Candice Loves to Think

Have transferred to this webby

2008-01-20T15:22:00.000+08:00

http://www.freewebs.com/rubberduckyisfine/index.htm

Hi all,

Please note that i have transferred this badly maintained blog to this not so badly maintained site. I will try to maintain the webby better than I did for this blog. Okie???

What i want (and have gotten so far) for Christmas

2007-12-22T16:18:00.000+08:00

Here's what i want for Christmas:

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth (when I had that missing when I was 9)
Want a plane that loops the loop
A hoola hoop!!!

(Gary's going to be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pissed)

Here's what i've gotten so far:

Scented candles (gift exchange)
Royce Chocolate (from colleague)
Body shop - Passion fruit shower foam and a strawberry shower foam (also from colleague)
Chocolate from colleague (dunno where it came from)
shower cap (from Ruiqi)
HK Disneyland candy (also from Ruiqi - the box is pretty cute)
Ma gua rabbit handphone charm (also from Ruiqi who got it from JB)
Magnets from Taiwan (from Shuping)

What i REALLY want for Christmas

Someone to help me clear my room * (i really want this)
A cushion for my chair
A new pillow for my bed
A second pillow for my bed (so that i can be surrounded with pillows)
A new quilt
A cup for office
A new bag (medium sized one - that i can bring to office)
A half cardigan
A new skirt
A new top
Containers to store my stuff in my room

Hee. Hope Gary is reading this..

I'm back (for now.....)

2007-12-16T13:56:00.000+08:00

I've nothing to write. at least, i'm not in thinking mode for now. This is because of a few things.

I haven't had coke for like two weeks (eh.. the without ice version)
I just ended a very tiring 4 weeks of work. Why is this more tiring than the last few months? This is so because I have to plan a performance for Xmas party for my office. The story goes: People in my office decided that Xmas party celebration in the mid of Dec would be fun and would have more people attending. However, this was (in my opinion) wishful thinking on their parts. Not that I do not support the idea, just that it could be improved. They said that the people in the office would be divided into 5 groups with each group being in charged of a theme -- they gave us 5 themes, ranging frm 1940s to 2000. There would be 3 parts to the competition, namely, Decor, Santa and Performance. So my group was in charged of the 1980s -- Mambo Jambo theme. The era of loud colours and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"-like songs. A lot of planning is needed, and a lot of support from my team mates are required to ensure success. Did I mentioned I was the group lead? Ya. So I'm very lucky to have a group of pretty supportive team mates (save for one, but as that is a nonetity, he's not worth a mention) and everything worked out fine. We lost to the first group by 1 point. But all agreed they deserved the win. Anyway, this sapped most of my energy.
Lastly, I'm have a very bad tummy these few days. Probably coz i've been working too many OTs and having dinners at 10pm everyday, and it's giving me some digestive system problems.

But anyway, the performance was great fun. My group had loads of fun, but to be honest, it is not something which i wanna do next year or anytime soon. I just need lots of rest and sleep. Not been sleep well too, because of my tummy problems. But hope everything works out soon. Yawn. I need to catch up on sleep BADLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh gosh... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........

I wanna buy a new flute too. but it is going to set me back by at least S$1k. I have to find ways to "give birth" to the money. ok lah. i can see steam coming out of my head from overworking it typing this blog. time to go rest...... zzz..............

Good news

2007-11-04T14:24:00.000+08:00

Gary came over yesterday. And we talked about all kinds of things. One of them is about this PSP that our brothers recently aquired.

He mentioned he wanted to get a PSP too. For us. And if i'm not wrong I have to be the one to do some "research" for it. Things like where to get the best bargain, the available colours (6 of them - black, ceramic white, pink, metallic blue, silver, and champagne gold - but they are not all available in Singapore though. Think the champaign gold version is not available here.. I'm not too sure.)

Well, since he said he'll buy one for us, I'll just have to patiently wait till the day he has the time to buy for us.

public transportation

2007-10-20T22:38:00.000+08:00

for the last few months i've been struggling on the CROWDED train! WTH......... typical singaporeans. it's just frustrating. out of curiosity, why don't people just move in when they board the stupid train....

When I was overseas, i never hear annoucements telling people to move in "to the centre of the car". Pretty funny right??? ah well.. just like that lo.

Actually i'm pretty tired to complain le la. I just wanna break in my new pink keyboard that's all.. and i got nothing better to say apart from what i see everyday.

Ok time for me to go to bed and rest. I got a pretty bad flu....

Courses I wanna take (if i have the time)

2007-10-12T09:50:00.000+08:00

I was surfing the People's Association website today. I am NOT using company's time to do that. In fact, my office is closed today and I am typing this bloggie in the comforts of my own home's computer area (the place where I put my computer.. duh...............).

Anyway, I saw a few courses which I would like to take IF i have the time. Here's the list:

Guzheng
Chinese Orchestra (where they allocate you the Chinese Orchestra instrument)
Japanese Drum
Piano (from Lowrey Music School)
Violin

Yep, all instruments. Haha. I haven't lost interest in music even though I lost that somewhat in Uni. I think the absence of certain person have allowed the revival of the interest in me. At least music is no longer commercialised as it was when I was in University. Kinda hate it when everything's about commercialisation, and making it to the publications, newspapers, etc. Doesn't help that I am very different from those people in the group. So I left the group in Year 3, after I stepped down from the committee. Enough's enough i think. But well, i want to pick it up again, though not in the same sense. Still hope that I can master the many many instruments. I love learning new instruments. Make me feel knowledgable,............ kekekekeke hahahahaha

Selamat Hari Raya peeps!

update?? update wat???

2007-09-30T12:57:00.000+08:00

i was told to update again.. update wat???

i dunno wat to write leh.... (after 5 mins of thinking).............. (another 5 min of thinking)... ok.. i think i know.. wahahahaha..

Gary just bought a new (well relatively new.. he got it a few weeks ago) game called Catan (the card game version). Let me give you a little insight to the game. It is a settlement development game. The aim is to get 12(base) or 13(expansion) victory points. For more details, refer to http://www1.freewebs.com/curry-pot/cardgaming2.htm --> Gary's webby.

Here's the score as of 30 Sep 07:

Base game: Candice (3) Gary (a big FAT 0)
Expansion: Candice (nil) Gary (2)

haha. I am so lousy at the expansion. Probably because I am really not sure how to use all the extra cards. haha.. but well.. at least he's good at something!!! heeheehee... wahahahahahah..

The cost of a good game (S$80), a good place to play in (S$4 - my travel expenses), the thrill of winning Gary again and again (PRICELESS!!!)

Gary ranks the games in his blog. But because he is so lousy at this game, I think his game score is really biased. So I shall provide a more objective ranking for THIS game in my blog too.

Time requirement: 8/10 (can take pretty long sometimes)
Ease of beating Gary (base game): 11/10 (i've never lost to his before)
Ease of beating Gary (expansion): 7/10 (i've never beaten him before.. but the score's getting closer.. so i'll beat him someday)
Replayability factor : 12/10 (I don't mind winning him all the time in something..)

wahahahaha..

My dreams (and Gary's nightmare)

2007-09-16T22:06:00.000+08:00

Gary asked me to update my blog. At first, I have no idea what to write. Then it all came to me.

Gary and I have a dream. To stay together. But then.. I have bigger dreams. I'll highlight it here. Openly for everyone to see. It'll be the worst day of Gary's life.

1. IF he were EVER to propose to me, I want it to be in a VERY crowded place (like in the middle of Orchard Road) or when we go see fireworks
2. I don't really want a very lavish ring or dinner, I just want something that is thoughtful and something that can remind me and us of this day.
3. Honeymoon need not be to Europe/ Australia/ Asia/ South Africa/ any exotic places. Just a nice cruise will do. One week or so should be enough.
4. I want my own place. A small 3-room will suffice. Because I like small cozy places. Big house will only magnify the emptiness of the place.
5. Though I know I dun have any control over the tiles, I want a brown-beige themed place. Like a chalet. This will give me a chance to imagine myself living in Banyan Tree all the time.

Hee. That's all I dream. Haha and I think Gary's scared. Why? If anyone who knows him wll enough will understand that he hates point 1.

Hee.

To Gary: You told me to write, I wrote. =P

My (Our??) future?

2007-08-26T12:11:00.000+08:00

Having been working for the last month and a half, it's only natural for me to think about this very important question -- "where next".

Let me take stock of my own life. I've got a family consisting of my mum, dad, sis, bro, grandparents and aunt. I've also got a boyfriend of 4 years (which isn't very long, though many would beg to differ). I've got a relatively good career (though i still keep messing up in my job regardless of how hard i try). So what now?

It looks as if I've got everything that many would like to have. It doesn't mean that I'm satisfied.. Much.. There's still something missing.

Round Gary came yesterday. We planned to have a day to ourselves only (which is getting rarer as the months pass). We're played Halli Galli (which I lost EVERY SINGLE ROUND) and Game of Life (I lost one -- by about $300k, and won one -- by about $600k). and we talked about a whole lot of things and us.

Well, about the us part. It was pretty hilarious. I told him a story about a Korean show I watched some time ago. And we had a laugh about it. Then I told him that if we were to be living together, then he had to "obey" certain "prohibitions". He asked what they were. And they were:

cannot go overseas without me (unless it's for business) -- he said "ok"
must let me know who he's meeting (especially if it's the opposite sex) -- he said "ok" too

cannot think of anything else, I started putting in conditions for staying together.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, it's his duty to wash the plates -- he said "he's having 2nd thoughts"

Funny right? I can restrict his personal life but cannot get him to participate in household chores. Haha. Well it's all a joke still.

Think about it, we're still young, and we still value our freedom (more me than him I guess). But as a female, I guess I still have dreams of how the proposal and the wedding could be conducted.

Haha. I still want my proposal to be a romantic one (though it's not going to be possible with our dear Gary being so un-romantic.. I can always hope that he'll change because of that special day right??). I also want my wedding to be superb-ly classy and nice. But of course, it's still early days. And I still won't give him any answer if he asks now. HAHAHA... because of financial and logistical issues (go figure that out yourselves)

Heeheehee.. So HINT TO GARY: just spoil me just this once k????

my graduation pictures..

2007-08-04T22:38:00.000+08:00

here are my pictures taken on my convocation (actually it's commencement) day and the day my friends and I went back to school to take. not really cam whoring la.. only took about a few pics (mine's around 60 or so la...).. hee.... enjoy bah.. unfortunately i dun have much choices in the song choice...i chose the one the i like best (of the whole lot la)....

commencement aint very much fun to be honest.... know why.. cos i fell asleep... can't believed the number of times i yawned throughout the 5 hours ceremony!! YES!!!!!!!! OMG!!! 5 hours!!!! lemme run you through the commencement ceremony.

first, we reported at 12.15pm in Suntec City; 1pm we entered into Hall 601 for the university wide ceremony. University wide ceremony took about 2hours with (lemme count) 4-5 speeches by guests and another 2 speeches by the Valedictorian (vaguely knew who she was) and then the Salutatorian (dunno who he is). The speeches are followed by the conferral of degrees by the deans.. my dean gave a very "WOW" speech.. well everyone went "wow" when she said it.. because she said she expecte to see us being future --> Senior Partners, CFOs, FCs, and whatever positions that garner the highest power in the finance world.. so people.. watch out for the SoA graduates.. we're graduating with LOADS of ambition.

At 3pm, we left Hall 601 to go to our respective room for our respective School's degree award ceremony. I fell asleep there too (after I took my degree scroll). hee.. but i had to sleep discreetly cos me in front row (my name starts with C you know.. so me in front).. hee. the whole thing ended at 5pm.. after that.. the photo taking sessions started. haha.

Then the week after we went back to school for photo taking sessions. and here are the results.. hee... I'VE GRADUATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!

i've shot for the moon and landed!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-18T12:34:00.000+08:00

hey all,

a harrowing week it has been last week. I've been actively job hunting... for accounts/ finance/ business development/ management trainee/ etc. I know it's a lot, seeing that i've no experience and all. this is like shooting for the moon.

but i've landed... i have found a job as an accounts executive................................ paying me quite a good salary (above my expected). i'm very excited now... YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

funny things i see in application forms

2007-07-16T22:50:00.000+08:00

i've been actively searching for jobs since i left the horror company.

and there is always a qn i have at the back of my mind:

"why do people ask for character references who have no relationship with you and yet state the word "relationship" in the character reference section?????"

so odd....................................................

???

2007-07-01T18:05:00.000+08:00

hmmm.. life's interesting eh. first i landed a job i'd love to hate, then i'm looking for a job that i might hate to love.

plus on top of that.. uncle goh has decided to join this singapore boardgamers' group. OMG. to be honest. i'm highly suspicious of these dodgy groups. i'd rather stay with a group i'm comfortable with. now he's going for this gathering. sigh. looks like he's out to meet new people and i'm still stuck with my current group.

that's odd.

miss him so.

2007-06-16T21:57:00.000+08:00

sigh.. after a long week of work, i have not closed any sales. and the thing is i am worried about my future. lucky my mentor told me that it is a common phenomenon. I am not that worried now. although there are a lot of surpressed anguish at the stuff i'm getting at work sometimes, i am lucky to have one guy in my life and that's (no surprise) Gary.

He's been around me all the time, comforting me, making me feel better although 90% of the time i am just spewing words after words of anger at the people i met for interviews and what they do to me.

i really miss having him around me all the time. stupid me got too used to his continuous presence in my life just before i started work. so guess what, it hurts thinking about him especially when i dun have work to distract me. tough but challenging first week, just the way i enjoyed it (i get bored when a job gets too boring). =)

i'm just very thankful for him being around. talking to me evening after evening. thank you for being a pillar of support when i really needed it. thanks. i do hope this job works for me as you said many many many times. =)

i don't usually do this on my blog. but then.. i really love you dear.. =D

phases of our lives

2007-06-09T23:24:00.000+08:00

seeing that the start of the next 40 years of my life is approaching.. i think it's a good idea to view my life in phases, so that life won't be too boring!

Phase 1: the Carefree years

From the time you are born till the time your parents decided to enrol you in childcare where they teach you how to read, write and sing song... (maybe 2-3 years)

Total = 2 to 3 years

Phase 2: the Mugging Phase
pre-school (if any) = 1-2yrs (??)
Nursery = 1 yr
Kindergarden = 2 yrs
Primary School = 6 yrs
Secondary School = 4-5yrs
JC or Poly = 2-3 yrs
University = 3-4 yrs
Masters = ?
Doctorate = ??

Total = 19yrs to as long as it takes to get your doctorate

Phase 3: Working

for as long as you work and longer. The retirement age now is 65 yrs.. Average life span is 77 yrs for a typical Singaporean (from http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/snippets/life.html). This meant that there is a gap of 8 yrs before we all "gua le". We take out the money in our CPF by 55 yrs. Most of us start work when we're around 20 yrs to 30 yrs old for both gender. this meant that we spend 35 to 45 yrs working our hearts out (PROVIDED we retire at 65).

but retirement do not necessarily mean not working any more in singapore terms. there are elderly still working till when they past retirement age. because they need to survive. suppose i assume that i OFFICIALLY stop working at 70yrs, the total number of years in phase 3 would be...

total = 40 to 50 years!!!!!!! OMG

Phase 4: Retirement years

after counting the number of years in phase 3, i'm no longer interested in counting for this phase.... boo

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so... i was wrong in the beginning of this post... the start of the next 40 to 50 (!!) years of my life is in 2 days time.... shitified....... so for those still studying.. if you think you are going through shit.. think again.. that shit you are going through is small case (less than half) as compared to what you are going to go through after you graduated.... so enjoy your studies while you STILL can... meanwhile.. i'll try to prepare myself for 40 to 50 years of waking up at 6am every morning and dragging my feet to work.. boo.....

Taiwan Pics

2007-06-02T13:20:00.000+08:00

Here are the pictures taken before, during and after the taipei trip

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Day 1

just before departing

lunch on board (looks deli no?)

Entrance to our room. Wer're tucked away in a corner (very cosy right?)

rooms are connected.. so nice

here's how the room looked like (very messy hor.. actually, this room is the neat one)

The MRT system of Taiwan (very complicated no?)

The MRT station near our hotel

This is their MRT card. Lotsa design (like old days yeah?)

dinner menu (in Shilin Night Market) --> please note the "hong shao chou dou fu"

"Hong shao chou dou fu" --> doesn't taste too bad. but smells horrid (all thanks to Peiru lo)

View outside hotel room

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Day 2

Us before setting our for our Day 2 program (the day that killed us)

Taipei City map in Japanese!!! The katakana reads as (Shi Di Ma Pu).. Most part of the city have signs in 3 languages (English, Chinese and Japanese). Proves that learning Japanese is useful.

esLite Cheng Pin Shu Dian (very big leh. so many books.. a lot of variety. though i cannot say much for their fiction section -- that's a little outdated)

Taipei 101 in the day

My breakfast Mister Donut, which is near Taipei 101 (the hotel breakfast ain't fantastic la)

The Living Mall. We took an hour to get their from Raohe Night Market (that's the walk that killed us. Our feet are aching like crazy)

it's 25 degrees that night.. amazing right.. they report the temperature on almost all tall buildings!!

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Day 3:

Early in the morning, after breakfast, we went to Taipei Main Station for our trip to Taichung

It's 27 degrees outside!!!!!

Us in the Station waiting for our train

Lookie what we saw in the station (i wondered who sat on it.. heehee)

This is the normal train travelling between cities

Ours is the semi-express train (that only stops at certain stations). Here's the interior (pretty eh?)

Me in the neat, clean train!!!

Cross junction near Fengjia Night Market (in Taichung)

Notice it's raining (we're more or less caught in the rain)

we came back victorious!!! so many things (see??)

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Day 4

Us in Longshansi Station

Having Caramelized Apple (it's very nice leh!!)

A whole display of caramelized apples!!!! hungry leh. and they are so cute.. too bad we can't buy it back for our family and friends!

An apple up close.. this apple probably doesn't help keeping doctors away bah...

Von and I outside the shop selling caramelized apples (waiting for Ser Yin and Peir to be done shopping...)

The famous Ah Zhong Mian Xian (no tables and chairs. Everyone stands and eat bowls and bowls of piping hot noodles)

Mango Ice (bought the wrong one). The ice in this bowl is too coarse (it should be snow ice type)

Interior of the shop that sells shaved ice

Gone crazy after eating shaved ice

Peiru's supposed to be smiling.. grrr

Ferris Wheel in Miramar (very high!!!!). Very scary

View outside our cabin (so nice right?) the cabin's pretty cosy leh.. only 4 of us. so unlike the up and coming Singapore Eye (seat 30 people)..

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Day 5

On the way to the Airport (5am in the morning - don't look like right?? very bright outside)

Me in the transport towards the airport

Our luggages (the check in limit = 80kg, our total check in weight = 59kg). unbelievable eh..

in the airport le.. on our way back le.. we're nearing the chek in counter

In the plane on our way back (sobs). I'm seating next to von!!

View out of my plane window (i got window seat) - cool eh.. hee... but thereafter i conked out for 4 hours out of the 4.5 hours flight.. i even skipped on board breaky... hee...

new wishlist

2007-05-31T02:15:00.000+08:00

i'm gg Paradigm Infinitum (PI) - this place that sells 另类 games - tomorrow. here's what i'm gg to be looking at.

1. Settlers of Catan Card Game (heard it's not as good as the board game. but since it's 2 players.. well.. only me and fatty gary playing.. i guess..........)
2. Saboteur
3. Pompeii (this waste time, mindless game. i loved the idea of throwing screaming pawns into the volcano.. *evil laughter*)
4. and many more which i can't recall @ 2.25am in the morning.. i better go sleep soon..............

me ASOC day dinner pics (sorrie ah took so long to upload)

2007-05-30T20:12:00.000+08:00

it's not a lot la. most of my pictures are with xj, yanling and nic. hee... very boring if i keep putting up the pictures of the same few people.. so i presented a few only lo.. hee..

this is before we went into dinner (from left: xj, yan ling & yours truly)

I kinda like this photo (especially the background).. and it makes me look thin.. hee..

together with eugenia and alicia. mates from ASOC (obviously). we took a few classes together. but didn't really talk till we met in IT & the law class (last term - i think!)

here's the group that braved strategy and basic jap with me!!

i didn't really enjoy uni life in the beginning cos i haven't really found people who share the same interests (e.g. idol dramas, chinese pop). but by and by, i was lucky enough to meet up with more people through various activities. after meeting these people, i really really had a fun time. had fun bitching and slamming stupid rubbishy profs. hee.. you guys made my uni life worth looking back upon. heehee...

to those that are not "featured" here - there are actually a lot of others not in here, i'm really sorry i didn't take photo with you (maybe cos i left dinner early or u didn't turn up!!). even though you can't get to show your lovely face here, you guys still made my time in uni worthwhile. hee..

games i want!!

2007-05-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

been addicted to card games (whilst gary is onz about boardgames).. went over to fatty gary's place today to play games with both him and his bro.

played 6 nimmit or take 6! pretty fun.. pretty waste time.. and then we played some history game (in which Gary and I failed pretty badly - obviously we're v lousy in American history). since we didn't do well in it, i didn't bother remembering the name!!! heeheehee..

Gary introduced me to this boardgamegeeks.com webby that is a forum (sort of) for people to post some reviews about games as well as rank games. they are not very good in card games though.. but then again 见仁见智 la. i do not think some of the "high ranking" cards are good, but people find it fun.. anyway maybe because i never play them before so i wouldn't know..

but after looking through the games, i kinda know what i am aiming for (at least, what i'm going to be buying.. hee.. hope they are cheap - less than $30 la).

here's the list:

1. saboteur (really fun!!)
2. first hand or hands up! (good for a break in between)
3. sequence (can play when we dun have long afternoon breaks)
4. sleeping queens (for 无聊的时候)
5. settlers - either the card game or the other version (planning to share with Gary la)

if i don't share with him, he'll probably blow his whole allowance on board games.

commencement (or what is commonly known as Convocation).. snore.........

2007-05-23T01:48:00.000+08:00

oh gosh.. it's time for me to think about the dreaded convocation (actually it's known as Commencement in my school.. we're different...........). i dunno if i wanna go.. honestly.. my grades stand at a pathetic 2.95!!! OMG! my last term grades are not good enough to wipe out the double Cs i got some time earlier (i dunno when). i'm not sure............................ how how how how how how how... who to advise me!

I"M BACK

2007-05-21T16:14:00.000+08:00

i'm back from my taiwan trip. instead of going on a foodie journey, i went on a shopping trip! man it's darn tiring. here's what happened..

Day 1:
arrived @ taoyuan airport --> took cab to hotel (internal transfer did not happen) --> settle down --> went to shilin via MRT --> had smelly tofu (all peiru's fault!!) --> shopping (forgot what i bought) --> went back to hotel @about 12 something --> shower --> sleep

Day 2 (the day that almost killed us):
woke up @ 6:30am (seryin woke up first so i took the chance to sleep in hahahaha) --> had breakfast @ hotel restaurant (disappointing food.. YUCK!) --> took train to taipei city hall station (to taipei 101 area for shopping) --> took train to houshanpi station (to wufenpu for shopping obviously) --> then over to raohe night market (forgot how we went there) --> then over to living mall (got lost along the way --> walked for an hour plus --> aching feet) --> took bus back to ximen station (walked somemore --> can't resist it!!!) --> took train back to hotel (in longshansi) --> walked back to hotel --> reached hotel @ 12 plus i think --> shower --> chit chat --> sleep

Day 3:
woke up @ 6:30am --> had horrible breakfast in horrible hotel restaurant --> left hotel @ 9 something or 10 to Taipei main station --> caught the train to Taichung (left Taipei main station @ 10:55) --> started walking around in Taichung (Di yi guang chang --> Ji guang shopping area) --> caught bus to feng jia night market (caught in the rain!!!) --> caught 21:43 train to Taipei (reached Taipei @ 12:04 sharp) --> took train back to Longshansi station (laden with shopping!!! so many cabs stopped along the way for us -- so nice) --> reached hotel @ 1 something --> shower --> chit chat --> slept @ 3am

Day 4:
woke up @ 6:30am --> had horrible breakfast in horrible hotel restaurant again (we wanna maximise the free breakfast) --> left hotel @ 10 something to Ximen station --> rain and wind was v strong so we cancelled plans to go to Danshui (Fisherman's Wharf) --> went to Miramar instead (Very cold) --> nothing much to buy (cos v ex) --> spent money on ferris wheel ride (very high very scary) --> went back hotel @ 9pm --> started packing up for the trip back --> fell asleep when i was trying to stay awake (that's how tired i was)

Day 5:
woke up @ 4am --> trying to stay awake (very hard) --> my eyes are closing --> internal transfer actually came @ 4 something!! (so proud of them) --> uncle was speeding us to the airport (reached the airport @ 5 something am) --> queue was darn long (feel asleep while queuing.. yawn!!!!!!) --> boarded the plane @ 7:10am (fell asleep soon after take off) --> didn't really eat breakfast (didn't have the appetite --> very tired) --> fell asleep all the way till around half an hour before landing (the flight's about 4 and a half hours) --> went lunch with family and Gary --> went to bed

That's how the whole trip went. was fun.. loads of funny things happened.. i was constantly nagging at the girls.. i was no good example too la.. half the time i was dozing off or in my own world. as always.. or i'm sometimes too slow to catch up on what was said.. haha.. but then again.. i had a fun 5 days with them and now i really miss their voices and their nonsense.. haha.. but i'm also glad to be back with my family and Gary. so happy to see him there at the airport with my family. glad that they are getting along.. hee.. anyway.. i'm very tired now despite having slept for more than 12 hours... my mum made me noodles @ 10sthg yesterday night so that i would not have to suffer gastric. hee.. but the thing is.. i am suffering from gastric.. and she talked about installing a TV in my room!! yeah!! but got tv no dvd player la.. so boring!!!! argh.. anyway.. i should go back to sleep le!! snore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

few hours before take off

2007-05-16T12:20:00.000+08:00

i'm in the airport now. using the free internet access with only 13:25 time remaining to the access. my gate is D40 - and it opens at 12.10pm. it's 12.20pm now though. haha. boarding is supposed to be @ 12.10 la. but then again.. who cares....

everything's checked in and all i need to do is to put my fatty butt in the plane. and all my meinus men are next to me playing with the computer too!!! haha.. dun rush me! i know when gary sees this he'll flip! i should be in the gate now. but then again.. haha.. the lure of the internet is too huge.. i lurve having internet access it's like being connected to the world. heehee...

anyway, i'm going off soon on my foody journey in taipei. haha.. and i'm NOT sitting next to talkactive seryin who will talk my ear off during the 4 over hours plane journey... heng ah!!!!!!!!!!

i lurve the key board man.. feels like i'm really typing.. wahahahahaha

k la. i have 9.48 min left to my internet time. heeheehee... better go.. will be updating pictures next time! see ya when i get back!!! woohoo!!!

day before trip

2007-05-15T22:57:00.000+08:00

hey hey... the start of my taiwan trip is coming.. yeah!!! i'm so so happy.. finally get to go see taipei.. been seeing it on tv so often that i'm so tempted to go see what is there.. woohoo... but it's 5 days of food and more food and shopping... although i'm leaving Gary behind la. but lookie this way, it's only 5 days.. time to be a total camera whore!!!!!!!!!! woohoo!!!!!!!!!!

so upsetting

2007-05-15T00:05:00.000+08:00

i'm leaving for taiwan in 2 days time... well actually.. tmr (it's 00:06, 15 june 2007 and i'm leaving on 16 june 2007).

and guess what.. while i'm busy waking up and trying to drag tang ser yin (my jc friend who is known for her perennial lateness) from yishun (i stay in sembawang - about 5 to 10 min bus ride from her place) to changi airport, dear gary has a meeting... when i say that message.. i can only smile and say... "ok". what else? say cannot ah... force him to stay home in confinement?? haha.. nah la. but can't help feeling a little sian though.. thinking that he might not be contactable for a few hours before i leave singapore..

actually it's not like i'm leaving for 1 year or sthg.. it's just 5 days.. but still.. he never fails to be the last one to say gd bye to me even for a 2D1N trip to KL. just that i kinda suspect he won't be doing that now.. feels a little empty.. kong xu.. ya know?

ah well.. 5 days of touring lovely taiwan and 5 days of stuffing face in food food food food.. and of cos the shopping.. *big grinz*

just wanna write down my confused thoughts. hee..

i'm looking for a game...

2007-05-10T22:50:00.000+08:00

anyone who's reading this post.. i'm asking for 2 favours... i'm preparing a surprise for a friend of mine.. so any friend who came across this entry please do two things:

sms me asap
my request will be in the reply msg (when u see it, please help me ask around k k???)

thank you thank you.. domo arigato gozaimasu.. xie xie..

gary's blog

2007-05-09T23:13:00.000+08:00

gary has a BLOG...

http://curry-pot.blogspot.com/

go read the first post.. i didn't make it past the first post... so loooooooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg

i'm going to trash Gary @ game of life again!! last few time so suay. kena low low salary.. and then cannot make enough... sad...................................

boardgames!! boardgames!! boardgames!!!!

2007-05-09T22:52:00.000+08:00

i've failed to defend camelot... ARGH!!!

i went to this game shop with Gary.. i have no idea what the name of the shop is. anyway it's in midpoint orchard. we boardgame fanatics went to that shop to track down hard to find boardgames. heehee.. bought this funky game called "shadows over camelot". i kept calling it:

shadows of camelot
shadows of lancelot (wondered where that came about.........)

anyway it's some cooperative game... brief overview, if anyone is interested, can be seen here:

http://www.shadowsovercamelot.com/

pretty interesting la. hee. we played against the game basically. so hard man.. played 3 rounds with gary and my brother. and we lost camelot twice. so sad!!! anyway, we'll try harder next time.

that place where we went has this huge collection of dice!! OMG!!! it's so cute! i love dice.. it started when i was watching shuang tian zhi zun, the part where hundreds (it's local production.. i doubt there would be thousands used) of transparent dice fell from the steps... OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH it's such a nice scene and that got me interested in dice.. they have 6-, 8-, 20-sided dice (there are more, just that i don't remember).

anyway that's all for now. pretty boring, yes. cuz i've been doing absolutely nothing but watching tv, shopping and sleeping all day. this is the life...... ah.................................

2007-04-16T23:37:00.000+08:00

here's an overview of the last few days of my study life. The Last 3 days, and the day before the exams.

here's what i've brought to school on the last day of school. because of 2 open book exams. my bag was super heavy... boohoo... and i got stupid migraine throughout both papers.. boo... and i blame the bag... stupid bag is so heavy.. give me headache... boo...

first few hours of "graduation"

2007-04-16T16:35:00.000+08:00

these are the things i've done:

saturday:

went ps and bought "full house" dvd.
went home. watched disc one of the abovementioned dvd
sleep...

Sunday:

woke up at 1pm for Sunday
had lunch, finished watching dvd @ 2am
sleep...

Monday:

did nothing but sleep and write this no good silly blog

cuz Gary's too busy.. still... only saw him on Friday and Saturday.. good lo.. next time when i start work dun have to meet up le.. v good.

rubbishy rubbish

2007-04-12T22:33:00.000+08:00

OMG! took my FIRST PAPER of the term today................ i dunno what to say about this paper... it's totally totally not easy................ 5 qns in 2 hours... approximately 20 min a qn... the remaining 20min is trying to get over the shock..

the first qn... i took 40min.. because i have to define and define and define.... after the first qn... i was going... "shit..............".. then didn't dare look at the clock while i attempt to rush through the other 4 qns... THANK GOODNESS for a slack prof... and of course prof's who still remember the days they sat for exams... i'll tell u why now...

my exam paper is in this format:
Part A - 3 qns on Free Trade Agreements
Part B - 2 qns on International Arbitration Act

first qn of free trade agreement is tough.. seriously... tough... it's the one i took 40 min to answer... 2nd qn was a "follow up" (if i don't remember wrongly) so this took 20min exactly... 3rd qn........ i can only say............. i'm so so so relieved.... it's a 5 part qn. but it's a yes/no type. i still remember the requirement of the quesion.

"Explain BRIEFLY your answer"

it's so cool. i took his words literally.. i explained it briefly.. well.. it took 1 and a half pages for the 5 part qn.. pretty short huh... took me 15 min to write it... total time used: 75min out of 120min..

Part B: (time left: 45min)

first qn... not easy.. i basically have to reread the qn again and again.. pretty confused. so i took another look at the qn.. and then at the case that is similar to the qn and then at the International Arbitration Act. and then... DING DING DING DING!! jackpot.. know what to write le... then write write write write write.. what would claimant say, what would respondent say, what would court say... this one took another 30 min..

2nd qn (15min left)... i almost burst out laughing... he gave us an outline...

"Present your answer in an OUTLINE format..." then he gave us this format:

XXX's argument
YYY's argument
XXX's reply
courts' reply with reasons.

i answered according to this lo.. it's basically asking if arbitration is needed... this took... 14min.. i counted... i look at my watch... honestly.. then i slowed down my writing. so the last qn is exceptionally neat.. i'm serious... v v v neat... got underline the subheadings one... pro ah!!!

then the rest of the time.. i'm reading through the answers and beyeoing the prof, seeing when he'll tell us to stop writing... he gave us half a min extra (or so i think) before calling time's up.. which is fine by me... i've finished checking...

i honestly do not know how this will turn out... i just hope i won't do too badly... i just think i won't do well for qn4.. i'm afraid i'll not do well for the other qns too.. this happened before leh.. but when i was eavesdropping the discussions of the other people... they also wrote what i wrote.. so i'm not sure.. really not sure.... hope i can do well.. a B or B+ would be nice. though it's no help to my GPA.. seeing that it's only one module.. i think the other modules will suck.. especially democracy.. i'm aiming an average of C for that.. THAT's how bad it is.. and there goes my GPA.. no more merit leh... will probably get just bachelor... sigh................................. but at least i've graduated.. i'm not getting too bad a degree. it's still a degree..

GARY GOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-04-12T10:24:00.000+08:00

URGH that idiot!!!! you know what... he said he'll wait for me in school today... good great gesture....... but then he's got a paper tmr.. so i told him not to wait lor... but he said the gsr is booked le.. i still think he's better suited studying at home.. why risk democracy grades for me... then after that he asked me why i want him to stay at home. well obvious reason right? study lo..... i dun want him to grumble that the school network sucks.. or whatever or that someone knocked on the door or keeps complaining that he prefers studying at home.. it'll just make me feel guilty...

then he went to bed.. ignored my sms-es.... he usually told me he's going to school especally if the paper is a morning paper.... but then.. this morning he ignored me again.. i dunno if i wanna wait for him @ admin block to meet him for lunch.. but i scared he's got a lunch date le.. cuz he and his econs gals are pretty good friends.. i'm pretty sure they'll be together having lunch @ the coffeeshop next to admin... ARGH!!!!!!!! can he not do this to me?? especially during a time when i'm approaching an upsetting period for the month.... so totally fed up!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH.....................

words starting to look like wriggly worms

2007-04-11T16:09:00.000+08:00

my exams are starting on Thursday (3rd last day of the exam week) and ending on Saturday (Last day of exam week)... I've been studying for almost 14days... ALMOST.. for 4 papers. and while i was reading my Law and International Business notes (my first paper... which starts at 5pm tomorrow... YES 5PM!!!!!!!!!!!) today... the words looked like wriggly worms... man. i must be either super tired... or my eyes are gg crazy... or maybe it's time for me to change my glasses... i just did!!!!!!! i went to the optician today!! i've got nice pink glasses!!!!!!!!! wahahahahaha... so going to show it off soon. hehe..

anyway... it's back to the wriggly-wormy notes again.. enough crapping............. blehz.. wish me luck for the weird paper.. and the paper after (which is DEMOCRACY.. the killer paper...) and the papers after (STRATEGY.. to quote caryn: "sucky strategy".... and Environmental science.. to quote Gary: "captain planet" module.. i really learnt to save the planet!!! REALLY... it's about environmental damage humans have been doing to the earth since ehms.... we existed... like contributing to carbon dioxide.. oil spills... i must really go find the captain planet song and load onto this blog...)

by the way.. does anyone know how to password protect a blog entry????????????????

how to handle exams!

2007-04-09T22:42:00.000+08:00

while attempting to cheer up my depressed boyfriend from pre-exam stress... i came up with "how to handle exams"

DID YOU... attempt to tear up the exam paper because you do not understand a word of it? - DO NOT DO THAT!!!!!!!!!! Just finish the darn paper and get it over with.. What impact does a few words (... well maybe a few pages or booklets--for those who are super man and woman who love regurgitating stuff from the textbook) have on your life? NOTHING! maybe you will lose some pen ink in the process. but it's just pen ink! so finish the exam paper...
DID YOU... want to slap the person sitting next to you or opposite you or in a position (where he can see you face) for looking so smug because he/ she seems to know ALL the answers and is smug-gingly putting up his hands to ask for more booklets??? - DO NOT DO THAT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No point getting ur hands dirty right????? People pretend to be smart only... People pretend to be smart........
DID YOU... also want to slap the prof for setting the aforementioned paper? DO NOT DO THAT THREE!!!!!!!!!!!! Because also no point getting your hands and, eventually, your paper dirty because of a few funny people right???
FINALLY... do Points 2 and 3 after the paper. you won't be seeing them again any way! How did I do it? If stares could kill, it'll be one messed up scene in front of my exam rooms wherever they are.... *evil laughter*

"Dangerous eyes" Candice signing out... *evil laughter fades away*

counting down to the days of freedom

2007-04-08T13:20:00.000+08:00

hey hey... in another (lemme count).... 6 more days... i'll be free!!!!! free from exams i mean... then it's another 2 months plus to the real world (ya ya.. me starting work in june.. bah.. there goes my free days)...

i'm supposed to be studying environmental science (this "captain planet" module, as gary used to call it)... but then... "Japan Hour" is on... I'm so addicted to "Japan Hour"... the show features the sights, sounds, and hotels in various parts of Japan. almost ever episode has this hot spring or bath attached.... so cool manz... i wanna go!!!! xingjuan is so lucky to be able to go Japan this may... this woman ah... hen heng ah... but then her's is the budget budget type so won't get to enjoy all the fabulous hotels we see on Japan Hour... but still.. when i have the money... i'm going there.. and no one is going to stop me.. (well except for Gary I guess.. but nevermind... i'll ask my friends to go with me instead... blehz. who cares about Gary and his introverted-ness.... ehms. actually me la. but then again... my world travels got nothing to do with that anyway... ah whatever).. i wanna "pao wen quan"!!!! (heh. a bit out of point horz)

i'll miss my friends in school.. we've got loads of photos.. but not on my phone.... whoever's holding on to my pictures pass to me soon k???? i know my face v lovely but then i also wanna have the pics lehs... lol!!!! for those who doesn't know... my group of friends are cam-whores.. they spend time taking photos of themselves... so most of their blogs consist of photos with their faces in them.. i mean.......... of cos la. it's their blog ma... tt's neither here nor there... anyway... i want my photos. for those who are reading this blog. eh send to me the photos ah! hehehe..

ok it's time for me to start mugging le... exams starting in 3 days time.. boo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to quote gary: "i hope for the day exams would be abolished"

Strategy so difficult

2007-03-25T04:03:00.000+08:00

i got tis bank for strategy. i need to do pest and porters' 5 forces. OMG so diffcult. i've learnt nothing. how cum so difficult. why can't i just do something that is easy - like my friend's one (Zara). I wanna do Mango then. but then again, my original plan was to do Genting or Banyan. piangs. Do bank. sians sias.

While doing porter's 5 (customer bargaining, supplier's bargaining, internal rivalry, substitutes and threat of new entrants), i have no idea what is suppliers for banks. i'm not too sure about internal rivalry (got 5 local banks and 106 foreign banks in singapore - that bank of mine falls unders foreign banks - but then again local banks are broken up into many many different sections and there are 6 banks in the qualifying full banks sector - so that bank of mine falls under this sector? or does it fall under the foreign banks as a whole? hmm??). what are substitutes to depositing? (investment), what are customers? (depositors? or lenders? or investors? who?), new entrants? (got such threat from the other 102 banks? - how to find info?) oh my goodness... so fed up. grr... i so wanna fall asleep. it's 4am now. i wanna go sleep now.

and one last msg to all ya guys -- dun do banks for ur biz analysis.. think u just qi si zi ji for no good reason. fed up...... ARGH. cannot focus le la. i'm gg to bed. tmr will be a better day.. or should i say today will be a better day. let's hope i got good post to post up soon. actually got good post la. i'll post it up tmr or when i'm freer... hee.

hmm... contradiction

2007-03-21T18:09:00.000+08:00

Here's something I got from my democracy presentation (remember the one which i spent about 4 to 5 nights trying to understand??).

Looks as human rights;
Good bills are protecting human rights;
Welfare organizations:
Good electoral laws ensure accountability; coherence is important

Strong points:
Good voice projection; good eye contact and hand movement; natural and engaging (but see the downside to this below)

The be improved on:
In terms of fluency, try to finish your sentences; If necessary, make your sentences shorter and easier; avoid expressions like ‘you get what I mean’, etc, which help to connect but do not relate to the argument / analysis;
Singlish-isms – whether okay or not depends on the audience; on the one hand, it allows you to connect in a better way with the audience; on the other hand, and depending on the occasion and audience, it may not be the right thing to do;
Look more interested in the Q&A (i.e. look up)

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My aim was to make a boring till can cry blood type topic interesting. but then again, i get this shit from my shit prof about my shit presentation. I SEE NOW. he wants a boring till can cry tears presentation. anyway. i honestly dun like this prof's teaching style. he's a nice person but then a lousy teacher.

anyway, what sort of constructive feedback is this? ok admit. Singlish may be wrong. but then again... er... think the audience is pretty okay what... whatever la. grr... dun like this sort of not here nor there type of commnt. u realised he also notices if you have eye contact or not. so please please when presenting have eye contact with the audience (at least with the prof). bah... lousy tiring fed up irritated waste tme. i am going to go see a doctor today. stupid. before, during and after the presentation i've been having a bad tummy ache, i've not been sleeping well, and i got constant headache..

fed up.

what i've been doing lately

2007-03-19T00:48:00.000+08:00

"I can do it". this is the phrase that keeps me going.

I've got quite a few things to do:

1 revised democracy individual report
1 democracy report to edit
1 democracy powerpoint
1 environmental science powerpoint
1 jap quiz

5 things (at least that's about all i can remember). pretty little la. easy peasy. can relax now... YEAH!!!! at least for now......

last few nights i've been sleeping at 4am. now i can sleep at 2am. YES! what a big change. honestly... =) now just waiting for some stuff to be settled with Gary because it needs to be done pretty quickly (actually settling the powerpoint slides)

after that i can fall asleep soundly after doing some yoga. YES i do yoga. it's about the only exercise i can do now (given my time). but then it doesn't matter. at least i'm getting some exercise. =)

watching a new show now. called "jia you jin shun" - korean show. pretty cute (although i practically cried my way through the first half cuz the female lead has a very sad start in the story). but half way through the show, the interaction between the male and female lead is very interesting. but then apart from the funny scenes between the male and female lead, the other scenes are just sad and crying type. so i'm really looking forward to watching how things happen between the two. =) and i also kinda like the interaction between the female lead and her brother-in-law. i only started being addicted to the show at around the 20th episode. actually it's because i want to know what will happen between the male and female lead (my gossipy alter ego creeping out). it's a long story la. go watch it.

Well this gives me something to do during my holidays. i've got another few more parts to watch. each part has 10 discs, and each disc has 4 episodes. there are 3 parts altogether. haven't opened up all the other parts so i'm not sure if there are 10 discs in all.

well. just go watch it so that i got some people to bitch with (just like hana kimi - my jap pals are all watching the show so it's pretty nice to talk to them about it). hee.............

the reason why i'm so addicted to drama it's because Gary's so busy. every week Gary has tons and tons of work to do. so he doesn't really have the time for me. so i hang out with my friends and watch dramas!!!!!!!! hee.... yea! that's what you should do when your boyfriend is so busy with stuff...... =P and well.. Gary's fine with it anyway. so i can carry on with my daily activity (watching stacks and stacks of drama while settling work in front of the TV). but of cos, i'll listen to him with regards to loads of stuff (e.g. when i should be sleeping, wat i should be eating, and what i should be spending my allowance on). keke.... well.. occasionally should listen to my "elder's" advice..

hey hey hey. me got jap name...

2007-03-16T17:21:00.000+08:00

hey guys, after 11 weeks of jap class i've got a jap name. OH SO COOL.... it's directly translated from my english and chinese name. But my english one sounds weird.. the chinese one is weird too.

English (from candice): Kyandisu
Chinese (from Hui Ting): Keitei

lol... i like the spelling of Keitei.. sounds jap (i mean obviously la. cuz it's jap class.. what am i talking about). I wanna be known as Keitei......... keke... nice name horz.... ok la. i'm so zi lian her... But still. exciting wat. after 23 years, i finally got a name of a different language. Please dun call me kyandisu.. it sounds really funny. Keitei sounds so much nicer. don't you think??????

ah....... relieved

2007-03-15T14:35:00.000+08:00

finally i've finished my democracy final project - both presentation slides and report. BEST. I finished it at 4am. yawn i'm so so sleepy. and then i woke up at 1am (that's almost 9 hours of sleep). good right? yawn. so relieved now that i've gotten that monster project out of the way.

spent so much time doing that stupid project that i've no time to do others. so now i'm taking 15 min out to vent here. hee.. got strategy final project (MAS website is so good for researching on banks), environmental science project (focus on overfishing). worked so hard last night, i'm nursing a mild flu now. i want to crawl under the duvet and sleep the day away.

hey hey.. i'm watching this show called jia you jin shun... pretty nice. but then again it's a draggy korean show... the first few episodes are pretty interesting but the middle is really really draggy........ so wanna give up watching. should i should i? haha. but that will give me something to do during the holidays.

oh ya. then today (a sunny afternoon) i saw this family enjoying themselves in the pool. they walking around in their swimsuits. so hilarious. so not shy one... hahahahaha... ok i'm not going to laugh at people half naked. heehee.... giggle... lol. lol....... especially since they walking around in swimsuits and then u see the butts shake shake shake shake... i must stop laughing at people.....

Lookie what my retarded democracy prof wrote about my report

2007-03-14T01:23:00.001+08:00

Hi all, received some stuff about my democracy (the subject i totally abhor now because of the retarded prof) individual report. here's what he said i could improve on and following that is what i think he should have changed.

Scope for improvement: The introduction needs to be clearer with regard to the sections that will follow, and hint at the conclusion (so i have to give an overview - when i've already given an abstract - and anyway, biz sch taught me how to write in a simple way, not the complicated social science way). The conclusion should (very) briefly recap the argument (which, in turn, should answer the initial question), which would also mean to briefly revisit the argument why it is relatively easy to attain democracy (i did do this. he just dun understand my freaking writing. i wrote in typical business/ accountancy student way. i used 2700 words to fucking explain my points, still he wants some more explanation. he's a fucking teacher) (okay, the leading party can enforce it – but can it enforce socio-economic development or the size and political orientation of the middle classes?) - whatever this meant;

Main part: try to link the various sub-parts closer together instead of keeping them as isolated analytical blocks (basically write in a long winded fecking way that he'll understand and i don't - so basically reconnect everything! What the fuck! i've got 2 reports and 2 presentations, not forgetting 4 other modules to study for. I'm not doing his own fecking module only okay!) (one way of doing this would be to get rid of the subheadings, but even by keeping them, you can use connecting words to link up the various parts); e.g. on page 4 (large middle class), you could link this up to the previous point: However, according to Huntington, it is not just economic development that is generally tied closely to democratization, but economic development also leads to a stronger middle class that would, often, push for democracy.

Thailand Case Study: Is this part of Part B, or does it form Part C? The most important point here is that quite a few of your facts in the Thailand part are inaccurate and not substantiated by reference to the literature. (he gave me the link to the thailand website which reported till 1973. my reference was until 2007 and THEN they did mention that the monarchy had power - anyway, he's a fucking teacher who can't teach.)

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ok. with that out of the way. i wanna make my annoucement. i'm not gg to appear for class after week 12. for what.. every time i fall asleep during is class. i've learnt more from the readings than from him. he demanded 10,000 things from us - participation, readings, group work, impromptu presentations and half the time he's not even listening. then he'll keep asking and asking. i'm beginning to not believe in the existence of the fecking democracy. because i did not learn a shit about it since this course started. i've ren for 12 weeks. my patience and good will towards this fucking teacher is thinning big time. today i wanted to just scream at him and tell him to just FUCK OFF! apologies for the profanities used so liberally in this blog but in all honesty, i can't express my frustrations more "appropriately". saying i'm angry is a GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. saying i'm upset is ALSO A GROSS UNDERSTATEMENT. saying i'm frustrated is TOO LIGHT a word to used. i hate these teachers. they are so FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! how cum my school is employing all the F-ed up teachers??? this teacher is one, the freaking strategy teacher is also like that. the gd profs are my Advanced financial accounting, Advanced management accounting, Advanced audit profs, ALL MY LAW PROFS, my finishing touch instructor (she saved my life big time - taught me how to survive interviews and how to dress and what to say. i got her to thank for assisting me in getting my job), AND MY BASIC JAP PROF. she's just so mega cute. i'm so in love with her... hate the rest - they all suck big time! full of knowledge no doubt, but can't teach, destroyed my interests and shredded my hopes for a decent grade and i learnt nothing in the fucking process. Wasted my mornings and afternoons listening to all these idiots speak. this Democracy prof is one of the BIGGEST IDIOTS i've met. hate him, hate the school. can't wait to get out. the thing i'll probably miss is talking to all my fav profs and of cos the ability to go home early (but go home and study la).

i can't wait to get out!! GET ME OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE!

rubbishy mail i received today

2007-03-13T00:18:00.000+08:00

hi all,

received this email today (see pic) and i was so shocked!!!

read the mail! i got a quiz tmr and i am only notified today @ 1.30pm. I mean show some respect please. OMG. so pissed off. Like i am only taking this module. Plase i got other stuff to worry about okay! this is not the only thing hor. angry ah! but then again, this is life lo. sucks. Was wondering what's up with these people. too much time, so no where to spend. must be... that's why come u with some funky stuff to torture us.

then again. i dun care la. can't wait to get out of sch so that i can finally sleep before 1am. last few nights been sleeping @ 2 or 3 am leh. starting to take a toll on my concentration in class.

JIA YOU JIA YOU! 4 more weeks to the end of my schooling life. No more facing bitchy classmates and taking mounds of stuff back home to do. No more sleeping at 3 or 4 am every day and getting only 2 hours of rest.

But it's 3 more months to facing office politics (usually all offices would have), toiling 10 to 12 hours a day, earning small sums of money to ensure that there is a roof over my head and food in my stomach, wondering about my future (where am i going to go from here at 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, till i die), facing a whole load of questions being bombarded ("so when are u getting married?", "when's your first kid?"), feeling unsure about myself, my life, my relationship, my family and my friends. hoping to go back to study, but dread the long and tedious nights.

Life's so fun, it makes me wanna cry!

Saw Symphonians Today

2007-03-12T01:25:00.000+08:00

Hey all,

For now, i dun have the pics. So cannot show anything yet. but i went for a concert today. it's symphonia's annual concert. Eh i was once a symphonian okay. just tat i nv found time to go back and anyway, i dun wanna be under that conductor. he's scary.

caught up with my flute people (yes i play the flute. many pple will laugh i know.. but i really play the flute). really fun. saw all the symphonians again. like back in band. really missed the time when we're together having fun making music. I like the making music part not the socialising part. Not that i dun like to socialise just that sometimes i prefer to just go home after band. but then like v bad like that. but then again. i felt kinda out of place sometimes cuz they all different topics. keke. ah well we're all still friends. just i prefer to keep quiet sometimes.. occasionally putting in some bitchy comments here and there.

really missed my time there. if it's nt for my studies and failure to manage time properly i would have stayed on. but anyway, half the time i'm getting "suan-ed" for poor skills. i really de-motivated to go back. but anyway, still missed the times when we all slogged hard (during camp, during rehearsals) for a good performance. had fun had tempers had grumbles had bitching. was fun la. that was one of my best times in uni. really missed them and really wanted to go back. but wanna think some more before gg la. even then might not wanna go back with my (as Serah always said) out of tune playing and spoil their winning streak. they are doing very well know.

Symphonia... Well done on ur annual concert... You've done all symphonians, past and present proud... carry on working hard. you'll do fine... =) congratulations on a good performance...

Messed Up School System

2007-03-10T13:30:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, I'm in school on a Saturday after finishing my Democracy meeting. Don't get my wrong. Me Accountancy major not Political Science major, I'm taking Democracy for elective (because I cannot find other good and slack elective).

Dear Gary booked a study room for me to study after the meeting today. But guess what, near the room there is this event going on and the tables in that study room was missing. No prices for guessing where it went to. Oh my goodness. It's always like that. It's so messed up. I was wondering, don't they have tables in those event rooms where they can use instead of using tables from the students' study rooms? So Gary has wasted 4 hrs of his booking quota for this. So champion........

Any way, the school administration is always like that. Take first put back later. But not so for our money. Funny thing is they take thousands and thousands from us a year, and then we get, messed up school network (everyone knows this), administrators who usually are unable to answer our questions (especially with regards to graduation questions), administrators who "pao toh" us for not turning up at designated events to deans (for them to deal with us), and (this is a classic) profs who told us we are products of the system.

The last point is pretty interesting. The long and short of it is, we pay to be products. Education is one WEIRD industry. The products of the education system are students. The paying customers of the products are also students. Don't make sense? Our school fees pay for our tuition fees, we pay miscellaneous fees for a load of stuff (to make us better "products") essentially we are more or less a "source of revenue" for the school, but we are treated not as "paying customers" but "products" that needs to be changed for the better of society. I can't believe i'm paying for this. So heartache. Thousands of dollars spend and we get "bullied" but administrators, and scolded by teachers and profs, pressured when we're not doing well (the recent debate on the dropping of low scoring subjects). And we spend all these money. for these. So interesting.

We benefit from the knowledge learnt. But we also get a lot of shit along the way. OH MAN. Life is just funny that way..........

long day. so relieved it's over

2007-03-09T19:29:00.000+08:00

ok that's it. i've sealed my fate on the 9/3/07 at 3.30pm (i don't know the exact time la, think i clock watcher meh). I've signed a contract that is so complicated i almost fainted. it is 5 pages long. 5 whole pages long. I'm now bound by the clauses of the contract so a lot of things i cannot say here. Not even my pay structure or i'll be in breach of the contract.

Some how i got this mixed feeling after the conclusion of the contract. kinda "shit-but-relieved" sort of feeling. No it's not the toilet kinda of feeling. But those that "oh-man-i'm-going-to-live-such-a-life-from-now-on-but-glad-i-found-a-job-already" sort of feeling. 20 words long. siaoz. know i know why i never tried expressing it in that way. so why did i write it here.. so contradicting. I must be crazy.

then i got this crazy presentation this morning. ALMOST fell asleep in that class. that prof. wowee.. so wanna slap his face. *piak* noone can win. not even if you got some information on hand. so dunno la. watever. so long as i pass this course, i dun mind attending it every friday morning while attempting to keep my eyes open, ears perked up and hands and fingers away from msn-ing (not that I mind the last activity - msn-ing during the friday morning lesson is fun, we can bitch for 3 whole hours about the lesson).

Jap class is also driving me nut. Half the time the teacher was going ~desu ka, ~ desho, ~ masu ka, ~ne, etc......... I really don't know what she is asking for MOST OF THE TIME. maybe it's tim for me to go look at my notes instead of letting them rot on my table and pick them u every tuesday and thursday doing some "last-minute-hug-Buddha's-leg" revision, and then being totally lost in class.

today spent large part of the lesson time in both classes, talking about xiu yi. So funny. he and his lousy english - gya gay, give me "fen kai", boy and girl talking no touching! these are only in EP 11. Watch out for more funny english in EP 12. hee. i've finished watching the show le by the way. *smilez* oh ya. another interesting thing to look out for is the mei tian lao shi.

ok. i've decided (but i don't know if i can keep to this decision) to cut down on carbo intake. Dinner on every alternate days shall be canned soup (cream of mushroom; cream of chicken mushroom). on other days, rice shall only be small portion. At the same time, i shall partner this with yoga. on yoga nights, think dinner no need to eat le, cuz rushing from lessons to yoga class at night. but than before yoga eat light dinner la. after yoga, eat sandwich. yeah. i'm determined to lose some weight. this is because i'm getting fat! look at my plump cheeks, big waist and butt! help me lose weight my friends!!!

oh i got my job!

2007-03-08T12:33:00.000+08:00

hi all, i've gotten a job as a recruitment consultant. finally, after so many rounds. I just hope my interviewers are nicer than they were in my interview. Hopefully this all work out. Anyway, I was hoping to just get my first job. This is a pretty fun job la. Sales + a little HR. Learn a little of what is required in this field. Very unfortunate, I do not have the experience. So once again I am starting from the bottom of the table. And got to work my way up. I just have to try harder to work my way up the scale.

At last........................ I can finally take a break and concentrate on my studies. I really thank that company for giving me this chance to fight with them. I just hope that I can perform under that pressure. OMG! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really hope to be able to move up to manager. let's start the fight on the 11th of June.............

Some Interviwers are just SOOOOO irritating

2007-03-07T22:24:00.000+08:00

hey all, went for my 3rd and probably last interview today for the position of recruitment consultant. If the 2nd interview was bad, this was worst...

this guy is the CEO of the company. at first, i expect a difficult interviewer with a lot of doubts and suspicions about this ditzy accounting graduate applying for a "sales" job. think they are really wondering if i am suitable for this job. Well i did try to explain to them that i really needed the job.

then in the middle of the interview he said, i dun look like my picture. so i told him that i took it when i got straight hair and now i got a permed one. am i supposed to look the same? OMG. and then he let me talk before interrupting me about my nails. he said i got too long nails. OMG it's normal length for a girl who love her nails... then he said this is not an artist job so no need long nails. oh please. so stereotypical. so sales person must wear suit, sport dyed hair and have short nails??? it doesn't make any sense. it's like judging a person based on their ability to dress. like secondary school. if you got long, dyed hair you are beyond hope. or long nails. OMG. i've never met someone so old fashioned!!!!!!! OH GOSH.... darn question mark.

anyway. whatever it is, he said he doesn't want people coming in with a play play attitude. well. if your freaking livelihood depended on it, would you be play-playing? ridiculous. he said i will meet good, bad and ugly people. He sounded so like my AMA prof. But 3 to 4 times more intimidating. at least i can still have dinner with my AMA prof. It would probably kill me if i were to meet this CEO again. then he said he's good at recognizing a good person. ah well. he started this company, he'd better be. I just wonder what he wants.... anyway, i think i failed this interview totally cuz i really cannot handle him. half the time i am trying to figure out what he is saying. and the other half trying to prevent him from shooting my answers down. very tough interview. so now i'm honestly without a job. maybe i shld look for a job in april or may after graduation bah. freaking sian one leh... everything also cannot get (actually i haven't looked for too many). aiya. i start biz ba... might as well........ OMG. who wants me to do their nails. i'm pretty good at it. so think i shld just go get certification for it... pissed off............

never felt so insulted before. i'll be so surprised if i were to get this job. i wonder if all interviewers are that difficult to handle. i guess, probably bah.... but if i were to fail this interview, then i got one conclusion, this is really not the job for me, i probably will feel miserable in it. maybe it's really not my thing lo. because if you think back, that company has loads of people,but why can't i be one of them? ah well... it doesn't matter ba...

one thing i can do very well... housewife.. eh Gary! I wanna be housewife! okay?

my crazy jc classmates Part 1

2007-03-06T17:22:00.000+08:00

for everyone who is wondering who is the funky classmates i love so much.... here they are. all of them......

we're a funky bunch of people. we have annual CNY gathering mainly a good time to eat, chat and spend our ang bao $$$ gambling. and also many other gatherings over the years, depending on when we wanna gather and whether we wanna plan one or not.

this pic is actually taken in december over the xmas hols. we met up in city hall (supposed to go marina bay for steamboat but then that Peiru, Ser yin and Yvonne dun wanna go) and ate in New York New York. Please please think twice about going there.

Firstly, the service is atrocious. The person taking our order rushed us and was rude when answering our questions. Secondly, the food is atrocious. It's too big a portion, too tasteless and smelt funny. Personally, I dun like it there....

Then we went to this coffee place opposite marina sq. pretty cool. we gathered around 4 tables, in one HUGE circle and started talking about a load of rubbish, which i cannot remember. that's when we decided on the CNY steamboat where they stormed my house with a vengence.

after about 6 years ( i can't believe i know these people for 6 years), we're still gg strong. which is good. i love my crazy JC people (they're typically nuts with loads of crazy ideas and nonsense) but that's what i like. keeps my insanity tank full. keke. u guys rock NYJC 01S4C. I will try to get Mark Lim/ Lucy Boo to see our blog (i still have their mobile nos) lol....................

in class now

2007-03-06T12:52:00.000+08:00

hey all, i'm in class now. this class called Democracy. I'm so so tired. so sleepy. know why? this is cuz of not enough sleep. i've actually slept a lot but it's never enough. i think it is because half the time i'm not really sleeping but going thru the work in my mind. dunno how.

it's a very long day. i had an interview this morning and it is soooooooo tough. the interviewer keep questioning my qualifications. let me explain to you why.

i am going for an Recruitment Consultant job. Do I hear a few "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"s? I bet you do. For those who are still clueless, let me tell you why.

firstly, i'm an accountancy/ law (under)graduate. I'm not really graduated, but i'm nearing graduation. And I wanted this to be my first job. So that I can build experience. But to this interviewer, i'm not gd enough because to her, i'm just not what she is looking for (probably - she hasn't given me any reply). because i'm not experienced, neither do i have the knowledge to "handle" the job.

secondly, i'm from a civil service family. so she thinks that regardless of what i say (that my parents support my choices) she probably still thinks it is not good cuz my parents might still make a big fuss about me being in a "sales" position. But honestly, if there is nothing wrong in a sales position, then i do not think some one (or anyone) should mind being in that position. this is a "sales" but this is selling a service - HR! I am not sure. she seems pretty apprehensive about my application. so not confident. if i dun get it, i am pretty sure i will have to relook at other job options. OH NO! i dun wanna go back to the other positions. i wanna b in HR.

I already said SMU screwed up my life. at first i was posted to BBM but then offered BAcc. I chose BAcc cuz that time BBM has only finance and marketing (which is not interesting to me). But after i accepted BAcc, BBM programme came up with Operations Management, and various funky new majors. Really regretted my agreement to BAcc.

I was telling Gary. Either way i am dead. If i want to go to the Accounting line, then I am not good enough because my grades are not good for these subjects. But if i were to go outside of the Accounting field, I have to work doubly hard to prove that I am not a typical accountancy student. I feel pretty upset now honestly. cuz either way i can't wind. think best is I move overseas and people might still want me, despite my lack of experience. Worrying enough. As a fresh graduate, i have to depend on my grades to move forward. But the problem is, it is not good enough to move forward. I'm kind of stuck in this limbo where I cannot move anywhere. Think Singapore is too results focused and so i am not sure if i want to work in Singapore seeing that they look beyond passion/ interest and learning potential. Instead they look at grades. This is extreme!!!!!!!! Sigh. Dunno how siaz.

Who wanna employ this average accountancy graduate who wants to move beyond the accountancy line and is strongly interested in the HR sector of an organisation? I dun mind earning slightly less than $2,300 monthly. best of luck to me for the rest of my job search.

Hi guys

2007-03-04T00:34:00.000+08:00

Hi guys,

I have created this very cool looking blog. YEAH. so happy. One of the first things i wanna say is, Thank You Peiru for "song yong"-ing me to create this blog on blogger... it is so much more interesting...

Anyway. had a steamboat gathering today in my place. the whole place was turned (more or less) upside down by my dsyfunctional classmates from NYJC (we've got a blog by the way @ http://nyjc01s4c.blogspot.com catch all the funky actions there). Well they spent most of the time gambling and i spend most of my time with my "jie meis" chatting about "jie mei" stuff like.... going taiwan, school, work, clothes, bags, shoes, etc.... i kinda left the class to their own devices because i wouldn't think that they would need me since everything is happening by themselves. heehee... i'm a lazy host.. i know.............................

anyway, had fun trying to get photographed, talk and watching them play cards......... it's really as though we're back in JC... no HW to worry about, no projects to worry about... but when they are all gone........ oh my goodness.. i received this email from hell that required me to do extra work that is due on fecking monday........ MY GOODNESS... where got so suay........... anyway.... that's that.. and i'm more or less venting in here.

anyway. it's time for me to go do more work and less play........ see ya again next time...