Friday, November 28, 2008
My bad sore throat is still not going away, i have it since wed and how come zhihui's sore throat can "disappear" when im still suffering from it? It became a dry cough and i had a hard time trying to speak to people. Anyway, im glad my global presentation is done. I didn't really think i perform very well, but...it's over,so why bother so much. Next week there will be 3 more assignments bugging me. And I seriously got no time to spare.
♥ wanyan
7:27 AM
7:27 AM
Picnic at Marina Barrage!!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
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Went for picnic with 1/2 of THE TEAM-Sam, Pearls, Renee and Nanxin at the newly opened Marina Barrage. I was assigned to bring fruits.Sam brought starbucks's croissant,muffins and drinks.Nanxin made egg mayo sandwich. Pearls was in charge of drinks. And Renee got two roasted chickens from Carrefour. We arranged to meet at 9am, but we arrived there at 10.30am. We found a suitable spot to lay our beach mats, pearls brought her hello kitty mat. =) Apparently we were the only ones who were having a picnic on the grasses. Adding to that, there were a few workers throwing soil and new grass somewhere 5m away from where we were. It was revolting to see soil and seeds being tossed around while we were happily muching on a egg mayo sandwich. Occasionally, i had to be on a good lookout to see if the soil would happen to land on my sandwich. The sun was exceptionally HOT! We didn't receive much shade cause we had our picnic out in the open, but i thought that was what picnic should originally be. Thank you nanxin for offering to share her umbrella with me when the sun was like shining directly above our heads.
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But i think we are more or less glad that we enjoyed ourselves. We should have more of these group outings and i seriously want to fly a kite.
Next,we decided to move to the pavilion.
It was better there cause we felt more sheltered. We played dices and bridge. Nanxin was such a fast learner,she just mastered how to play bridge in one afternoon. Unfortunately, sam had to leave at 1pm because she needs to go church. So, the four of us just continue with our countless rounds of bridge. We only paused to rest when we saw a slight shower and when we finally decided to have lunch-roasted chicken! Although i was not hungry, i just ate to keep my fill. But the sight of us using our bare hands to peel the chicken meat from the chicken itself seems kinda old age(using hands), maybe it's a little babaric or something. Anyway, it was an enjoyment to see nanxin and renee sourcing for more meat when me and pearls had already given up eating the chicken.
It was better there cause we felt more sheltered. We played dices and bridge. Nanxin was such a fast learner,she just mastered how to play bridge in one afternoon. Unfortunately, sam had to leave at 1pm because she needs to go church. So, the four of us just continue with our countless rounds of bridge. We only paused to rest when we saw a slight shower and when we finally decided to have lunch-roasted chicken! Although i was not hungry, i just ate to keep my fill. But the sight of us using our bare hands to peel the chicken meat from the chicken itself seems kinda old age(using hands), maybe it's a little babaric or something. Anyway, it was an enjoyment to see nanxin and renee sourcing for more meat when me and pearls had already given up eating the chicken.
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promoting a healthy diet
Then, we toured the gallery. The theme was"sustainable singapore". There was a model exhibit of marina barrage, newwater bottles, used newspaper and even the release of new water reserves park. Nanxin,pearls and renee were so delighted when they saw that kembagan's going to be developed into a water sports reserve. They can actually canoe there when the place is built and opened for the public in n years time. We spent about an hour in there and i found some of the exhibits quite eye-catching.
Like this:
these neon thingy are newater bottles!
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I like this the most!!
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taking pic with 1 of the reflected mirrors.
At the end of the day, we are all burnt.
But i think we are more or less glad that we enjoyed ourselves. We should have more of these group outings and i seriously want to fly a kite.♥ wanyan
7:26 AM
7:26 AM
I shop,eat and sing
Thursday, November 20, 2008
It's been so long since i last blogged. The past few days i have been mugging for test and doing my paraphrasing assignment. Well, i'm glad i have been making progress now. This week is e-learning week but our lecturers aren't letting us off--we still have to do online task like doing the discussion board and test.
Yesterday.
It was np's red camp and i volunteered in panda origami teaching. Actually, the main purpose of teaching the campers how to fold the pandas is to highlight that CHS's mascot is a panda. On my way to school, i realised that we have to wear the yellow hms t-shirt after reading my message. Luckily, the hms office still have the shirt and xuanxuan laoshi helped me take a new piece after vina told her that i forgot to wear mine. Everyone was assigned to 1 table so that we could help guide and teach the campers the steps of folding the panda. Although everything was a bit rushy, we still managed to pull it through. Lunch was KFC, it was for the campers and volunteers. On last year's red camp,i remembered that pizza was catered. Great...and the food today was far better than orientation camp.
Yesterday.
It was np's red camp and i volunteered in panda origami teaching. Actually, the main purpose of teaching the campers how to fold the pandas is to highlight that CHS's mascot is a panda. On my way to school, i realised that we have to wear the yellow hms t-shirt after reading my message. Luckily, the hms office still have the shirt and xuanxuan laoshi helped me take a new piece after vina told her that i forgot to wear mine. Everyone was assigned to 1 table so that we could help guide and teach the campers the steps of folding the panda. Although everything was a bit rushy, we still managed to pull it through. Lunch was KFC, it was for the campers and volunteers. On last year's red camp,i remembered that pizza was catered. Great...and the food today was far better than orientation camp.
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Looking our best to pose with the popular panda.
Today.
It's a total let-down-your-hair day. Cause there is no school today and i met up with singyee,simin and zhihui to shop for chonglei's present. We were rushing for time as we need to head down to katong for lunch. I kept saying"we need to chop-chop, no time already". Lunch was at Aston's. Yes,finally...we can have a meal there. The food was tasty and reasonable,it definitely can match the standards of other pricey western restaurants. I was contented. Next,we went to sing k at Teo Heng. We were late for 45 mins cause we had our lunch a little later than expected.
sirlion steak
chargrill chicken
salmon pasta
hickory bbq chicken
Well, i had my day well-spent. Shopping, eating and singing. It was relaxing and de-stressing. I think our next trip to ktv will be this december. Yeah,i'll be looking forward to it. Maybe we'll go eat at aston's again or have katong laksa. Drools*
posing and singing
♥ wanyan
5:11 AM
5:11 AM
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Happy Birthday to Singyee & Jinyu!
Met up with the two birthday girls and simin,zhihui,cuishan,chonglei and qianting to have lunch at 鼎泰丰Paragon. I have my favourite xiaolongbao.We shared three sets of xiaolongbao and i had 炸酱面and shared 千层蛋糕 with chonglei cause i wasn't full yet. After lunch,we went to cineleisure as jinyu wanted to turn winnie the pooh capsules. She didn't find it so we roam about the mall and entered the neoprint shop. I haven't took a neoprint since sec4,so it seem kind of interesting for us to take pictures together.
Met up with the two birthday girls and simin,zhihui,cuishan,chonglei and qianting to have lunch at 鼎泰丰Paragon. I have my favourite xiaolongbao.We shared three sets of xiaolongbao and i had 炸酱面and shared 千层蛋糕 with chonglei cause i wasn't full yet. After lunch,we went to cineleisure as jinyu wanted to turn winnie the pooh capsules. She didn't find it so we roam about the mall and entered the neoprint shop. I haven't took a neoprint since sec4,so it seem kind of interesting for us to take pictures together.
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The 8 of us at Dingtaifung.
Then,we decided to walk to takashimaya. By then,my feet was getting a little sore. But, the Christmas tree at taka caught my eye. It was very cute and creative. I liked all the three colours of the teddy bears. And while i was walking, a man with a baby pram got so close to me and he banged the pram to my left leg. I swear i could feel a cut on my ankle at that moment. I turned to look at him and he apologise. Glad,he did. Or i will be cursing him. About 1 minute later, another man stepped on the back of my shoe(the same feet).And damn him,he just walk away with his girlfriend,treating as if nothing has happened. Oh my god! What wrong with these people?! But, i still enjoyed myself today. It's like a temporary getaway from all the school stress. I hope Christmas comes soon.
the lovely christmas bear tree@taka
♥ wanyan
7:26 AM
7:26 AM
gloomy day.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Overcast.
Heavy clouds.
Nearing rain and thunder.
Sunshine lost behind the clouds.
Will the rainbow appear after a thunderstorm?
♥ wanyan
5:39 AM
5:39 AM
妈妈的麻油午餐肉粥
Saturday, November 8, 2008
太阳还没升起，她已在厨房准备早餐。厨房里飘出阵阵的麻油香味，她正为孩子煮了一碗麻油午餐肉粥。这个家的厨房不算大，东西也不多。这里没有新鲜的蔬菜和鱼肉，只有快过期的罐头和一盘剩菜。家里剩下的米足够煮一个人的粥，还没到一个月，米缸就快空了。她的薪水很微薄，靠省吃俭用只够买一公斤的米。十五岁的儿子是她的精神粮食。随着孩子一天一天地成长，她的焦虑慢慢地浮现在脸上，一条条皱纹清晰可见，乌黑的头发就像染上一层灰色的尘埃。
六点四十五分，她把刚煮好的粥端到桌上。这张咖啡色的桌子是三年前隔壁的邻居丢弃在垃圾槽的。三年前，她下班回家时经过垃圾槽一眼认得这是隔壁邻居的桌子。她觉得桌子虽然是旧了点，但是却还能使用。她马上叫儿子一起来搬桌子，他们俩用尽九牛二虎之力终于把桌子搬进家里。儿子读中学时，变得很叛逆，经常为鸡毛蒜皮的小事与她争吵。有一次，儿子在学校偷同学的游戏机，老师通知她到学校。一来到学校的教室里，她不问儿子理由，见到老师就立刻道歉，然后又对同学的母亲频频鞠躬道歉。 最后，这件事没有被追究下去。但是她并有责骂儿子，也不曾问他原因，她只是一直低头道歉认错，就好像是她犯下的错误。因为她知道，她买不起那一台儿子一直很想要的游戏机。儿子不谅解她的苦心，更加不明白为什么母亲要放下尊严频频向别人道歉。为此，儿子却与她冷战一个星期。当时，她的心像是被成千上万的针刺着，夜夜辗转反侧难以入睡。她第一次失眠了整整一个星期。
早上七点，儿子穿好校服坐在桌子面前，儿子叫她一起吃早餐，她拿着抹布清理厨房的橱柜，然后故意装作一副很忙碌的样子，背对儿子说：“我早就吃饱了，你快点吃吧！”儿子听了，埋头吃了那碗麻油午餐肉粥。但是，他却没有把那晚粥吃完，他吃了一半，然后看了时钟便冲冲提着书包上学去。她偷偷从窗外看着儿子上了巴士才松了一口气。每一天，她都是这样默默地目送儿子，可是那短短的十分钟让她很满足，很快乐。时光飞快地流逝，她看到儿子渐渐学会独立，心里感到既彷徨又欣慰。早上七点三十分，她坐在桌子前，吃了儿子留下的那半碗麻油午餐肉粥。
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♥ wanyan
8:31 AM
8:31 AM
STM
Friday, November 7, 2008
Short Term Memory, i think I'm suffering from it. I'm seriously need to replenish my sleep. People called you STM cause you forgot something that happen a few days before,or even a few minutes earlier. Actually, I don't like carrying my laptop with me to school because it's heavy and troublesome. Do you know, i have to look after it wherever i go. It sticks with me so closely,yet i can still lose it from my sight! Thank goodness, it was not stolen or i will be in a horrible mood today and i doubt i can sleep well tonight. Yesterday, after project discussion,i wanted to leave school without my laptop. It was my classmates who reminded me that my poor laptop was still lying on the table. Today, history repeated itself. I left it in the Matrox room after doing video editing. I realised i had once again abandon my laptop only after seeing Singyee using hers. So,i panicked and walked really quickly back to the Matrox room. I was so relieved when i saw it lying at the exact same spot,untouched. If i forget something again, just remind me. You know,it's STM. I can't remember...But,on the bright side,I must be glad I'm not suffering from amnesia.
♥ wanyan
5:40 AM
5:40 AM
Black thursday
Thursday, November 6, 2008
I SCREWED IT UP!!!
I am totally busted for radio presentation! I stayed up till 2am for 2 nights to rehearse my radio script, and rehearse it many times over again while waiting for my turn. I shivered,trembled because of the extreme cold in the presentation suite room. When it was about to be my turn,i felt a gush of adrenaline rush running down my spine. I paced up and down around the room and went to receive hugs of encouragement from simin,singyee and zhihui because i felt i really need those hugs to boost my confidence.
Everything started a little rocky,with a few short pauses...And when i was about to play my last song,the Cd player showed a "no disc"sign. THAT was when i panicked,i was scrambling to fill in words, struggling to think of a way out. I played the wrong song, because of that i can't even do my 踩歌, even my own opinions about the story and song was Gone! Never was i prepared for this, it was not within my control. So,i had to stupidly say something to cover for my dumbest mistake. Yar, and i don't think it even help. I can just imagine the look of my lecturer's face. "what happen? oh no,this girl is gonna screw her presentation..." His reaction may be sighing silently and shaking his head while he marks down a BIG "F" in his sheet of grading sheet. Even if i don't fail this graded assignment, i will be the person with the most pathetic grade in my class. Given the fact that, I am the only person who actually made a blunder and screwed my presentation. Everyone did a complete presentation and I... hate myself for that making that mistake.
I am not someone who is very superstitious. From the day when we drew lots to pick our sequence for this presentation,i had been quite optimistic even though i picked the unlucky number 13. This is going to sound confusing. I dislike no.13,but i convince myself not to be so concerned about the number i picked. At first, my heart was praying and hoping that i can have my favourite lucky 7. Yes, and i psychoed myself that 13 is "such a nice number,it's not friday the unlucky 13,it may be my lucky number..." Ya,whatever! It's definitely and ultimately NOT my lucky number. Call me superstitious if you think i am, i'll accept it. I am more worried it'll affect my grades badly cause my gpa is gonna suffer! Hence,I emo-ed the entire afternoon. Putting up a smile was difficult. It only made me feel worse. I can't laugh out loud, all i can do was to put up was a weak smile on my emotionless face and say "yeah, i'm fine".
the "legendary" unlucky 13
♥ wanyan
7:02 AM
7:02 AM
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
When the lecturers distributed their assignments to me, i start to foresee myself juggling with different workloads from the 6 modules that i took. It's been a not-so-happy thing because i never enjoyed the process of rushing assignments just before the deadline. I think part of my mind still have not switched back to the studying mood. I was slacking during the 1st few weeks of semester, but i still listen attentively during lectures and tutorials. However,sometimes my mind tend to drift away when i get distracted. Whatever it is, i'm beginning to feel the pressure. The radio broadcast graded presentation is Tomorrow and i really praying i don't screw it up. I need the flow and momentum. Please, make it a successful. I really hope everything goes well.
♥ wanyan
7:54 AM
7:54 AM