The virtual wayfarer

2009-01-18T05:17:00.000-08:00

Here we are,

Staring straight in tomorrow's eye's,

What do you see?

Do you see the same as me?

1 litre of tears

2008-11-24T08:29:00.000-08:00

i cried 1 litre of tears today! my sis claims that my eyes are swollen =X

it really is a rare phenomenon to have me tearing throughout the entire show. The show '1 litre of tears' is based on a real life story of a girl who contracted spinalcellebral atrophy at the age of 15. She was a fan of basketball, as well as a student with outstanding academics. Despite the harshness of reality, she embraced it with a bright smile, and wrote diaries of her decade long battle with her degenerating neurons. She passed away on May 23rd in 1988.

='( shes really a strong girl for her age. It is a progressive disease that will slowly disallow movements to be controlled by the central nervous system, yet the patient is in good mental health. it's really cruel isnt it. to know at the age of 15, that u've contracted an incurable disease. sigh. It really is a very touching life story. pls watch it if u have time! =)

High school musical 3's not as exciting as i thought it would be. its rather boring instead. okay maybe its cos the musical portions are a little too over. Not recommended to waste 8 bucks on that!

so happy to receive nette's msg that shes back! shoppppping tmr!=D i hope it will be a fruitful trip =)

2008-11-23T09:13:00.000-08:00

I am such a slave of the tv! [screams]

i practically squandered my day away; the way couch potatoes do.

but that aside, kindaichi's really a good film! watched it several years back, but sudd felt like re-watching them. Its a detective show, starring an ingenious yet rather flirty young detective,kindaichi, and his playmate, Miyuko. i watched the ep on the wax museum series of murders. Gosh the wax figurines can give me shudders even when i knew that they are fake. =S

Uploaded many many photos onto facebook today. Didnt

know that iphoto can export photos to facebook this easily now. saved me lots of trouble =)

Okay now. i have a problem. How am i to spend the rest of my 7months? Had initially wanted to travel. Sigh. With the ongoing recession, it's increasingly cos

tly to travel abroad. the fixed costs(airport taxes, plane tickets..) are too high to begin with =( cutting the variable costs will still be deficient to negate the high fixed costs. [cries out loud] i really really really want to get out of my little well.

Anyway, went to cut my hair the day before. Heres a pic of my hair:

Nice nice nice? =D

it better be.

virtual tour

2008-11-22T05:52:00.001-08:00

i've gone on a virtual educational vacation for the past few nights! if u're interested to join me, try the BBC country profiles section xD

i never knew so many countries exist before i went on the clicking spree.
Here are a few interesting ones:

Theres St Vincent and the Grenadines in S. America, where its citizens are called 'Vincentians'! Its a pity it suffers high unemployment rate. The govt has tried to reduce its reliance on banana exports after the European Union phased out preferential treatment to producers from former colonies. its really small, of only abt 389 sq km, and consists of a chain of islands.

Benin is located in Africa, otherwise known as a "slave coast". Its name came abt because captives were shipped off the coast of Benin, across the Atlantic, in the past. The Voodoo tradition originated from Benin too! it was brought along by the slaves to countries like america, thereby proliferating it to the rest of the world. The voodoo tradition was banned by Benin for a particular period of time, but it was later lifted, and they now celebrate voodoo day! its a cotton producer, but unfortunately, unfair trade deals and unfathomable weather has left the already impoverished country to be one of the poorest in the world.

Bhutan is located in the Southern part of Asia. It remained enclosed from the outside world for centuries! it is to the extent that Television did not arrive in Bhutan until 1999. For years, the country pursued a policy of isolation, fearing that outside influences would undermine its monarchy and culture. The 1st daily newspaper only just arrived in Bhutan in October this yr! (2008). To my surprise, the current monarch,Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck , is a graduate from Oxford University!

Heres a test: Which is the smallest independent state in the world?
It is Vatican! i honestly didnt know abt this. haha forgive my lack of GK. It is only 0.44 sq km and consists of mainly priests and nuns, and hence, population is only at 900 heads. Its main exports are Postage stamps, publications, tourist souvenirs! it is surrounded by Italian captial Rome.

okay. thats all for today. i'm off to my detective show! =D

2007-12-17T06:42:00.000-08:00

hoho. thank you aaron for the present. bet Jap was FUN.

its so-mingjin! love it. haha i'll master it and challenge you one day!

heh heh. am reading up on its details now.

Shogi- www.crockford.com/chess/shogi.html!

Try it =D

2007-12-08T22:48:00.000-08:00

i have officially less than 2 wks left.

gosh, i have been going out SO much this 1+ months. i think its even more than the no. of times i 'shop, eat, play, walk' this entire yr! no wonder my deficit is growing larger and larger. but hoho, holidays is officially over after this wk. deadlines are drawing nearer (& ** *** is so strict i tell you!) worse than me >.< you ought to be grounded.

went to the gym with my trng coord & netball today after a loooong break (cause trng coord was all over the world except s'pore for the past 3 wks). it was raining madly AGAIN. and so, i seek refuge at the bus stop and fell asleep. hahaa luckily netball saved the day with her big GREY umbrella (now you know why ;D).

and did i tell you? my legs felt so happy on the treadmill. =D

2007-12-06T10:57:00.000-08:00

its 3.05am now.

the morning sky looks so brown here. i wonder how it looks like on the other side.

rainbows are visions, but only illusions

and rainbows have nothing to hide

i want a golden compass.

can you lend me one if you have it? thanks.

i need to see the truth.

2007-12-04T08:21:00.000-08:00

i love curry noodles. seriously xD can you smell them now?

thats my dinner for tonight! or rather, supper?

was at marina mandarin for my seniors grad night today. to me, it was a blast xD never mind the minor hiccups, everything went on rather smoothly. well planned! WELL DONE grad night comm! =D bet it was a memorable night for all the j2s present. this leads me to fantasize abt my own grad night next yr. kangyu, u better impart ur juniors some skills okay!

ooooh. had a lovely date ytd and bought sth i had wanted for so very very long. it must be really fate for us to buy the last 2 pcs in singapore!=D oh and did i mention, ikea chicken wings & meatballs are oh-so-lovely!

my bank is seriously running dry. x(( have been spending way toooooo much. the bulk of it is of cos, on food. how cld anyone resist them right? haha poor excuse. but well, i guess its money well spent if we're talking abt catching up with friends, bonding, ya-da ya-da.

had a cool exco(cedar) lunch today at breeks! its so amazing that it still felt like how it was like in the past despite not having meet-ups in many many months. A K Menon! i'll forgive you for ur absence today, just make sure you enjoy your holiday in India! xD

excooo!!

its 1.20am now, its sining's bday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINING! wheee anston's grill here we come! xD

2007-12-01T07:31:00.000-08:00

today is yet another chilling night. well, its dec's signature weather anyway. staring at the night sky, it reminds me that a year is soon coming to an end.

1 year = 365 days = 8760 hours = 525600 minutes = 31,536,000 seconds.

have you lived every second of your life to the fullest?

Half of our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life to save.

hope i havent squandered my life away.

anyway, christmas's gonna be here in a wink. i hope mister claus still pays his annual visit to my hse. theres no reason why he shldnt though, we're all such good girls! xD

i went to search on itunes for a song- 'last christmas'. from there, i listened to 146 excerpts of the song ('cause they only allowed us to hear 30secs of each song if we didnt purchase it). sadly, my search only returned disappointment. none of the 146 excerpts is the copy i'm looking for x(. this song is so lovely, and special.

Perhaps, it'll never sound the same again. but memories will still remain ever so vivid.

2007-11-30T06:38:00.001-08:00

Brrr. todays such a cold night! my mechanic fan has lost its standing against the wind.

been watchin movies recently.

AUGUST RUSH is nice! hoho 'music is all ard us. all u have to do, is to listen'! its abt this child prodigy who has a gift in music. the front was pretty dull, but when music's injected into the scenes, everything sprang up with life. how well he can play the guitar!

kite runner's coming out soon i think. saw its movie preview.

and thanks to those who responded to my desperate call for that song. hahaha. kang yu has kindly lent me his cd =D and so i have ALL his latest cd's songs now. heh heh. i can send it to u if u want! just click on me when i'm on my vista. =D

AND I AM SO NOT GONNA TOUCH warcraft anymore. damm it. the programme always gets stucked when my heros are growing stronger. screwed system. ><

i am so dead next yr. someone save me =((

i discovered a terrible truth last night. and luckily i discovered it early. but so what. the fact that its out means.. its confirmed =(

well. shit happens, cadence's fav quote.

lifes unfair anyway.

swam 24 laps with my dear cadence! i still smell of chlorine now. eeks.

2007-11-25T07:26:00.000-08:00

hoho heard a song on the radio today. ‘想太多’by 李玖哲. its lyrics are so-so, it simply sounded melodious.
pls send me if u have this song! =D

YOU KNOW. i played warcraft ytd (ladder). and being not very skillful at that (having not play that for 6 mths till the recent chalet), i was elated when my hero was level 9 going on 10. then, a tragedy struck. i decided to check my mac for minutes for the mtg to take a mini break. BUT, MY DADDY TURNED OFF THE MAIN SWITCH TO THE DESKTOP COMP W/O EVEN LOOKING AT THE SCREEN!!! ='(( ta-ta. its a clear cut GAME OVER.

GOSH. Luckily i saved quite a bit in front, or not its back to square one! =(

i anticipate a busy week ahead. sigh, i see my ical splotched with red words all over. my biggest challege for now, is to compile the 10 evaluations. Jiayou mingjin! you can do it.

Swam again today. only swam 2/3 of what we targetted. haha 20 laps. oops =X we chatted too much in the pool today. hahah netball rocks too much. always listening to my ramblings patiently. THANK YOU netball! this is for u okay =D

2007-11-24T04:03:00.000-08:00

I WANT TO WATCH SAW 4.

DAMMIT. ITS R21! >.<

2007-11-22T21:23:00.002-08:00

i had a conversation with my younger sis last night.

霓：我觉得好朋友是能让我信赖，无话不说的那种

瑾：哦，那你有几个好朋友？很多吧。

霓：是很多。但超好的朋友只有几个。

瑾：超好的朋友定义又是什么？

霓：超好的就是－当我在说谎他都分得出的那种。如果只是好朋友，我可以在很闷时，毫无顾虑地找他闲聊。但如果是我超好的朋友，他会是在自己第一时间觉得无聊时主动找我谈天的。

瑾：原来如此。

upon reflection, i have been a poor friend. x(

sorry for always being so preoccupied with my responsibilities.

walking fast, faces past.

mingjin, pls learn how to slow down and admire the world ard u. the world really doesnt only revolve ard your work.

but seriously, someone teach me how. its not as easy as it seems.

不知道做的这个决定是对还是错。

事实是，在这两年内，我无法给予任何人一个承诺。

实在太忙了。忙得有时都觉得有些力不从心。

有时真的好累好累。

Due to public advice, information has been removed by the author. =D

2007-11-18T07:26:00.001-08:00

if you think you're bulletproof, you're right
because you've weathered all my slings and arrows well.

and hey, i'm just a girl next door.

2007-11-17T07:08:00.001-08:00

hoho! SLC was good =)

if it was an adventure camp, it wld be excellent!

did caving, waterfall abseiling & white water rafting.

on the last day. we slept under the stars.
the stars in Ipoh arent brilliant, but there were aplenty.
the morning was sooo cold that the freeze sent us back to our tents.
but well. the stars do bring back some memories =)

on the whole,
一言难尽.

i'm so lazy to elaborate.

cgtt trip

2007-11-05T06:49:00.000-08:00

HoHoHo. a trip to NLB today with my lovely ladies on a supposed mission to study.

the sandwich is so value for $. ITS NICE. try it if u havent!

after attempting ONE maths PARTIAL FRACTION qn.. I gave up. we switched to sth more constructive =D --> catching up with one another abt our current lives.

how interesting. we were the 1st to meet pizza's GOOD friend in the Lib! he then reminded us abt SATs. heh. i feel more laid back than my sis. perhaps my very fictatious dream to study abroad will never come true. no $, no scholarships, no qualifications. =((

i love today. its been long since we sat down like that to sit ard n chat without time constraints.

ALL THE BEST jazzy! you can do it =D MUST study okay!

i am so excited for tmrs chalet.

BYE BYE PW!

2007-11-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

GOOD MORNING TO ALL, this is TJ055 from Perkin's Productions. Firstly, allow me to introduce you my crew members. They are josh, eli, kenny, and me, mingjin.. not forgetting... MAUVEINA! =D..

HOHOHO. PW has finally ended. It was a really LONG and EXCITING process.
At the end of this not-so-perfect journey, i hope that all of us will have some bittersweet memories that we would love to reminisce as days pass. i admit that i am quite task-oriented. pls forgive me for all the late nights. believe me that i really hate to see the whole team slogging up till early mornings, you must!
In the meantime, lets all keep our toes crossed when we receive our results next april. =)

To my Mauve-llous! team of people: Eli, Josh, Kenny..you guys are simply MARVELLOUS as well!
thanks alot for enduring this tiring journey with me. (heartfelt thanks okay =D)
I'm really really REALLY glad that all of us had taken this project seriously and have put in so much effort to finish PW with no regrets.
Lets hope that the 3ams & 4ams spent were FRUITFUL!

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Thank you eli! my wonderful chief editor. loved working with u. u are so so SO proactive, always seeking to help. sadly such traits arent as evident now in the society =X glad to have known you better after working with u.

Thank you Joshua! although you have always perspectives/ ideas that are rather different, thanks for always gentlemanly volunteering to do all the sai kang (SC culture.wahaha!). and your minutes.. not to mention.. GIs! =D

heh heh heh i wonder if both of you started off from PW...=P

Thank you Kenny! although you dont seem very keen on doing PW stuffs and constantly GRUMBLE AT ME(heh!).. from your good quality work, i know you've put in alot of effort as well! thanks for being so objective as well! always voicing out what you truly feel for. i hope you get what i mean ;) you can be focused when u want to, so pls SLP EARLIER while you can!

Its so interesting how our different personalities can complement each other. Ironic it may seem, but i think i will miss the slogging for PW. esp with a team so united, staying up to support one another. not many projects i've had before have such strong dynamics & team spirit. what i am saying now is not 'cause its politically correct k. i dnt deny i had disappointment and frustrations in the course of the abt 8mths long project. but at the end of the day, when we all look back, all these silly ramblings will be no more important than the friendships we forge during the course and the memories of us all enduring this battle together.

Once again, Thank you TJ055! --> my heartfelt gratitude!

Thank you Mr Chung as well, for being such a wonderful tutor during the entire 8mths. its awesome to be taught by you! loved your sacarsm. wahaha!

2007-01-02T04:42:00.000-08:00

----Recognise IT?

I sketched this from a magazine!

How I wish to catch Death Note 2 =(

NEVER mess ard with him... Muahahah!

2006-12-28T08:32:00.000-08:00

That day, we chatted for hours.
We talked about people, we talked about our lives.
This is then I realise how much i cant let go.
My years in Cedar have been enriching and fulfilling.
the chances cedar had given me, the friends i've bonded with, the care and concern showered by the teachers, the sumptuous canteen food that fills my stomach, late nights doing proposals, rushing powerpoints, abt only 4hrs of sleeping span up to..
the ups and downs basically.

Humans always work this way, they never realise how much something means to them till they lose it.
How i wish for a cedar jc.
if i were to choose over again.. Cedar would be my... 1st. of course!
haha Long Live Cedar! (:

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree,
Merry, merry king of the bush is he,
Laugh, Kookaburra, Laugh, Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be...

oh How i envy mister kookaburra!

2006-12-24T07:34:00.000-08:00

Today is the eve of Christmas..

To make this night special, my mum, sis and I carried out a huge operation in the kitchen. We first made a trip to the library to get a copy of the receipe of a 'sirloin steak with horse-radish sauce', and later, to the supermarket to get all the possible ingredients we could find. After all, It was our first attempt to meddle with a variety of spices.

In all, the bill went up to about 50 bucks. (which was roughly the cost of our dinner at pastamania the day before!) Bursting with earger and excitement to start the tedious operation, we hurried home..

The preparation progress..

And ta-da..Dinner's done!
Had some red wine to go with the steak too. (btw, i realised that chocolates go well with red wine!)

MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL! ((:

2006-12-22T21:16:00.000-08:00

The usual 4 of us went to orchard for a mini xmas shopping trip. Despite the unpredictable showers since last week, orchard is still in its usual buzz. Heavy human traffic clog the escalators, and people were sqeezing like packed sardines along the underpass. Then, we came across a shop named 'everyone is beautiful' and we began taking snapshots of shopfronts and xmas trees.

This is jazzy, me and leeza infront on the dazzling taka tree!

This season, 'SALE' seemed to be the most attractive word to hang on the shopfronts. Sales are prevalent everywhere- even up to 70% off (mambo)!

This photo is taken off the MANGO glass window. Can you see our reflections? x)

It's a pity sheena had to leave early, or not we would have taken a cgtt gang photo! I'll miss table tennis as we all move on to our new environment. But I'll miss you guys even more. =)

2006-12-01T02:34:00.000-08:00

1. I'm BACK! It has been a long stay away from home! Kampong Hut wasn't THAT bad after all. Not only is it kept real clean and tidy, its air-con worked perfectly fine. Communal toilets were really well maintained; kudos goes to the maintenance uncle! Occasionally, we even have uninvited guests-the peacocks to our humble abode. We stayed in Tuas B then. Loved the whole layout of huts. This well infested with mosquitoes back to basics environment set us slapping our limbs through the night too!

2. Played monopoly and cards in the small little cosy hut dead in the night. I was the winner! with $158 880 worth of inheritance (: Hotels after hotels were built...

3. We met many different kinds of people in Sentosa, and some were really friendly. We chatted with almost every driver we met. Thank you Mr Bala for the tram rides; Thank you uncle for cleaning up the huts; Thank you CJC people for the charcoal, and many others. I love the beach. I would have loved that day even more if not for the wound inflicted during my camp on mon ): Attempted to play beach volleyball too. haha ATTEMPTED. If the end, we lent our ball to this grp of pple who used it to play basketball. >=/

4. Ate Subway for dinner. The portion is humongous dont you think so? But we really needed vegetables to keep a stable diet then. well oh well.

5. Later we checked out of sentosa kampong hut and celebrated belle's bday at the beach for a weeny short while. happy birthday belle! (: (you looked cool in the sunglasses!)

5. Checked in to Raffles town club after that immediately. The room was posh and comfortable. It seems as if we entered a different dimension of the world; The transition of kampong hut to the posh club. The bathtub had jaccuzi even. Watched movies after movies, shows after shows in the room. Pride and prejudice, abnormal beauty, in her shoes etc etc. Later, we changed into our bathrobes and settled for the night watching midnight horror movie. [deathnet.com] It was a rather sadistically vapid movie that could pass off as a sedative.

6. Woke up early in the morning and had an Oriental breakfast. It was a disappointing meal. Both the quality and quantity of the foods do not demand such an expensive bill! It consisted of ONE harkow, ONE siew mai, ONE bao, a bowl of plain porridge and our yam cake was changed to fish cakes!! These cost us $8.50++. Went for a steam bath and sauna after that. They feel so good. :D

7. Thank you sheena, leeza, jazzy, jaime, felicia etc etc for being such wonderful companions throughout! THANK YOU everyone who helped making this stay a memorable one too! ((:

2006-11-26T06:30:00.000-08:00

1. Had Prom a few nights ago. The actual night was rather hilarious, seeing how everyone changed after a mini "plastic surgery"! Prom is an expensive occasion alright. most spent ard 200+! goodness. Well, hope everything was worth the price (: Btw, loved the crazy hairdo the hairdresser gave me!

2. Went to Fish Leong's mini concert held in the max pavillion ytd with superpartner no.1! Thank you ((: Fish's vocals was fascinating. No doubt she is some Asian's best chi singer or some sort! Her mtv was rather cute- a love story amongst high sch students. Due to the theme of her new album, the organisers had a mini competition for the most romantic "kissing photo". But please, can you couples please restrain yourselves? Superpartner and I had an eyesore of obscene behaviour by young couples =( poor eyes of ours!

3. Spent the whole day watchin a korean film- MY GIRL. It is recommended! I feel that this film is comparable to GONG. Perhaps even better. Why didnt mediacorp buy it?? It is more realistic too. In fact, i cant really stand unrealistic films.
What a realist i am.
Whoosh! 16 hrs straight! my gosh. Was temporarily a couch potato. No. I am a couch potato. The tv is such a good invention. (:

4. Whee! will be away from home for ard 4 days. It's table tennis week! (: wish me luck on sat. Janica.. i hope i can pull it off! =S

2006-11-20T00:07:00.000-08:00

1. YAY! finally urban-concept's done. :D

2. O level's finally OVER. Say goodbye to the days of mugging! Sleepless nights and dark eye rings i hate.

3. The much awaited Prom is coming! Didn't know i would actually spend this much on an event. =/ Many thanks to my sponsorship = my mummy! i wouldn't be able to afford such luxury w/o her help :) Went shopping at Vivo city, orchard, bugis and tampines recently for dresses, shoes and accessories.

Orchard is still as crowded as ever even though the linkway's closed for construction. The inconvenience didnt actually pose a problem to the consumers! The attractiveness of the goods still won the favour of the shoppers afterall.

My trip to Vivo was way more interesting. Went there with the usual 6. After some shopping, we went onboard a SHIP. It's said to be 2 years younger than the Titanic, and still travels worldwide. A book fair was held on the ship. It was an interesting experience overall albeit a little humid onboard.

A wading pool is located right at the top of the mall. There, 7 excited schoolgirls took off their soaks and shoes and hurried themselves into the pool. It was quite disturbing though to see an increase in the number of teens smoking. The dimly lit corridors of the wading pool also make a perfect hideout for couples. Perhaps its due to the growing influence of the west, couples make public displays of affection so very indiscreetly that garnered stares of many people.

4. Had a class chalet the next day. 7 of us went on a cycling craze! Cycled at least 10 times along the roads. haha. Midnight cycling was most exciting! However stars arent quite visible that night, and we ended up having nerd talk about how lightning occurs and abt the physics of waves. Unfortunately, some mishaps happened along the way near the huge drain that got firemen and police cars sealing off the area. (i hope the person's alright =\)

5. Packed out the secondary 3 & 4 stuff from my desk. Was rather sad to part with my notes =( Well, 旧的不去，新的不来！