JUST NAT

2008-07-16T22:27:00.001-04:00

Mall with Eric Pew today!! :D
Walked around tried to look for a dress :P Finally found a sling small purse (fussy) for his sister's bday

We watched Hancock.

2 weeks babe (:

One Step Closer

2008-06-27T22:01:00.003-04:00

ZOMG I feel like I am one step closer to my dream ( :

I just got a job- this time one I truly love. It's so perfect for me it's so unbelievable, I feel its like too good to be true!!

A VEGAN BAKERY I freaking have a job helping this really awesome lady with her baking business :D

She makes wholesale vegan goods and sells them to Whole Foods in NJ. I went in for my first day today and I did a lot of prep work. Slightly mundane but I don't care. Baking just makes me happy :P I peeled maybe like 50 carrots and grated 4 gallons worth. And I also peeled maybe 100 bananas and pureed them all.

And I made this delish icing. She gave me a sample of her Banana Walnut Cake with Coconut Agave icing. <3 <3 <3 It's so good... I ate so much of it and Dad loved it too!

I can't wait to do the actual baking next week ( : It's so great for me to see how owning a vegan business really is. Hopefully I can do that someday!

SYTYCD AMAZINGNESS

2008-06-27T01:21:00.002-04:00

This dance makes me wanna cry. It's SO good. OH GEV GEV GEV. Courtney is so cute & I LOVE the song

This was also amazingly sweet. Twitch!

and this was the BEST routine from top 16

Life is Hard without the WWW

2008-06-24T01:13:00.002-04:00

Internet has been out for the past few days. On lucky nights like this, I manage to tap into someone's unsecured network.

Some silly person cut our cable wires so NO TV NO INTERNET. Us, modern and technologically-dependent people find it very hard to survive without the addicting WWW

My Dad & I have just been going to Yee's house to use her wireless. Starbucks doesn't even offer free WIFI wtf!

Today after class went to Walmart to buy lots of 100 calorie packs and protein bars for Nikki.

Yesterday there was a BeatlesFest in Clinton town. They closed main street so a 'Beatles' band could play. They weren't bad. I'm not completely familiar with their songs, but the lead singer was pretty good. It was a hot sweaty day despite weather predictions of gloomy thunderstorms.

Before that, I was in Franklin Park for a fundraiser lunch. It was extremely casual and laid back. We played Taboo... mmm not my favorite game because I honestly end up going UMMMMM for 50 seconds of the allocated 60 seconds. Lol.

Today I went for a walk around the estate. Very.. peaceful. I like walks. Clears my head and frees my mind from certain troubles.

On Facebook, Pieces of Flair is the newest application to replace Bumper Stickers. Though BS is like the original, PoF is really fun too.

Ummmm oh yah time to do my nightly workout because I am fat and flabby.

Oh and I want to get a blender so badly. I suddenly have this smoothie-attraction after having a soy smoothie at Amazon Cafe in EB mall. Like I can just imagine having a smoothie everyday for breakfast. I am kinda sick of the cereal-soymilk routine. I can also imagine stealing bunches of bananas from the dining hall next year, and blending up some smoothies in my room. Yummers.

Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

2008-06-20T00:09:00.001-04:00

Sighh I was looking back at my old pictures from LBI
I WANNA BE SKINNY AGAIN ) :

But the only way I can think of going back is to like, starve myself again. Which I don't want to go back to. Wasn't a good time.

Right now I'm exercising and eating well and stuff, but that's not making me skinny. In fact my face is so fat now I can't see my dimples anymore. My dimples just look like freaking cellulite on my face

Mystique & Velour

2008-06-17T22:42:00.001-04:00

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2008-06-17T22:38:00.001-04:00

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PSIS

2008-06-17T22:36:00.001-04:00

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Breathe Me

2008-06-17T01:12:00.003-04:00

I would love to do a lyrical dance to this. I can picture it in my head.

Breathe Me by Sia
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
and needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

____________________________________________________

All I wanna say is ouch

HOPE

2008-06-16T21:45:00.002-04:00

I'm hopelessly hopeless for hoping that this hopeless situation will hopefully improve.

Reason, Season or Lifetime

2008-06-15T20:36:00.003-04:00

One of my sisters posted this on Facebook and I love it.
I'm like classifying people in my head into Reason, Season or Lifetime lol

"People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON...It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a Godsend and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. Sometimes they die. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. Your need has been answered, and now it is time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON...It is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant."

******

Anyway, today was Father's Day.
I woke up at 8 am to bake cos we were supposed to have a brunch party at Yee's place. Then she texted me around 9 to say it was canceled and we were having dinner instead. So I woke up bright & early for nothing. No matter!

Gave me more time to bake ( :
I baked three things:
#1. raspberry coffee cake from the ppk
#2. mini carrot cake cupcakes with icing
#3. maple flax chocolate brownies from la dolce vegan

( :
turned out pretty good
according to jia's ratings: brownies were the best, then carrot cupcakes then raspberry coffee cake

i almost did not bring the cupcakes over cos i thought they were really bad! well the texture was kinda weird when i ate them fresh out of the oven.

but in the evening they set a bit (after some refrigeration) and they tasting much better! yay. lucky i brought them. lay yee, mich yee & mei loved them a lot! i loveee baking but it's gonna make me FAT and ruin my summer weight loss plans if i bake all summer

i ate so much today cos i kept sampling my goods and eating baking batter (mind you its totally safe to eat raw vegan batter because it has NO FREAKING EGGS so no salmonella)

speaking of salmonella... stay away from tomatoes!

Food Encyclopedia

2008-06-12T18:08:00.002-04:00

This is fun for nutrition-wackos like me
Food Encyclopedia by Prevention
:D

Anyway woke up late today for the first time in many days. Went to Panera for lunch. Yummy yummy in my tummy.
Their new summer Strawberry Poppyseed Salad is delsih. The dressing is fat free but still delish. Pecans, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple & mandarin oranges on lettuce ( : Ideal salad!

and i love their baguettes. bread carbs come to me but leave my thighs, tummy & arms alone!

after that we went to kohls to look for random things, then borders. was tempted to buy every vegan cookbook but i held back cos firstly i can get them cheaper on amazon (where i got most of my books) and secondly i have so many that i haven't touched. i just like buying them and seeing them on my shelf ( :

i am to eventually collect ALL VEGAN BOOKS- cookbooks or guides or musings. ( :

went to walmart after to get some groceries and home goods. weird to see the people who i used to work with still there.

sytycd

2008-06-11T22:07:00.002-04:00

just watched so you think you can dance!
omg one couple totally blew me away
katee & joshua
i just voted for them
their hip hop performance to no air by jordin sparks was breathtaking

(click on picture for her profile)
she's such an amazing contemp dancer and i did not expect her to do hip hop so well. and i don't just like her cos she's kinda asian.

(click on picture for his profile)
and joshua omgggg my fave in this competition i must say
he has mad skills. and boy i bet he can do contemp super well i can't wait to see him to contemp. owww!

yoga

2008-06-10T18:00:00.002-04:00

lol i found this yoga video online and decided to do it

it was pretty good then all of a sudden the girl did a handstand and some weird arm twist. i just stared at the screen... yea okay i can do that

i did some tae bo too. its rather fun for a cardio workout

some pictures from the photoshoot are up on facebook. they're nice but i look feifei

mmm family guy now. haven't watched it in a while its good therapy

2008-06-09T17:09:00.002-04:00

went back to rutgers yesterday!
aww i miss it so much
even though the weather was disgustingly hot & humid
has been over 100F the past few days and will be for at least another two days
heat wave eww

anyway did adopt-a-highway in the morning with some sisters ( : just some community service. picking up litter on the highway that people never notice is dirty anyway cos they're traveling like 70 mph. do you really think they'll notice a strewn dunkin donuts coffee cup?

and cars were honking cos we were a bunch of asian girls were by the highway bending down to pick up trash and wearing bright orange vests as if we were offenders. lol

after that went back to sayu's house with kaori to get ready. showered, straightened my hair. lol i seriously need a new hair straightener- i.e the PINK limited edition CHI or the miracle glide. both are over $120 but <3
i know my hair is permed and its horrible to force it straight but i like my hair straight for special occasions.

anyways went for the douglass photoshoot after with kappas! omg i was getting SO impatient cos it was SO fugging hot and everyone was sweating like mad. and the photographer kept wanting MORE AND MORE pictures. yoww. whatever hope the pics turn out nice at least. my smile was probably really forced lol

after than went to get bubble tea with some sisters and met some lambdas then we went to their house to chill for a while before daddy hurried me home

ooh can't wait till i can just stay at rutgers the whole dayyy in july. and not have to worry about someone picking me up cos by then i WOULD FREAKING HAVE THE VOLVO to myself ( :

when it finally ended all of

ben dan

2008-06-08T01:17:00.000-04:00

you're stupid!
dumdumdum

and because you're so stupid i feel stupid for believing you were not stupid, you stupid fuck!

no more diet pop!

2008-06-06T22:46:00.003-04:00

omgomgomg i looked at my buttocks in the mirror today and i saw massive amounts of cottage cheese skin!
aka CELLULITE
the bane of all women

okay its so fucking disgusting looking, i could puke looking at my thighs/butt whereever there is cellulite. i think i saw it on my side tummy too

i want to get rid of it. i've been doing toning exercises and what not but they don't really seem to be working

i did some research and LO AND BEHOLD GUESS WHAT I FOUND OUT
FUCKING DIET SODA CAUSES CELLULITE
i dunno something to do with the fizziness and caffeine
that also means coffee is BAD and anything fizzy is bad
and the best remedy is to drink LOTS & LOTS of water. it 'detoxes' and flushes out and something to do with ur tissues

no wonder i never used to have cellulite cos firstly i was so fucking skinny. but before i was skinny when i was fatter i never really drank soda and i never drank coffee and i think i drank quite a lot of water. but those were st nicks days i drank a lot of ice milo, ice tea & soursop juice too lol

okay whatever summary: i'm gonna CHUG WATER from now on. maybe if i get a nice pink waterbottle i will feel more motivated to drink H20

i'll try it for like a month. i need all the control in the world cos i'm rather addicted to diet pop. shittttzahhh

if this month of 'detox' doesn't work (lets see 6th july?) i'll be like fuck that i'm chugging diet orange soda (my fave :O )

mirrors & cameras & clinton

2008-06-05T00:12:00.002-04:00

I hid my mirror in my big (new) closet because i can't really stand looking at it. It makes me depressed. ewwyyy. I use it to apply make up and that's it.

I want Gerry's SLR cammmerrraaa so coool.

Anyway I am all moved in into my new home now in CLINTON. Lol I was just musing how I stayed in Whitehouse Station, moved to Clinton which is right next to Washington. Born to be President, moi?

Daddy is here for this month of June. Then I'll be living alone. Kinda excited actually. As long as I have sufficient GAS & GROCERY funds, I think I'll be find. If I can food shop all I want, but all the organic stuff I want without Daddy complaining I am not buying necessities... tskk

Getting a new car SOON. Probably by the end of this week. Volvo S40, Black- in many ways not my ideal car.
#1. Not hot flaming pink
#2. No heated seats so I'll freeze at the wheel in the winter
#3. Not fuel efficient enough- not a hybrid

But its fine as long as I can move from point A to point B without the car breaking down, I'm good

2008-05-31T15:18:00.001-04:00

Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends. --Author Unknown

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-28T00:35:00.002-04:00

It was Memorial Day this past weekend.

Went up to the Poconos with Yee Yee & Co. for the weekend.
On Saturday we drove up, dropped Yee Cheong & Ry at golf
Then Kev, Yee & I went to various little places- local farmer market run by Amish people ooooh, flea markets. But it was way too COLD. The wind was so strong no one wanted to stay out long
Not long after we headed back to start to prepare dinner. And just chill around.
The deck is actually shielded from the wind so I managed to sit out and tan a little.
Dinner, movie, cantaloupe yumm.

Sunday morning- had a delish breakfast of hash & cantaloupe & strawberries & cherries.
Went to the lake to kayak for about an hour.
Went around the whole lake for once. I usually just make it around half way
The wind was against me every direction I turned, grrr.
Good exercise for my muscle-less arms lol.
Headed back to clean up the house then went to Terra Cottage for lunch. Really yummy homey food.
Drove back...

Monday was Memorial Day itself.
Woke up to yummy congee
Went to Ry's band performance at the nearby park.
HOT DAY. HOT SUN.
After that came back and tanned, ate watermelon, the classic summer staple
Helped to prepare what was to be a sample dinner that turned into a feast.
(Ribs and sausage), large salad of field greens, tangerines, cranberries, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, walnuts & almonds, grilled zucchini & romaine, sweet potatoes, pasta with garlic tomato sauce, broccoli with garlic olive oil.
Yumm my vegan influence- only one meaty dish.

Today. Class started again. Oh chem.
Lab... tedious and rather boring but whatev I'm coping I guess
Came back and had some lunch, worked out a little...
Went with Mei & Yee to get my nails done. Did a really pale pale pink. So it looks like a french manicure without the tip. LOL really re-re
Went to Red Lobster to it and I did not have much choice. It is a SEAFOOD RESTAURANT after all.
But the manager was uber nice and created a dish for me
Pizza crust with tomatoes, broccoli, mushrooms and basil.
Plain, wholesome, natural, delish!
And I had a salad with walnuts, green apple, sun dried tomatoes and peppers

2008-05-22T14:29:00.001-04:00

Sometimes someone says something really small. And it just fits right into this empty place in your heart.
-My So Called Life-

2008-05-21T21:01:00.000-04:00

To see a world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wildflower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour
--William Blake

2008-05-21T19:58:00.002-04:00

I started taking summer classes at RVCC- CHEMISTRY
My evil evil enemy that killed me during A levels
It's been okay so far. But I foresee it getting harder
I'm just praying it's easier here in the US than in Singapore
I feel like I'm learning the concepts better here than I ever did in St Nicks/ NJC
Maybe it's not necessarily true that education is always better in Singapore
Or perhaps Singapore schools teach too fast before making sure students secure a good foundation- cos' there are some re-res like me around who need more time in figuring out how to calculate stupid stoichiometry thingamajigs

American Idol FINAL is on now. Did not follow this season but I know its between one little baby high school musical to-be boy- David Archuleta, and another more mature looking David Cook who is rather good looking. Both have O-K voices.

Let's see what else have I done over the past few days... I worked out on the elliptical yesterday & today! Finally decided to start exercising again. Feels good. I want to get rid of some of that flabbyflabby disgusting-ness and orange-peel skin for the SUMMER. Bathing suit weather!!

Love my cakezzz <3

Narnia

2008-05-18T21:11:00.002-04:00

I watched The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian today

It was pretty good but I didn't watch the first one so that might be a reason but I know the story I read the book!

Anyway I am so in love with King Peter. He is soooo cute. Me & my little British Boy crushes ( :

He's got abs yo! Although not spectacular, but at least he's not a skinny-and-way-too-fair-omg-need-a-tan boy

He has really gay hair though.

The sword fight scene was ooohlala

Summer Day Two

2008-05-16T17:22:00.002-04:00

BORING. It was raining all day today. Still is, actually.

Woke up, had lunch.. What's new? Haha.

Watched 27 Dresses online. Cute movie, very 'awwww'-ish. But I like sweet stuff I'm a sucker for that.

Pretty much all I did. Did not even exercise ewww. Lazy fatty.

Ohhh just helped Yee Yee cook some dinner.
Pan Seared Tofu with Mushroom "Oyster" Sauce
3-Japanese Mushroom Saute with White Wine and Parsley

It's really simpler than it sounds.

Summer Day One

2008-05-15T17:51:00.003-04:00

I guess I have the whole summer to blog my life away

I woke up like 12.30 ish. Ate lunch.
Tried to sneak into Health Quest with Mei, but the bitch lady at the front desk did not let us in. BOOSLUT

So we decided to come home to exercise on our own. I just walked around the block. I'm sleepy now. Ate more pasta after. MMM CARBZZZZ

I've been on the computer (not mine cos' mine fucking broke) the rest of the day. Mostly on BUMPER STICKER on Facebook- only like the best application every. Nat hearts bumper sticker ( :

I am now hugging my favorite alternative down 'sharp corner' blanket. And rubbing the corner of course.

I've also been looking at Web 2.0 applications and exploring them. Interesting summer ahead? I dunno haha

Left RUTGERS yesterday I miss it! I miss Ashley Hot Muffin Azn Boobies Vu, Vi Roomie (ex) Nguyen, Jennifer Bunny Fung, Jerica Eco and many many others ) :

2008-05-12T16:39:00.001-04:00

Phantom lover, gone

2008-05-09T18:53:00.003-04:00

Okay I have no excuse for not updating except for pure laziness.
Life has been good. It's good to have my life back ( :

Anyway it's finals period now. Everyone is studying like MAD. I am taking it kinda slow cos I only have 2 exams on Wednesday. I still have four full days to prepare. But I don't wanna be complacent though!!

History & Greenhouse Effect blah whatever.
I can't believe my freshmen year is almost over. That went by quick.
I like the summer but I kinda want school to just go on cos' I really like being in college around all my friends and stuff.

I enjoy my freedom yknow.
In the summer I gotta WORK eewwww. I mean that is IF I get a job!

KAPPA PHI LAMBDA

2008-04-20T19:29:00.005-04:00

Forgive me world for not updating, but that's because for the last X weeks of my life I have devoted myself to pledging for the awesomest sorority, Kappa Phi Lambda.

It's been the hardest process I've ever been through. But it's SO darn worth it because my pledge sisters and I finally made it through and now I'm a SISTER OF KPL. I just wanna say I'm so proud to be a Kappa! Eternal sisterhood.

I am now an Eta Pi, #104 Natalie Khoo *Mystique*, of the Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority ( :

To the bestest BIG SIS : Hadissah Magoncia *Domino* You're my world!
To Momma: Christie Tse *Lyrical* I LOVE YOU!
To Poppa: Amy Chen *Aspelenie* You're the greatest ( :
To my pledge sisters/ fellow Eta Pis:
#102 Kaori Nagamine *Velour*
#103 Stephanie Higa *Limited Edition*
#105 Vicki Chan *Lovella*
#106 Maggie Chu *Marquise*
#107 Sonia Gi *Opulence*
#108 Jeannie Lee *Crunk*
Without you guys, I would have never made it.

YAY DAVIDSON

2008-03-23T23:52:00.004-04:00

How much Davidson sucks:
Water pipes broke
Corridors flooded with brown disgusting water
Seeped through the carpet into my room
Fire alarm went off for no reason
Emergency alarm went off cos some dude tried to open the emergency door
No hot water
No heat for tonight
Housing had to bring in a bunch of space heaters
Power went out.
[Hot water came back now]

2008-03-22T16:04:00.000-04:00

THE BEST UNDERGRAD BUSINESS PROGRAMS
No. 50: Rutgers University
New Brunswick, N.J.

2007 rank: 32
Annual Cost: $10,949
Full-Time Enrollment: 780
Students Say: Accounting and finance programs shine; marketing and management don't.

Undo?

2008-03-10T11:48:00.002-04:00

Sometimes I wish life had a Ctrl-Z button

Another emo song. Yummy.

Busy busy bee = me

Dimpled by an angel

2008-02-21T02:41:00.002-05:00

Yesterday my friend asked me: Do you know what dimples mean?
I said not really...
And he said his Mom told him that if you have dimples, it means you have been pinched by Angels

That is one of the sweetest things I've heard about my dimples. He totally made my day ( :

Moving Dance

2008-02-16T22:54:00.002-05:00

This is one of the best dances I've watched on youtube! The choreo is whoawhoawhoa and the standard of the girls blew me away. I feel so jealous watching them turn so 'effortlessly'. Their stage presence, expressions and emotions are really good. To achieve such maturity as performers at their age is amazing. Plus I love how it's just a rehearsal in a studio and it still looks great!

Just thinking about it, like any of these girls could be on So You Think You Can Dance. There are SO many good dancers out there seriously.

Lyrical Medley

2008-02-10T01:55:00.001-05:00

Tell Him/ Celine Dion
An old, but forever classic song. Gives me the chills everytime.

I'm scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak
Oooh - what if
There's another one he's thinking of
Maybe he's in love
I'd feel like a fool
Life can be so cruel
I don't know what to do

I've been there
With my heart out in my hand
But what you must understand
You can't let the chance
To love him pass you by

Should I

Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself

Touch him
With the gentleness you feel inside
Your love can't be denied
The truth will set you free
You'll have what's mean to be
All in time you'll see

I love him
Of that much I can be sure
I don't think I could endure
If I let him walk away
When I have so much to say

I'll

Love is light that surely glows
In the hearts of those who know
It's a steady flame that grows
Feed the fire with all the passion you can show
Tonight love will assume its place
This memory time cannot erase
Blind faith will lead love where it has to go

Never let him go

Won't Go Home Without You/ Maroon 5

Heard this on Vi's playlist

It's not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won't go home without you

Apologize/ One Republic
Never really listened to the lyrics of this song. It's old I know but if I could put into song what you were trying to tell me that day this would be it:

I’m holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearing what you say
But I just can’t make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you’re sorry
Didn’t think I’d turn around and say..

That it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late

Hopeless Love/ Daphne Loves Derby
Wow I just find all the right songs

You demand to be chased for your love.
My desperate heart is far too weak to run for you this long.
But you don't care at all.
There's nothing I can do to draw you close to me.

Can you take this silence like a pill so I can breathe again?
I've been trying to ignore the best part of you.
But I'm still hoping that I'll be with you somehow, somehow.

Please be home tonight.
I'll die if I don't get a chance to make this just right.
I'm sorry but I can't forget about the way I feel,
Every time you're here.

What would it take for me to be with you?
I swear I'd rip my heart out if you said you'd be impressed, please be impressed.
I'd go so far to please you but I bet you wouldn't care at all, oh at all.

Hopeless love please leave me.
This broken heart is far too weak to run for you this long.
Why don't you care at all?
I'm dying for a place in your heart.

I'm so sorry I swear I really am. I've never been more sorry in my life oh god. I've never really had to ask anyone for forgiveness before. But now I want to be forgiven more than anything in the world.

Dumb dumb dumb.

Regret

2008-02-07T23:39:00.000-05:00

I know people say to never have regrets in life, but how can I not regret something like this. Honestly, how can you not regret if you do something wrong?

So should a murderer not regret it if he killed someone?

I never thought I was capable of being so damn stupid. Where was my common sense? This is seriously the biggest regret of MY LIFE.

You're A Mean Bitch

2008-02-06T01:17:00.000-05:00

Yes you. You're mean, and you're a bitch.

Jeopardy

2008-02-02T23:56:00.001-05:00

I like this:

Something I would do... dance and study at the same time in a pink tutu. Except my extension would be 90 degrees lower.

Oh mannnn this semester has been horrible. SO MUCH work and so many activities. This week was bad. I went for KPL's rush every night so I hardly got any work done. BUT rush has been so super fun so at least it was worth it?

I've caught up a bit this weekend and I still have tomorrow to do my history paper. OH why did I take history? I mean I think it's interesting but it's so much reading. And the last time I did history was in sec two?

Anyway, good news! I auditioned and got into RDT! It's this Filipino Hip Hop group and they fuse some lyrical into their choreo and they're really amazing! ( : I'm so excited !

Rush for AKPSI starts next week. Argh I'm nervous to check it out! Like secretly I'm hoping it's not that great because I wanna pledge KPL now. : P But academics come first!

Speaking about academics, I have a horrible feeling about my GPA this semester. Let's see. Modern Dance- very unpredictable. Have no idea what I can do to get an A. Business Chinese- my whole grade depends on one single term paper sheeetzahh. Greenhouse Effect- this should be aight. Organizational Leadership- the tests and stuff should be okay, but I think my class participation score is like ZERO and I'm worried about the group presentation and stuff. History- so much to read and memorize. Fuck. All the homework assignments are papers and apparently the tests are OPEN ENDED boooo slut. First year seminar- just a pass fail so it doesn't affect my GPA but there's a lot of work for this one-credit class.

Speaking about they FY seminar, I had the first session today. It was fun. We went down to the Mexican community a few streets from college ave near Robert Wood Johnson hospital and had REAL AUTHENTIC Mexican food. Funnn but I can't believe I have to buy 2 textbooks for this class and read so much ): Well at least the field trips are fun. Next week we are going to either Chinatown for dim sum to celebrate Chinese New Year, or we might go to Newark to visit the Brazilian/ Portuguese community. Fun huh!

I had dim sum last night at KPL 'brunch/ dinner'. Yummy ! I miss dimsum.

Today I studied at the QUIET LOUNGE at the campus center after dinner with Sonam. I never knew that place existed it's a really good place for nerding haha.

Aye back to history and the Civil War or whatever now. Vi went home so I'm all alone!

BUSY beeee

2008-01-23T14:08:00.000-05:00

Wow everything's been quite a rush so far!

So on Monday the family + GERRY FAIRY sent me off at Terminal 3. It's really pretty by the way. We ate at the food court which was huge.

The plane ride felt especially long ughh.

Arrived on the same day. Was greeted by freezing temperatures. In fact we were stuck on the plane for a bit because the door was frozen from the outside! So our baggages were stuck too.

Came back to Rutgers and unpacked unpacked unpacked all night. Gave everyone their gifts they were happy ( : It was awesome to see everybody again.

Tuesday
First day of classes. Started with Modern Dance. The teacher just introduced to syllabus to us. It seems alright, just that we need to write 2 papers on 2 dance performances we are supposed to watch, and choreograph a solo too.

Intro to Organizational Leadership seems like a very promising course. A lot of reading to do and there's a big project but I think it'll be a useful class.

Women, Culture, Society. OMG I'M DROPPING IT. My instructor talks slower than a retard. Each syllable takes her like 2 seconds which is really longggg. I was falling asleep. And she's too bloody feminist for me. I am female but that does not mean I like feminism. I am switching to a history class about the US instead. Think that would be a better & more interesting class. It would be good to know some US history after all (since my current knowledge is zilch).

Today: Had Business Chinese in the morning. Ahh seems boring. We just learned a lot of terms like shipping, delivery, claims, deadline, MNC, JVC, globalization blah blah all that in Chinese. And there's no written exam it's a TERM PAPER on your own topic. It takes up 70% of the grade. Can you imagine? ONE ZUO WEN. OH MAN I'm gonna die. Have not composed a piece of Chinese writing in ages. Also the teacher's penmanship is awful. In fact his English writing is better than his Chinese. His Chinese characters are super 'cao'.

Okay going for my last two new classes soon.

LAST DAY

2008-01-20T11:02:00.000-05:00

This morning I had breakfast with my sissy Nikki! We went to the prata place outside our house and we ate THOSAI! Yay it was SO yummy ( : I had a plain one and Nikki had an onion one. All the curries & chutneys were so good. Love that little (not really) lentil crepe! Nik's coconut chutney had some fly in it so she wanted to replace just that chutney but they ended up making a whole new thosai for her after she already ate half of her original one. Haha.

After breakfast, we went to hail a cab to go get Mom from the house. Then Mom & I went to Thomson Plaza to do some last minute shopping & get some lunch. I dabao-ed chee cheong fun! I loveeee CCF :D Bought some stuff from NTUC, Watsons & Popular.

When we got home I just ate then started packing & packing & packing. Got everything into two bags... thank goodness haha. Kinda overshopped this trip ! :/

For dinner, we had a family outing at Ling Zhi Vegetarian Restaurant @ Liat Towers!! It was an Ala Carte buffet. The waitress said our family ate very little compared to others who display kiasu-ness to their fullest. Haha. Still ate a lot lah. Had vegetarian satay, sweet & sour fish, beancurd, asparagus with mushrooms, miso soup, black bean sauce + veggies, ee fu noodles, red bean & lotus seed dessert, chin chow with aloe vera jelly and glutinous rice ball with sesame filling. Ummm then we found out that there was a promotion with UOB that if 4 people eat, 1 person gets to dine for free! What a great surprise at the end of dinner :P Haha. That probably made my Dad's day. He was pretty grumpy that he had to eat vegetarian food, AGAIN. WHOOPS sorry I'm compassionate.

Saturday
Went to the gym in the morning with Sissy. Last time for this trip! Went on the treadmill for only 10 minutes then we had to rush for the Jazz class. It was SO fun, again. Lyrical jazz... did a dance to PCD's Stick Wit U. Love that song. SHO SHWEET.

After that I went to Centerpoint to meet Momma. Had POPIAH for lunch and BEANCURD GINGKO for dessert. Then we went to Robinson's to buy sports bras. Dang I wish I went to Robinson's earlier! There was SO much to buy and there were sales everywhere. Aye. Wasted!!

I went home to shower then headed to Suntec to meet some ex-classmates for dinner. XJ, Chock, Melvin, Weihao, Russ & Benghui came. I suggested Indinine orginally, but after looking at their dismal menu, I decided to switch to Sushi instead. There wasn't really any good sushi around except for Sakae. It was kinda... bad. Sakae was never good for much apart from their buffet.

Friday
Went to Orchard CaliFit in the morning to do Latina Flava. It was fun I think Zumba will be like that. I shall take that next semester. Anyway, did some weight training too. Being pathetic and muscle-less, I couldn't do very much HAHA. Okay not THAT bad lah.

Anyway, met Hui at Heeren bus stop and took a bus down to Chinatown together. Met Gerry there. We headed for lunch at some organic vegetarian place. Kway Chap was good but everything else was rather.. bleah. And I got cheated. Bought a tiny box of vegetarian ba kua for $7.50 :O

Walked around the streets of Chinatown. It was SO hot. I was melting! We went into random shops just for the air con. Gerry got sugar cane juice & Turkish pistachio ice cream. We bought lots of clothes- dresses mainly! Yay. :D More things I can't wear in the winter...

Not long after Hui had to leave to go back to hall. But on the way to sending her to the bus stop we made so many pit stops haha, kept getting distracted! They went to queue for some famous ba kua (real pork) that cost $44 for 1 kg. WOOOT. And there was a sign that said each customer was limited to buying only 100kg. That's fucking $4400. Who the hell would by $4400 worth of PORK?

Waited with Hui at her bus stop until her 143 came. After that Gerry & I went to get more clothes heh. Went to Marina Square for dinner. Gerry picked up her contacts and we went to the food court to eat. I ordered bibimbap and asked for no meat no egg and the guy looked at me like I was crazy. And he pitied my empty bowl and gave me extra kimchi haha. I also had vegetarian seaweed chicken O M G haha.

Gerry & I walked along the Singapore river from the Esplanade to the Fullerton. Singapore's so pretty at night ( : Took 167 back from Fullerton. Bus rides with Gerry- I miss!

The Days Roll By

2008-01-17T11:31:00.000-05:00

Aye I'll be leaving so soon. This trip zoomed by faster than a bullet train.

Today I went to AMK to trim my fringe, and eat at Roma's. Great food once again ( : Kway Chap was delish and I had mock pork too. Anyway, after that I met Bel & Lisa to go back to St Nicks ! Apparently I look 'drastically different' (like more mature), and my cheeks are abnormally large. Haha fine I know I grew fatter OKAY.

We visited some teachers... I managed to catch Ms Nair and Zhuang Na Mei Lao Shi this time ! Hurrahh. Then Lisa & Bel went to eat orange bowl & blue bowl, respectively. We just sat in the canteen the whole time and talked. O M G it was mad hot. Like steaming burning super humid. Ahh it was so heaty that my nose started bleeding. Haha it was kinda funny actually. I immediately chugged like 2 bottles of water.

After that I went to meet Neek & Ele at Little Part I cafe near Thomson Plaza. The menu was pretty limited but I had some pretty good buckwheat noodles. Neek didn't eat anything and Ele just had dessert! Oh man I think I eat a lot compared to my friends here. In the US I think I eat around the same / less than my friends. But Singaporeans arhh all so skinny humpphh ! Oh I also ran into Michelle, Siping and a whole bunch of their friends. After we finished eating it started raining so we were kinda stuck there till 9 something.

Went to TP after cos I needed to go to NTUC and I wanted to get chin chow cos it's 'liang' and will make me less heaty.

Wednesday
Went to the gym in the morning. Decided to do some bicep & tricep curls because my arms are disgustingly un-toned. Went to harbourfront to meet JASMINE LAU after. ( : We ate at the harbourfront center food court. I had Hakka Lei Cha brown rice set. Very interesting... And Jas had vegetarian bee hoon ( : I'm happy I influenced someone to have a meatless meal, even if it was just one meal, it's still better than nothing.

Then we walked around Vivo basement a bit, looking for our favorite JOLLIBEAN RED BEAN SHAKES, but sadly, stupid Vivo only has Pinle, no Jollibean ) : So Jas just drove us to Sentosa! Took a whole lot of pictures. Haha I looked like some crazy tourist. Heh. :/ Well sort of lah huh. : P We walked around Siloso beach, then went to visit the Merlion, then went to the Sentosa Golf Club to admire the scenary.

I didn't feel like going home yet so Jas drove me to Dempsey road to visit the shops there. It's a nice area! The Ben & Jerry's there has a very nice setting ! Then we went to sit on the swing outside and we talked and talked. We didn't want to leave cos we knew that would be the last time we would see each other for at least a year ) : But we left in the end cos I had to meet my sissy for dinner and Jas had to go visit her uncle in the hospital anyways. Aww I'll miss you honeybun !

Tuesday
Went to the gym in the morning with Nic. Did a bodybalance class which was like a mixture of yoga, pilates and tai chi. Then we did a duo step class (step aerobics with 2 boards!) that was rather challenging for me. The footwork was mad confusing. And I stupidly did not bring exercise shoes so Nikki had to borrow them from someone else for me. Haha.

Went to have lunch then Nikki had to rush off to school. So I hung around town all by myself to do some shopping. Scanned the whole of Orchard haha. From Centerpoint all the way to Far East woooo. Met Sean Chua for dinner at Clarke Quay at night. He treated me, how nice !( : We ate at The Green Connection.

Gym Buddies

2008-01-14T05:03:00.000-05:00

Nikki & I went to the gym today. We woke up to late for a class so we just worked out on the machine. Time passed really quickly today cos we had trashy pop magazines to read. Haha.

Ate LingZhi takeway dim sum for lunch. They have this awesome burger that tastes exactly like McChicken, sans the mayo, sesame seed bun and slaughtered bird. In place there was a delicious man tou bread and mock chicken marinated in a very yummy sauce. I also had 'char siew' soh, a delicious snack that I have not been able to enjoy in a long time. All hail LingZhi! :D

OMG the stupid old man at LingZhi was the most insensitive bitch I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. When I was buying my charsiewsoh he was like: better not to eat so much deep fried stuff, very fattening, especially you (pointed to Nikki), you still okay lah (pointed to me). OMG I WANTED TO SLAP HIM. Who the fuck says stuff like that.

Met Mom in Centerpoint after. Nikki bought the smallest cutest sweetest baby tangerines ever! Knowing that I have very little time left in Singapore, and wanting to savor all the yummies the local scene has to offer, and being the hungry ghost pig that I am, I decided to have some popiah and beancurd gingko dessert! Delish yay.

And I noticed all I blog about... is food. HAHA.

Cherishing

2008-01-13T08:40:00.000-05:00

Today, my tummy expanded due to overstuffing of food. Haha. Went to Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant at Quality Hotel for dinner. It was a vegetarian buffet with a GINORMOUS assortment of food. I was so happy ( : I think everyone could see the excitement on my face. I think I got up from my seat at least 10 times, no joke. Haha whatevs. I don't get to eat Asian Asian food in America, much less delicious vegetarian Asian food. I was just so happy that I could eat everything at the buffet without worrying that it may contain particles of dead animal remains.

Before that I went to eat Bibimbap at Green Pasture in Fortune Center. It was really good but the service was HORRID. Ugh. Dan's technique class got cancelled so I ended up shopping at some weekend bazaar outside SMU. I got lots of nice stuff at really good prices! Although I bombed a lot of money again (omg I've been spending SO MUCH money everyday), I think I got very good deals so whatevs! I still want to shop more! Chinatown?

Ahh and the weather was super hot today! The sun was blazing and I was sweating just walking from mall to mall.

Saturday
In the morning I went for a Lyrical Jazz class with Nikki at California Fitness. What a fun class! Nice choreo :D Then Dad & Mom picked me up and we went to eat at Harbourfront Center. After that we went to Vivocity to buy groceries. The Giant there is well, gigantic. Haha. We totally forgot that we parked our car in Habourfront Center not Vivo, so we had to lug our heavy bags of groceries all the way back. Damn.

At night I went to celebrate GERRY'S BIRTHDAY! :D She held it at the British Club. She had a lot of school + church friends there too. Her little boys are all suaku alcoholics haha. And her RGS RJ friends are all so pretty. We stayed quite long. Only left the restaurant at around 11.

Friday
Met Jasmine at Taka for our ever favorite POPIAH!!! :D Omg it was so good. Our routine never changes. Popiah, chit chat, diet soda (me), and then fruits. Haha. Then we hung around town for a while. Went to Kino, Wisma, Borders, before heading to Bugis Street to shop some more! Found some cute stuff ( : Bought Nikki the yellow dress she really wanted. It was mad hot though. And I was wearing jeans. It's like impossible to wear jeans in Singapore.

After that we needed to cool down so we had Jollibean Ice Blended drinks. So good. Green tea + Adzuki red beans ( :

Left town to go meet Grace at Beauty World! We ate at Green On Earth cafe. Ireland sounds fun ( : Shall visit someday!

Went back to NJ for dance night. Met Chin and saw Russell and Joycelyn there too. Okay omg boys + girls + mass dance = STINK BOMB. I swear the moment I stepped out of the bus onto the NJ bus stop, disgusting sweaty smells starting wafting towards me. Ugh! Then as I approached the hall, my desire to puke grew stronger and stronger. I decided not to enter the hall because a lot of people were warning me that it was so gross inside. Haha.

Saw quite a lot of juniors and some very old seniors too. I almost STOLE that night HAHAHA. Hey that thing should belong to me anyway, but I decided against it.

Thursday
Went for a Jazz class with Nikki in the morning. Sneaky sneaky. Then we went to this vegan bakery that sold all those local breads but they're totally edible (for me)! :D I was absolutely delighted. Finally got to eat pandan kaya bread and floss bun and pineapple tarts ( :

Then we tried this organic cafe called Yogi House and we both found it rather... unsatisfactory. After that we went shopping at Bugis Street. Quite fun. Lots of earrings heh :P We headed to another Jazz class at Orchard. This one was really fun I liked it a lot.

Bloody hell I'm having a flu now. ) :

Fucking Ice Cream

2008-01-09T10:03:00.000-05:00

Met Eleanor & Nicolette for lunch today! We went to LivinGreens at Beach Road today ( : You know I feel so goddam lucky I have friends who support my veganism and are willing to try new stuff with me. I know that 'vegan food' can seem really daunting to many people!

After that we went to watch a movie. Spent a lot of time trying to find a movie to watch. Finally settled on Eastern Promises. Haha it was a very violent show, but it was gripping and kept me rather enthralled. The Mafia is quite a fascinating organization. Kitrill was hilarious! I quote (as accurately as I can based on my memory):

He was like a brother to me, but now he looks like fucking ice cream

I've never seen so many old people in my life. Who's party is this? The angel of death?

HAHAHA. And Nikolai (spelling??) was very handsome, in an old man way.

After the movie I headed to Clarke Quay to meet Lea, Titus and Stelli. We went to eat at Green Connection @ Melleos Place in Merchant Square. There was an extensive menu! The food was really good. I was especially happy when Lea said that she could imagine being vegetarian after eating this meal. It means a lot to me when someone who once said she could not imagine never eating meat, actually considers vegetarianism a possibility! ( : And you can insert the rant about my great-willing-to-try-new-things-friends here.

Yay I am a happy full bellied girl now. Haha

Tuesday
Got my hair done yesterday. Slight trim, perm, and I've got bangs now.

Triple Dance Death

2008-01-07T06:52:00.000-05:00

OWWW my legs are aching all over. After months of dancing (real dancing not waving Chinese ribbons kinda dancing) hiatus, I finally went for some dance classes with my Sissy.

Saturday

Saturday morning I went to California Fitness Gym at Novena with Nikki. Went on the elliptical for a while, then I went to get my free trial pass. The guy was very kind to offer me a free 14-day VIP pass. Anyway, after that I attended this lyrical jazz class. It was so fun! Oh how I have missed dancing. And fuck I've deproved so much. Especially my back strength and flexibility.

Showered then met Jo at Dhoby Ghaut and the 3 of us went to Little India to eat at Yogihub (which is now renamed 7 Sensations). That place is overpriced and I think overhyped. Food was not that great. Satisfying, but there are better places which offer food of similar or better quality, at more reasonable prices. Jo & Nikki are so cute together :P Jo's funny he calls Nikki "Fat Momma" and he called me a Skinny Piece of Shit. Haha not skinny anymore lah. I'm closer to being a Fat Piece of Shit now.

Then I went to Clementi to meet Melvin the Maggi. Went to Sheng Shiong market to get ingredients for our class bbq. Bought quite a lot of stuff. Sheng Shiong is fun! It stocks very very local products. Haha. But the dead fish really bothered me. When I accidentally caught a glimpse of the dead fish's face, I wanted to cry. Poor fishy. Died for omnivores. ANYWAY, Wei Hao met us a little while later, and we all cabbed back to his house. Did some preparation for the bbq and waited for more people to arrive.

I was so happy that the turnout was really good! 05S10's most successful class gathering ever! Even from the JC days, class parties never attracted this many people! Even some 'rare' people appeared haha. It started raining at the bbq pits so we all had to take shelter back in Wei Hao's condo. The boys shifted the food upstairs and the girls cooked it. We watched some French movie about daredevils and played Taboo. Taboo was hilarious. Yea I know it sounds so geeky but it was funny... Singaporean style.

Sunday

Went to Northpoint to have lunch and do some supermarketing. Then I went down to SMU to meet Nikki. Joined her dance team for their technique session. It was really tiring. Dan's technique is wooooooo. Those V-Ups killed my abless stomach. But it was fun anyway. After dance Nikki had to stay on to practice her item, so I went to Plaza Singapura alone to walk-walk.

Wow when I'm bored I spend a lot of money. In like the three hours while waiting for Nikki, I spent over $50 on useless things. Stupid Daiso! I bought really really useless thingymajiggys. Haha. Then I went to Carrefour to buy food I'm not even going to eat. Then I ate QQ RICE (LOVEEEE <3) and bought earrings too. O M G badd badd not good to be bored. I spend money and eat.

When Nikki was done I met her and we both cabbed to this Thai Noodle House near NJC to meet the parents for dinner. Food was pretty authentic. Though I honestly don't know what position I am in to judge the authenticity of Thai food.

Monday, Today

Woke up pretty early to follow Nikki to California Fitness again. This time we did 2 classes in a row. Jazz and Classical Ballet. I would have had more fun if I wasn't so damn fucking tired. The last two days of dance really killed my legs and even though today's classes were pretty easy, I was dying. Ohh Nikki was dying too. Haha especially towards the end of Ballet, we were both like: omg cannot make it already! Well I'm definitely resting tmrw, especially when I sit in a chair for four long hours. : P

After that I showered then went back to visit St Nicks. Met Dinah, Mich, Swei, Sarah and Tricia there. It was kinda... uhh.. because I didn't know any juniors at all! Sheeeet I'm so old huh. I went to say hi to the chicken rice stall aunty & uncle. Aww they were my favorite stall vendors. They've watched me grow up since I was in Primary 1! So I've known them for like 13 years? Wowww.

Visited Ms Jeya & Mr Wong too... walked around the school and track. Sighhh it's all gonna be torn down soon!

Well say bye to straight flat hair. I really hope I'm making the right decision to perm my hair tmrw. I'm nervous!

Russian Nails

2008-01-04T08:14:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, I went down town with Momma to confirm my flight back. After that we met Nikki for lunch at Fortune Center! We ate at Create Healthy Lifestyle which is an organic & vegan place. Very yummy food ( : I had vegan Bak Kut Teh which, in my opinion, tastes so much better than the original that cruelly contains slaughtered pigs.

Today, went to Thomson with Momma to run various errands and have lunch. And I got a manicure & pedicure! OPI has this new range of colors which they call their Russian collection which I think is absolutely gorgeous! I love all the colors!

I think the names of each shade are genius! I was so amused with all the very Russian-y names haha.

My fingernails are:
MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW
Charcoal with a hint of maroon glimmer. (I am in LOVE with this color!)

And my toenails are:
CATHERINE THE GRAPE
A royally grand shade of wine.

Other fascinating names are:

ST. PETERSBURGUNDY
An aristocratic shade of claret.

KRÈME DE LA KREMLIN
A creamy terra cotta pink that’s the best!

RUSSIAN NAVY
Wait until you see this deep-sea indigo! (Sissy got this on her toes)

RUBLE FOR YOUR THOUGHTS
You’ll think this copper-penny shimmer is fabulous!

2008, so far

2008-01-02T05:22:00.000-05:00

New Year's Day

Went out to lunch with the Seah family at SICC's Chinese restaurant. Food was typical. Their daughter is called Natalie too. Very interesting how Natalie is such a common name in Singapore, but pretty rare in the US, or in Rutgers at least. I'm not complaining!

In the evening, I went to Thomson Plaza with Gerry and Eugene and we met Hui & Angel there! First HANG reunion is like a gazillion years! :D But that was also sadly the last time the four of us would be together for at least another year. So anyway, we went to NTUC to shop for ingredients for our mushroom party (Gerry's idea). Then we ran various errands, went to Video Ezy to get Remember The Titans (again Gerry's idea). We've watched RTT SO many freaking times together already! Haha, but then again, we always seem to be watching the same old shows again and again.

Cooking time! While Gerry was packing (to go to Hong Kong), Hui, Angel & I labored in the kitchen- washing & slicing mushrooms, dicing & roasting potatoes, stir-frying mushrooms, cooking vegetable soup. Yummy stuff. But quite ze lat after a while. I mean, mushrooms... can't have too much of anything.

After dinner, we all went into food comas while watching RTT. But we made it to the end. It's so much nicer to watch the show now that I actually kinda understand football ! ( : Slept over.. though none of us got to sleep much because we had to wake up at freaking FOUR AM to send Gerry off haha.

So her parents drove us all to Changi Airport, and we waited for her to check in and all that stuff, went to BK for breakfast. Aww Gerry + Angel won't meet anymore ): By the time Gerry comes back on Sunday, Angel would have gone back to Aussie. Oh wellll

Today
Met Dinah at Newton MRT. Waited for SO LONG for Michelle & Swei to come pick us up. Mich's car is so cute ( : We drove to Clarke Quay to eat at Genesis, some vegetarian health food restaurant. I feel kinda bad dragging all my friends to all these vegan/ healthy places when they obviously want their dose of meat. Haha. Oh well. The food was pretty alright. I expected better because the restaurant received RAVING reviews. But it was still really good. I had Zha Jian Mian.. yumm! Something I have not been able to savor for a long time. Their whole wheat red bean buns are to die for (I ate 2). And I also tried this vegan carob chip cookie. Ate way too much today, but whatevs! Fat already, just get fatter lah.

First Few Days

2007-12-31T08:14:00.000-05:00

Friday
Arrived early in the morning. Came back and surprised ahmah ( : Then I unpacked all the candy I bought before it melts into my clothes in the sweltering weather. Went to good old Thomson Plaza for lunch. Had popiah in the food court! But this time I had to ask for no eggs! Still delicious nonetheless. Lotsa new stuff in TP: Starbucks, Sushi Tei, Thai Express, SUBWAY (though I'm really trying not to eat that because I can eat that all the time in the US, in fact right now I'm trying to eat as 'locally' as possible!)
Went home and chilled after that. Then as a family, we went out for dinner at night at Pine Tree Club.

Saturday
Went to Northpoint for lunch with the parents. Had some vegetarian food in the food court. It was pretty alright, cheap too. Then later in the afternoon I met Chock Wei Hao & Melvin for tea. We sat at Big-O in Wheelock for the longest time. Then I went to Bishan to meet Russell for dinner at the Green Room Cafe. Some vegan/vegetarian restaurant in the spa in Bishan Park. Who knew there was a spa in the middle of a park? Haha

Sunday
Had lunch at Centerpoint with the parents. So freaking crowded. Had my favoritest popiah!! And my favoritest gingko barley beancurd dessert! Yummm! Then I pigged out on steamed red bean and lotus paste baos and various other Singaporean junk food that I am savoring fully before I go back to pseudo-Asian food!
Bummed around at home after. Then at night we went to Raffles Town Club for dinner. As usual, service was horrible, food was mediocre. I wonder why we keep going back to the place. By the way, prices are RISING for everything in Singapore. It's ridiculous. Cab fares have escalated, food is getting so expensive, etc etc. Whatevs.

Monday (Today)
Went to town to meet Lea & Stelli. Wanted to eat at Sunflower Vegetarian at Far East. I went to check it out first, only to find out that they have closed down. SO we had to relocate to Novena, where I knew there was this restaurant called Organic Xperience that I assumed was vegetarian. We went there only to realize it was super UNvegetarian. Every item had meat. Oddd... so we got up and left after the waiter seated us. OOPS! Then we found a Thai-Indo restaurant called Balithai. We had the weirdest waitress. Mmmm. Then we went to donut factory. As usual, long-ass lines. But Stelli told us a secret! We could skip to the front of the line if we were buying 3 donuts or less! So Lea & I went straight up front and I got 3 for her and she got 3 for herself so she happily had 6 donuts without even waiting haha.
Waited for Anthea there. Once she came, Lea & Stelli left shortly after. Anthea and I went to Spinelli for coffee and we talked (:
Then I went back on the train... stopped at AMK Hub for a few minutes just to check out what's new. Nothing much. Still a long queue for those durian pancakes.. still full of lians. Then dinner at home for the first time. Homecooked meal ( :

Stardust

2007-12-27T21:22:00.001-05:00

I watched Stardust on the plane. It has got to be one of the sweetest movies ever ( :

Yvaine: You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn’t true. I know a lot about love. I’ve seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate… It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves… You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and… What I’m trying to say, Tristan is… I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I’d know it for myself. My heart… It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it’s trying to escape because it doesn’t belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I’d wish for nothing in exchange - no gifts. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.

Quote obtained from here

Tristan is ADORABLE and Claire Danes is GORGEOUS. Sighhh I wanna be able to glow too ): But oh well

Festivities

2007-12-26T01:16:00.001-05:00

Christmas Eve
Went to Walmart in the morning to get baking stuff. Then went to BJ's and I got a book I've wanted for a while. Didn't bake in the end because Yee Yee was too 'overwhelmed' in the kitchen.

Dinner at night was alright. I ate a lot of bee hoon that Kai made haha. He made a special vegetarian one for me and I ate it all.

Christmas Day
Woke up to open presents. Got a lot of stuff thank you everybody (: Yee Yee got me three vegan books. I wanted all of them! She's psychic :D Got VEGANOMICAN and VEGAN FREAK! Yay! Got some clothes, make up and miscellaneous stuff.

Had some leftover lunch. Then I baked Tofu Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Cookies. They were vegan but I didn't tell anyone cos' I know people will not eat them if they knew they were vegan cookies. Psychological...

Went out for dinner and our only option was Chinese food because everywhere else was closed on Christmas day. We ended up at some Sze Chuan place. I think I accidentally ate meat ): ): ): I was so upset and felt sick in the stomach. Cos' Kai ordered this tofu dish and I ate it without knowing the sauce had some ground pork ): The moment I bit into the ground pork I spat it out and ughhh I felt like washing my mouth. It's so disgusting.

Okay I'm gonna sleep now I'm so tired.

Secondhand Serenade- It's Not Over
My tears run down like razorblades
And no, I'm not the one to blame
It's you ' or is it me?
And all the words we never say
Come out and now we're all ashamed
And there's no sense in playing games
When you've done all you can do

But now it's over, it's over, why is it over?
We had the chance to make it
Now it's over, it's over, it can't be over
I wish that I could take it back
But it's over

I lose myself in all these fights
I lose my sense of wrong and right
I cry, I cry
It's shaking from the pain that's in my head
I just wanna crawl into my bed
And throw away the life I led
But I won't let it die, but I won't let it die

But now it's over, it's over, why is it over?
We had the chance to make it
Now it's over, it's over, it can't be over
I wish that I could take it back

I'm falling apart, I'm falling apart
Don't say this won't last forever
You're breaking my heart, you're breaking my heart
Don't tell me that we will never be together
We could be, over and over
We could be, forever

I'm falling apart, I'm falling apart
Don't say this won't last forever
You're breaking my heart, you're breaking my heart
Don't tell me that we will never be together
We could be, over and over
We could be, forever

It's not over, it's not over, it's never over
Unless you let it take you
It's not over, it's not over, it's not over
Unless you let it break you
It's not over

I Hate Christmas Parties

2007-12-22T12:01:00.000-05:00

I hope it snows this week
A snowflake on your cheek
Would make this Christmas so beautiful
But that would just bring the pain
Cause things can't stay the same
These holidays won't be wonderful

I look under the tree
But there's nothing to see
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me
I can't figure you out
Is this what Christmas is all about
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me

I don't wanna talk
I'm sick of all this talking
A broken heart wrapped up in a box
There's teardrops in my stocking

I look under the tree
But there's nothing to see
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me
I can't figure you out
Is this what Christmas is all about
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me

I hate Christmas parties
You offer me some punch
But I just shrug
I hate Christmas parties
You and the cookie tray
Both hear me say "Bah humbug"

I look under the tree
But there's nothing to see
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me
I can't figure you out
Is this what Christmas is all about
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me

I look under the tree
But there's nothing to see
Cause it's a broken heart that you're giving me

Relient K

2007-12-21T21:00:00.000-05:00

This is this first year I have not sent out Christmas cards. Just haven't had the time.

So I had a pretty fun birthday yesterday. Started of early with a freaking 8 am statistics exam. It went pretty well. The rest of the day was pretty much studying psychology with Jon. The psych exam was pretty hard I actually am worried. If psych destroys my 4.0 I'm gonna be CRUSHED. Holyyy I mean Gen Psych is supposed to be a given A.

After all that, went back to my room and got ready. Vi curled my hair! (: We went for dinner at... the dining hall. Haha whatevs I like the dining hall. Then we went to Barr to celebrate.

Haha I was gone just after 2. It was fun at first, until I felt really sick, and super emotional. It felt good to finally let it all out though. Sorry if the endless stream of tears freaked anyone out though! Haha.

Went to some diner after midnight. Yumm my veggie burger was good but I felt like puking after it. Then we headed back to campus and I went to Davidson A to hang out with a bunch of people. It was fun haha. Stayed there till like 5 then I finally decided to sleep.

I'm so tired now. I'm home (Mich Yee's house) now. Went to dinner at Pru Thai in Clinton just now. Good food. Super corny and over enthusiastic waiter. He cracked me up.

Alright there's so much I wanna do now that finals are over ! WHEE

Bee day

2007-12-20T10:16:00.000-05:00

Yay I'm a day older than I was yesterday ! Haha okay. Officially 19, though I still look 14. Thanks for the Birthday wishes everybody. My Facebook wall is flooded haha.

My favorite was Ashley's SAD DEATHNIGHT. Go figure ( :

Just had my Statistics exam. I think it went pretty decently. Hopefully I aced it. ONE MORE exam to go and it's party time! And I mean that literally... PARTAYE!!

Everyone but you. I should care about those who care and not about you. I'm almost done with you, though part of me wants to hang on.

On The Way To Four

2007-12-17T20:47:00.000-05:00

Two As so far (: !

Hopefully I can go all the way.

Been alternating between studying for psych & stat. Bother. So many people are done with finals already! Except for me !

Expos

2007-12-12T11:49:00.000-05:00

Oh fuggedy fuggdity fuggggg I really hope my teacher is lenient and passes my expos final because I just realized I did not really clearly write a thesis? WHAT THE...

Like I thought I did pretty okay- okay enough to at least pass. But then my friends were talking about it on the bus and I was like: SHAT I don't think I wrote my thesis out. It was in my head but not on the paper. SHAT SHAT SHAT

Upcoming

2007-12-05T12:14:00.000-05:00

My upcoming final exams for this semester!

The last 2 are taught by the brilliant Professor Ashley Vu.

Yummy Secret

2007-12-03T22:04:00.001-05:00

The Douglass Cafe is a yumfest! (:

Just went there for the second day in a row. Thank god for Jerica's car !

Had dinner there with Jerica, Jen, Vi, Paul, Jimmy + Tony.

It was so windy today, like I could hear the wind howling from my room!

I <3 college, but it's going to zoom by so fast.

First Snow (for real)

2007-12-03T01:00:00.002-05:00

Sucky Season

2007-11-30T10:14:00.001-05:00

Seriously. The RU vs Louisville game just totally explained the concept of revenge to me loud & clear. They beat us in practically the same way we beat them last year-- at the very LAST moments of the game.

JEEBUS well it's not going to be much better next year when we lose Ito ):

Anyway I've been so bored lately cos' I finished most of my homework and it's too early to study for finals.

Mommah went home on Wednesday night, and Nikki + Daddahh are coming next Wednesday. Really bad timing cos' it's my finals period.

I was thinking of changing my plans at the last minute and go back to Singyy in the Winter (to escape to bitter cold and boringness) then stay here for the summer fun & sun and get a summer job ! Sounds sensible to me but it may too late to make plans now.

My nails are bright red a little too bright quite uglyy but nail polish remover is so smelly.

May go to the gym later for the first time since I got here. WOW Natt you're so healthy and fit.

Shopping, bowling, cold, apocalypse

2007-11-24T23:57:00.000-05:00

Went to New York to shop at Woodbury Premium Outlets. It's just another factory outlet thingy. A lot LESS affordable than the others I have been too. I wanted to go Jersey Gardens which has Hollister, Abercrombie, American Eagle, Victoria's Secret, etc etc but my Mom wanted to go the one with Gucci, Coach, Burberry, Juicy Couture etc etc. I mean those shops are nice, but hello? SO NOT my price range. Plus there were queues to get into those stores! Ridiculous! I ended up spending most of my time in Aeropostale- the most decent store there relative to my shopping needs (and budget). Please, like I (who has no income whatsoever) can really afford Juicy (though their stuff was SO SO SO CUTE).

Anyways, after we got back I immediately went bowling with Kevin & Melissa and Jia & his friends. It was pretty fun, despite my dismal bowling skills. Like you don't even want to know my score. -Hides-

As usual, I'm fucking freezing right now. I don't get how it got so cold so fast ): Those blissful summer days just seemed to whizz by so fast! BOO.

Anyway, Mei told me about the impending apocalypse on December 21st 2012. :/ It's so scary. I don't know if I believe it though. Stupid Mayans

Thanksgiving II

2007-11-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

I celebrated Thanksgiving today for the 2nd time ever. Mmmm, I don't know the significance behind Thanksgiving enough to fully appreciate it, but I guess it's just a family celebration.

I ate, till my belly burst, for real. I changed into a sweatshirt when my belly could no longer be confined by my dress. Haha. Let's see, I ate a lot of sweet potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, chestnuts, strawberries, mangoes and almonds. -burppp! Right after I ate I entered my deepest food coma yet. I curled up in the nice round chair in front of the TV with my ecstasy blanket, and fell asleep while watching the Jets game for a good 1 hour at least.

I've been looking at my pictures and I have gained a lot of weight. But that does not mean I'm gonna try and lose weight or anything. Cos' I'm not! I am very happy the way I am (not as skinny as before but healthier I hope).

Anyway, today was a very warm day. It was in the 60s mostly. Unusually warm for this time of the year. But it's back to 40s tomorrow ewweeeeyy. It's Black Friday tomorrow but I doubt I'll be going shopping. It's way too crazy. Stores open at 5 am and people line up for hours just to save a 100 bucks or so. Dohh. I will be going to the factory outlets in New York on Saturday so I will save my energy for then :P

Tomorrow, I will try to work on that fucking expos essay. It's been this little 'ghost' haunting me these past few days. I have no idea how to approach it and I can't find any supporting quotes at all. DAMN IT I need an A ):

The Notebook

2007-11-21T14:38:00.000-05:00

Watched The Notebook with Jen last night.

What a cry fest we had! It's one of the sweetest movies I've ever watched. Not like anything like that happens in real life, but it still makes my heart all melty (: Ryan Gosling (who I used to look down on because he was Young Hercules) is HAWTTT!

Going home later. Can't figure out if I'm excited about that or not.

There was dosai at the dining hall delishhhh!

In need of employment/ father

2007-11-20T16:06:00.000-05:00

I need a job yo!! I just spend $100 at the Douglass Co-op on a 2 Rutgers zip-ups, a keyring for my Momma and a golf glove for my Dada. Well it was Touchdown Tuesday so there was 10% storewide...

I've been looking for jobs online. I think I shall be a waitress. Tips are good. There's another job that sounds dead easy. The job title is called "Appointment Setter" and qualifications are "a good phone voice, phone experience preferred". LOL. $12/hour. GOOD stuff.

Either that or I need my Dada to give me pocket money.

Roomies <3

And here's a nice 'gift' from one the girls down my hall

No it's not a balloon

First Snow

2007-11-19T14:58:00.000-05:00

Today was the first snow of the season! It wasn't too heavy where I was. Just really huge snowflakes. A pretty sight (:

But of course, if it snows, it also means that the temperature has reached freezing point. So it literally is FREEZING right now.

Anyway, we won the Pittsburgh game yay! We were so close to losing! At the last 30 seconds, Pitt was like 10 yards from the touchdown line, and if they did succeed at scoring a touchdown, we would have lost! But thank goodness our team held their line of defense. It was cold but I was well-bundled up (a tank top under a thermal under a fleece under a hoodie + gloves + hand warmers). So I really enjoyed the game.

No fair Jia took a picture with Ray Rice! I'm so jealous. I would be more jealous if he took a picture with Kenny Britt though!

Next season, hopefully I won't be on the stands. Because I wanna be down on the field dancing with the dance team! But honestly, my chances of getting on the dance team are like, 1%. I say that not to be pessimistic, but to be realistic. It is really hard to make the dance team. My fouettes are barely pretty, and my leaps are horrendous. BOO ):

I'm really stuck on my final expos essay. It's so hard. I really need an A for expos!! Or at least a B+.

Random updates

2007-11-17T10:27:00.000-05:00

I think I wanna start blogging more! Cos' when I look back on previous posts I'm like, "OH YEA! I did that!" and I feel all warm & fuzzy inside (: It's just a good way to record memories. Especially at this prime time in my life in college !

So the past week has been extremely hectic. Even though I only had two exams (others may have had up to four or five), I still felt extremely stressed out. Especially over fucking JavaScript. Screw that. I mean, why did GANUUUU make the test so hard? It's an INTRO course for pete's sake. Not many of us knew much about computer programming before this class- especially the girls. PLUS Ganu doesn't curve! So even if everyone fails, she'll leave it at that. UGH. My other exam (statistics) was okay.

I'm getting ready to go the the last home football game of this season ): Booo! I'm gonna miss football! No more games till next summer!! Hopefully there'll some good sports in the Spring.

This past week was also registering-for-classes-must-fight-for-what-you-want week. I managed to get most of the classes I wanted. MODERN DANCE yay! I'm terribly excited for that! I miss having a real dance class- in a studio, with bars and all that. I chose easy classes, so I can hopefully get my GPA up to the business school standard!

So Thanksgiving break is coming up. (: My first vegan thanksgiving. Wonder what I'll do for that. Tofurky? Sweet potatoes and corn? Whatever I have no desire to eat a turkey that was once alive, and was slaughtered, just so we can have this golden roasted centerpiece on the table? NO WAY. I don't even think I can stand looking at the poor innocent dead creature sitting on the table this year. I would not have any appetite to eat. .

I don't think I have that much work over Thanksgiving. It's not really custom here to give work over the holidays because the holidays are MEANT to be enjoyed, unlike a certain little island I know where holidays are seen as: NOW YOU HAVE MORE TIME TO STUDY AND DO WORK!! -coughh. So anyway I probably just have to work on expository writing, which is the only class I need to work really hard for to get an A. -cross my fingers!!

Okay off to the game soon (against Pittsburgh!!) Let's go Scarlet Knights!!

Water Heater

2007-11-11T01:34:00.000-05:00

It's 1.30am and I just showered. Why? Cos there was no hot water in Dickless the whole of today. And it's too fucking cold to shower with cold water. It's not even December and it's already freezing ):

Gonna watch Ratatouille later with Jerica & Vi.

I've got 2 midterms next week ): Stupid JavaScript that I don't understand peanuts about. And Stats which is whatever..

I'm working on my Spring 08 schedule now. Hope I get the classes I want!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2007-10-31T15:27:00.000-04:00

Haha I saw this dude wearing this costume around campus:

CRACKED ME UP. It's hilarious, hand lotion? And the 'Squeeze Here' HAHAHAHA.

I also saw this guy walking to class as Frankenstein, and ELMO. Yepp some guy was in this big red furry complete Elmo suit. I took a picture with my cell but I forgot to save it, damn!

Secondhand Serande- Your Call

2007-10-24T12:48:00.000-04:00

Waiting for your call, I'm sick, call I'm angry
Call I'm desperate for your voice
Listening to the song we used to sing
In the car, do you remember
Butterfly, Early Summer
It's playing on repeat, Just like when we would meet

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

Stripped and polished, I am new, I am fresh
I am feeling so ambitious, you and me, flesh to flesh
Because every breath that you will take
when you are sitting next to me
will bring life into my deepest hopes, What's your fantasy?
What's your...

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

And I'm tired of being all alone, and this solitary moment makes me want to come back home
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight

I was born to tell you I love you
And I am torn to do what I have to, to make you mine
Stay with me tonight
(I know everything you wanted isn't anything you have)

Awww this song is so slit-my-wrist-good!

2007-10-19T00:27:00.001-04:00

FUCKING AMAZING GAME!

I swear I was ecstatic after we fucking WON! WOOOOOOOO.

I rushed the field, I saw TIQUAN like 3 feet from me

SCARLET KNIGHTS #1!!!

Baby, Don't You Break My Heart Slow

2007-10-17T08:28:00.000-04:00

Guess I haven't been updating. I can't figure out whether it's because there is nothing to blog about, or whether there's too much to blog about and I can't weed out what is worth blogging.

Anyway, it was Jerica's birthday 'party' last night! Well it's her birthday today so we had a little celebration at midnight. It was fun we made a lot of noise but I had to sleep early because I have class early which explains why I'm blogging at 8:30am in the morning. Haha. Expository writing class... SO not looking forward to it.

Halloween is coming soon! I have been shopping for costumes online. I can't really decide what to be. It's gonna be cold by Halloween night so I was looking for something warm-ish to wear but nothing warm-looking was actually cute. I liked Little Bo Peep, Little Red Riding Hood & Dorothy from Oz. But I would freeze in those. Jennnn suggested I be a eskimo. Very... smart haha. The Sorceress/ Vampiress is long sleeved at least hmmmmmm.

Went shopping with Mom this past Saturday. Expanded my fall wardrobe a little weeeny bit. Still need MORE. Clothes are good! I went to Wegmans to food shop too. Oh heaven! I bought a lot of food. Heh. I think my food bill exceeded my clothes bill... That's probably because I buy a lot of stuff from the organic section which can double up the bill. Vegan convenience food is pretty expensive. Take out the meat, add in the tofu, and double the price. But I'm proud of my sustainable eating habits. (: I LOVE AMY'S products!

What else... I had my Statistics exam last week. Ummm I think it's laughable compared to what I had to do in JC.

HUGE GAME FOR RUTGERS TOMORROW. GO KNIGHTS!!!

But I'd rather you be mean than love and lie
I'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbye
I'd rather take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

Losing Streak

2007-10-07T02:25:00.000-04:00

): OH POOO Rutgers lost, again. Mike Teel is a fidiotttt

WE WERE SO CLOSE to winning I swear. Final score 28-23. Revenge, yea right.

We're gonna be pushed right off the rankings right now.

2007-10-05T10:08:00.000-04:00

Okay I'm really glad who ever has found this new blog has found it. My old blog address seems to be taken over by some weird cosmetics site, for reasons I know not.

Anyway, this week was pretty hectic- I had one test. Haha okay that sounds really like not a big deal but it was! My first test at Rutgers. :P It was pretty manageable. I also had quite a lot of homework. I thought I was gonna miss all my deadlines but I managed to catch up phew!

My Mom is arriving tomorrow night instead of Monday night. DAMN. I had plans for Saturday night! aKDPHI has a party in NYC. I wanted to go but I guess whatever, they'll have more parties huh. I mean not that I don't wanna see my Mom, but I have not seen her in two months and two more days is not going to make much of a difference, seriously.

I feel bad for feeling so indifferent about being separated from my family. Should I be missing them more? I honestly, deep down, am very happy here, independent and alone. Maybe the homesickness has not set in yet. The only family member I truly think about back home is my Ahmah because I just have a very strong bond with her.

Anyway, my laptop is lagging and I'm freaking pissed because I've hardly downloaded anything, there are barely any pictures/ songs I don't get why it's so retarded. ):

FOOTBALL GAME TOMORROW!
GO SCARLET KNIGHTS!

AWW POOOO

2007-09-29T20:56:00.000-04:00

SIGH we lost the game today ):

POOOOOOOOO it was so upsetting!

We lost 34-24. 10 points! That's like one touchdown + one kick-goal (whatever it's called).

I still love my 88 and 7 !

2007-09-25T23:49:00.000-04:00

I've been doing expos all weekend ewwwww. Writing is sickening. Anyway TV is taking over! Last night : Prison Break & Heroes back to back. -faints!

Oh my food science teacher is so funny. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day and he said: Thanks for being here on such a nice day. I'm sorry you have to be in here, I wanna cut myself. HAHA <3 love him.

I went for KPL's closing rush dinner tonight. They're really nice I think I might pledge next semester. I like to be part of a tight-knit community. Well I still have time to think about it. I don't wanna lose my current friends now either. They're so nice.

Today was the busiest day ever. I went for Stats in the morning, rushed to Edo to meet Yee Yee & Melissa, rushed back to my room, rushed expos, rushed to Livingston to sign up for writing class only to find out they are not accepting enrollments this week, rushed to Tillett Hall for my psych experimentation, rushed back to touch up expos & change, went for Yoga (exercised finally!), rushed back to my room, changed, ate a pathetic dinner, rushed for computer apps, rushed back to Busch Campus Center, went to KPL's Rush. PHEW I swear today was the rushiest day of my college life so far. Haha

Do you eat Venison?

2007-09-17T00:31:00.000-04:00

From PETA.COM (view video by clicking on the link)

'Bambi Butchers' Horror

On August 26, 2007, a PETA investigator filmed the slaughter of deer at Musicon, Inc., a deer farm and venison sales company in Goshen, New York.

Deer are high-strung, extremely nervous herd animals, so any handling—especially by humans in a loud, strange indoor environment—is frightening to them. Our investigator documented that a worker at Musicon was kneeling on frightened deer's backs in order to restrain the animals and then yanking their heads back by their ears and antlers to expose their throats—which were then slit while the deer were still conscious. Some deer also had a restraint door slammed on their heads as they were bleeding to death. The animals remained conscious for up to a minute and a half after their throats were cut, and in one instance, a deer was yanked from the restraint pen by the bleeding hole in her neck while still conscious.

If you can still eat venison after you reading, you're a cold hard bitch.

Modern Philanthropist

2007-09-11T22:21:00.001-04:00

Please everyone, if you're gonna be on the Internet, do something good & productive! And I don't mean homework...

I mean you can DONATE to charities at absolutely NO COST to you. All you have to do is click a button with your mouse, or use a different search engine instead of Google (nothing against Google, I love Google but I love the idea of donating more).

So, there is a search engine that donates money to a charity/ organization of your choice! You just have to perform a search. Easy peasy.
Good Search
I mean, there's no harm doing it at all!!

Also these websites have tonnes of clickable donation buttons. Every click helps!
One Click At A Time
The Hunger Site (along with The Animal Site, The Rainforest Site etc.)

Ripple

So click away guys, please!! Takes you one second.

My Eighty Eight Boy :D

2007-09-07T23:08:00.000-04:00

Wooooo my boy Kenny Britt scored the MOST FREAKING BEAUTIFUL touchdown of the night! In fact it was the best touchdown I have ever seen in my life (but I've only been to 2 football games so ummm yea). Rutgers has been doing awesomely well! First game we creamed Buffalo 38-3. Tonight we played the Navy and we came away with 41-24.

So tonight's game was pretty fun. I'm starting to understand football more now. But my general rule is, cheer when others cheer, sing the first down song and do the third down thingy with the marching band.

Okay so I realized this is probably my first post from college. Rutgers has been great. I'm glad I'm here. Although I am exhausted from my first week, I'm still looking forward to the rest of my college life here at Rutgers.

I have not done much in classes yet so I don't know how hard it'll get. I'm taking 16 credits this semester so it's pretty manageable but a bit on the busy side I think.

My friends are super nice & fun. My room mate Vi has such a good & unselfish soul I'm really lucky. My other close friends are Jen who's this super cute super quirky super spunky girl, and Jerica a really gorgeous babe.

My room is alright. Not as bad as I thought. No AC but it really hasn't been that hot. It's rather spacious and my bed is satiny pink. No complaints there.

The food is pretty good. Very large selection and tonnes of vegan options, which I am super grateful for. I have been eating a lot because every meal is a buffet and the dining hall concept is still really novel to me so I take a lot of stuff at every meal. Haha.

Okay so the weekend is finally here. Gotta do some stuff that I haven't had the chance to do- go to the GYM, do laundry, do homework, go to my PO box etc etc. Bother!

Miss Watson

2007-08-30T01:16:00.001-04:00

How freaking pretty does she look there! She looks great brunette.

And here? Love that white dress with the belt and all. Super nice cut!

Gee I'm jealous

Wiki Singapore

2007-08-28T00:24:00.000-04:00

I was really bored so I Wikipedia-ed Singapore. I found out some really interesting things about Singapore.

Things I never knew about the place I've lived in for 18 years:

Singapore is the second-most densely populated country in the world
Around 51% of Singaporeans practice Buddhism and Taoism
More than 2.78 million people use the bus network daily, while more than 1.3 million people use either the LRT or MRT as part of their daily routine.^[57] Approximately 991,000 people use the taxi services daily
In terms of GDP per capita, Singapore is the 18th wealthiest country in the world.^[2] The geographically small nation has a foreign reserve of S$212 billion (US$139 billion)
Singapore consists of 63 islands, including the main island itself.
The lowest and highest temperatures recorded in its maritime history are 18.4 °C (65.1 °F) and 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) respectively
About 23% of Singapore's land area consists of forest and nature reserves
Rainfall supplies approximately 50% of Singapore's water

We're going to the zoo zoo zoo

2007-08-25T23:48:00.000-04:00

Went to the Philadelphia Zoo with Mei & her friend, Andrea, today!

Andrea drove all the way. 1.5 hours ride.. to the zoo. That's super long compared to Singapore where I lived so near Mandai it probably took like 15 minutes to get to the zoo.

Anyway, the weather was sweltering HOT. It peaked when we were there around noon- 97 freaking degrees. At first we were super energized and perky and so excited to see the animals. But as the day wore on, the heat got to us, and were sweating like hogs. Eww I know. It was a pretty good workout actually, walking all around for almost 3 hours straight.

We chose to view all the indoor enclosures which were conveniently air-conditioned. Most of the exhibits were okay, except for the snakes. Reptiles just really irk me! So scaley and freaky. A lot of animals were out of cage (like kept somewhere else they did not escape duhh) because of the extreme heat. And those that remained in their enclosures were all either sleeping or hiding under rocks and trees. So it was not the best day to go to the zoo, but I'm glad I went nonetheless.

Anyway, I was feeling some sort of internal conflict all day! Because I really dunno how ethical a zoo is, in terms of animal welfare. As I walked past all the cages & enclosures, all I saw were miserable animals. I could feel their dread as another group of chattering visitors came to view them and take pictures. They were shunning cameras (and I was taking pictures) and just looked so sad. Sighh.

There was a camel ride and that simply broke my heart. The camels had to carry humans that were complete strangers to them, and walk round a 'track'. So that's their life. Wait for people to show up, carry them between their humps, and walk one lap around the same old path, again & again. One camel that was next in line to carry the next passenger was sitting down and refused to get up. After many tugs, it finally reluctantly got up. BOOO.

The only animal that looked remotely cheerful was the polar bear that was in the cool water and playing with a beach ball.

I mean if I'm so pro-animal-rights, should I really be supporting a foundation like a zoo that cages up animals? Or are zoos like wildlife reserves, helping rare animals to thrive, and keeping certain species safe? I should go do some research. If I refuse to eat meat for ethical reasons, should I shun zoos too?

Anyway, after all that zoo stuff, Andrea drove as back. We stopped in Lambartville for Starbucks. I had a Frappuccino Light Blended Orange Creme. Tastes like how an Orange-sicle would taste.

Then she drove us home. We decided to go to Walmart to complete our shopping for college. I bought a whole lot of stuff, racked up an enormous bill. Sheeeet. But it's okay, today I bought ESSENTIALS. Like really stuff I need for school.

Skyla

2007-08-24T21:29:00.000-04:00

I got my new lappie! (: I'm making it a HER, and I've decided to name her Skyla. I dunno I just thought of the name and it sounds sweet and innocent and it matches her white exterior!

From babynames.com

The meaning of the name Skyla is Scholar

So I guess ummm, it's appropriate for college? Haha.

I'm using it right now and she's frigging gorgeous. I feel bad cos she cost quite a lot. But..

I've been using my oldie for quite a few years now
My oldie was getting really slow and laggy
I'm going to college. New school, fresh start, new lappie
Skyla is so pretty.

2007-08-24T02:06:00.001-04:00

The gorgeous red-head is now nineteen.

Rain rain go away

2007-08-22T00:53:00.000-04:00

The weather has been simply abysmal. Rain and rain, cold and cold, gloom & gloom. If it's just rain, whatever. But the rain has brought about a most unwelcome chill. My toes, fingers & butt have been freezing the past couple of days- not that the temperature is THAT low (high 50s to low 60s), but that this kinda of weather compared to the sunny scorching heat a few days ago, is just such a terrible shock. ):

It feels like winter all over again.

Oh I do want to see what fall is like. I wanna see the beautiful auburn leaves that adorn the trees and litter the ground, and have my first real Halloween, but I also dread the coming cold! Autumn after all, is a transition into winter.

On a happier note, my books from Amazon have arrived! ((: Online retail therapy wooo. I love books, provided they are either about cooking, nutrition or chic girls working in the fashion industry falling in & out of love!

Happy Things!

2007-08-18T23:21:00.000-04:00

Okay now to blog about 2 happy events! (:

Happything #1: I freaking passed my driving test! PHEW I am so lucky. :D Like I definitely made some mistakes here & there. Like I forgot to reverse first before pulling out of my parallel parking spot but I realized in time before I hit the front cones and quickly backed up then pulled out safely. Nothing really life-threatening, plus it was a Friday that I took my test, so the tester was in a weekend mood. Anyway, whatever who cares WHY the tester passed me, what matters is I PASSED WHEEEPPEEE. I feel so much satisfaction whenever I see my driver's license.

Happything #2: My NEW laptop arrived! :D I have not seen it it's still in Kai Gogo's house but I'm happy nonetheless. It's nice & WHITE and shiny & new and has a 1GB + 512MB ram which is a HUGE difference compared to my current 256MB (pathetic I know!) ram laptop. I did not get pink because I decided white is more classy than pink. And I'll probably be using this laptop throughout college and I can't imagine meeting up with professors with a bubble pink lappie.I have a lot of pink stuff anyway. My dorm is practically gonna look like candyland. White is fine. It's neutral. At least it's not blue/ green cos blue & green are OPPOSITE from PINK. Getting a blue/green lappie would be like, betraying my pink roots!

Well I do have to give my current laptop credit though, for sticking with me for a few years now (since sec four!) and withstanding all my mistreatment (I hit my computer when it's too slow, sorry lappie!), food crumbs (I regularly EAT at the computer), and overusage (I use the computer way too much cos I'm addicted, and my computer is so overworked it starts churning and growling and makes super loud weird noises). Well done Mister IBM (which stands for Itty Bitty Memory) :P

2007-08-16T11:50:00.000-04:00

Fuggedy #1: My driving test is tomorrow. Like not theory but actual get-into-the-drivers-seat-and-parallel-park test. DAMN. My parallel parking is closer to perpendicular parking haha. And I dunno I've never been so unprepared for a test in my life. JEEBS ):

Fuggedy #2: My RUID came and it's fockugly. For real. No exaggeration. Like this ID is so important it follows us everywhere and it turns out to be the ugliest card I have ever owned. Even my Keppel Club card is nicer looking I think. Not only is my photo super ugly (they might as well have stuck a picture of a fishball on the card), the design of the card is... dohhh. Nvm.

Free money???

2007-08-12T22:46:00.001-04:00

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Long Beach Island

2007-08-11T21:22:00.000-04:00

Okay this is a super rough and chin-cai (anyhow) account of my LBI holiday! I journaled very briefly when I was there using Notepad because I had no internet ): Mmm I realised that I wrote a lot about what I ate... mmm.

8/4/07

drove to LBI. traffic...
nice house. rented the upstairs. cozy place. went out for dinner. so hard to find a place.
everywhere was crowded- 45 min wait! decided on harvey cedar's seafood place. not bad. over
priced doh. didn't do anything else but dinner, cos we arrived late. no internet. tmrw the fun
begins!

8/5/07
woke up early around 7 something. only got out of bed around 8. went for a walk. walked to the
nearest grocery store 4 streets away- White's. SUPER expensive. everything has jagged up prices!
no choice.
came back to the house to have bfast.
after that walked to the beach with yee cheong, ryan, mrs marsh & yee yee. it's quite near but
tiring to get there. have to walk through lotsa sand. the beach is not that nice. the water is
very rough- weird waves.
by the time we came back kevin flammia was here. headed out to the beach again with mei, kevin,
jia & michael. lay down and tanned a bit while the four of them played in the water. i was
scared of the waves. then i walked with mei & kevin flammia along the beach. walked super a lot!
all the way to the end at the bay where the rocks are... it was nicer at the other end. but the
sun was hot and it's so hard to walk on the sand so i felt quite tired.
after that i came back to the house & had some lunch. nice light salad and various snacks.
after a short rest we (me, yee yee, yee cheong, ryan, mrs & mr marsh, christine, matthew) went
for ANOTHER walk to some nearby 'village' which had some shops & a flea market. not too long
a walk.. just a few streets, but i was terribly beat already. the shops there were not that
nice. a lot of antique-y stuff.
came back home and totally slomped down in front of the tv. read more of my 'becoming vegan'.
learning lotsa stuff, some quite bio-ish can't rmb all the facts haha. so i don't think i will
succeed at bio/ nutrition. we'll see.
mei & kevin came back and we went to another grocery store to pick up some stuff. we went
further in hope of cheaper prices but the prices were equally high further away so it was not
worth the gas after all.
then we came back to the house and mei & i helped to grill vegetables for dinner. eww i don't
like grilling so sweaty & smelly. like bbqing. i rather just steam veggies haha. mrs marsh made
a delicious pasta & peas dish. who knew such a simple dish was so yummy. there was also spicy
spicy chili cauliflower courtesy of yee yee. and a salad. nice, healthy, simple & cheap dinner.
definitely more economical than eating out. last night's dinner was over 250 bucks!
okay that's all so far (:

8/6/07
today was a lousy-weather day. gloomy, grey skies. no sun. so un beachy. cos there was a large
storm last night. so i didn't go to the beach. did not do much at all.
tried to get internet! went around the block with yee cheong to tap into stranger's wireless
signals, illegally. haha. stopped outside every house. found a very good barnegat light
connection. brought mrs marsh & yee yee there after.
then returned home for leftover lunch. slacked around at home a bit then went out.
we went to Beach Haven (another town) many blocks down. it was nice. very tourist-y. more
attractions. miniature golf, theme park, water park. loadsa shops selling little things. quaint.
but i did not buy anything. nothing really worth buying really.
went for a snack at this chowder hut or smth. OMG the boy working there was SO cute. super.
like perfectly blond, blue eyes, very boyish, not overly hunkish. like so so cute lah. haha.
anyway i had a choc + strawberry frozen yogurt twist. it was alright. too creamy ): they had
the freshest crunchiest shrimp! old bay seasoning tastes like curry maggi mee/ curry twisties!
after that walked a tiny bit more then headed back home alr. yee yee + mrs marsh went to buy
fresh live crabs.
we got locked out cos we did not have a house key. waited more than half hour for them to get
back to the house. but it was okay i had my becoming vegan book, which i love, but it's super
chemistry and biology! so hard to understand for me :/
anyways, after they came back they started cooking. then yc + me + ry + the 3 marsh kids went
to the beach. evening beach.. sunset. very pretty. i was just sitting on the overturned
lifeguard stand and reading my book, wind in my hair, sun setting in front of me, distand
shouts & laughs of the kids. very serene and peaceful scene (:
dinner now. crabs.. eww that were SLAUGHTERED with boiling water. none for me!
tata for now.

8/7/07
after breakfast this morning, i went for a walk with mrs marsh & yee yee. we walked all the way
to the end of the island- to the lighthouse, and back. it was a really long walk but at least it
got me moving & sweating!
then we came back and hung around a bit. then mich yee & i headed off to the supermarket while
everyone else went to the beach. we used the GPS to find a grocery store. i found an A&P and we
immediately set the GPS to go there without thinking / looking at the route! turns out it was
more than half an hour away and it was totally off the island (on the mainland)!
haha but no choice we were driving there already. mmm but it was worth it. everything was cheap
, or rather normal supermarket prices. compared to the local grocery stores it was mighty
economical. 4 cantaloupes for $5, 5 GIANT bunches of broccoli for $5 etc.
OMFG the cantaloupe is so freaking sweet. i swear it is the SWEETEST cantaloupe i have ever
tasted. if i did not see yee yee cutting it in front of me i would have thought she soaked it
in sugar water. so fking delicious i could've got a sugar rush from it haha.
anyway, we also bought chinese takeout for lunch for everyone. came back and ate some before
heading out to the beach myself. DAMN all the nice sunny weather was gone by the time i went
down (around 3 pm). while i was supermarketing the weather was DAMN nice. oh well saved myself
from some UV radiation i suppose.
the weather was alright. very balmy... very very humid. the sun peeked weakly from the clouds.
cloudy cloudy sky. joined mei & kevin there. then they went back to the house to eat after a
while. then not long after mich yee came to join me. we just read books and stuff.
it got boring after a while so we both went back to the house. she went to shower outside. HAHA
i locked her in the shower ACCIDENTALLY. totally unintentional i swear! cos the shower locks
from the outside only (at least i thought so) so i thought i was doing her a favor by locking
the outside so that no one could get in while she was showering. i did not think about the
fact that she would not be able to get out from the inside!! HAHA. sorry man yee yee. so she
was yelling and yelling for help for a few minutes and i heard her from our upstairs bathroom.
WHOOPS on my part :/
anyway, watched tv with the kids. lotsa disney & nickelodean. then mrs marsh & yee started on
dinner and i helped to THINLY slice granny smith apples. i think i did well. made sure they
were all really thin :P mrs marsh used a rachael ray recipe- porkchops with apples, onions..
i just had the onion + apple mixture with some broccoli, shrimp & old bay seasoning. oh i had
some curly fries too. i thought they were okay cos they were frozen then baked and not fried.
THEN i read the packaging and GOLLY FOLLY fug there was TRANSFRIGGINGFAT in it! like not just
partially hydrogenated oils, but ACTUAL trans fat listed on the nutrition label! how frigging
bad is that. 2 g of fat per serving i had about 1/8 serving so not so bad but STILL i had trans
fat. you're not supposed to get ANY transfat at all a day. ): damn. whatever i shall be more
careful & stringent with labels now. it just pisses me off when i'm caught 'off guard' like
that! i'm usually SO careful ): grr.
anyway after dinner we went out with the intention to play mini golf. we passed by 3 or 4
mini golf courses and they were ALL SO CROWDED. omg like waiting at one hole there was a line
of 10 or more people. crazy. i did not want to subject myself to embarassment in front of
10 million pple so i decided not to play. we split up. kevin & mei took the kids (ry, matt,
christine) while mrs marsh, yee yee, jia, michael & i went to ron jon's surf shop. BORING and
overpriced. then we went to dairy queen for ice cream. they did not have the no-sugar fudge
bar i wanted BOO so i did not get anything. but i did have a bite of yeeyee's vanilla soft
serve. no big deal.
okay that's all for now!

8/8/07
lay yee yee arrived this morning! she brought bikes but i did not feel like biking.
after breakfast, went to use internet again. felt good. haha. then came back and lazed a bit.
i sat out on the deck in my bathing suit reading 'becoming vegan'. BOY the sun was HOT. really
SCORCHING and burning me. but i put on enough sunscreen so i was alright.
then made lunch- shrimp, pasta and spring mix salad. not bad.
then we went to the beach. SHIT hot i tell you. the sun was so strong and the sand was SO hot.
walking on it was like walking on fire. and i wasn't even barefoot! dang. my feel were red by
the time i reached the beach.
then i went to stand by the water just to get really cool and refreshing water crashing on my
feet. it was very nice. i did not go INTO the ocean cos the waves were bloody violent! like
scarily rough. everyone went in and the kids found it fun but the adults did not like it too
much. i don't regret not going in actually. probably would have got swept away.
there were bugs all over too! these flies that are not like usual flies. these 'flies' are
called greenheads according to mrs marsh. they BITE and they HURT. and when you fling them off
they don't fly off! you have to like hit them or scrape them off. yuck. and they are attracted
to insect repellant so you can't use any! they're little monsters i tell ya. ewww.
got sick of the immense heat, stupid bugs & sticky sand after a while so we all headed back.
the sun seems to really SAP you of your energy. i was SO tired when i got back (even though
i just stood there). so was everyone else. we all took showers then chilled & snacked.
the kids and i were all in the living room watching nickelodean and disney. while the 3 ladies
totally zonked out in their rooms.
towards evening-dinner time we went out to bay village again. we ate at the MINI food court
(only two stores). i had sushi. yay. rather yummy. vegetable roll! long time no sushi. haha.
then i walked with mei to shop. spent most time in B&B! a very cheap departmental store that i
would never think of stepping in by how it looks from the outside. the outside really looks
quite unappealing and run down. but inside is pretty okay. LOTSA stuff and cheap. i got 1 super
nice red-gold-butterfly-gradient bathing suit, 1 sweet peach-orange LBI sweat shirt, 1 brown-
shimmery-star-rhinestone bikini top. 76 bucks in total! not totally bad but not THAT cheap
either.
the other boutiques were more expensive so i did not get anything. besides i felt kinda bad
spending money.
okay nothing much else for today.

8/9/07
happy national day ! (in singapore).
anyway, had banana pancake for breakfast today. then after breakfast we all immediately got
ready to go out. we headed to bay village again.
it was SUCH a freaking nice beach day i swear. there was sun, but the sun was soothingly warm.
NOT scorching. it was a perfect day to lay and tan, but we went to the water theme park instead
. the kids went at least. mei & i walked around by ourselves, shopping in the very very
deserted shops. :/ but most of the shops we went to were very very very extremely cute with
super nice stuff but OVERPRICED. like super ex. nothing in my price range haha. but really
cool boutitque stuff. they were all little boutiques anyway. if i were rich i would have bought
a lot of things!
stopped by this bakery for fun and they had the most non-bakery item that i ate for lunch-
hummus with celery and carrot sticks. haha.
so around 2 plus the moms + kids met us and they all had pizza for lunch. yucky fatty cheese.
their problem!
then the kids wanted to go play mini golf. so mei & i went to walk around AGAIN. we decided
to go to this psychic to get our palms read! it was so fun. pretty accurate too. here's what i
got:
i'll have a long long life, mids 90s--- yea right i really don't think so.
i'll be really healthy, won't have a sick day---- maybe. that's nice to hear. no diseases &
cancer i HOPE.
determined, stubborn, focused on my future--- true very true. i am planning for my future, what
i wanna do, what i wanna become. and i am VERY rigid & stubborn.
i will sacrifice social life for my work/ school, but my social life will catch up eventually
--- hmm i dunno perhaps i am the type who's very focused on studying. but i don't think i wld
be a total loser and have no social life! i mean its kinda sad to know i'll have like no
friends right? but then again in a way it's quite accurate. like i dunno... i do study and mug
super hard- but WITH friends? but that's in singapore, everyone mugs today. over here, i'm not
sure. everyone like parties, right?
some advice: don't EVER let anyone tell you what to do or what you're good at. stay focused.---
mmm yea i think i should be less influenced by what pple tell me or their opinions of me!
she sees me ending up as some kinda artist? she said cartoonist.. or something creative. that
was kinda wrong.. haha. but she said i'll just be around creative pple. well perhaps. maybe.
i've always had a secret creative flair, right? i like photography.. and if i become a gourmet
(vegan) chef or something that's creative!
she said that i wanna be a psychologist/ therapist? then i gave her a: not really look then
she said i just wanna do something to help people. mmmm not really accurate but i have thought
about psychology. also being a nutritionist IS helping pple! like helping pple with their
health and all that? and i wanna develop health food products and all that healthy nutritious
stuff so i can help others nourish themselves and also solve the obesity problem in america
and all that! create more awareness.
oh yea she also told me the only time i'll be in the hospital is to have babies. haha so i will
have my own children after all. guess i'm not adopting!!

i dunno how accurate psychics are but it was an interesting experience! i'm glad i did it. mei
said we will all convince ourselves that the psychic is right. like even if what she says is
a bit off we will twist & turn her words and try to interpret what she says as something that
is true & relevant to our lives? true though. it's psychological. but what she said about mei,
yee yee, mrs marsh, kevin and michael were all quite spot on! especially yee yee!
so after all that psychic stuff, we headed home. i went blading. bladed to the lighthouse and
back, then down to around 25th street and back home. it was a good short blading session- only
25 minutes or so. but there was quite a lot of resistance cos the roads were really super ROUGH
like the paving was so bad. so i had to blade quite hard. but some parts were so rocky it was
so dangerous i was tripping. then i went on block further down and the paving there was new
and the tar was a darker color. it was MUCH better. so much easier.
okay that's all for now. the moms cooked crabs + pasta for dinner.
we were invited down to swim later at night after dinner by ginger. ginger is the woman who
we rented this place from. we rented her upstairs only so we could not use her pool downstairs
which is for her family but she invited us tonight so yay.

2007-08-04T11:45:00.000-04:00

Okay I'm all settled in in Yee Yee's house once again!

Anyway I'm super happy I just got the three vegan books I ordered from Amazon! Yay! Amazon really rocks. They delivered so quick (: And their cheaper too!

Okay so the past week went by really fast. Lotsa local Singaporean food got chucked down my throat (by myself) :P Quick recap!

Monday- Went to Thomson Plaza for the last time (though I did not know that at that point) with Mom. Then we went to town to do last minute shopping. Ate my POPIAH in Taka which was so freaking delicious my heart broke because I knew my popiah days were limited. Oh they raised the price from $2 to $2.30 because of GST. WHATEVER seriously hawkers are taking advantage of this GST hike to raise the price of everything.

Tuesday- Far East with Mom. Spent a lot. Whatever. Far East is cool haha. Met Alyssa & Xiu Jing for the last time at Food Republic. I ate Bibimbap which was HUGE I could eat it for three days.

Wednesday- Met GRACE for dinner! She's going off too- to Ireland! Funky place. Guess what I ate? POPIAH haha at Centerpoint's Yi Kou Wei. It's the same brand as the Taka one. Equally delicious.

Thursday- LAST DAY spent of course with my one and only Gerry Sim (: We went to Novena to eat QQ RICE (my second love after Popiah!) and Mr. Bean soya ice cream (which is the best ice cream in the world I say). Then we bought the the vcd for Aquamarine and watched it at her house! It's really cute the boy was so handsome in the show then I looked for pictures of him and he's not hot anymore. Oh well he's the kind that gets disfigured by puberty.

Then we went blading (: Ah good old days. This sec 4 SJI boy made Gerry's day haha. Did some last minute packing after.

Friday- Buhbye at the airport. Ate dimsum for breakfast- oddly something I've never done before though dimsum is supposed to be quite a breakfast thing? Then we went to Bengawan Solo and they had those CNY cookie samples and I tried one of each. My super early CNY celebration! Because they don't have CNY cookies here! Not even in Asian supermarkets ):

As you see, I've been eating SO MUCH that I don't see how anyone can ever freaking accuse me of not eating enough.

Oh yea and planes make me hungry. Like after the full super filling meal, I'm still hungry.

I watched Disturbia which was SUPER good. I love Shia all his shows are nice. And I didn't just like him after Transformers okay I liked him since he was a wee itty bitty boy in Even Stevens- flaring nostrils and all haha.

I caught Hot Fuzz too. HAHA. It's not LOL comedy all the way. But it's just so entertaining.

Other shows I watched- Premonition (so-so), Waitress (PIES OMG PIES SO DELICIOUS), Highway Stars (Korean show, quite alright, guy not cute at all, the girl's not that pretty either) and Perfect Stranger (Great plot twist at the end!).

Didn't sleep much my seat was rather uncomfortable. It could not recline properly. Like the mechanism was so lousy after I reclined the seat fully it would pop back up again slightly so I never got my seat down as low as I liked. I didn't complain cos the flight was full and they probably couldn't change my seat anyway and also I didn't wanna be bratty but now I think I should have been one of those bitchy demanding customers cos after all I (not exactly me) did pay A LOT for my ticket.

Okay I'm going to the beach soon! For about a week. I may or may not have Internet- GASP! But at least I'll be tan (hopefully)

Countdown

2007-07-29T12:22:00.000-04:00

Four more FULL days here in xinjiapo.

Then I'll be off to meiguo again!

Mixed feelings about going. On one hand I'm terribly excited to start school, on the other hand I'm leaving Singapore with the knowledge that I won't be back for a while...

Harry the Legend

2007-07-24T11:56:00.000-04:00

So, I have spent the last three days, immersed in my little fantasy land of Harry Potter. To some, three days to read the last book may seem long, but I'd rather not rush through it. I wanted to relish every word, every detail of JK Rowling's creation, her genius-ness.

Last night (or this morning rather, I stayed up till 4 am to finish it, I wasn't rushing, I just could not put down the book when I was so near the end) I closed my book with a heavy heart after reading the last word on the last page, because I knew there was no more Harry Potter to read. No more ): But nevertheless, it was a great 7-part journey! I do not regret one bit becoming so extremely obsessive. Haha.

But I will not say my Potter voyage has truly ended! There are still 2 movies. Only after I watch the last movie will I really feel empty. Oh well. I must say that after reading the Deathly Hallows, I think it will be the best movie yet! It's content is very promising and has a lot of potential for an epic movie! I do hope they employ the talents of someone equally epic- Steven Spielburg perhaps?

I shall not reveal any details of the plot here, so as not to spoil the wonder for those who have not had to fortune to read the book yet.

A society without courtesy

2007-07-17T09:51:00.000-04:00

A lot of Singaporeans have no freaking courtesy! I'm serious, I experienced so much dis-courtesy today I just have to rant about it. I don't mean to generalize or slam Singaporeans but some things just have to be said.

Firstly, on the bus, I was alighting & was standing right in front of the EZLink machine. I raised my hand and my EZLink card was just inches away from being tapped when some kiasu kancheong female (I shall not even call her a lady) beside me curled her arm around the EZLink machine just so she could tap her card before me. I was like: WTF! I mean seriously what's the point? Would she be charged less? No. Did she still get down after me because I was clearly nearer to the exit? Yes. So did she save money/ save time? No. She was just itchy-armed and kiasu and totally lacking of manners. I would have slapped her hand if I was bitchy enough.

THEN at the MRT station, you know how everyone will wait around the door before the train comes so as to ensure they can get in the train first and hopefully find a coveted seat. That's okay because it's first come first served. If you bother to stand up & wait instead of sit down, then yea I suppose you deserve to go in first and grab a seat as opposed to someone who was sitting on one of the benches & not 'queuing' at the door.

So I was standing around the door area (and I followed the yellow markings and did not stand directly in front of the door as that would block the alighting passengers but obviously no one else did that), and when the train finally came, some assholian ungentleman just squeezed his way past me and stood in front of me just so he could enter the train first. OMG I was shaking my head like crazy but he obviously did not notice.

Mind you, he was a fully grown adult male who I expected to have a reasonable level of maturity & manners. If it were some teenage punk who did that it would have been more forgivable I suppose. But this was a working man (I was at Raffles Place) and he I bet he is a lousy business man. GRRR. SLAP PUNCH.

And this did not happen to me today but it has happened on countless other occasions when I have ridden the MRT: People waiting to get on the train immediately hop on to the train when it arrives, without giving those who need to get off the chance to get off first. Hello? It's common knowledge that the people getting off are given the priority to alight. DUH.

Also, on escalators, everyone just stands everywhere, blocking the way! In other countries (UK especially), it is automatic that everyone stands on ONE SIDE only (left side I think) so that people who want to pass by can do so quickly! I try to stick to one side but I don't know which side to stay on in Singapore because no one does that anyway. In fact some people just stick their big butts in the middle.

I seriously have no idea why I even bother being polite in Singapore, when majority of the population (I did not say all) do not even practice common courtesy! Why say thank you and please and excuse me and bless you when people just stare at you like you're mad for actually being civilized and polite?

The Singa courtesy lion has been around for as long as I remember but has faded in recent years because of it's clear failure in refining the Singaporean society in any way.

This is why I like the US so much more. The people. Society there is in general, more cultured, more refined, and people are more civic-conscious. It is not unusual in the US for a total stranger to hold the door open for you, to say "Bless you!" when you sneeze, or even help you foot 10 cents of your bill if that would help you get back a whole dollar instead of 90 cents. I don't think I have experienced anything like that from Singaporeans.

FOUR!

2007-07-15T12:51:00.000-04:00

Okay I BADLY want to see the first four movies again. Especially the first two! They were all so ittybitty pinch-my-cheeks cute with unbroken/ semi-broken voices (:

2007-07-14T13:24:00.000-04:00

Take that stupid Cineleisure security guard!

Oh I've watched Potter 3 times already.

Another Dose of Grintness :P

2007-07-12T10:19:00.000-04:00

I watched Harry again today! With GERRY this time round (: Watching the 2nd time allowed me to focus on Rupert more haha.

Pictures from yesterday!

Mrs & Mr Grint + the third party Nicolette! Haha :P Kidding Neek.

Neek & I in the theatre after the movie.

Took pics with Gerry under the giant poster in Cineleisure! She has yet to send me the pictures. Then the stupid security guard said we cannot take pictures. OMF how super disgusting is that? You're not even allowed to take pictures in a public place? That's fking ridiculous and unfair!

OOTP you complete me!

2007-07-11T14:19:00.000-04:00

I watched OOTP sneaks (: With Nicolette Yang (: I loved it, as usual.

Read some awesome reviews here!

Some spoilers ahead if you don't already know the storyline.

I was so terribly excited and I still am... because I am watching it again tomorrow! Or later today rather. :D

RON & HERMIONE were freaking flirting throughout the whole show... Harry's kiss with Cho seemed to last forever (lucky bitch) and Sirius's death was super tragic. I was tearing and I would have cried but I was not wearing water proof mascara today. I love the flashbacks to the previous 4 movies, especially those of little tiny Harry, Ron & Hermione.

My Rupert was brilliant as usual, stealing the show with his humor & red hair (: The new comers were all excellent! Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) was VERY good.. a very accurate portrayal of the character in my opinion. Umbridge though annoying, was very well played by Imelda Staunton. She was perfectly high-pitched and PINK. Her giggles and hem-hems were hilarious. Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) was outstanding too- cold, freaky & pure evil.

And there is little baby Ron lookalike- Nigel. So cute and red headed (:

Did I mention Ron / Rupert was AMAZING. Seeing that I call myself Nat Grint you may call me biased and my opinion of Rupert is totally subjective, but whatever. I HEART GRINT.

I just wish it could have lasted longer. It was only 2h 10 min! I mean I seriously don't mind a few more scenes for a longer movie! I mean 2h 45 min is still an acceptable length!

Sigh only 2 more movies and 1 more book left to the Harry Potter legend.

When I put my arms around you.

2007-07-07T06:40:00.000-04:00

ZOMG this dance by Lacey & Kameron of SYTYCD 3 has got to be my favorite routine like, EVER. I'm serious. This routine made me feel like crying and I got goosebumps all over even 5 minutes after the watching it. It's just so intense, and the emotions portrayed by the pair of them- AMAZING. I felt chills throughout the routine! The choreography + the song + the dancers = BEST ROUTINE EVER. A MUST watch.

Lacey is an AMAZING dancer & I think Kameron is hot! Their chemistry together is mind-blowing. They are my favorite pair in this season's SYTYCD! Annie from The Recapist swears their banging each other. Haha I think so too.

2007-07-05T12:25:00.000-04:00

I watched Transformers today with Bel! The movie was alright, very action-packed and entertaining. But I honestly think it appeals more to guys than girly girly girls like me. Haha. But it was still pretty cool with all the cars turning into robots and vice versa. But somehow the flow of the movie was a bit... unsmooth? Well it's not something I'll watch again but not like I watch anything repeatedly except Harry Potter & dance movies. Haha.

Oh eyecandy yay (: The military guys were hot- especially the captain person.

Everyone keeps saying the girl is SO FREAKING HOT until I don't think she is that hot anymore. The Even Stevens guy is... so old now. I remember watching his kid shows when his voice was still high and whooozy and his nostrils were terrible flared haha.

Before the movie we had dimsum. Aye I ate pork again. I only do stupid things like that when I eat with friends boo ): I never feel the need to eat meat on my own. Oh I like QQ Rice it's yummy & vegetable-y (:

I went for dance too. Studio Wu is getting a bit boring. But whatever.

Anyway it was fun meeting up with Bel again after like almost a year I think. She's still the same but seems more prone to laughter now. Heh. Come to think of it I won't be seeing any of my friends for almost a year once I leave this August.

2007-07-04T11:04:00.000-04:00

A lot of things happened yesterday! My ah ma was admitted in to TTS hospital. I got such a shock when I heard the news from my sister, but it was nothing very major THANK GOD. Just some infection which the doctors still can't specifically diagnose. They're really lousy. Last night my family & I waited at TTS for more than 5 hours till past midnight and all they could tell us: She has some kind of viral infection.

O---KAY. If I saw someone who vomited green stuff I could deduce that too thank you very much. So whatever.

Before that I was at a Latin Jazz class when I was interrupted.

Before that I was at AMK Hub with Valen, Michelle, Sabrina, Karina & Charlene playing board games and some cafe next to the cinema. It's quite nice. The rates are more reasonable than Pit Stop Cafe and they have nicer food. Plus till the 7th of July it's free to play so we played for free. We played Taboo & Spongebob Monopoly. So cute.

And before that I went back to CHIJ ST NICHOLAS GIRLS' SCHOOL!! :D I love being back there.

I really miss the old old Mrs Hwang days were SN was emphasized as our 2nd home. Cos I really feel like it is a home. Anyway, orange bowl no longer tastes as good so I did not waste any money (or calories) on it. I had popiah from the chicken rice stall. I LOVE the auntie & uncle there. They are the sweetest ever (: And I had my favorite pasta which I used to eat everyday such that the auntie still remembers me. Quote: How can I forget your round round face (in chinese). Wow I don't know if that's a compliment haha.

Saw the last of my juniors: Lisa, Loo, Jean, Neek, Ally. (: I say they're last because I don't know the younger batches after them anymore!! They were in sec one when I was sec four and now they're sec four (wow huh!!) so they won't be in SN anymore after this year!

And of course I visited old teachers like Zhuang lao shi, Ms Jeya, Ms Nair, Mr Wong etc etc. And I feel so bad for Mrs Cheong she has like no more kaki cos a lot of the teachers from the Mrs Hwang era are all gone ):

Anyway, today I went to TTS to stay with my ah mah. She seems totally happy and comfortable. Please we put her in the best ward, on the top floor, she has the whole room to herself, and a lot of attention from all the nurses. Haha I think she likes it. Very 'shi fok' she says. But I think she should be discharged soon cos she's quite well, fortunately (:

Laopengyou

2007-07-02T11:30:00.000-04:00

I love meeting up with good old friends (:

Had DIM SUM with Valen, Mich & Dinah at Crystal Jade because Valen was craving her congee (which she pronounces as con-gi not con-jeeee haha). I ate a bit of char siew OH MY GOD I feel SO bad. I swore never to eat pork again ): Sigh. Okay never again, from tomorrow.

After lunch/brunch/whatever we went to look at laptops and oooh Vaios are so gorgeous.

Then I met up with Leanne, Stelli, Anthea & Melody! Wooo I miss my YEEEAAA girls, though it was only YEEAA today. Everyone is pretty much the same, save for the stress from J2 life. Lea had the disadvantage of being the only one without heels :P And Anthea's heel broke off so we tried to get a cobbler to fix it. He's so freaking useless he was no help at all. We got superglue from Cold Storage and fixed it ourselves.

Then we had SUSHI at Ichiban Boshi in Wisma. After lunch number two we walked around and shopped for clothes a bit. Most of the sales are gone BOOO.

The rest left eventually and I got some alone time with my darling gorgeous Anthea aka Pooty. I miss her so much! (: It was so good hanging out again. Her hair is so nice now.

So today I ate two huge lunches BURP. I felt so bad but at least I had a hip hop class to lessen my sinning. Oh fuck Sheila made us do like 1000 million freaking crunches and please, I usually only do like 20 at one shot, max. Jeeez I did not pay for you to make me do crunches which I can very well do at home (if I bother to). I paid for you to teach me how to dance hip hop, no matter how hopeless at hipping & hopping I may be.

Anyway yay! I'm going back to SN tomorrow! I probably won't be visiting after this year, so this may well be one of my last few visits. Plus they are moving at the end of this year and renovating the whole school. Bye bye 10 years of my fondest memories. First they paint the school (that was brilliantly blue & white) some multi color ugly shit, then they realize that the school looks like an effing kindergarden they decide to knock it all down. Whatever.

I don't think SN will have the same feeling anymore, but it's the people I hope to meet again that counts :P

Kara NOT ok

2007-06-30T13:41:00.000-04:00

I've got new neighbors and they are neighbors no one wants- Karaoke neighbors. x( The sort that sings Karaoke at night, and have tonnes of relatives over, and talk really loud, in really ah beng and ah lian Singlish.

Plus they have two dogs that they seem to be constantly training. They keep yelling: Sit, Down, Stay, Good dog etc etc. And I can hear all of that from my bedroom. Boy, they have some powerful lungs. Well trained by their Karaoke machine I suppose.

Anyway, I seriously need to get my nails touched up. My tips have totally grown out ): Super ugly. And my french is chipping everywhere!! Should I? They are super unhealthy for the nails. And it's gonna cost me about $40+++ to get them filled up again.

I have been going to Studio Wu for the past few days, taking Jazz & Hip Hop lessons. Okay OMG I so cannot do hip hop AT ALL. I thought I would be able too cos of my 'cheer experience' but real hip hop is so NOT cheer/ pom! I totally look like I'm doing Chinese dance no matter what style of dance I do. OH dear. After doing a few jerky thingys I just feel like going: WHATEVER I wanna do a 'fan shen' okay.