go with the flow.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Phantom Of The Pandora

It's so freaky cause Pandora is playing music for me from an invisible player. The site's missing and the music just keeps playing from nowhere, lol.

Must be that internet connection thing because of the earthquake in Taiwan! My internet's still acting weirdly. To think that we came back a few days before the earthquake, it'd be really quite cool to experience the earthquake lah!

And I just realised that my friends do affect me a whole lot. Just one night alone and three friends affect how I feel. Sigh. I don't like.

Chocolate Fudge, A Purse, Our Shoe Fetish & A Salad from Heaven

Thursday was spent in town with Wan Ting, Karen, Hidayah and Edwin. I finally got to see Wan Ting with her new look - long hair extensions all the way to her chest, and I think she looks better than I thought she would initially. We hung out for a bit at the Gloria Jean's cafe, where we were sweetening our cappucinos with plenty of free caramel and chocolate fudge.

Wan Ting gave me a purse for Christmas. I was quite bewildered. And shocked. A purse?!

Friday was spent bringing Cheyenne and Joey (my cousin) down to meet Mum and Aunt Jo for Sakae dinner at Park Mall. It was a really good meal and we went shopping after that! I got myself two bermudas and I was a really happy boy after that.

Then Joey stayed for the night and we went swimming on Saturday morning. I didn't enjoy myself because the water was extremely cold yesterday. I have no idea why, but I was feeling so cold the entire time I couldn't even swim properly. And the thing is, the sun wasn't even out even though it was noon!

After that we went down to town again to continue shopping. Mum wanted to get me a new pair of jeans for Chinese New Year, but it was so extremely difficult. Although everywhere had further reductions, discounts and other attractive offers, I couldn't find a nice pair of jeans lah. We walked through places like Gap, then Topman, then Levi's and also Fox. And then we ended up at Topman again, where I finally uncovered something I liked.

I mean like, how can you possibly walk into Levi's and not find anything, especially since they have a 40% discount on almost everything?! Stupid, right?

And Mum was so happy that she didn't buy any shoes today. She was telling me about me inheriting this Shoe Fetish from her. And that its not very good because now she has to satisfy my wants for nice shoes too, lol.

We went home by train and I was so bloody tired the whole time, and yet we still had to go to some Uncle's place for a family gathering. But all was good in the end, because dinner was fantastic. There was this salad that I was soooo mad about. There were green lettuce, red lettuce (which was actually purple in colour), green apple, red apple, pineapple, papaya, kidney beans, corn, and mayo dressing. Heavenly (:

All my relatives say I look bigger. Hahahaha, the chair I was sitting on was small!

It's New Year's Eve already!

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Yuletide Cheer

I rolled out of bed extremely late on Christmas day, and of course, the lot of us Santa babies eventually rolled over to Melyssa's place all the way at Bishan - late.

Lunch at Mel's was fun, just catching up with everyone (minus Wan Ting who was still in China with her new long hair extensions) and bitching about life and stuff. Of course, the best part was when we exchanged presents! Pictures are with Karen, so pardon me for the lack of them. But I received many many presents which I really loved, so thanks a lot Santa babies!

This Christmas day was a rather quiet one. No family gatherings, outings or dinners. Just a simple few hours spent at a friend's place to chill out and enjoy ourselves. This is a sign of us getting old I guess.

On Boxing Day, I met up with Jia Yu and Hidayah for waffles at Gelare Citylink, and we were also catching up on many things. Haven't seen them since I left for Taiwan, so I took the time to meet up with them too. And then after a long time of hanging out at Gelare, we decided to head back.

And I went for my haircut! My hair's waaay shorter now, but neater and looks somewhat different lah. You know, I really admire neat and straight hair. Neat as in the kind which would look just fine even though you just rolled out of bed. Straight as in non-wavy but not rebonded that kind of straight lah.

Oh oh oh, and speaking about rebonded hair right, I really cannot stand guys who rebond their hair. It just irks me so much to see guys go rebond their hair... and then end up looking worse :/
OkayIknowI'mbloodymeanbutIreallycannothelpit!

The day after Boxing Day, Meridian Junior College organised this day event for all the first three months (first six weeks, to be exact) people to come down to hear out their subject teachers on the subjects they offer and also to decide which sbjects we wanted to take.

I was so so so so late on that day. The initial agreement was to meet Pei Wen and Karen at the bus stop at 7am but I ended up waking up at 7am instead. But luckily Karen was ~~late~~ later than me, lol. So the three of us headed down together and we got there just in time for the talks.

I already had in mind which subjects to take already, and that I was going to the arts stream no matter what. Luckily my parents were fully supportive and they told me to just choose the subjects which I liked. There were quite a few Dunmanites there, but sadly, all of them were going to the science stream, so I'm basically alone lah.

But it's okay, I guess I just have to make the extra effort to make new friends once the orientation camp begins next Wednesday on the first day of school. To tell the truth, I am extremely lazy to be that sociable Andre you know. I just feel like being the stuck up, quiet, anti-social Andre who is shy and reserved and doesn't make an effort to get to know people.

Hahaha, let's hope I hit it off really well with some really nice people then.

Anyways, the entire day I was cheated thrice. They all revolve around the same things, but I shan't say any here, in case someone accuses me of slander! I was quite disappointed after that entire day lah, but I kept telling myself that there were better things to look forward to...

Like the unexpected bus ride which Karen landed Pei Wen and myself in when we were supposed to head home!

We took 39 and were talking away in the bus, when we suddenly realised that around the bus was a lot of greenery and trees and bushes and not familiar sights. We'd taken the bus in the wrong direction, and ended up at Sembawang heading towards Yishun. We got off at this Khatib Bongsu place, and then went across to the other side to take the correct bus home. Call this having too much time on our hands to waste away!

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Christmas Eve's Groping Session

Four and a half precious hours of Christmas Eve was spent on board the aeroplane, heading back to a rainy Singapore after watching The Illusionist and getting a really bad migraine while we descended. I got home and showered before heading out in the rain again to head to town.

And that's the Ikea face for you. I still don't know why we call it that.

Ice-cream with the Santa babies at this place called 24 Hours at Cineleisure on Christmas Eve. We managed to get past the ~~groping perverts~~ maddening crowds (and the infamous foam from the spray cans) all the way from Wisma to Cineleisure to settle down for some desserts. And then we headed back out to the Groping Session to experience the countdown on Orchard Road, obviously wary that we were just making ourselves easy targets for those with foam sprays in their hands. We were spared though, call ourselves ~~smart~~ lucky.

We managed to secure a good spot outside Paragon, under some signs which acted as shelter, with some aunties and uncles who looked like they didn't exactly want to participate in the snow storm which raged like, 2 metres away from our safety zone.

See, it was that risky from our little vantage point, and snow wars were happening both in the front and at the back of the spot where we huddled together. We relied on a good deal of leaning backward at some point and it was kinda funny actually. And then there was this smart auntie who came armed with her own umbrella, lol.

After that it was home on a bus. I was still wondering why the hell we wanted to head down to Orchard Road in the first place.. but I had a fun night with the rest of the Santa babies! :)

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Aye, Captain!

This was Mum and I at the Annual Appreciation Party of Swissotel The Stamford and Raffles The Plaza. The theme of the night was Pirates of the Caribbean and I managed to take a photo with a very bored-looking Captain Jack Sparrow and a seriously jaundiced Davy Jones.

And then I realised that maybe we shouldn't even have taken a photo with them at all.

Because all the other staff members of the hotels were dressed in such elaborate threads! I was truly impressed. There were lotsa Captain Hooks, even female versions of Hook, hot gypsy ladies and a whole menagerie of Pirate-ish characters. I later got to learn that every single costume worn by the staff were tailor made for them, and each and every piece was unique on its own!

The cocktail party before the dinner was so detailed. There were rusty oil lamps perched on dusty wooden crates which served drinks, and there were pirate games in the corners for you to pass time before dinner started.

The scale of the dinner was astonishing too. The ballroom was decked out in the theme, and dueling swords, (chocolate) gold coins, red strings of pearls, clip-on pirate ear-rings and even the infamous black eye-patch worn by pirates were laid out on the dinner tables. The tables were also arranged in the Western way (longish, as in Harry Potter) and not in the conventional round table that we usually see in these huge dinners. The food was also Pirate-themed, in a way. There were lots of seafood, and the mains were chicken breast meat stuffed with lobster, along with a dollop of mashed sweet potato paste. It was heavenly.

The white wine served was great too. I knocked back about 4 full glasses of white wine because it was too good. My Mum wasn't stopping me and by the end of the night I was all red-faced and happy.

The door gift the hotels gave out to the dinner guests were treasure chests (the same one you see in Pirates of the Caribbean- the one which stores the heart of Davy Jones) and there was a scroll inside which proudly announced that the Curse of the Black Pearl was now on you!

All in all, it was a really elaborately planned event which I truly enjoyed. Not to mention the free food and wine!

Sunday, December 24, 2006

With Love, From Taiwan

It's already Christmas eve now! Aren't y'all excited?

I am staying up to blog tonight, 'cos anyways we'd not be waking up that early tomorrow morning and I am glued to the tv, watching some really hilarious variety show.

The vacation to Taiwan has been really good on the whole, and I particularly love the weather over here. It's been 12 degrees to 18 degrees, but just today it rose up to 21 degrees. The slightly chilly weather is really enjoyable, its almost like air-con everywhere you go. Now I really dread having to go back to sunny Singapore because the climate there is really too humid!
And I'll really miss the local food here. It's really to die for! I've not even left Taiwan yet and I'm missing this place already... haha.

Oh oh and last night we were at Xi Men Ding shopping and guess who I bumped into? I saw Jer Yuan! Haha... and before that we were already saying that it'd really be such a coincidence if we actually meet each other in Taipei. It was quite funny lah.. and we were laughing away at ourselves.

Alright, it's bedtime for me now.. I'd be arriving in Singapore at 6:35pm later. See y'all!

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Departing at 0805

I'm flying off to Taiwan in about five hours time. And I'll only be back on the 24th, that's Christmas eve. I can still be contacted through email though, so if there're any last minute Christmas screw ups or plans do keep me informed okay!

I'll be seeing y'all when I come back then!
Enjoy!

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Tenting In, Making Out

Okay I was kidding about the second part of the title of this post.

We went to pitch a tent at East Coast Park after the Choir Farewell Party. I met Edwin, Hector, Taariq, Pei Wen and Karen inside my house that night and my mum drove us to the beach. We eventually got there close to midnight, haha. Like who the hell goes to the beach at that hour?! Us!

So the tent pitching took only like, 5 minutes. I thought it'd take forever, but lucky the $20 tent I bought last Christmas was actually quite a cheapskate one and it was really easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy to pitch.

We settled in and started munching away on junk, whilst playing The Name Game, which of course, is a very fabulous game indeed. That night we had names like Nata de coco, Coconut tities (LOL, wtf?!), She sells sea shells, Baby Baboon (that was me, sadly) and Pipipapeepoo. (Coincidentally, most of the names were beach-themed to suit our surroundings that night) Of course, we laughed like mad freaks again and I think we kinda disturbed our next-tent neighbours ~~who were making out~~? They eventually moved away or went home or something, haha.

And then at about 3 plus am I went to Macs with Edwin and Karen to get some ice-cream, before we went back to just chill out to some good music. We were just laying around, and I shifted my position to face upwards from the tent door, and guess what I saw!? I saw this shooting star through the fronds of the coconut trees above me! Hector saw it too and yes, I initially thought it was a firefly's spark or something. But it was gone in like half a second or even shorter than that! It really made me so excited, and I did make a wish too.

It's remarkable, considering its my first time seeing one. Hector has seen like 50 over at some shooting star event thingy which happens only like once in a few years. But I saw it, so yay!

We waited for the sunrise, and I took a little walk on my own (Aha, count it as being emo) before that too. The sun rise was spectacular! It was nice just laying there and enjoying the sun which marked the start of a brand new day :) When day broke, we went to walk in the waves, enjoying the sea breeze and the good company. ECP beach is soooo clean now, its like you can actually see through the water and its so tempting to just jump in and frolic in the waves, lol.

Then it was off to breakfast, which was supposed to be at BK, but we discovered that it doesn't even exist, yet. So it was off to Subway (which wasn't that good because they didn't have pickles and the guy thought green chillis were pickles, that loser) to fill our tummies before we went cycling for about 2 hours. We cycled till our asses, crotches and backs hurt like crap and then went back to de-pitch and head home.

I had a wonderful day man, but I was dying on the return journey home. Severe lack of sleep and aching muscles, I really couldn't take it and resorted to just dozing off wherever we had to wait. But nevertheless, it was definitely a fun-filled experience, so yay again!

Oh and I actually forgot that we did some ANTM Wannabe Photoshoot during the night, in which we had to come up with creative poses with a torch light alone. We did like beauty shots, which weren't exactly very beautiful lah, but what the heck! I'd post them up when I like return from Taiwan (read: after Christmas)

So You Think You Are Cute?

Think again!

LOL. Inez and I were doing a stage-by-stage guide to acting cute. If your friends start behaving like this, it's a cause for concern and you better make sure they don't end up like us in the last picture there!

And and...

Happy 16th Birthday Inez!

You're one year older already.. And I'm like turning 17 soon. Shit, I'm old.
And yay! I was the first to call to wish you! I earn the bragging rights man!
Cheers to you!

Friday, December 15, 2006

Choir Farewell Party

The Farewell Party that Dunman Choir organised for the leaving seniors (us) was enjoyable, except for the part that we were called to come at 1 when things actually started at 5 plus? We were kinda like sitting around by ourselves because firstly we weren't dressed to play captain's ball and secondly, we hadn't had our lunch due to the early morning practice (which I told you could very well have been made later so I could roll out of bed at a less insane hour).

Well anyways, complaints aside, it got really enjoyable once we hit 5pm and the performances kinda started. I really enjoyed Han Wen's rendition of Fly Me To The Moon. And we also heard Chasing Cars (which sounded a tad too country!) and some McFly song (which was surprisingly nice 'cos I always thought McFly was crappy) by Bryan, Moses and Kok Leong.

Hidayah sang Remember Me This Way with Jia Yu on the piano and it was really meaningful and it did touch me. I just wanna say thanks to the both of you for singing the song specially for Inez, Shing and I. I really appreciate it and I know us guys will stay in touch even after choir. Thanks a million for sticking by me all this while! :)

We saw the performances put up by our juniors, and we eventually got to perform our own as well, For The Longest Time. I don't think it was that bad though, or maybe I was just thinking about choir and the juniors and not really focussing too much on the technical bit.

We had BBQ after that, the usual choir tradition. And Inez and I were busy cam-whoring. We were doing a step-by-step photoguide to the different levels of cuteness. Be prepared to be grossed out, haha. And watch this space!

My Basses

With Yan Ping and Hidayah

:D Love yall.

ANTM Wannabes

So that was the day which we attempted to take catalogue photos a la ANTM at Ikea. Let's just say it didn't really work out. Check out Karen's blog here to read her extremely hilarious entry and view the funny shots, and mind you, I think I look the happiest in my best shot okay! Edwin should be the one eliminated from our very own ANTM!

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Last Sunday's Shopping Spree

Sunday was spent at Bugis first thing in the morning, where Mum got me 3 t-shirts which I absolutely love :) And I decided to wear one of 'em immediately 'cos the stupid samurai tee was stained with paint. And yah, I can't stand it when my clothes have like stains.

After a lot of walking around in Bugis, we finally went down to Orchard, where we went to Paragon. Then Mum decided to give Cheyenne and me a treat at the Project Shop Cafe. We had like orange cake with vanilla ice-cream and caramel sauce (Oh Karen I know you are so drooling over this right now) and carrot cake and wasabi crisps. They were all so so awesome and I was so happy after that. Lol, of course happy lah, the orange cake alone costs a whopping 10 bucks and a few cents too. Its quite scary.. the cafe... a burger will make you poorer by $16, so be ready to part with your money. Oh and Mum thinks its worth to spend 'cos of the lovely interiors and the wonderful service provided by the crew.

Oh oh and I sat in the exact same spot where Fiona Xie planted her ass at! And Mum was at the seat where Utt was sitting at for Coffee Talk and Hawker Woks. Hahahahaha. So I think it was worth the money after all.

Soon after that I departed to meet Karen at Cine, 'cos we wanted to check out the flea market. I was late, and that was because I was eating some $7 potato chips with some really good wasabi dip. Haha... oh and then Taariq came along too. I bought a lot of things that day, Christmas presents and stuff.

We didn't stay for the rock gig that was outside Cine in the end... and we passed Paul Twohill. Yan Ping, I wanted to make you jealous by taking a picture with him, but then I didn't though, lol.

We've got Farewell Party later with the choir. I am so looking forward to it... and I've gotten ready the small gift that I'm gonna give to my Basses :) And we're gonna sing again, one last time, for them and hopefully with them too. After the party I'd be going tenting with the guys at ECP till the next morning, so yay!

We Love Ikea

This is like really funny! Karen looks like she's trying to cover up her vital parts and I just look retarded. Well, we were at Ikea and we chanced upon this cute heart shaped rug thingy (:

Anyway I love Ikea's food, and I really don't mind going down just for a meal. Anyone?

Sunday, December 10, 2006

For I Am HappyThe Song Did Not Take The Longest Time

I've been out singing today, and the plans to actually go down town with Mummy dearest to shop till we drop were cancelled because she said Sunday is better after all. So I've to wait lah, and I really can't wait to get my hands on new tees and new berms. :D

So tomorrow would be the date with Mummy dearest and then I'm gonna meet my darling Karen to continue shopping. :D Yay yay yay. I've yet to satisfy my week-long cravings for hot waffles with a tasty scoop of vanilla ice-cream on top to tantalise my tastebuds. I so need that right now.

I was at the D'Chordals concert just now, along with Inez and Yanni and Hidayah. And Jia Yu, who was the ~~penis flipper~~ pianist page-turner. There were terrible people in the audience (as usual) and I wasn't too happy.

Okay, update when I can tomorrow then. It doesn't even feel like its Sunday though. And I am a very happy boy. Because CariDee is America's Next Top Model! And she's the model that I truly like! From the start! I love her! She's damn good! And did I mention that I love her?

Alright, byes!

p.s. Prasanna can you return to Singapore quick because I really miss you a lot and all your crap and how we love to laugh at that man doing the demo for the crazy zipper bags at tm and all our wacky mad antics we'd come up with whenever we're out and it just makes me really high when you're around so please be back quickly before I fly off!!!

How the Tide Changes

I just wanna say that I'm glad you're back in my life and that I really want you to be part of my life. I hope this is not just another brush with you, like just a period of time that our paths cross again. And really, I'm glad that you actually bother and acknowledge my existence, and you must realise how much you influence me and affect me. You really need to know that you've made me change my mind, once again. And no, I don't wanna go back to getting over everything, 'cos its not an easy task at all.

Oh God I hope I am right this time.

Oh Boy Am I Proud

Another reason for life to be good and for me to be glad.

Quoted directly from Ke Hua's blog entry:

He means a lot cos he's my mentor! He taught me everything I know of in choir and council, very grateful to him as he had helped me much and taught me so many things as well. He has passed down everything to me already, so dun worry, not gonna disappoint you.

Awww! Tell me why won't I be proud?

Friday, December 08, 2006

Standing On The Edge

Contemplate, we must.

Oblivion?

And in a line we go.

Today's Friday and I've Got A Headache

It turned out that we were roped in by Karen to help paint her doors at the place she's shifting to this morning. We bought sunshine yellow paint and painted her main door and her bedroom door. It was really funny, and we had a really hard time trying to wash off the specks of paint on our hands and feet. We ended up using Cif, which is meant for household surfaces and not hands. But it did work a bit.

We then went to Bugis to shop with bright yellow paint spots all over our hands and feet. I think we looked quite cute, but I wasn't the one with paint all over myself.

After walking through Bugis Street we went to Ikea Tampines, where we had a sumptuous and appetising dinner and I got to buy the stuff I needed. I have no idea why but I've got this very terrible splitting headache for the entire day already. Maybe its the lack of sleep?

I really had a hell good time with Edwin, Karen and Taariq again today. Ah but we won't be going out again tomorrow, because I've got singing, so Sunday we'd get to go to town together!

Fun fun fun fun fun and I'm extremely tired now... so it shall be an early night for me tonight then. Cheerios, all :)

I Can Finally Blog About Today

Well, yesterday, to be exactly precise. (because its already close to 3am now)

I met up with Taariq and Edwin to meet Karen and Mel at City Hall. We headed to lunch, which turned out to be not Subway in the end because we tried the Subway at Raffles City shopping centre before and it really sucked (read: little veggies, limited cookie choices and sucky service). We decided to try out O'Briens instead and we had like wraps and sandwiches. It wasn't anything fantastic or what... but I've discovered today that beetroot is nice. And I like it quite a lot. And it stains! Which is kinda gross lah..

We made our way to Esplanade after lunch, and we sat the at the rooftop terrace and played The Name Game. This involved a good deal of shrieking, squawking and screaming on Karen's part. It was enjoyable, because we got to name each other. Lol, Edwin was Missisipi. Taariq was Ty Ty Baby!. Karen was Frangipani. Mel was Oblongata and I was McKenzie (Y'all should know the incredibly manly Stacy if you are a fan of ANTM)

We went to Suntec after that, and walked around looking at things. We had Ben and Jerry's also, and we did the Merlionster this time. Let me just tell you that its a waste of your time and money, you might as well save enough money to splurge on the Vermonster, which is ten times more worth your pennies. Nevertheless, ice-cream is seldom not good, so we had a good time eating.

Then Mel left for netball and it was left with the four of us. We walked around and I bought Prasanna's Christmas present. And no, I'm not telling what it is. That bitch is still in the states so we shall wait for her return next Thursday. We walked around lots more and eventually it became dinner time. We decided on Pasta Mania in the end, and just sat around after that talking about Christmas gifts and what to get for each other.

We've basically decided what to get for Mel and Wan Ting and perhaps Eirene. And I know what to get for Edwin (Jukebox, eh?). I'm still unsure whether what I should get for Karen and Taariq though. Should I leave it to the fates of Taiwan?

Oh I absolutely love the Passion Fruit Italian Soda they have at Pasta Mania. So refreshing and so tasty!

And then we went home after that.. still deliberating about Christmas gifts on the way home. And and I can't wait for tomorrow! No, later! Its pretty much a errand-running day, and we've to be Karen's courier service, and help move her books to her new place. And then I heard we still have to paint her door for her! I'm so lazy, lol.

After that more errands to run, like I really have to go to Ikea again to buy more little glass bottles. I just realised that I can't say what I need them for! Hahahahahahaah. I almost spilled the beans, damn it. And then dinner at Ikea Tampines! Which makes me look so forward to tomorrow because the food there is just really good, I think.

Cheers to a fun filled weekend ahead!

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Itching to Blog

I am so itching to blog right now. I've nothing much to blog about, really. But like I was chatting with Adam online and he kinda died suddenly. I've no clue why though, but this prompted me to blog 'cos I seriously need to talk to someone and the blog's the next best candidate. It's sad that noone's online tonight (or rather, this morning) I'm feeling the whole anti-climax-to-a-hell-good-day feeling again. It sucks yah, but its just what happens when you have too much fun and then you forget about what's not so fun. Yeah?

Anyways, I'd be out at noon with the gang later on! Yay! I am happy! We're gonna have Subway for lunch, and I am already pondering about what to have later on. My stomach's going through puberty. Lol that's odd, but its hungrier than anything else right now. I swear I could eat up a horse, and a cow. Argh, but I really wanna have Carl's Junior too! Adam! Where are you!? What happened to our Carl's?!

Okay, I'm about to go hysterical 'cos that fella's not responding. I'm guessing he blanked out whilst working on his assignment.

Let's move on. Oh - I'm leaving for Taiwan next Sunday! And it's sad 'cos I've to buy all the presents for Christmas either before that in Singapore or do it in Taiwan. I'm hoping to buy really meaningful gifts for my loved ones, but I'm basically tied down by Choir Farewell stuff till next Tuesday. And then out with Redders, and then possibly Inez's birthday celebration, and then I'm gone!

And about Christmas gifts, I've really no idea what is good. The typical gift shops are all really lousy, thats why I'm really hoping that Taiwan will have lotsa quirky and unique, yet reasonably-priced stuff to get for my frennies (lol, no not trannies). Hm, sorry, that was an inside joke.

Anyways I was at Ikea on Monday. The new one at Tampines? It's actually really close, like only 15 minutes away from home. And the place is freaking huge. It's got 800 parking lots and its 2 football fields bigger than the flagship store at Alexandria! We had dinner there with Aunt Jo and Joey, along with Mum and Cheyenne. Queueing for food took us some time, but the food was sooo mouth-watering and delicious man.

And I bought things for myself too! It always amazes me that Mum is so willing to spend at Ikea. It's like grocery shopping, almost. You just take whatever you like, give her a nice grin, and then you'll get what you want!

I got myself a glass bottle. And a plant, to replace the dead one that died months ago. Mum's thinking of changing the colour scheme of our hall to something more vibrant and less of the greenish hues. She suggested red and black to give our home a more classy, rich atmosphere. And i went like Whoa, emo? We agreed that thats the way to go! So hopefully the plans don't fall and we'll get a really nice make-overd hall.

Its close to 3am now... I think I'd better log off and catch up on some slumber. Bye then! And Adam! Where in the world are you?!

TP Rawks!

The obvious delay in blog updates should be explained right now. I know it's like what, Thursday morning and I'm still stuck at last Thursday.

My explanation is: I've been enjoying a full 3 days at Tp Rawks!, this programme organised by Temasek Poly to get you to know their different Schools more and such. And yah, I did enjoy myself thoroughly.

I was there on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Every single day we got to experience what the different Schools in TP had to offer. The first day we were at IT, and yes, as the name suggests, it was terribly boring. And don't forget that we had Prom the night before (and I only slept at 5:30am that same morning) and we had to crawl out of bed to report at 8:30am. Karen and I were extremely late due to that, add on the early morning rush hour crappy traffic that involves buses that are packed like sardines, we eventually got there only at 9:30am.

Luckily the programme hadn't started and we'd arrived just in time for things to kick off. We were whisked away to IT and I only remember taking some weird Neoprint thingy from the computer's webcam. (Now this is considered kinda advanced you know, lol) and I also remember Karen dozing off a couple of times.

After lunch, they whisked us away, this time to do some Hip-hop routine. I really sucked at it, but anyhow, I think I tried my hardest, but the bodywave move still didn't work! And then was dragon boating, which was incredibly fun, considering that I had a really good spot in front of a dragon boater who scooped water down my back! We were all drenched and hyped up after that.

Then they did this Mass Dance which was incredibly fun too. I danced with Jia Yi, and I gave her a new name, Aliana, complete with dyed hair and the Hokkien to boot! Well, I'm supposed to be Bengson (Benson), and we've this whole Ah Beng Ah Lian joke going around thats really funny.

Day 2 was even better. We got to make (unuseable) pimple cream, cinnamon rolls (tastygoodstuff!) and got to stroke a rabbit at the School of Applied Science. And then we got to see the School of Design too. I was really impressed by what they had to offer lah.. and yes.. Doubting myself about taking the route to college again. Let me clarify that its not the influence from people and friends, not the persuasion of any TP students, but solely the attractiveness of the diploma in Visual Communications.

The best thing about this is that it's about Advertising and you get to choose Photography at one point. And I can totally see myself doing this, enjoying myself, and wanting to do my utmost to score well if I do that course. I just felt this certain assurance that all would be well if I took this route, and that I should seriously start re-considering all over again.

Now you might think that I just wanna go to TP and like that's because college is the harder route to take and TP is like the easy way out. This might be the general misconception that everybody might have, but I don't think it should be this way. And seniors tell me that I am the jc type. Now what exactly does that mean, may I ask? Does that mean I'm studious and I should be better off in a more study-oriented environment? I don't like books and I don't like studying, not one bit at all, but then again, who does?
I just feel like if I decide to go to poly, it should not be the easy way out and the good life kinda thing. I don't wanna choose that because it seems easier, it seems more convenient, like a bloody shortcut or something in that sense. Maybe I'm just not cut out for college? You never know do you... until you actually get into it?

But I foresee that I will enjoy college and whatever if I enter first three months. So yes, that will also be a deciding factor for where I'm gonna study for the next few years to come.

Okay back to the TP Rawks thing... Day 2 ended with a visit by Hady Mirza. It's the 3rd time I'm seeing him live, so no big deal! (Lol, I sound so proud!) Day 3 was a long long day. We did some Low elements and games in the morning, and my neck got sun tanned till it was really dark. And then we were at Engineering, which didn't exactly work out I dunno why. Oh and they brought us back to Electronics and the like. We were dealing with this circuit thing and I was doing it reluctantly (for Karen, lol)

It was hell boring, but I started this huge joke 'bout Tranny. It's kinda hard to explain, but it all started when we began to stick stickers on each other, and Xin Min got the English name "Tranny" from me. It was just a really random name which came up(those who were with me at Prom should know why), and I bluffed her that it meant "beautiful", "pretty" and the like. She believed me! Sigh, that naive girl. And it was so hilarious 'cos of all of us were conspiring to fool that gullible Xin Min. And then in the end some bugger had to reveal to her the real meaning of Tranny. And no more fun already.

That evening was the Jam and Hop thing. There were several rock bands which performed and lotsa boogie-ing. It was like a bigger, better, hotter Round 2 of Prom's dance. The dj was good and I really had fun, sweating buckets from all that vigorous grooving and jiving. I was very happy after that.

And then home, and it was a sad departure 'cos we really bonded much more with the pack leaders in charge of our red team on that last day. It was sad and we were gonna miss em too.

Last Thursday at the Council Seminar

I was back in school for the Leaders Seminar thing that the Council had organised. They invited us back for dinner, so I happily went.

It feels damn weird to step back into school as a graduate, an alumni now. For one, Mr Bernard speaks to you in an entirely different manner. He has removed that steely, poker face facade and has become an even more endearing person than he already is. I like the way he jokes to you, with that kinda enthusiasm that you rarely see.

Dinner was fine, as usual, hungry Hector and me had second helpings. I swear the both of us need to check where our food goes after ingestion. Perhaps, diffusion into the air? I really enjoyed the company of the rest of the friends from my batch.. like I can see that I, for one, can still relate to them and joke around as before.

The other seniors were around too, the older seniors. Hahahaha, we're part of them now, so we're gonna turn ancient really soon!

After dinner and the one and only dance performance by the juniors (which was encored much to Mr Bernard's dismay), we headed to Macs to hang out for a bit and have Georgiana's ice-cream treat before I headed home.

Sigh. I think I'm gonna miss working with them.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

That Night We Dressed Up

Eeeeeek! Ants!

There are like 390579 ants crawling all over my finished glass of apple juice beside this keyboard! It's so terrible... I actually do not have a phobia for ants but them being so prominent in my bedroom is really causing some concern over here. What if like they crawl into my mouth in the middle of the night while I am sound asleep?

This reminds me of when I was still quite little and living with my grandma over at Jalan Bukit Merah. I used to put sugar in plastic containers and leave it exposed at the walkway outside the house to attract all the ants inside. And when I see an entire army of ants busying themselves with their new found treasure, I'd pour water into the container and smirk, all satisfied and happy. I know this is evil, but I just couldn't stand them crawling around everywhere.

And yes, if you were guessing, I just did that to my empty glass. I brought it to the kitchen sink and drowned them sorry insects. Mwahahahahahaha...

Anyways, thought I'd post up some after-Prom photos that we took along Orchard. For your viewing pleasure only! :)

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Prom Night

Prom Night was held at Le Meridien Hotel. All of us got to dress up and be pretty. I am too lazy to bore you with the details, so lets talk 'bout some highlights shall we?

I was rotting at home for the entire day, because I didn't have any Hair and Make-up to go to... Like obviously lah.. If I have right, then something's really wrong. So I woke up late and grew bored and waited for the arrival of my (pseudo) Prom date, Prasanna. She was fresh from Hair and Make-up at Eastpoint, so she came over to my place to change and get ready. So we got dressed up, me in my simple white shirt and black suspenders and Pras in her turqoise dress. We went out to hail a cab and we were like, crossing our fingers for a white mercedes cab to stop for us. And guess what! The first cab which came our way was a white mercedes cab! Lucky!

The two of us travelled in style and class. Lol, that's what the ad in the cab said. We stopped at Paragon because that was where we were gonna converge before heading to the hotel. The others were there already, like Melyssa and Karen were still doing their hair and Hector and Taariq were waiting for them there. Then Eirene came. And after everyone was done, we cabbed again, this time to Meridien Hotel.

We weren't exactly on time, but anyways we got the last available table there, along with Wan Ting, A'in, Hidayah and Ms Yew. The food was not too bad, and time really flew once the programme started. Taariq won the best dancer competition thing and he was really really good okay! I seriously don't have the guts he had to go up on stage and boogie away while blindfolded. Oh and Melyssa won the prestigious title of Prom Queen! Hahahahah. I tell you, her rocker chick hair did it for her man. And Shiva was the Prom King.

Melyssa, THE Prom Queen

After dinner we took loads of photos with everyone we knew. And then everyone started to head back into the ballroom's dancefloor. We kinda boogied the night away, yeah, until everything ended like at 1am. It was enjoyable, but the dj played crappy techno stuff. Raaaaah.

And then Prom Night ended and everyone headed home, but the lot of us stayed together to spend the morning out. We walked aimlessly from Meridien to Tangs, until we decided that we were going in the wrong direction 'cos we wanted to walk to the Esplanade area. So we turned back and walked all the way to The Cathay, where we sorta gave up and got into Mel's Dad's car. He brought us to have prata at like 4am, and then we decided to head home in a cab after that.

I had a lot of fun that night... I had a memorable time and I am glad that I had all my friends were there to spend the time with. We had a good celebration of these four long years in Dunman, and boy am I gonna miss all of you...