THANKEWW SINSEH YALIAN! :D

I was feeling totally horrible yesterday. I made full use of three tissue papers throughout the massaging session. My tears rolled down uncontrollably while both the sinseh and my mum lamented the uselessness of my generation.

It was the first time I sprained my ankle and did 针灸.I was practically screaming like a mad woman.

Thanks for all the patience! I am able to limp around quite well at home now. I should be able to hop around by the end of this week! :D (And natuerlich, soccer next next week! I will not be a bang-seh gao- a dog which ran off?)

Inhumanity. The world is so cruel.

"If possible, next time you inform us earlier cos have to make arrangments wif students and c who can take over etc."

Oh, so that means I have superpower lah?

.:Monday:.

Note to self: Today is Monday. I'll fall down tomorrow. I must call the agency to ask them to make arrangements for my absence on Thursday.

Hello, how come I can sense no empathy at all. My leg is hurting like hell now leh. I am sorry but I did not plan my sprain.

The beauties and the beasts.

The beauties- Ying Fong and Xinli.The beauties again- Ying Fong, me and my deary Elayne!!The smart beasts- one smart boyfriend and the other, a smart normal guy.And they survived through my 大姐大 pro-feminist claws. (That's why I said they are smart. Haha!)Perhaps my not-very-good appetite is the result of my ankle. Nothing to do with you la, Ying Fong.

It's been a long long time since I saw Elayne!! We should meet up again without the beasts so that we can talk about our own girly stuff. :D

We had a really fun time talking about loads of stuff. The beauties were laughing like mad as the two beasts entertained us. There were a lot of confessions- which I shall not reveal or else the two beasts will get killed within a day. Wahahahahahaha!

Generally, we talked about what guys look out for in girls and vice versa, Victor's eight-pack, etc. And a lot of juicy stories started coming up.These are not weak transactions at all and I felt really comfortable. By the way, I hate weak transactions.

Like what Elaine (cow) said, though there was no sharing of secrets, such support from friends can actually comfort each other and will strength as time passes by. As long as you know there's a place for you to hide, there's friends there supporting you, you'll feel happier and you'll open up more easily instead of feeling isolated.

And I felt inspired by Jiemin also, when he asked me to be more open-minded. Why label your friends as best friends, good friends, not-so-close friends? It won't do you any good and you'll find yourself controlling the way you react to different friends.

Oh well, back to my poor little ankle.

My brain is too small and doesn't allow me to multi-think. My mind was very occupied and I fell down at the stairs in Central Library. Orh-bi right. FINE.

I missed a step anyway and I heard my leg went CRACK-CRACK. (Mein Gott) The next thing I know is that I landed right beside a guy who was looking at the signboard at every turn of the staircase. Yes, right beside him. I am so big size and I believe I landed with a loud thud.

Amazingly, I didn't feel embarrassed. I was waiting for the guy to help me up because I LANDED RIGHT BESIDE HIM. (And not to mention, I was wearing a mini-skirt.) He didn't even take a look at me. He continued getting fascinated over our Central Library's signboard. What crap is this?!

In the end, a girl from behind came forward and asked me if I am okay.

What's wrong with the guys these days? A few of my friends were asking if he's a Singaporean. I completely have no idea as I am more concerned of my leg than a stupid guy who ignored me and pretended that he did not see me falling down.

My mum says I deserve to have a swollen leg because I didn't go home immediately after the sprain. But I've never ever sprained my leg before. How would I know if it's a sprain? :(

I heeded Chichang's advice and tried using ice and then, elevating my leg using my pillow and Garfield. A little bit of improvement but I think I need some sinseh power to help my leg recover. It's going to be so painful later!!! :'(

Anyway, it's real pain now- pain to the extent that I will feel like crying whenever I move my leg in the wrong direction. This feeling is really bad.

I used my mum's knee guard as an ankle guard. I am so smart. -.-

Anyway, I am in a pretty foul mood now, so try to make me happy instead of telling me "you shouldn't have been so clumsy" okay.

Thanks Alvin, for the ride home. Thanks Ying Fong, for sending me up. Thanks Chichang, for the sms and tips. I am going to recover soon and will play soccer is two weeks time! Hopefully.

Yippie!

I am meeting my beauties and (a) beast for dinner tomorrow, as in this evening! :D

Great customer service in Co-op.

I headed Co-op at 9am to buy my SW3101 textbook. I found the second recommended book myself in less than 5 minutes. After searching for the first recommended book for around 15 minutes, I gave up and asked the staff to help me find it.

They searched for only a while and asked me to approach the customers service counter. At the counter, I met this middle aged woman who's a little bit too loud and rude. An exchange student who happened to buy a wrong book was sort of chided by her. Her tone was pretty critical and seemed to have the intention of putting down the student. I felt so disgusted with her.

Anyway, the customer service woman was very helpful by telling me that there were 5 copies of the book that I wanted and that the data in the computer might not be updated. Very helpful.

So, I rushed up to the library to grab a RBR copy of the book and compared that to the second recommended book. Knowing that I could bring the book downstairs, I quickly went back to Co-op and showed the book to a guy who's working at the books corner.

He gave me a huh look and questioned, " Are you sure this is a recommended text?

Hello, it's the FIRST recommended text lor!

He directed me to look for the book at the other end of the bookshop which shelves the old books. How helpful. I went there and found the book in less than 5 minutes.

They could have found the book for me and yet they choose not to find. I was just wondering the purpose of them being there. Aren't they supposed to help us find the books that we want? I don't work in that shop and how would I know where they place the different kinds of books?

It's not that I am expecting to receive help everytime I need help but since they're of not much use, why employ them? I see no point in their existence unless mindless arranging of books in the shop is important.

The girl at the new comic section was much more helpful than the two blur guys and the haughty customer service aunty.

Nevermind.

Grabbed a cup of yugurt icecream with Ming en. Child ego state. Hahaha!

Oh by the way, there are three cups because one is for Serene. Rebecca, we miss you!

Meme tag from Xinli.

As always, I am a very nice person and will give face to whoever who tagged me. :)

10 years ago...
1. Age 21 - 10 = 11.
I had my so-called first love. The boy actually liked me (I think) but nothing happened because we kept quarrelling. I remembered during Sports Day, I cheered for him like a mad woman. He's smart, tall and good at sports- typical guys that girls will like. I wanted to go either RVHS or BPGHS because my brothers were there. I used to scream at the top of my voice whenever I am in a bad mood. I was a well-known tigress in YHPS.

5 years ago...
1. Age 21 - 5 = 16.
I became more cheerful as compared to Secondary 1 and 2. This was noticed by my friends too. I was horribly stuck in a unreciprocated crush. I thought I will only love him for my whole life (stupid thought). I felt terrible because at that age, I really didn't know how to control my emotions. I ended up quite like a fool to a lot of people. But oh well, I've grown a lot from it too. I loved to say 男人没一个好东西 (as inspired by 白发魔女). I believed that I will end up in IMH if I fail my O levels. I was a very hardworking student. I loved hanging out in Jurong Entertainment Centre with Grace. I used to stay up late to do my artpiece while playing VCDs in the background because I didn't want to feel alone in my bedroom. (My mum used to visit my grandma on weekends but I was too lazy to join her.) Sometimes I listened to soccer matches too. Haha!


1 year ago..
1. Age 21 - 1 = 20.
I was STILL unsure about my major. I was worried for my attachment. I was happily taking German 3 and 4 even though the lesson timings were very inhumane, which led to a lot of stomach-grumblings (of most people) in class. I was still unable to handle my emotions very well. I realised how hard it is to explain Social Work to other people. I struggled to explain it to a guy from Faculty of Engineering and he gave me a HUH look. I realised that I have to be open-minded and not 转牛角尖!

5 songs i know all the words to (but don't ask me to sing hor!)
我只想要
好爱她 好想他
闭上眼 默念3遍
Hodie Christus natus est
一千年以后

5 snacks i love and wish i could eat
Any kind of chocolates
The strawberry honeycomb cereal in the kitchen! *beams*
Erm, I don't really have the mood to snack a lot now leh.

5 places I'd run away to
Toilet
Bedroom
Muenster
SCS Clementi
Anywhere except NUS

5 greatest fears (I added this!)
Cockroaches
Bad body odours
Long bus rides
Growing fatter
Hmm...

5 things I'd never wear
A tube (too flabby liao)
Tattoos (too painful liao)
Heels higher than 2 inches
Clothes which are too tight
Turtlenecks (die also won't wear!)

5 favorite tv shows
我叫金三顺
王子变青蛙
陀枪师姐
烈火雄心
少年特攻队

5 greatest joys
To travel
To practice SW skills and grow at the same time
To chat with my girlfriends
To have a wonderful mum
To stay in a relatively safe country
(I always feel happier to step back into my own country after travelling overseas. I like the streetlights especially!)

Now its my turn to lament.

I remember last year, Elayne complained in her blog, that she'll have a lonely birthday. Think I have to complain now too. Not that I want to hint to my friends to do something for me.

Never will I hold a party for myself, because I am unwilling to spend the money and also unwilling to let my mum clear the mess left behind.

Never will my family members throw a party for me. I should be happy enough if they even remember my birthday.

I remember years back, I used to buy myself a slice of cake, poke a candle into it and sing myself a birthday song before making a wish. It seems so lonesome and queer. I mean, who the hell will sing a birthday song for himself or herself?!

I think I think too much these few days too, such that I've been having weird long dreams- a bloody one and a weird one so far. :S

And I've been thinking about the same thing again! NOT AGAIN! Shoo, shoo, shoo!

I think my hormones are getting the better of me.

5 important values.

I can do! I can choose! I can stretch! I can learn! I can try! :)

Giddy.

I concussed at 8.18pm and woke up at 10.20pm for My Lovely Sam Soon. Oh my dear body, please cooperate with me and allow me to survive through my tight schedule. :S

I cannot hang out with the cows tomorrow as I'll be running around Singapore as usual. Please leave the cookies-baking session and the hiking session till I am free!! :P

Heute war der Deutschunterricht sehr anstengend. Die neue Studenten haben gut Deutsch gesprochen und ich habe grosse Angst im Unterricht Deutsch zu sprechen. Deshalb moechte ich mehr Deutsch zu benutzen-schreiben or sprechen. Etwas! MEHR DEUTSCH!

Aber wenn ich Deutsch in diesem Blog benutzen, bekomme ich viele Bemängelung, weil meistens Freundinnen Deutsch nicht verstehen koennen.

Oh no, I can no longer stand it. I'll use English.

I think the way I use German is just like the way I write Essays-always simple and concised. I am not used to making my work flowery. But luckily Herr Sagemann could understand my mediocre German.

I was pretty lucky. As I have just written a letter for the Sagemanns not long ago, the content and words were still fresh in my head and so, I made good use of the letter content in class today. :)

Oh anyway, Herr Sagemann replied to my Email almost immediately even though I wrote "Wenn Sie keine Zeit haben, koennen Sie meinen Brief nicht beantworten. Haben Sie keine Sorge..." He will get a little moody when he has both work and Emails to check. In addition, he gets tired easily.

When I mentioned that I will stop learning German next semester, he told me to go on with it. I guess, it's really a waste if I just let it go like that. But I am pretty clear that I won't be able to use it in the future.

He updated me about Anna and Christoph, but not Frau Sagemann. I miss her a lot too! Actually I miss all of them.

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Feeling giddy.

YOU TWO, NO, THREE ARE UNWANTED. GET LOST!

FASS, SO WHAT! SAME COURSE, SO WHAT?
FASS GOT PRETTY LADIES AND ALSO UGLY ONES.
FASS GOT HANDSOME HUNKS AND ALSO UGLY NERDS.
FASS GOT NON-SMOKERS AND ALSO SMOKERS.
FASS GOT NICE PEOPLE AND ALSO EVIL PEOPLE.
FASS IS SO BIG. SO WHAT IF WE'RE FROM THE SAME COURSE?

Random #6

1. August 22's entry was further edited because my lovely and pretty and cute colleague misinterpreted it and said something hilarious when I went back to SCS today. -_-"

2. I regretted cutting my hair. *POUTS*
When I have long hair, I yearn to have them cut. When I have short hair, I yearn to let them grow long long. Fickle-minded.

3. Julia says I am being overly cynical!

4. Hear me play Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars with much flaws (especially at the back)!

5. I love the Milo Can. Hehehe.

6. Passed by a place which brings back a lot of memories. The office was rather cold with only me and Christine around. Benjamin came back and made the office so much more noiser and warmer. We shared a Maggi Prata and I had a mushroom and cheese prata to myself. The Maggi Prata was really interesting. Back then, I was creating the GP Family Day video. I repeated the video to myself again and again and was so used to the music and the pictures (and Mr Lee's wonderful sound effects~).

7. Durians are best served chilled.Nevermind. I don't eat them anyway.

8. My mum replaced this...

with this...

Having a thoughtful mum is a million times better than having a thoughtful boyfriend.

9. I am very tempted to buy a MP3 player. I know it's not very expensive but there are just some things which I refuse to buy because I can find ample reasons for not buying them. We shall see.

睡紧紧, my dears. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA~

Cindy played SOCCER!!!

I had my virgin soccer game experience in the afternoon! I played soccer (unbelievably) with the NTSS youths. They are really much much MUCH better than me.

I got criticised for holding on to a ball for too long. Haha.

The last time I really played with a soccer ball is when I was forced to dribble the stupid ball with my foot during PE lessons. I felt like a fool dribbling the ball in a funny manner along the AJ corridor.

My dear colleague, Mr Lee set a wonderful rule which I think was rather interesting- Only females can score. The boys groaned for a while but okayed the idea after a few minutes. :)

And so I was stuck at the other end of the field waiting for the ball to come to me. I tried to tackle but ended up screaming help and running away from the ball. I tried to aim but the ball was not obeying me at all.

But, it was a wonderful experience. I saw the boys shower concern over my female colleague who fell down. (Last week, the ball hit Mr Lee's tummy and all he got were sniggers, muahahahahahahaaa~)

It's really a choice to view things in a different light.

Anyway, it was me who suggested to play with the boys last week. When I said this, immediately, Mr Lee's tummy got hit and I felt like swallowing back my words.

But oh well, interaction with the boys is forever so dynamic and challenging. I love it. :D

Going to have a two weeks break because of Teachers' Day celebration and school holidays. We're going to miss them because (with Diana's tone of voice) WE LOVE THEM!

From Julia Aunty...

You must answer the following questions in my comment box (with reference to me. For example, for question 1 you’ll respond with something random about me) before I reply by doing it for you too!


Questions:

1. I’ll respond with something random about you.
2. I’ll challenge you to try something.
3. I’ll pick a colour that I associate with you.
4. I’ll tell you something I like about you.
5. I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.
If I do this for you, you must post this on your blog.

From Julia:

1. German!
2. Challenge you to play even harder piano tunes!
3. Hmm..can i go for rainbow-coloured? hehe.
4. That you’re willing to listen to me complain about stuff.
5. Clearest memory would be us sitting at the benches outside the library with the other 33/02 girls doing homework and talking.
6. I’d like to say cow ‘cos of your cow gang, but you’d also be a kangaroo. dunno why tho’.
7. What’s my birthday present going to be har? hahaha. kidding. nothing to ask actually. when i think of it i’ll ask you ok.

For Julia:

Hmm, harder piano tunes? No problem. Stay tuned to hear me play better tunes and also, better Twinkle Twinkle Little Star! Wee~

Are you sure I am a kangeroo??? Look like one right? (Remember what I told you?)

Birthday present? A kiss from me. I can save some money. HAHA!

Foul.

I went to the practice room at the Esplanade Library as suggested by Elizabeth.
The room looks almost like a fish tank- 3/4 transparent.
But what's most scary is that the room is not soundproof at all!!! I am just a beginner~!!!
The man who booked the room before me played his piece fi-li-feh-leh-ly. It was so loud, can?
Sigh.

Interesting stuff from my GEK to share.

Solar eclipse
Notice that at the later part of the video, the eclipse evolves into a diamond-ring shape! :D

Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire

Nice eh?

Disappointment.

Sometimes I could feel that someone is going to disappoint me. Yet I know he/she has his own reasons for making me disappointed. Then most of the time, I will find reasons for him/her being such a disappointment and yet felt injustice for myself. Why do I have to give in to him/her? He/She's not anything great what.

You know you can't blame him/her, but you just feel disappointed, because he/she could have made a greater effort to reduce the disappointment. He/She could have do done this. He/She could have do done that.

I guess, disappointments are just part and parcel of our lives. They make me disappointed, but I am going to move on from there. No point hanging on to something which won't do you any good. Afterall, I am important- more important than you.


Don't worry, Julia aunty, I am okay! Completely okay. Just some reflections of mine. (Writing this because usually such entries attract concerned Julia Aunty's attention and "are you okay" messages. :))

Can make friends?

I was trying to burn some excess fat in the pool when suddenly approached by a middle-aged man.

XX: 这里几点关?
Me: Huh? (Felt like giving the tsk face because my burning-fats time was disturbed but responded because I have basic courtesy)
XX: Here what time close? (Broken English -_-)
Me: 9pm. (Said in a rush and turned away immediately)

*Silence*

XX: You working?
Me: No. (Turned away again)
XX: Schooling?
Me: Yes.
XX: Where?
Me: National University of Singapore (Said very quickly)
XX: Har?
Me: National University of Singapore (Said slowly)
XX: Oh I have a friend studying there too!
Me: Oh... (Like I care~)

*Silence*

XX: So you need to do industrial attachment right?
Me: Erm, I did an attachment but it's not an industrial attachment.
XX: Then what is it?
Me: Social Work.
XX: Har? (I doubt he knows what is Social Work)
Me: *ignores*

Basically I am pretty okay with strangers asking me which school I am in and what faculty I belong to. So I replied him all because I have basic courtesy... until...

XX: So, are you troubled?
Me: Huh?! (I am a very happy girl. Ah-doh!)
XX: Or is it you are very quiet?
Me: I don't usually talk to strangers.

I thought he would be turned off by my last (rude) line but apparently, he was quite persistent.

XX: Can make friends?

By then, I was pretty irritated. Firstly, you deduced that I am a troubled girl. On what grounds can you deduce that I am a troubled girl? And in any case, even if I am a troubled girl, it's non of your business.

Secondly, you kept disturbing my burning-fats time. As I have too much fats to burn, my burning-fats time is precious. Simple as that.

And now, I am in a foul mood. I was thinking, if I said okay, the man would probably ask for my number and say stuff like "keep in touch" or something of those lines. What would I do if he keeps calling my number and starts stalking me?

In any case, even though I am not good in both Mathematics and Science, I am not stupid. I did not and will not give a stranger my number.

So, I replied...

Me: I don't think it's necessary.

*Silence*

*Silence*

*Silence*

XX: So do you live near here?
Me: NO.
XX: Do you come here frequently?
Me: NO.
XX: I have to go now. I hope to see you again. Now we did not make friends but I hope to see you again.

Yeee. I am sorry but who wants to see you again?

At times of these, every girl will definitely wish to have a boyfriend, who'll think of a creative way to insult the man and save his girlfriend from this totally weird situation.

Oh well, this only happens in fairytales. Where are all the good men when we need them?

My Lovely Sam Soon.

I just can't get sick of this drama. :D

Julia's complaining that I don't have pictures in my blog anymore. Hmm...

Cows went to eat pizza...

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Anyway, Elaine did not spoil the chair. The chair simply gave way. It's time... time to.. *ahem*. Or perhaps, Elaine has too many muscles.

Piano lesson was great! I was praised by my teacher. My hard work paid off. Phew.

Here's my dear friend, Isaac playing a piece while I take my short break. It's from Winter Sonata. :)

Letter in german finally finished.

After much procrastination, much groaning, much checking (LEO and Freetranslation and my German notebook), I finally finished an Email for Herr Sagemann.

They took in a few more Singaporean students after us! :) It is so nice of them.

(As usual, Herr Sagemann prefers to hide behind the camera. Hmm.)

It took me a lot of days, from before attachment till now. I felt so guilty for taking such a long time. But anyway, I updated him about what I've been up to recently and what are my hopes and all.

I made it a tradition to send him a card or Email every half a year, i.e. after every semester. So it's actually a holiday's must-do.

I can imagine him announcing slowly at the dining table: Cindy hat ein Email geschickt! :D

I miss them a lot. Herr Sagemann, Frau Sagemann, Anna, Christoph's kissing turtles, bee tumbler, the ever-so-white toilet, the warm dinners, the cracking egg time every Sunday morning, the chess sessions, and Herr Sagemann's oh-so-strong-hug, etc.

They're one of the many reasons why I am still hanging on to German-learning today.

[Carpe Diem]

I felt nauseous in the morning after having my breakfast. I had the pukey feeling for around one hour and felt much better when entertained by two jokers-one aunty and one uncle- in class. :D

That aunty printed ALL the lecture notes from last semester already.

And that uncle wore a singlet and propped his leg on a chair like an ah-peh.

But they're pretty nice people to be with. Yes, JM, I'll remember what you say. The sentence that you said keep floating around in my brain. You're right. I am too narrow-minded.

Anyway, dropped by BEANstalk just now and had a snack there. Then I went strolling along Singapore River together with Joan. We tried to take pictures with Mr Sir Stamford Raffles too.

Piano practising session and piano lesson up tomorrow! :)

Thanks...

to those who've helped me, encouraged me, challenged my thoughts...

when I thought we are not even close friends.. when I thought you all will not say those things..

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Really, thank you.

(I hope you know who you are! :))

I can't wait to graduate.

Honestly, I want an Honours just because I want a higher pay. I am getting pretty sick of studying. But if I am able to find a job which I am satisfied in, I might go for work a year later and skip Honours. Anyway, with my stupid CAP, I cannot manage a good honours. So, what's the point?

After a home visit yesterday, I decided to take up Malay next semester. Even though it's a little late (last semester), I thought some basic Malay might help me in communicating with Malays who cannot speak English. Plus, I have so many tutors (Sharifah, Lydia, Julia, Serene, Rebecca, the youths etc.) around to help me.

I have also decided to take Japanese Studies as my Arts GEM together with my AJChoir Friend, Jessalyn. And lastly, four SW modules to fulfil 56 MCs of major requirement.

See, I've got almost everything planned. I can't wait to graduate. Muahahahahaaa...

Anyway, I am free tomorrow after 2pm. Anyone wants to go to town? I am thinking of dropping by BEANStalk.

I am tagged by Party and Mango!

Five weird things about Aunty Cindy

I've done this already but oh well, I like Party and Mango, so I am going to give them some face since they already tagged me.

1) Sometimes, I will check if I have something with me or have done something for several times. I think I have obsessive compulsive behavior (Is this the correct name, Social Workers? Hehe..) :X

2) I still have this bad habit of biting my nails when I get excited or nervous. That's why I keep my nails short. (Habit will usually come back during examination periods.)

3) I can be very clean and very dirty at different times of the year. For instance, my closet can be very neat in January and can be very messed up by March.

4) I can be a real money-saver and a spent-thift at different times of the year again.

5) I can be a horrible pessimist and a very positive optimist at different times of the year yet again. Total opposites.

Second sticker!

This is my second week into fulfilling a regular exercising schedule. I used to think that I can exercise thrice a week. After trying that out, I stopped after the first week. Lazy bones.

So, I am trying slow now- once a week.

Anyway, I doubt I have the time to exercise more than once a week. I need to go for tuition, voluntary work, lectures, tutorials, not to mention, do some readings and practise german as well.

(My lecturer mentioned a student who dedicated 4 hours to readings. I'll consider that, but erm, for a shorter time period. Maybe two hours? Twice per week?)

To encourage myself further, I remind myself that I'll be burning fats and reward myself with stickers. This is a very extrinsic reward but I thought it's nice to paste stickers in my oh-so-adorable organiser!

I can sense that the rest of the semester will be very hectic for me. I hope I won't collapse in the middle.

But what I like about my tight schedule is that I am living as if there's no tomorrow, which is a wonderful feeling.

To sidetrack a little, my very old pair of Converse track shoes who followed me through my JC days, finally died just now.

Firstly, it's the right side.

Eileen Shen laughed at me for almost a whole minute.

After running for around one more meter only, the left side came out too!

Eileen laughed at me again for another minute. O_O

Bye bye, my shoes.

We should exercise more lor, seriously. Hehehe.

Tommmmyyy (again)

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I couldn't tune myself back to "student" mode.

I forgot how a lecture should be like. I forgot how to dress like a student. I forgot how to act like a student (except falling asleep in class). I forgot that I have to print lecture notes before I go for lectures. Wahahahahahaaa..

I need a lot of time to adapt back to my boring student life. Oh well.

Today marks the first day of school, *yawns* which means I will talk about the modules that I'll be taking this semester. Even though very little people are interested, my dear Ming En asked me about this at least four times.

Well, I am taking three SW modules, one Science GEM and my German 5! :D

GEK1520 UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE

SW3101 SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH METHODS

SW3202 PRACTISING THEORIES IN SOCIAL WORK

SW3209 COUNSELLING THEORIES & PRACTICE

LAG4201 GERMAN 5

Call me crazy. I am taking German 5 as my extra UE. I have more than enough UEs already and I am still taking German. But I think taking modules that you really enjoy is a reward to yourself. Furthermore, German classes always manage to cheer me up. I seldom look forward to classes, other than German class. I think that gives me a good enough reason to continue taking German?

I'll probably suffer a lot next semester as I need to clear four SW modules and an arts gem. And if possible, I might want to take Malay as my sixth module. But then, my German how?? :(

Too many considerations. I want my (supposed) last semester to be a good semester lah.

This is my most relaxed semester because usually I get very bek chek during the bidding period and start to complain and whine- very noisy. But this time round, I am slow and steady. I didn't even log into IVLE until this morning (12 am) and I didn't even know Rosleen Ow was our SW3202 lecture till I log into IVLE. I practically didn't check for all those small little details for this semester. In other words, I am pretty laid back and feel very unusually calm. Good, isn't it?

I had my SW3202 lecture today and to my amazement, I found a SOC YEAR 1 student there. It is no joke. This is a level 3000 module. I guess he was 99.99% horrified after the first lecture. I bet he will drop the module tonight. It is as good as me attending a level 3000 Science/ Computing/ Engineering Module. The lecture was held in a very Social Work style and as a Year 3 student, I am already a little blur, not say a Year One Computing student.

I must say he's really someone who has 吃了豹子胆.

And the reason that he's taking it: Open-book examination.

He thinks he's very smart.

An open-book examination is not meant to be easy. And a year 1 student taking a module that is meant for a year 3 student- this is just plain dumbness.

Girlfriends..

I just realised this very cute phenomenon among my girlfriends. We're calling ourselves names!

Firstly, it's 6 Beauties.

"6" because there are 6 of us, and "beauties" because we have a big ego.

Then, Wildflowers.

"Wildflowers" has got a special meaning to it. All of us are sort of uncertain about our future and keep seeing obstacles while we're on our way in pursuing our dreams. The name struck me when I saw the last sentence of Rebecca's essay- that we shall always try to look out for the pretty wildflowers on our way and not pay too much attention on the big rocks because the pretty wildflowers are more valuable than the rocks.

And recently, Cows.

Our chinese horoscope is Ox, therefore, cow. And our art teacher used to scold us when we were snacking in class. "Munch munch munch like a cow..."

Oh well, insiders' joke.

I am quite amazed with myself because normally, people will say that it's boliao to have such group names or whatsoever. But I guess, it's something special about girlfriends.

I am sure guys don't go around calling themselves Ninja Turtles right?

Oh my dear Tommyyyyy...

Bingo! I finally got my Radio Tom from Joan, all the way from Germany!

YEAHHH~

把遗憾转为冲刺的力量。

八月六日，也就是农历七月十三， 是外婆的忌日。 她过世的时候，我还是一个乳臭未干的小孩-超级不懂事。 我并没有带给她很多的快乐，也没做该为她做的事。　所以，如今的我在想，如果我能好好地活下去，如果我能好好地读书，如果我能好好地照顾妈妈和舅舅，她一定会为我感到骄傲的。

我知道，我不能让她失望。

Terrrrribly busy day!

9am: Met brother for Bah Kut Teh breakfast.
It was of okay standard and yet, was terribly expensive! :(

11am: Met the cows for brunch and shopping and arcade-ing.

We went Watsons (because I wanted to buy a box of chocolates for the king) and each of us got a mini goodie bag with a little furry soft toy and Elaine happily named them Chickadee and Duckie. Hahaha..

Ohh, the hockey game was fun! It has been a long time since I went to an arcade! Woo!

Daytona! Wee~!

We got pretty inspired by this card.

Click on the picture and read the words if you can't see them clearly in the blog.

2.30pm: Met Rachel and Joleen at Cityhall to go to Benjamin's Cafe.

Julia asked me a very good question. Why didn't I advertise my dear colleague's cafe? Well that's because Blogger seems to have some problem these few days and I have not post up all my pictures yet! :(

My dear colleague's cafe is called BEANStalk Cafe.

It is located at (Julia, Irish pub frequent-er, you got it!)...

62 CIRCULAR ROAD #01-01 S049416

In other words, alight at Raffles Place Mrt Station and exit via the UOB exit. It's in the same street as the Irish Pub. If you all have any queries, you can always come and ask me or leave me a comment in this post. I will definitely reply asap.

The cafe counter.

I would love to bring all my different groups of friends there but I can't keep going there what. I am not that rich. So, that's why I encourage you all to go by yourself. My colleague is a really nice guy but please don't try to use my name and get a discount because he has just started out his business. I don't want him to 倒贴.

Please show support okay! Visit his cafe if you ever pass by Circular Road. THANK YOU!

And oh, I saw Tremandy's Party and Mango (Handsome and Beautiful) !

I managed to touch a dog properly for the first time? I rubbed Party's head a little and touched his back too.

It's only when Tremandy held on to Party that I dare to touch the handsome boy. (Or else I would be running behind Joleen and Joleen will be trying to hide behind me.)

Benjamin/ his girlfriend (I don't know who made the drinks) made me and Jian Jian drinks which consist of honey and cinnamon. It's pretty subtle in taste and not too bad! What I like about the little cafe is the WURSTS and the very special drinks. Well done ah! Must continue to add oil, yeah? ;)

The boss with the present- a specially painted glass bottle of beans from SCS folks. When we presented out present, the cafe was filled with "aww"s too. Hahahahaa.. A pity Seng Meng and Theresa were not there.

SWEET RIGHT? I can't stand myself for choosing such a sweet present too. Muahahahahaaa.. I totally love this. He can hang at the door or put on the walls or whatever. I believe he is creative enough to make good use of this frame.

My beloved colleagues.

There were two cute little kids there too! They are the children of my supervisor and an ex-colleague there.

It was so cute to see Diana and Rachel playing Snake and Ladder with the older kid.

Muahahahahaa... The kid was pretty satisfied with his continuous winnings. ;)

The cute little toilet sign. Haha.

Before we leave, we saw this very vintage car. Doesn't it look totally cool?

6pm: Met Joan and Jurong East to spring a surprise on Xinli. Her friend organised a surprise birthday party for her. I can see that her family seemed to have a hard time keeping this secret from her. Her dad even 露出马脚 at the very last minute and ask her to come back home quickly because her classmates are waiting for her. *faint*

Happy 21st birthday girl woman! :)

And now, I am sick, probably because a lack of rest. Let me rest for a few days before we go hiking okay, cows? I want to go hiking!!! :)

Munch munch munch like a cow... moo~

I miss art lessons.

I miss doing my artpiece.

I miss calling myself Prue.

I miss asking (stupid) questions.

I miss giving postcards to Isaac and Grace.

I miss Mr Ng (and his cold and hungry son).

I miss the tense feeling when I can't balance my account.

I miss those secondary school times. :')

Thanks, girls, for the wonderful time.

Muenster Gang Gathering.

Our intellectual Xiang Qing organised a gathering for us, the Muenster Gang- the gang who almost sticked together throughout the whole of our trip to Germany. Our gang consists of Xiang Qing, Jane, Jialing, Ying Fong, Rita, Faith and Teng Wen. Junwei is a half-gang member, I guess. We met each other in a very funny context. And this guy managed to give us girls a very good first impression by guarding our luggages while we catch some sleep in the smoky airport in the middle of the cold and scary night.

Yes, we spent our night in the airport. I still couldn't believe that I did such a thing. It was a good experience actually. I felt quite helpless with regards to the smoke. Actually it's a little dangerous for us girls but fortunately we survived. We appeared like refugees though.

Oh, back to the gathering, it was a simple dinner at Paulaeners', my favourite restaurant so far. I already have a favourite dish there since my first visit and I love the atmosphere and most importantly, it contains my memory of german-learning.So we order MY FAVOURITE DISH, the sausage platter, the white wine pasta, the grilled knuckle (insisted by Ying Fong), and the Cordon Bleu (breaded chicken with cheese inside).We caught by with each other in a round-robin fashion, like how we introduced ourselves in small lecture or tutorial groups. It seems like everyone is leading a pretty cool life. And Xiang Qing might be working in IMF! Totally cool! :)

A pity Teng Wen and Faith couldn't join us.

After our dinner, we rushed out of the restaurant to catch some fireworks. We sort of made a pact to book a hotel room to watch the fireworks together next year. I wonder if that will come true.

Sehr schoen! :D

Anyway, why did we concluded that Xiang Qing is the intellectual one?

I forgot what exactly we were chatting about, but we suddenly used "AA", which means "attract attention" in Youth Lingo.

We immediately associated AA to what we always say in secondary school (oh gosh, sounds like a long time ago). On the other hand, Xiang Qing has associated such a brainless phrase of ours into something so meaningful and intellectual-Alcoholic Anonymous.

Don't you feel guilty to be so not intellectual?

On our way back home, the crowd in Citylink is horrible and suffocating.

Being a usual love-to-take-video-or-pictures me, I quickly grabbed my camera so as to take a video of this crowd.

An Indian tourist, who saw me holding up my camera, quickly asked her husband to take out his camera to catch an image of the jam. Another guy also frantically got hold of his camera to take a picture of the scene. I didn't know I was so influential. Haa!

Stop pestering me.

Don't pester me to update my Taiwan blog. If you want to pester me, you can consider coming over my house to help me tidy up my desk first. It's in a total mess and I have no time to clear all these stuff. Even my forever friends bear looks abandoned and is buried in the mess. Is this enough to stop you from pestering me? Anyway I have not found place for my new pairs of shoes yet. Unless you're willing to buy me a bigger shoe closet, shut up and stop nagging at me. Duh.

(Peiqi is the only kind soul who asked me to take my time. Thank you, Peiqi! :))

Tuition Agency Ethics.

Agent: So can you go down to the house and try out for the first few lessons and see how?

Cindy: But a few weeks later, I might not be able to make it in the morning.

Agent: Oh, the timing can always be rearranged and you can just go and try out. For the first few lessons, you can build the rapport with the kid first. I think that is more professional.

Cindy: Oh?

Agent: And do remember to tell the mum that you are a full-time tuition teacher. This is more professional.

Talk about professionalism. Tsk tsk.

Of course, I felt totally out of sync with the idea of lying to the mum. I told her I am a student from NUS and also what the agent asked me to tell her. All these were confessed as the mum was very truthful to me. If I were to lie and say that I am a full-time tuition teacher, I think she would buy it. But, I didn't want to lie.

And so, now I am considered an irresponsible and uncommitted teacher because I did not call back the agent (that's because I do not know what to say and also, because I was too tired and busy to call back).

The agent claimed that their policy is to collect the pay for the first two lessons (no matter what) if the tuition terminates. Sounds like daylight robbery. If I were to be a real full-time tuition teacher, it is okay with me. But I am only a student! I don't really deserve the two full lessons pay and I am happy enough with the one lesson pay.

And what's funny is that I am not sure if this agent told the mum about this policy. If she didn't state this policy from the very beginning, wouldn't it be very interesting?

Read about my trip to Taiwan, 2006! :)

I got scolded for not blogging about my trip to Taiwan. :(

NA-LAH! Look at the list on the right hand side of my blog! I've added a new column named "Destinations".

A few months ago, I've already been planning about creating blogs specially for my overseas trips so that...

firstly, I don't clog my original blog with loads of overseas pictures,

secondly, I can provide myself more entertainment.

thirdly, erm...

Okay, I don't have enough reasons to create brand new blogs for my overseas trip. It's just for myself lah, okay? Simple, just for myself because I love myself too much. I am a good reason already.

Alright, Yujie, are you happy now?

Note that it's not totally updated. The blog address is posted up now just to make some people, who keep pestering me about my Taiwan trip, happy.

The actual dates of the blog can be ignored actually because I adjusted everything for the sake of readers' convenience. So you can just read from head to toe. The first day in Taiwan will be right on top and you all don't have to scroll all the way down and read upwards. See, I am so nice.

Drama Queen is back!

I've been watching 微笑 PASTA diligently on Youtube.

It is not a very good偶像剧 but I just watched it for entertainment. One thing that struck me in this drama is its major resemblance with Full House- the "青梅竹马" part and "a star falling in love with a simple girl" part and "the kiss to show the change of his heart" part.

*Full House*

*微笑 PASTA*

See. It's almost similar. The only difference is that, the latter (kiss) occurred on a tennis court.

I was a thief.

I had a horrific dream. *heart pounding*

I dreamed that I shoplifted! A soft toy thingy. It looks like a combination of a towel and a soft toy.

OF ALL THINGS! Soft toys? :S

And I felt real horrible after stealing it. The police found out and asked me to go back to the shop when I already got back home.

I went back and was all calm and natural as I explained the whole situation- that I did not do it on purpose and I did not see the other thing (another one that I stole) tagging onto the toy that I wanted to buy.

(Story might have loads of loopholes as it is just a dream.)

Stoning mode.

I wonder what's wrong with my brain. I seem to be behind in everything I do. Talk about telling the students that they all have their own talents. Huh huh.

Two weeks ago, I complained that I did not have enough observation skills.

Today, I observed and even took notes (for fear of forgetting) and yet, my memory failed me when my fellow colleagues asked me for some content in groupwork.

*wails*

救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！

救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！

救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！

救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！救命啊！

P/S: Anybody want to consider buying me some 补脑 stuff for my birthday present? :S

Thank you Joleen! :D

A beautiful photoframe she made!

Lovingly for my brother, Kaddy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Though we did not celebrate your birthday, I want to let you know that I still remember your birthday and that I am thankful to have you as my eldest brother.

You're always very responsible from young till now-holding me tightly while we were playing slides(to the extent of making me uncomfortable, haa!), making sure that you always do your best for your school work, making sure that I understand all those mathematics crap, helping me to pass my mathematics with flying colours, ensuring that your students have enjoyable lessons with you by coming up with interesting things (I forgot what exactly but I remembered you came up with funny funny ideas to engage the students), etc etc.

The joy of having siblings is unexplainable. I love the way we used to sleep beside each other on mattresses, play games in the midnight with one another secretly, taking turns to play the brick-game, etc.

I won't forget the times when you scolded me to the extent of making me cry badly, when you pulled my hair, when you two ganged up to bully me, when you shouted at me for nothing.

It came to me as a pleasant surprise when you actually say hi to me on MSN on your own accord and took your time to ask me what I want to be in the future, what are my worries, asking me to do the things I like to do and not to worry about the bills and all, asking me to look out for my future partner (and you sounded like an experienced aunty who's telling her daughter how to look for good and eligible bachelors).

I know it's a real pressure for you to deal with your career, pay your own bills, and build a new family of your own, all at the same time. I can't really help you in anyway now but if you don't mind I can offer you a listening ear whenever you need it. The best way to help you is to join the workforce asap right?

All I can say is...

Thank you very much.