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2009-09-23T08:21:00.002+08:00

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Alright. I've been on a hiatus on this blog for so long.

Go to my new blog for future updates!

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Monday Blues, Saturday Estacy.

2009-05-11T22:16:00.004+08:00

The assignments just keep piling non-stop.

Once I'm done with one, I've got to start on another one.

But the teachers are really nice enough to postphone the deadlines of our assignments, and even to postphone one of the tests and make it an open-book one instead. I really appreciate that so much.

As usual, the monday blues kicked in, and IT lesson wasn't that exciting, and unfortunately there weren't any internet connection this morning in the classroom. Naturally I wandered off to play around with photoshop.

I was wearing a t-shirt that uncle Jacques got for me, so I was inspired to do this:

And then my mind wandered off to ANTM and immediately thought of Tyra, so I started to do this as well:

Weekdays doesn't matter as much to me; it's the thought of the arrival of Saturdays that makes my heart flutter.

Missed Photoshoots and Castings

2009-04-22T23:07:00.003+08:00

Screw the overseas immersion program.

Make me miss out on so many photoshoots, casting calls and jobs.

DAMN.

2009-04-15T20:56:00.003+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: wants-to-procrastinate-essay-homework-but-can't-bear-to

Did this during the short lesson break.

I'll go back to state where I'm still struggling to start writing my essay. Or not.

Phone vibrate non-stop

2009-04-13T23:45:00.004+08:00

CURRENT MOOD: relieved and irritated.

Relieved: I've finally finished the Business Communication assignment.

Irritated: I've got some unknown number who kept on calling 7 times non-stop while I was doing my BC assignment. My phone vibrated like hell. And no, I didn't even have the chance to turn the mode to MUTE. Siao lah. This persistant fellow have got some gut. Wait till I find out who that asshole is, I'll skin him alive. That is if I can find out who THAT is and get my hands on him. Or her.

One assignment down. MORE to come my way.

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*UPDATE*

After what-seemed-like-tons-of-phone-calls, this person took the heart to message me. And it turned out to be some random guy asking if he could talk to me on the phone. WTF?! I don't even know you, kiddy.

In the past weeks I've been getting these unknown-number missed calls, but they only call 1 or 2 times, then give up. This is like the worst I've seen. BAH.

2009-03-28T16:36:00.003+08:00

IDIOT.

I just ended a bloody conversation with a freaking irritating ah tiong.

Since I forgot my original QQ number which I first set up during Media Applications Lesson, I registered for a new one. Why? Of cos, because they got this function where you can design and dress up your own character, and put it as your QQ display picture.

And there's this place where the public can see your personal particulars like your name, country, birthday, so on and so forth. So just for fun, I put my country as Seoul. (Although I've spent most my childhood life in Singapore.)

And this random guy come along and added me. There's only 3 obvious reasons:

He wants to chat up with a pretty girl (cos I made a chio girl as my display picture). Of course, they won't be so dumb as to believe that my real person will look like my display picture right.
He wants to have a Korean as a friend.
He wants to learn Korean language from an authentic Korean.

It started innocently enough. And I'm right, he fits into option 3 as you see above.

He says he just started learning Korean by himself. Of course, he will be curious to know what the hell would a Korean be doing in China using QQ. So I told him I've been learning the cheena language since young and my school arranged for me to come China and study. Fair enough, I wasn't lying.

He said he wants to improve on his korean. So I told him to go google about it himself. Mind you, what era is this already, don't tell me you don't know how to google about it yourself? There's so many Korean language websites which teach you, whether professionally set up or not. So I presume you DO know how to do that, since you already know how to switch on your computer and download QQ, and USE it.

As a Singaporean, typing in cheena is such a daaammnnn hard thing to do. I only do it for assignments and I already find it time consuming. Imagine I've already typed a whole paragraph of English. If it was supposed to be in cheena, I tell you, I would have only typed out 1 sentence. I may be wrong, but this seems to be the case. Firstly, I have to translate my sentence into cheena, then I'd have to think of its HAN YU PIN YIN, then type it into then box, THEN I still have to choose the correct word from the millions of options. See how this is a waste of time and energy? You should be grateful that I still bother to answer your basic questions.

Example of those silly questions?

"How long have you been learning chinese" or "Where did you learn your chinese from" or "Is either one of your parents an ah tiong" or "Can you teach me korean" and other nonsensical stuff that I can't be bothered to recall and list out.

Excuse me. Does LAO NIANG look like she has the time to coach you in Korean? And what do I get in return even if I do agree to teach you? You can teach me back your language ah? Eh, LAO NIANG also know cheena la, why the hell would I want to teach me?

Then you start saying that you want to ask me something 冒昧. So I ask you to shoot. Then you said dunoe whether you should say it or not. So I told you not to be 吞吞吐吐 and just get on with asking. ASS. If you think it's going to sound offensive, then don't say it to me la. And guess what? He asked if I was a girl or not!!! BIG JOKE. Why would I be lying about something as simple as my gender? So I asked why he got second thoughts about this. And he said that, at the end of every sentence, I should conclude with a "吗", "呀", or "嘛"; like that then sound more like a girl, if not I'd sound very rude as a girl if I didn't add "吗", "呀", or "嘛". Eh mister, do know how difficult is it for me to type cheena, and you still want me to add in the "ma", "ya" nonsense stuff.

Next he started telling me that he teaches cheena language to others. I thought he was going to change a conversation topic, so I was about to heave a sigh of relieve, as I thought that the nonsense was going to stop.

NO. I was SOOO wrong. He said that language is actually very important, because language can cultivate a person's character. OK. WHAT THE SH*T. So I said that if he wanted to carry on with this bullshit topic, I wasn't going to talk to anymore.

And he said, "你真不识好人心"．

I'm so damn lazy to translate the rest of the idiotic conversation, so I'll just copy and paste it down here:

공주4:19:30 PM
好人？
你是吗
我又没见过你，我又怎么知道

전설4:19:39 PM
你汉语还不好
你懂吗
你真不识好人心

汉语很深的
去拿个谚语字典查吧
不是韩语
你们学不完的
韩语只是汉语的一小部分

공주4:21:25 PM
什么呀
怎么韩语变成了汉语
你真罗嗦也，我告诉你我现在可是中文系的，读的也是 "诗经，左传"

전설4:23:23 PM
知道吗
中国有句古话叫：狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心！
语言可以塑造一个人的素养
而你没有被塑造
可惜
和我和我聊，我不稀罕，韩国的朋友很多，你是我建国的第二个无理的韩国女孩子

공주4:26:35 PM
你还真是无聊，无礼，话不投机的中国人
你这种人我见多了
无礼的人到处都是
跟你聊天还真是费时费神
枉我跟你说了那么多

전설4:27:55 PM
意思说你是狗，本来不想欺负你，但是你太自以是了

공주4:28:20 PM
那你呢

전설4:28:18 PM
由此看出，你好不地道

공주4:28:39 PM
你还不是一样
自以为自己中文比我厉害
那你的韩文呢
行吗？

전설4:28:58 PM
说话请加语气词

공주4:29:06 PM
英文行吗？

전설4:29:11 PM
ok

공주4:29:25 PM
好呀
既然你说ok
那你就秀一下你的英文给我看呀

전설4:29:53 PM
把桌子凳子都分性的语言
不想和你聊了

공주4:30:15 PM
什么桌子椅子的
别扯开话题了

전설4:30:36 PM
你在我的面前侮辱韩国女人

공주4:30:41 PM
我本来就不想跟你聊
我早就想转话题了

전설4:30:38 PM
再见
我的朋友还是很好的

공주4:31:03 PM
只是你一直跟我说语言什么的
他妈的
你去死吧

전설4:31:41 PM
还有什么脏话
中文让你糟蹋老
你撒都不懂

공주4:34:04 PM
撒？
是“啥”

전설4:34:00 PM
你些你学老芝麻的懂西就自以为是
错

공주4:34:35 PM
这么多字你都写错
身为中国人你不惭愧吗
你还想跟我纠缠下去？

전설4:34:45 PM
夹行老杀

공주4:34:58 PM
省省吧
88

전설4:35:03 PM
夹行老杀
巴巴

And with that, I put him on my QQ black list and he was blocked.

I'll recap some of those things he said:

"和我和我聊，我不稀罕，韩国的朋友很多，你是我建国的第二个无理的韩国女孩子"

Eh, you were the one who initiated this bloody conversation leh, still say you 不稀罕.

"意思说你是狗，本来不想欺负你，但是你太自以是了"

What?! I'm a dog now?! ASSH*LE. When did I ever 自以是? You were the one were was saying you teach cheena, then still want to correct me, then in the end still say I 自以是? Who's the one who is 自以是 now...

"把桌子凳子都分性的语言"

What table? What chair? What sh*t are you talking about now? Siao kia, start getting 语无伦次 liao. Drink too much liao huh.

"你在我的面前侮辱韩国女人"
Oi. When did I ever do that? Walau, you think I as crazy as you meh. Why on earth would I INTEND humiliate my own kind?

Just because I'm a rude girl? Just because you think I 自以是? And please do some self reflection. Why would I on earth be so rude to you? I long ago already told you I wanted to change topic leh, and you still die-die want to stick to saying all your big knowledge, Mr Know-It-All. And I already said that I wanted to stop talking to you if you carry on talking nonsense. SEE?! Who wants to talk to you la, LOSER.

"夹行老杀"

Still repeat 2 times. Joker. What the hell is that la. I still tried to google that but nothing came out. Aiyo, must be some swear word they use in their area. HAHA.

Spoil my mood la and waste my whole afternoon talking to that freakass.

But after spilling it all out here, I feel much better already. HAHAHA.

See? I'm laughing leh :D

So that means I've already gotten over it, right?

RI-IGHT.

Revival. 2 Studio Shoots.

2009-02-14T20:48:00.004+08:00

Oh gawd.

I just logged into blogger and saw that my last published post was LAST YEAR. That made me realise that I haven't blogged for more than a month. So here's a revival post.

And man, I felt so pooped out when I reached home. I started out the day by taking the train to a 'light-painting' shoot all the way in the west, and after lunch proceeded to the North for a 'hi-key' shoot. Yes, both studio shoots.

I've never felt so overwhelmed with tense in a shoot before.

Yeah, partly because it was ages ago when I had my last studio shoot. Another reason being was the photographer was a pretty renowned one, and had shot protrait pictures for the J-team (Jack Neo's artistes). I felt so stiff all over due to me putting pressure on myself. And I kept telling myself: At least one of them has to turn out right. And phew! Although I was feeling stiff, it didn't turn out so!

Well, I'm glad that they're gonna be great additions to my portfolio.

But darn. I'll be leaving for China in less than 2 weeks time and will only be back in July.

Sheesh. I've just only gotton into the mood. And now I've gotta put down these things whilst I'm overseas.

I have to get the feeling back.

Preview:

Birthday meaning and MSN conversation

2008-12-31T14:33:00.007+08:00

I was fooling around with the facebook applications yesterday, and I came across this thing. You had to enter the day, month and year of your birthday, and they will tell you the meaning of your own birthday! I believed very in much horoscope and those stuff, so I definitely gave it a try. No harm right.

Yeah. What a spot-on. All that I wanted to think I was like that. But I am right, RIGHT?

And I changed my display picture on MSN yesterday. This is it.

And just had this conversation with a photographer:

Jace Tan says:
nice DP

Mi-Young says:
lol. thanks

Jace Tan says:
who is the art director for yr DP picture? nice
concept.. lots of effort

Mi-Young says:
someone took the photo for me, i did the DI

Mi-Young says:
haha. my MUAs and assistant thought of this

Jace Tan says:
wah, u must be a super hot model... got assistants siah

Mi-Young says:
i had a team of like 5 or 6 ppl that day

Mi-Young says:
but we're all students, no pros

Jace Tan says:
sounds like faye wong...

Jace Tan says:
anyway... its gd...

(yeah. I liquified my face to make it look slimmer. I think I overdone it. Just get me botox la! Then don't need so much photoshop next time... Save the trouble.)

Peaceful moments; nothing on my mind

2008-12-30T21:01:00.003+08:00

I practically lazed my whole day in the house today. But not in my own house this time. I went up to the North with mummy to an old lady's house, who is also a good friend of hers.

Besides sitting by the window, enjoying the wind, playing DJ Max 2 on my psp, there was nothing that I did. Yes, I did nothing constructive for the whole 5 hours. Pure relaxation. For those peaceful moments, which were really rare cos mummy wasn't nagging at me for playing psp, I imagined I was in a foreign.

Yeah. Just one of my daydreams again. I was staying at Grandma's house in the countryside, one with just trees and nature all around, and I'm riding on this horse. IF ONLY.

I had brought my notes to study for an upcoming test, but all I read was 2 pages.

Then I started to get bored.

And so I began to camwhore.

I'm a hardworking student ok! RIGHT.

'The Little Red Dress' Shoot on Sunday

2008-12-29T16:31:00.003+08:00

Yesterday was the shoot for someone's 'The Little Red Dress' photography competition.

I'm utterly disappointed in that someone's attitude. Totally.

Remember I was saying that the prizes will be some reeeally expensive lens? And he come and tell me: They are JUST lens la. Said it like it was no big deal to him. And you're still using a Nikon D40 camera? Hello?! Then you should be aiming for these lens right? Since they're so expensive and I'm sure anyone will be glad to just add them to their collection, or just to sell them off to someone else to earn some extra moolahs.

When the Muas were busy at work, you keep on repeating yourself that you want this over and done with, because your final-year-paper (fyp) is much more important than this competition, and are already 2 months back in time. Then let me ask you: Why did you join this in the first place? You should considered all the factors, like the time and effort going to be spent, so on and so forth.

Eh, don't keep on rushing the Muas lah. If not they come ALL the way to AMK for what? You say: Aiya, don't need eyeliner la, don't need mascara la etc, like that can already... Excuse me. The Muas are trying their best to do makeup for us models properly, and here you are rushing and pressurising us. If you are sooo concerned about your fyp, just go back up to your house and do la, when we are done with our makeup then we call you down. Instead of pacing up and down, making inconsiderate remarks about you having to complete your fyp, why don't you just sit still, keep quiet, and think of what kind of images you want later?

You expect the shoot to be in 1 hour or so. This sounds ok enough. But you keep on asking the Muas to do makeup faster. That's not-so-ok. Stop rushing us and let the Muas do their work in peace. Is that too much to ask of you?

Seems like you don't know what kind of images you want huh? Ask models what we want to do, what kind of makeup can the MUAs do... And when the MUAs asked if whether you will be taking headshots or not, it's obvious that they need a few of that to add in to their portfolio! So of cause, first and foremost, you need to take some headshots of us right after we do makeup, right? And those shots of JL and the tree scenes, of cause the photos will look dark lah, because the model is back facing the sun. Then I told you maybe you can turn up the exposure. Or if cannot change direction, then maybe change to some other tree or location?

Still say camera cannot focus. And furthermore you're shooting in a program mode. Maybe you can't do a fully manual mode yet. But at least an aperture-priority or shutter-priority mode? Hey, you claimed to have been shooting for 3 years leh. If I just picked up photography a few months back, and already know all the basic techniques and terms a novice should know, how come you don't even know something as simple as an 'ant's view shot'?

I should have brought my canon rebel along. I swear I can take better shots and have better photo composition sense then you do.

Newer models like me or JL expect to be learning something from the photographer during a shoot. But instead, I feel like I AM the one who's teaching you things.

*shakes head*

This is simply not the way it should be lah.

I'll be waiting for the final product to come out. But considering that YOU still have your fyp to focus on, perhaps I can't be too impatient. But oh well, I can't expect too much either, unless your DI (digital imaging) is like superb.

You have been online everyday before the shoot, but ever since then, I don't see you online leh. Maybe just a way of escaping from others (models and MUAs) pestering the photographer for the photos...

Somemore choosing a time near to noon, when the sun is so glaring and scorching. Damn, I hate getting all sweaty and smelling...

More winter clothes, meeting with A.

2008-12-27T22:30:00.005+08:00

Wooh!

I went shopping again! More winter clothes. This time it was with Mummy. So I didn't have to come up with the money. Haha.

WANKO is having a post christmas sales! 62.% discount. A lot ok. From an original total of $400++, it went down to $170+. Got so many steals luh. I feel like I'm a big winner today.

Then went down to meet Al from Eleganz. There was this other girl called Martina at the meeting too. There was this Avant Garde theme photo shoot going on at the studio. The model is damn tall and pro can. Because she's a caucasian mah. So cool luh. I could never have her height :( *sobs*

Was just chatting on MSN with the photographer and one of the MUAs regarding tomorrow's shoot. And we just spent ONE freaking hour just to talk about what time should I meet. Damn. I already said I CAN reach at 9am, but this girl insisted that she wants me to reach at 10am. Eh, I don't mind already leh, you still argue that I should come later instead?

Fine. Let's just see how it goes tomorrow.

Still holiday, photo shoots coming...

2008-12-26T22:36:00.004+08:00

This is already the 2nd week of my holidays, but I feel that I haven't been doing anything much at all. Like totally neglecting everything.

I'm either shopping, eating and more shopping for the whole day.

Or else I'd be lazing around at home. YES. For the entire day again.

Will be going for a few photo shoots soon. I'm kind enough to help out someone in taking part this "Little Red Dress" photography competition. Prizes will be some effing expensive lens. Probably like nearly a thousand dollars just for ONE lens?!

Yeah. That's just about the price I got for my Canon Rebel. No way...

Another will be an interesting theme. It'll be nice to imitate the movie Mission Impossible. Hah. I wonder if I can even pull it off.

First time at St James

2008-12-14T12:01:00.005+08:00

Arrived home at 4am this morning.

Was supposed to go home from Clarke Quay after work at 2? But there was a FREAKING long queue at the taxi stand -.-

Do C and me decided to follow the others to St James (J drove us there), then get a cab from there. But it was only until 3.45 before we actually decided to get home.

The whole bunch of us didnt have to pay! :D

Well, so much for an experience.

So I've only woken up at noon to blog.

And I've still gotta go to sph later.

I'm still deprived of a good rest! :(

Letting down hair after a long time

2008-12-11T23:44:00.002+08:00

Yay! Today got no school. Haha.

I got so much time that I went down for a casting this afternoon.

And I've got the event job tml! Hehe. That's my first.

*squeals*

Hopefully everything can go smoothly :)

Shucks. I havent done my transcripting and translation yet :(

vPOST makes me v(ERY)...

2008-12-10T00:29:00.014+08:00

vPOST makes me v(ERY) ECSTATIC!

Shopping is the pasttime of almost every women! (Well, unless you simply cannot stand walking around for hours and trying out different outfits and shoes.)

Everytime I am really bent on buying something, and must die-die buy something home no matter what, I always end up with no shopping bags when I go home. :(

BUT. Whenever I windowshop and don't plan to spend any money, I ALWAYS see something I fancy and end up parting with my cash. *money flies away*

In the past, my mother has always told me to go to the changing room to try out a dress or shirt, even if my mind is already set on buying it. She's just afraid that it will be abandoned later when I try it at home and find out that it doesn't really seem as nice afterall.

I kinda find it troublesome to go the changing room and change and change and change -.-

It was only after I graduated from sec school that I was introduced to the online world of shopping.

Ever since I was in poly, I got my very first POSB card. Yes, I know, very slow huh. But I went to apply for it all for the sake of shopping! Online shopping normally requires you to do funds transferring (unless you're doing meetups, which I think is a waste of time). So of cos the very first thing I knew that I had to do was to get hold of my own POSB card!

Having shopped on numerous of sprees from hong kong or korea, something struck me:
Why must I let those blogshop owners to earn all those extra little money when I can do shipping myself?!

Plus, I was already more inclined to the western goods like GoJane, Victoria's Secret, Juicy Couture and etc etc.

vPOST of cos is the answer to my shopping cravings!

Not only am I able to get my clothes and whatnots from USA and UK and have it all sent to my house directly, I can also save time and money leh!

Good hor, I don't even have to take the trouble to meetup with all those blogshop owners in order to save on postage.

That's why they call it 'Retail Therapy' :)

Self Entertaining Lesson

2008-11-17T01:17:00.016+08:00

Okay. This just one of the MANY pictures that we took while we were having Mr Danny Yeo's lesson last week. The whole series were taken by my laptop's integrated cam, so thus the low quality.

I was initially only using it as a 'mirror' to see if my fringe was out of place. And the next thing I knew, we busily posing in front of the cam and snapping away. You can't blame us for feeling so restless till the point that we had to do such a SILLY thing like this right.

It all started off pretty normal at first...

Then Aaron got even MORE bored...

So bored to the extent that he started eating paper...

Still the usual smiles and poses...

Then we got a little bit more crazy...

Aaron: Is this how you do the 莲花指?

Aaron: Yeh! I know how to de le!

怪叔叔...

Then all hell broke lose!

Aaron act cute... we also follow!

And admist all these 'excitement', Mr YT was unaware of the comotion and remained asleep...

Classic.

Rednano Skin Collection

2008-11-04T01:00:00.005+08:00

Before video production class, I set off to SPH in the morning to collect my free laptop skin.

I approached the reception counter and sighted 2 female receptionists: one 40+, and the other is 20 or 30 plus (I can't really recall.)

I was like wearing t-shirt and shorts only and I didn't expect anyone to take much notice of me.

I started saying to one of them: Hi, I'm here to......

And I got cut off by one of them saying: Oh, you're here for the photo shoot is it?

I was caught by surprise on the spot. How much I really wanted to say YES!

But in the end I had to disappoint her by saying: Er no. I'm just here to collect my REDnano laptop skin.

GRRR.

How I WISH.

I was waiting for like 10 minutes for bus 157 to arrive outside the SPH. And when one finally came, I was like: Thank god you are finally here!

So I just boarded it and complacently found a comfy place to sit and began one of my sms-ing session. After a few minutes, I knew I had to look up because I heard some murmurs and grumbling coming from the other commuters. They were sorta in a little commotion with the bus uncle. And I was staring at them like: Huh? What in the world just happened?

And then I realised that the bus didn't even leave the bus-stop at all. -.-

WTH. I looked around at the others and was wondering if someone could enlighten me on what was going on.

By this time there was already a little queue formed in front of the exit door. Then the bus uncle started to print out tickets from the red and blue machine. I thought to myself: Okay, don't tell me that I've gotta get off the bus too.

My suspicions were confirmed when the Indian guy sitting opposite me started to stand up and say to me: Aiya, the bus just broke down...

Then I just gave him a bitter smile and agreed with him, still unwilling to accept the fact that I had to WAIT for another bus to come and save us. Having already tapped my ez-link card doesn't bother me, since I have already bought concession. But damn it, I've gotta WASTE TIME and WAIT for another blooody bus to come. And yeah, I'm gonna be late for class at this rate!!!

Firstly, my bus broke down. And now this: I missed getting down at the King Albert Park's bus stop! And the next bus stop is a one-way traffic, so there was no 'opposite bus-stop' for me to get back to KAP.

And so the only feasible way was to get a cab. Eh, I wanted to save money de leh. And now I've got to pay more than 5 bucks for the cab fare. Just from Bukit Timah Plaza area to NP! The cab meter says it's $5.20, but the uncle tells me still have to pay 30cents more. I was like: Eh, uncle, I've just read last week's newspapers and they say that taxi companies cancelled off the 30-cent oil surcharge leh.

FINE. I'm late already (even if it's that 5 minutes), I don't wanna argue with him just for that mere THIRTY CENTS.

After I finish 2 presentations this thursday, Global Issues lecturette in the morning, and radio presentation in the afternoon, I'll a a few steps closer to feeling less stressed-out.

Korea Festival Opening Ceremony

2008-11-02T15:39:00.019+08:00

Yesterday was the Opening Ceremony of Korea Festival 2008. Lucky me and my omma arrived at Vivo City early, if not we will not be able to get any good seats.

There were many many koreans, ranging from members of the Korean Community to family members of the ambassadors from the Embassy of Korea.

Hosted by Channel NewsAsia's Suzanne Jung, the ceremony begins with welcome
greetings from Minister George Yeo and Ambassador Kim. Enjoy sizzling
performances from B-Boy and drum troupes, followed by the symbolic mixing of a
'Big Bowl of Bi-Bim-Bap' to signify harmonious ties between Singapore and Korea.
Bi-Bim-Bap will be served to guests after the ceremony.

Fusion Drum Performance by Dodo. 5 Korean ladies delivering the rousing heartbeat of traditional Korean drum performance.

B-Boy Showdown by Last For One. They were the winners if the 2007 World UK B-Boy Championship.

Their sensational moves thrilled everyone!

Next, there was Bi-bim-bap mixing! It's the largest scale seen in Singapore so far...

The VIPs getting ready to mix up the ingredients. It is enough to feed 500 hundred people.

But of cause, the VIPs won't mix the ingrdients REALLY well, so we still have a few chefs doing some final touch-ups...

You may be thinking: Who on earth would eat such disgusting-looking food?!

Mind you. This bibimbap is exactly 24 differents ingredients mixed up together. What do you expect it to look like?!

The angle of this photo makes it look as if the portion is little, but actually it's quite a lot!

Yes, It's spicy due to the red pepper paste. But this kind of hotness is sill more endurable than the red chilli kind of hot. Well, at least I didn't have to drink water to reduce the spicy feeling in my mouth.

But anyway it's still yummy! If you leave out the part where the Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister and his wife had a go in doing the initial mixing, this is AUTHENTIC Korean food okay.

Lee Young Ae wore it...

Angela Zhang Shao Han wore it too!

And so am I wearing the Physician Lady's hanbok! :D

This is what the queen (on the left) wore in the drama.

And my omma wearing it too! Hah. My QUEEN.

I think this is the only scene where you can see Jang Geum wearing the third-rank official hanbok, together with the queen...

And so you see it again!

The royal descendents. Hah.

I'm a happy Korean girl :D

After that 'little' photoshoot session, I was approached by a cameraman. (Obviously a korean.) I was interviewed for a few minutes: How did I feel wearing the costume, why did I choose this particular one, blah blah blah. It's either one of these 3 Korea TV stations that interviewed me: SBS, KBS, MBC.

Woots! I'm a lucky girl XD

Continuity Video Project

2008-10-28T22:03:00.005+08:00

I've been M.I.A on blogger for quite some time. YES I know.

Today we started filming and have FINISHED filming for our little project entitled "The Coke".

Thanks to everyone being so cooperative, so in the end managed to finish filming in 2 hours.

Now I really do realize how tiring filming how can be. So everyone who were involved today, XIN KU LE!!

And I've still got a bloody storyboard to draw. There popped out so many expected shots luh, as compared to the original number of expected shots (which were only 12).

But oh well, I just can't wait to edit and see the final product. Heheh. Be patient, Shirley. Next week, next week...

Halloween and the Eve, is gonna be packed with many tasks:

1) Rehearsing for radio presentation (stress, stress...)
2) Red Camp PANDA committee meeting (I've still yet to come up with a list of materials that can be used to decorate the room, PLUS the budget list...)
3) Interview at Orchard (hopefully I won't look so haggard after a long day at school)

I also look forward to meeting Bob, the photographer of My Paper. He'll be teaching us photography :)

Alrights. Wish me luck!

UFM 1003 Finals

2008-10-01T14:01:00.007+08:00

Last Sunday was the finals for the UFM 100.3 DJ Hunt competition!

Went down to support YJ :)

Last year's champion.

The judges and other DJs.

Host #01: Ah Ken.

Host #02: Ke Min.

4 people in black = Xiao Yuan Bang.

If it wasn't that YJ was one for the top 10 finalists, I wouldn't have been able to go backstage and have a seat in the RESTRICTED area. :)

All thanks to her! XD

UFM 1003 Open Auditions 2008

2008-09-13T22:02:00.014+08:00

Last Sunday, the 1st UFM 1003 Open Audition was held at Compass point. I thought I was going to be late so I cabbed there. Cost me $8, if I don't remember wrongly.

I was the first few contestants to up (6th to be exact), so wasn't prepared for their Situation Question la. It was something about Andy Lau forgetting to zip up his pants during some event. Then I was supposed to act out how I would tell him about this without embarrassing him in front of the 'supposedly-present' audience. I was indeed caught by surprise! I didn't expect this kind of situation would be posed to me, so I wasn't at all prepared for it.

After the results were announced, a staff from UFM 1003 came over to me and told me that I had NEARLY gotten into the semi-finals because I was supposed to be the 9th (8 contestants were chosen to get in the semi.) Oh well, I must have lost marks in the Situation Question. So she asked me if I was going to the 2nd round of the open audition, because I was SO CLOSE in getting a place in the semi-finals. I thought: Why not? So I agreed to turn up and compete again 1 week later. However, I already knew there would be even more contestants competing, and even MORE competitive ones.

And I was right! Today, there were 66 contestants who signed to compete in the final round of the open auditions. I found out that I was the 54th contestant when I went to the table to get the sticker tag. Oh gawd, I'm SO not going to be so lucky, I'm definitly not gonna have much chance to get into the semi-finals this time round...

Just before it was my turn, there was a rather quite long interval. All I remembered was that I was standing at the side of the platform waiting, my heart thumping so hard, my left hand trying to hide my quivering right hand...

Yeah. That's the sort-of 'stage fright' I'll experience in every competition that'll require to talk in front of an unknown crowd of audience.

I just wanted to gain more experience, hoping that I can someday overcome the fear of competing in front of so many eyes which are staring at you. I wasn't too concerned about winning anyway.

There was a contestant who was from China. She had been a news reporter for 4 years, and 1 year's experience in hosting or something. She mentioned something which I didn't really understand at first: Having the ability to compete doesn't mean that you are suited for that job nature; being an expertise in a particular job doesn't mean that you are competition material.

When I finally arrived home after a 1-hour bus trip (it was really horrible, my motion sickness acted up halfway again...), it finally dawned upon me that the above 'theory' was right. I finally understood what the China contestant meant. Yes, I'm confident of being able to do well in the media industry, whether it is the radio or tv. But I admit that everytime I'm in front of a large crowd during a competition, I'll start feeling stressed, and I'll be so nervous all over. If it was just the judges and me, I wouldn't be such a nervous freak.

Oh well. What's meant to be mine is mine, whatever that isn't wouldn't belong to me anyway.

Just like what mum said last night when she opened the main gate and let one of my cats run away. I don't why, but I wasn't feeling at all worried when we were looking all over for him. I just had the feeling that he would come back to us.

Just as I was going to turn in for the night, my mum told me she couldn't sleep (must be because she feels that it's all her fault for letting the cat run away), and so she went out again at 10pm, so that she could relax and walk outside. Oh well, I knew that she would be going to try her luck to see if she would be able to find him.

Alas, mum came back and woke me up. (I was feeling so groggy, so didn't really take a look at the clock to see what time it was.) She found him. I KNEW it. But still, it was rather a relief to me. At least mum wouldn't have to continue to blame herself for losing the cat.

Anyway, Alleluia! All thanks to the Lord for bringing him home safe and sound...

After the audition last Sunday, YJ and I had dinner at Bugis Junction.

After that we went to a private party organised by the Cozycot people. It was the last day, and also the last hour before the party officially ended. It was already 8pm when we arrived at Parkview Square. (I even thought that it was some 5-star hotel! But the bar waitress told us that it was just a commericial building -.- What a waste it was actually, if you ask me. It should be a hotel instead la, so grand.)

Anyway, it was closing time, so of course we quickly registered our names and got our goody bags. I didn't expect to get SO many. In the end, we made 2 trips back and forth the main level and the 3rd floor, so we had MANY bags in hand. We couldn't take home all that anyway, so we finally gave away 4 bags in total to the bar waitresses, and also 2 bags (bottles of water la) to the toilet staff at Bugis. Haha, this shows that we're not totally greedy okay, we're generous too :p

It was such a chore organising the goodies, but it was all worth it :)

From this....

...to this! Finally:D

I think the next post will be about my outdoor shoot I had last week. The photos are still with the photographer, so be patient alright :)

(But I just can't wait to look at the outcome! Hehe.)

p.s. I hate blogging at night... the photos just take FOREVER to upload! =.=

Cleo Makeover Shoot

2008-09-02T00:47:00.007+08:00

Went for a shoot at Orchard a few days ago.

I didn't have to put any make-up at all before going out, so just had to put on my shades. Save me the trouble of putting any concealer at all. Haha.

The make-up artist did a quick and good job! I loved the way she did my make-up. The make-up wasn't really thick but I liked the way it was anyway :)

The hair stylist was even faster: he took like only around 5 minutes to style my hair? At first someone wanted my hair in a 'mohawk' kind of style, but in the end to be on the safe side, the hair stylist didn't do anything 'wild' to my hair.

Although the white top was nothing 'extravagant', and was nothing like my usual style, it went well with my denim shorts, and looked simple yet elegant. I like :)

While I was waiting for the photographer, there was this caucasian family and the 3 of them were smiling and pointing at me! I always thought that all of those white-skin people with sharp noses were the so-called 'superior race' with the nicest features. But I never knew that they too DO admire asian people like me. Their compliments really made my day :)

My goodie bag and a voucher from Laneige.

SHOPPING TIME! Hahaha...

In the end I spent nearly $200 in 2 days, with over $80 solely on Laneige products. (Money fly away~)

But I got these freebies in return, so I didn't really complain much.

Here are just some of those things Laniege gave me...

I've been wanting to buy a pair of new heels for some time, but so far nothing has caught my eyes...

Until I set my eyes of this pair of gold-sequinned heels on my way home!!!

Without flash:

With flash:

Okay, the camera didn't really capture its beauty, but I swear it's really pretty in real-life!

Yes. Enough of my shopping for now!

Here are some of my favourite photos:

Yes, I'm trying to improve my cam-whoring techniques day by day...

The recent rain dampens my mood to go out :(

Rain rain go away, come again another day...

Mid-Autumn Fest at NP

2008-08-28T00:17:00.012+08:00

Mid-autumn Fest

An extremely long day I had in school today!
I left home at 9am, and ended up reaching home at 11.30pm!
Today was indeed memorable.

Although I didn't win anything for the lucky draw, which I had expected, I had brought home with me not just prizes which could be seen or used, but even MORE meaningful things which money can't even buy.

This was the last event which we year 2 committee members were organising: Mid-autumn festival. And next year february, we will be having OUR own farewell party. It's really surprising how time flies. Before you least expect it, 1 and a half year of life in polytechnic is gone. That means there's another half more to go. Half of the 3 years, I mean.

In the past few days, Vina and I were busy with the decoration stuff. We spent our time going to Bras Basah to buy our materials and finish up with the I-LOVE-CHS badges, went to the library to cut out the star shapes, painting the 3-D moon and 2-D stars with fluorescent yellow and glow-in-the-dark paint, blah blah...

Today we were putting those BEAUTIFUL stars everywhere in the little theatrette at the Convection Centre. And of cos, not forgetting we had to take off EVERYTHING we decorated once the event was over.

Oh well. That was one of the few things I did, without forgetting that I hosted the Miao-maio Game Show together with SH.

As the minor comm members, we contributed a lot. But without our dear vice-chairman YJ, all these wouldn't be possible. She must be the one having the most stress. A round of applause for YJ :)

Also had a sort of H2H (heart-to-heart) talk with YF. She shared some matters with me, and I could really empathise with her. It's as if I almost found someone whom I can really talk to. Someone who does not have a fake personality, someone who doesn't say something but have another totally different meaning to it. (I'm not referring to anyone in particular here, just making a general statement.) And maybe I could even share the Wuhan University dorm with her and YJ, hopefully? Haha. Still have another semester to go, anyway.

YES. I DO mean another semester. ONE MORE FREAKING SEMESTER. And most probably our whole year 2 batch will be studying in China TOGETHER at the same time. Chances are there'll be no more splitting into 2 seperate batches. But still, I think lots will be drawed, as to who goes to ZUCC, who goes to Wuhan. Latest news which leaked out from the one of the teachers today okay. I can't remember who, but I think it's Nan laoshi. They haven't announced this officially yet, of cos. So probably attachment will be delayed? Hmm.

Only the 5 of us from L1 were there, sad to say. But oh well. There'll be more food to eat! Hah. I'm not a greedy pig okay :X

I'm not gonna comment too much on the event today. But I think that those 2 comedy skits which the year 1s had put up were entertaining! Good work :)

Another thing which I'll probably never ever forget: I sat in Nan laoshi's car when I went home! Yes! He actually drove the car to Dover Mrt Station! Hehe. Not forgetting to snap some pictures in the car. Haha. But of cos without flash, if not it'll be embarrasing if he knew that I was still taking pictures at that point of time.

Admirers of him: maybe next time you can try to spot which car in the carpark is his? I'd be magnanimous enough to reveal to you that it's black in colour :)

I took MANY photos with my camera, including the one which belonged to SH's friend Yue Ming. Thank you. Simply loved the 12X zoom which his Canon camera had! It was grreaaat :) I really liked the way which I could zoom in on someone from a reeaallly far distance. But it was only 6.0 mega-pixels, as compared to my Sony which was 7.9 mp. I still like mine better :D

Okay. I've realised I've written quite a lengthy post. To me, this is already lengthy. Considering the fact that I haven't written a post THIS long for a long period of time.

Since I can't afford to sleep late because I've a shoot coming up, I'll just let the pictures do the talking.

Here are just some of the nice ones which I took with my Sony:

Chinese Age Test

2008-08-26T01:01:00.004+08:00

I'm SO bored.

Have been busy these few days preparing for the mid-autumn festival event.

Those I-LOVE-CHS badges, lucky draw slips, location decoration etc...
Going to Bras Basah for dunoe how many times...

(Alright. It's only 3 times.)

Look at me. I repeat: I'm SO BORED!

That's why I took this Age Test which I took the url from a senior's blog.

Results:

Mental age: 26
Difference from actual age: 9
Childishness: 60%
Maturity: 61%
Aging rate: 22%

What?! My childishness and maturity percentage is almost the same?

Thank goodness.

My maturity is still higher. Even if it is that mere 1%. It matters okay.

Maybe you've noticed or maybe you haven't.

I've got makeup only on half of my face.

Yes, exactly half.

I was trying out the Clinque glittery light purple eyeshadow which I haven't used before.

I was bored, remember?

Laneige Cocktail Party; Dinner at T3

2008-08-17T20:54:00.013+08:00

I got selected by the Cozy Cot peeps to attend to LANEIGE's Exclusive Cocktail Party yesterday!

20% discount leh!

How could I have left without buying anything?!
Haha.
So in the end my one and only splurge of the day was on the LANEIGE SKIN VEIL BASE.
Mine's in light purple :)

Product Benefits:

The Ceramide Repair Water moisturizing ingredient, which is commonly
applied to LANEIGE Base Makeup, maintains the appropriate level of skin
hydration all day long. The Meso-porous Silica, one of Laneige’s star
ingredients, gives superior oil control. It actively assists sebum absorption as
it gives high coverage of skin’s imperfections. Skin is kept fresh and a matte
face is the finish.

With an SPF 26/PA+ UV blocking function, the make-up base protects your
skin from daily UV rays.

(Description taken from Laneige SG website)

Gonna start using it when I have my next photoshoot :)

There was also a live demonstration by Hong Lim, the Korean make-up artist!

Too bad. I was late for 15 minutes and by the time I found the CORRECT Laneige Booth, the demonstration was already over -.-

All I saw were women pigging out on the buffet there. I didn't even feel like eating anyway. It would be just weird la. Imagine a buffet by a cosmetic counter in a departmental store. :X

But anyway, I registered my attendence as a Cozy Cotter and made away with the doorgift. Shopped a bit more and met up with Ah-buh-ji nearby.

After sunset mass at church, went to airport T3 with Ah-buh-ji and Omma.

That WAS supposed to be Ah-buh-ji, but now he's NOT!

Yes. I've photoshopped Shan into my Ah-buh-ji's picture.

Not that my Ah-buh-ji is not cute. It's just that Shan is waaaaaayyyy cuter. XD

So girls, back off! Shan is mine :)

The Mummy Returns 3: with Mum!

2008-08-14T19:35:00.005+08:00

Watched The Mummy Returns 3 with Mummy today! :D

Yeah. I know I'm reeaaally slow to watch this movie, but still...

We loved the part where the dead battled with the dead!

Haha.

Meaning the dead emperor's army with the the dead enemies of the emperor :D

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I wanna watch Love Guru :(

Korean Guys: Bloodgroup Stereotype

2008-08-12T03:45:00.004+08:00

Korean Guys: Bloodgroup Stereotype

Manga Series: Flirty Nurse

2008-08-11T00:43:00.005+08:00

Manga Series

I've done this sketch quite some time ago and I've just took it out again today. Haha.

Original sketch:

After colouring using laptop:

After some photoshop, here's the final result:

I'm definitely going to go back to drawing again during my term break :)

Beijing Olympic Games 2008: China W Gymnastics

2008-08-10T12:19:00.011+08:00

Yay!

The long-awaited Olympics held in China is finally here :)

And today's the event I've anticipated most: Woman Gymnastics!

China of cos is well known for their gymnasts so there's gonna be a lot of excitment added as well.

Gymnasts to look out for on the Chinese team include Yang Yilin, a native of
Guangdong province. Yang is an Uneven Bars specialist, but is also seen as a
chance for a medal in the All-Around event. He Kexin is also an expert on the
Uneven Bars and has publicly stated that her goal at Beijing 2008 is to beat the
United States' Nastia Liukin. Probably China's most well-known female gymnast is
20-year-old Cheng Fei, from Hunan province. Cheng competed at Athens 2004, but
did not win a medal. She is a specialist in the Vault and Floor Exercise
events.
(Taken from Beijing Olympic Games 2008 Website article)

Coach Lu Shanzhen and 20-year-old gymnast Cheng Fei.

She's only 1.52m tall but she's fantastically amazing.

Here's more photos of her training the Balanced Beam on Friday:

The Floor:

Really impressive stuff she's got.
Ok. Enough pictures of her for now.

Here's 16-year-old Jiang Yuyuan:

No. I don't think her name is fishball.
But nevertheless, she's a cute girl, isn't she? :D

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Yes. I've said enough of 20-year-old Cheng Fei.
Folks, this is 16-year-old Yang Yilin.
She's not Cheng Fei's sister. (duh)
But both of them look awfully alike huh?

Go China! Win the US team! Wipe that smirk off the US girl gymnasts (especially Shawn Johnson -.-)

Free IQ Test

2008-07-29T14:29:00.001+08:00

I took a screen-shot to prove I didn't modify the html code to cheat ok.

The last time I took my IQ test was on Facebook, and I got 144. And today, this is what I've got!

Yay! My IQ has improved :))

Take your Free IQ Test today! :)

Ti Tong Sports Day 2008

2008-07-27T21:14:00.012+08:00

Titong Sports Day.
Pure adrenaline, pure fun-ness!

We the GREEN people.

Going in... going in...

Yay! The ball is sure in! :)

The crazy sports committee people.

(Can you spot me?)

Adhoc department 总务组...

(Yeah i know. My hair is damn freaking messy -.-)

On the way back to the MRT station...

Enjoyed playing frisbee and handball most :)

Aching shoulders, sprained waist and knee got scratched. But who cares? Sports is fun-ness! ;)

Next morning: Eh... wait. I'm aching ALL OVER!

Radio Production Studio @ NP

2008-07-22T19:47:00.005+08:00

The endless hours and days we spent at the studio.

Tour at Mediacorp Radio Building

2008-07-11T00:57:00.012+08:00

No radio classes in school this thursday. Instead, went to Mediacorp radio building. Haha. Got to see News 938, Classic 95, Perfect 987, Capital 958, and of cos... Y.E.S 933!

All LIVE! :D

Jean Danker

Rosalyn Lee

Shan Wee

He's uber CUTE!

...and so freaking tall.

Chong Ching

The new DJ: Ivy Tan

In the morning, Layyen, Cherlyn and I were still rushing up our podcast like mad. Then rushed home to get a change of clothes. Left home at 5.15 to go Mediacorp. BUT! I arrived at only 8 (I think) because of the evening rain and the TERRIBLE traffic jam. Wanted to get a cab to drive me in. 100s of taxis must have went past me when I was at the bus stop. But even those empty cabs didn't even stop to pick me up when I was madly flagging them down. So in the end Weehan had to come down in a cab to fetch me. (THANKS SO MUCH!)

After we left Mediacorp, Cherlyn, Weehan, Chenxi and I went to Toa Payoh Central's Mac to have supper. Had fun :D

Okay, I'm REALLY tired cos I only slept 3 hours. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

Arrived home at 11.50pm to add a short music track to my podcast and bounced it to mp3 format. *happy happy*

Black White Grey - Shirley Layyen Cherlyn

Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet

2008-07-08T21:55:00.006+08:00

I played this game today. It's SO so addictive! If you like CSI, Law & Order, or plain crime-solving, this is just the right game for you. The whole game is really VERY visually attractive, and this has already captured my heart to urge me to go on playing.

Here is a really great review and I totally agree with this guy, John who wrote it:

Based on the James Patterson novels (and the subsequent television
spin-off), Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet is a murder mystery
wrapped in an adventure game spiced with light hidden object scenes and a few
simple minigames. Investigating crimes is the central focus
of gameplay, with heaping doses of clue sniffing, murder scene scrutinizing, and some light labwork here and there to keep the story moving along. You don't need to be a fan of the series to enjoy the game, and even if you are, Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet weaves a completely new tale (penned by Patterson) that stays faithful to the original characters'
personalities. This time, however, you're in charge.

With each crime you're presented a scene with a small list of objects to find and points of investigation to cover. Not only will you need to grab items, you'll also examine the body and a few key points of interest in the murder scene. The interesting twist is that you play different characters, each with specialized knowledge that will uncover new facts in the case. Everything you discover is catalogued in evidence and information tabs that can be reviewed at any time.

Many scenes come with a simple inventory puzzle that pulls the object finding into an adventure-style riddle. In the first investigation, for example, you must locate items to block holes in a rock so you can capture a key item from a feisty crab. Simple, but an effective diversion from the streamlined pattern of the game. The rest of the game is divided between short dialogue sequences, quick mini-games that are integrated into your investigation, and character specific tasks. Claire, for example, spends a lot of time in the lab mixing chemicals to discover the type of poison used on a victim.

As far as the hidden object chunk of the game goes, items are usually easy to find and a hint system can give you a nudge if necessary. You aren't timed, and mis-clicks offer no penalty, so take your time and use the mouse button liberally. Objects are usually quite small and difficult to pinpoint, but at least your poor eyes aren't sifting through several hundred images to find what you need, just scrutinizing groups of pixels here and there.

Production values are suitably high, with a nice visual presentation underscored by a good soundtrack. The only real downer in Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet is that the uniqueness wears off pretty quickly as chemical mixing, object finding and rote labwork become little more than chores. Click here, click there, fill in the check marks and you're done, there's little challenge and no reason to complete the tasks other than obtaining the information.

A good genre-bender that reels you in with intrigue and keeps you hungry for more.

http://jayisgames.com/archives/2008/05/womens_murder_club_death_in_scarlet.php

You can download the 1-hour trial game here:

http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=murderclub

My rating:

After the the trial I downloaded from YAHOO! ended, I uninstalled the game, googled it, and downloaded it to play again! I wanna buy it >.<

Old Long Hairstyle

2008-07-06T20:47:00.003+08:00

Old Hairstyle: Long hair

Childhood Memories Episode 1

2008-06-13T22:43:00.008+08:00

It's the 2-week break now. It's so boring. Nothing interesting is happening. *sigh*

I've got nothing in particular to blog about so I'll be posting some of my pictures when I was small. Haha.

Well. Episode #o1: Shirley and J. Here goes:

What's with that weird expression on his face? ROFL.

He looks as if he's gonna sleep here though.

When we were a bit older:

Haiyo. See what see. Never see people learn ice-skating before is it.

Most of the time we were ice-skating when we were playing together. He and his cousin were the ones who taught me how to ice-skate and helped me to balance :)

But I think he's going to study in England soon. So far :(

Poor me. I'll be going to China :/

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Well, that's all for episode #o1. I'll be uploading more pictures for episode #o2 soon! (Hopefully.)

Synesthesia: Is Your Brain Wired for Creativity?

2008-06-07T09:14:00.004+08:00

100%

To Childish Boy (whoever you are):

Congratulations to you for finding your way to my blog! *clap clap*

Oh puh-lease. Now who's the childish kid. Look who's BEGGING me to have a fight. Fancy asking ME to confront your WHOLE gang? Tsk tsk tsk... What a BIG chicken you are, asking OTHER people to fight FOR you, instead of just ONE-on-ONE. *shake head*

NO GUTS?! Who, me? Aiyo, boy ah, I think YOU are the one who don't even have a teeny weeny bit of gut left in your body.

Lastly for your information, I wrote the previous post 11 days AGO. So, do you THINK I'll still be SOO concerned about that matter. I was just so fucking pissed off at that spur of the moment ONLY.

This is MY blog. I can post my feelings here whenever I want.

So let's stop being childish and don't talk in such a hostile tone, okay?

I'm a NICE person who don't bite other people's head off. (Unless you happen to catch me in a REALLY foul mood, that is.)

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My sincere apologies to CKLee... I've been so mad at the above person that I got it all mixed up. So I've removed your name and the part about WLNY :) - 9 June 2008, 0020

LOL. not.

2008-05-26T18:10:00.008+08:00

Ohmygawd.

I'm am so pissed off by sime childish teenager who's probably only about 14 or 15 years old. =.=

Okay. I admit I'm childish also la, considering that I'm still playing ASIASOFT's AUDITION game at this age of mine.

The conversation went something like this:

Me: I missed!

Childish Boy: lol

Me: you laughed at me =.=

CB: no i didnt

Me: yes, u just said "lol".

CB: ya

Me: "lol" is 'laugh-out-loud'.

CB: no it isn't

Me: EVERYONE knows it is la (well, of cos except for this kid)

CB: then everybody laugh out all the time meh (that's bcos everyone in AUDITION says lol, or lols, or other sort, when they think that something is funny. It had been so freaking OVERLY-used.)

Me: zzz

CB: its a Singlish slang

Me: even the Americans and the people in England use "lol" loh.

And then ke kicked me out of the room!!!! Wth =.=

Wanting to go back to that same room to give that childish kid a lecture about how RUDE it is to kick people out of the room, I furiously typed in the command: /go24 (That was room number 24.)

Me: TMD

Me: you kicked me

CB: no i didnt

Me: then

Me: ghost ah?

CB: I just double-clicked 2 times on you (that was how you are supposed to kick people out of a room)

I was SOOO freaking pissed off that I angrily exited the game and came to blog instead.

My main concern is not just ME being pissed-off.

I mean, you don't even KNOW what's LOL?!

Ohmygosh.

You've been using it all this while and think that its a Singlish slang?!

Goodness gracious me.

If you don't even know what a SIMPLE "LOL" is, then you definitely don't know what's "ROFL"!

I found this interesting piece of article of where "LOL" just now when I googled for 'origin of LOL':

LOL was first coined on a BBS called Viewline in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in the early-to-mid-80s. A friend of mine who went by Sprout (and I believe he still does) had said something so funny in the teleconference room that I found myself truly laughing out loud, echoing off the walls of my kitchen. That's when "LOL" was first used.
We of course had ways of portraying amusement in chat rooms before that (>grin< >laugh< *smile*) and the gamut of smiley faces, but I felt that none of them really got across the fact that the other person just made you feel foolish by laughing out loud in a room all by yourself (or worse, with other family members in another room, thinking you quite odd!)
The use of the phrase LOL spread quickly around Viewline, but it wasn't until a bunch of us got free GEnie accounts that it really became popular. GEnie, back then, was one of the big online services (with Compuserve and
Prodigy), and the hundreds of chatrooms included trivia rooms (run by script
bots -- quite fancy at the time!) A bunch of us Viewliners found these rooms
and, of course, our jargon mixed with the regulars of GEnie. (One thing that I
took from there, and still use today, is "my" smiley -- *:^) )
Of course, LOL was introduce to this new group, who took to it quickly; I always emphasized (and still do) that it was meant to be used *only* if you truly Laughed Out Loud... a smirk, smile or giggle just didn't cut it. These GEnie users soon
started mutating it: Rolling On Floor Laughing was borne by the GEnie people.
Today, of course, we see many variations, and I'm amazed daily whenever I
see "LOL" appear in obscure places. The "true" use of LOL has been tainted; people use it in the same way that *grin* or "hahahaha" might, but I guess this is the evolution of words and language. I admit that every so often I try to explain to people that LOL has a specific meaning or usage, but most scoff when
I explain the origin.
If I had any idea that such a thing would spread, I would have saved the original conversation that led to the acronym's inception. Alas, I don't even recall what was so funny! While I can picture in my mind where I was when it happened, I can't narrow the time down any further.
I don't expect you to believe this, really, as so many others don't. Still, it ought to be written out so there's at least a record of it somewhere on the
Internet.
-- Wayne Pearson

Yeap. So all thanks to this Wayne guy who wrote this and recorded down so that we can all know what 'LOL' really is, and where did it come from really.

Class Chalet & BBQ at CS Pasir Ris

2008-03-15T21:09:00.009+08:00

Our class FIANLLY had a class BBQ during the first week of March. It's a double-storey chalet at the Costa Sands Pasir Ris.

Our little "messy" bedroom upstairs.

My CHIO purple mahjong set <3>

Guessed who put these 2 bottles in the FREEZER?!

Layyen and I laughed our heads off, wondering who did this......

I found that the "silly" person was Wee Han! Haha =D

HX, Cherlyn, SJ & BL posing with their food.

Our main BBQ-er: Maybelline! (Thx for taking up this job XD)

BL & SJ: Ready to eat!

I was so damn thirsty =/

Layyen switching on the TV for us.

BL & SJ again. lol.

Cherlyn & Maybelline happily munching away on the corn :D

YY at the top of the stairs. Poor girl, she got sent to the hospital later :(

Camwhoring in the bedroom =D

Some played bridge downstairs.

Wee Han, you just happened to look up the moment I clicked the shutter button! LOL.

The rest of us played mahjong upstairs.

BL was so happy that she hu-ed.

A close-up of her winning tiles.

I knew that it was a sure win for me so I took a picture even before we started this round :)

Indeed I won! :D

The colourful shuttle bus...

Jacelyn in the window waving byebye.

The swimming pool area at night. So nice!
P.S. Those who want the ZIPPED set of photos, click 'Comments' ! :D

Cakes!

2008-03-12T19:38:00.007+08:00

I received this email from a friend and I thought it was rather interesting:

It's really hard to believe it but there are REALLY ...... CAKES! :D

I liked the LV handbag and the 2 shopping bags (Kimberly's Boutique, Tiffany & Co.) most! XD

Farewell party, Audition at Savannah, Class chalet tml

2008-03-02T08:49:00.008+08:00

I'm here to rant about my audition yesterday but I'll just SHUN4 BIAN4 upload the photos of the Farewell Party our committee members organised for the seniors last last Friday. Thanks to everyone, that night was a success! :)

I didn't bring my digital camera that day, so pardon me for the lousy-quality pictures I took with my phone.

Staircase to the clubhouse function room. (Vina, thanks for helping me while you were still busy with the ppt stuff :D)

The CHOO-CHOO Train banner I drew the night before. (That was the way Mrs Choo, our school director had named it. At least my hard and effort didn't go to waste.) ^-^

The 2 gorgeous emcees at work during the lucky draw section. That's our school director on the right, ready to give away the TOP PRIZE of the day: Creative speakers.

Me and Lay yen :)

There's our senior Cheng Yao next to me. (Yeap, he 'interupted' kate and me halfway) :D

Kate and me xD

Yu Fan, Yi Jun and me =]

Group photo! (Teachers, committee members and crew.)

Since it's now the holidays and there's nothing for me to do, mummy pestered me to quickly get a job instead of to waste the time away. (Yah, all mothers are the same -.-) Initially I tried to ask my RECRUIT consultant if there were any one-month job available. She said that the pay would be $6 per hour at most, since there weren't many companies which would employ people for such a short period. My most recent job (which was during last year and it was also my FIRST office job) had a pay of $6.50 per hour. My consultant haven't even call me back for 1 week already, so I'll just give up on that. ($6/hour? Don't expect me to get paid less than $6.50. $6 is already considered little for a job in the office luh.)

I got called for an audition so I went to the hairdresser's for my hair treatment and cut. (It was killing 2 birds with a stone: my hair was getting quite messy and I wanted to look nice in the audition :D)

I stayed at the hairdresser's longer than I had expected so had no choice but to take a cab to the audition. It was so ridiculous that I even had to queue after so many people at the White Sands taxi stand. (I'm already in a hurry and you still want me to QUEUE and WAIT for a taxi to come?!) So, I made a decision in a second and took the train to Simei station first, then flag down a cab when I get off the train.

I knew that there WAS a shuttle bus to my destination from Simei station, but where was I to find the time to wait for the bus to come?! My poor $4 went to the DELIGHTED taxi uncle. Upon entering the place, he made a comment something about the place looking like a ZOO xD

It was drizzling so I didn't snap any pictures of the zoo-like place. Haha. Only took some pictures when I reached home.

Boo! My trimmed fringe. Did this scare you? (I look so white in this picture -.-)

My hair from the back. (The hairdresser cut an inch off.)

I so LOVE my hair colour here! (Mind you, it's a natural colour for those who didn't know.)

Ta-dah! Enough of me for now...

Tomorrow's our class chalet-cum-bbq. I'm so excited that we finally have one after sooo long! But till now, I've yet to get any replies from a few, especially our DEAR chairman AA.

Too bad I can't stay overnight cos I have relatives from Hong Kong coming over to my house. It'll be bad if I don't show up for the guests on the day of their arrival huh? But be rest assured, I'll be back in the morning! :D

I'm sooo looking forward to the Mahjong session at night :)

Pink Furniture & House Stuff

2008-02-27T22:20:00.005+08:00

This is my dream bedroom! It's full of pink stuffs and is indeed every girl's ideal room (well, maybe it's just me...) Coincidentally, IKEA named this: Room of Dreams.

WALL SHELVE
BOOKCASE

SIDE TABLE
COMPUTER WORKSTATION
SWIVEL CHAIR
(Photos in courtesy of IKEA)

KITCHEN TIMER

THERMAL BOTTLE

PLATES

ICE-CREAM SCOOP

CHOPPING BOARD

RICE COOKER

BLENDER

EGG BEATER

IRON

HAIRDRYER

VACUUM CLEANER

(Photos that I took when I was at Robinsons and Best Denki)

JE551 Spree Items Arrived!

2008-01-31T10:43:00.000+08:00

I went to collect the items which finally arived from Hong Kong. Unfortunately I was going to be late so I cabbed all the way from Bukit Batok to school and it cost me $8.90. =/

I'm so happy with my new clothes! (They're all mostly meant for fall/winter season.)

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

2008-01-30T19:36:00.001+08:00

What Maria Shirley Means

You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.
You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want.
You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way!

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone.
You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.
You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.
You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Christmas and Brownies

2008-01-06T17:14:00.000+08:00

This whole post is nearly all dedicated to the Christmas season of Year 2007. :)

Century Square's main decoration.
[which I don't think is nice at all. bleah.]

Santa's Elves Tower in Tampines Mall.

Went to Suntec City too but didn't notice any obvious Christmas deco except for these environmentally-friendly created Christmas Trees which were supposed to be competed in some contest.

Tree of Hope. (made out of cardboard egg carton)

[My personal favourite: not only is it made up of the egg carton which is completely useless, it's also glittery and resembles a real Christmas tree.]

Green Gift.

Face Tree. (I've absolutely no idea where it got its name from... it's made from magazine pages)

The Subtlor. (made from the top of a drink can)

Strength 2 Strength. (kitchen cooking intensils included)

The Plastic Forktastic Christmas Tree. (yes, it's made using plastic forks)

Christmas Technolotree. (made from small computer chips)

My White Christmas Tree. (millions of paper shreds!)

[It's another of my favourite because it simply reminded me of a White Christmas and looks decent enough to be a Christmas tree.]

That's all, folks!

So, which one did you like? :)

Here are a few pictures I took in my church during the Christmas season:

The 'teddy bear' Christmas tree nearby the lift lobby.

The nicely-decorated altar.

[In case you've noticed the angel-girl, don't be mistaken, she's not my sister. Neither is the boy in green my brother.]

The Navity Scene.
I just can't help but admire its soft interior lighting effect...

Lastly, presenting my very first......

Walnut Brownies!

Okay. Because of the way it's shaped, it does look a bit like a pie....

But hey! Doesn't it look yummy to you?

It's really yummy too! *licks lips*

(It's my first time baking brownies so I'm quite satisfied at how it turned out!) ^-^

Camwhoring Day in the Bus

2007-12-21T19:52:00.000+08:00

There are actually A LOT of things that I want to blog about, but it's either that I have a short 'excitement' span (as in a short attention span), or I'm just plain lazy -.-

A few days, I wanted to start uploading photos and blog about the recent 'Pool' outing that the 4 of us went for. But I suddenly just lost the interest while I was editing the photos half-way. There are really some amusing pictures! REALLY AMUSING. You just wait and see, I'll blog about it someother day.

For now, I just want to dedicate this whole post with my "little" trip today when I went to collect my scarves. It all started in the afternoon when I was taking a bus to collect the scarves.

On my way to Seng Kang, I naturally took up my PSP to entertain myself. It's a very boring bus trip okay. Sounds normal to you? Here comes the 'not-so-normal' part:

On my way back to Pasir Ris, I got so tired of playing my psp. I looked outside the window and saw that there was so very NICE sunshine pouring in on my side. At that spur of the moment, I just simply whipped out my digital cam without giving a 2nd thought, because there were'nt much people on the bus.

Back in Pasir Ris, I initally planned to get a nice new laptop sleeve at Challenger. There weren't any nice ones there so I ended up buying these instead:

1. Mini Optical Mouse
2. Inner Ear Headphones
3. Snapballs ('comfortable' cushions for my lappie)

On my way down, I spotted these Pashmina scarves on sale at the 1st storey. At White Sands, you'll have to pay $10 each.
But remember I went to Seng Kang to collect my scarves before that? Chose dark purple and cream colour. I got mine for only $5 each! (Half-price leh. Heheh.)

I camwhored somemore after that.

Picture-of-the-day:

Spot the Fake Smile

2007-12-02T15:26:00.000+08:00

I've been MIA for such a long time on blogger.

Everytime i signed to blogger, wanting to blog about something, I will suddenly become really lazy and lose the interest to post. Uploading pictures and blogging about them can be such a chore.

My my. Forget about it. I'm here to blog again! :)

I know these photos are SO overdue. As I've promised you girls, here they are! :)

Ok. you've noticed that i'm the only one without the typical 'tweex' pose.

The 3 pheonixes:

We went to Mac for the last meeting before the Speech Communication in Chinese presentation. Layyen and I bought Happy Meals. We may look old, but we're still young at heart! :D
Dreamworks' Pollen Jocks:

Here are our cute ones:

They can't fly at all, but they can certainly speak human language! REALLY.

We were so 无聊 that we even tried on each other's spectacles.

Me wearing Cherlyn's. (Okay, I look so blur here and can't even stare straight into the camera! Her lenses' degree are higher than mine.) =.=

She's wearing my frameless specs. You'll have to agree that she looks more intellectucal (and si wen)!

I stumbled upon this quiz during this week. It is a BBC Science and Nature experiment designed to test whether you can spot the difference between a fake smile and a real one.I thought I it might be fun to see whether I could spot the genuine and fake smiles correctly and ...... VOILA! I had 3 wrong out of 20. (I swear that I only took this quiz once >.<)

Click here to take the quiz. (Don't peep at my answers hor.) You want the answers? No problem. Just click on the image below to take a CLOSER look. (It's so blurry here.)

No, wait...... I've just remembered that I've uploaded it to Blogger, not Photobucket. So it means that the pictures have no links on them. (Sorry.)

Cute Animation Story

2007-11-11T21:51:00.000+08:00

Here's a CUTE picture-story to enjoy.

There are so many projects and assignments that are waiting to be started and done with. One nearly down, three and many more to go...

Cute Stuffs

2007-11-05T18:32:00.000+08:00

This morning on my way to school in the train, there were 2 Korean ladies sitting beside me. I was having a little doze as usual when I heard something (or rather SOMEONE) which sounded like Japanese or Korean. It took me a few seconds to realise that they were speaking in Korean. I was simply delighted! But sadly, I've been taking Korean lessons in school for more than one semester and I could only catch these following words/phrases in Korean: brother, uncle, how much is your camera, how... (and so on). They speak exactly the same way in the Korean dramas, only that they were speaking much MUCH faster!

Speaking of Korean, I chanced upon this Korean puzzle game. The graphics are really cute! ^-^
My rating: 4/5

Play Sobics School

Here are more cute stuffs:

I took a video of this cute puppy at Pets Safari. It's super hyperactive. BEWARE.

For PINK or CAT lovers, you'll fall in love with this pen.

My eye-candy: Mini Chuppa Chupps handphone strap!

Notice the age warning.

Yummy!

First Day of School of 2nd Sem

2007-10-15T18:29:00.000+08:00

Boo!

Today's the first day of 2nd semester. Going back to school after having a LONG 2-month holiday feels so wierd. I'm just so not used to going to school AGAIN. But anyway, the good thing is that we don't have any formal lessons, and classes ended even before noon. :)

I've been busy making videos the few days before school re-opened (so that explains why I haven't updated; but this is not the only reason, haha, you'll know why soon enough). I'm still in the midst of preparing the videos so probably I'll post them up in my next entry. MAYBE.

We went to Miss Clarity Cafe for lunch. But we had to take a long bus trip and WALK some distance to reach there. Grr. It made me and my tummy so hungry.

The cafe have pink table tops.

Even parts of their walls and ceiling are covered in pink.

Dessert-of-the-day is ice-cream, and it's also... PINK!

I ended the afternoon by having a fringe cut at REDSbugisjunction and bought a top at Double Index. I couldn't resist buying it when i knew that it was at a discount of 70%!

I just adore the music score design on this top. I may just try to play it out and see what it sounds like. :)

Even the plastic bag is also PINK. xD

It's such a PINK DAY. And I love it. :)

T-shirt & Haw Par Villa

2007-10-05T14:25:00.001+08:00

Hey everyone! Yah, I know it has been a LONG time since I last updated.

CAUTION: This is going to be a SUPER long entry, partly because of the number of pictures I have included here.

The main reason is that Dad came back from HK last week so I had to be a nice girl and accompany him to MOST places MOST of the time, because he will only be here for a week and fly back to HK again.

And also, I’ve been designing this T-shirt which my aunt had wanted for a LONG time. So she sent me this package which consisted of a plain t-shirt and fabric paint.

\(^-^)/

Dad and I went to Haw Par Villa a few days ag0. I think this is my 2nd or 3rd time round.

The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history, and illustrating various aspects of Confucianism. These include The Laughing Buddha, The Goddess of Mercy, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and most famously The Ten Courts of Hell, a depiction of a gruesome underworld of tortures and torments.

The park, originally called "Tiger Balm Gardens", was constructed in 1937 by the brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, the developers of Tiger Balm, as a venue for teaching traditional Chinese values. The Aw family eventually sold the Gardens to the Singapore Tourism Board in 1979.

The park was renamed Haw Par Villa in 1985 and re-opened in 1990, when it was converted into an amusement park and promoted with the name "Dragon World", with many of the statues and scenes replaced with fairground rides. However this new incarnation proved unpopular when attendances started to decline and Fraser and Neave, which had 75% stake in the theme park, started seeing losses. More recently many of the old features have been replaced, such as the dragon ride. Some of the statues have also been moved to the Chinese Gardens.

Entry to the park has been free since 1996(I remember that the last time I went to HPV, people still had to queue at the ticketing booth), while previously a S$16 entrance fee was charged and a Chinese Heritage Centre has been constructed within its grounds.

The Jade House is a new addition to Haw Par Villa. It displays a wide collection of Jades that Aw Family has collected over the years.

Tiger Car is also a new attraction. It's a vintage car dressed up to look like a tiger. It's a replica of the 'Tiger Car' that the late Mr. Aw Boon Haw owned.

The mood is serene and creepy at the same time. Definitely a unique place.

Dad and I had to pay one buck each to enter the Ten Courts of Hell.
However, today, you will get to go on a virtual tour FREE OF CHARGE on my blog. (You don’t even have to travel all the way to Pasir Panjang.)
(Don’t Singaporeans just love things that are free of charge?! Upon hearing the words ‘F-O-C’, they will just rush to grab ‘it’ whilst they can. -.-)
All that is needed is just your pair of eyes & one hand, PLUS patience to scroll down and read on.

In Taoist and Buddhist mythology, hell is made up of ten courts, each ruled by one of the 10 Yama Kings and 18 levels in which wrongdoers are punished.

Buddhists believe that reincarnation is a form of reward and retribution on their journey to Nirvana. The Ten Courts of Hell are purgatory where a person is sent to be punished for the sins and misdeeds of their past life. A sinner must go through all Ten Courts and in the tenth, final judgment will determine his form of reincarnation.

The legend of the Ten Courts of Hell tells of the punishments that await sinners after their death but before reincarnation is determined. The sinner is sent to 'hell' where he will be tormented by demonic-looking 'Yama attendants' for the misdeeds he has committed in his past life.

In purgatory, the Ten Courts of Hell are a labyrinth of infernal dungeons, each presided over by a judge who is known as the 'President' and a Registrar of Life and Death. The Presidents are recognized by their long black beards and square flat hats from which hang strings of beads. Registrars record the details of the punishment and hold a brush and set of documents.

The sinner will go through nine courts before judgment is finally reached. In each of the nine courts, he is punished for the particular sin that he has committed.

In the First Court of Hell, the virtuous are led over a golden bridge to paradise. The silver bridge to paradise is for those whose good deeds during their life outweighed the bad.
Evil doers - the ones we have really come to see - are sent to repent before the Mirror of Retribution (where all their past sins are revealed to them) and then taken to a court of hell for punishment.

Second Court of Hell: King Chujiang.

Inflicting physical injury; Common robbers: Thrown into volcano pit.
Corruption; Stealing; Gambling: Frozen into blocks of ice.

Prostitutes: Thrown into a pool of blood and drowned.

Third Court of Hell: King Songdi.

Ungratefulness; Disrespect to elders; Escape from prison: Heart cut-out.
Drug addicts & Traffickers; Tomb robbers; Urging people into crime & social unrest: Tied to red hot copper pillar & grilled.

Fourth Court of Hell: King Wuguan.
Children who are unfilial to their parents: Pounded by stone mallet.

Those who had been wronged and put to death will remain in this ‘city’ and wait for a chance to be reborn.

Fourth Court of Hell.
Waste food: Body sawn into half, vertically or horizontally.

Fifth Court of Hell: King Yanluo.Plotted another’s death for his property or money; Money lenders with exorbitant interest rates: Thrown onto a hill of knives.

Sixth Court of Hell: King Xiacheng.
Cruelty to animals and friends: Have your heart torn out with hooks or thrown onto protruding swords.

Seventh Court of Hell.
Gossips who stir trouble and liars suffer the fate of having their tongues ripped out in this chamber.

Ninth Court of Hell: King Pingdeng.
Robbery; Murder; Rape; Any other unlawful conduct: Head & arms chopped off.

In the Tenth Court of Hell, there is the ‘Wheel of Reincarnation’ and the ‘Pavilion of Forgetfulness’ or ‘Meng Po Pavilion’.

After serving their sentences, prisoners arrive at the last court where King Zhuanlun passes final judgment.

The prisoners are then brought to the ‘Pavilion of Forgetfulness’ where an old lady ‘Meng Po’ hands them a cup of magic tea which on drinking, makes them forget their past lives.

They will then go through the ‘Wheel of Reincarnation’. Depending on the prisoner’s past life, he would be reborn as either a human or an animal. Some would be reborn into a life of ease and comfort, while others into sorrow and suffering.

At last we walked out of the place of HORROR and TERROR. The thought of the different kinds of punishments that awaits you in the various Courts of Hell does make one shudder. So, FINALLY, the moral of the day: There is no end to suffering in here; Stop sinning before it is too late.

(Some of the above information is extracted from Wikipedia.)P.S. Ok, maybe some you may have already noticed that the Eighth Court of Hell is missing from this entry, but I have absolutely no idea where the hell it went to. (Ok, ok, I forgot.)

By just looking at MY photos, Haw Par Villa may not seem spooky to you at all.If you are brave enough, you may be interested in this too: Myths of Haw Par Villa. Go ahead and click it. It’s not just any other lousy website. It’s hosted by the Singapore Paranormal Investigators.

After reading further, on second thoughts, maybe I won’t revisit HPV again. Who knows?
Last note: I’m not writing this entry to promote HPV, but I just find it a really good tourist attraction, so I’d decided to share it with you.

Addiction

2007-09-25T12:00:00.000+08:00

The two most common addictions known are smoking and drug-taking.

And there are also the not-so-health-risking ones like the internet (which all of us can't live without) and gambling.

But how the ones we love?!

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Chocolates!!!

Are you starting to worry about having to say 'goodbye' to our FAVOURITE food?

Well...

Here is a report from which I stumbled upon 2 weeks ago:

Can't quit chocolate? Don't fret, it's no addiction
September 11, 2007 08:23:35 AM PST
Resistance is futile. The more we try to fight off a craving for chocolate, the more our desire for it grows, a British researcher said on Tuesday.
But chocoholics can take heart that such sweets are not addictive despite the fact many people consider themselves as having no control over their urges to eat the sweets, said Peter Rogers, a psychologist at the University of Bristol.
“Food behavior can look like addictive behavior in extreme situations but chocolate does not fit these criteria,” Rogers told a meeting sponsored by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
Many people point to certain compounds found in chocolate -- such as phenyl ethylamine -- that produce a buzz when they reach the brain as evidence chocolate is addictive, Rogers said.
But many of these compounds also exist in higher concentrations in other foods with less appeal, such as avocados or cheese, and do not cause addiction despite what many chocoholics believe, he said.
Instead, a social attitude that chocolate is “naughty” but “nice”; may actually drive people to see chocolate as a forbidden pleasure and desire it even more, Rogers said.
“In other words, chocolate is a highly desirable food, but which according to social norms should be eaten with restraint,” he said. “However, attempting to resist the desire to eat chocolate only causes thoughts about chocolate to become more prominent, consequently heightening the desire.”
Other studies have suggested that dark chocolate contains more of the beneficial compounds linked with heart health, though experts note that the high sugar and fat content of most chocolate candy might cancel out some of the benefits.
But even health benefits do not make dark chocolate as popular as milk chocolate and chocolate covered confectionary, Rogers said further research has shown.
And the fact these favored choices contain lower amounts of the so-called psychoactive compounds found in dark chocolate provides more evidence chocolate is not addictive, he said.
“It is therefore far more plausible to suggest that a liking for chocolate, and its effects on mood, are due mainly to its principal constituents, sugar and fat, and their related or sensory and nutritional effects,” he said in a statement.

Chocolate is NO addiction.

Short and sweet.

Caution: Don't eat chocolate in excess for fear of growing sideways.

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2007-09-24T17:36:00.000+08:00

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2007-09-22T09:35:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone! :)

I’ve decided to start a WHOLE new blog with a whole new look and a whole new style of writing. My new style of writing will actually be writing proper English and spelling every word out in full, instead of putting my own short-forms in the blog entries. (Don’t come and start complaining about me writing in such a formal way, alright.)

I’ve finally come to the last day of work! For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been working at Marina House, making phone calls to Taiwan every single day. It’s because yesterday was the day that my company was holding an event in Taipei. I don’t think it’s going to turn out VERY well though, because Friday 21 Sep 2007 isn’t a particularly such a good date AND day to choose to hold an event. From what I’ve gathered from the HUNDREDS of phone calls which I have made, here are some things that I learnt:

1. In Taiwan, they have a four-day-holiday in-lieu with the Mid-Autumn Festival. (That’s just so cool, right? For us here in S’pore, even if it’s Chinese New Year, we only have 2 days off -.-) So it means that employees will have to work extra hard to complete all their 4-days-work before Zhong Qiu Jie.
2. For those in the shipping industry, Mondays and Fridays are the 2 busiest days of the week. That’s when the ships will leave and enter the ports, so they will have to oversee those ships going off and coming in.
3. During 2 instances, 2 ‘nice’ ladies from 2 different companies chatted on the phone with me for nearly half an hour. One of them told me that the best day to hold an event is Wednesday, and the timing should be from 1.30 to 3.30 too.

If my director happens to read this (chances are VERY low), he’ll have a better idea of why the event didn’t turn out to be as successful as he hoped it would be. Don’t blame me. It’s not that I didn’t do a good job of making those phone calls. It still depends on the companies’ Managing Directors whether they want to go and attend the event or to even send someone to represent them. On the day when he left S’pore for Taiwan with another director, I even contemplated whether I should return to the office this coming Monday to catch up with him during a quick lunch. (He suggested the ‘quick-lunch’ idea, I didn’t.) Silly me. Now I’ve got an extra reason NOT to go back to office to “visit”. Even if I won’t be going back to the office, I’ll still be returning to that area, because there’s a shop there that sells many nice handbags (at affordable prices too!) If any of you want to get some new handbags, just tag along with me on Monday! :)

Retail therapy is simply so a-m-a-z-i-n-g. Within this week, I’ve already bought SIX pieces of clothings (online and offline). I’ll share them here with you:

Brown Striped Dress/Top, ~~$18~~ $14.40:

Two-piece Navy Short Jacket, $14.90:

Terry Cloth Sweater, $9.90:

Polly Dolly Two-piece Top, $28.50:

Zipper Jacket, $27:

Patchwork Dress, ~~$32~~ $18

(I bought the last 3 pieces from Paper Girls Shop.)

That means in total, I’ve spent… over a hundred moolahs, just solely on clothes! I think I might have overdone it. But hey, coming to think of it… it’s my birthday this week! So I should be forgiven for overspending, RIGHT? And it’s been such a LONG time since the last time I have spent so much money! (Hmm, but I still feel a LITTLE guilty though.) Hopefully when the postman arrive at the door with the rest of the pieces, my mum won’t be at home to witness me opening the packages.

Coming back to today, I’ll just like to share something with you guys here:

Section 1: How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others
Cautious, prudent, and rather self-contained, you are a person who approaches life realistically and who is not inclined to take foolish chances or get carried away by the overly optimistic or idealistic schemes of starry-eyed dreamers. (Erm, I am quite a dreamer ok.) In fact, you frequently have a jaundiced view of such things. You are rather worldly-wise at a fairly young age, even something of a cynic. Often the world doesn't seem like a safe, friendly place to you, and you tend to approach life in a guarded, conservative manner. You are generally calculating and careful (I have to admit, but not in a bad sort of way), and are rarely spontaneous, fluid, open, and childlike. (You must be joking. I’m ALWAYS spontaneous and yada yada ok.)

Section 2: The Inner You: Your Real Motivation
At heart you are modest and humble, and you rarely strive to be in the limelight or in a position of power. You have a sharp analytical mind, a keen eye for detail, and you prefer to observe, dissect, and study life from a distance. (Hey, this is quite true.) Conscientious and conservative, you can be relied upon to be careful, efficient, and thorough in your work and you take pride in doing a job well. What you may lack in self-confidence you often make up for in skill - developing expertise, technical knowledge, and competency in some specialized area. You are adept at using your hands to create or fix things, and meticulous attention to detail and careful craftsmanship are your forte. Some would say you are a little TOO meticulous, for you can be extremely critical and petty if everything is not done exactly as you think it should be (I can be like that at times, but I don’t normally show it on the outside), and you worry about things that other people consider trivial and unimportant. You like to organize, categorize, and arrange everything into a logical system, and you are often distinctly uncomfortable when something does not fit into a neat category. Disorganization vexes you. (FIY, my messy room don’t vex me a single bit, but I would really like to sit down and seriously spend some time to tidy up my room and put things in order.) You probably wish that you were not such a perfectionist (Always remember that Virgos ARE perfectionists, because horoscope has always been telling us this, from SO many donkey years ago till today), for besides being a stickler for details, you can be mercilessly self-critical as well. Whether in your environment or in yourself, you tend to focus on the flaws, with a desire to improve, refine, and perfect. You are strictly factual, truthful, and scrupulously honest in your self-estimation, and you often do not give yourself enough praise or credit.

Happy B'day to myself! (:

And yes, something just came back to my mind: Anyone going for the leadership camp in October?