Bintan trip, Phuket trip and the Commencement

There were so much things to mention over the 2 months!

First, the Bintan trip with family from 6 Jun to 8 Jun that involved 12 people, Phuket trip with KK from 19 Jun to 22 Jun then finally the Commencement day on 13 July 09 which had indeed made a statement in my life.

Not much photos taken for the Bintan trip as I've been there before last year. It was just too bad that the Resort did not allow taxis to come in thus we had to take the bus out to Pasar Oleh Oleh like before. But I truly enjoyed the spa treatment at Aura Beauty Salon and Spa, Pasar Ole Ole, $83 for an entire 3 hours! (foot reflexology, massage, body scrub then finally herbal press). It was so relaxing that I slept like a baby during the process. We had our free ride home right after our spa. Not to mention, the villa's pool was fixed so a couple of us really enjoyed the morning swim.



My cousins playing a game of billiard with KK at the Game Centre



A view from the Resort Lobby where we see the large swimming pool



2 "problematic kids" (always asking "why??")




Phuket has always been one of my favourite trips other than Japan. But this time round was different as I managed to book the Phuket's travel agent online rather than through Singapore.
We took on a special package with JC Tour which consisted of 3 nights hotel stay, Phi-phi island and James Bond island trip, a 2 and half hour spa and a 6 hours city tour with guide.

Phi-phi wasn't as fantastic as before. Maya Bay turned out to be dirty as the inconsiderate tourists smoked on the beaches where they were actually advised not to by the locals.


Hated these people!! They are killing the beaches!


And the speedboat was crammed with smokers too!!! I had to use my bag to "chope" a seat. Poor KK had to squeeze his butt next to an Ang Moh lady who had a sun-burnt on her boobs.



He forgot to bring his cap and almost had a sun-stroke (with not much hair to protect his scalp)


Throughout the trip, we conversed in Mandarin as there were Caucasians on board. Some of the Caucasians were pretty rude. 4 of them "choping" the seats which it was meant to be for 6, speaking loudly and smoking on the speedboat. There were 2 Chinese ladies on board too. I was pretty amused by the fact that they wore bikinis but covered themselves with sarongs and wearing large beach hats.

We reached Khai island and were disappointed over the large amount of dead corals, lying everywhere and I had a tough time walking in the beaches without shoes. It wasn't like this few years back where I've first came. Did our snorkeling and horrified to see lots of sea urchins lurking under the rocks.


Sun-bathing at Khai Island

OK, enough for the Phuket trip because it was not at all fantastic. I suspect that I have some sort of sun allergy especially with using of sun-block products over my face. Nasty white bumps popped out ever since the first day I've applied sun-screen. That's why I'm not revealing much photos here, they looked pretty yucky....




Finally, the day was here. I graduated!



Commencement Day, 13 July 09



More pictures....



Some mentioned I looked too serious in the photo.... like not at all happy.
The things were:

I had a pretty "bad hair day".
My face looked fat.
It was hot wearing too many layers under the gown.
My heels were killing me.
I have to go back to office (doing stupid chores) once the commencement ends.


Not much celebrations here. Saw some ladies bought the graduate lion, however I thought the animal looked a little spastic. They just find it cute holding it when taking pictures.

Maybe I should rejoice and start thinking positively.

Living in a pig-sty....

Why am I living with a bunch of people who dun do housework and can live in dirt????
Why am I the "Stupid" living under them who help to clean up the house all times?

I wish all my stupid brother's leg/armpit hair are caught in hot wax, stripped off, never grow back so they dun anyhow drop on the floor. The bedroom, the living room, the toilet........ Everywhere!!! Even on the kitchen sink!! Did he wash his leg at the sink?? Or masturbate on top of it?

I have to sweep, mop, pick all the time, I am so sick of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When will this ever stop happening??

I am going bonkers!!! F**K!!!!!!!

The Last Semster ~

No emplacement!!!

Your blood type is B and it explain that you are ...


Basic behavior :
Cannot take orders easily
Make decisions fast
Can be flexible
Do not care about rules


Tolerance :
Maintain the longest interest in what they do
Seem impatient
Dislike repetitious work Seem impatient

How do you see your future and past ?
Hard to forget recent affairs, but able to forget past and memories

How do you express your emotions ?
Expressive
Cool and objective
Although joke a lot, could actually be very shy
Change moods like the weather
Cannot stop complaining when they are upset

I just turned 30 last night!



It was quick, no slow moments and no warnings. I was standing at the bar counter with my old friend, Anna who celebrated the last day in my 20s with me at REBEL Clarke Quay. Both of us got pretty drunk as the bar tender poured a generous portion of hard liquor into our drinks.

"CHEERS!!!!" as we clicked our mugs in the air and tried bottoms up.

After a few sips, we sensed that the air got more smokey, the crowd started to get heavy, our ears could barely hear each others talking. The music of what we heard was just "BOOM...BOOM..BOOM..", vibrating inside our hearts. Then Anna and I started dancing in some way we had never done before. (There was hip-hop, sultry, sexy dance and more.....) It was quirky but pretty fun.

The "BOOM... BOOM.. BOOM..." effect did not cease even I reached home and lay on my bed. My head started spinning and I felt really nauseous. The next minute, I found myself dragging to the toilet, I knew I had to let go of something to feel better.


Some pictures to go along. =)

My closest family members celebrating this moment with me few days back.
It was my brother's gf, Shiyin's birthday as well. We are 2 days apart.


Melt - The World Cafe. ( I missed the seafood there!)
click photo to view more pictures!

I've replaced my Nokia N78 with the LG Ice-cream phone!


Got mine for the blue/green pastel colour one.

It is just a basic phone with the necessary functions.
No wifi, no 3G.... just pure functions like camera, sms and calls.
Yep, with MP3 and radio as well.




So far so good, been loving it!

ok, here's my new "baby"....







Solid, slim, compact, aluminum block of goodness.


The Macbook Pro!!


Even the box looks solid and compact enough to carry to anywhere!




Let me open the "window" to Aurora....



The default wallpaper Mac offers....






Just look at the sleek keyboard...... it comes with a free carrying bag as well (not Apple)
OK, time to start learning how to use the new OS (Leopard) from Mac.





The irony is: I'm still using my old DELL to do my homework.
I guess it takes time to get used to new things.

Side note: One of my fighting fishes died... I flushed it down to the toilet bowl and my bro told me it was cruel to do so.

I am tired.


I think I've pushed myself too hard on the school work. So what the grades will drop eventually....? it is quite difficult to sustain that aggregate score in the end to aim for 2nd class honors. No one gets to appreciate it anyway.

I wished I could just sleep 10 hours for just 1 day. Fall into a deep one. No one to disturb and wake me up. I'll close the windows, switch off my handphone, put a sign outside my door which says "Pls do not Disturb" and fall into a deep slumber for just 1 day.

No.... this is not the "baby" which I'm talking about.


KK bought a 32gb ipod touch in exchange for my 160gb ipod. He said 32gb was too delicate for him and he preferred something more hardy and solid.

As what I've promised you, I've tested the gadget and here's the functions.




Looks like an iphone but it's not~









The same functions like ipod 160gb, it plays MP4s.



downloaded these from youtube.com




There are people who uploaded lectures on regressions.





who says regressions are difficult??!!





And I've added in the recording accessory, the smarttalk from Griffin Technology.






Here's my singing. <--- loud and crystal clear version!

My new "baby" is coming soon.
Stay tuned......

Why give me such a "sucky" task where no one else want to do?

Happy new year... pull your ear!

Chinese New Year's coming as well and I am so busy with my half-cooked dissertation and 3 more modules. As my results from the earlier semester was pretty good, I couldn't bear to let the rests score badly so I'm stressing myself to work even harder this semester! At least getting a 2nd class honours (lower) maybe? So less distractions from my bf and others pls!

Sadly, my supervisor was half-willing to comment on my draft, giving excuses not to meet me nor comment on my work, kept throwing my the Gujarati Econometrics textbook to find out myself. Extremely blur with regressions (finally hands-on to SPSS) and its derived values, I guess I have to find out more myself and with that extra stroke of luck to derive a better regression model... the low t-values are killing me cos they failed to prove my hypothesis is true... I felt like cheating the results.

KK got me an ipod Touch in exchange for my ipod classic. Guess it was pretty a good deal because not only it acts as an mp3, it has internet service as well. I've downloaded pretty loads of applications till now and I must admit this is quite a cool gadget!

My nokia n78 is giving problem again! This is the 3rd time when the loud speakers turned bonkers. Should i get an iphone instead, cause i'm so sick of sending in for repairs and seeing those sloppy nokia care centre staff.

KK always complained that I din write the things about him... well, here's something we shared.

Visited the Peranakan Museum today~ Located near SMU and National Museum of Singapore, the entrance fee is $6 for adults, half price for students and NS men and totally free for NUS students. If you want to know more about the Peranakan Culture, you could make a trip there.


Sad to say, the building looked more impressive than the exhibits inside. Most of the electronic displays were not working, unfortunately.



KK surely looked surprised. In case you dunno, there were 4 fleets of staircases inside the building.

The musuem used to be the old Tao Nan School. In case you were not aware, Peranakans were not only created by cross-racial marriages between Chinese and Malays, there were also Indian Muslims, Indians..... There were also different types of Perenakans; Hokkien, Malaccan, Hindu and many more. The first floor exhibited some photos of famous people in Singapore whom belonged to the Peranakan heritage (Dick Lee was Hokkien Peranakan btw).

One of the most common traits of Peranakan was they do not speak Mandarin. I remembered when I was in Primary One, my tutor married a Peranakan whose mom always cook curry at home. They spoke English and were Catholics. And one of their daughter married an Ang Moh. You really can't blame them for not able to speak or understand Mandarin because their ancestors do not speak the language. Back in their days as traders, the Chinese spoke dialect and from the mixed-marriages, the language was infused with Melayu, similar to our Singlish. When they learned to trade with the British, the rich families sent their children to English schools, thus they spoke Good English.

Sometimes I would think the Peranakan Culture to be quite a "Rojak" (btw, the rojak dish was invented by Peranakans.) But as time goes by, when you mix everything up, you formed an unique identity. That's what Perankans are. Peranakans were certainly proud of their identity. One thing I have to admire for their culture are the dishes they've created, certainly the best in South-East Asia! From Sambal curry, Nyonya rice dumplings to kuehs, these mouth-watering dishes .... the time spent in the kitchens by the nyonyas had certainly paid off!

For more info, do visit
http://www.peranakanmuseum.sg

BTW, there is free entry for all on New Year's Day.


The "kuching" sculpture at the entrance.

Coincidentally, we spotted another "kuching" near Hill Street.


With quite similar pose somemore.... =)

"ding dong bells.... ding dong bells... ding dong all the way...~" <--- wrong lyrics for the X'mas song

Was addicted to "Little Nyonya" liao la. Told myself not to watch the 1st episode already cos I thought it's going to be overrated by mediacorp but I've ended up watching every episode. My sister was even more kiasu. Bec she missed a few epis., she signed up for mob tv to watch a few epis ahead than was shown on tv.

Spent X'mas eve with the girls. Went to Phin's Steakhouse and one of my friends had a whole cup of lime juice poured over her.... by the waiter. Was a pretty awkward and unpleasant experience to enjoy your X'mas eve half-soaked in lime juice. In the end, after a series of apologies from the boss of the steakhouse, they waived off her meal from the bill and the 10% service charge. (but GST for service charge still counted in... duh...!!)



Went to watch "Bedtime Stories" after some gift unwrapping.

Sadly.. it was a movie for kids.

The teen with her parents, sitting beside me was laughing loudly when watching the guinea pig doing some stupid actions. I've only managed to chuckle a bit on this scene where Adam Sandler tested the fire-resistant spray on the salesman and ended up spraying into his own eyes as an apology. The rests of the scenes looked pretty lame. I was so sad that the hot Australian, Guy Pearce acted as the brainless villian in the show~ it was soooo... wasted!!!

After the movie, 5 sleepy and "sian" ladies went to the nearby pub for a mug of beer and countdown. The pub was noisy (had always been) with a gang of young chaps playing games, our next table a few uncles playing poker and not forgetting the young ladies with short skirts serving drinks.

Surely it was quiet for a X'mas eve like this, but it was really a peaceful night!!!

4th Year, 1st Sem







Finally can see some upward trend in the result's graph...
Gambatte for the next sem and thesis!!

Let it snow... let it snow... let it snow....

Hokkaido, a Winter Wonderland.

It has really lived up to its name. Snow-capped fields, harsh, cold weather, abundant seafood, expensive but certainly delicious white chocolates, we'd spent a lovely 7-days holiday over there.



Click on pic to see more photos*

Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7

CTC hokkaido travel package~ $2565

Why can't he a bit "zhi-dong" a bit, pick up his stupid pubic/leg/stomach/chest/ass/whatever hair found in the bathroom after using....

I really can't stand him anymore, he just pissed me off everyday.

Bought a new gadget/accessory for my ipod classic.



It is called "iTalk", by Griffin Technology. Got it from ebay and spent about US$19.98 on item and delivery. Talk about the appreciation on US currency, certainly it wasn't a good time to purchase anything from there, but I needed the recording device desperately to record during lectures.



I was playing with it, recording my voice by reading out loud and did the play back. Noticed the sound was pretty clear then I started to "sing" to it.









Shall put up my singing online so you guys could listen to it~ It's phenomena.....

I can't be your lovey dovey.... I'm so sorry...