Mini Empty City

money

2011-10-22T13:10:00.002+08:00

Interestingly, the topic for cell was money. The QT material was also about money. Hard to ignore and let it go by.

What do you do with "EXTRA" money?

Maybe a week ago, I was contemplating about whether to get my Mulberry bag.

Looks like a really normal bag, isn't it? Costs £785. Win liao right? Well, given the fact that it's made with authentic buffalo leather. Anyway, I ended up not buying it. Not cuz I couldn't bear with the money, just that London was shorten by a day. Supposed to have 2 clear days in London, but ended up got called back to Sg.

Oh well, figuring it that it was a lesson learnt. Stop dumping money into the drain.

It used to be that I would be willing to spend my money on travels. Without a doubt. If I wanted to go snowboarding/skiing, wheeee I go. If I wanted to go Europe, wheee I go. If I wanted to go to Disneyland, wheee I go. Money was never an issue in traveling. Since I started on my job, the company pays me to travel. Which is the best thing in the world. Then, now I have "EXTRA" money.

Well, I should certainly put my "EXTRA" money to good use. And not spend it extravagantly. (which I must say, always tempted to do so)

Oh well, this was useful!
http://www.northpoint.org/messages/balanced (part 4)

overwhelmed

2011-08-14T08:59:00.004+08:00

Think I'm having the madly-thinking-abt-crush-cum-cannot-think-clearly mode. Just a short trip to Mumbai and back could result in sleepless nights. :S

I tell you: London is not fun at all. Hmmm, could it be company? I don't know. But I got to do what I wanted to do leh. Like visiting Big Ben, watching musical "the million dollar quartet" and shopping. Strange. Maybe the company la. Mine you, it's not THE company but companionship.

That being said: of cos Mumbai was fun, cuz got eye candy. :P Didn't even step out of the hotel. Haaa~

And Zurich was very very fun~~ Cuz got funny friends to hang out with. Shopping, shopping and more shopping. Even though Swiss Franc was at its peak. Bought lots of macaroons too. Didn't go sightseeing at all. Strange hor.

I see a common trend. Maybe I'm sick of sightseeing already. Just glad to be doing sth normal with people. Like hanging out, shopping, watching movie in crew lounge, maybe sitting in a starbucks cafe and drink coffee etc also seem nicer than sightseeing. Oh wells...

Currently, the brain is only filled with thoughts of eye candy. Cannot think of any other things liaos. Had to blog to keep myself focused. Even got very distracted while praying or reading the bible. **gulp**

Birthday wish

2011-07-07T21:08:00.001+08:00

A boyfriend who will become my husband~

while waiting for show to load

2011-07-04T00:36:00.002+08:00

Haven't been working for a while, quite excited that I'm grounded from tomorrow onwards. The funny thing is usually people are happy not to work, but I'm happy that I get to work. I think I'm warped but anyway, of cos I hope to resume flying asap. My passion.

Suddenly felt like I missed all the pax's smiles and antics. All the little cute babies which I like to smile at and disturb.

Today, my sister was nice enough to accompany me to 散心. Not exactly in the best of moods ever since not flying. But I must say I must be exploding. Yesterday already went out with Cheryl to eat Salted Caramel Ice cream with hot brownie at Upper thomson. Today still go Canele to eat the Canele cheese burger (above), not bad la. Plus a Mont Blanc cake, I wanted the strawberry shortcake but sold out. Boo~ Reminds me of Japanese desserts where I used to always go around hunting with Joycelyn.

And I like to abuse food when I feel down. So I eat a lot when I'm stressed or upset. So when you see me fat, means I'm really very unhappy with life. Hahahaha~

Deterioting Health

2011-06-30T15:25:00.006+08:00

The last I wanted to blog this entry, the whole blogger thingy was down. Win. Just when I was rather disappointed that I have no work and nothing is working for me, even blogger. :S

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Recently, I haven't been working. Eczema caused me not to work. Never knew eczema could be so life-threatening/life-ruining. Unbelievably, the company thinks that it's unsightly to work with eczema. Poor me. Why got bad skin?

Anyway, I started to begin reading more about how to get better skin, steroid creams, steroid medication, food supplements and so forth. Too many. Uncountable. I just want my skin to be well again. Thanks.

Well during my non-working days, I've been preoccupied with playing Tiny Tower. You must think how un-meaningful and how unproductive. Ya, but no choice what. The company don't allow me to work. So how? Anyway, the game has brought great job in trying to build more levels and discover more nice apartments. Haha~

Graphics so cute right? Pixel-ed somemore. I think I will get bored with it soon. Cuz' it's really a very boliao game. With no aim. Although I must add that the music is rather addictive.

And well, I also went to my rich fren's place recently. Wanted to show you how dedicated he is to his fiancee now.

I also want to attempt sth new. I have decided to test this product: Scar serum. I don't know if it really works. So I should just take pics and see if it becomes lighter as the day goes.

Too bad I didn't have the before I even apply anything pic cuz I was desperate already. So here is one after applying for 2 days, 3-4 times massaging it in daily.

And I also have the feeling that the lighting that i take the pic may affect abit. But try and see how la huh. Want to make myself feel better.

So this is the left hand. Doesn't look as bad now, I guess. But not nice. :(

And here is the right hand. Spotty~

So my aim and goal is to get rid of all of them. I need a miracle.

下雨天

2011-06-09T00:54:00.003+08:00

As it is a rainy day, we ought to celebrate! Hahaha~ I'm abit crazy.

Well, I've decided to take out the tagboard cuz there have been a lot of spammers for some reason. Not that my blog is very popular or what, so they are really boliaoz..

Went out shopping today! Took a camwhoring shot at the bus stop!

Don't my face look slimmer? Wahahah~ for obvious reasons. Anyway, can you see the red spots on my neck area, eczema la.. sian diaoz... I don't like but I've got no choice. My body must be feeling like it's under a great deal of stress with all the flying around and warped sleeping hours. Haiz.. poor body~ Suddenly I realise I looked like an alien in this shot. Hahaha~

Ate Sour Sally's yogurt. Hmmmm... had green tea mixed with original. It tastes just sour all the way la.. But quite nice la..

Got myself milk tea from Gong Cha. Yes, happy~ I think i still prefer the the original Gong Cha with the special milk. Taste damn nice, but it will make me LS. oh well, it's okay. as long as it's nice~ heh heh

to kill boredom

2011-06-01T14:32:00.003+08:00

STILL cannot believe that I worked for 2 days last week and rested for the next 5 days and still counting. The Company refused to give me work even though I'm on standby. I must say that that is rather rare. That seldom happens because they would love to exploit us. But apparently school holidays are already here and I'm not being activated yet. That is rather strange.

Okay. Enough ranting. Since I have so much time on my hand, I should do a bit of blogging. Even though nobody really reads this stuff here. So I can talk rubbish here. I'm not intending to be a civil servant anyway, so I should be fine. Lest the info gets published all over the world (unlike some idiot has been broadcasting to the whole wide world that he hasn't been talking to me on a certain mode of social media)

Went to Amsterdam recently, had really nice weather when we touched down. But I did a crazy thing, that was to chiong for sightseeing. Almost die-d. No wonder so tired, and got a really bad sore throat. Well at least the amount of rest days I have will be enough to compensate.

Praying to go to Milan. Please~

complain

2011-01-31T00:05:00.002+08:00

Sometimes when social networking poses more of a threat between my friends, then facilitating good rapport.

Seriously, my fren from S** is idiotic. How can one single tweet be misunderstood by so many ppl? Obviously they have smaller brains or sth la. And besides, how is it that everytime I tweet, YOU bloody have sth to say abt it? So what if I'm talking about YOU, just take it in stride and reflect about how you can be a better person la. And stop trying to clarify with me about some annoying 1 liner tweet. YOU not boliao meh???

And how can my tweet be linked to your tweet if you bloody wasn't talking about me?? Can it ever make any sense? Either people are retarded or what? And I totally have no channel to voice my opinion over senseless people just cause all of YOU are following me. So stupid. So so so stupid.

Don't ever talk to me again! So wu liao!!!!!

Friends in the world~

2011-01-13T21:16:00.002+08:00

Suddenly feel very emo nowadays. Think it's PMS again~

The feeling that I feel blessed in such a nice and comfortable environment in my group makes me think twice now. This is approximately 1 month after when I wrote that. How depressing!!

My group of "close" friends. Or I presume that we are. The "seemly" dangerous one turned out to be a harmless guai girl. The sporty and encouraging one turned out to be scheming and hypocritical. Isn't it scary? Sometimes, I wonder why do humans have to be so manipulative to get recognition and control over simple beings like friends.

I guess without G.O.D., meaning in life gets warped. Nobody does good just cuz good is the way to go. Doing good means it's not free, and you need to "pay" me back someday for that. Either that or I rather not do good at all, I want to be selfish. I want to get the things I want. I need you, I follow you. I don't need you, you are not needed.

Why do you call yourself a Muslim or a Christian, if you only do things half-heartedly? Reading horoscopes make sense to you? Fortune telling or palm reading can foretell your future, and you blatantly just follow and truly believe it? Huh? Bad-mouthing people is really nice?

Who am I to judge right? Just that I feel trapped in this bubble. I don't know how to communicate with others anymore of the outside world. I feel trapped. Feeling rather socially inadequate. I wanna be alone. I think to rethink my principles carefully.

I hope we can all be friends without motives. Emo~

3 weeks plus~

2010-12-14T19:21:00.002+08:00

Well, I must say it's indeed tiring. There must be a certain quality or strength in your character to withstand the harsh realities of life. The waking up at 5:15am in the mornings, putting up of thick facade, the continuous stream of greetings, a set of rules which you have to conform to - do you have what it takes to be SNTCC??? (figure that out yourself)

But that is what all you see, then you are indeed blinded. Because surrounding you are lovely friends whom you managed to make a significant connection. They enrich my life with their life stories, annoy me with their gossip and laugh together over lame jokes. I must say I'm indeed blessed to be in this particular group. It just seems right that we are all made for one another. We balance one another out and help to make this group so so so strong.

I'm glad to be part of it!!!

Whisper: I'm really discreet about the whole thing, ain't I?

Black and White

2010-11-24T16:54:00.002+08:00

Yummy!! This is at some dessert shop in ION. My mum loves to go there and eat this icy thing. So we went there after doing measurements for the uniform. Yup, it's super nice and plus chee cheong fun in the background also very nice. Slurps~~

Yesterday, finally went down to sign the contract. Apparently, my contract says that I cannot mention anything about my company be it name, reference or logo. Dots.

I should get going and buy my hair spray. Zonk~

Blogging

2010-11-18T11:12:00.012+08:00

I wonder what makes a blog work. Other than having to update very much often. I think the content also matters. Despite me rambling thinking as if I am addressing a crowd, in fact, I don't have one. Haa~ How funny.

But I think my adventure will start real soon. Flying, here I come!!!

Having in mind all the negative aspects of the job (having so many people telling me that it is indeed a tough job, politics, gossip, bitches etc), I think it's time to level up. Time to level up skills to deal with people like them and realizing God also loves them just as much. I need to learn how to influence people. Of cos, in a good way, not just for my own benefit.

Often times, people just wanna see quick and rapid results, including me. However, I know that is not how God works. He can see what we cannot see, the future and beyond. It's hard to grasp what He has actually planned.

Are you actually looking for a purpose in life? Am I?

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All the beautiful things I hope to see again and more~

Paris

Beaches

Baseball game

Beautiful landscapes

Sakura, of course must see as many times as possible.

Snowboarding/skiing in the wee hours of the morning.

Exotic streets of Barcelona

Times Square atmosphere

The call

2010-11-16T19:28:00.003+08:00

Finally, after nearly 2 months of torturous waiting, the CALL came. Yay!!!

God really provided a miracle. I cleared my horrible long medical report. Yatta!! And thanks to God, I can work very very soon. Yes. No more grumbling. Just work work work and work. :)

Children, don't you just love them?

2010-11-11T22:59:00.002+08:00

Thanks to Joanne (church fren, i know a lot of Joannes), I got a chance to play around with children. They are absolutively adorable. The kids can just walk up to you and talk a bunch of stuff which you cannot comprehend, the first time they meet you. Adorable.

Tomorrow I get to see them again. Hooray!! Maybe I can consider working with kids. Haa~ I must be crazy.

jobless

2010-11-10T18:40:00.003+08:00

I think the fact that I am jobless now has taken a toll on my mind and body. Thank God that He is taking care of the Spirit.

I cannot believe that my mum has the audacity to say that I'm good-for-nothing just cause I'm not working right now. And the thing is, not that I didn't look for a job. It's just that the job is not coming yet. And the fact that my mum said that made me really pissed off. Grrr~

Time

2010-11-09T15:15:00.003+08:00

I have been thinking about it. I really have a lot of time. It's time to do stuff like blogging. Haa~

I do love to look at my friends' blogs. If not, random blogs and fashion blogs (introduced by my gd friend). And I must say fashion blogs are the nicest to look at. The clothes are all very nice and inspiring. Who wants to look at plain clothes right? Very sian, you know? But I must say that looking good is relative. Some people think it's nice. Some don't. So how do we know?

Still waiting for the call from 某某公司. I guess no call is good. I may have to start work next month. :S Since everyone has been telling me that "you should enjoy it now!!" Urgh.. What is so enjoyable about not working? I don't wanna be a lazy fellow leh. Plus God did say that man should work and not be idle what. Poof!!

So if you have any side jobs, please contact me! If not, any volunteer work, I'll be happy to help too! I wonder who reads this anyway. Haa~

everything going through smoothly

2010-08-07T11:24:00.002+08:00

Thank God for allowing everything to go through so smoothly that it's unbelievable and sometimes taken for granted.

Last month in Japan was probably the most exciting time I ever had. Haa~ All thanks to my friend who made it possible. ラブラブ

Other than that, I really thank God for allowing immigration to pass my overweight luggage, granting safe journey back home, clearance of everything. Even now for the usa trip, getting passport done on time, visa applied, just ready to chiong to NYC. Wheeee~

Can't wait for more exciting things to happen. Flying tomorrow~~

Yakiniku with my students!

2010-07-17T08:52:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, my students went abit crazy. Haa~

The case of the left behind umbrella!

2010-07-12T09:36:00.002+08:00

Girl B has a really good friend, Girl A.
Girl A knows that Girl B finds Boy cute.

Girl A and Boy live in the same neighborhood.
So, Girl A often "politely" asks Girl B to stay over at her place.

One fine day.
All 3 plus some others went for KTV.
All except others took JR and bus home.
Girl A & B got off bus excitedly.

Not long after, a call from Boy came.
"Your friend B forgot her umbrella."
And so, Boy dropped off at the next stop.
Came to Sun coffee to return umbrella.

Sweet! :)

Yesterday was my birthday!

2010-07-10T09:50:00.002+08:00

Happy birthday to myself again! Considering what happened yesterday, I think I would have been living a very sad life.

First, I had lunch with Boss n Jun. Lunch was terrible except for the steak, which was tasty except it turned salty at the end.

Then, the surprise visit was of cos ruined by B, when he accidentally msg me the plan that he was supposed to send to someone else. Winz.

After that, eat "surprise" cake with everyone else in silence.

Then I head to my lovely fren's house. She baked me another Cake. I should have anticipated it, but I thought "no la, she won't."
Boy was I wrong. But of cos the cake was delicious, as always, her baking skills are no competition.

The next morning~ I was pretty disturbed by what happened on my birthday but I still thank God for what he has blessed me with.

And guess what?!? God gave me a present this morning. I met the cute guy on the way out. Wahahahaa.. Yay!! Fate or lucky sia!! How apt was the timing~ Thank u God. Yay~

:s

2010-07-05T11:22:00.001+08:00

I think I am so going to shut down this website. I have nothing to update and nothing to say. It's available on facebook anyway.

blogging has died down?

2010-06-29T09:00:00.002+08:00

Seriously, I try to read my frens' blogs. There are no updates. Nothing except fashion blogs which are continuously updating. Cause' fashion is upcoming.

Anyway, cute guys win! :D

guts

2010-05-29T10:23:00.004+08:00

Sometimes I think I don't have enough guts to do things that I wanna do. If only I have perseverance to complete what I started out with. Everything I have done up till now is so half-way. Ha~ Aiya~~

Recently, the new teacher for YF's replacement arrived. Yesterday, she was crying that she missed her friends. She is really fortunate to have such close friends. *-* I will never do such a thing. I think I am emotionless. Either that or I don't really care. Or I pretend not to care.

Nobody blogs anymore

2010-05-27T22:29:00.002+08:00

Nobody really blogs nowadays. I take a look at my fren's blog. They don't bother updating. Or they update but they write so long, I read, I also sianz. Haaa~ Oh well the Irony.. Anyway Matcha parfait is really damn nice. But too bad, it will be gone once the month of May passes. It's the limited edition matcha parfait in Daimaru, Kobe. Wahhaaahaaa.. :D Food..

Random

2010-04-21T09:40:00.005+08:00

Last Sunday, I got to watch Takarazuka, an all-women theater musical. Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel. Very nice indeed. I was impressed. I guess it is really for women to watch. So fantasy, spectacular costumes and fantastic music. Nice~ Impressive too.

Love the flowers. Spring is awesome. But rain is abit too much this year.

I think one of things I will miss in Japan is Soba.. Haa~~ Soba is damn nice can.. I love Soba. :)

Sakura season

2010-04-15T23:37:00.004+08:00

Every so often, I will meet someone who makes me feel disgusted. Recently, there are too many occurrences which made me realize that I am probably the disgusting fellow and not the former. Why is life so hard to live? Life sucks. I wish life was just a fantasy. Day dreaming about prince charming everyday, walking in glamorous dresses and high heels. I must be crazy.

But life is indeed difficult. I have to learn to treat people nicely. I have to stop hating every single person whom I meet. I have to be considerate to the people around me. I have to stop thinking I am the "smartest" person around. I have to stop thinking about myself all the time. I have to say nice things. I have to say honorable words. I have to encourage others.

I wanna give up man. Sianz....... The reason why I placed the photo above is cuz there is a super cute shuai ge to the right of the picture. But it is impossible to make out the face from the photo. But it is for me to know only. ha~~

Life sucks. I hate myself.

Wine

2010-04-01T10:45:00.002+08:00

I think wine has a powerful influence on my actions and thus bad repercussions. Maybe it's just an excuse.

Even though Barcelona was a great place, the conversations and the communication were not to say the least, good. Things I wished I had done better I didn't do. Things which I'm not supposed to do, I keep doing. Sounds like Paul.

Anyway, so it was terrible that I kept complaining and scolding my parents. Of course, the main issue has to be money. I don't mind spending but my parents i.e. my father does. Although I don't really think it was the main reason why I was very angry. So in actual fact, I don't remember why was I so so so angry in the first place. So I think it's the wine. But anyway my behavior was terrible. My mother had to go to the restroom like more than 5 times a day. How to locate a toilet out of nowhere? My parents couldn't walk as much cuz of age. And I walked in the wrong direction a few times, when I thought my sense of direction was damn good. I was devastated.

The next was my sis's friend. I have no idea why I dislike her. Maybe it's her arrogance. Maybe I'm jealous. Maybe I just wanna spend time with the family and I didn't want an outsider to join us for dinner. I have no idea. But I told off my sister never to invite her friend again. So I attribute the reason to the wine again. Excuses. No more wine.

Anyway in these events above, I have a feeling that Satan has won like so many battles. And it's just terrible. So seriously, I'm really sorry. I will try the 90-day challenge. Is that even possible? 90 days seems like a long long long time. God, help me.

i hate pms

2010-03-18T21:24:00.002+08:00

Recently PMS has been killing me. :S Because I get super pissed off at anyone n everyone. :S

Anyway i really don't like the fact tt the font is so so so small on the blog.. n i dunno how to solve it.. :S i think i would need to change another skin.. oh bother...

Teaser: Port Vell in Barcelona...

ktv

2010-03-12T10:36:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, went with Boss to ktv again near our place.. it was super cheap 600 yen for 2 hrs.. half price.. so super worth it n very gian as well.. wahahha.. but anyway there was this very nice song tt i overheard when i was shopping for groceries at kansai supa... haha.. very nice and very easy to sing.. i think.. repeated words.. :)

barcelona!!

2010-03-09T10:18:00.002+08:00

I can't wait to go to Barcelona!! wahahhahahha!!! faster faster..

And I still cannot believe that I bought a guidebook in Japanese about Barcelona.. wahahha.. **gg abit crazy**

blogging?

2010-03-05T21:03:00.002+08:00

Suddenly felt like blogging again.. This time round, I REALLY wanted to go to Ishigaki.. Such a beautiful place.. But well, it's okay.. Good things can wait.. :p

久しぶり！Loves~~

2010-03-01T10:02:00.003+08:00

Hiking 2009

2009-11-16T10:04:00.003+08:00

The only other happening that happened was the hiking yesterday. Even though the trees weren't as red as last year, or even any beautiful than last year, it is 1 million times much better than last year. Because of the people that went. This year, we had a mixed of people, my housemate, Aki. J and A too.

I was really glad that kids came too. They brighten up my day. I love seeing kids running around. So fun. Rolling down the hill. Getting all messed up. Ha~~

Thank God for a good weekend and ample rest. :)

I need to start learning Japanese again. Time to level up. :D

bored

2009-11-07T22:40:00.002+08:00

I was looking through my dead blog... What to update sia...

I didn't really have an eventful week except for the fact that I was rather pissed off with my Boss.. which i seriously wrestled with the idea n with God too..

Ktv-ing with Japanese can be a really stressful situation. Especially when they sing like pros every other song they choose. Be it English or Japanese. That really kills me.. urgh.. help.. why is my singing so lousy.. haa~~

I am being very random. No photos to put up leh.. sianz..

Announcement

2009-10-13T10:35:00.002+08:00

Surprise!!
Hey everyone, I will coming back to Sg on 23rd Dec. Leaving on the 1st of Jan. But technically it is on the 31st Dec. Cause' the flight on 1st Jan is 1am. Thus... me leaving on New Year's Eve.. Spending my new year at the airport.. haha. n airplane. :)

Hope to catch u, my lovely friends back home up!

The story of my pair of scissors

2009-09-24T22:31:00.009+08:00

The story begins with me bringing a pair of scissors out. The scissors is very nice to use. Sharp with purple handles. Neat cut.

But by the end of the day, I have 2 scissors instead of 1. Why? なぜなら。。。

Here again with my pair of scissors. Handy and useful.

I sat in my chair with safety belt. Using my pair of scissors to cut, cut, cut...

After I alighted, I explored Onomichi city. Which was super hot btw, I almost fainted. Hot, tired and hungry. Here I am, hiding from the shade. Totally forgot about the useful scissors.

Looking over the port city comtemplating... Can you see the faraway bridge? Haven't recalled anything abt scissors.

Until I boarded the bus again, wanting to use the scissors, only to discover that it was gone. So I headed out to buy another pair of scissors at the convenience store. There was a girl sitting in my seat in the morning. It was the same bus. After the girl finally alighted at sannomiya, my purple handy scissors was there at her seat. There goes my 210 yen. boo~~~

2 scissors. What can I do with 2 scissors? U want one? Muji scissors. haa~~

accomplishment!

2009-09-14T09:42:00.003+08:00

I cleaned up my room today.. bwahahahhaha... I cleaned up every corner of my room.. It was so dusty that I had to wear mask to clean it.. hahah.. but i feel satisfied.. finally getting more things done ard my house.. haha.. :)

Of cos I do clean my room all the time.. Just tt I like to cut corners.. Just clean the space tt can be seen or walked on. So today I cleaned up all the corners tt can't be seen. My room is really messed up man.. ha~

Maiko Beach

2009-09-08T08:12:00.005+08:00

FINALLY, after 1 year, I went to the beach in Kobe. Of cos, the seasons prevented me from getting enough sunshine and darkness. But I am really really extremely happy to go beach. Yay! And Maiko is really nice. Can see Akashi bridge also. Nice!

Those are my 2 beach buddies, J and J. Haaa~ Can you spot them?

And of cos, this is me. :)

Passing JLPT 2

2009-09-03T08:52:00.002+08:00

I said to God, if I passed I will give him all the glory. And I also said if I failed, I will also give him all the glory. I will work hard. But somehow God told me he will pass me even before I got the results.

The results were better than I expected, given the fact that I didn't complete the test again. Not my first time taking it. Yay! So really thank God. Now time to move forward and study deeper lvl stuff. Ha~

Proof:Yay again!! :D

Updating!

2009-08-22T21:22:00.002+08:00

Some people update so often that it's difficult to keep up. Some people don't bother to update anymore. I think I am the latter group. But then again, I wish I have something more interesting to blog about.

Anyway, the Obon holiday that I just had was really good and relaxing. It was really refreshing. Recently, I have been starting out on gym. Keeping fit. But actually is to lose weight. I gained almost 3kg after I came to Japan la. How ridiculous is that! Today, just went climbing mount. Takatori. I wonder how long can I last. I want to swim again. I think I don't mind swimming everyday. Swimming is really fun. And of cos relaxing. wahahah.. defeating the purpose of keeping fit/losing weight.

Everything is good so far. Tomorrow, I am supposed to share a pt message with the bible study group. Kyaaa~~~ Why God give me challenge so fast? :S

Just wanna say...

2009-08-15T09:08:00.001+08:00

Today is a holiday!!! :D Yippee..

What up!

2009-08-10T09:55:00.003+08:00

Today started off with a rainy day. Yay. Nice and cool. Very nice to sleep in indeed. Reminds me of Sg.

Here I am, just in front of my computer. Trying my best to figure out how to nua~ when I realised that I have already exhausted my list of activities to do: checking facebook updates incessantly, apple trailers, email, blogs. How boring can my life get?

Yesterday, I was a conversation stopper. Me and my big mouth. Had lunch with Boss, YF, two KBF friends and me.

A: So after going back to Sg, do u feel that you don't wanna come back to Japan?
me: In the first place, I already wanted to go back to Sg. I no longer want to stay in Japan anymore.

A and the rest: ... ... ...

But then, the problem is I am still here. Which means that I am currently not very happy in my state here in Japan. So why am I still here? Stupid. It seems like I still have to "dong" one more year here in the land of the rising sun.

Actually I don't think I have many reasons as to why I don't like Japan. It's just how I feel. So now, I have to struggle really hard, praying for a reason to love Japan so that my life won't be so miserable. And praying that God will show me breakthroughs.

Sometimes, I do think I have to stop thinking about myself. But think more of others. Then, maybe I won't think that life is bad here.

Back in Japan again...

2009-08-03T10:32:00.003+08:00

I finally returned to Japan. Actually it was a really short trip in Sg. Too short I suppose. But then again, my family was never really around when I went back. Oh well~~ Sometimes, it's rather ironic. All her life, she has been trying to get out of her family. But her family was the closest to her. But recently I do wanna spend more time with family, they don't have time for me, as usual actually. Call me pessimistic all u want, it's true lor. Why can't ppl just listen and understand? Stop adding yr own comments. They are yours, not mine.

Anyway, I am back in boring Japan. Nobody will ever believe me when I say this.

I suddenly find myself being very excited. I wanna go to NYC during winter. Weird right? I hope it's possible. I need to start saving now. Ha~ I need to get out of Japan, quick. I still have one more year to go. Counting down to freedom....... :)

A week-long-birthday-blessing!!

2009-07-12T12:32:00.027+08:00

It has been a long week of birthday blessings. Thank you for YF and J for making it so special. I know most of the effort goes to both of you. Of cos, Boss did try a bit. :) Thanks for the many many, no matter big or small, prezzies and love that you have poured into. I shouldn't have said I wanted something so big. I guess... all the more having a celebration in Japan really make a huge difference to how it is so s***** in Singapore when it comes to birthday celebration. I shall not lament but be contented. Once is enough. :) Thank you. I really REALLY really appreciate it. Although I dunno how to put it across better when I see you face-to-face, I am feeled with gratitude.

The week started with Sunday. Having a surprise gift from Ai Li.

On Tues, Boss brought me to this french cuisine restaurant in Suma, beside Big Boy. Who will know there is a restaurant there?? But it's not only a restaurant. But a huge old Ijinkan house that serves good and extravagrant food. Up next is appetiser. The waitress did attempt to rattle a long strand of words memorised regarding the food, however I can't really catch what she was talking about. So for that day, I don't really know what I was eating exactly. Ha~~

Some icy ice kachang thingy that tasted sour. Ha~

From top, left to right: Jelly thingy with Uni (sea urchin) on top. French veggie with miso paste. Fried paprika with some animal's paw and orange jelly. Fresh Katsuo fish with salad.

(Not taken very well) But it's super delicious. It's cold potato soup with white grapes and tapioca jelly tastes a slight soury. But it tastes perfect. Yummy. Till' now I can still feel it in my palate.

Fish that tasted what my ah ma will cook. Abit disappointing. But of cos it is really delicious. Ha~~

Dessert. My favorite course. Mahh~~ quite nice..

A cup of tea in my own terrace overlooking my garden. :)

The restaurant-house. First time to try such an event. Exciting!

On Wednesday, YF and I went to Akashi city to buy Kugini (small brown fish). So we soon bian went to eat akashiyaki which I have been wanting to try for the longest time. Ya quite long, I waited for about a year. I almost went to eat it during our Shikoku trip but it was closed by then.

On Thursday, we went to eat at this ladybug restaurant (Trattoria Coccinealla) near Kenchomae subway station. It serves italian food as you can see... Above is the appetiser which consists of so many things which made me wonder if it is actually the main course or what.

My pasta named Ragu. Can anyone tell me what is Ragu? Meat, tomato sauce, cream sauce and cheese? I think it is so. Sumptious.

Dessert: Interesting. Orange, raspberry ice cream and some milk pudding.

On Sat, it was my birthday celebration with Jess, YF, J aka gf, Boss, K and Aki. I was shocked and amazed at the number of presents I have received. Thank you so much everyone. I need to learn how to love people more. Lord, teach me.
Cold cut and avocado salad. Yummy.

Very huge doria. But abit disappointing cuz too salty.

Our spaghetti with cabbage. A tad bland. Is it me? or the menu was not very good that day? Hmmm.. am I too picky? Usually so. Alrights, quite nice la. Maahh~~

Fried chicken with tomato salsa sauce. Sauce was the nice part.

Hee hee, us.

Yay~~~ My cake. Very feeling. So we went to karaoke-ing. CHIONG ar......

So we chionged until 6am in the morning on Sun. Was still full of energy, I must say. I wonder why. Maybe by tmr, I will melt.

These are my prezzies. So many. Scrapbooks are the most time-consuming and thoughtful present EVER. Thank you so much for your effort. I keep thinking what did I do to deserve this? Maybe it's time for me to pass it on. ;)

Maybe, just maybe.

Birthday

2009-07-09T23:20:00.002+08:00

This year's birthday has really been a surprise... びっくり

So many presents. So many surprises. I seem to have a week-birthday-celebration rather than a day. I am really so surprised that I don't know what to say.

People whom I want to wish me have wished me. People whom I don't usually talk to have wished me too. How fantastic is that! Wah~~~

:D

my fren has been faithfully updating her blog

2009-07-02T22:21:00.003+08:00

I'm very impressed when people update their blogs. Cause I have reached the stage of ultimate sian-ness and can't-be-bothered-anymore. Or maybe life is just boring on this other side.

But guess? I will be back in Singapore soon. Wheee~~ I was at first excited and happy to be going back. But now it just seems like "oh.. going back to Sg lor" Excitement has died down. Partly because of the influenza also. It just sucks to know that going back might entail some form of quarantine, really spoils the mood. I really pray that nothing goes wrong.

Besides, my birthday is coming. Kind of glad I have friends here to celebrate with. Like if back home, yet another gone case situation. Either I have no friends, or friends dunno what I want or like. Damn jialat. So so so glad that friends can just karaoke with me, eat desserts with me, eat fav food with me. I'm more than happy enough.

And I am taking JLPT 2 on this coming Sunday. Pray that I will be calm and finish the whole paper. That should be enough to help me pass. I hope I don't fall asleep halfway. Haaa~~ It will be a long and draining day. And I will be going for baseball match after that too. Yay!! And Boss refuses to pay for me. Boo~~ Cannot see that it's my birthday huh..

One of my favorite shots taken in Okinawa. Cause' I think I am damn artistic here. Haahah~~ It's suppose to be a mango fruit. But I guess it was filled with a lot of love. :)

my posts

2009-06-16T09:05:00.003+08:00

I realise... I only blog when I am very unhappy about certain issues.

But today, just feel like blogging how God has been good. Two weeks ago, on Thursday, I had a slight fever, 37.1. I had a thumping headache, a nauseous kick and severe uncomfortableness. But thank God, my boss actually allowed me to go home after just taking 2 classes that day. So I happily went home and slept. But... when I woke up at evening 8 plus to eat my dinner, my headache was still around, so I decided to take miracle panadol. Ha~ Well, it worked even though I didn't sleep very well throughout the night. So really thank God for YF's and J's prayers.

Really glad it wasn't flu A. Although numbers are escalating in Australia and slightly increasing for Sg, Japanese don't really care anymore. They don't bother checking the news and they are not really interested even when I mention it in class. And even for the fact that it has been term as a pandemic the other day.

Anyway, thank God again. And thank God I will be back in Sg soon. Yay!! Suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed. I wonder if I go back to Sg, ppl will start avoiding me. That usually happens to ppl who lived in overseas for too long. People back home don't bother to contact me, likewise here. Oh wells, there is always home. :)

you don't feel good.

2009-05-19T20:57:00.001+08:00

you don't feel good when your housemates think you have influenza A, just cuz you have diarrhoea.

:(

hate to admit it.

2009-04-01T12:14:00.003+08:00

"If you are not happy inside, no matter where you go, you will not be happy."

Suddenly realize why I left in the first place, to get rid of irritating people. ha~

sian diaoz

2009-03-11T23:48:00.001+08:00

"Nobody loves me, everybody hates me. I wanna eat some worms."

My Boss always sings this line. I guess it really has some pts. I feel like eating worms too. Nobody wants to go with me on holiday.

SIAN DIAOZ!!!

teaching

2009-02-25T22:51:00.002+08:00

I have never mentioned anything about my feelings for teaching before.

I realized that teaching is not my cup of tea. Never intended to drink. Never should have tried. ha~ not that I hate teaching but there are really some days which I dread it. Although I know some are intended for me to grow my character or even learn to depend on God more, all in all teaching is not easy.

There are so many different kinds of students in my class. So many different kinds until I think it's impossible to fit them into any mold. So many until I feel exhausted thinking up of games for them to play. Don't know what fits them best. Let them play game already, they also feel sian. Haiz~

Today, one of the students purposely said in front of me, do you know which girl i like? I like xxx teacher (i.e. previous teacher's name). Obviously I was like, "that will not affect me at all!"

But it did. crap.

why must learning be fun? what happened to rote learning? i seriously prefer rote learning. maybe tt is just cuz i m a boring person. :(

period

2009-02-20T22:06:00.002+08:00

For the longest time, somebody hasn't been talking to me.

I had a dream.
somebody was back with Somebody.
someone isn't happy.
But someone can't do anything about it.

Boo~~~~

my friend said this, and it left me '0'

2009-02-09T10:21:00.001+08:00

"I never do anything, I just pray"

Oyster day!

2009-02-08T22:09:00.006+08:00

Sometimes a day passed by so quickly that you don't realize it. 6 months have passed. So fast! So soon I will be back in Singapore again. I know... 2 years is a very short time. Really. But I know if I go back to Sg, it will feel like I have to re-lived-my-life-all-over-again sort of feeling. Maybe it's good. Maybe it's bad. Maybe it's a test.

I always feel that Sundays are the best days in my life here in Japan. Sunday is church day. Meeting up with Singaporeans. Thinking about God throughout the day. It's the same as thanking God that it's Sunday sort of feeling. I haven't been blogging the longest time.

Thank God it's going to be holiday again this Wednesday. Another ski adventure. :p No doubt I am making use of every opportunity to play every time I have a holiday, it makes me think twice nowadays whether I should do it or not. I still can't believe church actually organised a 9 to 5 bible reading marathon on this Wednesday holiday. Kyaaaa~~~

If I had known earlier, would I have gone for it? hmmmm....

Today's kaki (oyster) adventure day to Murotsu Pier. Look at the size.

Boss holding for me to take pic. haha.

Our plum garden. It's plum flower. Coolness~~

dead blog

2009-01-14T23:09:00.003+08:00

As I was trying to load my show (Heroes), it had to stop loading when it is like super exciting now. Oh well......

I wanted to upload pictures of skiing long ago. Just lazy again. I rather watch show. Jialats. Anyway skiing was really fun. I really enjoyed myself. Very glad that Joycelyn managed to learn skiing so fast. Of cos with the help of brilliant teacher weiying. haha. :p

As can be seen, the slope is only one and very short. abit waste money. but the fun is in skiing bah. I hope to be able to master some other tricks in skiing. Probably on steeper slopes. Quite scary also. Kyaaaa~~~

Btw, Shikoku trip was amazing. A lot of things to see do n feel. Plus an additional accident. haa~~

i m real lazy

2008-12-24T10:25:00.007+08:00

Over weeks of not updating, I have decided to emerge since Christmas is near. That also means my holidays are here. Wheeee~~~~ (while i m nuah-ing at home. >_<)

Recently, I have been to 2 cafes. Now, my new hobby is exploring cafes, which aren't many. I must say. And very expensive too.

Here is one in Suma, Kobe (ulu land), called DARLING. Reminds me of Sydney, Darling harbor though. Haha. Fond memories neh~~

Cakes were not fantastic. okay lor. Nice layout though.

My friend took a sneaky shot. Reminded me of the shot I took for Jea. Ha~~~

Yesterday was the first day of holiday. But no one was free to accompany me. And that includes Joanne, Joycelyn n my colleague, YeeFei. Boo~~~ So I decided to be adventurous and try a new cafe on my own.

Here it is: a la campagne.

Then again, the fruit tart was not especially delicious but super expensive. What is wrong with Kobe??? I think even NYDC or coffee bean sell better cakes in Singapore. Kyaaa~~~~~ I think I will soon give up looking for more cafes. Looking at the state of this. Supposedly, Kobe is known for pastisserie somemore. I think I shall stick to eating puddings from supermarkets. Much more yummy n cheap. ha~~~

Church

2008-12-07T22:43:00.000+08:00

Today was a great day to be in church. :) All the Singaporeans in KBF brought their families along. So the whole church was filled with a lot of Singaporeans.

I'm also really glad that my family wanted to come with me to church too, although half way dozing off. Haha. :) I thank God for those who are praying for my family's salvation too. Nice. Thank God.

cold wet n hungry

2008-11-26T09:52:00.008+08:00

The day before yesterday, on 24th, my holiday, the school organised a hiking trip to Kobe Municipal Arboretum. So anyway, because of poor weather condition, only three people went i.e. me boss and a student.

The picture below shows boss on the right and student on the left.

After only climbing a long flight of steps, we see a waterfall. For the rest of the journey, it was just trees.

Interesting plant: one leaf plant.

Blogging takes up a lot of time.

dead

2008-11-22T21:40:00.002+08:00

my blog is so dead.. anyway i updated my trips to kitano, arima onsen and sanda up already.

life is good. greats. just feeling very sleepy now. just ate ramen again. whooopzz!!!

tomorrow will be church in the morning. then off to Kyoto to eat tofu. haha. what a funny way of putting it. i can't wait for my family to arrive in Japan. somehow excited. :) oh crap, i haven't calculate the budget yet. urgh.. tt is the mah fan part. anyway i shld go watch some drama. chaoz..

Marking holiday!

2008-10-23T10:35:00.050+08:00

Last week, I had a whole week off. How shiok is that? So anyway, I get to do many many things. So here they are.

Jazz at Kobe airport

Crispy pie from a restaurant under kokusai kaikan. Very nice!!!

Trip to Himeji Castle with Boss and Rebecca (Philip Island Ranger) on 15 Oct

Look at the different shapes on the wall. Suppose to be for aesthetic purposes.

oh crap i look like small kid.

Views from the top of the castle

Meriken park, one of the places where the Kobe Hanshin Earthquake took place.

Cracked tiles and slanted lampposts preserved.

Sunset. Very red sun.

Off to Suzuki land on Tonomine grasslands on 16 Oct.

Boss and YeeFei

Me! And Yee Fei behind looking bewildered

Boss thinks it's super mysterious to be behind the Suzuki.

Soft and Fluffy

Me on top

Cold and creepy forest. Cold, no noise and no end. We back tracked.

Back to ground

Sunset

Went with Joanne to American Mura in Osaka on 18 Oct.

Trapped in Kobe

2008-10-11T07:27:00.033+08:00

Feels kind of strange that I didnt update for a long long while. Just lazy la. Anyway really too many impt things to do. like cooking. cleaning and stuff. oh crap. i have only 15 mins left to change n get out of house. sianz.

View of Kobe from a restaurant

Sukiyaki. Yummy!

Another one of the hiking trips to the reservoir
My colleague/fren, me and the japanese housemate, Akiko
Dried up reservoir

Boss acting cute
Fire drill

Cool
End of walk

A few weeks back in Osaka.
The statue that is everywhere. Touch feet to get good luck. Ha...

Tennoji Zoo

Tennoji Park. Nice flowers.

I seriously dunno what tower is this although joanne did mention sth.

Look at Kinokuniya. Doesn't it just look like our big bookshop in Sg? lol.

Hep 5 ferris wheel

View from hep 5 wheel

Can see Osaka castle.

Matcha parfait. yay!! :)

Nara Park and Mid-autumn festival

2008-09-17T22:09:00.036+08:00

Adventure to Nara Park:

Firstly, Nara Park is definitely boring. Because it is just looking at huge temple. Nothing much. Ha. Go once can already. But company was great! :)

The street leading up to Nara Park
Matcha ice cream: not very nice. I ate another one and it was excellent! 2 ice creams in one day. omg!

A restaurant named: Pinocchio. Nice layout. Cool.
I ate Omu rice.

At the park.
Our first stop: Kofukuji Temple

My friend, Joycelyn and I. My new found friend who is willing to go out with me. Cuz both of us don't have any plans. haha.

five-storey pagoda

Nara national museum. I think that this shot is nice. Well taken by my friend. :)

The famous deers.

Now we are at the gate of Todaiji temple (world heritage site)

This is the Todaiji temple.

This is the famous hole in the wood. Lots of children and high school students were taking turns to get through the hole. Nice.

Mid-autumn festival

First, we (Yee Fei, Terumi and me) went to Osaka to eat hainanese chicken rice. This is the stall. With the Sg flag. Ha!

Looks delicious neh. Cost: 1080 yen. Quite ex but chicken is worth it. It's nice.

The funny thing is that this restaurant is opened by 2 malaysians. Ah hahahaha...

We went back to Sannomiya (Kobe) almost immediately after lunch. Felt kind of sad that we didn't explore more. Oh well. Next, we went to a cafe to drink tea.

My royal milk tea which looks like teh tarik. Ha!

After church, we went to Suma beach to eat mooncakes, play with fireworks and lanterns. How exciting is that? haha. Singaporean family here with 2 very playful boys.

Totally random photos.
Mosaic. Got nice cheese cake to eat here.

Menu for beer. It reminded me of germany so I just took a picture of it.

Matcha milk with mooncake box from Marriot. That was our mooncake. I thought the Matcha milk was designed in an interesting shape. So I had to take a pic. ha!

of Sat & Sun

2008-09-02T09:53:00.021+08:00

I haven't been updating much as usual. Anyway, yesterday was an upsetting day. Oh well, thank God for His strength. Really. I needed it.

My phone and random stuff on table.

Daily Bread in Japanese. How cool is that!

My phone again but in poor lighting. I can't believe I left my phone in school. Ha.. Forgot to take back home.

My cooking. Damn nice. lol.

I went hiking on Sat. We went up Takatori mountain which was just around the corner from my apartment. A short hike for about 1 hr. Ha. Felt so tired at work after that.

This was the temple at the top of the mountain/hill.

On Sun, we went to watch baseball: Hanshin tigers (our side) against Giants (tokyo, i think). Anyway, we lost. Ha!!!

mascots

poor photography skills on many colourful balloons. should have taken video. forgot.

nothing much...

2008-08-25T21:49:00.004+08:00

I haven't been updating lately because there just isn't anything to update about. I am collecting a lot of trash lately, not purposely, but by accident. In Japan, they do love to give out more things than they should.

I just got my keitai (hp) recently, and they give so much information regarding their plans and stuff. I have like 10 over instruction manuals talking about the same thing. It's crazy and redundant. Haiz... Plus in Japan, they do like to give out shopping catalouges into our mailbox. OMG! Now I have a lot of trash. Ha! It's accumulating.

I also have no time to study Japanese. Or should I say I'm sian. I really hope I can get a teacher to teach me soon. I need motivation. By the way, I don't really need to use Japanese at my work place. I use mostly English all the way. :) Japanese is only needed for extra curricular stuff like talking to the Boss (but he understands English anyway so there isn't a need to), nomikai (drinking party, urgh!) and entertaining guests/students. Haha..

I have a feeling I will improve my culinary skills more than Japanese. Haha! I love my cooking. Or myself. haha.

Anyway, good news: my boss came the second time to church yesterday! wow! fantastic!

So.. pictures of yummy food ahead!

meet up with Mai

2008-08-15T22:33:00.003+08:00

Today is free day! So I went out with Yee Fei to Sannomiya station. Just walk around. Anyway, I was hoping to meet up with Joanne but alas, it is going to get busier. Jessica (the teacher whom I'm replacing in Temasek Language School) is coming back from Sg while Hui Shan (former teacher whom Yee Fei is replacing) is leaving tomorrow. Complicated ne? ha... Anyway we had a busy party just now. Forgot to take photo! oopz.

Few photos:

Nice hotel at the cross road junction!

I met up with Mai (a Japanese girl whom I met on the Hyogo cruise programme) and her friend after that. We went to Karaoke box. Each person paid about 1300 yen for 2 hours. Not very worth it hor. I thought Sg cheaper. Drinks are free flow. Any type of drink. BUT how many cups of drinks can you drink in 2 hours?!!?? Maybe cuz the place was just beside the station. So a bit ex la. We also ordered food. I order Udon. Yummy! Only Udon in Japan is nice. All those in Sg, YUCKS!!!

Mai is the one with rolled up eyes. I think all the pics I took with her are like these. Alamak. Haha.. She is a funny girl. :)

2008-08-13T08:27:00.002+08:00

Something exciting is happening~~ My boss decided to come with Yee Fei and I to church this Sunday. So do pray in faith that he will come and be blessed. :)

Strangely enough, I started this blog because I thought I was going to go to Melbourne Uni for undergraduate studies. However, in the end I didn't go cuz NUS was nice enough to accept me. Ha! So anyway, here I am, after graduating, in a foreign country, Japan. Guess I had always wanted to explore other opportunities.

Actually, I was missing home the first few days of the week. However, as the week progressed, it got better. Sometimes, I do get kind of stressed out, thinking of how to best teach the students and them receiving it. Sometimes I get stuck when students are not very talkative. So I rather have talkative students. Ha! But all is great here. Its fun for now. AND I am having an "obon" (something like qing ming jie) holiday break of two days this friday and saturday. Talk about holidays, so fast sia~

Last night, we had our monthly nomi kai (drinking session). Ha! Anyway, sapporo beer was nice. :p I only drank a little bit. Teacher cannot drink so much. hee~

2008-08-10T20:45:00.013+08:00

Today is church day. Finally! Quite happy today too. Haha! Finally that there is a really rest day. I think I probably appreciate Sabbath more since I work from mon to sat. haha.

Anyway today's church is Kobe Bible Fellowship (*pics below). I went to another church last week. It's called Missions for the Seafarers church (anglican). Anyway, I think I will stick with KBF since they are charismatic like ours. Plus, pure anglicanism can really kill. Haha. Too traditional la. Plus, in KBF, half is japanese & half foreigners. I thought it was a rather interesting mix. Then like that, can invite Japanese to go there mah. right? :)

I really feel quite blessed to have a good environment to work here in Japan. :D Very good. Everything went smoothly, from airplane to Kobe, making of documents like work permit and stuff to housing. I am truly blessed. Maybe except for the cell phone part, which I cannot subscribe to cause they thought that I might run away with the phone. You see, Japanese phones can be bought at 0 yen too. So just need to pay subscription and contract. But they thought I might run off with the phone without sticking to the contract. oh well, can't be helped. So, please pray that I can get my cell phone FOC. Thanks. :) Although actually I don't really think I need one. ha! I think KBF is really a lively church. They sang Japanese and English songs together. It reminded me of the combined church camp we had. Wow! BTW, the pastor of the church is actually stricken with cancer just beginning of this year, i think. But, all the more because of that, he is even more fervently preaching the Word. The church even has printed out sermon notes and recording online. How cool is that? haha. Alrights, enough bragging. Anyway, what makes it great is that God gave me a church to belong. So that is ultimate coolness.

Yay!

Photos update:

2nd meal that I cooked last week: looks good right? ha...

The school which I am teaching in: English conversation Temasek

My boss replacing the basket on my bike. Nice right? :)

My friend/colleague and me!

Kobe Bible Fellowship church

Yumiko and Yee Fei

Yee Fei, Yumiko and Miho (church go-ers)

We went to the Thai restaurant to eat after service. Service is at 4pm. Anyway, we ate Thai food ironically. But its great. My food is a fusion. Spaghetti and green curry. How awesome is that? Yummy!

God

2008-08-07T08:19:00.001+08:00

God is trying to be 'funny' and has placed a huge task for me to do.

Which is very difficult.

boo~~~

thoughts

2008-08-06T10:05:00.010+08:00

Finally after such a long time, I have the time to relax and blog. All the previous times were done sort of in a rush, so that I at least have some update for people out there who care. Anyway, really thanks to everyone for coming to the airport that day. I'm really very touched. Thanks to my church friends, secondary school friends, diving friends and skiing friends for making your way to the airport. Thanks for all the precious gifts. I will treasure it.

Special thanks to my Dad for crying until i can see the *biti (you won't want to know what this is). Special thanks to my family minus chong (cuz she didn't come n she was in thai enjoying herself). ha~~. love ya all. i will be back soon. i think.

Special thanks to Cheryl for making your way down even though you knew it just 3 hours before I fly. That is incredible. Yeah, the sort of chemistry we had just can't be described. I was close to tears reading your blog and the card.

Special thanks to Debbie for coming up with the scrapbook idea. The design is awesome. Of cos Li Fang's drawing is kanpeki *excellent.

Special thanks to Joel P. for making such a grand entrance, that it remains unforgettable. :)

Special thanks to Glenn for buying me another book on top of all the books the rest has given. (i.e. adds to the weight) haha.. but i really appreciate it. thanks!

Kobe is a nice city. Just like Hiroshima, i feel. I guess I haven't done much yet to be able to comment on anything here. But of cos I love the food here. Its awesome. Working is good too. I only have 5 lessons a day, from 3 to 9pm, mon to sat. Lessons are only 1 hr or less, depending on age. The awesome thing is that: when the students don't come for class, I end up having one hour free! whahahahah.. and that already happened for two times this week. And its only wednesday now. omg.

I shall take a photo of my cooking later if I rmb. Anyway I would really love to do some shopping. Abit nothing to do here. I kind of miss going out with the gang.

Photos update:

This is my apartment door, looking from outside.

The big canal outside my house. Quite cool, still got park somemore.

This is the place where I had my first meal aka breakfast in Kobe. See the word on the canvas, sankyu. It actually means thank you but reading it in japanese. haha.

Kitsuke udon. Super nice, i think. Since I can't taste all the wonderful food now due to a blocked nose. How sad is that? I have been eating food for the sake of eating food this whole week. I really hope I get better. :D I had this for lunch yesterday.

This is my room. Finally got a chance to see my nice room. I quite like the bedsheet colour. Quite nice hor. I bet my mum will like it cuz its fading colour. One of her funny craze now. :) See the prezzie plus my lovely red bible. heh heh.

I forgot to rotate the photo before uploading. dots. bodo me. i lazy to edit again. anyway thanks to jea n glenn, i have to bring the tiles to japan. So there it is, hanging on the way. nice right? ha..

photo log

2008-08-04T09:15:00.022+08:00

There were too many random pictures taken during this week. So, I have decided to just upload all of them here. I'm suppose to get my visa today, i hope. Ha!

Friday!shopping area in motomachi. That day, my colleague/fren went to cut hair, so i went shopping instead. Just before work.
motomachi station
just a signpost!
super nice sweet, it's actually used for soothing sore throat though!

Saturday!
lunch~~ nice! i love onigiri!
hanabi! blur! boo~~~ On saturday, we went to a student's house to watch fireworks.
blurry pic of cityview from lvl 45 *ithink!
the apartment where we watched our fireworks (hanabi), looks like hotel from outside. looks really super cool inside!

Sunday!
Jessica's church fren, Tomi and me. We went to church together just now. And now it's lunch time!
Tomi and me!
this little shop has a history of 31 years.
Boss!
Jessica and Yee Fei

Jessica's farewell in little shop in kobe.

Food for Jessica's farewell!!! Yay!

Mini sandwiches.

Yummy sandwiches.

Mini cola. cute.

Mini egg beater

funny day

2008-08-02T23:44:00.002+08:00

Although today's the second day of teaching, it was quite a tough one. I had naughty boys who talked japanese all the way, which I cannot understand at all. I think my japanese is really like crap now. Haha. I haven't talk japanese at all since I came. only simple words. i m shocked too.

i think i m going to be really super duper fat in japan. since i came here, i have been eating and eating and eating. non-stop. plus i don't need to wake up early. which also means i sleep early, wake up late. FAT. boo boo~~~ there are so many parties happening this week. we went to watch hanabi(fireworks) at a hotel-like condominium. it is super cool.

funny day goes like this:
boss was sitting on a stump, while waiting for the rest to take pictures. alas, there was gum on the stump. so gum on his pants backside. so he was super embarrassed and had to cover himself with the fan he brought. he covered it all the way to the station. while on the escalator, YF started pointing out that boss should lower the angle of the fan so as to cover the gum. the gum actually stuck with the fan now. boss got excited that he knew where the gum was.

BUT THEN the fan fell off while we were still on the escalator. he panicked. shock on his face. started looking for the fan. cuz we were nearing the top, he FELL down on his butt again. WHAHAHAHAHAH!!! so he lost his fan cover and got a painful butt.. hahaha.. he is super duper funny.

this sounds really bad but it is really funny. YOU should have seen his face. WHAHAHA!!!

i really seriously can't believe it.

2008-07-30T07:45:00.002+08:00

i woke up at 8am this morning thinking that it was 12pm. i thought i was late. i was suppose to meet the others at 12.25pm near the junction at the convenience store "K". So i only had 15 minutes to prepare and about 10 mins to cycle there. Jialatz. i didn't want to be late for the first time so i rush like crazy.

i saw the japanese roommate - akiko for the first time. greeted her with konichiwa cuz i thought afternoon liao mah. in the end, she said ohayo (morn). i thought nothing of it cuz they always mixed it up. (so i was the loser, boo~~)

so i reached "K". i was early by 1 min cuz i cycled real fast. i waited n waited. waited. waited. until my spoiled time clock (note: from sydney, which costs 25AUD. don't get cheated at paddington's mkt, ha) read 1240pm. then i thought it must be fishy. cuz i knew that the clock is a bit faulty sometimes. den i went in to check "K"'s clock. so what you think? arghhhhhh... 8 plus am. i siao ar????? get up so early for what sia..... omg... i can't believe the first only and i so blur liaoz. arghhhhh.... i seriously can't believe it.

my lovely gifts: thank you all. muacks!

4 more days..

2008-07-24T17:47:00.002+08:00

4 more days and i am starting to get a bit worried that i will forget to bring some stuff over. this is a terrible important task which i am embarking on: packing! jialatz..

yesterday went out with my friends and we had this wonderful desert called the Matcha parfait. love it. we always eat it though. ha.

lousy blur pics on blogger

dunno what to say...

2008-07-23T00:37:00.002+08:00

suddenly feel quite overwhelmed and tired.. no time to rest.. just mtg friends after friends.. i wonder if all these make sense or not. yes, it is nice to meet friends. if mtg up friends doesn't mean getting to know the person better, then what is the point right? if the only topic ends up talking about sth else, does that count? i just end up rambling to myself..

my parents are going to genting tmr until friday. i dun actually get to see them also. since i m not at home during the evenings. a bit sad la. but then again, meet already got things to say meh? what kind of feelings am i feeling man? feels kind of weird.. ha..

i hope to be able to go europe again. to backpack this time. maybe can go visit brenda n joyce. or even shawn. how exciting?!? haha. until i make money appear first i suppose. but do i really want to anyhow spend my money? that is another tricky qn. haiz.

so many things to think about. sometimes i end up insomnia cuz of that? i need to buy a couple of more things like pants, which i seriously don't have. o bother!

one more week

2008-07-21T14:04:00.003+08:00

time flies...

the past two days have been really fun.. playing games with my dg mates n diving friends..

i'msick. :S

finally back.. but not for long

2008-07-11T13:05:00.003+08:00

Having been away for such a long time seems rather surreal, but I don't actually feel that I was away for long. Good or bad thing? Dunno!

Sydney was fun. At first, it was really ~~excruciating~~, but I thank God for teaching me to keep looking at Him. To learn that God is helping to mould me into a stronger person. :) Sort of miss the fun that we all had together, laughing out loud like nobody's business. But I bet that sure annoyed lots of people out there. Haha. But isn't that the fun?

Anyway, I have loads of sydney pictures uploaded on facebook. However, there is more with the others. It was also fun catching up with the rest especially Kax, cuz so long never see her already. It was also great to know more about her and her life. Haha.

Regarding Japan, it brings about some sort of trepidation as well as excitement. It should be a rather thrilling thing to start off a career as such.

I like this picture, not very clear in blogger. Sads.

overwhelmingly exhausted

2008-06-15T19:32:00.003+08:00

Just came back from church camp. Yup, it was good. :) get to meet some new people from the other congregations. cool.

Tomorrow flying off again to Banchang, Thailand. I think I am getting a bit cranky. Since I have been packing and unpacking like for the zillionth time, I am so so so tired. So I have decided to pack both the Thailand and Sydney trips together. Ah haha. That is not possible. Seriously.

Surprisingly, another Singaporean Christian in Japan has contacted me. Out of nowhere. She is supposedly the friend of one of the ex-teachers. It seems like Christians are flooding Japan. Haha. Good to know that they are actually many around, right? I don't know. Maybe?

Nice! :D

insomnia

2008-06-10T05:22:00.002+08:00

I have been having sleepless nights. Very often. Ever since I am back in Singapore. It really sucks. I am like so tired and I cannot sleep. That is the worst part.

Oh well, many things happened in the Europe trip until just now. I haven't been blogging and I really miss it.

Europe was shiok, even though it wasn't as fun as I expected it to be. But I think the best time was having dinner with only my sis in PARIS. Ya I know, suppose to be with a lover or something. But who cares about lovers. heh heh... :D

I miss Europe. (anyway photos are in facebook)

This post is really random. The paragraphs are totally not in sync. I do not really care now. Its 5 plus AM, what can anyone expect?!?

I got really pissed at my Dad for complaining all the way during the trip about how the tour guide is just eating people's money (no doubt about it, but complaining???????!!???), about how bad the food is (obviously cuz he only eats rice), about every other thing that is not worth complaining, he has done it. But then there I was complaining about him to everyone else. So ironic. I did realise that, actually the Holy Spirit did, but haiz... I should get a slap for it. cuz I did it just now AGAIN.

I am so tired. so so so tired. urgh!!!

Prawning

2008-05-20T23:00:00.003+08:00

Wow... I really had a very fun time yesterday doing prawning. Actually it should be early this morning like 12 plus AM. It was really cool. Look at the first prawn that I caught, the prawn is quite blurry cuz it keeps fidgeting n spasm-ing. Haha.

My first time prawning. I think this will be my new sport. Not for long though. But I love it. :)

I think the most er-xin part of this experience was getting the hook out of the prawn's "mouth". When it starts foaming, that is really traumatic. I have to grab the prawn, tug its "kiappers" away, and take out the hook which is always stuck. The worse thing is when you finally take out the hook, the bait is still stuck on the hook. I re-used it again. Hahahahahahahhaha.. damn gross right? but damn fun.

song stuck in my head

2008-05-17T03:33:00.001+08:00

this song is stuck on my head. nice...

qing, i m losing sleep too. why?

a life of holidays

2008-05-16T16:43:00.002+08:00

First up: Europe trip has been confirmed. Wheee... happiness

1. Europe - 25 May to 5 June

2. Church camp, Malaysia - 10 to 13 June

3. Banchang mission trip, Thailand - 16 to 30 June

4. Sydney, Australia - 2 to 8 July

Convocation on 9th July, how apt, my birthday somemore. Sure significant!!! :)

5. Fly off to Kobe, Japan!!! - 28 July. wheeee.................

changing blogskin at this insane hour

2008-05-15T03:18:00.002+08:00

As I realise that I am super free, I have not been sleeping very early. Not very good for health, I must say.

I had a lot of trouble changing the skin. Had to work around with all the links and stuff. Finally got it done. A new skin for a new phase of life. Whee...

I seriously do not know why the people who create blogskins like to make their fonts so tiny. How to read sia.

finally exams are truly over

2008-05-13T10:27:00.002+08:00

somehow it doesn't really feel this way. maybe cuz' i have nothing to do. no life sia.

anyway anyway, everyone! I have booked my ticket to Japan already. And I am not very happy cuz the air fare rose by $100 between my exam period and now!!! $100 is mad difference!!

Confirmed flight to Japan:
9.15pm, Monday, 28 July. bye~

for those who believe in platonic relationship, pui!

2008-05-06T23:04:00.002+08:00

See what you can get from studying Psychology of Gender!

Women
- benefits: know how men think, enjoyment of less intense, activity orientation of men, access to men's greater resource and status
- but here is the crux: ambivalent view, less likely to name a man as a close friend

Men
- relief from hierarchy and rivalry of male friendship, gain nurturing and emotional support
- emotional satisfying for men than for women
- THIS IS IT: Unconventional men (i.e. gay or the like) are more at ease in cross-sex friendship

However, I do not think this applies to group settings, maybe more one-to-one.

went crazy

2008-05-05T22:59:00.002+08:00

today is freak weather day again.

i woke up early in the morning intending to go school early to study a bit, since I was panicking for the whole of yesterday due to stress. JUST before I step out of my house, it started POURING. POURING k, not drizzle. Fed up!! I decided to stay at home to study but fell asleep on the sofa. Ate korean ramen i.e. maggi mee for my lunch cuz' lunch appointment wasn't confirm [not your fault, ;)]

Yea, after eating. Reached the bus stop with my sister. A whole school of students flooded the bus stop. SIAN DIAOZ. Missed a bus. Waited for the next bus which really took a whole, have to squeeze with millions of students. Was standing at the door.

Reached the 2nd bus stop, awaiting 188. It was crazy. Waited and waited and waited for like a zillion years to pass by. The bus never came. All the lao uncles and aunties went waiting at the bus stop, talking in hokkien and cantonese about how slow the bus was. Don't ask me why the sudden influx of old people at the bus stop. Probably the aging population. :)

Finally the bus arrived after half an hour. Not to forget the korean lady who sat beside, knocked into me hard cuz she was dozing off. Greats.

What a way to start my exam. I had to pray so many times in a day, or else I think I would have gone crazy. So thank God for the composure and the ability to concentrate on my test. Yea!

Thank God that nothing happened to my lovely friend and Happy belated Birthday to ya again!! :)

he must be shocked

2008-05-02T00:46:00.002+08:00

I emailed my "Boss" over at Japan whether there will be a pay rise? Haha... I seriously think he will be so shocked. I even mentioned "what if I break the contract?" Die la. Anyhow say things like that.

3 more papers to go...

prayer

2008-04-30T01:29:00.003+08:00

Just wondering how ironic it is that people want the church to grow and a new church, yet no one comes for prayer meeting. Maybe a sprinkling of people. Sads.

Monday's paper was really bad. But everyone thought it was bad. So I just hope that I don't flunk it. Or else I will seriously kill myself.

hmmm...

Most unfortunate

2008-04-28T21:12:00.002+08:00

How come there are so many clashes in dates when I am having my exams? Very depressing indeed.

First, the dates for commencement has to coincide with the Sydney trip.

Second, europe trip with my family may be cancelled cuz nobody else signed up for the tour on that date. This really sucks. It seems like I am not fated to go Europe. Maybe its like a curse or something. Sian diaoz. Haiz... Damn upset.

I better quickly book my ticket to Japan before the price goes up. Haiz...

I got a new macbook, so?

2008-04-27T23:55:00.002+08:00

I can't even play my maplestory on it. It really defeats the purpose man.. no, I don't mean I buy the macbook just to play maplestory. Just bored la.. I mean how many things can you do in Japan right? Surely need some entertainment.

Tomorrow, I have a paper. Urgh...

Tmr can eat sushi tei.. whee..

sads

2008-04-26T12:11:00.001+08:00

This is really very depressing. My commencement happens to fall on my birthday somemore, 9 July. I am like how dead. How can I split myself into 2? I will need to be in Sydney and Singapore at the same time. Argh......

I love my new mac. Damn cool. Haha. :)

Cognition class 2008

2008-04-23T00:30:00.003+08:00

I had a hard time uploading pic on blogger. haiz..

seriously, haiz...

2008-04-22T23:40:00.003+08:00

let's not talk about studying... not even near it..

my sister blamed me for spoiling her laptop just by using it. just cause I used it to watch Heroes. haiz..

the other day i lost my lip balm the day i bought it.. sads..

yesterday, BC actually said that he thinks its not the right time to go Japan and that I should work in an MNC instead.. i can't believe this..

actually seriously, time is passing by so fast.. i hope my holidays will expand.. haha.. :)

soon...... i will be enjoying life...

last day with chelsea

2008-04-10T22:07:00.003+08:00

the korea trip gang - cheong hui, kozun, weiqiang, zack (rain look alike), bernard (top row of guys)
chong, me, kwan yee, chelsea, deborah, jasmine (bottom row girls)

quite confirmed heading to Japan

2008-04-08T20:47:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, I talked with this girl/teacher who is currently working there as a teacher now in Temasek Language School in Kobe, Japan. I am going to replace her when I go over there.

She is a Christian. And the ex-teacher whom I am going up with is also a Christian. How coincidental is that? It has to be God's plan. As I was talking to this girl, she also told me about the church she goes to. And how it is time for "Boss" aka the principal to receive Christ. Haha. And she told me that a lot of things have happened there by the work of God. So she also believed that me going there has a purpose too. Wow! I was stunned. Haha.

If this is not God's way of telling me to go Japan, then what is? He already had everything planned out for me even before I am there. Seriously amazing! :)

progress to the goal: Japan

2008-04-07T00:54:00.002+08:00

kobe = 神戸

--> notice that it points to GOD. Bingo! I seriously thought this was a wonderful revelation to me. But obviously my experience when told to others, they cannot understand the deep immense praying that I have been through to suddenly realise this. Its simply amazing. :)

excited...

congrats to me!

2008-04-04T23:50:00.002+08:00

I got the invitation to go Japan liao. I can finally go Japan and teach English i.e. I can leave Singapore and get rid of all my irritating friends. haha. :)

Well... even though before I received the invitation, I was very determined to leave Sg. Cuz of my irritating friends who do not care about me and continue rattling off about their lives.

Just one day is sufficed for me to make a decision. No la. I was quite shocked that I got it. Cause I realise that out of the 20++ ppl that were interviewed, only 1 got through which is me. And I seriously wonder why me? Since another girl was much better than me in more ways that I can think of. maybe I got in cuz' i was cute (that was what the auntie say to tell me to go for this interview, she say he, the principal only select cute girls). haha. jokin la. i get scolded for thinking i m cute lor. dots.

actually i wanted to sum up the bad things and the good things that I get in a week. so if there are more bad things than good things, den i will go Japan. But I think I have decided. Before that, I need to talk to my parents first. I haven't got a chance to see them, much less talk to them. What a busy life I have. haha.

can you just get over it? rock foundation. build what will last.

event and issue

2008-03-31T22:14:00.003+08:00

event: weird people

Like any normal day, I took a bus to school. While on the bus, a Indian girl wrapped in a whirlpool of strong perfume proceeded to sit beside me. Due to hot weather, she decided to sit in front of me so that she can get ample aircon from the thin slit above. This resulted in me bathing in yr thick perfume smell which I hate even though it was nice smelling. It was just too strong.

However, an empty seat was soon occupied by this Chinese guy/boy, carrying 2 big bags: a plastic-ky bag and a laptop bag. Meanwhile, I try to fall asleep but he was fidgeting too much, rummaging through his bag, looking at his phone and adjusting his sleeves and bags.

So while already irritated, out burst a laughter and loud proclamation of exciting stuff from a Malay lady with her friends. Once again, disrupted my tired morning sleep on the bus. Fuming, I prayed and tried to relax a bit, before long fell asleep again. zzzz...

I felt a tapping on my shoulder. This woke me up and I turned to the person next to me i.e. the Chinese guy/boy.

C: Are you in Psychology?
me, (huh?) : yes.
C: Are you Lina, my friend?
me: no.
C: oh sorry sorry
me: it's okay (sorry your head...)

For the umpteenth time, I had tried to sleep and I cannot believe someone woke me up just to find out whether I'm his friend or not!!! ARGH... Insane people.

issue: STOP pairing me up with any guy whom I talk to

People like to pair me up with guys. I do not know why. And seriously it is irritating. Because it is already bad enough that I do not have a bf, still people want to dig it in more but giving me lousy options. Haha.

Today, A* thought it was really funny to pair me up with some guy whom I barely knew less than 3 days.

My korea ski trip people including my sister likes to pair me up with this guy just cause' he was nice enough to fetch me home. omg.

okay. enough ranting.. i need to write my stupid report. sianz..

chelsea is back in Korea

2008-03-30T22:18:00.002+08:00

the past few days have been spent with this korean girl, chelsea jeon. she should be considered the most fortunate korean girl in singapore alive. because of the amount of money, time and energy spent on her. haha.

it was really fun hanging out with the korea ski trip people again. we did many things that normally we won't get to do like: mambo at zouk, drinking at brewerkz, foot massage at chinatown, boat riding at SAF yacht club...

it was crazy man. i wished i had gone for the cable ski-ing thing. that would be really fun. i hope they will plan one more. this time at batam. should be cheaper than singapore. haha. :) exciting...

i still have a report to rush. sian diaoz...

one more to go...

2008-03-18T23:38:00.002+08:00

I just finished my human psychophysiology test today. That is a mouthful. Seriously, I was laughing and pulling my hair at the same time when I looked at the questions. U think it's a good thing? NO, obviously not. I was going crazy, how could he have come out with such difficult and ambiguous questions. It is seriously a killer paper lor. with 90 mcq, what was going through his mind man!!!

In fact, through out this whole week. It was the worst 2 weeks ever in my life I think. Worst in terms of the work load. But surprisingly I did not go crazy, I only show mild signs of stress (eczema popping out and feeling itchy again). Yucky feeling. Thank you Lord. It is good to remember that no matter what, He is the best. :)

Why are there no more slots for 24/7? Next time, I must get to the board first before anyone else. Haha.

Last one: Gender presentation tmr.

going crazy by each second

2008-03-10T18:56:00.003+08:00

So many things to do. It is insane. Why does my mid-term take home exam clash with my dance preparation for Easter and Human Psychophysio exam??!!?? Kill me please......

My ongoing experiment is going no where, cause I have no participants. If you have non-chinese friends, please give them my number and ask them to contact me. I desperately need participants.

11 March - Human Psychophysio Presentation
12 March - SIA talk
14 March - Cognition term paper dateline 5pm
14-17 March - Sociology Mid-term take home test 6pm
17 March - Sociology ethnography presentation
18 March - Human Psychophysiology test
19 March - Gender Presentation
20 March - Japan, Kobe English Teacher interview and ISM discussion
21 March - Good Friday
23 March - Easter!!!

Finally a break. Kill me please...... That is why I need to get out, I want to go out and work. Ha!! Desperate measures call for consistent mugging plans. I hope I can finish my cognition paper by today!!! but I need to prepare for presentation tmr. Dots. :S