Let Everything that has Breath Praise the Lord!

more climbing on plastic.for now=(

2011-06-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

Finally found some time to upload some of my videos=) more to come!

NUS- The North Face Boulderactive 201 OW Finals

Kinetics Climbing

2011-06-07T21:52:00.000-07:00

It has been one month into my new job, i am now working in Kinetics Climbing as programmes manager. This is my first full time job and i really do hope i can do a good job out of it. It hasnt been easy because i still have tons to learn. Work life is indeed very different from a student's life. As a full timer, it also means i have a lot of responsibilities. This is probably up one notch from organising Boulderactive 2011.

SEACF 2011- Represented Singapore in the South East Asia circuit- malaysia. This is a series of competitions organised by the countries taking part in this year's SEA games 2011 in Indonesia. For the first time, Climbing has been included in the SEA Games and Singapore will be sending a team of climbers up to do Singapore proud.

This particular comp really opened me up to the world of international competitions, i remember my first international comp was at the Asian Indoor Games, where i represented Singapore in Speed Climbing. A lack of training facilities proved not to help in the event because we had only been training on the speed wall up to the height of 6m? Whereas the actual event saw the wall being 15m in height. I realised i shouldnt focus on Speed because it really required alot of time to train which i didnt have. Almost every climber out there did climbing full time, while we singaporeans do it part time because we all have our other committments, be it in studies or full time jobs.

I didnt do very well, i kind of expected it, because i hadnt been training. I had been working from opening to closing for the past one month, managed to squeeze in 1-2 climbing sessions, but because i am still very new to lead climbing, it wasnt enough, i knew i had to climb outside ALOT MORE. I got pumped out really fast and didnt even have the chance to shake it out and resume my climbing, i literally climbed my way up to failure. I still love lead climbing more than bouldering and i really hope to get better at it and be challenged each time i start climbing.

I realised there is no point complaining because i should be thankful that i am working in a climbing gym with a wall facing me everyday. Although i cannot be climbing everyday, i have to make the most of whatever free time i can squeeze out from work. I had past the stage of complaining because there is simply no point in it.

But i am still looking forward to being more settled down in my job and being able to find time to climb hard again, and hopefully by nxt year, to the GREAT OUTDOORS!!! I still very much want to visit Fontainbleau...

I am back!

2011-04-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

As usual, have been putting off updating my blog for the past few months. So much has happened. I have finally finished schooling with NUS by Dec 2010.

Didnt want to stop studying and decided to go ahead with signing myself up for the following courses, which began in Feb and ended in March. Trust me, Taking all these 3 at one time was as good as studying for a semester in NUS.

1. National Coaching Accreditation Program ( NCAP)
- took this with Jay, Lynette and Jonathan Hwa..it was nice to take it with a group of climbers because NCAP does not have a technical course specific for the sport of climbing, so this NCAP level 1 was really general. Overall, the course which lasted about 8 weeks was a little of a bore towards the end. I still remember the very 1st session with C KUNALAN who has made a mark in Singapore's Sports history by being the most successful track & field athlete in Singapore, C Kunalan's achievements date as far back as 1966. He was one funny figure but higly respectable. After attending 2 of his sessions, i thought things would get better. Unfortunately not, as the sessions went on, i didnt feel like attending the sessions. Most of the material shared by the Facilitator could easily be read in the course file. But i did learn the importance of conducting feedback sessions after a training session. Nevertheless, i managed to pass and am now a certified NCAP level 1 coach=)

2. Instructor Training Course ( Sport Climbing)
- Attended this with Ian, Yu Seung, Pamela, Dean, Kean Kok. I was very thankful to be able to attend this ITC with a group of people i knew. Well, at least most of them. Hence it didnt take very long for us to break the ice for this group. I definitely learnt LOADS in this course. Questions i long had were answered by my awesome instructors. Joanne Soo was the main course trainer while Jay, Garick and Margaret were assisting. Great dynamics between this group of trainers because all of them had a wealth of experience in climbing as well as mountaineering. I thoroughly enjoyed myself during these 4 intensive sessions. I finally learnt how to tie my knots properly, something which i always cant seem to remember after my Level 2 course. ( whoops)
- Did my first assessment with Amir, i made some careless mistakes in my Escape from System station as well as Abseiling station, was asked to defer and retake these 2 stations. Further which i passed!=) Being tested and during practice was a totally different feeling. During practice in my ITC sessions, i could well "escape" from the belay system with ease, but when it came to the assessment, like how one feels the "butterflies" in one's stomach before something important. yes, it came to me as well, i was practically shaking as i climbed up a fairly easy route to set up my test station. As usual, the Abseil station saw me shaking once again. this time we were given pretty new and interesting scenerios that caught us off guard. i managed to finish it, but i left 1 "danger" point which Amir didnt like; which was leaving myself very little rope to lower off my student properly. Hence the need to redo this station as well.
- Managed to rebook my reassessment, and yes, i passed, just completed 2 of my OJTs and left with 1 more before i can become a certified Sport Climbing Instructor.=)

3. First Aid ( Standard First Aid Certification)
- This was compulsory as a pre- requisite before being certified a NCAP level 1 and ITC sport climbing. So yea. went ahead to do the course with Ian=) This was probably another course which i enjoyed thoroughly. Had one too many laughters especially during CPR. The instructor was hilarious in telling us to "blow harder"..."mouth so big, cannot blow properly". This would always cause the class to break into peals of laughter, and it was strange that the instructor never really realised that he shd change his use of words=)

Since the start of 2011, everything has been extremely memorable for me...i shall start with Gravical organised by SMU. Because i was involved in the ITC, which took place during the Gravical weekend, i could not take part in Women's Open category, and decided to form a team with some climbers. There was an open team event which was at night and all of us were free. My team consisted of Ivan, Jay, Aaron Tan and myself. I had heard alot of rumours telling me that my team was a threat to everyone else because of the strong male climbers inside. I brushed them aside and told myself not to be complacent because "anything can happen during a competition".

The event started....the first 3 routes proved no feat for my team. But as we got to the 4th problem, i began to have problems with the start. Starting to feel the pressure because another team before us performed pretty well and they were probably as strong as my team. I slipped at the last tile because i heard someone shouting "no bolt hole"..that was one epic moment. i got distracted, turned around and slipped and that caused immense stress to me which was brought over to the 5th problem where most females could not even start. I think i forgot to say that Females would get double points for the team. And so far, for at least 3 teams before us, every male had completed all the problems. It was really up to the female to add the points. i spent at least 4 attempts trying to move off from the start tile to the 2nd but to no avail. Time was ticking. I told myself not to give up and decided to give it one good hard pull, and i got it, but i panicked too much and couldnt finish it. Plus i was very tired from the many attempts to start, although i didnt finish the problem, i managed to get the bonus, hence allowing my team to win champion. I didnt feel happy because i was under too much pressure at that time. It was a horrible feeling to feel like i was bringing the team down. But 1 thing i learnt during this event, i cannot work under pressure. ( it was my first time taking part in a team event, i was too used to the individual category that i forgot how "teamwork" felt)

Boulderactive 2011: This was probably one of the highlight in my life so far. Firstly, I was one of the project directors who worked along side with Jack ( an awesome working partner)..we had started prep work for this event since july 2010. and when the time drew nearer for the event to be hosted, again, i was under quite abit of pressure. Both of us wanted this event to be one of the best Bouldering competition in the Singapore Climbing scene. And to make it work, we had to do alot of new things. We had an international Climber- Masatoshi Sugita to be our chief route setter for the Open Category. ( We intially invited Yuji Hirayama- renowned free climbing legend, but because of the unfortunate earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan very recently, he was forced to cancel his flight down, but nevertheless, another great Jap Climber came down). We had no regrets inviting Masatoshi ( known affectionately as Obi) down, his routes were a refreshing sight not only for the climbers but for the audience as well. The routes were well planned and everyone had fun climbing it as well as watching it.

And probably the best end to Boulderactive 2011? I won 1st for the Open Women's category. I was totally caught off guard by this unexpected win, because i was ranked 5th during my qualifiers. I was not only physically but mentally drained from being in charge of this event to climb properly. i just told myself to have fun as i took part. But Praise God, the flash of my first problem was what led to me winning. I had never quite dreamed of winning 1st place before in any competition, because i knew i wasnt very strong. I had always looked up to other female climbers like Beatrix and always wondered how they ever got up there, always ending the competition with a podium finish. I had always wanted to be as strong as her, if not stronger, but i know it will take time to train up, but during this comp, I guessed my mental strength paid off. I was able to "switch off" any pressures during the competition and just focus on my climb and enjoy it. And i totally love it when i can climb without having many tiles around me. ( i always have a "mental block" when i climb in a gym because of all the tiles ard me, and me trying hard to avoid hitting them. but during a competition, whatever tiles are on the wall, were for my use, hence i was able to go all out. )

Now that Boulderactive is over and all my courses have been done, i have abit of time to myself to concentrate on work. Time to work and start earning and saving....I cant wait to get out of Singapore and climb outdoors again.

South Africa, Rocklands, 22 July-25 Aug 2010

2010-10-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

alrights, finally found some time to write about Rocklands!!!get ready....

i decided pictures indeed speak a thousand words, so i will be using pictures to talk about my trip. these selected pictures pretty much sums up my adventures in Rocklands.

this is where our laundry is hung up. as long as you can find 2 boulders, hang up a ratchet and there you go, a steady makeshift laundry line!

this is our bouldercave, where we cook,eat,watch movies on the laptop. it is a source of protection against the cold winds that blow early in the morning and late at nights, and keeps the rain out too=)only problem is, it is about 1M in height, so it can be rather break-breaking to walk in and out of this cave. jay and i developed backaches from moving ard in the cave.ha

Yes, this is Rocklands, where Bouldering and Sportclimbing is offered=) i was fooled by this sign, it was put at the entrance to many different crags. the bigger crag was known as "THE ROADSIDE". i happily thought the boulders were just nxt to the roadside, little did i know, that it was nearly an hour walk from the ROADSIDE, into the boulders.sigh. this signboard is a guage of an hour's walk into the bouldering area.

Natural streams of cold running water!perfect for COLD WATER TREATMENT!and as drinking water, and water to wash our hands. basically, for anything.haha. and i didnt get a stomach upset from drinking the water.

Visited Muizenberg, a small town just at the coast of South Africa, small in size, but big in beauty=)

Stayed at this campsite en-route to the Kgalagadi Transfontier park- Safari

we didnt bother bringing our tent from out camp at Rocklands, so we just put our boulderpads on the floor and slept on our sleeping bags. coolest night out ever!in the wild=)

Awfully cute ground squirrels that were extremely tame and spoilt by humans.tsk tsk.

our safari guide taking out a huge rifle." just in case".where we were on the prowl for lions, cheetahs, etc.

my favourite breakfast! bread with banana,jam and peanut butter!helps you send all of your projects for the day=)

fresh barracudas for sale at Muizenberg.

awesome line called "the Rhino", 7b+. tried it, cldnt finish it. will be back for it.

first time bouldering in the dark!with headlamps.pretty cool experience!

sending JOHN DENVER,7A. took me 2 sessions. finishing it was rewarding coz i got to see paul robinson too=)hahaha. ok. but seriously, finishing the project was my aim. Seeing Paul Robinson at the same boulder was just a bonus.

trying MINKI, 7B, definitely a different style from Dirty lies, also 7B, knee jams was a pretty new move to me in natural, going back to finish it too!

My "room" for 1 month.

new things i learnt in this trip

1. Spotters- the importance of having one when bouldering. Growing up in an indoor climbing environment, we are pretty much on our own whenever we climb, because we have mattresses to fall on. but once outside, on the natural boulder, all we have is probably a 72"x36"x4.75" safety pad to rely on? and as we progress higher or traverse across the boulder, we definitely need someone to spot and move the mattress for us. Spotting is not just ensuring the person lands safely onto the pad, but looking out for possible angles the person can fall at and being ready for the fall anytime. Learnt alot from jay about spotting.

2. Food- i found myself almost hungry 24/7. the Hike, the cold weather and climbing made me hungry quicker than usual. Even though i wasnt perspiring due to the cold weather, i found myself getting real hungy after a short hike. always be prepared to have food in your bag when you plan to stay at 1 climbing crag the whole day.

3. working on a project- it is my 2nd bouldering trip, but it can almost be considered a first because my first time bouldering in Hampi, well...i didnt exactly climb hard. i didnt push myself. but in Rocklands, i was introduced to the concept of working on a project ( line/ problem). i hardly worked on any projects while climbing in Singapore. but in Rocklands, there were certain problems that i cldnt send in 1 day, and had to keep going back to work on it. i was drawn to the beauty of the problem and the moves involved. Bouldering, unknown to our bodies, actually sucks alot of energy out without you feeling tired. and so, even when you feel ready, the minute you get back onto the boulder, you feel tired almost immediately. hence, i had to go back to work on it. sometimes, that particular session would be just working on parts of the problem, and other sessions would be attempting to link all of the different parts up. it felt alittle irritating and disappointing when i felt so ready to send the problem in that session, only to realise there was no way i cld finish it, coz i was dead tired at the end of the day. but it is definitely rewarding to finally finish it. and with all the encouragement from all the climbers working on the same problem. definitely cant do without them too=)

4. dont give up- this is one thing that was extremely applicable to me. there were a number of problems where i kept on falling at the same move, which was probably my crux for the problem. there were times when i felt like giving up and moving onto another problem because the moves seem impossible by my standards. but jay,weida and peter told me not to give up and that the move is very possible. for Dirty lies, a project which took me 3 sessions to finish, i was stuck at the same crux for 3 whole sessions. only managed to get past the crux without starting from the beginning once. and that was it. decided to go for the whole problem from the beginning. but i found myself another crux, which was getting to the first crux i encountered. and so my last session was spent working on linking the moves up. it was not easy, i really felt like giving up. but i was so glad i didnt, because at my final attempt, i managed to send it. and the minute i sent it, i looked back at my previous sessions and heaved a huge sigh of relief and wondered how i managed to get out of it. it was the same for the other problems.

noticed a pattern in my ability to send problems

- 7a: at least 2 sessions

- 7b: at least 3 sessions

-7c: at least 4 sessions.

with this experience, i now know how long it takes me to send a particular grade.haha. this would most probably serve as a guide for my future bouldering trips.

Totally enjoyed this trip because i got to climb and push myself way past my expected limit. thanks to Jay, Weida and peter. Made a lot of new friends from all over the world. Definitely going back again!so many unfinished business=)

Lost in Transit: Sri Lanka and Dubai

2010-10-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

21 july 2010

Left Singapore on 21 July 2010, Arrived in Bandarahaire Airport ( Sri lanka). Due to be in transit for 8 hours before heading to Dubai for another transit to finally reach Cape Town.

I arrived a tired and sleepy person, looking forward to sleeping on a nice bed. Looked around the airport for hotel bookings, and found the cheapest room, no air con, fan only, but it cost $50USD!!!i would have felt like an idiot if I were to sleep on a bed that cost $50USD for 4 hours! So I decided to wait till my next flight, in the airport. I first ventured out of arrival only to see Sri lanka’s very poorly lighted streets with swarms of people hanging outside the airport. Being an only girl, I decided it was much safer to go back into the airport to wait.

I wanted to buy food but found that the airport only accepted US dollars or Rupees. “Good job fel”. I had failed to check what currency was available in this airport. They did not even buy Singapore dollars, so there I was, 8 hours without food or money. Thankfully, there was a water dispenser, and I still had some raisins I brought from Singapore. And so I sat on Bandarahaire’s Airport departure “lounge”, which consisted of hard plastic chairs and tried to snooze abit. But got worried about my baggage. At that point, I totally disliked traveling alone. Even making a trip to the washroom meant I had to carry all my bags around.

Finally got onto the plane to DUBAI!!!!!!the minute the air stewardesses served snacks, I grabbed it and opened it almost immediately and chowed down the whole packet in less than a min. it felt good to have food going into my mouth.haha

Dubai

Arrived at Dubai International Airport. Was welcomed with a beautiful airport, with Rolex clocks all around!haha. departure and arrival display screens were aplenty, as many as you would see in an electronic store selling flatscreens!

I realized I had 24 hours of transit in Dubai and yes, I needed a place to stay. No way was I going to stay in the airport for 24 hours. Tried the transit hotel and 1 room cost 400usd/night!mad. so I decided to go out of the airport. Found myself a small room in Dream Palace Hotel for about $50usd/night, just 15 mins drive from the airport. Paid for it at the airport hotel booking booth and made my way out.

OUTSIDE DUBAI AIRPORT

Was greeted with an extremely warm blast of air and dust. Nothing like I had expected. I was indoors for the past 2 days and the minute I got out of the airport, I could hardly breathe. I felt like I was in a sauna, hot and “steamy” ( dusty in Dubai). Quickly got into the taxi and arrived at my hotel. Dubai was really hot, it was summer and temperatures were reported to be almost 40 degrees Celsius in mid day!!!!worse than Singapore! its not humid, but rather, HOT AND DRY. The cars in Dubai were all covered with a thick layer of brownish dust, I guess it doesn’t pay to clean your cars in a desert land. Haha.

Stayed in a hotel for the first time ALONE, bought snacks from the supermarket for dinner as I didn’t want to spend too much money in Dubai. My money is reserved for Rocklands!

Boarded the plane to Cape Town the next day.FINALLY.

Cape Town

Arrived late afternoon, excitedly waited for Jay, Wei da and Peter to pick me up. Got into the car and off I went to our camp site in Rocklands! More updates on Rocklands coming up soon. i need a break from typing=p

BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO.

2010-07-17T03:30:00.000-07:00

Dear Felicia,

As mentioned in our tele-conversation, since you are unable to complete your placement on time, we would have to impose a penalty of 10 marks for late submission of your portfolio, which should only be handed in after completing 400 hours of placement, and not any time earlier. We are not in favour that students submit their portfolios without finishing 400 hours placement, since it is required of students to only submit portfolios 2 weeks upon placement completion. Hence, please note that if you are finishing your placement on 30/8/10, you would have to submit your work by 13/9, 4 pm to Ms Lim Shan Shan at the General Office.

Also, please give considerable thoughts towards your work with clients, especially how you intend to continue and terminate your work at the agency after your trip. This is because it is important for you to develop this aspect of professionalism in your work as a Social Work student.

Thanks.

Regards

( teacher)

i cannot believe they are so INFLEXIBLE. sigh.

A weekend of Crazy driving, Good music, Fantastic company!!!

2010-07-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

Started off our journey after the heavy downpour in Singapore. Vincent and Jack rotated driving down the north- south highway. They drove well, minimum speed 140km/hr.hahaha
Genting
Got kinda lost in Kl onwards, GPS wasn’t working too good. It was laggy and so whenever we needed to make a turn, the GPS would only inform us after we missed the turn.haha. we dreaded hearing the sound which indicated we were off route. But thankfully, Vincent and Jack managed to get back on the right track. We were so happy when we saw the signboard to “genting highlands”.

Reached the bottom of Genting, Zhao Xiu took over the wheel!!=) ( not over take!haha) it was dark and misty and it started drizzling. Believe it or not, it was my 2nd time sitting in na car driving up to Genting. My first time was with my family but at that time, I was too young to look at how windy the road was. And yes. That night was the first time experiencing the drive up and being able to look at the road. I tell you, it was no easy feat driving up, countless bends, many sharp turns and did I mention it was dark,misty and wet?haha.yea.but zhao xiu was super good!she managed to drive all of us up safely=) reached First World Hotel really tired from the ride from Singapore. Hurriedly checked in. Zhao Xiu conked out on the bed while V, Jack and myself changed to go to the Casino!!yay.

Casino: it was my first time entering one, I can finally enter the casino legally and gamble too. My first time was when I took part in the Asian Indoor Games in Macau 2007. We just went into the Casino for fun, walked 1 round and went out because we weren’t really supposed to enter. I was still underaged that time.hahaha. being a noob, I followed V and Jack. V sat himself down comfortably at the table playing dices. It looked pretty easy. I observed for awhile. Finger started to get itchy to place a bet but I wanted to observe more first. How people place their bets strategically.

I next followed Jack to the baccarat tables and learnt a lil on how they bet as well. I decided to try it out. Bet 50rm on the banker for the 1st time. And I won!haha.but the 2nd round I bet 50 again, I lost. So I decided to stop playing. Wasn’t feeling lucky. So with my original 50rm, I decided to join V at the Dice table. Changed into playing chips and started playing. Won abit here and lost abit, and at the end, I ended up with 50rm xtra!=) I told myself I would stop playing once I won double. So happy me returned back to the hotel with 50rm richer. Didn’t want to be too greedy and lose everything in the end.

Had a bit of sleep. Was woken up by some stupid drilling from the floor above us, even though I clearly remember our 13 floor was the highest alr.haha.and at 7am, there were kids shouting down the hallway. Don’t the tourists in genting wake up late!?!?!?

Managed to get out of bed, we showered and had brunch at Kenny Rogers. Took our one and only theme ride: Space Coasters, 12 rm. The ride was really short and jerky. It wasn’t very fun because it was awfully cold and the gradient of the drops and turns were too soft. Not scary at all. Just very jerky. But nvm, we had enough of rides for the day. Our aim wasn’t the thempark anw.

Bukit Tinggi

This was our next destination, this time I took the wheel!weee..it was my first time driving in msia, and I was given the honour of driving down genting.haha.vincent belted up, so did everyone=( and I began the drive down. It was a very good experience because you hardly get such windy roads to play around with in Singapore and not forgetting the steepness as well. Vincent taught me a lil here and there on handling the vehicle when navigating sharp turns. Still not very good at it because he felt nauseous after the drive down. I felt so bad.haha.but I will get better with more practice!=)

Got to bukit tinggi in no time, we didn’t get lost!yay! again, it was another windy and steep road up, but this time it was a 2 way lane, meaning 1 lane up 1 lane down. It was more difficult because whenever I took a corner, I couldn’t really see if there was a car coming the other way. So had to negotiate the turn slowly. Didn’t want to hit an oncoming vehicle. But it was fun. The road is really good for drifting man.but dangerous la.=p

French Bakery at Bukit Tinggi

Got to the top of bukit tinggi. We were greeted with a beautiful sight! Bukit Tinggi is a French- themed village and the whole setting gave a nostalgic and rustic feeling when we got off the car. It was gorgeous. The buildings were tastefully designed to look like French houses and it felt peaceful. Walked around, took plenty of pictures. Visited the Japanese village as well. But after a while, we all got bored, decided to drive down to KL for dinner.haha. it was a long drive, a bit of jam. Went to find Carrefour to stock up on food and BOOZE!hahaha.had a quick dinner and grocery shopping and drove back to our hotel in Bukit Tinggi.

Party time began at 11plus. Our room was big enough, we had a living room, kitchen and bedroom. So our drinking session started. We had beer and red wine and lotsa chips. Played many stupid games that made us more stupid with alcohol in our bodies.haha.but it was a very fun and crazy night. I never drank so much in my life before. That night was the first. And im glad we were in the hotel and not in some club.All of us slept really soundly that night after drinking.

Woke up, packed up and drove down to Melaka for lunch and shopping before heading back home. There was a torrential downpour on the highway to meleka and we saw 3 accidents on our way. It was scary and I was really thankful we were not involved in any. Encountered jams along the way coz of the rain, and it being Sunday. Zhao Xiu was still on the prowl for A& W since Saturday.haha.we couldn’t find any while in Kl, but we didn’t give up. Jack was driving now and we had to stop in front coz we were in the wrong lane. Zhao xiu looked up and called to our attention. Right beside us were the 2 golden words in red and brown. A&W!!!hahaha.we were so excited and it was really funny because Jack had driven into the “parking lot” at the side of the road. Imagine we never stopped there, we would have not found the A&W shop so soon. Had our lunch there. Everyone was happy and we were soon on our way to Meleka to shop!!

Ohyea, we encountered a scary incident on our way to Meleka. Vincent was turning out of the parking lot when he didn’t see a white car coming really close to us. The driver horned really loudly but we didn’t hit each other. Thank God. He stopped infront of us. Got out of the car looking really pissed. Banged out window and shouted at Vincent. V apologized and the guy shouted:” what you doing!penalty 100!” we were shocked. Why the hell do we need to pay him money when no accident happened? I think he saw that it was a Singaporean car he decided to take advantage. He told us to drive to the front and talk. we decided to ignore him and quickly drove off towards the left lane. The car high- beamed and horned once again coz we were “running away” from him.haha. lucky there were a few cars that went behind us and so we lost him. We all heaved a sigh of relief when we were back on the highway and the car was nowhere near.

Reached Makota shopping mall and did abit of shopping. Managed to get a few tops and bought cakes from SECRET RECIPE!happiest. bought durian cheese cake, choco banana, hazelnut cheese and some new creation: Strawberry marshmallow cheesecake. It was cheap and good!!!

Dinner in JB: paper wrapped chicken!!!yummy and other dishes as well. Full once again, we started driving back to Singapore. It was another horrible jam at the checkpoint, but again, we made it out of msia safe and sound!!

Totally enjoyed this trip: EAT EAT EAT.PLAY PLAY PLA.DRINK DRINK DRINK. Cant wait to make another one with them soon=)

Rocklands Bouldering...

2010-06-30T23:03:00.001-07:00

Rocklands 09 from Princess on Vimeo.

1 Goal accomplished!

2010-06-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

Rockmaster 2010! probably the 1 boulder comp i will never forget!=)

This weekend started off w me attending the Ignite Conference concert at Bartley Christian Church. Dont know why, but felt an urge to attend the night concert with germaine and the youths from JG. the concert started with an opening magician act for entertainment. interesting how the magician uses "magic" to share the gospel. i guess in all that you do, you can always share the gospel, "the message is the same simple one, just the methods used"=) ( something which the pastor mentioned) During the worship, i clearly felt God's presence. It didnt come immediately when the songs started, it came halfway during a particular song which i didnt know. it was a new song, but something stirred within my heart, a very warm and peaceful feeling that i hadnt felt for a long time as i hadnt been attending church for the past 2 months i think? Stopped attending ever since my mum went into the hospital. weekends had to be spent visiting her; and the longer i stayed away from church, the harder it felt to come back. I dont know why, but i know i will go back soon.

Saturday:

Made up my mind to not wear my "qualifying pants" for this year's Rockmaster. You see, every year, for every comp, i have been wearing this particular pair of nike tights for every comp. Dont ask me why, but it so happens to be my favourite, probably coz this was my first pair of climbing pants i bought when i was in JC1=)haha.yes, you can count how old my pants is, i am 22 this year. and im still wearing it. NIKE rocks for its lasting material. I decided to enter the qualifiers and aim to get into finals not using my pants, but relying totally on God to give me strength. And yes, it was indeed rewarding when i chose to rely on God and not on some stupid pants or myself totally to get thru the comp. managed a 4th placing for my qualifying. i remember doing route 3, falling off at the 2nd last tile on my first attempt. there was only 1 min left. i decided to give it another go. AND IT WAS WORTH IT=) i was shocked, i managed a heel hook on my lousy madrock heels to get the ending tile.haha.but almost peeled off alr, coz the heel too soft.

oh yea, was a little disappointed with the time management for Rockmaster. we were told to come down to register at 10am and have our event started at 12. but when we arrived. the Under 16 catagory was just starting. guess what, our registration got pushed back to 3plus. and we only got to climb at ard 6pm.gosh.i could have worked from 10-12pm at CA.( had to rush to find a replacement coz i was afraid i wouldnt make it for my event).grrr.nvm.big lesson learnt here. hopefully for the organisers of Rockmaster as well=)i guess, every comp we learn how to deal with different issues. i still rmb, Boulderactive, we had the issue of being too loud and cheer-ry at Orchard Central. management wasnt too happy abt it. nxt time, find a venue that appreciates our event and cheers and crowd- drawing ability.ha.

thats me tryin to get a dyno.looks like i got it right=)

and the 2nd pic is my end on route 3=)so glad i made a 2nd attempt, was rewarded with an end=)

SUnday:
Finals: got to marina barrage early in the morning on Sunday at 9am to test the final routes out. got there late, only to see most of the guys and girls tryin the routes out alr. immediately hopped onto the 2nd route. regretted not warming up properly coz i immediately felt tired after holding the first few tiles.haha. it was a good work out though. didnt get to finish any routes during the try outs. was beginning to worry alr coz everyone was doing so well as they were trying the routes. when it was over, jud,haroz and liting went to my hse to have lunch and rest before gg back to watch the other events. we all took a siesta. too tired alr.

went back ard 2plus to watch inter men and women finals. and then it was my event. Open Women Finals. had another 4 min of observation and started off. Said another quick prayer to God asking for strength and for Him to help me out during the comp.

1st route: during the trials, i couldnt even get to the mono tile, i wanted to give up on this route coz i tried it a million times earlier. when i went up, i managed to get to the mono with ease, happy, i moved on, only to fall at the big pinch. i decided that was it. enough.rest. i wanted to prepare myself for the 2nd route which i felt i needed more strength for that.

2nd route: during the trials, i couldnt move on from the round sloper to the purple side pull. that was my fear for this route. but again, when i started off, i got to the sloper again, my fears came back.but i told myself to give it my best jump. and i got it!=) a lil surprised, i told myself to move on. and yes, fell at the 3rd last tile. but i was happy coz i went past my supposed "crux".

3rd route: again, during the trials, i couldnt get past the big orange fin. told myself to give it all. since it was my last route alr. and i started climbing. reached the tile below the orange fin, decided to give it one good try and pulled myself up. and yes!i felt the good part of the fin.haha.during the trials i didnt even get to touch it, so i didnt know how good it was. almost to the end alr. didnt think of heel hooking to end. so i tried to throw for the ledge.bad move. ( i later found out i had to hook to end, it helped alot. looks like i gota work on my heel hooking!)

at the end, i managed to get 3rd!i was pleased with the fact that i went further during the comp then the try-out in the morning. i was glad i didnt give up or let my fears get the better of me. Never expected to get top 3 for an open women's catagory before, although it was one of my goals written for 2010( it was just an aim for myself to train harder), but i didnt expect it to be so fast!of course i am happy, very grateful to all who came and supported me and marisa for videoing me and the other photographers!=)you are deeply appreciated! nice end for the boulder season.

Once More.

2010-06-22T00:30:00.000-07:00

hmm.nothing exciting happened recently.

ok.maybe just 1. my mum found out about my bike=(had been riding for about 2 weeks, until one day.on that fateful dat, i came home after climbing. jumped into the shower, and just changed into my home clothes and was towelling my hair when my mum opened up a letter from the TRAFFIC POLICE DEPARTMENT. i knew this was it. Jack had sms-ed me earlier that our traffic police summons was sent to our house alr. ( we both parked our bikes on the pavements outside city square during the pumpfest week. only to get fined.$70 man!!!heartpain).and yes, i digressed alil.she opened up the letter infront of me and asked me why i got a fine.i told her i parked illegally. my heart was racing like mad by this time. her eyes scanned the letter till it reached the header:" Vehicle Type: MOTORCYCLE". she turned and looked at me."how come its a motorbike? you bought a bike" ( by now, her eyes widened like a fishball).i quietly said "yes. i just bought". the next few minutes went by in a blur.she went bersek and shouted for my dad:"papa!!ah girl bought a bike!"

my dad stormed in and scolded me almost immediately. i just saw down and explained to them why i bought a bike.blah blah.my mum didnt listen to any of it. she just kept shaking her head.NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. and that was the end of my riding career. it was short lived.but i enjoyed every moment of it. ok.except the time my bike couldnt start and had to be push- started. i will never forget the times vincent,jack,jay,weida,zaki helped me to push start my bike.Thank you so much guys. i dont know what i could have done without your help.=p

ok la.now that my parents know abt my bike, i can openly put on my blog and facebook alr.haha.in a sense it was a blessing in disguise?or a huge sigh of relief?coz i can ride occassionally without worrying abt getting caught by my parents.its a Honda XR125L for all those who are wondering what it is. Its a scrambler, and i fell in love with it the min i rode on it. its so easy to handle!just imagine a mountain bike with an engine?=)oh yes, i removed the "pornstar" sticker alr.haha.totally wasnt my image=p

and so now, i am left all alone.no more boyfriend ( i am referring to my bike arh.haha.its a male)but i have managed to ride it on a few occassions with good excuses.my mum seems to be releasing her tenterhooks.and it may be a good sign i can carry on riding after all?=)hmmm.

im halfway into my placement at the Boys Home. my supervisor has been on leave for the past week. i did really little.planned a lil here and there for my upcoming program, tried to do my assignment.yes.facebooked alot as usual.

Started reading "Training for Climbing" by Eric J.Horst. (kindly loaned to me from Jay). Its a good book!i recommend for all the new climbers, and even climbers who have been climbing, but are still seeking ways to get stronger, its not all about climbing and strength. Learn about how to maximise your mental focus as well!

very soon, most of my friends will be leaving for their climbing trips around the world. one group to Krabi, one group to Hongkong and Chine, and another group is in New Zealand alr.So happy for them. Soon i will be embarking on mine!Rocklands!( once again, i CANNOT WAIT).

Level 2 FINALLY.

2010-06-06T08:05:00.000-07:00

Spent my weekend on 5,6 june attending my long awaited level 2 course. did it with jud,marissa,shaoting,chuanming and jia wei.haha.great bunch of people to do the course with. wouldnt trade them for anyone else=)it was easy helping each other whenever we needed help because we all knew each other from nus climbing. i cant imagine doing it with a bunch of strangers.haha.Jay was our instructor. he was really patient in going through the steps of multi-pitching, prussiking, top-outs. totally enjoyed prussiking, although it was one of the hardest.haha. and yes,not forgetting having to lead fall and doing dynamic belaying!

it was really tough having to fall knowing fully well that your hands are on 2 fat and juicy jugs, the hardest part is telling your hands to let go and knowing you will get a fall, big big fall. the 1st fall was the hardest. after that, my heart got a little stronger alr.haha. jud was the bravest, she did the first lead fall without much hesitation. i took like 1 min plus?haha.belayed my heaviest climber so far, jia wei.haha.hes not fat, just tall.Big Friendly Giant. my ankles took a hard hit as i flew to the well.but no worries. was able handle him.=)can handle him means can handle any weight alr when belaying.haha

i am a super visual learner, and not only that. i need to experience it to learn. realised this while learning how to prussik upwards, in the event you never got the ropes on its equal length to abseil down. i bungled up the whole thing on my first try.haha.perspired a pool on my part. but managed to get it right the 2nd time. Super grateful to Jay.so patient.haha. and yes, i made alot of stupid mistakes in tying my ropes and knots.=p but now i can tie a double fisherman's knot, reef knot, clove hitch perfectly!YAY!=) at least now i know a few more knots, better than just tying a dead knot.haha.

thanks to the people whom i took level 2 with as well. they all helped me along the way.i always have to learn the hard way. getting scolded and experiencing how its like to do it wrongly and then getting it right.

and yes, i am proud to say i finally have level 2!!!waited almost 4 years for it?haha.managed to take my level 1 in JC1 and that was it. started lead climbing and falling and multi pitching at krabi all without level 2. i feel so much more confident now coz i know how to do it.instead of relying on someone to teach me=)

did some great climbing after the course, we all had some energy to burn off. tried plenty of routes. totally tired my body out today. cant wait to drop dead on my bed later on.

had dinner at Sunset way today. dessert at Daily Scoops after that. it was one happening weekend which i will never forget=)

cant wait to multi pitch again and lead climb!=)and boulder too.

and i dont like mondays=(the weekend came and went in a blink of an eye.sigh.

long time no write.

2010-06-02T20:55:00.000-07:00

HO HO HO. its been long. my last post was during my birthday?haha.more than 1 month ago. and since i am in my office now. rotting, why not catch up on whats been happening in my life?=)here goes.

Life at the Singapore Boys Home
here's what i do normally

1. Breakfast at my table
2. answer a big nature call= SHIT
3. Facebook
4. Facebook ( + snacks)
5. Facebook. (ok, i am just kidding, not too many times though.haha.)
6. Do some readings.
7. Facebook.
8. Lunch
9. Readings
10. Facebook
11. Home Sweet Home

oh, new updates, i have gotten 3 boys as my casework over the next few weeks.yay!finally, something meaningful. cant wait to meet them.

PumpFest 2010
We had a world cup route setter, Tonde Katiyo ( France). He brought with him a wealth of experience from route setting in World Cups. i was pretty excited and looking forward to world cup like routes. Thinking they were gona be do-able. Alas, i was wrong. haha.the routes were extremely technical, totally not my kind of routes that i normally do. i barely got past 3/4 of the wall. my weakness? being unable to think on the wall. it wasnt just about strength, it was about working out the sequences which i suck at. NOW I HAVE BEEN REAFFIRMED that i need to train my brain to think faster when i am on the wall. allez fel=)Looking forward to Rockmaster.haha.

New Love
My new "guy" is Ashton. He is white, he is ruggard and sporty, he enjoys getting dirty. and i love riding him=)

Mummy
My mum is now back home, recuperating and going for her chemo sessions. Thank you to all who have been praying for her and have been giving me moral support=)i totally needed you guys. and Praise the Lord, he has given me good grades ( in my opinion) for my exams, considering that was the time most of the problems started. countless hospital visits, having to take care of the household while my mum was not around, etc. HE gave me strength and for that i am so thankful! God did not forsake me during this period.

Happy Belated Birthday to ME...

2010-04-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

turned 22 on 7 april. no big deal. realised this is an ugly number, theres no way i can turn the numbers around to trick people. like if i was 21 last year.i can jokingly say i am 12, and people know how old i am exactly.ha. 22. no chance.

no cake this year.no candle to blow this year.

I am just thankful i can wake up to another day.

Dear God, i pray that you will bring healing to my mum. In Jesus name, AMEN.

Happy Birthday Lee Hui Mei Germaine!

2010-04-01T09:45:00.000-07:00

Celebrated Germaine's birthday last night. rachel,ivan,myself and germz had dinner at Al Dente Trattoria!(Esplanada).

Met ivan and rachel first before making our way down.the birthday girl was late. we were so hungry, we ordered a $10 pizza first. Sausage and Artichokes pizza!(i had never quite tasted an artichoke before, and it tasted really good!it has the texture similar to mushrooms, chewy and meaty taste.)

Sausage and Artichoke Pizza $10

A very flushed and red germaine, she walked at her fastest speed from her school to find us.

when Germaine finally arrived, we had already placed our order. i decided to be daring and go with the Wagyu Beef with Lasagne!( mind you, this is the first time i am ordering beef on my own. i never like the smell of beef, especially when it is sliced or minced, i can only handle beef cuts like sirloin steak, tenderloin, but even so, in small amounts. i decided to give this wagyu beef a try because i know its one of the best.) guess what, when it came, i almost fainted. it was minced waygu beef with lasagne. i was utterly disappointed. so was ivan. he ordered wagyu pasta. and germaine said it looked like "mee hoon kuey", with their thick slices of pasta and minced meat all over with tomato sauce. tsk tsk. both of us ate our meal bitterly. Rachel and germaine were smart. they ordered Foie Gras with Parma Ham Risotto!=)took 1 bite of the foie gras and fell in love with it at once. the risotto was even better!every bit of the rice was filled with the savoury sauce!

i totally hated my dish. the minced beef smell was overpowering for my nose to handle. Rachel offered to trade dishes with me. it was really sweet of her. thus, i enjoyed half of the risotto with half of the foie gras!happy fel.

Wagyu Beef with Lasagne and buffalo mozzerella cheese $24

Foie Gras with Parma Ham Risotto $24

Waygu Beef with Pasta $24

Once again, blessed birthday Germaine!heres to 13 years of friendship, having gone through so much.tears and joy.you have simply been a blessing to me!love you=)

Looking forward to Rocklands!!

2010-03-30T04:32:00.000-07:00

i know its only March now, but in about 112 days, i will be halfway across the world, to South Africa-Rocklands!to do some climbing!weee-

i really cannot wait.thats why must put up some links related to Rocklands, so i can come back to this page and read it when i am free. (i dont know why i cannot post videos up.someone, pls help me!)

Rocklands Boulders

Climbing Topo in Rocklands

Bouldering video in a Safari-Rocklands

South Africa-Rocklands bouldering video

somehow, these videos remind me of my bouldering trip to India-Hampi last dec.hahaha.

A day of shopping alone. ROCKS.

2010-03-28T08:51:00.000-07:00

hokays, went for church service as usual today. caught up with germaine alot.hahaha.i really miss talking to u babe.and Rachel as well!we need to catch up.thats why GERMAINE LEE,pls keep your wed free.pang seh your project mates k!hahaha.

did retail therapy on my own at Ion Orchard today after lunch.haha.i dont know the reason for my retail therapy, but i used up the northface vouchers jia hua and wayne sold me.shiok. bought a pair of gloves and baselayer top, preparing for my Rocklands trip!(cant wait.seriously)

visited the THREESIXTY MARKETPLACE at level 4 in Ion..never knew this level existed until i read some food article promoting the biscuit with cheese in it.haha.cool.the supermarket sold really interesting food that you wont get to see in your normal NTUC, Cold storage, etc. but yes, the price is double as well. bought some pringles flavoured Mozerella at $4.15!!!for a normal canister.tried a little just now. not too bad.not fantastic though. Finally found this cheese biscuit the article was raving about. bought it, ate it. felt a little happy that i finally found it. felt even happier that i will not waste money buying it again.haha.the taste was pretty normal. the review mentioned something about the cheese melting in your mouth...blah blah.bullcrap.i didnt taste any of that sort.but at least i gave it a try!=)

did facial when i came home. signed up for some package. $300 for 10 sessions. i went for the trial, it was a painless black head removal procedure. so i couldnt wait to go for it again.coz my previous beautician did the extraction with the most pain i ever encountered in my life. thought this would be different.

LIAR.i teared just as much during the extraction process today. the beautician even said i had high pain tolerance. that coz i want i paid for it alr, dont wana stop the process.haha.and i just imagine the results.smooth skin.haha.that gave me motivation to bite through the pain.but i cannot imagine having to go thru it another 9 times more.God, pls give me higher pain tolerance!=)

ankle getting better by the day.PRAISE THE LORD for my speedy recovery. can jog a little.but not too much.maybe jog 1m?haha.but it still feels tired and sore after a day of walking. soon soon!i will be able to climb like i used to!

received a very wierd call at 3.30am last thursday. the guy on the phone sounded alot like a friend of mine.i thought it was him. he was whispering the whole time.saying wierd stuff u say to a loved one.i shant elaborate here. the conversation ended very abruptly and i am still spooked out by it.coz my friend said he wasnt the one who called.WHO WAS IT?

the very much sought after cheese biscuit.A disappointment it was.

some of the Jitz Bitz i bought during the Crocs sale!=)

random is the in-thing!

2010-03-26T08:48:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY 26 MARCH!-one of my most random day yet.haha

7.30am: left my house to TAMPINES, supposed to meet jud, edwin, chuan ming.we were on our way to the CROCS sale at expo!

9am: we reached expo, to see the queue at least 100m long!it may seem short to sprinters, but for a person whos ankle still aint so strong, the 20-30min queue was bad enough.haha

9.30am: we finally got to enter the CROCS HEAVEN.alas. it was not to be, it was a disappointing use of space in hall 6A, the sides were set up to sell the shoes. i only found 2 sections to my liking! the W8 shoes section and the Jitz Bitz section.bought 2 pairs of crocs. each $25!bought a cute funny little jitz bitz. with alot of fur.haha.something different from the plastic ones sold in the shop. spent a total of $55!=)

10.30am: made our way to Burger King at Simei to have breakfast. bought the croissan' wich meal. couldnt finish my hashbrown as usual.

12.00pm: reached The Cathy, watched "WHEN IN ROME". random decision to catch a movie. chuanming was the most cool for that day. he was to watch "when in rome", and another movie at night which i cant rmb the title.=(

3pm: had lunch at Plaza Singapura, PASTAMANIA!student discount 2-5pm was on. got 30% off my pasta!=)yummy savings.

4pm: we got some 1-for-1 ice cream sundae deal from our crocs goodie bag, headed up for dessert aft lunch. ordered a sundae each for us. "died from gelat-ness"

4.30pm: shu hui bought a pair of gorgeous crocs, new design!claimed it worked wonders for her knee. (dont bluff. you just want new shoes!)hahaha.actually, i also felt like getting.but had spent a bomb for the day alr=(

5pm: shu hui and daryl came down!after her appointment for her knee at tan tock seng hospital. we walked to Orchard Central to see North Face stuff.

6pm: walked to 313 somerset. shu hui,jud,me did some therapeutic window shopping at Forever 21 before we gave up on walking altogether.

that ended my day. was out for almost 12 hours, and walking half the time.my legs feel dead.

gona be attending some boy's camp 2ml for my social work project.aha.hope the boys dont give me too much problem.NIGHT WORLD!

Ankle update...

2010-03-21T19:37:00.000-07:00

ok, here are some pictures of my ugly ankle that has been like that for the past week.haha.but thank God it is getting better=)

had a great 2 weeks of slacking. havent been to school for almost 2 weeks now. over boulderactive and my stupid ankle.feels kinda nostalgic goin back to school today.

set my alarm to wake up at 9am!early for me already!ahaha.but ended up awaking at 9.30.but oh wells.it is a good start to trying to set up a good habit of waking up early, sleeping early.i hope i can maintain this all the way=)im a lil tired of sleeping late and waking up almost in the afternoon.waste of time.So Allez Fel!=)

i want to climb!

Its been a long time......

2010-03-18T23:00:00.000-07:00

pardon for the lack of updates.been too lazy to do so.=)

so many things have happened in my life since my last post in January!gosh.lets see...went through a pretty rough patch in my relationship. but i think ive come out of it stronger!Thanks to the support of many of my dear friends. indeed, it was in such tough times that i see who my real friends are. those who stay behind and support and encourage me and not make things worse by conjuring up stories and rumours that are yet to be verified. But thank God as well, for giving me the strength to go through this tribulation. I think ive gotten closer to my God during this period.=)

and yes, the last 2 bouldering competitions!firstly, Gravicle!managed to get 5th for qualifying but ended up 7th for finals.hahaha.made a few mistakes like not being able to commit to the end move, etc. but yes, i have learnt and moved on=)

Boulderactive 2010!our very own Nus organised event!learnt alot setting routes and testing routes out. and for the actual comp itself....i couldnt believe i managed to get into the finals.because i injured myself at my 4th route. sprained my ankle pretty badly and bawled like a little kid. there must have been a dozen helping hands during that time.haha.THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH=)

was brought to Alexandra Hospital for an Xray. Doctor cannot tell what happened because there was too much swelling. sooooo.i have another appointment on 1st April!cant wait to find out what happened to my ankle. as of now. i can walk. BUT. my ankle is pretty swollen and bruised. looking very much like a DEAD FOOT with each passing day.=(

thanks to Kenneth and Chuanming who accompanied me to the hospital on that sad Saturday evening. they stayed throughout. and of course to Jay for lending us the car to drive me down. and thank you to all who have wished me well on my recovery and for the "F1" team who so efficiently carried me out of the accident area.haha.

i hope this is the last time i have to sit on a wheel chair.COMFORTABLE but extremely restraining=(

i cannot wait to climb again. each time i review my old climbing videos, i feel more and more psych to go out and climb. i've never felt so much passion burning in me to climb. probably coz of my injury that makes me unable to climb even though i want to climb. but on the bright side. this is giving me time to let my fingers recover as well=)blessing in disguise perhaps.

Blessed by Climb Asia=)

2010-01-29T05:47:00.000-08:00

hello blog, i am going to KL for 2 days tomorrow, joining a few of the Dinos from NUS and some from NTU to batu caves to climb=)yay.its my first time climbing in Batu Caves apart from Ipoh and CAmp 5. kinda excited yet a little apprehensive. Oh Well, lets just see how it goes.

next up!i am really thankful!!=)received a bonus from Climb Asia, $100 gift voucher for my work assignments in 2009!i was really surprised. and at a very apt timing too.i had reserved a pair of La Sportiva Slingshot trail shoes a few weeks ago, wanted it pretty badly coz i didnt have proper trekking shoes. my crocs failed me in INDIA, kept stepping into thorns. i didnt buy it that time coz no money.was saving up for it. and TODAY!i had the voucher!so not only was my shoe free, i managed to buy a few other items too=)yay!sooo happy!hope the shoe works well on any terrain!=)
ok.im off to pack my bag!back in 2days=)

great start to 2010

2010-01-17T09:14:00.000-08:00

just ended my 1st boulder comp for 2010 last night. BOULDERMANIA. organised by NTU.i got 1st.and yes, it is my first time coming in first.haha.tongue twister. This win came as a huge surprise for me because i hadnt been training much.just did a fair bit of climbing before the comp and with strength that God gave me.my finger joints were hurting too much for me to train hard. and miraculously, my joints nvr hurt 1 bit during the whole comp!PRAISE THE LORD!=) it only started to feel uncomfortable after all the climbs.

managed to flash all 4 routes on a horribly shaky 4 sided wall.first route was a warmer up.the tiles were awfully smooth with chalk, if i didnt commit enough, i would prob fall off. the last route almost killed me.i jumped for the last tile but realised it was a horrible pinch. thank god i saw my foothold in time to end the route. had to go for super finals because 3 of us tied for 1st place. i won by 1 point from the super finals route.haha.the other tiles were "unholdable". really grateful to all the people that stayed all the way to cheer all the participants. it was a long day.

and congrats to Jansen for coming in 2nd place for his open men catagory!so proud of you!=) u wowed everyone with the mono hold to the ending tile.haha.OUCH!

and to marisa,bert and chuan ming too!for winning their respective catagories as well.

ran some errands today!brought elliot for nail clipping and toothbrushing!haha.groomer said he was very obedient.thankful for such a sweet dog who is always ready for a snack and a bark. and a big thankyou to jansen for kindly lending me his car to run that errand.=)love u!

gona start training for a muay thai comp coming up on 5th feb. think its gona be intense coz i have been missing out on all the dec holiday training that was going on. im dead.wish me luck 2ml.if i can even crawl back to my bed.i will be thankful=)

I NEED TO START SAVING MONEY!pls remind me.

Hampi-India

2009-12-21T18:08:00.000-08:00

wow.havent blogged since the start of exams. just returned from a bouldering trip to Hampi- India. and yes, alot if on my mind now.want to jot them all down before they get lost somewhere in my big big brain.haha

quick summary: India is where you learn about lane changing, getting 'toked"(cheated), how to deal with diarrhea

AND FANTASTIC CLIMBING.

oh yes, for all of you who do not know about Hampi, watch THE MYTH by Jackie Chan. some of the places they acted in, we had been to as well!honour man!=)

okay.lets see; we arrived in Bangalore on 5th dec 11pm, it was the nearest airport to Hampi. it was a cold cold night. managed to get a room at Hotel Swagath which was pretty decent for a back alley hotel.haha.Bangalore's expressways/highways have speed bumps. really high ones.and this was the night where i learnt that the lines that are drawn on the roads, are just for decorative purpose. because never before have i seen such weaving in and out of lanes for all the vehicles there. but the people horn every 5 sec. my ears were just starting to get used to all the honking. the cars drive without opening up their side mirrors!reason: they all drive right next to you. if your mirror was out, it would be gone. in the auto-rickshaws, the cars were soo near us that we could reach out and just open their doors or probably kick the bikes coming beside us. but i didnt wanto lose a leg in the process.its amazing that admist all the chaotic lanes, i hadnt seen a single accident the whole time i was in India. gosh.and to think i see at least 1 accident everyday in singapore. was telling the rest that when i go back to singapore, i might be so used to the honking that if someone honks me, i wont bother. only difference is that in singapore, people only horn when death is impending, while in India, honking is a way of telling people you are beside them and "get out of my way".

couldnt get a train ticket to hospet/hampi. appearently, it was better to book everything online. and yes, India's system of bureaucracy is something different from SIngapore's. for example. at the railway station, ground level had an office where all the train information and departure timings and destination was, BUT, to buy a ticket, you had to push with everyone ( result of a non- existent queue), stick your hand into the counter and shout for a form. this was a matter of whose hand was the longest. henghong succedded in pushing past the other locals and managed to get the forms. after filling them out, we went to the counter to buy the tickets only to find out that we had to still "queue up" at the line where there was a mad rush for the forms to book a place. i really dont know why they have 2 different tasks for the same person. when we finally got our turn after abit of jostling, we were told we had to be put on the waiting list, there were over 200 people on the waiting list. gosh. we were then told to go 2nd floor to get our names into the waiting list. the woman on the 1st floor only had the task of telling us how many people were on the list, but we had to go to the 2nd floor to get a queue number to get a waiting list number for the train. i shall stop elaborating because we simply got pushed to one person to another. no one ever seems to know what their colleague is doing.

WE DIDNT GET THE TICKETS.instead, we booked a bus, and this was where we got cheated the most. the bus tickets only cost $1500 rupees in total on the receipt. but we had to pay $3200 rupees to the man who bought us the tickets. starting of our discovery of the world of "MIDDLEMEN".

we were soon on our way to Hampi. bumpy bus ride but managed to sleep alil. reached Hampi early in the morning. the minute we alighted from the bus, we were bombarded by a dozen rickshaw drivers all requesting to take us to our destination, with the same fare.HOW TO DECIDE LIKE THAT.haha.heng hong said he would choose the one who gave him a map first, immediately, a dozen hands shot out a map infront of heng hong.we were shocked. when we finally chose our driver, the rest walked away muttering.

we stayed at GOAN Corner lodge. very nice and quiet lodge, all the way to the end. i love that place. it was like living in a farm, it had pigs,ducks,hens, cocks, turkeys, dogs, cats, and yes,houseflies and mozzies a plentyful.regina would surely die there.hahaha.the food was pretty decent, but alil too salty.and oily.

the boulders in Hampi are so vast, so vast it will prob take me 10 lifetimes to discover it. unfortunately, i think we only climbed 1/10000000000000000 boulders there. still, we cldnt even finish the boulders found in the topo.sigh.the granite stones in Hampi are are quite something. sharp at every touch, but strangely enough, the minute you are up on the rock, all the adrenaline numbs the pain on the fingers. the problem was getting myself lifted up from the rock.haha.manage to attempt some of the 7a/7b routes which the guys easily finished.haha.found myself at a huge disadvantage with my height problem. couldnt even start on the Goan Corner Boulder.sad.but felt good being able to touch it.

was particularly pleased with myself at having completed a particular arete route. took me at least 10 tries, but im glad i didnt give up on trying. the feeling of sending a route is indescribable! especially when i kept falling in the first half of the route.

we made friends with plenty of international climbers. french,scandinavian, scottish, americans, italians, swedish. the climbing world is really quite something!=)they are really strong. but of course, our singaporean climbers namely heng hong,brian,jansen and jia wei can easily match them. i was pretty proud of them when they finished particularly challenging problems that most of the other climbers couldnt do. but we could still do with a lot of guidance from these climbers who have had plenty of experience in natural rocks and climbing trips. most of them were in India for at least 2 months and more, while we could only afford 2 weeks.pathetic. im soo looking forward to the day where i can easily spend 4 -5 months in a climbing "haven" and not worrying about having to rush back home for work. some of the climbers had allegedly quit their jobs to travel. no worries man!but i guess its a different culture for us singaporeans. needing to return back to the dreadful rat race of who gets the best paying job, has the most successful family, etc. for these people, its just explore and climb, worry about everything else later. we couldnt help but worry about our exam grades during the trip.ha

i discovered treasure there. you know all those clothing in British India shops? yea, you can easily find them in Hampi, and for a fraction of the cost as well. made plenty of clothing over there. the cloth and tailors are in abundance over there. i literally went crazy having tailormade dresses and pants. pity my bag and money ran out before the cloth in india ran out.so i was stuck with only a few.sigh.

we finally did take the train from Hospet to Bangalore. i have always dreamt of taking a train in India, and yes, many an expectation i had for the trains. but it all went down the minute i got into the train. it was small, it smelled and best, crammed. 3 bunk beds in a row, above each other. the first bunk was for jansen, the middle for me, and the 3rd for a stranger. the wierd thing was.jansen and i could only sleep as long as the 3rd bunker agreed.he had to go all the way up to his bed before we could bring out beds out.tsk. imagine u met a meanie who didnt want to sit on his bed.and yes, should you still wanto take the trains in India, pray hard you do not get a bunk near a SNORER. unfortunate enough for us, we had to bear the 120decibel loud snores of a nearby bunker. it was as if he had a mike beside his snores. could hardly catch forty winks that night. it was a long, bumpy and noisy train ride.bad for the sleep. a once in a lifetime experience. and i mean it when i say once in a lifetime. nxt ride: FIRST CLASS ONLY!

my summary:

INCREDIBLE INDIA

BREATHTAKING BOULDERS

PEERLESS PEOPLE

i guess i shall end this post here, uploading more pictures on my next post.im getting a little lazy right now.

grateful from the heart.

2009-10-18T07:55:00.000-07:00

managed to whip out my camera in time to see Elliot thinking he was a lizard. watch the tongue. never failed to make me smile whenever i see this video!=)enjoy!

the secret to getting your dog doing the lizard tongue. make sure a piece of food is stuck under his chin!and especially if your dog is as greedy as my elliot, he would most likely be doing the same thing=)

Climbaprix 2009 just ended. im glad i managed to push myself this time round!got 2nd!=)yay.its my first time winning a boulder comp. never in my life had i expected to win. and yes, i am very happy and i really Thank God, HE gave me the strength during this comp, considering that i didnt climb much during the past 2 weeks. was down with the flu, so down with trg as well. and my joints were hurting, didnt do much hardcore routes or trg as well. but im grateful for Jansen, he allowed me to join in his "sekreeet" training with jia wei. haha.i managed to squeeze some time to join them for 1,2 sessions. =)

and yes, the prize is $30 cash and $30 prana voucher!Blessing from God.i lost my prana pants. was feeling a little sad a while ago.but now i can go get a new one!yay!!=) and Jansen got 2nd as well!big big coincidence!hahaha.good job my dear!=)

upon reflection and looking at my videos, i know i made a few booboos during the comp, careless and kan cheong. i would think it had taught me to be more careful after the mistake was made. but i realised how hard it is. its not in my habit to be real careful and precise with my moves. hence the swinging and wasting of strength. i need to improve on these weaknesses mannn!and yes, my endurance, need to improve on it too.haha.the routes were really long today. got pumped real quickly.need to work on that as well.

oh yes, want to thank NUS for coming down to support all of us!esp those who didnt take part!it was heartening to see them staying all the way till late to support us. it counts.alot=) love this team and never want to trade it for any other team!!

ok. 1st mini boulder comp just ended. heads up for Climb on and Rock On!haha.many many "Ons". and back to school work!spent the whole of this weekend at SP and didnt even look at my books!!!=(project deadlines all piling up these 2 weeks. GO FEL GO!!!

Sunday outings make me hate Mondays.

2009-10-11T09:22:00.000-07:00

went to PS this afternoon with a huge anticipation for the GREAT JOHN LITTLE SALE!!!newspaper claimed a 90% off storewide. guess what.it was only 20% storewide when we got there, and only a handful of brands had additional discount.booo.disappointing.

ended up with a loot from Cotton On, watsons, John Little,OP (yea.u must be wondering what the hell i am doing with OP stuff at 21 yrs old. found the tshirt really cute, so yea,gave in.tried to choose the smallest logo alr.haha)

had dinner at Pizza Hut, decided to give their pasta a try. the advertisement on the tube on making people guess the pasta they were eating were from. yes,that got me attracted to try.so i give it a thumbs up for the advertising!hahaha.it did lure me to try the pasta.

while waiting for the pasta which took pretty long.

Garlic Clam Broth!
10 stars upon 10 for this soup!worth the topping up of $1 more from the normal boring cream of chicken soup!=)it was rich in clam taste and generous in garlic too!soft and OooOhhhh.

PEP N SPICE PASTA
not too bad for a pizza hut pasta. generous once again on the ingredients!=)

Jansen and myself thought of how to get a free pizza by spotting really hard for a staff that didnt smile.haha.thought of dropping plates on the floor and see if they would sweep them up with a smile.evil thought which never came to pass.dont worry=)

but then again, who would dare to inform the staff that one of their colleague didnt smile and we wanted our next pizza free?haha.seriously. i think its a publicity advert to show that Pizza Hut's service will definitely be so good that you need not complain about.

for your 411, i did catch a few of the staff not smiling all the time.hahaha

enjoyed myself soo much, that i realised i got tons of work piling up=(

Oh i Thank God!=)

2009-10-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

Today was the last day of my temp job for F1!and i must really thank God for the rain. it was drizzling a little by the time reg and i reached the tent to report to. both of us were praying soooo hard that the rain would come down. coz, we might not need to work!who works in the rain?and yes, after 2 hours into the job, guess what?it started to drizzle heavier!and yes, we decided to pack up and go into ION!!!we would wait for our boss's reply.and her reply was " just call me and pack up when it rains and you may go!" this was probably one of the best lines i heard today=) and i think we are still paid for 5 hours of job for 2 hours of work!coolest!we excitedly went on our shopping spree!walked so much, browsed and tried on sooo many clothing

and went home empty handed=(

i think i have become extremely fussy in shopping, i keep thinking i can get better clothing and price at the next shop.this is what becomes of u after u have been to bangkok and have seen the cheapest clothing around.sigh.i want to go back there with an empty bag and 15 kg load to play around with!!!!!!!!!!!

saw Derek on our way to work. he was snapping pics of singtel people who were giving out flyers. we asked him what he was doing. apparently, hes in charge of these people!cool!and the best part was, their pay was $20 an hour!oh my gosh!reg and i were only paid $10 for our flyer job la!siannn.we made derek call us when he had jobs for us!it made our pay look so lousy!same job, and their uniform is way more casual than us, singetl tshirt and jeans!gosh!

went to eat at the ION food level at B4!

this is the baby abalone noodles!$6.80!the baby abalone was really tiny!!!!but it was gooooooood!thumbs up for the noodles!handmade la mian=)

yes, this is the size of 1 baby abalone.haha.

random: saw this huge dog near Climb Asia, opp the La Mian coffeeshop!hes gorgeous and huge!=)

it kept licking me all over, as though he was cleaning me up.but i was very sure i had my bath alr=)

going for dinner to sunset grill with jansen's family tomorrow night!yay!i hope someone orders level 0 buffalo wings.hahhaa.last time i went with the climbing team.they ordered level 7, i took a lick of the sauce, and went crazy for the water pitcher.sigh.i wanto learn how to eat spicy food!!!!but i always end up doing a painful and hot big business the next day when i eat spicy food.hahaha.not enjoyable at all the aftermath of eating.

weather is a huge change from the past few days where it was all hazy and horribly warm!thank God for the rain!cleared up the air around!i can slp well 2nite!yay!

Blessings from above=)

2009-09-23T08:45:00.000-07:00

just broke camp that started on monday!didnt enjoy myself throughly coz that time of the month came.=(experienced the "oh shitty pain" cramps.so didnt go for the wet games. went to send my dad off at the airport, i now have the honda airwave officially for the whole of this week!but, since i was in sch from mon-wed, didnt get to use the car much. work in orchard will not really see me using the car.coz of the crazy parking rates plus the many many erp gentrys!=(

and yes, today was the first day of my part time job as a TOTAL promoter for the F1 season. didnt get to take much pictures on the job. didnt bring my cam, too heavy to lug around. its all happening in town, along wheelock to Hilton hotel. great photos.but the uniform.crap.i shant say much.the photos will speak for itself.

anw, it was my 2nd time in orchard ion, and yes, heard all the hype on Bread Society, decided to make a trip down and see how good isit!

reg and i were sooo cash strapped that we bought bread which we were afraid we didnt have enough money for. the total price was $6.90. i had $6.70 only.reg had no cash.the shop didnt accept card.so we had to dig thru our bags and wallets once more to squeeze the last 20 cents out.and it was a miracle that we managed to find 20cents!gosh.it was embarrassing having to dig thru wallet after wallet,coin purse after coin purse. and we left bread society with a bag full of bread for our lunch and dinner AND WITH AN EMPTY WALLET.

heard sooo much about the spinach bun, just had to try it!felt really healthy after eating it!

every mouthful has spinach and CHEESE IN IT!=)mmm

the mini tomato bun. wasnt that fantastic.

BEST BREAD OF THE DAY.dont look at its tiny size, but its chock full of flavour, bursting with cheese on top, and inside the mini bun, no bigger than a "siew mai"!=0

because this was the first bun we tried, our expectations went sky high, only to see them plummet by the time i ate the 3rd bun of the day: double cheese.(no biggie=()

reg, very very very very happy with her buy.

and something good happened today!

reg and i went to Dr Coffee, some atas coffee place which we thought would be cheaper than starbucks, but we were wrong. the minimum price was $7.50 for a tall cup. and yes, add whip cream, add $1 lor!=(reg was a little unhappy, but the guy behind the counter said, "nvm, for u free!"hahaha.must be her charms.

and while we were walking along wheelock, giving out the discount vouchers for engine oil change from TOTAL, i was bored, decided to give the guy behind the Orange Julius counter a copy. after i gave it to him, he asked if i wanted ice cream. i said i was gona buy it after work. but he said"nvm, i give u now".i was pleasantly surprised!!!haha.reg and i were betting if we would get anything from the stalls along the road today.coz we kept walking up and down!and yes, i enjoyed my very very delicious vanilla cone which would have normally cost $2.50!!!(God must have knew i was broke.haha)

and i wasnt sure if i looked very hungry and poor to the orange julius guy.

gona sleep soon. need to do lots of sleep catching up!!!!and yes, im halfway thru my mid term break=(didnt wish it would end so soon.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

2009-09-19T06:09:00.001-07:00

hahaha.i am so happy and proud that i have to write this down in my blog. history made on 18 september 2009!

MY DAD ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE HIS CAR WITHOUT HIM IN IT!!!!!!

oh my gosh.hahaha.eversince i passed, he has never allowed me to sit behind the wheel on my own=(i remember how i started driving his car. when i just passed. when i had the wheel.

these would be his habits whenever i was behind the wheel:
1. hand constantly on handbrake.
2. before i can step on the brake, :" slow down, brake,red light"
3."let me park the car"
4. "why u turn so wide?". "why you cannot brake earlier?"

he did improve on point number 1,2 recently.

but the biggie was when he finally let me drive without him last night!hahaha. although he made sure Jansen was with me in the car, the thing was he wasnt in the car!!hahaha.i was overjoyed. but it was really stressful, because i had to take my dads trust NOT FOR GRANTED!hahaha.i was driving pretty precariously man.i wasnt used to it, usually when i drive other people's car. i am SAFE AND COMFORTABLE.but last night, i was super not comfortable, i was too concerned over protecting the car man.hahaha.i had to make sure my dad would be able to trust me with the car alone in future. big reputation to maintain man!

having my 3rd flea market for this year!and i really enjoy flea markets, can get rid of stuff i dont need, earn money to make way for new ones!hahaha.where else can i do that?

for tomorrow, it will be at 8D Dempsey Road, from 1pm onwards!!!do drop by!im sure everyone can find something for a steal 2ml!esp at my shop.hahaha.i usually sell stuff way below its resale value la!i think.im just happy to be able to get rid of it. the value that i get back is a bonus.coz otherwise, i would just give it away.

more details here

finger joints hurting pretty badly recently. It doesnt affect me when im climbing, but it hurts when i finish climbing.i dont wanto end my climbing stint so soon!!!=(i still havent reached my peak yet.

the one week break is here!!hahaha.having a rockclimbing camp from mon-wed, and from wed-sun!i will be working as a F1 promoter!yay!for a brand TOTAL. not sure what it is though. and yes, hope i get to wear cool uniforms.pay is decent. can go into my savings for my year end climbing trip to INDIA! (Hampi)

shall stop here. i want to play with the stuff i bought from DIASO just now!!daiso rocks.

those childhood days.

2009-09-02T08:12:00.000-07:00

had a good climb at Safra on saturday!though i only did 2 climbs, remind me not to bother queuing on saturdays, the human traffic is worse than a traffic jam on a expressway. there was an invisible queue system going on, which u either had to be super calculative or good memory to remember the order of your climb.sigh.

but i must have perspired enough to make me feel like i did quite a bit of climbing. managed to onsight a under 18 route on one of the walls. i was really glad i did not request to rest on the wall like i would normally do. i nvr really liked to feel pumped till i lost grip on the tiles, so i rather shout "tight" and just let go. i didnt like the feeling of getting so pumped that my fingers gave way and i would either fall a little or fall alot.depending on how much rope has been slacked for me. but this time round, i was feeling surprisingly "strong", didnt feel pumped enough to downclimb and rest.haha.Jansen's encouragement helped me a little because each time he cheered me on, i knew i was getting closer to finishing the route. and when i finally did end!i was pumped. enough to make myself rest!and there!i did it!my first onsight at Safra. though i ouught not to feel all proud and all. after all the route was meant for competitiors UNDER 18!hahaha.i am 21, so i shdnt be too happy upon finishing it. but its a good confidence booster=)

after a hearty lunch at Northpoint and went on my little date with jansen!haha.had free tickets, decided to watch the proposal at Marina Square!7pm show when we had bought the tickets at 4.40pm.we had just about over 2 hours to kill. and we were on our way to KILL TIME! you know at marina square, how they had one whole level dedicated to those "star catcher" machines, where you plonk in your hard earned money to wish with all your might that you might get something out of the machines?how those machines cheat you of your life savings?the ones where each time you tried and failed, but it made you want to try once more because u think u can get it IF you try again???

well, jansen and myself fell victims to it.

we must have spent about $12 during that 1 hour of killing time, yea we also killed our pockets during that fateful 1 hour!=(

it was interesting looking at other people play the machines, knowing fully well that the claw is super duper weak and cannot hold the weight of the stuffed toy for long. but the fact that each time u feel u are closer to getting it, makes u wanto try playing it again!brilliant inventors of this game.seriously. there was this group of girls, who were at the same machine as we were, they must have spent about 20 bucks but managed to get 3 puny stuffed sesame street figurines!?!?!while jansen and myself spent 6 bucks and got 2!ok.we were lucky.haha.

the movie THE PROPOSAL was really good!i give it 4/5!=)

as usual, i have always loved Sandra Bullock, theres something about her attitude that makes me wana be like her. shes gorgeous, not the normal sweet lil thing, but gorgeous but tough lady. something which reminds me of me.hah.okok.not that im gorgeous. but i like to think of myself as tough. i was telling some of my friends the other day that i want to get a subaru or Mit car in future. i especially love the sports rim and the super high spoiler kind, with an additional spoiler in front.haha.i know its totally AH BENG, but i am definitely not an Ah lian! winfred and reg said my kind of car was ugly=(.

after watchin the proposal, i went on to meet vincent,reg,winfred for another movie!FINAL DESTINATION!reg was cool,she went ahead with this movie without knowing much about it. and yes, 3/4 of the movie was spent seeing her burying her head in her shirt!she kept asking me what happened which i refused to.i wanted to make her watch everything, esp the gory parts!haha.i rmb how one scene scared me that i jumped and that made reg and winfred beside me jump as well.it was hilarious.it was a movie with good effects, but lousy plot. i thought it was something different from the previous final destination movie 1,2,3.but it was totally the same. different cast,different scenes but same plot.sigh.disappointing.why couldnt they have titled the movie final destination 4!?!?!

and yes, after the movie, as usual, everything we walked past or saw, we got sensitive and began scaring each other that we were gona die. guess the movie had achieved in scaring the audience that "IT HAS COME" ( death, in this case i think!)

ok.got tons of work to do!finally, work is piling up.haha.not like it nvr was.but its the 4th week.time to mug.=(

once again.....

2009-08-27T07:05:00.000-07:00

okies.i finally found time to update my blog once again.

today,my lecturer was asking us whether we blog. very few replied. as usual, no one wants to say anything, either they are shy, or lazy or shy, or lazy.hahaha. then he said " those people who blog, alot of things to say hor".haha.not true. for me, my blog is a way of reminding myself of the significant events that happened in my life. esp since i have failed to keep a handwritten journal of my own. i think i tried a few times. but failed to enter the 2nd day in my diary.haha.typing is so much easier! and i can put photos to remind myself of the memories. you know how they say "a picture speaks a thousand words". so there.

school has just started. this final year for me is pretty easy goin. with 4 modules, though they all come with projects, i am glad i do not have school on Friday!yay!long weekend. not looking forward to ending my study in NUS. i think i will miss going to lectures with my friends. eating at every hour when i can with the cheap and good food all over NUS. i will definitely miss training in the climbing gym.sigh.

was thinking of getting my own car a while ago. saw this Mazda Funtop 121 that was priced at 8k.cheap deal.but maybe not, once u consider paying for road tax, servicing, petrol,parking, etc.haha.but it was nice going down with jansen to a 2nd hand car shop.gosh.they have got sooooo many cars on sale there!tsk tsk.and this is just one of the shops, there must be at least a hundred over in Singapore itself!saw this gorgeous Peugeot sports limegreen car.made me salivate!!!

and to be frank, having driven a car around for a month plus, i think back on my thoughts when i was younger. how i would not need a car coz public transport is good enough. and before i knew it, after getting my license and being able to borrow Jay's car for a while, i came to realise to joys of driving a car. apart from the woes i experienced. i guess its human greed.haha.one thing leads to another. but heck, i m free to imagine what kind of a car i want to drive in future!

okies.im getting a little tired from typing alr.Kenneth passed a movie to me he managed to help me get hold of

THE NEVER ENDING STORY!i watched it as a young child. and i still rmb the movie,bits and pieces of it.its a great show!if u can, try and get hold of it!=)

back from thailand!

2009-08-08T10:09:00.001-07:00

I finally found the time to update my dear blog once again!eversince I came back from Thailand I was stuck with having to rush out my assignment due in 4 days time.cant believe I was stuck at home for at least 2 days doing it up.its not so bad when everyone else is doing it, but it sucks when only you are stuck at home with it.haha.but Im not complaining anymore.BECAUSE I AM DONE WITH IT!

Lets see what happened on my first trip to Krabi- Thailand!=)

On Day 1 arrived at phuket excited and not so happy with my bag load.but I couldn’t wait to visit the famous Tonsai island which almost all of my climbing friends have been to and I have not. Once we exited the airport, swarms of taxi drivers “devoured” Jansen and I with offers to take us to Ao Nang pier where we would take a long tail boat to Tonsai. We rejected all of them because we wanted to take a cheaper means of transport. Didn’t mind the wait, but along came this super super insistent cabbie who kept lowering his offer to take us to the pier. Finally, he ended giving us the offer of 200 THB to Krabi bus station!which was not too far off from Ao Nang Pier. Jansen and I looked at each other and said yes without thinking. Ok.we thought for a little, but it was such a great offer we couldn’t resist.

We were in the cab for less than 5 mins when the driver stopped us along the road and beside the bus stop and said we were here. Jansen was shocked because that was not the Krabi bus stop he knew.we clarified with the driver and he said he told us he would take us to one of the bus stop that we could TAKE A BUS TO KRABI BUS STOP!

CONCLUSION: we got “toked”

“toked” means to be cheated, especially when it involves money.

We could have easily gone to the bus stop on our own way cheaper.but yea.hard lesson learnt.

Routes that I onsighted:
1.Groove Tube (firewall), I climbed up with my whole bag of stuff and reached the first pitch!it was breathtaking up on the first pitch of groove tube!i could see the whole of tonsai beach! Perspiring and shaky me had to learn how to tie a prusik chord and abseil down!all learnt in about 10 mins???? And yes, on the way down the abseil line, I kept telling Jansen I didn’t want to die. And I didn’t!=)
2. climb of the ancient mariner (melting wall)
3. Schlingel Moritz (at the tonsai beach)

routes I sent!=)
1. Schlingel Max (Dums kitchen)

routes attempted:=(

- at the Nest wall.
1. Technobug: it was my first route I attempted in Tonsai. Was a total noob. Scared of this. Scared of that.gosh.looking back, I wish I wasn’t so lousy.haha.it was just a simple 6a that Jansen breezed past!
2. Banana hammock
3. Little fish
4. Britishly White. My first 7a!and yes, I hang dogged the route!Jansen very kindly offered me to clear the clips and yes I went up feeling butterflies in my stomach. The starting left me off the ground and overhanging!i didn’t want to fall before the first clip and break my back on the rock!haha. the rope drag on this route is freaking bad!it took two people to pull the rope down!it was a 7a route on its own to clear the rope.

- at Melting wall
5. Captain hook

- at Tonsai Beach wall
6. Lion king! My first 6c route!heard so much about it, wanted to challenge myself on this route. The beginning was alrite. But when I reached the lions head. I had practically nothing to step on!blame my lousy footwork and hole in the shoes!hahaha.i was afraid to even load any weight on my feet and ended up stressing my upper body. I took a long time on this route! But I want to send it on my next trip!something scary happened on this route, I was supposed to clear the clips for the person who left it up. And when I finally reached the top I realized I forgot to bring a crabiner to top out!i looked down on Jansen who was belaying me and asked him what to do. I was shaking up there by now. He told me to take out my belay rope and tie in again. I was scared when I heard it man!it was a totally unorthodox method and never tried before by me!he had to warn me that if I lost the rope while untying it, I would be stuck up there forever. To take out my belay rope meant that I was relying only on my sling which was clipped into the ring anchor at the end!if any of those gave way. I would say good bye to everyone. And so with my fingers shaking and my breath becoming irregular I untied the belay rope and tried in vain to tie a new figure of 8. The frustrating thing was I could not tie a figure of 8 at all while I was up there!i was panicking too much to be able to tie one properly. I kept looking down at Jansen for help. But he couldn’t really help much except just look. Desperate I shouted at Jansen for help!he told me to take the quickdraw and tie a double figure of 8 and attach it to my harness. I did it. And yes.strange enough, I was able to tie a double figure of 8!and so with my body still shaking, I was lowered down.finally!was alittle upset at myself on this route for forgetting how to tie a figure of 8. and Jansen thought I was angry. Resulted in a little misunderstanding. But we cleared it up.
7. Hang Ten.A 7C route which Jansen promised me a PRADA HANDBAG if I could clip all the way till the 3rd clip!i agreed. Did ok for the first 2 clips. At the 3rd clip. My left hand had to hold a lousy slopper and I struggled to pull in rope to clip.by the time I managed to pull enough rope to clip.my left hand gave way alr!dar.i missed the PRADA BAG!=(

Spent the last 2 days in Tonsai Bay resort feeding our bodies to bed bugs!had 2 sleepless nights in a row from bed bugs bite. Could hardly sleep. My whole body was itching like mad. I had like 5 bites in a row.wonder how those puny little disgusting things could cause so much damage to my body. The minute I closed my eyes, my body would start itching. At first, on the first night, I thought it was mosquitoes flying around.i got up in the wee hours of the morning to light the coil.couldnt sleep after that.played with my Nintendo DS till daylight. The next night was not better. Jansen spammed the beds with the NS repellent. The infamour green tubes which is reputed to burn through skin FAILED! We were still getting the bites. We gave up.slept at the beach.it was freezing and all. We experimented with the repellent. We caught a bed bug and put a circle of repellent gel around it to see if he could get past. At first it tried to avoid it.but after about 5 seconds, the bug happily scurried across the “line” of defense. I smeared more all over it. And the more I smeared, the faster the bug ran over the “lines”.darn. I should have know it didn’t work.haha.

Moved over to Railay beach just next to Tonsai beach.got up super early in the morning to trek over with our barang barang because it was low tide.could cross over all the barnacles and sand without getting wet. Had to make 2 trips coz we had too many stuff to carry. It was a move slightly more manageable than moving out of hall=)

At Railay Muay Thai wall:

Onsighted:
1. Nuat Hin

At 123 wall:
Onsighted:
1. king cobra.
This is a route which all the schools bring their students to try it. Good and easy warm up route. But the rocks are well polished.makes gripping hard.so smooth la!
2. Make a way.
good long route!28 m!we had just enough clips for this route.phew.

Sent:
1. short and savage.
Was about to give up on this route after failing to send it 2 times. But Jansen urged me to give it another try. And so I did, and I sent it!yay!i finally knew the feeling of sending a route which I thought was almost impossible.yes.i will always remember this feeling and always look forward to it!

I did a short summary of my thoughts while up on this route:

1st attempt: “where the heck are the holds?”
2nd attempt:” hmm, I think I know where the good holds are and when to rest, I know I can do it.” ---the next minute, “ jansen, can I rest?” darn.
3rd attempt: “ I know I can do it!—SENT!

Trekked over to the low tide wall

Onsighted:
1. walk in the park
- name suggests it all!

Attempted:
1. Narsilon!it was a 7a which I wanted to just give it a try with no expectations!i saw a good rest spot in the middle of the 28/30 m long route and aimed to go all the way there first. Did pretty ok for the first part. I didn’t expect to finish the beginning and reached the spot to rest!the crux was just about to happen. Tried for a few times and finally got it. And the second half of the route, I began to hang after every clip!ahaha.i suck!

We got stranded after doing these 2 pathetic routes because of the high tide. We slept around the rocks and I played with all the sand and water I could find.took random pictures of the sand,sun,sea. We were stuck doing nothing for 5 hours!i was never so bored.decided to pack up and leave at about 6pm because the sun was setting. I didn’t want to be stuck on this beach at night! We started to trek, the tide was still high.i slipped and fell and guess what.my beautiful havianas broke!darn.had to break at this timing. How could I continue walking barefooted when I could not see what I was stepping on?and mind u, the rocks at the bottom were sharp.i was scared.jansen was already waist high into the body. Just then a boat came and offered to help us!PRAISE THE LORD!we arrived on shore safe and sound and half wet, and I was still missing a slipper=(

Left Krabi for Bangkok on the 31 July 2009!

Stupid plane got delayed.we were stuck at the airport playin the Nintendo for 2 hours. Got onto the taxi to a cheap inn. Poor jansen, left his hp in the taxi and couldn’t do anything about it.

Finally, the day of shopping had begun!took a train and got off at Mot Chit station. The station that leads to the shopping heaven!haha.THE FAMOUR CHATUCHAK MARKET!the place is humoungous!3500 stalls!we didn’t know where to begin. We decided to split up for the good of both.and yes.i never did so much shopping in my life!

Day 2 in Bangkok saw us goin to platinum mall!another shopping heaven!but this time, its better with more people coz the prices become wholesale= sickly cheap when u buy more than 3 pieces of clothing in that stall! I could only buy so much before my pockets burned. Amazingly, jansen ran out of money before me!muahaha.gave him the rest of my money to buy him a spanking pair of white shoes!=)

We bought so much that we shipped a box worth 10kg back to Singapore because we were severely overweight in baggage from our climbing gears. Cost us 74 bucks but I guess it was worth!=)

MORE SHOPPING TO BE DONE in Bangkok

And yes, I enjoyed myself in this trip.i learnt a lot of climbing techniques and the dos and donts thanks to Jansen=) he taught me with patience how to abseil, top out, etc.thank you!cannot wait to go back to krabi again!

I AM SORRY.......

2009-07-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

last saturday had a very very good dinner with reg,ken,jiahua,shaoting,marissa with surprise guest alvin and eli!haha.we went to Castel's Pizza! at Ang Mo kio. some ulu coffeeshop which u will never expect to eat good italian food. but I DID!=) THE FOOD WAS NOT ONLY SUPERB BUT VERY VERY AFFORDABLE AS WELL. i daresay i would be willing to fork out about $14 for my past. but guess how much i paid? $6 only!no gst no service charge!!!

http://sfigato-pizza.com/

heres the website.go check it out!=) this is a thumbs up recommendation. parking can be at 2 different multi storey car parks. or if you are garang enough, can just park beside the coffeeshop and wait like those ah peks. who park their taxis and eat and wait anxiously for the '"fatimahs" to come and fine them.hahaha.

Puttanseca! number 27!!!one of the chef's recommendation!

not too creamy and slightly spicy!the mushrooms and olives and anchovies were a great combination!

pity my camera was out of batt, else i would have taken more photos. my poor cam mustered enough power to last this one shot=(

i really cannot wait to go back there and eat agaiN!

anyway, reg was so amazed i actually bought PINK DOLPHIN to quench my thirst instead of just water that she insisted i took a picture of it.haha.the reason was, water in Cheers was more expensive than Pink Dolphin!call me a cheapo. but i had a whole bottle in the car. lazy to get only.but dying of thirst at that time. and hmm.Pink Dolphin didnt turn out too bad.haha.not too sweet.just nice. now i know where reg gets her water of life from. coming from the girl who hardly touches water. its Pink Dolphin that gets her going!!hahah.

but i will choose water over anything to quench my thirst!=)

anyways, im down to my last week of placement!!!!i cant believe 9 weeks has passed sooo quickly. i remember when i first started out, i was complaining about waking up so early and having to travel all the way down to Changi Prison. but actually, i am still complaining now.haha.i guess complaining is a way for me to vent off my frustration of not having enough sleep!!! but im still alive!very much!

this last week is gona be so hectic and crazy for me.trying to rush my assignments that are actually due 2 weeks later just so i can make it for my krabi trip enjoy it without worrying abt the assignments. but yes. my hair might turn white before i get to relax!sigh.

can you believe it!I ACTUALLY BROUGHT WORK HOME!

I AM SO SORRY TO MYSELF! I realised if i dont bring work home tonight, i might not be able to finish everything by this fri.

and this brings this post to an end.coz its WORK TIME!groans.

long long ago.

2009-07-02T07:40:00.000-07:00

gosh.its July alr!and my last post was 10 june!sorry for not updating dear blog.haha.was lazy to even log in at times.

well, now that i have abit of time to spare.shall attempt to write some of the most impt events that happened to me in June till now!sit back,relax and enjoy!=)

remember to look at something distant or something green for a few minutes after staring at the computer screen after half an hour alrite!take good care of your eyes!

AYG
alrites!this is something new and exciting that happened in my life. i got the chance to take part in the opening ceremony of the 1st Singapore Asian Youth Games!yippee!my friend melvin needed skaters and asked me if i was interested.i knew it was too irresistable an offer to reject.so on wednesday, 24 june 2009, i went for my first rehersal. was new to all the other skaters because they all knew each other before that. they were trainers from Singapore Inline skating school!whoaaa.these guys and girls are really pro skaters. i took my hat off to them while i saw them skating.kinda made me feel inferior. here i was supposed to perform in the AYG ceremony when all i had were trainer skates!hahaha.those that had the brakes in them.so NOOB!all the others had like blades WITHOUT BRAKES!coz they could do the T-brake.i could do it too.but fumbling alittle.and yes.did i mention i felt like a noob with my old school blades?i bought them when i was in sec 2!can u imagine that!!!!learnt to skate better during the rehersals and i learnt how to blade in a circle!=)weeee.

and on the day of the full dress rehersal, my good ole blades had to break the first strap of the blades!leaving me unable to wear them further!i was so pai seh, but thank God my friend lent me her blades.the PRO ONES!and yes, u can guess, they came WITHOUT BRAKES!haha.they were so much lighter!i could hop around in them!i was given the role of the one skating out to the middle and lying down waitin to be "killed".oops.take it back.waiting for my friend to jump over me. suffered a few bruises because my cool blader friend "decided" to only jump when they hit me.so i suffered la!haha.but they were all sooo good!jumping over 5 bodies!gosh.i wish i could do it.

on the day of the openin ceremony, we all got psyched up for the grand opening of our show. it was a flop.not on our part. the organisers last minute told us they had been giving us the wrong music all this time to practice on. we now officially had an additional 12 seconds to do something!my leader michael went crazy. he was so mad with them.but nothing we could do. all we had to do was to think of something to do for the 12 seconds. the kids at bendemeer and bukit panjang had practised for too long to try out new stuff. so my boss, gathered his lil kids and they did the extra 12 secs!phew.

crowd was disappointing, im sure many of u have read the reviews on the newspaper. the poor emcees were tryin to make the crowd cheer, but sad to say, their voices on the mike were so much louder than the crowd.so much for the supposed 7000 crowd present at the opening ceremony.so little publicity was given.even my friends didnt know there was an AYG opening ceremony when i told them i was involved. they only started advertising for it on saturday, probably after they received the footage from the full dress rehersal on friday!

the best and most memorable part of the opening ceremony!!?!?the 2 most pro skaters who bravely jumped over 5 bodies were not captured on camera!gosh. the camera man had to move his filming over to the dancers who were just coming up for the next performance. whats there to see when the dancers hadnt started their dance yet?the fireworks on the bladers lighted up so late that the whole performance was delayed. probably causing the cameraman to shift his attention as well. and best part. i couldnt see myself on tv.haha.not that i was dying to be.but at least a glimpse would have been interesting=)and yes. it was a huge disappointment for us!but through this, i made many new friends, and reignited my love for skating. new blades here i come!this time without the brakes=)

FLEA MARKET
had my very first flea market on saturday!=)went with 1/4 of my wardrobe excitedly with keshin to get rid of them. the venue was sweltering with heat!the air conditioners couldnt work coz the crowd was way too big.good for them and us, but bad coz everyone was perspiring like mad. i managed to sell off close to $100 of my 2nd hand clothes!=)very very happy!looking forward to more shopping in BANGKOK!cant wait for the nxt flea market!haha.

and speaking of fleas, my next topic.

STUPID ELLIOT'S TICKS
spent the past few days removing ticks from ELLIOT.gosh.the amount of ticks he had, i believe could cover his whole body one shot!poor boy. only we were capable of removing them.hada pinch the bodies and just pull it out.along with abit of Elliot's hair.haha.i hate them.those horrible bloodsuckers.jansen and i had a fine time removing them yesterday!got rid of so many, we didnt feel like counting them anymore.i wonder how it feels like to have so many ticks on your body?hmmm.

MUAY THAI COMP
didnt get to take part in my muay thai comp which i had trained and waited impatiently for almost a year!!!=(due to the horrible fall i had in school 2 weeks ago. left my left shin and right thigh horribly bruised!so bruised that everyone almost died when they saw it. my shin was swollen, my ankle was affected as well. sad sad sad.but NUS won overall for the school championship!so happy for them=)looks like i got 1 more year of training at least!=)

ROCKMASTER
didnt do very well for my last bouldering comp!didnt have a good chance to train coz of work and my stupid finger injury from pumpfest. and so wasnt hoping for much.but i have to admit the walls were big and beautiful!

HANDPHONE DYING
and yes, my poor samsung D900 which is almost 4 years old is dying. its lifespan is less than one day!gosh.i apologise for not being able to return smses and calls because very often, my phone dies when im out!so if i dont reply u! or reply u real late. time for you to get me a new phone=)haha

MY MOST SLACK DAY EVER.
i think i might have just set a record for the slackest day every!was at jansen's hse. woke up,read ARCHIE COMICS.slept.woke up.ate a bun for breakfast.read another ARCHIE comic, watched TV,had lunch,read another ARCHIE comic, slept,woke up to leave for FACIAL!haha.my most unproductive day ever ever.

These are a few of my NOT-SO-FAVOURITE- things!

2009-06-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

after having been exposed to a few activities that i never got the chance to do so in the past, i have found dislike for them!and the best part?

THAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT I COULD DO THEM FOREVER.

according to FELster's international Dictionary, this phrase means:

"i always thought i could do them forever, rain or shine, with food, no food and at times i wished i was doing it instead of studying or working."

and yes, i WAS wrong.

and here goes the list of my NOT-SO-FAVOURITE things:

1) WASHING A CAR IS TIRING! i remember when i was young, i used to beg my dad to let me wash his car. but for wierd reasons, he wouldnt budge. even when i purposely changed into my crap clothes to get dirtied in, he would chase me home=( sounds sad rite.haha.and so since young, i always thought:"boy, i could wash cars foreever! they look so fun! can get all wet and soapy" i washed Jansens car with him, strange, it seemed fun at that time, maybe coz it was my first time as well. and yes, his car is abit, JUST ABIT LA. smaller=)

reason: i washed Jay's car today. not like i shampooed the car or splashed water all over it, coz i didnt get easy access to water at the carpark under my block. hence, i just brought a pail down and used a cloth to wipe the car clean. boy, it was BACK BREAKING!and mark my words. i felt worse than an 80 year old woman.I THINK.

2) WAXING A CAR TOTALLY SUCKS! i always saw how my dad wax and polish his car, i loved the smell of a freshly polished car. and now i have come to appreciate why i loved the smell!

reason: BECAUSE i did not lay a hand in polishing the car!i tried doing it after cleaning the car. and yes, another back breaking experience, and worse, i had to breathe in the "fragrance" of the polish. at first it smelt good. it brought back sweet memories of sitting in a freshly polished car. DISCLAIMER: I DID NOT HAVE TO LIFT A FINGER TO ENJOY THE AROMA OF THE POLISH. but somehow, after i polished the whole car, i felt like vomitting!it was too much. gosh. i really admire those people who run a car polish company! i wonder if one can get addicted to inhaling too much of the polish.haha. my arms felt like breaking off, i had to rub so hard!!!!!!and my left shoulder bore much brunt of that "exercise". i must have strained it while climbing last night.darn.

3) A car is FREAKING CONVENIENT.and yes, it is ONLY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT! besides being able to take shorter time to reach to your destination, one must bear in mind the following:

- no parking lot
- the dilemma of putting 50cent or more than 1 dollar coupon? want to save money, yet scared kena FINED! which i already experienced.
- petrol
- accidents on the road which cause jams, if that happens, the point of taking a shorter time to reach one place can become void.
-stupid birdshit! once it dries, very hard to remove.
-you drive with the fear of car breaking down, tyre puncture, even getting into an accident!
-gota wash and polish the car! (as mentioned above)
-send for monthy servicing. otherwise you can forget about the car serving you.

and i havent mentioned the high cost of a car in SINGAPORE!HAHAHA.

and yes, after all these have been mentioned, im beginning to wonder if i still like a car. it is convenient, you can just dump everything and drive around without having to worry about lugging it around. but yes, PROS and CONS. i guess it depends on how much "troubles" you dont mind that comes along with the possible benefits of a car.

and yes, you may wonder why i have been blogging so much about cars these few days. forgive me la. its my first time taking ownership of a car temporary and yes, still learning the ropes=)

FRIDAY is halfday!!!coz the Prison's counselling dept will be merging with the Psychology dept in July, and so this friday we will be having lunch together to mark the end of the "lonely" counselling dept. and yes, looking forward to it!FREE MA=) going to Cafe le Claire, the middle east restaurant which i patronised with the rockclimbing team last year!=) gona order the same food again. sue me.im boring. i like to go for my favourite food.

beginning to get ambivalent feelings about my attachment in prison. on one hand, i enjoy meeting inmates, counselling them and experiencing the joys of knowing you have played a part in their rehabiitation. and yet, i really dislike desk-bound activities. i have to file my observations, do case reports, etc. all in the office, with a computer which i have never trusted my life with. haha. and yes, do i really want such a career in future? will the intangible rewards of working with the inmates be more than the tangible burden that comes together with it? everyday i experience different feelings. some days, i hate goin to work. some days, i go home happy. because i had a good case. is this how my future career will look like?

i am fantasizing about opening up an ice cream cafe right now. i even drew up a proposal while conducting an interview with an inmate with my supervisor.OOPS. but it didnt affect me. i am seriously quite good at multi- tasking.haha.

each time i think of you
reminds me of our past
how we enjoyed each other's
company that we dont get now
what happened to this friendship?
was it meant to crumble?
or so i mumble
silently to my heart
now shipwrecked

tell me please
i want it all to cease
a silent war in my heart
was it on my part
that today came now
it aint a wow
perhaps
just perhaps.

Felicia's series of unfortunate events.

2009-06-02T01:20:00.000-07:00

gosh.my week has never been worse!!!!

firstly, ever since i got the car from Jay, i managed to "collect" a mounting debt of $80 worth of parking fines!one for failure to have a season parking pass at my own house, 2 for parking past my coupons!

$80 bucks according to jansen could get me a new dress!=(

and yes, had a little adventure with the car that got me forking out $420 to somebody else's pocket.and an additional of $120 for him to enjoy ease of transport while his original mode of transport underwent cosmetic surgery. STUPID VAIN CAR.

and today, i went for a "joyride" around the east side. was supposed to go back to changi prison for work aft the seminar in school. went to harbourfront first to get my camera repaired coz last night, my nalgene water bottle decided to drown my handphone and camera in my handbag.thankfully, the hp survived. my canon didnt do too well. the camera wouldnt budge and i thought it was officially dead. so after sch, i rushed down to harbourfront, walked across 3 harbourfront towers because i stupidly parked in vivocity. went all the way there to let the service girl put her own battery in to see it being switched on!viola!!!my camera WAS WORKING. and so i had to make haste in goin back to my car because i was almost late for work alr.

drove thru ECP,KPE PIE and the lunch i had made me sleepy, so sleepy till i missed the upper changi road exit and went on to changi airport. i panicked and turned into ECP (CITY) and realised it was one crap long ride to the nearest exit which i was familiar with. BEDOK.and yes, i thought i was familiar with Bedok. turns out i was wrong. because i followed the wrong PIE sign, it was to Tuas. so i went one big round around Bedok. all this time, the merciless afternoon sun was beating down on my arms. i finally found the upper changi road exit and happily turned into it. and i realised i entered the wrong PIE again!this time, it was for real to changi airport. drove one big round around terminal 2, wanted to drop by and say hi to regina.haha.but no time. left for PIE again. this time i was finally right!gosh. i must have travelled for over 40 km since i left vivocity!

and guess what. i was not only extremely tired from entering and exiting wrong expressways i also had to wait to go into the prison complex. because some smart guy thought "hey, now is a good time to do construction work" and drove 1 mega long lorry into a 1 way entrance to the prison carpark.i was stranded outside, couldnt enter for that time being. i waited patiently for 15 mins, and my hand made its way to the horn when the lorry started to unload. i was a little angry by this time because i was already very late. and tired. i horned loud enough for some guy to tell me to wait 5 mins AGAIN. and so i did. and when the lorry moved like an inch away?i managed to squeeze through. and got myself a parking lot right under the beautiful HOT sun!

and yes, i am in my office right now.no, i am in some computer room where this is the only place i can get internet access. phew.

i need a breather. pls.help.

a car may be convenient, but it certainly puts on a whole lot of different problems that you would get with taking public transport. parking tickets.ERP,petrol,car wash,etc.gosh.hard lesson learnt, coz i found myself broke when the month of june has just started.

though i dont think my week cannot get any worser, i am still thankful i managed to survive. Thank You Lord, for giving me the strength to go through all this.

my muay thai comp is postponed to 27 june which means it wont clash with Rockmaster. then again, im probably not taking part in Rockmaster coz my pully injury aint quite healed yet.sobs.

FREEBIES!

2009-05-24T07:11:00.000-07:00

okies.recently joined a few competitions and managed to amass some pretty good vouchers.dont really need it, so i am advertising for it!hahaha.

ITS FREE=)

and i shall begin listing them down.if you are interested in taking it, dont hesitate to email me or msn me at thebigcrumb@hotmail.com

1. complimentary kickboxing class worth $35 at Hilton Fitness Center. expires 30 june 2009.
2.$10 voucher for Singapore Inline Skating School. (can buy blades or sign up for skating lessons)
3.20% storewide for Deuter products at Queensway SHopping Centre. expires 31 dec 2009
4.15& discount for Xboundaries at Novena Square. valid till 30 sep 2009
5.NUM vouchers, from $5-20 off depending on products=)theres a whole range. valid till 31 Oct 2009.
6. 1 complimentary entry ticket to ZOUK from 28 may to 25 june 2009 on thur night and Saturdays=)
7.$10 cash voucher for exponentasia at Toh Guan. good for climbing and outdoor gear=)valid till 31 july 2009
8. $60 Taka cash voucher goin for only $55=)you save $5!
9.$20 Kinokuniya cash voucher in exchange for $20 cash=)

didnt want to see these vouchers goin to the wastepaper bin.so if you are interested.do contact me!!=)

Welcome Home Elliot!=)

2009-05-10T05:09:00.001-07:00

say hello to Elliot!=) the CAIRN TERRIER from the SPCA. after searching for soo long.managed to set my eyes on Elliot.=)

went to the SPCA on Saturday, the place was packed.public holiday crowd.haha.walked around to see the dogs available. set my eyes on Elliot.strange, no one stopped by his cage to look.i guess everyone else was fixed on a maltease and 2 shitzhus.haha.Elliot saw me, started to lick my fingers. He was really tame and gentle. i asked the person in charge what happened to him and they said he was a lost dog.poor thing. the minute i saw him, i fell in love with him. my dad said ok as well.and all we had to do was to bring my mum down the next day to finish up the adoption procedure.

Sunday( Today) came. i excitedly left church for SPCA. finished up the paperwork, and headed down to Pet Lovers Centre to give Elliot a haircut and nail trim!haha.he was pretty well behaved in the car, in the shopping centre and in the groomers as well. i had to carry him in VIVO with curious stares from all the shoppers. and my gosh.HE IS HEAVY. I would say he is about 7-10kg?haha.i carried him for about 5 minutes and my arms felt like it was about to break off from my shoulder socket!bought Elliot a new leash and harness!combs and one big bag of food!maintaining a dog seriously aint cheap man.spent about 200 in total in one day!

Elliot came home. as usual, sniffed all around. and not once did he make trouble.cept for the time he sneakily climbed up the stairs though we told him NO.haha. very very gentle and tame. he did not give us trouble SO FAR=).

Elliot the lazy dog.

had a simple home cooked dinner today, coz we celebrated Mother's day last saturday alr where the whole extended family could make it.GUESS WHAT MUM MADE!!

you guessed it!CRABS

=)

haha.kudos to mum's chilli crabs.made my mouth water non stop!and yes. i was the only one in the family to polish the crabs off!everyone else was too full.haha.

thick juicy meat,with slight spicyness and the "everymouth got egg" feeling ROCKS!

today was a good day!and i am very thankful for it!thankful for Elliot, for my parents in going through all the trouble to get me this dog and thankful for my mum and her superb culinary skills=)

CRAB CRAB CRAB.

2009-05-08T08:36:00.000-07:00

1 week has passed really fast. and i have effectively "enjoyed" my first week of the holidays.haha.while some people have just started theirs.ok.i am not GLOATING HERE!but yea.the drawback of ending the exams earlier than everyone else is u got no friends to go out with!ahaha.but nothing beats sleeping in LATE=)

did alot of climbing this week.getting back my strength.slowly.and praise the Lord.my pulley injury doesnt hurt as much as before BUT my middle finger's knuckle is pretty inflammed.so inflammed that i cannot straighten it=(but yea.thats the price to pay for climbing.but that will not stop me!

had dinner with reg,jud and ely at Thai Express last night.jansen backed out.he sensed a "girls outing" at work.haha.had my all time favourite soft shell curried crab.but the portion was not only SMALL.but the curry gravy was so little the whole meal tasted DRY.sigh.thai express is clearly losing their standard.

I HAD CHILLI CRAB FOR DINNER TODAY!jansen and i went into some ulu area.yio chu kang or yishun i cannot remember!hahha.some famous seafood restaurant (Ban Leong).saw the BIG CRAB SIGN!asked for the price of the crabs.past our budget!=(i gave a sad look.haha.but we went ahead to order our ordinary fried rice and bee hoon.we were almost through with our food.all around me.people were eating crabs.i couldnt take it.i gave a sad and pathetic face to jansen and asked if we can order a small crab.i didnt mind paying for it.the craving was too strong.haha.he relented!i grinned from ear to ear.and ordered the famous CHILLI CRAB!

IT FINALLY CAME....and guess what.the chilli was really chilli crab!i though it would be more sweet than spicy.i took one mouth and almost died.but i knew i couldnt give up!haha.jansen kept laughin at me.but yes.i did enjoy the crab.cant wait to eat crabs again!.

had a good day out with him today.holidays rock.

and good news.my attachment to the prison has been postponed to 18 may instead of 11 may!yay!1 more week of holiday!haha

I LOVE CRABS.

Praise the Lord=)

2009-05-01T08:26:00.001-07:00

yay!guess what is my first topic for my blog!

YOU GUESSED IT.

I am So done for the semester year of 2008/2009!woohoo.ended my exams yesterday at 7pm.didnt rejoice outwardly i guess.haha.coz it was an open book exam..so i kinda rejoiced on Monday, when i ended my second last paper.lets just say SW3201 was kinda easy till it became hard to do.if you guys out there know what i mean=)haha.OPEN BOOK+straightforward questions=recipe for disaster because you want to write everything in, yet no enough time.boo

ok.enough abt exams otherwise the other poor people who still have 2 or 3 more papers will come after me.haha.

Celebrated my Grandmother's birthday at Paris Restaurant, and since Mother's day is always after my grandma's birthday, the whole family have always celebrated it together.haha.so this year it was at Paris.

went there with high expectations, coz the buffet per person is supposed to be pretty ex.and the first thing i saw was OYSTERS!yummy,my favourite food of the day.followed by SALMON SASHIMI!mmmm.and then the crabs which got snatched up everytime a newplatter was displayed.which reminds me. i need to complain of the ugliness of the Singaporean attitude towards a buffet

it disgusted me so much, swarms of people flew to the poor pathetic crab platter with all the aunties rushing in to snatch up the crabs.i was queuing up and i got pushed out of the queue.i was pissed. thank God for my long hands. i used another set of thongs from the next dish to scoop some crabs onto my plate.without disturbing anyone. there was this particular aunty who barged in, said SORRY ARH!TOOK A WHOLE PLATE OF CRABS and passed the thong onto the next person.THE NEXT BEST THING SHE DID:"excuse me, can you help me grab the nutcracker?"the one used to crack the crab shell.not only did she CUT QUEUE, but she made others take stuff for her when she could have gone round to the other side, which was only 5cm away?gosh.such sights are better kept at home.seriously.

i broke a plate. some woman bumped into me, she was rushing for food.as if the food would run away.but then again, yes.food does run, and the people are the ones "taking them out for the run".ok.its ok if u dont get the joke.haha=)the plate fell out of my hand and landed right infront of my cousin's feet.it shattered into a million pieces.thank God my cousin didnt get any cuts. i was so embarrassed. and yea.thank God it was my cousin whom the plate fell onto.if it was on some uncle or aunty. i think i would have been dead.

but amidst the gross behaviour of these people, heres wishing my grandma HAPPY BIRTHDAY!=)

went to climb asia after lunch.climbed with suemay,adriel and chris.and of course, in CLimb Asia, you will never get bored.every climber knows each other.and everyone is friendly.did some crazy routes.ok.maybe not crazy to everyone.but crazy for me.considering that i have not climbed for almost 3 weeks!haha.with a pulley injury still on the road to recovery.and my forever swollen and inflammed middle finger knuckle=(sighh.

i always thought the more you work out, the fitter and healthier you are.so why am i getting all the aches,back pain,swollen joints,etc when i work out.haha.tell me tell me.somebody.i guess thats the drawback when you push your body too much.but yes.i do feel a lil,just a lil stronger after today's climb.i realised my skin on my hand is kinda thin.less than 2 hours of boulderin and i felt as if every tile i held was a sharp knife piercing into my fingers!it was really that bad=(booo.

time to moisturise my hands less.haha.but i still want smooth hands!and still climb well.can i?=)

ok.i shall stop here.im nursing a very strained neck.not sure if it was how i slept last night.i cannot turn to my right.gota turn my whole body. i was kinda worried when i drove my dad's car today. i was afraid i couldnt turn my head to check my blind spot.thank God for mirrors,and the relative empty roads today.hahaha.

AND YES.ALL THE BEST TO ALL WHO ARE STILL MUGGING HARD FOR YOUR EXAMS.jia you=)and that includes u jansen.stop beast waring!haha.=)

REMIND ME NEVER TO EAT A MCSPICY EVER AGAIN!~

2009-04-27T07:40:00.001-07:00

This is one big major reminder for me not to ever eat MCSPICY ever agaiN!

had it for lunch before my Perfume and Cosmetics paper.i teared through the whole meal while studyin for my paper.LAST MINUTE AS USUAL.and yes, not very enjoyable at all.

did horribly for my paper.

i guessed almost all of my 80 MCQ questions!

smoked my way through for the 40 short question fill in the blanks

and finally i crapped for the 2 short essay questions

Result: FAIL.or let me get a minimum C so i can S/U!pls pls pls

after the paper, went to disturb jansen.haha.we watched ong bak 2 in vincent's beautiful air conditioned room in PGP. watched abit of BEAST WARS!??!?!?!(according to Jansen, it is part of transformers. it amused me quite a bit to see a rat,scorpion, king kong, t-rex,etc as part of the transformers gang).haha.and once again, it proved my point that CARTOONS ARENT MEANT FOR CHILDREN!the words they use are not meant for kids to understand.seriously. wondering if its possible for kids to write their own script for cartoons.ahha.it would probably be

Spongebob: "yo patrick!"
Patrick:" yo spongebob"
Spongebob:"what do you feel like doing today?"
Patrick:"duhhhh.i want to eat ice cream NOW!"
Spongebob:"lets look for the ice cream man!"
Spongebob's mother:"Spongebob!Patrick!dont run about!otherwise the GARANG GUNI MAN will catch you!"
Spongebob:" but mum, we want ice cream!!!"
Spongebob's mother:" eat after you have finished your homework!"

ok.that sounded boring!see.my point.let kids do their own cartoons and let them entertain their own peers=)

anw, after dinner, thats when all the trouble started, my tummy started hurting. i told jansen i wanted to poop at the central lib where the toilets are air conditioned.haha.but too late. had to do it in PGP. HOT and Gross PGP. i got the sitting cubicle. while halfway through my business, a girl entered the cubicle beside me and complained to herself :"gosh, its freaking hot."MY SENTIMENTS.

managed to survive the 1 hour long journey on 151. had to stop at a bus stop opposite toapayoh, while waiting for 139, the dreaded tummy pain came again. i panicked. all around me was concrete jungle and PIE. how to do it!?!!?i called my dad and begged him to pick me up. he agreed. i walked to a car park, with each step in excruciating pain.clutching my tummy, my mind went wild. imagine i had to do it in the carpark.where can i go!?!,my eyes darting left and right, my bag was weighing me down. no one was around. but i told myself to hang on!!!

finally, after what seemed like eternity, my dad came.i ran to the car.opened the door and told him to speed away. he kept asking if i was alright.i let out a weak "ok".i called my mum, told her to prepare the door, for it to be wide opened.

i reached the block. ran up as fast as i could. THANK GOD I LIVE ON THE 2ND FLOOR!rushed in and sat on "HEAVEN'S CHAIR". or so it seemed to me at that crucial point.haha.and yes.i am ok right now.FOR NOW.

cant wait for thur to come!im down to MY LAST PAPER!

and i am looking forward to my pathetic 11 day break before i start my attachment at the SIngapore prison on 11 may.booo.kind of looking forward to it, but yet, dreading the early start of my attachment=(

okies.im taking a break from all the horrible papers so far. am gona relax my eyes.indulge in some f4 meteor garden drama!hahaha.i realised i have watched this series almost every sem at least once. and it is always during my exams.i wonder why=)

Thank You for the cross Lord.

2009-04-19T07:29:00.000-07:00

whoa.i see virtual cobwebs collecting on its own once again.

fear not.fel the hero is here to clean it up!or maybe fel the cleaner.haha.

anyways, its the break for the exams right now. started studying alr.DUH!i dont want my CAP to sink any lower. like what jia wei said, its like worms in the toilet bowl?struggling to crawl out?haha.nvm that. 2 papers this sat, one on mon, and on wed and IM DONE!by the 30 april!this is probably my earliest that i end my exams. usually, im always the last few to end. but this time, among most of my friends, im one of the earliest!YAY!cant wait.

this morning, Rev Abel Thomas came to speak in my service. he touched on a very common topic for all christians. on How much time are we giving God and how can we give him more time that he deserves.

i liked the quote he said"
WE MUST HEAR GOD IN QUIET TIMES (in our own bedrooms, when we do our quiet time) BEFORE WE CAN HEAR GOD IN THE SYMPHONY OF LIFE.

this is so true. many a times, we expect to be able to hear God speaking to us when we are so busy in our lives. how can we expect to hear God to speak to us, when we do not even hear him when we do our quiet time with HIM?=)

Rev Thomas named 8 distractions that we should try to overcome:
1)stop being busy.
2)stop having messed up priorities
3)stop the desire to climb the ladder of success.
(i liked it when he said only 1 person can be number 1, someone has to be number 2,3,4,etc. so why be number 1 in the world when you can be number 1 in your race for God=).haha.i admit, i never like being number 1, maybe coz i was shy to receive the prize.really!no kidding.haha.i remember when i was about 6 years old. i won an art contest for some national day theme drawing. i got 1st!but i was so shy that i ran home and cried. i didnt dare to receive the prize at all. my mum had to go home to drag me back to the prize presentation place. teary- eyed i went to take my trohpy. my first gold trophy and the best part was i got a whole set of legos. AIRPORT theme. with cool looking lego men, airplanes and runway track!haha.i preferred that to the trophy.)
4)stop hungering and thirsting for things that do not feed our soul.
5)stop disbelieving.
6)we do have the lack of examples around us. good christians to lead the way. few there are. but we must perservere=) it takes guts to say no to what everyone else in the world is doing.
7)stop being more self- reliant than dependent on God when faced with a problem. God is definitely bigger than us and the problem so why worry when he can worry for us=)
8)did we forget our first love?that is Jesus Christ? if we have, think of how God sacrificed his first love to die for our sins.

and yes, we have to overcome these 8 distractions. with prayer, encouragement from friends as well as God's strength, we can walk close with God.

"Dear Lord, i pray that each day as i overcome these distractions, i pray that you be my guide and my source of strength when i am too tired to carry on. i pray that i will be a testimony to all my friends out there that you have made a difference in my life and they can experience it for themselves once they have You in their lives. Thank you for loving me first. In Jesus's name i pray. AMEN"

ok.random time. i am very very sad because while running for the stupid bus 124 outside wisma today, i dropped my coach scarf!!!!!=(i only realised it when i had boarded the bus and the bus uncle was driving off alr.siighhh.it was a birthday present from Aunty Doreen. i am very very sad. why did i not tie the scarf tighter. why did i have to run for the bus.why did i shop in wisma for so long that when i came out, i had to run for the bus. why did i even have money in my wallet to shop in the first place.haha.ok.i shall stop here. bye.

and all the best to all studying for the finals=)JIA YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME=)

2009-04-07T08:31:00.000-07:00

im finally 21 21 21 21 21 21!

gosh, i have been looking forward to this day since i was born?but now when the day has finally arrived. i wonder why all the hype over becoming 21.because i absolutely do not feel older or younger. was it just a facade that i've been disillusioned with all my life?that when i become 21, i can do everything and anything i like.and like how my life will suddenly be transformed?my foot!haha.maybe transformed by the wrinkly and saggy fairy.they always say once u turn 21, the rest of your years zoom past you.and yes, with old age comes great wrinkles and sag!

okies.abit gloomy for a newly turned 21 year old!haha.shall write a little about my past parties!yes, i had 2 parties to celebrate my birthday.the first was with my church. together with rachel and germaine. it was great!the "loot"(presents) was shiok!haha.i loved all my presents!and the amazing thing was i received a total of 5 different bags!i know i like bags. but i didnt expect a total of 5 different bags!now i can safely use one bag for everyday!hahaha.yes.i adore bags,shoes and clothes.

had a party 2 days ago on 5 april.this one was for my family,and my sec sch friends,jc,workplace as well as NUS.well.the theme was suppposed to be SUPERHEROES.buuuut, only the NUS people dressed up!hahaha.sad man..they were all after my head after the party coz they were the only ones who dressed up.i suffered too!i had to tie 2 retarded buns on my head to look like CHUN LI!haha.so beat that.my 21st looking like an idiot=(but i had fun.loot was pretttty good as well.but presents aside, i was very happy when my friends came!despite being lost!i know some of them went all the way to tekong.and was lost for like an hour?but still made it. some worse.took cab to aloha LOYANG!when my party was at Changi!and had to turn back.THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR MAKING MY PARTY POSSIBLE.because you came=)

woke up on 7 april.LATE!had to rush down for a evaluation from my teacher for our project.i was telling jansen, gosh,"21 alr.still late"groans.God, pls help me to break out of my cycle of sleeping TOO MUCH!i really love sleeping.but i gota force myself to wake up past the snooze button!!!!!!had a good dinner with jansen at RAMEN RAMEN at the Upper Bukit Timah, THE RAIL MALL.their ramen was fantastic!the portion was just nice!and the prices JUST NICE AS WELL!for under $9, can get a good bowl of ramen!=)

and i guess im done here!shall return to blog when i feel like it!hahaha

and this is a personal reminder for felicia lim

zw: Oh yeah, GUYS PLEASE CUT DOWN ON WEIGHT BEFORE the first training.. we will be weighed and submitted on the 1st trainng. Please PLEASE PLEASE do some running starting of may/exams ended!

thi was a message from my muay thai captain!die!really gota start losing weight!!=(weight loss really really starts TOMORROW!8 april 2009!!!

=)

2009-03-30T09:02:00.001-07:00

The Ant and the Contact Lens:

a true story

Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff. She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this, her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped against her eye and knocked out her contact lens . 'Great', she thought. 'Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my sight is blurry.'
She looked and looked, hoping
that somehow it had landed on the ledge. But it just wasn't there.
She felt the panic
rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for calm, and she prayed that she may find her contact lens.

When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it was not to be found. Although she was calm now that she was at the top, she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of mountains. She thought of the bible verse 'The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth.'

She thought, 'Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me.'

Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, 'Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?'

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock, carrying it!

The story doesn't end there. Brenda's father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the caption, 'Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You.'

I think it would do all of us some good to say, 'God, I don't know why You want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it an d it's awfully heavy. But, if You
want me to
carry it, I will.'

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him... I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

ONE MONTH.

2009-03-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

gimme a min while i try to clear the cobwebs hanging around in my blog!haha.

ok.i admit, i have neglected my blog for quite a while.my longest yet!my apologies. i am always lazy to update, especially when i reach home so late everytime=(

hmm, for starters boulderactive 2009 IS OVER!"sighs in relief" and yet im kinda missing it. during the whole boulderactive weekend, it felt almost as if i had no more schooL!i did not touch a single set of notes nor checked my NUS email!for 3 whole days!and when it was back to school on Mon, i kinda lost the momentum to do my work!haha.bad bad bad. had a hand at being the emcee for this year's boulderactive event. learnt alot from kiat on how to emcee as well as how an event shd be run. im glad i am able to learn new stuff everyday=)

well, didnt do too well at the Open qualifiers, a lil disappointed, everyone told me to blame it on my injury, but seriously, i didnt feel as if my injury did hinder me from climbing.sigh.it did hurt, but then again, i guessed if it didnt, i might still be at the same climbing level.sigh sigh sigh. ok.enough of complaining. time to start training hard AFTER MY pulley injury is healed. (better say AFTER, else Jansen will kill me) guess i could start with eating a lil lesser since i will not be climbing alot these few weeks?heh heh.DIETING STARTS TOMORROW! once again.

WELL, this post is not just about clearing cobwebs or whining about boulderactive. but i would like to dedicate it to JANSEN=)having being together for 1 month since FEB 15 2009!short as it may seem, but we both agreed it felt like we've been together for like eternity?heh heh.dont know why, but i felt as if i had known him for ages, and yet, i still want to spend more time with him.

THANK YOU:
- for sacrificing your time you could spend on tutorials with me=)
- for going out of the way to send me home always=)
- for being my Loan Shark when i cannot find an ATM in time.=)
- for remembering what i like and dont like=)
- for finally being able to recite my handphone number without getting it wrong or using zhi jian's hp number to pass off as mine=)

well, heres to many more months and years to come Jansen=)thank you and my God continue to bless our relationship!

okies. im back to my bed and start another day with gratefulness to God for leading my life.

of cakes,chocolate and presents!

2009-03-15T07:43:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY dear!=0

shant reveal her age, coz i might be killed by her if i do anyway=)hhha.went looking for her present this afternoon. and got her a beautiful handbag and a pair of nice slippers=)hha.thank God i bought the right size!no need to go change.and she loved the handbag.double PHEW=)

bought myself a nice sweet pair of slippers at the same time=)yay!happy!

anways, after service, it was pretty happening, for once, most of us youths didnt have anything on and so the whole bunch of us middle-aged youths decided to go to PS!this is probably one of the first times we have gone out as a big group. and it was fun!making noise and having a great time. ate till we burst at Manhatten Fish market. Marcus and i had a bet on which one of us would see a friend we knew first. Loser treat ice cream.this was already the 2nd time we tried playing this game. the 1st time failed, we didnt get to meet any friends. and so today at PS ma. so central sure bound to bump into someone rite!?!?hhha.and so our search and radar was turned on the whole time, even during lunch!hhha.we were gettin desparate. no. marc was getting so desperate to find a friend he knew.

while ordering our dishes, marcus suddenly called out a waitress by her name IVY, and shouted at her "hey!remember me?im from your primary school!"for that moment, my heart sank. I HAD LOST=(siighh.but i didnt quite believe, so i prompted the girl, i asked if she really recognised marc, that poor girl looked soo scared and shy!and i realised she didnt know who marcus was!that liar, cheater,floP!hhha.he tricked everyone at the table. thank God it wasnt his friend. and so the day closed with both of us not finding someone we knew individually. mutual friends dont count.boooo

had dinner with my family and grandma at Central!ate billy bombers. my grandma managed to finish a roast chicken meal all on her own, while my sis,mum and i had to share one of that meal!can u beat that!hhha.and she kept saying, no rice no rice. thats why can finish.. thing is, there was potato salad as well, and she finished that!hhha.amazing.

had a good day with jansen yesterday after our sports massage. painful but shiok after that!went to Macritchie where it started to drizzle. sat under a tree to talk. it can really go on forever=)apart from lizards, bugs and flies and the rain. everything else was beautiful!

sigh. i wished they wouldnt behave this way. it hurts my heart when they do it. =(

i promise never to be like them when i am on my own in future.NO WAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!

2009-03-07T07:04:00.001-08:00

its saturday!no school means no homework!GOSH.i miss saying that.

anw, met jansen at cityhall to get his handphone repaired.that poor boy's hp died on him!!!so as of today, he is phone-less and uncontactable!he said he didnt mind, freedom from having to report to anyone. come to think of it, the handphone has become such a close and intimate part of us that our day might go haywire without it!jansen even had to wear a watch which he hardly wore because his handphone which used to tell him the time could not fulfill that role right now.hence his watch came in to take over the role!and yes, i would think that 1 day without my handphone, my world would probably be in a mess. like all my appointments how how how!hhha.esp with me always being late.ehh.wait.SOMETIMES LATE, so need the hp to be accountable rite=)anw, yea, i really wonder how our parents survived those times when the word handphone was unheard of. i remember i got my first hp when i was in pri 6!a motorala startex!it even had an antenna which had to be pulled out before making a call!how cool is that!and yet now the smaller the phone and a hidden antenna is the fad!siighh.i would never forget my first ZHAI phone.nokia 3310!in Sec 1, everyone had that phone in school and came the all challenging and exciting game.SNAKES!hhhha.whenever we had breaks, every student would be seen whipping out their 3310s or 3210s and competing with each other in the snake game. and as i grew older and bigger in size, the handphones grew lighter and smaller in size.sigh.i would so like that to happen to me.but i know it never will.so STOP DREAMING FEL.

back to hps, i really wouldnt mind givin up my hp for a month!and just go about my daily activities without it. but i guess it might be impossible because everyone else would still have a hp and be trying to contact me when i dont even have one!tough tough it is. maybe i could just go to an island and stay there, then the handphone-less me would probably be able to survive pretty well there!but yea. in time to come in time to come.

went down to support jansen and the rest of the NUS people for their catagories today at SMU!downpour but that didnt stop supporters from coming down!i am so waiting for the day everyone has tried climbing before and even fall in love with it like how i fell in love with it when i started it out in JC. i have never regretted since. and yes, all of them did very well!congrats to Larissa, Judith, Khairul, Daffodil, Shuhui, Siying , Adrian, Yi Xiong Doris, Sandra, Zhaoxiu ,Jensen, Edwin, Jansen for making it to the finals!allez!

and yes, i am tired and so i am off to bed early tonight. got a whole pile of work waiting for me to be finished before this week comes to an end!sigh.

Today's Prayer

..."Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," says the Lord Almighty. ~ Zechariah 4:6. Lord, empower me by Your Spirit today. I do not want to do anything out of vanity or just trying to "climb every mountain" on my own. I long to be led by Your Spirit, not by human initiative and man-inspired positive thinking. Please help me to be a positive, joyful person, full of Your Spirit, inspired by Your Word, and busy about Your work as I go through daily life. I pray that all I do will glorify You and be evidence of Your power and Your might and Your Holy Spirit. In Jesus' name I pray, amen.

I AM THANKFUL.

2009-03-05T21:46:00.001-08:00

I AM THANKFUL:

FOR THE WIFE
WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT,
BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME,
AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

FOR THE HUSBAND
WHO IS ON THE SOFA
BEING A COUCH POTATO,
BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME
AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS.

FOR THE TEENAGER
WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES
BECAUSE IT MEANS SHE IS AT HOME,
NOT ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE TAXES I PAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I AM EMPLOYED.

FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE
BEEN SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.

FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO SNUG
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME WORK
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I AM OUT IN THE SUNSHINE

FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING,
WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING,
AND GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING
I HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT
BECAUSE IT MEANS
WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH..

FOR THE PARKING SPOT
I FIND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING LOT
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING
AND I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

FOR MY HUGE HEATING BILL
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I AM WARM.

FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING
BECAUSE IT MEANS
I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES
AT THE END OF THE DAY
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE BEEN
CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.

FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OFF
IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
BECAUSE IT MEANS I AM ALIVE.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT=)

let us take some time reflecting and count our blessings from God=)

before you shout next time....

2009-03-04T00:57:00.000-08:00

Why do we shout in anger?

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?' Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.' 'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?' Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.

Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'

Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...' The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

would like to add in my 2 cents worth for this story. we also shout because we think the other party may not want to listen to our explanation. WE ASSUME THEY WOULDNT want to, hence the raising of voice to get one simple point across to the other party. if we can just wait and assume less, we can actually hear the other party on what he/she wants to say first before letting the selfish self in us take the lead. LISTEN FIRST.

MORAL: When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

kick punch box!!

2009-03-03T09:38:00.001-08:00

yay!!my boxing gloves have arrived!hha.finally, wanted red, but had only 2 red ones left so i decided to go for black!!!

hha.try to imagine this as black!i was a bit lazy to take a picture of my own ones, so got them off the website!!they smelled weird when i first opened it. its made of cow hide!which is leather from cows la.grosss.did a bit of techical pad work today!and gosh, punchin the pads hurt my fingers so much la!probably coz my fingers are pretty much spoilt from climbing, so when i punch in a clenched fist position, even in a padded pair of gloves, my fingers and joints still hurt a lil.siighh

aft muay thai, went to climb for a while with jansen,bernard and kesheng. did a few crazy routes which i obviously didnt finish.hhha.did dinner at subway!i wanted to eat my chilli crab nissin cup noodles. but they were out!THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END=(so had to settle for prawn flavour which jansen insisted on it being nice.hha.but ok only leh=(i still miss my chilli crab!!

hopped onto 151.which was crazily crowded!i had to stand infront of the door la!gosh. at 10pm, still got so many people in NUS. of course dont count the people who stay in halls la!hha.but i guess its the mid terms this week and many have papers that end at 8?gosh.pooor them. thank God i only have one.which is this fri. the rest are all projects=(

managed to get myself a nice nice comfy seat in the bus!cant believe i managed to squeeze in!this is probably the best position ive had in a bus. not only it stops me from rocking left and right when the bus moves, this allows me to sleep properly=)hhha.everyone was giving me wierd stares when they entered the bus.but who cares!i got myself a good comfy seat=)

oh yea. while we are on the topic on buses.hmmm.i shall add in a few thoughts of mine.

i cannot stand people who pretend to ignore an elderly obviously in need of a seat when they have just boarded the bus.grrr.i always stare at the young and obviously abled people when the an elderly person boards the bus with no seats left. makes me disgusted that they dont feel anything for the older people.and i was on 151 today and the bus drove past this man who saw the bus and started running. i promise he must have ran for at least a good 200m to try and catch the bus!!!that poor felle.some more he had to climb a slope to get to the bus stop.and guess what. he missed it. driver didnt see him, OR acted like he didnt see him. despite someone pressing the bell to indicate stop, the driver stopped for less than 2 sec before closing the door and driving off. i wanted to press but too late, the buss was alr out of the bus bay.

well, i;ve seen my fair share of good drivers as well as bad drivers. the ones that irritate me are those who are freaking anal about how much you put into the coin box if u run out of coins. like they make u change notes into coins though u are out of coins. some just let me pass, some insist i pay.and i cant stand those drivers who have obviously seen the people flagging down for the buss but yet still drive past them and pretend they didnt see!sick man. evil to the max!

okies. time to sleep!out!

MARCH TIME

2009-03-02T06:49:00.000-08:00

just realised i havent blogged for 2 weeks alr!and its march!!

time does fly.hmmm.was kinda lazy to write anything in my blog for the past few weeks. im online, but just uber lazy to type. so much has happened. lets see, hmm.did surf and sweat on Sunday, came in 13!my first time taking part in the open women's catagory.hha.i was hesitant bt taking part in this cat the previous years because i was worried abt the transiting from the swimming to the running. i always thought it kinda gross to be running when ur whole body is wet!and sticky with sea water!bleach...

but yea. i did it.hhha.and surprisingly, it wasnt abt the wet and sticky shirt and shorts and water dripping down my legs as i ran, i felt pretty good. it was the run that sucked!i took part in this cat, thinkin it was a 4km run.OLY 4KM!so of course i started off my pace according to how i would run 4km la. but as i ran ran ran ran ran ran, the mid way point seemed to be much much further than i thought would be. like how far is 2km rite. i took abt 15 mins to run the halfway mark la!!grrr.i slowed down so much towards the end. out of energy alr.plus the blistering sun!!=(

took abt 30 min to finish the run. and only to realise that the distance was 5.8km!i wanted to kil myself and prob the NTU people for claimin the run was only 4km!darn. i could have paced myself better.hhha.but oh wells, im pretty happy with my run. considerin i busted my knee during the 42km 2 years ago, havent been able to run for more than 4km without feeling pain in my knee usually. so running 5.8km is quite an achievement!=)but of course, my knee felt the same irritating sharp pain after the whole race.

jud and i slacked ard sentosa aft our race, meeting random ex school mates.hhha.swam abit until jud heard she got 9th!congrats.hhha.we quickly swam back to collect her prize. paid $4 to play on some mega trampoline volleyball.hhhha.it was tiring jumping up and down.but something new.

had carls junior for the very first time in my life!!!i am a religious anti beef person!!hhha.so wld nvr thought of trying carls junior. but yea, decided to give it a try. and i love the chilli beef fries!coz the beef amount quite insignificant!!ate super full and andy gave me and jud lift back!so nice of him!!!he and his friend ate at delifrance in sentosa aft surf and sweat.boringgg.hhha

back to serious and intellectual thought.HAHA.hmm.this things been troubling me for months. eversince i stopped serving, i felt kinda "left out".its like all my good friends whom i grew up with are serving happily in jg and im like a slacker. the feeling sucks. for once, im as free as a bird, with almost no committments. yet i dont like this feeling. could it be i started serving too early?and i felt burnt out in the prime years of my life?this feeling is irritating. i keep asking God. why why why. why let me feel this way when im at my peak?i mean im like 21 this year, good to do so many stuff for u, yet i dont even know how to start. i got my climbing, school and of course church. buuuut, people around me dont quite understand my position. cept for my few good friends. and im thankful for u guys, u know who u are=)if u ask me if i regret joinin climbing, i seriously dont. i know my weekends will be taken up by climbing competitions periodically, but im happy when i climb. free from judgement.FROM WHO?i dont know.

God help me.

The Sweet Escape.

2009-02-19T09:03:00.000-08:00

i tried to donate blood today and sigh, almost couldnt find a vein for them to poke. but YES!the nurse did manage to squeeze out one tiny vein on my right arm and said" abit small but can la". i managed to pass all the test prior to the haemoglobin test where i failed, coz i had low iron count as i was on my 4th day of my *ahem*.hhha.sian!couldnt donate again. i remember the last time i tried to donate my blood platelets for a friend's uncle at SGH, i happily went there and the doctor said "oh my god, i cant find your vein" and so cannot donate lor.aye.wierd. i work out yet my veins not obvious. no good no good.

my engine lecture was one of the most boring lectures ever today. wasted 1 hour looking at how a baby pram is designed and for the tutorial, i had to sit through and listen to how a helicopter is made and how the design allows it to turn left,right,front,back with ease.hhha.fell asleep during that portion.really couldnt help it.

went for muay thai trg in the evening, supposed to run at the track and only sunny,zhi hao and i turned up for training!so pathetic=(

ran 10 rounds.good run,havent had one in ages, did some abs-breaking exercises till i felt as if my abs would tear.hha.and did pull ups!more than i do in climbing.goodness.i almost died.sunny also died assisting me!!!went to climb for a while after the PT, did a few routes and i managed to complete the route i set on monday!yayy!finally!was super satisfied when i managed to do it after a thousand and 1 attempts. middle right finger is inflamed at the middle joint=(sigh.had to start taping it again before i could climb. prayin hard that it heals by this sat;s mock comp. i cannot even crack my knuckle like how i always do.sad.

hmmm.im very thankful i managed to get that worry off my chest today. managed to talk it out with him and yes.feeling much better=)sweet.

Tired but enjoying it.

2009-02-17T07:48:00.000-08:00

A week has passed since i last blogged!wow.much has happened. changes have occurred in my life. more pleasant than normal=)

Sunday, during service, Pastor Jonathan was in the midst of ending the service and he said that he felt God telling him there were people in the midst of the congregation with a problem on the upper left side of the body, which meant neck down to the waist la.and my heart stopped, coz i had a left shoulder injury a week ago, which was still hurting, pst jon urged whoever had that problem to step forward to be prayed for, and i did!in Faith=)went forward and he and the other church leaders prayed for us. felt a warming up sensation with my left arm feeling hot and heavy during the prayer and as pst jon ended the prayer, my arm miraculously felt lighter!!!didnt really feel the healing effect yet, because the pain only comes when i climb. and so the next day, Mon, was training. managed to go through the whole training without my shoulder hurting as much as last week~just felt a little tight. but i was able to do pull ups again!something which i could not really do last week!PRAISE THE LORD=)

woke up at 10am today only to realise i had overslept!i was supposed to have a project presentation at 10am today!and i COMPLETELY FORGOT!i jumped out of bed when cara called me at 10.18 and realised the big BOOBOO!!goodness. never in my life have i forgotten a tutorial.siighh.but theres always a first time!hhha.thank goodness, our tutor approved of the progress of our project so far.want to do well in it!!

and yes!i got my official driving license card!hha.so happy. not that i look fantastic in the photo, but soo nice, the greenish card and all. and best of all, it says "you are licensed to drive vehicles in the following classified:9

Class 3.motor cars!!!=)

hmm.thinking of adding more classes to this card. but yea.slowly.bike next?!?!i know germaine and a whole lot of people might prob kill me. im still thinkin!dont worry!!hhha.but then again, its been my dream to ride a SCRAMBLER!!!ayee.nvm.dreams are free arent they=)

went for muay thai and it was good!good workout!hha.though i kept getting punched in my eye.AGAIN!SIGHH.i super hate getting hit in the eye, be it soft or hard.and thank God i didnt get kicked in my shin today. probably coz i forbade anyone to kick me in the shin.hha.the guys gave the "WHAT!?!" look when i told them cannot kick when i spar with them.too bad for them.

went to climb for a lil while. and it was a much better climb, better than last nights where after PT i could hardly climb half the wall.had subway again with jansen and bernard.

-found this picture of a jack russell puppy which i found ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE.it put an instant "awww" and smile when i saw it!ahh.i remember when i was young, i used to tell my friends, i wld marry the guy who gave me a dog. but now when i think back. goodness.how dumb of me.like that, some old man give me dog means i must marry him!?!?hha.how can.

Oh well.

2009-02-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

i guess i have come to a point where anything bad that happens, its the 'oh well" mentality that i carry with me. "oh well, God has good plans for me" He promises in the bible.

"For i know the plans i have for you", declares the Lord." Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a good future."

Jeremiah 29:11

not only injured my shoulder, but managed to give my middle finger a lil blood clot underneath the skin. hurts when i press it now. after work today at CA, went to climb light, and realised my shoulders still hurt when i do spanned and powerful moves.sigghhh.i need stronger shoulders,they are broad,fat and useless!hahaha.oh well..

kang came to climb with me.hha.not bad, he has the makes of a climber!he managed to do drop knees, dynamic moves and changing of legs without much difficulty!!good job!=)lester and keng seng "dropped by". they were supposed to climb, but lester spent all his money on an ipod touch, and keng seng lent all his money to lester to add to his money to buy the touch.groanss.those two.hha.so in the end, no more money to climb!!!nvm, nxt week i will make them climb.

and the most disgusting thin happened today!!i was walking to my toilet when i saw a fly flying towards me, and the nxt min, it went into my eye!i almost DIED!so gross, thank God i was one step away from the basin, i rushed there in 0.01 seconds and saw the fly stuck in my eye!i was soo horrified, i quickly washed my fingers, took my lenses out and washed them thoroughly, and splashed my left eye with water continuously till they stang. it was one experience i will never forget. goodness. the fly must have been cock eye to fly right into my eye!!!super uber grosss!!!!i hope i dont get any infection man. who knows where the fly has been to.eeeeeyuckkkks!!

AND i cannot join Gravical!!=(as an intermediate catagory climber. jensen told me apparently, they are going by the old rules where as long as one has been a national climber before, cannot join intermediate cat, must go open where i STILL SUCK. and coz i used to be a speed national climber, im not eligible for the intermediate cat. darnn.was soo looking forward to this competition. but never mind, i see my injuries, and at least i got more time to train for Boulderactive in March!!=)siiighhh, oh well.

did a good 30min run today, air was cool and light!i never felt soo fresh during runnin for a long time. rewarded myself with a cup of my favourite champagne grape red tea bubble tea with pearls!!hha.i know. the run is useless with the amount of calories in the bubble tea. but it is what allows me to enjoy bubble tea without worrying abt the xtra cal!=)

alrites. im off.long day ahead. with lessons starting form 10-6pm non stop.i hate thursdays.groannn

Just for Laughs!

2009-02-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

PLS TAKE NOTE, THIS IS JUST FOR LAUGHS. NOT MEANT FOR ANY RACIST COMMENTS!=)enjoy!!

Boss: Where were you born?
Sardar: India ..
Boss: which part?
Sardar: What 'which part'? Whole body was born in India .

Sardar: What is the name of your car?
Lady: I forgot the name, but is starts with 'T'.
Sardar: Oh, what a strange car, starts with Tea. All cars that I know start with petrol.

Sardar joined new job. 1st day he worked till late evening on the computer. Boss was happy and asked what you did till evening.
Sardar: Keyboard alphabets were not in order, so I made it alright.

Museum Administrator: That's a 500-year-old statue u've broken.
Sardar: Thanks God! I thought it was a new one.

At the scene of an accident a man was crying: O God! I have lost my hand, oh!
Sardar: Control yourself. Don't cry. See that man. He has lost his head. Is he crying?

ourist: Whose skeleton is that?
Sardar: An old king's skeleton.
Touris! t: Who's that smaller skeleton next to it?
Sardar: That was same king's skeleton when he was a child.

strained my shoulder on Sunday during the Invitational Bouldering Competition at Climb Asia. very very fun routes. but still weak.haha.but i enjoyed climbing those routes!

went to climb with jansen for a while today aft my class.kesheng,heng hong came along a lil later. shoulder still a bit weak. but not hurting much anymore.happy!!had fun setting routes for them and seeing them suffer!muahhha.finally went for Muay Thai trg once again. felt weak and noob coz they were having a Muay Thai recreational course as well. did abit of sparring and pad work. and my shins are full of bruises again=(

had subway!for the first time since the start of 2009!haha.i remember i used to get a lil sick of subway last yr, when i stayed in OKR. every dinner or lunch was Subway. but now i miss it!

IN REMEMBRANCE OF....

2009-02-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

i just lost my pet mouse CHOCOLATE.

mum got home to find chocolate's cage on the floor, and chocolate gone. saw a cat in the house. must have gotten in through the window which i stupidly forgot to close!arghh.i HATE MYSELF!

mum told me the cat was found under my bed. it was a stray.had the cheek to come up the the 2nd floor. and we found bloodstains on my parent's bed along with cat fur and pawprints.

and till now, i cannot find chocolate.

i am gona miss chocolate for:

1)the time she escaped from her cage at Eusoff Hall, had to make Allan Alex help me move my fridge coz i was afraid she was stuck inside, and she ran out and hid inside the table. which i couldnt get through. i panicked for the whole night, laid lil crumbs of biscuit all over the floor hoping i would catch her back. for one whole night, i couldnt sleep properly. when i woke up in the morning, and prepared myself to go to school, i reached out for my shoes and Chocolate popped out from my shoe!just like it was her own nest.managed to put her back into the cage

2)the times she used to keep regina and myself awake all night with her constant knocking of her water bowl. she would bite the bottle cap which was her water bottle and knock it on all 4 sides of the cage in the wee hours of the morning.as though she was a drummer.

3)the time she didnt panick or make a sound when a cat came in to visit her. i left my room door open in Eusoff, and the cat which i always fed came into the room like a boss, and tried to reach her paw into chocolate's cage. chocolate didnt make a noise and just stared at the cat like an old friend.

4) the times she would lick food off my fingers, everything i ate she ate.that spoilt mouse.

5)the times i could only let her run in her ball around OKR was when Regina was not in the room. coz Reg doesnt like animals.

6)the time japheth bought a running ball for chocolate. she was so excited. only she was a little too light to roll it properly.

6)was even contemplating how celebrating her birthday this July, supposed to turn 2 years old.

good bye chocolate, for being the best mouse ever!

thanks for being so gentle,tame and cuddly.

I AM SO MAD AT MYSELF FOR LEAVING THE WINDOW OPEN.

desperate...

2009-02-01T06:35:00.000-08:00

yes.

i am desperate

not for anyone

but for my VOICE!

spent the whole of Sat doing CNY visitations with my cell group.had lotsa fun. but was pretty much deprived of all the new year goodies=(((((

stacy and the rest did a super fantastic job at keeping the bak gua,cookies,chocolate,ice cream,etc away from me at every house we went to!but i managed to sneak a few into my mouth!and thats why i still dont have my voice back lor.sigh

anw, had a good lunch at Ikea first and we played with all the face masks!!

haha.i super like the dog mask.super realistic huh!!=)

went to 4 houses, this year abit little. i remember last time, we wld chiong to every house, and each time we can close like at least 6-7 houses.and our ang bao collectiong naturally increases la!ha

aft service today, went to town, ran quite a number of errands!!did my brows, bought my mascara, and even had time to trim my fringe!yay!ok.i know my hairstyle is boring.always the same.thinking of curling my hair.hmmm.should i?=)

drove dad's car all the way to bugis to pick my sis up and to bedok to my aunts hse. i kinda felt insulted coz my dad had his hand on the handbrake most of the time!haha.groans.am i that dangerous a driver????i strangely felt good during the times he put his hands on his lap. no where near the handbrake!!haha.

oh wells, the cny week has come to an end. back to sch and tutorials!!booo.

oh yea.there will be a muay thai signing up session tomorrow at mpsh!i forgot which one.but yea for those who are interested in MUAY THAI in NUS!do drop by=)starts at 6.15pm!

for more details, visit the NUS muay thai blog at

http://nusmuaythai.blogspot.com/

alrites.back to doing my tutorials!!!

The Day i lost my voice.

2009-01-29T06:40:00.000-08:00

the Chinese new year holidays are over!relieved or sad?im pretty much ambivalent abt it, on one hand, i didnt get to do much visiting only did it at my grandma's on monday. fullstop.period. i was bored to tears after that. thank God for some of my church friends,alaster,pang,quek. caught a movie in the night. The Punisher at 2.20am!my latest or rather earliest movie ever!haha.pretty alright show. but not worth my $10.but i managed to win about $25 during "21" and "10", so heck, i won back my movie ticket and even my cab ride home after the movie=)

tuesday saw me playing mahjong through the night!slept at 5.30am and had to drag myself out of bed at 10am for i had work at CLimb Asia at 11=(.booo.i was horribly sleep deprived. and the can of red bull after work did justice!i couldnt doze off after that no matter how hard i tried.boo again. climbed with sherman after work at CA. been ages since i last saw that pighead!haha.secretly training him to get into the NUS team this AUG!=)

Wed: a super tired me dragged myself to school, wanted to run with Faz before training, till i had a tummy ache.plus i was pretty much sleep deprived i didnt want to faint halfway on the track.and best, i totally forgot that there would be a mock comp during trg and i had been climbing in the afternoon!!

hmmm.jensen once again asked me if i was still in the nat team.i had no ideas.literally. called aizan, and he could only check and get back to me a few days later.booo.but i told jensen anw that i think i would drop to the inter cat. hmm.it felt a lil wierd joinin the inter cat. for once, the people in the isolation zones were different, reg,daff,shu hui,si ying,shaoting,yi wei, diana. i remember goin into isolation with ladies like zhao xiu,doris,sandra,cherlene,charlene. all those strong ironladies!

went in and did my first climb easily. i was happy and got a lil too complacent. so when it came to my 2nd route. it looked easy, but i climbed the wrong way and resulted in burst of laughters and judith calling me a "stupid idiot".booo again.but thank God i managed to finish it. did the 3rd route and 4th route.by the 3rd, i was pumped.totally. and i panicked. was i really that weak!=(

managed to come in 2nd for the inter comp. but i didnt feel much. prob coz i have been competing in the open comps since last year, nvr win of course, nvr get into finals coz i suck and i thought that inter cat would be much easier. the irony being i came from a novice cat since jc, no prizes for bouldering at all and went straight to open.the transition was wierd.really. i know my strength is there.not saying im freaking strong but open cat trg had always been tough. i just suck in route reading.sighh.lots more work to do.

still having mixed feelings of whether i should drop to inter cat. sigh.i feel like i dont belong to inter cat yet i know i suck in open cat. not insulting either of the catagories, but just some indescribable feelings of ambivalance......

went to school today with no voice!!!HORROR OF HORRORS!i've been so used to talking all my life, and suddenly i wake up with no voice?how can!!but it happened. my dady started out pretty badly. was super hungry and since i missed my bus to school, i decided to take a short stroll to the nearby coffeeshop to buy food. when i reached there, i realised i couldnt place my order.because i couldnt talk!nothing came out of my mouth. i just looked at the bread stall with a hungry and pathetic face and walked away. i was too embarrassed to use my phone to type out my order. what if the uncle cant even read English!so pai seh la!

went to sch hungry like a dog,elephant, or any other animal la. SW3204 tutorial was equally horrible. Dr Nair requested for all of us to introduce ourselves and tell everyone why we took this module. great.no voice.how?i had to type my reply to cara who helped me convey the message to Dr Nair and the class.how awful man. did lunch with jansen,jud,yi xiang and xiong,zhao xiu and hh!good good lunch.ate my favourite fish soup=) and struggled to talk to them.sigh.

went for my engineering mod and tutorial again!this time we had to discuss the innovativeness in LEGO. i couldnt talk la.so could only whisper.my group mates were struggling to hear me out.sigh.this is a first for me. people actually have to strain their ears to hear me. usually, they tell me to keep it soft.aye.they finally got their wish today!

LORD, please heal my voice!i want to sing in the bathroom again. i want to talk to YOU properly and to everyone else.

today made me realise the gift of the ability to talk!while waiting for my bus to school, i was thinking of the people who either were born mute or lose their ability to talk. it must be sad. esp for those who used to be able to talk and now cant. my heart goes out to them. and i do not want to take such gifts of sight,hearing,speaking for granted now. Thank you Lord for them=)and after losing my voice today did i realise how important the gift of speech was!!!i surprised i even managed to survive today without talking much.it was miserable but it allowed me to think alot. talk less and reflect more!

okies.this is prob my longest post so far. my fingers are tired from typing and my eyes tired from staring at this screen.out!

feeling a little anxious and worry over it, but i know God will guide me through.

you give and take away.

2009-01-25T05:58:00.000-08:00

lots have happened this week. everything went by in a blur. didnt even have time to blog.or rather no mood to do so.

well, for starters, Elfie is no longer in my houe=( his barking was more than my dad could handle. and being the Alpha male Elfie was, and that includes my Dad as well. both couldnt get along. he would bark and snarl at my dad whenever my dad was home. sighh.simply couldnt have 2 hot headed creatures in the same house. war was bound to break out.

got home to a dead quiet house just now after my reunion dinner. i kinda miss elfie's barking yet im thankful as well. havent really had a good night sleep the whole week coz Elfie would bark each time my neighbours opened their doors.sighh.too alert a watchdog is he.

well, i really hope hes doing well at the new house. it was an experience i would never forget. taking Elfie out for his morning and evening walks. hearing him whine and even he making out with his smelly cushion.gross, but that was Elfie.oh wells, im still thankful i got to experience taking care of a dog this week. good but tiring. but one thing's for sure, i will definitely get a dog in my own house. so to all my perspective husbands out there. better be a dog lover.haha.

oops.did i say husbands.i meant HUSBAND. singular!!!

thanks YOU for helping me tide over this difficult period with Elfie.=)really appreciate all you did!!!

well, enough of the Dark Side. hey, its the lunar new year!im supposed to be happy right!?!!?

well, it made me slightly happier that today, my dad's car was mine mine mine!i drove places.literally, to hougang,home,bugis,my uncle's house and back home!!wooo.it was good!and im still learning.ha.

had a fantastic high tea buffet with reg and shaun!!wanted to go for GoodWood park hotel's buffet.but when we got there. the spread was a lil pathetic.no way would we pay 33 bucks for just pastries. all of us fasted breakfast and lunch to eat the buffet la!so we ended up at Marriot Hotel nxt to Tangs. and it was worth it!the spread was scrumptious!and though i wanted to lose weight. i gave in!to sinful indulgances!ha.photos are up on Facebook.kinda lazy to upload them here.

okies.not feeling too good. having s slight fever and sore throat right now. not a good omen according to jansen.soobbs.but im sure the Lord heals!Amen!

alrites. off to rest early!!

and once again, a very happy lunar new year to everyone out there!have a blast collecting the red things.haha.and share the "love" with me!

ps. Love= Money!

kidding!

ELFIE!

2009-01-20T08:37:00.000-08:00

havent blogged for quite a few days.so much has happened and i was a lil lazy to blog them down. but now that i have quite settled down.here goes!

Sunday, 18th jan.
aft church, went down to valarie's house to check the Jack Russell terrier out! Aft meeting Elfie, we decided to adopt him and try him out for 1-2 weeks. to see if he can get along well with my family!!

Elfie reached home with a anxious yet excited heart. he was goin somewhere new, yet a lil apprehensive of his new owners. well, as expected, there was quite a bit of barking at the door whenever people walked past. he was especially "hostile" to my dad a few times. perhaps its my dad's stern face. but that greedy dog always ran to my dad who always had food in his hands.sighhh.even the way to a dog's heart is through his stomache.tsk ts.no wonder they say man are dog's best friend.

or should it be dogs are man's best friend?ha.both sound the same to me!!

have been having 2 sleepless nights so far.coz elfie barks at anyone near the door.siighh.happens just after i get to drift into a deep sleep then a BARK awakens me.and i have to wake up and tell him to stop.i really hope he will get used to people walking outside.else. i dont know how im gona sleep properly.

managed to walk elfie for the past 2 mornings. the 1st monday morn, he woke me up at 12am and whimpered.i gave up and took my pillows and mattress downstairs and slept next to him.that spoilt dog.and at 7am. he gave me a very nice wake up call!BARKING!couldnt sleep anymore.so i decided to give him one long walk.and thank God he did his small and big business at the grass!!haha.not at home.

well. really hope i can keep elfie. my dad said if he continues to be a barking nuisance and neighbours complain. we might have to give him back=(ayee.ok.gona keep unhappy thoughts out!

my handsome lil elfie!!

had a good supper at sheares last night!after a hard training.body is aching like crap once again. jansen allowed me to drive the car to sheares!so a very nervous yi xiang,bert and jansen boarded the car.had a bit of problems parking without the poles=(ha.but STILL LEARNING!

ate so much and for so long that i missed my last 151 home=(but jansen very kindly sent me all the way hom!thank you jansen!!!

celebrated jac's 21st today!soph,cara,mel wong and cheryl came too!and i havent seen them in ages!was so glad to see all of them.but amazingly, the min we saw each other, we were talking and behaving as if we were still back in St margs!!ahh.the nostalgic feeling came back and very soon we were reminscing about the good ole days back in st margs!

and we decided to visit st margs this fri!but not wearing out uniforms of course!haha.cant wait to see my teachers again!wonder if they will still recognise us!!

once again, happy 21st KUKU!!!

and not forgetting my dear REGINA who turned 21 on 20 jan as well!!=) thanks for the many more years of good ole friendship to come!and thanks for the past few years=)

Not because of what i've done, but because of WHO YOU ARE!

2009-01-15T05:08:00.000-08:00

PRAISE THE LORD. i finally passed my practical test today afternoon!!!!i cannot describe how horrible and nervous i felt before the test, during the test and after the test.sigh.i thank God i never ever have to go through it again. its seriously worse than taking an exam. i know failing my driving is not the end of the world., but its the money i have been investing all this while, finally, i need not spend money on any more driving lessons!phewww.it was tough. i remember between the previous test and this test, i scrimped so much la. didnt dare to do much shopping coz i had to save the money for the lessons and tests. but dont know why still never lose weight.haha.maybe coz i ate the same amount of food.=(

during the test, my tester kept talking to me.alittle distracting, but thank God i was able to multi- task.ha.he said i was a little "slow" at times, esp in overtaking and crossing road junctions..booo.but will continue to work on it when i drive again!!sadly, my dad didnt trust me with the car just now when i met him. it was less than a 5 min drive back home but he didnt let me.boooo.nvm, i "booked" a slot with him on sunday morning, driving to church!haha.

oh wells, for this test today, i actually missed a total of 3 lectures!!time to go catch up on them!!

once again, i wana thank all my friends who have prayed for me and given me much encouragement for this test!and of course, God for making the pass even possible!!=)

butterflies in my stomach!

2009-01-14T07:54:00.000-08:00

tiring day.slept till i got a headache.groanss.training was really tough. my fingers felt like it wasnt part of me anymore.i have nvr climbed so much in one day.sigh...

ok.i think that was quite an exaggeration but u guys get my point!ha.

having the super jitters right now.my practical test is tomorrow,4.30!and i almost couldnt sleep last night.each time i closed my eyes, i would imagine myself driving and making those silly mistakes in the circuit!arrgghhh.God please guide my hand and eye and leg co-ordination tomorrow!i really want to pass and stop wasting money on retaking lessons and tests!!!=(and i wish daffodil all the best as well!!

was looking on kate spade's online catalogue a few mins ago, searching for reg's birthday present. showed a particular handbag to yi xiong who still doesnt know what to buy for her. and this is his reply!

xiong. says: (11:49:04 PM)
you be my gf for 10yrs marry me for 20yr give birth to 30children then i buy for you!

wah.when i read that. i almost died laughing and almost immediately, pity and sympathy filled me up for yi xiong's future wife!!haha.imagine having to go through all these trouble and pain just to get a bag from him.any takers on how much the handbag cost??

$375 USD!!!.tsk tskk.the stingy yi xiong!haha.he'll prob kill me for writing these down. coz maybe now no girl will dare to be with him!muahaha

okies.my fingers are really sore and i want to get enough rest for tomorrow!!

weight loss program day 1!

2009-01-13T07:27:00.000-08:00

today went pretty well. managed to get for my first engineering module class on time!!!and it was interesting.thank God there is no exams for it!haha.anw, met jansen,yi xiong,yi xiang,chuan ming and jia wei for lunch.had a good chicken chop with rice from the indonesian stall!yummy yummy!my first attempt to lose weight gone.sigh

had my first most boring SW3101 lect today. bad timing.2pm, just after my lunch.so felt like sleeping but i was right infront of my lecturer.so i had to force myself to be awake. after lect, joined chuan ming,shao ting,jansen,yi xiong,jia wei and heng hong for a trip down to PGP for BUBBLETEA!(2nd attempt at weight loss failed).sighhh.stupid pearls.taste so good yet so rich in carbo.grrrr.i wonder if theres such a thing as a zero calorie chewy black thing to put into bubble tea!someone should go invent that!!

today was my first ride home aft school during the peak hour.after 1 and a half years of hall, i completely lost touch with the traffic and human jam on the roads during peak hours!boarded bus 151 at kent ridge terminal at 6.30!and reached toa payoh at 7.50pm!the bus ride took a crazy 1 hour plus journey!normally, it would have been a 40min or less ride to sch.but the jam was really bad along bukit timah road.sigh.nxt time im definitely gona avoid the peak hours.prob hang around sch first.i dont wana waste my time in the bus squeezing with people.

back to watching DR house episodes agaiN!i seriously love that guy!today's episode included this super hilarious albeit a little racist line that Dr house said

Dr house (looking at Dr Foreman, a Black guy when he wanted to write something on the whiteboard): "theres a reason why they call it a white board."

after a few lines...with Dr foreman glaring at Dr house.

Dr Foreman: "alrights, now would you please pass me the Black marker?"

and of course Dr House glares back at Dr Foreman!i laughed till my sides ached!!haha

and sadly, i have to control watching such videos.need to start on my readings!i wana get a good headstart for this sem!!!

conclusion of the weight loss program: FAILED.

gona try again TOMORROW!

oh and i would like to clarify that im trying to lose weight because i want to drop to a lower weight catagory for muay thai comps. and i want to start eating healthily so my workouts are more effectively!!!ha.i've got people telling me to stop losing weight, but i know my eating habits.not very healthy for now.so gona try snacking less!!

bad day.

2009-01-12T08:11:00.000-08:00

ahhhh.cannot believe that my first day of school kicked off with a bad start!i woke up at 10.30, had my bath and made myself a delicious cheese,ham and mushroom sandwich!it was so good i ate a total of 4 slices!(pig)

anyways, i thought my perfumes and cosmetics lect was at 2pm. i now realised i may have parallex error vision. so i happily left my house at 1pm!thinking i would be super on time for my 1st lecture of the semester!!!woohooo.BUT, cara msg me to tell me she was in lect alr!i was alr on the bus, so couldnt turn back. that was all i had for school today.boooo.talk about monday BLUES!it should be monday BOO BOOS!!i bugged bertrand in his room for about an hour coz i was stranded. my driving lesson didnt start till 4.30.

driving was bad. i stalled my engine thrice, didnt get the biting point on the slope(again), sucked at parking (as usual).sigh.how am i gona pass my driving on thur at this rate!help.and something really gross happened. i was driving and my instructor was having flu. he took out his "tissue paper" which was actually toilet paper and happily prepared to blow a gigantic lump of mucus. and guess where it landed!!!

a)on the tissue paper of course
b)on felicia's arms and legs
c)he sucked all the mucus back in!

and the ans is B B B B B!he blew the mucus onto my hands and legs!thank god i didnt do an emergency break.it was utterly gross. but i kept my cool.no choice leh.driving on the road.so dangerous.he was really apologetic and gave me more toilet paper to wipe and i "skilledfully" used one hand to clean the mucus while the other hand handled the wheel.haha

training was tough today. havent been climbing for almost a month i think!fingers totally strengthless!!=(i need to train moreeee!

I MISS......

2009-01-11T07:35:00.000-08:00

school is officially starting tomorrow, 12 jan 2008 for me. and i still miss so many things i have gone through in the past.

-i miss rushing through my homework in the morning before assembly. (that includes lots of copying).
-i miss singing the national anthem with my school mates. i
-miss my principal catching people with more than 1 pair of ear piercings, folded socks, coloured sports bra, sporting too short a hairstyle for an All girls school
-i miss changing direction whenever we see the principal or discipline master walking towards us
- i miss racing with my friends for the canteen
- i miss cutting queues to get a quick lunch
- i miss forgetting my name tag and having to wear big ugly ones which cost a crazy $2!!!
- i miss using my school tie to wipe my mouth after a meal
- i miss hanging out in town after school each day
- i miss helping my teacheds carry books to the staff room so that i can shave off a few mins for the next class!
- i miss eating in the school library

oh well. theres certainly so much so much more that i miss but if i were to write all of them down. i might as well publish a book!ha

my first lecture tomorrow, but i have to give it a miss coz i have my driving lesson!!!darn. thursday is my test and i really do not want to fail it again.sigh.its sucking my dry of my allowance. though my allowance increased this year coz i have no more hall to stay. but half or rather 3/4 is goin into my driving!this sucks. but no choice. i got myself this test date.

climbings training gona be tough this sem. with almost 1 comp every month all the way up till Aug!which means i have many more chances to do well!

watched leon compete in the national boxing championships at some ulu-ed HDB estate at Admiralty. the Novice boxers were really "noobish", just like how i am right now in Muay Thai.ha. leon did a good fight. but his opponent had a super big height advantage. i thank God i am of an average height of 1.64. but to all those below, fret not!u just gota be stronger in other areas!=)

its a new school semester for me. and i have more or less prepared my files to put my new notes in. kinda excited yet dreading it at the same time. cant explain it in words. but i am so determined to work harder this sem. God please help me through this!

In tough times, i will still praise you.

2009-01-04T05:08:00.000-08:00

had a fantastic praise and worship service this morning in church. Terence led the band and the congregation into welcoming the year 2009. call it a "goose-bumping" experience during the P&W, songs were arranged in an appropriate order and i could see terence was making an effort to involve the congregation in the worship as well!really felt the presence of God. Sermon was good as well, and guess what!im just started writing my notes for the sermons once agaiN!haha.decided that if i want to learn more about God's word and get closer to him, i gota understand his teachings first!

went with pretty high hopes to the Animal Lover's league to view Junior with my parents, saw probably the most dogs i had ever seen in my life. there must have been like a 100 dogs, all kinds of breeds!!awesome-ness. but unfortunately, my parents didnt like the size of Junior. strangely, after walking Junior for about 10mins or so, i grew an attachement to him. and of course it didnt come as a surprise when my parents said no to junior, i cried buckets. shucks. i got my temper get the better of me in the car. i was really upset that my parents didnt even give me a chance to keep junior for a week to try things out.

got home, went to bed immediately. kudos to exhaustion and wanting to sleep the pain away. and terence the dog co-ordinator smsed me saying there was another jack russel up for adoption. wee!

back to muay thai training again tomorrow. i need to shed off the kilos!

still waiting.

2009!!!

2009-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:00

wow.it is finally 2009 and i am hmmm 3 days late in blogging my first entry for 2009?haha.im even starting to write m own personal diary. and i really hope i can last.buuut guess what?i dont think i can start writing my first entry till tomorrow.ha.im too sleep deprived alr.

had a great year end party at my house, the NUS rockclimbers came over and had a great time of stuffing ourselves with the steamboat dinner and WE WATCHED IP MAN AGAIN.thats my 3RD TIME IN LESS THAN 1 MONTH!haha.but i still love it. and i have just confirmed that KL movies does cut scenes.grrrr.so irritating of them to do that.

went to jansen's house on friday and boy!his house is big and lovely!love the glass door concept.ha.and his house is exceptionally neat and tidy. yixiong was right man in saying jansen's was one of the neatest house he had ever been to. learnt how to play RISk!CANT WAIT TO PLAY IT AGAIN.ah.also spent the few hours "wrecking" his piano and guitar!thank you jansen for opening up your house!!

yesterday was Eunice's 21st!our first in the youth group for now.ha.very soon it will be all of us and of course, for my classmates and my batch of rockclimbers as well. WE ARE ALL TURNING 21!welcome to adulthood!and i still wish i could turn back time. but i learnt something during the L2L meeting. never look back at the past but rather do my best at TODAY. and not overestimate TOMORROW!ha.

my new year resolution for 2009?

-growing into a STRONGER AND CLOSER relationship to God!!!!!

-not entering into the vicious cycle of being late. ( im always late because other people have been late before. but this year, i dont want to play the blame game and be late coz i think others will be late. i want to be early for everything i can!)

-study much harder than before. my grades for the past 3 sems have been HORRENDOUS!!!my aim is to pull it up to a cap above 3.0!

-remembering all of my friend's birthday!aye. no need for big presents, but something that shows my gratitude to them!

-improve my bass playing to be able to confidently lead the congregation into a time of praise and worship.

-win something at muay thai and climbing. i do hope i can!and i will work towards it!ha

well, that pretty much sums up my new year resolution.ha.and i pray its not just for the sake of writing it down and telling people. hey!i got a new resolution written out and i leave it in one corner of my brain and not do anything about it. NO!im gona achieve them!!

FEL CAN DO IT! and fel is off to bed right now. she is sleep deprived!

all i want for new year is a dog.

2008-12-28T07:24:00.000-08:00

i've just spent almost 2 hours dog hunting on the internet hoping to find a dog thats available for adoption. BUT

so far no results, i've mailed at least 10 plus people waiting for their replies.most of the dogs up on the net have already been adopted. cant believe i was late.sigh.oh wells, im just praying hard i can get a dog soon. now that i dont stay in campus anymore, i definitely want a dog as company whom i can love and care for.

party on 31 has been confirmed and i cant wait. its gona be a night of mahjong and playing!woohooo.

muay thai training begins for me tomorrow once again. heard from sunny we are gona do laps of 5x400m and 3x200m, i almost fell off my chair when i saw the amount of runs to do tomorrow!HELP!gona need someone to carry me home after training i think.haha.

after training, its off to Joel's house for his annual year end party. i still remember the times his house was open for christmas parties with huge turkey and lots of good food!mmmm..hope there will be good food again!haha.

cant wait for tues to come.coz Reg is coming over to impart her cooking skills that she has learnt from her uncle's restaurant!haha

alrites. im off to watch a bit of Family Guy and off to bed!

The love of Jesus!

2008-12-27T04:55:00.000-08:00

guess what. i just watched IP MAN AGAIN!haha.this time it was with wen kai!!!the show was too good that i really didnt mind payin another 10 bucks to watch it. call it a blessing in disguise, but while watching the show, i realised that the IP MAN i watched back in KL had a few cut scenes!i was like super surprised when i watched it today!i was telling wen kai, 'hey mann.i seriously dont remember watching this part". and stupid kai sai i probably fell asleep during the movie. but i was pretty darn sure i didnt sleep at all BECAUSE the movie was sooo good!ahaha.after watching IP MAN for the second time, i probably like the character Donnie yen played even more.gooshhh.my heart was racing when he fought and protected his wife and child.siiiighhh.time to day dream again..

while we are on the topic on love, today was probably one of JG's last outreach for the year and it was a good end to 2008!started off with a mini game led to ivan and leanne and followed by video clips and skit done by a few of us to showcase the different types of struggles youths probably faced nowadays. the HUNGER for acceptance, approval as well as romantic feelings.ahhh.those were the days where i remember i too had my fair share of struggles. but as i grew up. i also realised that important as these were, the love of God was the one that kept me from going all out to search for all these 3 types of HUNGER=)and i am indeed glad i have found Christ. looking back at my secondary and JC years. ha.i wish i could turn back time and be a better person. but i am thankful i can even see all these pasts and instead of dwelling on it. i can choose to focus on GOD and not on MYSELF. strange how it is when you focus on God, everything else seems sooooo MINOR!i dont even have to worry about my future, in a way that i know God has good plans for me. but of course i am not telling you to not study or work or be a good boy or girl to your parents. do your best in all these with the focus on God as number 1 and God wont fail u=)

gona make a trip down to the SPCA.like FINALLY!tomorrow after church service with my family. i so hope they still have the dog i want. im deciding between a cross minature schnauzer or a sily terrier. oh wells, lets see which dog God has in plan for me tomorrow=)

and before i end: im gona promote BEN's beautiful IBANEZ!!!

I THINK THE BACKDROP LOOKS LIKE A PHOTO STUDIO HUH...=)

oh btw, i dont play the electric guitar, i play the bass. but BEN's guitar was too beautiful not to take a picture with!!

boyfriend dilemma!!!

2008-12-26T06:21:00.000-08:00

Contestant 1: Ip Man (Donnie Yen)

- can fight
- humble
- loves wife and children very much
- honourable
- respected

Contestant 2: Edward Cullen

- gorgeous
-powerful. he can fly jump not sleep forever
- can protect
-protective
- caring

wow. i just watched twilight and oh my gosh!

"EDWARD CULLEN" is so so so hot!apart from his amazingly fair skin, he is so gorgeous!ahh.i wouldnt mind dying to be a vampire just so i could stay by his side. he is super strong and good looking and so "hero-like"!!!

now im thinking if i should choose Edward or IP MAN!waha.this may seem a little childish.buuuuut since im so free, i should think its alright to let my mind wander and do a little imagination huh.

ha.edward is the "ang moh" kind of guy i like and Ip Man is the 'cheena" type of guy that melts my heart.siiighh

well, looking at their plus points, i really dont know who to choose if and ever if i were ever to be given a chance!haha

oh wells, times up for fantasizing! im back to reality for now and i know i can probably never find someone that fits all my criteria but im sure God will give me one that is right for me=)for now i just want to do my best at what i am doing and living my life for God!

BLESSED CHRISTMAS!

2008-12-25T20:50:00.000-08:00

its almost the end of the 2008.boy, this year has really really gone by in a flash. and before i know it, school is starting real soon.groans.

i had a fantastic time in Ipoh and Kl.climbing, eating, getting to know my climbing mates better each day!theres soo much that happened that i dont know where to start!ha.but all i know is that this first overseas climbing trip of mine has really sparked off a love for natural rockclimbing in me!the climbs though scary but were a breathtaking experience when completed!although i shake a little when im up there, but it makes me wanto to continue!ahhh.i miss climbing already!

had a great christmas party at Charlene's place on the 24th. there was a huge turkey!and the theme for the party was "geeks". altough think i looked more like a freak at the party.my hair was mutiliated by reg,shaotig,doris and even yixiang!haha.but it was fun.

had another christmas party at my Aunty's house but this time the party was more of an evangelistic outreach to pre believers. had good bbq and a good clip from MY HOPE SINGAPORE where a man Kelvin Soh was being interviewed for his living testimony from Christ. once a prisoner who felt he could nvr break free from his bondage in drugs, he found love and forgiveness in Christ which led to his breakthrough in life. i am so glad Christ did it for him, and im sure Christ can do it for you. wont you let him try=)

after the party, dennis,sam,bram,kai,alaster,joel and i went to chill out at TIMBRE!and there was a live band playing.boy, were that awesome!their voices and instruments were powerful!though i was sitting just next to the mega amps.almost went deaf!and the lead singer was CUTE!hahaha.

ahhh.going out in just a while. will be back soon!

BACK FROM CAMP

2008-12-19T01:02:00.000-08:00

ahh.im finally back from Camp Majesty!

it was a fun,tiring and refreshing camp!was really touched by God during this camp, and HE has proven his love and faithfullness in keeping the weather up for games, his presence there the whole time. i thank God that i was kept well during the whole camp so i could run the games, and guess what, i had a fever the minute i reached home!ha.well, better fever now than camp.

and yes, i am still having the fever. horrible feeling of cold and aching body the whole time!groanss

going off to ipoh tomorriw morning. i cant wait for that!its gona be my first climbing overseas trip!!!oOoOo

alritees. not much energy left to blog for now.back to bed!

dinner with rocmoc!!

2008-12-10T09:42:00.000-08:00

today was sure one crazy day!woke up at 8plus to prepare for muay thai training. boy, was i sleep deprived. tried to stream Shrek 3 last night till 2am!haha.but happy that i got to watch it!yay=)

met sunny to take 151 back to NUS together and we talked crap. and i mean lots of crap.haha.started our first training on the TRACK!gosh.the sun was blistering hot at 10plus in the morning la. almost died while running 10 rounds (=4km) and i had night cycling the night before. thought my legs would give way.BUUUT THANK GOD!i managed to last 4km all the way!aha.was soo glad when it was over. i so hate running on the track for more than 6 rounds. it gets really really boring having to go round and round man.haha.

aft running, we did PULL UPS!i was like "oh my gosh...i havent done pull ups for ages since the exams".and we did like 5 sets of 6?i died at the last 2 sets needing people to assist me.haha.but stupid sunny and CS, didnt even push me up much=(i groaned soo much as i pulled myself up la.so ugly the sound.

aft running,pullups and skipping we did some padwork.ha.i think i go like 3 big blue blacks?each time i shadow boxed with someone, i would end up injuring my shin or ankle.and it sucks and HURTS!!=(i was the only girl, so no choice, had to spar with GUYS only=(dont like. they VELLY STRONGG.

had a good lunch at Engine!ahaha.and rushed back to meet reg for dessert at Bugis!

met up with my beloved ROCMOC-ers from my batch at bugis to have dinner together. the turn up was really good!

serene
jinyu
regina
kelvin
samuel
jianhui
kenneth
phillip
zhigang
christopher

these were the people that came for the dinner!and i so miss them man!almost couldnt recognise jianhui though.hah.the rest didnt change much. dan tou lost quite a bit of weight though.so jealous.how i wish i could lose weight as easily as them=(but abit hard la i think.esp with my eating.siighh

had a good dinner at some middle east restaurant CAFE AT AL@MAJLIS!the food was alright. not up to my expectations though. but it was the company that made a difference!though the stupid boys kept ranting about ARMY.grrr.so jinyu,ser,reg and i talked abt uni life.haha.so boring.

after dinner, chris brought us to some shisha place where we sat down on carpets!cool man.haha.but it was a little dark though. drank abit and did lots of catching up!haha.

and as usual CAM WHORING!

my two most favourite shots of the night=)

UBER SLEEPY AND SLEEP DEPRIVED!

cant wait to dye my hair 2ml!woooo!out...

Aching butts,sore thighs and a grand total of 65km!

2008-12-09T07:20:00.000-08:00

i like my title for today's blog entry.SO ABSTRACT!haha.can u guess what i did last night?

NIGHT CYCLING! with some of the rockclimbers!haha.we not only climb you know, but can cycle as well!

met up at pasir ris and left for Changi V to collect the bikes. while collecting payment, $10 suddenly went missing!haha. i really suck in calculations. but thankfully, all of them donated their loose change to make up for the $10.ahh.

time of journey: 9pm

we had dinner at Changi Village first, it was drizzling a lil, prayed really hard for the rain to stop because it was cold and wet. our first challenge was to cycle out of changi V and out of the Changi Coastal road!haha.the roads were wet, and by the time we were out, our backs were half dirtied by the splashing muddy water=(

met up with kenneth at East Coast Park first and boy, was he fresh.haha. our 1st pit stop was ECP Macdonalds!haha.wanted to eat ICE CREAM CHEFS's ice cream, but we were too late.so ended up eating ice cream from MACS. so sad.ha.left ECP for our 2nd pit stop at the bridge at National Stadium. there we stopped to rest for a while. we could feel our thighs burning by now. but it was still alrite. played a few silly games and took lots of pictures. continued on to the Singapore flyer and we saw the F1 track!and even cycled on it!the roads were really different. so smooth and nice.there were also a few FERRARI CARS! parked there.it was an awesome sight!

our 3rd pit stop was at Lau pa Sat!. there we met Brian who was so enthu about continuing with us.haha.we were half dead by now. but still we ate alot of food again, bbq stingray,ban mian,fried calamari,satay!yummm. Brian left home to get his bike. and we carried on to TOWN!our 4th pit stop.haha.we were hopping to catch the christmas lightup BUUUUUT all the lights were off=(.probably to save electricity. we were super disappointed but still used the time to rest again. our butts were aching horribly by now. getting back onto the bikes was a torture by now.

5th pitstop was at Geylang, the famous Yong He "beancurd with youtiao".haha.once again, we were EATING! ate a little and it was 4plus in the morning by now. and we had to hurry back to Changi V coz the cars were multiplying fast on the roads by now. and buses started to operate.

it was a long long way back to Changi V. went back to ECP and rested for a lil while before starting on the Changi Coastal roads. it was sheer pain by now to rest our butts onto the bike seats now. we were all complaining like mad. but still we didnt give up.

then started the long and torturous journey back to Changi V. by now, dawn was breaking and more cars were on the road so we took the cycling path back. it was one lonely ride. everyone cycled at their own pace by now. with little or no energy left to talk.haha.

FINALLY!at 8.30am!we all reached the bike shop. we were soo happy. we immediately got off our bikes and no words could describe how happy we were to be out of the bikes.

we had cycled for almost 10 hours straight!this is my longest night cycling event ever!and one of the mose unforgettable!haha.

total distance cycled( according to bertrand): 65km!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF EVERYONE!

trust me. no one smiled this happily when we ended=)

NEXT NIGHT CYCLING??=)

NEATEST ROOM EVER!!

2008-12-07T07:27:00.000-08:00

wow, i just spent 5 straight hours cleaning up my room!went back to my hall aft church and did 2 hours of packing over there. boy, im soo glad i aint staying in hall anymore!i cannot take the moving in and out!big waste of time!i still prefer having all my things at just 1 location!=)good thing bertrand was there to help me move my fridge and big big box down today!thanks bert=)aha.

went home with my dad, had a good chat with him in the car, guessed what the topic was. CARS as usual.haha.guess thats the only thing in common we have.aye. but better than nothing=)its been so long since i talked to my dad. had a good dinner today, mummy cooked roast pork!mmmm.she shd really open up either a cafe or restaurant man.her cooking is the best in this world!!!todays dinner topic was probably one of my happiest, for once, i got to eat with both my mum and dad. something which i havent done for eons man. kinda miss that, despite my mum's nagging. been away from home too long alr. time to settle down again

and did i say i have the neatest room ever now?haha.in this house that it. cannot compare to other people's room la=)but im happy. i got one big space in the middle for doing "crazy things to do in big spaces".

Camp is 1 week later!its really fast!praying hard for good weather, God's presence to even be with us all the way and of course for all of the campers to enjoy the camp thoroughly!

so many things to do this week!and i cannot wait for night cycling on monday night!wooohooo!

EXAMS ARE OVER!

2008-12-05T08:27:00.000-08:00

woooohooo!wednesday was a horribly special day for me=)haha.the end of the exams!and i cannot express how happy i was when i walked out of the exam hall. although i didnt think i put in my best for that paper. my brain was dead by the time i was 1 hour into the paper=(boooohooo.left half an hour earlier!haha.felt good man.

anw, aft the paper, valarie, amanda, keshin, cara and i headed down to HOLLAN VILLAGE for a mini post exam celebration!haha.had dinner at NYDC

and the supervisor in NYDC waved at me when i stepped into the shop. he looked familiar and i remembered he was my supervisior when i was workin in the NYDC outlet at Wheelock like aft my O levels!??!thats like hmmm 3 years back alr!wow. i was really surprised he still remembered me.haha.cool man. he said it was coz my name "velly easy" to remember.haha.

aft dinner, we had ice cream at COLD ROCK CREAMERY!one of my favouritest ice cream parlours!!=)

and now cold rock creamery has a little treat for customers who spend $15 and above!free use of boardgames.haa.and we chose Taboo.boy.did we have fun!!!it was one of my most fun night, got to know val and amanda even more!=)

and heres my favourite picture of the day

haha. we found this really cool packaging for some biscuit. the box was really huge!!look at just how many i need to reach my height!!!

AND CONTINUING ON FROM THURSDAY, on FRIDAY, the rockclimbers met up for a movie!!!and boy, it was one of the most eventful outing i ever had. because firstly, Marina Gv was being super anal by not selling us tickets to Quarantine which was NC16, the cashier demanded all 9 of our ICs to check. i was like "what the!!?since when they became so particular abt NC16!" and so we didnt buy coz i didnt get everyone's ic at that time. lucky she was nice enough to reserve the seats for us. and it was Starbucks free Drink day!in lieu of collecting donations for Salvation Army!haha. all of us went to queue and bought our favourite drink.BUUUUUT because it was time for our movie, we decided to sneak the drinks in.

and guess what?!!?when Gerry hid her drinks under her jacket and i held it behind a plastic bag and walked towards the cinema entrance, we got CAUGHT!by some random woman from the popcorn shop. she demanded to know what was under gerry's jacket and so gerry had no choice but to expose our starbucks drinks. and she threatened to throw it away or we drink it up or leave it with them till the show was over. so we had no choice lor. after 15 mins of trying to gorge on icy cold coffee, we were "illegal drinks free" and proceeded to enter the cinema. AND AGAIN!THE TICKET GUY STOPPED US!and demanded our IC for checking. all of us were so angry!first the Sale of Tickets, then the Drinks and now we had to dig through our wallets for our IC again!it was crazy. we were soo mad at MARINA GV that day for being super duper anal!!goodness!

Quarantine was good though most of us almost puked aft the movie because the entire movie was filmed using the perspective of a camera man who was running around together with all the characters. a bloody and gory show but typical plot of some deadly virus or disease attacking humans, making them man eaters.haha.Gerry and Reg almost died from the gory parts.

had a fantastic dinner at Waraku!!and back home!to pack my room up!its half neat right now!=)

1 last day!!!!

2008-12-02T08:35:00.000-08:00

i smell FREEDOM soon. and i so cant wait! just had the longest heart to heart talk with regina!wahaha. so grateful for her. i think prob she and germaine are the only people i can pour out my heart to!!=)THANK GOD FOR THEM!haha

did gym with kesavan today, and swam with reg aft her paper.haha.shes learning the free style!im a good teacher!anyone wants any swimming lessons from me=)i shd think free of charge, but u can always throw in a good lunch!muauaha.

went for an eye check today which was conducted in the NUS wellness center. and did some eye checks and found out i was suitable for LASIK!!hmm.thinking if i shd go.tempting man.ha.ahh.that one not important.

aft the eyecheck, reg and i bought new zealand natural's thick shake!with HIGH ANTICIPATION OF THE WONDERFUL CREAMY TEXTURE OF THE SHAKE. mind u. but of course, the drink so failed us. reg bought the macadamia nut flavour and it ended up being watery and tasting like the oily taste of "you tiao".haha.i cldnt stop making fun of her drink. my oreo flavour wasnt too bad. but it got awful to drink when the drink wasnt cold anymore=(

went to the science library to study for a while, and went on a mini junk food spree!and dinner and back to my books.

okies. sleepy sleepy. time to sleep.

Desparate Faith!

2008-12-01T05:44:00.001-08:00

1 more paper to go. repeat. 1 more paper to go!!woohoo.studying todays paper almost killed me. i was desparate to do well for this paper. sigh. but at the rate im doing, dont think i can score for this paper alr. i think my method of studying SUCKS big time. need some help in here!!!1 more paper left but i have super no more motivation left to study. HELP!

aft the paper 2day, met up with liying and sidney.haha.it was funny. both of them were really cute.talked a lil and had to go back to STUDYIN!groanss. went to the science library where my macbook did cam whoring for cara and i the whole time!haha.we were desparately tryin to get a decent shot at the rollercoaster background, but not too good. keshin couldnt be bothered by us.

had a decent dinner at the science canteen and now im STUDYING again!.darn.SW2105 and SW2101 is soo similar in content that i feel like im studying SW2105 all over again. and this is a really horrible feeling coz my brain keeps telling me "yo.this is all old info, gimme some new ones otherwise im not gona remember them!" ever felt this way before=(

Lord, i surrended all that i have to you, my exams, relationships, Sports committments, Family and all. i do not want to do things my way, but YOUR way. though i know at times i so want to go for certain things, i know i should hold back and wait for your blessings. Thank You Lord.

and this is my favourite picture of the day!haha.

hope it made u smile!=)

back to READING my READINGS!

2008-11-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

ahhh.the weekend is over in a blink of an eye.groanss.spent the night at germaine's hse!!and boy, was it fun!haha.managed to catch a good movie, CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2! and it was hilarious man! i love germaine's hse and her 3 dogs!haha.poor pepper, lost so much weight aft her operation. hmm.yesterday was a pretty eventful day for me aft my paper. and im happy!!!=)haha.

cldnt sleep much last night coz all 3 dogs came to "ka chiao" me at midnight!ken ken and ET tried to squeeze beside me and i didnt dare to move much, kinda scared i might flatten them.haha.and pepper kept me awake almost for 3 hours by moving up and down the room and scratching herself and tryin to jump onto germaine's bed but FAILED!haha.but the feeling was really nice having a warm furry thing snuggle up beside u.i love them!!=)

had a good Dim Sum breakfast at tampines with germz and it was really good!cant wait to go back there again and eat!haha.went for church service and had children cell.

boy, i really love those kids. they give me a reason for not giving up on teaching them!haha.only P2 and they sure are bright!!=)was teaching them about the Armour of God today and they laughed at my drawing of a man in armour.so sad.got insulted by them for the ugly helmet i drew!coz it looked more like a cowboy's hat!ahaha.but nvm, i can always improve on my drawings!

oh wells, im back in hall. STUDYIN!!!GRRRR.OUT!

ever wondered how things dont appear the way you think it does=)

2008-11-28T21:28:00.000-08:00

wahh!just finished a mind boggling paper on social work in health settings.it one crazy module.dont even take that!i cant believe i cried while reading the different case studies last night. all the stories of people dying with illnesses and having to cope with grief and worse, all the case studies of domestic violence. how this particular man sexually abused his wife in the most mean and disgusting ways you could not imagine. i was full of rage after reading it. and wanted to "kill" every man around me.hahaha.but dont worry, i wont murder. but its just so horrible to even read of such stories. what a world we live in. and that gives me even more motivation to be a social worker and help people as much as i can!

haha.for the very first time, i actually had to carry a backpack to contain the numerous readings i have for this module. its open book=pand i really begin to detest open book exams!hahaha.so much to write but yet so little time. i felt like i was doing a big big time plagarising of all my lecture notes for my essays la!die man

this is the horrible amount of books i brought into for the exam.but guess what!!i used like 1/4 only?ahaha.i ended up summarising alot of my answers due to lack of time=(

i was really relieved when the exam was over and im sure everyone else was.ha.we all agreed it was too much to write for 2 hours only!!!

shermaine,hayarti,cara and keshin fooled me big time after the paper!shermaine first told me we only got a C+ for our SW2105 project. when i heard it, my heart sank coz i thought we put in quite a bit of effort.i was really disappointed and was worrying over how much effort i had to put in for the written paper nxt mon.they passed me the comments page to read, and as i was reading, the remarks seemed really good and genuine. my tutor even wrote excellent and great and as i flipped behind to continue reading.i thought to myself "die man, the front comments so good, behind sure die". but as i continued reading, each comment proved to be even better, there were certainly alot of praises. and then i looked at the bottom of the page. circled was an A+!!!i screamed!and i immediately teared. the girls were all giggling away, and then i knew.I HAD BEEN TRICKED~grrrr.ah.cant believe i fell for their trick!they thought the trick would be exposed when i turned the page, but i didnt see the grade till the very end. we got an A+!i hit the roof. i think i could have hit it literally if i was indoors.hahaha.im soo happy we got an A+, now looking back at how we did the video presentation, there were certainly sufferings we went through, like the camera memory card being full halfway while recording, or worse, the batt goin flat before we even began filming and i had to run all the way back to my hall to get the charger.grrr.and the countless NGs we made while filming. i think we all grew!haha.in terms of our acting skills. can go audition for Star Search alr=)

oh wells, its 1.40pm now, and i just had lunch which means i need to snooze soon!im out!!!i still have another paper at 1pm 2ml.drats!!!

I THANK GOD FOR THE GOOD GRADE I GOT FOR ONE OF MY PROJECT=)

AMBIVALENCE.....

2008-11-25T06:49:00.000-08:00

wooo.havent touched my blog for more than 2 days alr.haha.just had my Bahasa Melayu Language paper today. and it was pretty "susah"(easy).im not sure whether to feel scared coz i find it easy or what.haha.oh wells.i've done my part alr. though something really funny happened today. i was at the last part of my paper today where i reached the qns of having to write a short essay of more than 120 words(sounds easy huh) and i had the choice of 2 topics. and of course, they were all in MELAYU!hha.and the scary part was when i didnt understand both topics. meaning i couldnt read the words at all and nothing registered in my mind!of course i panicked. it was the biggest percentage among all the other sections!

i prayed and decided to try my luck. i raised my hand to get my Cikgu's attention and she came over. then i meekly asked "Cikgu, i really dont understand the question".hahah.and guess what?!?!she just pointed at option 1 and told me to write about "my free time" and pointed at option 2 and told me " my favourite television show".i was like "HWAAA!" like that also can!haha.of course i was super happy coz i can at least write something. for a moment, i thought she only helped me but 10 secs later, i overheard her telling the person behind me the same thing. i was like "chey, i didnt get special treatment".hahha.it was really funny, but Thank God i was thick skinned enough to ask her what the words meant. imagine i didnt.

i had a nightmare today while studying in my room!there were two huge lizards!disgusting ones!one was on my table, another one crawled into one of my paper bag.i almost died!haha.i quickly called leon to save me!haha.but to no avail, but he was really cool!he tried to pick up the lizard.so brave man.but the two lizards are still in my room!!sobs sobs!i absolutely cant stand lizards.gross gross gross!

tomorrows another bigger test for me.sigh.hope i can pass!!!!and its gona rain now.OH PLS DONT RAIN TOMORROW!!!

I THANK GOD FOR BEING GOOD ALL THE TIME!

Praise the Lord!

2008-11-21T09:32:00.000-08:00

phew.i am extremely extremely thankful that i can actually blog right now. just half an hour ago, my Laptop HANGED!!! and when i tried to restart, the screen was blue all the way. and i had no choice but to just pull the plug out=(. (bet it hurt my laptop).and i guess it was like a blessing in disguise?i missed my quiet time for the past 2 days, too much net surfing and neglected God as a result. and when my laptop couldnt start, i turned to the BIBLE. now dont get me wrong that i only turn to God when things go wrong, but it was at that moment that i knew only God and God alone could help me. i did a long quiet time with HIM. and boy was it refreshing!was reading something about God being there for us and he doesnt live us ALONE to fight in this world. BUT he has promised the SALVATION. that was when i said the SALVATION prayer again. i have come to realise that even after accepting CHRIST, it is but the beginning of life. BORN AGAIN. time and time again, i have sinned and let GOD down. but i know HIS WORD promises that God will not leave us nor forsake us.

Matt 19:26 " But with God, nothing is impossible". this has been my favourite verse that has kept me going on. and i really thank God for everything he has done. and guess what?after my quiet time, i decided to test my laptop again.

and PRAISE THE LORD!IT managed to start!to all who have had comps crashing down on them before will probably know the horrible feeling that your comp has actually died on you. and i have this encouragement for you!PRAY PRAY PRAY!God does miracles, like he did to my laptop!=)

well, another long day today.ha.had a pretty good swim with regina today.early in the morning at 9am!i cant believe i actually managed to wake up. ha.probably coz reg made me sign the "contract" that if i couldnt wake up on time today, i would owe her a GOOD BREAKFAST!haha.of course i couldnt let that happen. but so sad, Doris, reg and i missed MEGABITES breakfast by prob 5 mins?haha.

studied in my room today instead of the library.was feeling a lil lazy to travel down. and i went for my 1st driving lesson!after like 1 month of break?haha.i was nervous when i started off. but THANK GOD. i didnt stall my engine!!haha.my test is nxt wed. i really do hope i can pass it and not waste any more money.sigh.

had dinner in clementi with the OKR people plus jud,ely and gerry!it was good!haha.and aft dinner, i think a few of us gave up studying and decided to watch some stupid comedy!STEPHEN CHOW!wooo.once again, it was Bertrand's room again.haha.his huge LCD Screen. we had a good laugh watching and it almost didnt feel like the exams were like NEXT WEEK!?!?!?

oh wells, enough said. Another driving session tomorrow.

I THANK GOD THAT MY LAPTOP IS ALRIGHT NOW!

4 more days!

2008-11-19T08:51:00.000-08:00

time passes really fast. its almost the end of the reading week and im still not done with my revision!help!!!

this 4 days flew past reeaaallly fast, i know i definitely studied more than usual.ha.lets hope it pays off.and of course with God's grace.

i finally got to climb today, its been exactly a week since i last climbed.and boy were my fingers sore to the max!even till now=(must be too long never climb alr.haha.but im proud of myself. both regina and i agreed that i can set much better routes now. i know in the past whenever i set routes, i would give many jugs.haha.coz i didnt like holding small tiles. but i have grown!=)it was a pretty good climb aftall.and i personally cannot wait to go IPOH to climb!!!!

and oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZHAO XIU!haha.we practically smoked her whole level with sparklers in a lousy attempt to surprise her.because we ended up choking like mad!=(

the party planners in action!

thank God OKR does not have a smoke detector, else, rain will come!=)

and trust me, the smoke was awful.

the pink mop Arvin bought for ZX to wear!

I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE ABILITY TO STUDY=)

wow wow wow

2008-11-18T09:56:00.000-08:00

wow. My title for my 1st blog entry couldnt describe my mood right now. Its been so so long since i did a blog.And if im not wrong, my existing blog is still floating somewhere in cyberspace?

what made me do up a blog at 1.57am in the morning of 19 Nov?i dont know.dont ask me. Call it nostalgia=)i do miss blogging, especially when i blog on my Nus Rockclimbing blog. i suddenly long to own a blog site of my own, where i can pen my thoughts down.

And probably because recently i've been doing my everlong readings of theories and all for Social Workers, it made me realise that "hey, i can actually come up with theories myself (*grins) and i gota find an outlet to pen it all down whenever i come across something interesting.ha.

and also because i've gotten pretty accustomed to handling blogspot with thanks to my Rockclimbing blog.A pro?nah.not yet.soon!haha

Today was a long day for me. woke up late, rushed down to the School library to study, though i stay 5 mins away from the library=)it was a good study sesson once again. and i am really glad for that. though at times the people in the library made me mad with all the feet shuffling up and down and the "loud" whispers. it gets annoying at times. no.i take it back.it is totally annoying!

had a good dinner where i fulfilled my wish!FINISHING A WHOLE MEGA MCSPICY!WOOOO!i did it with the spicyness all the way to my head,eyes and ears!although i finished last, but i did it=)

i watched a good movie tonight, American Beauty. the guy was hot, but the whole story was beautiful!it touched me.really.

TODAY I THANK GOD FOR MY FRIENDS=)