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Sunday, October 30, 2005

:: nightlife ::



wahaha! yes that's me, my kor, n amanda~! i'd say the photographer did a great job cuz i seldom look nice on photo.. haha.. taken at Liberte on 28 Oct. cool~

wasn't much of a nightlife la.. went home around 12.. tired.. haha

Saturday, October 29, 2005

:: ok, updates ::

friday went for ladies retreat at Sofitel Palm Resort in JB, missed david's bday celebration.. find tt the resort not as high class as phuket one... hoho.. had a great time getting to noe more abt the ladies.. they have tons of advice on marriage, work, etc. i shared room with esther. she brought her work to do wor.. =x haha then i keep telling her dun do work, or else defeat the purpose of the retreat, right! i didn't get to relax a lot during the retreat. probably becuz i chose to go out shopping when i can slp more hahah

the food is quite bad... i realise i was eating rubbish. lots of garlic, n other funny stuff. i even ate dessert!!!

bought a bag, a pair of shoes.. wanted to buy clothes, but when i tried it on i realise it doesn't look good on me. looks better on slim figures. i'm fat....yyyyuuuucccckkksss... there was deliverance session after each sermon session. i love the teaching sessions. very full of the speaker's own life experience. very impactful.

on the way back quite discouraged by the way the tour guide describe christians. but he also said that when he sees us, he feels a sense of peace. at least that makes me glad..

hmm.. monday went to office. thot i was supposed to work. but my boss thought i was just dropping by. o.0 nvm, that's good, can do my own stuff.

tue my boss announced that i'm supposed to start work officially tmr. hmm..~

wed working on organiser. lots of layout.

friday after work went to look for amanda at city hall.. met annabel n some others from shammah. talked to annabel n got to know her better. she got a project for me.. but not confirmed. went for The Tektile Movement's 1st anniversary celebration at Liberte at CHIJMES, cuz kor's part of the team. as DJ wor!!~ *proud of him* but i got a feeling tt he's being bullied leh.. his guest list had to cut short so that the bigger DJ can invite more friends. dotz... there was buffet dinner but i didn't eat much. busy looking around for cute guys but too bad all not my age one. wahaha.. had vodka cranberry.. hmm~ i bought that from DFS when i came back from Phuket. but i didn't open it yet. then jueru n her sis arrived.. went to eat with them.. wow went into a posh italian restaurant. felt uneasy cuz it's not my type of place to hangout. so i tried to behave myself as best as i can, trying to recall what i learnt from etiquette class. there's real application now lor.. like choosing utensils to eat certain food.. :S wow.. i think jueru realli looks like her sis. they're getting more n more alike. cool!

sat went to church earlier to learn thai from amber. wah need to "undo" a lot of pronunciation. hmm.. then cell grp... it was more of a time of reflection. hmm, when they hear that i'm being paid IAP amount for work, they all say i'm being cheated. even macdonald can pay more than 450 per month. it's true.. i dunno la, looking forward to getting promoted. but there's a lot of stress now. i need to bia my minor project by next week. dunno got time or not. die liao..

bia video editing now.. i dun dare to take up jieling's video editing project.. must learn to reject offers if i cannot handle.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

:: just some thoughts ::

hmm.. today saw monkeys, prawns, birds, dogs..... hmm.. nice day..

went to upper thomson rd with my dad for "breakfast" at the sembawang hill food centre.. saw pan lingling n her husband hehe.. cool~ had wanton mee.. last night watched soccer with my dad for a while so i slept late. chelsea vs real betis 4-0. real betis has got good looking players!! but chelsea's black guys play better. hmm~

walked to bishan park n saw all those animals.. cool~ my dad thought i LIKE to see monkeys just because i WANT to see one. hmm... walked over to lower peirce reservoir too. took deep breaths of fresh air, but later as we went back to the food centre the polluted air came back again =( well these r some things i get to do when i'm not at work..hoho~ went back home n worked on video editing.

felt a bit upset when being scolded by parents.. i seem to have my own idea of how to do things already... n i dun understand y my mom still blames me that i cannot go phuket during the weekend!! urgh!!

anyway.. just some thoughts...

he who despises good things is a fool.

sia jai ter, jai dum khon!

i saw a truck with the company name "ho kew". imagine it's called "fa kew". heehee

:: jaew ::


i wanted to buy this dvd for v long already. went to phuket n bought it... it doesn't have english subtitles. n NOW IT'S SHOWING IN SINGAPORE!!!

go n watch M.A.I.D. v nice movie.. hehe very funny.. i dunno i wanna watch or not cuz i dun understand the thai version without english subtitles wor..

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

family photo at kata view point


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taken by sis


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sunset at phromthep cape


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me n sis on boat


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sis n sup


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:: catch me if you can ::

wahaha.. i'm always running around..

hmm.. my holidays is just grrreeaaat~! spent time at home with my dad.. monday went fishing at changi.. no fish n no fun. a lot of mosquito bites... oh i caught a toadfish. ahahha, interesting eh.. too bad i nv bring camera. but i used his hp to take photo. kinda psycho... played with the worms my dad bought as bait. but i got a feeling the fish in the water doesn't know how a centipede tastes like so.. they r not attracted to the bait. sigh~ ate famous nasi lemak for lunch n bak kut teh for dinner. went home to work on jieling's project.. hoho.. paul came to pass me a cd of the video clip we took at the camp comm rekke.. couldn't edit it. kept trying to convert the format.

tue lazy to wake up haa.. but still went out.. went to tekka mall for breakfast. passed by lavender at a motor shop. interesting bikes they have there. hmm.. i feel tt toa payoh is very near lavender. juz separated by balestier. ya? hmm.. went shopping at sheng siong supermarket. not very interested.. cuz i nv bring money haha. saw the potato chips i bought from thailand. hmm~ next time wanna eat dun need to specially go thailand to buy liao. went to market to buy food to cook for dinner.. my dad complained tt he doesn't cook at home because we r too picky n also lazy to wash the dishes. quite true, quite true. went back home n kept trying to convert the video to an editable format. got quite frustrated.. felt tt the shots i took weren't nice n too bad cannot go back to film again..

hmm.. kinda regret signing up for ladies retreat. everyone ask me how come i'm going.. =( n everything clashes with that weekend. i'd miss a photography competition n camp comm meeting.. =( but hopefully i'll enjoy myself n most of all be able to experience a "life-changing" encounter with God~ yup. so malaysia this week. got chance to go indonesia next week, but i think i shld stay home instead. i'm committed to camp comm ma.. hehe..

tmr is godma n serene's birthday. pray that i can finish up the video n the brochure design by tonight!

Sunday, October 16, 2005

:: warning ::

WARNING! THIS IS GONNA BE A LONG ENTRY!

Sun
went to church with my parents, a little late.. hehe. it was raining. after service went to join my parents for lunch at seah im food centre. Godma n her sisters n godpa were there too.
after tt went home to do a final packing n then left house for the airport. took taxi. reached around 3.15pm.
wendy michael n shaun came to send me off.. hoho~ i was just checking in when they arrived. walked in circles around the airport with them before going into the departure gate.. haha..
quite irritated cuz there were a lot of old pple rushing into the same plane as us. quite a got a seat with quite a good view. took lots of photos of scenery outside the plane.
bought red wine - in cans! cool~
reached phuket ahead of schedule.. =) it was a smooth flight with Tiger Airways.. took the airport limo service for 300 baht. supposed to take the red and yellow meter taxi but since this price is good we took the limo taxi instead. the taxi took us thru the woods. for a moment we kinda freaked out. but i have peace, that the taxi is bringing us to the correct place. =)
met sis at the Laguna Allamanda. she noticed that i grew fatter.. =( check into the hotel... nice~! our room is in another block. like chalet kinda thing.
went for dinner at the restaurant at the lobby. had kuay tiao soup. went back to bathe then slp.

Mon
woke up for breakfast. ate a lot hoho~ scrambled eggs with ham, milk n cereal, donut, muffin, ham, sausage, etc etc..~! =)
went back to room. received a call from Holiday Club when we were just about to leave for a boat ride. took the shuttle service to another part of Laguna Phuket. took the boat ride. we registered for the 4pm slot cuz this 10am slot was fully booked. but since we were there n the pple who registered did not turn up, we took that one instead. very nice place sia!~!~ went to explore other resorts at the Laguna Phuket.
went back to room n had fruits for lunch, from my sis' bf's dad. haha.. watched National Geographic. interesting~~
went to slp until 2pm then went swimming. felt v relaxed.. haha.. today is meant to be free and easy. relax n recreational. went back to room to bathe and continue watch tv.. wahahaha..
took bus to Lotus Restaurant for dinner.. (the car top can open one!) wonderful sunset! ate a lot.. crab meat omelette.. real crab meat!! shiok~!! prawns with beef, green curry chicken, mango with sticky rice, banana split~!!! woohoo~! ordered extra rice too..
went back to room n watch tv again~!! National Geographic v interesting, got this bird which can do moonwalk like michael jackson!

Tue
indigestion. prayed that i will digest properly n thank God i managed to feel better before breakfast!
ate about the same as yesterday's breakfast. went back n watch tv. (hehehe) slept for a while then sis n her bf Sup came to pick us up in a Toyota. checked out of the hotel. Sup drove us to Patong to find hotel to check in. went to a few to check out the price. sis n sup can speak thai so they helped us to get a good price. i like this Grand Tropicana but sis says inside like very deserted n scary.. =S finally checked into Deevana Resort. smells bad!!! =S inside the room was alright. lobby, restaurant, swimming pool were alright. except outside our room!! smells terrible!!!
sis went for job interview. so i went for lunch with my parents at a restaurant not far from our hotel. good service. good food too~ went back n watched tv cuz there was almost nothing else to do.
sis came back so we all went out. went to Karon beach, where Old Phuket Hotel is.. haha sis was hiding from the pple there. she n sup booked island tour for us. went up to Kata View Point to catch the sun set. rushed to Phromthep Cape to catch another view too. went to sis' place to check it out.
had seafood dinner at Laem Hin restaurant, quite a hidden place from the tourist area. had curry crab, catfish, fried prawns, etc. very full. i couldn't finish my food man... =S
haha i guess i was troublesome ba. i wanted to shop in the supermarket. so we had to make a trip specially. went to Tesco Lotus n bought potato chips (=D the film pple r going to love me for that! jk~) bought facial foam, toothpaste, shower foam, shampoo n conditioner too.
went back room to slp. me n sis share one room.

Wed
dark clouds loomed over Phuket in the morning. had breakfast n it was pouring. after breakfast the clouds began to clear n the sun came out. praise God for the weather! it meant a great deal, cuz we're going ....ISLAND TOUR~! means we're gonna take boat out n jump from island to island.
the minibus came to fetch us from our hotel. it was 1 hr ride to the jetty. wore lifevests n went to take long-tailed boat to a ferry. went to Phang Nga bay.. where it was worst hit by tsunami. if i'm not wrong. there's this bunch of guys who served us drinks n there's this guy who looks a lot like Yongqiang haha... his name is tommy n he reminds me of my thai kelong bf. haha.. very flirty. thai, but very thick american accent when he speaks english.
noticed this cute hk guy but too bad he's got a gf/wife. wahaha~ when we reached phang nga bay we took canoes out. (two passengers with a crew rowing each canoe) explored a bat's cave. heard them screeching. very crowded cuz there were another company with tourists too. went out of the bats cave n got hit by their shit. =S when we came out it doesn't look like shit.
saw a lot of eagles!! they were swooping down to the food some tourists threw into the water. next stop is Horng Island. similar limestone structures with caves. canoe in and out again. when we went back to the boat there were towelettes for us.
n next stop is James Bond Island. very famous. that's where one of James Bond movies was filmed. there was a sleet of stone formed naturally. wad's so special abt it is that it's very straight cut. Got pulled to look at bracelets. yes, there are shops set up there! i was like thinking, dun waste my time la, i wun buy opal bracelets that cost 300 baht lor. took a lot of photos there. went back to the boat for lunch. quite alright la.
fell asleep for a while then tommy came to make fun of me. he wanted to get my number but i decided not to give. i told him to ask my mom for permission to get my number. haha.. i was the youngest around.
Reached Lava Island. canoed with my dad. dipped into the water with my sis. went to shower with well water. had the privilege of having a guy "shower for me". haha.. he just poured a pail of well water over me that's all la.
went back to the boat for coconut.. shiok~! they asked us to sign autograph.. i praised them for their good service. they will pick up our rubbish n often ask us whether we want drinks. tommy played some games with us. interesting... at the last game i was picked to be teased. =x very interesting, he can suck up paper at the bottom of a bottle full of water. he sucked his thumb n asked me to do the same. man! i can't do that!!
tired laew. went back on land about 5pm~
took the minibus back to hotel. went swimming straight. haha.. shiok...i like the pool. 1.4m deep. sis ordered vanilla milkshake. went back to room to bathe n then went out for dinner at a roadside stall. ordered tom yum kung, fried glassnoodles (yummm~~), pig's trotter, mixed vege, ginger chicken.
bought thai silk cushion covers.. very nice!~ at a great price for that too. bought a small sling bag for my camera n money pouch. wanted to shop for slippers. but i can buy slippers at $2.90 in singapore. over there the slippers r average 199 baht. dad went back to hotel cuz he felt uncomfortable. Sup came to join us. mom went crazy n bought A LOT of local food products.. haha.. walked thru Bangla Rd. ALOT of bars n transvesites n prostitutes. my mom got "flashed".. a guy came n showed her an album of pictures of nude girls. -.-|||
Sup's uncle "performs magic". so we went to c. quite interesting, this linking rings... i dun get the trick sia! mom took Sup's motorbike back to hotel then he came back later to fetch me n sis. wow, 3 on a motorbike, without helmet~!!! shiok~! quite scary cuz i felt like i was going to fall off. held my sis' legs tightly haha..
tired. supposed to go clubbing but too tired.

Thur
can afford to wake up later today. had breakfast n then prepared to go SHOPPING~! took the tuk-tuk out to Central Phuket. sis bargained from 300 to 200 baht. split up to shop. bought Jaew DVD. went to B2S to look for my graphic magazines.. but cannot find.. =( spent a lot of time there. wanted to buy some stuff but put them back cuz i couldn't find my sis. went downstairs to Propoganda n bought some interesting stuff. joined my family for coffee at the food court. veri interesting system, have to buy "coupon" first then order food, the remainder in the coupon will be refunded. a bit troublesome lor. had crabmeat n hotdogs (like the one i ate in Surin *miss miss*)
walked to Big C supermarket for more shopping =D split up to shop again. bought a lot of CDs, books, found my graphic magazine! bought a jacket too. went downstairs n back upstairs to buy Potato CD. had a meal at MK by my mom's demand.
went outside n look at the stalls. wanted to buy a top, but i was too FAT for it.. =( sobsob..
took taxi back to hotel 300 baht but we dun care liao la, just want to go back. bathed n packed up n rest. watched Dragon (weird actor acting Bruce Lee's life story) n Armageddeon. ordered Cabonara Spag by room service. I'M NEVER GONNA EAT CABONARA ANYTHING EVER!
Sup came to pick my sis go home cuz she gotta work the next day. slp. mom slept in my room cuz she's afraid i cannot wake up the next morning. gotta catch the taxi to the airport early.

Fri
woke up 5.30am. final packup n check out of the room. had breakfast. left my battery charger in the room so i ran back to take. took photo of the waiter who looks like Ix Shen ;) the taxi came 15 min earlier than booked. but... halfway to the airport it broke down. waited 15 min for a replacement taxi. -.-|||
boarded the plane.. ordered milo.. $2 for that sia.. reached Singapore earlier than scheduled.. =) Home sweet Home~!

Monday, October 03, 2005

:: i'm really such a crybaby ::

sat helped ian move house.. hoho.. very fast cuz he packed liao, all he need is pple to help him carry boxes from bishan to bukit gombak.. then went to church to meet shirley bong n then cell grp.. after cell grp went to bugis to find my YEP friends. i realise tt i was the one who caused the whole grp to be unable to submit the journals to the "pple up there".. sigh.. felt v guilty.. i dun like vietnamese food!! not like food at all!! :@ went to national library wanted to take a look but no chance.. went to breko cafe to eat a decent meal.. saw wendy n shaun.. hoho~ chatted with the yep room 10 guys... went home by bus..

yday was alright... i reached church in time.. haha... was alright all the way until sermon.. i started to tear.. then my tears can't stop flowing... remember there was once i mentioned i feel hurt everytime i think of the past, about my relationship with my mom? yeah i thought abt it again n started to cry.. sigh~

after service celebrated birthdays with cell grp.. then went to AV for lunch.. after tt we went to Queensway.. felt gian to buy running shoes.. haha.. went to chinatown buy cds then went to lau pa sat to meet the singles' club.. haha.. walked to city hall.. bought a pair of New Balance running shoes at $110.. hmm~

my dad came to city hall to pick me up.. went to marina south for dinner with my mom there already. great dinner.. hmm.. haha..

today..

i wore my new running shoes, prepared to go for run before going for work...

then...

my dad forgot to bring helmet downstairs, so i went back home to take..

then..

i slipped n fell outside my neighbour's hse cuz she was washing the corridor. i think there was soap.

i dunno is it becuz of the soap, or is it my new shoes dun have gd friction? =(

i scratched my knee!!!!!!!! :@

was alright until i went downstairs n told my dad wad happened. then i started to tear. lousy!!!!