100 分

“爸爸，你看！我拿到100分哦！”

小时候的我，曾兴致勃勃地跟爸妈炫耀无数个100分。
长大后，却发现，现实生活中，根本没有所谓的100分。

职场上， 又有谁真的做到100分？又是谁有权力去评估每个人的实力与努力？
生活上，设么才是100分？ 有多开心、有多少钱、有多少人爱，才算100分？

小时候的100分，好像根本微不足道。

lalala~

My dearest sister always asks me "Why are you watching brainless shows?"

Well... Why would I want to waste more of my brain cells after work? Brainless shows are, afterall, brainless enough to let me rest mentally. Even if it's 101 times of the same storyline, in 101 different settings and probably just 30 odd different faces... I will still get my much awaited dose of entertainment minus the headaches PLUS I get to forget about the work~ hee

work really drains me out everyday... i really miss jy & yj~ darlings come back quick... I MISS YOU GALS!

The baby just came and left as her temper gets worse nearing her bedtime... *kawaii*

sometimes being a baby is so 幸福!

baby loves the aircon too! *grinz*

i want to fly~~~

Almost everyone is going USA!
Why am I stuck in this small island? *jealous*
我想飞，但我没有钱！
*cough cough*

depressed...

I don't want to admit it, but that's how I'm feeling now. And it's mostly, if not totally, due to the four letter word starting with "W" and ending with "K". I'm even 90% certain that the recent 39.1 deg fever on Monday is the unconscious reaction to the depression... maybe THAT is why the cough is still not subsiding...

*cough cough*

i need some light... to see the future.

1 in 8,145,060

yaya's dream: to become financially independent. [Financial independence is when you are able to live indefinitely without having to work actively for money.]

most probable & fastest way to reach that... Toto! But well.. what are the odds? 1 in 8,145,060.
The number looks scary and mysterious. But it is, afterall, just simple maths. And it's all explained here. OMG... It's such a simple concept but it took me quite a while to see it... REALITY.

yaya says bye to her dream 1.5mil... it was never meant to be mine.

Happy Birthday!

Yaya had a wonderful bday! (minus the fact that I'm older by one year, but I can always continue to deceive myself that I am 15 every year.)

I'd love to post photos of the pleasant surprise my colleagues gave me... (if only I can bring a camera to work) Thanks peeps for the balloons and card ^^ I was so touched to see the happy birthday balloon chain! Thanks!!!

I spent my half day leave with my sister~~~ and I've received a beautiful mirror from her! =) the music box thingy was really cool! It has many dots & as you wind it the music will play!!! We liked it a lot and my sister bought one for me! =) This one sings "beauty and the beast"~ *hugs hui* (if she ever lets me)

I'm playing with picasa to get the collage done... and its so hard! JY is so pro lah... all her collages look so pretty... mine's rather amateur... ok~ better than nth eh? =P

有朋友们的陪伴，但心里却是孤单的。
我有点害怕那种感觉，有点讨厌表里不一的我。
我打从心底庆幸拥有你们，但也不得不去在意，
和你们在一起时最孤单的自己。

是我太自私了，自卑始终战胜理智。

生日快乐

我不想再期待什么，因为我已期待了太久了。
我不想再许什么愿望，因为最渴望的，都没有成真。

生日，又让我再许愿，再期待一年吗？

The Shift

In a unfortunate twist of events, I was evicted from my once cosy 2m x 3m room to occupy half of a 10.7 square-meters room with my little sister. She insists that I occupy more than half the room - which MAY be true... considering my stuff are now unceremoniously dumped in bags around the corners of the room.

I'm now exploring ways of furniture arrangement so as to maximise the limited space. I've tried (in vain) to influence the lunch-go-where decisions of my colleagues, to some-how steer them towards the nearby IKEA. I'll try again tomorrow *grinz*

In the meantime, I'll just have to dig through the bags every day. Lol... it's not that bad, I can survive the mess once I managed to squeeze out a space for the computer. 'cos I really cannot survive without the computer... It's not how much I love my 23" LCD, but it's all the entertainment it gives me - the not-so-exciting FB games, the draggy korean/taiwan/hk/jap dramas, the occasional You-tube surfing, the rare blogging etc. (oops) However, I've not watched a SINGLE episode of ANY drama since The Shift, cos someone who shares the room needs to mug in SILENCE. Well well... I guess I can't complain when I don't have 11 readings to do for the first tutorial... *Gambatte* I'll try to survive without shows for a while then...

It's the time of the year again, and I hope everyone will start asking me out! Lol...and I realise I've not posted a birthday wish list since my 21st bday! It is time to post it, and I hope I get all of them ^^

五月天！

yaya's so into 五月天！The concert was really good~ and the girls' chat after the concert was really nice too... it's been a long time since I really let down my hair and go crazy for a while... that explains why I'm still awake at this ungodly hour, putting my thoughts from the concert down before I procrastinate and forget about it again. Hee...

Watching the concert at Indoor Stadium brings back many memories... There is just so much work behind any concert, much less to say for such a large-scale pop concert. The high-tech globe screen was cool! And I love the light effects and how it all goes so nicely with the music. The screenplay that told the story behind the "D.N.A." concert was entertaining, and a wonderful start to the concert.

I'm impressed with the stamina of the guys... There were no guest performers to create a break for the guys to rest, but they were able to make everyone high for the whole 4+hrs (they sang till past 12am). I know they're tired, but thanks for making it happen. =)

It's a pretty scene with all those flying confetti.. but pity the guys who were busy creating the effect, loading the confetti onto the huge fans... all these hardwork and so much more... to make the concert a success.

While I enjoy the luxury of being the audience, I wonder how it would really feel to be the one performing on stage. How would it feel, to be one of the few performing, vs. one of the thousands watching. The fond memories of the many performances in my school days seem to come back all at once.

I think I better go to sleep... I've got Jap lessons tomorrow morning at 10am~ *yawns*

mumbles...

yaya wants to blog, but there are so many thoughts going on in my head that I hardly know what I should write. haha...

I can't complaint about work (lest my name appears in the internal corp comms emails to the bosses), so I'll have no choice but to complaint about life... or the lack of it. I wonder what happens to all the precious hours I have after work... Since I sleep late (around 12 each night) and I reach home relatively early (7+pm)... by right I should have up to 4.5 hours each night. Minus the necessary makan time (1 hr) and the bathroom singing (0.5hr), I should have 3hours each night! And each day, these golden hours are spent in front of the computer - be it FB, FB games, shows (I've run out of decent shows to watch!)... OMG! that's how NO LIFE my life is! sobs...

However, when I think about it, I realise I do feel more attached to the family than before. The days of hostel life has made me realise how much I love my family and my home... Just being at home, knowing that Daddy, Mummy, Grandma and Hui is rotting at home with me... That's already such a blessing... mushy huh? but yeah, that's the truth. =) Hostel can be scarily lonely when my darling roomy is not around.

There are more things (totally unrelated) running through my mind... but in order not to make this post look too "rojak", I guess I'll stop here. Happy wkends~ looking forward to 五月天!!!

我知道我不应该执着于过去，但我却看不到未来。这样的我，什么时候才会长大？

yaya's getting lazy...

Just look at the number of posts on this page... I've gotten lazy to blog. That's the best evidence. No photos... I'm lazy. (It seems like no one else has uploaded photos fr the farm stay as well... ha!)

I went to batam & turi beach resort last last wk end (yes... the long wk end with national day). YJ & JY are fun to hang out with =) turi is pretty! (minus the not-so-clean pool) the rooms are nice, with 4 poster beds & mosquito nets, but still... the mosquitoes are invincible. I'd love to post photos, but knowing how lazy I am, I think they'll never make it to this page. lol... maybe i can wait for JY to post & I'll jus give a link. ha ha.

Work's suffocating... and the wonderful thing is I cannot complain on FB anymore. Boss has recently become my fren on FB... *sigh* so I'll just rattle on here, on my little space which I've come to realise i dun really care if anyone's reading... seems like a lot of ppl are too busy to read blogs, not to mention I'm not exactly popular. haha...

I think I need a break, though I've just been back from one. Work's really discouraging these days. I've tried so hard to talk myself into thinking of the money... but nowadays the event "pay day" does not keep me excited for more than 2 days. THIS is sad. I don't know what to look forward to anymore. HELP!

I'm supposed to be working... (YES! I've brought the lappie back to do some work...) But I've yet to start. *long sigh*~~~~~~

Agri-tour~ once in a lifetime!

I've not felt so tired since a looong time ago~ went on a farm-hopping tour with nellers... to my astonishment, there are so many farms ard the LCK area and the whole place doesn't feel like the familar Singapore...

Too bad the room in the farm stay resort was too small~ (no much walking space at all...) else i would gladly have spent the entire day in the aircon room~ But well, visiting farms is not something you'd catch me doing out of my own interest... so thanks to the nellers for dragging me on my first ever (and i dun think i'll be doing it again in the near future) farm-hopping journey...

d'kranji (nth exciting at all)> farmart (some shops, no bees viewing, sadly) > vege farm (the baby dragonfruit is sooo kawaii) > koi farm (lots & lots of kois, in all sizes. saw an interesting species with wing-like flaps) > qian fu (dragonfish, lobster, goldfishes... fish spa! - super ticklish! & long kau fishing~) > bollywood veggies (lots of vege, spices, bananas etc) > agrotech farm (grows aloe vera, edible cactus, wheatgrass, mushrooms - yaya bought wheatgrass cereal.. i hope it's nice...) > Jurong frog farm (i thought this was boring... if only the frogs become princes... THAT would be interesting! hee) > Gardenasia (this is a much better farmstay... looks like bali-style villa with swimming pool even... looks expensive too... anyway, check out the rocking chairs by the pond beside the bistro =P )

We wanted to go to the goat farm (Hay Dairies) but it closes at 4pm! way too early~ i guess the goaties need sleep~ oh! and Sungei Buloh closes at 7pm too! (we arrived at the gates at 7pm, to find it locked~) The pottery (can't remember the name... it's the one near NTU) closes at 5pm... so basically, farm-hopping have to stop around 6pm~ for those planning~ start early! =)

9 places in a day! cool! but tiring! I think I've got enough farms for a lifetime... I guess Agri-tainment is not my cup of tea.. I need a shopping trip soon =P

the line between reality and fantasy

说起来真好笑。。。

偶像剧，看多了也许真的会中毒。
有时我会矛盾地否定自己，告诉自己，那都是假的。电视里的世界，它是虚构的，但同时也是真实的。也许，这种不现实就是我想要追求的，让自己在喘不过气的现实生活中，有一个逃避的管道。可是，那种希望，都是假的。

我讨厌活在没有希望的现实中。我讨厌，这个没有梦想，没有目标，没有志气的自己。
陈思雅，你的人生，好假。

Nihon & Nihongo

I miss Japan!

Met a dear colleague of mine on the bus to work today (the ever crowded 145)... and we started to talk about her latest trip to Japan~ and once I get started, I can't stop talking about my experiences in the land of the rising sun... It seemed just not so long ago that I was walking along the streets in Tokyo and Kyoto, exploring the Himeji castle, admiring the Kobe street light-up, splurging all my yen (& credit cards) on the shops up the slope to Kiyomizu-dera, crazily taking many many photos with the red maple leaves, blah blah blah... Oh, I am starting at it again... lolx

Perhaps it would be good to one day move to Japan! The emotional side of me wants to go back to the island and spend happy days, but the practical side of me wants me to count my dollars (or the lack of it) first. Haha... Well, first things first, I am gonna start taking Japanese lessons soon! *yay* Gambatte!

Pei Shi-san, gomenasai... Can't wait for you to take Jap together... The sunday lessons which were supposed to start end June seemed to be missing in action... My little sis got a little tired of waiting... I think there probably won't be a Sunday lesson for Beginner 1 until sometime in August... (I heard that the teachers are not very keen to teach on Sundays... So...)

I'm starting lessons next wk =P and so I've been "a i u e o"-ing pretty often... Lucky for me, YJ & JY are little experts in Jap! I have 2 more sensei to teach me! & pei wo "a i u e o"! Thanks darlings! =)

yaya wonders... is there really a recession? How come the PC show is flooded with people every day?! Things are not so cheap, but sales are not so low either~

L.O.V.E.

I heard over the radio today… a story that left me both heartened & disheartened at the same time.

A 92-year-old man had re-married a 85-year old woman in Taiwan. They were separated for over 60 years due to the war. After the war, the husband settled down in Taiwan while the wife was in China. They both went on to marry a second partner and start their own families, until both partners past away. It was in 1993 that the man found his ex-wife in China and brought her and her son to Taiwan to stay with him. The husband felt that he had not fulfilled his duties as a partner and vowed to re-marry the woman he had loved for so long.

It’s touching to see true love, even after 60 years of separation. So much can happen in 60 years. People change after 6 years, much less to say 60 years! Unwavering love… It’s a miracle it happens!

But I see the other side of the story too. Both the man and woman went on with their lives after the war. They found new partners, formed their own families and lived separated for 52 years. If the so-called "true love" had been in their hearts all along, isn’t it unfair to the second partner who actually lived with them for such a long time? Is there really space in one’s heart for more than one special person?

Is time a proof of one’s love? Or is time a test of love?

(The News article & Post/Photo)

Serious Sunday Blues

News Update!

The usual Monday Blues has just gotten more serious. A mutated version of the virus has recently been identified... Known as the Sunday Blues, the more serious infections get the blues from as early as Sunday afternoon. The infected persons usually feel lathargic, unenthusiastic about the last weekend before work, and tend to have the repeated obsession of the idea of "digging a hole and hiding herself" to avoid starting the work week the following day. A common symptom in infected persons is the unconscious denial of sleep on Sunday nights. They will usually rather spend the late hours awake, either through watching dramas or surfing the Internet aimlessly, well past the usual bedtime. This often results in insufficient sleep and a moody Monday morning, giving a more intensive Monday Blues. There has been no proven cure for this virus, but some online resources give the following tips to beat the Monday Blues.

1. What and how
What you do is not important, it is how you do it. Whatever you do, do it with deep alertness; then even small things become sacred. You can clean the floor like a robot; you have to clean it, so you clean it.
But it could have been a great experience; you missed it.
You cleaned the floor and that would have cleansed you. Clean the floor full of awareness; be luminous with awareness.

2. Remember yourself
One thing has to be a continuous thread: remember yourself.
While walking, say, "I am walking." While sitting, say, "I am sitting."
And feel the shift in your awareness. There will be a sudden spark.

3. Are you a perfectionist?
Beware! What counts is being total, not perfect. This brings out the best in you. The very idea of perfectionism drives people crazy.
The perfectionist is bound to be neurotic. S/he cannot enjoy life till s/he is perfect. And perfection never happens, it is not in the nature of things.
Life is imperfect. Only death is perfect. Totality is possible, perfection is not possible.
There is a huge difference between perfection and totality. Perfection is a goal for the future, totality is an experience now. If you can get into any act with your whole heart, you are total. Totality brings wholeness, health and sanity.
The perfectionist forgets about totality. There is a big gap between how s/he is and how s/he wants to be.
And, of course, change can't happen now, it is always tomorrow or the day after. So life is postponed.
These are small tools, but they will help you see the gap between workdays and holidays decreasing. You will eagerly wait for work to begin.

Another known catalyst of Sunday Blues is the lack of fulfilling personal activites and events in the weekend, especially, of course, on Sundays. Thus, experts (unwilling to be named) recommend that Sundays should be filled with exciting activities. "And no, dramas and Internet and no-brain clicking games are definitely nowhere near 'exciting'."

Disclaimer: This article was written by an individual with some serious Sunday Blues that she has been unable to get rid of since the past few months. Believe what you wish to.

lazy yaya...

Oh, I realise I've been getting lazy again... Just look at the frequency of the posts! Lolx...

Ok... It's 5 mths into 2009 and I have yet to fulfill my new yr resolution of learning Japanese or keyboard/guitar/vocal... *sigh* ok... At the very least I've sorta decided to go take a course at the Jap sch in kovan... but I'll need khakis (cos I'm nt so confident that my little sis can afford the fees... Stressed to be paying for 2 pax leh..)

I expect the months ahead to be real stressful (work-wise). Looking very hard for some form of motivation to last me through the many months ahead. I guess I'm much more confident in taking instructions from seniors than working by myself... argh! HELP!!!

败犬女王

新加坡的四季：热、很热、非常热、下雨！
（热死我了！！！）


败犬女王:
婚姻不是绑住幸福的工具。。。现实生活中，结婚不是结局，反而是考验的开始。
永远不要对女人说谎， 应为我们一眼就可以看穿了。你知道男人和女人说谎最大的差别在哪里吗？男人说谎，是要让自己觉得好过。而女人说谎呢，是要让对方好过。我们选择欺骗，是因为不想伤害深爱的人。我们不是故意的，只是没有伤害对方的勇气，所以才隐藏真正的答案。

I should be sleeping... let's finish this episode first! =P

人生的答案，要上哪去找？

有时候我会问自己，我到底想要什么？

读书，是为了寻找知识？证明自己？讨好家人？未来找个工作？
工作，是为了金钱？梦想？家人？打发时间？
考到好成绩，不一定能找到好工作。
找到好工作，不一定会满足。
当梦想和现实不能并存，是不是就该懵懵懂懂地过一生？
知足，就一定能常乐吗？

恋爱，是为了找个人陪伴？守护彼此? 追求浪漫？结婚？
结婚，又是为了什么？名分？建立家庭？顺理成章？
如果，婚姻不美满，是不是宁愿单身？
有时候，一个人是自由、洒脱的。
但有时候，一个人是寂寞孤独的。

那么多的问号，又有谁可以给我答案？

眼前一片海洋，漁夫一把撈起來，滿滿的都是可愛的熱帶魚，可是沒有一條是你。

累~

身心疲倦。。。

败犬女王: 真正的幸福，还是建立在互相有感觉的基础上，其他什么都不重要。

Do you know yourself?

did a personality quiz i found off Jiayun's bloggie... http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

i guess the results may be rather general, but pretty accurate.. at least for me... the "right job" part is darn true... I guess that's why I'm still an engineer! Lolx...

Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love.

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don't focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

recapping the old times

another 20 min before the WEEKEND! hee... I've been spending the last few hours reading my own old blog posts... Since the start of my uni days to now... I'm feeling so old!

I read about all the major and minor events in my life that I had chosen to blog about. All the fun and laughter in the hall days, CO days.. the complaints about temp work & exams... the bintan trip, Beijing CO trip, Taiwan, Yeppoon (Australia), Japan, Melbourne... THIS is one of the few times when i realised so much has actually happened in my life. Though I do feel that something is still missing... (haiz...)

I remember the loneliness and helplessness I used to feel when I was all alone in hall... When my roomy and friends were all not around... the nights in which I would cry my heart out cos I gave in and lost to the loneliness and emptiness within me... It really make me realise how important it is to have someone around. To my dearest friend who is feeling depressed in the same situation... rest assured you are not the only one who had experienced this. I'll be happy to offer some company - msn or call =) and we'll be meeting up really soon! Don't stay depressed! Jiayou! 我挺你！

ok! managed to drop a post b4 work ends... Happy Weekend!

梁静茹 - 天灯

一首听了真的很感伤的歌。也许，这么多年后的我，还是没有从当时的心情中走出来。。。

梁静茹 - 天灯
词:林夕 曲:郑楠

在最像情侣的那一瞬
和他朝着晚空放天灯
两颗心许过甚麽愿望
我想问始终都不敢问

秒针追逐感动的可能
时间渲染感情的气氛
两个倒影在溪水浮沉
一个忘形就难以辨认

沉默的旅程乐在快乐得真假不分
追浮云的人浪漫在拥有过暧昧的名份
比拥抱单纯

暗恋的明灯一路上如烟火随身
宁愿那想像的情人永远保温
美梦别成真让我梦到忘记疑问
寂寞就想想那盏天灯那指纹


怀念没有吻过的嘴唇
想像没有说过的永恒
错过纠缠不清的凌晨
逃过幻觉破灭的黄昏

沉默的旅程乐在快乐得甜酸不分
追浮云的人浪漫在拥有过暧昧的名份
比拥抱单纯

暗恋的明灯一路上如烟火随身
宁愿那想像的情人永远保温
美梦别成真让我梦到忘记疑问
寂寞就想想那盏天灯那指纹


到满脸皱纹那场回忆比相恋逼真
曾经有一个人燃烧过一夜的青春

暗恋的明灯一路上如烟火随身
宁愿那想像的情人永远保温
美梦别成真让我梦醒不留疤痕
我的天空里有他眼神他体温

cough cough cough

I'm coughing! (duh?) Haiz... just so lucky to be sick just after I'm back from Melbourne... Must be the weather here in Singapore. Lolx.

Since my lappie has been coughing badly oso... (the fan has officially became dead) I went to brave the IT Show Human squeezing on Thursday night. And surprisingly, the deals are good but not wonderful (at least for ppl looking for cheap and good specs like me). Ended up buying from outside the fair... with a HUGE 23" LCD that has taken up ALL my desk space... so much for buying a slim CPU...

Ok! here are pix from Melbourne! =)

Survived the 6 hours drive to see the Twelve Apostles (or whatever that's left of it)...

COWS!!!!!

I like this pic! The pretty pond and clouds and moo moos~

Back in Melbourne City... The river is so pretty! Was staying at Southbank, and as we walk around every night, the camera keeps shooting the pretty night scenes. =)

Canoeing can be so romantic! (Oh I love the ferris wheel! - though small and far away)

In order not to bore everyone with 30 photos of the same river... (lolx...) there are only 2 here. =P

Flinder's Street Station! *pretty!*

A friend who is a freelance photographer shot this for me (pss... he charges over $100/hr usually orh!) I like this photo!

Graffiti everywhere... in the alleys, on the streets, on shop doors and walls... I guess the shop owners can't be bothered to remove them cos they will keep coming back..

Ferris wheel again! This is taken from another hotel on Spencer Street a colleague moved to for the last night. Nice view!

Melbourne in autumn is really nice =) as long as you bring a thicker jacket. Lolx... I seriously prefer the refreshing cold to the hot and humid Singapore. I guess I really do like autumn~ (Japan in autumn was fantastic too! )

Live from Melbourne!

Woo hoo! I'm now at Melbourne!!!

Work has been nothing but work since Monday.... luckily we arrived on Sunday and we had the chance to take an ultra long drive to Great Ocean Road to see the 12 apostles... Will upload pix when I'm back in Singapore bah... the hotel has no internet access unless I pay a "small fee".

I thought it'll be hot in Melbourne with the recent fires... but it was so damn cold when I arrived and I really regret pulling out the jacket and windbreaker from my luggage!!! Heng at least I have a pathetic cardigan with me (better than nothing actually...)

It's cold in the morning, hot in the afternoon, and damn cold again at night, coupled with strong winds and drizzles once in a while. woo~ I like the cold weather really =) but I still don't like the sun that much. Haha...

I hope I get some time to go shopping! Shops close too early and work ends too late... =(

blog blog blog!

I should be packing my bags for melbourne...
or watching my dramas...
or preparing to sleep early...
or chit chating with my mum...

but somehow... I'm still fussing about my dear bloggie. Wahahahaha... tired staring at the little lappie screen (is it my imagination or is my screen flickering?)...
I realise I really love how the background remains static while u scroll... (sua gu)
And here's the latest of my favourite tunes (from my latest drama craze 败犬女王!)

Looking at the archives section.. I realise how much less I've been blogging in recent years! The no. went into a steep drop since I first started blogging! From 85 to 30 to 17 to 9! OMG! You mean I was so lazy? Haha... Shall aim to add photos too! (when will I get down to uploading?)

blogskins

Haven't exactly played around with blogger much until today.

I finally discovered how to apply background! Wahahahaha... by the time i realized it i've spent way too long on this... its time to sleep so that i wont be late for tml's meeting! Argh!

Shall continue to source for THE blogskin =P

and wanna figure out how to add those cool gadgets! hee hee...

宅女的一天

最近“宅男宅女”好像特别受欢迎，至少在偶像剧的世界里是这样 =)

看看自己无趣的一天，好像也蛮符合宅女嘛！

下午看韩剧，然后不小心睡了一个午觉。睡醒时竟然就已经9点了！
晚上就和电视一起吃晚餐，11点就准时开电脑，看久违了的偶像剧。
睡得太饱，结果现在还有精神地blog！zzzzzzz.... What a boring day... lols...

cham! tml still gotta work!!! argh.... better go sleep soon!

missing you~

Working makes me realise just how wonderful being a student is... No strict working time restrictions, no need to wake up at 7am everyday (if you know how to plan your timetable), no need to feel so tired at the end of the day everyday, no need to miss your good friends for a long time...

Seems like forever since I last met my darlings~ and organising a gathering is no longer that easy when we are all working. *sigh* Okok! I'll try to make it happen ba! Gambatte!

She Ya feels sad that her friends don't have time for her (sob...), but hopefully she'll quit her bad habit of procrastinating and try out these things soon:
1. Learn Japanese! (though this should have come before going to Japan right?)
2. Learn Piano / Guitar! (hmm... first I need a space in my room to place it somewhere,)
3. Work hard & save up! (Goal: to repay loans by end 2011!)

No more holiday trips for this year! (short and cheap trips MAYBE...) Will be going to Melbourne for work (What? Australia again?) without my good buddies so I think it's going to be bit lonely (ke lian...).

Sundays always pass by so fast... Let's enjoy the last few hours of this weekend, yeah!?

不知不觉中，原来大家都找到了幸福！祝我的好朋友们：幸福快乐，长长久久！=)
思雅也想早日找到生命中的另一半！

New skin

Yo Ho!!! Long Time No See!

Yeah I know I've been lazy and this place is pretty much dead... That's why I'm reviving it on Valentine's Day! Was just at the zoo today and there's such a huge crowd that I couldn't even find a place to stand to watch the Penguin's shows! (sobs...) But the elephants are so kawaii!!!! *hee*

Anyways, I'm so tired doing this blog skin thingy I think I'll stop for now. Happy V-day to all!

*I'm missing all my darlings~~~*

2009

It's a new year! I know this is a little late for a new year post... but well... I was too lazy... a 4 day long weekend has made me feel like such a lazy pig I sorta forgot it's 2009 already! Haha!

Although new year has never meant anything special to me, it still manages to remind me that another year has passed. 2008 was a special year. It marks the transition from student to working adult, and many first times:

• the first time I visited Taiwan & Japan, 2 of my top dream holiday destinations!
• the first time I travel to Australia for work
• the first time I get to experience military exercise
• first FYP
• first job
• first credit card

It seems pretty long ago that I was in NTU, mugging hard for exams, staying late with Peishi for FYP, going for CO practices, the NTUCO concert, FYP presentation, convocation ceremony...

Then it was Taiwan with Sylvia! I finally met my uncle and aunt who are working and staying there and has not been back for the past many years. Taiwan is one place where dreams come true, or so I've always felt. I hope I will get a chance to live and stay in Taiwan one day (retirement? hee hee...) and I WILL visit again... I think my parents would love to go visit too! =) - I better start saving up!

I started working end June 08, and I'm so glad I've made such good friends! Thanks to Jia Yun for always accompanying me while we take the "arrows" together! And also the rest on our boss's "arrow list" - Chaowei, Chi Meng, Hau-ge, Suwei.

I'm especially lucky to have such capable teammates! Thanks to my "lecturer" CL for being such a wonderful mentor, leader and boss. Thanks for explaining all the technical stuff like a real professor, and the many brainwashing sessions you've given us. Thanks for cooking our meals in Australia and taking such good care of us! Thanks for putting up with my "sotong"-ness when I forgot to bring my wallet & IC the other day! =P And the forever young YM - thanks for all your kind guidance and help this past 6 months! I'm going to miss them both when they go for further studies later this year. I'll jiayou and try to learn as much as I can in these few months! =) Good luck for your studies!

My favourite trip this year - Japan! F&E is really the best way to travel! =) though we 3 girls (me, elaine, xuan) were too pampered and we chose to spend lots of $$ on hotels instead of hostels... maybe next time I should go hostels or home stays instead! (sounds like lots of fun also!) Though we spent lots of time doing our research before we embarked on the trip, it was all worth it! There are still so much more to see in Japan - I wanna go back again! I love the beautiful red maple leaves, the strong cool winds and the cold winter, the friendly (and shy!) Japanese, the mix of tradition and modernity in the cities, the really complicated Japanese language, the hot sweet sake and the never-ending shopping! I really enjoyed Japan, but for now, I've gotta work hard and play less. =)

I've spent the first 4 days of 2009 resting (or slacking). Just back from a Mayday concert with my sis and her friends - was really high! Hee hee... Okok... here's my list of "to-dos" for the remaining 361 days of the year =)

• Work hard! -> Will be travelling to Melbourne for work in Feb. (must be more independent!)
• Pay Loans -> too many loans but must jiayou! aim to pay off by 2011!
• Learn Japanese!
• Learn something else -> maybe guitar / keyboard / vocal
• Meet up more with my darlings!!! =)

Happy New Year to all my friends! May 2009 be a wonderful year!