A different CNY

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

This year's chinese new year is so different. For the very first time, i went cny visiting without my parents,it's only me and my elder sis. And because we were the only people left in our house, we had to do all the household chores. My sister really found it a chore, but i think it's a great chance for me to practise my housekeeping skills right before my china trip. Since the both of us can't drive yet,we travel by cab almost everywhere we went. The total cab fare added up to $54.80. Damn expensive lah! And we poor thing had to fork out the cab fare ourselves. Mum forgot to pass me my allowance before she left for china. I think i'm going broke cause of this!

Anyway, the 2 best thing i look forward to during cny is collecting angpaos & gambling. I don't gamble alot, my bets were usually small and i played Blackjack most of the time. I don't mind mahjong, but must find khaki first. Today's dinner was settled,or cooked by my sis and I. It was not very sumptuous,but i'm glad we made a meal ourselves. We actually don't get to use the kitchen that often when mum was around at home,cause she would normally shoo us away or let us watch her cook. Haha..now we have the freedom to cook whatever food we like,but i guess this is all done within our means. After all, i were are not celebrity chefs who can cook different types of dishes. Okay, it's time to brush up my cooking skills. But first, i think i should get a really good recipe book. Yeah,probably by the time i am china,i can cook for my friends.

♥ wanyan
8:04 AM

rush new year

Saturday, January 24, 2009

I can't believe i chionged this afternoon to buy my new year clothes. Mum accompanied me to marina square to buy my last minute new year clothes. She nags that i kept buying new year's clothes in the very last minute...but what can i do,I'm really busy this month. Got 2 tops but no dresses even though i wanted to try wearing them this year. By the way,it's VERY last minute so i can't possibly force myself to like a dress at first sight. It's so hard. After i was done with shopping,we took a bus back to parkway. And i met sam,renee and pearls on my way there. Mum went to exchange Chinese yuan for her china trip tomorrow. My whole family,except my elder sis and i, will be going to china for new year visiting cum vacation. As the new year approaches,my china trip to Wuhan is drawing closer and closer. So it's 2 more days to Chinese new year & 34 more days before i fly to china.Wohoo~

♥ wanyan
7:32 AM

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

I'm sooooo tired! School work and projects have been draining off my energy. Video,global,video,presentation skills and video again. This week is a such torturous;i really dread it. I don't think i even have the time to buy new year clothes. I've seriously got no time. Chinese new year is only 5 days away. OMG~Please let time fly faster this week.

♥ wanyan
8:21 AM

Floorball & Birthday

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Here's a little update for this week.

14/01/09
Just the day before my 19th birthday, i went for lmfc training. It was a friendly match with SIM girls team. I tried my best to make it to tsh on time but the talk on china's trip ended quite late. So,i was late for training. It was great to play with the team after 3-4 weeks of rest since Christmas. I managed to get score a goal,with a little help of luck. After the match, the team celebrated my birthday just outside the sports hall.

the team

"girls school"

me and karen

15/01/09
The 1st day of being 19. I can't say i was really looking forward to become 19, cause i didn't felt as excited as i were when i turned 18. There was lessons today. I had Presentation skills lecture and a group talk with danny laoshi regarding our presentation project next week. Lunch was at Makan Place again,i have been going there for lunch ever since it opened. Singyee,zhihui and simin gave me $30 Taka vouchers while cuishan,chonglei,jinyu and qianthing got me a cute photo frame and a keyring torch. Thank you all for the presents! :)

16/01/09
This is the last game for NP in this year's IVP. Missed half of my class because i had to leave early for my game at 3pm. We played hard against NUS but i guess we didn't had as many shots as compared to them,so we lost to them 2-5. It's the seniors last match before they graduate from Ngee Ann, and it will be not the same without them. So,we took pictures together for the very last time in our jerseys.

Team wildcats & Sara

line 2

I stayed on to watch charlotte's game against NYP. TP won by 3-2, charlotte scored a goal. Then i continued to watch Twins' match against SMU and 1/3 of NTU vs RP's game. I was already dying of hunger when we left and i felt my stomach churning. I got gastric pains and could not join charlotte and friends for dinner at TM. Pearls took the train back with me as she was also feeling very worn-out.

17/01/09
Picnic with THEM at marina barrage to celebrate my birthday. Sam,charlotte,nanxin,nanda,zixuan,pearls,renee were there. We occupied a pavilion and laid out the food on the mats. The wind was SUPER strong because i felt my hair flying in all directions. The surprise of my birthday was to fly a kite.YAY! But we didn't managed to fly a kite because the wind was blowing in all kinds of direction. Thanks guys for the kite-flying plan,although it's not so successful but there will be another time when we can get the kite up the sky. We sort of lepaked after eating,the cooling wind made it so comfortable for a nap. We had mango cake,it was yummy. Thanks guys for the birthday celebration at marina barrage. I'm so glad you guys thought of the kite flying idea.

on the train...

and bus

zixuan,nanxin,me and sam

trying hard to fly the kite

group photo @ marina barrage

♥ wanyan
6:11 AM

生日前夕...

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

{To all my english readers,the following post is in chinese. It's gonna be another cheena post ,but rest assured it's not a lengthy one. } it's readable.=)

19岁生日，我没有特别的期待。总觉得在一月出生的宝宝都得匆匆地过生日，因为新的一年刚开始不久，生日就到了。我觉得我老了啦，最快过生日通常是我，然后我又匆匆地过完一年365天里重要的一天。生日。。。是特别，但有家人朋友的陪伴，我相信我会很快乐，很满足。
早点过生日就是比别人老一岁，有好处也有坏处。在朋友当中，我算是“大姐”吧。因为大家的生日都不是在一月里，所以我理所当然成为最大，最老的。我不知道为什么今年的生日，我没有很紧张或兴奋。反而是，我觉得很平静。也可以说，我是以平常心看待这么重要的日子。这是好事还是坏事呢？哎~
今年的生日，我会快乐吗？

♥ wanyan
7:55 AM

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Im exhausted. Had matches on 2 consecutive days. Looking back on the 2 matches we had,I think i can do better, but somehow i couldn't perform on the right situations. Missed those opportunities that were given to me and i really think if i had been more consistent with my shots, i could have bagged in a goal for NP yesterday. Argh... I've got muscle aches and bruises from IVP but i know that's nothing compared to charlotte's prized bruises.

Today is Saturday but i had to go back to school for open house. Yes, i am sacrificing my sleep for cca points. I think it's not worth it but i can't back out in the very last minute. Anyway, it was kind of slack cause we had more than enough people to tend the booth. Jinyu and me were the only CHS students helping out in the magic booth. When we ended our shift, we made our way to vina's house for project discussion. It end up that we didn't make much progress in our discussion. So... we slack again. Oh my, i'm like procrastinating at the start of the new year.

♥ wanyan
7:59 AM

Monday, January 5, 2009

新的一年=新的开始。
2009年是个特别的一年。
因为，今年我会到中国去念书，大概有4个月半。
2月27日，星期五，时间不确定，飞行地点还不知道。老师要几时才告诉我们呢？
时间冲冲地流逝，一转眼间，我已经是二年级的学生，而在过一个月多，我就要去中国了。
好快啊，我自己都没有心理准备。曾经想过，我可以不去吗？留在新加坡也不错嘛。哈哈，但是这是不可能的啦... It's compulsory.
我希望在中国的4个月里，我们会努力K书，玩乐，购物，吃美食，总之一定要享受其中，然后继续为2009年编织更多美好的回忆。

这是我第一次用中文写关于地板钩球的事，有点奇怪，因为我知道有些朋友不喜欢看到一大堆中文字，不过这个很简短。2009年，1月5日到23日是IVP地板钩球赛。这是我第二次代表义安理工学院参赛，也是我去中国前最后一个比赛。:(（蛮遗憾的）
不过，我还希望Np wildcats 能取得更好的成绩，大家加油吧！
Let's go, NP! :)

♥ wanyan
4:29 AM

Happy New Year 2009!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Had lunch with singyee,zhihui,chonglei,cuishan,jinyu and qianthing at PS LaoBeijing. It was a teatime buffet from 3-5pm and we met earlier to shop around. Received presents from all of them,ranging from cards,notebooks... well,thanks guys,i'm sorry i hadn't brought anything with me but don't worry you'll get your present soon,i promise. Just when the time turns 3,people swarm around at the entrance of LaoBeijing,all anxiously waiting to get into the restaurant. Luckily, we made reservation so we could get seated very soon. Since it was a BUFFET, there were alot of other people like us who were also desperately trying to get our share of food. Haha~so typical singaporean lah. I grew quite sick of the food after finishing my bowl of dandan noodles. Next,we continued window shopping and seeing it was really late.I left for my next destination--Albert Court Hotel.

It was a LMFC gathering to celebrate new year. Played Big 2,Heartattack and Bridge with part of the team. Dinner was wantan noodles at the hotel room. Part of the entertainment was to camwhore,play Bridge and stare at the Tv. I wasn't really watching the shows on the tv set, i was more of staring into the screen. It just goes in and came out. Had a chat with jill, she asked about my trip to China this year in late Feb. And shared with me her experience in China. It was fascinating to hear her little stories and i like the way she speaks chinese to me. Then we surprised Jasmine to celebrate her belated birthday. Before the countdown, everyone shared about our own new year resolution. I want to learn a new skill and language,like taking up driving lessons/picking up Japanese or maybe improving on my baking skills.