Movies' Holiday

This holiday has passed really FAST~~~ Before I knew it, it has come to the final week of holiday. Sorta nervous going back to school. But anyway, here's a post on the few movies I watched over the past weeks.


The Warlords 《投名状》- Showing Now


I think this movie needs no further introduction. Its advertisement is everywhere. I would say, Go Watch It!!!! It is 很好看. But maybe if your mood is not very good then choose another day to watch, because the tone of the movie is kinda 凝重.

Oh! I like the colour of the movie too. Watch it and you'll know what I mean. And did I mention I brought my parents to watch the movie with me? Sometimes we just forget about the most important and 无可取代 persons in our lives.


The Painted Veil - (2006)


Is a movie by Naomi Watts and Edwards Norton, and 黄秋生 also has a small role in it. It is about a young girl marrying a microbiologist for the sake of escaping from her parents' nagging. The nerdy biologist couldn't give her the attention and love that she wants. And not long after the marriage, she has an affair with another guy.

The biologist knew of the affair and offer her a few "options". 1) To divoice her (in that era, is very unacceptable and her parents will be very angry), and 2) Her to go along with him to a village in China plague by Cholera. And so, unwillingly, she went to the village with him.

There, the girl begins to realise the kindness of her husband through others. The initial Barbie-doll-girl learn grew stronger, helping out with the orphanage while the husband help the sick. And slowly... their love rekindle. Unfortunately, the husband was found to be ill with cholera...


The Knot 《云水瑶》- (2006)


By 陈坤 徐若瑄 李冰冰 归亚蕾. Set in 1940s' Taiwan. Bout a couple of young lovers who got separated because the guy is involved in communism. And so... The spent much of left searching for each other.


Gattaca - (1997)


Directed and written by Andrew Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law (when he is still new and not-famous). This is really Classic and Good! About a world determined by science and DNA, about the battle of spirit vs science.

In a world where human are engineered for perfection, Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) was a natural birth (aka Invalid). People like him with defective genes are second (or very low) class citizens. For him to fulfill his dream, he has no other choice than to be someone else.

This is a very original film, a classic example often quoted in the debate of Genetic Engineering. Oh, in case you are curious what is "Gattaca", it is the name of the leading outerspace navigating company in the film, and it comes from the 4 nucleotides of DNA, Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine.

For a shorter version of the trailer, see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OYCmynrRU&feature=related

More of Holiday...

More of holiday!

This holiday has been fulfilling. Perhaps because of its 得来不易, because of the long wait, because of alot of people.

Like few days back, Mousey JY organised a visit to the Army Museum. It's good! Visiting places I've never been to. And even better to have RJgg being the walking information counter.

18Dec2007 JY & JY Listening to interview from soldiers long time ago.

Group photo of all of us.

After the museum visit, dinner @ Jurong Point.

And then on 20Dec2007, group of us gather for WL whose leaving for Shanghai in Jan (will miss you girl! remember to take care and 盖被 ar~)

20Dec2007 @ Chinatown Hawker Center

And finally, I wanna say... I've a very happy and joyful week. Really glad and feel that all my hardwork are worthwhile. Thank you all!

Random Pictures

Hello everyone!

The not-so-busy-me have been sleeping in late, reading, watching tv/youtube, and going out with my friends. Here are some photos taken...

This is my farewell gifts from my IA supervisor and colleague.

I like it alot! Thank you thank you!!

14 Dec 2007. My first visit to Ang Mo Kio Hub with JY, PF, YY and CSM. And I conclude, there really isnt much to see there. hahha!!! Oh!! See my new RED Rectangular Plastic Frame Spectacles? This is the 2nd day I wear it out to meet people. Abit weird hor?!

13 Dec 2007. 范玮琪《哲学家》校园音乐派对 @ SP Auditorium. This is the 2nd time I went to SP for campus concert. The 1st time is with Mousey JY to watch 张韶涵, this time is with TK. And also the 2nd time I watch Fan Fan live singing. She is as thin as ever, and her live singing is GooD! She has this extra powerful voice like a loudspeaker. Oh! Did I mention she is very funny?

GoodBye to IA

Today is officially the 1st weekday after my 23 weeks Industrial Attachment ended. It is a stay home rainy day. Good for sleeping and watching tv. After sleeping and before I start watching tv, here am I posting pictures I took last friday, my last day at my IA company.

This is my "as usual" messy table.

And my "trolley", for pushing in and out of binders and documents from document room everyday.

A portion of waste I threw away during my desk-clearance.

One of the photo I took with one of the engineers. There are more photos with other people, but I didnt manage to ask for permission for posting their pictures. So... make do with this one. hahahha!

My hardworking teammate all stressed out reviewing document on her 1st day back to work from examination leave.

Leave

好几次，好几次，担心眼眶会绝提。
很努力的扬起脸孔，对抗地吸引力。
好几次，好几次，压抑哽咽的声线。
有意识的放慢呼吸，掩饰颤抖话语。

一段一段的回忆，像电影不断重播。
一字一句的对话，像回音不停响起。
那欢笑、生气、难过、气馁、喜悦，
成为不舍的分离，不可泯灭的烙印。

但是，多么的依依不舍，终究一别。
不如，在最美好的风景，留下再会。
让我，在最辉煌的段落，写下句点。
让一切静止在最让人回味的大雨天。

Sense

没看见，没听见，却已经存在。

离开了，不在了，却依然萦绕。

走过的道路，不只留下了脚印。

掠过的空气，留下身上的分子。

清清的，淡淡的，轻轻的。

靠近得停止呼吸，又远得无边无际。

请你留在我在的地方。

如果不能。。。请让我留在你在的地方。

Complicated

同样的环境，不同的心境。

今天走的路，不是昨日路。

熟悉的，有点陌生。

陌生的，变得熟悉。

离开今天的熟悉，重新熟悉昨日的熟悉。

今天的-放下；昨日的-重拾。

原来期待的美，正在于不在。

带希望的等待，比现在式更让人回味。

今天的心情。。。很复杂。

我错了

本来好像很顺利的事情，却偏偏在最后关头不如意。
好似冥冥之中必须接受一些考验才会珍惜得来不易的成果。

犯了一个不知道是大、还是小的错。
不至于大得不能挽救。也不是小得无关紧要。

是我的错？是吧。不完全，但还是。
总之，它是个错。

错还是得补，只不过，带着一丝忏悔。
错还是存在，它存在，为下一次警惕。

Happy 21st

Thank You All!

Thank you for celebrating my 21 years of 虚度光阴, 21 years of 懵懵懂懂, 21 years of 毫无贡献, 21 years of 浪费资源.

21 years back, after 9months of mitosis, Mrs Poh experience greatest pain of her life to give birth to a chubby little girl. Thanks Mama.

21 years after, today, chubby little girl look back at her 21 years of life, and wonder what she has been doing all these years. Nothing much I can say. Except that she have not been a Big headache to most people. In fact, she managed to entertain people around her sometimes with her unique sense of "Humour", if you consider it one.

Being a 穷书生 without much $$ to spare for a Big Birthday Party, and too Lazy to even consider one, chubby little girl spent her 21st B'day with small groups of friends and family. Oh, and her 21st B'day is a Public Holiday!!! How nice... Deepavali.

28/03
It begins with... Dear friends from TJC 28/03, YY, JY, SL, PF at Pizza Hut on Sat 03 Nov. They got me a small mango mousse and big cup of oreo icecream.

JY, SL & PF

JY & JY

IA
Followed by Dinner with my Industrial Attachment Supervisor and Colleagues on Tues 06 Nov, at a japanese restuarant 异空间 at Mohamed Ali Lane (near China Square), then had coffee at China Square Central. I had a Tiramisu. Unfortunately, no photo was taken.

ATP
Then, Wed 07 Nov at IMM Cafe Cartel with ATP! SZ, SZ, ML, TK, KB, H, CS & his friends (special guests). Here, I ate an oreo cheese cake. Thank you la!

Shu~, ZR, JY & ML. (See the cake there? still untouched)

没脸见人的二人

TK, H, JB & CS

CS & Friends from Malaysia, here for a visit.

Family
On the actual day itself, seen it is also a public holiday... lunch and shopping with family for the entire afternoon.

And now is present time...

(截稿为止... muahahhaa) These are my presents.

Not forgetting the very special "Tylenol" that Sista CS gave me. ('cos me fell sick ar... nose is still leaking now and then)

8 Random Facts About Myself

Link to your tagger and post these rules.
List eight (8) random facts about yourself.
Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs.

Got tagged by evil bro (and me is the only person he tagged... honour??)

Here is 8 random facts about me:

1. I am not hardworking, in fact very lazy.
2. I cut my own hair, when I feel like it.
3. I like to cuddle myself under thick layers of blankets.
4. I've a slight problem in reading... I think. I tend to read words as something else, quite often.
5. I get freaked out by insects.
6. I sorta dislike chatting on phone, cos I am afraid of 冷场.
7. I don't eat any shell food.
8. I love junk food, but constantly on a "我忍" mindset because I want to 减肥.

Ok... now is the tagging part. People... you are Tagged:

1. Chiu Seng
2. Herman
3. Jie Ying
4. Andrew
5. Khasrul
6. Siangleng
7. Yuxin
8. TK

That's all folks.. enjoy!

MIA

I am sorry... I seem to be MIA for a long time le. Hmm... But trust me (* very very sincerely*), that I have some good reasons to be missing.

2 weeks ago, I was sick... some sorethroat & flu & bodyache... (yah, the usual package). When to see doctor and rested alittle. Today it seem to come back... was feeling a little... uncomfy.

And as usual, weekends are meant for recharging, which is the only routine that I've been faithfully following. So, you can imagine, my 难产 report continue to be 难产. haiz...... my target seems so 寥寥无际.

Apart from that, today suddenly feel kind of emo (maybe due to the uncomfyness, or...). Have the kind of urge to scream-out-loud "妈妈我要回家!" Maybe because there are too much to complete at work, but none moving. And a strong feel of staying home, to sleep, to rest, to do my own stuff, or maybe... just to stay home.

Anyway, enough said, I must get going.

I am "Trrrying" to~~~

Hello!

Been sometime since I update on myself. Haha... apart from "attempting" to write my 难产 report... here's some of what I've been doing.

• I've been trying to 减肥. Somehow I feel that I've been putting on weight. Maybe I have illusion, maybe true, maybe not. But I am facing alot of obstacles trying to lose weight, because people around me will ask me to "明天才减啦!" Yah~... and 明日复明日，明日何其多? And so my plan keep getting postponed. ROAR!

• I've been asking people from my company's project engineering if they want to "hire" me (I've asked at least four engineers this same question). A typical conversation will look like this... "You wanna hire me??" "Hahaha... When you graduate?" "2009 mid year!!!" "Hahahah! Ok lo! 随便咯... hahahaha" "Really ar? I come find you when I graduate ar! hehehe..." Ok, that's really lame. And 90% of it is really just joking and crapping. The kind of conversation just to lame around and laugh-it-out, who will remember me one-&-a-half-year later? For the remaining last 10%, I mean it. I keep feeling that nobody would want to hire me, no matter what they say about the good market & economy. Maybe is the lack of confidence, or something that I still couldnt figure. Hmmm... I've about a year to find out the missing piece in me.

• Another topic I've been grumbling around is my report. I've also terrorised alot of engineers to help me write my report. (Yah, just joking around again, cos I know they wont, just a nonsense talking) But, I wanna say, "Thank You Uncle T". Uncle T has been super helpful in giving me his training notes, that is 超级好! Till Uncle T comes back from England, I'll be waiting for him. Hahahaha! And very kind of RT to give me the softcopy of materials that I super 厚脸皮 requested for. I think I am the only IA student that is soooo 麻烦 & 要求多多. Hahha.

That's all for work.

Oh! Last sunday, ATP had a successful gathering at Chinatown K-lunch, and then Han's for Hi-tea and Dinner. Basically is a catching up and chatting session. And almost everyone is there to celebrate "super-belated" birthday for H & JB (Ok... confession... organiser-me had been too busy to organise it and caused it to postponed for one month).

That day, I had such a good laugh that I couldnt sleep at night, and woke at 3.30am half way through my sleep. My god~ it was soooo funny. (la la la la la~~~) hahhahahha!

Ok... enough of laughing. hahha! That's all... Update complete!

Phytoplankton in a Tupperware

A Dream

Phytoplankton has a dream - to stay Young and Fresh.
But nature's law is as difficult to violate as the law of thermodynamics. Removing battery from the clock can't stop time, neither can phytoplankton stay young and fresh forever.

Tupperware

BUT!... phytoplankton "trrry". (As the saying goes: You wouldnt know until you try). And so phytoplankton wrapped itself in layers and layers of plastic wrap, and finally placed itself in a Tupperware container, a cold tupperware... in the far-far-away-ulu western sea.

That will do?? That can stop the wrinkles from appearing?? That can stop the mould from growing?? That can stop smelly rotting of the grey matter??

Haha

Nah~~~ Continue dreaming. I just saw the green and white moulds blooming on phytoplankton.
A dream is a dream ya?!

Missing In Action

Oooh! Sorry to all loyal supporters of my blog (*hahha, if there are any*). I just realised I have been missing for the past 2 weeks.

Hmm... here's what I have been (trying) to do for the past weeks:

START MY REPORT!!!

(but to no avail)

Yah... basically that sum up my week.

And of cos, trying to catch up on sleep... (but to no avail).

Roar~~~ I am too tired to blog... Latest update on the struggle of Phytoplankton will come very soon! (*I promise not another 2 weeks of MIA*).

The Plankton Master

The Plankton Master

The renown Phytoplankton's Sii-fu -- The Plankton Master, from the western pulau bukit, visited its little disciples in the western sea.

The Visit

Phytoplankton was a little afraid and worried about the visit of its Sii-fu, fearing of the unexpected. "What if this...." and "What if that..." keep recurring in phytoplankton as usual. However, what has to come, will come.

When the time finally arrived, Plankton Master and phytoplankton's boss had a conversation. And after that, phytoplanktonS brought Plankton Master to a tour in the western sea.

Everything Should be Alright

And as usual, what has to end, will end. Now that Plankton Master had accomplished its visit. Phytoplankton can relax slightly and continue to battle the smoke.

The Devil in the Angel

Another overtime week! OMG~I think I am the only Pie-Mia-Student in my company to work so much OT, so 史无前例. Following is the Story of the week... enjoy~

Smoky

Smoky started it's life in the western sea. Its "simple" life includes creating havocs in the sea, delaying off time for the Big fishes as well as the small phytoplanktons, burning up food and time for fishes and phytoplanktons, polluting the water with contaminated smoke, etc...

In the Beginning

At first, only phytoplanktons and its boss are swimming through the smoke. Before long, Smoky multifiply in size, and even the big fishes are bein engulfed by its smoke. And so, all the creatures in the western sea are mobilised to de-smoke the mess that smoky had caused.

The Devil in the Angel

Of course big fishes are all very angry with smoky, in order to de-smoke the water, they have no time for their routine activities. As for (usually) soft-spoken phytoplankton, Smoky has also successfully made (ahemp...) angelic, friendly and polite phytoplankton to become very unpolite and devilish. But, reassure, phytoplankton is still as nicey as ever. It is only when the situation really require smoke to be cleared in the shortest period of time, that phytoplankton has to order Smoky around to do things "NOW"... "Just do it... NOW!"

The End?

Now that the smoke seems to be cleared, and things come to an end. All big fishes hope that such incident will never happen in western sea again. Oh, of course, Smoky was black-listed, and Smokey hated phytoplankton. Grr~~~ Phytoplankton dislike Smoky just as much... "Throw him out the window!!" -- shouted phytoplankton.

A Tale of the Phytoplankton

Beginning

Once, a tiny weeny phytoplankton falls into the western sea. The variety of creatures in the western sea amuses phytoplankton, it seems that they have come from all over the world, and finally gathering in this place for a common mission of blazing the name of the western sea. To be able to part of this mission is an honour for tiny phytoplankton.

The Zooplankton

However, days into western sea, phytoplankton realise that not all goodwill will be repay in the same manner. In fact, many of times, the zooplanktons will come abusing and bullying phytoplankton whenever they find chance. Yup, they are the small little creatures that feed on phytoplankton. Phytoplankton is the only thing they can gobble up, only thing smaller than they are. In fact, the Big fishes will not be bothered by little phytoplankton.

Phytoplankton

But what can phytoplankton do? A revenge will only cause tremor and tension in the water. After a big hoo-ha, the sun will still shine, the sky still blue, and phytoplankton will still be bullied. Phytoplankton can only hope that its tiny body has capacity as big as the western sea, to carry all the grudges.

End

Till the day comes, hang on phytoplankton!

Another Busy Week

Hey hey~~

Another busy week has passed. The past one week has been super tiring, OverTime almost everyday, trying to meet schedule at work. So tired that my eyebags and dark-eyerings are all appearing and overwhelming my tiny eyes. No amount can SKII can replace my need for sleep.

But the good news is, our accomplishment for the week are not bad! Despite the lack of manpower and myself being so inexperience.

Oh, one more thing, for the pass few years, I ve been going to bed late every night. The situation is finally finding a turn. I am sleeping at 10++pm and 11++pm nowadays! I have always try to tune my screwed-up bio-clock back to normal. So I hope I can sustain that habit after my industrial attachment.

Ok. That's all for now.

Memories

回忆

可否记得当时。。。

一起上下课，一起追巴士，
一起吃饭，一起看电影，
一起赶时间，一起浪费时间，

一起闲着，一起忙出黑眼圈，
一起争论，一起帮腔附和，

一起尴尬，一起骄傲昂首，

一起说，一起笑，一起哭。

世间一见如故不稀奇，

但是，有时难免觉得，

共同的回忆无法取代。

试问。。。

要用什么取代那一分一秒，

相同的频率，共有的记忆？

是啊。。。

拥有一秒，就应感谢一秒。

但是错过的要用什么补救？

那眼里的重重回忆，

出不来，也进不去。

仿佛永远闭上双眼，

不看，也不让人看。

请问。。。

到底是谁剥夺了谁的权利？

Andy Lau!!!

Was watching youtube. And I wanna put these here!! The evidence of a hardworking man who's never afraid to try new things and challenge himself.

This is "超人" MV.



This is MV of "我是一只牛". Andy Lau made the doll himself. soo cute!



And this is "牧笛". Very touching song.



Have time can go watch MV of "一" also.

1st-Pay Gathering

Yoz yoz!!!

Last wednesday (08 Aug 07), ATP together with our loyal visiting scholars had a 1st-Pay gathering. This is to celebrate the survival of 1 month of Industrial Attachment.

As suggested by CS, we had our dinner at Cafe Cartel, and for the convenient for all the "westerners" we meet at IMM / Jurong East. Amazingly, all of us appear on time. Even organiser-me were not late (No OT!)!!

Looking at the condition of everyone, we can conclude how "slack-or-taut" we are. The most horrible was organiser-me, joining the Panda-club. Panda-Shu~ was as usual panda-like. ML & H were sianz~ from sale job and updating 800 tags respectively. ZR & R were looking fine as usual. And finally CS & JB were very busy surfing net at work (opps :X)!

The dinner went well. With SZ, ZR, R updating each other about gossips, ML listening to the gossips... and JB curious about gossips. JB & CS also exchange tips on surfing net and the skill of "Alt+Tabs". Hahahahha!!! As for me... complaining bout my work of course.

OK... That's all folks! Till the next time we meet... Cya guys on MSN!

Jia Yee Friends' Test

Came across this at my bro's blog, and so, I created one as well. Feel free to take the test and check out how well you know me!

Here's the link http://www.truefriendtest.com/friendtest/839264


Create your own Friend Test here

Quiz: What Major is Right for me

Saw this on my friend's blog... Here is it... You scored as Biology/Chemistry/Geology, You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or related majors (e.g., Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, Genetics, Marine Biology, Zoology). It is possible that the best major for you is your 2nd, 3rd, or even 5th listed category, so be sure to consider ALL majors in your OTHER high scoring categories (below). You may score high in a category you didnt think you would--it is possible that a great major for you is something you once dismissed as not for you. The right major for you will be something 1) you love and enjoy and 2) are really great at it. Consider adding a minor or double majoring to make yourself standout and to combine your interests. Please post your results in your myspace/blog/journal. Biology/Chemistry/Geology 94% Mathematics/Statistics 75% Physics/Engineering/Computer 75% Education/Counseling 69% HR/BusinessManagement 69% Visual&PerformingArts 69% Accounting/Finance/Marketing 63% History/Anthropology/LiberalArts 63% Psychology/Sociology 63% Religion/Theology 56% Nursing/AthleticTraining/Health 50% English/Journalism/Comm 38% French/Spanish/OtherLanguage 38% PoliticalScience/Philosophy 38% WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU? created with QuizFarm.com Looks like I ve chosen the right major (I hope). HAHA

As Busy As.... ME!

Been a week plus since my previous post, anybody anywhere looking forward to my new post?? Haha... ok... none... hahha... anyway, here is it.

The schedule at work is just getting tighter and tighter, which means I am busier and busier. Been OT-ing alot, and too tired to do anything when I finally reach home every night.
"做到像狗" -- is my new pet-phrase nowadays, inherited from a friend.

What I really feel more deeply is how people treat each other at work. When work, money, and status come into place, people do all kind of funny things. What a cruel world?!?! And this make me treasure student life even more! Every time I work, I be more grateful that I am "still" a student.

OK! Accelerated learning and adaptation in process. Oh, if I happen to sms you to grumble, please show your utmost support. Hahha!

Quick Bits

Was actually dozing off 30min ago, feeling really tired. But thought that I should do a quick update here after reading my friend's blog.

I am still in a state of transition. Trying hard to absorb and remember. There is too much to learn, too much to experience, and simply too much sometimes. That explains the "Lost-ness" I am (still) in.

This morning met SZ on our way to work, and evening met up with H and CS. Before we knew it, we are already talking about our work, and about things uncommon in each others lives. That's just life perhaps.

Seems like my posts are getting negative... No worries friends! JY is perfectly alright (or al-left even).

On the lighter note... CS-friend brought us (me, H and CS) to a restaurant in Little India just now. One of the first encounter in such restaurant. The food are quite nice, and very much affordable. HAHA, although the combination of us are abit weird, but it was enjoyable. Heard that the guys went for a drink after that... but old lady here is too tired and need to return home to rest. (muahahhahha)

ok... old lady is really sleepy le. zzzzZzZzZZZZzZzZzZzZZzZZzZZZzZZZZZ

I Wanna Say

有很多话想说。

但是，对谁说？怎么说？

紊乱的思绪不想去理会。

越理会越乱吗？

还是，不想理？不会理？

理清的思绪清楚得难过。

那就让它乱吧。

反正，无所谓。没关系。

乱得累了，应该会遗忘。

我想要说的，哽在胸口。

打乱的字句，不见天日。

明天的秒针，还要跳动。

2nd week?

This is the 2nd week from the start of IA. Feeling tired and sleepy, from waking up early, from travelling, and also from working. Currently praying hard that I can cope with whatever that comes.

Apart from job, I'm missing my days in schools... more than I expected. The simple days in school where we just mug like book worms, and chat during lunch break, and chatting all day long. Student life is so simple.

I dunnoe how many times I had mentioned this, but human beings (like me) only learn after going through the hard way.

下一次

失去了，才懂得珍惜。越靠近，越看不见。越想说，越说不出。

告诉自己下一次一定改，但下一次还有下一次，每个下一次都不是最后一次。

是不是不会再有下一次？下一次，会不会还像这次？这一次，会不会太晚？

The Past One Week

Just some randoms bout the past one week:

Industrial Attachment
I begin my 22+1 weeks long of Industrial Attachment, that is one week earlier than most other people. I am glad I survived through the first week, even though I am constantly overwhelmed with information and new things. (note... all are in present tense. haha). And I am glad I started early, cos that allows me to meet some of the senior batch IA students there. They really helps alot in my adaption period. And of cos, helps me to be less lonely.
Now, even before the official start of IA (which is 9th July 2007), I am already visualizing the end of it. hahha! There's one song which I would like to sing.... "I'm a survivor, I'm a survivor, I will survive, keep on surviving~~~".

28/03 Meet Up
That is a better than expected turn-up. When we only expect it to be a 4-persons gathering, it turn out to be 8-persons. Had a good time updating each other of our current status. Basically just a chatting session.

AHS Chinese Drama 翔鹰 2007 (08 July 2007, 3pm)
Answering the call of Andrew, me, SL, mousey and SM went to support his performance. And this might possibly be Andrew's 告别作. Abit 可惜 if this is really gonna be the last, but good things always have an end. I believe the 永恒的美好记忆 will stay. Anyway, the show is good, and I enjoyed. One of the few time I watch as a 100%-audience, without the need to worry about other stuff like photographing. But the even more 印象深刻 scene was not from the drama, but 含泪的眼睛, 心血的感动和不舍. If that's the last, it's a good one. Congrats le.

100th Post -- Blogging

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(Fireworks + Applause + Drumming)

Celebrating the 100th post in this blog. I never thought I ll come this far.

I was reading one of my friend's post on blogging, why he did not blog, and why the blogging-project always suffer from pre-mature death. Same here, this blog has been existing for very long (I can't remember when it was set up), but I didnt post, and nobody realise of its existence. Even myself, I forgot of this blog.

"nothing to blog", "nobody will read", "no time", are just some of the excuses overused. Until about half a year ago, motivated by friends, I started blogging. Now that I look back, it was not as difficult as I thought. Need not blog of fantastic or huge events, just some thoughts and feelings, or little things in life worth mentioning.

Like what I saw in my friend's blog post, "what if you have just one thing to say?" What if that one thing is so important that your entire blog has only one post? What if you bothers to update whenever you have a new understanding of that issue?

Ok... Ending this post here... cos i dont want to clutter my 100th post with other random stuff.

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Post IA-Briefing Chinatown K-session

Event: Post-IA-Briefing Activities (KTV plus TK's present giving ceremony & chinatown walk walk session)
Date: 05 July 2007
Venue: KBox @ Chinatown
Time: 1200 to 2000
Attendance: JY, SZ, ZR, TK, JB, H

Yeah~ Today we had a quite 无聊 IA briefing session. But I was quite excited and looking forwards to today... reason being I ll be off from work, and also meeting up with ATP and KTV session.

So after the wu-liao session, we had lunch at Canteen B. Not a big problem since we will not be eating in school for the next 6months. And also because can save money (BUDGET BUDGET!). After finishing our food... me presented (very belated) birthday cards to CS and TK. And also TK's b'day present. (to TK: The flower is sooooo suitable for you! eh~ remember to display it and look at it often. sooo nice lo!)

At Chinatown

Arriving at chinatown, we started to walk around in search of a 传说中的 Ten Dollar KTV. Finally, we decided that we will not take the risk of trying out an unknown place. In the process, as usual, we side tracked. We saw the newly opened 佛牙寺 and decided to take a look in there. The place is soooooo nice... and blinking with GOLD. I can feel the dollar sign surrounding me. And everything is so untouchable and fragile to me. Somehow, I feel that a temple (or any religion place) no need to be like that. Using alot of money to build is not what gods and buddhas want. 虔诚 is definitely more important that the outer look. An unapproachable expensive and manificent temple wont make me any better person inside. (ok... sorry... long side track)

Back to K-session

Here are some features of today's K-session:

• Me & SZ getting more and more horrible 暧昧关系. We sang ALOT of Duets. 今天你要嫁给我，爱的主旋律，选择，如果的事，是你决定我的伤心. And before singing, we ll always ask... "你要唱女的还是男的?" OH NO~~~~~~~
• Alot of chickens got killed. With many of us feeling uncomfy-throat and tired, we still tried to achieve many Mission Impossible Songs, and as expected, we kill chicken (aka 杀鸡). 善哉，善哉.
• H and ZR sang alot more!!... under the influential power of dean and vice-dean. They had no choice. ahahhhaha!
• Songlist infested with OLDIES. Like we were having 怀旧之夜. OH NO~ sign of getting old???

K-Instructor of the day: TK

• Student 1-- H. Learning objective: How to hold mic properly. Learning outcome: Successful. Instructor fee: $50!!! (expensive hor? No discount or sale??? GST hike ar??)
• Student 2--JY. Learning objective: How to sing high-notes using head voice. Learning outcome: still in process learning, no time to practice yet. Instructor fee: Unknown.
• Part-time student-- SZ. Learning objective: Not laughing while singing
• Part-time student-- ZR. Learning objective: Dont be shy training
  (Both in process. SZ case seem uncurable.)

Upcoming projects:

ATP are planning on a gathering about one month later, after we had our first pay. More details to be given then. In the mean time, wish all members of ATP have a good and exciting IA.

Grumbles

Warning: Read At Your Own Risk! Not-Interesting-At-All-Grumbles

This saturday (just passed), and sunday (now) are the last 2 days before my IA start... so how is it well-spent??? ROAR~ Not the way I want (which is laze around at home doing nothing). I ended up being free labour for parents... "the carpenter's helper" at factory. ROAR~

But just now met up with Andrew and YY. Nothing much, just to chat and catch up abit. (That's what holidays are for right?? Catch up with old friends and 聊天). Gonna welcome them back into 学生生涯 now, after 2years of 精忠报国.

And the feeling of old-ness kept surrounding me, especially this "holiday". Suddenly the phrase "Year 3 liao leh!!!" kept popping out in conversations.
WH and I went... "OH MY GOD!! We are year 3 liao leh!!!"
and Andrew went... "Wah... Year 3 le... mmm... year3 liao leh"

Grr~ I know I am year 3 la... no need to keep reminding me. Making me feel real old. And the thought that very soon I cannot get student-meal/ student-price/ student-offer really starts to freak me out (OK! not really the offer that matters ok... is the student-identity I am talking about)...

ROAR~ nevermind. Enough of my grumbling. GRRR~~~ I ll get myself something better to do.

(See?! Toldya... NOT interesting at all post)

Nth Years Drawings

Two posts back, I mentioned that I was having some Big Clean-up at home. In this kinda time, tonnes of Nth years memories would come back haunting me. From words I wrote, things that my friends wrote, books I read, sketches, old toys, useful stuff, and useless stuff. Kinda get overwhelmed by a sense of 怀旧感. (grr~ I am seriously getting old)

And among these stuff, I have a sketchbook full of memories! This sketchbook is one of my birthday present, I guess should be 12th year old B'day pressie (evidence that I am horribly 怀旧.. eiks~), from one of my very good friend of that time. I am very glad I did started sketching and drawing in it. This is one of the best-used-present I received. (usually I just "keep". and alot of them become 英雄无用武之地)

The sketchbook. Age: 9 years old!

And today, I scanned some of the pictures that I drew Nth years ago, to post them in this blog. One of the reason is that I'm afraid another Nth years may make my pictures unrecognisable. They are so old that the paper is turning yellowish le. A softcopy in my laptop, and another virtual copy on net may be better to preserve the ancient stuff. (eikks~ tell me! not only old people think this way right.) This is a few of them... takes time to scan and post... abit lazy... plus more importantly, I'm not so satisfied with the rest... or maybe not nice... these arent very very good also... eiks.. whatever it it... here's a few of those.

This is from 《浪客剑心》, quite popular anime years ago.
Nope, I didnt read that, my evil bro read, I only borrow to draw.
And yes, the pic is originally Black&White, drawn using pencils, not photoshoped.

Another pencil drawing.
If you scrutinize enough, the picture was drawn in 1999!

Portrait! Got my fingers blackish from all the shading.

If you think I only draw B&W stuff, nope! This is coloured, using colourpencils.
The baby and bathtube man is from Singtel advertisment. (of course, Nth years ago adverts, if you can remember)

This is from 《七龙珠》DragonBall!!! So ancient right!
Think the girl is called ah-bao, the pink colour creature I forgot le.

Yup Yup, that'a all folks! Wonder how come I ve so much time to draw all that. I must be super 无聊 and "eng" last time... But I can still visualise the wu-liao 13-year-old JiaYee drawing in the living room. Shoo-ing evil bro away to not disturb her. And the 13-year-old feel in the pictures... still 青涩, and young... (ARGH~~~~~ I am sounding like an OLD~~~ lady. ROAR!) Anyway, I doubt I still can draw anything like that now. Good chemical engineer can only draw rectangles and schemetics of reactors and distillation columns now. Boo~

The 4-Letter Word -- SALE~~

Yesh de! This is the horrible four-letter word I saw everywhere I go now. Terrible!!!

I gotta say that I am not someone easily carried away or tempted by this 4-letter word. I used to think that the so-called sale, are no less cheaper compared to no-sale. BUT! This horrible Great Singapore Sales coupled with the Before-July-GST-Raise is seriously sale-ing. Alot of shops are trying to get people to buy and really cutting their prices.

GRRR~~~~ HOW CAN LIKE THAT!???!?!?! ROAR~~~~~~

For a poor girl like me, jobless and incomeless. The 4-letter word is something I better not see. ROAR~ And the irony is... when I have job, I have no time to shop. When I shop, means I have no job!!! ROAR~~~~~ Wrong place, Wrong timing, Wrong person. EIKS~

我忍!!!

Throw ba~ Housekeeping marathon

If you have been wondering what I had been doing for the passed few days, here it is.

The Super Duper Major Housekeeping Marathon!!!

If you had caught me on msn, you would have heard all the grumbling. (and also my msn msg: 豪迈的丢吧!) Immediately next day from the Ubin trip, I embarked on a journey with no return. Wednesday to Sunday 12pm to 10pm Full Time tidying the rooms, and Mass Throwing of stuff. This is also a 怀旧之旅. Cos I managed to dig out alot of funny old stuff, long lost stuff, and chucked away stuff.

The reason for this massive clean up is alittle complicated. But in short, I am in need of finding myself a conducive place to study, next next sem. (Up till few days ago, I do not have a study table, not even a proper chair to study. Before uni, I used to study in the living room, in front of the TV, on the coffee table, sitting cross-legged on the floor.) And also, my ever increasing volume of books and notes forced me to buy a new bookshelf. To find space for this new shelf, I need to do some clearing and rearranging of furniture.

用战争换来的和平

The process is disastrous. I almost got suffocated from my nose-block, drown in my mucus & tears. Muscles ache, and headache, and heartache....

In fact, I took photo of the entire process, from the mess, to the even messier, and finally clearing up and long-await-tidiness. BUT! In the end, I found myself no courage to post them up, for all my good reputation, built over years, would be tarnished in a split second. NO WAY is that gonna happen. NO~~~~ But I felt so sorry for those pictures, they would become 不见天日的回忆. And so, I finally decided to select 4 pictures (out of the 40+++), and combine-post. Here is it...

Clockwise from top-left: Me, all-set to fight the dust! The new bookshelf. Lotsa lotsa clothes (you might wonder how come I wear the same clothes all the time... yea~~ those are meant to be stucked in the shelf. with "No occassion to wear" as excuse). Piles of books & notes I cant bear to throw.

Shopping Trip

Outing Part II
Date: 19th June 2007 (Tues)
Time: 4pm +++ to 7pm
Venue: Bugis, BHG (formerly known as Seiyu)
Activity: Shopping & Gossiping
Organiser: Me & SZ
Attendance: JY, SZ, CS, H

(TK & RJ had something on...

maybe to finish off their negotiation in 无间道IV)

The part-two event of the day. Amazingly, after cycling at Ubin for the entire morning, we can still go shopping. According to SZ, energy for cycling and shopping are two separate sets.

Immediately back from Ubin, we went for lunch at Changi Village, while discussing about the shopping plan.

Me & SZ initial plan was just to change into a fresh t-shirt and head down to shopping. BUT!!! sister CS insisted that he MUST bath. And with lotsa excuses like "People wont serve you if you go like that lo!" And so, we finally decided on me & SZ going back home to bath, while CS & H go TK home to bath, and meet again at central. And so we went......

I must emphasize, CS & H were 1hour late!!! In the meantime, me & SZ enjoy our own shopping... Strolling round...

And hor... "some" guys (*hint hint*) nowadays are so wishy washy and 婆婆妈妈. Soooo 麻烦 lo!! Bad example for "some other" guys. Remember?? 做大事的人就不可以扭扭捏捏!

Unfortunately, there were no photos taken for the shopping trip. Because "someone" was too elated being Tai-Tai-of-the-day (Hahahhahah!!!) and also gossiping about "some girl". So the entire focus of the day was about GOSSIPING. I can see that they are really "HIGH"!!!

P.Ubin

Outing Part I

Date: 19th June 2007 (Tues)

Time: 8am +++ to 1.30pm

Venue: Pulau Ubin

Activity: Cycling and exploring. Plus lactic acid production

Organiser: Me!!

Guide: RJ

Attendance: JY, SZ, TK, CS, H, & RJ

Yeah~ Today, after a long period of postpone, say-want-to-go-but-haven, and organising, from both ATP side, and also my deal with RJ... The first Pulau Ubin trip is confirmed and settled.

Before this day comes, the previous 3days had been rainy and cloudy. Me is so worried that the trip will be affected. But luckily, the higher being up there heard my call. It was such a bright sunny day just now!

This "should be" my 4th time to Ubin. And one of the more fulfilling one. I went to a few places I never went before, and with a new group of people. (1st time: Family. 2nd time: TJC PS. 3rd time: WL & ZH). Shall let the picture do the talking (not nice, cos I forgot to change the ISO setting back... eikks...nevermind...) ...

The First Stop: Highest Place of P.Ubin.

View of the Quarry

The four guys

And the two girls

The way down... And leading the way.... tourguide RJ.

At the base of the quarry. And we spotted a bo-hiu-people reptile sun-tanning (see the tan? It's sooo dark!) Anyway, it totally ignore us! RoAr!

The Bo-Hiu Reptile

And we also come across a newly appeared 观音石 (GuanYin Stone). According to the "Why you so like that" drink stall uncle, they only found this stone there about a month ago! Abit blocked by the trees... hmm... nevermind, visit yourself if you want.

观音石

We pusposely stopped at this place, for 贞子 to take pic with her well.

RJ & SZ.

SZ: It is good to be outside the well, dry and clean!

Journey to The East

The Legend of Chek Jawa

In the search for the legendary Chek Jawa, 得道高僧 & his 徒弟 came to take a look. A legend was shattered. The supposed to be beautiful, lively, precious Chek Jawa is dirty and polluted.

善哉, 善哉.

The Last Stop: Swiss Cottage
无间道IV Internal Affairs
After a long ulu walk, we finally arrived at our last stop. This is a very nice cottage, with a newly built bridge. Beautiful they might be, but is that the truth???

nice huh!?

The "innocent" 路人 甲乙丙 & 丁(behind camera), totally unaware of the underlying unrest and danger.

In the crowd, they are just as normal as anyone else. But are they going to find out??

The moment come... When the undercovers are uncovered.

Ok... Organiser here declare the outing is a success. Fortunately. my first aid kit is not put to use. And everyone return in good piece. Three Cheers!

Temp-Job 2007: EOS Experience Day

Event: EOS Experience Day

Date: 16 & 17 June 2007

Time: 9am - 7pm

Venue: East Coast Park, next to man-made lagoon (cable water ski park)

Activity: Temp-job

The Canon Booth

Last Saturday and Sunday, I went for a 2-days temp-job. The event was not a sale-event, it was an experience day, for photo-enthusiasts to try out some of the lens and camera from Canon. And in celebration of Canon EOS 20th anniversary, and the launch the world's fastest DSLR -- 1D Mark III. (The shuttle go "tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut" continuously. Even the sound make people very excited.) The star camera is the Mark III camera, and a lens that cost $150,000. Yesh de, this is not a typo error, can even buy a car le!

These tripods here are holding on to hundred of thousands dollars of cameras & lens.

My job was basically to look after camera, pass to people who wanna try, and make sure I get it back, and dun let people run away with it. Also, it was a Standing Marathon. Gotta stand from 9am till 7pm. My legs were darn aching, pain argh~. The camera that I was holding on was a EOS400D body, and a 50mm f/1.2 lens. That whole set is about $4000++.

EOS 400D camera

Taken at the Macro corner. Those fruits and flowers are REAL!

And a few pictures of the models...

The breezy East Coast Park

This guy is cool... he got ALOT of tattoos... chucky, R.I.P, Transformer, etc etc.

Pictures of Me and a few (temp) staffs there

Darn~ the camera and lens is good... the colour come out darn nice and vivid. I din even need to edit at all. But after this event, I truly realise that photographers are MAD people. They buy and buy till they are sooo desensitised. $2000+++ to $4000+++ for a lens, is worth it. $7000+++ is still worth it. $40000+++ for a camera also "okay~". Grr~ I shall not let myself become like that.