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2009-08-16T11:17:00.000+08:00

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Gathering of Old (Friends)

2009-07-25T03:04:00.003+08:00

A get together of old friends usually meant that we tease each other from when we were pre-puberty all the way to now. We remember fondly of when the guys were shorter than us, of the childish stuff we did, of the future...

Recently, the gatherings involve drinking as well. We were supposed to go to Timbre (Old School) for drinks after dinner but without booking for a table, the wait was crazy. We ended up at Prinsep St/ Selegie Road. Chivas again.

The drink was good, after so much stress and all. But friendships don't stay the same, do they? So much have changed. People I used to be close to, I now have nothing to talk to them about. And I don't know why. Maybe it's just me.

Glad that we still keep in contact after so many years although it is only the same few people every time...

I kinda regretted drinking so much. My reputation has gone down the drain, both among old friends and uni friends. Oh well, I am sure I have control over myself. (:

-aeRieL-

33/06 BBQ

2009-07-11T23:40:00.004+08:00

Rain or Shine, 33/06 forever. Haha, that was what Sri said cos it kept raining today and there was 3 rainbows in the sky today! (:

Anyway, there's just rain, then shine, then rain again. And it went on for the next 4 - 5 hours. Killjoy.

And at 11pm, Hui Jie, Kelvin, Yu Jia, Wen Zhao, Lay Kuan and James just spammed my inbox with sms-es. Haha.

11:00PM Thank you dingding! Love you! We had fun! :D
11:00PM Thank you wan ding! I love you! :-D
11:00PM thx ding for organising the bbq.
11:00PM Thank you wan ding i love you! :)
11:00PM Thank u wanding for the outin! :)
11:00PM Hey wanding thanks for organising the event! I really enjoyed it!
11:00PM thx ding for orgainising the bbq.
11:01PM Hey wanding thanks for organising the event! I really enjoyed it!
11:01PM Thank you dingding! Love you! We had fun! :D
11:01PM Thank you wan ding i love you! :)
11:01PM Thank you wan ding! I love you! :-D
11:01PM Thank u wanding for the outin! :)

Bet they sent it all at the same time and had the msg error. Haha. I thought the bbq was not that great cos of the rain and all but maybe they all did enjoy it. (: I still need more practice at this, I missed out on so many things to buy in the shopping list!

I can just see the future of my life, all logistics stuff. So exciting huh.

But I really enjoyed the company today. (: Maybe we will really go to Genting next year May. (: I can't wait. (: And maybe Mae Hong Son next year too. (:

-aeRieL-

Tired

2009-07-11T01:49:00.003+08:00

so tired of it all. what life is there for me? all i do is Rag. if not rag, sleep.

i know i probably should not be complaining about it cos Garvin helped me with FOC stuff without complaints. so I should be helping him now since it is within my capacity to help him and I promised to help him. but rag can be so tiring. rag, eat, sleep. that's all there is.

and when i do go out with other people, ie taking a break from rag, i am so tired i wish i am not out with other people. i wish i have my own personal time to do my personal stuff and have enough sleep as well. I have no idea how the rest of the people in rag take it.

the BKK trip has been cancelled too. and Garvin is glad that it has been cancelled cos that meant i will be down for rag more often and i can understand his rationale too. i really do. I would be glad if i were him too. but i really do need a break. from everything.

i have not seen my family for ages, have not had a meal with them for ages too. home feels foreign and school feels familiar. i am not sure if i like that.

tomorrow: bbq
next week: possibly another bbq

owe meetings with my sec sch gfs, ocip good friends n pri sch friends. n i still have no time for myself cos my conscience is screaming out loud whenever i think of disappearing once and for all. give me strength til 8august.

-aeRieL-

ALBUMSSS

2009-07-05T23:27:00.001+08:00

Bought Gary Chaw's 4th album today. (:

Next: Xiao Gui's album. Set to release on 17/7. Looking forward to it. (:

-aeRieL-

Dramatic Week

2009-06-28T13:56:00.005+08:00

Saturday, 20 June 2009
WanYi, Ron, David, YuQian, WaiYin, LiPing and I went down to collect A4 Tech's sponsor prizes, buy the MC identity, a monster cap and collected the lorry. Hahaha. It's really cute, just that I do not look good in caps..

Sunday, 21 June 2009, Day 0
YQ picked Ron, Xinling, WaiYin and I up on the way to school. At school, we started packing the goodie bags for the freshies, OGLs and VIPs. The OGLs built the Dark Lord's Fort for Day 4's Fort Games. Went to Clementi Central to buy lunch and more bamboo poles. Later in the evening we went to Sheng Siong to buy breakfast for Day 1 & 2. Slept at 2plus in the morning.

Monday, 22 June 2009, Day 1
Woke up at 6am, washed up and freshies started arriving at 7.30am although the reporting time was 8am. Freshies continue to trickle in until 9.30, when the camp officially starts. Went to collect PGP transponders for the freshies. Realised there were already 8 cases of H1N1 in PGP.

June, Saleena and I immediately changed the programs so that they are not held in PGP. Called YQ for approval of the plan. After that, went back to SDE to fill in the necessary forms. Went back to PGP to collect the transponders and stayed there while the OGLs transported all the freshies' bags to a holding room.

Went back to SDE at 3plus, did paper work all the way to 8.30pm and finally was ready to distribute the transponders while the freshies were having fate night at Techno Edge. After that I finally ate dinner.

When the freshies were sent back to PGP, some OGs could not find their bags. So I had to go down to PGP again to sort out the mess. That was when the trouble began.

2 freshies said they were not feeling well and one went on the say he suspsected that he has H1N1. He laughed after saying that, that asshole. As if it were a laughing matter. YQ was immediately called back down n he together with WanYi sent the 2 jokers to NUH.

Because of the the cases in PGP and the 2 jokers, there was a meeting late into the night and we went to sleep at 4plus, waking up at 6am.

Tuesday, 23 June 2009, Day 2
Coordinated the movement of the OGs to the Grand Stand. We then went to collect lunch at Clementi Hawker Centre. Went back to the Grand Stand and I had no more duties. Was so tired I just lied down at the Grand Stand and slept.

After that went to SRC field 3 for Field Games. I think it went well and the Logistics team had to go and collect dinner already. Garvin helped transport the food to the Grand Stand and after packing the food into OGs, I realised that the vendor gave me 100 less spoons.

So I decided to run to Cheers to buy spoons since Techno Edge was too far away. It was definitely not my day cos Cheers ran out of plastic spoons. So I went up to YIH canteen to ask if they'd sell me spoons. The fucking bastards there tell me they don't sell spoons and asked me to go to Techno Edge to get the spoons. 1st class bastards.

So I ran all the way back and took from the stall and rushed back to the Grand Stand again, all in 20minutes. I would NEVER EVER patronise the YIH canteen anymore, even if I have to starve.

During one of the field games, one guy pulled his hamstring. I don't know how he was playing. Anyway, we called him the hamstring guy or hero after that. YQ/ WanYi sent him to the hosiptal.

At night, we had to go buy breakfast for Day 3 & 4. Before that we went to pick hero from NUH. YQ passed me the hospital invoice and hero is called David. Dropped David off at the Grand Stand and we went to Sheng Siong to buy bread again.

Was about to load up the food supplies when YQ got a call to say that one of the jokers last night was tested H1N1 positive. Sped back to SDE and got the freshies back to PGP without rousing their suspicions.

YQ and Eugene went down to NUH to ask for advice and check out the current situation. They were told to continue with the camp because the fatality rate for H1N1 is lower than common flu. We held a meeting and we decided to suspend the camp first for the safety of the campers.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009, Day 3
The campers were quarantined in their PGP rooms for the whole day. Eugene n YQ were picking up calls one after another.

OSHE initially said to disperse the camp asap. After which they decided that we should keep the campers in until the end of the camp which was Thurdays 9pm.

In the evening, they decided once again that we can let the campers go back home. A few OGs were allowed to go home while the rest stayed cos it was too late for them to go home.

Thursday, 25 June 2009, Day 4
The rest of the camp were allowed to go home. YQ gave the programs team permission to leave after clearing up and as few of the MC stayed back to tie up loose ends and do up the final admin stuff.

I decided to stay the night in school and go home tomorrow.

At close to midnight, Ron smsed and said he was tested H1N1 positive. So the lot of us, including David the hamstring guy, Felicia and Wenlin went down to NUH to do the nasal swab. Stayed at NUH for a few hours before we were allowed to go back to SDE.

Camped in the LRs for the night according to the level of risk. YQ, WanYi, David, Garvin nad I were high risk cos we had contact w the H1N1 guy. David the hamstring guy, Felicia, Shean, Hock, Aly, Anh, Jo, Wen Lin were low and medium risk.

Friday, 26 June 2009, Day 5
YQ woke us all up at 9.30am to say we cannot sleep in the LRs cos the the air con there was circulated air. Lol. it was too late to tell us that since we have already spent the past few nights in the LRs.

They wanted us to go home to wait for the results. Shean and Wen Lin went home to wait while the rest decided to stay at PGP while waiting for the results.

We were given rooms with aircon and attached bathrooms. $25/night. The shower even had heater. (: I spent the whole time sleeping, waking up only to eat meals and bath. Results were supposed to come out by midnight but because of a surge in number of people going for the test, our results were delayed.

Went back to sleep at night again.

Saturday, 27 June 2009, Day 6
Ate breakfast and went back to sleep again. Was awaken by a commotion outside. Some poeple have received their results and they were negative. So we all waited for the rest of the results together until there were 3 people left who were not called. Felicia, WanYi and I.

Thank god in the end all of us were cleared. We checked out of PGP and piled up the lorry to go for a ride to Bukit Timah for Boon Tong Kee Chicken Rice. A real cause for celebration. (:

Reached home at 7-ish.

Finally home after 1 whole week of drama. Glad to be home again but missing everyone I have been through thick and thin with. (: Forged stronger friendships and got to know 2 cute freshies. HAHA.

-aeRieL-

Skins for my Precioussss

2009-06-14T20:11:00.003+08:00

Now he looks so chio I will never look at others again.

Now, isn't this what girls dream their guys will say? Haha

-aeRieL-

ONE DAY

2009-06-08T23:03:00.003+08:00

I've finally bought Alan Kuo's One Day album. So far, my favourite song will be 千杯不醉. It's the last song on the disc but it is the best song yet. It is rock while the rest of the album is more mellow and R&B-ish. Nothing wrong with that but I still prefer his rock songs. Overall a good album. (:

-aeRieL-

Unity

2009-06-08T02:39:00.003+08:00

Someone commented to me that the camp committee looks divided. And it sure is. There are no communication between the various committee, especially the 2 committee that requires the most communication. There is no sense of commitment in the team.

Everyone is just doing their own things. Some sacrifices were made quietly and no one appreciates those sacrifices because no one knows about them. Is that worth it?

It is 13 days to the actual camp, 4 days to the trial camp and the bulk of the camp is not ready. Fund raising activities do not see an acceptable attendance. We complain of being short of cash and yet we do not work for it. Who sees the effort we put in to earn those money? Who sees the money spent? 2 completely different sets of people. Why do we who turn up for the fund raising work so hard to see others spend it?

I wish I possess a good judgment of character. There are people who on the surface looks capable of great things. Yet, months down the road, you realise far too late that the cover of the book really can be utterly misleading.

Will the camp be a success? I think in terms of the attendance, it will be a success. In terms of the flow and quality of the camp, I have my doubts.

I need a break from all this shit. I need an avenue to vent the frustration and anger.

-aeRieL-

My Track Record II

2009-06-03T23:03:00.000+08:00

JC1 Progress Report

GP [C]: A responsible student who is diligent and motivated to learn. She is focused during group discussions but would do well to speak up more during class discussions. She has shown the ability to craft logical arguments in her written assignments and participating more actively in class would help her to sharpen her analytical skills. She needs to read widely to build up on content knowledge.

H2Mathematics [S]: She is quite strong in Mathematics. To improve further, she should stretch herself to solve more difficult problems and be sensitive to the conditions given by the questions, without the help of others.

H2Economics [U]: Need to take more initiative in clearing her doubts in class and put more effort in the subject.

H2Geography [E]: An intelligent student who needs to make more effort to participate in class. *made me sound like some insolent kid who refuses to participate in class*

H1Chemistry [D]: She has a positive attitude in class. She does her tutorial questions painstakingly. *’cos Chemistry homework was the easiest to do* With continual effort, she is capable of even better results.

Chinese [B]: She is too quiet and passive in class. She needs to open up herself and seek clarification, if necessary. She certainly has the potential to score better. *trust my Chinese teacher to be too frank*

JC2 Progress Report (June Common Test)

GP [E]: She is a conscientious student who takes great pride in her work. She submits her assignments promptly without needing to be reminded and works well with her classmates. She needs to be more proactive in participating during class discussions and to be more forthcoming in articulating personal opinions. *it is not that I do not want to voice my personal opinions. I just have no opinions on most topics…* She has the potential to do well if she reads more widely and consistently.

Mathematics [U]: She has improved a lot in her Math this year. However, she seems to have gotten her concepts mixed up during the mid-year exams. She needs to do regular timed practices of exam standard questions so as to sharpen her thinking skills.

Economics [U]: She has the potential to do well at the end of the year. She needs to attempt more case studies and essay questions to help her brush up on question analysis as well as application skills. She also has to learn to write academically as this will help to improve her performance in the subject. *written by a teacher who took us for less than a month, and I am sure she was being nice since I only scored 25/100*

Geography [B]: She is a hardworking student, who is consistent in her preparation for class. She needs to think more critically about geographical issues, and express this in her answers in order to improve her grade. *the B grade was because the paper was all physical geography, something I love a lot and can excel in compared to human geography*

Chemistry [E]: She has a good grasp of the concepts taught. However, she needs to put in consistent hard work during this revision period in order to do well in the final exams.

In the end, my prelim results were:

H1 Chemistry: C

GP: D

H2 Economics: U (got improvement! 36/100! Lol.)

H2 Geography: S (oops. Human geography came in the messed up my marks)

H2 Mathematics: U (worse than Economics: 34/100)

I went into the A Level examination hall with such depressing results. And came out with:

H1 Chemistry: B

GP: C

H2 Economics: C

H2 Geography: C

H2 Mathematics: A

Miracles do happen. (: I am surprised I did not get a Great and Miraculous Improvement in Results award. Hahaha.

-aeRieL-

Y1S2 Results

2009-06-03T21:56:00.002+08:00

Now that I have finally finished watching Boys Over Flowers, I have the mood to blog again. Haha.

PF1103 IT for Projects: A
PF1104 Environmental Science for Building: B+
EC1301 Principles of Economics: B-
NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society: B+
LAT1201 Thai 1: B

CAP: 3.9

Not very happy with my Thai results. Only a B. Sian.

-aeRieL-

Hoooked!

2009-05-30T15:18:00.003+08:00

Name: 김범 / Kim Bum
Birthdate: 1989-Jul-07
He's so cute! HAHAHA! I think I like him best in the Boys over Flowers. (:

I can't believe Goo Jun Pyo in real life is only 22 years old. He looks much older than that...

This is a totally bimbotic entry.

-aeRieL-

My Track Record

2009-05-26T23:50:00.004+08:00

I am so bored right now that I have decided to take out all my report books and type out all the remarks in them. And the remarks my teachers have given me are all pretty positive 'cos I was such a nice kid. HAHAHAHAHA!

Pr 1H:
She has a pleasant disposition.
She is a steadfast and conscientious worker.

Pr 2Hope:
Quiet but willing to help others.
Read more English books to improve in the language. *oops*

Pr 3Grace:
She is a quiet and helpful girl. She has a happy and a cooperative attitude towards her schoolwork.
She is a quiet, hardworking and pleasant girl. She has worked hard and tried her best to make improvement. Continue to aim higher for better results next year.

Pr 4Grace:
She has done well this term. She has been striving to do better each term and has also been a great help to her teachers and friends.
She is a very pleasant girl and has shown progress this semester. By putting in more effort, improvement has been evident. Continue to work hard for even better grades next year!

Pr 5Diligence:
She is a mature and sensible girl. She has shown efforts to improve in her studies.
She is a quiet and independent worker. She has a good attitude towards school.

Pr 6Diligence:
She is a well-behaved pupil who is respectful to her teachers. She is diligent in her studies.
She is a sweet girl who respects authority. She is diligent in her daily work.

S1 1B:
She has done fairly well. Work harder.
She is a polite, diligent young lady. She has produced good results this year, though she needs to put more effort into Chinese and English. Keep up the good work in secondary two. *'cos my Chinese was B3, English B4 while the rest were A1s and A2s. I was a genius in secondary one*

S2 2B:
She is a very well-behaved and conscientious girl. She has shown very positive and encouraging results! *I am convinced this teacher was being nice. My results were B4, B3, A2, B4, B3, C6, B4, A2, A2*
She is generally very steady. She is serious and mature for her age and she is responsible. A good student! Keep up the good work!

S3 3D:
She is a capable and hardworking student who has shown good results. She is a pleasant girl who needs to be more vocal in class. *good results: B3, A2, B4, B3, C5, A1, B4, A2*
She take [sic] great pride in her work and should continue to strive for distinctions. *I only had 3 distinctions. The rest: B4, D7 (Chemistry), B3, B4, B3*

S4 4D:
She takes her studies very seriously and always seems well-organised and efficient.
She has carried out her duties as class vice-chairman with initiative and dependability. She is also extremely dedicated towards her studies.

The general adjectives are always used to describe me and it seems I did not change much in the 10 years. I was pleasant from primary one all the way to sec3. HAHA! I shall do my JC ones when I am bored again. There'll be more fun stuff there - every subject teacher is going to remark on me...

-aeRieL-

Es Teler 77

2009-05-25T10:11:00.000+08:00

Another much anticipated meet up with old friends.

We last met up last year after Jack’s some sort of ceremony. The NS has too many acronyms I cannot understand. Anyway, it was after he passed out of the OCS – whatever that is called. The point is that was more than half a year ago.

Jack suggested Es Teler 77, an Indonesian restaurant outlet at the basement of Cineleisure. Nice food, about the price of food court. I ate the Nasi Goreng. Nice nce nice! (:

Prior to that, I alighted at the bus stop in front of Somerset MRT station and wanted to walk to cine. I ended up at the MRT control station. Zzz. I have no idea when was the last time I have been to Orchard but it is definitely not within this year. I felt so stupid. Argh.

We talked about a lot of things, some of which if I have heard of them last year or the year before last, I would have felt a little disappointed, a little disheartened and a little envious. But last night I felt none of those things. Maybe I have moved on, maybe I have looked past some things. I hope I have moved on, it seems unhealthy to cling to something that will have happen. If it were going to happen, something would have happened already.

And good news! We will very likely be meeting next month too! Provided Jack can get out of camp on a week day. (:

-aeRieL-

Little Cards of Encouragement

2009-05-22T21:10:00.003+08:00

i realized I don't do them anymore. During my teenage years, when I was frequently writing letters to pen pals and friends, I used to do them all the time and think nothing of it. I used to do them more religiously than I do my homework and I can spend all the time I had at home doing them and even enjoy the process of doing them!

Now, I balk at the thought of even writing one of such notes, let alone for the whole class which I used to do. It is not that I have nothing to write; I know I have a lot to write, given time. I just find that email or instant messaging my friends have become so much easier than writing. I guess the technology age has caught up with me. People have been criticizing this aspect of technology for so long and now I can finally understand the situation.

Maybe it is time to pick up a pen and start writing notes for my loved ones. (:

-aeRieL-

LauPaSat

2009-05-17T21:33:00.004+08:00

Yep, I went to LauPaSat last night. With HuiQi and HuiMin. A long overdue meet up, like all other meet ups. I think the most we ever ever met up was 5 times a year? HM's birthday, my birthday, HQ's birthday, Christmas and maybe CNY.

But we still have lots to talk about, lots to catch up on, lots to complain about. Haha. I can't say the same for some people who I see almost every school day and yet have nothing to talk about, not even a 'hi'. Oh well. Whatever.

Anyway, we went to the Satay corner, where a lot of ang mohs are, as well. Like all ang mohs like to eat satay. Wonder why. They ordered satay. Then there was zi char. Stingray, Ma Po tofu, Tom Yum soup, Pineaple fried rice.

But the highlight was the dessert. Mango Sunrise. The ice cream at the top was great! Really creamy. (:

Next weekend, meeting with HuiQi and Jack. Hopefully in July, we girls can meet up again. In the meantime, still got a lot of friends to meet up.

BUT BUT BUT! FOC is in a month's time too! I will be suuuper busy. Went to look at the restaurant at Temasek Club. Good ambience. The catering sales manager, Martin, was quite nice. No rent for the restaurant, they are going to block out the whole restaurant for us, waive the mocktail fee, rent the PA system for us for free, and lower the price of the buffet to $13 per pax, and waive the 10% service charge. It is quite a good deal but I have no idea where the catch is.

If given this deal at the start of the year, I would have gushed and said he's such a nice person and he's really really giving us such a good deal. But after the NUS Open House collaboration with CW fiasco, I am inclined to be more reserved in my opinions. Afterall, I have no idea how the business world worked and the collaboration was a disaster. I wasn't sure if we were on the winning end. We were more like the losers.

For now, FOC has a huge deficit. Which is why we should have stated a higher camp fee. Should have collected $55. $5 wouldn't be a huge difference for the campers but it'll be a huge difference for us! What with the high cost of food, lodgings, transportation, camp t-shirt and singlet, Temasek Club dinner, and the game materials. AHHHHH. I am going mad with all the limited budget we are given by the OSA and the high cost.

A CCA doing a FOC camp with lower participation target and lesser OGLs have a budget twice of ours! Where's the logic?! My friend said it's how the club treasurer fights for the money. I wouldn't know, but if that is the case, shouldn't we be getting more?

This is damn worrying. I don't wish for this year's FOC to be a flop. Dammit.

-aeRieL-

LG Viewty

2009-05-15T16:33:00.003+08:00

My new phone. I really bought it in white color. It is definitely not my colour but it's the nicest colour. Still trying to get use to it. Now I take super long to reply to msges. Haha.

-aeRieL-

Morris Says

2009-05-14T20:22:00.005+08:00

Well, I am finally going to blog about my Kota Kinabalu trip (7-10 May 2009). Have been doing up the Design & Environment Camp 2009 blog for the past week such that by the time I finish all the stuff, I am too sick of blogger to want to update my own blog.

Morris was the local guide and he told of interesting facts and figures of the area.

My favourite of the whole trip is the Sabah Foundation Building. The Sabah Foundation Building is a 30 storey circular glass building supported by high tensile steel rods through a central building. I cannot remember the exact number of glass they used though. Morris said that the glass is able to reflect 99% of the sun radiation which makes it an uber green building (though BCA is building a zero energy building). Believe it or not, it was built in 1977. An architectural and engineering feat. And it is one of only 4 such buildings in the world. I never would have thought to see such a building in KK! And it is a lonely building, sticking out like a sore thumb in an area of forest.

Sabah Foundation Building
Hotel room toilet. I like the shower head a lot.

How to start a fire with just bamboo.
Reminds me a little of Mae Hong Son. I miss that place... Sigh.
The canopy walk. A lot longer than Singapore's and narrower and less stable. Fun!
the very beautiful mosque set 0n the water. Supposed to have cooling properties.
Mt. Kinabalu. The highest peak in Southeast Asia. I went to the foot of it. I set foot on Mt. Kinabalu! hahahahaha.
Beautiful sunset...

-aeRieL-

Next Up: FOC

2009-05-06T01:16:00.002+08:00

Exams are finally over. I got owned. All 5 modules. If I do get an A miraculously, it'll be because my mid term results were good. Or everyone else were owned by the final examination too...

Time to look forward. Walk on. No looking back. Next up, Kota Kinabalu. After that, FOC prep. Wish me luck. I think I am going to work my ass off.

You know, suddenly I cannot think of what to blog about. Must be the (relatively) long hiatus. Or maybe my life just isn't that exciting at the moment. I may blog about Kota Kinabalu after I return. We'll see. (:

-aeRieL-

Punchit Fakmii

2009-04-16T22:41:00.003+08:00

My Thai teacher told us a joke today. This Thai guy, Punchit Fakmii(pronounce it out loud), wanted to go to USA. So he went to apply for a Visa but got rejected. The immigrations told him that his name was too impolite and suggested he changed his name.

Punchit Fakmii returned one month later to see the same immigrations officer to reapply for a Visa with a more polite name - Punchit Fakmiiplease.

The joke got the whole class laughing so hard! Freaking funny. To be fair, my teacher actually was very reluctant to tell the joke saying there were too many ladies around (which is like, 80% of the class?). But we persisted.

On a side note, I am glad I have secured 20% of my marks for PF1103, IT for Projects. We had 2 quiz, one 6% another 14%. I got full marks for the first one (with some help from someone) and 12/14 for the second. But because there was moderation and that the prof added 2 marks to everyone in the class, I got full marks for both quiz. (:

But for EC1301 Introductory Economics, I have only secured 26% out of 45% for mid semester. Super depressed. I hope can get at least a B-.

LAT1201 Thai 1 and NM1101E Communications, New Media and Society are doing fine. I think I can expect at least a B+ for both. Although the same cannot be said for PF1104 Environmental Science for Building. I seriously should start watching those web casts....

Exams starts next Saturday, 25April2009. Ends on 4May2009. After which I think I will be going to Sabah on 7May2009 to 10May2009 with my parents. It should be confirmed already. Don't want to think so far yet. I need to convince myself to study now, instead of doing everything else.

-aeRieL-

The Good Friday (to Sunday) (:

2009-04-14T20:27:00.005+08:00

Friday: I dragged my brother to Tampines 1. It opened the day before and my mother was telling me about Uni Qlo. We did not go in cos there was a 40minute queue. Anyway, the whole shopping centre was filled to the brim! It reached saturation point! Well, almost, at least. Infiltration rate slowed down drastically and the escalator from the ground floor to the next was so crowded! But I found a woooonderfullllll bakery shop at the basement called Yamazaki. Oh, I am a BIGGGG fan of bread. (: Other than that, I don't think there's anything special. The poor business at TM and Century Square. I would suggest they sell their units there and move over to Tampines 1. Oh wait. Tampines 1 opened with full occupancy, though only 80% or so opened on time.

Saturday: I went over to Malaysia with my sister. It's our first time going to the new customs (we took the bus from Queens Street). The interior was very impressive. It felt like the arrival hall of an airport.

I wonder what "Lane Reject" means....
This is the high tech toilet. Not only was their tap automated, their soap dispenser is too! I don't believe I have seen it in SG. Unless I am as blind as a bat or do not frequent the atas places...
And the immigration officers were soooo much better than the old place's. They smiled, greeted you, and said thank you. You can't even wrestle any one of those put of those from the old place's.

We went to City Plaza, then Plaza Pelangi (where we ate lunch) then went on to Holiday Inn Plaza. Lunch was especially fine! We went to this place called.... I cannot remember... Gee. Anyway, pictures! My sister said the last time she ate at this restaurant was in Sri Lanka. They've got this chilli sauce made from Peri Peri (a type of chilli). Quite spicy but it is also sour. The chicken was.. Wooo-Hooo! Delicious beyond words!

And we did pedicure at Holiday Inn. RM15 nia - express pedi. So damn cheap can. But me being a klutz that I am, I destroyed one paint job the moment I stepped out of the shopping centre into the cab. (&*^&$%#$ I had not even the chance to take a photo of it! so what you see is the ruined one. Yes, that right. It's green. (:

-aeRieL-

Archives? No way.

2009-04-13T14:15:00.004+08:00

26/02/06 - this is the day i started blogging. 3 years old and counting... After 3 years of playing around with blog skins, with blogging, I am starting to feel too old to be changing blogskins every once in a while. I am now toying with the idea of a simple layout, with less than 3 colours and a blog without archives. The reason - so that no one can dig up my past entries and use it against me. Am I being paranoid? After taking new media, I think I am. Haha.

Especially since in my early days, I was so filled with angst and all my entries are angry and depressing. And not to mention the entries of me criticising people from all walks of life, though there were no racist comments. i am a racial harmonious person. (: Don't laugh.

So, you will never see more than the 10 entries or so on my page. Don't even think of digging up those old entries. Not good for you or me to relive my old history. All the angst and the thoughts of dying and emo-ism. No good, no good.

I am looking forward to posting my weekend activities soon. (: I had a wonderful weekend. Friday - Tampines 1, Saturday - Malaysia, Sunday - Sun Plaza. (:

-aeRieL-

Woo Hoo~

2009-04-09T23:02:00.003+08:00

Full marks for writing test! Can you believe that?! Looks like an encouragement to take Thai 2! Hahaha! How can a language be easier then Physics or IT?! Hmmm. Maybe interest does make a difference...

MUAHAHAHA! I have finally seen the last of this lab report. Of which I feel I did a lot of but oh well. I'm just glad it's finally done. (:

Next week: Thai Oral on Monday 3.20pm AS6. IT for Projects make up test on Tuesday 11am cos the IVLE server went down when we had to take the test this week. Thai (last) written test exam on Thursday 6pm.

Next next week: Recess Week. Which means exams is 2 weeks away. Huzzah. I am dead meat.

-aeRieL-

AJ Family Day + Songkran

2009-04-06T23:33:00.001+08:00

5April 5, 2009 was such a good day. (:

I went to AJ first in the morning. We were supposed to meet at 11am. But I happily thought 33/06 being 33/06, surely people will be late. What I did not realize is that all the people I was going to meet were the ones who are never late. Zzz.

So I was still at my house bus stop at 10.38am when Daryl called me and asked where we were. I was like, I’m sure nobody has reached... In my head I was thinking, “Oh shit. I am still at my house bus stop and he’s already in school! Should I tell him?!” But I decided not to say, I just told him I’ll call him when we reach. Lol.

Anyway, I reached YCK station at 11.15am (not too bad huh? My house is quite near! :P) to see Alvina, Yong Yong and her bf there already. *Opps* We walked to school in what could possibly be called a drizzle to meet Sylvia at the gate. After which we met up with Hui Jie, Kelvin, Wen Zhao, Daryl and Choon Hang.

As we walked into the auditorium, I saw Jack walking out of it. 真没默契。。。Managed to talk to him a quite a while. He was with MX. Somehow, MX looks shorter…

We bought a coupon each, of which I only spent $1.50, leaving me with $3.50 unspent. Oh well. It doesn’t matter. In the meantime, it started to pour. We then decided to go to AMK Hub for lunch. Ah... AMK Hub, my favorite hangout place back in JC2. (: I had to take bus home from there anyway, so I was there every day. The NTUC is the best! I love walking down every aisle. (:

We talked to Ms Chan and Ms Zhu and I waved to Mr Mok.

Then I had to leave for NUS, where there was the Songkran aka the Thai New Year aka 泼水节 (water splashing festival?). I reached there at about 4pm with my brother. There were performances by the Thai 5 and 6 students, South East Asian Studies students and a real Thai performer! The whole performance ended at 5.30pm. Nearing the end of the performance I saw Mr Mok pushing a pram out of the LT (cos I was standing by the door). I was like, did I see wrongly?!

Nope, it was really him. Surprise surprise. It turned out that his brother is actually in Thai 2. Oh, our Chinese class heard of his brother during his class. He was from the Navy. I was certainly interested to see his bro cos my impression of the Navy people is tanned V-shaped bodies. And last semester LK took a same module as his bro. I finally saw his bro today! He was very fair but very tall. (: His brother must be some language genius – taking Chinese and Thai1 (I am assuming since one has to take Thai1 before one can take Thai2 unless one has prior knowledge of the language) last semester.

Anyway, my bro was complaining that he wanted to go already so we skipped the refreshment part and went off to Vivo City. I realized I am looking at English words from the Thai pronunciation angle more often than ever. It makes every word look super weird. I was doing Econs tutorial just now and I thought that the “shirt” spelling looks weird. Zzz.

After exams (I know, examination has not even started. But it pays to plan ahead. :P), it’ll be a period of meet-ups! Meeting up with 33/06! OCIP mates – HuiQi, HuiMin, Jack! 6Diligence! It will a hectic 2 months worth of SDE FOC preparation! It will be the celebration of a lot of people’s birthdays – I realized I know a lot of May babies. It will be a time to partyyy! Have fun! (:
Uh, ya. Before that, I plan to do well for this semester. I am aiming for at least a 4.1 to pull my 3.9 to 4.0 so that I can try my luck at scholarships. (: And for at least one semester, I want to be on the Dean’s list! Not this semester – not with Econs and Environmental Science for Buildings. Please let me do well enough! 4.1! Go go go!

I am most worried about the Thai oral exam now – it is next Monday and we are supposed to converse on a given topic. As long as I can do reasonably well for that, my Thai should be fine. (:

-aeRieL-

Grey's Anatomy

2009-04-04T04:01:00.003+08:00

OMFG. I just started watching Grey's Anatomy yesterday on Channel 5 and the next day, I watched the final episode. ARGH! Just when I thought it was so interesting and that I still want more of it! Damn!

Oh, Grey's Anatomy was airing at 2am on Channel 5. I stumbled across it cos I would not tell the time. I wanted to watch the re-run of 100% Entertainment (a Taiwanese variety show) at 1am but set the alarm clock at 1.58am. HAHA. Oh ya, I have not watch 100% entertainment for more than a month because of my timetable. None of my days end before 6pm (the show is at 5pm everyday) and I can never stay awake till 1am to watch the rerun.

I had withdrawal symptoms for a while cos it was really entertaining. And not to mention, there was 小鬼 to look forward to. (: But recently, I am not able to sleep at night so I stumbled across Grey's Anatomy.

AHHH! What a waste. I really would have watched it at 3am. ):

-aeRieL-

One More New Havaianas

2009-03-31T23:07:00.003+08:00

(: (: (: (: (:

Exams are around the corner. So far, i cannot foresee myself getting a good CAP for this semester. Think PF1103, PF1104 and the ultimate killer: EC1301. For a start, i have absolutely no idea what I have been learning for my PF modules and economics has simply never been my strongest subject.

I might do better for the electives that I have chosen to take this semester - Communication and New Media and Thai Language. Hopefully they will pull up my grades for the faculty dictated modules. Now I know the importance of electives. :S

I wish this is a time to meet up with friends. I am missing someone again. Wish I'd stop doing that. It's such a waste of time...

The Raggers are doing carwash for fund raising and I feel so bad for not helping out with it cos they do offer to support FOC as well. *not like some other event comm* I had classes on Monday from 10am to 6pm and again on Wed. By the time I finish my lessons, they'd've finished their event. Oh well. Another time, perhaps.

-aeRieL-

柯有伦

2009-03-28T18:41:00.003+08:00

03 - 柯有綸
爱爱爱 By 柯有伦 On ONE　DAY

Alan Kuo is in SINGAPORE right now! For today and tomorrow! I wanted to buy his album today but when I saw the album cover, I decided to wait until he 改版 before I buy it. Hopefully the cover will be nicer.

Hmmm, yup, I am recovering already! (: *I don't wish to be sick again this year*

-aeRieL-

defeated by a flu bug

2009-03-25T12:31:00.001+08:00

Have been sick for the past few days. Finally dragged my sorry ass to the doctor's today and got 2 days worth of MC. I wish I don't have to take the MC but the sad truth is that I am really not feeling that well. I am going to miss my Thai lessons. ):

Let me be well enough to go back to school tomorrow!

-aeRieL-

Chivalry is DEAD!!

2009-03-22T17:27:00.002+08:00

I was on the train on Thursday when there was an empty seat on the (very) crowded train right in front of me. A lady wanted to sit down when a man (a sorry piece of flesh is more appropriate actually) rushed to the seat, give the lady a sickly smile that proclaimed "too bad. I got to it first" and promptly plonked his enormous butt down on the seat. He then proceeded to take out a TABLOID newspaper and read it.

And I wonder why I don't take trains anymore. There is just too many of these disgusting animals on the trains these days.

-aeRieL-

黄靖伦 - 明天再说

2009-03-18T19:46:00.002+08:00

Quite like this song. (:
Catchy with a tinge (and i literally mean a tinge) of rock element - his voice is too clear/ clean for rock. Not enough attitude either.

Ming Tian Zai Shuo 明天再說 - Jing Huang Jing Lun 黃靖倫

MY NAME IS AERIEL

2009-03-18T10:27:00.001+08:00

not Ariel or Arial or Aerial. Stop spelling my name wrongly. Grrr.

-aeRieL-

tired, cranky and unresponsive

2009-03-16T13:34:00.003+08:00

getting old. after 1 day of Open House preparation, 2 days of open House, i am tired. so tired that even a 8.5 hours sleep cannot restore my spirits.

-aeRieL-

Movie in Minutes - Twilight

2009-03-10T18:20:00.002+08:00

Amazing. Twilight fans will probably kill me. LK, don't watch this! HAHAHA.

-aeRieL-

So Much to Say

2009-03-10T17:34:00.003+08:00

Had to go to my grandparents' place on Sunday last. Was unwilling to go since there is nothing much for me to do there. Just sit there and stone 'cos me n my brother are not very close to the other cousins or uncles/ aunts. So after we reached, called the uncles and aunts, my brother and I went for a walk around the park.

While we were at the swing, my mom/ dad texted us, telling us that we can go off from where we were; no need to go back to the house. So we set off for PP. Nothing to do at home anyway.

Apparently, they had forgotten to bring the keys out. So they called my brother 11 times, of which he heard none. They called me but they couldn't get through; I guess there was something wrong with my phone. Then they texted me and asked if we are on the way or not.

By the time we reached home some 10minutes after the text, my dad just exploded. He said that asking us to go to his parents' house is so difficult. And we can happily go out to the mall until so late. Don't keep saying that your relatives look down on you. You yourself have no manners. You'd better be able to study if you don't know your manners. Yada Yada Yada...

I shrugged it all off. I couldn't be bothered to argue with him. Apparently, his siblings' opinion is more important than ours. Apparently, we caused him to lose face. Apparently, he'd rather see what he wants to see rather than the truth.

You'd think that I grew up hating my paternal side for no rhyme or reason.

I remember when I was younger, about 3 or4 years old, when my grandparents' were still living in Sims Drive, my mom will go down at least 2 hours before the rest of the extended family arrive, just to help my grandmother prepare dinner. My brother and I would then have to entertain ourselves in the living room. Then when they moved to Toa Payoh, once, my mother took a pack of cards out for us to play and my grandmother just snatched it from us and kept it away. And on more than one occasion, she pointedly ignored us when we called her. She did not like my whole family.

Just a few years back, when for a long time my siblings and I did not go to my grandparents' place and one weekend we went down, one of my uncles was very sarcastically saying, finally come le ah. Been hibernating is it? After so many years there with all the subtle family politics running around, we are already used to it.

I do not deny that not all the uncles look down on us. But there are some who do. We are an average family, average income, no car, average children with average grades. We are nothing compared to the rest of the cousins. They go to the best schools (read: HCI, NJC, NYGS, etc.), they have the money, they have grandparents who dote on them.

So I would like to say to my dad, we did not grow up hating them for no reason. They slighted us first, starting from your mother. We did not grow up with no manners. On the contrary, we know exactly what good manners are. We know when to use them -- only to people we respect and people who respect us a human beings as well. You chose to be blind to how your family treats us but we are not blind or helpless or in need of them. We can make it on our own too. We can live our own life ourselves even if we do not get to do what we want to do most of all.

-----

Sometimes I feel like a loser. I had 2 extra years of education on statistics and economics. Yet I score lower on these modules than those who have never learned them before.

Stats was last semester. I got a grade below average.

Econs is this semester. I got back my results yesterday and I scored below the mean. I feel so stupid.

-aeRieL-

New Havaianas!

2009-03-08T03:18:00.001+08:00

-aeRieL-

Speak of the Dead

2009-03-07T12:58:00.002+08:00

Majority of the people tend to think the worst of others. When they see a guy and a girl, they immediately think they are a couple. If they see a girl paying for the guy, they think the guy is living off the girl.

But why, when someone has passed away, these people have only good things to say of the dead? The ugly memories and behavior never surfaced. Is this hypocrisy or courtesy to the dead?

-aeRieL-

Another Passing

2009-03-05T22:16:00.002+08:00

Every Thursday's Thai lesson is always the most inefficient 'cos we'd always sight read Thai and I can't do that like, 90% of the time. So today is no more different. But what is different is that at the end of the lesson, ?aacaan (aka teacher) told us she has a sad news to tell us.

One of my classmates, an exchange student from US, has passed away yesterday. Scott's cause of death is unknown but is classified as unnatural death. It made it to main section of The Straits Times beside the discharge of the NTU professor.

My hairs just stood right up. It is so disconcerting to know someone who passed away at such a young age.

-aeRieL-

6 Diligence

2009-03-02T22:18:00.003+08:00

28 February 2009

Met up with 6 Diligence for a much anticipated gathering since October last year. 11 people turned up and sadly, Theresa and Gelina were not able to make it. But Nina turned up! (: SDE people. Haha.

The moment JY turned up, he started complaining – weather, temperature, etc. But I realized that under the new beng-ness and all the habits he picked up, he’s still the JY I knew in primary school. Quite gratifying to know that no matter how much people change, there is still a part that never changes.

Bought LY a bag for her birthday. The only things missing were a cake and a card, but there wasn’t time to make a card and I have no idea why no one thought of a cake (I just realized it too). Oh well, hope she likes the bag! (:

After dinner we went to this KTV pub at Princep St which I think is only 1 or 2 doors from the Mind Café. Drank the Chivas JY opened with his friend(s) last month on Eric’s birthday (just a coincidence). Mixed with Sprite, it was pretty normal but drank neat (is it spelt this way? I’m totally new to drinking terminologies), it’s a bit bitter and a bit too strong. Played some card games and losers drink, as usual.

JY and Eric had this side bet and the forfeit is a half a glass of Chivas neat. Eric got quite tipsy a while after that glass. Poor thing.

I guess I drank more than I should have, too. I was a little dizzy and feeling light but thinking relatively clearly although I was talking a bit louder than usual. JY made sure we could get home safely before he went in again for another bottle of the same thing. (: So I cabbed home with Ben and Lewis. Jon, YJ, Nina, Eric took the bus. Was standing in the taxi queue when I told Ben I used to hate him and apparently he did too. Lol.

But I guess we were ok with each other since that chalet gathering at Downtown East. Actually I remembered not wanting to go ‘cos he was going but I think Theresa persuaded me to go. Ben talked to me first and I was quite surprised but after much thinking, I realized I don’t know the reason why I don’t like him anymore. And it’s positively childish to not like a person just because you’ve not like that person for the longest time (and it is a long time since I knew him from P3).

I guess it was the alcohol which intoxicated my brain and caused me to tell him I used to hate him. No wonder people are known to do stupid things when imbibed. But I’m glad for a new friend. 1 more friend, 1 less enemy. (:

Here’s to 13 years of friendship with Lewis, 11 years of love/ hate friendship with Ben, 8/9 years of friendship with ZY, Nina, JY, Eric, YJ, LY, Cecilia and Jon.

Cheers to many more too. (:

P.S. JY, I did not point the finger at you this time. I’ve grown up. HAHAHAHA! But
my mother smelled smoke on my polo tee. Must be your fault.

-aeRieL-

信 - 告别的时代电影版

2009-02-27T10:29:00.001+08:00

-aeRieL-

Idolation Indulgence

2009-02-27T01:48:00.003+08:00

Suddenly feel like putting him everywhere. Haha. Indulge in me, please. (:
Wish he's mine. HAHAHA
I would love to collect those Be@rbricks he have too...

-aeRieL-

給・愛人

2009-02-25T02:02:00.001+08:00

Gei Ai Ren 給・愛人 - Xiao Jing Teng 蕭敬騰

作詞：陳鎮川作曲：蕭敬騰

俯瞰城市的燈火　我仿佛看到你招手
穿我愛的紫色　微笑在等我
走過異鄉灰潽潽的樓　那陌生言語的問候
總想為你背誦　讓你也感受
　　
選擇不對你說　默默努力　實現你的夢
因為你總能懂　我在笑什麼
飛過大片海洋　我會找到你說的地方
努力尋找那到　無暇的陽光

或許我有點無聊　常希望我們快點老
步履蹣跚的腳　再也不逃跑
世界隻會越來越渺小　隻剩下我們緊緊的依靠
我的故事　傍晚聊到大清早

選擇不對我說　但我明瞭　你對我的好
愛情安靜卻有　強烈的訊號
我的短暫流浪　你是支撐孤單的信仰
你總微笑隨我的瘋狂　紅著眼眶敷著我的傷
靜靜等在遠方　細數著星荒

夜未央　我就要等到　那一道光

不對你說　默默努力　實現你的夢
因為隻有你懂　我在笑什麼
飛過大片海洋　我正站在你說的地方
打包余生的行囊　等你停在我肩上
和我住在那道　無暇的陽光

陪著我

Recess Week?!

2009-02-25T01:30:00.002+08:00

What a busy recess I have. 2 projects to complete, 2 mid term tests to study for, Thai homework to do, 2 potential Thai surprise tests next week.

I have not the mood to study for anything. Least of all Economics. I wonder where I should start from. Economics? Thai? New Media?

-aeRieL-

Destination Taiwan?

2009-02-23T11:34:00.002+08:00

Over the weekend, I came up with this crazy idea of going to Taiwan for a month after this AY ends. That would the period from May to August, excluding 4 days in June for the Freshmen Faculty Camp.

I have always wanted to go to Taiwan and visit the whole of Taiwan, from the south to the north, east, central and west. The scenery, the culture, the shopping. But most of all, staying in a country for a month would enable me to immerse myself in the country's day-to-day activities. To be more than a tourist.

My parents are also excited about the prospect of going to Taiwan though I doubt my dad can take leave for a month although he has 42days of leave. In this time, I'm afraid he would go from taking a month leave to a permanent leave. Surprisingly, my siblings expressed great interest in going too! To be more precise, I'm surprised my bro wants to go cos every time my family goes to Thailand, he refused to go with us.

I do hope this plan fulfills itself! Destination Taiwan. This will definitely encourage me to do well for my exams this semester. HAHAHA! Maybe not a month but hopefully 3 weeks? Or maybe even a side trip to HK since it's just on the other side of the sea? : D

-aeRieL-

New Blogskin (:

2009-02-22T15:04:00.001+08:00

Ain't my new blogskin cute? That white creature is a rabbit, according to the creator. (:

-aeRieL-

The new TV

2009-02-18T01:19:00.003+08:00

My dad bought a new TV on V Day. (: The old one cannot produce the blue pixels(?!) anymore. So the images are made up of red and yellow and the combination of those colours. Quite irritating on the eyes.

I decided to skip the econs lecture this week. Simply too tired and the stress of Thai is seriously catching up. I wish I am a three year old again, so I can pick up a language real quick and without as much difficulty.

I left school at 3.55pm, caught 183 less 5min later and alighted just in time to catch bus 30 home and reached home at 4.45pm. Today's a good bus day. (:

damn. i just realised 'today' is actually yesterday already. Thai lesson in 14.5 hours! *horrors horrors horrors*

-aeRieL-

Thai Language

2009-02-14T09:55:00.003+08:00

I believe I have never blogged about learning the Thai Language before. As I learn more of the language, I realised how I have been writing a particular phrase wrongly for the 2-3 years. The correct version is the first row of words in the picture above. It actually means "study hard".

And just look at how similar some of the Thai consonants are. Short of memorising them, I have no idea how to go about remembering them. :/

But it is nonetheless the module I have most fun in, although my pronunciation is horrible and I still can't sight read.

Last night I felt very empty all of a sudden. The absence of my Thai kids over at Mae Hong Son. I suppose I can't see them as 'my kids' already. After all, the youngest of my 'students' is already 14 years old! And the oldest has got to be 18 already! Time passed too quickly. I was 17, they were 11-15. I so miss them.

Last night, too, I realised the inadequacies of the typical search engine in the area of academic research. I am just starting to get to know how to use the NUS online Library to find academic papers for my projects. There really is a wealth of knowledge in there. And yes, I have to credit Elf Seah for the knowledge. Thanks a million! (:

-aeRieL-

a chauffeur is in order!

2009-02-12T00:40:00.002+08:00

Aeriel wishes for a chauffeur! She is sick of traveling to and from school everyday. She is sick of the 6pm traffic jam on ECP every Monday and Wednesday. She is sick of only being able to go home at 8pm every Tuesday and Thursday. And it is only Week 5. *dammit*

V Day is coming. *double dammit*

-aeRieL-

Botak Jones BEDOK

2009-02-10T00:48:00.005+08:00

Date: 8 February 2009
Venue: Botak Jones Bedok
Verdict: satisfying but over-ate...

My souvenir. A tradition which I practise whenever I go to a Botak Jones outlet. Haha. The September 18 2008 meal
-aeRieL-

SDE BASH 09

2009-02-10T00:25:00.002+08:00

SDE Bash 09: 6 Febraury 09, Gotham Penthouse

Went down to support my friend's friend Lina. Her responses were so much better than the other contestants' responses and her partner was funny too. The former probably earned her lots of points! (:

But the Bash itself was rather boring. The atmosphere was not high at all. I felt like I was back at the FOC. 2 groups shouting cheers at each other, two groups trying to outshout each other. *roll my eyes*

The 'after-party' was so so so much better. This band called Brown Inc entertained the crowd for 1 whole hour before I left. The atmosphere really went up. The loud music was very comfortable. It is an ideal place for a moody person. Just let yourself drift with the music, forget the world waiting outside, get yourself warm with the alcohol n all. I like the feeling. (:

Oh ya, Jodie tried to teach me to dance. It felt so unnatural to dance. I got dragged out to the dance floor cos I told YuQian's gf (who also don't dance) that if she go out I'll go. We were actually happily chatting one n YQ pulled his gf out to the dance floor so I had to go too. *sigh*

My first clubbing experience. Enjoyable if I start from the 'after-party' but I guess I was there too early. Didn't really see the real night scene.

-aeRieL-

CNY photos

2009-02-04T15:09:00.004+08:00

my family took a lot of crazy shots during CNY but I'm not uploading them onto my blog! Haha! This is a relatively normal (with the exception of my brother...) one. Haha. It's been a long time since my family last took a family shot during CNY. Glad the 'tradition' resumed. (:

-aeRieL-

刘谦老师

2009-02-02T23:56:00.001+08:00

The very cool, very charismatic 刘谦老师. Magician by trade.

And from certain angles he looks like a secondary school classmate Thomas. I have been staring at him every Saturday during 综艺大哥大 because I found him vaguely familiar. Finally figured out who he looked like. Haha.

-aeRieL-

SDE Bash wear what?!

2009-01-30T21:41:00.003+08:00

Just realised I got myself into relatively deep shit. Promised my friends I'd go for SDE Bash at Gotham Penthouse next Friday but I realised I have nothing appropriate to wear! WTF.

Does that mean I have to go buy clothes?! What is the correct attire for clubs anyway?!

-aeRieL-

CNY 2009

2009-01-27T22:08:00.003+08:00

This CNY, I have to urge to climb up very high on the social ladder. One of my uncles holds a very high position in the army, and is Chief Executive of a governmental organisation. And the CNY card he gives out are personalised! It has his name and position printed on the card!

It really signifies how far he has come. We all start out on an almost level playing field and some people just get so far ahead of the rest! Some people just go on to do the greatest things and achieve great feats while the rest look up from the bottom rung.

I want to be someone great too. But am I willing to work that hard in order to achieve so much? Like I put at the right hand side column: I wish for a lot of things. But I cannot be bothered to work for them. Where will I find the motivation?

-aeRieL-

Happy CNY

2009-01-24T22:38:00.002+08:00

Dear one and all,

Happy CNY if you are truly happy that CNY is here.
Happy CNY if you are not just happy because you will get your ang pows.
Happy CNY if you are looking forward to seeing your relatives.
Happy CNY if you are not just excited that you can buy new clothes.
Happy CNY if you are positive you are going to enjoy the next 3 days house-hopping.

-aeRieL-

happy bday, eye candy

2009-01-22T23:27:00.000+08:00

before the day is over, happy birthday, eye candy! (:

-aeRieL-

男高音

2009-01-20T22:24:00.000+08:00

he's got amazing vocals! it didnt hurt that he's cute too. (:

-aeRieL-

习惯成自然

2009-01-18T01:02:00.001+08:00

孤单 - 习惯成自然 (:

-aeRieL-

bad habits

2009-01-16T03:37:00.002+08:00

my bad habit is back. at 3.38am, i'm still awake.

tutorial balloting starts today. i do hope i will get the tutorial slots i want. what's confirmed now, though, is my Thai tutorials. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 2 hours each. I hope i can persevere to the end and not withdraw halfway through the semester.

Strength.
Faith.
Courage.
Perseverance.

-aeRieL-

day2 of school

2009-01-14T00:20:00.003+08:00

Na You Ru He.mp3 - Lin Xiao Pei

Today, or rather, yesterday, was my second day of school. i do have a tendency to blog after the day is over. lol. Attended 3 lectures in a day. PF1103, PF1104 and finally EC1301.

I swore after O Levels that I'll NEVER EVER IN MY SANE MOMENTS take Physics again. I swore after A Levels that I would only take economics OVER MY DEAD BODY. Words have a way of coming back to haunt you. it did, yesterday. apparently, PF1104 has physics in it. I got a B3 for physics. how am i going to be able to pass that module?! The school should have put a admission criteria for the course to be 'to have taken at least a H1 Physics'. THEN I WOULDNT GO FOR PFM AND WOULDNT END UP DOING PHYSICS!! And econs. it is a compulsory module for me. while they can excuse poly students from doing modules that they have done in poly before, why can't they do the same for the JC students? why can't the school state that those who have taken H2 economics can be exempted from the module?! it is freaking unfair and it is inefficient! why are they forcing us to take something we have taken before?! Sadists...

i thought my previous semester's lecturers were boring enough. was that an understatement. i met worse ones today. but i've got to say that the econs lecturer (he actually told us to call him Roland, not Prof Cheo...) was engaging and makes the lecture interesting enough although it was from 6pm to 8pm. he reminds me a little of Gilbert Lee in the sense that he makes econs interesting, just like Mr Lee did. at least i will have more motivation to learn? micro sucks!

sorry. all i do is gripe about life in school. one thing to look forward to is that for this week and the next, i only have school on mondays and tuesdays. MUAHAHAHA! and i love shocking people by telling them i am doing Thai this semester! although they, like Mr ANg Yu Qian, think i am crazy to have taken it. WHATEVER, i say.

-aeRieL-

Day1 of school 2009

2009-01-12T23:25:00.001+08:00

Today’s the start of semester 2. I only had one lecture today. NM1101E – exposure module for Communications and New Media. The lecturers are so international lor. There’s one from UK, US, Korea and only 1 local. I was just telling my sister that I wish that when ang mohs talk, they come with subtitles so I can understand what they are driving at. And today just proved my point. I could only catch half of what was said. Sigh. But the surprising thing: my eye candy happen to be taking the same module! Haha!

This semester I’ll be taking:
PF1103: IT for Projects
PF1104: Environmental Science for Building
EC1301: Principles of Economics
NM1101E: Communications, New Media and Society
LAT1201: Thai 1

I think I’ll be having lots of fun this semester! : D

If the timetabling goes well, I’ll be doing a 4 day work week. Monday 10am to 6pm, Tuesday 10am to 8pm, Wednesday 1pm to 6pm and Thursday 10am to 8pm with a 6 hour break from 12nn to 6pm.

I’m going to make my second lower honors CAP into a second upper honors CAP. Must score at least 4.1 this semester! Jia you! : D

While shopping for Xinling’s present after class, I came across this bag in Pull & Bear that has a lot of zips. So pretty! But it cost $74.90. I’m not sure if I’m willing to fork out so much for a bag. But it’s really nice. And I can’t find an image of it on the Internet!

-aeRieL-

the TK trip

2009-01-08T23:11:00.000+08:00

I finally went back to TK today. With Gelina and Joan. After close to 4 years. The reason it took so long was mostly because of the bad memories I took away with me when I graduated from the school.

I remembered the ugly school uniform, the ugly school colours, the weird principal and the snobbish students. It’s no wonder why I never remembered any good memory of my secondary school. But after today’s trip back, I know I was being too harsh on my secondary school. There are good memories of TK. 3, in fact.

Mdm Faridah, Mrs Chee and Mr Tan. They made secondary school life much better. Of course, there’s Joan, Gelina, Xiuqi, Jia Yuan, Jing Huang, Yi Liang and Theresa. The friends I made in the 4 years I was there.

Maybe my next trip back would not be too long into the future. Maybe teachers’ day? Then again, on teachers’ day, Mr Tan and Mrs Chee will be very busy. Oh well, in another 4 years then! Haha.

-aeRieL-

2009-01-08T00:25:00.003+08:00

my first Be@rbrick bear. it's Patapon print! haha. Action City.
Kallang Ice Skating Ring.
my favourite numer. Pri sch register number. haha.
trying to take picture while hanging on to the railing for dear life.

no mood to blog. so here are the photos. i love my very first be@rbrick bear although it's a small one. nothing like the Queens edition i am aiming for in the long run.

-aeRieL-

an oppressed day

2009-01-07T03:18:00.002+08:00

i woke up feeling oppressed today/ yesterday... i just could not wait to get out of home. so i dragged my brother out with me. haha.

i'm going to ice skating tomorrow/ today. (: made him go to PS Daiso with me to get gloves. Hee. I'd rather buy my own gloves than buy from the ice-skating place. At least there's a choice. (:

after that we went to PP to eat at ichiban sushi. Don Don Set. :D gave my bro the unagi rice though. i couldn't finish it today. Weird. but i ate his miso soup. :D

after that we went to bugis. went to buy 萧敬腾之聆听意大利 at Kino and i wanted to buy 小鬼的《鬼怒穿》 but it was out of stock le. guess i procrastinated too long... then i went to buy 《半熟宣言》 by 杨丞琳. i'm still reading the former. the latter's not a bad buy. i like more than half of the songs in there. (:

it's been a long time since i last spend so much of a day with my bro. maybe cos today he didn't seem as irritating as some days. or maybe he is being nicer today. or maybe i was just avoiding my sis who was in a foul temper yesterday. she's ok today le. (:

i'm hooked on Patapon recently! Muahaha! i trashed my brother on my first attempt given that i have no sense of rhythm or beat! *evil grin*

-aeRieL-

the new year

2009-01-02T15:36:00.002+08:00

this is a good way to start the new year. Laugh at this. Watch it, it's only 45seconds. (:

Saw it on the NUS 校草's blog

Happy New Year! (:

-aeRieL-

Michael Learns --- That's why you go away

2009-01-01T15:25:00.001+08:00

Thats Why (You Go Away) - Michael Learns To Rock

MHA career fair - changi airport n prison

2008-12-30T17:55:00.002+08:00

i slept too late this morning (4am) and woke up way too early this morning (8am) for the Ministry Of Home Affairs Career Fair at Suntec Convention Hall. I was so tired and the opening talk was so boring I thought I regretted agreeing to accompanying LK to the event. Boy, was I wrong!

After the(very/ extremely/ absolutely) boring talk, we were brought to the Changi Airport to take a look at the security (Police, ICA, etc) at work. The job scope of the people in charge of the security of the travellers -- baggage checks, x-ray screens, etc. The usual stuff that you should have gone through if you have taken a plane before. Nothing too interesting but I was busy taking photos of the sky. No buildings, only trees and the sky. Beautiful.

Had Mac's for lunch and after that headed for Changi Prison. That's where the fun started. After the usual administrative stuff -- exchanging the IC for a pass, locking all the belongings in the locker, we set off for Cluster A of Changi Prison. Cluster B is still in construction and there are 13 prisons in all in SG. All of which are going to be shifted to Changi so that it becomes a "Prison Hub".

Cluster A has 5 institutions. A1 is the high security complex, A2 to A4 are the medium security complexes. A5 is the medium-low security complex. All the doors are opened by the control station electronically. And the prison was not musky or depressing. It was actually pretty good.

Anyway, on the way in, the female officer was telling the girls that we should watch our body language since it is an all male prison and that they have had minimal contact with the fairer sex for a while. I was pretty disturbed by the way she put it, as if they were really bad and all. And in prison they have this policy that only one door is opened at any one time. so the door behind you closes before another door in front of you opens.

And when the door closes, it does not close with a soft click. It closes with a resounding bang and you get the feeling that you are doomed. With my nerves working overtime from the words by the madam, the doors closing behind me was particularly grating on the nerves. I was nearly on the brink of losing my mind.

We first went to the Career Resource Centre (CRC) where this inmate gave a presentation. He was so eloquent, so composed, so confident of what he was presenting! Makes me wonder what he did to warrant a jail term. I was totally impressed! And thus the eye-opening journey began.

The prison day room was empty. I did not see any inmates around in their holding cells and I got to get closed in one of their prison cells for 8. the furnishing was barely there. a plastic box for the belongings, toiletries and 1 squating toilet. They bathe and do their business in the very cell they sleep in. It's pretty disturbing. And at first they have to be locked in for 23 hours a day with only 1 hour of yard exercise. Imagine 23hours in a stuffy room with 7 other people whom you don't know are friends or foe. I'd go out of my mind - not from claustrophobia, but from the squeeze and stuffy air.

We then went to the indoor courtyard where some inmates were playing sepak takraw, bball and someone was playing guitar. The officer was telling us usually there would be about 100 in the courtyard and only 1 officer in the courtyard with them. Pretty intimidating. But most are at work, which explains for the emptiness of the place.

After a tea break, with pastries made by the inmates (which were delicious), they said the inmates are going to give a performance. I was impressed by the test they have taken and how well they did for the music exams and by the performance. Totally impressive.

Walking through A5, I was trying to imagine how my friend have lived inside. How his typical day was like. I have gone into the same complex he had been in, although maybe not the same day room and all. It must have been tough...

-aeRieL-

2008-12-29T19:29:00.000+08:00

The year is drawing to an end. Things, good and bad, have happened in the past 1 year and summarizing 1 year in an entry seems a tall task. I’ll try.

-My first job after the A Levels – working at the children apparel shop. Getting underpaid for the most part and with a perpetually MIA boss.
-I went to Bangkok for a week of eating and shopping with my family, resulting in quite a few of quarrels.
-A Levels results came out…
-A quite cool guy from one of the opposite shops asking for my number – nothing happened though. LOL.
-I quit the thankless job and it closed down shortly after, with the boss moving to Dubai for the next few years.
-I joined the SDE FOC 2008 and got to know people I will be seeing for the next 4 years, some of which became really good friends.
-School started with an average of 3.5-day-work-week and 5 modules, some interesting modules and projects and a lot of fun.
-Some misunderstandings among friends and some discovery of people who are more than they let on.
-Celebrating my birthday with people important in my life, surprising people precious to me on their birthdays.
-Trying very hard to keep in touch with 6 Diligence ’01, the Girls, 33/06, HuiQi, HuiMin and Jack.
-Receiving my first university exam results and hoping that I do not become complacent after this exam.
-Joining the SDE FOC committee for the 2009/10 batch and getting to know yet more people and having to work with people I usually would avoid.

今年，我突然好像谈谈恋爱，像感受被疼爱被呵护的感觉是如何的。也许孤单好久了，心痒痒的，想看看大人的世界到底是如何的，到底有值得期待的吗。也或许是因为我周围的人都有了相爱的人，所以自己也想尝试谈恋爱，看看有多幸福。

最近也许想太多，我一直在想，要如何知道自己喜欢了一个人，喜欢的定义又由谁来说明？每个人对喜欢的解释都不同，那“喜欢”一个人的时候，每个人的感觉都不一样吗？那你又要如何知道你是真正的喜欢对方而不是自己的错觉？

我想太多了吧。。。

-aeRieL-

2008-12-29T00:55:00.004+08:00

Quote from a Project Management book: One of the biggest shifts in behavior (and thinking) you’ll encounter will be the need to rely upon others to get things done…. You’ll quickly discover that there’s far too much for you to do alone, yet delegation will prove a challenge. Empowering others, and then trusting them to follow through, may be unsettling.

Isn’t it so true.I do have this problem. I don’t trust enough and I am an one-man army. Delegation is foreign and mightily unsettling.

a corner of a house

33/06's gathering at Wen Zhao's house sure was great. the feeling of everyone gathering together and having fun. there still is great chemistry between everyone though i felt a little bad for not talking to some people... it's not as if i dun like them, just that there was no common topics and no chance to talk. funny, ain't it, that after graduation i can put behind all the unhappiness and resentment i felt in school and start talking as if nothing happened...

33/06. a class of its own.

-aeRieL-

2008-12-24T00:27:00.001+08:00

One More Moment - Sun Ho

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

2008-12-24T00:10:00.002+08:00

Aeriel will indeed be having a MERRY christmas this year end and a HAPPY new year.

CAP: 3.9

Woo-hoo~ it was definitely better than expected although everyone around me are scoring more than 4.0 for their CAP. Oh well, I am not bright, not born smart and still did not put in more effort than i should. i am happy with my results already. (:

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (:

-aeRieL-

WHY STUDY?

2008-12-23T03:41:00.002+08:00

WHY STUDY?

Study = no fail ----- (1)
no study = fail ----- (2)

(1) + (2),
study + no study = no fail + fail
study (1 + no) = fail (no + 1)
study ~~(1 + no)~~ = fail ~~(no + 1)~~
STUDY = FAIL

further proof:

(1) X (2),
study (no study) = no fail (fail)
no study^2 = no fail^2
no study^2 = no fail^2
study^2 = fail^2
STUDY = FAIL

Saw it on the DE Club room whiteboard this afternoon during meeting. Please tell this to my parents. (:

-aeRieL-

Jack n HuiQi n Fahrenheit concert

2008-12-20T03:04:00.003+08:00

Today, ok yesterday i had a busy day. I haven't slept yet, so it's the same day to me. Anyway, I met up with Jack and HuiQi in the afternoon and attended a concert in the evening/ night. I still can't believe I watched the concert.

Jack's an officer now, supposedly a big deal in the guy's world. Sounds great to me but does not hold much significance. Anyway, we ate at Thai Express, my absolute favourite - affordable price for fabulous food. What more do I need? haha. We went to Carrefour after that - to walk walk talk talk and I guessed it's his first time doing that. Haha. Pretty funny.

Met MX on the way back to the MRT station.

I went to watch this:

I still can't believe I actually went. I had a pair of free tickets so I asked LK along. I guess they were alright. Just that some songs went off tune and off beat. Amazing how they can last so long. Amazing how people can willingly pay hundreds of dollars on them when they don't even fulfill their job scope: to sing. Oh well, I'm glad my tickets were free. But one thing I've got to say is that their fans are so much more enthusiastic. It makes the atmosphere so much better than Gary's concert, sadly.

I am very tempted to go watch 林宥嘉's concert in Feb 2009. He looks like a drug addict but his vocals are amazing. So I can buy the cheapest seat and just listen to his songs. Haha! How come 萧敬腾 don't hold a concert here?

-aeRieL-

Twilight, the movie

2008-12-18T22:56:00.002+08:00

Source:http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh234/mel_dhfreak/twilight/wallpaper/twilight-14.png

Twilight, the movie
If the movie and the book could combine whereby the development is that of the book and the ending is that of the movie, it would be a good story.

The movie, very likely due to time constraint, seems to be underdeveloped. Many details that the uninitiated would need in order to understand the story development is not included, the relationship between Bella and Edward was fast forwarded by quite a bit, Bella’s human friends are not introduced much and are quite different from the original plot… And my biggest dissatisfaction is that the 2 main characters seem wholly unfamiliar with each other and behave rather awkwardly. I really do prefer the pace in the book, the development of their relationship and their voices in the book. Maybe there just isn’t enough time to put in all the emotions into the short time…

That aside, the Cullens and Hales are really unbelievable! The director definitely found the right people to star as the Cullens and Hales. They are downright beautiful. Especially Alice and Carlisle! And the development of the James and Edward faceoff in the movie was a big plus-point. At least there were some fighting and conclusion on how James died. But I didn’t like the fact that in the movie, Edward was portrayed with the inability to stop sucking the blood of Bella when he was able to in the book.

My bro didn’t like the movie. He said it is obvious that the director was a woman (and he is right) and it was very girly. He said there were too much character development and too little fisticuffs. I wouldn’t give the movie a high rating, most probably 3/5. Not a fail grade cos the actors and actresses were as beautiful as described in the book and there were attempts to capture the essence of the characters. Good thing I only paid $7 to watch the show.

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I went out to shop after the show. I spent loads but at least I’ve done half of my shopping for the month. Presents for the December babies are half done and I am not buying anything for anyone for Christmas this year. Haha. My brother got really bored while waiting for me to do my shopping. Opps. :P

-aeRieL-

100 qtns

2008-12-18T00:40:00.003+08:00

Hello. i was bored. so i did something to fill up my day. and i am still bored. Help. Going to watch Twilight tomorrow though, and that's sth to look forward to. (: in the meantime, no need to bother reading this post.

1]What have you been doing recently?
sleeping, eating, reading books, watching drama serials online...

2]Do you ever turn yr cell phone off?
never intentionally

3]What happened at 10am today?
i was still sleeping... til 1.17pm cos i had a laaateeee night. Haha.

4]When did you last cry?
today in my dreams. The weirdest kind of dream i’ve had in a while

5]Believe in fate/destiny?
fate, no. Destiny is in my hands.

6]What do you want in yr life now?
slower pace of life, less stressful academic environment

7]Do you carry a umbrella when it rains or just put up yr hood?
neither. I either don’t go out at all or walk in sheltered areas until the rain lets up. :D

8]What's yr favourite thing to have on yr bed?
my body pillow and my blanket. :D

9]What bottoms are you wearing now?
shorts lah...

10]Whats the nicest thing in yr inbox?
what inbox? Phone or email? haha

11]Do you tend to make a relationship complicated?
i don’t know.

12]Are you wearing anything borrowed frm someone?
nope nope.

13]What was the last movie you caught?
four Christmases!

14]What are you proud of?
my family?

15]What does yr oldest text msg in yr inbox says?
someone telling me not to buy DVDs. Lol.

16]What was the last song you sang out loud?
阴形的翅膀 by Angela Chang on the radio

17]Do you have any nicknames?
Ding, Xiao Ding2….

18]What does yr last receive text msg says?
Haha! Awesome k thanks thanks

19]What time did you go to bed last nite?
3am

20]Are you currently happy?
let’s put it this way, I am not unhappy.

21]Who gives you the best advice?
I don’t know. most likely my sister if I ask her.

22]Do you eat whipped cream straight frm the can?
YES YES YES! It is soooooo goooood! :D

23]Who did you talk on the phone last nite?
nobody.

24]Is something bugging you now?
not really. I am just plain bored right now.

25]What/who was the last person to make you laugh?
huh? I dunno. i dun keep track…

26]Do you wear toe socks?
no. I dun even wear socks now if I can help it.

27]Who was the last person you missed a call frm?
LK on 12 Dec. Haha

28]Have you ever had your heart broken?
most likely…

29]What annoys you most in a person?
Attitude problem

30]Do you have a crush on someone?
dunno. definition of crush?

31]Have you ever done cocaine?
nope

32]What is the colour of yr room?
PURPLE! Lilac to be exact

33]Would you kill someone you hate for a billion bucks?
depends on the currency. It’s good money, no? Heh.

34]Do you believe in the saying,’Talk is cheap’?
ya, esp from people who dun keep promises

35]Who was the last person to lie in yr bed?
me. Just now.

36]Who was the last person to hug you?
dunno. Dun remember any leh…

37]Did you see the last person you kissed recently?
redundant question

38]Do you have a life?
I am alive. I am breathing.

39]Have you ever thought someone died,when they didnt?
dun think so

40]What is the reason behind yr profile song?
if u are talking blog song, it’s about attitude, not being what u are cos of the society or family pressures.

41]Who was the last person you saw in yr dreams?
My mum

42]Last time you smiled?
a few hours ago ba…

43]Have you changed this year?
most likely. New environment, new friends, confirm got some changes

44]What are you listening to rite now?
忘不了 - 施文斌

45]Are you talking to someone while doing this?
no

46]Do you walk with your eyes closed or open?
literally? Open la. But maybe I walk through life with half closed eyes

47]Is there a quote you live by?
progress is a tide. If u stand still you will drown.

48]Do you want someone you can never have?
definitely

49]Have you ever played an instrument?
recorder, guitar, ruan. Failing miserably at all

50]What was the worst idea you’ve had this week?
I haven’t been thinking much…

51]What were you doin last nite at 11pm?
surfing the net

52]Are you happy with your love life rite now?
no love but happy. It can be a burden

53]What song best describes yr love life?
no freaking idea. Dun really care.

54]Does the person noe you like him/her?
nope

55]Who always makes you laugh?
LK. Haha.

56]Do you speak other languages other than english?
mandarin, smatterings of hokkien, teochew

57]Favourite websites?
mysoju.com :D

58]Whats yr middle name?
none that is flattering

60]What do you think you are like?
‘dao’/ sian/ angry face, private person

61]Who will you choose to die with?
alone. I dun need company in death

62]Where have you been today?
Suntec, then MP Library

63]What game do you play often?
O2 jam ba. Or IQ Traveller on facebook.

64]Who are you missing now?
6Di people, 33/06 people, M5 people, some OCIP people, The Girls from TK…

65]If you had to choose between your fren or your lover which will you choose?
don’t choose lor. So difficult for what…

66]What are you doing right now?
bathing. Like, duh, what else can I be doing?!

67]Which primary school are you from?
geylang methodist pri

68]Name 3 colours that you like?
red, black, silver

69]What emotion do you like to show?
no emotion is the best.

70]What is yr life to you?
a necessity. 生存是規則不是我的選擇。

71]If you have something bothering you what will you do?
ignore it. Cos it will happen sooner or later

72]Who did you last chat on msn today?
HuiQi

73]Who do you admire the most?
Gary Chaw

74]Which month were you born in?
Sept

75]How are you feeling right now?
bored. Extremely bored.

76]What is the time now?
12:20am

77]What kind of person do you think of the one who tagged you?
nobody tagged me. I am just bored so I decided to take it off Theresa’s blog n do it.

78]What colour did you use to dye yr hair?
I nv dye my hair. The last time, 2-3 years ago, I used deep burgundy. (:

79]Why are you doing this test?
cos i was bored.

80]What do you do when you are moody?
laze around and be a nuisance to everyone

81]At which age do you wish to get married?
at the moment, never.

82]Who is more important to you?
my sister, I guess

83]If today was the last day of your life what would you do?
play all debt (if any), organise everything nicely and go sleep.

84]Who is the person you trust the most?
my family, they are one entity.

85]Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after the rain?
nah. Life where got so good?

86]If you had a dream come true wat would it be?
be able to do what I want

87]What is your goal for this year?
no goals. I never keep to them so why should I make them?

88]Do you believe in eternal love?
dun think so…

89]What feeling do you love the most?
alone-ness

90]Do you think its Global Warming now?
very probable

91]What feeling do you hate the most?
failure

92]You like doing quizzes?
only if I am bored… really bored…

93]Do you believe in God?
maybe once upon a time

94]Who cares for you the most?
my family I guess

95]What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
living up to one’s own expectations

96]What will you bring when you fight?
brains and brawn

97]What have you regretted doing your whole life?
not being proactive in a lot of things, I guess

98]What would you do if nobody cared for you?
continue with my life

99]What would you do if your boyfriend/girlfriend two-timed you?
dump him straight away, no excuses and maybe nurse a broken heart?

100]How do you feel now?
still bored. zzz

if u have persevered to the end, you are one bored person too! Haha! No la. Just kidding. I just have this problem of not knowing how to fill up my days...

-aeRieL-

2008-12-16T23:48:00.003+08:00

Gui Hun 鬼混 (FULL CD Version) - (Xiao Gui) Huang Hong Sheng

黄鸿升 - 鬼混

我不要他们承认
也不要让他们得逞
我不要变成他们要我们变成的那种人
我一条命一个人
找一个神一起鬼混
我自己有我相信的永恒之外的永恒
干嘛不能混就混
干嘛还查我身份
整条街都自己人
怨人不杀死怨人
你狗屁控制我们原是本能
外星人是认输在潜意识的大魔神
我不要他们承认
也不要让他们得逞
我不要变成他们要我们变成的那种人
我一条命一个人
找一个神一起鬼混
我自己有我相信的永恒之外的永恒
干嘛不越来越混
干嘛不想问就问
就算我变成铁人
也不能拯救别人
就算爱不了所有我爱的人
我也不要懦弱就出卖自己的灵魂
我不要他们承认
也不要让他们得逞
我不要变成他们要我们变成的那种人
就一条命一个人
找一个神一起鬼混
我自己有我相信的永恒之外的永恒
我不要他们承认
也不要让他们得逞
我不要变成他们要我们变成的那种人
我一条命一个人
找一个神一起鬼混
我要活就要活得比别人还要狠还要疯
就一条命一个人
找一个神一起鬼混
我挥霍太早变成了灰尘之中的灰尘

This is one of my favourite songs at the moment. It speaks of attitude, of lack of freedom to question things and the quest of staying true to oneself. Just like the following song but majority of the people do not consider the following a song. Whatever, I say.

不OK - 信

Sundown 2008

2008-12-16T23:36:00.002+08:00

Attended Sundown 2008 at the TP alumni lounge yesterday cos Ben invited the OG there to see hear his new song and enjoy a musically enriching night.(: The song that he wrote was fantabulous!

Then he drove us to Macau Cafe for supper. I still cant get use to the fact that people around can drive and is actually driving on a daily basis. Anyway, he sent us all home and i was the last cos he decided to drive to Tanah Merah first, then Serangoon, then Queenstown THEN my house before he head back to Aljunied. So I reached home at 1am. :S

GOod thing is that my parents were asleep by the time I reached home or they would have brought the roof down. And I was just in time for the re-run of 娱乐百分百。 HAHAHA!

Went to school today to meet Lucinda and sent cards over to my kids at Mae Hong Son. (: Love them so. Miss them loads.

-aeRieL-

new haircut from JB

2008-12-14T02:32:00.004+08:00

Saturday, 13 December 2008

I couldn’t attend a friend’s commissioning ‘cos there was a quantity cap. So I went over to JB to do up my hair with my sister. Boy, was it a good move! :D

Reached JB at 12 plus, shopped at the shopping centre nearest the immigration checkpoint (City Square?) for a while before we made our way to Holiday Plaza (?) – I really am not too good at the names of the shopping centres there. It was only 6bucks on the taxi! It does not even cover the pick-up rate in SG! Anyway, we were there and we compared a while prices and decided to go for the RM210 package which includes cut wash treatment n rebonding. That translates roughly to S$89 only! I paid S$139 doing the same thing this year Jan! Can you believe this?!

Anyway, my hairstylist was Cass. And she cut me a new, funky (IMO) hairstyle. I finally got myself a fringe – she says no one nowadays have fringe the same length as the rest of the hair (is she saying I’m backward?!) it is those kind of jagged, long long short short fringe that many girls have nowadays and I finally look my age. Like, finally. Haha.

I’m pretty happy with my new haircut but I haven’t quite decided how to put the fringe. Cos they don’t stay in any shape… A bit frustrating but it’s fun having a fringe. Now I just need to wait for the pimples to pop out under them. Hahaha!

I bought a new t-shirt from F.O.S. too and ate Mac’s Ayam Goreng 2 piece meal. Yep, the one only Malaysia has and is waaaay better than KFC’s. Yum!

Time to start doing work due for FOC meeting on Monday. Haha. Oh ya, friends of mine who have been urging me to read Harry Potter for years, rejoice! I’ve started reading them. Starting on Book 3 soon. So far, not too disappointed with the plot and characters except for Dobby. I hate the way he talks but I guess that’s the way it is supposed to be – being tortured to submissiveness the way he is. Actually, I am more disappointed with the ending of Twilight. I sincerely hope the movie will be better and I think it will be, judging from the trailer on Youtube. :D

i think an incomplete circle is more beautiful than a complete circle, don't u think so?

-aeRieL-

the shipping industry

2008-12-12T19:44:00.002+08:00

the maritime industry has been hit by the global recession/ slowdown quite badly this time round. it came so suddenly. i'd've thought that this booming industry in SG will not be affected much...

my dad has been asked to take 3 consecutive days off from work already and today he said there was no work to be done. i never expected it to be this bad.

going to JB tomorrow. hopefully something turns out good tomorrow.

i miss my kids again. it's been 2 years since the last time i've seen them.

sometimes i wonder why i 重感情 so much. is the friendship worth that much? should i be investing time in a friendship that is barely there? what if i am never going to see the person ever again? should i bother?

-aeRieL-

uodates about nothing much

2008-12-09T09:40:00.002+08:00

The Christmas tree at Vivo City (08122008)
havent had time to do much updating for the past (almost) 1 week. been feeling lethargic everyday. everyone has been telling me it's some kind of illness. ya ya, i havent had enough sleep since forever and it is catching up on me. that's it, ok?

went out with Theresa on Friday. Walked around Orchard. the crowd was so bad i almost lost my temper. everyone was just strolling at snail pace it's almost as if they forgot how to walk properly. they jam up the walkways, the roads and piss me off. i hate crowds. but i am not claustrophobic. u can lock me in a small room and i will not be disturbed by it. lock me in a large room with people, i will go crazy.

Saturday, i went out with my sis to guess what, Orchard again. it was better a bit, probably cos it was afternoon. and i love to go out with my sis cos she cannot stand crowds either. so we will just weave through the crowds like they are just cumbersome obstacles that are in our way. we bought a convection microwave too. woo-hoo~ now we can finally bake cakes/ brownies/ cookies again. :D

Sunday was my grandpa's birthday. had to go down to macpherson, eat lousy food, make small and meaningless talks and take photos. honestly, i dont get why they bother to include my siblings n i. my bro n i are not close to any of my cousins. we have to pretend we fit right in when we do not. n i was dragged to take photos with cousins i havent talked to in ages. it seems ridiculous n superficial...

Monday, i went to Hui Min's hall at Hall 1 NTU. NTU's rooms are so much bigger n spacious n cheaper than NUS's. Maybe the ss in NTU is higher than that in NUS. walked the whole of NTU, saw my dream school CEE... i guess if i had been accepted in NTU, i would be leaving in hall too... but then again, i would probably run after 1 semester cos of the high commitment demanded.

maybe i have been walking too much the last few days. the balls of my heels are hurting a lot and my backbone is giving me more trouble than usual. add that to lethargy. it's a fatal combination.

going for the FOC meeting later and that's it for this week. i am going to sleep at home. huzzah.

-aeRieL-

小时候 - 信

2008-12-08T22:43:00.001+08:00

小时候 - 信

kbox, and a movie

2008-12-02T22:12:00.002+08:00

Went out with LK today. i spent $50 today. So much... Haiz. Really damn broke. Sian. And i keep spending money on VCDs. Bought Lovers in Paris on Saturday, bought another VCD today. Like i have the time to watch like that. *sigh* But it's just so tempting to buy. :S

Went to e!hub today, next to Downtown East. I stepped into a kbox again, after 2 years. Lol. LK convinced me to sing. But i still think my singing sucks. Like seriously, monotonous cos I am tone deaf. Sang lots of songs. Like a BIG BIG BIG medley.

Then went to watch 4Christmases. It's a very very very funny show. (: I really enjoyed it a lot. (: It was a short show too. About an hour thereabout? I love short shows. Can never stand long long shows cos it gets too draggy. Batman was a little too slow in the beggining. It's the same with storybooks. That's why I only read a few selected authors. Ok, I digress.

Had a great day today. (: Only the food was disappointing. wasted my stomach space, really.

-aeRieL-

信-Take Me to the Star

2008-12-01T19:26:00.002+08:00

Take Me To The Star - Shin

Happy Song! (:

end of exams

2008-12-01T18:37:00.004+08:00

Ignore the woman. She was in the way. :P
Beautiful, ain't it? inside Suntec City. (:
Stats cheat sheet Page1
Stats cheat sheet Page 2 (I'm good right? can squeeze so much into 2 pieces of paper :P it took 6 hours!)
the first major exam in my 4 years in the university has ended. Officially on Saturday. (:

Dooms day on 23 Dec 08 0800. I can get that date and time outta my head cos LK has been telling me. Going to die. Going to spend the next 7 semesters pulling up the CAP of this semester. T.T It is positively depressing but what can I do. I always dig myself into my own grave.

For now, I am determined to enjoy myself. Finish watching all those DVDs and VCDs I bought, finish reading all those book that I bought, sleep like a pig until I am well-rested. :D

Ms Zhu just uploaded this year's AJ OCIP trip photos. Got me so teary eyed. i see all those photos and memories just flashed by. It was like, hey, that road looks so familiar! the Bua Thongs in the blooming season! The rows of school shoes outside the classrooms. The similar haircuts of the boys. And not to mention, the girls. The familiar uniform. The home stay village with the piglets. We had chicken downstairs the last time. (:

And I remember someone exclaiming that their host's house has a king sized bed, and very modern amentities. and Thanesh saying his host'd family is even better. it is wireless! Haha! literally wireless, that is. and the treacherous climb down to the waterfall that the teachers so strictly prohibited. those were the days. excitement, adrenalin, and adventure. (: i miss those days sooooo much.

Memories has ceased to be enough. I am greedy; I want to see them. I want to go back to Suksasongkroh, Mae Hong Son.

-aeRieL-

Jet Li on TIME

2008-11-29T10:48:00.001+08:00

Jet Li is on next week's TIME magazine! Woo-hoo~

Off to the last exam. I have a bad feeling for this too. Oh well, i don't care. After exam, meet Hui Min with Hui Qi for dinner. muahahaha!

-aeRieL-

3 out of 4 papers screwed up

2008-11-28T11:08:00.002+08:00

Wed was PF1101 Fundamentals to Project Management. I spotted question and did cost mgmt, time mgmt and procurement mgmt out of the 9 PMBOK areas. and 2 of them came out, which is such a surprise! cause i always spot wrong questions one. Had to do 4 Qn out of 5. so i did that 2 plus one about how knowing the 9 PMBOK areas will help an "Accidental Project Manager" which was quite ok, i guess. but I don't know why i keep feeling that i screwed up the paper. and i am almost never wrong when it comes to predicting whether i screwed up the paper or not.

Thurs there was 2 papers. 2, IMHO, gone case paper. how appropriate they are on the same day. Morning paper was GEK2001 Changing Landscapes of Singapore. I did not study for that, except chapter 1 (the intro) and chapter 13 (the review) of the textbook and the Singapore 21 report. so i went into the hall with only my general knowledge of SG (which is honestly not that much...) and the general feeling of resignation. no fear, no anxiety, only resigned.

Afternoon paper was ST1131 Introduction to Statistics. I spent 6 hours of the previous day doing the 2 page A4 sized paper cheat sheet (you basically can write anything on the 2 pages of 1 A4 paper but only 1 piece,no more). I squeezed a lot of things into the paper. will upload the paper after exams. anyway, the first 3 or 4 pages was all about definitions. and i was pretty lucky that i wrote all the definitions in my cheat sheet. *i actually thought i would have nothing to write and can leave 1 hour into the exam and conveniently fail it* anyway, i think i can pass this, only whether it will be C+ or C-... it is THAT hopeless. Stats is crazy. everything also approximate. so what IS accurate?!

oh, prior to both exams, i changed my traveling route to school. i decided to take the train. anyway, i was being my grumpy self (cos not enough sleep) so I am virtually unapproachable. then at some stop (Queenstown? I'm not too sure) i was standing by the door and this guy's hand came into my line of vision. i was irritable and was thinking, wth... looked up and saw ZhenYew. lol. Live in SengKang, have work at Clementi. his NS la.. haha. but better than me, worrying about my CAP and ultimately my future. ... ...

last paper: Saturday 1pm LSM1301 General Biology. GoGoGo!

-aeRieL-

PF1102 exam

2008-11-22T14:13:00.002+08:00

thank god this morning's paper was ok. can pass. 1 down, 4 more to go!

I survived a levels, i can survive this! haha. thanks, LayKuan. (:

after exams, FOC prep! catching up with everyone! The Girls, 33/06, 6 Diligence, Maroon 5, HuiQi n HuiMin, Jack.... Haha. And Christmas! :DDD

-aeRieL-

把悲傷留給自己

2008-11-21T15:14:00.002+08:00

把悲傷留給自己 - 蔡琴

I couldn't find the male version. ): So sad. that's better. BE SCARED OFF! MUAHAHAHA!

Exams starts tomorrow. See me die!

-aeRieL-

Fong Seng Dinner and Teens

2008-11-19T13:43:00.004+08:00

Don't:

-eat at the chinese restaurant looking shop at Fong Seng. their food are covered with so much oil they glister in the light. disgusting.

-if u eat there, don't drink their soup. it looks like recycled water. cloudy with precipitate and taste dubious.

-bother with teens mag anymore. the layout is horrible -- they are not aligned properly. they do not do their jobs well -- they match the wrong name to the wrong face for Fahrenheit. not that i am a big fan of them but i know who they are. Bet they (teens mag) are going to receive a lot of hate mail from the Fahrenheit fans. only thing they did good was the cover. i bought it cos of the cover... how i regret. refund me 3bucks!

I'm glad 8Days is still as reliable as ever, packed with entertainment news and witty remarks. it's a downright good investment for a lousy week. (:

i'm going to put 把悲伤留给自己 (leave the hurt for myself) on my blog soon. good old fashion chinese song. scare people off my blog. :D

-aeRieL-

五月天 -- 後。青春期的詩

2008-11-11T20:33:00.002+08:00

你不是真正的快樂

人群中哭著　妳只想變成透明的顏色
妳再也不會夢或痛或心痛了　
妳已經決定了　妳已經決定了

你靜靜忍著　緊緊把昨天在拳心握著
而回憶愈是甜就是愈傷人　
愈是在手心留下密密麻麻深深淺淺的刀割

你不是真正的快樂　你的笑只是妳穿的保護色
妳決定不恨了　也決定不愛了　
把妳的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

這世界笑了　於是妳合群的一起笑了
當生存是規則不是妳的選擇　
於是妳含著眼淚飄飄盪蕩跌跌撞撞的走著

你不是真正的快樂　你的笑只是妳穿的保護色
妳決定不恨了　也決定不愛了　
把妳的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼

你不是真正的快樂　你的傷口不肯完全的癒合
我站在妳左側卻像隔著銀河　
難道緊緊的抱著遺憾一直到老了　然後再後悔著

妳值得真正的快樂　妳應該脫下妳穿的保護色
為什麼失去了　還要被懲罰呢　
能不能就讓悲傷全部結束在此刻　重新開始活著

突然好想你

最怕空氣突然安靜最怕朋友突然的關心
最怕回憶突然翻滾絞痛著不平息最怕突然聽到你的消息
想念如果會有聲音不願那是悲傷的哭泣
事到如今終於讓自己屬於我自己只剩眼淚還騙不過自己

突然好想你你會在哪裡過得快樂或委屈
突然好想你突然鋒利的回憶突然模糊的眼睛

我們像一首最美麗的歌曲變成兩部悲傷的電影
為什麼你帶我走過最難忘的旅行然後留下最痛的紀念品

我們那麼甜那麼美那麼相信那麼瘋那麼熱烈的曾經
為何我們還是要奔向各自的幸福和遺憾中老去

突然好想你你會在哪裡過得快樂或委屈
突然好想你突然鋒利的回憶突然模糊的眼睛

最怕空氣突然安靜最怕朋友突然的關心
最怕回憶突然翻滾絞痛著不平息最怕突然聽到你的消息

最怕此生已經決心自己過沒有你卻又突然聽到你的消息

May Day's 後。青春期的詩 (new album). Songs that touched me, songs I can identify with.

-aeRieL-

hope? faith? gone.

2008-11-10T19:33:00.002+08:00

Hope? what hope?
Faith? what faith?
I see none in the horizon at all.

I feel the same way I felt 1 year ago.

27 September 2007

What is one to do when one is still attaining ‘U’s for all H2 subjects 4 weeks prior to THE examination?

Despair.

Sink onto depression.

Entertain suicidal thoughts.

Throw all cautions to the wind and let it be.

Is that it?

-aeRieL-

5 October 2007

It’s 3 weeks to A levels. I feel so unprepared and I feel as if I am going to a battle blindfolded. Where does that leave me? Vulnerable to everything and cut down the minute the enemy spots me. That’s how it is. I don’t know when I am going to be cut down but I feel the fear all the same. It’s simply terrifying. Suddenly, the only thing that I remotely excel in, studying, is the thing that I cannot perform in. Is this the end of the road for me?

I feel like I am in the middle of the battlefield just waiting to be cut down, by a friend turned enemy, Education.

-aeRieL-

8 October 2007

Farewell assembly’s in 4 days’ time. Time really flies. And this means that the A levels are drawing closer like an impending doom. Inevitable yet unavoidable. How unfortunate.

-aeRieL-

Show me hope, give me faith to believe in myself again.

-aeRieL-

2008-11-09T19:21:00.002+08:00

7 Nov., 08
Thursday and Friday have been rather unproductive days in terms of studies/ revision for end of semester exams. But it was a good getaway from the oppressive exam mood and the monotonous revision.

Thursday was a little of revision and a little of retail therapy. Lay Kuan and I shopped for Yu Jia’s present. But somehow I always get distracted when I step into accessories shops. Haha! I am looking for more rings! Hee!

Friday saw me running some errands long overdue, like returning the books to the library. I woke up late again. This time it is not the Curse of the Ninth Week, it’s more of week 11 and 12. Haha! I went to school for the Stats tutorial which I did not do beforehand. :x

Speaking of Stats, I got back the second test and guess what? I am 1 standard deviation below the mean again. Please call me a genius, people.

Anyway, after that, I took bus 10 from Pasir Panjang all the way to Esplanade where I switched to bus 196 which took me to Marine Parade. I went to return the books, then went over to Popular on impulse. I bought Jeffrey Archer’s newest novel, A Prisoner of Birth, and Shin’s newest album. The songs are quite different from his usual style, will take a while to get used to it. The design of the album is damn ugly, and the concept is unfathomable and the work seems amateurish. The first impression is quite bad.

Looking at the lyrics book, I seem to unconsciously find the names of the rest of the band (now defunct). All the familiar faces, familiar names are gone except for the guy who carried on the name. Somehow, it didn’t seem right for the band to split up. They have been playing together as a band for the better part of 10 years and less than 5 years in after they shot to fame, they split. Could the media be responsible for it? Or the record companies and the contracts? I wonder if they still keep in contact privately. It’d be such a pity if their work severed their decade long friendship.

Michael Crichton died on Tuesday to cancer. Sian. His passing means one less great author around, one less storyteller, a great loss to the literature society. State of Fear, The Great Train Robbery, Next, ...

Recommended Tracks:
06. 小時候
09. 釋放
10. 不滅信念

-aeRieL

Prata dinner at FS

2008-11-03T22:24:00.003+08:00

What started as a whim to eat prata turned into a mini OG outing. (:

Last week, Mr Chin has this craving for Roti Prata at Fong Seng. So he started asking people to go to FS on Monday night. And it turned out to be a tremendously fun evening at FS. (: I don’t remember having so much fun, so much laughter just eating dinner. (:

A surprise is actually to see J at the gathering. Truly, I know he was from my OG for the O Week but I didn’t talk to him (at all, I think) [‘cos I really wasn’t into O Week after the tiring FOC and truth to be told, I don’t like to go around getting to know new people]. And I’m not too sure if he had fun this evening or not. He seemed pretty excluded sitting at the corner...

Anyway, towards the end of the dinner, we decided to get a Bandung dinosaur to see how it would taste like (actually we didn’t even know how it’ll look like). So Mr Chin ordered it and I really should have taken a picture how the guy look when he gave that order. That incredulous look that seemed to say, WHO THE HELL WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT?! It was hilarious. ^.^

Then when we were leaving, we split into 2 groups, one going back towards school, the other going to Pasir Panjang Road. Then J happened to stand beside XL and Mr Ang asked,” huh? J sending XL back to PGP ah?

J: (vehemently shaking his head) No, no, no....
Mr Ang: Oh, sorry sorry.
Everyone was laughing like mad by now...
Someone: That’s the job of I right?
J: I was never in the picture.

I say ah, Mr Ang, I think you scared J big time, by the way he shook his head so quickly and so violently. LOL.

Thanks Maroon5/ Flag Fish/ Quail Fish for the fun evening before the exams, amidst the mugging and project deadlines. Love you guys! (: You guys are the best thing that happened to me in Uni. (: May we have more wonderful years ahead. (:

Jia you for the next 3 weeks! Looking forward to the December outing. (:

-aeRieL-

2008-10-29T22:07:00.003+08:00

Last weekend, Think it was a Saturday, me n my sis went out at 10am to Singapore Post to do some stuff and decided to walk to Parkway Parade via Joo Chiat Road. Somewhat like a exploration day. (:

But before we could even start walking to PP, we stopped by Geylang Serai Hawker Centre for chicken rice. Maybe you'd to guess if she's eating chili or chicken? haha.

This is on Joo Chiat Road. Dong Fan Zhi Zhu wor. sounds like Spider of the East. Lol. And there are many other hilarious names on Joo Chiat Road, mostly the pubs and massage palours.

My new things! the body pillow is shioookness. It's about the size of 2 pillows combined. (: From Aussino de. (: oh, it looks like a big fat worm on my bed right? Haha. Now I can't decide whether I like my body-pillow more or my blanket. Lol.

-aeRieL-

how old is he?

2008-10-27T02:38:00.002+08:00

let me describe to u a person. tell me how old u think the person is. he watches TV at least 5 hours a day. I wake up to see him watching TV. I go out and come back to see him still watching TV. I go to sleep when he is still watching TV. And he watches the new kids central #okto. he watches cartoon the whole damn fucking day.

i swear, my brother, who is 18 this year, is mentally 3 years old. oh ya, please note that the electricity is set to increase by 21%. And I'd say he will be the reason for the sharp increase in electricity bill. i have not watch my daily dosage of 1 hour of TV for the past 4 days cos he is always hogging the goddamn fucking TV.

and he wonders why i am not talking to him. fucking bird brain. oh wait. let's call him a amoeba. they've got no brain. i am so pissed off with him. and the fact that he gets to watch so much TV and no one scolds him. and when i watch my 1 hour of TV, my father told me not to keep watching TV.

HELLO?! who the fuck has been watching TV?

and one more thing. he moved the bloody PC into my room and comes into my room to play fucking Warcraft and take my fan. i dun need the fucking PC in my room. and i want my privacy. stop intruding in my space, damn you.

i might just stay in PGP for the next year. i can't wait for the day he enlists. 1 more year. Aeriel, you can survive til then.

-aeRieL-

May 18, the movie

2008-10-24T22:47:00.002+08:00

May 18, the movie

Lee Jun Ki (My Korean shuai ge)

Ahn Sung Ki (respected retired soldier)

Have just finished watching the Korean movie, May 18, the military violent crackdown of the ‘rebels’ in the town of Gwang-ju. The film is pretty good in the sense that it examines the consequences of the crackdown on different groups of people – the students, the teachers, the ex-miltants, the civilians, the family-man, and even the dilemma faced by some of the people in the military towards such untoward behaviour. The whole of 9 days of ‘rebellion’ and crackdown was condensed into 2 hours, making it somewhat too compacted, maybe even not accurate due to the time constraint. However, there was the portrayal of media censorship at work by the military, the covering up of deaths of the civilians, the glorifying of the military. And there is the foreign media which reported the truth of the situation, which gave people in the town hope to live again.

On a more personal level, my Korean shuai ge Lee Jun Ki died less than 1 hour into the 2 hour show. And I think that the respected retired officer is a man just perfect for the role. He just has the air of command, the calm during nerve-wrecking situations and the charisma to lead the civilians in the defence of the town, and not to mention, he looks a little Japanese.

Oh, and the movie is a tear-jerker. Or maybe I am just a cry-baby.

Nonetheless, it’s a darn good show! And it stars Lee Jun Ki! A must-watch! (:

-aeRieL-

Captain Sagara

2008-10-22T11:03:00.003+08:00

The original (Captain Sagara, RKSX)

The replicated

Done years ago. Somewhere in my secondary school days. Wish I can replicate more of these works. Haven't drawn anything in years...

-aeRieL-

PFM blog

2008-10-20T23:36:00.002+08:00

Hey hey~

take a look at this and give me some comments kk? This is one of my core/ foundation module projects. PF1101 is Fundamentals to Project Management.

What my group has came up with is actually a blog, a facebook group (can be seen at the exit tab on the blog), a brochure and a video. Oh, the project is to promote Project and Facilities Management(PFM).

Blog is edited/ personalised by yours truly, video made/ compiled primarily by YuQian with most of us pitching in to help...

Let me know ur views ok? Thanks thanks!

-aeRieL-

5more weeks to exams

2008-10-18T17:20:00.002+08:00

uni semesters are so short... 5 more weeks to exams. that's pretty fast. i cant imagine having to learn micro and macro econs in 1 sem when i took 2 years and still could not understand.

Lovers in Paris looks like an interesting drama. maybe i will go buy the DVD. but the male leads are kinda ugly leh... :x

Yesterday I walked from Science Fac all the way to Heng Mui Keng busstop with a friend. Ain't I healthy? Haha. I am exercising. Lol.

Talking and walking, I realised a lot of things. i am still digesting them. the thoughts are relatively disturbing.

I hope I will get to go Cameroon Highlands this hols. I think my mom is thinking about it. (: Tea plantation, HERE I COME! haha

-aeRieL-

upgrade from 64MB to 1GB

2008-10-15T10:53:00.003+08:00

Lay Kuan, u rock! haha.

Last Sat when we met up at Breeks, Lay Kuan gave me her 1GB mem card cos she changed her phone (again). Haha. So now I have upgraded my SE phone mem card from a PATHETIC 64MB to 1GB. What a world of difference!

I now can put over 200 songs inside when previously I could only put about 20. I now can take HUNDREDS of photos when previously I could only take about 30. Whee~

And Lay Kuan has a lot of songs in her mem card. I love all the Korean drama serials songs! hee~

Thanks so much, babe! (:

-aeRieL-

R/ship vs singlehood

2008-10-13T21:49:00.003+08:00

Not for the first time I celebrate my single hood. Today, most of all, I am glad I do not have to report to anyone else other than my parents. I was discussing with a friend today that there are more reasons not to get into a relationship than there is to get into one.

The troubles, the misunderstandings, the quarrels, the making up, the compromising, the heartache... I may not have been through it but I have seen people around me falling in love, and then out of love. And I think, what is the point? It's a vicious cycle.

Oh well, to each his own. Maybe years down the road, revisiting this entry, I could be happily attached and not even remember having wrote this. Maybe years down the road, I may have counter-arguments to this. But for now, this is how it shall be. (:

-aeRieL-

+muSingS+

Moved

Gathering of Old (Friends)

33/06 BBQ

Tired

ALBUMSSS

Dramatic Week

Skins for my Precioussss

ONE DAY

Unity

My Track Record II

Y1S2 Results

Hoooked!

My Track Record

Es Teler 77

Little Cards of Encouragement

LauPaSat

LG Viewty

Morris Says

Next Up: FOC

Punchit Fakmii

The Good Friday (to Sunday) (:

Archives? No way.

Woo Hoo~

AJ Family Day + Songkran

Grey's Anatomy

One More New Havaianas

柯有伦

defeated by a flu bug

Chivalry is DEAD!!

黄靖伦 - 明天再说

MY NAME IS AERIEL

tired, cranky and unresponsive

Movie in Minutes - Twilight

So Much to Say

New Havaianas!

Speak of the Dead

Another Passing

6 Diligence

信 - 告别的时代 电影版

Idolation Indulgence

給・愛人

Recess Week?!

Destination Taiwan?

New Blogskin (:

The new TV

Thai Language

a chauffeur is in order!

Botak Jones BEDOK

SDE BASH 09

CNY photos

刘谦老师

SDE Bash wear what?!

CNY 2009

Happy CNY

happy bday, eye candy

男高音

习惯成自然

bad habits

day2 of school

Day1 of school 2009

the TK trip

an oppressed day

the new year

Michael Learns --- That's why you go away

MHA career fair - changi airport n prison

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

WHY STUDY?

Jack n HuiQi n Fahrenheit concert

Twilight, the movie

100 qtns

Sundown 2008

new haircut from JB

the shipping industry

uodates about nothing much

小时候 - 信

kbox, and a movie

信-Take Me to the Star

end of exams

Jet Li on TIME

信 - 告别的时代电影版

五月天 -- 後。青春期的詩