| 30.7.05 |
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yesterday... stayed at home until mid afternoon... where i went out to cut my hair... kinda bad cut... it's short... and still very fluffy... wad a cut to see me into school... haiz... met the guy at far east... apparently he wanted to eat noodles and rice... but actually he just wanted to look for his waist pouch... found out that shih lin started selling tian bu la... (but according to my parents... the IMM outlet started eons ago...) but we're both on diet... walked ard far east... then went back to his place for a nice long chat... which was coerced, by the way... i felt we havent had a good conversation in a long time... (you have to exclude the crappy lame stuff...) he sent me back home... but not before taking a wrong turn... not on purpose to give me a surprise... and i made him stop by selegie for my favourite dou jiang... today started at 7am... had to make my way to school at 0830hrs... for Rag stuff... the backdrop seems rather "woahhh"... hope it survives Rag day... had fun though... getting glue, silver spray, black paint on my hands... laughing like mad hyena with the guys... talking non-stop to qingzhang and yuanshuo about taiwan... the former just visited taipei in may... and the latter is also half Taiwanese... (not that i am...) one thing i noticed... is that i'm a very good target for suaning... i know i always say wanqi very good target... but when she's not around... i think i kena it good... maybe it's coz i'm the least feminine girl around... then they tend NOT to suan ku niang girls... wah lau... i kena suaned left, right and center i tell you... and it's not as if i know them very well... and thats what i told them... not that i mind also... somehow it makes me feel accepted... how desperate... coz i was kinda worried about not being able to fit into the group... having missed so many sessions of constructions already... it was good i guess... good... met the guy... supposedly to read... but i din have lunch... so we had an early dinner at bugis... so that he could go get his waist pouch... had my favourite bak chor mee... actually ONLY becoz it was the only thing i ever tried there... milk tea from MOS... wanted to get my lariat fixed at Perlini's Silver... coz the 1m long thing broke the other day... but the best they could do was charge me 6bucks... and solder it together... leaving an ugly bump after 2 weeks... wat the crap... the guy soldered it for me at his place FOC in ten minutes... got bump... but oh well... bought a denim skirt as well... yeah... i feel fat... i swore i saw cellulite in the dressing room... gawd! wait a minute... i KNOW i am fat... darn... *depression mode* parents picked me from his place... so i'm back early today... excerpt from car conversation with parents... mom: "clubs are no good...thats where the one night stands usually start..." me: "what's one night stand?" mom: "your brother dunnoe still ok...you dont tell me you dunnoe..." dad: "one whole night stand on one leg?" me: "nono...club no space to sit...so ONE whole NIGHT have to STAND..." okok... i know... NOT funny... ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:29 --Link to Post |
| 29.7.05 |
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just struck me as i was taking the bus back from kovan today... sweet ben gave me a ride back to kovan from school... after the long day (of Showdowns, lame neck cramps, squeezing-mast-into-cars, being rejected by freshies) at the matriculation fair... met my ME prof before that... regarding USP, timetable and module mapping... told me not to drop USP... therefore i'm taking India and Indian Communities... which has 2 8am lectures... bless me... (back to what i was saying...) struck me that if i could meet friends on the streets... in taiwan...(!?!?!?!) in school... why dont i ever bump into my ex on the streets? not that i want to... maybe... you know the need to show him how much better you are doing without him? kidding... but truth is... it's weird how we never met since... he stays so near... occasionally my bus rides go past his place... maybe it's better this way... for that part of my life to close off... making way for what is to come... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:20 --Link to Post |
| 28.7.05 |
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here are the taiwan photos as promised... didnt take too many photos... coz i was trying hard to blend in into the environment... without being an obvious tourist... so a lot of the photos are taken with the camera beside my stomach... or when there was no pple around... added to that... photos with the guy in obvious view is banned from this site... and i'm not good with photoshop... so i cant mosaic his face or something... no photos of his wonderful family either... oh well... maybe i should have been more thick-skinned... and take all the photos i want... DAY 1  leaving Changi International Airport... in a window seat... on an SQ flight... beat that! it was an early flight... 0835hrs... wah lau... his dad had to pick me like even before the sun rose... and send us to the airport... first time i went overseas without my parents sending me off... Note: Taiwan is, thus far, the furthest north i've been to so far... just goes to show how ill-travelled i actually am...  this is his grandma's place... which is directly behind what we would consider our Orchard Road... the next street sells Ralph Lauren, DKNY, etc... expensive stuff... eeks!  our bed at his granny's place... huge... brought sleeping bags too... really comfy to be wrapped warm in your own sleeping bag... with the aircon on... Taiwan is freaking hot at this time of the year... as hot as sg!  our main mode of transport... though his cousins did drive us around a lot as well... documenting my first time riding in a Mazda3 and a Lexus... plus rides in cabs... and one bus ride... this was comfy... very spacious... no singapore MRT kinda rush hour squeezing...  something we ate for supper EVERY night we were at his granny's place... deep fried... but really yummy stuff... you choose stuff and the lady deep fries them with chopped garlic and basil leaves, i think... i love the yan shu ji... and he loves the tian bu la... DAY 2 spent most of the day around Taipei's city hall... where Taipei 101 was... plus a lot of expensive shopping malls... watched Coach Carter there too... not bad a movie... great bball moves... and who doesnt love Samuel L. Jackson? dinner was at Chilli's with the cousins... not very nice... and quite expensive too... went on to visit tong hua nite markets too... didnt buy anything i think... was just too tired after the whole day...  Taipei 101... pretty majestic a building... though one wonders why they built something so big... so high... so green... with so much glass on an earthquake zone... heard it was build to withstand quakes... but hey, who knows?  inside the shopping mall of Taipei 101... you can even see part of the main 101 building here...  long queue outside their Mister Donut... heard it's really popular... and people queue to buy 10pcs a person... which was the limit... guy was right... Taiwanese go crazy over the weirdest things... they go nuts over donuts...  a pink house near his granny's place... with lotsa machines for you to catch stuff toys with... crazy stuff... you'd wonder how such shops survive... but they do... Taiwanese are crazy over these... or so i heard...  rows and rows of scooters... at first i thought that they were selling scooters or something... coz all so one-design one... until i saw it on EVERY street... apparently they ride it a lot there... even traffic junctions have stipulated areas for scooters to wait... parking cars is a terrible chore over there... and pple practically park all over the place... first time seeing people (his cousin) parking in front of other pples' cars... and leaving his HP number on the dashboard... so that pple can call him to move... something unheard of in sg... DAY 3 had pai ku fan for lunch... then made our way to xi men ting... the Far East Plaza of Taiwan... all the young punks shop around here... dinner was thai with the usual suspects... the cousins plus a da biao ge... who was really really funny... the ultimate was... (imagine in mandarin) "my wife and i speak english at home too..." *everyone raises eyebrows* "come here, bitch." *everyone laughs and threatens to report him* "ya, she says that to me." after that we made our way to his uncle's empty home in xin bei tou... super far away...  one of the streets in xi men ting... loads of shopping... but kinda expensive too... someone quoted me SGD50 for 3 pairs of earrings... probably hearing us speak english and concluding we werent local... we managed to get one of the three somewhere else for 5 bucks...-_-"  xin bei tou MRT station... the one at his granny's place is underground...  really pretty mountains... on the train ride downtown... love the way the hills/mountains contrasts the buildings... something you will never find in singapore... took a lot of pictures like these... DAY 4 woke up pretty late actually... it was a saturday... and we were supposed to meet the gang at xi men ting... so that one of his cousins, a xi men ting regular, could bring us around... into the littler alleys... but it was like 4 cousins and one girlfriend and us... shuffling around just for MY belt and MY bag.. can you imagine how paiseh i was? bought on impulse la... but i love those purchases... lunch was Yoshinoya... we HAD to try the fast food there... must see whether got difference or not what... went shih lin at night... for the food and abit of shopping... superbly crowded... but it was an experience...  the view from his uncle's place... really pretty... minus the dilapidated buildings... plus the green hill on the side... it struck me how un-green Taipei was... despite the occasional tree and such... Singapore is REALLY the green city... really appreciate the air here...  the hot spring tub... which had a pipe that brought in REAL spring water... that was murky and smelly... but supposedly good for the skin? had to heat it up using a heater... and it was TOO HOT for me... guy went it first... for a good few minutes... before i decided that it cooled off enough for me... before you guys start having weird thoughts... i WAS wearing my swim suit...  the pretty sky roof above the hot spring tub... have a thing for sky roofs... just found the idea of natural lighting in a house damn cool... am so gonna get something like that... when, and if, i have the money...  walking to the MRT station from his uncle's place... long walk... prespiration was practically dripping from my earrings... damn gross... stupid me wore my black top... coz i stupidly let the guy choose my outfit for me... i failed to recall that it was his favourite top of mine...  inside Shih Lin night maket... where i bumped into Changdun... chou dou fu is REALLY smelly... and not that nice after all...  oyster mee sua... prefer the one from the shih lin franchise in singapore though... this was weirder than i thought... got pig innards inside too! but oni NTD30... which equates to less than SGD1.50!  prawn rolls and chou dou fu... didnt take pictures of the fried oyster omelette though... that was yummy...  the nite market from the outside... bought a bing tang hu lu... strawberries one... sweet + sour... yummy! but i didnt finish it... threw it away coz i rather shop with empty, non-sticky hands... hiaks! DAY 5 went over to his granny's place pretty early... apparently his da biao jie drove up all the way from tai chung to see him... the lunch was a very interesting experience... the house was really rowdy and all... ordered bubble tea in... which was really cheap by the way... about 15 bucks for 10 cups... the zhen zhu nai cha was splendid.... and rice or noodles... they played a number of rounds of mahjong... whahahaa... and the guy won some money to fund our shopping... the inventory includes boardshorts... teeshirts... bags.... brown belt... earrings... skirt... wahhahaa.... after wu fen pu was back to the Taipei 101 area for Ruby Tuesdays... yummy western food... huge portions... watched The Island there too... guy misplaced his tickets over dinner... so we had to buy another pair... coz we din pay by card... nor did we remember the seat numbers... movies are more expensive there... student rate was still about 12 bucks per pax... took a cab back from there to xin bei tou... cost us more than 20 bucks... suddenly i feel so xing fu living in sg...  wu fen pu.... really cheap clothes... funny part was that it was actually like a wholesale centre... so fashion buyers from xi men ting actually come here to buy stuff to sell there... you'll see loads of them with trolleys and huge bags... damn funnie... but i really wonder how come the locals dont directly come here... especially since it's so much cheaper... his cousin's gf told us abt how she found a jacket that she bought in xi men ting for NTD2000... oni to find it in wu fen pu going for NTD1000... apparently, the salesgirl told her the jacket was brought in from overseas... yeah rite... -_-"  our huge dinner at Ruby Tuesdays... beef steak skewers, onion rings, prawn fritters, chicken chops and ribs... yummilicious! had potato skins as well... those were topped with sour cream and bacon bits... utterly heavenly! DAY 6 had lunch at ding gua gua... yummy fried chicken... and sweet potato fries that i didnt quite like... cousin picked us up to go back to granny's place... made him bring me back to wu fen pu again... got hooked on buying fake billabong, quiksilver, abercrombie, levis... wahhaha... =X shhhssh! dont tell anyone... went with his female cousin and gang... so we tooked the bus there... shopped quite abit... then dinner was at nei hu... in a foodcourt at some miramar shopping centre... with Asia's largest ferris wheel... went to a 24hr bookshop ourselves... to get last minute gifts for his cousins... who were so sweet to bring us around... and we were contemplating getting harry potter... the entire series thus far... but ney... not his kinda book, we concluded...  public buses.... only took them once... less than SGD1 flat... quite comfy...  inside their public bus... shiok aircon... especially after considering the heat outside... got their version of TV mobile too...  the ferris wheel... really big... and green again... nothing much to see though...  the nite scene from the ferris wheel... saw taipei's domestic airport... Taipei 101... saw a lot of lights... fullstop... the trip was, indeed, everything i expected and more... the idea of living with him 24/7 doesnt seem that enticing anymore... especially after the hell i been through trying to get him up from bed... but then again... despite being able to speak the same language as the locals there... he was indispensable throughout the entire trip... SHOPPING: 1. giving me advice abt the things i wanna buy.. (UGLY-OKAY-NOT BAD-LOOKS GOOD) 2. helping me bargain coz i just cant do it... i'll just select pieces, pass to him, "your job"... 3. the money in his wallet... but i got return him when we got back... though i not sure whether it was enough to cover everything... EATING: 1. bringing me around to eat his favourite food... which are really yummy... which i probably wouldnt have tried if not for his recommendation... 2. helping me order stuff... coz they probably wont understand my 'fluent' mandarin... i'm too cheem for them... 3. pestering the air stewardess for me... for apple juice... GETTING AROUND: 1. his connections, a.k.a. his cousins... to give us directions... or send us from place to place... loaning us MRT cards... 2. his fluency in the language... to ask for directions... 3. his always-knowing-what-to-do... so that i can even close my eyes, grab his shirt, walk on the streets and know that i'll be safe... COMPANY: 1. his limited vocab... you think you very funny? i want massage. you want me to tickle you? scratch my back. wat the crap. look at those spare tyres... eat eat eat. 2. his being there... thank you. ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:43 --Link to Post |
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was supposed to have gone to school... to help out with the backdrop for USP rag... but got caught up and stressed out with the windsurf course stuff... that i had to give that a miss... finally got the magic number of 6... so i guess that's another course filled... managed to slot in, however, a short coffee session with stella mary... talked about loads... my trip... her fac... orientation... school... how our mocha frap tasted particularly choclatey... probably my best mocha frap ever... she liked the skirt i gave her... phew... those are really expensive in sg... glad it was a steal at a fraction of the price... anything for my girl... bought a pair of studs for myself... 5 bucks for the flower kind... the same kind i bought at mu-ee and lost at the beginning of the year... oh well... i liked them... bought tau huay for my grandparents... afternoon snack ya? my grandad hasnt been eating a lot at lunch... and it worries me... but he loves tau huay coz it seems like a healthy thing i guess... met the guy for dinner after that... wanted to watch Crash... but maybe not... both of us feeling broke... especially after i offered to treat him dinner... and suggested Crystal Jade... coz Linc made me gian with his description of their congee... and he happily ordered his favourite xia qiu... without first checking out the price... it was freaking 17bucks... SGD, by the way... i paid 46 bucks for the dinner in all... so much for offering to compensate all that he suffered during the trip... shopped abit... looking around for a brown tee... coz now he gian brown also... especially after not being able to carry off the browns that he bought in Taiwan... didnt find one... bumped into mervin at j8 as well... stupid guy poked me... =P dropped by his place again... so that he could send me home... but his dad was picking pple up at the airport... so my dad offered to pick me up instead... i think i'm more at ease with his parents now.. especially after supermarketing with them... and after the more intense training, on how-to-handle-relatives, in Taipei... school tomorrow... help abit with backdrop... meet prof... then matric fair till late... i love busy lifestyle... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:03 --Link to Post |
| 27.7.05 |
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finally back from taiwan... was a fantastic 6days to say the least... damages to the pockets total up to less than a thousand per pax... might seem a lot... but for SQ flights... loads of shopping... a few restaurant dinners... cab rides... coffee places... hotspring... food, food and food... alcohol for his dad... it's pretty okay... woohoo! many thanks to his cousins who drove us around from time to time... the warmth of his relatives at his granny's place... where we stayed a few nites... and the other nites at his uncle's spare house... else we would have blown a large part of the moolah on accomodation... wah lau... amazing to have friends or relatives to go to when you travel... really really feel FAT now... with three capital letters... oh well.... wad to do? diets dont seem to work for me... see how la... all i wanted to have when i stepped off the plane today was sliced fish soup... doesnt matter it wasnt from the top5 places i listed previously... just sliced fish soup would do... and i got it... went for lunch with my parents and my sis... serangoon gardens food centre... went home... check on my bids for the modules... unpacked... showered.... slept... dinner.... fought with my macromedia fireworks... which refused to shut down... even after i popped the battery off my laptop... NUS tomorrow... break? what break? need to work on the course stuff liaoz... bleah. and USP backdrop stuff... ----Stef stopped rambling at 00:18 --Link to Post |
 6 days in Taipei, Taiwan... ----Stef stopped rambling at 00:12 --Link to Post |
| 25.7.05 |
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last day in taipei already... leaving tmr morning on a 7am flight... freaking early... but we didnt have much of a choice... TPE-SGP was just too popular a route... i even met changdun, my engin klassmate, like two times in two days... in shih lin and wu fen pu... wahahha... how qiao is that? will update when i get back... more shopping! ----Stef stopped rambling at 15:11 --Link to Post |
| 22.7.05 |
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day 2 in Taiwan today... went the area around Taipei 101 to shop and look see... stuff very very ex... even the departmental stores sells dowdy blouses for SGD250... not to mention stuff like JPG, Gucci, Ralph Lauren and stuff... irony is... the only things we got today were slippers from Muji (a pair each) and a t-shirt from Esprit... both of which we can find in sg... wahahah... we saw a brown top from an ulu brand as well... simple halter with a shell clasp... SGD120... was definitely not within my budget... but he liked it alot... urgh.... why so ex??? ate at din tai fung today... slightly cheaper than those in sg... but service is like... woah... service here is very... huan ying guang ling... qing man man kan... xuan le neng shi chuan ne... man zou... xie xie ni... to the unintiated it was whiney, to say the least... even at the airport duty-free... i had goosebumps... dinner was at Chilli... western stuff... couldnt finish my pasta... but prices were... each person more than out total bill at din tai fung.. ate with two of his cousins... and one cousin's gf... met more family today... frankly it's pretty uncomfortable for me... and truthfully... i dont think i'm being a totally fantastic gf of a cousin/grandson/nephew... if only i spoke mandarin better.. with more ease and confidence... maybe i would leave a better impression... day 3 will be xi men ting... probably more stuff to buy... more affordable... yippie! shih lin too! and moving to his uncle's empty home... with private hot spring! life IS good... ----Stef stopped rambling at 02:03 --Link to Post |
| 20.7.05 |
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in taipei now... not very eventful day... but interesting enuff... his cousins came to pick us up at the airport... had lunch... proceeded on to his granny's place... where we're staying on for a couple of nights... housing here is almost like in hkg... especially like the ones i see in HKG serials. coz i havent been there before... visited his aunt in the hospital too... and coming back to a feast for dinner... food, unlike what i thought, are rather different from chinese food back home... hard to get used to... but still good, nonetheless... queer how the first thing his relatives ask him is whether i speak mandarin... it's either i'm too quiet... or am too tanned to be chinese... walked around where his granny stays... it's kinda like sg's orchard road... 'cept that streets are filled with shops... so you dont have malls (with aircon) to go into... other than departmental stores... less comfort... and very expensive stuff... although i was thinking abt shopping here... maybe i should have spent more on the GSS back in sg... getting the things i so need... than saving up so miserably and coming here trying to spend it... but what really matters is that he's here with me... not the fact that dowdy pasar-malam clothes cost 3 for SGD50... nuthing beats the feeling of exhilaration... stepping into taipei airport... with his hand in mine... added to that... by the time i get back... my mandarin will also be very powderful... i will soon be able to shi shi sha sha with his parents... and any mandarin speaking individuals... or at least, i hope... ----Stef stopped rambling at 22:36 --Link to Post |
| 19.7.05 |
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went out last evening with the bballers... dinner at kenny rogers... wasnt the 8 of us like i hoped... but i managed to get 6... which is like really great... was a rowdy gathering... really miss just hanging out with them... talking crap till the cows come home... and of course... who can tahan not suaning serene... hiaks! great stuff... they make me feel so complete... leaving for taiwan tomorrow morning... 0835 flight... frigging early... but i guess that gives us enough time for the rest of the day... i wanna go shihlin! wahahaha... half scared, hlaf excited... dunnoe which more overwhelming... 6days in taiwan! yet the typhoon had to make its housecall too... haiz... ----Stef stopped rambling at 21:32 --Link to Post |
| 18.7.05 |
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ran a number of errands today... get painkillers, diarrhoea med, flu jab... buy bak kwa... which was a terrible experience, by the way... came back home and email-ed the franchise... salespeople were rude and everything... collected my stuff from PA... container, toaster, lights and wire extension... altered my jeans...  this is my proudest achievement of today... made a necklace from the beads i bought yesterdae... quite ugly... but hey... it's my first try... and there were limited beads that caught my fancy...  matching earrings as well... this was ten times easier... all i had to do was put the beads into the ready-made hoops... ta-daa! purposely put the beads haphazardly... contrast the boring-ness of the necklace... met the guy for dinner and gift shopping... dinner and shopping, yes... for ourselves la... really dunnoe what to buy for his relatives... dinner was at the new burger joint... Carl's Jr... the one with Paris Hilton in the advert in the US... it was humongous... the large fries was like the US Mac's... before Supersized Me! came out... but not cheap either... for self-service fast food... our bill came up to a total of 20bucks... for 2 sets... hiaks... but it's seriously not bad... i had the Western Bacon Cheeseburger... and their iced tea is yummy too! homemade! walked around abit at the revamped Marina Square... bought a bracelet for 5 bucks... was tempted to get a bag... but reckoned i could get something cooler and funkier from Taiwan... i hope! got a Maui and Sons tee too... the one i reserved... and they didnt call me about... and he got one too... so that they'll be 29bucks altogether... not bad la... love their paperbag... will probably use it to death... had my Yami Yoghurt as well... guy stared at me... dont you think it's damn small for 2.30? oh well... as long as it's YAMI... read: yummy... was a good day today... would have been better if i managed to squeeze a couple of hours out to go wsfing with Godwin... feel bad having to cancel on him... the guy was so enthu about trying it out again... makes me feel so happy... ----Stef stopped rambling at 00:53 --Link to Post |
| 17.7.05 |
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woke up like super early today... 0630hrs on a Saturday is like FREAKING early...  sending Renhao off to NOC Shanghai bright and early in the morning... poor guy didnt get to bring his rollerblades over... haiz... else he can skate skate skate everyday! he'll be there for a year lor... sooooOOoooo looonnnggg.... but so shiok! will be a good and enriching experience... look super good on resume too!  xinyi says i must work on taking photos on my own... especially for taiwan... yeah rite i say... the guy refuses to be associated with me on my blog... so he can take me and the scenery, all i want! realise i dont have many photos of us together... compared to other couples i know... while i'd like to have those to look at sometimes... i agree that nuthing beats seeing him in person...  dad and mum were working on the ST 160th Anniversary Mazda6 contest while waiting... mum said she had a hunch that we'll win it... so we stuck ourselves in the service roads of ECP... just to put the contest form in... called her to check at 1pm abt the results... we didnt get it... awwwww... else i would ask for the car and hire a chauffeur... slitty-eyed ones...  the mess after we salvaged the contest form from the paper... it was madness la... seeing adults crouching over UHU glue, pieces of paper and brandishing scissors... things people do for freebies!  while stuck in the jam... thought i should entertain myself taking artistic photos... i seriously need a better camera... this looks faaaaaaaarrrr from arty farty... went to NUS to help out abit with USP Rag... didnt do much... but at least i managed to dismantle abit of the old structures... so that we can use the materials for the new ones... yippiez! it was good getting to know the people involved as well... met a AJSC junior... a fellow Grp D engineer... the 'boss' i've been crapping online with for so long... and many many more... look forward to more time together... but that'll come AFTER taiwan... met stella at buona vista to go bead shopping in holland village... we got so beaded jewelry crazy that we wanted to make some ourselves... found the shop rather easily... but walked out empty-handed and very sad... semi-precious stones are freaking expensive... no wonder she charges so much for her work... adjourned to Crystal Jade La Mien and Xiao Long Bao... was stella's first time... so we got two baskets of those yummy dumplings and a radish pastry... ooh-la-la! 15bucks for the 2 of us... it was my lunch... but her high tea... very very satisfied... found some cheaper beads and jewelry making stuff in a cheaper place in AMK... not exactly what i'm looking for... but enought to curb my itchy fingers for some beadwork... next up... PC's place for BBQ... few weeks since we met up... my JC class...  ding and yxy at the fire... they werent very sucessful la...  i decided to join in the fray... purposefully candid-ed this pic... so as to show that i was pseudo-hardworking... pardon the aunty get-up... i needed something that could take me airport-NUS-hollandV-BBQ... and my judgement was impaired by the fact that i had 4 hrs of sleep and very tired eyes... firemaking was exciting... i put a moderately big charcoal in... and they stared at each other... so evil... i got fire making experience one ok? three days ago just make one leh...  i am very hardworking with regards to hotdogs... maybe i was hungry... but after the many baskets of xiao long baos... i think i was just having fun with them... as you can see in the next pic with my si dui tou YXY...  photo suitably cropped to remove what horrible arms i have... but it's still there la... while i like to think they're muscle... it's far from the truth... while i like to think i'm happy the way i am... (i really do, so that i can NOT exercise)... i like cropping photos to make myself feel better...  i dunnoe why the guys like taking pics in a line... hilarious i tell you... why cant they have more innovative poses? at least a more artistic formation ya? hopeless!  i think this is sweet... me and my stella mary lioewanta... we're practically steamed and roast chicken... not very fun... especially with my terrible tanline... EEKS!  #1 of our disaster foods... burnt dogs... gosh... they look really freaky ya? coz i wasnt at the pit yet... spent alot of time thereafter ... coz i wanted to prevent total destruction of all hotdogs, crabmeat sticks, satay and otah...  #2... thought these looked like eyes... wahhaha... damn funny...  PC the Red Indian... were playing Red Indian Poker... not sure if it's what it's called... but putting a card on ur forehead seemed like a red indian thing to do... point of the game is for the others to 'bluff' or 'help' you... by telling you whether you should change your card... and you cant see your card, of course... unlimited changes... alot laughter...  stella acting kelian... far from it lor... even though i trusted her with all my heart... she actually betrayed my trust... and bluffed me... very sad... orbi, that she get lousy card...  the girls that stayed most of the evening... yeejing, stella and myself... plus our lovely host, PC... her dad kindly sponsored our evening... feel bad... it was great, girl... thanks for organizing something like that for us... ----Stef stopped rambling at 02:41 --Link to Post |
| 15.7.05 |
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the last couple of days saw us at the windsurfing freshmen camp... although it wasnt too many of them... it wasnt too bad really... 16 because we have limited equipment... and no second camp coz of the multiple-of-6 constraints... but i had a whale of time... until my brain starting failing me on Day2 with a lack of sleep... calls, forms, tees, briefings, salt-water swimming/drowning, hours of hot sun, teaching, money... was abit too much to handle on 1 hr worth of sleep... insomnia is bad on days like these... grumpiness kicked in just before we broke camp... many apologies to everyone... and we werent having a agreement, kelvin...  camp participants... and our people, of course...  girls huddled ard the fire to keep it from blowing out... it was really funny... but it works!  the little houses... this was the foundation to a really good fire... proud project of the guys... it was practically roaring with fires by the time it was done... the next pic doesnt exactly capture it...  the super-hot fire... who needs the Human Torch?  the fire was ready... but the food weren't here... so we only had marshmellows to eat... but i heard some guys saying they wont mind doing this all day if they had a truckload of it... marshmellow madness!  BBQing madness... yummy yummy yummy, i've got love in my tummy...  the award-winning chicken wing that i 'stole' from the freshies... was pretty good i tell you... wahhaha...  the hardworking BBQers - Part 1... a recognition of the people who sacrificed oil-free faces to give us a wonderful dinner...  the hardworking BBQers - Part 2... (though i was trying to keep Ben out of it... 'cause he was pretending to be hardworking...)  oh well... i gave up... the hardworking BBQers - Part 2...  resorting to zong ji mi ma to finish the food... was ultra effective... finished them in no time... following are some of the people who were helped finish the delectable feast...  1. Mr i've-got-a-burnt-chicky-wing... Kelvin Kek!  2. Mr Look Ma!-i'm-as-tanned-as-my-chicky-wing... Weiming...  3. Mr plz-dont-make-me-eat-this... Yaodong...  4. Miss finger-lickin'-good.... Pam...  5. Mr chicken-wing-down-the-throat-trick... Dominic...  infectious zong ji mi ma... 3-in-1! Ben, Winnie and Paul...  we're not exactly glad to eat these... Liangwei, Yinghao and Renhao...  Lu and our prized hamper... POSER!  break camp...the group photo... everyone's squinting like mad... it was like the 101th photo... but i had to have my share of it...  the supposed candid shot... i wonder what was xy trying to do to my head... all in all... it was a good camp... not much time to interact with everyone... but our objective was met... we now have 16 more windsurfing newbies... hope that they'll dig the sport as much as we do! ----Stef stopped rambling at 14:27 --Link to Post |
| 12.7.05 |
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would have been pretty contented lazing around at home today... the whether was pretty mean... but still... the idea of having the head on one arm... watching TV the whole day on my parents' bed... was incredibly attractive... then ben had to call about heading down to PA.... being the ultra persuasive guy he was... i was amazed actually... by the fact that i lifted my butt off the sofa... packed my stuff and trudged down to PA... changing a total of 2 buses and an LRT... wat the... plus enduring a terribly hot ride on bus 27... either the weather was too hot... or the air-con was having one of its moodswings... the winds didnt blow... ben, linc and i went out on 2 long boards... laughing at one another's terrible posture... actually it was only me doing the laughing... we kinda spoiled the baton strap on one of the sails... gosh... ouch... would see whether we could fix it on wed... finally managed to settle some course stuff... kinda peifu our CEC for enduring with it for so long... been doing for abt 2 mths... and i'm like dying... why do some people suck? =P oh ya... think saini was really sweet to help me reserve a teeshirt from the weekend's races... only helped out one day... but he said he saved me one coz i helped co-ordinate a couple of helpers for them... yeay... so happy... but might give the shirt to the guy... abit BIG ya? it would be a busy 2 weeks from now... scarily so... windsurf camp... bead shopping... 0102 bbq... bballers gathering... USP rag stuff (if i can squeeze them in)... taiwan packing... taiwan... man... this is wad hols are for! finally... i'm making the most out of it... luckily i din take up the job ruizhong recommended... else i wouldnt know how to work ard it all... ----Stef stopped rambling at 00:28 --Link to Post |
| 11.7.05 |
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sunday was not too bad... met a few of the YEP peeps... godwin, shaun... and dawn from USP... for lunch... bedok interchange where i had a pretty good sliced fish soup... nuthing perks me up more than fantastic fish soup... my current top5... 1. China Square Food Court 2. Food centre opposite Harbourfront 3. Amoy Street Food Centre 4. Rivervale Mall Foodcourt 5. Bedok Interchange hawker centre nian picked us up from the interchange... and we all made our way down to PF... winds picked up and i was darn tempted to go out with my equipment... stayed in to finish the simulator session... and only manage to squeeze in one run... they picked it up pretty fast actually... after countless of dives... falls... scraps... under the supervision of the bf and myself... they got moving a'right... not bad, not bad... for the first day... wahahha... went out for a few more runs... before the sky turned scarily dark... and we headed back to shore... Hagen Daaz ice cream cake is really ex... like 65 bucks a kilo... offered to pay for it... better than always going to his place emptyhanded... it was his dad's birthday... macademia nut ice cream is yummy... but i prefer the nut in cookies... especially subway's white choc ones... more yummy! camp starts next week... i'm pretty bent on fixing my tanline... dont know how... dont know where... just no more orange tanktop! urgh... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:38 --Link to Post |
| 10.7.05 |
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i seriously think transport is like freaking ex... i know not as expensive as in other countries... but freaking ex... my ezlink is like eating money... and soon... i'll be reduced to eating bread and water for meals... thank goodness for hostel rooms... was at PA for the competition today... another major race that i'm not competing in... feels somewhat embarassing even... when foreign sailors that i used to race with... or see around when we go abroad... ask if i were racing... and i say that i'm not... just helping out... havent been racing... but it feels tremendously good... that they recognise me... despite being so terribly lousy... and insignificant... a simple smile that says, i've seen u around, hello... is enough to make my day... so touched... was on one of the safety boats... was supposed to help out... but the uncle driving the boat... was like doing everything himself... and he not very friendly... i would willingly pull up buoys for him if he asked... but he just grabs them as they come... and dun leave much room for us to help... just end up crapping loads on the boat... which was quite enjoyable... one girl my sister's age... another in JC2... a guy from NTU... wahahah... we laughed a lot... i think the uncle thought we were really noisy... thats why he chased us off... hahah... saying we could get off if we wanna... when we beached with a sailor with a broken mast... but he was quite nice la... offering us sunblock and water... just that i really wanted to help... and he didnt seem to happy that we didnt... watched Fantastic Four... wasnt too bad... but we thot Jessica Alba was too young for her role... a very pop-corny movie... predictable... and highly illogical in reality... how come Mr Fantastic's normal clothes can stretch with him one... and things like that... oh well... the Human Torch is hot... and for the guys... Jessica Alba too... i still think she look like Scarlett Johansson... who is like the most sought after female among the guys i know... including the slitty-eyed bastard... will try to help godwin, shaun and nian tomorrow with windsurfing... poor guys sick... still insist on trying out the sport... foolhardy eh? we'll see tmr... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:53 --Link to Post |
| 8.7.05 |
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was speaking to lala just the other day... about relationships and everything... just thought that some of these are rather thought-worthy... how some people can go in and out of a relationship so callously with countless individuals... in my 19 or so years so far... i've only had 2 boyfriends... you know... the kind where you actually use the term as such... and i've heard of loads who've had 10, 20... i wonder how... and why... the whole idea of being able to share a special part of one's life suddenly becomes so cheap... like two a dozen... and everybody can have a try... i'm not against dating... it's a necessary prelude to getting together seriously rite? sounding out the other person... to see if he/she were suitable for a lifelong commitment... but 10, 20 boyfriends? something i dont really get... how others take it so lightly by breaking up and patching up repeatedly... i dont deny being guilty of this... like when i was 14 years old la... but twenty year olds... breaking up and patching up... won't it like weaken the entire thing? i used to remotely think that it might help to strengthen the relationship sometimes... (thats not the reason why i did it...) by making the two individuals value the relationship more... and treating one another better... on hindsight... it seems nothing more than a childish act... a desperate cry for attention... dont let the person go if you still think he's the one... if you end up badmouthing him/her... maybe the two of you werent meant to be... (he said "yes, you do." when i said that i suck...-_-) how guys and girls view the idea of dating differently... most guys are alright with going out to find out if she's the one... most girls make sure that he's the one before going out... but it's really hard to say... maybe after 101 dates... one finds out that "he/she wasnt that into me"... i think going out for movies/dinner/windsurfing is normal... i do that with my buddies all the time... guys and girls alike... but if there was a hint of mutual liking... and they start going out with hands linked... i thats like dating with a capital D... oh well... i dont think i defined it well too... it's very obscure... figure it out urself.. then tell me... ----Stef stopped rambling at 21:22 --Link to Post |
 the WITS team back in JC... i think this has got to be my favourite photo... my legs look freaking skinny... woohoo! think it was during the peak of training... runs after runs... and surfing after surfing... one leg skinnier than the other... might be due to the fractured toe... ----Stef stopped rambling at 18:45 --Link to Post |
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thursday was an attempted tanning session with lala... for fear of people in swimming pools or sentosa being tortured with the pukifiable sight... of me... in a bikini top... we found a secluded enough water breaker off the East Coast... one which extended far enough to the sea... where we can watch for incoming beachgoers... and scream at them to go away should they approach... i was desperate to get the tanline off.... tanline wasnt... so all i got in the two hours before lunch... was another tanline... albeit a much lighter one... lala lost her phone while getting there... realised it when we alighted from 27... jumped on another 27 and chased the bus w/ handphone all the way down to the airport... caught the bus... but didnt catch the idiot who took lala's phone away... the backside! at least lala wasnt feeling all that depressed with the loss of her phone... hopefully the yummy hokkien mee and round after round of sugarcane juice at lunch... cheered her up abit... the way home was fine... i bored her so much... she feel asleep... as it usually is for her after starchy foods... AJ times with her favourite hokkien mee is proof... arrived back at home... rested awhile with the newspapers.... clipped my long yellowed nails... then had a long cold shower... damn shiok... was wad i was looking forward to... since we left the breaker... woohoo! met the guy and his dad for dinner at Buckaroo's... we learnt our lesson well with regards to the serving portions... so had a triple platter (chicken, ribs, steak) and a swordfish... yummy stuff... but his dad surrendered the rest of it to us... pretty early into the meal... still think it was freaking expensive... we didnt even have the clam chowder i had been contemplating the whole day... maybe Sizzler's would have been a cheaper alternative... but the ambience at Buckaroo's was amazing... tucked in the middle of ulu-fied Sembawang... the place reminds me of one of those huts along the beaches of Thailand... catered for the caucasian tourists... the pseudo breeze was good... heck... the fan was in my face... literally... his dad drove around the place... giving us a mini tour of how the place used to be like freaking long ago... coz he used to stay in the area... when the British still around... the colonial houses were superbly pretty... i was like totally awestruck... a mini history lesson... so cool... reminds me how my dad drives us around like that too... reservoir tours and such... it was a good evening... even though i was dumbstuck the entire time. ----Stef stopped rambling at 11:58 --Link to Post |
| 6.7.05 |
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went surfing today... training on a 5m soft sail... with justin da man... darren and lumein cant make it... justin is super serious about getting better... hopefully in time for the competition this weekend... even coming out from work in the middle of the day... making his way to the beach... then rushing back to the office for meetings and such... if only i had that kinda conviction... hope he'll do well... as fruit of his efforts... it was queer training without buoys... without things to aim at... but still tried to impart to him everything that i deemed necessary and important for racing... upwinds... downwind pumping... start line-up... tacks... gybes... daggerboard techniques... and some tactical stuff... wahaha... luckily the lifevest tanline aint that obvious... now i just need to work on the tanktop tanline... i think i damn foolhardy... jolly well know got ugly tanline... still go and wear the tanktop... haiz... met yauhong at the airport... while waiting for bus 36... guy was meeting the rest of his med frenz at the beach... to surf also... find that, like Justin, quiet demeanour aside... they can hold a conversation really well if need be... and be as noisy as me... you just need the right topics... realised that both him and justin got really pretty eyes... cannot take it... i think my eyes damn cannot make it... no double eyelids... no long lashes.... eyebags... haiz... wad to do... stick eyelid stickers? mascara? concealer? wahhaah... i think i rather sleep more than spend time on any of these... was supposed to watch sneaks of Fantastic Four this evening... even though it doesnt seem to be that fantastic... judging from reviews in the papers... we kinda ran out of movies to watch already... but plans had to be changed... and i had to trudge home when dinner wasnt prepared for me at home... takeaway a BK student meal... munched on onion rings and sipped lemon tea... on my long walk back home from the interchange... seldom do this long walk... approximately a 4-bus-stops distance... but when i feel down and out... walks/jogs tend to clear my mind abit... but was feeling particularly bitter about being cancelled on... started shuffling dried leaves out of my path... damn childish... i know... but i reckoned it'd better taking it out on the leaves... than being moody at home... snapping at my siblings... and being questioned as to why i was feeling down... and interrogated... it was a long and slow walk... deliberately took my time... many people walked past me... running towards the traffic junctions when they saw the green man flashing... including an old woman... and a primary school kid with legs like 3/4 of mine... the click-click-clocking of work shoes... bicycle bells demanding that i clear the path for them... the usual buzz about the main junctions... and me... just kicking away the fallen leaves off my path... still sipping my lemon tea... sometimes i amaze myself at how bitter i feel about the most insignificant things... of course, appearing unreasonable to most... but seriously... i cant help how i feel... it's terrible to be torn between feeling a certain way... knowing it's wrong to feel that way... and being unable to do anything about it... i suck. ----Stef stopped rambling at 19:57 --Link to Post |
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** i just realised how narrow-minded i can actually be... being quick to make judgements... and condemn a person so easily... to think i prided myself with the ability to look at things from different points of view.. and pre-empting problems and unmanageable situations... but he was so quick to provide another point of view... when i told him about it... something i never exactly thought of... something i immediately agreed upon... in the absence of a better explanation... i'm still wondering if it was because i still lacked his maturity... or it was simply a guy's point of view that i failed to consider... he never fails to amaze me... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:58 --Link to Post |
| 5.7.05 |
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went out with the two beach babes today... shuzhen, wanqi and i went bugis... finally had the threesome we've been wanting to have for a long time... lunch... shopping... MOS teas... more shopping... we tried tank tops till we flipped! (more like the salespeople flipped...) gossip... wooohoo... really enjoyed their company... and am pretty glad we are still this close after so long... in different JCs.... unis.... i guess the sport really bonds us together... even though i dont frequent PA as much as they do... maybe it's our common colour... how we are as black as one another... we find comfort in that fact... i think... feels as if we've grown up quite abit since our TK days... soon we'll be out on our own in the work force... something i'm not totally looking forward to... but oh well... not like we can escape growing up ya? i love you, babes... can totally imagine us growing old together... meeting up for tea even when we're old and saggy... and i also realised how technology-dependent we have become... shuzhen lost her hp... and wanqi's was running low on batt... trying to meet at the MRT was pretty much a chore... esp when the latter msged me earlier about her dying HP... and how she'll be late... so we were torn between walking around ourselves and waiting for her... sz was late too... but becoz she didnt have a phone... i couldnt walk ard on my own... not like i'm complaining... i'm lazy too... and i couldnt scream at her over the phone... like i do to others most of the time... coz i love her ya? it was a traumatic experience... but really scary how one feels entirely lost without one's cellphone... freaky dependence... ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:57 --Link to Post |
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visited my nanny today... with my brother... made a call prior... but her husband said she wasnt in... made our way there anyway... when we arrived... no one was at home... but we thought we heard her voice at her neighbour's... wahhaha she was locked out... so funny... went over and sat awhile.. till her husband came back... talked abit.... waited for the little boy to come also... then went out to eat for dinner... same thing... fought for the bill... and lost to her... she just insists on paying for everything... think that she was happy that we popped by... kept telling me that i should have told her that we were coming earlier... so that she can steam herbal soups for us... i totally love her soups... but didnt want to trouble her... so had to pop the surprise... we just owe her so freaking much... spent so much of our childhood with her... owe my (lack of a) figure to her... fed us so well... she's just so great... so selfless... really look up to her as a woman who can handle anything thrown in her path... been through a lot throughout the years.... amazing how she can come out of it all... and look as if nuthing ever hit her... remain a person every one looks for in times of need... really like the Mdm Tan in My Sassy Neighbour... the way how everyone just goes to her for help... admiration. ----Stef stopped rambling at 02:07 --Link to Post |
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** spent the sunday at the beach... didnt do much surfing... din catch the short storm-like winds... coz i was 'saving' tris and xinyi... weirdly enough... i really enjoy teaching and surfing on the soft sail more... i dunnoe why... when i see his YEP mates finally getting a hang of it... it felt good... the guy managed a couple of good runs on my MOD... WITHOUT the harness... wow... am impressed... think if i continue loaning him my equipment... i'll probably fall behind him in windsurfing as well... the only sport, i think, i'm better at right now... (havent convinced him to play bball with me though...) dinner was subway with tris.... and more shopping at suntec... reserved a teeshirt... coz they din have it in my size anymore... wanted to get denim shorts from BUM... but ney... reckon i'll be better off saving the moolah... and spending it in taiwan... wahahhaa.... get stuff that i wont find here... but i really want the white belt and v-neck tee from Giordano... which happens to be one of the places that is really not worth buying anything non-sale... coz they have sales so often... other shops include, Fox and OP.... just wait for the rotation... went to the pacific coffee at the place above citylink... found a sofa and plopped on it... having chillinoes and sharing a tiramisu... utterly blissful... though our drinks and cake costs almost as much as our dinner... realised that 3rd of July marks 6 months of our going out together... and that we only known each other for less than 11 months... but it feels as if we've known each other for ages... like super long... coz we tell each other so many things... okok... i forced him to tell me everything... it's almost as if we were beside each other at every point of each other's lives... it's scary... scary how i feel so comfortable with him... he says "natural"... kinda no pretense... dig ur nose in front of each other... fart... make ugly monkey faces... just feels as if he belongs to this space... this void that has been beside me for ages... cant explain this feeling... but i think i can no longer imagine being without him... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:40 --Link to Post |
| 3.7.05 |
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** wad was yesterdae's signboard issue about? well... let's just say either Starhub or Samsung kinda screwed up... my calls to him were directed to his voicemail... when i was desperately trying to call him... and i happily missed his call when he called... thus resulting in a very extra trip to his place... and being diverted back... also my fault for being overly enthusiastic... but i was trying to hitch a ride from dad... so i didnt have much of a choice either... just felt very forgotten... din brewerkz as promised... coz we wanted to save $ for Taiwan... lest we arrive there and have no money to spend... ate at Swensen's instead.... bought a Roxy wallet... so that i can protect my new debit card... bought an OP tee for my 'lil sis... watched war of the worlds... not worth the hype... but still okay... bought a pair of shorts and a plain white tee from Fox... white tee not very worth it... could get a nicer one at Mango at $13... or a simple one at Samuel & Kelvin at $8... but both no size... haiz... finally tried the oyster mee sua from Shihlin... not bad, not bad... guy had his ji pa and hotdog from MOS... made the guy drive me to get tau huay late at nite... feel bad... but craving too strong... saw Chee Keong at Bugis... so qiao... havent seen that guy in a long time... i jested that he still as irritatingly tall... and the guy actually apologised for it.... wahahah... think he damn cute... bumped into Jasmine at bishan as well... she was just standing right beside me and i didnt freaking see... wahahha... have to organize a gathering man... miss them peeps... think all is forgiven after today... can never be angry with him for long... all he has to do is to stop reasoning with me... keep quiet... and i'll go back clamouring for his attention... pathetic, i tell you... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:26 --Link to Post |
| 1.7.05 |
** urgh! useful tool... for times that i really wanna strangle him... ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:23 --Link to Post |
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on hindsight... i'm thinking i should have done more during this holiday... i didnt take special term... to help speed up the graduation process... i didnt take up driving lessons... which i should... so that daddy dearest and the guy-with-slitty-eyes can stop being my chauffeurs... i didnt work... to help my finances a little... now i'll have to resort to trying to sponge him... unsuccessfully, i may add... i only did an instructor course... a CPR course... i didnt want to work coz i wanted to irritate him full-time when he gets back from china... but now he's working full-time for his dad... so oni weeknights and weekends are ours... i didnt want to take driving lessons coz they're really expensive... and it'll be a headache to carry on learning while i am back in school... special term is way ex too... but the china studies one which includes a trip to china would be cool... missed it though... i cant do all these next may too... am planning for a Work and Travel USA... if they still have it... darn... i'm really bad at planning.... but still... i'm having a ball of a time catching up with all my buddies... shopping and lazing the days away... while i enjoy a fast-paced life... when i get so busy i lose track of time... periods of non-activity and slacking like these... are quite therapeutic indeed... now the only way to salvage my holidays is to at least complete my attachments... so that i can be a certified windsurfing instructor... wahhaha... but i think weekends when sch begins will be busy doing tutorials and projects... how to teach??? oh well.. have to try... make money!!! and also make the most of our trip to Taiwan... hope he doesnt like wake everyday at 1pm... like he does in sg... wanna make full use of everyday... and cover the whole of Taipei! must visit his entire extended family too... not that i'm reluctant... just very very scared... we're finally Brewerkz-ing tomorrow for lunch! i won the treat by winning Solitaire Showdown like once in a long long time.... woooooohooo! ----Stef stopped rambling at 14:49 --Link to Post |
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** much as i am dying to post his pictures in my blog... i think i'd better keep his face out of it... bad enough that he's in every post... not that i'm ashamed of him or anything... he is everything to be proud of... but i think he would prefer to stay faceless/anonymous... since i cant leave him out of my posts... i dont want to be in this... with anyone but him... ----Stef stopped rambling at 01:03 --Link to Post |
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