Graduation Day 13th July 2005

It was a chaotic day.Took so long to get a cab, reached UCC ard 920am (ceremony starts at 10am) and quickly put on the "harry potter" gown and got seated...Only started to feel excited when every1 is seated and the profs walking onto stages in their 'funny' looking gowns and hats!!.. ha..

The national anthem was played... sorta feeling abit emotional here as i sang silently along with the nearly forgotten malay song which was once a song we had to sing almost everyday (in pri and sec, JC days) throughout the whole song, i was reflecting on my past schooling milestone, my 6 sixt years of carefree and merry-making primary sch days... my most important and unforgettable though most stressful sec sch times and the short but sweet JC days... and of coz the most recent and "happening" Uni life with never-ending projects and deadlines to meet... But of coz all these r now (or already) ending with a solemn ceremony that marks the end of my official education. I cld nearly sense a drop of tear in my left eye as the anthem ends..

" This is it... this is the end..." i thought to myself..

Anyway the sentimental moment was gone in a while as we were whisked off by the urshers to the sides of the stage to get ready for that all-important moment. I guess its only abt 10s for you to walk across the 5m distance to reach the frail-looking old uncle who handed us the degree scroll box (actually he shld be some big shot!) Lian got the longest screen time as Prof Chew read out her greatest acheivements as the TOP STUDENT, all the " Woas..." cld be clearly heard from the audience.. Ha.. congrats to u! Lian!

The whole ceremony took abt 45mins and i spent the next 2-3 hrs on photo taking.. with the whole cohort and profs, with the class, with parents, with friends from RE,with workplace new-found friends....N back to my school to take.... It's really a tiring but fun time!

What is Ur Greatest Achievement in Ur Life?

Had wanted to post this earlier on when i was 1st asked this question durng an interview.. but guess i've been too ill-disciplined to update blogs regularly...Alot of things has changed since the last 2 months, at least for me... Finally a proper farewell to my 18 years of schooling (kindergarten included hee..) and getting my 1st job.

It was my 2nd formal interview and i thought it wld be a plain-sailing one. Heard from my friend ( who was employed by the same company ) that the interview was rather simple and short...thus, i was sorta caught off-guard when i was interviewed by 2 guys in a big meeting room...(ok, the room wasnt that BIG ha.. juz seemed so since there's only ME Vs the other 2 sitting opp me) The main interviewer looked somewhat critical and strict, N they didnt really pose me much questions other than saying that my results r quite impressive so i juz smiled along and waited for the next question. He asked " So, Can you tell us more about u? What is Ur Greatest Achievement so far?" I was quite stunned for a moment as i tried to recall those interview tips on how to answer the common questions.. But, mind was in total blank at that point of time.. "hmm.. I guess my greatest achievement so far wld be my academic performance, I have worked hard towards my goals and made my parents proud of me.." That's abt all i cld think of at that moment... obviously, the interviewer's not very satisified with my short answer, coz im nt pleased with my own answers too..

Anyway, the whole interview experience was quite a scary and stressful one as i tried to think of things to say.... Not too sure how I managed to scrape out of that mess, but this question lingers on my mind even till now..

What exactly have I done in my 23 years of time in this world that i can consider it to be my greatest achievement?
I have not compete in a proper sports event (e.g. School Sports Day),
I was never in a leadership position whether in my ECAs or class,
I do not know how to play any music instrument, let alone read music scrolls or composing,
I have not perform (solo) on stage. (since i do not have any special talent..)
I have not climb any mountains other than Bt Timah hill ( N its juz a hill...)
I do not know any 3rd, 4th languages, other than plain old chinese and english...
I have not write my own book. ( while i cant even update my blog haha)
N the list goes on....

As a matter of fact, I'm juz a plain person with no special achievements to speak of... perhaps those listed above r some of my hidden dreams (Erm... not too sure of the climbing mountains one hahah) Maybe It's juz so happens that i have some exam luck that i managed to get those "nice on paper" results and a couple gold medals..Perhaps at least, I have fulfilled my parents' expectations of me. (N myself's too.)

Guess I will have to contine my search for an answer to the question. What's Urs?

To be Continued....

"How abt waiting for another 10 years?"

A statement from the tv series "Chase", which ended its run yesterday.

Quite a nice show though i missed the 1st episode which was when the female lead said this line. I guess this's the central theme to this show. Anyway, I've been having mixed feelings lately at the crossroads of my life after finishing my final examinations, taking my 1st flight to an overseas holidays, finding my 1st proper job, meeting up with JC classmates as well as sec school friends... It seems like my otherwise good memory has failed me here and there when I talked abt the good old days with my classmates... Cant really remember this teacher, that supposedly famous schoolmate,etc...Yep. I'm finally past the schooling age. Yet, i don't really feel ready for the never-ending work life.. It's hard to imagine wad life wld be in 10 years' time.. juz like when i was a 13 yr old, I cant imagine wad's like when im 23.. Now i know. I feel OLD! haha..

So, " how abt waiting for another 10 years?" till i find the answer?

I wonder if this blog wld still exist till then wahaha..to be continued..

A nice song from the show " Save Me" written and sung by Corrinne May

Save Me

I drift, I burn, I fly
When you sing lullabies
I'm helpless, I'm yearning
I'm like the putty in your handsI laugh, I dream, I cry
When you take me on a roller coaster ride
You see me through and through
You see just who i am
Just take my hand andSave me from this place
Heaven knows I'm falling
For you, my sweet embrace
Heaven Knows
Heaven knows I've been waiting for you

I had a dream that i
was falling from the sky
At 90 miles an hour
I was bound to crash and die
But out of nowhere you came and rescued me
There must be some grace in the touch of your face
I'm so happy that I've found you
I'm no longer afraid

Oh ' cause you
Save me from this place
Heaven knows i'm falling
For you my sweet embrace
Heaven knows
Heaven knows I've been waitingBefore i met you
Life was slow-mo
So slow-mo
I thought i had it figured out
But you came and turned my whole world upside downSave me from this place
Heaven knows I'm falling
For you, my sweet embrace
Heaven knows
Heaven knows you've come toSave me from this place
Heaven knows I'm falling
For you, my sweet embrace
Heaven Knows
Heaven knows I've been waiting for you
Waiting for you

Candid Class Photo

My 23rd BirthDay

It's been a long time since I last updated on this long forgotten blog which I have half turned it into a photograph hosting website haha... Anyway, took quite alot of photos lately and didnt really have the time to sort them out. According to the Digital Times ( my fave supplement from ST), the new and most importantly FREE photo editing freeware by google, Picasa2, is supposed to be a great software that is comparable to adobe photoshop. Ha...since I nvr used photoshop before, i had no great comments on Picasa2 except it does make sorting and organisation of ur digital shots easier..anyway enough of advertising for them...

As the title suggest...i'm supposed to talk abt my 23rd birthday. Strictly speaking im nt yet 23 yr old officially since my birthday is on 3rd April..anyway i had an early celebration with my 'Twin'JJ at the Thai Village restaurant @ Goodwood Park on 31st March. Think we have been celebrating our birthdays together since our 21st one, the most memorable one so far ha. Food was quite good considering that we din have to pay for it haha since JJ gave us a treat with her voucher. We had a better time pressing the high-tech looking mini control panel on the table to ask for "More Water", "SErvice" , "Order" and of coz "Cancel"( there is also the "Bill" button but we nvr pressed it haha). I guess the buttons r supposed to serve us better but i dun tink its that effective, with waiters taking our tea pots away without returning us... Serving 2 dishes without giving us our Rice....Green Curry Chicken that's taking forever to come... and our teas that's nvr been refilled promptly.. Discussed abit abt our upcoming Bangkok trip which involves me, wj, lian, yf, dee and CY. I guess we will have our great thai food feast over there heeee....looking forward to it!!!! since this will be my 1st overseas trip on a plane...( No Kidding!)

1 more thing to add: Thanks to Lian who make all these efforts to buy us the cake and the presents and of coz WJ (with 2 pending essays to submit the next day), GS ( who's tired frm work), dee (for her present!), CY ( taking time from mugging for exams), YF (with pending projectsss) and esp Twin JJ (who org the whole thing).

Actually, ever since the 21st birthday, I felt quite indifferent to birthdays now...perhaps afraid of growing OLD.... sigh... esp now tt i'm finally going to say goodbye to the good old student days..sobz... Maybe I shld see this day as a day to be grateful to my mama who brought me to Earth haz..Although as compared to my elder sis, mine was considered an easy delivery. somehow feel abit sad to see my mama aged and having aches here and there.. N recently my grandma came to our place to stay over for a week... she seems to have shrank in size and her back is so haunched that she is literally looking at the grd when she walks..and her legs are giving her probs too...sighz...

Juz some random thoughts as i'm abt to approach my quarter-life crisis haha...

To be Continued...

IP Presentation Nite

Chinese New Yr Pic with Cousins




Super Unlucky Day Vs Fun Day Out

contradicting title but it's really a day of mixed unluckiness and fun with my best fren today. It started with the alarm i set with my new hp to wake me up at 945am coz meeting wj at clementi Kbox at 1050 for our 11-2pm KTV. though it went off at 945am sharp, its kinda muffled due to the new plastic transparent cover i wrapped over it to protect it from all external elements. So i guess it din wake me up.....until my mum came n asked me if im waking up..gosh its already 1010am...so i quickly got ready n left the hse ard 1030 hoping that i wld be lucky to get onto the bus and reach juz in time since the journey took abt 20-25mins w/o jams. This muz be the worse moment in my long history of bus waiting....the stupid 184 took 15mins to arrive and i board the bus with my most sulkiest face ever at 1047am....there were large crowd of ppl boarding 184 at every bus-stop n i bet every1 muz be late le lo...yet the bus driver was driving so slowly...or perhaps thats my imagination...BUT the worst thingy happened at the bus stop before the beauty world stop...the driver spoke on his hp for a long while with all of us anxiously looking in front to show our displeasure...but since i was listening to my mp3 in my hp, i cldnt catch wad the driver was saying after he put down his phone, its obvious that the bus had BROKE down when all doors burst open n pissed pple went out. It was already 1055am and im stuck in a bus stop nowhere near to clementi and the onli bus to clement is 184....i wanna hail a cab but of coz there r dozens out there flagging for one..so when i saw bus 75 coming, i simply hopped on the bus to take me away from tat unlucky spot....trying to keep a calm head to think of alternative bus to reach my destination.

anyway i alighted at ngee ann poly n din wait for long for 154 to pick me up...i tot my luck has come back...BUT...at the road b4 the bus make a right turn into clementi , it suddenly stopped in the middle of the road.... crossing my fingers to will the bus to kick back into movement..the driver restart the engine n it made some roaring noise for some 30s..b4 it MOVED!! yeah!! i need juz 2 more stops to make it... N if that bus realli broke down...i realli had no idea how to get there..

Finally i reached kbox at 1129am. i tot of climbing the stairs to lvl 2 in case i got stuck in the lift...anyway, the fun ktv session made up for my tedious journey thou i din start out well, i was pleasently surprised to find syz's latest songs Ben, Wo de Ai, Wo ye heng xiang ta and Tong lei. Had a great time singing Ben and laughing coz wj sang abit too slow for the fast paced song..haha..N we even sang an extra 20mins, making up for my lost time there. tink they din realli care abt the timing since the place looked quite empty now that school started.

Wj acc me to sunset way to cut my long long hair (last cut on Aug 04)(actually i was kinda unlucky yest too...coz i came to the salon with my bf onli to find it closed on tuesday!!!) quite satisfied with my new look thou it may nt look obvious to all. The hair stylist is very friendly and chatty esp helpful in answering wj's countless qns on her new hairstyle she wanna have...(thou i feel this made him abit distracted while cutting my hair hahaha...scared..) Left the place ard 430pm thinking of where to fill our stomach since we onli had pastry for klunch. we tot of the XO fishhead mifen at holland V but we simply cldnt find it haha so we had to take another bus to west mall reaching there ard 530pm in time to catch the repeat of Hai you min tian II on the cool plasma tv at the new revamped foodcourt. I had my usual yong tau foo while wj tried the new stall of ramen, Ban mian (thou she ordered E-mee, every1 called it the Ban mian). I guess we r both too hungry n the food r quite delicious that our bowls were completely empty in the end haha. Went to shop ard west mall...again for me coz i juz been there the day b4 to watch a movie. N back to the food court again to catch Happy Fish and cuppa kopi C haha..taste as good as HANS! think that's the nicest part of the day sharing good food n good tv spot and good coffee haha...we went home ard 830pm and stood at the bus stop to snap photos with our hp haha so siao... but anyway the photos turned out ok to be put as image for incoming calls so that the caller's face wld be displayed.

Anyway...my unlucky day had nt ended for me juz yet... came home wanna play some maple story onli to find that there is another patch and it juz wun work for me....sianz...now downloading the new setup.exe that is 174MB and takes another 5 hrs to complete..SIANZ...guess its time to stop my escape from my Disstn ...sobz...

Hope my 2005 wun be so unlucky .....fingers crossed.....

To be continued...