First Tuesday in NUS

We didn't have any tutorial lessons yet so my tuesday was really free. Spend the morning with sam and her mum. They came over to explore utown abit. Treated them to breakfast and brought them around. Brought sam to forum bookstore to get her NUS shirt as well.

After they left, I bought my textbooks and went to the econs recruitment walkway with yanru before heading out to buona vista to meet melissa for lunch. Had a short catch-up session. Indeed, it seems like I have never left. haha.

Went back to utown to rest for awhile before meeting yanru, the ECS president and vice-president for a chat. was kind of like an interview actually. It ended in about 10 mins and I happen to see the econs gang. After hanging around for awhile, decided to bring them to my suite to see see. We had a short slacking session there before I treated yiting, yuanzhen and supposedly kenneth to dinner. However, I didn't knw there's a quota of 3 per meal time so... kenneth only had salad and drink..

After dinner, I walked yi ting out to the busstop while trying to convince her to come utown. haha. Had a CAC management intro chat with chin hong before attempting to go for fledging. It was way too boring so I left for home at 1030pm.

National Day 2012

Travelled down to bedok to meet Wai Lin for macs breakfast! I was late cos the bus took so long to come but luckily she waited for me! Wanted to use her coupon but...they didn't accept.

We walked around some shops at bedok central before gg fairprice. haha i bought 2 cans of coconut juice and 1 coconut. Coconut-fied. Intro her the thailand coconuts that I really like. She actually googled about coconuts and apparently, its very beneficial. Like.... can help lose weight. haha. But to me the main effect is still to cool me down.

Anyway, walked around awhile more before my parents came. Ate with them at the market. Alot food seriously. 2 plates of carrot cake, chwee kueh, hokkien mee and oyster egg. Sinful much cos it's so oily but nevertheless, it was good food!

Went to fairprice AGAIN, but this time round, i bought some stuff and essentials for my room. Home-d after that where I watched Sunsilk Academy Fantasia's vocal lessons. Still love huixian's voice very much.hehe

We headed to I12 to get some food before dad drove to NUS. Showed mt parents around my room and played around before heading to toa payoh for crab beehoon!

Kinda missed the first part of NDP and managed to only see the marching groups leaving. But... I said the pledge and sung the national anthem really loudly. like omg.. really long time since I did that! Fond memories. haha.

That's about it. A really slack national day.

Happy National Day to all! =D

Singapore facts

Since it's national day today, I shall talk about some facts about the place we live in - Singapore.

Have you ever wondered how Holland Village got its name?

Well, many thought that it must be due to some infuence from the country Holland but... no.

Holland Road was named after Hugh Holland,who was an architect, amateur actor and most importantly, an early resident in the holland village area. Subsequently, Holland Village was named as well.

Do you know the evolution of Singapore's worldclass university - National University of Singapore?

It started out by being a medical school in 1904 before it's name was changed to King Edward VII Medical school after they received funds from the King Edward VII Memorial Fund.

Raffles College was established in 1913 and the 2 schools merged to form University of Malaya in 1949.

Legislation was passed in 1961 where the kuala lumper division continued the name of University of Malaya while the Singapore division renamed itself as the University of Singapore.

In 1980, Nanyang University and University of Singapore merged and formed the current National University of Singapore.

Did you know that Lee Kuan Yew had sung 4 different national anthems in his life?

1) God Save the Queen - British Colony

2) Kimigayo -  Japanese Occupation

3) Negaraku - Malaysia

4) Majulah Singapura - Singapore's official anthem.

By My Side - David Choi

Heard this song during hungry no more feast during Angsana College's FOC 2012. It's a really sweet song! =D

I'm just listenin' to the clock go tickin'

I am waiting as the time goes by.

I think of you with every breath I take, 

I need to feel your heart be next to mine.

You're all I see, in everything.

I just wanna hold you, 

I just wanna kiss you, 

I just wanna love you all my life.

I normally wouldn't say this, 

but I just can't contain it.

I want you here forever, 

right here by my side.

All the fears you feel inside, 

and all the tears you cry, 

they're ending right here.

I'll heal your heart and soul; 

I'll keep you oh so close.

Don't worry; I'll never let you go.

You're all I need, you're everything.

I just wanna hold you, 

I just wanna kiss you, 

I just wanna love you all my life.

I normally wouldn't say this, 

but I just can't contain it.

I want you here forever, 

right here by my side.

No one else would ever do.

I got a stubborn heart for you.

Call me crazy, but it's true; I love you.

I didn't think that it would be, 

you have made it clear to me.

You're all I need.

I just wanna hold you, 

I just wanna kiss you, 

I just wanna love you all my life.

I normally wouldn't say this, 

but I just can't contain it.

I want you here forever, 

right here by my side.

Covering temp #9

Last day at work! Reached office early and managed to chat with melissa! really rare chance. slacked the morning since there was hardly anything for me to do. went for lunch at ghim moh market with melissa, wl and may. the carrot cake was really good! love it. had my xiao guo mian which wasn't too bad too. The guy really good customer service! He helped me take my utensils, chilli sauce and even asked me to take it slowly and be careful before passing me the tray of food personally! Melissa left slightly earlier for her induction and that was the last i saw her. :(

Finally a nice pretty polaroid with this girl, after the several attempts. Gave her a choice of polaroid to keep. Thought she'd choose this cos it's the best out of all. But.. She chose to give me this and her logic was that, it's better to let ppl have a good impression to keep.

Left office at 650pm after finishing her cup noodles! scenery still as nice and it's so different since i first started working there. the building's so tall now! Time flies and it's really the last official day already. But, at least i completed one task: saying bye to suh huey! haha. 

I'll be back! =D

Covering Temp #8

Had breakfast at holland drive with my parents. Didn't know it was the market till i saw the hakka noodles stall. shared kway chap with them while each of us had a bowl of wanton me.. headed to NUS afterwards and seriously, SSC is so inefficient. made us wait 1 hour for 10 mins of signing agreement. =.=  bought subway for wl and drove to utown for mum to see the place. was back to office at 1045am. Quite slack before heading out with melissa for lunch!

decided to eat kway chap again cos mel wanted to eat that. had a good chat with sufen and mel. was quite amaze when sufen said i don't look like an average borderline pass student. haha. was telling melissa about my outing before getting back to work. 

Left at about 630pm with wl to old airport road. this girl hasn't tried lao bao tau huey before so.. we had tau huey for appetizer. we shared hokkien mee, char kway teow, chicken wings and satay for dinner. hehehe. headed back home after that cos she was having a headache... 

Ning-er

This is GAO-NINGER, my OGL for econs camp and one of my 爱人. HEHE. =D

BY2 - 你並不懂我

New song from BY2. Lyrics are so real reflection of many relationships.

So many a times 沒兌現過承諾 傻瓜才當溫柔. I must be the 傻瓜 then.

And I think 你並不懂我 怎麼能愛我 is so so so real in life...

BY2 - 你並不懂我
作詞：Mr Mars、彭潇明、楊眼眼
作曲：潘沁珈


原來不愛說 以爲你懂得
每次說著說著 都是我哭了

我擦幹眼淚 慢慢習慣沉默
朋友聊起 我就說一些別的

你總是哄我 說永遠不分手
可是我 還不確定會停留
終於我看透 沒退路的角落
不閃躲

你並不愛我 怎麼會懂我
你從來就不曾 在乎我的感受
沒兌現過承諾 傻瓜才當溫柔
難過時候 還假裝笑著點頭

你並不懂我 怎麼能愛我
曾經我也以爲 有你我就足夠

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<a href="http://www.yinyueabc.com">音樂 ABC<a>

直到發現 原來我不過
是你用來炫耀的 玩偶
我好難過 你並不愛我

你總是哄我 說永遠不分手
可是我 還不確定會停留
終於我看透 沒退路的角落
不閃躲
你並不愛我 怎麼會懂我
你從來就不曾 在乎我的感受
沒兌現過承諾 傻瓜才當溫柔
難過時候 還假裝笑著點頭

你並不懂我 怎麼能愛我
曾經我也以爲 有你我就足夠
直到發現 原來我不過
是你用來炫耀的 玩偶
我好難過 你並不愛我

Covering Temp #7

Helped ky in the morning before uncle came over to take over. Had a short but insightful chat with ky while manning counter. I think we only get to chat when we are at the interview centre! haha. Lunch was initially w melissa and wl to biopolis, but... Joyce initiated lunch! Thus... we went to Rochester Mall's obolo for lunch as joyce had some voucher.

I ordered their wild mushroom pasta set lunch which comes with soup/salad, iced tea/coffee and  cake/macarons. It was a gd lunch with sufen, candy, may, wl, mel and joyce though the service was abit poor.

Then, the unit got their welfare for this month. Been some time since I saw such nice welfare since the pringles month. haha.

 Headed to Millenia Walk to meet Ben for dinner. Honestly, I can't remb the restaurant's name. He reconmmended this ramen which was not too bad, just alittle too much of msg.

 I love the gyoza! It wasn't too salty or too plain and it was really crispy!

 After dinner we decided to walk to MBS through the helix bridge since I was only on it once. We saw some light show that comes on every half hour? don't even know if it's considered a light show.

The view from the higher floor of MBS. Didn't know the view was so magnificent. It's like... the whole world is beneath you. something like how it goes in the song 'top of the world'. ;)

Walked the Lions Bridge to Gardens by the Bay. Awesome night view of this place and the breeze was really cooling and nice.

 This guy, he's never been to the Gardens yet. So we just walked around the outskirts of the place. Sadly, my parents were on the way to fetch me so we had to leave.

 We walked back to MBS and saw this pledge thing. You're supposed to push the button if you like this line from the pledge but as singaporeans, we decided to just support this campaign!

My parents came pretty soon and I left him to go home by himself. aww :(
Anyway, it was quite a good night out with him seeing the attractions of Singapore that I hardly get to visit frequently and chatting with him about random stuff. hehe. Next outing after we settle into uni! Seeyou in NUS! =D

Covering Temp #6

Headed to NUS early morning. Despite the queue, the waiting time was pretty short. Got my registration done in about 15mins. Managed to see christie and benjamin so we continued chatting in the hall.

Look at our photos! They pulled all our faces....

Met Ansabel and Louise for matriculation fair. We took a super long time to get out of the fair. No shortcuts, just one way out -  we had no choice but to finish the fair, seriously... Cabbed down to city hall to meet my parents for lunch at The Handburger before taking a train back to work.

Immediately was AM interview so I didn't have time to touch my desk or computer at all. The interview was pretty draggy and quite a few candidates only got to go in 1 hr after stipulated time. >.< 

Wai Lin was very nice to buy me siew mai to keep me company for the interview. May bought me custard bun too which i don't have a photo of. 2 of them so sweet. Don't look at how ugly the siew mai looks -  the xin yi behind means alot to me. ;-)

The interview ended really late. Only managed to go back to office at 715pm. Waited for wl for awhile before we headed back home. It was a good chat in the train. =D

Covering Temp #5

Melissa and Wai Lin wasn't here today and many were sick. Malini and May were having flu and Joseleen had a mild fever. It was alittle slack in the office as there was only the email to clear. Got junxian to clear since he needed more practice and honestly, he really took his own sweet time.

I was actually abit stunned by some msges. Wanted to try lighten the mood of our conversations but apparently, i sounded sarcastic. I totally had no intention of being sarcastic but trying to make things sound positive. Oh well, things don't always sound right through words. But glad that i was just alittle surprised and the whole thing was nothing serious. 

Joyce initiated lunch and thus, junxian and my plan of going to Biopolis changed to going to the coffeeshop with ivy, sufen, candy and joyce. Was telling them about my my car incident while walking there and about the psychologist positions during lunch. Was chatting with sufen about uni mods too. oh and maybe the uncle see i small size or what, gave me alot of mee but gave sufen super little. lol 

After lunch, junxian showed me a video before the two of us fell asleep. He continued clearing the email while i was looking at my modules. Wanted to do the AP shortlisting but had to wait for uncle to finish clearing emails. He seriously took his sweetest time. 120+ emails he took the whole day to clear but still didn't finish.... Started AP shortlisting only at 545pm. Managed to clear and print out the shortlisted ones before preparing laptops for interview tmr. Quite happy w my efficiency though it could have been better. only judy, suh huey and ivy was still around when i left at 635pm. 

Once I stepped out of the lift, the sun was glaring right at me. But, the scene was pretty. I've never seen it so bright at such a late timing before. It really cheered me up. hehe. 

Covering Temp #4

The day started off with wl msging me to help her photocopy forms only to realized that she sent the msg wrongly. Reached office ard 840am and started preparing for the interview. Left at 930am for grange road. Unfortunately, it wasn't all smooth sailing: needed to photocopy the forms for the panel, timing on schedule stated had a slight error n a traffic jam at Napier road resulting in us being late.

Met a KC senior who was a candidate and talked to her. great knowing her and catching up.

Apparently back in the office wasn't too good for wl too. But despite that, I reached back office at abt 12 and we made a super impromptu decision to go for lunch at tiong bahru plaza.

We ate at BBQ chicken since she needed to use her groupon voucher and it was quite a nice experience being able to walk off without paying! Haha. We cabbed back afterwards since I needed to help with judy's interview. I managed to convince wl that I'm paying for the cab fare - achievement unlocked.

Kinda fell asleep awhile at the interview centre but luckily not many ppl there. Slacked awhile back in the office while waiting for uncle JX to clear email before I helped wailin. JX and I had a mini durian party in the pantry at 6pm and I took polaroids with Wai lin and Malini before leaving the office.

Today overall was not too bad, less tense and not as much work. Other than the many hiccups along the way. Epiphany: We are always burdened and shouldered with work. Sometimes, we just need to get a bag to help us carry the weight. Friends in life are just like our bags; helping us share our burdens. And that is why I don't mind going all out to help her this week, even though it was stressful.

And i must say, this DEAR girl is so nice to me. My breakfast and lunch all 包-ed by her today. Not forgetting dinner the night before and the many other times we had dinner together.

One of the reason why I am attached to this place is because of the people, especially wl. The things I learn, her randomness, lame jokes, life story gave me a different perspective to life as it is.

I cannot express how glad I am have her as a good friend and how she always pampers me by treating me food. I think I lost count of the number of times she treated me to meals. And honestly, her excuse that she will wait for me to 赚大钱 before treating her back makes totally no sense and is deemed invalid after being used for the nth time. But it will be something and someone I won't forget. Thank you for treating me so well! And yes LOVE YOU!!

P.s Remb our convo abt using words like dear and <3 u? Hahaha