it's so sentimental tonight! first it's jazz on Sg idol, den read sher's post on some touchy-feely subject on friends! so shall i start one too? lol. here goes.
i have to admit that i dun really have any major problems with the getting to know friends. when it comes to knowing new friends, everything is just so smooth that i'll start to wonder if i'll get to meet all the nasty ones next time when i work. my first long-time friend will be shirleen! omg. haha. exactly 10 years of friendship and still counting. hmm and i think this friendship is the 'wierdest' of all. instead of 10 years, 3 out of 7 days every week for 8 years to be exact. oh and it's 2 hours per day! hurhur. and we dun usually talk! we 'email'! hahaha. longest friend. and we ended up in the same sch after 8 years of tuitioning. :D shir if u're reading, good luck for ur interview! drive me out for a spin someday ok?
and of cos the most important friend will be luah khai geeeeeeeee! ha! i've watched u grown tall (sec1), grown thin in sec 2, grown fat ever since (LOL), grown pretty ok! grown.. intelligent! wahaha. everything since sec1! we're superglued together!
yah. and i always meet great ppl wherever i go. primary sch there's jieqi (whom i lost contact now), and there's loads to mention in sec sch. but it's always narrowed down to great pals like kaiqi, meiyan, jiaxin, and blah blah blah. a few hiccups when i quarrelled with some others. but wad's over is over.
poly! as i become more mature (which i think i only became mature in year 2) im starting to treasure friendship more. i took it for granted that i'll always meet good ppl. but there's some not-so-good ppl in year1. yeah. and of cos there's sher,beak, peiwen, michelle in year 1, and excluded beak (for FIT) in year 2. VERY GREAT PROJECT MATES. we were like suited for projects! no quarrels, no hiccups like free riders and stuff like that. we got mostly As for our project! although it's quite disheartening that pw and mich and us sort of went our own paths, im sure we'll try to meet up someday.
and of cos being in TB17 for my last year in poly is not so bad after all. although i think my proj grp is kinda dysfuntioning, the rest of the classmates rock! they are all funny ppl. and i think i will have to save up $$ for the A'Farmosa trip after this sem with them :D i guess spending one more sem with them will not be a problem.
and of cos God sent me a great clique to accompany me for my whole poly life. SPLAT! u guys rock my world. im actually secretly hoping that sher will give up her iap so that SPLAT! can spend our last semester in poly tgt. but of cos it's her own choice at the end of the day. all the best for your interview too! im always looking forward to hangouts after sch. favourite ones will be porridge, holland v and swensens ice cream! argh basically anything as long as there's full attendance!
lastly and most importantly, kaiqi! jiaxin! meiyan! (yah we dun have a name :P) you guys rock my sock!! i'd be nothing without you guys! \m/
woah. long post. and all i want to say is that i really treasure everyone that is mentioned above. thank God i met them.
p/s: heh. Cadbury Boost's advertisement cracks me up! that WA-HAHAHAHAH at the end of the ad! lol.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
studies
work started to pile up now. with integrated presentation starting on 10aug directly after national day, which is like 2+ weeks from now, my grp have not even started anything yet. all the small small presentations are a chore.
driving last thurs was great. no more major stalling of vehicle anymore. thanks to crocs. more comfy than havaianas. hahaha. u-turned for the first time and practiced handbrake at red light. oh my tp date is on 8 january 2007! wth. 5 mths away!
oh. and me and kaiqi are starting to get the hang of exercising. my lousy stamina only got merunning jogging 4 rounds of 400m. im aiming to get 3 or 4 points for my 2.4km napfa next sem :D
final exams' schedules are out.
21aug-EM
23aug-MARCOM
24aug-SM
and next sem starts on 16oct. time flies huh?
driving last thurs was great. no more major stalling of vehicle anymore. thanks to crocs. more comfy than havaianas. hahaha. u-turned for the first time and practiced handbrake at red light. oh my tp date is on 8 january 2007! wth. 5 mths away!
oh. and me and kaiqi are starting to get the hang of exercising. my lousy stamina only got me
final exams' schedules are out.
21aug-EM
23aug-MARCOM
24aug-SM
and next sem starts on 16oct. time flies huh?
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean- Dead Man's Chest was great. i'd give it a 3.5-4 out of 5 stars. ok i suck at movie reviews. but the show's quite funny, or rather johhny depp was funny. very gross scenes also. nice! oh and there was a little incident in the cinema. at a scene where the black pearl was firing canon at the octopus-like sea monster, i was telling kaiqi 'eh i can also smell gunpowder here leh' den i realise ppl were all turning their heads looking at the back. den i realise that something was going on. wasted my 2mins of climax part. we nearly had to be evacuated out! damnit. stupid GV. hmm next i want to watch Superman!
there's this few incidents today that set me pondering- am i really such an irritating person to this particular groupmate? it's somehow disturbing. i swear i will not be in the same group next semester. :(
there's this few incidents today that set me pondering- am i really such an irritating person to this particular groupmate? it's somehow disturbing. i swear i will not be in the same group next semester. :(
Sunday, July 16, 2006
i was so disappointed in myself yest during driving. i actually stalled for like 10 times in 2 hours?! can u believe it? i only stalled for like 5 times on my first lesson and i actually stalled double of it in my 3rd lesson?! argh. wasn't concentrating i guess (excuses). i swear i will not stalled again during the next lesson. FYI, the engine stalls when one releases the clutch too suddenly just after moving off from stationary. poor kaiqi waited for 2 hours by taking bus rides and we went CWP for pasta after that. my legs were jelly and was so tired after driving. guess i need to exercise my legs more.
oh! pay's here soon. so i can get my running shoes and go to the gym! hahaha. gotta shred the 4kgs i gained. oh! passed FTT on thurs. on my way to TP test in dec! ahaha.
watched America's Sweetheart on channel 5 just now. John Cusack is so hawt!!! heh. look abit like keanu reeves though. but more charming. :D
oh! pay's here soon. so i can get my running shoes and go to the gym! hahaha. gotta shred the 4kgs i gained. oh! passed FTT on thurs. on my way to TP test in dec! ahaha.
watched America's Sweetheart on channel 5 just now. John Cusack is so hawt!!! heh. look abit like keanu reeves though. but more charming. :D
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Grandma's Passed Away
Wednesday
mum told me that grandma's in SGH again. i tot it's nothing very serious as she's often in and out of the hosp. i didnt visit her due to projects.
Thursday
mum went to the hosp directly after work as my grandma slipped into comatose due to wound infection. thought of visiting her on fri nite or sat. 4am. after finish consolidating the surveys in Excel, mum came into my room saying that the doctor wants to send her into ICU as her condition worsened. 40deg fever. dad,mum,aunt and uncle reached hosp at 7am. just as they were discussing with the doc whether to admit into ICU (which is like $3k a night) my grandma fought her last battle in the ward. it was 9.23am. mum called me while i was asleep at home. at a loss, i dunno why but i went ahead to get my PDL and went for a haircut and serviced my dad's phone before going to the funeral that was set up by noon. it was our first time being so lost. with all relatives including ourselves being non-christians, we had to handle a christian funeral. honestly i'd prefer a christian funeral. everything was much simpler. no jossticks, no incense paper, no prists and no saddening rituals. oh yah. christian funeral is also more affordable than buddhist's. like 2 or 3 times cheaper.
all relatives and guests need to do was to bow, and can look at her body which was optional, and can sit down and catch up with other relatives. we family members can also go around serving guests and chat with them this way. my dad's youngest sis, i.e. my youngest aunt, was so kind as she and her husband came 3 days straight, up till today when the funeral ended. she even consoled my when my grandma is being pushed into the flames. some of my dad's side ppl (whom my mum always talk bad about) came to send my grandma off. and not even 1 from my mum's real sisters (this grandma adopted my mum) came.
church friends were also very,very kind. although my grandma only joined a year ago, quite alot of ppl from the church (cell group?im not sure) came. some even cried more than us. very generous with 'white gold' also. the pastor's mum, who was my grandma's good friend since, helped us alot. had to choose my grandma's tablet, or wad u call tt piece of granite with cravings and picture on it. it was on promotion, $580. hurhur. black granite with italy-processed picture and mandai's very own marble urn.
Friday
Cremation day. most of us slept in the tent near my grandma last night. had breakfast and lunch b4 some guests came for the cremation. there's quite alot of services held by the pastor, although i dun understand alot. but i always cry when Amazing Grace was sang. we all walked behind the coffin van.. and it was amazing grace again. got up the bus and headed off to mandai. it was like the condo for the deceased. went to the service hall for the last service.. and the place was like WHOA. high-tech. den after placing white flower on the coffin, we had to once again stand in a row and relatives and friends shook our hands b4 we heads to the viewing hall. another WHOA room. instead of the usual procedure where there will a conveyor belt pushing coffin into huge flames that were visible, this time we stood by the glass panels and at the bottom, the coffin was being moved slowly by a machine into a dark hole where fire cannot be seen. we were told to say 'byebye' to grandma. everyone cried.
proceeded to the resting hall where we had drinks and toilet break. nice toilet with the 1st cubicle for kids with the mini toilet bowl. den we proceeded back to the bus and came back to grandma's hse and cleared everything. everything ended.
my grandma's feet were rather deformed, not sure if it was due to diabeties or she got abused by my great-grandma. having difficulty to walk, she spent most of her time treating her forever wounded feet, going hosp to checkup and coming home with hundreds of pills to pop. i remember helping her to pop out the medicines and placed them in bottles. she used to be a devout buddhist, often goes to the temple for the prayers session whenever she can. until last year, after one particular hospital stay, she knew this young handsome doctor who was from Trinity Christian Church. he introduced her into christainity, and to our surprise she converted from buddhist to christian and was even baptisted. honestly i was disppointed in her and i thought she changed, until wad i heard from the pastor's mum today. she said my grandma always pray for us, her children and grandchildren at the church instead of herself. and that she became a more cheerful person ever since, and always show up whenever she can with a smile on her face. oh and it was a pity that this doctor happened to be overseas at the moment and cant send my grandma off. my grandma doted on me most out of the 5 grandchildren, partly due to my late grandfather's love for me when he's alive. i did not reciprocate her love for me.
and it saddens me whenever innocent children ask those questions. my 5 yr old cousin was told that 'ah ma is slping inside' but i told her ah ma die liao. but she kept asking when will she wake up and come back. yesterday while trying to slp, she asked me how will ah ma get wind from the fan when she's enclosed. and she kept looking at her body, asking why ah ma is inside. and when i ask her if she loves ah ma, she nodded her head and said 'ai'. just now after the whole thing ended, she asked 'where's clementi ah ma?' =(( she still cant understand that her younger aunt, my aunt is going to be living alone from now on. i've not heard from my grandma for abt a mth. and i realised that she's gone b4 she can finish the meat floss cracker i bought in KL.
Bye Bye, Grandma. I'll miss you.
mum told me that grandma's in SGH again. i tot it's nothing very serious as she's often in and out of the hosp. i didnt visit her due to projects.
Thursday
mum went to the hosp directly after work as my grandma slipped into comatose due to wound infection. thought of visiting her on fri nite or sat. 4am. after finish consolidating the surveys in Excel, mum came into my room saying that the doctor wants to send her into ICU as her condition worsened. 40deg fever. dad,mum,aunt and uncle reached hosp at 7am. just as they were discussing with the doc whether to admit into ICU (which is like $3k a night) my grandma fought her last battle in the ward. it was 9.23am. mum called me while i was asleep at home. at a loss, i dunno why but i went ahead to get my PDL and went for a haircut and serviced my dad's phone before going to the funeral that was set up by noon. it was our first time being so lost. with all relatives including ourselves being non-christians, we had to handle a christian funeral. honestly i'd prefer a christian funeral. everything was much simpler. no jossticks, no incense paper, no prists and no saddening rituals. oh yah. christian funeral is also more affordable than buddhist's. like 2 or 3 times cheaper.
all relatives and guests need to do was to bow, and can look at her body which was optional, and can sit down and catch up with other relatives. we family members can also go around serving guests and chat with them this way. my dad's youngest sis, i.e. my youngest aunt, was so kind as she and her husband came 3 days straight, up till today when the funeral ended. she even consoled my when my grandma is being pushed into the flames. some of my dad's side ppl (whom my mum always talk bad about) came to send my grandma off. and not even 1 from my mum's real sisters (this grandma adopted my mum) came.
church friends were also very,very kind. although my grandma only joined a year ago, quite alot of ppl from the church (cell group?im not sure) came. some even cried more than us. very generous with 'white gold' also. the pastor's mum, who was my grandma's good friend since, helped us alot. had to choose my grandma's tablet, or wad u call tt piece of granite with cravings and picture on it. it was on promotion, $580. hurhur. black granite with italy-processed picture and mandai's very own marble urn.
Friday
Cremation day. most of us slept in the tent near my grandma last night. had breakfast and lunch b4 some guests came for the cremation. there's quite alot of services held by the pastor, although i dun understand alot. but i always cry when Amazing Grace was sang. we all walked behind the coffin van.. and it was amazing grace again. got up the bus and headed off to mandai. it was like the condo for the deceased. went to the service hall for the last service.. and the place was like WHOA. high-tech. den after placing white flower on the coffin, we had to once again stand in a row and relatives and friends shook our hands b4 we heads to the viewing hall. another WHOA room. instead of the usual procedure where there will a conveyor belt pushing coffin into huge flames that were visible, this time we stood by the glass panels and at the bottom, the coffin was being moved slowly by a machine into a dark hole where fire cannot be seen. we were told to say 'byebye' to grandma. everyone cried.
proceeded to the resting hall where we had drinks and toilet break. nice toilet with the 1st cubicle for kids with the mini toilet bowl. den we proceeded back to the bus and came back to grandma's hse and cleared everything. everything ended.
my grandma's feet were rather deformed, not sure if it was due to diabeties or she got abused by my great-grandma. having difficulty to walk, she spent most of her time treating her forever wounded feet, going hosp to checkup and coming home with hundreds of pills to pop. i remember helping her to pop out the medicines and placed them in bottles. she used to be a devout buddhist, often goes to the temple for the prayers session whenever she can. until last year, after one particular hospital stay, she knew this young handsome doctor who was from Trinity Christian Church. he introduced her into christainity, and to our surprise she converted from buddhist to christian and was even baptisted. honestly i was disppointed in her and i thought she changed, until wad i heard from the pastor's mum today. she said my grandma always pray for us, her children and grandchildren at the church instead of herself. and that she became a more cheerful person ever since, and always show up whenever she can with a smile on her face. oh and it was a pity that this doctor happened to be overseas at the moment and cant send my grandma off. my grandma doted on me most out of the 5 grandchildren, partly due to my late grandfather's love for me when he's alive. i did not reciprocate her love for me.
and it saddens me whenever innocent children ask those questions. my 5 yr old cousin was told that 'ah ma is slping inside' but i told her ah ma die liao. but she kept asking when will she wake up and come back. yesterday while trying to slp, she asked me how will ah ma get wind from the fan when she's enclosed. and she kept looking at her body, asking why ah ma is inside. and when i ask her if she loves ah ma, she nodded her head and said 'ai'. just now after the whole thing ended, she asked 'where's clementi ah ma?' =(( she still cant understand that her younger aunt, my aunt is going to be living alone from now on. i've not heard from my grandma for abt a mth. and i realised that she's gone b4 she can finish the meat floss cracker i bought in KL.
Bye Bye, Grandma. I'll miss you.
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