In a mess

There are lots of things I want to update.

But not sure why, something is bothering me and I don't have the mood to do so.

Maybe I'll just let them reside in my mind, in my heart.

To whoever is celebrating, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.


The enthusiasm is faltering..

Sweet Surprise

I kinda forgotten to blog about this but since I remember it now, I shall write about it.

Few days ago, my parents went back to my Marsiling house and went they came back, they passed me an envelope which they retrieved from the letterbox. The moment I saw the envelope, I instantly know who it is from and what's inside! hahaa...

The envelope... got Santa! lol




The words have been blurred to protect out privacy.. lol... but did you see my name pasted vertically? Cool huh!?

It's a christmas card from dearest Weiting!! haha.... Thanks alot dear fren! It really took me by surprise! And yes, I'm fortunate too to have a friend like you! Thanks again for the lovely card and for the lovely words!! =))

Choices.. which one?

Well well, my results is out!! What can I say, in NUS, you should always expect the unexpected! A couple of my modules didn't turned out that well as I expected, while another couple of my modules turned out better than expected (thank god!). So, as whole, it kinda cancel everything out! haha.. Just last night, I dreamt that I got straight As and I was so happy.. but after a while I thought to myself, "This is too good to be true!!" Indeed, I woke up and came back to reality. Oh well, how I wish the dream was real! But then again, I know my own limitations, there's only a certain height I could go to. So, I shall not ask for much. I'll accept the results I get. Syukur alhamdulilah. In fact, I'm already thankful that I achieved both of my targets for this semester, which is avoid a grade C for Inorganic Chemistry and the bonus of an increase in my CAP (+0.02!! lol). But it's still very far away from my targeted class of honours lah. If I dun get much better results in the next few semesters, I doubt I'll ever reach that target. I'm running out of time! Eeeks! But nvm, as they say, let's take one baby step at a time.. haha!

Anyway, went for my yearly Orchard marathon again. Went to all the major shopping centres along the whole of Orchard Rd, including 313@Somerset. Nothing much at that new shopping centre leh. Or maybe there are some shops yet to be opened. Nonetheless, this year around I wasn't looking to buy anything, cos there won't be any exchange of presents.. haha! But I was still window-shopping lah, looking out for some items in my 'to-buy' list. Now I have a rough idea on the prices of the items, and how much damage it will cost my wallet.. lol.. Later, went to Causeway Point to continue the window-shopping before taking the bus back.

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Should it be jewellery or a wallet? Hmm..

Immerse in natural phenomena

Well well, what a tiring but an overall fun couple of days!

Woke up early yesterday morning to send my mum for her follow-up at the eye centre. Most of the time we were waiting, waiting and waiting. 5% of the time doing stuffs and 95% waiting!! I stood and sat waiting for either the nurse to call the name or number to flash. Kinda inefficient if you asked me. The appointment was actually early in the morning but we only get to see the doc like a few hours later! What's the point of having an appointment time then? We were there for like more than 7 hours! Anyway, the right eye was good and successful according to the doc. The surgery for the left eye will be done soon. And then we have to go through all these things again... shucks!

Reached home feeling a little groggy. Might be due to the tiredness in waiting or that I didn't have enough sleep the night before. Nonetheless, spent some quality time with my niece. Sis and bro came back late at night and then asked me whether I wanna take a spin in the rented car. Two places I had in mind. Marsiling - to transfer my notes there, and Yishun Dam! Not sure what's attracting me there, but since the first time I went there, I've been visiting the place as and when the opportunity arises. Maybe it's the journey that fascinate me. As they always say, life is a journey, not a destination! haha.. One thing for sure though, I now know the routes to a petrol kiosk in Yishun when I was struggling to find one on the first few occasions! hahaha.. The driving last night was not without any risk. I drive to those places with my 'check engine' light illuminating! Went to one of the petrol kiosks and asked them about the light, the uncle said it was due to the brake oil being insufficient! I believe in that until I reached home and looked up on the internet and found out that the light is most likely got to do with the engine rather than the brake. Luckily didn't buy any top-up for the brake oil or what, if not will feel like kena cheated! lol.. The most important thing though was that I managed to get back safe and sound! heh

Woke up early again this morning to have a game, or more appropriately, games of soccer at lam soon @ CCK with my old buddies from sec school. Reached there at about 10 and it was bright and sunny, perfect for some soccer. As usual though, majority of them are late, but after nearly a decade, I've gotten used to it.. haha! When more people had arrived, we started playing another group of players where half of them look only slightly older than half our age (dammit, we're old!! hahaha). Had no choice but to play them since they occupied the court first. Played against them until the first rain of the day falls on us. Stopped the game, went to the nearby block to have a rest while waiting for the rain to stop. Well, it turned out that the rain never stops. So we went back to the court playing among ourselves when the rain was reduced to a drizzle. And when it got heavier, went back to the void-deck again.. lol. Did this until it came to the last few games where although the rain became heavier, we still continued playing. It's kinda fun playing in the rain, actually. Other than getting ourselves wet, everyone was really enjoying themselves.

As I've said earlier, we've been playing together for almost a decade and I can say the camaraderie is still very strong! As what one of my friends said, while reminiscing the good old days, "..we've gone a long way!" And certainly so! We've gone from playing with plastic bottles, upgraded to tennis ball, then a smaller-sized soccer ball before the current normal-sized ball!! haha.. We are fortunate enough that through these games of soccer, we are able to have an avenue to catch up with each other on what's the latest happenings in our lives or just have lots of laughter, which may be absent in our daily life. I say, nothing beats spending time with your friends, whom you've known for years, doing something that everyone enjoys the most! Soccer + good company + lots of fun/laughter + rain = rockin' good time! Well, maybe not the rain (cos you can get sick from it) but well, yeah, you get the picture.. haha! Oh ya, that reminds me. I've been using running shoes for my street soccer outings, and from the looks of it, I don't think it will last if I continue to do so, especially with the monsoon season. I think it's time to buy a pair shoes, for either one of the usage, so that I can have one pair for jogging/running and the other for soccer... but no money how to buy?!?! hahaha... Oh well...

Anyway, you know what, I've been remembering my dreams ever since my last update about my lala land! That's 3 consecutive days of dreams that I remembered having! haha.. For Thursday night, I dreamt that one of my uni friends text, or rather MMS me, pictures of the scenery around the school and was telling me how she's missing them! The funny thing is the pictures are all seaside views with yachts and beaches only a stone-throw away! The first thing which I told myself when I woke up was, I would be so motivated every day if I were to study in such a school! hahaa... Last night, I dreamt about my results. Actually, more of a nightmare. I dreamt that failed two of my modules with grade F! Eeeekss!!! Is that a sign? Oh no!!! Not sure why I'm dreaming about this when I'm not really anxious at all even though it will be released in a few days. Nvm, whatever it is, I'll just hope for the best, and come D-day, I'll accept whatever grades I get and move on.

Have a great weekend people!

Dreams.. seem so real!

Saw an article at Channelnewsasia website by Forbes indicating that Singapore is ranked as the world's smartest city! What this means, I'm not so sure (hahaha!). But it feels good isn't it, to be living in a country where she is in the forefront in many areas. But one thing I'm puzzled is, if Singapore is smart, how come I'm not? hahaha... Okay, that's a lame one.

Another ranking which interest me more is that of the world's best-paid cities. Do you know Zurich (Switzerland) has the honour of being the world's best paid city? How much? A gross pay of $30.30/hour and a net pay of $22.60/hour!! For a typical 8 hour working day, that would be like about $160++/day and in a month, well you do the math! The article also states that even after taxes, they were able to buy the most, given the local cost of goods! My god, I want to migrate to Switzerland!! Besides the pay, I'm sure the people there are nice, right? In the meantime, let me just dream of living there... hahaa!

Anyway, you can view the articles here:

World's Smartest Cities

World's Best-paid Cities


Oh yeah, I had a few interesting dreams last night. Firstly, I dreamt that I stole something (kinda forgotten what it is now) with someone and was escaping from this building, escaping security guards, running through gates and was gasping for air as I was trying to get away from those who were trying to catch us. After a while, I had this feeling that I was going to be caught anyway since there were CCTV cameras earlier in the building and the security whom we escaped from would surely remembered our faces. So, I began to panic. And then, I woke up, with my heart beating fast. It seems so real!! But luckily it isn't, if not, I'd be in jail now! haha

Went back to sleep again, and then I dreamt about an old friend (Doreen) whom I've not met for quite a while and was shocked when she told me she had joined the police force! Being the lady-like person she is, I was really surprised when she told me what she was doing and I was like questioning her on why she chose that route!! So much questions that I kinda miss by bus-stop. After that, I woke up for the second time! haha..

For my last one, I dreamt that one of my uni friend (Yuting) was shifting house and it was a day when stuffs from her old house were transported to the new one. Her other friends were there helping too! One thing which created a laugh was that her new house was in Jurong West again! hahaha... Through this dream though, I was actually motivated to do some house cleaning in the day! Cleaned the fans, windows and vacuum the floor among others. My mum said, "Spring cleaning for christmas is it?" haha! But I can say it was a good workout for me! I can feel my muscles now kinda aching.. lol! But at least it's better than just lazying around the house!

It's been a while since I remembered clearly what I dreamt about in the sleep. And to remember all 3 of my dreams, I think that would be a first! Some say that what you dream about at night is somehow a reflection to what you're thinking/feeling in the day. On this occasion though, I think Ms Lala Land decided to give me some interesting dreams just for the fun of it! haha.. That being said, how I wish I can remember my dreams each time they happened! =))

Britain's Got Talent

I've been watching Britain's Got Talent the last few days via youtube. Being a show to showcase whatever talent you got, I must say this is a very interesting show! Although I've not been catching American Idol for the last few seasons, I can say that BGT is more fun to watch than Idol, with a lot of interesting stuffs presented to the judges and audiences by lots of hidden talents out there in Britain. Some moments can be so touching that makes you drop a tear or two. Here are some of my favourites (again, pause my background music at the sidebar to listen):

Connie Talbot (finalist of the 1st season). The sweet innocent smile, yet powerful singing of 'over the rainbow'! She'll definitely be a start in the future.

Signature (runners-up of the 2nd season). Just love the surprise when the other guy came in. Totally wasn't expecting that!


Craig Harper (semi-finalist of the 2nd season). Nice imitation of Boyzone's No Matter What. Love the look on Piers Morgan's (the judge) face when Craig tried to imitate him! heh


Andrew Johnston (3rd place of 2nd season). What a great voice he has!! Kinda sad when he tells the story of how he was always being bullied in school. To all those bullies, get a life man! Like what one of the judge says, ".. they didn't like you because you've got more talent that they can dream of ever having." Nicely said!!

There are more interesting talent which I didn't include here, and of course the much hyped about Susan Boyle. Go search them in youtube!

Went to Ann-Tee-You-See earlier in the day to buy some groceries. The cashier was attending to me when this lady queued behind me. The strange thing was that there was another counter right across which was empty with no customers, and which she could not have miss it! And yet she insist to queue behind me. If she wasn't pretty, I'm sure I would have mistaken her for a stalker stalking me! hahaha... What strange people my nieghbourhood has! lol

Alright, have a lovely mid-week! =))

Cycle

Me: Alya, what has happened to Elmo (covered with blanket)?

Alya: He passed away already.

Me: ??? ^__^

I'm not even sure whether she knows what 'pass away' means. Kids these days, pretty smart aren't they?


Anyway, I wanna cycle! I wanna cycle!!! Arrgghh, I miss riding on a bike, with the wind rushing past me!!! Cycling, anyone? hahaha


Okay, this is just one of those random posts. Ciao!