Nostalgic memories of 2005...

Commissioning ball: from the right, Weilei, me, Li Hui and Jin Xing

My Commissioned Friends!

The grandeur of Regent hotel...

The commissioned navy FNO

The officers come marching in!

ChESS Com CIP at the Singapore Association for the Deaf

OG chalet rocks!

The outta course mates (except Li Hui of course)

My sister and I!

My pretty mum and sister

All the freshies unite!

ChESS Freshman Welcome Camp: My Aqua OG mates!

The joy of xmas...

life's been rather hectic recently... as my two other dear frens, char and aileen had revealed in their blogs earlier, we went out to celebrate aileen's bday last fri! have u ever tasted that gush of warmth feeling when u are out with frens u have come to know so well and whom u can relax and talk abt anything under the sun? i think one impt thing that i have come to treasure over the years would be the preciousness of friendships... i can never bring myself to forsake my frens... can u imagine destroying the trust tat both of u have painfully built over the years? i cant bear to or bring myself to do that... my friends, i have placed all of u in a special place deep in my heart... to others, xmas may be a season for shopping, holidays or even sleep... to me, it's the celebration of love and friendship... hey i may sound cliched and superficial here but i really mean it... the feeling of having true frens is wonderful...

so we ate at spageddies cos i got 15% discount on my visa mini but i regret it! the salad was really sour cos of the overdose of vinegar and the masala chicken doesn't taste well marinated... so much for the good impression i had when i had my class dinner or track dinner back in sec sch... :p looks like the standards have dropped over the years...

the next day was just as enjoyable cos i spent it with zj and it was a break away from movies, restaurants and shopping centres... we went gym and i shagged myself at the gym by hogging the abs machine, doing lots of free weights and doing the striding machine... i would love to do more cardioaerobic activities like racing the treadmill conveyor belt but too bad my hamstrings are strained! oh i must talk abt the visit to the chinese physician downstairs my hse... after he diagnosed that i overstretched my hamstrings, he performed acupuncture on me though i protested! one by one, he peirced those scary needles into my nerves and i felt this twinge of "suanness"... but it was pure pain when the needles pricked my right leg... ouch.... i was left alone with the infrared lamp which supposed to aid blood circulation in my hamstrings... when i tot the torture is over as he removed the needles, he rolled that small glass jars over my hamstrings... can u imagine those jars, emptied of air, trying to swallow up ur muscles when they're placed over ur skin? the memories were made more unforgetable when he rolled the jars up and down my hamstrings and calves... i simply screamed in pain esp when the jars are rolled over the back of my knees... i dun wanna get injured again....

well back to the date, we chilled out by watching america pie tog and then went lot one to eat dinner... we shared paper prata in addition to the main course we bought for ourselves... yummy! been eyeing it for quite some time but was worried abt the fats that i would add to my body! with zj, diets always fail... :P he had to leave after tat and i rushed home to get dressed up to meet my sis for midnight shopping at suntec! it was a special experience but we only got a giordano top each and aussino bedsheets... they're a steal! 2 queen size bedsheets for only 29.90... got 40% discount heheh

the next day was a meaningful day... we went to singapore association for the deaf to organise a xmas party for 15 old folks... i was struck by how little they have and though we only played games and served them their lunch, they're immensely thankful for our efforts... i wished i could give them more than just 2hrs of games... being with them realise how fortunate i am and i'm determined to give my parents a better life than the ones these old folks are living now...

if i am ever asked abt wat i would remember of this xmas, it'd be i realised how blessed i am!

guiltyconfessions...

yea i'm guilty of so many things:

1. not spending within my limits
2. not exercising enough
3. eating after 8pm
4. not giving my tutees the best tuition experience
5. not mugging french
6. not blogging often
7. not preparing for next sem!

but at least there're some redeemptions:

1. met up with old frens
2. gave xmas gifts to my beloved frens
3. wrote xmas cards
4. contribute back to the society thru cip
5. cleaned up the house
6. helped my sis with her chem
7. studied 3 units of french
8. finished reading thru the basic driving test notes
9. go for aikido trainings and track trainins!
10. continue with my amway business
11. read more about investing and financial freedom....

not bad... at least i did some worthy stuff so far... yea and i'm going to celebrate aileen's bday today with charlene! i miss them sia :) and we're gonna squash ourselves among the sea of sale shoppers at orchard mango outlet.. hope to find deals for next yr's new yr clothes :P tata... gonna go pluck my eyebrows... commissioning ball on monday!!! so exciting... haha

It's the holidays!

yea yea yea! my exams are finally over... went to teach tuition today and then went to claim back my creative mp3 player. I must say that I am very unsatisfied with their services because I only got back my player after 1 month! it's understandable that they're outta stock and the stocks need some time to get to singapore but they must take more than 3 weeks to arrive... still need some more time for testing etc... and the funny thing is when i called them today, they told me that i cannot collect today. yet, when i went to their main branch later, they said it can be collected. wierd isn't it? anyway, i'm relieved that i finally got back my zen micro and bought a new philips earphones @ only $24.. hehe :) i shall avoid creative products after sending the zen micro for repair the second time. i hope i never have to go to that inaccessible place again!!!

well... though the exams are jus over for a day, i felt like holidays have began long ago so it din make much difference after the paper yesterday.. jus have tis stronger sense of security and the guilt of not mugging is slipping away! hahah... but i mugged today.. for my basic theory test! basically jus staring at pictures and symbols la haha gonna mug my french in advance though... but not gonna start till next week haha... btw, i went to uob bank today and applied for an account :) gonna get my visa mini debit card in 3 weeks! how cool is tat man.... it has lotsa good offers like 20% off the shoes at pretty fit and other restaurants :) hehe... that's seriously my main motivation in getting the card hhaha

tmr, i'm going to teach tuition again then visit a tuition student at her hse... can u believe it? i'm going to teach her how to put on make up! hahah... then i shall shop at ikea and hopefully redeem the ikea points for some nice stuff to decorate the house :) exams made me a very homely person, i swept the floor every other day and arranged the stuff in my house... actually, it's for the sake of my tuition student who's coming my house la... dun think she wants to come to a filthy home hhehe...

yep... and i'm going to stay in hostel next sem! heheh so excited abt getting my own room and freedom.. i'm determined to train hard for running and mug hard for my studies! no more distractions like shopping... hahah the latter is a big big distraction man... sigh... jus hope the hostliers dun bother me much hahah i'll keep my door locked man! yup shall end here and shall blog soon!

exams is gonna be over!

finally, after a long draggy week, exams seem to end soon... haha.. not that i actually studied... only one third of the day is spent on flipping thru some notes , spending the rest packing my house, exercising or shoppin... haha this is life! but i would love to be outside for the entire day... my skin's turning pale from lack of sun exposure! hahha... haven been going for my cca too :P but now i feel like joining rock climbing.. can go mountain trekking or climbing at the end of each sem! tat'll be so fun and excitin... see how next sem maybe i'll join odac

watched harry potter: goblet of fire on sunday and I think it's kinda cliched... it's all so expected... voldermort reborn again... came up with some ploy and then got defeated by harry potter... but the integration of romance is a new one, rather insignificant but nonetheless saccharin sweet haha... potter is so hopeless at dating :p haha...

i'm tired of shopping btw... and that spells disaster cos what else is there to do beside shopping in singapore? eat? but i need to slim down! hahah.. at least for the commissioning ball i'm going on on 19 dec haha... oh dear... i'm supposed to follow a carb-free diet today but i ate bread, muffin and fried rice today! shit.... nvm tmr will be a better day *crossed my finger* anyway, back to the first question, what else is there to do??? sighz *despair*