Gee, I got tagged in facebook by candice and vincent (i think), and since I don't really appreciate the open-ness in facebook, i'm doing it here. (:

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 20 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end choose 20 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you! [Honestly what's the point? So that you'll know 20 + 20x20 random things about someone?]

Okay here goes. It's going to be a tough post, I'm a boring person.

1. I like going window shopping online. Blog boutiques. I just think of buying them and start planning on ordering but after like 1 hour plus staring at numerous blogs i get bored and just shut them all down. Happens like almost everyday. Today, though, I left an enquiry at one of the tagboards! So proud of myself. (:

2. I work well under pressure. I know my first comment for Singapore is 'stressful' but I actually like it like that. (:

Argh, i'm cracking my head already.

3. I like this particular comedy/series - 'Two and a half men'. It's funny, it's about two brothers, one divorced and one single. The divorced one has a son. They all live together. It's basically about their life. Funny though. (:

4. Half of my queensize bed is filled with soft toys, so i'm actually sleeping on a single bed. (: The bed's just too big for me!

5. My smilies are upside down (: instead of :) because I do not like the msn emoticon that pops up whenever I type :). And, I do not like =), hence :)

6. It's hard for me to buy jeans and shoes because I'm in between sizes. Which is why I settle for skirts and dresses now. I think. (:

7. I'm scared of my older cousin. Won't tell you which one, though. (:

8. I used to want to be a journalist. Or be a model. Whatever I can be if I study Mass Communications. But now i realize that my english is sucky, and I'm too ugly for a model. LOL.

9. I dislike milk. But I don't mind it with cereal. And I don't mind milk candy. But I like cow. (: Cow produces beef right?

10. I cannot remember people's birthdays. I've tried but I can't. So whenever I wish you it's either coz I really truly genuinely remembered or I saw a reminder. Which in most cases, is the latter. SORRY!

11. I read blogs a lot. I read random people's blogs for like hours and scroll to their archives and all. I know I might seem like a stalker but actually I'm just born that way: a female.

12. My sister and I, and a lot of other people for that matter, used to write 'Thank you postman!' on the back of every letter we sent. (: seemed nice and polite at that time. I doubt he ever reads it anyway.

13. I dislike it when people judge others.

14. I am confident of my A level results. Though some days I might worry and think too much, but other days I'm quite excited at the prospect of getting the results. I know i won't get straight A's but I think I can achieve my aim. (: Hopefully.

15. I rank both bu4 years and singapore years as the best years of my life, followed by maybe johor and kuching, and then only puaychai. I hated puaychai. But not the people la, I just couldn't fit in there.

16. I know four people with the same birthday as me! Desiree, Kenghuang, Chinyeow, and Joleen.

17. I act differently in front of different people. That's why some people say I'm childish and some say I'm mature. Not that I am two-sided though, it's just what I feel comfortable as when i'm with different people.

18. I used to love eating 'wangwangs' a lot. You know, the salty sweet rice cracker? I would say that you can lock me up in a cage and give me wangwangs everyday and i'll still be happy. I still like it though, but not as much. (:

19. I think I will never like drinking alcohol. I just don't seem to like the bitter and hot taste. But then again, I said I would not study in singapore, and I also said that i'll never have a singaporean boyfriend. I also said I'll never get married, and never have kids.

20. I am tired after squeezing out those 19 facts about me above. And I'm surprised I actually managed to do it.

AHHH. (:

I'm back from JOHOR.
Surprisingly, cny wasn't too bad this year. Probably because my sis brought her laptop back so 50 percent of the time I was watching house, and also entertaining my cousins. My 10 year old and 7 year old cousins watched house with me. LOL. (: They normally watch on astro with their dad.

And, I've grown to not dislike kids that much anymore. When you have a house full of small kids running around, it's hard to avoid them. LOL. It wasn't too bad la, at least they don't cry much. Pretty cute, actually. (:

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR everyone.

I met up with some of the pontian people and they haven't changed much. Personality wise, i mean. Looks too, actually. (: haha. Didnt get the chance to meet all of them though, had not much time and all.

I'm looking forward to february. It's going to be exciting.
I just know it. (:

Guess who's out from camp/ns/army? (: (:

<3 well yeah, he's still in singapore and i'm still in malaysia. But for these few days, we can talk during the day time as well. (: Haha. But he's out for dinner with his family now, so I haven't talked to him much. Yes people, family always comes first. Before anything else (:

Family > friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, boss, colleagues, one-night stands (O.o)...

Reminds me of what a pastor told my mum a few years back:
'A father is always a father, but a boyfriend comes and go.'
Lol, this was after his daughter broke up with her boyfriend.

Ahh, parents (:


Anyway, update for these two days.

Crab is nice. (: I forced myself to use my hands and peel open the crab since I was paying for it. Normally I don't eat outside, it's just too messy for me. I like the sauce, and the mantou. Why am I the 'mantou' girl? They even took a picture with me and my mantou. =D

It was quite fun though. Like 9 young people going to a chinese restaurant? We received many stares from the few tables around us, coz they were all adults or working people or families, and we were like one group of kids. First time eating chinese food with friends though, interesting experience. And I found out that jiayang eats crab with fork and spoon, and sucks at using the hammer. =D

We went for pasar malam after that, for our bubbletea! And, SWEETtalk taste so much better!! I miss bubble tea. When I reach singapore (for whatever reason), the first thing I'm going to do is drink my chocolate milk tea. (:

At like 10 plus, we met kayaun at mcdonalds and we had twister fries! (: I like twister fries, but it is seriously too pricey for the little amount we get. Rip-off! It's funny how we call cheap things a 'steal', and pricey things as 'rip-offs'.
Seriously, what's the reason behind the naming? (:


Right. Today, Jiming and I watched 'inkheart'. I quite enjoyed it, though not one of the best movies ever, but I think he didnt really like it. Hrrrmm. (: and we had JCO donuts! I feel fat already.

I HATE BLOGGER. I shall 'copy' and 'paste' before I press 'publish post' the next time.

Okay, so i got 8.0 for ielts. (: Happy, i guess.

I'm off to johor tomorrow till wed/thurs. So till then,
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
Don't gamble away all your money, so that we can yumcha after cny.
(:

Hrrrmm, I gotta rush this post!

We're eating seafood/crab later. I hope it's not too expensive, :( or i'll burn a hole in my already HOLE-ly wallet. Though I can just ask from my parents, but paiseh la.

Anyway I woke up at 10 plus today and went out then just came back around 4. Not an outing with friends, mind you, but to run errands and all. Went to METRO to pay up the driving fees and I'm going to start learning to drive first week of feb (like finally). We also went to a few boutiques (me and mum) so bought some stuff in the end. (:

I am going to watch inkheart tmr (:
But before that, i'm collecting my IELTS results !!! Gosh, I'm quite scared. Actually I don't really need it la because I have general paper, but still. I'm always scared before knowing any results, etc the useless SATs that i took last year and ... yeah. That's it I guess. I hope I don't embarass myself with the results. Haha. (:



I miss vince. like hell.
nah, like heaven. (:

I seriously like watching house. Wait, not like, love. (: Although I treat it as more of a radio than a series, because I do other things while listening to it. It's not the scenes that I like, its the conversation that intrigues me. (: The intellectual things they say, with their sarcasm and wit. (: Sangat entertaining and thought-provoking. And I've learnt a few medical terms too, I suppose that's a plus side.

It's dad's birthday today. I pieced a puzzle for him. Twice. I did it few weeks ago and then i broke it few days ago. Accidentally, duh. So I did it again. Thank goodness it's a mini puzzle with really cute pieces and hence it took me only an hour and a half to complete it, both times. Bought him a cute card too, and that's it I guess. It's quite hard to buy things for dads, seeing as they are the ones who earn the money, so I find it really weird taking the money and buying stuff when it's his own money. So yeah. HAPPY BIRTHDAY dad. (:

And, happy birthday william.
Can't seem to find his number so if he ever ever does come to the blog, then I got proof that I remembered. Hah! (:


Yes, I changed my blogskin. Got bored with the previous one, too soon. I spent like 2 hours looking through blogskins.com and I decided on this. And after much repair work and editing to the html it's finaly done and I can breathe a huge sigh of.. satisfaction. (:

Have I mentioned I finish the USP essay? Well, I submitted it last night after constant nagging from my parents, and being the kia-su half-singaporean that I am I shan't tell you what it's about. Though it's a quite common theory, (: I'm kiasu, so shoot me.

Chinese New Year's coming. A big break for some, but too me, it's no difference. And there I go again, talking about how I don't like chinese new year. I guess it's because I have to travel to johor. That's the main reason for the sien-ness.

Now, I need to go satisfy my house-ism craving. (:

I'm going to have a busy week ahead.

Bedtime stories was quite nice (: Finally got to watch it after numerous times of kena pangseh. (pangseh = ffk)

INKHEART, is next. (:

Need to make a mental list of people leaving for/going back to australia::

31st Jan
Nick

9 Feb
Hueywen
Kevin
Joseph T
Veron

24 Feb
Chinyeow

1 March
Gerard

I forgot where to place suann and lydia. (dates, i mean)

WOAH! haha :(

My cousin came over today. With my aunt, of course. We were baking cookies and he was running all over the place, opening and closing doors. Well, actually we did the opening and he just kept closing them. Seriously, baking has so many cons.

1. It's tiring.
2. It's fattening.
3. It's time consuming.
4. The joy of successful cookies is dampened by the piles of stuff to be washed.

Not that we will stop baking though. Our main purpose is to give people, so yeah. Not my call.


Yikes, I'm paranoid, I'm starting to think a lot a lot of times before I say what I want to say out to certain people. Like, I have to say it out loud to see whether it sounds weird or offending. (and it seems, even after rethinking, I just said the wrong thing.) My fear is not that people changed, is that they changed, and I don't know. :(


YAWN. :( Seriously, tired.

YAWN, i just came back from weitzyy's bbq gathering at her place. (: Her house is nice and big, and we had the bbq on the rooftop thingy (: So cool eyh, got cameras in the house, lydia was commenting that we can't walk naked in that house. coz the tv has access to all the cameras, haha. But yeah a bit scary la, I think. We're happy our houses are small. =D


And, I woke up at 1 today, yeah, i finished up my house season 3. (:

So proud, I took one week to finish it, longer than smallville though, coz it gets pretty boring sometimes.


Tmr, is baking again. Geeesh, I don't like chinese new year at all.
Except for the songs.
I don't even enjoy the angpow part. lol.


Till tomorrow.

Hooray to me, I sudah habis my essay.

I woke up at 2 today. *sheepish grin* I constantly have trouble sleeping la. :( So chinyeow sent me this e-book about how to sleep. I concluded that the 2 main things are

1. Expose yourself to the sunlight during the day
2. Exercise regularly
(all something to do with body temperature)

There are also other ways to help me stop thinking at night, from the erasing method, to the relaxing method. blah blah blah.




ehh. (: I miss AJ.

Life is a playground. (:
Say YES to everything!
So that you'll avoid chantings of 'NO man NO man NO man' being thrown at you. Poor Jim Carrey, that must have been a scary moment.

Well the show was alright, though I did yawn a lot, which someone mistakenly understood that I was bored by the show. Yawn, I yawn a lot, it's normal. Oh yes, the show, well some parts are quite funny but overall it wasnt too great. But it wasnt too bad either. It wasnt as horrifyingly lame and pointless as the spirit.

But seriously, saying YES to everything?
And here the real world teaches us that we must learn to say NO.
Like when people take advantage of you, like when strangers come up to you, like when .. You get my drift. We have to say no, in such cases, to protect ourselves, right?



Okay I'm bored to my toes. I want to start doing maths or something. I do have an essay to complete, but my mind tells me that its not mentally ready to write such a mentally challenging essay tonight, so i'll leave that to esok.

I need a job. Something interesting. Not the typical promoter job, coz that will be seriously boring and sad. :( Suggestions, people? =D

Off i go.

(: I finally took some time and did the links on the side. Great sense of satisfaction, I tell you. Though it took me like 45 minutes collating. Haha, now I can view blogs much easier. (:

I need to write an essay, something about an interesting theory, for submission by 26th January to NUS! :( This sucks shit. I mean, it's such a general issue. :(

Listing all the options down for my studies (assuming results are good):
1. Maths and Stats at Imperial College, hopefully with scholarship.
2. Maths, Operational Research, Stats, and Econs (MORSE) at Warwick, again hopefully with scholarship.
3. Economics and Law at NUS.
4. Law at NUS, but that means I can't come back to practice in Msia.
5. Law in Msia and UK, twinning: 2+1 or 1+2.
6. Actuarial Science in Australia.

Meaning for option 1 and 2, if I don't get any scholarship, I might not go, as seriously, I can't do much with a maths degree. I can't do law in Australia, so the only option is Actuarial Science. I kind of like option number 5, eh (: Slack a while la, it seems so relaxed to study here. (: Though I'm seriously getting bored and want to learn new stuff now.

Xuxin said results are coming out 2nd week of March.. Hmm. Which means february I'm left with driving lessons and hopefully, work. And then March i'll be busy pondering all the options above, again. For now, I'm going to just save this post and if i ever forget my options, i've got it all written here. (:

I want to be busy. Yes, i need to write the essay. Two weeks left, I'm screwed. So anyway, tomorow I'm meeting SuAnn (: and wednesday i'll be out with chinyeow/jared (don't really know what to call him). Mum and I baked cheesetarts again today. I feel so pro now.

The past few days I watched gossipgirls because my house ran out of season 3. It's quite nice la, I guess, but it seems so DRAMA. Like everyone's somehow connected and seriously it's too coincidental to be true. And I'm very affected by this kind of dramas, so the bf'gf thing made me miss vince a lot. I stopped at season 2 episode 10 coz that's all I have, and since the story was getting so windy and twisty I'm kinda glad it ended there for me. So now, I've resorted back to House which makes me think so much more as the conversations are actually quite brain-teasing. Though I kinda don't listen when they start talking medical terms and all. I guess medic students really learn a lot from the series, huh.

I learnt a lot of 'lessons' from a 'BIG' brother yesterday. (: Made me understand some things, through compliments and insults, though i know you are lazy to read my blog coz you don understand a thing. And then in the same night I got impatient and very annoyed with some other person. Never mind. I shan't elaborate, if you're smart and you're my friend you probably understand. Haha.

Now that I've got the mood to talk, I miss kayaun. See, I admitted it. (: Haha. Don't know what you're up to and whether your camp has started yet but yeah I miss hanging out with you. Haha (: OMG, so malu. *hides in a bush*

I guess I'm still just, detached. Lots of reasons for that, like i've been away for so long, I can't fit in so easily anymore. Oh well I've got family, and that's why spending time at home is good (: Though I appreciate, like, a few, who asked. I know I was never at the front of the line, anyway, might as well be happy at the back.

I'm a tough girl, yay (:
After a few days, though. Time is important ma. And since time is abundant now, as compared to last year, I've got time to just hug my tigger and roll around in the bed without a care in the world. (:

terima kasih banyak, saya dah habis cakap (:

I'm going to hide away in all the dramas and series I have.
I just, don't feel like talking, sorry people.





Replying the tags,

kayaun: lol, i'm sorry though they still don't beat you. Haha. just kidding. They both look better with a little more .. meat, anyway. (: haha. come back la.

angelin: haha. might not jadi anyway. you know la, we talk talk talk, dunno how it'll end up also.

szeyun: hi back to you! (:

minhuay: lol, you have... one day left. (: all the best!

Best turnout ever. (: 23.
Missing above: Hueiyuih, lydia. Kaizen.

Lydia's back. (: like, finally.


Anyway, i'll be going out real soon to get myself a plannerdiary thing, like the ones to jot down your daily schedules and all. (: See, I am an organized person. (: Then I shall meet them at 7. I don't know who 'them' comprises of because apparently the msg was 'call everyone'. Haha. Reunion? Cool. (:

I was having some bimbo moment at home just now. Shan't elaborate.
And I also had a blonde moment.
When I read the ielts passage so many times and couldnt absorb.

Rest assured it's just a 'moment'. (:

Since i'll be having my ielts test on saturday (written one), I shall practise my essay skills here. It's been ages since i've written an essay, and the last one i wrote was about science and religion on the 3rd of November 2008.

Question:

In some countries today, there is an attitude that 'anyone can do it' in the arts - music, literature, acting, art, etc. As a result, people with no talent become rich and famous and genuine talent is not valued or appreciated.
Do you agree or disagree? [min 250 words in 40 minutes]

I disagree that genuine talent is not valued or appreciated. Yes, it is true that the world today is becoming increasingly more open-minded hence the birth of untalented celebrities, but it would be too extreme to say that genuine talent is no longer valued. In fact, this attitude can have both positive and negative effects on the worth of genuine talent.

With the increase use of mass media, everyone and anyone can showcase themselves to the public using tools such as blogs, youtube, and so on. This makes everyone a participant and competitor in the race to become the next big star. The sad thing is although many do not have genuine talent, yet pure nonsense alone can make one rise up to a celebrity status. Take XXX (I forgot his name) from American Idol. He had no talent, yet his wacky dance moves and non-existent vocal chords led him to such great popularity. This might cause people to not appreciate the fact that artistes should have genuine talent. People would believe that talent is unnecessary and hence, they might not respect genuine artistes as much as they used to.

However, this effect can work the other way too. With the rise of celebrities using looks instead of talent to get on the acting scene, genuine talent might be even more appreciated. Society's response to such an attitude would be that appearances can never cover the fact that he or she does not have talent in that field. In such cases, society will dislike those with the 'anyone can do it' attitude, and hence, appreciating genuine talent even more. Furthermore, out of so many people that tries to become popular out of nothing, only a handful really does succeed, and more often than not the rest just makes a fool out of themselves. This might also be a reason that society would appreciate genuine talent more as they realize that those without talent can never achieved as much as those with true potential.

The world today will see increasing amount of people desperately wanting to be popular in the field of arts. With such large amount of competitors, only those with genuine talent can shine. Hence, I disagree that genuine talent is no longer valued or appreciated.



Oh my gosh. What a lousy essay. :( It makes no sense. Damn, I really should have kept my GP notes. Haha. I shall go back to multi-tasking now.

Yay, i've just gotten the ielts book from hueywen (thanks a lot yeah!) so i'm going to don my mugger specs and mugger outfit and start cramming information into my brain, which desperately wants to watch 'house' right now instead of studying. :(

But then I'm a girl, so it's time for multi-tasking. (:

I desperately need to exercise. :(

<3 happiness, has no limits. (:

I slept at 3 last night :( my head was wandering.

This afternoon, dad and i painted the outside fence and gate (:
In the process, one spider, one bug, one fly, and one ant died.

I'm meeting vince tomorrow. (: Mixed feelings.
<3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMANDA! (:

(: Happy new year again. (:

I was a 'loser' because I spent my new year's eve sleeping.
Dad wanted to go watch fireworks, but when he woke mum and I up at eleven thirty to walk to OU, we were too tired and wanted to go back to sleep. So we ALL spent the night sleeping, though I did hear the fireworks from my house. Does that count? (:

There's a rat in our house. Or rather, there WAS a rat in our house.
He bit everything! From my sister's handbag, to the internet wire, to the toiletpaper, to the aircon... He must be really hungry. My mum was talking about the first time she caught a rat in our house, she smashed it with some wooden thing. So gross right? So I started thinking about ways to kill the rat if we ever catch it, and i think hanging it would be a much less cruel and gruesome way. (: But hopefully we never catch it and its out of the house la. (:

Right. I'm spending 1st January 2009 doing nothing.
My dad is washing the house and my mum is just doing housework.
My sis is online.
We are indeed a 'loser' family. (: haha.
But it's fun like that!