Grandma has recovered fully from the darn mosquito's bite, and she's as healthy as ever now. Grandpa has also recovered form a minor operation. Phew.. Thank god..

Have just retuned from a chalet held by the people at my work place. It had been pretty fun, minus awkward forfeits..gee.. and to think i was 'lucky' enough to have to had to do the forfeit twice. It was fun though, the Uno, Uno, Uno, and nothing else but Uno for me cuz i don't have the luck for gambling games like mahjong and blackjack and don't wish to lose my hard-earned money like that. I would rather spend the money than lose it cuz i know myself, i wouldn't win money. So, i dutifully stuck to games that were suitable for even children, UNO. Bam!

Am exhauted from deprivation of sleep for 2 nights consecutively, but isn't that what's chalet about? Staying up, having fun, sing-a-long, cycling, watching the sunrise, bbq-ing, and some attempts to win/lose money through games..

Have been falling asleep almost everywhere these 2 days. In Grandma's house, in Grandmother's house, in the car, on the sofa, anywhere. Wherever i can lean my head on, i'll fall asleep..Gee..Perhaps this is what they call replenishing.

Photos are finally uploaded.. Details in next entry..Hopefully.. ;)

Til then folks.. ChEeRs to the last semester!~

Yet another victim..

My grandma had fallen prey to the horrible dengue fever. We brought her in on Sunday night after incessant vomitting from Sunday afternoon, thinking the fever was brought about exhaustion from taking care of my Grandfather, hopping between home and Alexandra Hospital everyday for almost 2 continuous weeks.

After 10 blood extractions, 5 days of blood test, the doctor-in-charge finally confirmed with us that it's dengue fever. They told us that the giddiness was due to a lack of sodium initially and we thought things should be fine once the fever subsides. Grandma's fever has since subsided, but the darn mosquito bite continues to torture pure grandma. Doctors say there's no cure for dengue fever, and it's all up to the patient's constitution and will power to recover.

Old wives tales mentioned that water boiled with goat's horn would help. Grand-uncle and uncle drank the goat's horn water on a daily basis and had recovered from dengue fever too. I don't know how true it is, but since 2 have gone through it and recovered through this methos and it poses no harm, why not?

Well, I think besides medicine and some strength our faith gives us, moral support is important. I believe the best way for the patient to pass time and recover is for the family and friends to keep up the spirits and not sob and give up hope. Being optimistic makes life easier?

Guan Yin Niang Niang and all gods, please allow my grandmother to recover very soon and be able to get home soon. Grandpa relies a lot on Grandma to take care of him, but since grandma has to stay in the hospital for a certain period now, it's now the duty of the children and grandchildren to take care of both the elderly.

Dengue Fever is a killer, a great danger cuz you never know when the darn mosquito would strike. Thus, my dear friends and family members, please do take precautions like spraying insect repellent all over yourself, it doesn't matter if you stink from it, safety is more important. Oh yes, and wear more cloth, firstly, it will prevent you from a cold, secondly, it might help cuz denim might be a tad too thick for the darn mosquito.

Til then folks...Take care of yourselves ya..

Swim, Swim, Swim like a dog...

Swim, Swim, Swim like a dog...

I finally went on my much awaited swimming trip on Wednesday because Cheryl Mummy could not bear to see Little Ching throwing tempers for not bringing her to the pool for dinosaur years...

Who cares if i don't have the figure to don a swimsuit meant to kill? Who cares if I can't swim to save my life? Who cares if my hair will be harmed from the chlorine?

Putting asides all constrains, I pulled cheryl along with me to the pool at the Jurong East Sports Complex which we have not stepped into for T-rex years. Once we stepped into the place, heaven decided to play a trick on us and started crying cuz it didn't want to see me in a scanty swimsuit. However, we refused to give up and threatened heaven's decision with a KFC meal. Thankfully, heaven wipe its teared and released the sun once again so i could burn some unnecessary fats from the sinful lunch.

Whenever V4 went to the pool, our decision would normally be to keep the purple note safe in our wallets rather then throwing it in for yellow doughnut-like floats. But Cher n I decided to give a purple note up each this time so we could float without much effort. (Which defeated my main purpose of burning some unnecessary fats..Hmm..nope, i swam too actually..haha..)

Enjoyment wise, we definitely had our fill. We pretended to be kids once again and even paid for the child's fare.(For their pricing table, child's fare is meant for people under 18 years-old. Hey, I'm just a year over, I guess it's alright? Muahahaha..) We gave our weight to the floats and drifted round the lazy pool for more than an hour. Pretty amazing huh? How apt. The lazy pool for lazy people. Perfect.

Imagination brought us to 'WONDERland'. Cher was spiderman(girl actually) in the classic red and blue tight-fitting suit, while I was some ancient fairy with a costume full of dangling ribbons here and there. The spider-girl spewed cobwebs with a mere twist of the wrist and the fingers, while the fairy flies with one hand in front with the 'lotus-fingers' formation, fending herself with shots of ribbons from the sleeves with a mere twist of the wrists and fingers too. (Hey! So spiderman copied the ancient fairies' action? Hmmm...)

The man-made waves at the Wave pool seem longer than usual. Everytime the waves pushed us further in, we struggled hard to swim back to safer grounds though no matter how hard i kicked, we seem to get stucked at the same spot, not forgetting a bunch of boys constantly blocking our path to safer grounds. After the 'ordeal', our hands both ached from the gripping of our floats.(My arms are still aching from it..)

Then came the slides.. The longest slide wasn't open so we compromised and took the second best. It was fun no doubt, and we slide down the pink slide twice. Once a face-on flop into the water, and another successful stunt on the second attempt.

The sun then changed its colour, marking the end of the day with a warm cheerful orange, beckoning me to return to home sweet home.

Til then folks... Cheers to increasing funds for my long-awaited 5566 2005 concert! WooHoo!~

Nothing really important...

Nothing really important...

We've come to the 4th week of our holidays unknowingly. I've done nothing significant during these few weeks except being a potato couch armed with the SCV set-top box with engaging programmes, a computer with internet access, a job which only allows me to work twice a week, an irritating but pretty fun brother, a constantly shouting mother, busy friends who have tight schedules who spare a few days with me for ferocious shopping trips, an adorable little 5 year-old pink teddy bear courtesy of Huimin, a 14 year-old pillow dear grandma sewed for me as a little girl which had been through storms and hurricanes with me, a few library books for some good reading courtesy of mum and Huimin's library cards due to my carelessness which led to a good $15.25 fine, and most importantly, a house to slump in.

I wish to go swimming, but i don't wana go alone and risk drowning with no one to save me. I wana go shopping, but my shopping-mates are busy with their lives, plus my twice-a-week-job income doesn't permit me to spend like i'm a rich girl. I wana go cycling, again, no one's free to play with this poor little girl. Fortunately, V4 is planning a day of fun-filled activity-packed day next week in hope of gathering the "Bball gang", or so we called this group of friends who came together every week 3 years ago to play bball at St Margeret's compound. We're gonna go cycling, kite-flying, and gobbling seafood from the steamboat, Yeah! I'm so looking forward to it man!. I wana pack my stuff, but i guess this lazy feel that comes alongside holidays restrict me.

I wana plan for the annual Tanglin Primary School's Class 6A 1998 gathering, but it's hard to even start with the obstacles ahead with some being coming up with excuses even i can't comprehend. Some say they don't have spare moolah, fine! You can sit there with a cup of plain water, its free. Some say they're not free to come, fine! I asked for opinions on the dates that are feasible, but only a few kind souls replied. If you cant make it on the dates suggested, voice it! Excuses, pure excuses. People can stir up any rubbish just to get away. The numbers are declining year by year. From a good 20+, to a mere 10. From a full day gathering, to just a few hours for dinner. Surely it isn't that hard?

I once told a friend, "If you treasure this/these people enough, you wouldn't even think of not going." I strongly adhere to this thought. It came as a passing thought, but stayed on stuck to my mind.

I'll open the invite to all as usual, but whether they do sincerely come in the hope of meeting us, the old friends of a decade, it's purely up to them. We, the organisers are tired, and sick of lame excuses. Don't ask me how lame the excuses are cuz you'll know an excuse is made up once you hear it. Fine with me if you don't wana come, it's not as if i have to beg you to come. Shoo! Bleargh...

However, i'm glad i'm doing something significant to change my life, the way i look, my confidence, and my health. Don't expect too much though, it's still at the infancy stage. Nothing obvious as yet.

Oh yes, and my English has been certified at 2.25pm on 11 July 2005. It's not coming back until it has toured the world in perhaps 80 days so you can expect me to write rubbish and broken English for sometime, rest assure i won't use lianguage though. I don't know how i got that first letter of the alphabets for my "O" levels for it, now, how long ago was that? 3 years? Woah, that's how fast time passes.

Yea, so that's my life at the moment. Perhaps this will not be for long, cuz De'Lites has got a major presentation to prepare for in hope of some prizes..Hmmm...

Well, so that's all for now folks..a boring read huh?

Til then folks... Cheers to engaging Korean and Hong Kong dramas! ;)

DMC/3A/05 Class Gatherings 2005

It was fun, fun ,fun, some food, and laughter at the 2005 DMC/FT/3A/05 Class BBQ/Chalet. Here's what we did:

On the way after hours of buying and marinating the chicken wings, the prawns, and the sotongs...


Waiting for the fire to be started and finally, for the wings to be ready for consumption...


The first batch of wings were finally edible after what seems like hours of waiting alongside ferocious growling stomachs...


Class photos... How long have we not taken a class photo outside school time? Don't we look happy together? Smile!!!!~~~ Bare your whites!~


Nity and Nina managed to climb up the tall block with the help of the guys, only to find it hard getting down later on...


With some fabulous Escada Rockin' Rio, we bade goodbye to the BBQ smell on our clothes and bade the rest goodbye while they go on for another two days of fun at the chalet...


Til then folks...Cheers to more great days!~ Great days are simply welcomed aren't they? ;)