Tuesday, January 3, 2006 10:23 p.m.

check out what i found on corinne's blog!




that was us sleeping in the old caf.
now that we have our own homeroom, there's going to be a lot more private nap time.
one question though; is it gonna be caf, canteen or tuckshop?

i remember one year ago practically waking up feeling like death for every day that i went to cj.
i had to hold back sarcasm in the face of people i didn't like, eat lousy canteen food (st nicks spoils us) and got a headache from struggling to keep awake all the time.
oh boy, i sound like a brat.
but i eventually came out of it loving the school, missing the people badly and taking home lots of good memories.
i'm even secretly proud of the scars i got from pe with issac lim. ;)
so that's change for you - inevitable, painful, but it always works out in the end.

there are pretty rad changes for my class this year;
a spanking new homeroom, civics tutor and different teachers in every subject - except good ol' mr john smith for lit. :)
plus the same awesome classmates as always.
good start, i say!

and then i took a walk with jo and weiyan through the maze of hdb flats and found my way to sab's home.
so convenient!
i can just self-invite myself everyday!
and indulge in her mum's incredible cooking!
haha, i'm horrible sometimes.
:)

i have to go off and attempt some holiday homework now.

Tuesday, January 3, 2006 12:09 a.m.

crashed shuwei's place and just got home.
mixed feelings about school tomorrow;
i'm crossing my fingers!

Monday, January 2, 2006 12:53 a.m.

so 2006 came.
we clinked glasses, cheered, sang the requisite auld lang syne, shook hands with our birthday girl and strained our necks to catch the hidden display of fireworks.
we took a ride on the g-max reverse bungy (which felt like surviving a suicide attempt, quoting tanny) and pigged out on some late-night icecream + nasi lemak.
countless rounds of bridge and peach schnapps after (mixology is fun!), we hit the sack when the sun came out.
good ol' wholesome fun with people who matter.

jan, charm, mich, sab, sarah and tanny, i love you guys!
here's to more good times in the year ahead.

it's rotten luck but i'm down with the flu.
and i've skanky hair that hasn't been washed in 48 hours;
eew, sick!

ps. shuwei, we were missing you!

Saturday, December 31, 2005 07:23 p.m.



anything that involves a list interests me.
and now, a new year's resolution list!
i believe in the small things so these are going to be baby steps that i'll make.

one.
stay awake in class (especially during economics and geography).
sweets, coffee, nudges, pinches - anything that works.

two.
complete a proper cross-country run.
the one i ran in cjc this year was a laugh - we were gossiping enroute!

three.
do not be too fickle;
like hopping over into the pattaya rice queue from the hokkien mee stall everytime the malay aunty puts out a sign that it's available.
then having to wait all over again.

four.
spend less, especially on cabs.

the past few days have been spent with my best girlfriends;
catching the post-christmas sales, watching the family stone, being adventurous eaters, conference-calling and living in denial that school is starting soon (two days, omg).

earlier today, charm and i met up with dear lyn for lunch at crystal jade.
we always end up there somehow.
we were looking through the photos she took at the sea games and boy did they have so much fun!

anyway, i'm home to make a quick change before heading out for a countdown (to the new year and janice's 18th birthday).
i hope it didn't rain at clarke quay today because my jeans always get soaked up to my knees when the floor is wet.

haha, no, don't tell me why that happens. ;)

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 10:22 p.m.

seeing a21 again was such a highlight for me. :)
we went on a tour of the new campus and i love how airy it is.
high ceilings, wide pathways, huge empty spaces and lots of wind.
the only problem is that i see myself getting lost quite a bit next year (all the better if it eats into tutorial time).
;)

mal, jo, cheryl, weiyan and i exchanged christmas presents, except i'd forgotten to bring their gifts because i'd rushed out of the house.
felt utterly terrible, but i promise to make it up in the new year!

genna, back from the states, joined us for lunch and chronicles of narnia in town.
i loved tilda swinton as the white witch but i still think she was scarier in constantine.
ah well.
it was very nice catching up with the girls and exchanging bits of gossip. :)
i am somewhat excited about the new school term;
not too thrilled about the lessons, though our timetable is substantially shorter than this year's.

i just realised that i'll be 18 in exactly four months.
Growth Spurt, you have that much time to show yourself.
get on with it!

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 12:35 a.m.

we toyed around with sarah's new ipod today and the graphics are fantabulous.
the videos are crystal clear!
my heart stopped for a moment when i almost dropped it on the floor.
now i don't know if i should wait for something nicer to come out or settle for that.
think i'll wait.

i've decided that i will be the perfect nerd next year.
already got the hairstyle down pat, so maybe all that's left is a killer report card. ;)

it's going to be a long walk into school tomorrow.
and i refuse to take the feeder bus 142.
my attempt at exercising!

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 01:35 a.m.

just got back from supper!
chow, shuwei, tanny and i played bridge at the prata house like old times. :)
we'll probably be going to bangkok over the hari raya weekend next week.
i hope all six of us can make it!
five days of shop-shop-shopping!

oh yes i have to rant.
i was running up and down the 3-storey house on christmas day (shuttling between the tv and food) and i was panting by the third flight of stairs each time.
this is very worrying by the way.
i also hit the gym at sab's place today but gave up after four rounds of jogging.
spent the rest of the day slacking in front of the computer with her.
haha.
utter pigginess.

i found her diary underneath a tree
and started reading about me
the words began to stick and tears to flow
her meaning now was clear to see.

the love she'd waited for - was someone else not me
wouldn't you know it, she wouldn't show it.

and as i go through my life
i will wish for her, his wife
all the sweet things she can find
all the sweet things they can find.

bread's diary.

super sad song.
it was on repeat about 25 times at sab's house today - haha!
i was trying to memorise the lyrics see. ;)

Monday, December 26, 2005 12:56 a.m.

merry christmahanakwanzaakuh!
just got home not too long ago.
the past two days have been a test for my expandable (and expanding) belly.
i'm happy to say that it's been performing rather well and has bloated well beyond the waistline of my jeans, thank you very much.

yesterday was charm's christmas party.
stacy, sam, candice, shuwei and i just sat around catching up and stuff.
we talked about our schools mainly, ranging from acjc to rjc to cjc, and apparently there are many st nicks girls coming to sa next year!
whoopdeedoop.
we clinked glasses of champagne, had oddly-scheduled nasi lemak that was nevertheless yummy, many rounds of shepherd's pie and this heavenly cheesecake that i must get the recipe for.
i love the company of st nicks girls.

christmas was as christmas always is;
family, church, food, cake.
and of course, my mum's famous white wine concoction.
i was traumatised by the amount of meat served - ham, chicken, mutton, fish, beef - in various different forms from cold cuts to satay to frankfurters to curries!
carnivores, all.

interestingly, i received quite a lot of clothes from abercrombie this christmas, but they're all from the kids section.
also, i think my cousins have really grown up because they're much more mature now;
though of course i still feel rather old being the eldest grandchild and all (i'm next in line to get married, yes).
my uncle came back from the states with every single season of the oc and one tree hill made available on dvd - shucks!
i want!
i'm crashing his place to borrow them one day.

mass at st ignatius was a very quiet affair.
for the first time ever, i dozed off during the homily.
utterly disgraceful.

on the whole, christmas was a beautiful affair this year together with everyone that matters to me. :)

and now a quiz to end off.
what's your true colour?


Green
You're green, the color of growth and vigor. Good-hearted and giving, you have a knack for finding and bringing out the best in people. Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people. It truly is your color!

and what do you know, green is my favourite colour. :)

Saturday, December 24, 2005 01:40 p.m.

christmas is a season of listing!
so therapeutic for me.
here goes.

one.
bintan was all about the girls and i...
talking around the dining table,
watching 'lost' in bed,
cooking (i was more of the table-setter),
gallivanting on the buggy,
splashing and body surfing in the ocean (i honestly hate sea water),
getting motion sickness on the ferry (turbulence! turbulence!),
snacking 24/7,
beach-bumming and a whole lot of photo-taking.

our annual christmas gathering, fourth year running.
sarah, tanny, sab, mich and tricia, i love you guys!

two.
on the morning shuwei landed, chow, tanny, charm and i trooped over to her place with bags of local yummies and surprised her!
she'd hand-carried boxes of krispy kremes back from the states so you can guess who went absolutely ballistic.
attack of the sweet tooth, me.

three.
i laughed pretty hard at the hockey christmas party last night.
playing card games with them is hilarious!
got high on snap.
icecream was my dinner. ;)
and the guys bought gifts for everyone - a leather whip for mr soh and hockey balls for the girls.
which reminds me, i haven't touched my hockey stick or broken a sweat since forever.
the only time my heart rate goes up is when i spot something gorgeous ie. le coq sportif sneakers for school next year.
i'm gonna die during january's training.

four.
family gatherings always mean popiah, cake and screaming cousins.
my grandmother's birthday dinner was no different, except i kept getting advice for my sunburn too.
(they think i'm going to get skin cancer, haha.)

five.
i'm never stepping into toni&guy at holland village for at least two months.
been sitting there watching sarah, michelle and charm get their haircut the past two days.
i've read all the good magazines available in the salon.

there's been a lot of camera action recently but all the photos aren't with me.
shall have to wait for the others to upload them.
till then, have a very merry christmas everyone!
i've got a long day ahead - bye for now!

Friday, December 23, 2005 02:23 a.m.

guess what, i walked out of toni&guy with short hair today.
no more fiddling with rubberbands.
yay.

this has been one busy week.
and as much as i want to blog right now, i have to scoot.
need to be up pretty early tomorrow.
shall do a proper update soon!

Monday, December 19, 2005 12:13 a.m.

oh man i really don't feel like packing my bag.
like, really.
i'm trying to hold it off.

but anyway, today was a whole lot of walking around town (last-minute christmas shopping) ending off with dinner at tanglin club.
sabrina and i also had our first bw!
in time for tomorrow when we finally set off for this piece of heaven.

i am positively twitching in excitement.
now i really should get packing.

Saturday, December 17, 2005 09:24 p.m.

gallivanting is the sex!

i made friends with smokers on the sidewalk (i choked through a small conversation, yes), a japanese manicurist (she was watering plants outside her shop and guess who's got blood red nails now!), salesgirls who are really students-on-holiday (i should be in this demographic by next year) and a taxi driver who wanted to adopt me (poor guy; three sons and no idea of the perils of having a daughter).
a round of drinks then home sweet home.
so that was my day at ann siang hill/club street.

'twas very touristy actually.

and you said,
"this is the first day of my life.
glad i didn't die before i met you.
now i don't care, i could go anywhere with you.
and i'd probably be happy."

schweet.

Friday, December 16, 2005 10:17 p.m.

i'm probably going to regret saying this but i can't wait for school to start!
there are more things i like about school than not.
this is what i will be up to, leading up to christmas.

17 dec: christmas bazaar and mich's website launch dinner.
18 dec: sarah's arrival from the states and grocery shopping with the girls!
19 dec: bintan
20 dec: bintan
21 dec: bintan
22 dec: shuwei back from the states and party at night.
23 dec: hockey christmas party.
24 dec: charm's christmas party.
25 dec: church and christmas party with the family.

oh, and i got this in the mail today.
super cheap thrill.



i am pee-wee's biggest fan.
despite being the sleeping pill that i am, i used to wake up at 8am just to catch him on tv!

oh yes, i was watching a documentary on discovery last week when i realised that it is the insertion of "si", denoting singapore, into "malaya", that brought about the term "malaysia"!
call me slow but there you go.
fact of the day.

Thursday, December 15, 2005 09:09 p.m.

my dear buddy has her website up!
visit tzarist.com and shop.
congrats chow mee yee. :)

Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:24 a.m.

alright, the chompchomp curse is officially broken.
just got home and i had a fantastic time with the girls. :)


this baby is mine.
i love how old skool it is!

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 04:39 p.m.

just got back from lunch with the hockey girls;
major gossip session!
we played at the crescent 6 a-side tournament this morning and i think everyone's improved. :)
as compared to our uwc days at least.
i like 10 minute games.
more kick.

there's this fungus growing on my toe.
sooner or later, i'll be able to pluck it out and make cheng teng or something.
haha, gross out.

i've been snacking on feta cheese and seedless grapes (they make a great combo) like a grecian of sorts.
i like them individually, but it's out of this world when paired together!
i feel like a black hole sometimes.
my appetite has ballooned in recent weeks (i wonder why; what has been sucking up my energy huh).

today marks the end of seven solid weeks of training.
it's bittersweet - i know that i always complain about my disintegrating body but it's been fun nonetheless!

speaking of fun, i'll be meeting the girls at serangoon gardens in a while.
dinner with sab, mitch, trish and tanny - yay!
i still think chompchomp is cursed. ;)

what an awfully disjointed entry.
i'm off.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:47 p.m.

a careless word may kindle strife;
a cruel word may wreck a life;
a timely word may level stress;
a loving word may heal and bless.


doesn't this look yummy?
you have no idea what it is...
and i have no intention of revealing what it is.
embarrassing stuff.

i am currently head over heels in love with this particular polaroid camera (it's not manufactured anymore) but my dad will just kill me if i purchase it.
he's into photography, and instant cameras are, according to him, playthings not worth spending money on.
i kinda agree but they're fun nonetheless!
no matter, i'm still looking to buy a secondhand one soon.

Monday, December 12, 2005 10:58 p.m.

my paedophile instincts kicked in again!
we played a friendly match against acs(i) today and i couldn't stop gushing over no.3. :D
he is this tiny tiny boy, about 13 years old i think.
damn cute lah omg.

after that, michelle, sylvia, karmila and i went for lunch in town.
i finally tried the wisma hokkien mee - tanny, i think we should share a plate there next time.
it's as good as chompchomp (with less sotong and more prawns!).

okay if you know that i'm supposed to get you a christmas present this year and you'd like to aid in lowering my stress level, please tell me what you want.
extremities ie. a fendi spy bag for charm, need not apply. ;)

Sunday, December 11, 2005 10:30 p.m.

i must talk about brunch today.
after church, daddy brought davina and me to my favourite organic restaurant (the one that my mum apparently hates) and i wolfed down a chicken tandoori burger, some grapefruit juice concoction and a warm apple pie.
i mentioned before that i love their flourless chocolate cake the most but the apple pie is just as yummy too!
plus, it's served with this really creamy scoop of soya icecream - pow wow!
i could live in that shop, i really could.


isn't this radical?
shuwei got these poker cards made!
that's us at punggol nasi lemak two years ago.

anyway, this absolutely sucks but the fifa world cup next year will prove to be the biggest distraction yet.
especially during our prelim preparation period (say that as fast as possible five times in a row).
i can't wait though - it'll be fun.
i'll form a study group and we'll mug through the night before taking a break during the match, then continuing again until dawn breaks!

imagine that. :)

Saturday, December 10, 2005 11:46 p.m.

okay christmas shopping is seriously stressing me out.
i'm in-charge of getting presents for the cousins and i've absolutely no idea what primary school kids want these days.
at least i know what to get the girls.
i've a rough idea, but the problem is actually hunting down those items...
bah, humbug.

sab, mitch and i caught perhaps love today.
i think the actress has such pretty eyes!
so melancholic.

i feel like going for a buffet.


check it out - food galore.

counting down the days till shuwei lands...
we're at twelve.
let's go on a singapore hawker food tour then!

Friday, December 9, 2005 11:36 p.m.

i woke up this morning with the mother of all sorethroats and a splitting headache.
one word: fever.
but i dragged myself down to ccab anyway;
couldn't miss my first ever 11 a-side hockey match.
it was okay i guess, considering we'd never played a full game before.
'twas against sji boys and crescent girls and some of the boys were shorter than me!
haha, yes, it's true.

after the game, i cabbed down to town and met charm for lunch and pride and prejudice.
i didn't think it was that fantastic, but the girl loved it so there you go.
maybe i didn't enjoy it also because i was holding my bladder (i drank like 2 litres of whatever liquid i could lay my hands on after the match) and the air-con was so damn cold.
distractions, distractions.

i've been waiting for this day since october because it marks the end of training this year, but two more matches have apparently been scheduled for next week so that's more sun-shining sun for me.
please let the sunburn not worsen.
at least weekends are kept free; can't wait for tomorrow. :)


love this picture.
tanny, me, sab, sarah, trish.
back when i had short hair (sigh).