Park, we walked past Oz park!Inside Lincoln Park Zoo. Doesn't it look like Sleepy Hollow? Dead trees...

The only animals we saw in the zoo were... that stag, squirrels and geese. And oh, Gary the monkey. ^_^

Gary, who claims he's never seen sand before

Following, we grabbed a quick bite at MacDonalds before heading down to the pier to catch the boat cruise. That was the most well spent USD20 in Chicago on a tourist attraction. The boat, took us out to Lake Michigan, where we were able to see Chicago's skyline and experience the full blast of the chilly Chicago wind. And I can tell you, it was bloardy cold. The boat was even able to navigate through the city along a canal (I think), or river and we caught a view of the city from within the city! It was awesome... but...Brain freeze!!! So after the boat trip, it was definitely off to Starbucks again for a nice hot drink!

Trump tower in the making!

As we would be meeting the other exchange students for dinner, we headed down to Millennium Park to take some pictures and wait for the others. I need a better camera that works in the dark!!!! Angry.

The legendary Chicago Theatre

Woot, got carried by 2 hunks. Hahaha.

Dinner was one huge mess. We couldn't find a restaurent that could house all 19 of us. So we ended up going our seperate ways for dinner. Laure, Lise, Aurore and me went to some French restaurant to have dinner. And to make things worse, I didn't like my dinner =( Brown rice, with some chicken, with some sweet potatos and blackbean thingy. Yuck.

Day 3.
Last day in Chicago. Headed down to the Institute of Arts Museum to check out the exhibition. Was pretty good. There were photography works, sculptures, pictures, paintings.... huge place. The 4 of us split up and so, I went around by myself, taking pictures along the way. (They actually allowed photography, pretty awesome. At least, they didn't say that I couldn't take photos... whoops...)

But! We ended off our trip to Chicago by driving to a nearby factory outlet! *WooT* Soooooo jealous of Daniel! US has factory outlets everywhere! And it's so goddamn freaking cheap! *grrrr* Why can't Canada have more of these places??? =( So unfair. *hurmph*

And then, it was back to Toronto~ Goodbye Chicago!

:: Exams and !@#$ ::

2006-12-10T05:36:00.000+08:00

:: Exams and !@#$ ::

They are done.

It's been a horrible 4 days. Lack of sleep + Not enough time to revise + Getting annoyed because.... __( censored )___

I feel liberated.

:: About time!! ::

2006-12-02T11:28:00.000+08:00

:: About Time!!! ::

Good news guys...

'Big Four audit firms forced to increase pay'
02 December 2006
Straits Times
English
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited

'Auditors starting out at one of the Big Four earn a base monthly pay of about $2,000 - a level unchanged for many years - but this will soon rise 10 per cent to $2,200.'

Overworked and underpaid. High time they did that!!

Woot!

:: bleah ::

2006-11-23T13:41:00.000+08:00

:: Bleah ::

Time passes too fast. 3 mths ago, I was in warm and sunny Singapore, thinking to myself, "Man, 4 months away, that's a pretty long time to be away from my family and friends. But woot! A whole new experience!"
The first week in Toronto was hell. If it wasn't for Zoe, I'd have probably sunk into depression straight away. No internet. No friends. Family not friendly (shut the door in my face and LOCKed it). Luckily there was autoroaming... and consequently, the phone bill which I have yet to discover how much I was billed for.... :P

And then, I made friends. Met people. Went to places. Time just flew by. School got busy and time passed even faster. And now, here I stand (or sit, on my chair), exactly 3 mths from the date I left Singapore, thinking to myself, 'I only have 1 more month here, where did the time go?'

I'm going to miss everybody when they leave for home. There won't be any point staying either, I guess, my family and friends are back home. Miss them tons.

Feeling emo. When will they invent the teleportation device?

*Is feeling the tug in her heart*

Aiyah, stupid proj is making me so emo. EMO. I HATE FEELING EMO.

:: Snow and all things clumsy ::

2006-11-20T13:28:00.000+08:00

:: Snow and all things clumsy ::

It snowed when I was walking home from the bus stop today =) At 11.20pm... *yes, late I know.... stupid projects* Pretty pretty snow...

Sometimes, I believe I was born with 2 left feet. As tonight was pretty cold, Julia and I were waiting inside York Lanes for the 106 bus to Downsview, and when the bus finally came, we went out to board the bus. I seriously have no inkling why it happened, or how it happened.

I was trying to avoid a bench in the way, stepped gingerly to the left, and the next thing I knew, I was performing somersaults for the entire line who was awaiting to board the bus. Yes, I FELL. Correction. Rolled a couple of times with my backpack. So embarrasing la! Thank goodness I didn't fall on top of my laptop or something stupid like that. I must have tripped or something, I don't even know why my legs couldn't support myself. They just buckled. It's like 'Jack & Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after'.

At least one girl came up to me and said, "At least you fell gracefully!"

Thank goodness for that.

:: 10 things about Toronto you won't see in Singapore ::

2006-11-07T00:23:00.000+08:00

:: 10 things about Toronto you won't see/hear/experience in Singapore ::

So lessons ended early. Not feeling productive... so this entry shall reflect the observations I've made about Canada for the past 2 months since I've been here. This post shall be updated with evidence when I remember to take my camera along with me.

1) Canadians LOVE queueing up. And apparently, even more so than Singaporeans! You have the usual queues, at cashiers, at food stalls; and the less usual ones like at BUS STOPS! Seriously, I've never seen a more orderly place where people actually stand behind one another in a straight line to wait for the bus. In Singapore, it's kinda like a mad dash for the bus. Especially back in the days in secondary school, when you had scores of people waiting for 1 pathetic Bus 10 that took 15-20mins to arrive, and you had to use your keen sense of judgement as to where the bus would stop exactly and position yourself precariously at the edge of the curb, to be able to board the bus, and not get pushed into the oncoming bus by the crowd behind. (Okay, I exaggerate... but it's kinda like that!)

2) Bus drivers are sooooo friendly!
Well, most of them! They'll greet you with a smile when you board the bus, and passengers actually say bye when they alight! I've started to cultivate the habit of thanking the bus-driver if I alight the bus from the front, really pleasant feeling when they return in kind with a smile on their face. Obviously, I hope it brightened up their day... lol.

3) Beaaaaaautiful scenary
I'm sure you've seen some of my pictures! In Singapore, trees are made up of 3 primary colours: Green, Yellow and Brown.
Here, especially so in Montreal, my eyes were just feasting on all the vibrant colours on the trees! Green, yellows, red, oranges, brown, purplish reds...
I'm gonna miss it when I go back...
(Well actually, most of the leaves have fallen off already, since winter is approaching....lol)

4) Squirrels.
Yes, this place is INFESTED with squirrels! Maybe not Downtown, but in Schulich and where I live, it's not uncommon to spot a couple of squirrels scampering across the road to gather acorns and eat them. Soooooooo cute.
I still remember the first time I saw one in school, I just stood there taking pictures of it! And everybody who walked past must have thought, "Weirdo."

5) During the fall, police patrol the downtown area on horses
It's true! I have a vague recollection of it because it happened during the 2nd week I was here. The night I turned into a party animal (well, sorta). The club that changed it all... M Lounge. Hahaha. It was after partying, I remember standing outside with Gieri and waiting for a cab, dazed and wasted... and we were talking and I remember seeing these policemen in shorts (whistles) and on horses! Should have taken a pic, curse the after-effects of alcohol.
But they only do that during late spring, summer and early fall. It's getting way too cold now!

6) Extreme weather
I'm not sure if I've mentioned this, but last weekend, when Tingkang, Betsy and Weiqiang came over, the meteorological service issued wind warnings. And seriously, considering my immense body size (^_^), I felt myself being blown around from side to side when walking along the streets. Since I've been here, it's snowed (!!!), rained, poured, howled, blazed, froze. Amazing.
And oh, the funniest thing about the wind warnings.
Zhiyong told them that, 'Toronto had no wind'. HAHAHAHA. And THEN they issued the warnings.

7) Hot water from the tap is milky white
It's so gross. I still cannot explain it. According to Zoe, it's because the water here is hard water, so there're calcium deposits in it. But, cold water from the tap is clear! It's just.... the warm/hot water that has some cloudy residue in it. Eurgh.
Singapore water tastes 100% better too.

8) Everybody drives with their headlights on in the day
I mean, I understand the rationale if you switch on your headlights in foggy weather, or snow, or rain.... but on a clear cloudless sunny day?!
Apparently, cars built here are manufactured in such a way that when you switch on your car's engine, the headlights automatically switches on.
I know it doesn't waste any electricity since its generated by the car's motor when it is on.
But still...

9) They live in a different time zone
I don't mean GMT +8, +2 etc, I mean some other form of dimension in time.
A 1 hour BRISK walk to us is a 15-20min walk for them.
Eg 1. We needed to get a router for the wireless internet, so my landlord told us to head to Sheppard-Yonge, "Oh, it's very near, just 3 traffic lights away. Should take you about 20mins to walk there."
30mins later....
'Oh hey! I think I finally see the first traffic light!'
1 hour later...
'We're here, where did she say shop's name was again?'
And after reaching the intersection, it took us another 10mins to walk to Futures. *mumbles*

Eg 2. We were on Centre Island, wanting to walk to Wards. A supposedly 15min walk, turned out to be a 45min walk. Back in Toronto later on, another 15 min brisk walk to Panorama took us an hour. And all this was done when I was wearing heels.
How exciting was that!?

10) Canadians don't really judge you for what you wear
I think it's really cool how they don't really bother themselves with how you want to dress up. Maybe because it's fashionable to do so here, but weird to do so back in Singapore because everybody dresses the same.
I'm pretty sure if I wore my boots and say a skirt back home, I'll get stares and nudges from everybody around me. Here, pretty normal!

Okay, enough slacking around. 1 hr till Investments. Shall work on my Strat management paper. Sianz.

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2006-11-05T07:36:00.000+08:00

...

Okay...

You asked for my opinion.

I gave it.

And you're unhappy/upset with me because I said it looked weird?! Wtf.

:: Look alikes?! ::

2006-11-03T07:07:00.000+08:00

Flattering. But I still don't see how I look like ANY of them. AHhh, but it's okay. Kristen Kreuk is so hot. ^_^

:: Slapped ::

2006-10-30T20:50:00.000+08:00

:: Slapped awake ::

Thanks. For the truth.

Woken up from my drunken stupor.

I guess. It should have been about time.

:: Halloween at Budo! ::

2006-10-29T06:38:00.000+08:00

:: Halloween @ Budo ::

What a night!!!

Had a super hard time trying to find a Halloween costume tho, saw a sex-shop with some... but... Lol. No way am I going dressed as a french maid, or poker dealer, or... I dunno! Some slutty character. But! I found this! -> Malice in Wonderland, from Walmart. Hahaha.

Was supposed to look menancing, and evil. But the only comments I received were...
'That's so cute!'
*snaps fingers* I don't have an evil face. But that's impossible! I had a fake plastic knife with me lor. Haha, 'stole' it from Michel. But! The pictures below will probably say more about the night than I can describe it in words! So enjoy ;)

Starting off with the pre-party drinks!

Simon the Devil
I fended him off by blinding him with my camera flash as he tried to stab me with his pitchfork. Lol

Darn, I forgot what the skull's name was. Anyways, he was Gieri's, who was dressed like a Nargu from LOTR. We stuffed chocolate eyeballs that I had dug out from graves earlier into his empty eye sockets. As you can probably tell, one fell off. Haha.

The hair, looks hilarious. Lol.

I need to find the Swiss Tequilla shot pictures. I think I had 5 of them. It's... was quite disgusting. Haha. It's like... Sugar + Tequilla/Vodka (We used vodka, cuz no Tequilla) + CHOCOLATE.
By the 5th one, I think I was a bit gone already. Lol. Plus I had... pineapple malibu. I drank it pure, because I forgot to mix in the pineapple juice. Lol. Suaku me.

And more to drink at Budo. Muahahaha. And I wasn't drunk ^_^ I'm gewd. lol.

At Budo:
(Darnit, lost my hair ribbon, angry la!)
So hard to recognise everyone in their costumes! This is Benjamin. He had to pull out his ID card for me because he couldn't talk through the mask.

Guess who showed up in Toronto?! Wei Qiang, Betsy and Ting Kang!

Carlo's hair, was just... Ah, you know. ^_^ He was a hawaiian belly dancer. Lol. And boy can he shake that belly!
Johnny the zombie! Nice make up and hair dude.

Jack the Hockey Player

Michel, behind the Scream mask

Roan didn't have a costume. Haha. So what we did was, I found this pair of sunglasses on the floor, his friends found a broomstick, and tadaaa! You get Roan, the cool looking warlock. LOL.

Me & Jessica: My buddy's buddy!

*stab* This is what you get for not dressing up!

Haha, well, that's all for now =) I should put up the rest of the pics on Webshots soon! Sapboon, get facebook! Keedoudou's there already! ^_^

Now... back to cover letter writing.... bleah....

:: Screwed ::

2006-10-27T01:16:00.000+08:00

:: Screwed ::

Damnit. So f-ing screwed.

Exam time table released today.

6th Dec 2006, 9am
Advance Corporate Finance (3hrs)

7th Dec 2006, 2pm
Auditing (3hrs)

8th Dec 2006, 7pm
Investments (3hrs)

9th Dec 2006, 10am
Strategic Management (3hrs)

Fuck this stupid godforsaken timetable la! Exams at 7pm?! So I end at what, 10pm?! Get back home.... 11-1130pm?! And tomorrow morning I have strategic management. ON A SATURDAY NO LESS.

Omg, brainless idiots.

I am going to die.

Dig a grave for me. Seriously. This time, I am for real.

:: Niagara ::

2006-10-20T12:50:00.000+08:00

:: Niagara ::

A bit late!! But was busy with assignments and mid-terms :X Argh, hateeee auditing. Die already!

Oh well, let's talk about happier stuff.
Like... I am going to NY! ^_^
How awesome?

Unfortunately, I am faced with a huge dilemma now, drag my luggage all the way to the US? And travel around? Or, leave it in Toronto, travel, come back and fly to LAX, and back to Singapore. I just suddenly remembered the tough times we had in LA and LV before we came to Toronto, da bao xiao bao (big bags, small bags), veeeeeeeery troublesome. But the plane tix are sooooo expensive. Must eat less. Hahaha. Gimmie your input! And oh, I'm staying in a hostel in NY if I go, no personal rooms. >_<

Anyways! Niagara. Day was puuuuurfect. Sunny sky, cloudless... beautiful! We were driven up to Niagara by... The Magic School Bus... with the driver named Franchesco, TOTAL hippy!! He's got the French artist's cap, the beard, long curly hair, and he goes, "Peace out!" everytime he's done talking. Hahaha. Oh, one heck of a crazy driver too, serves the bus left and right, on a secluded road of course!
First stop: Distillary! Free samples of wine! (Btw, you didn't miss much, the white, red- not good. But I loved the icewine! 'cept it wasn't cold enough)

Second stop: We stopped along some part of the river to Niagara, even got to see Toronto from where we were!

If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can see the skyline of Toronto right in the middle!

Third stop: There's this section along the river towards Niagara that makes a 90 degree turn, this is very very unusual for a river to do that! And the sheer force of it causes a whirlpool to form, well, you don't literally see a whirlpool, but you can see the water swirling and foaming below! Just to note, if you get stuck in there, takes about 2 weeks before the whirlpool spits you back out :P

Don't ask me what that guy is doing down there. Lol. He was FISHING.
Trouble, trouble... Bubble and boil

Final stop: Niagara falls!
Awesome, ain't it? I must have seen 5-6 rainbows that day. All in the falls! Even saw a double rainbow!

The bridge linking NY to Canada - I could have just SWAM across!

On the Maid of the Mist:

I look so kuku

After the Maid of the Mist, Matt dared me to wear my poncho for the ENTIRE day. Even to the Casino to play a round of BlackJack. Hahaha. After some negotiation, it was agreed that Helene and him would buy me 2 drinks! Lol. Just for the fun of it. And for the record, Roan! HA! I went through with it ^_^ Don't underestimate me! lol

Places I went in my poncho, and attracted a fair bit of stares! And shushes from Matt because I was making a lot of noise when I walked:
1) Tim Hortons
2) Along the streets
3) Along Niagara Falls
4) Casino / Hotel
5) Bar cum Restaurant in the Hotel

Don't have the rest of the pics in my camera though, should find it! Hahaha

Me, dubbed Smurf of the Day, with Matt. Hahahaha.

My Prize
Thanks the drinks guys! Didn't know it would be SO HUGE. 500ml. But mine! Yay!

:: Snow!! ::

2006-10-13T11:18:00.000+08:00

:: Snow!! ::

It. Snowed. Today!!!!

SO COOL!

No wonder it was freezing the whole day.

Even tho it lasted for 5mins, it still snowed! *bounces around*

I seriously couldn't believe my eyes, but rain does not fly around in circles in the air.

Man... snow.

*Is in awe*

:: Cravings ::

2006-10-12T14:03:00.000+08:00

:: Cravings ::

Removed the previous entry. Haha, makes me remember everytime I see it. >_<

And now, it's 2am, I have an 8.30am Auditing lesson tmr, but I'm not tired, and craving for a lot of things!
1) Nasi Lemak - Saw the picture online... omg... o.O"'
Since we are on food, I wanna eat Chan bbq chicken wings, bbq stingray, beef noodles, char kway teow, hokkien mee, turtle soup, handmade noodles, good steamed fish, normal white rice, grandma's double boiled soup
2) Jap food - Specifically chasoba. It's weird, they don't have it here
3) Mummy, daddy and bro. =)
4) Hanging out with my dear doudous and company - Miss you guys!
5) *coughs* Dum dee dum ___Fill in the blank___

Cravings for chasoba... getting... so bad.... >_<
And #5. *HAHAHA*

I am kidding!

This week's been one crazy week. 2 assignments due, Zhi Yong and I spent like... 6-7 hrs straight today working on the audit one. I think by 7pm, both of us wanted to die already. At least I did. But we made it through! And vomited out a 17 page (!!!) assignment by 9pm. Haha.

Tomorrow, I shall reward myself by going out. I think.

2 mid-terms coming up. Bleaaaah.

Treasuries are also dying on me.

Bah. =(

:: Montreal ::

2006-10-04T05:41:00.000+08:00

:: Back from Montreal! ::

Well, to sum what happened in Montreal in a nutshell, it was great! A lil crappy that the weather sucked on Sunday, a lil crappy that everybody left on Sat morning, only to arrive in the late afternoon, rain on Sunday, and leave for Toronto on Monday morning. Was a complete joke really, but we still had fun didn't we? =)

Day 1. Road Trip!
Last minute decision to head up to Montreal with 9 others, last minute, but right!
Had to wake up at 5.15am because the guys wanted to meet and leave at 7am. o.O Since there were 10 of us, we had to rent 2 cars - Giere (Driver), Jack, Lise, Laure, and Me in one car, Michel (Driver), Roan, Simon, Hugo and Leo in the other.
Giere's such a great driver! Once we hit the freeway, I think it wasn't long before Laure and Lise were sleeping. Well, I did too. Haha. For some reason, us girls always slept on the road.

Our plan was to drive through Ottawa, and if time allowed, explore the city a lil, then head to the National Parks, and up to Montreal.

On the way, we met up with some other exchange students and went to this place to bungee jump or rip ride (something like that). Unfortunately for us, it cost like... CAD100 to bungee jump! I mean, the bungee didn't look that impressive, and lasts for max 2 mins. Kinda disappointing. But I went on the rip ride! It's kinda like a flying fox, where you 'fly' over the water. No pictures yet! Till I find out who was taking pics. Haha. But it was a hell lotta fun.

After that, we headed for some Go-Kart racing fun! Didn't race tho, the track wasn't as impressive as the one in Langkawi, and it was pretty expensive. But oh well, at least those who raced had fun doing it! And we had fun watching Laure, the only girl racing, crash and spin on the track almost every other round!

Sadly, we didn't get to spend any time in Ottawa. Was a pity. We started to make our way to Montreal, thinking that by driving through the town instead of the freeway, we would get to see more of Ottawa! Boy were we wrong. There weren't any lights on the road, the only lights were from our own cars headbeams and oncoming traffic. I believe most had their high beams on too, so it was blinding to drive! We nearly got into an accident too. Some dumb driver, had his truck/lorry driving straight down the middle of the 2 roads, thank goodness Giere had lightning quick reflexes, swerving the car to the right onto the shoulder to avoid the vehicle!

When we finally reached Montreal 358729387 hrs later and returned the car, it was... 945pm. *Exhausted* And we still had to take the public transport to Giere's bro's house. Met some interesting old man on the bus. He's been to Singapore 4 years ago, and was talking about how clean the country is, how hot the weather was, and how much he loved the smell of incense from temples. *shudders*

Dinner was simple, some Lebonese food at a small eatery near Giere's bro's house. We went to a pub after that, met up with some exchange students who went to Montreal, since some of us had to sleep over at their place. Was pretty fun =) Being the only Asian there. *lol*

Beautiful greenery on the way to Montreal

Thousand Islands (I'll never forget this name - it's a salad dressing!)

Lunch at some roadside cafe.
Don't worry, even tho the view looks fantastic after the light rain, the food wasn't appetising at all. Thank goodness for my chicken salad wrap from Tim Hortons in the morning.

Vroom!!!
Step on the gas! We need to find that pot of gold!

1st night in a row of 3 of drinking. *twiddles* And no, those beer glasses in the background aren't mine! Well, maybe 1 is ^_^

*Today, I was just happy to be around you... it was simple, yet great. More than I could have asked for*

Day 2: A walk down Harbour Front, Old Montreal... and to the System at night.
Weather on Saturday was puuuuurfect. You really couldn't ask for more. The sun, cool breeze, blue sky, nice fluffy clouds. Perfect.

The day started out pretty good. We had a meeting point at 11am, but we were all late. At least in Giere's bro's house we were! *Whoops* We wanted to take a quick shower and wash up before we left. So the rest came over and we had some french bread for breakfast. Yummy. Giere's bro and his roommate were really nice hospitable people! Was cold in the morning and his roomie went to get me blankets, so nice.

After we said our goodbyes, we made our way to Holiday Inn to leave our bags somewhere before exploring Montreal. Old Montreal is a very European area, old buildings, cobbled and bricked roads, even horses and carriages! It's really gorgeous, more laid back than Toronto is. Headed down to Harbourfront also, the trees are so much more vibrant and colourful here. Probably because Montreal is further away from the Equator.
(The pictures below will tell the story better)

Soon, we had to head back to the hotel as the rest of our friends who took the bus up would have had arrived. The room was pretty spacious! We dumped our stuff, and decided to go out for a walk and have dinner. Unfortunately, shops were closed, and we didn't manage to get anything. But we French for dinner - it was sooooo good. I shared a salmon salad and bread w/ goat cheese on it (forgot what you call it) with Floortje. Was so satisfied after the meal!

Later on in the night - you guessed it! CLUBBING at the System! Had to tell lies again... it gets super annoying after a while. The club was pretty good at first, when it was empty. Soon afterwards, when it got packed, I started to get a lil sian. Everybody around me was drunk and tipsy, paaartying like nuts! Wasn't exactly a great place, but it was kinda fun. =)

Chinatown
My first Mac's in.... 1mth. And trust me, I don't miss it at all.

Jack & Roan taking a break

Old Montreal

Lise and I at HarbourFront

Picture perfect I want that LIMO!!! Royce okay...
Ahhhh, small girl girl damn cute =)
Dinner - Salmon & Shrimp Salad
Me & Michel
The guy in the suit in the back is Enrique. :P
Me & Roan
Me & Jack - He was tired.
Me, Helene, Matt

*Nearly did something stupid too, must have been caught up in the rush of emotions... Tried to stop it, but the nagging voice wouldn't go away*

Day 3: Gloomy day... Bus Tour around Montreal, Dinner and Clubbin at Opera.
Rain rain rain. That's all the weather was good for. Spoiler.
Anyways, we had a bus tour that took us around Montreal, up the mountains, to the church, park, and old Montreal (again).
Day was pretty boring, only funny incident was after we visited this church, and the tour guide was like, "Everybody's back? Sure? Okay! Let's go!"
And 15 minutes later someone shouts out, "Eh? Where's Enrique?!"
Can you believe it?! We actually left someone behind! HAHA.
Poor guy. No one noticed he was gone.
So the bus took us up to the park and let us take a walk before heading back to fetch Enrique. Too funny. ^_^

Was sad that the weather was so bad, otherwise the view from the mountains would have been breathtaking. The reason why they built the church so high up was so that church goers would be able to get closer to Jesus. =)

The rest of the day was spent walking around old Montreal, but to a different area this time. Wasn't that exciting due to the bad weather. So after an hour or so, we headed back to the bus to get ready for dinner.

Dinner, was awesome. You could bring your own wine, they open it for you at the table, and like... you can enjoy it with dinner too! How cool is that? Helene was sweet enough to share her sparkling wine with me, was pretty tasty =)

Appetiser: Carrot Soup
Main Course: Veal and Chicken with assorted vegetables
Desert: Some sponge cake
All for a low low price of CAD17! Was fabulous. We even had some really good bread and butter to start us out with. Yummy.

After dinner, we headed back to the hotel and bought some booze to have a before party drink before heading to the club. Since it was SO MUCH CHEAPER. Like, 1 bottle of wild vodka - CAD5.35 (including taxes). Amazing. I get a bit of vodka in the club for what... CAD8?! So yeah, we each had our own drinks, took turns to bathe, watch Desperate Housewives, and put on make up. Matt was the only guy in the room, but surprisingly, he enjoyed the show too!

Then it was time to chill and relax for a bit before heading out at 11pm. Gave 2 people massages, nearly put them to sleep rather. Yes I know, I'm good. ^_^

The Opera club was really really nice. It was newly opened a couple of weeks ago, and had great music to boot! I mean, even though it was crowded, we still had space to move! Pretty cool. They even gave out free drink samples, not sure what it was tho! I just drank it! Haha. Had a great time, dancing with friends and him. Oh ya! Was dancing with Michel and he just picked me up!! omg. Scary shiat. lol. Frankly, half the time I didn't know why I was doing what I did. I wasn't drunk, I wasn't high. Trying to listen to that nagging voice. =( But it was getting so out of control. Couldn't help myself. Was trying to be someone I wasn't.

As I was getting sober, and my mind cleared up- I realised. What's real and not. You ARE real. Feels so right to be around you. And yet, I blew it. By acting like a total idiot. Go me. Whee. -_-"'

St. Joseph's Oratory (Roman Catholic basilica)

Me, Floortje, Helene, Sue-Yee

View from the steps on top of the Oratory

Montreal from Mount Royal Park
So. Cold. Windy. Brrrrr.

The X-mas shop everybody just loved.

Stark contrast to the bustling field yesterday

Mmmmmmm, Dinner!

Arnaud and Me

Opera Club! Damn nice.

Mathilde and Me

Lightstick fun! Came with the free drinks ^_^

Dutchman (Jack) who just loves his Dutch beer

I'm NOT your dutch beer! lol

Charles (Tourguide), Parita, Me.

:: Whee... ::

2006-09-26T06:40:00.000+08:00

:: Whee... ::

I think everybody will laugh if I show you what I made my Daddy mail to me.

Yes! Ng Eng Juan's A Practical Guide to Financial Reporting Standards. I think it's quite funny man. Postage SGD 68.15. *ouch* Thanks Papa! =)

Anyways, not going to Wonderland... that was kind of a disappointment. Went for a baseball game instead in the end. Blue Jays vs Red Sox! Whooooo ^_^ Home team won! I realised I'm so behind in posting my pics up on the net. Taken waaaaaay too many! Think the ones for LA trip are totally posted already! "cept I'm missing Tingkang's and Weiqiang's photos. Lol. Goodness knows how many THAT will be!

Go Jays Go!

Dinner after the game! Mmmmm, Vietnamese Food.

Went to a nice bar on Giere's birthday, forgotten the name, drinks were pretty cheap! Had a green apple martini and a pineapple malibu. Yummy. $8 and $5.25 respectively. With a cute bartender to boot! Haha.

Floortje, Me (With my Green Apple Martini), Kat

Lise, Floortje, Me

Birthday Boy!

And I have a comment about North American's perception of time. I live in a world where 60 secs = 1 min, and 60 mins = 1 hour. They seem to live in a time where 45mins = 15mins.
Friday night, after a looooong day of walking in Centre Island, no thanks to a person who told us that "Oh, it'll take you only 15-20mins to get to Wards Island..." Took us 35mins in the end and we missed the ferry. And oh, did I mention I was in HEELS!?!

Casa Loma
(We arrived 30mins before closing time. No way were we paying CAD16 to get in)
Visited this place before going to Centre Island, cuz we thought it was going to rain.

On the way to Centre Island

Funniest Sign I've ever seen. Notice how they fail to warn you about Goose poop.

Cold and wet!

Group Pic!

Had it not been for the fantastic view of the Toronto skyline at night, coupled with the lulling sound of the waves lapping against the sandy white beaches of the Island, I'd probably have lost my temper. It was really, really nice. I could have just sat on the bench under the tree for the longest time, with a light drizzle around us and just watched the water ripple like silk towards me.

Words cannot even describe the feeling really. It felt magical.

That wasn't even the only incident on the concept of "relativity". We were supposed to head to the Panorama (It's a bar with a view of Toronto's Downtown), which was situated along Bloor. We asked around for directions after dinner from where we were (HarbourFront), and made our towards Bloor, on foot. All because the guy said, "Oh, about a 15-20min walk."

Right. We reached the bar almost 50mins later. And we weren't strolling mind you. My legs... were killing me. And when we got there, everybody was leaving. Wheee.
Fantastic.

*Realises her paragraphs have no links whatsoever - Too much project work does this to you*

:: Sighs ::

2006-09-24T01:20:00.000+08:00

:: Regret ::

Giere!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! You old guy!! Hahahaha.
And... sorry I wasn't at wonderland =(((((

Argh, okay! I regret not going to Wonderland!!!!

DAMNIT. I thought it would RAIN! Argh, haven't been so pissed and angry at myself in a while.
such a STUPID decision to stay here.
Omg, i wanna just stab myself.

Anyways, went to Centre Island yesterday, walked like hell in my heels. I think. I'm just having a bad weekend.

And I have project work tmr (On a sunday).

Yeah, it's true. I just have a bad weekend.

SHITTY>!!!!!

:: Crappy!!::

2006-09-22T07:54:00.000+08:00

:: Rolf ::

Quoted from Keedoudou's blog. "siewdoudou got hitched in canada and working there with her angmoh husband lah so she cannot come oso."

Siewdoudou = Me.

Haha, my dear doudou! How can you say that?

Then again, not such a bad idea after all. 'Cept that...
1) Haven't met any cute Canadian guys... YET
2) Mummy will kill me
3) I won't get to see my family so often anymore
4) I won't get to see my doudous either!

So sad.

No la, if I'm gonna get hitched in Canada I'm gonna drag that lucky brute all the way back to Singapore, where food is cheap, grocery shopping is cheap, the weather is nice and wam 80% of the time, etc...etc...etc...

And you can wear a skirt any day! Not like yesterday... Was thinking to myself. Oh wow, nice and sunny day. Shall wear my white skirt to school.
Step out of the house.
*CRINGE* brrrr
Curse and swear all the way to the bus-stop. lol.

~I need to walk away from you
Before the feelings grow too strong~

:: Addicted ::

2006-09-21T09:21:00.000+08:00

:: Addicted ::

...I'm getting addicted to you...
... Does it mean something?...
...Or am I just imagining it?...

2006-09-17T10:16:00.000+08:00

:: Lot 332 ::

Went clubbing... AGAIN. Oh noes... getting worse and worse. Ah-ha! But this time, only had a pre-drink at Lise and the Switz guys house ^_^ I was good this time!

Club was super crowded la, horrible. Scary drunk people also. Lol. Okay, I should be flattered that I was getting hit on, but that was ridiculous.
This guy, he was like... "Hi, can I buy you a drink?"
I was stunned. Didn't know what to say.
Stupid innocent me who doesn't club.
But remembering Leon's advice, I politely declined.
Some people are just so persistent. "But I want to get to know you better..."
And he just grabbed me by the waist and started walking me to the bar.
I was like... shit! Someone help me! Turn around, see Roan. *makes a SAVE ME face*
Haha, managed to wriggle out of that one by saying I needed to use the washroom. *Phew*

That wasn't the worse...
Was dancing with my friends, and suddenly, out of nowhere, someone grabbed my arm and pulled me away. Like... very far away.
And he started hu|\/|ping me. Like... omg. WTF?!
Turned around and told him straight in the face I was 'attached'. (I think it's the same guy as the previous one, but I wasn't sure)
Okay lor, still so persistent. "Can I have a kiss?"
Slap you la!
And luckily, Roan was there to save the day again! Hahaha.

Here are some pics of the night =)

P/s: I have panda eyes because of the stupid mascara. Grrrr. I look like I'm drunk! But I was completely sober! Honest!

Me & Roan (savior)

Michele & I

Whoooooo! Paaaartay!

Giere & me! (Hey, you didn't look down for once!)

Matt & Me. (Aussie guy!)

Me & Lise

Me & My roomie, Katharina!

Me & Matilde
(So hard to pronounce everybody's names!)

:: Stress ::

2006-09-15T10:18:00.000+08:00

:: STRESSED ::

Stressed.

I better head down that curve soon. So I can start climbing back up.

Whee
ee
ee
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\O/
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::M Lounge::

2006-09-11T02:00:00.000+08:00

:: M Lounge ::

Wow, went clubbing... for the 2nd time in my whole life last Friday. Haha. (Yes, okay, I have no life. Hush up now)

Note to self: Never mix drinks. Again. Period.

It was an interesting experience, went with all the various exchange people! People from all walks of life! Germany, France, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canadians (of course), Holland, Norway, Australia... think I got them all. Was great fun =) They greet one another by kissing cheek-to-cheek, *grinz*, it's so different in Singapore! Where people just raise the chin a lil and go, "Eh!" So unfriendly. Don't hear -me- complaining about anything!

Except the food. So expensive. And so unhealthy! Man, thank goodness for Sushi Time, which has cheap lunch meals (CAD5.99), or this fruit and salad bar in the school. Otherwise, everything else is just... >bleah<

Celebrated Kat's b-day on Sat with the lot, guess who we saw?! Rachael Bilson from the OC! She's like.... PUNY. She looks as skinny as Melvin... haha. But she's short... so... think with her high heeled shoes, she was still shorter than I was. So cool, thanks to the Toronto Film Fest, we get to meet STARS! Even saw the lead actor from Scrubs, I forgot his name tho. Apparently, the 2 of them are going to star in a movie/series together. Cool huh?

So yeah, when we were going off because we wanted to catch the Subway, we met this guy who SAW Brad Pitt! Like.... O.O!!! He even showed us pictures! TONS of them. Front view, side view. Haha, but too bad we were in a rush and couldn't stay to see them all.

Sunday, slept in. Was exhausted from the past 2 nights. Weather was great actually, baked a cheese cake with Kat. Actually, it wasn't baked, it was refrigerated. Haha, no baking needed! But, it was TOO sweet. Now my throat is scratchy. And I didn't even have a lot! =( Oh well, went to Toronto Island later that day. Did you know that the Ontario Lake is like... the smallest of all the Great Lakes, and I still could not see the otherside of the lake?! So huge man.

In the boat on the way to Toronto Island

Toronto Skyline

So yesh, need to go 'study'. Cannot believe it. I think Schulich is more xiong than NTU man. Damnit. Week 2 already, and I have
- A 6 page report to hand by next Monday
- 3 Chapters of Investments to read
- 1 Chapter of Strategic Management (Which I haven't gotten the book yet, because the bookstore queue is IMPOSSIBLE) - It's the stupid new rule
- 1 Chapter of Auditing
- BLahblahblah

Wahhhhh

::Finally, the net::

2006-09-07T08:44:00.000+08:00

::Finally, the net::

Yes... the net... it's finally come. Sickening Rogers guy. ARGH. So wanted to kill someone on Friday, 1st Sept.

Like... he said he'll come between 2-5pm. So Naomi (my landlord), happened to be in the basement, cuz my roomie, Katharina came, and like... she didn't hear man knocking the door. When she came out, she saw him just about to leave, and called out to him.

This was his reply.

"Oh, your order is cancelled because you weren't in when I knocked."

Like... wtf. And he REFUSED to come and install the net.
*hate*

Anyways, finally got the net. Even had to buy a router for it to work! My money is depleting so fast. Lol. And I haven't paid the rent, yet.

Went shopping with Kat today! Bought 4 T-shirts, can't wear them here cuz it's too cold. Haha, 2 from American Eagle and 2 from Abercrombie & Fitch. They were on sale! Still quite ex... but... oh well. I needed to get something to wear. Lol. I feel underdressed with Kat around. *grinz*

Today we had the first day of classes, Investments. Man, I'm glad I did my internship at GIC. So similiar! We even have to use StockTrak to paper trade. Haha, but this time, we'll be working as a group I guess. =) Maybe it's just finance people. They look so.... geeky. This girl behind me was answering the tutor's question to, "How do we measure performance?" with replies like, "Do we use Alpha? Beta returns? Or (some model I forgot what)?" -_-"" Die man. I want to slack, but I CANNOT.

So far, okay la. A lil boring. Haha. Totally the opposite of my roomie. She's a shop-o-holic. I'm like... so not one. Haaaa~ Oh well. ^_^

I will post pics! On webshots! Turpyturpy5. Most likely =) Check them out!

::Toronto!::

2006-08-30T03:03:00.000+08:00

::Toronto! ::

Ahhh, finally got some time to myself + the internet. Can blog abt the past couple of days in LA and Las Vegas. :D

This was the Inn we stayed at. And the Inn I stayed at 17years ago.

Map of the area - on the floor! Cool!

Day 2- August 24th
DisneyLand- where dreams do come true! We purchased a 1 day hopper for US$79, so we could go to both Disney Land and to the Disney Adventure Theme park. Despite being pricy, it was so worth it!

Disney Land - 50th Anniversary

All the employees at Disney Land were known as crew members, as they had to play the part for various roles with which they were assigned. They always had a smiley face for you, a helping hand, and never displayed any signs of disgruntlement, Singaporeans shd learn from them!

We sat on a whole lot of rollar coaster rides, some were cute (Winnie the Pooh ride), some were fun (Buzz Lightyear Space Adventure, Starwars ride), some were extreme! There was one ride, called the Screaming California, with a 360 degree loop! It was exhilerating! Man, words really can't describe the feeling in your tummy when the coaster plunges down. In fact, the ride was so fast, that when we got off, Wei Qiang's hair was blown backwards!

Space Mountain Ride - Extreme!
Awesome!! They took pictures of you when you were in the ride. Haha. You couldn't see ANYTHING in front of you in this ride, like... only stars. As though you were in a galaxy!

Hollywood Tower - Extreme
You would be sitting in the lift, and entering into the twilight zone. So what this lift does is that it accelerates upwards a few stories, and plunges right down. Scary leh!

We even met a few Disney characters! I got a kiss from Tigger (woo-hoohoohOoo~), Eeyore and Winner the Pooh were there too! We also saw the bad wolf from Pinocchio, took pictures with Woody from Toy Story, saw his gf from Toy Story 2! And not to forget Mickey Mouse! We got a tour of his house, and finally, got to meet him in person. Shook hands with him, hugs and pictures. Mickey's my favourite!

Too bad the day ended off on a lower note, the fireworks were cancelled due to high altitude winds. =( If they had carried on with the show, the sparks would be blown onto the freeway, and that won't be good! What a disappointment tho.

Then again, I'm still contented with 13hours of magic. And cup noodles for dinner.

Day 3- August 25th
Hollywood- Universal Studios.

We took a free shuttle to Universal Studios today, 2hours. I'm beginning to wish someone would hurry up with the invention of the teleportation device already! Bus rides are taxing on my arse, back, neck and legs. Breakfast was bananas and salad from 7-eleven. After seeing how the Americans eat, I'm sticking to an all vege and fruits diet. *shudders*

Once again, we were down on our luck, didn't manage to see the Hollywood sign due to the usually thick fog around the mountains. *Sighs*

Universal Studios was a whole different experience. We sat on a tram ride around the studios, got up close and personal with the various towns and houses they built just for shooting movies! And I used to think they were actually shooting the movie in a REAL venue, when in actual fact, they were fake! And for those wondering, yes, the houses in which the Desperate Housewives live in, are in a fake setting. Bummer.

Contrary to our initial perception, the tram ride wasn't any boring ride that just took us around the sets. It was a whole different kinda ride! We were driven into a 'studio', and told to look around, see what kinda sound systems were used to making a movie, when suddenly, the tram started rocking violently! Before we knew what was happening, the ceiling to our left caved in and a huge oil tanker came sliding down toward us! To make it even more realistic, fire spewed out from the tanker, sending everybody scooting to the right of the tram! And to make matters worse, there was an approaching train, which crashed into the tanker and derailed, thundering towards the front carriages. That wasn't all! All bad things come in 3s, the 'studio' started to flood, water was rushing and pouring down the stairwells to the right of the tram, making everybody scoot back to the left to avoid getting themselves and shoes wet!

It's a whole movie set!

This set was constructed to see the aftermath of a Boeing 747 crashing into a populated area.

Gorilla!! RUN!!!!! (Btw, the gorilla has been there for 17years) hahahaha

It was so real! Just terrific!

Other rides we took included a Jurrasic Park boat ride. After a 30min wait, the ride was a lil disappointing at first as after a day at Disney land, we were kinda immune already. The only thing that was scary in the beginning, was that the dinosaurs were spitting water at us, basically, all 5 of us were dodging from side to side, trying to avoid getting sprayed! Only the last 30 secs of the ride was worth the wait! A 30 metre plunge over the edge of a waterfall to avoid the ma-ma T-rex that was going to eat us!

After the ride, we went to have Chinese food (HURRAY!!!) for lunch, Panda Express. Urm, it wasn't fantastic. The rice was hard, noodles dry. But it was better than potatoes I guess. :D

1^st day in Toronto

Was a totally hectic and crazy day. Touched down in Toronto at 6.11am. Concussed totally on the plane there, was SO tired. Man… I even dreamt of home. Bidded farewell to Tingkang, Wei Qiang and Betsy, kinda sad that our holiday came to an end. But it’s only the beginning of a new adventure!

Headed to York University, where Zhi Yong would get his room and I could dump my stuff there, since my landlady wasn’t around. Later on, had to run around school to get all the various passes, York ID, etc. Hectic man! The uni is quite big, but I doubt it’s as big as NTU! But it’s got a really cool mall in it tho.J

Took a bus then subway train to find Zoe later in the day. Since I had to bunk out at her house for the night. Shopped around in H&M and got some weird top for like… CAD2++. The sales here are… like… damn cheap la! But the tops quite ugly. Hahaha. I guess it’s a trade off.

So, when Zoe knocked off work, she brought me to have some really authentic Chinese food. Think the name of the restaurant was Asian Legend. Oh man, I was ecstatic! Finally, like… good… Chinese… food. *drools* 3 dishes for… CAD40. haha, expensive. But yeah, was worth it. Since we had leftovers! A LOT of it. Haha.

And I was happy!

Good day. At least there’s someone I know in Toronto. Getting pissed off with someone here already, and that is not good.

Day 2

Finally made it to my landlord’s place today. Don’t have any clothes/ luggage with me, because Zhi Yong was out on a scavenger hunt when I wanted to go get them. Shit man. Luckily I had 2 sets of clothes. But still… it’s damn gross to wear this one over and over again la!

Well, the family I live with, they seem pretty nice =) They have 2 kids, Emma and Nathan, Nathan is such a hyperactive kid man! Haha. But they are both really cute. However, I doubt it’s gonna be like the home stay Vienne experienced. This place is complete with a bathroom and kitchen, so I guess, I’m gonna have to be self-sufficient. No family to eat dinner with or something. I dunno.

Actually, I’m feeling really homesick suddenly. Maybe it’s cuz I’m sitting alone here in my room, with no one to talk to and distract myself. Won’t even get the internet till Friday. No life. Just… me… silence.. and the cold.

I miss home.

The longest 23rd August.... ever

2006-08-24T15:39:00.000+08:00

:: The Longest 23rd August.... Ever::

I am dead tired. Been up for close to 38 hrs. Lol. Didn't get to sleep much in the plane, but I'm in LA now! Really regret not bringing my dad's camera. Damnit. Silly HP camera doesn't really work well at night, oh well. Now I will pay the price. lol. And not be able to take super nice pics. :X
*cries*

DAMNIT.

Touched down in LA at about 1pm local time (that's 4am Sg time). I had chasoba on the plane! Twice. Love it man. So, after alighting from the plane, went through customs. The officer was funny. We had to take a picture and index finger prints, and he was like, "Look into the camera and SMILE!!! Btw, you look human when you smile." I was like... wtf? And he went on to explain about how some people look dead after they get off the planes. *grinz* So funny.

So off we headed to Alpine Inn, I was there... 17 years ago. Kinda amazing actually. The sign looks exactly like it was 17 years ago, and it looks new! The pool looked kinda familiar too.
Frontdesk guy, not bad looking. VERY friendly and helpful, his name's Josh. So, after checking in, we headed to the room, tried knocking on Tingkang, Betsy and Weiqiang's door, no response. We thought they had gone out, since their flight was 3 hrs earlier than ours. So we went into the other room, settled in for a while, and called Tingkang's mobile.

Well well well, what do you know. THEY WERE SLEEPING. haha. Tingkang answered the door, super dead face, with a "omg, go away, i want to sleep!" expression. Hilarious. :P

Since our efforts in rousing the sleeping beauty and princes failed, we decided to wash up and take a walk down the street. Beautiful place. Air's clean and fresh (a lil dry tho), cars also nice and shiny. Cool breeze. So amazing. So Zhiyong and I tried to see how we could walk to Disney Land, since we would be going there tmr.

It was 7pm, and we could still see hoards of people queuing up to buy tickets to go into Disney Land! Like... wow. I mean, the tickets cost USD 59. Well, I guess since it closed at 11pm. The outside was amazing, lights, colours, dynamic and vibrant! Can't wait to get in tomorrow =)

By the time we headed back to the Inn, the shacked out pple had woken up. And we went out (again!) to have dinner. I cannot believe the size of the portions of food man. They were HUGE. How to finish? I'm gonna need a lot of self-motivation if I don't want to become ba-ba like those Americans. :P

Anyways, back to bed. Zhiyong is out cold already. Haha, Tingkang is bathing, and the rest are msn-ing. *lol*

2006-08-18T16:54:00.000+08:00

::One For Sorrow::

I wanted your love, but look what is done to me
All my dreams have come to nothing
Who would have believed?
All the laughter that we shared would be a memory
I cannot count the tears you've cost me
If I could have seen...

And do you ever think of me
And how we used to be?

Oh, I know you're somewhere else right now
And loving someone else no doubt
Well I'm one for sorrow
Ain't it too too bad...
Are you breaking someone else's heart?
Cos you're taking my love where you are
Well I'm one for sorrow,
Ain't it too too bad, about us.

I wanted your love, but I got uncertainty
I tried so hard to understand you
All the good it did me
Now the places that we knew remind me of how we were
Everything is just the same
But all I feel is hurt

And do you ever think of me
And how we used to be?

Oh, I know you're somewhere else right now
And loving someone else no doubt
Well I'm one for sorrow
Ain't it too too bad...
Are you breaking someone else's heart?
Cos you're taking my love where you are
Well I'm one for sorrow,
Ain't it too too bad, about us.

- Gold

2006-08-15T23:08:00.000+08:00

Feeling weird.

To go, or not to go...

Sighs Of all the !@#$% times...

2006-08-11T21:17:00.000+08:00

So great, I flipped open the TODAY paper today and saw this headline screaming at me...

"Averted: Mass murder in the sky"

Well, seeing that I would be on one of those planes to the US in less than 2 weeks, I should be thankful that security measures have been heightened... yada yada...

Except that... we cannot bring up mobiles, laptops, contact lens solutions, toothpaste... omg...
How am I going to let my laptop be placed inside my unlocked (if not, my lock would be broken by the US customs) check-in luggage, and risk it getting stolen?! And my PDA... grrr...

I guess, I can't complain! Just to be on the safe side....

This aside, attended the recent NDP parade with my mom! Awesome fireworks, my arms were totally sore from holding the camera and trying to take pictures in the dark.
Here are some of the spectacular, and not-so-spectacular ones!

Poor fellows, my heart goes out to you. Standing at attention under the sun for so long! (And mummy, I want one of those BIG balloons in the background!)

Bulls' Eye!

Contingents marching in!

Can you see '2006' made by the army? It's in the big screen in the background!

Me & Mum with tattooed cheeks!

National anthem

Stadium's swan song

:: Acks ::

2006-08-07T21:08:00.000+08:00

.... Someone I know has the same blogskin as me...

.... This is unacceptable...

.
.
.

Must.
Change.
Skin.

To Bangkok, & back!

2006-07-24T14:28:00.000+08:00

Pic of the trip

Awesome, just came back from Bangkok last week. Was great fun, a whole different experience when you travel with friends =) More gung-ho. Haha. Having protective parents like mine (not that it's a bad thing), you don't get to squeeze 5 people into the back seat of the car!

We have found, the 'Optimal Seating Position'. And according to Dan, we can do -anything- in this position. Hahaha!

On retrospect, this trip made me appreciate living in Singapore more. Some people there really live in poor dilapidated conditions. Begging on the streets... with lil children in tow... Literally thousands of taxis around waiting to pick up passengers. (Unlike Singapore, whereby upon reaching midnight, they mysteriously disappear; or after picking you up, are disgrunted and complain because your destination is just 5 mins away)
HOWEVER,
if you do head over to Bangkok, do not fall into the trap of believing what any cab driver tells you. We were silly enough to believe this cab driver, who said he would take us to SuanLom, but, added that the Thai King was going there, thus, the place was closed. Though that did send a couple of alarm bells ringing, however, he went on to add that the Brunei King, Malaysia King (i.e Delegates) were going to attend some impt meeting. And that the market would only be open at 11pm - 3am.
Since we had 2 hours to spare, he took us to this massage parlor in this super ulu street. Cheated! 600 thb for 2hrs. Lol. PER pax. Geez.
Thank goodness we managed to slash the price down to 400thb.

Lesson learnt: Don't believe everything you are told.

Now, time to plan for our grad trip! Europe? Australia?? Or... Hong Kong? Going... broke. And our once-a-year-meal-at-A&W.

Picture Perfect

=)

2006-07-09T14:39:00.001+08:00

Joyce had a lil gathering at her house on Friday, it was supposed to be an early 21st party for her! And I didn't know! :X Blur, as usual.
But, it was really great to see her again! Miss her tons since she's gone to Aussie.

Saw Cherysa, Kang Wei (Edwin) and all her Gamma friends + classmates. Was great! Seems like we were back in TJ! All the lurve & laughter.
And oh yes, Kang Wei! Thanks man, for wearing the shirt Joyce got you for your birthday. Haha. Since you wore it specially for me.

Party party, I was late tho, had to work, go home and get the car :P Couldn't help out with all the cooking! But her lasagna was really really good. Need to get the recipe from her! Heard she added some wine for taste, delicious.

Didn't really had much time to talk to her whilst she had other guests, but I caught up with Cherysa. She's really pretty now! =) And she rebonded her hair... again! Haha. Well, at least when the rest of the guests left, the 3 of us, Joyce, Cher, and I had time to just chill, and catch up on old times. We should do this more often!

::Funky::

2006-07-04T18:08:00.000+08:00

Tribute to car park attendents.
Posted June 26, 2006.

Yesterday, I finally got the haircut my mum's been bugging me to get.And guess what?I highlighted by -virgin- hair! HaHaHHahahaMy supervisor said it was nice. So did my colleagues. Wanted red... but... oh well =) Brown's good too.
Awesomeness. If it wasn't so:
1) Expensive.
2) Boring to just sit in the chair, waiting for the dye to eat into my hair.
3) If I didn't kena summons in the day. $30. ARgh.

Speaking of the summons, I was at SIR building, to renew my passport. So, I was in a rush to keep my hairdresser appointment.
Just left the car w/o thinking that, "Hey, I need to tear a coupon."
By the time I remembered 20mins later, it was too late.
OMG.
$30.
SO ANGRY.
Why would I want to save $0.50?! Grrrrrr.

Carpark attendants are like hawks...
Watching your every movement from the safety of a tree...
Gliding soundlessly towards your vehicle as soon as you leave it...
Scrutinising your coupon (If you had placed one)...
Double checking the time to make sure you hadn't cheated...
And skulking away back into the shadows again...
Waiting to prey on their next unsuspecting victim.
Namely.
Me.

Sickening.

:: Random Rant ::

2006-07-04T18:04:00.000+08:00

Disclaimer: This was posted on May 26, 2006. A pity not to be shared. *snickers* She needs to be deframed.

-Evil-

Last day of the week! Feeling really bored. And I'm blogging at work. *laf*
Because I got really peeved off at what I saw on 'someone's' friendster.
Quoted on the description, "I hate being lied to"
Wow, girl. Seriously?
Let me recall, you lied to my friend... let's see, once, twice, thrice! (you're out)
You hate being lied to, and you lied.
I hate hypocrites.
You qualify as the biggest hypocrite.
Not my friend's loss, it's yours.
Quoted, "Hate being taken for granted".
Gee, let's recap.
I think -YOU- took him for granted too. Wouldn't you agree?
Most girls would have turned green with envy, being treated like a princess. Just like he treated you. Ferried you to places you loved, brought you to places where you loved to eat.
No? Self-denial won't get you nowhere girl.
Grow up.

Testing, testing 1, 2, 3...

2006-07-04T17:53:00.000+08:00

Let's see if this works. =)

At the request of friends, I've decided to set up a proper blog. Not the friendster blog... whereby every post has a HUGE advert in between -_-""Haha.

Besides, it's easier to communicate with you guys here! Tho... won't checking webshots for pics be easier?! :X haha. Any-o-hows...

This date, 04 July 2006 (US Independence day), at 5.55pm (Sg time), Turpy's world was came to life, when Yilin got really bored and cold in GIC. *laugh*

Whee.

:: Turpy's World ::

:: Stuck :

28th July: Convocation Ball

24th July : Convocation ceremony

:: London ::

:: London ::

:: Clara's visit! ::

::Visual DNA::

:: New York (26th Dec - 3rd Jan) ::

:: Washington (23rd Dec - 26th Dec 2006)

:: US Trip - Boston, Washington & New York ::

:: Final party @ Swiss :: 9th Dec 2006

:: 21st ::

:: Now what? ::

:: Happy Birthday, Kenneth ::

:: Chicago ::

:: Exams and !@#$ ::

:: About time!! ::

:: bleah ::

:: Snow and all things clumsy ::

:: 10 things about Toronto you won't see in Singapore ::

...

:: Look alikes?! ::

:: Slapped ::

:: Halloween at Budo! ::

:: Screwed ::

:: Niagara ::

:: Snow!! ::

:: Cravings ::

:: Montreal ::

:: Whee... ::

:: Sighs ::

:: Crappy!!::

:: Addicted ::

:: Stress ::

::M Lounge::

::Finally, the net::

::Toronto!::

The longest 23rd August.... ever

*Sighs* Of all the !@#$% times...

:: Acks ::

To Bangkok, & back!

=)

::Funky::

:: Random Rant ::

Testing, testing 1, 2, 3...

Sighs Of all the !@#$% times...