The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

yes yes..really close to 2006! this year passed by in a whirl!

lots of events happening in this short year!

and yeeah! it's been an alright year i guess..not the best! but still an unforgettable one...

firstly, it was the first time i had 8 months off studying after more than ten years! oh well..12 years to be exact!

secondly, it was the first time i was working!! haa..total of 6 jobs in one year! and nope..didn't get to work as some place i've always wanted to work at! a pet shop!!!


first job ever at cpf! really fun first job! got to know a few more gals better!

we even had a sentosa outing and bumped into denise keller!!


haa..look at the gal beside denise keller! my sis thought the star we saw was shan cai!!! haa..

erm..first time we (as in the 5 of us!) went to a person's house to give a surprise bdae celebration!



my own convertible for the first time!


haa..nah! just a photo! out with the gals and some hoegarden!

and my hair! OMG! first time it changed that much over the year!

at the beginning of 2005!

when i was working!


the terrible-est haircut of my entire life! i still remember carmen and andrea hollering at it! hrmp!


the last time i got a haircut!


lots more firsts..but shan't mention the sad ones!

okay..to end the year off! i have to finish the last post of the year!

boxing day out with andrea!


she accompanied me to watch the SWO (sembawang wind orchestra) at vch! haa..they were wearing like tuxedos and bow ties! farnie!!


they put up this really cute weird shaped christmas tree that i totally adored! but i could only get a very blur shot of it! boooo....


off to marina square for dinner!


we had carl jr's! the meal was so big!!! andrea and i shared the portebello mushroom burger meal and we couldn't finish it! but it's yummy!!!

before that we headed to candy empire!


andrea's heaven!!! whaha..think she would buy the whole shop if she could!


and then..we took the shuttle bus back to the mrt!!


it was a very fun day with her!

kept laughing on the train ride back!

she was asking what she thought was the funniest name ever.....

andrea: bernard

andrea & i: whahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha..

and the big guy...that led to the small guy and the medium guy!

haa..sorry..insider's joke!

and that ended that day!!

AND NOW! for my new year's resolution!

1) To be punctual for everything!!


i find that this bad habit of mine is becoming horrendous! i'm like late for ALL meetings!

i've had enough of rushing all the time! being stressed and feeling sorry for making the other party late!

i also had it with sneaking into lectures embarassingly!

2) To have normal sleeping hours!



which means the latest i'd be sleeping is 2am!

and the latest i can sleep until would be 10.30am!

3) and NO MORE SLEEPING IN CLASS!


absolutely no more dozing off! i'm going to try my damnest to keep those eyes of mine open!

4) i'm going to study hard!!! haa..


i hope i do..no more slacking like last sem..and hopefully i can raise my CAP to a decent score!



5) Time to start exercising again! bleah..


actually i like alot of sports..just too lazy or have nobody to go do them with!

anyone up for cycling, blading, jogging and i don't mind archery yet again!!

COME LOOK FOR ME!!!

i want to join netball in uni this sem!!


anyone wanna go with me?? haa..but i think i'll go with andrea and huiping!

and finally! i wanna watch more movies this year!!!


some shows i MUST catch this year....

BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN...

features heath ledger and jake gyllenhaal! think they act as lovers!


LADY IN THE WATER!

watching it cause it's directed by m. night shyamalan!! his movies are a must-watch because of the plot twist..


and of course..THE DA VINCI CODE!


i can't wait!!

haa..there you go...new year starting!


celebrated my christmas on its eve!

met puaysian in the morning..as usual i was late as usual..so we couldnt eat bk breakfast as planned!

rarrr!! i can't stand it! have no idea how i could be constantly late...



sorry babe! no bk breakfast!

went to accompany puaysian to have his hair cut! i think it's a very nice cut this time around...

topshop has just newly opened at parkway!!! *screams*

this is the bag i was talking about..

so so looking on the outside..


yet fabulous-ly beautiful on the inside!


yeeeahhh! there's power in it manz!

totally adorable skirt from topshop!! I SO WANT IT!!!


but it cost a freaking $89 for that small piece of material..it's a real beauty though...

oh yeah..sher tipped my off that there topshop currently has 30% off SELECTED items..

i hope they selected my skirt! haa...

christmas-decor photo-taking again!



puaysian said i HAD to take a picture with those snowmans(snowmen?)!

happily i asked him why??

his reply was cause i was the same height as them!

*bish* thanks ah...


we went to the petshop after lunch!! awww! all the furry animals are so so cute!!! i want a bunny!!! someone get me one!!! actually i want a white one! i want a brown one! i want a grey one! and a black one!!


if i had to choose only one though..i'd choose this bunny!


haa..i'd call it rock chick! just look at its black eyeliner! haa..

on my way to my aunt's house in punggol..i passed by this church..


ooohher..think it's building just so totally will put me off going there...it gives me the feeling that it's strict and ridgid.


yeap! that was christmas eve for me! don't ask me about my presents! they totally suck! haa...best present this year was a cow-patterned safe box! haa...quite funky!
i am allergic to the work SEMBAWANG!

argh!

but it's funny!!! muahahahahahahahahaha...
looking back at yesterday's class party...i came to realise something...

the best thing i did in my entire jc life was to switch my subject combination the first three months..

i switched combi from chem bio econs to triple science because i detested econs!

my gosh! i totally fell asleep in all the lessons and i didn't understand one shit about all the graphs and what demand and supply!

tried my best to catch up with physics but i got totally lost after gravitational force...

anyway all these isn't about subject combinations because i dropped physics after a year..

but i totally didn't regret changing classes!

i'm having so much fun with all these fun, crazy bunch of buddies!

a first peek at us!


gathered at greg's place for our annual christmas gathering!

it was bbq and potluck!

potluck consisted of sab's chicken wings, serene's secret ingredient salad, huilin's shepard pie, min's cheesecake and sher's almond-ny cake!!!

all of them were damn delicious manz!!

all future cooks in the making! *woot*

it started raining halfway during the bbq so we started moving stuff up to greg's house!

two hilarious things i remembered!

everyone carrying loads of stuff up except for irene..haa! sher caught her with one plastic plate! hahaha!

and sher and me carrying me that two ice box...waseh! damn heavy can! somemore we had to walk along that narrow passageway flanked by the wall and a drain!


our poison after the bbq! chips, cheesecake, alcohol and damn-yummy tiramisu!!

we played the 7 game! the one where you have to stand and change the direction of the sequence with any numbers that have to do with 7!

so it goes like this.....20, stand(change direction), 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, stand(change direction), stand(change direction), 29, 30.....

yeap...fun! but then u start making stupid mistakes you promised yourself you wouldn't make!

it doesn't help that the punishment for a mistake is a gulp of alcohol!

haa..i had a diluted cup because i was allergic! but i still finished at least one cup of ribena vodka..

sher is the best manz..after five mistakes..her cup still looked full can! haa...

now that i thought of it..i heard her telling me to fake sip the drinks!

with mel the alcohol-drinker nudging yijie on, he make more lime vodka and took out the white wine!

white wine is good!! but i realise it makes you go red very quickly..could see people around the table turning scarlet by the minute...haa..

fortunately i controlled! haa..didn't go that red!

then it was time for gift exchange!


haa..it was gal-guy thingy with the respective guy and gal picked up by mr cheng, our dear teacher!

prior to the gift-exchange, there was something scandalous getting on..

everyone was waiting for serene and jaehee to get off the phone..it looked as though they were talking to each other across the room!

evidence!




anywayz..serene is our great photographer!!


haa..very little shots of the photographer usually so i did her a favour!

interesting gifts of the day!

sher and nick with nick giving her adorable hippo bedroom slippers! unfortunately forgetting that the guys would most prob make as much entertainment as possible out of them!


one picture with sher trying them on..

not fun enough, wat bout each one put on one side and pose?

still not decent entertainment? life your legs fellas!

next up..min and titus..this one i got to sympathise with both of them!


as you can ALREADY see..it has to do with condoms!

haa..titus unwittingly gave ten bucks to the guys to help him get any present..

when he knew it was condoms! he was like, 'what if i got min chen?'

sway sway..he did! reason is cuz min is the most innocent gal in class..it makes her the last of all of us to actually use it..

but regarding these sensitive matters..you cannot actually tell sometimes!

poor min opening her gift and not believing it's happening to her! haa...

and for those who ask..the word on the condom box read TINGLE! haa..

we ended the day with a bailey's toast! yum!

leaving you guys with a snapshop that hopefully summarises the night's events!



haa..my longest photo entry yet...

just treat it as a photoblog for this entry since there're more words than pictures!

guess it will take up about ten minutes of your time so....

enjoy!!!

14 December 05, Wednesday

my birthday! twas was quite a terrible start to the 19th year of my life...

was furious with my sister! had so much frustrations within myself...

AND! i had to work..omg..for the first time of my entire life..i had to work on my birthday!

my birthday always occured during the school hols..so i guess this was the birthday that i woke up the earliest!! 7am for the record...

for lunch i decided to do something more special since it was my birthday! and trekked to raffles place for lunch...

view was quite good..the buildings all around were damn magnificent..sometimes you just have to slow down in life to appreciate your surroundings...


had subway for lunch!


quite messy to eat while walking at the same time..had honey mustard dripping everywhere! haa...

i walked past lao pat sat!



almost reaching!


finally!! haa..familiar sights of raffles place..you gotta recognise this!


AND something special happened in office!

DHL sent three mini christmas trees to my office!

one of them! damn cute..they had all these DHL ornaments!


it was raining earlier in the day but it fortunately stopped! even the sun came out! i love it when the sun comes out after the rain..everything just seems so nice and pleasant as if all troubles weren't there anymore..

in this picture..you could just see the sun peeping out at you from behind the buildings! yes..the building is IP..


this is the view i get while making my way to the mrt station..loads of beautiful building in the city area..


met my mum at..yeah..raffles city again..


plan was to make our way to this restaurant at esplanade for my birthday family dinner..

and then i decided to put my photography skills into practice!

the following photos i took were really really nice! beautiful scenary! made me feel as if i were overseas..well..do you guys only appreciate the scenary only when you're overseas? well..i do! so for the first time..the waterfront at esplanade looked really really beautiful to me...


haa..look at this photo! bet ms ong (my arts teacher in secondary school) would be proud of me! look at the composition..part of the sky..part of the sea..taken behind some structure that makes you wonder what it is...


GORGEOUS sky!! clouds were displayed in their finest glory!


another peek-a-boo picture! haa..i can see my mum standing in this picture...


clouds beautiful clouds!








panaromic view of the city buildings cum sea...


hang out for many many couples!!! haa...beautiful sunset! although it doesn't really looked dusk-y to me...


yeap yeap..final photos before the sun disappears below the horizons!





my mum and i headed to the restaurant to wait for my sis and dad to arrive..

NO SIGNBOARD SEAFOOD RESTAURANT!!

haa...what a funny name! the food there isn't nice!! and it's expensive!! euyew! but service is good! haa..doesn't make up for the bad food though..bleah..we had chili crabs, fried baby squids, sweet & sour pork, sambal kangkong and some toufu thingy...all not nice!


nice ambience though...snapping pictures while waiting for my sis and dad..they were so late noe! then thay blamed it on the traffic jam! -___-


tried to take some unsucessful 4 people frames..haiyo..my phone just cannot fit more than three people in! they all turned out super blur..due to the fact that i was bellowing and shaking from all the laughter! haa...really weird seeing four people squeezing just to get a nice photo...


finally..we convinced ourself that we had to get someone to take the photos...


my father was rather happy with the photo he took (see the one w/o him)..boasting that see! what a nice picture he took..

i took one look at the picture and burst out laughing! his 'nice' picture had his BIG finger in it too! whaha!

wheezing past fullerton hotel! that hotel is one helluva luxurious accomadation manz! i wanna stay in there!!!


went home to cut cake! my unique cake!! haa....


it's made from the only cake i like (green-tea cake..oh the other type i like is cheese-cake! all other types are a no-no) and two flavours of haagen daaz ice cream - rassberry sorbet and strawberry cheesecake!

and it's not the normal size..it's a quart sized tub instead of the usual pint size! heeps!


one of the few photos i had with the cake...


gosh! i looked terrible! what a fake smile! i was super depressed at that time cause i had to work and couldn't go for the opening of the mng sale the next day..i gave specific instructions to my mum to get me this nice bag i've been wanting! then she started nagging on how i wanted everything..

and then! my sis joined in and said..'yeah! you've so many bags already!'

so i just sulked the rest of the day away..

oh yar! bernice lim! for your info..you're are permanantly using TWO of my 'so many' bags! hrmp!

my nice nails! haa..to distract you from the ugly photo above..


i had to put that ugly photo up because after all this is MY blog..it's supposed to be real and not all fake....


15 december 05, thursday

the most documents and parcels i've sent out during work!


today also was the start of the long-awaited MNG SALE!


i was quite worried when sher messaged me in the morning telling me she just blew a hefty $200 during the sale and it wasn't even 12 noon yet! worried that i was missing out on lots of stuff! haa...

total pandemonium!! haa..for you guys who haven't been to the behind-the-scenes part of the sales! i've got pictures of the craziness!


just look at all the clothes strewn everywhere! and the throngs of people! don't get me started..i'm so going to reserve stuff next sale! rather than squeeze with all of them..and the queues are outrageous!

sher! one of the tops i bought!


NEXT! more chirstmas-decor photo-taking!

just look at all the cars heading towards me...*whines*


haa..i took it while i was crossing the road silly!

outside Isetan Scotts....


me, my mum and my sis!


people who have complained that i'm fair..please look at my mum and sis okay! i look dark beside them!!



ending the day with my name splashed out at the side of the lido building! whaha!


16 december 05, friday

tj fiesta concert..haa..i miss playing in a band! i must make sure that i'll get into alumni next year! shijia..i'll go with you kay?

TJ alumni in the auditorium! haa..wearing white!


after the concert, we started taking photos!

me, cui, xuena and andrea!


yeap..taking photos in the toilet too! me with andrea! she's getting really really pretty by the day! for an instant..i thought she looked like dawn yeo in the picture..



me, cui, huiping and xuena!


dear cuicui and me! she's just the nicest person i know! i'm thinking happy thoughts for you!!


we tried on the christmas hats! thanks to xuena for borrowing it! blur photo..have to take another one!


yeap..so adorable right?? whaha....


and then i made xuena and andrea tried it one too!


our batch of percussion! only one guy..thorn among the roses.....*sniggers*

anyway this was a lousy photo manz! many things going wrong! haa..but not telling what..


the gals brought me to blk 85 market where they treated me again to dinner!


and then they presented me my 'surprise' cake! thanks guys!! muacks!


digging in with chopsticks! it was actually really yummy!! mocha cake!



17 december 05, saturday

twas was the day of puaysian celebrating my birthday for me!

it was a two-part events day...

in the morning, he woke up bright and early and met me at my void deck to go CYCLING!!!



we cycled all the way to safra changi chalets in one hour and back to marine cove! my legs were aching terribly! ouch! my legs were damn wobbly after we returned the bikes..we headed to macs and downed two huge ice lemon teas! but it was a good exercise after like how long? i don't really know..i haven't exercised for maybe 2? 3? months...


puaysian looking very frustrated with my constant photo-taking!


haa..but i don't care!! *winkz*


haa...still more photos..you understand now why he looks irritated..


i LURVE cycling..i've never been on those two-seater bikes..i wanted puaysian to cycle me on one of those with me sitting at the back! but it was a whole lot slower than the normal bikes so i thought drat! we'll just go on the normal bikes and we managed to cover a whole lot of distance that one hour! blading anyone?!?!

haven't cycled for some time..i've a huge phobia of people coming too close to me when i'm on the bike..i'd just scream! so stay away! haa..puaysian kept coming so near me with his bike! rarrr!!

we went home to wash up before meeting again to have dinner at THE GLASS HOUSE..

yeah...you're right! fish & co.!!!

it was full house..and we had to wait outside for people to clear out...

so..it was photo-taking time!!!


enough photos to make collages!

MY COLLAGE!


PUAYSIAN's COLLAGE!


our food! haa..nothing unusual..just seafood platter for two! i like the rice and the calamari!! yummy..i don't really like mussels! haa...and this is the only time i'd eat prawns cause the sauce thy use for the prawns are so so yummy!! and i like their passion fruit drink thingy!!


squeezing lemon!! haa...


another collage! haa..it was really dark in there..very nice ambience..

and there was a live performance in there..the singer was G-O-O-D!! haa..and i love the songs he played..it's like i enjoyed listening to everyone of them..even better than the singer who was there the last time i went with my section...


and then it was time for my birthday prezzie!! yay! he was bringing me to topshop to get whatever i wanted!! i like!!!


okay..i've to admit that the above photo was taken during the autumn sales..

the night we went..there was late night shopping and everything was at 20% off!! haa..

in the fitting room!


i ended up buying this satin corset top and a puffball skirt..guess what! both were black!!!

all the clothes i bought are black! most of the clothes i bought from the MNG sale were black too!! haa..my wardrobe is now almost totally black!

this is the satin corset i bought..


i've no idea whether i'm eventually going to wear it or not..but it's VERY nice! my sis says it's too elaborate to wear on a normal day out to town..hmm..i dunno! but it's really very nice and i like it alot alot! *screams*

it has ribbings running along the length of it like all corsets do..and you can see the clips to be done up at the back!

the other thing i bought was a black puffball skirt..


i like the fact that topshop gives their clothes names..moreover the names totally fit the clothing they are named after...

this skirt is made of some kind of material that is rather heavy..but the piece i bought seemed like it just came out from the box it was packed in and i'm still getting it to puff up!

AND...because it was christmas..TOPSHOP gave away a $10 gift card! haa..


and..i bought their bags! 3 for one buck! haa..they're so cute! comes in three sizes..i can just hear them singing out do-re-mi!!!!


was a totally fun and enjoyable day out! being pampered and having good food and what not! thanks babe!!


21 december 05, wednesday

was supposed to meet puaysian because it was offiially my first day of my real hols! but i was really lazy to make my butt out of the house so i lazed in bed until 3pm when my mother came home..

i was like surprised!! haa..she took leave and didn't tell us..

she suggested going swimming! so off we went! me, my sis and my mum...


really nice pool by the sea...but the water was SO SO cold!! brrrr....

haa..as usual..i swam at most 5 laps..the rest of the time was spent fooling around and enjoying being blown away by the jacuzzi...

there was this ah gong teaching his grandson how to swim! haa..damn cute to watch them..the grandson could only be 3 years old the most! he kept hiding his head under water when the grandpa was teaching him..

when the grandpa turned around to see why his grandson wasn't answering..he saw that his grandson wasn't listening to him at all and had to repeat all over again! haa...

and the pool was deepest at 1.5m...

haa..so i realised that i could actually walk under the water surface..when i needed to breathe i just had to jump a little and take in air and continue to walk the whole length of the pool!

after swimming, we went to changi market to eat..yummy wanton mee! haa...

and to round off this entry..here's the loot i bought from the MNG sale...especially arranged for sher! haa...honoured not?

doesn't this get you excited??! whee! these are all the stuff i got..actually i only bought 8 pieces of clothing..haa..not as many as you see!


can you see that again! they're all black or towards the darker side of the colour chart??!

haa..that means that my wardrobe for 2006 will mostly consist of black pieces!!

and i lurve the tag they used for the fall season clothes...


okay..first piece up! a BLACK jacket...


front and back view for you to see..love the rivets at both the front and the back! especially the ones at the back that run across my whole back!

next..BLACK mango pants? jeans? i don't really know..the material feels like denim but people have been telling me it's pants and not jeans..


bought it cause of the embossed pattern they sewed onto the butt pocket of the pants..but while i was photographing this pants just now, i discovered that it's button is also very nice! haa..call me a sucker for little details..i also like their price tag! haa...

next up..a BLACK sweater with a oh-so-adorable hood!


the neckline is slashed really low..but the material of this sweater is so so comfy! gosh! i could just imagine snuggling into it on a cold rainy day!

and then..a BLACK sleeveless top..


see the rose pattern printed at the back of the top? it's actually cause the neckline and sleeve edge of this top are sewn so that it imitates the pattern of the rose petals!

okay..finally! something not black..a grey patterned tee!


this was bought for me by my mum when i was at work..really love the two roses on the right sleeve of this tee..

next..something grey too!


this was the top bought by my sis for my birthday! this was the first piece of mango's fall collection that caught my eye..

really like the lace details at the front..and how they make the material gather at the lace pattern...

a dark green camisole....


was attracted to this piece by the colour..really nice shade of green..and i like the cutting of this camisole..not too tight!

a BLACK (yes black again) top..


i'm sharing this with my sis..found out that the velvety design actually has a skull on it! you will see it if you look really closely..

like this piece cause of the cut they made at the sleeve area....kewl!

and finally!! my BLACK new mango bag!


although it's not real leather..it feels like really soft leather..

i like the zip details and the gigantic silver buckle on its handles...

inside the lining of the bag also caught my eye..thousands of mng staring back at you...


i have a fetish for bags with nice lining..saw this bag at topshop that i really like and it's only cause of the lining..

guess it's cause it's like more personal..only i can see the beautiful inner lining while everyone else just see the outer surface..it's like the bag and i have a shared secret..haa!

yeap..so that's it! my blog has finally caught on with my life! what an interesting week it has been!

going for my class christmas party tmrw! so more pictures coming up..

right now..i've to pack my place..it looks as if a hurricane just ran through it! argh!