Lost in Dream, Lost in Mirage, Finding my Way~

2009-06-03T16:46:00.001+08:00

I'm enlisting next friday(12June)...
So I'll be inside for 12days before I can come out on weekends...
Haiz... Hope it's alright going in ^^

2009-04-08T00:57:00.002+08:00

As some may not know... i've actually started working part-time at Subway... have been a week plus now since i started working and I would say it's not as tiring as those warehouse assistant jobs i got previously during the short breaks in poly....

the staffs are friendly and great... get to eat subway for lunch and dinner... but ya... u know sooner or lata u get sian or it...like something so nice now taste normal to u... u also cannot try smt special cuz u need to pay more for it...only can eat normal de...

learn quite alot of things... from cleaning everything from ovens to tables to fridge....to taking orders and using the cashier machine.... to cutting the bread, memorizing the formular for every sub there is to memorising which sauce is which and which bread is which....

this is actually my 1st time working in F&B actually and i think i enjoyed it... can interact with people rather than stuck in warehouse carrying and counting stocks....

now i have like smell of bread and sauce on my fingers lolz...got proof that i'm in the subway business lolz... i think i will continue working in subway till NS but lunch and closing is tiring >.<... ya...hope i dun mental breakdown or smt.... ^^....

take care...sry i didn't have inspiration or mood to update my blog these days >.<

2009-03-13T22:30:00.004+08:00

Oh ya... almost forgot... ty kaixax555 for pointing out...
I've actually went to a Speedcubing Competition on 28Feb and 1Mar...
It's the 1st competition in singapore that is recognised by World Cubing Association(WCA) which also means any records made there will go into world records and singapore records...

Very proud of my performance that where i actually done better than wat i do normally....
If u want to have a look at my record, here's the link to my WCA profile:

http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/results/p.php?i=2009ZHEN02

as u can see I'm 10th in singapore for megaminx and 22th in singapore for 3x3 cube... amazing har... lolz... i can't believe too.... but i guess this is wat u get for the very 1st record for singaporeans...

I've also uploaded some videos from the competition in high definition in youtube... interested u can watch from these links:

Megaminx Solve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-9COjt9dhY&fmt=22
3x3 Cube Solve: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT4wsV3ZapY&fmt=18

you may not believe it but the day i went to compete... I only learnt the megaminx for 10days only... but right now, I can beat my competition megaminx record anytime hahaz...glad that I've improved...was 4mins+... now always below 4mins...

2009-03-05T15:05:00.005+08:00

wahh...damn bored these days...

recently came across this korean girls group called So Nyuh Shi Dae or SNSD for short or Girls Generation for english translation...

1st impression....wahh...got more ppl than 黑Girl sia...this group has 9 girls...
after getting to know them more and listening to their songs...
well they are actually better than 黑Girl...they are even the best group last year and a very popular group in korea...they have ppl specialise in singing(damn good i tell u) and ppl that are good at dancing wif 1 that actually danced for BoA b4...

got chance go find their song and listen...i personally recommend Into The New World...their 1st single but really nice..hahaz...

if u are lazy to find...stay at my blog and listen to some of the songs i'm playing here...

2009-02-20T18:10:00.001+08:00

This is the video i took 6 days after i got my megaminx....well i actually learnt it on the day itself but got a stupid wtf timing of 15min!!!...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FPM2e0CL0&fmt=22

Enjoy the video...and guess wat?? It's in HD!! WooHooo...

2009-02-14T13:01:00.002+08:00

The day before yesterday i just got my new puzzle...THe MegaMinx...
wah...took me 5hours of playing ard and messing and playing until i figured out how to solve >.<...
learning how to solve it made me feel a long lost feeling which i experienced when i learnt how to solve the 3x3 rubiks cube...
my 1st ever timing was disappointing 15mins....that's like damn long...
but today...to my shocking...i got a amazing 5:21.28 timing...omg...can't believe...
will continue to work hard to improve my timing for this interesting puzzle....^^

you may think it looks complicated and crazy...but the difference between megaminx and typical rubiks cube is megaminx got 5corners, 3x3 as 4 corners, megaminx got 5 layers, 3x3 got 3 layers, megaminx got 12 faces, 3x3 got 6 faces.... hahaz...

2009-02-09T23:10:00.004+08:00

Number 0264....a lucky number....with this number....i managed to pass my 5 stations wif at least a D and eligible for Silver which I've failed 2 weeks ago....

StandingBoard: managed to jumped 225 for standingboardjump ^^...so happy...my training as paid off...finally got a D....

Pull-Ups: amazingly i pulled 9 standard pull-ups...a B grade....wow...can't believe...must continue work hard until can do 10++....

Sit-Ups: sit ups managed to get A haha...lucky and also chiong until siao siao haha....

SitNReach: sit and reach disappointing 46...haiz...only got B when i got A 2 weeks ago...

ShuttleRun: shuttlerun suddenly today can't do properly but managed to exactly got a D.....phew....lucky....

2.4KM Run: as for 2.4KM...i've tried my best to chiong....results can't see eariler cuz the whole NAPFA ending too late...only hope now is that it is enuff to get a D grade and wif that i can get a silver....

wahhh wahh...pls leh pls...silver dun need go 3 weeks earilier....haiz...bao you bao you...

2009-02-03T22:33:00.031+08:00

I just came back from 黄靖倫&石欣卉 Campus Concert at Temasek Polytechnic...lolz...

I must say i really enjoyed it...had listen to their new albums before I went for this and I believe i enjoyed both their albums.

Me and my friends started queueing at exactly the starting time of the concert at 6:30pm...the due at that time was already damn long and many ppl soon came after us...but luckily and unfortunately...we have to wait till 7pm+ before they start to allow us in...

The concert started out with the 2 YES 9.33 DJs introducing themselves follow by 黄靖倫&石欣卉 introducing themselves...

Then 黄靖倫&石欣卉 sang the following songs:

石欣卉: 女皇驾到, Singderella, 无能为力 (all nice...)
黄靖倫: 月光, 走音, 慢半拍 (love yue guang and man ban pai)
黄靖倫&石欣卉: 一眼瞬间 (my god..they should sing duet song in their next album)
Jia You 黄靖倫&石欣卉... hope for another good album from both of u in the future...

(click on links for video)

Video 1: 一眼瞬间(黄靖倫&石欣卉)
Video 2: 女皇驾到(石欣卉)
Video 3: 月光(黄靖倫)

Video 4: 走音(黄靖倫)

Video 5: 慢半拍(黄靖倫)

Video 6: 黄靖倫 Dances 羅志祥's《蝴蝶秀》

2009-01-29T16:47:00.006+08:00

i went through a forum that i often visit and

found someone posted these hmm...

interesting ghost stories...care to read

if u r interested ...

Ghost Story #1
When I was young, I lived in a deserted kampong deep in the jungle. Every night, my mother could ask me not to go home too late as there won’t be any transportation after a certain time.One night, before going home, I ta pao a kueh teow soup for supper. I was late and I waited for the taxi/bus but there was none. I was getting worried as the night was getting darker and darker. So I tried to flag down private vehicles to take me home.There was no one stopping for me, till one motorcyclist took compensation on me and stopped to give me a lift. He was a man with a kind face. I accepted his offer and got onto his motorbike.On the way home, we would pass by a temple. At night, the temple would look eerily spooky with the dim lights from the candles.At first, the motorcyclist was warm and friendly. When the temple was approaching, the motorcyclist eyes grown bigger and bigger. His kind face turned to a face of anger. He was muttering something loud but was not audible to me. I was so scared that I closed my eyes in order not to see his angry face.

Then, the motorcylist stopped in front of the temple and then yelled at me.“Your kueh teow soup is so hot!! It is burning my thigh! Can you please move it away???”

Ghost Story #2
When I was young, I have two friends who were very close to each other. They played with each other everyday. It was like, if you see A, you would see B next to him. They were always together.A loved fried eggs. Whenever he went out for lunch or dinner, without fail, he would ask for fried egg on top of his noodles, fried rice, etc.One day, A involved in an accident and died. B was devastated. B went to the cemetery to pray everyday. He would go to the nearest restaurant and ta pao a box of fried rice with an egg on top to be offered to A when he went to pray to him.The next day, he opened the box and there was no egg inside! B was petrified. He thought, must be A who came and took the fried egg away.The same thing happened the next day and the day after that. B was confused. So, one day, he asked the chef to make the same fried rice with a fried egg again. Then, he went to the cemetery to offer it to A. Curious, he opened the box to check for the egg. He was angry to find that, there was no fried egg in the box after all.

Feeling that he had been cheated, he went back to the restaurant and demanded to see the Chef. “Where is the fried egg?? I told you there must be a fried egg inside!! You have cheated me for a few days now! Gimme back my money!!”

Then, the Chef got really angry and opened the box - the fried egg was inside the box.The Chef said, “Stupid! You open the box upside down. No wonder you cannot see the egg!!”

Ghost Story #3
When I was young, I went to town to work with a group of friends during our summer holidays of two months. Being young and away from home for the first time, we drank and smoke like nobody’s business.One night, we were pissed drunk and flagged the last bus down to go home.Being tired, we slept in the bus. It had been awhile that I fell asleep. I was awake by thechilly wind. I was shocked to find that there was no one in the bus, and I was the last passenger. I looked in front to check out for the driver. But the driver was no where in sight. Yet, the bus was moving. I panicked. I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I was not dreaming. The night was dark and cold.I hysterically jumped out from the bus and tried to run as hard as I could to get away.

Then I heard someone yelled at me from behind the bus.“Hey! Don’t run away! Come over here and help to push the bus!” yelled the bus driver.I saw my other friends helping to push the bus, which broke down while I was asleep.

Ghost Story #4
My friend lives in Hougang Ave 8 (Singapore). One evening he went to town for a movie with his friends. He was having a lot fun before he realized it was getting very late. He quickly made his way home. It was unusually dark and creepy that nite. As he was walking, he was astonished to find an old, creepy-looking street peddler selling some books along the road. It gave him the shivers when he noticed this pale old guy staring at him.The old guy said, "Son, why don't you get a book ... it will keep you company". My friend acted brave and thought why not. He had a look at the old man's collection ... his hair began to rise up on end when he noticed all the books were related to the supernatural. Nonetheless, he found one that was very interesting so he asked the old man, "How much is this, Uncle?" The old guy replied, "Well son ... that's an interesting book ..it's $25." My friend was shocked and said "But ...but ...that's so expensive.." The old man said nothing but glared at myfriend which freaked him out. He quickly rummaged through his pockets & found $20."T-t-this's all I have" he said. The old guy replied,"It's okay, son... u can've the book for that price." As my friendhastily paid for it & made a dash for home, the old man called out to him and said, "Son ... whatever happens, don't u ever flip the book to it's last page .... remember these words ...or u will regret it!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Reaching home, he quickly asked his parents," Dad ... mom ... are there any new booksellers nearby?" "Not that we know of ... but we've heard of a creepy old man that appears only at nite during a full moon & then disappears just as mysteriously. Nobody knows who he is, or where he comes from but many have become victims in his wake... why son?""N-nothing just asking", said my friend & ran straight to his room.Nervously, he opened the book & began reading, all the time remembering the warning the old man had given him. But after a while, he grew tired & fell asleep. At midnite, as he was sound asleep in bed, a cold gush of wind blew in through his bedroom window which startled him and sent chills down his spine. He looked at his table & noticed the wind had blown the pages of the book to its last page!!!!! For awhile, he laid in bed - frozen in fear, but soon curiosity got the better of him.He had to know what was on the last page.Slowly he got out of bed & carefully picked up the book. As he glimpsed at the last page, he let out a blood-curling scream & fainted...

This is what he read on the last page:
>>>>Retail Price : $ 10.99
>>>>Promotional Price : $2.99

2009-01-25T17:18:00.001+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year TO ALL!!! GONG XI FA CAI!!!

2009-01-12T21:28:00.004+08:00

I've actually created a tutorial for ppl who wants to learn how to solve a cube...
juz rmbed i 4got to promote in my blog lolz...

anyways it's smt that i have done in my free time and it is meant for easy learning...

the method of solving that i teach is partially beginner and partially abit more advance which i thought is easier to teach the advance version...

Here's the link to the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E2E0C27A1793CE15

Watch it at this order(dun skip step): 1st cross tutorial, 2nd corner tutorial 3rd second layer tutorial, 4th last layer tutorial part 1 and 2

enjoy ^^...

2009-01-01T18:37:00.010+08:00

This year's countdown is not only meaningful but fullfilling...

our gang of i-guides, some alumni and some students also from TP also were invited to the Marina Bay Countdown Party....

not only were we able to see many tv stars but also able to experience wat issit like to be on a live show...and guess wat...i'm on TV live alot of times...lolz....

great show and the fireworks are great..but juz to think of it another way...we are having economic crisis and they are like burning money away lolz....jkjk...

following are some pictures i've taken wif my HP...enjoy...as for the fireworks video...kana tricked...thought end liao..in the end still have and more exciting....then dun want take liao...cuz want to enjoy the fireworks....

1.special pass to get front stands 2.picture of the stage 3. Taufiq, Michelle n Hady

4. The hosts for the show 5. The crowd behind me...(yeah!!damn alot..but TP scream louder lol)

6. Broadway Beng, Babarela, PCK 7. Adrian Pang 8. They signing wishes on the ball

9. Fireworks!!!Woohoo...really roxz...

2008-12-30T21:52:00.003+08:00

New year is coming...here...i'm wishing everyone an early Happy New Year

The new year bring new hope, new things, new challenges, new changes in life....

Jia you everyone...

2008-12-21T09:31:00.002+08:00

as i juz got older by 1...i start to think...wat have i done up till now that is really an achievement..issit my good results that i got b4? issit that i've learnt how to solve a rubiks cube?? am I walking down the path that i want to be at?...cuz changing of path is getting harder at this point...

thank you all for ur wishes...thx...

2008-11-28T11:43:00.000+08:00

hmm....juz a blink of eye...term test is coming...>.<...my first paper is on the 9th....that is like next next week sia...

now still have to complete my major project report..then got i-guides packing...

hope i dun get too distracted...see my younger cousins all having holiday so shiok >.<...

To myself: jia you Gabriel...only 2 papers nia >.<.... ok..u all dun jealous....

To all: Jia you all..good luck in ur papers....

birthday

2008-11-24T18:17:00.001+08:00

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2008-11-23T23:12:00.011+08:00

hahaz..4got to blog yesterday so i'm gonna talk alittle abt yesterday and today...

yesterday alvin and howe win invited me to go Carnivior for a buffet lunch...at 1st they sms me ask me go and say they both treat me....then i reply...hmm...but my birthday like 1month lata leh...lolz...end up =_=.....it's actually their birthday...that time forgot ....but 1st time see ppl birthday treat ppl de lol...but nevertheless i still went for it...cuz howe win juz came bak from taiwan and he said he got some suviniors(ok wrong spelling i know) to give...

went there environment was good....staff was friendly...food not bad...bad thing is i can't handle too much meat >.<>

Ok...as for today....my friend(CHUN WEI...must acknowledge him and thank him lolz) got tickets for Lin Jun Jie's JJ Party 3 at Max Pavillion and he invited me there....his kiasu friends went to queue since 5:30pm while me and my friend got there around 6:30pm lolz...but thanks to them we got quite front seats....enjoyed the concert...listening to songs from his latest album JJ Lu...and some of his classics...one of his friends from his attachment that i went the concert wif is actually my primary school classmate lolz...still rmb she sits on the left of me and we sit by the left window lolz...and she's the monitress hahaz...get to catch up wif her abit but lets hope she goes for the next class gathering... ^^.....oh ya...on the way to JJ party concert also saw jasmine..haha..so qiao...the world is so small man....following are some short videos that i managed to tape down...him singing Xiao Jiu Wo, Tou Jiang You Tiao and Jiang Nan...enjoy and pardon the bad quality...video using my handphone at 3.5x zoom lolz...

2008-11-20T23:19:00.003+08:00

hmm...sry that i have not update my blog very often and not much photos hahaz...dunno i feel kind of weird to take photo when u see smt haha...but i'll try
been bz with CCA stuff and last minute touches to the major project...judging is next wednesday and report is due next next monday...haiz...really hope it will be over soon...
been sleeping late..dunno y but kind of feel like wasted my life if i sleep so early..but ya..can feel and see i dun work as properly as last time le hahaz...should try to go back my proper sleeping time at 10pm lolz...ok too early for most of u all..but ya....i used to sleep at that time...unless got some nice variety show or game show...
and come to think of it...my birthday is coming...wooohoo...about 1month 1day more ^^....wonder wat i will get as present this time...been getting clothes and stuffs since when my aunties and mom thinks i've grown up...but still miss the days where i get Gundam models for birthday present..cuz i really like building them..haha...hmm..haven got those from the new series lolz...dunno leh..i would rather get things like electronics stuffs or plastic models...

hmm..ok about today....those ppl going backpacking trip organised my adventure club joined us in training....we went through an intensive training by ELF involving alot of running lolz....then after that those ppl went meeting but our sub-comm head rick want us play some tower defense game...end up running even more ...hahaz....but not bad exercise lar...

after that, me and 6 subcomms went mcdonalds to have dinner..wooohoo...finally get to try the Mega MAC...should try the Mega Mcspicy someday....we also took a group photo...but i will update this post as soon as i get it from Lee Kiang

Ok....i go sleep le....sleep alittle bit earlier lolz...

2008-11-19T19:04:00.003+08:00

got nothing to do yesterday so i bo liao made this video..lolz...enjoy...

2008-11-18T21:45:00.005+08:00

haha got this pic from my friend's blog and thought it looks nice...

(my friend's hands holding my Jap DIY and my Clown 2x2)(taken in the lecture theatre yesterday i think...)

2008-11-17T23:11:00.003+08:00

Think about this.

Why are you here? Why do you still want to live? Why do you have regrets if you die now?

I know you want to live on because you have dreams...aspirations...goals...to achive or accomplish before you die...

But why must they be done? What will you lose if it isn't done?

From an innocent baby like a sheet of blank paper that just got into the world, what caused or make you have dreams, aspirations and goals? What's the origin of those things?

Think about this and the answers may make your life better and easier.

2008-11-14T07:29:00.002+08:00

after losing my mp3 and my precious ear piece(mp3 $50+, ear piece $45) two days ago...sadly

I have to dig out my previous money from my Money For Rainy Days Fund(MFRDF)..lolz...and I got the new CREATIVE Mozaic MP4...my 1st MP4 in my life lolz...b4 are no screens...

not bad...nice interface, built-in speaker, microphone, radio, clock, organiser, 2GB space, supports music and videos..for jus $99....

2008-11-10T22:36:00.002+08:00

Here's 2 funny commercials..enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_MZ1u3zHJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBwM2U77F2c

2008-11-10T00:15:00.004+08:00

heiz....today juz went dinner wif I-guides log ppl...although in the end alot ppl pangseh but ya..we had alot of fun talking to each other ...telling alot of cold jokes..and most importantly free desert from louis, our logistics head....

Picture 1"Log Comm..lol(front from left Katherine, Ying Qi, Louis

back from left Aston, Me, BB)

Picture 2:East ppl(front from left Katherine, Ying Qi

back from left Me, Aston)

2008-10-21T16:16:00.020+08:00

Date: 30th Sep Location: Singapore/ Nam Dinh

Wah. Reach our new 'home' so late. Everyone was so chui but still got debrief. Have to take 6hrs bus from Hanoi airport. Totally stone most of the time. Haiz, looking forward to tmr. Lucky mosquito not so fierce. Haha...,still should be able to sleep.

Pic1:me,lagguage n handcarry Pic2:Entire OCP crew(34 of us) Pic3:(from left)Dad, Sis, Aunt, Me Pic4: OCP Game Team(from left)Xin Hui,Brandon,Me n Zi Ya(woohoo..we rox!!) Pic5: Boxes of Donations(at Hanoi,Vietnam Airport) Pic6: On the way to bus to take to our new home Pic7: My room at Nam Dinh(7ppl sleep in this) Pic8: Photo from 2nd floor(3floors altogether) Pic9: Dinner!!

Date: 1st Oct Location: Nam Dinh

Omg. I'm in Cooking Team today. We have to pluck roots off wild vege, cut meat and wash vege and serve when cooked. OMG, can't believe the vege they put on the sandy floor outside but lucky got wash. The lunch was nice, didn't interact wif kids much cuz mostly preparing ingredients and going out to buy stuff for welcome part. Got invited to the principal's house. She treated us big and nice pemelo(you zi)...red meat de woh...muahah...

Date: 2nd Oct Location: Nam Dinh

Ok, before I start writing about today, I forgot to say smt abt ytd. Had dinner out and we had beef kway tiao soup. Then we saw a bottle of vietnam rice vodka, then we thought we should add that in. Added 1 shot using shotglass into the soup. Omg, damn nice I tell u. Got chance must eat again. Had 2 bowls lol. Ok, now for today. I'm in painting team today. Wah, seriously sai kang work lor. Paint the windows and doors and use petrol to wipe off those that are painted off. The sun damn hot until in the middle, I started to headache and stone standing, dun even bother to sit down. But had a fun day. Gonna go teaching tmr, so really looking forward to playing wif the kids tmr. Oh ya, after dineer had a talk wif Justin, Mary and Caryn. Glad to have the chance to know each other more. We had a great talk. ^^. That's all I have to say for today.

Date: 3rd Oct Location: Nam Dinh

Wah. 4th day nia, my whole body kana heat rash, had to cover my body with prickly heat powder. Even kana abrasion. Ouch. My clothes finally dry. Yeah, got 1 more set of clothes, now left 1 new set nia. But this one i wash came out damn smelly sia, like nvr wash like that. Haiz.

Today I went teaching. I'm with the lower grade class where students are less knowledgeable and more naughty. Starting was well but ending the kids felt excited to go home cuz today last day of school and they went to the corridor outside the class and some even went inside the higher grade class as they were doing paper folding. In the end managed to control them. Haha, lucky. The dinner was nice, specially supervised by AC advisor, Paul. Found out some dark secrets that happened. New those guys that know have to look out for the gals. Hope that all is well and we survive the 14days, 10 days more haha.

Date: 4th Oct Location: Nam Dinh

Today we did the last touch up for our paint work for the disabled school. We touch up white spots and cleaned off the terrible looking paint from the floor. At first, by the looks of it, it seems impossible, but amazingly, we did clean off every spot on the floor. Our job is done for the painting. Tmr would be our free time to go ard Nam Dinh for 'shopping' and sightseeing. Oh ya, almost forgot, we went to the market to see today and our teacher even treated everyone vietnamese bubble tea. Ok lar, it's more like chendol but dunno y everyone say bubble tea. It's very delicious and amazingly cost only SGD$0.10 !! We had their beancurd. It's abit different, using coconut water instead of syrup. Very soft and nice. Looking forward to tmr's 'playtime' and after monday's farwell party, we would be heading to the next location, Hai Duong. Looking forward to going there. ^^. That's all. Gd nite.

Date: 5th Oct Location: Nam Dinh

Today was fun, we went to padi field where I'm able to pluck fresh rice, peel off the coating and eat it. It is really soft. Oh ya, before padi field, I also went to the church to see see. After padi field, we went to the beach. Becuz I set low expectations, I wasn't disappointed when I see the beach. Me and some other ppl played with kites while others compete with each other in piggyback race and tug-of-war. The day was damn high until the whole house water supply got cut off. Couldn't bath at all, can only put powder, I'm itching all over man.

Hope tmr would be better. ^^.

Date: 6th Oct Location: Nam Dinh/ Hai Duong

Today we leave our 'home' at Nam Dinh and go to our new 'home' at Hai Duong, take note it is not pronounced as Duong but ZZZ(like buzz). Went there took 4hrs man. Wah seriously sian, played my psp until no batt, then listen to mp3 fell asleep abit afew times and finally reached.

The place was more Ullu than expected. A small gate beside the road and you walk in into the school. 1st impression, not bad, at least some of the kids are not deaf or mute. Then I see the canteen, OMG, dun want to be in cooking team le. Then the room, OK not bad, windy except that we are sleeping on plank, lucky got our sleeping bags. Ok lar, that's it for today, hope tmr would be better. Oh ya, had the best bath since I reached vietnam cuz the water here is much cleaner. ^^.

Date: 7th Oct Location: Hai Duong

Today is the first day at hai Duong, I'm in teaching team, cuz no one wanted to teach and we need 3 guys n 3 gals, nvm abt that.

The teaching here is easier compared to Nam Dinh as kids here can speak and hear and the class alot smaller compared. Ok lar, teaching is still OK as we can communicate with basic simple vietnamese. Cannot take photos as the teachers say the production team will take. Learnt a vietnam children song from the kids hahaz. Got chance, interested find me hahas. Got backache today, haiz. Hopefully will be better tmr cuz doing painting tmr. That's all. Signing off. ^^.

Date: 8th Oct Location: Hai Duong

Our advisor asked us to answer an interesting question in the journal. "What do you realise about you up till now?" Well, I feel that I've grown to do chores, have more initiative, better in communicating with ppl and be happy with what I have.

Ok, today I'm in painting team. The painting team Zai man. We paint the bed frame and our newspaper is almost useless as we dun drip much paint. Managed to paint 5 rooms today, together 9/10 rooms finished. Gonna finish! OMG. Kambateh to myself haha. Good nite.

Date: 9th Oct Location: Hai Duong

Today I'm again in painting team. (Yeah. Full-time painter). We managed to paint and assemble the beds of every room. We touched up on the walls, painted the doors, painted all the fences and changed their bulbs to new energy saving bulbs. After all the hardwork, we met up at 4:30pm and they got a surprise. (Ok. I actually know le cuz our teacher accidently slip mouth.) We celebrated 5 Oct babies' birthday before going for KTV. OMG. The KTV room they booked is damn big. we had alot of fun dancing and jumping and singing and eating together. Only bad thing is their song collection abit outdated. Have to choose those classics and childhoon songs. Haha. Then when got bak, heard from one of the vietnamese volunteer that was with us spent SGD$200+ on a 2GB thumbdrive. OMG, should call us, we buy and mail him cheaper. Tmr will be super tiny touch ups for painting team. We will stop work at lunch, lunch outside and we go a studio to take phots in vietnamese tradition costume. Then at night we would prepare for farwell party. Leaving for Halong Bay. Gonna go home soon le. Starting to miss home abit. Mom, Dad, Sis, I'll be bak soon. OK, nite. It's 12am le.

Date: 10th Oct Location: Hai Duong

Really happy and glad today. We have completed our work at Hai Duong. we've painted the walls, doors, fences, bedframes, changed all the spoilt light bulbs and put up light shades in all the lvl 1 rooms. After our farwell party in the afternoon, we headed to a studio to change to traditional vietnamese costumes. Had alot of shots hahas. After that we shopped at streetside shops. Bought a vietnamese army hat haha. Quite nice but I think ppl will say u siao if you wear out. Very hard helmet like that, I think is to protect the head from bullet or smt. Tmr leaving to Halong Bay. Yeah more shopping and we get to stay in hotel. ^^.

Date: 11th Oct Location: Hai Duong/Catba Island

After packing up everything, we had beef noodles near the school. Dun dare to add vodka haha cu we are not surpose to take alcohol and a teacher is sitting infront. After that we got all out luggages up the bus and bye bye to the school. Sad to see many of our own friends cry and the kids cry. Reached the habour, took a ferry. On the way we stopped by a fish farm. Stopped there and had lunch on board. Wah, finally some proper food. The fish finally taste like fish, soup like soup and our first chicken in vietnam. On the ferry trip, we saw alot of mountains and hills. View is really nice. Even managed to see sunset. On the way we went to caves to visit. Bought some pig toys, one for my sis, one for my pig lover cousin and one for cheryl for her birthday. Reached Catba Island, took a short 30min ride to our 'hotel'. Damn small but dunno y 3 star. There we went shopping at streetside shops. Got lots of bracelets. Got for my sis, myself and one gift for cheryl. Can't help to think today surpose to be her birthday and I'm in vietnam. Got a cowboy hat for myself. Glad to have 3 design school gals to go with me to pick. Had a really good bath and even watch HBO, disney channel on the TV. OK. Gd nite.

Date: 12th Oct Location: Catba Island/Halong City

Today woke up, went down for breakfast. Then during briefing, we all decided to not visit the national park and head directly to Halong Bay. We took a short bus trip to habour and took a boat to Halong Bay. We took another bus trip into the city where we checked into a hotel. We were quite disappointed when we see our hotel but surprised when we got to our room. It was damn big. (OK lar, at least bigger than all the rooms we stayed b4). After we eat our lunch which has 8 dishes, we head to a supermarket to buy stuff. And beside it is a night market. Only afew shops open as it is still afternoon. But I got lots of stuffs haha. Then we head to a resturant. We had a big buffet stype dinner and we have gift giving ceremony to the local volunteers and them to us. Suddenly I noticed that time has really passed fast. Tmr we would be leaving vietnam back to Singapore. After dinner, we had a last shopping at the night market b4 heading bak to hotel. We went to one of the girls' room to watch some videos, movies b4 sleeping. Hahas. Nite.

Date: 13th Oct Location: Halong City/Hanoi Airport/Changi Airport/Home

OMG. Woke up so early. 3hrs nia. Lucky no that tired when woke up. Had banana, french loaf and egg for breakfast. After that we took a bus ride to Hanoi Airport. 4hrs sia. But OK lar, was entertained enuff to not feel bored. Reached Airport. After checked in our lagguage, we have to leave. See the girls and even some guys cry cuz we are leaving the vietnamese volunteers that were with us throughout the trip. Sadly, I didn't cry. haha. Went up plane and watch Hancock on plane. When landing, felt my left ear very paint. Now still blocked. Went dinner with family and cousings at hawker center at the airport. When reached home, found that my beloved computer spoil. OMG. Sad. Hope can repair soon. Really miss it. OK. I now watch some TV then sleep. Tmr have to sort out the gifts to which give who. Nite.

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We are surpose to write in our journal every nite during the 14days. Hope u enjoyed reading this. Pictures will be up soon. So stay tune. ^^.

2008-10-20T21:45:00.003+08:00

hi, this is as wat i've promised...although abit late...this is a really direct copy paste of the journal i wrote during the 14days trip in vietnam...

but b4 that lets talk abt today...

today i have a gathering wif the ocp ppl...although only 14 of us turned up...it was fun...
we went kfc for dinner...although that simple...we get to talk to each other again...
we used to talk alot during our 14days 2gether...now get to know each other more...
when we wanted to go home...it started to rain like siao...have to walk through the buildings till reach a place that has the shortest amount of no shelther...but lucky not so wet lar...ok now bak to the journal...(totally no censor de...)

2008-10-19T16:28:00.002+08:00

OMG.....damn happy...my genius friend came my house today after playing badminton together and after some trial and error....OMG...my com is fixed....wooohooo

you guys should be seeing my updates for vietnam soon....but maybe abit at a time...
school reopen tmr...quite sad lar....gonna say bb to some of my friends cuz we are taking different electives...and I'm taking higher engineering maths also...hahas...

so...hahaz....I'M BACK INTO THE VIRTUAL WORLD....MUHAHAAHA..lolz..

i'll be doing my blog updates tmr...

so stay tune for tmr....

Things I'm Gonna Put Up:
- Journal that I wrote during my 14days OCP trip in Vietnam (coming tmr)
- Photos Pertaining to each day (coming soon...)
- Reflections after the trip (coming soon...)

2008-10-17T14:34:00.002+08:00

sry guys...after coming bak from vietnam still no photos or updates in my blog...cuz my com spoil le...haven fix...then i can only use my PSP...PSP dunno y cannot access blogger...but i can still view my tags at my blog...

i promise u all that i'll update when my com is ok....

sry for the inconvinence ... ^^

2008-09-29T22:24:00.004+08:00

wah...after my last OCP meeting in the morning....went to have lunch wif ocp ppl at KFC...our last KFC b4 we go for war lolz...

after that have to go back club room to discuss the night cycling project report wif Mai...edited so many times..in the end cuz Mai rushing bak home..so we showed our advisor(paul)...wah...he sharp eyes...see so many mistake in the report...in the end Mai have to edit those...(sry mai...i going vietnam hahaz)....reach home at 7.30pm...

have to squeeze in my dinner haha..not bad for a last dinner b4 i go...salmon and potato salad..yum...

by the time finish is about 8.15pm...wah..suddenly pull everything out from my cardboard and stuff...managed to pack finish by 10pm...our lagguage limit was 10KG...(they took away 10KG for those donations)...and my bag was exactly 10KG lolz...stand on the weighting machine and see the weight then minus off my weight haha...

this my last post b4 i go vietnam lar...next 2 weeks cannot update my blog...but we are given a journal so i will be updating the journal everyday..then i will type in my journal when i come bak and the photos as soon as i get them...

so stay tune...these days my post abit dry har...lolz....cuz keep 4geting to take photos...

oh ya....sry cheryl...can't celebrate ur birthday on 11th oct...i'm still in vietnam...wish u a happy 17th birthday....dun blame me hor...i not purposely de...i decided to go way b4 adventure camp...^^...but stay happy haha...the rest of the canalis will celebrate wif u....maybe can flash my photo in ur handphone when taking photos hahaz...cu...

2008-09-28T16:39:00.002+08:00

it's another brand new day...woke up very late today...also dunno y i so tired...
yesterday a friend introduced me to a game called OSU!...i went to search google but can't find anything lolz..so he provided me wif the URL...here is it: http://osu.ppy.sh/

pretty fun game actually but i couldn't get myself very good at it..hahaz..i even can fail [easy] songs...but it's a great game to try out...and u can even create ur own beatmap..which is a song for ppl to play...created one myself lolz..but in the end i, the creator, can't complete it haha...my friend manage to complete it and say it was easy...haiz...poor me...

come to think of it...it's juz 2 more days b4 leaving for vietnam...bought all the things required le...all laying ard my room...bag have pack..lolz...wonder if i should do that tonight or smt or tmr...tmr there's a meeting where important ppl from SAA want to see wat we have done in preparation to the OCP trip...haiz...oh...and we will be getting our OCP shirts..yeah...only 34 ppl get to wear that....

hopefully my bag is not gonna be damn big sia...wanted to bring juz 3 set of clothes...in the end my mom find that 3 is totally not enuff..in the end extend to 5 sia...haiz..then she buy for me those medium size shampoo and soap...my bathing stuff getting bigger...but i guess she's juz being worried for me...

eyes pretty tired after making my own beatmap..haiz..i think gonna take a rest..hahaz...
maybe i'll juz do a short post tmr after my meeting..then i'll be leaving on tuesday super early in the morning for changi airport...so stay tune ^^....

2008-09-27T17:01:00.002+08:00

last night my sis surpose say we gonna have breakfast at 9am..in the end we woke up at 10.30am lolz..end up we chat chat wif mom on bed lolz..until 11am then we go MACDONALDS!!! for lunch...had mcspicy upsized..nice but dunno y the center of the chicken seems tasteless lolz...
bought a mini calculator..woohoo....can use it to convert money in vietnam and can use it for my yugioh card game...

some of u may not know..i'm leaving for vietnam on the 30th Sep..omg!.next tuesday..ya... for Overseas Community Project..will be going to a disabled school and an orphanage....
so see u guys on 13th Oct...interested to come fetch me?? i taking SQ175(Hanoi-Sin) back and arrive at 1755(5:55pm)...lolz...

ok bak to today...afternoon 2pm have to take MRT to kallang, which is near my dad's workplace =_=....he bring me to beachroad to get some stuff for vietnam....
bought quite afew things...got a multitool..inside got fork and spoon( o.O), a small knife and a can opener...got one roll of fishing rope..so cheap..$1 nia..for hanging clothes lolz..then got prickly heat snake brand powder...good for abrasion haha..i have high chance of getting i also dunno y...
and got 2 boxes of mosquito coil...i was actually looking for the lavender smell one...but the shop person say if u use in field..although will keep mosquito away...but will attract other insects...argh..lavender one smell so much nicer lor and more smoke..but for the sake of my 'survival' bought the normal one...haiz....

then on the way bak to car...i went to buy 2 deep fried mushroom...so nice lor i tell u...then my dad da bao 4 $2 tang yuan from the A Baling(or forgot wat issit called le)...
then went home le..

after that...ya..here i m, infront of my computer rotting and growing roots lolz...that's all...sadly no pictures but stay tune for after my vietnam trip...100% guarantee u will have a super long post wif alot of pictures ^^...

2008-09-26T15:19:00.002+08:00

i was looking through canalis ppl's blog...saw li wei done the shuffle song questionaire thingy which i say b4 in eugenia's blog...then i was rotting lolz...so decided to do it also....here's mine

Put your music player on shuffle, press next for the answer for the next question.
pardon my MP3 cuz 99% are chinese songs and 0.99%japanese and 0.01%recently added for adventure camp 2 english songs lol

How am I feeling today?AQUA - Butterfly
Will I get far in life?金莎 - 爱来的时候
How do my friends see me?杜德偉vsLara - 未完待續
When will I get married?卓文萱 - 幸福氧氣
What is my best friend's theme song?阿沁-其實還愛你
What is the story of my life?阿桑 - 一直很安静
What's high school like?楊丞琳 - 習慣
How can I get ahead in life?楊丞琳 - 理想情人
What's the best thing about me?张韶涵 - 乐园
What's tomorrow going to be like?金莎 - 雪绒花

another thing i notice..dunno y today afternoon..the outside so cooling..like natural air-con like that...
dun mind having that temperature for the rest of my other afternoons lolz...

2008-09-25T22:25:00.004+08:00

lol...got nth to do and decided to make a new video of my rubiks cube solve...the ending suxz lar cuz 4got make the music fade out..but troublesome to remake >.<...enjoy... rmb to off my video jukebox before playing this...cuz this one also got music...

currently averaging at 33.42sec and best timing at 20.33sec....

no speed ups or anything...did realise that i was doing that fast all these while...haha...no wonder all ur faces ^^

ya...lighting suxz..cuz i'm videoing at night hahaz...

2008-09-25T16:05:00.008+08:00

I was watching an episode of Wo Ai Hei She Hui (a taiwan varity show)...the host was asking the girls to show wat they wear for sleeping and wat weird sleeping habits do they have...

then there was this one girl who named her soft toy dog Chi Ku...they were so shocked and find it weird that a 20year old girl would treat it like it is alive and talk to it and cover blanket on it..lolz

actually i dun find it weird lar....ok..u guys may see my email which is shallsaur@msn.com...

then u will wonder...wat is shallsaur??...well here's a secret revealed...it's actually the name of my soft toy dinosaur that was with me since i was 5 years old and then died in an accident on 20Jan2005 in the washing machine..lolz...eh..dun laugh...it really was a good friend of mine..really will talk to it de hahaz...although it had died..but some of the cotton was put into my current bouster(u know the thing u hug..also dunno how to spell)...so like it's spirit is in the bouster now hahaz...so ya..haha..

even like when i go camps i will say bye bye to it de..then in camps will say good night wif telepathy >.<...hope i'm not making myself sound like a weirdo...but i'm juz sharing lar...haha

first pic..my drawing lolz...shallsaur's face...actually he's cuter in person >.<
second pic...my bouster lolz...with shallsaur's spirit muahaha...lol
third pic...the murderer itself...the one who murdered shallsaur XD

ok...other than my best friend, got some sleeping habits i have...
i like to raise both hands like surrender like that when sleeping and cross my leg(not qiao jiao)...
hahaz...imagining it now..really looks funny lolz...but ya...that's all...care to share about ur sleeping habits also...

that's all for me...ciao~ stay tune....

2008-09-25T15:35:00.030+08:00

Last night had early dinner at 6pm...in the end have to wake up at night to get supper cuz really hungry...made a tuna croissant sandwich and went to my sis room to eat...then my mom came and caught me eating in room >.< ... she was like "u finished the croissant already har?"...then i "ya..ya...finished le"...end up kana caught haha...she was there when i was making the sandwich... I guess I'm nvr good at doing things behind ppl's back haha.
Wake up early today at 8am...washed up and had 30minutes left...wah have to chiong and memorise those vietnamese words...wif most of them totally no link or sound like cantonise(spell wrong lol)...took so long to memorise...in the end the test was an oral and we have to intro the person beside u...his/her name, age, occupation and nationality...haiz..lucky i pass...
oh ya...u maybe wondering y i need to memorise vietnamese language...cuz i'm in the overseas community project and we will be going vietnam to do community service....

after the test...the teaching committee wanted to teach us dance moves for their kindergarden songs lolz(gonna teach the vietnamese children)...they even have 2 songs that i seriously nvr heard b4...we had london bridge, itchy wipcy spider, baba black sheep, old macdonalds.etc....had alot of fun looking at each other doing childish moves lolz...

after that the performance committee taught us our mass dance that comprises of chinese, malay and indian moves lolz...i was too robot to dance man...i was even laughing at myself haha...

then after that they showed us another thing they gonna do for performance...which is a fashion show showing traditional clothes of malay, indian and chinese...had fun thinging of ideas to make it more 'interesting' lolz....we have a very sexy catwalk teacher also haha...our performance committee IC....

our indian couple

kai xin in a beautiful indian costume and

wen qiang in indian will wear at home clothes..lol

no lar..the costume have find yet...haha

malay couple
mary and jeremiah i think..or someone else...
funny couple lolz...

on the left...is our chinese couple...

4got their names le >.<

and right is the whole cast...Clap Clap!!

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Our sexy catwalk instructor, Boi...lolz...he can really walk..hahaz....

i'll juz post this..stay tune for next part...^^

My Very 1st Post

2008-09-24T10:35:00.013+08:00

hoho...after searching for blogskin and brainstorming until so stress for the blog url...the blog is finally done... ^^...now i can spam my rubbish here..lolz...ok lar..i try to be constructive also

ya...this is considered my 1st blog lar...previous one is a friendster blog that amazingly i cre8 cuz my sis also have...then in the end it was so hard to edit that i gave up with juz a welcome msg lolz...lets hope that this one will last longer...

in the mids of reading my blog msgs...u will notice i like to use ... instead of , or . ...lolz..i also dunno y but used to it le...forums i do this also...

hmm..lets talk about some things that i juz thought abt..then i juz write...

monday i juz cut my hair(yes yes..finally..from my mom)...ya..she was asking me to cut my hair so many times ..then have to go kovan there where my aunt's church friend work there...not that she not good enuff...(seriously she's a very good hair stylist)...but i dun think i would use my very little free time to travel...end up monday decided to go kovan there to cut b4 going to meet my friend to buy major project stuff...my mom called her and ask if she working on that day...and ohhrr..she was on leave...end up cutting at the salon opposite my house at elias mall...ok lar there cut not bad but they need alot of guidiance from the person that hair is being cut cuz my mom always thought they will cut too little...so when i went there cut..i ask the person to cut and cut and cut..even if the person told me that my hair will curl if too short lolz...

here is a pic of my new hair at mcdonalds toilet lolz...went there wash my face after the cut...

ok lar...only thing bad abt this pic is the angle bad haha...i'm never good at taking photo of myself...but isn't it better to be walking on the street and someone who knows u say..."wow.u look so much more handsome in real person compared to ur photos." than that person say "omg..wat happen to you...ur photo so handsome..wat u do to urself sia?"

Last thursday nigel called for the rearrange of feng sui of AC room....cleared alot of rubbish and things that didn't even know existed...there's even a spider behind the food shelf...

now that the place is cleared...welcome u guys in AC to come in sit sit..hahaz...

ok lar..that's all for today..stay tune for next time >.<