Monday, May 30, 2005 06:51 p.m.
My Dad just called to ask for my clothes size because he wanted to buy me skirts! Unfair unfair unfair! I want to shop too and I know he's at the mall right now! I think he's coming home a day earlier because he said he's almost done with his work. Ah! Well, thank God he's nice enough to buy me stuff! He has already gotten me a bag (youthful looking, according to him) and a skirt and I hope it's nice. My dad has the knack of buying clothes that are ugly and expensive and knowing him, he'll probably buy me a skirt that touches my knees, a top that reaches to my hips and a big, frumpy bag since he complains so much about how small my bags are, how low my jeans are, how my skirt doesn't touch my knees (!!!) and how my tops don't always cover my jeans.Sunday, May 29, 2005 08:56 p.m.
I drove again yesterday night! Illegally of course, all thanks to Edmund! After the camp&retreat meeting at Ben's house, Edmund was hungry so we both went to Whampoa Market for supper. Sat down there talking till 1AM before he drove me home. And as we were driving back, he asked if I wanted to try driving! Now, I couldn't resist such a sweet offer so we drove into this HDB carpark and I drove around and around for quite a while! (Please don't tell my Dad though. He'll flip if he finds out I was out driving after supper at 1AM in some HDB carpark without him by my side! Haha.) Seriously, you don't need brains to drive an auto car. Really. Singapore really should stop getting people to go to driving centers! You can always learn driving on your own! Edmund's car is pretty cool! His is a four-wheeler or something like that so when you don't step on the accelerator, the car moves on all four wheels and so actually moves on quite fast which is quite unlike normal auto cars where only the front 2 wheels move when you don't step on the accelerator. My braking's still shit and I jam the brake too hard so he was teaching me how to brake gently and smoothly but I think I still suck at it. The carpark was pretty cool too. There were quite alot of narrow turns so I had to carefully turn the car without striking the kerb or knocking into some other cars. Edmund says that the way I turn the steering wheel is really weird because I make turning the steering wheel look very complicated, difficult and messy! Haha. Oh well. I still managed to turned anyway. There were also quite a bit of dead ends so I had to reverse and turn out again so it was really awesome! Wanted to try parking between 2 cars too but I had to step on the accelerator as I reversed so he was afraid that I couldn't control it because his accelerator is very ultra sensitive when the car is in the reverse gear. Haha. So that was pretty much where the trust level was but it was really fun! Loved it! Had church this morning then went down to PS with my sister for lunch and a wee bit of shopping. Shopping wasn't that fantastic and we only managed to get an item so I guess I'll just wait till I'm overseas again to shop. Changed money, bought some groceries and then headed home to sleep. Went to my grandma's house just now for dinner and now I'm just going to lie in front of the TV and watch F1 racing in Germany, The Apprentice, Malcolm in the middle and whatever's on TV till I fall asleep.Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 27, 2005 09:42 a.m.
Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-2 on Penalities after both of them tied 3-3! Unbelievable! Carrie Underwood won American Idol and I can't get enough of One Tree Hill! Came back yesterday and I had a great time! Mum's going up to Indonesia tomorrow and I want to go too but my dad thinks it's too dangerous at this moment so I'm staying home. Was supposed to leave on Monday morning for Shanghai with my Dad but because my Mum won't be around now, no one would take care of Sarah so I have to stay back with her. Also, I've been gone almost this whole week and the air ticket to Shanghai costs $800! My Dad wouldn't pay that amount just for me to go shopping there for 4 days while he works! What happened to SQ's Fly to Shanghai for only $500 tickets? Both Sarah and myself would be able to go and stay in Shanghai for a week if the airticket was $500! Well, the good part is that we're going to be home alone for almost a week so we can watch TV in the morning, go out the entire day, order fast food and pizza for dinner, eat all the junk food possible, wake up at 12 noon, eat in front of the TV, eat in bed. You get the idea. Glorious glorious!Monday, May 23, 2005 08:37 p.m.
The weekend away with the family wasn't that bad even though it was a really short break. Now I'm just really tired because it was one heck of a busy weekend. There was cell on Friday night, cell leader's meeting on Saturday and after that I had to go over to my Aunt's house for a homecoming party for my cousin who had just graduated and is home from the States to start his NS. Food wasn't that bad and we had this really good french red wine to go along with the food. Watched the FA cup at my Aunt's place and omg, what is wrong with Paul Scholes?! Why why why did Man Utd not win it? They were that close to being champions! Why did they field Paul Scholes instead of Ryan Giggs or someone else?! They were the better team! I thought Ronaldo played really well too. Just a pity he didn't really have much support in the front! Arsenal really sucked big time. They played dirty (as evidenced by the larger number of yellow cards they recieved than Man Utd) and they seem to have lacked the fighting spirit all along! It was quite fun watching it with my cousins, my uncles and my dad because they have all sorts of weird comments and there were some shouting and arguing because 2 of them and my uncle are Arsenal fans. Haha. And you can just imagine the three of them happily dancing around and laughing at all of us after Arsenal won! Well, Man Utd will come back in glory again! Just everyone wait! I really hate Arsenal! The mums were all sitting down in the living room talking and seriously, I didn't realize all my aunts and my mum have so much to talk about! They were talking the entire time the match was on! When I went there to sit during half time, I felt my intelligence level dropped tremendously. They were talking about liquid foundations (my mum and her elder sister were trying to convince another aunt to use liquid foundation. Haha), loose powder, cheek colour, shopping overseas, best spa treatments, hair colour, holidays in June. Omg. It was quite amusing but really couldn't sit there for long listening to them. Sunday was church and I didn't know that Uncle Yuen Yih wasn't coming so I had to teach the Sec2s. After service, my sunday school class came together for a farewell lunch at Spizza for Stella. She's leaving next sunday and I think our class is going to the airport to send her off. Really good catching up with all of them because there's hardly a chance to gather so many of us together. I really like this class. We have no cliques in the class and everyone can talk and get along with everyone including the teachers. Came home and had to go off immediately. Tomorrow, I'm going up with my Dad and I'm going to meet up with Rahul and his sister! Think I'm going to be missing American Idol on Wednesday but it doesn't really matter because I don't even know who I'm rooting for. I kind of want Carrie to win because she's pretty, she has a real nice voice and I like country songs but Bo's really good too and he chooses those rock songs that I like. Oh well. Let America decide.Friday, May 20, 2005 10:49 a.m.
I can't decide if I prefer The OC or One Tree Hill. Had bible study last night and I found a secret Arsenal fan in my group who was too shy to proclaim to the world that he was a fan of Arsenal and don the Arsenal jersey that he wore their socks instead! Haha. I cannot reveal his name because he'll kill me and all the other Arsenal fans out there will hunt him down too! Haha. My dad also bought home Mrs Fields brownies for me! I can't wait to dip the brownies in milk and eat it for my breakfast in a while!Thursday, May 19, 2005 01:18 p.m.
I just realized Rahul's kind of right in saying that the KL airport can just be called Airport or International Airport. KL's airport is really just Kuala Lumpur International Airport or KLIA for short. They don't really have a specific or special name. Like Changi or Heathrow or O'Hare or JFK. Going out now for a late lunch and chit chat session with Lea at O'Briens!Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:44 p.m.
Rahul is damn damn funny! I called him just now to tell him that I was going up to KL and asked him to meet me so that we can hang out! The conversation we had was simply hilarious because of his strong indian accent and I think I wasted my phone bills just laughing! Haha. Me: Rahul, I'm coming up to Kuala Lumpur so could you come pick me up from the apartment so that my dad wouldn't need to send me to your place since he starts work early.Rahul: Ok! When are you coming up to Kuala Lumm-PORE?
Me: Rahul, it's not Kuala Lum-PORE (in the best indian accent I can manage) It's Kuala Lum-POH (I'm not even sure myself if KL is really pronouned as Kuala Lum-POH but I thought it sounded better than Kuala Lumm-PORE )
Rahul: Kuala Lummm-PORE?
Me: No no! Kuala Lum-POH! POH POH POH! Not PORE! You know what Rah, just say KL alright? Singaporeans call it KL because it's much cooler.
Rahul: You Singaporeans are really weird. You guys use so much abbreviations! I was reading this series of comics called KAY-SU comics and they said Singaporeans have PIE, CTE, CPF, HP etc etc and now you guys have KL. Me: (I was thinking really hard what Kay-Su comics were and when I finally realized what he was talking about, I couldn't stop laughing!) Rahul! It's KIA-SU comics! KIA, like the car brand KIA ok? Not KAY-SU! KIA-SU! Hahaha. And by the way, I think almost everyone says KL and not Kuala Lummm-PORE! It's not something we singaporeans invent! You know like how we call the United Kingdom, UK? Same same.
Rahul: Cool cool. No wonder the malaysians call their airport KLIA.
Me: Erm yes Rahul. What do you expect them to call it?
Rahul: Airport? International airport? After that I couldn't stop laughing. His accent is terribly strong even though he's been living in Malaysia for a year! And he's so blur! He doesn't even know where are the good places to eat and shop in KL. I'm kind of glad he's going to the UK to study this September because at least the UK doesn't have all those funny abbreviations so he won't have to struggle with learning all sorts of abbreviations. Haha. Thank God for his sister though (Who's the same age as me and a year younger than him) because she's coming shopping with me and she's a real good shopper so I guess we'll be heading to the best malls KL can offer!
Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:39 a.m.
I just realized that my Dad has never allowed me to treat him. I don't know why. Yesterday morning, we had breakfast together and I offered to treat him (how expensive can breakfast be) and he told me to keep my money. We met again for a late lunch and we decided to have pizza and I wanted to treat him again (Don't ask me why I was so generous) but he didn't let me pay. There are other times too! Like when we finish running and we're taking a drink, I always want to pay for his coffee and cream puff but he never lets me. He didn't even allow me to treat my mother during mother's day! Haha. Maybe he realized that all the money I have comes from him so it makes no difference but it's so weird! Haha. I can also never understand why he always wants to pick me up from somewhere when it would be faster for me to just get home on my own. But I guess that's what they call Father's love. Haha. Celebrated Victoria's birthday yesterday too and she had the nicest, yummiest, fattest cookies and cream ice cream cake from Haggen Dazs! I loved it! We played badminton with Alex while waiting for my Dad to come pick me up and it was so fun! Badminton's less tiring than tennis! Pretty busy day today because my mum gave me a list of errands to run and I'm going out later tonight. First on the list though is calling up Palm Resort and seeing whether they have rooms and golf flights available this weekend and I've got to call up my orthodontist to change my appointment because I wouldn't be in Singapore during that time.Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:56 p.m.
I went out with Sarah and Michelle today after church for lunch and a good chit chat at Parkmall. Lovely! And when I came back, I recieved my acceptance letter from Michigan - Ann Arbor! I actually thought my application got lost in the mail or they didn't want to waste money sending a rejection letter. I'm not going to end up there and I think I have a weird fetish but it's rather nice and comforting to know that I can at least put a foot in that school along with Chicago, Illinois, LSE, UCL and Leeds. Nice ending to the frenzy and anxiety in applying to all these schools. Lovely! If S$240,000 drops from the sky, I'm going straight to LSE in september to study Economics and Politics. If S$320,000 deposits itself into my parents account, I'm flying off to Chicago to study Economics. IF. IF. Well, if things fall from the sky in Singapore, it'll be killer litter. And I don't think DBS releases their clients account numbers. Damn it. Damn damn damn it. This is really painful.Saturday, May 14, 2005 04:48 p.m.
I think there are many issues in life that are grey. You can't really say whether they're right or wrong. Like the issue on whether it is right for those students who recieved 3 offers from all the 3 universities to hold on to all their offers and whether you should take up a course you're passionate and interested in or whether you should pursue it because of the higher returns.Thursday, May 12, 2005 08:07 p.m.
Uchenna and Joyce won the Amazing Race! Yay! I was all along rooting for Ron and Kelly to win the million bucks but I guess I rather some other couple like Uchenna and Joyce rather than Rob and Amber because they're both such horrible characters! US $1 Million is really alot of money to win! I remember once when Jac, Gilly and myself were watching The Italian Job at Jac's house and when we realized that they stole 35Million, we three started discussing and dreaming about what we would do with that huge amount of cash. I don't quite remember what we decided to do with the money but I think Jac and myself said we'll pay to get ourselves into Harvard! Haha. I think I'll probably buy all the clothes and shoes I want without thinking about whether it'll match or not. Haha. We had all sorts of absurd ideas on how we'll spend the 35million ( I wanted to shower in wine) and it was so nice talking and dreaming about it but wild senseless dreams are really just wild senseless dreams and I don't think even think hundred dollars will fall into my lap right now. Haha. Shoutout to Dawn and Stella: Hello Dawn! Stella, it was nice seeing you today! You must tell me more about your adventures and what you've learnt before you leave even though you've written them on your blog and I'll try changing the layout of my guestbook so that it becomes more user friendly ok? :) See you on Sunday! And to my dearest beloved GILLY Willy Simmy! I MISS YOU SO MUCH! You are absolutely silly (the private entry shows it all) but I still love you! I miss talking to you about anything and everything, sitting down at coffee houses and whining about how we should not be eating those fatty cakes they're serving but we end up eating them anyway. I miss shopping with you and trying on ridiculous amounts of clothes which we know we will not end up buying. I miss giggling like a really silly idiot with you. I miss eating out with you at those weird restaurants you recommend like bao ger. I miss running up to you and telling you the latest thing that is happening. I miss your hugs! I miss you, I miss you, I miss you! Please wait patiently for my email. I am very busy trying to save the world! :) Come back soon! lovelove!Wednesday, May 11, 2005 07:07 p.m.
Greed has this funny way of subconsciously creeping up on you. At first you are quite content with your life, the money you earn, the clothes you wear or the man you're dating. Not long after and before you know it, you're working twice as hard to earn more money so that your reserves will increase and you can enjoy certain pleasures, you're on the lookout for a taller guy and you're off to Hong Kong again to buy new clothes so as to satisfy your cravings and lust. It's like at first you earn a dollar. You're quite happy with it because you can buy a sugared doughnut and save 30cents. But soon, you look around and see your peers earning more money than you and that your reserves are slightly smaller than theirs. So, you start putting in more hours at work to earn an extra dollar so that you can buy 2 sugared doughnuts and save even more money. At this point, you don't think you're being greedy. You just think you are getting what you deserve because you put in more hours and naturally you should get more pleasure. But as more money continues to roll in, you begin to realize that you can earn even more and enjoy even more so you work even harder and in the process, neglect your loved ones and become less accessible and possibly, drift away from God because your full attention is no longer on him. And only after a while of doing it and realizing how you're drifting away from everything and everyone, you realize that you've been rather greedy and perhaps, lustful. I don't think this applies only to money. You can get greedy over clothes, shoes, chocolates, books or grades. Basically anything. I think being content with what we have despite of how much more others have helps prevents us from being greedy. But then again, I'm not too sure if anyone can ever not be greedy. I've been thinking about greed for the past few days but I'm not too sure about what I'm writing down here and whether I'm explaining myself properly since I'm not good at writing. I just pray that I won't be greedy over worldly things like clothes, money or grades but rather I'll be greedy for the things the Lord desires of me like humility, patience and love so that I can be a humble, patient servant and show love to others that I find hard to love.Monday, May 9, 2005 11:15 a.m.
Let the weak say I am strongLet the poor say I am rich
Let the blind say I can see
It's what the Lord has done in me.
Friday, May 6, 2005 12:35 p.m.
Choosing to stay in Singapore and study and choosing to listen to my parents advice and study accoutancy certainly has its perks!Wednesday, May 4, 2005 02:05 p.m.
Almost everyone is having exams right now and for me, it really feels like an ultra long time since the A levels! It's only been 6 months since the A levels ended, 2 months since the release of the results and the time when I got my admission decisions. But I feel like it's been 6 years since the A levels ended, about 4 years from the time right after Math Paper 1 when I called Yado up and was on the verge of bursting into tears while I told him all about my silly mistakes and whined about how I was going to do so miserably while he told me how I should go about studying and gaining more marks for Paper 2 for an hour, about 3 years from the time I was panicking and jumping up and down while waiting in line to recieve the results slip, squeezing Sarah and Rachel's hand while listening to Brother Paul call the names of those who did exceptionally well and probably about a real long time ago when I was fretting over my admission essays and worrying over whether I get accepted into the schools or not. Time flies. It really seemed like donkey years ago when all those things happened. But I think going through all that and looking back only serves to remind me of God's grace and faithfulness to me.Wednesday, May 4, 2005 01:07 p.m.
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Sunday, May 1, 2005 05:54 p.m.
I went book shopping today! Was supposed to follow my Dad to the cemetery with my grandparents for Qing Ming but I really didn't want to go so he just dropped me at Times and gave me $100 to spend! I realized too today that I don't have alot of close toed shoes! I only have a pair of track shoes, sneakers which I bought in the USA 2 years back and a pair of pumps. That's it! I have birkenstocks, flip flops of almost every colour, sandals, slippers, heels but I just have a lack of close toed shoes! By the way, it's not because I'm so bored with my life that I started analyzing my shoes, it's because I'm going to the Jewish Synagogue tomorrow and the dress code is conservative so I decided to wear some close toed shoe and I realize I didn't have a wide range to choose from! (And sneakers under jeans is not really my type). Now I really want to go shoe shopping! I hope my mum finds time soon to bring me! She has real good taste in shoes! This morning, Pastor Malcolm was preaching about Jesus being a working man in his life on Earth (Since today is labour day) and he talked about1) How Jesus in that passage in Mark brought dignity to 2 trades: Preachers and Manual Labour
2) How Jesus was diligent in his realm of work
3) How Jesus didin't throw in the towel despite having much more difficulty preaching in his own home town
4) How Jesus practised knowledge transfer to his 12 disciples
5) The work that we do can bring both reputation and name to ourselves and God at the same time
6) Dependence on God in the workplace
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7) The scattered church vs the gathered church
I think it settled and reassured me about something I've been worrying and thinking about for quite a while. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------