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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Goodbye!

Finally, the long awaited day has arrived!
I am going on exchange to Switzerland for one semester!
Although I would also have to study, I feel more like on a vacation mood. hehe...
would be away from Singapore for the rest of year 2008!
For more info, goto http://www.say-swiss-cheese.blogspot.com

Any matter pls send email to wwaiting19@yahoo.com.sg
Or are you keen to be my penpal? hehe... Ask me for my address!



munched @ 4:17 PM

Friday, August 01, 2008


~EMO MAMA~
last day of work...
started early...
ended late...
everyone gave me one last souvenir...
one last piece of assignment...
i couldn't finish on time...
left me no chance to savour the last of HSA...
to take a slow walk around the place...
to clear my desk properly...
to kop something home...
to say bye to everyone properly...
everything ended so abrupt yet I remember so clearly how I walked out from that door i came in every morning...
goodbyes...
one of my happiest, busiest, most comfortable and for sure, longest job...
I am really not someone who can handle farewells well...
oh man, can't imagine what is gonna happen on my day of departure...
i hope i can still act cool...












munched @ 12:51 AM

Friday, July 18, 2008
BANGKOK!


oh my, its already my 7th time there! Maybe I should give up counting already eh, lets just call it my another home, haha! But then again, it isn't very appropriate to say so afterall, because all 7 times were spent only in Bangkok, erm okay, it includes a few times in Pattaya and up in some rural mountain, but still! no phuket no chiangmai, I can't say I know Thailand very well right?!

I don't know if it is because its really a short flight or I have already gotten used to long hours flight, this time, the flight felt damn short to me. Its like plane took off... meal served.. wine drank.. tada.. time to touch down! I didn't visit the loo at all!


My first time at the new bkk airport, sur... surva.. argh, the name is too long and hard to remember, not to mention pronounce!
Took turns to take photo while queuing at the immigration. So who's photoshoot skill is better?
We stayed at Arnoma Hotel, right opposite ZEN central world, with Pratunam and Siam Paragon 10 minutes walk away. Location is damn good, so good that I kept running away to shop on my own! hehe~
Oh and yes, I remembered to knock on the door and placed my shoes in a disorganized fashion to ward off dirty stuff after hearing so much hotel stories recently :S


Since I already self-claimed to be QUITE familiar with BKK, I was put in charge of planning the itinerary.. and that means MORE SHOPPING, LESS SIGHT-SEEING, or in fact I did plan a balance lah, but we didn't make it in the end :P
But But But, who can resist and hate shopping in bkk right? :D

Since my last trip 2 years ago there, there are indeed some changes in bkk, like the mobile number code and best shopping haunt (more details later), but some things never and should NEVER change! thats the taste of thai food!

The best thai food is always the cheapest roadside stall! oh my, totally rock my world!!! like that wanton mee, that mango glutinuous rice, that duck noodle and that mixed pig intestine soup, gosh, I am missing them already!!! I can't tell you how much I love thai roadside food, except that if I am given a choice to choose shopping or eating in bkk, i would choose eating! ya, thats how much I love the food there!
my crazy last night there was spent eating non-stop at chinatown from noodles to soup to durian to bird nest to toasted bread with a fren, see see see, ARE YOU TEMPTED?
oh that a word of advice, NEVER, i repeat, NEVER, let the taxi driver drives you to his recommended restaurant to dine-in, your head would just get chopped and all ur pockets would be emptied, yesh speaking from experience =(

Always love night markets because I am really a night person and I have that patience if time allows, to walk through all alleys and slowly dig for 'gold'. Plus, that kind of ambiene is less stressful than walking in shopping malls, easy and can bargain!
Suan Lum Night Bazaar used to be my No. 1 choice night market, but no longer! the price went up and the variety went down!
In fact, now I prefer Khao San night market, the well-known backpackers area! Plenty roadside vendors selling pad thai, though i didn't try, and many many clothes stores. Oh and very interesting open-air stores selling beer-in-bucket, with ang mohs sitting on plastic stools in a circle. didn't notice that before, so maybe thats new?! No pic on that but each kids beach sand size bucket of beer cost like SGD $5, dirt cheap eh?
Platinum mall was highly recommended to me by a few friends, so I ran out early in the morning during our day of departure to go have a look. And yes I fall in love with it! Even though not all stores were open already, I managed to grab some stuffs! yay!
Take a deep breath first.. after managing to read so much, time for photos!
yups, our one and only sight-seeing. Ya in a shopping mall, but still counted what!
Crabby, I wanna eat youuu!!
Proper name: Giant Spider Crab


No no, this is not a hermit crab!
Proper name: Nautilus
the greatest sea shell creature *if i didn't remember wrongly from my Biodiversity course :X*


Proper name: Porcupine fish
Sorry I failed to agitate them, but I admit, to begin with, I don't even know if they would erect their spikes or not also, hehe~



*wish this could be the fish tank in my house and I could turn into a mermaid as and when i like to swim with them*



Thats a starfish, felt like a stone though.
do you know? starfish can regenerate lost limbs!



Mr Shark giving me a big smile for the camera!
No worries, this guy is big in size but kind in heart, he is a vegetarian!

Do you know? Sharks have at least 4 rows of teeth, they wear and tear easily such that the new rows are there to replace the old ones readily, and yes, new teeths are always forming, no need for dentures! (click on photo to enlarge for illustration)




Diver feeding the stingray, it was so naughty to cover the diver using its big blanket size body so that other fishes couldn't come near to food, all for itself!



*tell me how can you eat so much yet stay so slim!*


For educational purpose. Familiar cycle learnt in Biodiversity course ;)
Referring to the above cycle, these are all polyps, baby jellyfish!


Last Activity in Siam Ocean World, and Last photo in this posting, yawnzzz~~
Boat ride round the aquarium! Felt special to be able to do this, because the aquarium area felt like the backstage area which is restricted to me, but no no! This ride comes with the package together with the Ocean World ticket! Those are the guides in the picture, interesting facts learnt!
p.s. Would be returning to Bangkok next month, but ar, no.. no time to even go out and eat Tom Yum Soup, just 2 hours of transiting to be spend there =((( extra frownzz


munched @ 9:27 PM

Thursday, July 10, 2008
the journey begins @
http://www.say-swiss-cheese.blogspot.com/
pls stay tuned my dear friends
but this blog wouldn't be abandoned.
would be blogging on more personal stuff here i guess


munched @ 12:32 AM

Sunday, July 06, 2008
OMG
I got a shock when I logged in to my friendster account today!
I received a message and I thought it would be some bo liao guys again but but but no!

See:
Hi .. Dun Mind .. Care To Intro ??

Winnie wrote:

> Hello,
> I miss you ,
> I hope you are doing good.
> I got a new page for the cam app, take a look!
>
http://seemelivehere.com/4385
So did someone just hacked into my account or what?
The message that "I" sent out seems to be computer generated though.. hmmms...
Gosh, I wonder how many of such messages "I" have sent out? And could there really be naked photos of me in that website? But i didn't sleep with edi*** leh?! hahaz.


munched @ 11:50 AM

Wednesday, July 02, 2008
this is a complaint case:

minutes ago i was complaining to my mom how annoying some ppl are...
especially ppl who just make me wanna escape from msn!

hey A! could you please stop asking me why this why that? Just one WHY from me, WHY the hell are you so interested in my life? "WHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHYWHWYHWYHWYHWYHWYH"
its getting on my nerve, who are you, and who am I to you, why must I like report everything to you?
i only see us drifting apart further and further away...

and B, you are even worse! stop asking me where i am going today, no matter where i go, i wouldn't go out with you can!!!!! because u are such a xxxxx and i dun respect you at all for that. thats not the way to make friends, and we are not even close can!

sorry, i don't have the courage to tell these ppl directly in their face, so i must shout OUT LOUD here!!!!!!


anyways, after i finally finished complaining to my mom, my dad came up to her and started complaining his case. haha!
my mom started laughing and feeling helpless, she is like some psychiatrist for us to complain about our life la!

and she ended off my day by asking "eh girl, WHY you still not going to sleep?"
yes on purpose to make me even more irritated. haha....

p.s. you may stop wondering, i would tell you straight that yes, both above mentioned are guys.


but but but I am trying to neutralize my mood by thinking about how lunch time is getting more n more enjoyable with new found lunch mate, eating healthily and spending 15mins basking in the afternoon sun, chatting about meaningful things and just relaxing. now i really believe about chemistry, about clicking well, about "I had a great time today" cliche (but no longer one to me), about how some conversation can make you feel like as if you had a sweet and ending touch dessert after the main course when you merely ordered a plate of chicken rice or alike for lunch. =)


munched @ 11:19 PM

Friday, June 27, 2008


Photos first....
venue: shouldn't be difficult to guess this place right...
date : 27.06.08
time: 7pm
guest: me, myself & i

yes i dated myself today after submitting my timesheet. i just realised among the temp staffs in my unit, I am earning the least! argh.. don't remind me of it anymore.

bought a drink and a snack, da. i conveniently found a empty benches along the riverside and started eating, people watching and taking photos. ahh.. weird? no.. its an truly enjoyable moment to be out with 'that person' and at that place that time.

food was definitely great, cheap and not so sinful, just what i craved for.

ambience was surprisingly good. i always lament that sg is so boring, not scenic at all, but i brainwashed myself to love where i am, not be at where i love, a rule that i learnt to apply to jobs. haha.
-office ladies and men in prim n proper wear walked past, leaving behind a scent that lingered for a moment. its like browsing through a fashion magazine in real-time, real-life and real-size.
-photographers, like above, taking postcards photos. oh and that wedding couple...
-joggers, yup, many in fact, wonder if they actually place a set of joggin suits at work and change when the time calls for the need of 'super-jogger'.
-tourists, perhaps just left fullerton hotel and were on their way to some restaurant along the shophouses
-fellow chill-out peeps who more or less were doing the same thing as me.....

and it was my second people watching session outdoor of the day.
lunch with mandy, my new colleague, was enjoyable!
maybe one reason more why i shouldn't quit hsa right now and try out that internship. hmms..





the skyscrapers. don't they look like some gigantic robots?





the steps along the river. darn, reminds me of switzerland, except that the water here is darker and life-less (no swans). ok ok love where i m, i remember!
if i were to walk in CBD, i would probably hang out there during lunch and after work quite often. haha..

just one more pic... mixture of easy chill out steps and looks-casual-but-pricy restaurants.. pick your choice! and it once again reminds me of... venice! there are also many many such restaurant in venice, but much more romantic and classy... maybe to the locals there, they would feel its more of touristy, just like how i feel about here...


spastic me. of course i didn't walk to sg flyer today and take this shot. Anyways, i ended up at maxwell today. I just walked walked walked til I was tired.....
but i damn love strolling, walking, trekking, hiking, chilling out and hanging out.
perhaps i really love to observe things slowly and carefully, which would only be possible to discover by foot ;)




munched @ 10:24 PM

Friday, June 20, 2008
DREAMS...
someone once said dreams give you a purpose in life.
to think about it, isn't it very true?
if you don't have a dream, a goal in life, you wouldn't have any reason for living.
be it your religion, your favourite sports or your best talent, we should have some thing(s) that we wish to fulfil in this life.
but sometimes, we would tend to procrastinate (hmm i am so busy, maybe in future...), tend to give thousand and one excuses (i don't want to do it alone/maybe its just an ambition like a castle in the air), tend to feel lazy(i am tired today, maybe tomorrow), tend to just wait for something to happen or the right situation to come in order to fulfil that dream of ours. no matter how big or minute it might be....


i still struggle to dream about dreams, sometimes its hard to persuade myself that its right and okay to dream BIG; to chase after dreams, lament that the TIME, PLACE & OCCASSION is not right to do so; and last but the most important one, to keep the dreams alive!

many a time, my passion changes with the season, dies with the falling leaves in autumn and another would rise with the blooming of flowers in spring. i used to find it hard to know what my true passion is, but i came to reconcile to the point that, its not about looking for the so called TRUE passion, but making the effort to make that passion TRUE and ALIVE. it is through constant contact and a strong faith to believe in it, that makes the passion goes on.
hey, don't you think the same rule applies to relationships?
like TRUE friend doesn't just come by, you have to make the effort to keep in touch and talk to each other.

i don't know how long this will last, but i am into drums.
some asked me ever since when?
don't be shocked, this dream of learning drum is at least 2 years old.


its quite a good and new set, i feel.

p.s. bryophyllum plant at work. took this photo to show my gonna be ex-tutee, he loves this plant. Quite well taken isn't it - the focus and contrast of background. hehe.



munched @ 11:32 PM

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Burj Al Arab - Jumeirah


I am sure all of you know this very famous landmark in this up and coming city, right?

i didn't steal this photo from some website, but from a friend, saufung, who went there recently.

it looks so beautiful, i think it shall be my dream honeymoon hotel..
but with the rate of 5000sgd per night, i also think my future husband must be of somebody. haha....




and i like this photo too...






the other day my mom brought home a sample glasses, woke me up from sleep and asked me if its nice. she looked so comical but i decided to be a clown too! see below...




have u recognised that its almost the exact pair that.........


moses lim wears.. haha!
just in case you leave with the impression that i look roundy and nerdy... i must brainwash you with a better pic of me!








munched @ 3:33 PM

Saturday, June 07, 2008
风吹雨打,through thick and thin roads, on a walk to remember, we emerged victorious at upper thomson road....


finally after a long time and some hard time in coming up with a consensus date, i met up with group 28 members for MacRitchie Treetop walk today! Everyone was so exciting about it!!

managed to meet them at the correct bus stop at 9.30am and off we go! First of all, we walked by the reservoir, there was a canoeing competition going on, i saw PJC and NUS people over there, said "jiayou" to them in my heart, and we carried on with our journey to the top.

The trail up to the treetop walk is 5km on rocky roads in the midst of the forest. We easily covered 600m and thought this couldn't take us more than an hour. But we were so wrong, because the reservoir started collecting water... that is it started raining, no i mean pouring! Luckily we all brought umbrella, but i still got very wet, from head to toe, from front to back. Many runners, mostly caucasians ran passed us and we also saw romantic young and old couples sharing an umbrella, strolling in the rain. But things weren't so romantic for us....

there were mini waterfalls and rivers along the way, on the trail, oh my poor new adidas shoes. Although I exercised care and caution while walking every step, i still stepped on some soft earth and splashed myself quite often. However after awhile, I got used to it, i took on big and brisk steps, decided to just enjoy this kind of feeling, its really quite okay, except that i tried to push away the thought of how badly damaged my shoes are gonna be....

we finally saw a bright exit to civilised land after walking on for an hour plus, we were elated, thinking that, yes we have reached! so wrong though....
another signage appeared telling us that treetop walk is still 2+km away.

Feeling a little cheated, we walked on still, because there is really no way and no point giving up after conquering 5km! The trail got a little steeper, but we still walked on... and reached the ranger station, some people were taking shelter there, but we decided to go on, as the signage told us treetop walk is 100m away.

once again, we got cheated, the road up to the treetop walk is an upslope, encircling round the centre, it was really steep and definitely felt more like 1000m than 100m. i walked on faster to gain the momentum, and upon reaching a stairways leading down, we felt the energy and effort to climb all the way up is a bit wasted, but at least this time round, treetop walk is really nearing.

the view from the bridge was really fabulous! on such a rainy day, we really didn't know to count ourselves lucky or unlucky, because the water vapour rising up from the forest created a mist, an imitation of clouds. It felt like as if we were really high up in the sky, everything was blurred and weather was cooling!

the trees were really tall, almost the same height as the bridge, think it is 100m, if i m not wrong, and we could see the reservoir from where we were, superb view, really. took a few shots and couldn't really stay for too long because its a one-way and one-person wide bridge. there was a monkey climbing at the top of the bridge and it stopped to pose for us, haha so cute, and we managed to spot a few other monkeys climbing among the trees, sososo cute!

ignoring the monkey poos, we can't bear to leave the bridge, all the effort to get there, and it was a good 250m long bridge only!

at this point of time, we just want to get out of macRitchie, but it also means we have to either walk the same way back or another route to another exit, which was also another almost 4km walk away.

maybe its the rain water, maybe its the tiredness within us, our legs just felt so heavy with every other step taken. at some point of time, we didn't talk, just silent trekking. there were some interesting boards telling us about the forest and the life within. But we didn't stop, blame the weather making our excitement dampened and all animals were hiding somewhere else. Oh my pangolin, my singapore durian, i saw none!

all in all, despite the rain, it was really a memorable and fun walking! Janet got cranky and came up with the title above, which i thought its really apt! haha.. No photos would be shown in an effort to encourage you guys who haven't been there to take on the adventure! I wouldn't mind going there again, but in pretty weather so that i can really look out for animals and unique plants!





munched @ 7:32 PM

Sunday, June 01, 2008
I love my Job!

have been telling people that I love my Job!

glad to have a bunch of colleagues in their 20s as lunch khakis.
glad to have a desk with dual monitor pc, telephone and the basics all to myself!
glad to do what i am supposed to do, especially when its related to health science
glad to have the freedom to do my work at my own pace, ie to read through the materials even though I don't have to, to walk around, to keep refilling my cup. heh heh
most importantly, glad to be able to.... surf net lah! shh...

but my working hours are abit long and the pantry is booring.. its bring your own food kind! how sad, nothing to munch munch~~

this is my first actual desk-bound job and i realized that it isn't as bad as what i always imagine it to be.


vital, his parents and his relatives came to sg the other day. i got to know about it via... nvm. so i met up with them and the guys. brought them to food republic, and guess what was the starter for the dinner?
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.
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BEER! the swiss way, they claimed. so funny that the whole bunch of us toasted in the midst of the busy food court, one-to-one somemore, before we all separated out to buy food.


yeah, vital would be teaching us skiing/snowboarding this december! cant wait.. heh heh!!!


munched @ 12:10 PM

Monday, May 26, 2008
you there?

haven't been blogging for quite some time. I was.... sort of busy, and lost of ideas what to blog about! I think I am gonna lose you all one of these days, but don't go away please!!

i would be starting work tomorrow, like finally, after three full weeks of slacking! many days were spent hiding away at home playing online games, surfing net, because I was... afraid to spend big money. but so strange that days passed by so fast that i don't feel bored at all, and soon, my parents will bring home my lunch cum dinner home for me...

there was a small hoo-ha beneath the story of me getting this job. firstly, i got 2 jobs simultaneously because i was kiasu and i preferred my current job. then also, my current job's interview was the most unforgettable experience! it was the most knowledge testing and also one which i would gave myself quite a good rating. i used to feel jittery and no confident about interviews because my first ever job interview was very poor. I was totally green and fresh and didn't know how to portray myself positively.

i can't wait to start work and hope it doesn't fail my anticipation and i would really learn something out of it!


you know, i seriously feel very disappointed whenever I go shopping. Nothing seems to tempt me anymore. I won't feel the rush and the impulse to buy anything! I could easily persuade myself not to buy this and that, i don't understand why, especially when its Great Singapore Sale right now! Everyone is like trying and buying, and i hardly find something that i feel its worth trying too! on the other hand, i also don't mind not buying anything. This is so not me.... i really don't know its good or bad... i mean shopping is so enjoyable yet i..............


munched @ 11:27 PM

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Feasting after our last paper!

Adaptation...





one week into holidays, i think switching to holiday mood is one of the easiest thing and fastest adaptation i would ever need to get used to.





initially i was still sleeping not too late, waking up not too late, and staying at home to clean up the house and go for tuitions. but.... i started running about soon and sleeping late, like 4am once?! it was once normal to me, but as i m getting old and more health conscious, i try to avoid damaging my health like that.





after school graded projects, i now have yet another project, i called it "myeuro2008", i m a travel addict not a soccer fanatic. now that i have one time experience which i admittedly did not contribute much in research, this time i must put in more effort!


i also started applying for jobs, actually i don't really wanna start working so fast, because once i start work, i have no time to do things that i want to, and when i stop working, it would be time for me to leave singapore. so i half-heartedly sent out my resume to erm... 6 companies (its easy job what). maybe recruit express loves me, 4 job agents contacted me in one day?! one of them even offers me a HR job in RE itself, but no lah, not interested in this. do you have more interesting jobs for me?



i found myself a drum guide as well, lets call him Mr Nice Guy, bcoz he really is! Finally my dream comes true, one thing off my 'wishlist'. First lesson was embarrassing, because i have forgotten quite alot of music stuff, gosh, and my sense of rhythm.... but Mr Nice Guy was very encouraging.



Meet-ups are for sure, after hiding in my cave for so long! Singapore landscape and even the shops in shopping centres are ever changing huh?! I realized so many things have changed within 2 or 3 months! Like DXO ladies night is no longer on fridays, eww, no more freebies... also, ytd was an extremely funny and enjoyable day spent. w-e s-p-e-a-k l-i-k-e t-h-a-t w-h-i-l-e e-a-t-i-n-g e-a-r-t-h-q-u-a-k-e (p.s. condolences to victims of Sichuan earthquake)



Many friends are also going on holidays or going back to their hometown. Sometimes when i got to know such news, I feel a bit disappointed and abit envious, I wish I could join them, but I know that would be asking for too much. One must always be prepared to give up something for another right. Maybe next year we could organise something huh?

by date:

suet chian - m'sia

andreas - indon

jiaji - korea

mindy - thai

jain - hong kong

mindy again - himalayans

hwee boon - taiwan

chia ling - m'sia

me - you know where

anyone wanna update my list? =) surely there would be more right?

on the other hand, my dearest saufung would be coming back very soon! can't wait for our meet-up!

but then again, she would be in my list above as well. she is merely transiting in sg.






munched @ 9:02 PM

Tuesday, May 06, 2008
HAHAHA, I really cannot control myself, this is too funny. What a really blonde bimbo.. Hey Paris Hilton, aint you looking for a new BFF? Here is a best candidate!



munched @ 6:48 PM

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
"We live in a society that is increasingly governed by science and technology," Hawking said. "Yet fewer and fewer people want to go into science."


Quoting from Professor Stephen Hawking who gave a lecture entitled 'Why We Should Go Into Space' during the 50 Years of NASA lecture series at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

how true.. less people seem interested in science. in addition, as technology advances, the requirement for a scientist increases as well..
as a life science student, i love understanding the nature yet i don't agree with the use of cloning technology and manipulation of genes.

anyway, Prof Hawking believes that in presence of alien in outer space!
we shall see..


munched @ 6:43 PM

Friday, April 18, 2008
Michelle Wie- wannabe

first of all, i have to apologize for not longing for more than 2 weeks!

here are the reasons:

- projects researching, finalizing, submission, meetings

- tests, so many many, including oral test and presentation in german

- mission T: i accepted an intensive short term tuition assignment, i practically had tuition everyday, sometimes 2 in a day. woah, thats something i wouldn't want to try again in near future. i was so mentally drained when i reached home everyday

all these made me so down... really down... then good news begin to come in at the lowest point :

- i saw a grey letter lying on my table when i reached home on monday, its from univerity of zuerich! now both nus and uni zh have accepted my application, so i guess more or less, its confirmed =) tgt with the letter came the scholarship, wahaha, i shld have enough money now...

- got back reasonably graded tests

now, back to the main blogging topic, golfing!



look at the field, click on it to enlarge. be amazed to spot something~

yes, i went golfing some days ago.
you know? as a beginner golfer, that is you don't have any provisional certificate or test certificate, you can't play in greens, that is 18-holes game that you see in golf tournament. you play in range, like above! i didn't know that....
golfing isn't as simple as what i thought, needs concentration, arm strength and accuracy.
my maximum shot was 50m that day, don't laugh, not bad for a beginner already, haha...
there is also 2 types of golf stick: iron is used for short distance, wood is used for long distance, usually the first shot in the 18-holes game. i tried both, and i prefer using wood, for obvious reason, haha.
alright, more project research to do now..
will be VERY FREE from 5th May onwards, date me then.


munched @ 10:16 PM

Thursday, April 03, 2008
Ripple effect

have you ever created a ripple effect? A small gesture or a light-hearted advice that unknowingly helps many other?

I think i just did one.

The other day I (unwillingly, bcoz i have so much work to do) followed my mom to my grandma's house. My primary school cousins were having school holiday and had many homework to do. Being the most educated one present in the house at that point of time and obviously very free, I was asked to coach my primary 3 cousin to do his homework.

We did science and maths. You know, I really have a great passion to teach this two subject to small kids, because for science, they always ask cute questions and i enjoy telling science stories. And then for maths, oh i love to explain maths questions, i don't know why. But anyway, as we were doing the maths paper, I taught him little tricks to solve questions faster and easier, including the fingering method to check 9 x table quickly, a method that i was taught by my sec sch tutor (i would never forget her, she's my role model in giving tuition).
you might know this method but surprisingly, quite some people don't know!
so happen that my little cousin was teaching his classmate this method, and his teacher got to know about it, and think its useful and thus decided to teach the whole class this method!

Now you tell me, haven't I just create a ripple effect? =)


munched @ 11:57 PM

Saturday, March 29, 2008
New toy!

ya, a new toy, a IT gadget! I have got a new pc with window vista for free! nope, not some lucky draw, not from some sugar daddy either. i recontract my broadband with singnet and they gave me a free pc! have been using it for the past few days, and i think vista is ok, not as bad as what some people have told me. and my new contract comes with a wireless modem too, finally i can bring my laptop around the house without having to drag the modem along!

but hang on, i am not that greedy to sign up a more expensive plan just to get a pc that seems to be free when i already have a laptop. my mom is the actually owner of it! have been teaching her how to use the computer, watching shows and play wahjong recently. sometimes she would just suddenly shout out to me and get so paranoid about what to do when she accidently click elsewhere or type something else. that sort of irritates me about why she doesn't know such simple things also, but at the same time, its so funny when she makes silly blunders with the high tech gadget that she rarely touch.

anyways, i feel so much better this week, i feel that i have regain much of my confidence. i had managed the first practical session for my miniproject on zebrafish DNA quite well, getting reasonable results and such. hopefully i can finish everything by next session! another thing that also makes me feel better is my exchange application, i think NUS has already sent out my application and i have also done some research on courses to take over there. so not gonna regret anymore and just go for it!

today is suppose to be my free day whereby i could watch the lecture online rather than being in the LT physically. but i went to school still, for club meeting. A few of us had a meeting with Frau Niemann. Woah woah, once we entered the meeting room, she started conversing with us in german, auf Deutsch! Ya, i know our club is called German Language Society, but i still took some time to get use to this idea of having meeting in a language which i am still learning.

So the meeting went on a good 15minutes auf Deutsch! We were suppose to introduce ourselves auf Deutsch too, omg, my mind just went blank, especially when the one who spoke before me said something more sophisticated.

put in 200% focus and concentration to try to understand everything that she said, its really not easy, unlike normal german class lesson, because she really speak the normal German which i think she uses in daily life, with many words that i have never hear of and at a x2 or even x3 speed she used to speak when i was in her class last semester.

while i was still in shock and trying my best to understand her, each time i heard something that i understand fully, i involuntarily nod my head, i think language learners would understand such a incomprehensible motion.

Jumble up words got stuck in my mouth whenever i want to raise a point, in the end i chose to swallow them. some others could just response fast and casually to her, maybe after my exchange, i would also?

zum Gluck, she reverted back to using english language............................

gotta slp early tonight because i signed up for a biocareer talk and fair tomorrow. and its business wear! i have got other things on after that, in business wear? oh no....

here's a song to recommend, its stuck in my head right now. i struggled to refrain my heels from springing up and down when i was listening to it at the bus stop the other day. play it if you wanna be springy~~




munched @ 12:02 AM

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hai~

I sighed umpteen times today, i have fear for something, its so hard to persuade myself to just take it easy, just like being envy of someone who could just step off from the platform like a breeze and enjoying the bungee jump, while i on one hand, wants to feel it, but so damn afraid and envious of that person. the huge rock stopping me from doing so is like the mental block in my brain, constantly reminding me how lousy i am and hindering my learning process.

I could no longer leech on someone. I must take the plunge all by myself. Let the fear be gone by next tuesday, anyhow somehow.

Was reading some people's exchange trip blog. So interesting but I don't have the time to read everything, mainly browse throught the beautiful pictures. I never knew I would fall in love with Europe, not to say that I actually got the chance to experience live there. I would definitely set up a travel blog when its time, in fact, I have already reserved the blog address! Keep in view ok?

Anyways, I have changed my partner uni. Would still be going Zurich, Switzerland, but the neighbour uni to my previous choice. So glad and lucky that I tried my luck for this, because this change is sort of "life changing", stre$$ relieving...


munched @ 10:33 PM

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Stones and pebbles....

life is indeed not a smooth sailing journey, hit some stones and pebbles recently, things just don't run as smoothly as it should, some targets are just not up to expectation.

met some difficulties in projects. both team and individual work parts. gosh, i really really should pay more attention while i m doing work, it would save me so much work.

i just got more lazy and procrastinating. though i am not online 24-7, i spent time watching youtubes and playing wahjong. and i actually woke up 10minutes before my 8am tutorial class today?! i hardly miss my alarm clock, maybe even my alarm thinks i deserve some good punishment. i gonna ban myself from wahjong during weekdays. weekends would be spend mugging with a mug of milo too.

got back some CAs results. shit* real shit*. but this would serve as a serious and final warning to myself to get real serious about work. i wouldn't and shouldn't give up when i m hitting my target soon.

nevertheless, i went shopping after school today.......... ya, start rolling ur eyes pls.


so not on good terms with myself.


munched @ 1:16 AM

Saturday, March 08, 2008
Weird Theory

i was chatting with my mom this afternoon and came across the age topic.

i said "wa ma, you already xx years old already eh, did you realise it?"

mom "ya i know, i already (xx+1) years old"

i said "no what, only xx la"

mom "i count the chinese one ma"

i said "y would you want to do so? where got ppl want to give a older age wan??"

mom "then ppl will comment 'wa, u (xx+1) already still look so young ar' "


ok she won.


yesterday during tuition, joven happily said it was his birthday and what his class did for him, and what cake his grandma bought for him. he said he gave the whole class mentos, he asked me if i wan. later on, his sis brought in a piece of cake for me =)
he carried on telling me about other stuff like his camp, ghosts and random questions. lol, most of the time i was listening, laughing and try to bring the topic back to the questions on the table!
i like kids who like to ask questions, because this shows that they are thinking!
but sometimes, it really gets too far

me "when u see one grasshopper lying on top of another, they are usually mating"

him "oh.. then frog also mate like that right?"

me "ya thats right"

him "har, den if sometimes we accidentally fall on top of other, also counted ar?"

me "oh no la...... thats different, not like that................"


kids are innocent =)





munched @ 10:32 PM

Saturday, March 01, 2008
Turn-Off -_-''

i saw this while i was checking out the NUS events list :

"Chill out, relax and have fun on a fun filled Barbeque Night organized for the Biology People. Satisfy your nutritional needs for proteins and essential amino acids. Hog on Chicken wings and realize your ecological niche at the top of the food chain.
Furthermore, CCA points will be awarded."


1) biology people? erm, so am i one of them or what?
2) proteins and essential amino acids.. whats the difference between these two?? maybe someone can enlighten me. my science knowledge seems insufficient huh.
3) realize your ecological niche at the top...... this definitely doesn't stimulate my taste bud man~
4) CCA points awarded, finally a good reason why one should go to this BBQ. haha!


hey organizer, if you happen to read this, sorry for being so mean, i only wanted to give you feedback to make improvement yea? hahahahaha


munched @ 9:38 AM


Morning~~~~~~~~~~~~

woke up before 6am today and went to my perhaps used-to-be favourite place in singapore - changi airport

i remember writing an essay about why i love to go to the airport.
i said it is a place where people wait anxiously to see the loved ones arriving, and then rejoice when they finally meet. Its a place that makes me feel peaceful and quiet while watching the planes flying and touching down.
i used to frequent that place more often. because i always send him off, watching him from level one to level two, til i lose sight of him, because i always pick him up from the airport, because i would just take the train til the terminal station when i m bored, because i simply loveD that place.

its not that i don't like that place anymore, but partly because i have no one else to wait for, partly because the airport is getting crowded. mostly because i realize its not wise to travel all the way there just to walk around or to study, i would lose out alot of my precious time. so the airport just get more and more distant from me, kilometer-wise and affinity-wise.

nevertheless, i still have some sort of special feeling for the airport because my parents bring me to the airport frequently since i was young! so i still would go explore terminal 3 one of these days, it looks so clean and bright from outside.

find me there...............................................


munched @ 8:36 AM

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Oh yea recess week is here!


Oh no continual assessments are also here!


i was planning my revision schedule the other day, and i realized the one week break is only comfortably long enough for me to revise for my 3 tests on the following week, ie mon, tues and thurs respectively. then come lab report and project research, which i must find time to complete someday somehow. plus heavy german homework, like comprehension, formal letter writing, statistics writing (i feel like i am doing german for o levels), but no worries, coz i have completed them, wahahaha! so no, i won't let work eat me up just like that! I want to meet up with my dear friends! Or try to!


I have started my revision, i think i have to start early if i want to have fun during the week!

never mind if its a sunday, a rest day, a family day (i m alone at home anyway:S)


you know, i really want to do well for everything. i want to see flying colours on my test scripts, but sometimes i feel the lazy bone in me, and sometimes i think its impossible, the percentage of people who are smarter than me is just so huge, the world is indeed, unfair~ but nevertheless, i know they put in alot of effort too, with abit of higher IQ level and the PERFECT attitude towards studies, of course they excel lah!


hope everyone excluding me would have a fun-filled sunday! =)


Swiss speakers for that day's event with exco members who are running the project, it was such a no-stress event whereby we chatted quite casually, maybe coz we are all young people, heh heh heh... anyway, they just make me even more anxious to go for exchange right away.....


munched @ 11:24 AM

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
ARGH!

how can i just accept the arrangement made when i made no say?

i m critical, skeptical, stringent, stingy

thats not the best choice made loh! how can you

one is losing out, two is not worth, three is i did not say anything

i am definitely not happy man.



ANYWAY,

there would be a SEP talk about Swiss education and studies opportunities, including post graduate opportunities in NUS YIH F2 this fri 6 to 8pm. Light dinner would be provided. Interested friends do come, we put in quite some effort for it =)





munched @ 8:57 AM

Sunday, February 17, 2008
My photos can talk...



trust me on this, i was paid to go to the padang and instructed not to do anything.
ok so i chit chatted and learnt sudoku (ya, i really didn't know how to play before this, coz everyone is playing ma, i don't follow crowd wat.)




finally this year i get the chance to go to our beloved couple teacher house for cny!
so much fun!



night cycling! youth park station. strong team of 8
how to say, i really love night better than day. especially to spend the night out, driving or cycling also can!



choir trio! lyn's 21st.





sherri's 21st. forfeits.

went wake boarding with him the other day. so shuang right? (let me dream abit lah!)


munched @ 12:18 PM

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