It's a brand new year ^_^

My first wish to everyone: HAPPY GREAT LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!

Had a great time yesterday at Shu's place with food and a nice fireworks display at Esplanade. The pix will tell it all ^_^

Nice decoration made by Shu and Khanh

Our new year dinner *drool drool*

Let's cheer for a great new year to come, wishing everyone health and wealth and happiness ...


Dressing up for a fun outing, our last trip on bus of the rooster year ...


How come In is so sleepy in this pix haha? ------------------>>>









Everyone looks great? ;;)



Certainly we do =p~


Blurry effect, nice fireworks ^_^

It's going to be a very happy new year ahead. Believe it and keep it to your heart, may all your wishes come true (certainly with the help of your efforts :D). Let's smile always :)

I'm so dead

I feel a deep sympathy for my dear neighbors who have had to put up with my horrible coughing for the last 5 days (or more?). My most sincere apology, but I've got no way else either, really wanna throw a rock into my throat and keep it from popping out any kinds of sound grrrr!!!

I'm also dead for skipping classes for the last 2 days, and the probability of skipping the 3rd one tomorrow is growing high considering my condition. Not that bad as in totally lying in bed as on Monday, but I'm afraid with this kind of coughing, no lecturer is gonna be able to deliver any lessons despite any help from modern sound technologies T_T.

I'm v grateful to you all who have shown your concern, and thanks to I?n and sis Thao who have kept me from starving, though I can't eat much these days... My instant porridge does prove its usefulness at times like this

My goal: get well b4 Chinese New Year! I totally don't want to spend the next whole year dealing with all this illness *kick kick*

Ants here, ants there, ants everywhere

It is the raining season, and ants are making a migration from their normal house inside bushes or under a tree to ... somewhere I don't know. But the problem is, they are choosing a route which is not at all to the convenience of one of OKR's residences: MY ROOM @#!$

I have never hated ants until yesterday! There must have been a few hundreds of ants crawling on the floor beside the wall. Though I've tried best to spot out if there's any source of provisions which might attract those tiny animals, no successful achievement made. Was darn tired at the moment so I chose to not give a heck of care about it and just went to bed.

zzzzZZZZZ ... *ouch*

It was at midnight that I was woken up by a bite, nope, 3 bites on my leg!! OMG some ants chose to abandon their herd and started to crawl onto my BED!!! This time, it was out of my endurance... All I want was just a sleep, "you crawl on floor, oh well, feel free to. But! But now u're disturbing me, cannot take it anymore!"

And for the first time in my life, I killed a few hundreds of animals (*eeekkk*) by 1 bottle of water ... *faint*, and saved my life a good sleep whole night.

This morning, I saw that herd of ants still migrating, but they're clever enough now to not make their way thru' my room again, but choosing some other room instead. God bless them this time!

Conclusion: You really need to have a huge love for animals to live in OKR!

In another note of the day, think I'm gonna take an MC for this afternoon's class, feel so tired cannot make it ~~
TMG

Sleeping madness

The effect of all the kinds of meds I'm taking makes my life dull!! Kept sleeping like I have nothing else to do whole day. Woke up first time @6.30am, went back to sleep until 10am. Managed to stay up until ard 11am, then went back to sleep again until 2.30am. Arghhh and tons of work is still waiting to be done.

Today I've totally lost my voice, I sound like a 60-year-old auntie now. But thanks to the meds you've got me, I'm feeling much better than yesterday now. Lucky I am ~~
TMG

Up

My long due posts about the 5-day journey are up now. But you'd need to scroll all the way down as I've written those entries for long but never published until now. Still to be continued though :D, waiting for some pix to arrive to Spore T_T

(i'm blogging like madness these days 8-} ... )

My journey (part 3)

Day 3

This time, I woke up at 5.20am, feeling so guitly to find sis had left. Ughh should have woken up earlier, but as I had missed her anyway, I took my time to wash up and wait for one of her cousins to accompany me going over to the hairdresser.

Went back to her house at around 7.15am, was very scared that I might have been late as the groom would come around that time. But luckily, everything seemed to be as normal. Waited until nearly 9am, the groom and his relatives came. In VN, it is a tradition for the groom's family to pass the bride's a whole set of wedding presents on the day the bride becomes his wife. And the bridesmaids are to be the ones who would be there to take those passed from the groom's best frens.

I knew I was dead the moment I saw that casket of betel and areca-nut, one of the heaviest of all, passing to me ... That was the moment when I began to feel thankful for all the years in Spore I've been spending moving luggage around at the end of each semester, which gave me sufficient training for today.

Thanks God I didn't drop it on the way upstairs, not to mention I was in the traditional long dress, an efficient tool for preventing you from moving comfortably and safely *still sweating*

Nothing went wrong, I was very glad that I din make any mistakes. Poor sis was startled by the balloons exloding when she stepped out of the door, but wasn't it great you've got ur husband right beside for you to lean on that moment :p? As I think, it's a good sign sis, meaning u'll always have him when you fall ^_^!

And so sis left. Came back to rest (or rather, to hide from the sun shining outside) for a while until 3pm. Jubnov came and brought me to the hairdresser. This time, not to wait for the bride's make-up, but to get my hair redo :D. Been always wondering if I should change my hair style or not, normally I won't dare changing that much. But at that moment, some strange feelings gave me enough courage to do the "renovation".

In the evening went over to eat with Pig Ha and just rode around the streets. HCM city is not that much different from Hanoi, but it does have more shops and it is very crowded. The important thing is it has lots of places to eat until late at night *drool*, and the food is just fantastic!

Went back to In's place quite late, took a bath and jumped to bed. Fell asleep so fast I never managed to listen to the 2nd song in the mp3 player...

(to be continued ... )

Poor Shu!

Must have been disturbed by my coughing whole night :-s. But evil Shu!! Drank all water never helped to fill up :P, made me wake up at 2am to find nothing to drink and go back to sleep T_T.

It's another bright Saturday I guess :)

No rain today

Though it's a little bit cloudy now, the whole day has stayed clear of rain. Went to the library again in the morning, tried to get some work done, but not very fruitful. Getting some light sore throat, wondering whom I've got it from hmm hmm...

Saw Ankith with his new gf during lunch. Ankith is the guy who's been working at OSA with me since last July. He's very talkative and his curiosity raises almost all the questions that are asked around at our counter in OSA, which means ... he's the one who always talks most of the time haha. But he's kind of frenly and easy-going. (Still find his name funny =)) ... )

The meeting with sup in the afternoon went on as usual, usual in the sense that sup still kept talking a lot, and bcoz' there are 4 of us, time is kinda wasted hearing other's stuff, as I don't have much idea what's going on in their parts. Discussed about report that we are going to submit in late March, think we'd better start writing soon.

Anyway it's really not bcoz' i'm not taking care of my own health, I've been eating very on time and regularly, I eat a lot, sleep a lot too, I also bring water bottle with me anytime anywhere. Still I guess there is sometime in life your body went down for a ... maintanance? =))

My journey (part 2)

Day 2

My dawn came at 630 in the morning. Forgot that Spore time is 1 hour ahead, so when I looked at my hp and saw 730, I thought to myself "Oh man!!! It's 830 here now, and I'm supposed to wake up early". I din realize I was wrong until 2 hours later, when I suddenly looked at another clock and saw it slowly reaching 8.30am ... Accompanied sis to the hairdresser where they helped to make up for the bride. I'm glad I was there, coz' if I had not been, I would have been so amazed to see sis after the make-up. Ohhh man, you looked so gorgious, really v different from normal!!!

Imagine her in the red traditional wedding ao-dai, woo hooo ~~~, no wonder why the children who passed by the wedding gate shouted so loudly "The bride looks so pretty!!" I grinned all the way looking at you standing there with him, feeling so happy that you are smiling that brightly ^_^

Whole day was spent standing beside sis to assist her if she needed to change (wahaha!!) or anything. Wee my first time as a bridesmaid, poor sis shouted when I took off her earings so hard *sob sob*. got to know other cousins of sis who are also very nice and frenly. I really like to talk to Southern ppl, maybe 1 of the reasons why my accent has been changed so much :D

Everything went smoothly until I fell asleep at night, so glad that I was too busy to think of anything else ^_^

(to be continued ...)

The candles

My fragrant candles since bday are smelling v good these days after a long sleep during the vacation. Can immediately feel the smeel when I open the door to my room, or now when I'm sitting here typing these words. Good candles!!

My super duper bad luck!

The day started with a bright sun after my 5-hour sleep last night. It's been a v long time since I last went to school that early in the morning, felt v uplifted seeing ppl talking, having bfast at the canteen or rushing for early class. Decided to go to lib first before my 11am class to get some reading. That 6th floor used to be so familiar to me during my year 2, going back there this time raised some feelings about the past :D.

Managed to stay awake during simulation class. I still prefer those level 1 or 2 modules in which there are lots of students and you can watch or eavesdrop what others are doing for fun when you feel asleep *grin*. The module is quite okie until now, quite easy for the beginning, just hope for a moderate assignment.

After class had lunch with An, then went to Clementi to buy some food.

Everything was going smoothly until I decided to go for dinner. While I was walking towards the canteen, the idiot tummy suddenly groaned!! For a moment I had to stop and stand still. But it's not such a big deal, as the pain went off quite quickly, the thing is everything became so dark before my eyes, and I couldn't see anything clearly. AND I had no idea that the next step I was going to make was right above that 30-cm deep drain!!! MY GOSH!!! Certainly I fell onto it tiao ~~~ I could even feel ppl around looking at me with astonishment :((

Though quite embarassed, I managed to stand up immediately and walked to the canteen. It seemed like everything was okie until I reached the first pink table. My big toe started to hurt so much I felt like it was broken!!! So decided to sit down and go nowhere else further T_T

Luck is still beside me when I got Thao to buy me dinner and Sang who accidentally passed by and who also accidentally got some oil with him, which helped me ease the pain a lot. Thanks God the toe is not broken, it just hurt for a while and it's getting better now *phewz*. But I AM 100% SURE that a super bad star is shining brightly (or rather, doomly) upon my head!!! Now I've got no choice but to sit inside my room, restricting myself from any energy-wasting movements

Let's wait and see what are the things that are coming up next. I still have another 11 months to go for this year *fainted*

Keep raining, just keep raining!!!

I love this season in Singapore. If I'm going to leave this place soon, rain would be smt I remember the most about this island, next would be the sea...

It keeps pouring down a lot these days. It always clouds over in the afternoon and then the whole sky gets dark v quickly, followed by the heavy rain ... This afternoon I managed to escape the raindrops right after I stepped into IHPC. Sitting inside the lab watching the rain is always a pleasure. But glad bcoz' today I've cleared many doubts about my work thanks to Emilda and Jie Wei, I should really go to IHPC more often from now on.

Went back to SOC at 530pm, and then had dinner with jubnov, hippo and jt. Got some good jokes right? :p, though there are lots of miscommunication among us haha.

After dinner had no mood for work, so went over to Sim Lim. I've wanted to get myself an mp3 player for a long time, but never really did. So in the end, I've got it today, as a reward for my hard working day :D. It started to rain v heavily again the moment I was walking in the open air towards Sim Lim, got wet through, was quite cold, but still enjoyed the rain lots :D

Finally someone is asking me to stay back in Spore after I graduate, *touched*. Very confused at this moment actually, I want to stay, but there are many reasons why I need to go ... how now?

My stomach doesn't hurt badly today anymore, but that irritating feeling kept distracting me from work all day. Really want to smack tummy!! Stop disturbing me grrr!!

And so ...

... Dad's left! His visit is really short, din manage to bring him around much as either he doesn't wanna go "there" or he's tired at the time, hence just let him wander around near school *shy*.

Dad is asking me to go back and work at home when I finish my undergrad course here. Though he doesn't stress on the matter much, I know he wants me to spend more time with him and mum during these years ... And then, I guess he wants me to get married soon too, haha!

Anyway, I'll give it a thought on going back after July, but about the other matter, I'm afraid you'll REALLY have to wait for long dad *sweat*

While seeing dad off to airport, it rained v heavily in the east. Don't know if it was raining that much over here, but there was loud thunderstorm and the rain poured down like cats and dogs. Was startled a little bit by the loud thunder even when I was sitting inside the train, heh! Wee, just love it!

All the food Dad brought has been GONE!! In just 2 hours, that was very much normal for those frens of mine who can really eat! haha but thanks a lot, coz' I don't know if I can ever finish those if ever I have to eat on my own.

Anyway, had a bad stomachache again last night after the gathering. Think it's mainly bcoz' I stopped taking meds, but I really hate being giddy and have headache once I take it *angry*!! However, had no choice but to take it last nite, and jumped to bed v early at 10pm, thanks Shu for being there to help take water :p *love love*

For the phifzer "patient", hope the bloodsuckers would not drain you today, and remember to SMACK the nurse if he/she does not know the basic steps of inserting the tube again!!

..

Serene : u're male or female?
Snow : female
Serene : ok gd
Serene : ahaha
Serene : which yr
Snow : u're female too rite? (stoopig qsn!)
Snow : me yr 4 already
Serene : yupz
Serene : ahaha
Snow : hahha
Serene : OMG
Serene : im yr1
Serene : omg
Snow : tiao
Serene : so old
Serene : ahahaa
Snow : *speechless*
Snow : miss!! not that old okie? only 3 yrs older
Serene : ahahahah

Note: this is not an online get-to-know-each-other session. This is a you-sell-I-buy old textbooks conversation!

Dad's visit

Just back from Changi, Tiger Airways flight from Hanoi has been delayed to 1 hour later than previously, so it is super late now~~. After leaving Shu's place, I was so "lucky" to catch the wrong MRT to Boon Lay instead of Changi direction, and din realize it until I reached Red Hill >_<, and the problem is it was past 11.30pm then, I had a very high chance of missing the last train from Tanah Merah to Changi.

30 seconds more and I would have missed the last train, which was considered to be a super great luck! Waited at the airport for 1 hour b4 dad's plane landed, exactly the place where nearly 2 months ago, someone was waiting for me. Smiled all the way thinking about those good old days :D, very happy to recall those memories indeed!!

It's now 230am and Dad said he's not tired yet *sweat*. Hmm but got nothing to entertain Dad at this hour, so chased him to bed *shy shy*. But look at what Dad brings for me, 1 whole suitcase of food!!! Oh man, mum is really gonna make me fat! But dear mum, you've forgotten there are lots of frens around me who would volunteer to help me finish everything even without my request! You know who you are >:)!! But still, really drooling already!

*yawn*, think I'm going to bed now, it's a good sign that my tummy doesn't trouble me today, just some uneasy feeling, but v little sometimes :), hence no more worry :D!!

Nite nite to you all :)

Heaven ...

In deep memory of a very dear person who has been with me through many years of my childhood, who has gone too soon, too young ... I still remember your smile, your laughters, your voice, your everything ... The day you passed away ... Though the words the girl say in the song do not really apply, they're very much touching, and it's the same way I'm remembering you ...



Dj Sammy - Heaven

Oh thinkin about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free
Now nothing can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me coming back for more

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven

Oh, once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Pick you up when u're feeling down

Now nothing can change what you mean to me
there's a lot that i could say
Just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're In Heaven

I've been waiting for so long
For something to ripe
Would love to come along

Now our dreams are coming true
Through the good times and the bad
I'll be standing there by you

Baby you're all that I want
When you're lying here in my arms
I'm finding it hard to believe
We're in heaven
And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn’t too hard to see
We're In Heaven

Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
We're In Heaven

My journey

Day 1

Felt very uneasy and tired on the plane. Head was nearly bursting out, so exhausted that I finally fell asleep until the plane landed. Never stepped outside Tan Son Nhat airport before so everything was totally new to me. Luckily, it's Vietnam, so at least you know how to catch a "xe o^m" :p (literally in English: "hugging motorbike"). Everyone was busy so I had to find my own way to fren's house. The driver was a young guy, maybe just a few years older than me. After some words of negotiation, it was concluded by him that northen gals are very tough-going ... Hey, it's not called tough-going okie? It's called firm, and consistent, and btw, it's $$ issue *grinz*.

After another half an hour combing the whole city to find her house (funny thing is he din know where the street is either 8-}), we ended up stuck at the place said to be near her house, but yet to find the place. So he stopped, and told me:
- I think you should make a phone call.
- Okie - I agreed - but ... why do you stop here? I see no public phone booth? - I was looking all around, trying to catch a glimpse of some public phone that may be hiding behind a tree or wat.
- Use mine! - he said, took out from his pocket a mobile and gave me.
Was so surprised I nearly laughed myself off. Never knew that they provided calling service together with "o^m"-ing service :p. HCM city drivers are quite civilized!

With some more efforts, we finally found the place which was just a few steps away in an alley. Fren was not home, so greeted by her aunts and uncles. It was a little bit difficult for me at first to remember all her relatives, coz' it was a HUGE family. But everyone was so nice and frenly that I immediately felt like home. You have such a great family sis!! :p.

Was still a little bit tired so went to sleep. And I think I slept for around 2 to 3 hours *sweat*. In the evening, had dinner and helped fren to prepare for the next day. It was gonna be an important day of her life; and certainly, anxiety, excitement and happiness could be seen in her eyes :p. Tiredness too, but above all, who would complain on such minor things when they are in the midst of overwhelming happiness?

The sleepy feeling came to take over me quite soon again that day, so went to bed early. Nothing much of the first day, except the feeling in e morning b4 flying off.

(to be continued..)

Back again

Super tired after a whole day travelling, been sitting on bus since 8am in the morning, reached Ho Chi Minh city by 11am, got on plane by 1pm, and din get back to EA until 6pm ... Feeling all exhausted, but got a good trip after 5 days. Met lots of ppl, got to know many traditions, lived in brand new lands, and changed my hair style.

Got a bad headache now so will be updating about the trip later. Really hope to get permission to upload some pix, those are just too gorgeous to be forgotten!

Upon new Student Service Center

Was forgotten by Ms.Has this morning, and had to stay alone at the Student Service Center until nearly 230 >_<. As not many students are approaching our counter for student's pass at this time of the year, I had an opportunity to keep yawning and looking at other students desperatedly waiting for their queue number.

As observed, the new Student Service Center is not as effective as it's supposed to be. Despite the fact that there may be a modern queuing system, the number of officers serving students are too few to process all enquiries in minimum time. And the system also takes very long to process. Be prepared to wait for around half an hour to collect your Student Status Letter as one of my fren had to today .... Poor thing!!!

I'd rather running up and down from OSA to the old Uni Hall than to wait like that !