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i'm finally back blogging

2007-04-03T04:43:00.001-07:00

Hey guys,

its me again. I'm back!
so long has gone by since i last updated anything..doubt anyone would still have d patience to read this.
alot has happened since my last entry. Problem is that everytime i wanna blog, i don't have d time n d things juz fly past so quickly that i don't have d chance to write about them. and when i Do have d time, i juz don't feel like it.
pretty weird huh..

For those who don't noe, i've been accepted into d Bachelors Speech n Language therapy course in Massey University. Its hard work i tell u. We have 8 papers this year, 4 in each semester and an xam at d end of each semester. Its quite stressful actually as d 3rd day after lectures had started i already started mugging/studying.

U may ask, what do i learn? I learn d anatomy n physiology of the human body (preferably d brain, ears, respiratory system n mouth), the different types of communication disorders, linguistics and the maori culture (don't ask me why i haf to learn that...its a must.). I have anatomy physiology test EVERY monday n recently i had a test for each of my papers thru out d whole week PLUS assignments n reports to write after d easter holidays. man..
smtimes i'm really sick of studying but actually i honestly love my course n wat i'm doing now.

There are currently 20 pple in my course since its so specialised and i'm d only asian. haha. at first i really hated it but i finally managed to make frens wif d angmohs. They're actually pretty nice pple.
My seniors in 2nd yr tell me that its gonna get more stressful as u go higher n higher, n currently only 50% graduate at d end of 4 yrs cos they juz can't take d stress. i'm hoping that it won't be like that. anyhow, its d only thing i love doing, my aim in life so i have hook or by crook to graduate wif a BSLT.

I'm also living in the massey accommodation which is lucas creek village. Its kinda like a bungalow aka house where they slot u wif random pple. i didn't get to choose my flatmates. so currently i'm rooming in wif 6 guys and 1 girl. heh. when i first moved in it was 6 guys n juz me. kinda weird. Oddly i didn't really miss my parnts at all cos i see them every weekend but still i expected to be homesick. haha.
got to see d kiwi culture too...BINGE drinking. d guys r alright...they're fun smtimes but they're really unhygienic (ughh!) and they LOVE drinking alot. i reckon they drink too much for their own good since a few of my flatmates came back home tipsy n DRUNK to d core.. one even fell face down onto d table RIGHT in front of my face. They can drink like 10 cans of beer + vodka n not get drunk. that's juz crazy.
n they love to get me to drink too..heh! obviously i say no though i tried sm alcohol n felt so hot n red i didn't want anymore. anyway alcohol tastes disgusting. by d way all d guys in my flat r white except for 2 asians, 1 frm china n d other frm korea. no singaporeans no malaysians. sad.
smtimes they can be highly annoying too, which irritates d hell out of me. They have a new nick name for me n its LORZ or LOZ. gosh. HEY LORZ, WASSUP, hey LORZ, how's it going?? LORZ, get that for me won't u?? SWEET ASS.. sigh. that's exactly how kiwis talk.
n they use ALOT of vulgarities..man..if i thought d j1 guys in SG were bad? think again. I try to stop them frm saying it but its like WATER coming out of their mouths...non stop forever flowing.
Worse part is that they don't believe in God, they hate God n they think d bible is a whole load of bullshit even though i try to convince them otherwise. they believe in science cos there's proof n evolution. we always have heated debates about those.

Anyway when i have free time i watch anime, movies, tv series on my laptop wif d girl in my flat called kristen. Its really fun juz watching stuff instead of partying. And guess wat?? i'm FINALLY for d first time of my life, going regularly to d uni GYM. it only costs 120 bucks for a WHOLE year n massey's gym is SO COOl. they haf tvs up there for u to watch stuff when ur jogging on d treadmill. plus d gym instructors came up wif a programme to help me stay fit. I guess d main reason why i decided to go to d gym was to get active n pump my cardiomuscles so that i won't collapse on d floor wif a heart attack. main aim is to tone up n stay healthy. i go twice a week or i TRY to go twice a week. haha.though hafn't been at all last week since i'm SO SO bz.

Well enough info for u guys today.

Shall try to update more often k??

stay happy always. :)

Which uni should i go to??

2007-02-10T01:59:00.000-08:00

Hey guys,

as u noe i've finally gone back to nz. left s'pore on d 31st jan.

to all d pple whom i haf met up, i had such a great time wif u!!
to those whom i couldn't, i'm really sorry! we WILL catch up d nxt time i come back.

so sorry for not updating my blog while in S'pore. There were alot of things to blog about but i didn't haf internet access in d house i was staying (so ironic right...).
For those who don't noe, i did a 1 month attachment in d speech pathology centre for kids in tanglin mall. I had to do it EVERYDAY frm 9am to 12 noon for about a month without getting paid. Its volunteery work u see...so i can build up my credentials..haha.
i kept telling myself to think long term. But overall it was very rewarding n also very tiring!!
I will elaborate more on d nxt entry (if i ever get d time to blog).

Since i've gotten back, i've been unpacking (there's LOTs of stuff to unpack) and thinking about my university entrance...which uni i should go to.

I got accepted into d 3 unis i applied to which is Auckland uni, Massey uni and Canterbury uni. Auckland u is apparently d top uni but i declined it as it didn't contain d course that i wanted.
My aim is to get into the Speech and Language therapy course which is some highly competitive professional degree thingy...
don't even ask why i chose that...its juz smth i wanted.

well thank God n Praise God that i did really well for my national xams last yr. i thought i was gonna do like SO badly..hahaa..

so when i came back to nz, d professer frm massey uni called me up for an interview so i went down to massey campus located at albany, northshore in auckland (super far i tell u..)
interview went really well..thank God too for my attachment in s'pore or else i would not haf been able to answer most questions she asked eg. wat r most children wif speech problems diagnosed wif?? ahhaha...

okay..so when d professor said that massey only accepts 25 students into d 1st yr..i was like...25?!?!?! that's like so few. but all they haf to do is to pass all their papers in their 1st yr to get into d 2nd yr n so forth. so its relatively alright.

university of canterbury accepted me too. this time its 90 spots for d 1st yr but they'll cut 2/3 out n only 30 pple can advance to 2nd yr. if i go there i haf to at least get a B+ average n get pass d interview. man....

so i'm like..okay, i'll probably go to canterbury since its free entry into d 1st yr cos i don't think i can make it into massey's top 25.

wrong.

to make matters worse...I GOT IN.
d letter came one morning saying, CONGRATULATIONS, u've been accepted into massey's speech n language therapy course!
i'm like..great....now i don't noe which one to go to, massey or canterbury.

i had to sit down wif my parnts for like 3 hrs n discuss wif them d pros n cons about each uni.
good thing about massey is that its ezier to get into d 2nd yr and its nearer to home (in auckland too!) but canterbury has a great campus life plus nice scenery which i look forward too!

i've decided that if i can't get a good accommodation for massey (its 2hrs drive frm there to my place wif d traffic jams so that's why i haf to live there) then i'll choose canterbury.
but there's this nagging thought... wat IF i can't get into d top 30 in canterbury???? if that's d case i haf to go back to auckland n go to auckland uni to do a bachelors in COMMERCE..econs..which i HATE to do. i'm already gonna do 2 econs papers in canterbury for safety precautions.

last night i had a dream that i went to canterbury...weirdest part was it didn't look like it at all...
but i met so many s'poreans there n most of them were frm mg...which also didn't make any sense at all.
maybe its a sign frm God that i should go there.

but i really really don't noe. i hope i won't regret my decision.

the future looks frightfully daunting.

if i go to canterbury, i'll live in a hall n be all alone without my family..smth i noe alot of us haf never been thru..n i'm scared. scared that i won't get into d course n scared that i'll lose my SACRED possesions like my contact lenses n various gadgets.
afraid that i'll forget to lock my dorm door n be a victim to theft. SIGH!.

anyway if ur reading this, pls say a little prayer for me that i'll noe which decision to make. cos right now i can't decide btwn massey or canterbury. n i don't wanna do BCOM!!! argh..

will update u guys on which uni i'll choose!

till then.

PS: d hall residence toilets in canterbury is Co-ed. SO AWFUL! don't they haf any sense to build a girls toilet n guys toilet separately?!?! imagine bathing nxt to a guy n only be separated by a partition *shudders.......*

i'm FINALLY back in Singapore!

2007-01-05T05:44:00.000-08:00

hello everyone who's reading this.

i'm NOT gonna change blog cos guess wat??? the tagboard's WORKING!! finally...after like 2 months. haha.

i touched down in Singapore on d 7th dec.
sat on SQ flight for like 10 hrs...thank goodness i had an aisle seat plus nxt to d toilet! haha..only inconvenience was that this angmoh couple kept going to d toilet so i had to keep crossing my legs on d arm rest n try to balance a cup of water on my lap...its quite hard. haha.

all in all i was DAMN HAPPY to be home lah...
it was so comforting to see d twinkling lights of S'pore as d plane touched down. :)

i haf almost been here for a month. currently staying in simei wif my aunt.
however things in S'pore were not wat i expected it to be.
like for d first few weeks i couldn't use d com...don't ask me why. some things are better left unexplained. things were so restrictive living in other pple's home that i finally realised my mum's words that there is no place like home. She also told me s'pore won't b d same cos we won't haf our own home anymore. At first i was like yeahyeah..like it matters...but now i really understand wat that meant.

anyway i haf been meeting up wif frens since i came back. its been fun on a whole but i sense that i've drifted away frm some of them...most coming frm cj. like u noe their not opening up to u..n there r times where its rather awkward. its really sad n disappointing. ironically when it comes to my mg frens we can juz talk n pick up where we left off more than a year ago. i thought it would be d other way around. i finally realised that i made cj alot bigger n better in my mind back in nz then it actually is. still when i see a cjian on d streets i get really excited...dunno why...i'm so weird. n everytime i see jc pple i get so nostalgic..cos jc was d most fun part of my life even though it was juz for a yr. wish i could go back to it, to that EXACT time but that's impossible. pple change n pple move on.

overall coming back to sg was not wat i expected..it was not as grand n exciting as i thought it would be.
BUT. i don't Miss nz AT ALL so at least that's a good thing.

will be going back to nz on d 31st jan.
i've already decided that i'm going to d university of canterbury, christchurch, nz to do bachelors in speech n language therapy (BSLT). its free entry in d 1st year but only 30 pple get in, into d 2nd yr to continue d degree. its a big risk i'm taking but i believe that that's where i ought to go. if God willing then i'll get into d 2nd yr.
i'm gonna be all alone wif out my parnts...so scary right. sigh. i'll probably regret it at first i noe it!...but i think i need to go there to grow up into a real adult. cos only grown ups take adults seriously...not teens nor kids.

uni will commence on d 18th feb but i'll prob haf to go down earlier to get used to hall life.
this is like d biggest decision i've made so far...really hope it turns out fine..

The tagboard isn't working

2006-10-30T17:52:00.000-08:00

Hello people.

The tagboard for some apparent reason is NOT working.
and it seems to be the same for everyone's blogspot..
so i might consider changing to another blog...which is NOT blogspot cos blogspot sucks...

i will not blogging for a while bcos NCEA xams are coming.

For those in my T9 and cj frens, all d best for As!!! (i noe ur As haf started, and it'll end on d day my xams start).

I shall be coming back in 6 wks time on d 7th dec!!! so i shall see u guys in s'pore!! i can't wait! haha...

k then. God BLESS!

another definition of holiday is break to STUDY.

2006-10-06T03:43:00.000-07:00

holidays are almost over.
they started 2 weeks ago.
today is the last day of holiday.
this round of hols sucked man..
had to catch up on sch work which i'm v. far behind. Why?
1. cos i've been slacking quite a bit thru d whole yr
2. cos d teachers in my sch SUCK big time. well most of them at least.
3. there r so much things to learn.
plus i got sick several times in d hols. had fever, cold n cough. n i'm telling u i don't get sick easily.

d hols had some of its highlights though. esther came to stay in my house for a slp over! n we went to dress mart...a shopping mall i wanted to go so much! but unfortunately i didn't buy any clothes cos i notice that nz fashion is v. skanky n low cut...so yes..i'm a v. conservative person. even my mum wants me to wear those low cut stuff okay! n i'm juz like NO WAY. n she goes on about how old fashion i am..like a country bumpkin. -_-'.

sch is in 2 days time. i'm NOT looking forward to it.
but then again its juz 4 more weeks b4 term 4 ends! then exam comes so NO sch! YAY! d final day of sch b4 xams start is nov 10 (my 18th birthday! *hint hint*) so its great.

i'm seriously considering being an anti social once sch starts. that means going up to d correspondence room to study every lunch period (which i think i can't) n juz being a typical asian in nz (studying every min of sch)... bcos i haf SO much to study before mocks which is not funny.

sometimes i wonder why God put me in elim.
if it was to fulfill some purpose of his, then i don't really get it. cos basically i'm not gonna miss anyone in elim except for a few frens whom i can count wif my fingers on 1 hand. sad.

there r times where i feel v. lonely. sg frens r so far away n i don't haf any gd frens here. seems really sucky eh.

i'm juz gonna tell myself once 30 nov goes by i'm FREE. well nov 10 i'll be rid of d normal routines of sch life. so there.

was also looking at my testimonials on friendster...n reminiscing about d past esp last yr. Its quite sad how pple who were once ur gd frens now don't speak to u anymore or r not in contact wif. pple always say 'frens forever!' but how far is that phrase true??? cos more often than not its not really true.
pple forget u or lose touch wif u. pple move on. u move on. u fight wif pple and that's it.

the end of the story.

what has been happening to me

2006-09-22T03:53:00.000-07:00

Hey peeps!

its d SCHOOL HOLIDAYS!! that means hard core mugging begins! there's so much to study ok...gosh..i haf loads to catch up.
anyway u may be asking wat has happened to me for d past er..3 wks? yeah 3 wks.
well for one, i went to esther's 18th party at her home! This is d first time i've actually been to a 18th party...n i tell u her decorations were SO nicee!! haha..d theme was paris 1900, moulin rouge but i didn't dress up to that of course...i was wearing my ever faithful jeans and a top. haha.
And there was alcohol too. Vodka, kahlua n baileys..blahblahblah.. normally i hate d taste of alcohol but vanessa (her sister) mixed like marinda orange n vodka..it was SO nice! i tell u i couldn't stop drinking ok. which was kinda bad. i tried lots of concoctions of vanessa's..heh..this included white irish bailey (which was quite gross)...sprite wif vodka..haha..
n in d end i had like 5 glasses of concoctions consisting of alcohol. MAN! i felt so flushed n hot...it was so weird...n my face was like totally red. i heard that asians get red when they drink...smth to do wif their genes. ANYWAY my body felt so hot...but i didn't get drunk or anything (cos that would haf been dumb)..so anyway i stopped...haha.. i bet u guys r like LAUREEN DRANK ALCOHOL?!?!? hahaha...!!!! yes i did. n it was nice...only wif d marinda orange!
n i also met so many pple there..made so many frens but i still hafn't gotten down to adding them on msn..heh..so lazy.

anyway a few days ago i happened to look thru all my old photographs...brings back so many memories... i saw one of me when i was 7 during this church meeting TGIF thank God its Friday. n everyone was playing ice breakers. n i saw lerhern in there too! hahaha! it was so funny. but i haf changed alot but he hasn't. heh!
was also looking at my parnts fotos b4 i was born n when they juz got married...like in d 80s...d hair styles back then were horrible..gosh.. our hair styles right now look so much BETTER! heh..

n yesterday went to my sch's performing arts show...d singing was quite good n stuff...but i've seen better.
felt really sian n pissed after coming back home... sian: i dunno why. Pissed: i shall not talk about it.

i'm trying right now to upload photos on blogger n its seriously taking SO long. extremely irritating.
u can go see my photos on friendster cos blogger is kinda screwed up right now.

sigh..hols r not hols, hols are breaks to study more.

Note: pple i am coming back on d 7th dec,flight SQ, 2.30pm NZ time, arriving in SG at 8.30 SG time. i will catch up wif u all!! juz give me a call or email k??? i can't wait!

Note

2006-09-06T19:28:00.000-07:00

For your information people,
the below entry was done by Christine so
it is OVERLY enthusiastic.

hello everyone! [:

2006-09-06T19:01:00.000-07:00

hello everyone! [:
this is laureen lim, reporting for duty!
i'm sorry i have not been blogging lately.. but i have just been too busy studying and stuff.. NCEA exams coming u know!! (:

btw, before i start this entry, i would like to say how much

I LOVE CHRISTINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
shes such a NICE girl.. hehehehe :D:D
im now in multimedia class.. hmmm.. rhino keeps annoying me! hes always spraying me with my nike waterbottle air flown from Singapore via Singapore Airlines.. hehehe

today i had double bio period!! OMG. so boring!!! me and amanda almost died lah. save meeeee!! :( poofs.

i ate scrambled eggs + bread for lunch today.. amanda brought some rice thing she cooked herself which she said was completely disgusting.. and christine brought pizza! and she didnt give me any!! BOO HOO.

and i kept laughing like a mad woman in multimedia class today.. i kept singing about row row row your boat -__________________________________-
so lame man! i dunno why the song keeps playing in my head.

I WANT SHORT SKIRTS!! SCHOOL UNIFORM WITH SHORT SKIRTS ARE PRETTY!

okay.

next topic.

i talked to some auckland people from university and found out that i could only do speech and language therapy as a masters degree !! OMG. what the HELL man!! how?!?!?! i wanna help poor innocent people with their jaws!! how am i going to do that if the uni i wanna go to doesnt have that course? :( ARGH.

hmmm. one day i should eat Hell's pizza. but i will never. cos im a christian and am proud to be one! but hell's pizza rawks! (according to Christine) [:

SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE.
im like wearing 3 layers of clothes?!?!?! yay!!!! goodbye winter, hello spring closet. i shall be wearing all my lovely clothes and see the flowers bloom! [:

AND GUESS WHAT PEOPEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL BE RETURNING TO SINGAPORE ON THE 7TH OF DECEMBER! MY FLIGHT IS AT 2.30PM NZ TIME AND I WILL ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE AT 8.30PM SG TIME..

YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO PICK ME UP. [:
my parents will not be going back with me, so we can all PARTY!! (:

i shall go on and huge eating spree ! . :D:D:D:D

SINGAPORE, IM GOING HOME SOON! WAIT FOR ME ALRIGHT. (:

and i will be going to seoul garden with christine! we're going to seriously pig out! yay!!

i SO need to buy more make up and mini skirts. AND im going to streak my hair. LOOK OUT SINGAPORE. THE NEW LAUREEN IS COMING. :D

and guess what! :( im sick. i keep coughing. but thank goodness, i feel better now. HEEHEE. (sore throat)

OMG SINGAPOREANS. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS.

FEARLESS (acted by Jet Li) is ONLY in NZ cinemas NOW. -________________-
can you believe that?! fearless was in SG in like.... 2nd feb?!?!?!? WTH.

and prison break isnt even out in SG yet!! it has been showing for sooooo long in nz! i LOVE watching it ! its the only tv show i actually watch.. but its such a MANLY show.. so much blood!! ewwwww :(

yesterday i walked home from school again :( boo!! it was a hot day and i was only wearing 3 layers of clothes!!
so i reached home and took a shower.. bathed myself in some sweet smelling shampoo and i practiced the piano for half an hour to an hour!!! MY PIANO EXAM IS COMING UP. OMG. PLS PRAY FOR MEE ALRIGHT. THANKS PEOPLE :D:D

after playing the piano, i ate deer meat with my parents at home! i felt so grossed up cos this deer was killed by my dad's friend and he shot it in the eye! [in a deer farm]!!!!!! eeeeee. poor deer! :(:( it tasted alright.

after watching prison break, i studied econs. so poofing hard man!! toots!!
after that i went to bed. TIRED BUT HAPPY. (:

today i arrived on time for school! yay! hmmmm.

the sept hols are coming! cant wait cant wait! it'll be time to party!

the nearby club is having another ice rave tomorrow. dont think i'll be going.

the teacher hasnt caught me yet :D
today has been a long day and im pretty tired..

im bored :/

LOVE YOU ALL. <33333333333333333333

come back to my blog for more kay! dun fall in love with another blog!! hehehe :D

smile!

2006-08-26T03:48:00.000-07:00

Hey people,
i juz finished completing my econs, bio n english internals!!! i feel SO relieved!! finally i feel less stressed n can now concentrate on studying for mocks n d NCEAs...
well so u might b asking how am i now??

i feel great. sch's getting alot better and interesting cos i'm making new frens n getting to noe them better. i think its prob cos of d internals. internals haf bonded us closer together..
u noe wat? i feel more at home..n i don't miss home that much..but that doesn't mean that i've forgotten bout my frens!
i finally feel that i BELONG in my sch.. after like half a yr of getting used to.. pple haf warmed up considerably n r friendlier.
n bcos of that i can finally be myself..like my true bubbly self with no hindrances (esp wif d whites)..smth which i couldn't do 5 months back. its like i suddenly feel that my true happy nature has come back..not like d 'abnormal laureen' who used to be reserved and introverted.. n comparing bout everything in NZ to s'pore (well sm things i still compare!).

Internals r like exams aka projects but r marked by ur teachers. N even though at first i hated internals i think it has brought me closer to my frens n given me more confidence n d fact that i can do it.. like for my english internal i had to do an oral presentation, n i based my topic on racial discrimination...had to speak in front of d entire class full of angmohs n stuff..it was pretty scary since they're pretty good in english n speaking too.. but guess wat?? i had an excellence!! n it was good cos i proved to them that i wasn't some cheena china person who couldn't speak english...i proved to them that asians CAN speak well.

today i boarded d bus for d FIRST time since i came here, to auckland uni OPEN DAY.. met up wif some closer frens in yr 13.
Went to attend a lecture on health science n linguistics..
if i end up going to auckland uni, i won't do health science..
but u noe.. i wanna do speech n language therapy which is based in Canterbury uni..in christchurch but its really hard n only 30 pple r chosen for yr 2 to specialise...so by going there i would b taking a great risk..leaving my family behind n not knowing whether i'll do well enough to get in..
i'm rather confused about wat i wanna take...was thinking bout taking 2 degrees at one time so that my qualifications would look better than juz 1 degree..but i think its too much work. ARGH! so confused!
anyway went walking around wif james, amy, suhani n mehak..n we were one of d last ones to leave d campus cos we were playing some card games wif some random strangers we met..haha..
collected lots of freebies too! eg. a waterbottle, cans of tuna, pens, bookmarks, bag, postcard! hahaha! so freeloadish..heh!

well i'll update when i can.
see u soon.

internals coming up. 2nd week of term 3

2006-07-27T04:13:00.000-07:00

Hey people!

i've neglected my blog for such a long time n for that i apologise. Its d 2nd wk of term 3 n i have SO MANY internals (aka projects which count for uni entrance)...i haf eng oral presentation which i'm doing on racial discrimination, econs, bio n an advert for multimedia! AHH!

anyway i shall tell u wat i did last week which was wk 1 of term 3. On thurs 20th of july my bio class went on a field trip to liggins institution of biotechnology, part of auckland uni. It was quite fun i guess. We learnt of this thing called Myostatin. Myostatin is some chemical in ur body which wastes ur muscles away...We all haf myostatin..so if we don't exercise myostatin increases but if we do then it decreases. SO anyway these researchers were investigating why some animals n in one case a human did not haf any myostatin! they showed us pics of a belgium cow and mouse twice d normal size due to so many muscles, and there was this 7 yr old boy who could lift two 3 kg dumbbells...heh! We also did PCR, gel electrophoresis.
Later Mrs Bailey had a bone scan n we saw all her bones..it was pretty interesting. N all of us got our BMI, weight n height tested on this special machine. My BMI was lower than normal..hah!...n the machine told me how much fat i haf in me n my body mass...haha...

On sun during church we had 2 malaysian frens visiting us on holiday. Petrina n Rachel. such nice pple, kindred souls. n later we were invited by our indian neighbour to haf tea wif them...n i played playstation wif their kids..haha..playstation is actually quite fun, n i thought it was useless. U noe i find its really ez to make frens wif asians more than d whites(some r really nice though =D) and i feel more comfortable around wif them. I guess in my opinion asians are more warm n friendly who love being wif pple n making lots of frens.

well 4 more months b4 i go back to s'pore! can't wait.
n d ball is this sat. CAN wait. We (me n some closer frens in elim) are gonna hold d preball at my house.hah..that should be fun.
will post pics of d ball soon!

PS: will be going less online n blogging less frequently cos of xams coming. I guess its time to stop slacking (which i did in d past 5 months) n start getting my priorities right. its all bout choices.

take care pple!

hoildays=playing/slacking

2006-07-09T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hello people!!

sorry for not updating for so long.

yesterday (sat) was like a super busy day for me.
GAA (my church) had a youth fun day. A kiwi couple opened up their home to all d youth to haf a great time.
We played xbox...pictionary, charades (hah..that was really funny), murderer n detective and some other funny games.
ate pizza, and chips...SO NICE!
charades were really cool.. we had to act out a tv/film show n let pple guess. hahaa..n i had to act out Pride n prejudice! gosh...how does one do that?!
n later we played mafia,police n doctor (smth like murderer n detective)...n i was like mafia twice.. but i kept laughing cos i had to kill pple n so everyone knew i was d mafia..sheesh..hehe..
afterthat i had to go back to church for worship practice. U see i'm finally getting a chance to serve in church by playing d keyboard/synthesizer/piano? ahaha..
we have like the synthesizer n d piano...d piano is for PRO pple to play on..n d pro pianist wasn't here today...so they said i could play for church...n i'm like no way..but anyway i had a go at it...it was quite good. i think i'm improving in terms of improvisation n stuff.
we ended really late at bout 7.30pm...cos we had free flow worship n i played so much till my fingers ached..haha..but it was good. i'm beginning to get d hang of it..n i finally found someone who's worse at playing than me!! hahaa...never thought i'll see d day when i could teach pple how to play for church.HAHA!
later Pastor pang drove me to one of d church members house where my parnts were hafing dinner wif them. They're frm s'pore too n d lady cooked really good food i tell u..all spicy! hmm...
we sat n talked for 3 hrs n i was like d only teen amongst 4 adults... but i thought it was really interesting. we talked bout eating healthly cos d couple owns this business where they sell vitamins n stuff. Anyway we also got to noe them better n they told us how the Lord led them to GAA (grace assembly of auckland)...n there r many pple in GAA who have also been led to this church.
u noe finally i believe that there is a purpose for me here. bcos GAA is a small church i can actually have a chance to develop n haf a go at playing d piano for worship...smthing i always wanted for a long time..where else in fcbc i would haf no opportunity cos only pro pple can play.
you noe today...there was this new s'porean family that came to our church..they juz migrated here.. n they were formerly frm fcbc n d guy played d guitar for worship back then. N u noe worship in GAA is nth compared to fcbc...n d 2 kids were whinning n saying i'm so bored...they dunno how to play... don't noe why i felt really bad..
i guess i felt d same way when i first came to GAA...like its really impt to have quality worship i feel for me...cos i can sense God's presence better n worship is v. fundamental cos it actually prepares someone for d sermon/message. so when i came to GAA i found that i couldn't sense God even though i later found out that He was there all d time...cos i was so used to d professional worship in fcbc. But i've come to realise that on d surface it seems that God is not there but frm many stories n miracles i've seen in this church, deep down beneath that surface, God is working n yeah i'm juz really encouraged by that.

What i've learnt talking with adults.
-air brunei sucks..NEVER take it
-a can of coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar?
-barley green (mashed up barley up in water/soyamilk) contains the same or more energy as caffeine. Just that u can still slp after drinking barley green but not coffee. N after barley green gives u long lasted energy but coffee gives u temporary energy..afterwards its downhill frm there. (courtesy of health gurus Uncle David n Auntie Gillian =D).

to my frens: all the best for ur results tmr. Hope u guys do well! don't be discouraged by d results...hey at least its not d prelims or As...haha..
work hard n jia you!!!

Ps: tag more! i want ur comments! grrr..

english internal finally over!!! say HELLO to the holidays!

2006-06-30T03:33:00.000-07:00

Hey everyonnnee!

i'm finally free cos my english internal (aka project counted for d finals) are OVER!! we had to write an essay bout any topic...n i chose to write on racial discrimination. wrote like 2000 over words...heh.. everyone was rushing to finish it cos it was due today.
sch today was a waste of time other than handing in d internal...didn't do anything...i juz stoned for d whole english period n Mrs Tito apologised to me n said that usually d last day of sch was a slacker day...n she said..i bet u don't have that in s'pore..heh..sure we don't!
since i'm free now i shall tell u bout my whole week. Its winter now...more like d PEAK of winter..i walk to school in 5 to 6 degrees everday and its freezing...u can literally feel d cold cutting thru u n ur fingers going so numb u can't move it...but as i walk i warm up..so it isn't so bad...i haf rosy cheeks now cos of walking everyday. This whole week its been so cold that u can see d grass covered with ice as if someone painted it white...its real pretty n if i had a cam if with me i would haf taken a picture.
tony's bdae was this week too..invited all his taiwanese frens, me, christine n our whole clique to eat bbq -eat all u can- buffet in Khan mongolian restaurant. actually i wasn't gonna go cos it was 17 bucks per person which later turned out to be 23 bucks (cos he was mistaken) but in d end i went. D food was real good...they had different varieties of meat and u could eat as much stuff as u wanted...den after taking ur food, d cooks would fry it for u on d spot. I had a great time..taking photos..eating...i ate more than some of d guys there...totally pigged out i tell u..ate like 4 plates worth of meat, + fries, nachos, ice cream, soup, fruits..heh!
i honestly hope my tummy won't bcome fat cos that's one of d things worrying me (plus MY eyebags).
today was d last day of sch..so many pple didn't come. SIGH!
christine, tracy didn't come. theresa wanted to stay in d com lab for lunch..so i didn't haf anyone to eat wif...was quite bummed out..so i hung out wif d yr 12s..who r surrprisingly nice.
Was actually a blessing in disguise cos i got to make more frens n get to noe others better.
anyway sch's starting for u guys back in s'pore! all d best for d rest of mid yrs...JIA YOU ok??? don't give up. don't feel sian. like they say there's always someone in a worse position compared to u.

i'll post pics later. Too lazy now. =p!

God bless!!

a nike water bottle in wrong hands can have disastrous results

2006-06-22T04:09:00.000-07:00

Hey pple!

as u noe, i'm in d midst of filming a video for my multimedia project and we haf to do on some political campaign....n we came up wif d idea that we'll pretend to be 2 candidates contesting for presidency... my fren is like d pai kia...n i'm d super goody good person (as always XD). So d film shows her wild side of life and my good clean life...den we'll ask viewers which one they'll vote for.

We haf already finished wif d planning...so on tues we went to film d introduction of me and my 'office life' in my house. Then we went to a park near her house to film me n her jogging...wif d help of her dear fren! haha...n i tell u its FREEZING..like WINTER...n we had to jog wif juz our t-shirts n shorts!! arghhh...hahaha.
afterthat we went to my fren's place to film HER introduction.
it was pretty fun.

so today during multimedia we uploaded d photos...but b4 that we couldn't find d wire to upload it so Mr Charman asked Ryno to help us...big mistake...our dear fren has a obsession with nike water bottles..aka he likes to spray pple wif it... -_-'. So while helping us to upload d photos he grabs my nike water bottle n sprays me all over...n i was like..arghh!! revenge!! so i sprayed him back...as always. Den Dillon comes around to join the party n starts grabbing MY water bottle n spraying at me...Christine joins in too... so u can imagine d havoc it was causing in d multimedia room. And then as we were waiting for d video to upload, Dillon starts messing wif my hair (gah!)...n all my fringe comes down..n he's like..WHOA...that's so cool! u look so dark aka evil. ( n ryno agrees...-_-'). To top that off, Scott suddenly stands in front of me n tries to fart in front of my face...SO DISGUSTING...gosh...n den i'm like EWWW...n try to get away frm him as far as possible...n he gives me d middle finger so many times till i bcome dizzy wif that image. sigh...den Ryno or wait..isit Dillon?? i can't remember..anyway one of them takes d water bottle wif out me looking n sprays me till i get water inside my blouse...n i'm dripping...SIGH! so i haf to go to d toilet to dry up...
thus ends another unproductive day in multimedia class...

anyway tmr I will be going with some friends to Paradise Ice Skating ring where they're holding a Ice Rave..smth like clubbing...to film our multimedia project. Frankly i'm not really looking forward to it..since i haf to dress in a short skirt (so NOT like me) n its cold...n i can't dance for nuts..plus its late at night n not exactly d safest place on earth.. remember this is my 1st time i'm gonna be 'clubbing'...well we don't haf a choice cos neither of us r at d legal age to go to a pub n film.

so yeah..wish me luck tmr.
anyway Amanda is going back to s'pore for a 2 wk vacation...1 wk b4 d hols start...lucky girl...n she'll be able to eat all d nice hawker food.. char kway teow, hor fun, mee siam, laksa, chicken rice, roti prata, mee goreng n d list goes on and on and on.

5 more months and 1 wk before i see my BEAUTIFUL Singapore.
till then!

take care pple n all d best for mid yrs!! jia you!!

SWIMMING POOL BLACK OUT!

2006-06-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!'

ok yesterday i was FINALLY gonna exercise and swim wif christine, brenda and theresa in lloyd estmore public swimming pool.

so its raining very VERY heavily BUTTT d pool is indoors and its heated!
my dad drove me in d pouring rain and i literally had to run in d rain to d swimming complex. And juz in case u don't noe this is my first time.
When i went there i was so lost lah..i couldn't even find my frens!! n u noe me..i was panicking like siao.. no handphone to call anyone n my dad went home already. Didn't really wanna swim alone so i juz waited for them to turn up. Thankgoodness christine came in 10 mins..
i was like THANK GOD lah...
anyway we were gonna tell her mum who was in d car outside that she could go now cos her mum was waiting for her. Just as we were about to do so, there was this BIG flash of lightning and thunder...all of a sudden there was this flicker of lights n d swimming pool lights went off. Imagine this...its quite freaky.. but luckily d cafe and gym lights were still on...but d manager was evacuating all d swimmers frm d pool..i mean its really scary to swim in d dark..wat if u smash ur head on d wall? heh.. Christine said that it reminded her of d film Poisedon..
haha..

God is really good u noe.. bcos if she had come on time, we would already be in d water n her mum would haf gone off...n in less than 5 mins we would haf to get out of d pool cos of d blackout..we would be soaking wet..cold n miserable n we wouldn't be able to go anywhere cos Christine didn't bring her hp too!!
thankgoodness d lights went off before we told her mum to go off or else we would be stuck there.
heh..God's timing is really good eh..

anyway hope u guys r hafing a really good holiday!
my hols start on d 30th of June for 2 wks..
go tag my tagboard if u read this!

sick..arghh..

2006-06-12T23:51:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

after sooo long of not updating i've decided to post some stuff...well d reason why i don't update everytime is bcos there isn't much to write about these days.

ANYWAY like I WAS SAYING...
yesterday i didn't go to sch!! yipeee!! cos i had a really REALLY bad sore throat, runny nose and slight fever...(blame it on d 2nd meningococcal jab!!). slept till bout 11 smth..but actually i kinda woke up at 7 smth den couldn't go back to slp cos there was this fierce thunderstorm outside. I mean d wind was SO strong until u could hear ur windows vibrating...n it sounded like someone whipping the house...haha..
when i woke up, discovered that our electric supply got cut off. Apparently the WHOLE of auckland's power supply ceased to work and 80% of Nz was currently out of electricity.
thank goodness d power came back on at 1 smth...but i heard on d radio that for some ulu places in d south island, d electricity would come on the next day...which is quite sad.

Well, its winter now n i tell u its freezing. Outside can drop to about 9 degrees...n when u wake up, its like 6-7 degrees.. PLUS i have to walk all d way to my sch in temperatures of 12-13 degrees. pity me.

english internal is coming up...hafn't even done my draft yet!
n i'm seriously hoping my eye bags aren't getting worse...cos they haf reached a VERY seriously point. =(
and i look pasty n white...smth like sherm..haha!
its gross.. ahhh!!!

Mid yrs r over!!! hehehe

2006-05-30T04:13:00.000-07:00

Hey everyonee!!

mid yrs r finally over...but i shall not bore u guys with d unpleasant details..
juz to tell u that d only thing i'm confident of is calculus. blehh..

anyway mid yrs started on mon n ended today! so its only stretched 2 days..
but i had like 2 xams on mon n another 2 today..but d xams on mon were really tiring..by d time i got to english xam i really really had no more mood to write anymore..
thank goodness its over...
well u noe in s'pore everytime xams ended everyone would be going around asking how its been n stuff...well i can't do that here..i juz finish my xams n go back home..no one to really jump about n compare answers with cos kiwis don't really do that too..n its sad..i miss d hustle n bustle of students after d xams acting all hysterical bcos someone had a different answer from them.

anyway..a few days ago on sat i went wif christine to a pizza hut buffet where she had this buy one get one free ticket which was expiring in a fews days (thanx christine for sharing ur coupon wif me i'm SO honoured haha..)..i tell u we ate SO much ok..juz like typical s'poreans..rushing up n down d buffet table.
i had SO much until i wanted to explode..n everyone was looking at both of us as if we were crazy n that it was a miracle that we're skinny..hahaha..e ven d waiter was sniggering at us lah..heh..so much for discretion..

today got a free rental of video ezy dvd cos of my contribution to world vision!! haha.. den afterthat went to watch x men 3 wif christine.. i thought d movie could do better..was quite disappointing but then again my standards for movies are high. later went to grab 2 pizzas n went to her place to watch I not stupid 2.. courtersy of my dad who bought it for her frm singapore (my dad juz came back yesterday frm s'pore!). I not stupid 2 was even better than x men lah.. heh..
d actors haf really grown since the original I not stupid 4 yrs ago.

tmr is sch again..i SO don't feel like going to sch..

its sch hols in s'pore now...whoopeedoo..but u guys still haf to study as mid yrs r after d hols! heh.. jiayou ok!!
n pls tag my blog if u read this!!

Ps: iJUST got d cj annual magazine frm my dad..n thankgoodness i don't look ugly in d photo..haha..i was juz flipping thru all d j1 classes n i realised that compared to other girls..my legs r really skinny...hhaha..
heh..sorry..so random..heh.

take care pple!

mid years and the ball!

2006-05-21T04:13:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

the mid years are only nxt week!! arghhh!!!
d best part is that it doesn't even count...but i'm still quite stressed out.
HOW CAN ONE BE STRESSED OUT IN NZ?! i don't noe..but i guess its partly my fault since i'm cramming everything into my head at d last minute..

today or precisely this night..i kinda nearly went crazy.. n i was stressing out
cos i didn't understand labour market for econs!!! gahh!!
but prayed to God and was calmed down..wanted to break down into tears but i figured that would be wasting somemore of my precious study time.
n thanx lerhern for cheering me up!

anyway..juz got a call frm my cousins to say that they haf bought me a dress for my upcoming sch's ball..
n i was like..yay but at d same time i was quite shocked..bcos they were suppose to send me a picture of d dress den i'll decide whether i wanna go or not to d ball. And i tell i'm one person who can't make up her mind..i was asking myself should i go to d ball or should i not? cos i mean i don't really noe d pple in my sch well..scared i'll be xtra lah.. but everyone was telling me GO GO GO..
now i haf to figure out who's gonna do my make up n most imptly MY HAIR~! who's gonna style MY short hair?! gahh... shouldn't stress...

anyway since i can't make up my mind..my cousins made it up for me so now i haf NO CHOICE but to go to d ball..n to tell u d truth i'm abit peeved..cos right now i don't feel like going. But i spoke to one of my cousins n she was encouraging me that i should be more sociable n stuff..so i feel better bout it now..
and let me describe to u my dress..according to her..my dress is pink satin like material..its actually a halter dress but d strings r tied at my right side..its tight fitting but flows down frm d hips..

oh well i haf to go..GTG SLP!!!

sorry for being so abrupt!

take care n i'll send pictures!
my ball's not only till 29th july!

Exams are coming!

2006-05-16T03:41:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone

winter has finally come though i think its a few weeks early.
today i woke up n outside was like 8 degrees...plus i had to walk to sch
with esther...n it was quite funnny to see that everytime we talked
smoke would appear in d air, looked as if i was smoking..haha!
that juz shows how cold it is here!

today was mufti day n we could wear wateva we wanted.
had badminton today...teacher's been pestering me to join some competition..
n he says its for fun! u noe in s'pore, competitions are ALWAYS competitive..
but somehow that's not really d case here.

I had to do some filming for our 'movie' for multimedia with christine...
fooled around with d camera...but actually accomplished alot for that day.

u noe i was juz thinking...if i had to stay another yr here in elim..i would haf definitely cracked up or gone insane...

oh yeah..my dad has gone back to s'pore for 2 weeks vacation!! NO FAIR!
i wanna go back too!! my cousin was telling us wat food he got to eat back home n i was like..mouth watering...ughh..

exams are coming soon..in about 2 weeks time..n i'm trying to cram as much stuff into my head..

oh guess wat? my eczema on my face is alot better!! for those who haf prayed thanx alot!!

n dearest frens..my horrible msn can't sign in..well at least in d other com which left me v. frustrated...been going on for more than a week..so don't be sad if u don't see me online for a while..
xams r coming n i haf to study too..
u guys take care n i hope all is well!
email me soon too ok?

God bless!

WHY CAN'T I SIGN INTO MSN!!!!

2006-05-08T03:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

sorry for not updating for so long..
u see nothing of any interest as happened...so u can see my life is pretty mundane.

i'm pretty pissed right now.. can't seem to sign into msn on my other com for like nearly a week! CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY?!
i changed my internet protocol address cos i thought it might help..den i uninstalled msn n installed it again..but STILL i can't sign in..
doesn't help that i need msn to talk to u guys back in s'pore..arghhh..

anyway life in sch is pretty much d same..started sch on 1st may...n discovered that d exams r end of this month which is like 3 wks away!!
i don't noe why i don't feel d urge to study...its been like that ever since i've come here..

n my eczema on my face isn't getting any better...pls pple PLEASE pray for me...its really quite bad on my face n its not at all funny... i need all d prayer i can get.

oh yah..my sch's ball/prom is gonna be in august..do u think i should go? my mum says i should..but i don't see d point in getting all dressed up when i don't really noe my sch mates well...

winter's coming nxt month..weather is turning really chilly.. n i've discovereed that i can't take d shortcurt anymore bcos d grass is too wet n muddy..kept getting mud on my sandals n legs..so i haf to take d long way which is SO mahfan!!
i should stop complaining right?

n i haf YET to find out God's purpose for me here...cos right now i don't haf a purpose here so i'm getting quite restless...

anyway hope u guys r alright...
take care!

what i have been doing...

2006-04-25T04:49:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

more than a week of hols haf passed by...sch's gonna start again soon this mon. how time flies..

finally went to d city (my 1st time!) wif Christine, Tracy n Theresa...
did lots of window shopping and karaoke.. well it was my 1st time karaoking..
but i tell u it sucked..cos they were all singing chinese songs and i didn't noe like 99% of d songs... so yeah..that was sad..
anyway we took d ferry both ways going to d city... it was a new experience for me riding on d local ferry.

last sun after church my parnts n i went to this kiwi concert for new migrants called Kiwi Ora... i means welcome...anyway its this concert to intro new migrants to life in nz... some maoris performed d Haka (some traditional dance). There was singing, dancing, speeches...but in d midst of it i fell aslp cos it was so boring..haha..

anyway a few days ago i took my Meningistis Jab... cos u see i had to take my Meningistis jab to immunise me frm meningistis cos its really rampant here.. n when i went there i asked whether d injection was gonna be painful.. n d nurse said oh yes it is..d needle is VERY thick...n i was like geeze man..thanx for d 'encouragement'...but when i took it it wasn't even painful..
but now my arm is hurting like hell cos that's d side effect.. n everytime pple keep forgetting that my left arm is painful n keep poking or squeezing, boxing my arm..grr....
found out that i haf to take another 2 jabs...n d side effect is fever..pure joy.

today christine n i went window shopping since She's The MAn tickets were all sold out...so we caught d nxt one at 8.40 pm..late night movie..
i tell u..She's The Man is so nice lah...heh..really worth my money.
after that we had to hurry cos my dad was picking us up...n so i ran wif my flat slippers down d pavement in d cool breeze...it was really refreshing..n it juz made me realise how much i misssed running and how much of a pig i am staying at home missing all that scenery...so tmr i'm gonna run at d near by park..heh..
u noe i gained like 1.25 kg!!! gosh... i think its cos i never exercise.

anyway haf to tell myself to look past pple's flaws cos i haf flaws myself n to stay positive.

hope u guys r studying hard n playing hard too!
i miss u pple.. hope u r fine!

holidays.......

2006-04-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

Hey pple!!

3 days of holiday have passed...n i hafn't done any studying.
My fren Kahwen has been staying wif us since fri cos her parnts went to Gisborne for fishing!
Its been real fun hafing her at our home...
yesterday i went wif her, her kiwi fren n some indian guy to watch ice age 2.
its weird to noe that i watched a movie wif pple i've never seen or known before..well except for kahwen...
it was quite awkward...hehh.. but kahwen was real nice to make me feel comfortable! thanx kahwen!
ice age 2 was really nice...v. funny..
for those who hafn't seen it u HAVE to see it..
its better than ice age 1 in terms of humour but ice age 1 had a better plot..but still.. everyone was laughing all d way..heh..
today we watched wat a girl wants dvd on our plasma tv!! heh..was real nice.. this is like my 2nd time watching.
n afterthat we drove to her house cos she forgot to activate her alarm system which made her v. alarmed...heh..
and then dad dropped us off at d park near my home n we rollerbladed! its been a long while since i've rollerbladed..n i was freaking out as i went down d slopes..heh...
coming back i was going down this slope SO fast near my home...luckily my dad caught me or else i think i would haf fallen really badly...phew..
gonna haf to do my bio internal project...when am i gonna do it..gosh..i think tmr must start doing n start studying econs!!!
ahhh!!
anyway to everyone HAPPY EASTER!!!!
May God bless u!!!
n pls pls email!!

oh yah..some pictures to update u about myself!!! sorry for uploading pics so late! enjoy!!

My beautiful house!

My room!!

Me standing on our deck in our garden!

Nostalgia

2006-04-16T02:45:00.000-07:00

Something taken from my mg graduation book....
reflects how i feel...

Nostalgia: It comes from the words nostos and algos;
of returning + pain.

Nostalgia is the feeling of having both the desire to return, and feeling the pain about the return being unreachable.
Nostalgia is the path upon which you tread, sensing that life around you is somehow changing,
not quite knowing how yet knkowing, not quite all too well, that you will return to find things different, life having worn itself around the gap you left, a life you almost wish to return to yet you painfully know you cannot.
You realise, during those beautiful moments you wish to cling on to, that reality is no longer what it was when it was; it cannot be reconstructed, it cannot exist outside of the precise mement it took place. You realise life is an unending series of unique waves crashing upon the shore, one after another; swash and backwash advancing and receding; here and there leaving traces of washes before, inherently and inexplicably mixed together yet never quite the same as the ones that preceded it.

Too soon, all too soon.... time is flying by....
and all I can do is watch the world spinning past,
watching it and remembering
That Life is Beautiful........

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAYS!!! Term 1 has ended!

2006-04-13T03:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone again!

Today was the last day of sch...
cos its EASTER HOLIDAYS!!
tmr will be good friday and on sunday will be easter!
We haf a 2 week break before we start term 2... n i'm gonna use that week to study..cos i tell u..i've slacked d whole of term 1..
n when i mean slack..i really slack..its bad..

anyway d past 2 days we've been getting easter eggs from our teachers! I think i've eaten like a total of 10 eggs d past few days...heh..n my mum bought me this white choc easter bunny..so pretty...n an easter bunny lolli..

today for sch we had an extra long assembly to celebrate easter.
then we had our smth like 'progress report' for the term..n they haf like behaviour, achievement (academic), effort and hwk...then they grade u from 1 to 4, 1 being d best. Almost half of everything were 1s...but i had a 3 in multimedia for behaviour..HAHA.. 3=needs improvement...heh...
i guess i haf to work really hard during d hols since i only had an achieved for calculus test..which was extremely disappointing.

the past week has been rather shitty.. full of anger, disappointment, resentment..my mind was pretty much messed up and messed WITH the past few days...
wouldn't go into any detail at all..
n it hasn't helped my eczema on my face at all (for those who don't noe.. i've had quite a bad dose of eczema aka rashes on my face since i've come to nz..i think its d climate or smth)..
my mum was telling me whenever i get angry, stressed or frustrated my eczema becomes worse..like it bcomes redder..
n i think its kinda true..
i guess i haf to take things ez..n when i say take things easy i mean not haf angry thoughts inside my head.

so yes..i'm glad that sch is FINALLY over...glad that i don't haf to see SOME people until 2 wks r over...
bleh..

people pls pray for me ok?
i gtg watch a movie THE ISLAND that i rented frm video ezy...gotta bring it back tmr!

see u pple!
i miss u guys!

i'm so glad monday is coming...but feeling apprehensive at d same time

2006-04-09T01:53:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

last week was horrible...HORRIBLE i tell u..
theresa, christine, amanda n d rest of d yr 12s went for OPC..so they weren't here at sch..to top that off d rest of my clique..antony and tracy decided to disappear frm d face of d earth leaving me with jason, andrew, micheal ...which really isn't a great comfort...
so i was totally alone...ate lunch alone..blahblahblah..
den some yr 13s invited me to come along wif them n go to d youth lounge...n when i say yr 13s i mean d south africans, indians n kiwis..
Suhani n Mehak (2 indian girls) were extremely nice..they invited me to eat wif them... Chloe n Katie were real nice too..ate wif them too.. den they invited me to d youth lounge wif ALL d yr 13s..but u see i don't talk to ALL d yr 13s n they haf known each other for yrs...felt that i was invading private territory..wouldn't haf been right..cos i mean i don't talk to all d yr13s (esp some of d guys) n i suddenly go join their clique..it would haf been disrespectful so i decided not to go into d youth lounge.. i would haf been SO extra...if u noe wat i mean.

anyway tmr is CALCULUS INTERNALSS!!!! its actually an exam..on trig...ahh!!! i HAVE to at least get merit...actually i'm secretly aiming for excellence..but i think i'll juz stick to merit in case i get disappointed..
u noe NCEA xams r really dumb...they are not like cambridge xams where u can get marks for workings (esp maths)...one mark here n there even though ur answer is wrong.
n its either NOT achieved (fail), achieved, merit and excellence..
absolutely NO marks given at all..man..wat were d nz government thinking?!
anyway heard frm christine that OPC was horrible n really tough..
guess i didn't really miss much then...hehh...

hmm...tmr is gonna be a really interesting day when everyone comes back..i'm looking forward to tmr..n yet not..cos of calculus internal...really hope i do well..
n guess wat..i still hafn't done my report for bio internal which is due thurs...HOW?!?! i'm such a last min person..n i'm such a slacker... hurray for that...-_-'

anyway pple..PLEASE pray for me that i'll do well for calculus internal! its my FIRST xam ever in this yr..which really counts!!

miss everyone of u!!
i'm honestly trying hard to keep in contact wif u guys!
i'll be smsing u T9 pple!! (some of u might haf gotten smses frm me all d way frm nz!)...n i'm really glad to haf caught up wif some of u on d phone!

thanx to those who r still emailing me!
ur emails r VERY precious to me..so keep emailing k??
i WILL always respond.

u take care my frens!!

a whole day's worth of telling......

2006-04-01T03:11:00.000-08:00

Hey pple..

today i went to work at nishiki restaurant...n at d end of my shift..d manager comes up n says that he thinks i'm not suited for d job cos i look so tired when everyone is full of energy...blahblahblah.. he couldn't even speak in proper english lor...n half d time i couldn't understand him..
i guess its also bcos of communication problems that they asked me to leave...i can't speak jap at all.. n i think another reason was cos they probably thought i didn't haf enough initative..i mean hello..i work hard ok...i volunteer to do stuff..its juz that at times i forget to clear d tables n clean up..n they haf to keep shouting at me..LAUREEN..CLEAR UP!! infront of d customers ok..so embarrassing.. n there r like 2 pple there i don't really like..so bossy n stuff...sigh...
u noe when i heard that i was sacked..i felt like a total failure man...i didn't say i was a failure..juz that i felt like one...
u noe i thought that they accepted me on a permanent basis cos after monitoring me for 3 wks they said i could come again...

but u noe wat..part of me was actually relieved..cos to tell u d truth i dread work..a hundred times more than i dread school..which is so NOT good.. at least now i can look forward to sats n sundays n i can haf more free time to play n study. I juz hope that i won't be sacked again when i work nxt time.

anyway so i went home...began cleaning d house...vacuuming and listening to christian hip hop music on d radio (was blasting it cos i couldn't hear wif d vacuum on)
my parnts were out cos they were invited for dinner wif their frens..n there were all adults..so i didn't go.
My mum didn't make any dinner for me..so all i had was left over bits of ham to make a pathetic sandwich...
n i was like oh man..
i was imaginating that one of my mum's frens would ring d doorbell n bring me some food..heh.. that would be so good right..
and d weirdest thing was that once i finished vacuuming i heard d door bell ring..i was quite intrigued cos i thought it was probably pple knocking door to door promoting their wateva stuff...but low and behold...my fren's mum n dad was on d front door asking whether my parnts were here..but i told them they were out n they said they brought a whole pot of curry (MY FAV!) n a huge loaf of bread...whoa..i was like OMG...YAY!!

not only that...they invited me to their house to haf dinner...curry too! so i accepted...i was so happy ok.
n the curry was so good..she made it herself frm scratch..n i watched tv wif d kids (who r my frens)...she's malaysian by d way..so i felt really comfortable.

which juz goes to show that God really provides... muz really thank God..heh.. even He bothers with d littlest detail of our lives including mine..
Thanks God...
well.. God decides to take some away (my job)..maybe it was for my own good...n he gives some back in return..( d curry)..heh..

anyway hope u guys r doing fine.
Thanks so much for those who wrote me emails!
for those who said they will be updating me..u promised ok! so better write!!
take care...!

what a horrible mistake....i really regret it... n its all my fault

2006-03-31T01:10:00.000-08:00

Hi again...

i shall start frm d VERY begining about d horrible mistake i made.

You see, at d VERY start, i heard that tramping was cancelled so that means no tramping camp n i was extremely disappointed.
Later last week, Mr Naidoo (my econs teacher) persuaded me to go to OPC (outdoor pursuits centre...smth like Outward Bound sch) since i'm new n hafn't been to OPC before. This was actually reserved for d Yr 12s but amanda n i were invited to go since we were new. Of course i was excited cos i heard its really fun there n d place is really scenic.
then a few days later he spoke to amanda n i saying that both of us can't go cos there were 6 extra pple wanting to go for OPC...problem was that OPC has grps of 10 n d sch pays for grps of 10 so that means we haf 4 less pple n d sch would then haf to pay for that 4 vacancies. So amanda n i plus 4 others couldn't go. Of course we tried v. hard to get 4 more pple but none were willing to go. I noe amanda was more disappointed than me...in fact she was like hopping mad...i was disappointed to..
This week, i heard that tramping was on again! so duhh i was happy. However, during this week, 2 korean guys decided not to go for OPC n they gave up their places for amanda n i...problem was that i didn't noe they gave up their places for ME! n i knew this other yr 12 girl really wanted to go OPC but she couldn't cos she was one of d 6 that couldn't go...i noe she wants to go MORE than me...so being d bloody BLOODY sickening kind hearted person i am i decided to give up my place for her since i was going for tramping camp. she was jumping for joy.

Next thing i knew was that TRAMPING WAS CANCELLED AGAIN! WHY?! cos there was no female teacher staff to go wif us...n the guys didn't tell me it was cancelled even though Mr Johnstone told them to tell me. So now i can't go OPC n i can't go for tramping. SHEESH! I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED WITH MR NAIDOO OR TELL AMANDA WHAT I PLAN TO DO!! instead of being a kind hearted fool.. damn.. should haf used my common sense.
i told mr naidoo n he was like..leena jean can go when she's yr 13 but u can't...bloody right.
oh well...disappointed i am..d only consolation is that i won't be missing a whole week of sch..
u noe wat..i've become wiser.. and i will learn not to be so foolish n to THINK before i act next time. Now i haf to pay..n i can't ask leena jean to give up her place for me cos i haf already given her my word that she'll go. sighhh...

anyway today my dad was real nice n he rented the movie Pride n Prejudice...damn nice lah..v.v. nice. Its one of those films which i had great expectations n wasn't disappointed (although d ending was quite flat)...v. enjoyable..n so romantic.
but u see...only these kinds of romance happens in movies...doesn't happen in real life which is quite a pity....sigh...
everyone wants that kinda romance...even i do...but its juz wishful thinking... or so i hope..

still feel quite blue n stuff.
anyway pple thanx for emailing me!!! at least for a few of u..but still i'm v. glad. Thankyou from d most bottom of my heart. Pls continue to email me ok? i still miss u guys....

hello again! i'm so lazy to update....

2006-03-29T03:58:00.000-08:00

Hello pple!

sorry for not updating for quite some time...u see i've been v. lazy AND busy too!
busy with my bio internal investigation where i haf to construct my own experiment frm scratch! its gonna count for my NCEA..
been snail hunting for d past 2 weeks...
i'm trying to prove how light intensity affects snails...n my hypothesis is that snails will go to d darkest chamber as they do not like light.
gonna conduct the experiment tmr man..its d REAL thing..
muz pray that d snails will be obedient enough to move to d darkest chamber...sheesh..
whole day tmr will be juz bio..frm 8.30 to 4.30pm..the good thing is that we get to wear outside clothes..
anyway pls pls pls pray for me that my investigation will go well.
cos today i conducted a trial experiment n d snails didn't move at all!! i was like STRESSING out...until one of my classmates was like don't stress! i think no one has ever said that to me since i've left s'pore...

hope everything's fine wif u guys...
its getting late so yeah..i'll juz hop into bed.

its DAY LIGHT SAVINGS NOW!

2006-03-20T03:06:00.000-08:00

Hey pple

today is day light savings day...it means that d days r finally getting shorter n shorter...night comes quicker than ever.. now nz is only 4 hrs ahead of S'pore if ur wondering.
Anyway sports day was awful...3000 m was a killer..i felt like fainting even as i ran..mayb cos i'm too unfit now.

today was quite uneventful. However during multimedia class...we had get into groups n film each other n stuff...n i was making weird faces n d guys illegally printed out me sticking out my tongue n distributed MANY copies to like pple around...ARGH...must be that ryno again.. i knew it!! ahhh!!! so embarrassing can...
oh yes..i haf to do like this experiment for bio n stuff... one which requires me to construct my own experiment n collect snails!
so lois (my neighbour) n i (she helped me wif my experiment) went snail hunting in both our gardens! was really funny sneaking in d dark wif our torch lights n gathering unsuspecting snails! i managed to collect a total of 25 snails!! haha..muz collect more incase some die.

so that's my day for u guys...
erm..was juz doing some thinking...i was wondering why like hardly anyone bothers to email me let alone return my emails???
hardly any frens call me...email me...talk to me.. i mean i still miss u guys but not as much cos i've started to get used to life here. Some pple haf promised to send me stuff like pics after CTs.. but none haf come...its like empty promises...n its always me doing d calling..its not fair...
i noe that u guys r busy especially wif j2 n stuff..but can't u juz spare some time to chat wif me?? i feel so unimportant...

blogging about today n d future events!

2006-03-12T21:38:00.000-08:00

Hellloosss!

okay...so today was bio test...it went SO bad ok!!
like i studied so hard for it but i couldn't remember most things when i did d test...plus i was so tired cos of sleeping at 1am d past few days. To make matters worse d test wasn't exactly easy..n it was like 7 pages long n i had to answer them in 25 mins so naturally i didn't finish..u noe its v. rarely that i don't finish tests..so it was quite a blow to me.

Also discovered that in NCEA exams if u get like some parts of d answer right but don't get d FULL thing correct u will get a BIG FAT ZERO...its not like cambridge xams where they give u a few marks for getting half d answer right...SIGH!

today was spent in d yr 12 common room wif tracy, christine, anthony, jason n andrew...all of whom r taiwanese xcept christine. Christine got in a water fight wif Ryno..hahaha...using her water bottle n Ryno using my nike water bottle...
everyday its like squirting pple wif water..hahaah! funny... it was quite fun today.

anyway on 2nd april i haf a TRAMPING camp! we're gonna hike up i dunno where..hahaha...for 4 hrs to reach our destination..camp outdoors in d wilderness..SO FUN RIGHT??? yeah..i felt that i should try it as its a new experience..smth which i would nv get to do in s'pore.

oh yeah..i feel quite worried for tmr..
its atheletics day tmr n i got put into Joshua House...they made us do like 5 events each!! i'm doing discus, short put, long jump, high jump n 3000 m... n i haf NO idea how to play discus n short put ok....oh man.....haha.. i'm really v. anxious for tmr cos i haf never competed infront of pple before...pls guys..pray for me that i won't humiliate myself infront of d whole sch k??

anyway was juz doing sm thinking...thinking back i think i'm quite brave.. i've only been here 4 months n i'm working..i DARE to work even though i don't noe anyone...
i joined volleyball in my sch even though i also didn't noe anyone..n now i'm gonna participate in tramping camp! hiking u could say...

eh pple..pls tag tag tag k???
don't forget me!

All about my new job

2006-03-12T21:12:00.000-08:00

Hey pple!
sorry i took so long to update.. just been real real bz n stuff...

ok.. as u noe i work in this jap restaurant called nishiki..on sats 11am-2.30pm, 6-10pm n suns 6-10 pm...
after working for like 1 day i finally realised how tired i was... so i'm dropping d sat night shift cos i find that i dun haf time to study n do my hwk...so yeah..

anyway my 1st day of work was kinda fun...well i could only say that for d lunch shift cos pple there r much nicer. All d colleagues n pple working there r japanese... except for Alice (whom i met in d night shift on sat..well even she can speak fluent jap even though she's frm taiwan!) n this china girl (on d sun night shift).
well i still felt really extra there..i mean EVERYONE can speak jap except me..plus we had to greet customers in jap language...i haf to say IRRASHAIMASE (meaning welcome in jap) n HARRIMAS (meaning I'm coming in...i'm supposed to say that when i enter d kitchen to avoid clashing into pple..but of course i don't say it cos it sounds stupid).. at first i felt really shy n embarrassed saying Irrashaimase..plus it was SO hard to muster it..but finally on sun i conquered my fear n SAID IT! now i'm ok saying it i hope..
everyone working there r like 20 smth yrs old or older so i feel real left out..
since i'm new i can't take orders so i can only deliver food n clear food n clean d table. I came in during lunch n they gave me a tshirt n apron to wear...it was alright i guess but i concentrated too much on serving n had to be reminded constantly to clean d tables! ahahha... i don't talk to d guys who r mostly cooks cos they're scary..actually i don't really talk to anyone cos they don't really speak english..so its kinda sad..
n when i serve customers i make sure i know wat i'm serving so i'll say d name of d dish when i serve them n wear this insane grin on my face...n at first i kept saying enjoy ur meal! but now i think its silly to say it..i mean if u keep serving food to d same table n saying enjoy ur meal over n over again..i think they'll get sick of hearing it.
anyway there r some nice pple in d lunch shift like this jap girl called juko who's FOREVER smiling..so nice...so friendly...
when i came back for d night shift..she n d other nice pple were gone..in place were stern workers...n d worse part was that dinner is more complicated than lunch cos u haf to set up apparaters n equipment to put d food on it..like udon (some noodles)..i had to learn how to heat it up on d hot pot..n i kept getting d order of how to serve it wrongly..SO EMBARRASSING ok..
n by d time sun night shift came i was feeling more confident n d funny thing was that everytime i did smth wrongly infront of customers while serving i never panicked (which is so NOT me)...i learn NOT to panic in those situations cos it will juz highlight ur mistakes more...
had to clean like 50 over menus using tissue towels...so tiring..
but d time sun shift ended..my feet were throbbing n aching..
therefore on sun i told one of d girls that i would like not to work on sat night frm now on n she was quite pissed wif me...
they refer to me as d new girl cos they can't pronounce my name properly..n they love correcting me cos i make so many mistakes...wouldn't be surprised if they sacked me after 3 weeks..oh well..at least i get d $$$$$.
i've decided that i HATE working..oh well..but i can't juz quit like that. U noe on sun morning i was SO dead tired..plus i had to study for bio test which was today (mon) n i had SO SO SO much hwk!!!! i was like 'Mum...can i tell them that i don't wanna work on sun night??? i'm SO tired!'...n my mum was like 'no u can't..u haf committed to this shift so u haf to carry out ur committment no matter wat or else it would look bad on u'.. SIGH! i seriously was like so tired until i didn't really care if it was a commitment or not but i guess wat my mum says is correct.. so i juz went to work.
Anyway at work i always appear real happy..put on a happy smile even though inside i'm juz dying to sleep.

so that's my job... i'm gonna update another entry about today which is MONDAY!
pple pls tag ok...if u tag more often i'll update more often cos its juz not motivating if no one actually reads ur blog n acknowledges that.. THANX!

i got the job!!!

2006-03-06T01:51:00.000-08:00

Hey pple!
juz wanted u guys to know that i got d job at d jap restaurant called nishiki! =D hahaha..
went for d interview like 2 days ago on sat n it was real ez i tell u.. d manager half d time couldn't even speak proper english so he was talking in half jap n half english but i kinda got wat he meant..heh.. when he found out i was frm s'pore he was like smiling frm ear to ear! hahaa..apparently everyone here loves s'pore =p!
n so pple i shall now be getting 10 bucks an hr! NZ DOLLARS leh!!
i can see ur envious faces now n u guys going wah lau..hahaha! i'm gonna work for 2 days, sat n sun... for sat both shifts, that is d morning shift 11 am to 2.30 n d night shift 6 to 10 pm n for sun d night shift too..u noe i'm quite scared that i can't balance my sch work wif my job..haha.. plus i haf to do house chores on sat too!! where got time for hwk?!! arghh!!! plus there's a bio test this coming thurs...i'm like studying 1 chap a day lah..sian..

oh yeah...u noe my cousin's wife jasline??? yeah..she's out of critical condition n has since moved to d stable ward so i'm REAL happy!! her kidneys n liver r MUCH better so is her blood pressure =)) PRAISE GOD!
for those who haf prayed thanx for praying!

so u guys take care...juz wanted to tell u that i got d job that's all! Pray that i won't spill anything or do anything wrong k?? i'm quite freaked out now come to think of it..haha

random things..nth in particular

2006-03-03T02:10:00.000-08:00

Hello hello pple!

today was REALLY cold..i had no choice but to wear that blasted blazer which i usually soon take out once i reach sch cos i feel it looks disgusting on me even though everyone says i look smart in it. blah..
anyway in class it was still SO cold...but i was like refusing to wear my blazer n i kept inching away frm d fan that was blowing in d econs room..thus earning a few sniggers..
Anyway i haf to do a project in multimedia class which requires filming using equipment n digital cam.. but today was brain storming...my grp members r christine n this korean girl, Mee sum (maria). And we decided to haf d theme Memories n Footprints of our lives...u noe memories frm back home..but each of us had to do n film our selected scenes separately. So anyway christine suggests to haf pple PARTYING..hahaha..she n her partying n bfs...haha.. n she says she'll haf pple french kissing in our music video..n i'm like NOOO!!! eeewww!!! that's juz gross man..
she looks at me n says DON'T TELL ME U HAFN'T KISSED BEFORE! n i'm like of course i hafn't cos i've never had a boyfren!! u think wat..i go around kissing strangers arh...siao lah.. den she's like KISSING IS SO GOOD!!! n i'm like eww...did u noe that more than a million different kinds of bacteria r exchanged when u french kiss a person..that is MEGA disgusting!
den she states that any couple in botany would agree to kiss on d spot n that all music videos haf kissing...
but why can't we make our music videos differently??? i don't want pple kissing in our nice innocent video...*sobs*

alright alright..enough of that..
My parnts decided to throw a little celebration for me since i got b4 for chinese aos!! so we went to this really nice chinese eatery where i stuffed myself with s'pore claypot tofu, chilli kang kong n curry!! i think i ate too much..cos i'm feeling overly bloated to d point of wanting to vomit. yikes...

anyway Jaslyn who is my cousin's wife is still in critical condition. Apparently her kidneys r getting worse even though her liver's improving n she has water in her lungs. I'm honestly really worried cos she means alot to me...she n my cousin...
So pple pls spare a thought for me n her by praying that she'll get better!! PLEASE...
thanx... sigh...

glad for u guys back in s'pore that CTs r over! that means u can play already..well for a little while!! take a breather!
tell me how CTs went ok?? n now there's no excuse for NOT emailing me as u haf promised so yes..pls email me n send me picture updates!!

love u guys!
n miss u alot!

quite a funny n HAPPY day

2006-03-02T02:16:00.000-08:00

Hello pple!!

today was kinda fine...i got to talk to some white pple whom i would never haf gotten to talk to which was quite fun. Was feeling quite depressed when i was doing bio practical at first cos i didn't noe anything..wanted to jump out of d window n run away frm d class but obviously i didn't.
anyway today smth really weird happened. I found out to my horror that i forgot to bring my food for lunch n tea break plus my WATER which i prepared d night ago. i was SUPER mad...so i had to go que up at d cafeteria to get ripped off.
so i'm juz queing there n this girl frm my class (whom i usually don't talk to) taps me on d shoulder n says Hey..r u ryan's cousin?? n i'm like yeahh...(n yes i used to haf like 2 cousins in my present sch) n she says that she's his really good fren n stuff...n this other guy comes along (presumably her bf..i think) n says OMG..YOUR RYAN CHOY'S COUSIN??? n i'm like..er...YES... n he's like HOW CAN U BE HIS COUSIN??? U LOOK SO MUCH BETTER LOOKING THAN HIM! -_-' hahahah...n i'm like OKAY......hahahaha!! it was really hilarious....
anyway glad to be able to talk to that girl n get to know her better...tried introducing her to friendster..u noe pple in nz hafn't even heard wat friendster is!! how deprived r they man...

that was the funny part. The happy part was that i got an sms frm Shawn to say that d chinese AO results were released n i got a b4!!! ms chok confirmed that too!! n i was like YAYYY!!!!! so SO elated can...hahaha..i mean i REALLY worked v. v. hard for it n even though d grades don't count for me i noe that i've tried my best...u noe i thought i was gonna get a c5?! hahaha...
THANKYOU SO MUCH LORD!! God answers prayers!
oh yes..today was parnt teacher meeting..my dad went without me of course n he got such good comments (as usual) saying that i'm settling down SO well n stuff...well i'm TRYING to n i think i am..but there r those days where i juz wanna sit down n cry but i tell myself NO ur not gonna cry..crying doesn't help! eg. today i nearly cried during bio prac...well obviously no one knew cos i can hide it really well. :D

hmm..so that is my day today
oh yah..my cousin's wife juz gave birth to a baby boy today :D! cesarian way...but she's in critical condition cos her liver n kidneys aren't functioning as well as they should be. So anyone who reads this, please pray that she'll get better cos i'm v. v. concerned right now cos she n my cousin r v. close to me. Just haf to believe that God is in control of this situation. Thank God that d baby is breathing properly.

but i believe she's gonna get better n that i'm sure.

so yes..i'm signing off now to go to bed.
tmr is gonna be d end of CTs so jia you pple!!
to daph, sherm n liz i still think about u girls n miss u!! write to me soon k???

God bless n Have a nice day!!
miss u!

i am hungry...........

2006-02-27T23:36:00.000-08:00

Hey hey...

todae's d last day of feb! how time seems to fly...
its autumn now...weather's starting to get REAL cold..n i'm still refusing to wear my blazer cos it looks stupid on me n it doesn't even keep me warm...so yeah..juz wearing my illegal blue windbreaker n still freezing.
day light savings start on 19th march! that means that nz is only 4 hrs ahead of S'PORE! yay!! thus can see u guys more often online!
Today this person frm victoria university came to my sch to promote d uni in wellington... it was quite interesting but i dunno whether i'll go to victoria...so far away...
oh yes...i'm gonna join this tramping (hiking) camp which is on 2nd april for 3 days! really looking forward to it even though d day is still quite far away. Heard that we're gonna kill possums too! eeks!!
N u noe wat??? i hafn't eaten at all for breakfast, lunch n dinner...for d WHOLE day cos of d famine fast...n i'm SUPER hungry.. u noe Christine's mum brought us some curry (it looks like d s'pore type) n it looked SO SO good...but i can't eat..SIGH!
incentive is that i can start eating at 4 pm tmr cos i started my famine at 12 am today...so 40 hrs more will be 4 pm tmr! arghh..i can't wait!!! been stuffing myself with just juice orange n mango flavour...drank like 3 cups one shot..hahaha...

Anyway i've added pictures to my blog to make my blog more interesting. Go take a look ok???
N pls pls tag! By tagging u'll let me noe that at least some1 is reading my blog...or else v. sian to blog when no one even bothers to leave a comment.

Take care! N i'm counting down d months till i get to go back to S'pore.

I've got so many things to tell u!!

2006-02-26T01:14:00.000-08:00

Hellooo pple!!

for once i'm starting to feel like my normal self...quite happy n stuff now so decided to blog. Today went quite well. Went to church n stuff n collected lots of money for World Vision!
Just to let u guys know that my sch is making each of us collect funds for World Vision...n this yr's theme is Child Labour. SO yeah..i haf this like booklet thingy where u haf to go on either a famine fast or techno fast (do w/o ur com, tv, hp etc.) n get pple to donate money to support u!
Well so far i've collected like 50 bucks frm my church frens n pple! so i'm quite happy about that... n guess wat..i'm gonna go on a 40 hr famine fast on tues n weds...means go w/o food n only drink water n juice. i THINK i can manage that..even though i LOVE food..
actually when i first heard of d fast in order to support all those poor children i was like...that is so stupid..i mean wat's d POINT of going on a hunger strike..i mean its not gonna HELP them..juz donate $$$ n be done wif it..save urself d pain. Then someone explained to me that by doing this challenge u actually FEEL how its like to be poor n stuff..so that made lots of sense to me so yes..i'm gonna do it. Food fast is better than techno fast i mean if u want pple to sponser u...techno fast is so ez peasy n doesn't mean anything to me so yeah..
Anyway today i went to Nishiki Japanese Restaurant wif my parnts to eat lunch. N d set meals r like 10 bucks each for like ALOT for lunch..so it was quite worth it.. n one of d waitresses was someone i knew frm d CNY dinner last month. So i asked her how much she was getting..n she said 10 bucks per hr. i was like WOW...n u noe i'm desperately trying to get a job to see how its like working n to get some disposable income for MEESELF! :D but i guess if i start out i'll only get 6 bucks an hr but if i work hard i'll get more! so guess wat i did...i tried to apply for a job there cos d restaurant is like quite near my place. They asked me to come back this coming Sat 3 pm wif my CV (resume)..so yeah..i HOPE they hire me... n i hope i dun go dropping food n dishes as i serve or get d orders wrong...haha..but i REALLY hope i get d job...
Why do i want to work there?
firstly d food is quite good, d pay too..
d staff looks happy n contented.
it is a small restaurant wif limited tables so its easier to serve.
n d uniform is juz a red tshirt n jeans...not like formal n stuff..doesn't make me look like an idiot.
n lastly flexible hrs..frm 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, n 6-10 pm daily.
so pple PLEASE pray that i'll get d job if its God willing k??? thanx..
oh yes..anyone who knows me would haf known that my dream is to become an interior designer..but now i've put my dream on hold cos there's not many job opportunities in s'pore or nz rather..
but anyway my dad signed me up for this 6 week Crash course for interior designing at d nearby community club. Min age muz be 16...so i guess most pple would be oldies..or adults n i'll like be like d only teenager there..haha..but yeah..i'm looking forward to it...they'll teach us how to decorate rooms, furniture n stuff..n its only like 35 bucks for 6 2hr sessions every wed 7-9pm. it starts this wed so i'm quite excited. hopefully i can get to know more pple n make more frens...but i muzn't haf d same expectations as in S'pore.
Well..d prefects r FINALLY coming back tmr for lessons..they didn't come to sch for 3 days cos of leadership training camp..i was quite happy but then it was v. lonely so yeah...
don't know whether to be rejoicing or dreading sch since they're coming back.
Wish me all d best for sch tmr.
i'll be praying for ur CTs this week!!
Do well guys...do ur best! i KNOW u guys can do it!!
oh yah..pls pray that i'll find my clear folder...its a mystery to how i lost it. N pray for my internal exam for bio which is nxt nxt week.

Miss u guys!! Pls tag more often n email me k???
God bless!!

i lost my folder containing my timetable n vital stuff!!! arghh!!!!

2006-02-21T01:02:00.000-08:00

Hello peeps...

i am SO irritated right now..i like lost my clear file folder wif my timetable and exam dates containing VITAL info...gosh! u noe i hate it when i lose stuff...i don't think i dropped it along d way while walking to sch..maybe i left it on d benches when i went to d toilet..but i SO remember gathering up all my stuff..then again..memory can fail a person... SIGH! i discovered that it got lost like many hrs after i came home.. sigh..u noe i'm v. severely handicapped w/o my timetable..
anyway i prayed to God that i'll find it so i haf to believe...hopefully its still in sch..

so going on wif my day...
todae's econs class wasn't that bad even though it was double period...d pple in there looked less intimidating so yeah..maybe i'm starting to get use to d atmosphere..
oh yes..u noe i don't noe why everyone is obsessed wif my smelly belly keychain on my red bag...(remember i haf this cute keychain which almost half of T9 pple haf smelt it..even WITHOUT my knowledge..so that's quite gross). Raino keeps stealing it n waving it in my face n hair which is quite irritating n funny at d same time. don't know y he's so obsessed over it..beats me..
Todae in multimedia class there was an on going chain reaction starting frm d koreans who purposely switched off d coms of d person nxt to them...den b4 i knew it my com got switched off...den i switched sm1 else's com off too...it was quite funny...d whole class was in an uproar!
i mean we hardly ever do stuff since our teacher is away for like 2 days so far n we got that funny indian teacher who can't control d class...so yeah...i keep getting my com switched off by d guys around me (note: multimedia class consists of ALL guys except 5 girls including me)... arghh..y do i always get picked on... maybe cos i'm so bulliable..but i REFUSE to accept that!
anyway todae pple were asking me whether i was ok cos i looked as if i cried...but obviously i did NOT...cos d top of my eyes r red cos of eczema (it used to be worse..but now its ALOT better thanks to God) n of my eyebags below my eyes which haf gone worse since i've come here...n sometimes when i think about home i get quite sad thus my stony n set expression which comes across as depression... but its not surprising cos some pple in cj used to ask me why i looked so sad...i shouldn't look sad cos i don't haf a sad life right? i mean if u compare wif alot of pple..

OK..enough about me! pple tell me how u've done in ur common tests n how ur coping ok???
don't forget me! n leave me a msg on d tag board!!

Hello everyone! i SO miss u guys.

2006-02-20T01:51:00.000-08:00

Helloosss!!!

today i went to sch, happy... but amanda d new s'porean girl was looking so gloomy cos i think she misses home n stuff...which affected my mood, made me think of home n as a result made me sad.
today i thought about all my class pple in cj n my other frens back in s'pore again! dunno y...hahaha..they seem to fill up almost every memory space in my head.
Anyway there r like 2 whites besides asians who ACTUALLY REALLY talk to me, one is called Amy n d other is Raino (er..don't really noe how to spell his name)...who lives like 2 roads across me. Both r South Africans..not d blacks.. d whites.. Amy takes bio, calculus n english wif me n Raino is in d same multimedia class as me.
yeah..so in multimedia class our teacher wasn't there..so we got this weird indian teacher who spoke funny..n i SO wanted to laugh lah..but apparently no one gets d joke..well..except pple back in s'pore esp lerhern! ahhaha!
n silly raino kept switching off my com as i tried to do my work n kept stealing my keychain...haha..really whacko that guy...
i actually learnt how to make d images of my com screen turn upside down..haha..
n that indian guy was juz going around trying to help everyone n everyone was juz pretending to listen to him but actually they were clicking on other stuff...so it was REAL funny...i mean i cracked up...den i juz shut up cos apparently no one thought it was funny..
later went back for lunch n saw poor amanda crying cos she misses home so much...sigh... its really difficult when one doesn't haf one's parnts wif them..but at least she has me n d rest of d asians..although its not d same.

anyway later that night i went to watch d video my dad's fren took of us departing frm changi airport to nz. i tell u so many pple were there...n as i was watching d video i really felt that i was in there...n i was wondering to myself how come i didn't cry when i left? weird..
n while i was watching i was like..hey! that's william! yijie! ian! james! marianne! joette! lerhern! bryan! shawn! vanessa! sherm! lizz! my SA frens! ahhhh... whoa..i really really miss them man.. was crying when i watched d video..sigh.. really bad.
anyway shouldn't be sad anymore right? it seems that since coming to sch d homesickness got worse...
sorry to those who haf to watch me being sad now...

i hope u guys back in s'pore remember me...
eh..all d best for d Common tests!! work hard! i miss u pple!!

shall try to update my blog more often...pls tag too k??
God bless!

The Continuation of my 'not so exciting' sch life in nz

2006-02-15T02:02:00.000-08:00

Hey guys..
really so sorry that i only updated for so long..haf been really bz with sch work cos they give so much hwk!!! n i'm practically studying everyday...i think i study more than in S'pore lah..but d work is definitely easier.

Well..juz to tell u that i still really miss u guys even though some of u might not miss me anymore since its been nearly 3 months since i've come here.

Anyway everyday i walk a total of 40 mins to n frm sch...its SO tiring ok..my feet literally ache after that..
n guess wat??? A few days ago this new comer came to my class n she's a S'POREAN!!!! i was like HEY..R U NEW??? so typical of me when i was in cj... n i was SO SO SO elated that there was another s'porean...now there's 2 of us in yr 13, n 1 in yr 12..we hang out together.. n she came wif her mum n i discovered that her mum's going back to s'pore so she's gonna be all alone..n her mum was crying in front of me a STRANGER when she told me..whoa..i felt so sad man..

oh yes.. Valentine's day was a boring event. Its not like mg or cj which sells flowers n all kinds of v day stuff...n i didn't get anything naturally so yeah... worse part was that both of my s'porean frens cried on that day..cos one missed her frens n family n d other missed her bf...(i can't relate to that part though..) n i was juz comforting them..juz seemed to make me think about home n miss everyone again.. so yeah..i was v. sad.. d rest of d day was spent in depression staring out into d courtyard looking at flowers n grass which probably wasn't a good idea since i think d angmohs may haf thought i looked anti social cos i had this stony expression on my face.

well i tell u its REAL hard to make angmoh frens..i mean i've talked to d girls n they r quite decent..but its usually those hi n bye stuff..afterthat for d whole day we juz don't talk anymore..n for d guys its worse..u noe i'm SO totally freaked out by d head boy..(i forgot to tell u that d selection of headboy n headgirl was on mon).. i mean he's SO tall n serious..n he's 17 but looks like a 25...so intimidating..so yes i avoid him..
i mean i REALLY wanna make frens wif ALL of them but its so hard cos they haf cliques already..so i juz hang out wif d asians who speak english...
i think there r 2 angmoh guys who i actually speak to.. but not too often..so its quite sad..
they could be more accepting right??? u noe i used to be all outgoing last time in s'pore...but now i'm so quiet u won't believe it..but i talk more than d rest of d asians to d angmohs.. its like i always haf to start a conversation wif d whites.. y can't they juz make it ezier for me?? I CAN SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH U KNOW.. really wanna scream that fact into their brains.. oh well..
seriously i so want to get to know them but its so hard since i haf to do all d talking mostly (n i don't know wat to talk about..so i make small talk) n also cos i'm v. shy n haf no courage to get to know some pple even though i want to (talking to d girls isn't d problem). Sm times i think i'm quite anti-social n rude cos i'm too scared to acknowledge like some pple in my class so i juz avoid eye contact wif them..so not me..
u noe since i'm here..i suddenly realised how valuable n treasured my s'porean frens r to me now...n how i appreciate them so much.. u noe alot of pple say that i'm so lucky to come here well d grass is always greener on d other side i must say..
so pple..don't take ur frens for granted cos u never noe wat might happen..
Anyway i've decided to join volleyball.. i'm new to d game so today was my 1st practice wif d team..actually i joined it to make new frens n be more active n stuff. oh yes... today i decided that i should acknowledge pple i haf ignored due to my shyness so during volleyball where i watched how they played d match (since i'm new)..i saw d headboy watching too..so i was like its kinda rude to juz ignore him since i'm in his econs class so i smiled at him for courtesey..i mean it would be SO utterly rude if i juz ignored him or anyone i knew for that matter... so yeah..but once i said hello to one of my schmates cos i saw him in Bunnings ware house..n i thought since i knew him it would be polite to say hi but instead he juz gave me this really weird look like..y r u trying to say hi for...
WAHLAU..i can juz tear my hair out of my head.

Oh yes..today was Muffti day..where we could wear anything we wanted.. everytime d sch raises money for d less fortunate we haf muffti day but we each haf to contribute 1 dollar...so yeah..it was kinda nice not to haf to wear uniform again.

Sigh!! sorry pple this is a long entry since i've not blogged for such a long time. I really hope that u can leave more comments for me cos i need to be encouraged...oh yes.. for those in S'pore u can subscribe free to ZONE 1511, d cheapest phone operater..like 4 cents a min..den u guys can call me!!! especially for my gd frens n frens in cj!! ex classmates too!! PLEASE call me when ur free ok???i need to talk to u guys to preserve my sanity...seriously..i practically begging u. Anyway to keep in constant contact my home no. is +64 (country code..well u don't haf to put it as d ZONE 1511 will replace it) 9 (area code) 5346678.

yeahh..miss u guys!!

one more one less.

School has FINALLY started...

2006-02-02T23:36:00.000-08:00

Hey hey...
1st day of sch was 2 days ago on wed. It was really really uneventful..i mean i expected more u noe..n i only made 1 fren..ONE fren only..some korean girl.. at that time i was too scared n shy to make frens wif d angmohs..
Well..my class only has 10 pple. there r 4 asians including me but i'm d only S'porean...there r 2 koreans n 1 hongkey guy...yeah..

Today we were introduced to our new class..no lessons so it was REALLY dull..instead we were forced to re-decorate d noticeboards..
We ended sch early. But i really felt so defeated..i mean i used to make frens so easily in S'pore but here...its SO hard..i mean in cj it wasn't hard cos everyone was new to d environment but now..hmm.. at that time i juz hoped that i wouldn't juz haf 1 fren d whole yr around..that would be simply awful.

Anyway now comes the happy part.
The next day which was a thursday was an off day for us yr 13s cos d yr 12s were hafing a leadership training day camp. Ours was only on fri...
So when fri (which is today) came we were allowed to go to sch (yr 13s) in our muffti (its a term they use for normal clothes). I walked to sch thru this park near my house..it took me about 20 mins..n its quite deserted so yeah..not nice at all..

We had Leadership training camp as we r d seniors of d sch.. at first i felt really out of place n i REALLY felt like crying i tell u...arghh..but then it got better...cos my South African fren (whom i got to know way before sch started) introed me to all her frens...n we were made to form groups to do all sorts of challenges. there were 3 grps by d way. So we were given all sorts of word puzzles n stuff...n i am proud to say that i helped solve a few.. =D
By d end of d day i had made some frens..well..d girls were v. nice but d guys were weird...n quite cold..but oh well..almost all guys r like that when u first know them..so yeah.. although there were a few crazy pple there.
Anyway we also got to hear pastors share their testimony n about Christ n how we should be doing smth about our lives n live for Him. We were made to pen down all our goals we wanted to see for this yr n seal it in an envelope. In 6 months time we would open it up n see whether we haf fulfilled them.

Well..d day was quite good so far..SO MUCH better than d 1st day of sch.. guess wat..i found out that there r only like 25 pple in MY whole level...cos last yr alot of pple left d college. There r 2 northern indians, lots of South africans, 5 asians in d whole level n not forgetting d kiwis.
I was suppose to walk home frm sch..but u see d path's so confusing that i wasn't v. confident. So one of my frens i made offered to bring me back home. U noe she has her full license already k! hahaha...i think i will start learning my highway code first..that's d first step i'll take.
Anyway..this coming mon is Waitangi day (public holiday) so sch starts on tues...well d FULL BLOWN lessons start on tues...its gonna be WORK WORK WORK frm tues onwards..better start enjoying myself frm now till mon! haha..

oh yah..u noe there's so many weeds n wild grass growing in d front lawn of my house that its driving me nuts..seriously..i think i haf to go borrow a lawn mower n mow all d sickening weeds out..or use weed killer! MUAHAHAHA! *DIE YOU FILTHY WEEDS!! DIEEEE!!*

PS: thanx so much for all ur encouragement on my 1st day of sch.. still missing all of u!! Take care!

SCH IN 2 DAYSS!!

2006-01-29T23:19:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness!!
sch is starting in 2 days n i'm hafing nervous jittersss!!!

right now i only know like 1 person in d whole level...i only haf 1 fren..so basically i'm starting frm scratch..
n i bet i'm like d only new comer to yr 13 ok..i mean its like
yr 13= j2...who in d RIGHT mind would actually go into a new sch for j2?! i heard that there r lots of yr 12s joining..i juz hope that i'm SO not d only one..

plus remember i told u i had NO skirt..so that means i haf to wear any black skirt..thank goodness my cousin (whom i don't even know...n yes..i juz found out that i haf 2 cousins in nz) lent me some long black skirts of hers..or else i haf to wear my SUPER SHORT one..gross

oh yah..on wed i start sch. d next day is some leadership training camp for us yr 13s.. n on fri is d camp for d yr 12s cos yr 13s n yr 12s r d seniors..so that means i get fri off!! hahaha.. n d following week on mon is a public holiday...heard that its called Waitangi day...some weird day to mark d Maoris signing some treaty yrs ago..haha..

and guess wat??! we r loaned txt books..we don't BUY them..we borrow them..n when d exams r nearing d sch takes them away..gosh..i think i haf to photocopy d whole txt book to make sure i pass..
u noe pple start collecting credits frm yr 11 in d NCEA (national exam) for uni entrance...u haf to at least get 42 credits..n i haf like wat...less than 1 yr to get 42 or more since i'm entering d last yr!! i mean..OH MY gosh..probably is so gonna be stressful..n it doesn't help that i forgot basically wat i learnt in j1...ahhh!!!!

oh yah.. CNY was spent slaving away unpacking..wiping stuff n getting all hot n sweaty..it was SO SAD...we didn't even visit anyone n i didn't get any angbaos!!! ahhhhH!!!!

i so miss cny in s'pore..i wanna go back!!
back to cj..back to my HOME HOME HOME!!!

okok..so i'm over reacting alittle..BUT STILL!! gahhh..need to get a hold on myself..

oh yes..i'm so apprehensive about my classmates...most of them r angmohs..n i feel so weird making frens wif them..well asians no prob ( well..s'poreans i guess ).

Yesterday was feeling anti social..so juz pulled a black face while eating lunch wif my parnts' frens..probably shouldn't haf done that..but i juz didn't feel friendly at that time..so NOT me...maybe i didn't like d company too?? oh well..muz be friendly muz be friendly muz be friendly!! ahhhhhh...

ok then....thanx for tagging! Pls do tag again when u guys haf d time ok???

I still miss u guys..u noe who i'm taking about...YOU LAH! hahaa

Long time no blog! Sorry...

2006-01-27T03:01:00.000-08:00

Hey pple!
Sorry for not blogging for a looong time..
been really busy unpacking..but FINALLY the house Looks like a home!
all d furniture's in place...n my room's v. nice.. i discovered that i had SO much stuff ok..n SO little storage space...so my room's like v. squashy now..
My aunt came to stay wif us for 10 days..she left yesterday...was a really great help to us by helping us unpack.. so when she left i was really sad..my mum cried when she was at d departure hall...n i really really felt like crying cos smone so familiar was gonna go back but instead i laughed..can u believe it..i LAUGHED..but deep down inside i so wanted to scream..i guess its juz my way of covering my emotions..

oh well..afterthat was better..but still felt kinda weird..like now her bed is empty..so yeah.. u noe i really wish i had a fren with me now..it would really REALLY do me good.

anyhow..2 days back i went to buy my uniform frm my sch..d seniors wear a different uniform.. i had to buy a blazer wich costs like 170 bucks! n a blouse n skirt..gosh.. u noe d smallest size of d blouse is still too big for me..n when i tried on size 10 of d skirt..it nearly dropped off when i tried to jump which meant its TOO loose for me! Heard that d smallest size is onli coming in 3 weeks so i haf to wear any black skirt..sheesh...

Today we had a chinese new yr dinner wif all d Singaporeans n Malaysians we knew.. got to make a WHOLE table of frens..wich is really cool..its SO fun making frens u noe..though i might take abit of time wif d ang mohs.. but i got invited to some outings..starting frm tmr..so maybe my life won't be so boring after all..
anyway..today i had to wash underwear!! yuck..u noe i scrubbed till d skin on my knuckles came off n blood came out..it hurts alot when it comes into contact with water..n now i haf a WHOLE list of house chores to do..which is every sat..i haf to clean my shower area..my own underwear..yucks..wipe n vaccum my own room n d living room..its SO sad ok..since tmr is CLEANING day..i wish i had a maid.. sigh..i nv appreciated it but now i do..

Anyway..thanx for tagging! Tag again k? God bless! Still missing u guys!

Tmr i get to move into my new house!! FINALLY!!!

2006-01-15T01:56:00.000-08:00

hey ho..
tmr is THE day i move into my new house!! YAY!!! finally i get d com ALL to myself..d TV ALL to myself n privacy..haha..no more worrying about eating tidbits too..no need to ask anyone wat to do anymore..TOTAL FREEDOM!! WHOOHOO!!
yeshyesh..i am glad..oh boy am i glad!! hahahaa..

okok so maybe today wasn't that exciting..i mean d past few days haf been springcleaning d house...using gross towels to wipe cabinets, cupboards, doors, walk in wardrobes wif lemony ajax sprays isn't wat i call fun..its actually kinda disgusting.. doesn't help that i'm too tall (okok..mayb it does..when it comes to reaching high up places) n that i haf to practically crawl into those cupboards to wipe them..often getting stuck or banging my head in d process..ohwelll...i take it that its good experience to be a good housewife right? In everything give thanks...yep..but smtimes that's hard considering half d time i was moaning n grumbling cleaning d already cleaned house that d previous owners took pains to do.. (can't help it..my mum's super clean..wat can i say..)
anyway after continuing d cleaning which we left off frm yesterday n after yes..another fight wif mum..finally got a chance to doze off in d car.

also got to meet my neighbours a few days ago.. they're really nice pple! my neighbour on d left is this woman wif 2 daughters.. both go to Elim sch..well d elder one has since graduated..
n u noe alot of pple haf such nice comments on Northpark ave road..
found out that they haf this security watch group consisting of d neighbours themselves..cos u noe my mum was fiddling wif d alarm n it accidentally went off (so loud according to my mum) n all d neighbours came running to see whether d house was ok..quite embarrassing but really sweet of them..i mean i hafn't met such dedicated pple in S'pore who care even for neighbours whom they hafn't even met at all..haha..
i mean if d car alarm or house alarm went off..we would probably be like..there goes another faulty alarm..can't they switch it off?! but in nz its kinda different..well at least on my street. Really feel v. blessed to haf found such a splendid home wif a pleasant environment.. Thanks God!

Anyway tmr is gonna be one hectic day..movers will be coming in to load our contents frm d container.. was deciding n debating wif my parnts where would all d furniture go.. I'll probably not haf d com for like 2 to 3 days cos i haf to set it up n subscribe for internet which costs 40 bucks a month!! so ex..haiya..

Oh yes..i really hope d pple that matter to me read this n go tag...n i hope they hafn't forgotten about me cos i hafn't forgotten about them...

my 1st hair cut in NZ!

2006-01-10T01:26:00.000-08:00

Hey pple!

Today was my 1st hair cut ever since i came here! My parnts n i went to this hairstylist who's actually frm mainland china..went to her house to cut..
I tell u i was like saying my prayers ok.. was SO scared that she'll cut wrongly den i'll loook like crap n be embarrassed for LIFE! In d car on d way i was like praying to God..like commiting d hair cutting session to Him..
When we got there..she cut my hair..n i was giving her all sorts of directions like..i want it layered, thin..d top muzn't be flat!..n d back muz be wispy! hahaha.. in d end it came out better than i expected although its not as good as my previous hairstylist.. d top was a bit flat..not d volume i expected..but still..i didn't look like shit right? So that should be fine =D

Anyway when i was bathing i got a shock of my life..i was like WHERE'S MY RIGHT EARRING?!?! apparently it had mysteriously disappeared..after searching d toilet floor n finding no signs of it.. i suddenly remembered that mayb it could haf dropped in d hair salon..so got my mum to drive there wif me to find it. I was thinking..this is like finding a needle amongst a haystack..or u could say an earring amongst a hairstack..haha.. so i was like praying like siao.
Miraculously when we got there..d lady said that she found my earring juz as she was about to throw d pile of hair away! WOW..God IS good!
N its not d 1st time i lost my earrings too..1st few times were in d shower.. n all d time i found it that is..after praying. God really answers prayers..n He did it again this time! I was like..THANKYOU God..at d same time thinking that my earring was INVINCIBLE..or u could say INDESTRUCTIBLE..hahaha! well..not quite..i should be more careful nxt time.

Anyway I'm moving into my new house nxt mon. Tmr is d Inspection day n i get to choose my room! yayness!
From now on my address is 26 Northpark Avenue Auckland 1705 New Zealand.
If u guys wanna write to me u can write to this address. My home phone no. is +64(country code) 9(area code) 5346678 n if u guys wanna call me to chat i'll be more den happy to talk to u! Cos i miss everyone like siao.....

U noe i will give ALMOST anything to be back in Cj..well almost..

Hope u guys still find time to read my blog..i noe u still haf sch n stuff...but when ur freee u muz go tag my blog ok?? Or else poor laureen will be very sad..haha..

A summary of my South Island Trip

2006-01-09T01:41:00.000-08:00

NEW ZEALAND aka. AOTEAROA (maori) ~ Land of the Long White Cloud

Hey pple..
I've decided to summarise d whole of 19 days of my trip! I tell u its SO hard cos there's so much i wanna tell u guys but its SO tedious to type 19 entries n moreover its SO long that it will BORE u guys to death. So i'm cutting d story short *everyone breathes a sigh of relief*. hehe

Anyway we set out frm Auckland n travelled a gruelling 10 hrs to Wellington which is located at d tip of North Island before taking d ferry to South Island Picton. Afterthat we arrived in Nelson (which is a small town..about d size of S'pore's orchard road)..looked around some shops..nth much. The nxt day i got to go Salmon Fishing! It was really fun..learnt how to cast my rod properly but i didn't catch anything..u see one got away! =( but i helped to reel in my dad's fish all by myself. Afterthat we had smoked salmon n sashimi! haha..poor fish. Day 4 i visited Hoglund Art Glass centre..saw how glass beads were made..really cool! Next we went to the Buller George Swing Bridge, d longest swingbridge in NZ! 160 high! it was quite freaky..haha..later we went to Cape Foulwind where d waves were so strong that d foam that seemed thru d rocks looked like latte..haha. The next day we stopped at Punakaiki Pancake Rocks to see d beautifuul view of d literally flat rock n blowholes.

Day 6..it was christmas day but some how i didn't really feel d spirit of christmas..anyway we tried to walk to this Famous Glazier called Franz Josef Glazier but we didn't get to actually BE there cos it was raining..we saw it frm afar. To make it up we hiked up Lake Matheson..and could see d amazing view of the Southern Alps. We also trekked up the mountain where Fox Glazier was.. it was a really cool experience! Day 7 we went to PUZZLE WORLD! i tell u its an amazing place! Its actually this place where there's a 2 storey adult maze, illusions, holograms n puzzles to work on. I completed d maze faster den all d rest..n i actually felt smart..smth which i rarely feel..haha. N there was this illusion room there where ur a dwarf at one end of d room n a giant at d other..its cos d floor's sloping down! haha..
Day 8 to 10..we r finally in Queenstown! The MAJOR tourist attraction in NZ! The 4 days we were there was d bestest time i had in d whole holiday! Queenstown's my best place in NZ! I got to go on d FAMOUS Shotover Jetboat..flew on a Helicopter n got to drive d Luge (smth like a go-cart)..which was quite exhilarating..haha.. I also got to go to d Deer park where i fed d deer n goats! So cute ok..but d deers were v. timid..kept running away.. On Day 10 Thurs was my last day in Queenstown. We passed Arrowtown n headed to Omarama. We stopped at this small town called Twizel which literally means Town of Trees! I think d name Twizel is SO cute..haha..i'll probably name my pet if i haf one..haha
We also saw Mount Cook.. d highest mountain in NZ n d only mountain which has snow all yr round! It looked v. majestic n beautiful! Afterthat we passed Lake Pukaki which was almost crystal clear that u could see a nearly perfect mirror image of d mountains n d clouds! Oh yes..u noe i've noticed alot of REAL possum fur n skin sold in tourist shops..n i was like oh man!! so cruel! but guess wat..they're pests n r destroying NZ's kiwi birds n plant life so afterthat i was like KILL MORE POSSUMS!!! hahaaa..

Day 11.. Today we arrived in Dunedin..this BIG BIG city.. I went to see the University of Otago..where Mel's studying.. U see i'm trying to decide which uni i wanna go to.. Unfortunately it was close but Mel brought us around to see it..I tell u d buildings r SO old n d campus is scattered everywhere so its hard to get around plus its SO cold there. Went to Larnach Castle n to d Albatross n Penguin Colony too. We even went up this road in Dunedin called Baldwin Rd..its d STEEPEST road in d WORLD! hahaha..it was quite scary going down hill..haha like ur on a cliff or smth..

Day 16 Wed.. We r now in Christchurch..our Final destination before we drive all d way back to Picton to catch d ferry to North Island. We went on d tram which brought us around d whole city of Christchurch. Later we went Punting..which is actually sitting on d this small boat in d river n letting some guy peddle it for u..d water's really shallow though.. Later we went to d Art Centre which was some old sch built in d 1800s.. there were many shops but d best was d FUDGE COTTAGE SHOP! i even go to see how they make fudge..real interesting n tried so many kinds of fudges till i was positively SICK of it.. Next we went to d Cathedral Square..icon of Christchurch..its really old n stuff but v. big. Lastly we paid a visit to d Art Gallery where i saw modern day art n many paintings dated back to d 17th Century! It was really an eye opener.
Day 17 Thurs.. The last day in Christchurch was spent looking at d Uni of Canterbury. Its really nice n homely..might consider going there to study. Guess wat..today was quite an awful day! We couldn't find anywhere to stay since all d motels were shut cos it was late..so we decided to travel back to Picton but d motels there were closed too! So we ended up sleeping in d car n i had to brush my teeth in d petrol kiosk..wat an experience!

Day 18 ( 6th Jan ) Fri.. woke up at 5.30 am to catch d early ferry where we arrived in Wellington. There i went to d Uni of Victoria sch of design to take alook..somehow didn't like it v. much..now i don't know whether design is for me or not..v. confused as to wat to take..
Day 19 Sat.. This is d last day of our holiday! Frm Wellington headed to Napier. We went to NZ aquarium in Napier n d high light was seeing d Kiwi Birds! Endangered u noe! ahha..
it took us about 6 n a half hrs frm Napier back to Auckland..really long n it was d shortest route we took..u can see that i travelled alot in d car..so grateful for my mp3 player! haha..

Anyway in all i Kinda enjoyed d trip..got to know d Tans better n learnt some stuff along d way too.. i also got to reflect n think about stuff that happened to me in Singapore which i was too busy to in d past.. it was good cos i got to see things clearer..

Hope u like my account of d trip..it might be too lengthy..but i tried my best to shorten it! Sorry if i bored u guys to death. But to those who took d time to read it, thank u for ur patience n for even being bothered to read it!

God bless everyone!

Laureen

I'm back!!!

2006-01-08T02:53:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!
i'm FINALLY back frm my South Island trip...yay!! finally smth familiar even though its not my home.
eh..i wrote 19 days of my holiday of South Island..there were so many things i learnt n saw ...n i wanna share it wif all of u guys.. erm..dunno how to sum it up into a summary so i was thinking about typing each entry of each day into d blog..but its v. long n might bore u guys to death..
remember..its alot of info..n i can't sum it up! so how???
wat do u guys want me to do?

Not back yet..but at least i still get to blog!

2005-12-26T22:54:00.000-08:00

Hey hey!
well..i'm NOT back yet..but i'm using d com in d internet cafe..3 bucks per hr..quite affordable..anyway i'm in Queenstown South Island! This place is like by far d most popular tourist destination..
Anyway i'm not gonna say much cos when i FINALLY come back i'll be recording everyday in South Island on my blog! U may ask..how can i remember wat i did everyday? Bcos i haf super memory of course! hahaha..jk lah..not really..but i do haf a personal diary so i write stuff down after each day...actually i'm suppose to write all these stuff in my travel diary when i go on hols..but its currently STILL in d container...i mean how was i suppose to noe i was going for a holiday in South Island? Well..i SURE didn't ask for it..

Oh well..i WILL be back...n glad u guys find my entries er...entertaining...haha..
thanx loads!
oh yes...T9 pple..haf u even finished ur holiday assignments??? hahaa....that's smth i definitely m glad to get away frm cos its against sch laws in nz for teachers to give holiday hwk!....haha..sorry for rubbing more salt into d wound but i couldn't help it! *sniggers*

Notice!

2005-12-19T00:38:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone!

I'll be going on a 2 wk holiday to South Island so i won't be able to reply any emails or blog...i haf mixed emotions bout this holiday though..but more happier thoughts than when i first heard it..
I guess i'm finally adjusting to living wif another family..u noe i'm like more tolerant n stuff.. n i've learnt that u can't haf things ur way cos no one's gonna give in to u..as a result i've become like more self controlled even though smtimes i haf d urge juz to SCREAM MY ASS off..oh well..but that's not gonna happen is it? haha..
And i've learnt how to do some chores like washing ur own underwear n OTHER pple's underwear..pretty gross..but yeahh..n i've cleaned so many dishes..haha..even though i hate it.. U see..i've come to realise that chores r non avoidable n that i should juz accept them n stop being spoilt..
Oh wells..it'll be more bearable doing chores if this was my house..haha..cos i'm still on holiday mood..it still feels that i'm juz in NZ for holiday..but i'm sure d yr would get more n more exciting when i start sch in 1st feb.
Oh yah..did u noe that behind my house is a HUGE park n a reserve..i'll be walking there everyday to sch n back..nice for hafing picnics there too!
To my cj class pple: Pls update me about d class k? N pls email!! cos i hardly see u guys online..don't be lazy..go reply me! haha..

I'll be moving into my OWN house in about a wk's time after d trip so i shall haf my OWN com n can use it anytime! WHOOHOO!! haha..yayness!
Anyway i will try my best to describe South Island to u guys in d best possible way..haha...though i'm not v. good in words i'll still TRY.

Here's wishing all of u a MERRY MERRY christmas n a HAPPY new yr! HOHOHO!!
May d Lord be wif each and everyone of u (n i haf NO doubt that He will) as u transit into 2006! All d best for those who r taking As nxt yr! U CAN DO IT!!

Lastly if u do not believe in God, God believes in u!

jam lookalikes and stolen chocolate cake

2005-12-16T00:20:00.000-08:00

hello again everyone!
yesterday i came back very late so i didn't have time to update this. Anyway, yesterday was quite interesting..unlike d many boring days stuck at home (well not my home..). Glad that pple find my blog amusing..well actually my life kinda sucks in nz..oh well..another time about that.

Oh yes..that day i woke up n went down stairs to have breakfast. As i was eating my (THANKGOODNESS) egg sandwich..my mum suddenly takes out a bottle of jam is about to spread it n den Auntie Jeanie (my dad's fren's wife) exclaims NOooo! That's not jam! HAHAHA..i burst out laughing like hell.. apparently d jam lookalike was some baking thingy used to glaze fruits...and the funniest thing was that d night before my mum spread that jammy thing onto sandwiches for a fishing trip n my dad, her n Uncle Song Wee ate it without a word of complain! Fancy being a baker and not knowing ur ingredients...*rolls eyes*. My mum was like..no wonder i was wondering how come d jam was colourless when d bottle said berry jam (suppose to be red). SIGH!! according to my dad it tasted weird..hahaha

Anyway afterthat everyone disappeared frm d house leaving me n mel. U noe i love to be alone at home in d day...peace n quiet. Anyway, mel was spring cleaning her room n she was clearing her clothes..i was helping her too..n thus i inherited 4 fairly new pair of shorts, 1 tank top, 2 t shirts. N she was like..omg laureen..i can't believe i was ONCE ur size! HAHA! =D Oh yes..n she made me try on her tube that shrunk in d dry wash..its blue in colour..hahaha..when i tried it in d toilet..it was SO loose..i think if i had jumped abit d whole thing would haf come off..HAHA..but i showed her anyway.. oh u noe i'm not trying to boast or anything but i did really look nice in tubes..n i was contemplating whether i should inherit one..but den i told mel i would rather eat a 1000 carrots (sorry d word carrot juz came to my mouth) den walk around wif a tube. Then d next time i said i'll rather eat 1000 lizards den wear a tube in public (ok..maybe not....that's juz gross).

Oh yes..for dinner we went to a chinese restaurant..AGAIN..i tell u since d time i've come to auckland i've never eaten more chinese food den i have in my LIFE! so horrible..anyway we went to d SAME OLD chinese restaurant..n it was like entering hongkong or china..ewww...there were 3 tables of chinese families excluding ourselves n a table of angmohs (surprisingly). Suddenly while we were eating d restaurant played this Happy Birthday Song...someone was having a Bdae..but d song was SO FUNNY! It was childrens' voices singing..n it was quite out of tune..so we clapped out of politeness.. den not long after they played that Song again..apparently d 2nd chinese family was also having another birthday..it was getting REALLY irritating..mel was like if they play it one more time i'm getting out of this place. Soon enough, another birthday cake arrived for d 3rd family..we were like..aw man!! 3 birthdays frm 3 families! How coincidental..mel was about to leave her seat..though i thought she was joking but she wasn't. However to our relief they didn't play d Song..i think it was really annoying everyone..hahaa

So while we were eating, 3 cheena families were cutting bdae cake...n i was like..awww why couldn't we pretend to haf a birthday too! den we can get cake! hahaha.. i was also eyeing that black forest cake that d last group of pple were having n i was like..wahh..that looks so yummy..if only i could have it!! But i never really thought i could..so i juz stared there longingly. Soon we were d only family left there..d black forest cake family left cos d girl was getting drunk..ahhaha...n there were 3 slices of d cake left...so knowing no one was gonna eat it (n partly cos some of d adults encouraged me to), n knowing that i m a greedy person, i went to steal d whole 3 pieces n ate 1 myself n da paoed d rest home..HAHA
It was quite hilarious (though i didn't see wat was funny about it)..everyone especially d adults were laughing like crazy..n 1 of them said..wow..its not often that someone does smth different..but according to alot of pple Kiwis do juz that!..its their culture to steal unwanted stuff..weird..i think d manner of which i was stealing made everyone go crazy..i was doing it in a secret fashion in case d couple came back for their cake again..ahhaha
There were ex missionaries frm Denmark ( chinese couple ) who were dining wif us..n they actually said they used to drive thru d streets in Denmark looking for unwanted furniture on d street n making it their own..AW MAN! my eyes practically popped out..YUCK..imagine using a piece of broken discarded furniture..that is SO undescribable..oh well..as sherm used to say ECONOMICAL! HAHAHA.. saves money!...hahaa..

Anyway glad that u guys know about my dreadful life in nz..without me emailing..cos its so mah fan n i'm so lazy..
ok then..go tag tag tag n leave ur comments..hopefully some lost soul reads this..or else no one's gonna..haha..

PS: Its 10.16 pm not 12 smth am..d timings in this blog is pretty messed up...

its BORING down here..i'm BORED SiCk!!!!

2005-12-12T02:13:00.000-08:00

I really miss home...i really really really do.

Oh well..hafn't updated this in a long while cos one of d com's mouse was spoilt n i wasn't really allowed to use d other com..due to selfish reason's on d person's com's part..in my opinion.
Apparently i've becoming MORE n MORE annoyed bcos of not being able to use d com.. n i'm d sorta person who can't hide her emotions well so it more or less shows up on my face.

ANYWAY... last sat..which was juz a few days ago mel n i decided to go to this event called Christmas In The Park..it was held in this BIG BIG open field in Auckland City..smth like fort canning..nono..like d PADANG..haha! So many pple were there..all seated on d grass..bout 3/4 of pple in NDP in padang. I was like WOW.. and to my dismay mel had to go meet some of her uni frens..all kiwi..gosh..i hate getting aquainted.. den one of her kiwi frens brought this 15 yr old boy..n he had d brightest blue eyes i've ever seen..to d point where it was scary! hahaha!!
All d performances were singing...at first it was really boring..i was like SQUASHED UP...no place to sit! So i had to resort to sitting on d edge of one of d mats which belonged to this maori pple...EDGE i tell u ..EDGEE!! and d mat was taking up SO much place! INCONSIDERATE FREAKS..they weren't even using up all d space..goshh...
n den this maori lady told me to get off her mat in a really mean manner..like giving me a nasty face..i was SO PISSED ok..selfish PIGS..
den other inconsiderate freaks were starting to stand up n block my view..i was at d point of slapping their butts to move away...SIGH..so as a result i had no choice but to stand up as well.
Very few asians were there..i was FLOODED wif kiwis..
den d music started getting funkier n there were so many ang mohs dancing n screaming..it was quite horrible...N u noe d funniest thing was that most asians i see in nz or perhaps in that event had dumb looks on their faces..mel n i agreed that we looked d most intelligent out of d lot..HAHA.. its like all d kiwis were dancing n partying..even mel doing her ceroc dance wif this weird guy both of them almost hitting me due to d lack of space...n i'm juz standing there stiff as a stick trying to get out of their way n looking at d big screen at d same time. The last few performances were d best n there were fire works at d end..lovely...but at d beginning i couldn't help regretting coming there. Afterthat we had to walk a good 40 mins to mel's fren's house so we could get picked up by her mum. I tell u arh... in nz if u can't drive d onli thing u've gotta do is WALK...walk to d cinema..walk to ur fren's house..walk to d nearest shopping complex..n d list goes on..v. v. tiring.
And now its FULL SUMMER..its SO hot like S'pore..i'm suddenly longing for d wind again which i hated at d beginning.
U noe smtimes i make mental notes bout stuff n mean to write it down later in my blog but most of d time i forget...so yeah..haha.
Oh yesss my dad's fren told us that u've gotta take a driving license cos s'pore's license isn't recognised..so he told us his fren was taking driving lessons once..n d instructor asked him wat he will do if he saw a diamond on the road ( n a diamond as u might noe is a diamond which is drawn on d road to tell u that a pedestrian crossing is near) n my dad's fren's fren said Pick it up of course! HAHAHAHA...so funny!!
Anyway i'm gonna be gone for 2 weeks in a wk's time to south island..gonna spend christmas there..smhow i don't feel excited..i dread going..i'll miss my com!!! *whines*
oh yes n did u noee wat Althiaopia means? it meas d phobia of marshmellows!! hAHAHAH!
heh..anyway remember i said that kiwi guys look like toads?? well..i take that back..
haha..cos almost everywhere i go they're so many good looking ang moh guys..but then its not certain whether they're kiwis cos most of them r migrants..even d girls r SO pretty..but most r fat..d slim ones r pretty i mean..but then again ang mohs r juz nice to look at..i'll NEVER date one..NEVER! mark my words!
Oh yeah u noe my dad's fren was talking to me n my family...n he told me in 1 yr he gurantees i'll wanna stay here forever! crazy lah! n he said that u may haf alot of frens to send u off b4 u leave nz..n it may seem grand..but when u come back to visit..less pple will send u off..ur frens will drift apart frm u..n u'll find other frens in nz..so much so that u might never wanna come back to S'pore...u noe i haf a naggy feeling that might be true.. gosh..i really hope i'll stay in contact wif all my S'porean frens...especially my classmates...

I'm gonna see d movie Narnia tmr!! YAY!! FINALLY!!!
anyway as u can see i've decided to take on table tennis..provided i nv see that indian pervert again..haha..n i've bought a pingpong bat..brand new off this online auction where u can bid for anything..its called trade me..specially for kiwis..haha.
oh yah..n nxt yr i'm gonna take up hip hop dancing frm Elim church which provide these classes..hahaha...me taking up dancing's gonna b d biggest joke cos i can't dance for nuts..hahaha..oh well..but its good to try new things right?

Anyway pple pls tag my board! n for those who've tagged ..thanx alot! Go tag somemore k???
I miss everyone dearly...

piano lessons and table tennis

2005-12-07T01:20:00.000-08:00

Today was quite exciting. Got myself a new piano teacher...kiwi lady..really nice and encourage unlike my previous in Singapore. Today was my 1st lesson..was kinda terrified though..when my mum left i was like NOooo don't leave me here!! hahaha..who m i kidding man..
U noe i expected her to start teaching d grade 8 book straight away but she gave me lots of creative finger exercises n stuff that I've never learnt frm my teachers in S'pore..i was thinking to myself..this is so weird.
haha..but generally it was good.

Afterthat went wif my fren's 11yr old bro n his frens to table tennis in Pakuranga Youth Club..smth like a Community Club. Had to pay 6 bucks to play..and 1 dollar for d bat. Most of d pple playing were all Asians..i think mainland chinese.. all i was d only girl..that sucked.
So we had to play against each other n d winner will advance. I kept on losing man..so sad..but i mean this is my 1st time. Played wif an 11 yr old n won everytime but kept on losing in d 2nd stage. I played against this 16 yr old indian boy who claims used to b frm S'pore but migrated here 2 yrs ago. I tell u..he's such a PERVERT...i was SO disgusted by him k..
He was like do u haf a boyfren? I said i didn't see a need to.Then he kept on saying my legs look good n that i look pretty *rolls eyes* i was at that pt v. v. suspicious n i was like..this guy's up to NO good and i was right! Then he kept rattling on bout saying he had sex wif his girlfren..that many girls wanted to haf sex wif him..i was like WAT?!?!?! SO SCARY OK!! Den he said u wanna come home wif me? I was SO pissed at that point..i juz gave him a dirty look and stomped off. Frm that time i avoided him. i mean he's seriously ugly and scrawny looking..who would even wanna date him let alone haf sex wif him...ewwww...
Then i played wif this asian guy..i tell u almost all d asians haf kiwi accent..its SO irritating..like u feel so weird talking in ur S'porean accent. Anyway that guy was another bum..kept on insulting me wif his big ego..saying i'm such a lousy player..HELLO...like he's any good! Stupid cheenapok..
One thing i knew was that d players were HORRIBLE...if these were those types of stinkin pple i'm never going back there to play..or else i'll bring a huge bodyguard to protect me.

Oh yes..in 2 wks time i'm going for a trip wif my dad's fren's family to SOUTH ISLAND! Gonna pass by Wellington, Dunedin ( pronounced as THE- KNEE- DUN )...pple keep pronouncing it wrongly including me..haha.. hope its nice...

Its already Dec...

2005-12-02T15:54:00.000-08:00

Sorry for not updating for quite along time...d coms in my fren's place were down..mouse spoilt n all..quite frustrating.
Its 3rd of dec already. U noe..time seems to pass v. fast in a day..but d days pass v. v. slowly. I'm missing home even more now. Sharing a house wif a family can be quite inconvenient at times. I don't wanna seem ungrateful but sometimes i feel v. frustrated...it seems even though they say its not that i'm always d one to be blame..messing up stuff.. I'm sorry to say this but i wanna move to my new place as soon as possible. We haf already found a place to stay..nice garden n quite spacious but i don't like d structure of d house.
Since i've come to nz i find that all my inadequacies r surfacing..like now i haf to help out by washing dishes (most of d time trying to escape) n i'm like so dependent..bcos of that getting nagged n blasted by Mum which makes it even worse. I bet i'm like d most useless person in d house..n i bet d whole family finds me so troublesome juz that they juz dun wanna say. I mean i can't cook, clean, do anything..mayb except wash d dishes (which half d time i dun bother to do..too lazy)..gosh..mayb coming here would make me grow up.

Anyway, i've made frens wif 2 south african girls..they're v. v. nice. N i've discovered that there r more migrants den kiwis down here. Heh..so far hafn't made a kiwi fren yet though. Silly com's not working so i better go publish this first.

Ceroc Dance

2005-11-24T22:37:00.000-08:00

Today we went to look at somemore houses...saw this really nice one with a huge porch..rooms were really spacious too. Later on i went wif Mel to dance class..juz to watch her dance for a while..they dance Ceroc dance..a combination between waltz, classical, spanish dance and hip hop. Pretty cool but really hard to master. This kinda dance requires partners..usually a guy and a girl and they rotate partners too. Oh man..i don't noe why but i was laughing so hard when i saw them dance. I mean..some parts were quite er...sensual..n it juz cracked me up..cos d guys usually take d lead in dancing and some of them were making all sorts of funny actions..HAHA..
Oh yes..and if i have d time i would go running...and i heard that my mum's fren's fren ran up d flight of steps 10 times near d beach everyday and she lost alot of weight! I'm gonna try that! but its not like i haf weight to lose...anymore losing and i'll be a skeleton..HAH! Juz gonna try that n lots of tummy exercises (which i'm doing) to keep in shape!
U noe this blog doesn't haf a tagboard..how inconvenient..considered changing to diaryland or sm other blogging thing but v. mah fan lah to move. N its not as if pple read my blog..gahh..feel that i'm talking to d wall..oh well..like i said..i have nothing better to do..its not as if my life is so interesting anyway.
My dad's fren adviced me to go apply straight for uni and become a teacher cos d job here is v. good..but HELLO..i wanna come back to s'pore to work! Wat aload of bull.. oh well..but i haf to be open right? but teaching is DEFINITELY not for me..maybe for summer time job but for life??? NO WAY!

Have to go bathe now..juz got back frm a really heavy chinese dinner...
funny..i'm in nz but everyday i eat chinese food..how ironic and weird...

NIGHTMARE!

2005-11-21T23:31:00.000-08:00

oh my goodness..u know my parents were searching for my passport and they couldn't find it! Apparently i lost it in d airport while carrying a full load of stuff...oh man! Got really gan chiong and started to pray to God (okok i feel really bad now..its like i onli pray to God when i need help..should try to stop that)...i had to search my bags n everything..n there was NOTHING! Got nagged and scolded by mum about not having presence of mind..FINE FINE...PRESENCE OF MIND!! ARGHH!..forever saying that to me... sheesh..
Anyway THANK GOD i found it..my dad called d airport and apparently they found it so i had to go down to d police station in d airport n collect it personally. When we went there i saw posters of missing pple n children...so sad ok...some pple were like missing since 1993!! i hope they're found...its really really sad..

Anyway..today mel and i went to d same shopping complex n we got a lift frm our frens. We hung out wif s'pore pple...joseph, jack , me, mel, john ...that's like practically d onli pple i noe lahh..i mean..everyday that i've been to nz its juz hanging around them..no offence i appreciate their company but u noe..they say familiarity breeds contempt..hope i won't start feeling sian n all.. Oh yah..u noe i shouldn't be comparing but nz is really really inconvenient. cos there's like no mrt like i said n d buses come at so irregular intervals so its juz 2 options.. drive or walk. And i can't drive..not yet at least..so can't really go out unless i catch a lift frm someone. N i can't call someone here without worrying bout d cost cos like its 1 dollar per min and 20 cents per sms! arghh! n so if i get lost i haf no phone line..no one to call and i'll probably haf to walk back home...really irritating..so if no one get give me a lift i can't go out..cos i'll probably haf to walk like 1hr to get to d shopping complex n its most likely that i'll get lost cos my sense of direction is really bad. *sigh...

later that day i taught jack and joseph maths..trigo and calculus..they're my age but d maths is like SO easy..like sec 3 maths...dear me..so i had to teach them. i had some advice bout giving tuition and earning some money..hahaha...but i don't know everything lah..so maybe not. i was suppose to do some running but then i got side tracked...i mean..i always get side tracked when it comes to these things..hahaa..no motivation i guess.
i bought some sparkly blue eye shadow in a form of a stick for like 4 bucks onli! haha..i think its high time i put some make up cos i look really dull without.

Gonna eat yoghurt now..dad juz bought pre paid sim card frm vodafone (most pple use sim +cards cos d plans r really EX)... n I STILL MISS MY FRIENDS!!! hope we don't drift apart...

i'm not crying.

blogging to waste my time away...

2005-11-21T00:54:00.000-08:00

Blogging to me is actually quite a waste of time. I mean its pretty weird to be putting down all ur secrets in a diary and letting pple see it then d whole point of hafing a diary is completely defeated. Oh well..but nz is SO boring so i must blog..haha.. anyway d reason y i've resorted to blogging is 1) so that i can keep my frens back in s'pore updated bout my life in nz.. i mean emailing can b v. mah fan.. 2) i guess when u write out ur thoughts it helps u to reflect and to sort out ur emotions..at least it does for me 3) to waste my time away.

Anyway quite alot of pple were there in d airport..mostly my parnt's frens..my classmates, cj, sa and not forgetting sherm n liz were there. Got quite alot of last min presents which i carried in my plastic bag n didn't open till i touched down in nz..haha.. d farewell wasn't as bad as i expected..i guess i've been preparing myself mentally for this day to come by doing lots of thinking n praying. But i really felt like crying when Prav had to leave early...but i willed myself not to cry. Koko was sobbing as if it was a funeral..well that was pretty depressing.. When we were going thru d departure gates my mum was already tearing..n i was feeling awful i tell u..i mean i'm never gonna see my frens again till like next yr..and when d customs lady told me not to cry i couldn't take it anymore..that was IT man! i broke down. oh well..onli cried for like er...3 mins? den afterthat i didn't cry. D 10 hr flight to nz was pretty entertaining...i watched like 2 movies, opened some letters and b4 i knew it we landed in nz.

Anyway i'm now staying wif my fren n her family who's migrated here 2 yrs ago frm s'pore. Nz is really really boring i tell u..i'm not used to days without any activities unlike in s'pore..i hate it when i'm bored. Cos when i'm bored i start to think..and i think bout my frens and then i get all sad and depressed. SIGH! oh well...wat to do..

This is like my 2nd day in nz and its 12 smth am here. Today i went to elim church and saw d outside of my new sch elim christian college where i'll be doing my last yr b4 i go uni...d service was smth like fcbc. I made like er..bout 5 new frens..who r all frens of Mel..and they're all guys! weird... anyway i'm not d onli one who feels shitty bout leaving s'pore..heard frm one of d guys that he didn't like it here too..sigh...i guess living in nz and holidaying in nz r 2 COMPLETELY different things..
We sat down in starbucks to drink stuff...and everything in nz (except d house and cars) r REALLY ex! i mean i went to d nearby mall and skirts r like 80 bucks! there's no decent transport system here..no train/mrt ...buses come at v. irregular intervals..and d bus fare is like 4 bucks! argh...good thing is that once ur 15 u can drive..hah..so we got a lift back home.. oh by d way..pple in nz r obese! i saw quite a few girls exposing their fat tummies wif their mid riff tops..gross! haha..

Anyway its so boring here!!!! i wanna go back to S'pore! i miss my frens especially my classmates frm 1T09 and cj pple! arghhh...its quite depressing...
Pls pls email me if u haf d time ok???
Going off now..its nearly 1 am. TAKE CARE ALL MY FRENS!! All of u r missed DEARLY! By d way i'm starting sch in late jan early feb ..somewhere around that time..yup..