1 month of IA is over! Time really flies! :) Finally getting used to waking up early in the morning and got the habit of must eat breakfast if not cannot work. Started to work independently liao..every morning 9am go lab (try to) and work until 1130 come out for lunch. Usually will drag till 12 noon cause wait for the others to go down cafe together. 1pm go back in to continue. Working in ICES also can help me exercise. I have 3 different labs to go to and all at different level, so sometimes got to run up and down. 5 o'clock 收工 and go back to take a rest while waiting for bus to come. Very routine work but enough to keep me busy for the next few months.

Cant wait for another long weekend to come! whee! ^_^!!!

If you guys have a craving for crabs, this is the website for you! ^_^!

http://ieatishootipost.sg/search/label/Crabs

*Thanks to Mr. Han for recommending! :)*

Anyway, seems like lots of events coming up. NTU dearies gathering, MSE_ICES activity day, crab hunting & K-boxing! Also, I promise Cindy that I'll help her to fulfil her wants! Wah!!! I can't wait for all these stuff to come. Keep my mind off experiments and work! ^_^!

Anyway, it's still not late to say "HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR"!!! Heex! Hope everyone has a fun time collecting ang baos and eating all the CNY goodies. *giggles!* Don't forget about the 10M Toto Draw on Feb 6!!! Hurry get some lucky numbers and join the quene! *whEEE!!!*

No one can imagine what happen this past week. I just want to get it over with and forget about all of it. It hurts so much (you have no idea how much) when sandwiched in between so many people. Right now, I can only survive on 2 things. My IA friends that never fails to cheer me up and You! Please promise me that you won't leave me hanging there because if you let go, I'll surely fall and no one will be able to catch me anymore.

**Just knowing that you're here is enough to help me through all these problems. Give me some more time. I'll make it work! I PROMISE!**

如果我们之间有1000步的距离，

你只要跨出第1步，

我就会朝你的方向走其余的999步。

Into the 2nd week of IA, so far so good! ^_^! Especially when the whole gang of us together. Heex! Although we only know each other for like 1 week plus (for some of us though), we don't feel shy around each other and can joke all day long! You guys make my IA more interesting than I expected. *thank YOU!*

Honestly, the last time I've been to a laboratory was like secondary school so when my upper study brought me in to mix some solution, I was totally blur. How to wash a test-tube correctly, what type of PPE must I wear when dealing with specific chemicals...etc, I have no idea (don't laugh, because I also feel embarrassed *_*). Maybe still need some time to get use to the new environment and working style. Lucky my supervisor quite cute, always carry around the cordless phone as though his handphone and coming to lab and quietly ask you "一切都还好吗?" Heex! ^_^!!!

*Time passes fast whenever I'm with you...and so slow whenever we're on both ends of the world*

Hehe! Someone told me this...not sure whether it's true...but looks quite interesting! *giggles!*

CANCER - The Cutie

MOST AMAZING KISSER. Very high appeal. Love is one of a kind. Very romantic. Most caring person you will ever meet! Entirely creative. Extremely random and proud of it. Freak.
Spontaneous. Great telling stories. Not a Fighter, But will Knock your lights out if it comes down to it. Someone you should hold on to.

I find the freak abit funny. I'm wondering what type of freak I am? Any ideas? ^_^

*giggles!!!!*

First day of my IA wasn't quite what I expected. Yeah, I dont have to report so early (845am at JE) so that means I can sleep abit more. *wheee!* But things got delayed, bus never turn up at 9am to fetch us, HR girl got angry and call & call to hurry him. Reach the Jurong Island at 10 started waiting to get our pass done. Total waiting time almost 2 hours. The worst thing is to sit on the floor (with the foreign workers) and do nothing (though we did entertain ourselves by chit-chat abit ^_^). Finally, got onto the bus to ICES (way passed the lunch hour!!!). We were told that it's about 10km from the entrance to ICES so not advisable to drive in ourselves (waste fuel =.=)

Finally got to have time to eat our lunch, but HR never inform the cafe guy that students (around 50) are coming over. SO NO FOOD FOR US!!! *grumble!!!* Have to wait awhile for the kitchen to cook some food to feed us. Last minute cooking = inedible food! (No choice, still have to eat)

Safety Officer's presentation........

HR Briefing....

Meet Supervisor (around 3 minutes only).....

Check lockers....

HOME SWEET HOME!

Yeah, I know it's a super slack day! Hopefully tomorrow will be better (at least I'll have some decent food to eat ^_^!!!)!!!

What a good way to start off my New Year! :( Got pick-pocketed at Bugis and lost my handphone. Cried the whole night but my phone still wont come back. Friends keep on saying 旧的不去，新的不来. But I still think the phone is too new to consider old. It's only 5 months old. And the worst part is the phone is my 21st present from my Uni friends!!! *sob sob!!!* I think I'll need some time to get over this.

Anyway got a new phone, Samsung F480, because no more SOULs liao. The phone quite hard to use. Still trying to figure out and familiarize with the buttons and stuff.

Hopefully, first day of IA everything goes smoothly!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ^_^!!!

Finally 2009 is here! Time really flies but sometimes it's a good thing that time passes that fast. In this new year, I hope everyone (family, friends, YOU, the one reading this now) all the best of luck and health!! *wHeee!* 2008 is already over, so let's just look forward to a brand new year and brand new hopes & wishes!

4 more days to the start of IA *nervous!*

Meeting you was fate,

Becoming your friend was a choice,

But falling in love with you was beyond my control.

^_^!!! I had finished reading my Twilight series! *whEEee!* Lucky it's a HAPPY ending (if not I'll be super sad) :-). I think reading the books will be much better than watching the movie because you will be able to understand more in-depth about each characters. When I watch the movie, the characters that I imagine looked so much different from the movie itself. I think my imaginations are better (in the sense the looks are better) than the movie. *wahahaha*

Just finished reading another book: Totto-chan The Little Girl @ the Window. I found this book from my brother's little library (in his room) and got abit curious about it. So I started reading it...
It's a book that describe all the childhood stories of the little girl Totto-chan. I think that if you aspire to become a teacher one day, this one is a MUST READ for you!

Finding another book to read now....any recommendations? ^_^!

IA starting soon...got to enjoy another week of life before hard work begins........

Wow~! Super tired and busy these 2 days. Firstly, Friday woke up early to prepare to go East coast to learn roller-skating. Very excited about it because I have been waiting to learn it for a very long time. Finally get to have a chance. Got myself an instructor and save myself the trouble to rent the skates because instructor provides them (Very good, isn't it? ^^).

Initially, I thought that skating is very simple. Just make sure that you can balance on the skates and move forward. Simple as that (Yeah, right! >.<)! I managed to balance on my 2 skates (that's easy, considering that the skates are quite thick) but the one thing I can't do is to move forward. I kept skating backwards (I don't understand why!!!) and just can't move forward. When I tried to walk forward, I would lose my balance and fell (*URGH!!!*). Lucky, I always try to fall backwards (more flesh on the butt = less pain). Getting back on your 2 feets are not easy too.

But...but...but...

After many tries and falls, I FINALLY manage to skate (though it's abit slow and sometimes unbalanced)!!! I think more practice hours and I can skate not too bad liao. Quite a big accomplishment cause I only took 2 hours (so much shorter than when I learn cycling! *giggles*)!!!

I think to learn skating one must be daring to fall (敢敢跌!!!). Don't depend on anything but balance on yourself and move forward. When you fall, you will feel pain which makes you all the more determined to stay on your feet.

I can't wait for my next training session!!! *whEEE!!!* ^___^

I don't like wearing the hand guards!!! I know it will protect my hands from abrasion when I fell but it makes me look abit too "noob"!!! *wahahaha!!!* Something like 爱美不要命 but in the end still has no choice but to wear. Lucky, instructor never force me to wear the knee guards!!!

*Thank you for saving me from falling (quite a number of times)! I know I'm not a very good student but I'll work hard!!! ^_^!!!*

After just 2 hours of intense training (lOL!!!), we went to have dinner at Cafe Cartel. I didnt know that they started to collect the 10% service charge. Even with the Citibank card, I still need to pay extra 2% (10% *Service charge*+ 7% *GST* - 15% *Discount from Citibank*). Not too bad, at least the food still can make it. *_*

Our dinner @ Cafe Cartel! Simple meal, but we gobble up our food! TOO HUNGRY!!!! ^_^!!!

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Back @ Jurong Point! Those staying in the west should know that the new wing at Jurong Point has already opened and it's SO CROWDED everyday! Honestly, I think it's quite good because most of the shops that I usually frequent is now opened there which means that I can buy my stuff easier (don't have to go all the way down to town area) ^_^.

There's a new Fairprice Supermarket (super duper big! That's why is called Fairprice Xtra!! *haha!!*) which opens 24 hours. When I knew that they are opening 24 hours, my 1st thought was "Who will shop inside the NTUC at night???!!!".

But I was SO SO WRONG!!! This picture was taken at 11.10PM (people Q-ing to check out)!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! ^_^!!!

Party's @ my house was FUN!!! *giggles!* A big Thank You to all who are present! Hopefully u guys enjoyed the food and are entertained. :)

I kind of think my house abit too small to squeeze so many people. HAHA! Maybe next Christmas, the new house will be ready (and much bigger), we can have another party there! /wheee! ^_^

The whole group of us (including my mum *giggles*) + Mr. Lee (photographer)

Girls @ Power ^_^!!!

Guys @ Power ^_^!!! They looked so cute with all the head-wear *LOL!!!*

Our BIG Feast!!! *YUM YUM!!!*

Contributed by everyone!!! *wHEEE!!!*

The Christmas Tree Agar-agar

The Ice-cream Log Cake *mouth-watering!!!*

My Christmas Tree with all our presents for gift exchange ^_^

When it's all light up ^_^!!!

So artistic! I wonder who took this shot? :)

The next thing to look forward to now is NEW YEAR!!! Honestly, I can't wait for 2009 to arrive. A brand new year with brand new hopes and dreams! 2009 will be a better year for me. ^_^!!!

Stomach Cramps + Headache = MOODY MISS NEO!!!

It sux!!! I mean it's the holiday festival yet I got stomach cramp & headache. So much to prepare yet the month comes at the wrong time (you know what I mean >.<). My Christmas tree is up but still need some more ornaments to complete the decorations. I need some fake presents to put at the bottom of the tree too.

Gifts (for exchanging) have been settled but not yet wrapped and Christmas cards are not ready too! *argh!* My room is still in a mess and next week I'm having a party at my house. OMG!!!!

So here is the To-do List (for this week ONLY):

1) Christmas Tree properly set up (including the lights + fake presents)

2) Christmas cards

3) Gifts nicely wrapped up (I need wrapping papers!!!!)

4) ICE BOX

5) Room cleaned up (make sure no notes & dirty clothes lying around)

6) Help mummy to clean up the whole house (I think I must start doing house-keeping from today to have a neat & tidy house)

Okok! So I must NOT just sit around & laze the whole afternoon (reading my Twilight final chapter- Breaking Dawn) and watching my CSI: New York!!! ^_^!!!

Remember the fine dine I went for about 2 weeks ago? heeX~! Finally manage to find all the pictures ^_^!

Menu of the day ^_^!

Cocktail Menu + Wines ^_^!


Appetizer: Home Smoked Duck with Mixed Green & Orange Mustard Dressing

The duck is really sliced THIN, good knife skill!


Cream of Pumpkin with a touch of Apple topped with Cinnamon, Cream & Dried Apples

It's abit too thick for me but the taste is there. :)


Sherbet Blueberry with some Mint

I havent got any idea what's Sherbet. So I check it out...and here it is....

A frozen dessert made primarily of fruit juice, sugar, and water, and also containing milk, egg white, or gelatin.


1st Main Course:

Chicken Roulade stuffed with Onion Mushroom with Purple sweet Potato Mashed & Mango sauce

I love the mango sauce *surprisingly!* the chicken is tender enough but I think needs more marination. :)


2nd Main Course:

Grilled Sea Bass & Mussel with potatoes ^_^!

I didnt order this but my sister says it's DELICIOUS! *wheee!*


My FAVOURITE!!!

Multi-layer Chocolate Mousse ^_^!!!

It's really YUMMY!!! I finished the whole plate in record time! *wahahaha!*

Heex!!! Finally, I woke up at 6AM to join my mum for a run in the park. ^_^! The air is SO fresh! But because I skip running for 1 week plus, today didnt run much. Got to make up for the lost distance tml (if I can wake up at 6 again ^_^).

My mum abit funny leh, suddenly (while doing marketing) she ask me to accompany her to Ikea to shop. She says she wants to buy a Christmas tree (after so many years of nagging, FINALLY!). After a quick lunch, we made our way down to Ikea @ Queensway.

Finally found the plates, bowls and cups to go with our cutlery ^_^!!! But like abit too small for us to use leh.../giggles!

Guess how many containers are there in the whole package? I took around 5 minutes to finish counting them >.<

Look like 瓶中信 bottles?

I like the flowers, maybe I'll buy it for decorations purpose if not when u put your food on top, you can't see those flowers.

Count the pokka dots first before you eat your meal!!! ^_^!!!

A "dizzy" plate that makes you feel DIZZY!!!! @_@

My mum's looking for a similar bowl but made of wood. This is made of stainless steel abit heavy but good for self-defense (I tried already! Sure work!).

It's so comfortable that I didnt want to leave the place. Already settled in the chair reading my Eclipse (lucky no one chase me away ^_^).

The best part of this trip is that we REALLY BOUGHT A CHRISTMAS TREE! *wHee!!!* But got to wait a few more days before the tree can be chop down (currently out of stock) and start on decorating it. ^_^ Looking forward to decorating cause it's my first time!!! 第一次啊！

^_^!!!

Hey guys! A bit hard to gather all of you on MSN, so decided to leave a message here! ^_^!

Anyway, it's about the upcoming Christmas Party (/excited!). My mum has plans for the Christmas so wont be able to have it at my house (sobs!). I think it's also a bit quite late to have it at another person house. So my alternative is to have dinner at a restaurant (preferably buffet dinner). We can bring our own log cake (a MUST because it's CHRISTMAS!) and do our gift exchange there.

Welcome any other suggestions! ^_^!!!

*Please recommend any good buffet restaurant!*

CHEERS!!! ^_^!!!

Another day passed. In a blur, I supposed. Time passes really fast when you're happy but slow down when you are alone and trying to do something meaningful.

Anyway, I went Borders today to search for my last book for the Twilight Series, Eclipse. Finally found it, and now I've the complete set of the whole series! *wHEEe!*

For those who are interested in knowing more about this series, you can check out this website: http://twilightsaga.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Saga

^_^!

*Trying to find something to do that can keep me occupied for the next 2 days!*

I woke up to a bright and sunny saturday morning and didnt realised that I'm late for the skit gathering @ Lee hong's place. After washing all my clothes (rushing everywhere getting chalet's dirty clothes and some that are lying around my room), I took a quick shower and prepare to go out.

I had a dinner appointment at night @ Sha Villa with my mum and sister, so I had no choice but to put minimal make-up + high heels (legs abit 酸now )

Met up with the skit friends before making our way down to lee hong's house. We got lost because we remembered the wrong unit number *heex!* When we finally found her house, I was like "WOW!" She got a real big house and her kitchen's is DAMN NEAT & TIDY! *Can't believe it!*

We had a wonderful lunch, some prepare by her some bought from outside. It's nice to have a group of friends together sitting down enjoying good food and chit-chatting some childhood stories. ^_^

My favourite Durian Puff. It's the best! Make of real durians that melt inside your mouth. *Mouth-watering!*

Home-made Mango Pudding. Look like what outside shop sells right? Just the decoration makes you want to eat the whole cup of pudding.

I only ate the strawberry, the rest was eaten up by mr. lin. Mango's not my favourite. But I can tell that it's really delicous because everyone ate at least 2 cups. haha!

The twin cherry. It's big and chewy and juicy. I ate so much that I felt abit too "cherrish". /giggles! ^_^!!!

The lion that capture my heart! ^_^! *blush!*

It's actually a decoration on the fridge but lee hong put it on the top of the dining chair for decoration instead. The hair caught my attention. It's really messy but he look so innocent. wahahaha! CUTE!!!

Love you guys! Brought me lots of joy and laughter! THANK YOU! ^_^!!!

After the gathering, we went off our separate ways. I met up with my mum and sister for our coming dinner. :)

Our admission tickets for the night. baozhen, mable (bz's friend), mummy & bl

Quite an interesting arrangement. The candle light makes it as though we're having candle-light dinner ^_^!!!

Mummy & me taking a quick snap shot before our 4-course meal starts. /winks!

Happy me (but abit bloated from the afternoon's food >.<) *wheee!*

Cocktail of the night. Cant remember the name (very long and hard to remember) but I believe there's pineapple juice inside. ^_^

Rasin Bread. It's quite delicious, hot and steamy. Lots of rasins in between the bread. ^_^

Our appetizer. Smoked duck with some wasabi sauce on the vegetables.

After our final course, I can barely moved! Too full to move plus i need to catch up on my sleep. After getting on a cab, i slept all the way back home. LOL! ^_^

*More pictures to come!*

Just came back from the chalet yesterday. 3 days 2 night @ Aloha Loyang Garden Terrace C. ^_^!

First day (Wednesday 3rd December 08):

Woke up early in the morning, 7am to prepare the food. I realised that I've lost my voice and need to go market to do some last minute shopping for food. My dad volunteer to accompany me and be my voice. *thanks dad!* After that, rush home to help my mum with the cooking and packed my bag.

*Sorry for keeping you waiting for such a long time!*

Around 1.30pm, mr. lin came and helped to carry all the food and went down to Jurong Point to pick up Jieying & family and also Serene before making our way down to the chalet. We manage to reach there by 3pm and check in to settle down. Unpacked all the food and prepare for the night BBQ.

Many thanks to QL & RK for bbq-ing the food. We had a very full dinner and enjoyed ourselves ALOT! ^_^ After dinner, we cleaned up and rest awhile, watched the 10pm show and prepare to go for the night cycling. Our destination is Changi Village. It's been a long time since my last cycling trip. My butt feels quite pain after awhile. *lol!!!* But it felt good when the wind keep blowing in your face and clear your mind.

Our dearest jieying had a small accident and hurt herself. Hopefully she'll recover fast!!! ^_^

We went back to our chalet at around 3 plus 4 and each of us took turns showering. Yeah, we smell cause of all the bbq smoke and sweat during the cycling trip. But after showering, we smell good and I had a good night sleep (except that my legs are having cramps).

Second day (Thursday 4th December 08):

Woke up quite late (around 7am), preparing to make breakfast for the rest. Surprisingly, found jieying, cedric, cindy and serene up (dont know whether they got sleep) and having breakfast. So I went back to sleep (on the sofa, quite comfortable! Seems like I love sleeping on sofa, heex!) and slept till 9 plus. Gotta wake up and brush up to return the rented bicyle. After that, I went to E!hub with mr. lin to get some food for steamboat and also to buy some vitamins C for his quite serious running nose (all because of me, u suffered, SORRY!). Shopped around abit, and suddenly it rains so heavy. We had no choice but to wait for the rain to stop.

Because of the rain, we didnt manage to say our goodbyes to serene. I also got to apologise for keeping you guys waiting. I know you all are waiting for us to come back so that we can plan the day's activities (죄 송 합 니 다 sorry in Korean :)). We decided to go play some basketball (for guys) and volleyball (for girls) and set out for our fun. Unfortunately, the weather doesnt agree with us and it rains so heavy. We had no choice but to cancel our plans and the rest went on to do some shopping at E!hub while mr. lin & I went back to prepare for the night's dinner.

We started our dinner when QL & RK arrived (Poor girl, got to travel all the way from IA training, 辛苦你了!) Split ourselves into 2 tables because abit too squeezy to accomulate 11 people in 1 table. We manage to finish most of the food and clear up all the plates and pots (it's ALOT! heex!).

Went to the beach for a stroll and play the sparklers (bought them so long ago, finally we can use them ^_^). Had a long chat with QL. *thank you for being my listening ears* /Appreciate!

Shower and bed time (too tired!) *_*

Third day (Friday 5th December 08):

I remember i set my alarm at 5am to watch the sunrise but didnt manage to wake up (i didnt even hear my phone's alarm, LOL! Deep sleep). But wenney told me that the trees block them so didnt manage to see the sun too. After washing up, went around to pack my bag and clear the kitchen to prepare to check out. So much stuff to bring home, lucky RK send mr lin home together with my stuff so i didnt have to carry them home (it's quite far!!!).

Went to have breakfast + lunch with the rest at White Sands. ^_^!!!

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Sincerely apologise to all of you (you know who you are) if I didnt appear to be enjoying myself during the chalet. I really had fun with you guys (especially during the bbq and night cycling). :)

Give me some more time, I promise that I'll be the same old me AGAIN!

I PROMISED!