I met Cher for a walk at Causeway Point out of boredom with Mum and Bro tagging along.

The growling of our stomachs all the while in the train led us scrambling to Pastamania once we reached the place.

As it was our 1st time dining at Pastamania, we were behaving like "sua gu"-- mountain tortises-- outdated tortises. Geez...

We didnt know we had to order our food at the counter before sat down initially. Somehow, we ordered our stuff and settled down. Then all our spaghettis were gradually served.

My Carbonara..Yummy...Missing it now...


Bro's Al Funghi, great too!~


Cher's Marinara..She had been craving for seafood since her "Happy as a clam spaghetti" became "Mushrooms spaghetti" the previous time...


Mum's Prawn Aglio.. It was tasty on the whole too, but mum would like it with more sauce and so she added some herself.


I didnt buy anthing cuz i didnt have the money to, and yes, i havent gotten a job. Urgh!~

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By the way, the lump on the back on my neck which i mentioned earlier is subsiding now. Phew..Thank Goodness...

Til then folks.... :)

Update on Great-Grandma

Another update from Grandma: Great Grandma is feeling better after water had been pumped out of her lungs, she's able to breathe without the aid of the breathing tubes carrying oxygen.

The idea of pumping the water out of her lungs was brought forward to the doctor-in-charge by my aunt who just graduated with a medicinal certificate.

Now, I dont know what goes through that doctor-in-charges mind, neither do i know a single thing about medicinal stuff except being a consumer, but surely a veteran doctor would think of that method?

Well, i seriously dont know.

We felt fortunate that my aunt is a doctor, or else no ones knows what comes next, or at least i dont.

We just wish Great-grandma will recover very soon cuz actually i'm not very sure of her condition.

Lao-Ma, we love you. Hold On...

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By the way, I visited my doctor yesterday cuz the lump on the back of my neck was quite worrying.

I wont be surprised if the doctor told me i would have to undergo an operation to remove it cuz it's quite a big lump, the size of a normal grape.

Fortunately, the doctor assured me that it wasnt serious and it's most probably an infection within and it would disperse after having some antibiotics.

But if it wouldnt disperse, then an operation would be necessary to remove it.

I've taken it for 2 days now, and i feel that it has shrunk, i'm not sure whether is it really shrinking or only psychologically.

Urgh...Please disperse...

Til Then Folks...

Our Great-Grandmother

Just received news from Grandma that Great-Grandma is in a serious state.

The doctor has asked for us to be prepared for the worst.

In fact, Great-Grandma had already been admitted to the hospital for a few days now, but her condition only deteriorate.

Although I have prepared myself for such a situation, I seem to escape from this brutal truth. I wish all this is merely a nightmare, once i wake up from it, it'll just be hallucination, nothing more than illusions.

I wished...

I had once dreamt about this situation, that someone dear left us. All i could remember in the dream was my crying. I cried, and cried, and cried, nothing could stop the tears from flowing. Even when i woke up, i couldnt stop crying. It's heart-breaking...

All we can do now is pray for Great-grandma.

Lao-ma, Hold On...

Pray...

Tuesday(19 April 2005) afternoon was a total waste of time for the job interview. ET, ZQ, and I went over to Tanjong Pagar(yes, the same one previously) and gave a second try after receiving a call from the person who didnt manage to find my name in the stack of forms.

Dumbly, i thought it was a good chance and got ET to go down with me, and ET brought ZQ along whom waited in vain for us for a whole hour.

In the end, we waited for almost an hour for our turn for an interview after they brought us around for an orientation of the company. They introduced the high-ranks one by one, which i didnt think was relevant, and showed us pictures mounted on the wall of their boss.

The girl bringing us on orientation asked us if we found anything special on the photos. The first thing i noticed was the change of cars. All the way from a Nissan to a Ferrari, now, that's impressive.

And so, we waited....and waited.......and waited....

I wasnt that bored cuz i had my book with me, but ET fell asleep while waiting. And it didnt help that the guy behind us was telling his life story, from a student to doing sales, bla bla bla...

Right, so it's a sales job!

Forget it, we waved goodbye to the chairs that dutifully provided us a seat and walked out after no one bothered about us.

Poor ZQ was sitting on the steps of the entrance of the building, the only thing missing is a box in front of him to complete the look.

Thereafter wasting a full hour or more of my time, it was time to do something more worth it.

I met the ladies to help Nina at Pan Pacific for the graduating batch of SB students for their Graduation Ball. But before that, we had to fill our stomachs and so we did at N.Y.D.C cuz i wanted to have "Ang-Mo food".

Nina and i met up first and once we entered N.Y.D.C, we both felt the waitress serving us looked like Miss Kwa! It's scary man, cuz she looked like a Malay Ms Kwa, very alike!

Some shots...






And Win joined us..


Then we proceeded to the hotel room to put our things down before we started our 'mission'. The sea-view that the room overlooked was beautiful...

The theme for the ball was "Moulin Rouge", but only a few made an effort to dress to the theme. The rest wore normal 'prom-night' kind of dresses, and all of us agreed black was over-worn. The 4 of us stood at a corner while Na was busy running here and there and we started to 'spot-the-trend'.

Some wore flattering dresses, some 'eh-hem-ly' dressed, and some dressed to the theme.

We were like fashion police, spotting this and that, this person and that person. Haha..

Some people must be thinking what were we doing standing at a corner under-dressed. We walked around the hotel and ballroom as if we the hotel guests and enjoyed ourselves gossiping.

We then got back to the room to collect our stuff and decided to take some pictures since there werent anyone else in the room.






The Night-view...


We were commenting on how near Conrad was and how easy it was for anyone to seee with their naked eye on what's happening right across...


Some of our stomachs started growling and we decided to have some snacks at Pacific Coffee, the cafe i have always wanted to try out when i walked pass City-link Mall.

Rice and I had Japanese Salad(consists Chicken bits, Teriyaki sauce, an egg, some vegetables and a tomato..haha..), Nity had a Muffin and a drink, and Win had a large cup of yummy hazelnut coffee(eh, cant rem the exact name).






All in all, we enjoyed ourselves pretty and i got home in time to catch Eye for a guy 2. Haha...

As for now, i've sort of given up looking for a job myself, as in i've handed the mission over to Recruit Express at JTC building, hope thye find a job for me soon, like NOW! Geez...

Til Then Folks..

The Job Hunt

Like i promised myself, i pulled myself to the phone and put a knife at my thrat to force me to call the potential employers. The next step was to eat, change, make-up(to be presentable cuz my face's condition is not as good as Rine's), and rush down to Tanjong Pagar.

But i wasnt alone cuz job seeker jx hopped along too.

The first company was terribly packed so we gave up after 30 seconds of standing at the doorway like idiots and no one bothered to entertain us.

The rain mercilessly poured, but i was determind to find the second company. The second company was rather hard to find, but we still found it anyway. It's some direct selling of a car accessory, in carparks. Direct selling already turns me off as it's quite obvious i'm not a very vocal person. Although the attractive basic pay of $1000 Sing dollars is really tempting, i dont think that is what i really want.

You can say i'm picky, but direct selling is realy not for me.

After 2 failed attempts, we rested at a cafe called Corina, which reminds me of Cortina, the company we painfully did a 8-page short but torturing financial report on. Anyway, Mocha Latte and Apple strudel was the choice for tea-time.

The Apple strudel


Mocha Latte


After the break..we thought it was time to retreat. I needed retail therapy, so we walked to Chinatown MRt where jx left for home. On the way, we saw these cows. I've been seeing these cows everywhere. Can some kind soul tell me why? Is it just to beautify patches of undeveloped land? Hmm...i wonder...


Finally reached Chinatown after some walking and there begun my retail therapy session alone. Like Nina, i do go on shopping trips alone. It's really different, fun, i can say. Not that company is not fun, but when you go on the streets alone, you'll feel significantly different, or so i feel.

Anyway, did some shopping i deserved for pulling through the exams. I had planned to walk the shops at People's park's shops above the hawker center, but i realised that it was under major renovation. Urgh!~


But i still managed to get stuff...Here's a look at the things that i swept home...

A shimmery butterfly ring...


A crystal bracelet...


Puma pouch at an unbelievable low price...


White dangly necklace for myself...


And a crown for Princess Min..


Yeah...so these are the stuff i squandered my allowance on. I shall feast on my variety of instant noodles at home for the rest of the week.

Shall continue job-hunting tomorrow.

Never say Die!

Til then folks... ChEeRs!~ ;)

Finally, the long-awaited moment has arrived....

Exams are finally over!~

So for now...

Ever since the exams are over, i feel a kind of lost. After watching my tv programmes, i dont know what to do. In the sense that, for the past few months, you had been burying your heads in books and the computer, studying for tests and exams and typing your reports and doing research on your computer. Now, reference books have changed to story books and magazines, computers for leisure,entertainment and online shopping, tv to pass time.

Although eating, sleeping, and whiling time away is pretty relaxing, i have to get myself a job. But it isnt that easy. Last year's holidays didnt land me in a job cuz i wasnt determined enough to source for one. This time, i sure am.

Everytime i insert my ATM card into that machine which spits cash, i feel my heart giving me a brutal pinch.

"Hey idiot! Get some money in here!" It exclaimed, staring at me was barely 10 Singapore dollars.

"Yeah yeah..i know..i know. I want to, but i dont have any! Shut up and stay there quietly while i break my head to find money will ya?"

"You better get that..."

So that's what happens all the time.

Thus, i have to find means and ways to get just that into my pathetic account. I have even thought of working in a factory as a last resort. Not that it isnt good, just that, according to reliable sources, working in a factory is no mean feat at all, which dear Cher has warned me against.

Like i said, it's a last resort, cuz there goes freedom and my pretty nails..Oops..

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16 April 2005

Meanwhile, i tried my best to pack my cupboard cuz it was jammed with wanted and unwanted clothes. It was so packed that my dad said the metal bar would break anytime. I believed.

So, i got my dad to throw all my clothes out of the cupboard into the living room for me to sort out the clothes, with my brother as my assisstant.

Here's the 1st batch...only!


I found my long-lost cap which i bought on impluse in secondary 3 which i never got to wear...


While scavaging through the piles..i found a lot of clothes that accompanied me through lots of wonderful memories...

Like this one.... Remember Min? We both had a set...


Two of the pasar-malam nighties...


Xiao DIng Dang!!(Doraemon) Min!! Remember???


A Disney t-shirt which still looks rather new. Courtesy of my aunt..


Then came the 2nd batch!


Look at the amount of hangers after clearing..and this is only one-third of the whole lot. This goes to prove how much the metal bar of my cupboard has been suffering...


I forgot to take picture of the 3rd batch but it's somewhat the same...

Now the clothes are stacked like how CBD looks like, waiting for despatch...


My bear..No no no...not throwing this away..how could I?...
So cute isnt it? I treat my bear like a real dog. Geez...


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17 April 2005

Ching Ming Festival-A day to pay respects to your ancestors.

It was supposed to be 2 weeks ago, but due to foreseen circumstances and avoidance of the crazy traffic rush, we postponed it to this week.

It's the thought that counts. Grandpa wouldnt mind. Dad said he was a very nice man. Though i've never seen him because he passed on even before my parents could get married, i have a very good impression of Grandpa cuz of how Daddy depicted him. I wished i had a chance to meet him before he passed on, but it isnt possible. So i can only 'talk' to him in front of his altar.

Whenever i pray to Guan Yin Niang Niang and 'Ye Ye'('grandpa' in Cantonese), i'll feel totally at peace with myself and the world. Everything didnt seem that harsh anymore. I think that's the power of praying...

I then thought of what everyone tells me, "Cherish your loved ones when they're still around." Yes, i am and i will...

Anyway, we werent a family of early birds so we met up with my aunts and uncles at the Choa Chu Kang cemetary at 11am. I never fail to turn up ever since my parents brought me to pay respects to Ye Ye since the tender age of four, unless there were strong reasons.

This gesture is done twice every year, on Ching Ming Festival and Chong Yang Festival. I'm not sure what's the difference but i'm sure they're significant.

After the joss paper burned out, we paid our finals respects for this vsit by bowing together in front of the grave and informing Ye Ye that we were leaving and that we will come back to visit him soon in a few months time.

As usual, after every visit, all of us would proceed to a nearby place to have our lunch and chit-chat. I couldnt really fit into the conversations, so i brought my brother around the neighbourhood for a walk instead.

Since he helped me out in packing my mountains of clothes, i offered to buy him something cheap-i am broke, remember?

He considerately chosed some one dollar plus stuff and i appreciate that he is considerate and not greedy in this sense. Hmmm..my brother is not bad afterall. I mean, it seems like all(or most of) the brother are the same, they argue, fight, beat, or even kick you, and they dont show their soft sides to you. But if you care to take note of the little details, they do actually care. Awww..

Using the marker i just bought him, we drew some rubbish on our hands in the car cuz we got pretty bored on the way home..


Dinner at Grandma's house was great with all the delicacies that Grandma whipped up, like usual, but today's table was filled with roasted meat, duck, chicken, tasty stewed mushrooms, and stuff...We dragged ourselves home after the long day.

Home sweet home....

Then brother had to dive into his bed but he hadnt finished his art homework yet. So his sister(that's me), came to his rescue by offering to colour it for him, while he went to slumberland..

Here's my work..Dont laugh! i cant colour it too nicely, it's supposed to be from a nine year old. I personally think it looks a lot like a piece of work from a female-it is.


Well, will go job-hunting myself tomorrow...

Til Then Folks.. ChEeRs for anyone... ;)

5566 at IMM on 10 April 2005

A Day of Star-Gazing...again..

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I had written a whole chunk a posted a lot of pictures, but Blogger decided not to coorperate with me and kept my entry to itself.

Alright, here's a few...


Token of appreciation from Warner Music Singapore as Welcome gift to Warner Music.






















He's lookin at my camera...or so it seems so...


"BYE!~"


RenFu bows..




RenFu is looking at my camera???






And they left at 4pm plus...




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Will update on the happenings after the papers before my mum kills me for updating my blog instead of studying..Bye!~

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