Labour day weekend

long weekend cos mon is labour day here... yippie! no work! went with the gals to Acadia National Park... woke up super early... left at 5++ am... the drive there was about 4-5 hours... as usual.. being the passenger.. i slept most of the journey... except the occasional chit chat and toilet breaks...

reached at about 11++ i think... wanted to check in to the hostel... but the check in time starts at 5pm.. -.- and the hostel is like a house only lor.. rm super small with 5 bunk beds... ok la.. this is wat u get for paying just $25... still think Aust's YHA provides better housing for $25...

we decided to go check out whale and puffin watching.. but the rates is super ex lor.. $49.. so we decided to try somewhere cheaper next time.. maybe like Newbury or something... in the end we went for a scenic drive... great view.. trees.. rocks... lakes...

At Frenchman Bay...

At the summit of Mt Cadillac...

At Sand Beach...

At Thunderhole...

While walking along the trail at Otter's Creek... we came across this.. an artistic piece of work... which only me and Rachel had the depth to visualise it and appreciate its natural form.. tag and tell me wat u think it looks like... haha...

after checking in to our hostel... and painstakingly making our beds with bedsheet tat doesn't fit... -.- we went for a seafood dinner... ex... -.- then walked around the shops in downtown bar harbor... temp was freezing... bbrrrr... reached back hostel at about 11+.. to find tat there is to be no showering after 10pm... -.- fine.. went straight off to bed after brushing teeth...

the rest of the gals woke up at 3am to go to the summit to see the sun rise.. no one called me.. so i continued to sleep till some ang moh ah soh started packing her stuff and make so much noise with the plastic bags.. irritating... -.- had to check out at 10am... so after brushing teeth.. we set off again for breakfast.. the place we ate at was pretty American... those with pple eating at the counter types.. but we took the upstairs seats... and had the standard American breakfast.. 2 sunny side up... a sausage... cubed potatoes... and 2 pancake... plus my orange juice.. ooo.. i like such breakfast... and no i don think i eat a lot.. don make me sound like a dinosaur... -.- ok ok.. maybe i eat a little more than the rest... cos we ordered 3 sets of the above mentioned.. and 2 sets are shared by 4 of them and i took 1 of the set myself... =p

after breakfast... went for our trek of the day.. took a trail up to the top at a place called bubble rock... it's a rock at the edge of the cliff... diao there...

then after that... followed the trail down and branch off into another trail... which led us to the trail tat has a higher level of difficulty... cos it was all climbing rocks all the way down the mountain to the lake...

as we near the lake we could hear the water... but could see nothing... finally when we reach the lake.. the climb was all worth it.. view was magnificent... SM says it's trips like this tat push her to work hard cos must earn more money then can go more places.. hahaha...

then we followed the circumference of the lake to an exit point where we walked along the road to where our car was parked... and by tat time it was already 4+ and it's time to head back home...

the boys were very guai while i was away... they help me vacumn my rm... washed my bed sheets and even rem to wash my socks and towel this time! hahaha... very good... full marks... they went grocery shopping too and cooked tom yam soup... nice home cooked tom yam soup when i came home starved at about 10+... aww... so sweet... it's nice to be home...

oh man... just now 2 of them cut hair for each other... super funny... told them i cut for them already... see la.. now the hair look so gong gong...

-jiahua

TGIW

and i really mean thank god it's the weekends!!! don know why this week take so long to pass... finally got PM for TOC and the ever so duhz.. how to use a balance beam... -.-

so glad fri was finally here... weekends can sleep late and wake up late.. thurs went to Weathervane for lobster meal.. the amt of food we ordered was overwhelming... 3 fish and chips, a scallop and haddock... a fried shrimps and clam strips... and the lead for the night... 4 lobsters... which came with a large plate of mashed potatoes and a baked potato... and everything adds up to A LOT OF FOOD... din manage to finish all so packed some back...

fri.. cos it was the start of the weekends.. we had a little drink at home.. late nights... we sat in front of the tv... i downed 3 tequila shots... and about 80% of a can of beer... if i din rem wrongly.. this should be the 1st time i am drinking tequila shots... its taste isn't one of my favourite though... but after sucking the lemon.. the fiery feeling in ur mouth disappear... the after effect's not too bad.. haha... so after the above mentioned.. i guess everyone was high... started crapping.. don think we were drunk though.. cos think the things we say were still pretty coherent... just a little swirly in the head... keep on swaying here and there and lying on watever we see.. haha.. pretty funny to see them can't walk straight and wobbling around.. haha... think it's the first time i let myself drink to this state... maybe cos when in sg we normally drink outside.. plus i always have to look after frens who drink too much.. so my drinking if pretty controlled.. but the feeling is pretty weird though.. haha.. din drink much.. so i guess the shots are powerful.. haha...

the next day everyone was shagged out... woke up for lunch.. then all fell back asleep... till evening before we kinda recovered... well.. shouldn't do this too often.. not good for health.. haha...

today we went to Fort Constitution... it's a fort somewhat like the one in sentosa... with those observation tower overlooking the sea... and there's a lighthouse... queued to go up... started raining when we were queueing... we crossed the wooden bridge to reach the base of the lighthouse... then climbed up this swirly stairs up to the watch tower... then a ladder up to where the light is... pretty cool.. don think i have been up a lighthouse before.. well.. maybe i have.. but can't rem le..

below are some pics of the day... put together in a primitive manner.. haha.. but well... better than having to upload all one at a time la..

back to work tmrw... -.-

-jiahua

First week of work

1st week at work... read lots of SOPs... tried to keep awake... observing and carrying out practice TOC... a few more practise and i think should be able to get PM already... after which would probably be doing a month of TOC... pple teaching us how to do are really nice.. Big funny Chris..curly hair Pete and big baldie Dave... hahaha...

wed had a little break from work... had kinda like an annual QC Day where the whole dept get together and hang out.. we went to Newcastle... at a park called New Island Common... nice place... it's supposed to be an island... and looks kinda like Pasir Ris park... with rocky coast filled with seaweed and a small beach... and lot of greens for u to picnic.. play frisbee.. court for volley ball.. and playground for the kids... we had a BBQ there.. and the one cooking the food is none other than our QC big boss Adam Mott... haha... quite shuai... and really nice... asked him whether can take a pic with him and he blushed.. so cute! hahaha... well.. at least i wasn't crazy over him like somebody... had quite a good time la.. relaxing.. eating and watching pple play volley and frisbee... anything away from work is good.. hahaha...

fri went to eat at TGIF after work... had steak.. food's not too bad... the girls are moving out on tat day.. so when i reach back home.. they have already moved their mattresses and luggages over to their house... i can actually see floor in my bedrm.. hahaha... suddenly look spacious... a little not used to it...

yest went to Canobie Lake Park... i knew i dare not take most of the rides... but thought just hang out with the group lor... though not cheap.. went to take this 'haunted house' ride... totally boliao... then took the carousel... a bit.. erhm.. haha... don know when was the last time i took tat... weird la.. taking with all the small little kids.. haha... then took the teacup thingy... and this is no ordinary slow moving teacup ok.. it's super fast revolving... we were initially sitted well distributed around the cup... and my 2 other frens were swung into a bunch... took the rotating swing thingy... quite fun... though a bit yun after tat... haha... overall not too bad la.. though dare not take the roller coaster and viking ship the rest took... ended the day with fireworks... and the long ride home... oh ya.. SC won a toy giraffe from Madagascar for ah muay... and they name it 'Long Long' cos long neck mah... and was given the surname 'Ba'... so it's official.. it shall be called Ba Long Long... hahaha.. super funny...

we did a bit of cleaning up in the house today... nothing much to do now... slack lor.. tmrw's another week at work... more SOPs! -.-

-jiahua

weekend before work starts

fri went to Paddy's for dinner after games of frisbee and captain's ball which the guys abuse and force me to go... had fish and chips...not too bad la... but portion quite big... very filling... the ambience of the place quite nice... had a live band outside too...

sat went to buy food for sunday's BBQ... then in the evening.. went to Jas's place for some bon fire thingy... her place is super ulu... about half an hour drive away.. and her surroundings are all forest... it's like a house in the middle of the woods... but the place quite nice la.. very country style cottage... and they have a super BIG dog Kramer... the gathering was pretty fun.. ate and drank beer... crap a lot... took quite a bit of photos... it was super cold tat night... but luckily there was this big bon fire where we hung around... a pretty nice experience.. din know it was going to be a 'campfire-like' thingy so was like 'wow' when we saw them starting the fire... literally chopping down the surrounding trees to burn... and there was a bit of fireworks.. such freedom... plus it's in the ulu areas... the sky was filled with stars.. nice feeling to sit under the blanket of stars and just enjoy the company of frens...

sunday.. we invited TAP frens over for a BBQ... bought lots of food... practically every flavour of Lays chips leh... and 14 bottles of soft drinks... and lettuce which are still sitting in our fridge... the BBQ was ok la.. oh i finally went over to the ah muays' place to visit... their place pretty cosy la.. rms all had study tables... nicely decorated and colour coordinated rms... which further accentuate the minimalist 'theme' of our house.. hahaha... well.. generally hope everyone enjoyed themselves la.. wasn't really a very good host...

today was my 1st day at work... freaking boring!! keep on reading and reading... managed to clocked in the maximum 9 articles a day... how many more 9s i need before i finish all?? faintz... think at least 2 weeks ah... we managed to go observe TOC analysis... pretty boring also.. like my previous work.. load the tubes... key in the IDs... and let it run... each tube runs for about half an hour.. so u won't be the one to continue the 2nd part of the procedure...

ok... another boring day tmrw for me...

-jiahua

Housemates

this week's orientation week.. very much like lectures... listening to talks on safety... gowning... cGMP... SOPs... blah blah blah... very sian... always feel like sleeping... seems like back to the NUS days.. haha... oh ya.. today is National Day! we all agreed to wear red to work... but of cos not everyone wore la.. some got no red Ts... some probably weren't informed... and well.. maybe some just couldn't care less.. hahaha.. and we did catch the attention of the Lonza pple... haha.. told them it's our 'Independence Day'.. but a bit weird la.. cos we seem to just wear for the sake of wearing... don really have any get together or anything... so seems like just another day....

din really take much photos of my place as yet... but shall take more when the 'squatters' in my place move out la.. haha.. cos until then can i give a clear account of how my house looks like.. cos now it's cluttered with their suitcases.. mattresses... and everything... but think it should be fun with them around for a week... more noisy and lively bah the house.. but don know whether will have problem with 10 ppls living under one roof not.. haha.. we'll see...

ok here's a photo of my house from the outside... it's the side with the open door... my rm is the window above the door... a pig and a squirrel stays in the rm above me.. hahaha...

this is my rm... before i move in.. so relatively empty... and the view outside is the forest i mentioned.. haha...

hmm.. maybe i shall talk about my housemates... below is a 'family photo'... taken on the 3rd floor landing...

starting from the left... GT... also know as the irritating pig to me.. hahaha... likes to irritate and bully me... and also nags at me a lot... -.- next is YM.. the youngest in the house... eats a lot... sleep the earliest... hahaha.. bully me at times... well.. he's the youngest.. wat can i say... next is the ever so nice.. ME!! hahahahaa... then it's CK... looks like squirrel i think... haha... can be quite nuah at times.. but funny at times.. sometimes hear some womanly voices he makes.. makes me wonder when our house got another woman.. hahaha... the last is Kor kor... the oldest in the group! a good 9 years older than me.. hahaha... but i think he is the nicest to me in the house le... though he does jump in to make fun of me at times.. haha... and he's funny.. cos he's the oldest.. so when he makes those act cute faces... then super funny.. haha...

ok.. those are my housemates... an ok but can be annoying and irritating bunch of pple.. hahah... hmm... staying with a house of guys is so different... sometimes feels a little out.. but well.. wat to do.. decision's made..

ok.. today's cold.. gotta go bathe...

-jiahua

New house!

went to Boston on Sunday! the drive there got me a little drowsy... Boston is really a city man! i mean as compared to a small little quiet place like New Hampshire... it is considered bustling liao.. with more varieties of pple.. and blacks spewing vulgarities in the streets... ahhaah... the walking about got me all tired... think i over-stretched my back previously.. the long walks just made it worse.. hurts like anything lor...

and the thing we realised was... toilets are super hard to find can! walked like down streets and turn corners just to find a miserable toilet that need to put a token to unlock the door... luckily the food court stuff were nice enough to give us 2 tokens even though we din eat there... and the funny thing occurred in the toilet... maybe not as funny when i say it here.. but when we were in the cubicle.. we heard this SUPER LOUD fart... it can literally be described as 'explosive'.. i think it's the loudest and most high pressured fart i ever heard in my life lor! i was like stunned for a while.. then went out and saw my other frens.. and we just couldn't help but burst into laughter... the ang moh aunties were like wondering wat's wrong with these asian girls.. hahaha...

took a walk in the park... saw some cute squirrels which we offered strawberries.. they came down and ate the strawberries.. and even posed for us to take photos.. so cute... oh ya.. went to chinatown to get the chinese groceries that we cannot find in supermarkets... desperate for home cooked food la.. haha... bought so much food.. both from chinese shops and supermarkets that our house is like so stocked up with food liao.. can hibernate already...

finally moved house... and has been staying in there for about 2 days now.. quite ok la.. not too bad.. bed is nice and comfy... except gotta stay on the 2nd floor alone while the guys are on the 3rd.. so a little scary at night... and the view from the window not comforting as well.. ahha.. all forest... but generally.. don think too much and it's still ok... just now had our first home cooked dinner ever... stirfry gailan and bah kut teh... hahaha.. not too bad la.. considering it's cooked by the guys.. haha... din have the mental energy to cook today.. too tired.. din sleep well.. plus someone called me at 5am! thanks leh pple... don call me when u off work can.. u r disturbing my sleep.. hahaha... don make me shag again hor..

ok.. gotta sleep.. if not tmrw's orientation lecture will feel like sleeping again...

-jiahua

Moving soon

these few days we are busy moving house and buying things for the house.. yest went to get kitchen and household stuff... today went to get bedding stuff and curtains... almost there! just short of food in the kitchen and we are all set to start living in the house! i think moving house is fun... buying new stuff... moving in.. starting a new place... except tat u need to spend la.. haha.. come to think of it.. i haven really moved house before... the last time was when i was 4... when we move from our kampong in eunos to the place now.. been there ever since... so to be exact... i don really have recollections of moving house... missed the fun.. ahha.. but then of cos moving is tiring.. so that's when the only good thing about living with guys comes in... they can carry stuff... hahaha... hopefully staying with them won't make me faint too much... (yes i mean u da shu... if u happen to see this.. hahaha...) think i got to make do with living minimalistically... some pple even don let me buy my bin for my toilet lor.... see la.. poor me... haha...

oh ya.. went to the guy's hotel rm... and they made dinner.. though not from scratch.. just some spaghetti.. broccoli and campbell soup... but taste ok la... it's interesting to watch guys cook though... haha.. looks so funny... well.. at least they can do work.. or i can shake legs le... hahaha...

-jiahua

New updates

forgot to mention in my previous entry tat i have been down to the company to meet my future supervisor... a lady called christen or christ-something.. haha.. couldn't quite catch also.. very hard to rem ang moh names leh.. esp their last names.. if u never see how is it spelt... i was like '???' nvm.. think after a while should be can rem le... oh.. i'll be doing QC work... immunology... most prob doing a lot of ELISA testing... no shift.. normal lab stuff.. should be quite ok bah.. don know the details yet.. plus don know why that day i was pretty brain dead.. din really catch much things also.. haha...

went to Hampton beach on sunday... finding a parking space was tough... 1 quarter for 10 min.. now we know why we always see pple slotting in lots of coin into the parking meter in the shows... the place was ok.. but i still like my Bondi beach better... haha... there was quite a bit of pple... and there's the miss hampton pageant thingy going on... but i think cannot make it lor.. some not thin lor... and some don know how to walk.. hahaha.. well.. not my cup of tea.. basically just hang around the beach area... take photos.. slack.. some of them went to play frisbee and beach volley with the locals... while i just watch and get baked... nothing much really.. went for dinner after that... quite ok.. $20 for 4 pple.. share a chicken.. 3 side dishes... corn bread... choc fudge cake and free flow of drinks.. the cup they gave us was super big! it's like a small bucket... and it actually has a handle like a bucket for u to carry... think my frens took it back to use it to wash clothes.. hahah...

went for medical checkup on mon... it was pretty fun! hahaah.. esp the physical exam.. the doctor... Mike.. was super funny and cute... though his belly super big... hahaha... make me do all sorts of funny actions to test my joints and coordination.. like resist when he push/ pull my wrist... bend and touch my toes... close eyes and touch my nose... after the session i said 'that was fun...' and he said 'u bet' hahaha.. so cute right... but the eye test was tiring... lots of circles to see... after the thing my vision was blur... and the urine test was something new... she got u to wash ur hands with soap before u go... then she will off the water supply.. then after tat.. she come back and collect already.. then turn the water back on for u to wash hand... hmm...

these few days... everyone has been busy trying to find a suitable place to stay... busy calling and viewing... was pretty lost when we can't find anything and always seems to get the answering machine... but at least now all's settled... although a lot of things happened lately to make me feel faintz all the time.. but i guess everything is pretty much set...

will probably be moving in with the guys... hope i made the right decision though... well.. i din actually make any decisions... just merely opening options and see how things turn out... but i do feel a little bad for having to leave my group and stay in another house... but well.. just hope everything turns out well and everyone is happy staying together with whoever they are staying with....

-jiahua

First post in US

finally managed to get connected on the web after some duhz reason for not being able to.. okok.. my fault... i din read my laptop's manual enough... -.-

so i shall attempt to summarise the past 3 days...

26th July... had to be at the airport at some unearthly hours... checked in.. very lugi.. luggages were super underweight... could have brought more stuff... but i think no strength to lug also.. haha.. -.- surprised tat 2 of my frens came to send me off.. well.. very thanks to them... to have to wake up so early... plus i think tat day 1 of them having his convo tat day.. haha.. hope pics look ok.. no dark rings for him.. ok.. the plane wasn't fantastic... movies were boring... managed to watch Lilo and Stitch.. then attempted to sleep all the way... this flight got me all aching.. after we reach tokyo... we din had much to do also... took some photos.. but nothing much to take also... then rotted till the next connection... but the flight was delayed 1 hour... too nuah.. watch 30 min of a movie then cannot make it liao... slept again... this flight got my head all aching..

the action came after we reach san francisco... due to the delay.. we had super little time to get connected to the next flight.. and we nearly missed it... some more this is our 1st stop in US.. so we need to collect back all our check-in luggages and re-check them in again.. after we finally managed to collect back all our luggages... we dashed for the next connection.. this is when the irritating thing happened... went to the NWA counter and asked for the boarding gate... and the person there was super qian da can! said we were late and the gate was closed and we cannot make it already... and we were like 'wat!' but we kept asking which gate was it.. then she irritatedly told us to just turn right... so we made our dash again... when we reach the check-in Q... there were like still a lot of pple there lor.. -.- how qian da can the person get right... don even know wat's happening... and i hate check-ins... took off my shoes and laptop out of the bag don know how many times.. faintz... then gotta recollect everything and dash again... when we reach the plane we were like shag lor... then we concussed again.. hahaha...

after reaching minneapolis.. we went straight to connect the last flight... but the walk to the boarding gate was super long lor... even with the conveyor belt... also very far... hmm.. why do we always get the gate at the very end? this flight was slightly more bearable... don know whether cos we talked more and ate thru half the flight and concussed again the next half or cos this was the shortest flight duration... it went pass really quickly.. and we finally managed to take some shots on the plane... but sian.. after so long on plane.. face look super shag and bloated... -.- oh ya.. the top view of minneapolis was much nicer than san fran... more trees and the houses look more organised... san fran looks all brown and grey from the top... while tokyo had a lot of fields... rice plantations probably...

we were so glad we made it to boston... after more than 24 hours... met up with the pple from Lonza... very nice pple... collected our luggages and boarded the coach... tried to squeeze all the luggages in was a chore too... hai... tiring... the luggage i bought was super lan lor... both the handles gave way lor.. faintz... but lugging the bags super tiring.. feel my arms going to give way anytime... drats we need more guys man! hahaha... and my hotel has none.. -.- slept like at 5.30am tat day... for 3 hours till i was woken up from my sleep by a phonecall... -.-

went to view an apartment after tat... not ideal.. too dusty and looks old.. looking for an apartment was super sian.. esp when u don have much to view... and u need to like get one within the next week... argh... oh! and the road signs here are super hard to see lor.. many of us lost our way... haha.. took 30 min to find a place just 5 min away... -.- makes me wonder whether i would be able to drive not even if i get my licence... hmm... too streetblind liao.. hahaah..

yest went to have our first decent meal with about 20 of them... finally had rice after 3 days of bread and biscuits and wat nots... being able to get together and hang out with pple feels really great! maybe it din make any diff to the other 20 of them who are staying together... but it made a lot of diff to us 4 miserable souls who are left on our own.. so ya.. i was good to hang out.. had our first rain in portsmouth after dinner..

ok.. going to view another apartment later... hope to try to do more things and go more places before work starts...

-jiahua

2nd last day

as stated.. went to have breakfast today... was so reluctant to wake up today when the alarm clock sounded at 7.30... argh... cannot catch up on my sleep... we hang out for a while at the playground again after tat.. haha.. it has become our fav hangout place already.. haha.. oh we did something 'illegal'... damaging of public properties... haha... pluck rambutans from the trees to eat... ahahaha... a lot of pple also came and pluck lor... all those aunties.. even ask my fren to help them lor... so funny can... talk about being discreet... haha... oh i finally went to try to pebble walk... nothing leh... hmmm.. so does tat mean i'm in perfect health? hahaaha..

went to mustafa centre to get souvenirs and adaptors... the place was flooded with indian... so packed lor... got my stuff then went off le.. hai.. don think i ever wanna go back there again.. today shall be my first and last.. i think... hahaha...

after that went for a feast with parents at turf city's seafood restaurant.. had all seafood stuff.. prawns.. crabs.. fish.. and an outcast... beef horfan.. hahaha...

ok.. think i should have gotten all my things already... shall start packing tmrw... long day.. need to catch up on my sleep le...

-jiahua

An eventful day

yest went to meet up with quite a number of pple... in the afternoon.. went back to sci park to meet my ex colleagues... was on the bus when i caught a glimpse of a group of pple walking... then i realised it's him and his group walking back from lunch! so.. i was able to see him afterall... hmm.. i think i cope with ending work and not being able to see him pretty well.. probably too many things on my mind lately... pre-occupied... but still when i saw him i was like *gasped* hahaah...

ate at canteen since it was a late lunch... we were seated strategically near the door... and i did see him walk pass a few times.. *gasped* hahaha... well.. tat was it... 2 weeks never see him... but see him all of a sudden.. still felt pretty *gasped* hahaha.. well.. i guess from now on.. is confirmed won't see him ever again le...

later in the evening... went to marina square to meet my cousin... ate at the place where they serve la mian and xiao long bao... food was pretty nice... and not as ex as expected...

then even later in the night... meet up with another fren at the german pub at millenia walk... paulener something... ate again.. mashed potatoes with german sausages... plus beer... my fren said it taste nice.. well.. i don really think so leh... prefer those green can ones.. hahaha... but i'm not really a beer person.. and the faintz thing was.. we ordered 2 glasses of 0.5... 500ml leh! so much lor!

the day din end there... while i was on my way home... a childhood fren who stays near me called and said tat he and another of our fren is at the playground below my block.. haha.. so i went to meet them.. took photos... don even rem when was the last time we took photos.. think was back in sec sch's class photos! hahaah... 1 of them is a fren of 20 years.. knew him since kindergarten... and i think the last time we took a photo with just the 2 of us was also back then! hahaha... ok.. our 1st photo after 20 years...

we talked about things back then.. pri/ sec sch stuff... and we actually stayed out till 5.30am... before we decided to go home.. haha... don know why.. nobody asked whether wanna go home not... haha.. so we just slack out there.. by the plastic crocodile at the playground.. haha.. drats! forgot to try the pebble walk again! hahahaha...

More photos of the night... or rather.. morning.. haha...

ok tmrw meeting them for breakfast at 8am... gotta sleep...

-jiahua

More outgoings

yest started off a little faintz... was supposed to accompany my dad for his doctor appointment... the day before he told me we shall leave at 7.45am... so i got up at 7am.. got ready to leave... then he took out his appointment card and said 'hey the appointment today is 4pm' i was like -.- to think i woke up so early.. after just 5 hrs of sleep leh.. haha... but anyway.. since we already got ready to go out le.. we decided to go to the bank and settle the money stuff...change currencies... make bankdraft... change my atm card.. transfer money to someone.. update my bank book... though faintz.. but at least i finished settling all those stuff... after that still early... so went home to sleep.. haha..

after lunch...we went to NUH.. though appointment was 4pm.. but we were there by 3.. how wrong were we to think that we can go in earlier... we sat at the couch and waited for a freaking 2.5 hrs lor... and the funny thing is.. even pple who came after us went in first... i was like -.- again... after the 2.5 hr wait to see the doctor for 2.5 min... i left to join the gals at JP... oh ya.. bump into Huida at the sci bus stop...haven seen him for a really long time.. think ever since i grad bah...

funny.. i called ting when i was 1 stop away to ask her where to meet her... then i heard on the other end of the line's background having the same train announcement as my side.. haha.. so asked her where is she.. we were actually on the same train.. so qiao... haha... but faintz.. we got no mo qi lor... say meet at control station.. but we both waited at 2 opp ends.. then when everyone exited then was wondering how come never see her... hahaah

ok.. decided to go Swenson... once again.. the food was sa la.. only for this branch bah.. i tried the same dish at PS and it was quite good... well.. at least we couldn't go wrong with the ice cream... don know why.. so many pple birthday tat day... they keep on playing the happy birthday song... i think got 10 times lor... we talked about don know wat also... and the time just passed... sat till the place close.. then walked to interchange... and literally stood there for about an hour.. talking... well wishes and hugs from each of them.. ok for a moment i felt a little sad for having to leave again... hmm.. why am i always the one leaving? haha... ok shan't get emotional here...

today went out with da shu again.. aim was try to get some stuff... but in the end din get any at all.. haha.. end up walking here and there... tiring leh to walk so fast for about 2 hrs... rushing here and there... din get anything.. well.. at least he got his chocs... after that i went alone to JP.. yes again.. to get the things i din manage to get yest... got the frame for the puzzle and a new bag... (and no i din bargain hor da shu.. i merely asked whether can cheaper anot... bargain is when u go to and fro with the person about the price... ahahaha...) so proud of myself can to get a discount of $3.. ok i know not a lot.. but i never ask to cheapen the price one k... so tat's kinda like my 1st... don know why.. maybe cos hang out too much with 'uncle' so picked up some traits... hahaha... i realise something again.. wow.. self discovery everyday... haha.. think i shop better alone.. more productive... but contradictingly.. i don like to go out alone.. hahaah... well.. i think most of the time when we go out for shopping.. i play the role of accompanying pple only lor.. so i probably just like hanging out with pple and doing nothing.. hahaha...well.. not nothing la.. we hang out.. get to know each other and ourselves better.. and also see more things...

in the evening.. or rather.. night... met up with qi.. downstairs.. just hang out at the playground (which most of the time is old men sit there and chat one.. hahaha.. today also la.. but we took a diff corner from them.. aiyah.. should have go try out the pebble trail... never try before since it was installed... some more night nobody see... hahaha)

ok.. end of a long day... another SUPER long day awaits tmrw...

-jiahua

Hair day

went to do hair today... first time my stylist is a guy... woohoo... 2 guys fussing over me... hahaha... but salon guys are not exactly my kinda guy... though they are not the very feminine type... but they are not man enough... hahaha... spent about 4 hours there... sianz... and i think my hair don look a lot different la.. just tat it's definitely more manageable...

after tat went to city hall to meet fren... ate at sushi tei... walked round and round... he don let me sit down can! very tired hor... plus my body still aching... finally walked to esplanade... sat for a while.. then went to take the bum boat ride... to clarke quay.. cool... always wanted to take the boat down sg river... was pretty ok la.. a bit short though...

tiring day... gotta get up early tmrw too...

-jiahua

MSN vs face to face

posted my previous entry starting from sat... but my going out actually started on wed... went out with da shu (cos his name very uncle... hahaaha...) hmm.. shouldn't say went out.. should say.. had lunch... i was going to visit my grandma... so ask him out since he stays in the east...

well.. he was late... so i waited for 5 min... then when he came.. he asked why my face look so fierce.. i was like 'got meh?' sighz... why do pple always think i look dao or fierce or anti-social?? darn! no wonder nobody approach me... hahahaah... but then again... who would for no reason be smiling all the time right... wait pple think u crazy ah...

had lunch at TM food court... food wasn't fantastic... (company wasn't great either... hahahahaha) i actually bump into May at the food court! she was sitting at the next table.. i din recognise her at first.. then was wondering how come got someone waving at me... then i realised it's her! haha... went over and talked for a while.. when i returned to my table.. dessert melted already... -.-

after that... went to NTUC to get some grapes... and went to bakery to get cakes... then we parted...

the thing we realised was tat... when meeting in person... we don talk the way we do on msn... on msn.. we can talk about anything and joke.. crap... tease each other... but when we talked face to face... we were pretty serious.. haha.. don know why... awkward bah... hahaha.. but then again.. there's a diff btw talking on msn and face to face for sure... and both has it's own good and bad... good thing about msn is u don have to care about ur expression when u say it... and u can be a bit lag also nvm.. but when face to face.. ur expression and wat u say must tally.. haha.. and u cannot have too long pauses cos the other party is staring into ur face.. hahaha... but the bad thing about msn is tat.. u never know whether the person meant wat they say or are they just joking.. so talking face to face more truth to things and like how da shu put it... "easier to 'catch' stuff..." well.. don know wat he wanna catch also.. hahaahah... but it's true la..

so well.. such are the pros and cons of technology... wow... sounds like some GP topic... hahaaha... "Discuss the pros and cons of technology and how it affected human interaction." hahaha...

-jiahua

the weekend

have been wanting to blog for the past few days... but everyday i was too freaking tired at the end of the day to do so... so here goes.. a recap from sat..

sat went out with ling... just the 2 of us.. without the other gals.. i wasn't in my best condition... an occasional LS.. -.- so we tried to stay in places with toilets nearby.. haha.. ok went to orchard... suki... talked a lot... and took loads of photos... cos every one we took... ling wasn't satisfied... so keep on taking and taking until she find it ok.. so i think should have about 100 bah... hahha.. we din do a lot of things.. but the day was pretty enjoyable...

yest went to play squash with cousin at YCK... so freaking far can!! took train till i drowsy... ok.. the court cost us $6 an hour... we played for 1 hour plus.. shag ah.. hai.. think i'm old... then to commemorate the day... we took photos... yes again... haha... used the timer function... tried both 2 sec and 10 sec... 2 sec was too fast... quite a few caught me while i was still on my way into the frame.. 10 sec was too long... feel so idiotic holding tat smile for so long... why isn't there a 5 sec or something like tat? hmm... but always find it pretty fun to take using the timer... then we changed the mode to burst... so it took 3 shots at 1 go... made all sorts of retard faces... super funny... then went to marina square for our super late lunch... we were exhausted and hungry... and the food took like ages... to make things worst... food kinda sux... -.-

and today... was supposed to go sentosa.. but the weather was bad.. so ended going to orchard... my body was super aching can! don feel like doing much.. and well.. there weren't much to do... tat's why i'm like home so early and blogging... hai... still haven start my preparation for the trip... well.. tmrw i'm gonna do my hair... finally... hair really cannot make it now... hope after rebonding.. it can last longer till i come back next year...

argh.. haven been sleeping well lately... everyday don feel rested at all... last night was ultimate... slept at 1+ woke up at 3+... felt hungry.. so cook noodles in the middle of the night... -.- and when i haven been eating and sleeping well... u know there's something bugging me.. hai... hate tat... relax relax....

-jiahua

Deed signing

today went to sign my next 3 and a half years away... haha.. took cab there with my dad... the taxi driver was an old man... from the rear view mirror.. his eyes seems to open and close... so i was wondering whether he was dozing off... then we entered the tunnel... suddenly the car jerked! my dad and i were like thinking wat happened... then the uncle say he keep following the car in front and forgot to make an exit at the branch... -.- so i think he was really falling asleep.. hahaah... and yes.. after the jerk.. i don see those opening and closing eye movements anymore.. so tat pretty much confirms it... haahaa... some more.. instead of detouring from there to raffles city... he turned all the way back to where he made the mistake and started all over again.. cos he say he don know how much to deduct for us.. so he take note of the price when he made a mistake and when he went back to the same point... hahahah... lucky i went out early.. if not go round and round sure late... ahhaah... in the end we got $5 deducted.. so imagine how much he detour to go back to the same point.. ahahah...

deed signing nothing much... just some informal session.. with some briefing.. which still left me blur... hahaah.. ah!! going to leave in a week plus time... still haven pack my bag!!

-jiahua

Slacking

today is the 2nd day tat i don have to work... and i'm like bored stiff can! don know do wat... there's nothing interesting to watch on tv... there's no one to talk to on msn... nobody to go out with... i know there can be 101 things to do if u just put ur heart to it.. but well... just can't bring myself to do anything except rot... haha..

pple have been asking me if i got everything i need to bring over... well.. i don know... got my winter clothing at least... was pushing the thinking till after i end my work.. now tat it has ended... i don seem to be doing much about it either... ahah.. except being online most of the time and staring in space.. haahah..

oh ya! i watched my first ever match in World Cup the other day... the Finals! Italy vs France.. soccer isn't really my cup of tea... but i was thinking... since i'm not working anymore.. i can afford to stay up late.. and since World Cup is such a big thing... i should at least catch the finale... well... managed to survive the first half.. but it's really super boring.. i think i slept most of 2nd half... woke up to see that it's still 1-1 and they are extending another 30 min.. slept on further... and woke up to see Zidane head someone... then stayed to watch the penalty kicks... and Italy's victory.. well.. still prefer watching basketball.. more action...

now tat i have all the time in the world to write an entry everyday... i don have enough happenings in my life to write about... ironic... hahaha...

ok.. should be going out tmrw... need to get out and breath some fresh air and get the body moving... haha...

-jiahua

The power of perception

The power of perception... it's funny how pple form certain impressions to certain things and pple... 2 incidents happen recently that made me think a little about this...

incident 1: when everyday A happens... u take it that it's A until someday when B happens.. then u suddenly realise... hey... it can be B as well...

incident 2: everyday A happens... then 1 day.. B happen... and u were so afraid and believed tat it's gonna be B from now onwards... just to realise that actually it's still A... when A returns the next day...

haha... confusing with the As and Bs eh? hahaha... well... life's confusing anyway...

just gave me certain thoughts again (as usual.. i think a lot... too much in fact...) sometimes the perceptions we have are right.. but certain times.. they are not.. but at that very moment.. it just seems so right... so brings me to the question of... how you know wat u feel at that moment is right or wrong? hmm....

ok think too much i know... but i've just been wondering.. whether certain perceptions that i have recently... are really true.. or just my one-sided belief... hard to ascertain that though... sometimes when u think a lot about certain things.. trying to get an answer... u come up with nothing... but after a long long time of not thinking about it... it suddenly just dawn on u one day... and everything just feel so right and seems to just make sense altogether... weird eh? hahaha...

-jiahua

Last day at work

Today was my last day at work... quite slack...nothing much to do... filing has been taken over by the new girl... handed over my stuff and briefed pple at the end... and tat ended my last day at work... somehow u always have this empty feeling after u end one phase of ur life...be it the last day at sch... last day at work.. last day of camp... end of a great gathering...etc... 天下无不散之宴席... oh i hate tat phrase... unless the 宴席 is so unbearable tat u hope it would end soon... but then again... even so... it will still leave behind a memory... which u might some day miss it even... hai.. pple are weird and complex beings... i don think i'll ever figure out wat pple are thinking and why they think the way they do....

well... quite looking forward to the coming trip... at least it marks the start of a new phase and the end of a period of aimless wondering.. hopefully it's gonna be the beginning of something good... let it be liberating and enriching!! hahaha...

hai.. can't believe today is probably the last time i get to see him... oh and there's this other guy next door.. also quite cute... haha... i used to not quite like him previously.. until an incident tat changed my mind... haha.. 2 cute guys at work!! wonder if the emptyness i feel is cos it's the end of my daily routine of going to work or cos i can't see the cute guys anymore... haha... well.. it's back to slacking life... used to be slacking a lot previously... till i got this temp... worked for 2 mths plus... now tat i'm going back to slacking... surprisingly i feel kinda not used to it... don know wat to do... 2 and a half more weeks! got my visa already... need to start preparing... hmm....

-jiahua

Embassy interview

Went for the enbassy interview today.. always pass by it when going to Orchard... but now actually get to go in... so disgusted to have to get up at 6am today... i was there like at about 7.20am.. waited till 7.30am for my frens to arrive... then we went in.. 1st pass the security where my phone and mp3 player were taken... and was asked to drink the water from my bottle to prove tat it is water.. haha.. went into the rm.. took a number and waited... till about 8.45am... the interview was fast... just ask me a few qns.. pretty alright... not as scary as wat Thomas told us... the lady was nice.. even told me to bring enough cold wear there since weather gonna be really cold.. after that took bus to PS... yes again... to think tat this evening i'll be there again meeting my JC frens... -.-

decided to extend my stay at work by 1 more week.. cos keep taking half days so no time to teach the new girl who's taking over me... so asking her to come down next week... but still gotta take another half day on wed to go and collect back my passport...

hmm.. initially thought got a lot to blog about cos today seems like a long day... but no leh.. summaries today in just this... too braindead to think.. gotta go sleep...

-jiahua