World of Jas

you know i'll be there

2010-02-20T19:52:00.003+08:00

@ Chervil.Tumblr

yesss i've switched over to the darkkk side. but u'll see less (longer ) posts and more and more and more pictures & clips.
so switch over with me toO!

till then, i'll be figuring what blogger has to offer that tumblr hasn't got. and hopefully i'll be back soOn enough.

hoo la la

2010-02-15T21:36:00.004+08:00

i feel a tinge of fear again. :S

I realized i missed quite a great deal of nice movies on tv yesterday and today lols. nvm, we have the internet, don't we? LOLS. For anyone itching to spend some quality 'me' time by sitting till ur butt hurt, here's my 10 most favourite k dramas (u can simply google to find them~):

Ratings out of 10: Drama (plot, overall feel)
Underdog- not well received by audiences in Korea

full house (6.5, 8.5)
my lovely sam soon (7.5, 9.5)
you're beautiful (6, 8.5) *underdog*
lovers in paris (7, 8)
princess ja myung go (7, 9) *underdog*
legend (8, 9)
jumong (7.5, 9)
first shop of coffee prince (7, 8)
my girl (7.5, 8.5)
gourmet (8, 9)

Sadly, i dun tink boys over flowers and IRIS deserves that much attention..but they have nice soundtracks!

and my top 5 OSTs:
1. IRIS
2. My Lovely Samsoon
3. Boys Over Flowers
4. You're Beautiful
5. 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

START OFF TIGER YEAR

2010-02-13T20:00:00.006+08:00

WITH A BANG! hence this skin and it's my wish all of u blog followers teehee. *must listen to song on the left..points points*

Let's talk about the now. The highlight of my week (i've a boring life!) is our sorta mini korean CNY party cum farewell for some of k-class peeps. I'll keep you guys in my <3~ It was a great day as we learnt how to play CNY games and ate 5 different kinds of rice cake lolsss. I'm not one to appreciate such things (coming from a country who likes things savoury and spicy) but i'm learning. and learning well =). There's quite a few plans and things i wanna do with this part of my life. Sometimes I wonder if I've the determination and perseverance. After all, mere interest and passion isn't everything! I need to pick myself up even when I fail (which i've not encountered yet yayy). I wanna be competent enoughhh to take the proficiency tests, go on exchange (a few of my classmates are so interested!), help out with fan-subbing(to give back to the internet society) and *big dreams big dreams for the future* take a translator test heh heh. so much for a girl who's just started =P.

And of course, Aloy came to visit NUS on wednesday woOhoO. It was really a spur of moment thing and I do like a bit of spontaneity in my life when life can be so dull sometimes~ I was touched when he bought tea bags and paper cups and brought his flask for us to spur us on (a bit too early huh week 5 lols.) Looking through my entries, I found this entry 'thank you' dated 24.08.08...the usual line 'so many things have changed since then'. This is GLC's part and my thoughts now in PURPLE:

The GLC. biggest clique of 11 i had in my entire life oh wow.
1st things that came to mind: seaview, steamboat, badminton, "We're studious & hardworking besides being good loOking" cheer.

I cannot forget the mugging session we had, the time we went to ikea for dinner, the v-day together (thanks pals!), badminton sessions, visit to sx's uncle's house, CNY reunion steamboat dinner...and now adding on to the list we have the kite flying day, the watching Imaginarium day and our up and coming CNY lunch @ nadalala's hse (eh i still dunno how to go lehs)

Anita: we din really tok much but only recently till flyer we got to know each other more.]most of our memorable memories ironically are not with GLC but @ the flyer (soup spoon~~~) and your terrible emo life ack. lOlx. now Anita we have more memories as I got to talk to you the past few months and i'm glad u share bits of ur life with me and our spur of the moment Sentosa outing lolss.

Shawn: the guy who sort of disappeared hahas. but without you there, a piece of jigsaw will be missing~

UI: the angsty girl i remember who cannot stand eating lunch alone just like me! yeu ai is no longer as angsty...she can be cute sometimes lolsss and a bit whiny and wears t-shirts which make lotsa statements OH and now her slogan seems to be 'chillax'

Nadya: always there when she can & YES always there to call me a bimbo/ xiaO jie. nowadays the memories of Nadya seem to be multimedia viewing room LOLS. and we seem to be seeing each other more often than for the previous sems ^.^

Aloy: oh wth this guy. he's there to pick on my xiao-jieness too & expects the world to worship him hahaha. how odd till today i found that we can never get tired of his bhb-ness. still as bhb but I guess he's more susceptible to being suaned now and keeping his mouth shut hahas.

JW: my 1st friend in orientation lOlx & being miss nice. spent more time with JW this sem cos of our mod tgt! as usual we always bully but JW seems to have grown wiser and immune to our attacks lols.

SX: mr. nice & uncle agony, the only guy friend whom i've cried so long & so hard to. i turn to him because i felt he could see thing objectively (am i still right about this?) and for the few attempts @ jogging LOL. SX plays his seemingly phantom role @ times but is there when he wants/ free to. SX's gotten dressier this 2 sems (i wonder what spurred the change o.O). haha i can't believe i wrote there uncle agony lolsss.

Vicki: crappy, extraordinary with wacky thoughts & ideas.

Farhan: stop calling me "Whiny girl" lar! aiyO.

Taffy: looks innocent & mr. nicetie but actually horribly wrong (the typical sg guy) wahaa. Taffy is my sometimes lunch buddy who got touched by what he saw during his exchange. Still, he nerds over studies and speaks like he didn't care on certain matters. Taffy's deeeep.

HAPPY CNY!!
恭喜发财，财源广进，事事顺利，早生贵子，步步高升，可喜可贺，身体健康，学业进步，鸿运当头！！

overdose

2010-02-06T01:34:00.003+08:00

here i am blogging @ 1.34am when i need to wake up at 5! DAMMIT. that's cos i had 1 cup of tea and 1 cuppa mocha...good work, jasmine arghs.

overdose of movies suddenly..
revived my liking for movie watching again! Watched Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus ytd & Tooth Fairy today..i mus say both are pretty good shows and worth the bucks~! wanna catch Percy Jackson and Alice in Wonderland and Ironman 2`~~~

i kinda appreciated the movie (Imaginarium) more after i read the wiki page on its production notes and was quite shocked the movie was rather 'jinxed' in the sense that 2 people (Heath and a producer) died and the director almost lost his life as well omg. I was complaining how Johnny Depp din get as much screen time as Jude Law and Colin Farrell when i realized Depp did it despite his busy schedule filming Public Enemies at that time...so they only had him for 1 day and a few hrs...so wow tt was astonishing he managed to do this for the love of Heath Ledger..and they actually looked similar, don't they?

Although the Tooth Fairy had a predictable happy ending, the movie was a really hilarious and feel good type. The jokes were not lame (i thought they would be stale) and the antics were funny. And The Rock improved quite a bit in his acting~ and i felt the atmosphere of the theater was really good cos everyone was quite crazy and giggly (altho a bit too giggly at some parts -_-). It's like enjoying a rollercoaster ride when everyone's screaming with u that sorta thing.

Man. i want the Universal Studios to open soOoooonnnn!

those little things that

2010-02-02T22:43:00.005+08:00

give a lil spark to my days.

It's a Carebear given by my mummy lolss. New home for my new handphone. As shown from this carebear, Carebear evolution is getting rapid these days lols. I remember when I was 2 (i din rmb but my parents helped me to), my 1st carebear was the ORIGINAL yellow one that has a sun on its tummy and i named it julie lolss. God..now where's julie *looking arnd frantically for it* and now they have all kinds of carebears that don't really make sense lols. It's my 1st time seeing this purple coloured one with a flower petal on its tummy (?). Ah but cute nonetheless with its shimmery fur and haughty pout.

I guess kids these days don't play with carebears anymore nor do they still go ga-ga over Barney/ Teletubbies?

How i always am in a bad mood when i'm forced to wake up by the screaming alarm but this may change those terrible mood swings a little bit?

And we finally took a photo together! It's sort of our 1st (and i feel last =( ) mini outing tgt after korean lesson. I guess more pictures of my class will be coming out soon next week~

Mondays are always the blue days but korean lessons make Mondays bearable and worth going through =)

promote promote!

2010-01-31T17:51:00.005+08:00

current dramas airing & i'm watching =D

Based on the manga with the same title, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge shows the life of 4 studenst. Blessed with good looks Takano Kyohei , Toyama Yukinojo, Oda Takenaga and Morii Ranmaru were given a mission by their landlord Nakahara which would provide them with free lodging if they could turn her niece Sunako into a lady. Sunako however, appears before the four of them is a spooky girl whose hair covers her face and who loves horror and vampires. And so, their tumultuous communal life begins.

Ratings: 3/5 - the anime is better! Sunako was drawn most of the time in chibi form so it makes the story more comical and enjoyable.

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Chuno follows the story of Lee Dae Gil, a man from a noble family, whose life was ruined by Kim Seong Hwan. Kim Seong Hwan was a slave owned by Dae Gil's family who burned down Dae Gil's house when his sister, Un Nyun was going to be sold. Driven by his desire for revenge as well as love for Un Nyun, he survives his harsh years on the street and makes his name as a slave hunter the past 10 years. At the same time, a man named Song Tae Ha chanced Un Nyun (now Hye Won who ran away on her wedding night) and travelled with her. Both men become entangled in a love triangle with Hye Won.

Ratings: 4/5

the things people do

2010-01-27T20:41:00.002+08:00

strange encounters with people today.

this morning, I was sitting beside a lady (prior to that we were standing near the same mrt door so i din tink i'll regret later on). AND LO AND BEHOLD, throughout the whole train ride for 30mins, she was blasting music so loud that i'm forced to listen to hers instead of my own omggg.

come to think of it, not very sure if she had earphones on or she was simply listening with the speakers (the latter is even more inconsiderate). But it was so loud that people standing in front of us in the crowded train were stealing glances @ her (some just stared @ her). we could even hold a mini dance party if we wanted to cos the tunes were so hip hop and r&b lolsss.

At LT 11 for my class, i guess it's either the lecturer's soft or becos the lt's so big there's a larger capacity for echo..people behind and around us were talking quite loudly. The moment my lecturer said smth and mentioned the word 'surprise (with a str8 lecturer tone)', the guy at the back went "SURPRISE (with the jack-in-the-box tone)". Three rows in front of him including my fren and I simply had to turn back and looked @ him LOLSS.

OMGGG...the weird things people do these days.

craze.

2010-01-25T23:38:00.008+08:00

Can't decide which photo to put so put all hahah...he's still awesome whether he's fat or thin or chubby or gay looking or frowning or smiling or younger or older~

what was supposed to be a blog post 45 mins ago ended up @ some random site. was snapping up pics of JGS for my desktop wallpaper! woOhoO! now he's everywhereeee...except in my wallet hehs.

2 weeks later for my last korean class, we're going to play games and eat rice cake! Omggg so exciting lolss.. must rmb to take more picturess =( my teacher was her funny self today...dunno how we ended up there but she suddenly talked about her hamsters...saying she likes her hamsters so much that she worries for them and every morning when she wakes up, the 1st thing she'll do is to rush to them and see if they're still alive or not LOLs.

i want kimbab.

it's becos of my humongous pics below tt my skin looks so screwed. sigh.

this week seems like a busy week with the start of tutorials & all and tt means forming grps and embarking/ brainstorming on various projects. arghs. it's cos i have no ideas right now. but i like the fact tt my animal (aka crow) grp's being enthusiastic abt stuff and tt we got our ideas very quickly and we meet up diligently lolsss. maybe cos the stuff's more hands on and not so theoretical based so even if u noe nuts abt science, u can still think freely and leave things to ur curiosity~

lecturers amaze me.

2010-01-20T22:36:00.004+08:00

almost 2 weeks of school. impressions count!
altho have gotten off on an expensive, rough and messy start with bidding, i tink i'm quite satisfied with my choices this sem?

most of my lectures were enjoyable (except for China; i half dozed off while watching Deng Xiao Ping) and my lecturers were quite fun in a sense. I dunno why many of friends gave me THAT look when I'm taking animal behaviour but I always tot watching Animal Planet was an enjoyable thing (tho i din subscribe anymoreee) and we used to collect wildlife factfile cards when I was in secondary school. Guess some animals astound me (such as the komodo dragon which i'm very afraid of but still wow-ed by the fact we have such creatures on Earth)...and in Singapore, we have the monitor lizard! I guess anything tt's un-urban astonishes me lols.

And our science lecturer is fun too! hahas. i thought i'll get bored to death by science lectures but i felt she is so much better than some of the modules I take in Arts (and even Soci)...perhaps cos she has many video clips and stories to tell and then they're many unknowns that I've never heard of/ encountered and it becomes more exciting cos some were first-hand knowledge. It's like being back to primary school lessons whereby ur science teacher tries to intrigue you and get you interested lolss.

Another amazing lecturer I met today was the guest lecturer for my Japan-SG mod. He's from the history department BUT i tink i will enjoy history if he actually teaches 1101e lolss. OH MY; the most animated, jovial and liveliest history lecturer i've ever seen altho he goes like a bullet train. But everything he says; he made it so hyped up and exciting ( was wondering how could he not be tired going on like this for almost an hour lolsss.) And again, he made things sound as if they're simple to understand (like how ur primary/ sec skoO teachers will teach u in order for u to not hate that subject).

My soci of power lecturer on the other hand handled things in a more mature approach but his voice lolsss..i find it quite jolly and some of his jokes were really hilarious and sarcastic too.

hmMM..the style of my lecturers this sem.
But I guess the style of teaching makes an impact on a student (for me at least) on how he/she should & would study and the reasons for willingly doing so?

3 more weeks and it's the end for my basic korean level 1 =(((
I kinda like my groupmates and my teacher because altho she doesn't make use of any special techniques, her disposition as a teacher is smth many students can relate to at all times: patient, approachable, funny. aWww.

some facts make you go 'HUH'

2010-01-17T22:45:00.002+08:00

on Animals:

1. All elephants walk on tip-toe, because the back portion of their foot is made up of all fat and no bone.

2. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

3. The Albatross has a wing span of up to 14 feet and only needs to land once every couple of years to breed. They can travel hundreds of thousands of miles each flight. An albatross can sleep while it flies. It apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.

4. Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time.

5. During World War II, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs.

6. Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils.

7. Mosquitoes are attracted to the colour blue twice as much as to any other colour.

8. As a general rule in the animal kingdom, the more complex or relatively big the eye in relation to the body, then the smaller the rest of the brain. <-- So does humans o.O?

9. If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct temperature in Celcius degrees.

10. A cockroach breaks wind every 15 minutes. <---another reason to hate them

11. If a shark doesn't continually swim, it will sink.

12. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

13. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

14. Ants are said to never cross a chalk line. So if you've got ants, draw a line on the floor with chalk or wherever the ants are coming in.

15. The male fox will mate for life and, if the female dies, he remains single for the rest of his life. However, if the male dies, the female will hook up with a new mate. <--- HAHAHA.

16. There is no single cat called the panther. The name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used to refer to the puma and the jaguar. A black panther is really a black leopard.

17. Aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. Aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves.

wedding pictures are so awesomee.

2010-01-09T16:08:00.005+08:00

makes you wanna get married o.O

oh no. skoo.

2010-01-05T21:26:00.002+08:00

0oh skoo is starting soOn!!!
somehow part of me can't really wait for school to start becos slacking away @ home is making me feel really really guilty bleahs lols. i just want to absorb like a sponge plsss lolss.

just started getting hooked on korean variety shows (becos recently there's hardly any drama i wanna watch) and k variety is quite useful cos they'll put the words there as they speak so i can practise reading (at a snail's pace unfortunately) and listen to some of the expressions they use.

Finished 'Good Daddy Show' last week because Lee Hong ki was in it and he's just.so.adorable lolss. but all the other people were equally entertaining and becos of this show, i went to google a bit on Super Junior (cos Kim Hee Chul was in Good Daddy as well). he's an arrogant piece of ass (get surprised when people don recognize him "i'm TOP STAR!") but he always brings laughter to the show with his unique fashion sense (a big hole @ the back of his shirt, croc like shoes for winter) & expressive dance moves.

Good Daddy is about 5 single men with very different personalities (range from age 10+ to 40) learning how to take care/ care for their 10 year old daughter...of course many ridiculous stuff along the way because the dads are usually at a loss of what to do lols.

"We Got Married" is another entertaining and hilarious show which pairs up celebrities and have them live the life of newly wedded couples. Then they'll go through interviews to talk about their impressions of the other half, how men/ women think, about issues in their marriage, feelings, love etc. And they have sets of couples with their unique characteristics (e.g.: romantic type, funny but awkward type, mischievious type etc.) I feel couples with a larger age gap are very fun to watch lolsss.

I guess this is a really tough show to be in because after all it's a scripted show and you dunno how much (true) feelings to get urself involved in? On the side of a viewer, sometimes i doubt if this is what they really find themselves doing/ saying or simply acting only for the sake of the show.

SX maybe you shld watch this show to get to know more about how women feel lolssss.

the year of 2009 in 2010.

2010-01-01T01:48:00.002+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
kinda forgot to write a little about 2009 lolsss.
the year of 2009 of full of some ups and downs but basically i've grown lazier in 2009 (ACK dammit fact.)

alot of memories were made in 2009, especially of course during my 3 months break with my ex-colleagues and during the 2nd half where i made alot of project friends~
and of course finally moved my butt to learn korean lols (i sure am a wishy washy indecisive person) but i'm really happy with it right now =); it takes my mind off things and allow me to enjoy myself!

of course, there're still many more things I have to learn..
learning to be a better family member and a better friend and a better, useful person to myself (hur hur for the last part).
it's still difficult for me having to maintain rapport with people around me and i'm really glad to see friends who are still there even though i don't/ hardly talk to them anymore.

I should say the year of 2010 will be a very different year. I should just keep my path and options open!

ohh pinch cheeks

2009-12-22T23:13:00.004+08:00

Photos of Jang Geun Suk from You're Beautiful. He's the hottest young actor (as well as the drama) on the internet right now (well at least for me, i've finally found my favourite korean actorrrr yayyyy!)

Most favourite look of Jang Geun Suk

Androgynous argh so awesomee loOking (minus the hair part)

pouty. That's what the brat does in half the time in You're Beautiful
Cutey pie Jang.

And other pictures of Geun Suk. Amazed by how this is the same person for all the pictures!
Chubby specky Jang LOLS. I think tt's his roundest mooncake face ever.

Teenager Jang
Ancient Jang

Model Jang. woah.
Spiky boyish

my love for jang geun suk expands day by day...he's so different in every light but good looking all the sameeee. hope to see more of his dramas soOn.

carefreee.whisper, have a happy period~!

2009-12-13T20:38:00.003+08:00

It was a great windy dayyyy and from the looks of the pictures, it makes people wanna be out in the sun RIGHT?!
WELL we are good advertisers! hahaha we were actually complaining about the wind and the sun and the stickiness on our body. it was hellish during the afternoOn but in the evening everything just feels so niceee and breezy and yes, sleepy.

thanks to everybody for contributing to our little picnic; we shld plan smth even more different the next time when Nadya and Taffy comes back!

back to k dramas!

2009-12-11T16:38:00.004+08:00

more korean busters this december (am still waiting for Joon Ki's Hero) but right now, there's IRIS and You're Beautiful. wahahha...some of my frens like You're Beautiful alot...it's sort of a gender bender drama (i like!!!) with goOd loOking guys (i like!!!)

Many people compared Park Shin Hye (main lead) with Goong and Coffee Prince's Yoon Eun Hye. Even from this picture, they kinda look alike lolss. but somehow i feel Eun Hye is prettierrrr and she's done Vogue early this year (i think).

Apart from Lady Gaga's, i tot these are the next scariest heels oomgg.

IRIS receive just as much attention due to the amt of $$ (approx. $20m) spent, a star studded cast, shooting of locations such as Hungary and they tried to go controversial by delving into N.Korean issues.

Plus IRIS seemed to have put together a fashion line: how to dress like a fugitive and still look HOT lolss.
I was soOOOoo attracted to this poster, esp of T.O.P and Kim So Yeon (2nd from right). T.O.P's look reminds me of the cover from Trendy featuring SS501:

OMGGG. gothic androgynous men to dieeee forrrr.

i dunno why. the more i thought about New Moon, the more i realize the movie suck (but Dakota Fanning was awesome)..now Twilight seems so much better. Looking forward to the other movies (Avatar, Vampire's Assistant, Alvin and the Chipmunks) hahaha...was wondering if i shld catch Hayao Mayazaki's films...they're showing them on cathay cineplexes! Anybody wanna? The feature's on today's Life newspaper. Do check it out!

it's so nice to talk about such fanatic, bimbotic, mindless stuff for a change lols~

why did i. when did i.

2009-12-06T22:54:00.003+08:00

room's still looking like a dumpster. indeed, dumpstier than ever!
3rd day of holiday and still not sick of it lols...instead, haven gotten down to watching all the shows i wanna watch online (mayb cos i've already finish watching some of them during the exam period =O)\

outta touch with korean dramas for quite a couple of months but there's a few nice dramas already showing or going to show like IRIS? must catch them soOoon.

instead, i'm hooked onto old animes, taiwan dramas and lady gaga. ooohhh yes. it's so amazing, she is.
don really like her at first...i even luffed when she came dressed in red threads (or shreds) for the awards.
it wasn't "just dance" that intro-ed gaga to me but "pokerface" cos they kept playing on the radio and even small little kids are singing it lolsss. it's quite adorable actually. her voice on pokerface sounded like a mix of gwen stefani and christina aguilera.

then i realize she's...adorable too! lols. i only took more notice when i had to youtubed ellen's clips from the ellen show and there was this short 4mins interview on her and she was wearing the orbitary planet headdress (that was a 2008 interview) and then i realized how sweet her voice sounds (and how it differs with each song she sang)! and very cute too. she was even cuter with the bow on her head lols. i still wonder how she tied that heees. and her interview; you can see the sparkle in her eyes when she talks about music and her work; there's just so much pride in it. Probably cos she did everything by herself from songwriting to choreographing to directing which is amazing~

my personal favourites are Love Game and Monster. But i like acoustic Bad Romance~

and then it was her singing that sounded goOd even live and how she sings acoustic for almost every song she performed (why don't she release an acoustic album already!!). and her songs make you wanna watch her over and over again (even if she sings Bad Romance in 10 different venues) cos her costumes and gimmck acts and dramatic appearances (my favourite one was when she smashed the glass after Love Game to play the piano and then the piano was on fire) made everything seems novel and eyepopping everytime.

Ok enough said lols.

ouran high school!

2009-11-29T18:18:00.002+08:00

the past few days, i learn alot from watching...

DRAMAS & ANIME!

i learnt to apply the word 'kawaii' (how it's used, how it's portrayed, how girls use it) in different context.
i learnt about the inner feelings of hosts in host club (sabisu if i nv rmb wrongly) hehehe..
i learnt about the different ways people in postwar Japan framed 'family' *nod nod*....but at the same time, i see how gender roles within the traditional nuclear family is defined.

yes yes goOd educational videos *click on another episode*

2009-11-22T15:42:00.002+08:00

i just wanna blog somethin' becos i wanna make my blog happenin'

what's the big deal about you? i dunno, i'm just attracted to you. i can survive without you but i don't want to. i just have to look at you everyday even putting my real priorities aside for 10 minutes. it's baaaaaaddddd. i know. you've gotten into me just like how everyone else. even if there's nothing, i can't not not stop.

end of ranting. bleahs.

i spent 2+ hrs ytd watching Lady Gaga on youtube... can't wait for her new songs to be released. She. is. so. adorable. yesss queer word cos she's queer but when she's not being queer, she's polite and adorable.

one of a kind last lecture.

2009-11-20T00:12:00.003+08:00

LOLS this is my 1st time having my lecture in such a big LT (which lecture do you have ushers to welcome you? lolsss). it was a pleasant event; won't say it's really exciting BUT i almost teared on quite a few occasions when videos of certain people were shown and when David read the story of "The Giving Tree"...

and we got to see sarah (that's her with David our lecturer)....she was sitting in the front rows as well and oh my, she's seriously tall and lanky (perhaps at least half a head taller than David if she stood up)

i'm seriously impressed by the efforts other groups have put up. They set the bar so high that u'll think dey only have this module to study for =S. am embarrassed with myself lOls..

and thanks sx for showing your concern; i was almost speechless at your reaction when i asked for sweet.

This module (with damn hard exam qns sobs sobs) was a worthwhile uni experience, i must say. It's unconventional and I had a great tutor, great tutorial group and great group mates lolsss.

kinda glad i took this instead of erm, forensic science & reproductive organs lols!

interesting usage of words.

2009-11-16T16:11:00.002+08:00

there's not much enjoyment in life these days perhaps except from deriving amusement from interesting usage of words in academic sources. oh my tian...is this how my life's gonna be for the next 2-3 weeks?!?

taken from Johnny Kitagawa's reading:
"...both the heavenly domain and the nether region (LOLs) as being in the "other world", "

"While Buddhism made great advances during the seventh and eighth centruies, Shinto was far from being dead." (LOLS...din noe you can write like this in an essay...somehow i imagined aloy's sarcastic tone)

Don't be evil.

2009-11-13T22:15:00.003+08:00

i have officially x3 caught the F.D- the Facebook disease/ disorder..
i wanted to go blogger but my fingers instinctively typed 'facebook.com' within like 5 seconds...OMG.

it takes more than meds & determination to cure this.

constant worries about work weigh on my mind from time to time...even more so after i've reading articles for Soci of Education and dey keep reiterating to you about the realities of life after schoOl HAIZ.

anyhow, here're some amusing facts about Google..it's like a dream company if you're software engineer, ain't it?

Fact 1: As a motivation technique (usually called Innovation Time Off), all Google engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them

Fact 2: In an effort to maintain the company's unique culture, Google has designated a Chief Culture Officer in 2006, who also serves as the Director of Human Resources. The purpose of the Chief Culture Officer is to develop and maintain the culture and work on ways to keep true to the core values that the company was founded on in the beginning

Fact 3: In 2009 Google announced it was deploying herds of goats to keep grassland around the Googleplex short, helping to prevent the threat from seasonal bush fires while also reducing the carbon footprint of mowing the extensive grounds.

november 11

2009-11-12T00:13:00.004+08:00

celebrated my mum's bdae ytd.
i guess she copied my idea of multiple 1 week celebrations...so we were out almost the whole day lolss and it was her first time spending her whole day just for her birthday lolsss.

dunno why the pic turn out so small =S..it took like 15 mins to upload!

Lunch @ Seafood Paradise
Afternoon @ Haw Par Villa after dey dropped me off at biz =( haven gone there since i was like wad 5?!
Dinner @ Chatterbox (yes i'm nuts to go there but there's so much discounts and offers lols).
Cake-cutting @ mono

one of a kind lectures.

2009-11-10T20:43:00.003+08:00

hahahas. one of a kind lectures as my entry title suggests.
well you know it's week 13 and it's review lectures time..so Anne Raffin was saying we're always very stressed and if anybody asks for exam tips *at this point in time perhaps some are leaning in to listen*...

we should MEDITATE!LOLS.
so we spent close to 10-15mins meditating (or trying to mediate) lolsss. it was confusing instructions ..i din noe if i am to inhale and then exhale through my mouth or exhale through my nostrils. she was a bit frenzied lol...in fact the whole LT was laughing and then she off-ed the lights; there was supposed to be 'the most relaxing music in the world' HAAAH but she couldn't figure out the audio @ that time so we spent the 5 minutes in darkness and silence lols.

dunno what's the exact link she used but if u need time to calm your nerves, i've got one here! *waves* seriously quite relaxing hahas.

and then it was MNO lecture where he gave away 50 bucks (yes again) but this time with no conditions/ tricks involved. lol..lucky guy who got it!
I'm kinda looking forward to the ZOE Film Festival cos i've never been to the UCC before (yess suaku me after like wad 3 years).

under my umbrella, will you?

2009-11-06T19:42:00.002+08:00

Received 5-6 compliments today...LOL and all in 1 tutorial!
got back our project results, it's a decent grade (but everyone has decent grades soOO it all depends on the bell curve. AGAIN.)

i dunno about the other classes but i can tell everyone in my class put in alot of effort (in filming, in video editing, in aesthetics) on top of all the academic requirements we had to fulfill.

didn't manage to post it but here it is, our 2 mins trailer. The actual 10min video is more technical so unless u've been in MNO class, the back parts won't make much entertainment sense hahas. But if you're interested, you can youtube it yourself~

this trailer was done @ 2+am becos of the big problem we had before 2am lolsss and i couldn't sleep until I was sure everything's fine. All my group members worked really hard, esp. Shihui and Caroline becos they lived in hall so they had to fix everything up before the deadline day =|. Altho not a great loOking video, it's still ours and mine and I will still cherish it!

i just wanna blog.

2009-11-06T01:22:00.004+08:00

when is xiao mei going to come back.
i'm watching Bull Fighting again
i miss him =(((

school's gonna end in like a week.
OH GOD time flies once again...alright the 1st 6 weeks were kinda slow but after tt it toOk off like a bullet train.
Though i've been complaining of the multiple assignments and group meetings, i appreciate that i gotta know more niceee frens this sem! lolsss.

hopefully we can get to take the same modules again even tho we may be doing different stuff/ in different faculties.
yes and hang out during the hols~

i guess when u don go thinking about smth's possibly going to end, it won't happen.

kudos to me who's still thinking positively at this point in time!

it can't any better anymoreee.

2009-11-05T00:12:00.002+08:00

haiz.
seriously i think tt's the only word tt sums it up.

can't believe it's exams soOon.
i'm really honestly not prepared this time. i shld be pulling up my socks real hard. zzZzzz.

and this itch is literally killing me. SHIT.
hope it's smth that can be cured like real soon.
dunno why and how it happened.

feeling a bit moody now.

relieved?

2009-11-02T21:36:00.003+08:00

<3 fahrenheit =))) my long awaited fahrenheit drama no.1 is here! quite a ridiculous plot LOLS.

wheeee. finally i can relax a little!!
i was actually half skipping home after i handed in my soci paper lOls.
the past 3 weeks have really a mad rush with pressing deadlines & stress from juggling and multi-tasking.
sad to say, i din complete weeksss of readings and so my reading week's got alot of catching up to do.

note to self: i don't think i wanna do a video project again. The process is fun with filming and i personally like video editing but it takes a toll on my time when i have other things to concentrate on. But i guess my group really bonded and it was such a joy to watch the video =)...no matter how not great it is, i guess being ur own creation, u can't help but feel a sense more of pride in it lols.

holidays seem so far away but my mind's not thinking of that yet. holidays will come but i still have LOADS (or 100%) of stuff not clear...pls don't come so quickly till i can't catch my breath. i wanna go slow~

coraline.

2009-10-24T00:50:00.004+08:00

i mean how could i have missed this movie right when it came out?I would've/ should've made a mental note to watch (at least in my lappie if i'm nt going to the theatres).

well it all started with my groupmate calling the other groupmate, Caroline by Coraline because she was so confused with the 2 names lols. For a while, i wasn't bothered with the movie because it had a boring name...What the heck..but a quick search about Dakota Fanning (because she'll be starring in New Moon) made me realized she was the lead character of this dark fantasy...oOo plus points cos i'm a sucker for Tim Burton-style films (altho this one isn't but it resembles almost perfectly. If you like nightmare before christmas, you'll like this one.

For one thing, Coraline seems to be a re-telling of a very specific fairy tale: one that has been told in different forms fairly recently. Key examples that come to my mind are Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro. In all three these movies, a young girl on the eve of puberty is moving with her parents into a new house, leaving one set of friends behind, entering a new, unfamiliar, and slightly daunting new world (an unnamed city in Spirited Away, a countryside mansion in Pan’s Labyrinth).

Taken from: http://asubtleknife.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-trouble-with-coraline-or-fear-of-witches/

Here's the link: http://www.tomwans.com/video/316bdcd92d8f8d843da2539d7536f045/Coraline_2009#

yayy.

2009-10-22T01:10:00.003+08:00

haha finally something that brightened my day!
i guess i'm not so hopeless after all in taking a photo =P (but i rmb-ed they took like a 100+ shots to come up with like what...19?ahhaha.

ATAS photo of Jo-An.

I guess i look better not acting dao, unlike the 2 'guys'.

my fave pic of all? hahahas. cos it seemed sweet or maybe JY's cursing under her breath hahas.

anomie.

2009-10-22T00:12:00.002+08:00

i feel a sense of anomie..
when i can't keep up with my assignments and required hwk and readings + hectic change in scheduling..
i am increasingly less integrated with my assignments and deadlines.

i feel a sense of alienation...
where i dunno wad i'm doing anymore
for i am separated from my original mode of thinking..i'm learning soci/ other modules but i end up learning how to write a decent essay/ how to tweak my questions/ how to tweak my answers.

i feel a sense of disenchantment...
where my means are its ends...i do my stuff for the sake of doing it..for the sake of fulfilling the grades i want (if i can even come close to)
i dun do it because of the intangibles/ the meaning but in the mundane.

haven been.

2009-10-20T22:02:00.002+08:00

haven been reading my usual readings
haven been reading my assignment readings
haven been doing my assignments properly
haven been realizing what i need to do for tml's tutorial (until just this afternoon and 1 min ago)
haven been packing my table

OMG and i'm still moving @ snail's pace.
how much more optimistic have I been? Start getting pessimistic jasmine...it's the only motivation!

birthdays and hairstylists.

2009-10-17T22:45:00.006+08:00

hi all <3,

thanks for celebrating my birthday this past week! I'm very happy to be able to meet up with you guys and some of us already have like fluid plans to do stuff together again during the holidays! can't wait!

I guess all of us here share one thing in common: love for food! lOlsss...& the art of digressing, the art of cam-whoring lOls.

to those who are not inside...we'll meet up properly again soon! (after all the shitty @#$% projects, assignments & exams are over)!

you can now view your pictures @ facebook lOls.

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went out to town to do filming for my mno project.
My 1st attempt and i frightened off a stranger...i guess i was too loud & enthu..i was like tapping his shoulder and went "hey!" then he jumped HAHAHA. but thanks god dey did it for us in the end..

of course big groups (and younger people) were easier...more than willing. I was quite embarrassed for them also becos they said it pretty loud and wif a huge camera, passers-by actually stopped @ look at us and them hahahas.

We were roaming around esplanade and marina square, hoping to find friendly people..oh my oh my, kept gushing abt this..
We were quite hesitant about approaching the salon (cos there're alot of them and not all are attending to customers) and the hair stylists who were all guys; almost all of them are goOd loOking, if not fashionable lolsss. Shihui and I were damn high: i think we like the same type of people hahas. I always admire hairstylists~

there's so many of them and u dunno which 1 to look at lols.

They were damn shy and only 1 could read English so the rest didn't film..but i love their style hahas and they're quite friendly. there was this hair stylist who was around 1.6m but he was super cute with bangs, slightly rosy cheeks and a black hat...hahaha seriously makes me wanna cut hair there and just stare @ them (but too bad hahas.)One of them who was cutting hair kept staring due the commotion we were making & the big camera..wondering if he paid attention to what he's doing lols.

aww. i wish everyone dress like that lols.

the 100.

2009-10-15T22:14:00.003+08:00

WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage: water
2. Last phone call: mom?
3. Last text message: from my mno pals meeting up for 'business lunch' tml lols.
4. Last song you listened to: Can I Have This Dance by HSM 3
5. Last time you cried: oOo..i tink i teared when we watched John Q which was last week.

HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice: No
7. Been cheated on: nope.
8. Kissed someone & regretted it: nope
9. Lost someone special: not yet and not ever!
10. Been depressed: yups
11. Been drunk and threw up: nopeeee. i stay away from alcohol :D

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLOURS:
12. White
13. Gold
14. Pink

THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2009)
15. Made a new friend: yes yes!
16. Fallen out of love: yes
17. Laughed until you cried: no but luffed till stomache just this tuesday
18. Met someone who changed you: yeah
19. Found out who your true friends were: i'm still finding out~
20. Found out someone was talking about you: oh yes.
21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: nopes
22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: almost all ?
23. How many kids do you want to have: hmmm..tricky question haha..it fluctuates.
24. Do you have any pets: no...i will like one but the hassle of cleaning up their poo arghs.
25. Do you want to change your name: of course not!
26. What did you do for your last birthday: i went to sentosa~
27. What time did you wake up today: 11+am
28. What were you doing at midnight last night: watching Gossip Girl
29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: Holidays!
30. Last time you saw your Mother: like right now lols.
31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life: to be more certain of my direction and goals.
32. What are you listening to right now: the fan blowing
33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: hmm no hahas.
34. What's getting on your nerves right now: nothing much...more like a million things running thru my head @ 1 time.
35. Most visited webpage : Facebook..it's like an instinct!
36. Whats your real name: Jasmine
37. Nicknames: Jas, meanie, wee wee
38. Relationship Status: Single
39. Zodiac sign: Dragon
40. Male or female?: Female
41. Elementary?: PLMGPS
42. Middle School?: PLMGSS
43. High school/college?: NYJC
44. Hair colour: Dark brown
45. Long or short: lonnngg
46. Height: 168
47. Do you have a crush on someone?: yes hahas.
48: What do you like about yourself?: hmm. i like how i look & feel & react when i constantly wear a smile on my face~
50. Tattoos: nopes. don't think i'll ever get a design i'll stick to the rest of my life
51. Righty or lefty: Righty

FIRSTS :
52. First surgery: nopes.
53. First piercing: pri 1
54. First best friend: ting yu
55. First sport you joined: hahaa judo? i mean official righttt
56. First vacation: Genting Highlands
58. First pair of trainers: pri skoo?

RIGHT NOW
59. Eating: No.
60. Drinking: No.
61. I'm about to: do my Food for Thought question and stop procrastinating.
62. Listening to: -
63. Waiting on: all these shit deadlines to end and me with a happy satisfied face.

YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids?: right now, i don't...for the future i'm nt sure~
65. Get Married?: yesss
66. Career?: wow still figuring that out.

WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes: Eyes
68. Hugs or kisses: hugs
69. Shorter or taller: Taller.
70. Older or Younger: older
71. Romantic or spontaneous: romantic
72. Nice stomach or nice arms: errrmms. if the tummy's not too pudgy, then nice arms.
73. Sensitive or loud: sensitive
74. Hook-up or relationship: Depends on the situation.
75. Trouble maker or hesitant: both are terrible things!

HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger: No
77. Drank hard liquor: nonono...tsk.
78. Lost glasses/contacts: Yes
79. Sex on first date: nopes.
80. Broken someone's heart: i guess.
82. Been arrested: i'm a law abiding citizen.
83. Turned someone down: Yeah.
84. Cried when someone died: Yes
85. Fallen for a friend?: yeapps

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself: Yes
87. Miracles: Yes, i want them to happen.
88. Love at first sight: i've not encountered that yet; Ok almost but tt's not love!
89. Heaven: Ooo..white nice and fluffy
90. Santa Claus: nopes
91. Kiss on the first date: Yeah, why not
92. Angels: Yes

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: nopes.
95. Did you sing today?: nope.
96. Ever cheated on somebody?: nopes.
97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?: secondary school then skip JC (cos i dowan 2 go thru a levels again!!)
98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what day would it be: there're quite a few days lolsss..but i like my macau trip? don't mention it mans. can't go this year arghs.
99. Are you afraid of falling in love? kinda; cos i'm not sure of myself lols.
100. Posting this as 100 truths?: yupps

happy birthday!

2009-10-12T22:09:00.002+08:00

being 21st is the same as...being 20. no difference (oh maybe i've grown a few more wrinkles lolsss).

but of course the feel is different compared to last year's bdae.
this year i'm much busier (i haven watched any drama for the past 3 nights!!! that's like zomg already for me) partly cos of projects and meeting different groups of friends.

No pictures as of yet until my entire marathon is done.
It's really great to catch up with my pals but of course it also takes a toll on my time (and my eyebags & my brain).
So i gladly appreciate the time you all take (or going to take) to celebrate my birthday with me!

I try my best to show my gratitude to u guys (but unable to do so if i can't who i'm going out with lolssss. but will try my best k!)

it sucks when i have a pile of weeks old work to be done like really soon.
ARGH those 2 projects will soon drive me mad!

a busyyyyy week.

2009-10-10T00:59:00.005+08:00

OMG. i haven started my work yet..these past few days have been doing projects and going out. There's so much to do for next week...like read my readings, facilitate tutorial discussion, write my JS and edu paper, watch my webcasts zZzz.

and i won't be free to do any of this for the next 2 days before monday starts. But it's a happy kind of stress hahaha. altho i noe it's sending me to doom if i dun make some time and effort!

don't intend to blog this until after my birthday marathon is over but i tot i'll just be celebrating wif my ex colleagues for dinner & after dinner chill BUT they surprised me with a birthday cake! I was seriously unaware and shocked lolsssss...no wonder my ex-boss was acting really not himself & jenelle was a lil strange...he'll usually disturb me or pull a few jokes but he was distant and 'busy' lolss.

not sure if i should go back during hols to help them hmmm.
as usual he's always asking me about going back to work ACK.

there's more to come~

OH and 3 people i met this week have said the word 'boomz' HAHAA.

day 5.

2009-10-09T00:11:00.001+08:00

i love my shoe. but it's giving me too many blisters @ the back =(
i almost couldn't rmb wad i did ytd LOLs.
everything just seem jumbled into 1 or 2 days or smth~

wad a frenzied day.

2009-10-06T23:00:00.002+08:00

today has quite a few firstss.

First time filming for our MNO project..my i tot it was seriously embarrassing to hold the guitar hero mic and play reporter..but apparently, we din get too many stares @ Central Forum lolsss.

First time going around asking people. It was really funny and cute when you see strangers/ friends doing the pledge, especially with that tiny cocktail umbrella lolsss. AND my lecturer David looked the most serious when he was doing it hahaha like he was making some parliament speech.

First time attending a lecture just to watch a movie. wow. We watched John Q. it's a movie i'll never pick to catch because i'm not really drawn to human drama but it's a goOd movie & i teared..while there're some people who really cried till their eyes were bloodshot. It was a great movie; reminds me of Grey's Anatomy esp. when the ethics part comes in.

Before the movie, we (or I) wanted to get some snacks and we came across a table of people making popcorn and the guy was like sorry not for sale cos they're making it for a lecturer and it turns out they're making for David! WoOhoO! the popcorn had been ours to begin with~

First time doing my qualitative interview. Now, there's alot of lessons learnt. Gana is right. pen and paper is the best (altho i'm a comp lover, i suck @ using comp and interviewing pple @ the same time). Recorder is MY ultimate saviour cos i was too distracted to take down proper notes.

He said "if you're able to use 30% of the data, it's good enough". I totally overestimated myself mans lolssss. And yesss i need to rethink/ reframe/ redo my way of questioning.

And i realize each interview i took almost an hour. OMG. time flies crazily in there.

I have so much more to learn.
3 more packed days!

oOO.

2009-10-05T23:49:00.002+08:00

now do I have the heart to blog lols.
my JS class today was totally in the wreck. I'm sorry for seriously LOL-ing...and I was damn amazed Thiam Huat luffed so loud today (i still can't rmb what he said lolsss).

Who knew that today's topic will make everyone seem so weird lols.

Tomorrow is going to be a fun (i hope!) but tiring day!

am so glad that my projects are starting to gain some progress =)

happy mid-autumn!

2009-10-03T15:37:00.010+08:00

Happy mid-autumn everyone! Not a big fan of shang3 yue4 but i do like mooncakes (and piglets!) and pomelos! always prefer the red-meat types.

My fave mooncake (since young) has always been dark/white lotus with no egg yolk with 'normal' skin~

until i tried Bakerzin's snow skin series.. Ookie i take back my words. <3

This is wad my bro gave me last year; it's the nicest piglet (or ju1 zhai2 in cantonese) i've ever seen lols but don't taste that great. For this year (oops no photos), the piglet he gave had a very nice woven basket (unlike like those red plastic thingy with holes that they usually put piglets lolsss). I'm a fan of such pastry!

Somehow, those with nicer decorations do not taste as great/ original as the cheap ones in red plastic hmmm. perhaps they've compromised the taste?

Anyhow, for those who're still not scared of gorging mooncakes, be sure u don't end up with a mooncake face!

2009-10-01T20:40:00.002+08:00

eew. body is itching from the lib boOks.
the month of October is the month of battle (sadly when the month of Oct is supposed 2 b my birthay month! arggh this always happens from the day I started primary 1).

everybody let's do the raindance.

2009-09-30T16:58:00.004+08:00

it rained.
but it rained @ the wrong time @#$% at 3+ammm...who is there for me to shelter god.
and i thought the darkness of this sky that i'm witnessing is the anticipation of heavy raindrops from the sky but my mum told me it's due to haze @#$%@#$%!!!

Is it that hard to rain the way it rained the 1st 2 week of september rawr.
I don't want to get the "Down in a Blaze of Glory" award dots. (well unless it doesn't guarantee me a B- and below, then maybe i shall consider).

This sucks.
But god says (or David says) to give me and my group & everyone else (or SX as well to get better ideas than to get people to smile) another chance...project deadline postponed to a week later woOohO & it's e-learning week next week so more time to do my project(S) yayyys.

And i thought e learning week means I can just attend 3 days of schoOl (turns out have i have to go back to school on 4 days @#$%.) it's not e-learning week...it's like the same argh.

i'm a grumpy old fart now hahas. cos i'm supposed 2 be reading the books i borrowed ytd but i'm still procrastinating (yes week 7 & still such an attitude...it's beyond repair.)

enough of cranky post~

>.<

2009-09-28T20:58:00.006+08:00

as much as i noe i feel like this --> >.<..trying to keep a positive mind here. Problems resulting from my projects zZZ... "雨啊。。。你为什么不再拜访我了? 难道你在跟我玩躲猫猫游戏吗！”

1. Why doesn't it rain these days dammit.
2. How am I going to protect my informants zZZ.
3. How do i rephrase my qn so i can protect my informants and still can get what i want.
4. Should i risk diving into a whole new different field.
5. I know nuts about religions argh.
6. Still haven gotten to the point of setting the right question & paper's due last week of Oct.
7. Haven decided on framework to guide topic (similarly also another paper to be handed on last week of Oct; the day after 6.)
8. Problems defining my sociological theories/ core concepts.

I just wish god can give moree inspiration. it seems to be sucked up or bouncing back to square one after I thought I had it.

“死撑活撑也必须撑下去。。。”

feel that i'm doing the most thinking out of all semss...lols it never seemed that hard when I was doing my anomie essay/ my food essay/ science & tech essay hMmMMmm...

2009-09-27T16:23:00.001+08:00

HAHAAA was youtubing for Jam Hsiao then I found a list of Show Luo's impersonation clips.

I think this is the funniest one HAHAHAs.

親愛的.是我梁文音 (紫玫瑰)

2009-09-26T02:57:00.001+08:00

have u ever ended up like me? incoherent.

2009-09-25T22:11:00.005+08:00

i dunno how my neck hurt the whole day today (must be bad sleeping posture again).
I'm procrastinating by refusing to spend more effort on my quali project (oh god this seriously sucksss).
there's only 2 days left to school and i only have that to get up myself and going.

had this habit of sleeping in the early night time (8+-10pm) and then waking up and then found myself very awake until like 2+am omgggg.
had a couple of dreams just now during my short nappie and the last mini dream i remembered was telling my mum i wanted to see penguins, dolphins, whales and sea monkeys (?!?!)

And there was rock band playing next to us LOLS. and i was saying penguins only come out in winter (but we can't be waiting for it in winter; we'll freeze to death!) She was like looking around telling me she doesn't spot any single thing; i told her it's impossible with the band and the loud noise. At the same time, I was desperately looking for sea monkeys (!?!), hoping to catch a glimpse of them...

Apparently this location in my dream is not the Singapore Zoo..it's some really dark open space with ice blocks floating around and gusts of wind that send shivers to my bones. Amazing right, my dream hahahhas.

When I woke up, I googled 'sea monkey' and damn, it was just a species of a brine (saltwater) shrimp like wth...i was actually expecting to see monkeys swimming in the dream. So much for sea monkeys...

BORING.

This dream has no connection, except for dolphins and whales cos i thought of going Australia this december and rock bands; watched a few dramas with rock bands in them. But that's it; how did sea monkeys come out?!

smelling like BBQ.

2009-09-24T01:21:00.003+08:00

Warning: long & bimbotic post. yes food included.

It was my 1st visit to the national lib with my JS proj mates and my, is the speed of the lift fast lOls.

The reference section @ level 11 is soO coOl. The ceiling is like endlessly high and becos of their ceiling-to-floor glass panels, the whole place just looks so bright, spacious and very fashionably conducive for studying.
There's even a cushioned bench area @ one end where you can take a read & admire the city. That's aweeeesomee. There was a guy doing that and it felt so laidback and nice to spend some time with yourself.

Apparently we enjoy taking the lift!
Went up to the top level 14, you can see the warm rays stretching out as the sun began to set and then when you go all the way to ground level, the sky and the surroundings became shockingly dim...it's so COOL lols.. in a matter of like 5-10 seconds.

It'll be just as awesome when you take a plane ride in the late afternoOn as it touches down in the evening.

Then this horrible uncle who shouted at me "YOU don't even know where you want to go AR!" (apparently we're waiting for the 'partial glass' lift so we didn't bother boarding the one opposite & it kept opening for us to enter because i pressed the 'up' button twice & no one else was calling for the lift from above)...like it's his business because he's going down, not up dots...and shout so loud in a lib somemore omg.

Anyways, Bugis Food Junction doesn't have the Tempura stall unlike the one @ Raffles City. The Raffles City foodcourt is my new townside haunt where there's so much cheaper and good foOd (ample space somemore; dun need to wait for people to finish eating @ mealtimes)...but Felle was saying that's the Scotts foodcourt Beef Noodle stall @ bugis..altho i kinda forgot what that taste like but i rmb-ed my parents brought me there before lolsss.

Food Junction is now putting some thought into their decorations. Food courts never looked this good! Honestly, I was quite disappointed with MOF's dessert cos when it came to us, it was melting like crazy hmmm, perhaps cos they're too busy. I guess i still prefer Azabu Sabo lOlsss.

And you'll wonder "i thought this is a project meeting?" LOLs. It was, for the last half hour before we decided to go home. It was just so great a time that it flies really quickly today (usually I have a 3rd round; like a drink/ coffee =X) but I guess we spent too much time @ the library & waiting @ MOF.

I realize I miss Soup Spoon after seeing it @ Bugis. Who wants to go with meeeeeee?

stomach growling. heart weakening.

2009-09-22T23:46:00.001+08:00

i feel likea imbecile after seeing all those obento pictures posted by related sites. OMG. it's so divine.

lesson learnt.

2009-09-22T19:49:00.007+08:00

Since i've been discussing the topic on moral education with ui today (yes we've been engaging in regular academic conversations....no la we had to do our project ack), I've decided to post something to allow you all to ponder (it was an excuse to post something omg).

Maybe some of you have read it but do take a loOk anyways! At the same time, think about what seemed to be morally right (or wrong) in this whole incident. Or are there even morals here in the 1st place?

When my parents told me about this, I was damn shocked LOL so note: take a deep breath before reading~

Link:
Man punched woman in chin for accidentally stepping on his toes in MRT

Alternative link:
Man punched woman in chin for accidentally stepping on his toes in MRT

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The creator of Crayon Shinchan, Yoshito Usui's body was identified on 20 September 2009 =(. They said he might have fell over while attempting to take a picture from a cliff.

I don't really know much abt the author but he was one who gave birth to such an irritating but irresistibly cute character, at least in my opinion and formed quite the bulk of my late pri school- early sec skoO days spending time in front of the TV with my brother. I had 12 volumes of Crayon Shinchan still in my cupboard...altho quite a number are repeated episodes, it's still ridiculous and funny~

Back then I was watching the show for entertainment but today I know Shinchan grew up in a typical salaryman family (but living in the suburbs) so it's like witnessing typical Japanese nuclear family trying to attain MC/ hegemonic status & the lil squabbles in their supposedly boring and normal lives (still got 32 years of mortgage to be paid LOL that's what the father always stress.)

Looking for an interesting related pic to post here and look what i found omggg:

Photos taken from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bentorecipes

and then we learnt about the ideology behind the obento set and Japanese mothers during JS.

and the user's other obento-es...OMGGGG. freak. i so want to eat them or just bring around for all to see!

It started with a kiss...and million more!

2009-09-21T23:35:00.003+08:00

Just watched ISWAK 2.
oh mansss....the drama is one of the cutest dramas (cos some of the actors are cute toO =p).
Makes me feel like getting married & settling down with that someone who really loves you in ways that's so mature and everlasting (and even having a kid omg yucks i can't believe that part myself).

Thought it was better than ISWAK...althought couldn't rmb since I watched during my JC days~

there're so many kissing scenes that it's secretly quite a delight to be kissed by Joe Cheng like that LOL.

ahhhhh Da Dong <3

i'm full. i'm a fool.

2009-09-21T21:00:00.005+08:00

Went to eat @ Ah Yat today!
Nope don't be crazy...ain't squandering my $$ away @ some high end restaurant..
but it's reasonable, affordable Ah Yat @ Orchard Central Level 5!
Right now till October they have discount coupons when you order some of their dishes~
Char Siew Ramen with small whole abalone is around $15 *nods nods it's that affordable!*
and they also have dim sum specials from 2.30pm- 5pm~~

Bad camera pics with 2 lines streaming down. *note to self* Am not going to buy LG phone unless it's a must have/ makes me feel 10times richer.

Superior Braised Shark's Fin. Good stock~
This is the dish every patron ordered @ Ah Yat during dinner just now. Abalone with baked fried rice ($16.80) and the 2nd plate @ $5~
Which explains the huge crowd waiting outside (as if the restaurant is throwing 50% discount storewide)..but of course just for this, you save like $11~

I'm not a fan of baked rice...so it gets very boring after eating half the portion. But the abalone is not bad...apparently they're able to afford it cheaply because it's bred locally.
Check out the Sunday Times Life edition (20/9) for Ah Yat Tian Xia!

Finally moving my butt and heading back to school tomorrow to select some academic reads and do my education project. Although it's basically content analysis on CME textbooks, I feel quite excited doing it lOls.

No mid term exams but 5 projects/papers to hand in..yes whining again. Perhaps it's the 1st time I feel quite directionless/ unsure as to whether my topics are ever feasible/ deserve an award type.

Everything just seemed so flawed and unready. I haven got that sense of enlightenment/ oomph/ eureka like last sem.

Am I getting stupid or what =(

oops forgot restaurant name =X

2009-09-17T23:24:00.003+08:00

finally ate @ tampines one's jap restaurant. the other i tried with this "marche" concept was shokudo but this one smells better lOlsss..
Shokudo smelt like there's too much BBQ-ing going on altho i felt their decorations are nicer compared to this one.

Likewise, both of them are equally ice freezing cold.

The tuna tomato spaghetti was niceeee.
mayb cos i like canned tuna bits =P.

Ratings: 8/10 becos portion is too small so minus 2 marks!

Because their fruit tart is too ex, cherylene & I shared the strawberry choc one..hmm Okie Okie but they all looked so pretty...feel like bringing all of them home. 1 whole tart is like $75 lehs =(
and they have this earl grey tea she bought that taste like chinese herbal tea lOls...

Ratings: 7/10 becos it's too ex (S$7.50/slice) and the cheese ain't that cheesy when it's supposed to have cheese filling dots.~

thanks for sharing with me your life =)
Hope you realize a few things on your own, girl (hey i noe u're also stalker of this blog k!) and try to sort things out bit by bit~

rickety rackety bones.

2009-09-16T14:10:00.006+08:00

exercising is good.
but i woke up with a painful butt and thighs..
and was 15 mins late for tutorial *clap clap*

maybe going back next week to play frisbee again..
but i'm so not happy with the time -it ends like 9pm..
and i'll get home late, tired, not caring about doing anything.
on the field it was confusing like mad lols.
there're too many people.

hey and i din noe for archery, the stand for the bow is like a music stand hmMMmm...
that would've been interesting but i have terrible sight problems rawr.

i seriously hope i make damn good use of my mid term break.
my revision's like on orange alert but i still shove around like a bum, it'll be breaking point T.T

Came across this picture and it makes me go awWWwww..
wad a cute and sweet little girl~~~
i'll want my daughter to look as cute as she lOls.

I did this finally and i was hoping to look like some korean star...
but NOT Bae Yong Jun argh.

lOls.

2009-09-14T18:50:00.000+08:00

i've finally changed my blog layout after like monthsssss!
and then people will go wth...wad kind of layout is this?!?!?
LOLS. hey i'm someone who secretly likes cute things.
well it's my blog and it has 2 b a place where everything looks childish and chirpy to brighten up this life.

But other than that, i'm a mature person *nods*

it's funny how ytd when I was @ the fitting room trying on clothes where there're a few squealing children outside and one of the boy was so cute...he was singing to Lady Gaga's Pokerface chorus LOLS as the music played on. i'm so glad he din manage to sing the whole song...i mean wad the world's coming to right: a primary school boy singing the whole song..the chorus alone sounds funnily cute already when he sang it (in tune somemore!)

I watched so many pretty boys commercial ytd (and MVs) until some of the images get stuck in my head; esp Kimura's Gatsby Body Paper. too bad we can't do fancy pansy presentation today lOls. I had no idea he advertised for lipstick O.O..

And there was Lee Jun Ki which many girls will be ashamed of their own appearance and where Bairavi said it's so freaky a guy can look this girly lOlsss.
then there's korean boyband SS501 slapping their butts in one of their MVs O.O

it's. just. so.

2009-09-13T02:26:00.001+08:00

unsettled. hopefully the feeling will slowly go away/ be less unsettling.
and this emo-ness and loneliness...hasn't been a while since i got such a feeling le.
HAIYA. god.

i still should be a better somebody.
altho i feel my life's kinda like wasted? and monotonous? and boring zZZ. I should be busy but it's like boring busy. yucks. and the feeling of hitting into walls.

this is a bad post lols.
and when i have nothing to do @ home, i sleep more (which explains why i'm still up @ this point in time) and the feeling of waking up from such a sleep is horrid: i felt like i have no appetite, slight headache, the feeling of slipping past minutes...it's the 'life sucks' feeling.

maybe that's why i've be feeling so horrible recently.
maybe it's that unhealthy feeling hmmm.
yes kitty has asked me 2 play frisbee like !@#$ times. i'm interested but not enough enthu-ness coming from it.

amused.

2009-09-11T20:19:00.000+08:00

i am increasingly amused @ Facebook. know i'm slow but just started using the English (Pirate) language setting..it's quite ridiculous and hilarious @ the same time.

Here's an example of what the normal English will say:
Invite friends to join Facebook.
To find people you know who are already using Facebook, check out the Friend Finder.

Here's the Pirate translation:
Ahoy! Recruit yer landlubbin' mateys to set sail on Ye Olde Facebook.
Mayhaps ye have mateys already sailin' th' Seven Seas! Arrr! Hoist y'self up yonder crow's nest and use the Matey Scouter Weather-eye (this is Friend Finder lol...at 1st i thought wth does tt mean?) for jolly companions to find the scoundrels 'round Ye olde Facebook.

On changing the language setting, i realize they even have English (Upside Down) HAHAHAHA like who the hell uses that...won't you get a cranky neck? And English (Upside Down) looked alot like Thai/Hindi hahahahas.

The even more amusing thing is my JS lecture ended @ 1.15pm today (instead of usual 1.45pm) and our lecturer kept us for almost the half hour talking about her whole life & her management with self esteem and weight issues LOL. some of the guys looked baffled and yes amused...and it was totally weird before she started her story she asked a guy if he ever think himself as beautiful and great LOLS.

And my soci lecturer actually embarrassed me twice this whole week! The whole class was laughing on Monday about one of my comments and him taking a dig at it...Just this morning, the whole LT was laughing cos he brought it up again and he said "Oh it was you who said that" noOOOoo. i felt those who laughed the loudest were my classmates or smth lolss.

Then after class he said, "I hope you don't mind me having brought it up"
"No it's okieee" was always my usual reply when someone asks smth like this
"Oh...so you actually mind" LOL. immediately I wanted to -_-''''

on drugs.

2009-09-05T14:26:00.001+08:00

oh my. is this retribution for killing a moth and spending the past week squandering my time on true blood? Now i feel a bit like shit lOls. BTW, the NUS University Health Centre/ UHC has no toilet! the doc was doing nothing much...he gave me useless med.
and today the private doc also said the same thing "so what can i get for you" argh dots. are doctors that unfriendly these days....the NUS doc also asked the same of my friend, as if we're kicking up a fuss for no reason boohoos.

now he came up with 6 types of medicine (i've never had 6 types for food poisoning and 5 types pertain to my diarrhoea/ stomache solely). O.O gosh.

I've traded my speciall paper clip for a Jay Gee discount card! now who wants the discount card? it's gt discounts for quite a few coOl retail outlets including Levis & Aldo~~

teachers.

2009-09-03T17:01:00.002+08:00

DOES ANYBODY WANTS TO TRADE A SPECIAL PAPER CLIP WITH ME?
OR RATHER DOES ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A BOOKMARK DESIGN OUT OF PAPER CLIP!

Argh. i'm so not creative and resourceful. SX almost robbed my lappie in exchange for a paper clip, some friend lOls.

Having said that, I'm running out of the idea for our projects (or rather totally no idea at all god).
David Lehman actually booked our NUS UCC for our year end project OMG. He's one of the 1st lecturers who pays out of his own pocket that I know of (i hope that's what he's actually doing!)
even all the more pressure to come up with something really really good (no extraordinary ideas here apart from volunteering which i feel many people will be doing).

i have nothing much to write here; too much going on in my head lOls.
I should have more self control; it's already week 4 dammit!

the motivation is gone before it started ack.

2009-08-31T20:44:00.006+08:00

my face (or eyes) is glued to compy almost 24/7 catching true blood..right now i'm @ season 1 ep 10 (started watching on fri~~).
i've been meaning to watch it since end of last year but i've been putting off for god knows what reasons...until SCV flashed that season 2 is out. that's when I realized a whole 1st season just whizzed past me and i lOve anything to do with vampiry stuff soO here I am~~

actually I really din expect the drama to be like that O.O. The first few episodes I have to half close my eyes lOls cos there's quite a bit of beddy drama going on (i noe vampires goes with sex/ high libido whatever that is but no one ever said what's the reason anyway). So no one will get to watch this on channel 5, cos 10mins of each episode will be like censored..that's the average sex scenes/ naked scenes they have altho for the 1st few episodes there's alot more than I've ever seen in a drama or maybe cos i've never watched m18 dramas lOlsss. I've watched m18 movies but m18 drama where you've seen every single main character's naked body?? that's quite bizarre.

But I love how in the story, vampires are part of human society; politics and all and the romance between 1 vampire who's willing to mainstream and a waitress (in real life, the 2 actors are now engaged! their on-set chemistry is naturally then good). Of course, there'll b more to come with introduction of many other supernatural beings. Reminds me of Charmed suddenly hmmmm.

and seriously i feel sooOoooOoOoooooooOOo guilty about leaving my education readings lying around in the dirt (well almost, my desk's looking like a dumpster).

HAIZ and i din even noe i had 2 submit a 2 page essay for Japanese Religions for next week lOls. thank god he reminded us. Tutorials are getting a bore when you have to submit weekly stuff (and that means having to do weekly readings).

Somehow, in this week 4 i'm feeling kind of lost right now as to what to accomplish for each module (like what the heck, hols's in 2 weeks and i haven got a clue as to what to do for my research projects).

I feel so unmotivated. The only bit I'm able to do is complete my readings on time, that's it.

yaaaa and i need to charge my laptop! OMG. i actually forgot. damn how unorganized and undisciplined I am!

讓我照顧你- 張芸京

2009-08-29T19:43:00.000+08:00

A very sweet and touching song <3333

你一個人失了魂　清晨哭到夜深
不要別人問　我不出聲　一直等
聽你說你心疼　當時好傻　好天真
如果可以我願意　這樣陪你到永恆

讓我照顧你　面對再大的風雨
也能微笑做自己　像個孩子　躺在我懷裡
讓我照顧你　在這荒蕪世界裡
就算有新的劇情　在明天等著你
然而在你最需要的此刻　請讓我輕撫你

總有一天會有人　一個懂你的人　
讓你從此不心疼　
如果可以我願意　這樣陪你到永恆

讓我照顧你　面對再大的風雨
也能微笑做自己　像個孩子　躺在我懷裡
讓我照顧你　在這荒蕪世界裡
就算有新的劇情　在明天等著你
然而在你最需要的此刻　請讓我照顧你

你看破了虛偽　拆穿愛的假面
後悔曾經為他付出一切
我會在你身邊　當你傷心欲絕
不奢望你偶然垂憐

讓我照顧你　面對再大的風雨
也能微笑做自己　像個孩子　躺在我懷裡
讓我照顧你　在這荒蕪世界裡
就算有新的劇情　在明天等著你
當你對這世界失去信任　請讓我照顧你

spooky case before MNO tutorial

2009-08-28T18:21:00.004+08:00

You may want to read this post, esp Aloysius lOlsss cos i feel you always blog about stuff like this:

was quite lost @ the biz fac (my 1st time attending a tutorial there) and i can't really seem to find SR 19 despite the board directions..before that, i asked two guys and they're quite unsure where's it as well oh noOo..
then when i finally got to where i thought the group of seminar rooms should be, I couldn't find 19 and it was like a dead end with an office inside...

And So...

I asked the 1 guy and 1 girl sitting @ the bench.
"Hey do you all know where's SR 19?"
"I thought you asked me just now?"
"No I didn't..."
"Yes you did"
and then she kept insisting I did in which I clearly know i didn't! (this is seriously ridiculous)
she even asked her guy friend if I did ask them and he sort of said yes but wasn't really paying attention to us/ the conversation..
So i asked her if I did, did I askher while she's sitting over here? She said yes and then I told it's my 1st time walking to this area!

At this point, she still didn't believe me (how lol is that lOls.) but the main point is I want to know where's SR 19, not to continue talking about whether I asked before or did not zZZz...
then she seemed quite deflated/ unreluctant..so she jus said "walk straight turn left"
then I went "Walk straight turn left where" cos all along I felt I've been walking a one way path..
and then she said replied "it's near LT 17" so i double checked with her and I left..

AND THEN i realize LT 17 is sort of where i came from! that's super ridiculous cos it's really far from where I was.
I was glad Sixiang saved me @ this time lOlsss..

and he showed me where SR 19 was. apparently, it's true i've been walking a straight path, then @ one point before I met that girl @ the table, there's a door with a A4 paper size stuck on stating where are the rest of the SRs zZzz...soO it turns out my room is down down stairs (and she didn't tell me there was a door..just said turn left)
and i dunno if it's near LT 17 cos i dun see LT 17 when Sixiang was leading the way?

Oh wells but it was a slightly exasperating and strange case!
Maybe she bumped into someone else that looked really really like me..if you get what i mean *twilight music* hahahaha.

Here are the pics for Wed hangout! Finally the pictures uploader is working goddd.

With Jenelle; the one who secretly misses meYisin & Janice
The Shio Ramen which i totally regret i didn't order but the broth/ soup stock is absolutely fabulous!! like 9/10.

ohoh..and SX seems very consistent in his dressing these days lOlsss despite staying in hall..he even wore a black V-neck pullover O.O. i always thought he's the grab-a-sweater-out-of-the-hanger type.

3rd week of having 2 free days!

2009-08-27T13:31:00.004+08:00

3rd week of having 2 free days turn Jasmine into a sloth/ slug/ couch potato lOls. PLUS it's pouring like PUB gives water for free, so it's even more conducive to stay in bed or hang around with my pillow (hey few got to know how attached I am to my pillow). TOO bad i can't be bringing to my MNO class for sharing session LOLS. it'll be so embarassing...so i got the next best alternative which everyone knows how attached I am tO =). it is where i spend most of time/ seek solace and boredom but i'm sure i'm not the only one...just to what extent is one attached (or engaged like almost married) to it.

it's really nice catching up with my work colleagues ytd. Everything's pretty much still the same and of course they miss Claire and me heeeeheee. Jenelle's like so excited showing me the new foOdie stuff dey bought like what 4 year olds normally do..bring you around and show you their stuff (i can say practically anything i can about her because she doesn't read this =X). And how quiet it is in the office right now without the noise we (or just I specifically) contribute...cos in the past usually we'll be talking or shouting across until 5+ when we have to chiong deadlines lOls.

it's kinda nostalgic cos i'm missing their company but i'm not interested in doing the work again lOls. i much prefer the work i'm loaded with now. It brings a smile to my face seeing them still displaying the cards i gave them & Jenelle bought a smiley flower toy (dunno whether it's true or not dOts) to remind herself of me.

Anyhow, I may intend to visit them next week since i'm going to be in that area~~~

i seriously wish to post pictures but this blogger's getting seriously fucked up for the past 1 month. it's quite a bore when all u see are words words and no pics in a post. oh wells~

Jasmine 看見 Michael Zhang

2009-08-26T02:16:00.004+08:00

so many wordy posts...it's time for some pics =P (convenient excuse).

After watching Prince + Princess 2 王子看見二公主 for the past 9 episodes starring Dylan Kuo, the ideal 1.8+++m Prince Charming with ravishing loOks!

Instead, I fell in love with Michael Zhang in 5 mins when he first appeared on ep. 9 LOLs<3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eTzxo677fBg/SpQrUR2sfnI/AAAAAAAABJ0/JdJP5Kytsqo/s1600-h/00068c7x.jpg">i dunno why. Maybe it's Dylan's character or maybe the way Michael acts/talks that makes him so much hotter lOlsss. Suddenly the drama become so exciting for me =)))))

that i should actually go sleep now instead of trying to watch more.
But i can't! noOOOoOOOoOoOO.

pondering.

2009-08-25T20:55:00.000+08:00

it's already the 3rd week and i'm running out of ideas for my 4 research projects (in fact i have not much of an idea at all lOls. which sucks technically)

SO PEOPLE, IF YOU ALL GOT QUESTION/OUT OF CURIOSITY YOU ALL WISH TO KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE/CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL, PLEASE DIVERT YOUR QUESTION TO ME AND I MAY USE THEM FOR RESEARCH.

i mean i thought of a few commonplace, taken for granted obvious-ity (such as people giving up/ not giving up seats in buses and MRTS, what happens when people dine/ eat alone, subject on queuing, subject on hogging tables behaviour) but i guess not much has come out of it for academic purposes. maybe i'm just dumb lOls or perhaps i can't draw the significance.

other research questions is like related to gender (bleahs), religion (OMG i have no idea how to write for thisss).

didn't really pay much attention for my MNO lecture..somehow his words just whizz past me. OH and my lecturer is happily engaged during the weekends lOls! he said he just can't keep it in himself so he has to mention it. I must say he's a goOd thrower when people (even at the last few rows raise their hands) he managed to hurl the card decks accurately from the bottom of the stairs.

the AS6 is selling those kawaiii tidbits and sweets again. i musn't succumb to buying them out of their wonderful packaging. i ended up throwing the sweets away the previous time cos i just couldn't finish them after like 3-4months! But i still like Chelsea Matcha sweet tho; it just reminds me so much of green tea milkshakes~~

a very schoOl day.

2009-08-24T20:09:00.000+08:00

with only 3 hours of sleep the night before, i'm so proud of myself having made through one of the chiong-est days (with the help of Essence of Chicken lOlsss). My typical Mon odd weeks are 10-4pm continuous~

my first tutorial was great in that Dr. Gana did all the talking LOLs and he sort of went through a few things on his prev lecture which i missed & of course had his share of humour~ There may also be a mini field for our next tutorial cos it's too stifling & restricting to do qualitative inquiry in a classroOm! (and our stupid classroom's aircon didn't work damn.) so he let us off 40mins earlier which was great for me!

then for my 3 hours Modern Japanese Religion (extreme cold seminar room wth), it was all very fascinating; the stories and histories of people in the past however i'm not very goOd at remembering all the jap names (perhaps korean names i may =P). once again, i wish there's Korean Studies. Thankfully, he let us off 15 mins earlier! i swear if not for all these nice time offs i'll be cursing for having such a lousy Monday.

Gender & Sexuality in Japan (JS Gender for short) was nothing much because there's nothing much u can do in 45 mins but the tutor was very nice an helpful lOls. people may have thought i'm a JS minor; but i sure hope this JS Gender can compensate for my loss of not taking my Soci Gender heEex.

dead beat.
plus just read a tragic/traumatizing true account about child abuse. god. why on earth are there parents like these who exist?!?!?!? this world is full of insane people

staying at home makes me feel old and lazy.

2009-08-20T21:36:00.003+08:00

Starting to clear my table (or wad's left of it lOls) and drawers...then i realize i have so many old coursepacks ahHHhhHHH. missed the magical weeks to sell them away and so there's no room for my new coursepacks nor my new storybooks (dey're not new, bought in June but the wrapper's not off yet).

There's this notepad that comes free with P.S I Love You (which is not a really a great storybook in my opinion despite being a best seller cos i find it draggy and I lost myself 2/3 of the way). I always have the tendency to keep things I like and not use them until dey're toO old/ dusty lOls. same goes for some of the stickers I've kept with me for over 10 years because i couldn't bear to rip it off and stick it somewhere...or the deck of cards I collected from airplanes oh! and candles, given by people/ friends who look so pretty and nice tt dey'll b a waste to be burnt off just like that.

there're many old stuff (and new old stuff) spluttered all around my room and wad am i going to do with them? First of all, there're the cards my work colleagues gave me for farewells and there's the candle given by Flyer and the Flyer 080808 cert lOls (which my parents are quite excited over)

there's also the neoprints I took with my friends/bf during our schoOl days & we look pretty much like shit; now neoprints are sooo outta fashioned thanks to camwhore digi cams.

And there're also other things when you look and you felt a sense of nostalgia: my macau tower ticket lOls, the paper cranes folded and kept in 12 individual boxes made from construction paper (which I was complaining @ tt time for him not keeping me company), the shiny shimmery paper stars, the purple windchime my parents were afraid will fall and cut my body one day -_-'''.

I'm also a receiver of stuff toys: the orangey orange thing which i called Marmalade, the small lil blue checkered bear with my birthdate on it, 3 winnie the poohs, my big turtle Pudding, my 2 legged dog DooDoo which is shaped like a small bolster (and people said it was cute when i lugged it to Japan that time) and Tatty bear whose leg really got torn oOps.

Wow that's quite alot of stuff given by people who used to love me. I wonder what happened to them now?

and stupid Nylon Chen's song kept playing in my head lOls. perhaps I've grown a little older again~

oh. get on with life, jasmine.

2009-08-19T19:43:00.003+08:00

when i start reading my soci readings, i think of somebody and in a way, i sort of miss him/ wish he'll still be hanging around (altho i'm a bit intimidated by him lOls.)

but i guess this sem and the next one and the next and the next, he won't be around anymore so I can't have him to depend or count on. That sucks but well, Ok that still sucks lOls. I wonder if I ever have something to ask, can I ask him? i'm a wimp when it comes to things like this boOhoOos.

speaking of which, i should change my attitude towards my readings and homework. like i feel pressured to come up with something/ to complete smth/ to come up with intelligent things to say. Most of the time, i use words to express how i feel and not speech. I guess i end up having nothing to say/ saying something pretty unnatural/ obvious hmmm.

i'm just too quiet a person. *the rolling of eyes part for some pple comes lOls*

find me a new source of encouragement!

it's official, right?

2009-08-18T19:45:00.001+08:00

wah. not again. this blogger is getting crazy dots.
i'm glad i got all my 1st choice tutorial slots! seems like i have to go for 2 tutorials alone..1 I'm kinda worried and 1 I'm perfectly OK with it. Tutorials haven really started and i'm already dealt with truckloads of readings and having to start thinking of research topics (tt's like 4 i have to think for 4 out of 5 modules T.T)..not like the last 1 is spared, just that the group project details will be released on week 4 OMG. no more complaining (although i really don't feel like reading my 2 weeks worth of readings *sulks*)

Monday is my scariest day bahs(and the scariest day in my uni life so far)...10-4pm non stop. knowing me, I'll have...
"Oh you mean no breaks for you?!"
"Oh i mean more of no lunch for me T.T"
knowing me, I'll have no freedom of having a proper lunch (even tho the room is very near the canteen + it's seminar style lecture so i seriously wonder how i'm able to have lunch properly frm 12-2..which makes it worse since before and after that dey're tutorials so no one in the right mind will eat during tutorials!)... NOT THAT i have the freedom of proper lunch these days!

it's been 4 school days for me and i haven even went close to the yong tau foO stall argh.

Okies but the JS Santa Claus lecturer seems like a reallllyyy nicee guy, like a harmless kitten lOls, so perhaps i'll be pardoned for tempting pple with foOd~ but i dun tink i can bring yong tau foo inside the seminar roOm...zZZ.

now i can understand why people bid lavishly for MNO 1001 and why David Lehman is a like-able lecturer for he really is like-able lOls and yes, the charming part i got it.One thing is he's got a great voice and is able to hold his audience (well his lecture didn't feel like 1 and 1/2 hr long)plus he made everybody laugh heartily (not the accommodating kind of laughter like the universe lecturer who made people shift uncomfortably in their seats lOls just speculating).

oh and some self reflections here:
Was reading last January's posts (that's Jan 2008 for some of you who have no sense of time like I do)and that was when I was year 1. and now i'm year 3.

it feels kinda strange and i din rmb i had 11 hours of school last January LOLs. i guess i'm getting better at this timetabling~
on another note, for the month of Jan 2008 alone, i wrote 4 posts on the GLC so i guess Jan 2008 was really a long time ago altho it was only last year.

i feel like eating black sesame. LOL. random but the cravings just come~~~

Lachrymation

2009-08-16T20:15:00.000+08:00

東城衞與曾沛慈淚了MV

<3 KO3 more and more.
Just like the prev KOs, i will wish the series will never end lOls.
Xiu & Pets make a great pair!

CHIJMES shoot.

2009-08-15T23:25:00.003+08:00

aching feet bleahs.
went to CHIJMES to take some photos with JY, Vanessa & Jo-An.
Everyone was scared by JY's freaky hair lOls. some people even diao-ed her LOLs.

it's beeeeen a long time since i been to CHIJMES..love the stone steps.
surprisingly, there's quite a many scenic spots!
anyhow, here's another reason why i'm not going to try being a model: i feel like a statue T.T perhaps is cos i'm too used to standing too straight (ya slouch oso cannot, hunchback oso cannot...now too str8 oso cannot; 做人好苦啊!) i'll just gonna be a guy next time then... openly jealous of vanessa's black shoes & leather jacket.

the actual pics are not up yet (not that i wanna see my statue self & i loOk like a dumpling in alot of them thanks to my white scarf or a stick in others nOOooOo...posing FAIL.) but my camera pics are naturally goOd hehehehe.

year 3. noOO. old

2009-08-12T20:05:00.001+08:00

eew, not again. Blogger's going bonkers.

anyhow, yesterday was the 1st day of school (which i was too lazy to blog lOls.)When school starts, my laziness creeps in (noOo goOd) and i've decided to sort of put off buying coursepacks till next week (cos i'm lazy to go to co-op and i'm lazy to start week 1 readings argh).

to prove how not ready for school I am, I went to watch G.I Joe after my 1st lecture of the sem LOLS.and today, the hairdresser actually said i look like i haven slept for 3 nights O.O

this is crazy stuff, as compared to work when i only slept 7hr/day. seems like too much sleep is oso not that goOd for me =(

G.I Joe was quite fun to watch and it's one of the very few times I watched a movie in a gigantic cinema lOls where the rows count from A-Z and the middle sector is like 15 seats long. Almost every minute was so filled with action (But i still prefer Transformers heEs.) and my greatest anticipations were half a let down. Sienna Miller was amazingly hot, k that's one thing but Lee Byun Hun...oh my my Byung Hun-ee looks like he's aged quite a bit. But I was glad he eventually took off his shirt in his last few scenes =P most of the Korean actors have undeniably lean, toned bodies~

oh my. back to school.

2009-08-08T10:19:00.004+08:00

the past 3 months had been an enjoyable and fruitful one. I thought that the month of june and july will go by painfully as i slog my guts out for work and handling the stress of hitting my numbers...then it seemed all so natural and bam! everything just went past so quickly in a wave.

Made a few lovely friends. gained a few pounds (i seriously hope that happen, given that i ate so much and snack literally every work day). Grown more accustomed to the doby gaut somerset area. I even came across a few familiar resumes (those in my prev jobs and schools) and had a good laugh hahahaha. Ask me if you're curious.

You get very excited candidates. you get grumpy ones. you get suspicious ones and also VERY snappy ones. Auntie ones as well and old peh peh's. I realized some guys can be rather whiny on the phone (my friend used the word gay) but you can't help it if your voice sounds gay rite! Hence, you can alter the way you speak/ the tone of your voice; ie.: whiny lOls.

"So i'll just process your resume as follows" said I.
"Yesss pleassseeeeeee." lOls and it went an octave higher.
Ok. maybe it's cos my voice sounded like Mickey Mouse on the phone.

There's so much more to just work. The company I have and the habits we pick up from each other: talking to self, talking LOUDLY to self, answering our own questions (k i'm not guilty of this one), shouting across the room, using words like "dude" "Cheers man" "fuck" "bitch" (hey hey these are not used directly at others but it was just a way of talking, don't get me wronggg) and of course all the dramatic "noOOOo + clutching of cheeks" "damn!" just over 1 single resume/ mistake lOls.

somebody always said "what am i going to do without you" heEheE. get a dictionary, i told her or a better partner but i didn't simply disappear into thin air after yesterday. I had her remind herself of me; her table is full of my notes and pictures. Well, let's see jenelle, how long your longing for me will last; i bet it'll be like 2 weeks hmpfs.
lastly, the one who bullies and get bullied. There's so much suaning involved even my boss he can't find anything nice to say in the testimonial T.T. He was still sore that my farewell card had loads of criticisms about him hahahas.

it's all meant to be. I applied and went for my interviews during my exam period; it was worth it. I told myself i'll be serious and there won't be much fun in a small set up but I was wrong. I was to have fun and with all that noise going (70% was contributed by me), i showed a side of myself to them others have not seen before. Wouldn't it be nice (as always i said) to pack them all into a suitcase?

It's now another phase of my life! Very soon, it's going to be me, my netbook, facebook, k dramas and beloved soci. OH and mno =) duhhh and js.

Ja Myung Go.

2009-08-01T23:42:00.004+08:00

T.T Jasmine likes historical man noooo. No favourite korean actors when watching k dramas (people keep asking me this...even F4 can't really top my list) but when it comes to historical dramas, those guys make me fall head over heels with them. M0re historical dramas pleaseeeeee!

Princess Ja Myung Go: 5/5 stars <--- the show got one of the most romantic love story and romantic lines i've ever seen.

my hols are ending!

2009-08-01T09:44:00.003+08:00

it's strange typing in this new format and i almost tot blogger has some weird problems again. OMG it's bidding week for me soOn (as usual my soci mods are not a cause for worry =D and i always bid enuff to drop some of them @ the last min). However, it's vexing trying to decide for a PS mod and a breadth mod. It seems all those i like clashes with my soci exam date =(

it's so hard to find a PS mod to like. maybe it's cos i dunno where to start and i've not taken PS 1101e before (not that i'll consider taking it cos all the 1101es are not fun with the exception of Soci, Lit and JS heEs.of course, if there's a KS i'll jump straight into it but whyyyy...why no KS ARGH.

Holidays are ending; the good part is i can stop working & go back to studies! and the bad..no mindless watching of shows an lazing around on weekends, no leaving the work stress behind and indulging in laziness and splurging of cash & i will miss all my colleagues at work. As usual, i wish i can pack them in a suitcase and bring them to school. But if the holidays would last for 1 more month, i'll be bored to tears. I guess it's goOd in the end tho.

what's left to talk about when you leave the people you know behind and begin/ carry on with another phase of your life? Will your friendship (which was built on similar interests/ goals) last even when you've pursued something different? What can you talk about when the times spent for you were old times while theirs are constantly renewed and embedded in their very part of their everyday life?

I will miss you; it's a phrase that last and lingers so dearly in that moment but will be forgotten in time to come.

gluttons.

2009-07-18T08:58:00.003+08:00

oOo wad a friday night!
in terms of food, we were like scavengers rushing non stop lOls.
finished din tai fung in an hour and half and there was still roOm for desserts @ Slices and coffee @ Gloria Jean's~

can't really rmb all the names; the only i clearly rmb-ed was the green tea sliced ice; Holy Matrimony. However, my personal favourite was the Oreo one...it looks soft and seductive lOls. Oh no, i'm beginning to sin in choco dOts.

Anyhow, they cost like $3.50-$4.50 for a portion which can be shared by two! that's like so much cheaper than eating expensive yoghurt/ ice cream..yeA it's all ice like Ice Kachang but ice kachang is just too full of sweetness lOls. I just find them suitable for my picky tastebuds.

catching up with old friends (and new ones) seem to be one of the highlights i look forward to this holidays lOls. and of course all the money i spent on buying so many things (which oOps i seem not find any newfound interest in them anymore -_-'''). What's lacking is a nice relaxing holiday *stupid H1N1* and i mus go Macau again at the end of the year! That small little place is just packed with homeliness for me~~

Can't wait for next month when school finally starts (and i can sleep @ 2am and yes those eyebags will come back again.)
Most prob bidding for a JS and PS mod that's if I get them and of course a breadth! anybody taking MNO plsssssssssssssss take with meee.

and of course Jiaying wants us to be in a cosplay omgggg.
it sounds like lotsa preparation and excitement going on!

the past week.

2009-07-11T18:52:00.003+08:00

oOo finally i can upload photos! and this was wad the GLC had after our Botak Jones dinner! It felt like a bag of bloOd when Aloy handed it over to me..but i rmbed the taste of the white wine as smoOth and fragrant..soO smoOth u could've just gulp it down like water.

Still, it was a cute and handy idea to have wine packaged like this with a ready made tap!

Work is making me grow fat. Have no idea whether it was my raging hormones or everyone shares same (amount) of appetite but we just snack...my colleagues started in bringing milo and yakult to place in the fridge lOls and we had biscuits and raisins (jenelle thinks it's a healthier alternative) and choco chip coOkies! and my boss Jarrod will sometimes have a loaf bread on his table lOls. I was even thinking of buying a Bakerzin cake and putting it there. omg.

Instead of settling for cheaper lunches, i splurge on more and even dined in restaurant during my lunch breaks! Yesterday we walked (very very quickly) to Heeren Jack's Place and had the 1 for 1 lunch treat...and before that it was Swensens and Soup Restaurant.
Plus, receiving the paycheck on tuesday made me feel all the more OK with spending more $$ lOls.

How can you get someone to stop saying mushy words every 2 minutes?

Chill Out

2009-07-04T12:34:00.002+08:00

the air felt different when it's approaching the weekends.
our hearts felt lighter and the quality of our voice got chirpier and more animated as compared to a Monday? lOls.

anyhow, despite going for many fun lunches with my foOdie pals, this is my 1st time dining @ Ichiban (hey i always tot it's seriously ex but i have no idea the foOd's enuff to share for two!) I would say the foOd's alright cos i'm really particular about the sushi rice & Ichiban P.S's sushi rice becomes a tad toO sour and vingerish for me.

However, the chawanmushi, katsu & some of their famous sushi are awesomeeeee. But i'm still bowled over by Sun with MoOn @ Clarke Quay...that's still my tOp fav jap restaurant!

And then it was drinks @ Jenelle's friend's place lOls.
oOo i tink i lOve the snacks there; the churros, the warm choc and cheese that's oOzing out..plus it was fun to people watch outside Fashion Bar.

i'm trying to upload the photos. but the feature doesn't work.
soO hopefully i can do it some other time!

Revenge of the Fallen

2009-07-02T19:50:00.005+08:00

OMG. i managed to catch Transformers 2 like yesterday.
Intended to watch last thurs but tickets were sold out by tues =(
i honestly dun care whether i'm able to watch 3D like some people who can but just the movie alone in the regular theatre is awesome enuff for me!!!

me and Bairavi can't wait for the stupid ads to whizz past (yes GV has very long ads time like 15 mins) and every moment was wonderful and we even stayed for the credits and songs LOL (butt still stuck to seat); some of the songs were crappy but i still like the Linkin Park theme song =)

it's the best movie i've most enjoyed this year!
i guess some people say there's jus too much action overload but i tot tt's wad keeps you on your toes and psyched up for more.
it's just sooooooo ulber coOl.
I love it. love the action. love the sappy parts. love the humour.

4/5 stars

But i dunno if they'll be able to last with Transformers 3; plot will get more dry with wad Megatron coming back AGAIN for revenge?

cheap thrills.

2009-06-27T22:07:00.003+08:00

OHOh.
that's too much restaurant-ing for the past few weeks.
i'm wallowing in immense guilty *seems not like it*
OhOh...ate @ Tung Lok Signatures this evening. omg. what a huge restaurant and so white & clean. and the air was filled with this pleasant hint of soy/ abalone/ fish sauce that they use for alot of their dishes. and my heart just crumbled at the sight of the peking duck others were eating (which i din get to cos my mum said it's so not worth it)

and we ate *drifts off to lala-land*
it was delicious (it has to be, given the amount we spend lOls.)

anyways speaking of foOd (yes as always; jasmine's favourite topic apart from korean dramas and shopping)
that's quite a few nice treats (and cheap thrills) @ around my work place...

Jasmine's favourite haunts during weekday lunch
nO 1.: Plaza Sing's Kopitiam's Indonesian BBQ stall. reminds me of NUS's engine canteen's indo foOd. yummy bbq sauce~

nO 2: Pontian Wanton Mee. apart from the Heeren branch, this one @ cuppage plaza is goOd toO. I dun get why i'm so gaga over the nonspicy (so they put black sauce instead of chilli) but love their noOdles.

nO 3: Orchard Yong Tau Foo also @ Cuppage Plaza. Best when eaten on the spot instead of takeaway; the great thing about it is their mifen (but i still miss my skoO's laksa yong tau foo)

nO 4: Isle Cafe's drinks. Especially their hot drinks; thick, not so sweet and superb! Iced drinks can vary from taste (on a daily basis). Apart from their drinks, the cafe also operate a chinese rice and singaporean delights which are cheaper considering that's orchard area. Alot of construction workers crowd there for lunch because they offer alot more rice and servings~

nO 5: Concord Hotel's foOdcourt. Although i've not tried every single stall but their nasi lemak is the most value for $$ lOls. At $3.80, u can get up to 5 sides. The Hokkien mee's quite tasty toO!

nO 6: Hard to admit (yes the xiaO jie dun really like the environment) but the mini coffeshop @ Concord hotel near the traffic light sells cheap quality foOd. The group of friends (or brothers) open a chinese rice and a chicken rice stall. Their duck's delicious and most of their chinese dishes are above average. One can get a meal @$2.70~

gOd i feel hungry.

Just to publicize abit~~ lOls.
- 1 week temp telemarketing (no hard sell, not commission based)
- 1 week Korean Speakers
- 3- 6 weeks Thai Speakers

cinderella man.

2009-06-20T17:57:00.003+08:00

i feel as if i can watch Cinderella Man in 2 days! can't stop clicking on the next episode cos' it's just so addictive even tho Kwon Sang Woo ain't my favourite male actor.

plus there's no need to save dramas for the weekdays since i pretty much half doze on the chair by 10pm after watching the ultimatum.No it's not that the ch 8 with all the leaded cast is boring (now it's getting interesting honestly like woah.)..but that sometimes i almost forgot i'm still a student (not a slave driver for my company) and that i have modules to choose for the next sem (damn.) and i still have grades that needs even more constant improving.

but i seem cut off from the world; busy, tired and living in my own bubble in somerset lOls.

speaking of singapore drama, tho i've not been constantly tuning in to ch8 but most the drama I watched (& when tragic stuff do happen), it always must involve rape and psychotic,sexually deprived people? LIKE it's too much of a stereotype and it gets disturbing that the drama revolve around such themes....there're like a million other tragic incidents to take from; like murder/ betrayal but it has to be rape (and because the man is sexually deprived so he can't control himself) it feels kinda wrong?

lOls. maybe we haven been noticing this but the trend seems pretty obvious and to have 2 rape/ physical incidents in the involving sexually deprived men and helpless women =S.

And the similarity between ultimatum and east of eden involving babies switched @ birth ( the women who switched them is the women tt's gotten 'abused' by the man in both dramas) and then the rich man's company grew more prestigious when the kids were all grown up and one of them is not always well accepted by one of the parents.

Yet i must admit Fann Wong still looks the most revishing in her late 30s lOls.

oOo and i forgot to talk about Atashinchi no Danshi after watching it for 8 weeks. This is my 2nd favourite after Zettai Kareshi(this is showing on channel U right now; called Absolute/ Perfect Boyfriend i think so it's a must watch!)

AS for Atashinchi, the characters are so laughable & lovable; the first 2 episodes were full of crap but after that every single one of them are cute/ sweet in their own ways (not to say some of the main characters are good looking too.)

One thing about jap dramas is that they always have this homely touch to their plot that makes you appreciate the people/ things around you. K- drama on the other hand emphasize alot more on the glam (yes yes materialistc) factor. If it isn't glam, it'll be heartbreaking but you do learn alot about korean culture from the dramas alone.

could've been the saddest day.

2009-06-12T20:55:00.003+08:00

yeap. wednesday could've been the saddest day for the whole month.
cos i'm failing my music exam again T.T that means no freedom (i'm forced not to give up, according to my parents)
i'm just still very far from the mark.

but i had my colleagues (esp my boss) bugging me the whole day with well wishes; his tagline is keep asking me to come back and finish the company stuff -_-'' lol.
oh ya, and shirley, jarrod says (for the 2nd time) to wait for u to come back so we can have LUNCH tgt lOls! so yea...when u come collect testimonial, it'll be that day ehehe.

anyhow, i was disappointed for like 10mins untilmy colleagues called in and the night activities with the GLC woOhoOs!
my only regret was we din get to ACID bar earlier so that i can get cheaper drinks sighhh.
though din spend much but choc martini got more and more powdery ack. but the atmosphere tho deafening at first was really enjoyable with all the singing and the ang mohs gettting so high and it was a small and cOsy place. It was great; Nadya and shawn were singing non stop to Queens' tunes & SX kept his mouth shut until the Reflections song omg hahhaa.

But there's more to come (I HOPE) for glc outings~~~

I love bakerzin..I LOVE YOU, i swear. oOps sorry Breadtalk, your breads are still the bestttt.
My family's been loOking forward to cake of the month. Last month was Choc Amer and it was to die for...ahHHhh.
This month's New York Cheesecake's not as good compared to Amer BUT it was a great snack for tired me who drags herself back from work at the end of the night~

IT fair for me tomorrow!

2009-06-07T18:00:00.001+08:00

hoOhoO.
Chef Han said it. in CAPS somemore.
there there there. cannot deny already *hiak hiak hiak*

guilt.

2009-06-05T20:26:00.005+08:00

saw a foreign number on my phone today whilst at work.
it was from KU *a million ounces of guilt*
i was searching high and low for the reject online application button but it was nowhere to be found...*it's not my fault noOOOooO*

so i told the innocent, sweet sounding korean guy that i emailed to them a few times but there was no response and his sweet, innocent sounding voice said "ohhhh...okayyy. we were just wondering whether you'll still be interested~~~"

"sorry sorry!"
"no it's okayyyyyy...thank you~ bye bye~~~~~" smth like that

HAIZ. to think they took pains to call overseas students just to ask whether we're still interested. If it's SG, pple will just assume you're nt interested and delete ur application once it's past the deadline.

oh man. i wonder whether i'm gonna be blacklisted in that uni =X

anyways @ work, i've been getting strange orders.
it's the first time i bet anyone has received a job order from a departmental store & it turned out they're looking for a supermarket asst who's comfortable with handling knife and meat because they're gonna train him behind those cold meats and ham section in the supermarket -_-'''

what kind of position is that.
so hard to find.
and i painstakingly found 1 and he casually didn't turn up for interview omg.
i'm running out of options lOls.

happiest day.

2009-05-30T00:47:00.003+08:00

Just came home frm Shirley's farewell dinner.
Oh mans i'm honestly sad that she's leaving and i won't be seeing @ work from Monday onwards =(
i'll miss all the randomly talking to her, our lunch break outings, the way we're hostile to one another..

But she's nt the sentimental type. maybe she's more optimistic lOls.
she still promised to meet us for lunch cos there's nothing to do but nua until uni starts.

Anyhow, we went to Sundanese Restaurant @ Boat Quay. The food palatable but not really my favourite kind; tho a refreshing change~

Eyann calls this the flying fish. Meat is soft and the outer skin layer is light and crisp. Eyann even ate the fish tail lOls.

Some of our dishes. I must say I like the kangkong~
Jarrod kept forcing me to eat more (cos he knows i eat alOt lOls...he even rmb-ed my stomach rumbled when he was giving me a mini lecture on work on my 1st day)

with Mei~

And then the 3 of us went to chill @ Gloria Jean's. it's just soO goOd to have That CD Shop next to Gloria Jean's so there's free bustling music. I love a little crowd; makes things feel happening lOls.

Shirley always say poOr students can only do this lOls.

OMG. so sweet. this photo is flawed obviously cos of the underexposure/ over exposure? But i tot it's quite stylo compared to the normal flash photo~

Partly i dreaded going home cos i knew D-day is here today. thanks ah jianwei for reminding me ytd. Before going home, they said i loOk more of high and excited than scared and worried.

Now i have more reason tO =)))))))))))))))))
i'm SO HAPPY!
maybe i should skip more lectures in future LOLS.
and i almost thought they gave me the wrong mark.

but i know this ain't some coincidence.
it's thanks to my tutor of 2 modules, yeong chong for being such a mountain 'kao4 shan1'; his tutorials are times where i understoOd the module better and know which direction i'm heading.
sO it's a shame since this sem is his last sem & i won't see him anymore...if not i'll just take the modules he'll be teaching in for the next year but that can't happen again =(

maybe he secretly memorized my matriculation number lOls, that's what i told shawn.

Soci seriously has some excellent tutors apart from him.
But wow. it's just so.
if he can be a tuition teacher, i'll immediately register~

it's a GOOD day.
at work too, i got a job order from Raffles Group =) i hope to have more of these in future~

till death do me and u apart.

2009-05-24T18:17:00.003+08:00

i vow to take a serious approach to work and life.
i vow to read books & finish my existing dramas diligently .
i vow to spend more frugally (less on want, more on need...even if there're several 'needs', still more emphasis on real need puh-leeze.)
oh oh i vow to eat healthily ( and less on impulse and whim please).

Jasmine can't go on like this.
if this illness persist, she'll pull her bank book apart & may need to see a counselor on unhealthy spending (suffering from guilt pangs as of now.)

tokyO delights~

2009-05-23T22:41:00.002+08:00

wheeee! ate at Sun with Moon twice in 7 days (last sun and this afternoOn)...cos they're celebrating their 2nd anniversary & thus gave a 30% discount.
Internet reviews mentioned that the one @ Wheelock Place is so much better..but i guess this one @ Central has already satisfied my tastebuds! Love every item we ordered & after each meal, i always felt full to the brim (which everyone knows that seldom happen =P)

This is my mushroom hotpot with unagi rice lunch set. Although the food is really nice (i swear), i'm still thinking of other 'wad if i had ordered that item on the menu'
My mum's assorted dishes set. the most ex & the most scrumptious omg!!!! Every item is a delicacy.
My dad's beef hotpot; great but the green tea + beef hotpot we had last sunday was 10 times better than this!! if u're a beef lover, u'll wanna hug that hotpot home lOls. (yikes. i shld've ordered that instead of my mushroom.) so my family is planning to eat again some time later -_-''' cos they gave us vouchers lOlssss.

I just felt so unhealthy and poOr recently.
perhaps cos i started working & i have to eat out everyday and wow, the food i ate everyday is like *gulps* rather savoury & ex @ times.
and then restaurant-ed for like 4 times in the past 2 weeks and i'm going to do that next friday T.T
i like and i can't stoppppp.
I miss home cooked and healthy meals more and more each day.

The simple homemade porridge i had for dinner was =)

anchovies & youtiao

2009-05-21T23:09:00.006+08:00

OMG. food and food again.
HAd dinner @ some Korean place in Liang Seah Street.
burnt my tongue quite a few times while trying to drink the ginseng chicken soup.
it was a disappointment @ 1st..but it got more savoury as u continue eating...
i must say all out of all the stuff we ate; their anchovies are the nicest OMG. i feel like asking if dey sell their own made bottle ikan bilis lOls. will just be satisfied having a simple soup, rice and anchovies~
kimchi was Okie.
i miss crystal jade lOls. and mayb we're going 2 eat there next week! see how...purse strings getting tight yikes.

then Mei recommend us to eat Rochor Tau Huay...ahHHhh!

OMG. this is wad she ordered for us to share. Honestly, the tau huay was Ok but i lOve the youtiao! i feel it's the nicest youtiao i've eaten in my whole life lOlsss...and i made a mess out of the shui jeng bao (crystal dumpling), stupid shirley force it to dump on my hand...so i had messy hands and i was scared of seeing any huge rats/ cockroaches; it was slightly traumatic but i had nonsense friends.

feel so bloated now. stomach feeling guilty over the carbo and oil and the gorging as well as another hole in my pocket lOls.

what will you

2009-05-20T22:30:00.002+08:00

If today is World Stealing Day, what will you steal from me?

"Your life *sinister look*"
"Your clothes?! steal all to sell and earn $$ hiak hiak" <--- she wants me 2 b naked!
"Your height!"
"steal $$. haha need it for perth!"
"haha i dunwan steal! I'm a good girl" <-- ahems *chokes*
"Your heart <3" <-- bullshit.
??????????????????? Hahaha WHAT???? i don't think i'll steal anything

WOW.

2009-05-14T23:41:00.003+08:00

went with my colleagues to the Loreal Sale (which i intially thought it was no big deal) given that sales do come so easy in SG. OMG. the crowd in that function roOm is awesome & so are the discounts!

Make up is generally like $10 (unless 2 for $15)...minerals one 2 for $20.
Hair Dye is like screaming "BUY ME" for $10
and we got free samples.

it was such a fun time~~
saw RedKen and i was kinda interested in looking @ hair products (as always)
and the hairstylist was giving me a free demo on how the product works lOls. then he kept screaming @ my fren to hold the bottle hahahas cos she kept putting it down.

after which my fren said "oO nicer" to which he sort of snapped "Of course it's nice!" LOL. and i asked abt twirling and he said "Twirling is SO OLD SCHOOL" damn. hahas. my other fren wanted 2 buy some hair loss prod for somebody and he said "Darling, if you're already starting to lose hair, it's gonna be useless" LOL.

his funny sacarstic gayish manner hahas.
i'm a sucker for hair & hair pple (not hairy pple -_-'')

And we had Kyoto Ajitei (forgot the full name)~

My tomato rice set is nice but it gives me onion breath hmmm.

OL.

2009-05-12T21:18:00.005+08:00

wad an irony.
刚刚几天前不是放暑假到了吗？！
我是上班族了~so what.
每天在家里用电脑的时间只有三个小时。比起以前；有永远的永远的时间 T.T
当个上班族真是命苦啊。老板还现在需要我match up with来这里工作好几个月的同事！

工作比读书还irritating! lOls.
该有暑假的我已经没这个机会了！boOhoOs.

everyone else will say..
瞎祕！你有东西做咯。。。我们在家里吊儿郎当；快要闷疯了！何况又没钱出去。yadda yadda yadda..

所以你们要约我出去的话。。。pls do!
不然我觉得好no life 哦！

whhheeee.

2009-05-10T17:35:00.003+08:00

spent the weekend catching up on dramas & watching Detroit Metal City!
Ken'ichi Matsuyama is like Japan's Johnny Depp godddd. so eccentric-ly charming.
Many will rmb him as L in Deathnote~
Came back from MPH Expo Sale!
Didn't attend that last yr cos had no idea when was it~
Hitched quite a number of reads for the hOls! yayerS!
had a list actually but cannot find alot of the boOks i want =(

And there's my stack of readings for last sem's Social Thought & Sci Tech modules! off to garang guni~~~

the tinge of freedom!

2009-05-05T22:38:00.002+08:00

OMG. EXAMS ARE FINALLY OVER YAY!
when i was doing the paper (3 essays to write)...1st essay was already quite unbearable. by the time i was going 2 finish the 2nd essay; i 1/2 wanna quit the entire exam, kept saying to myself 'can't focus anymore' lOlsSSS.

and after exam was in school for like almost 1 hr (sorrieeee hikoto =X)
my 1st freedom lunch was Soup Spoon! mans. never visited tt in ages since i quitted Flyer. Velvety mushroOm was just as thick creamy and full of mushroom chunks~~~
and was very glad had greattt bargain finds for work clOthes yayness!

watched Xmen Wolverine with peeps and dinner.
all i rmb-ed was hair, shit stains and gossips lOls.
i felt the dinner produced alot of MSG -_-
altho i felt the whole thing missing frm this day package is a lil alcohol lOlsss.

In-Sa

2009-05-04T01:31:00.003+08:00

='''''(((((

A Millionaire's First Love Ost
Starring Hyun Bin & Lee Yeon Hee

hansel and gretel.

2009-05-01T02:06:00.005+08:00

I WONDER WHO ACTUALLY READ MY BLOG *grumbles* lOls.
anyways...for a treat (perhaps from your exam break/ if u finished exams already/ u have nuttin better to do)

just finished watching this movie because it's been compared with Pan's Labyrinth (which is one of my favourite movies!)
i'm a sucker for fantasy~
LINK: Hansel and Gretel

This is a 2007 korean film, Hansel and Gretel.

Just like Pan's, it's a dark fantasy. and it's based loosely on the story boOk Hansel & Gretel.
i'm quite impressed, given that i really tot korean horror films are quite draggy and boring (i fell asleep watching A Tale of Two Sisters lOls)
But this is OMG. i like it. it's not those nonsensical suspense when's the ghost coming out movie. i must say wonderful cast!
but it's DARK definitely, creepy and well, sad.

And it's got lotsa praises from critics! So it's a must watch~ dun worry, u can still visit the toilet after this LOL.

2 moreeeee.

2009-04-30T09:43:00.002+08:00

oh thank god. the horrible paper is OVER.
it's horrible cOs there's a need to MEMORISE reading argh. and his 1st section was pertaining to 1 reading (so either or qn...u still need 2 noe tt reading LOL.)

was glad that i actually flipped back and type out tt notes for that reading (instead of depending on my lousy notes which i studied for mid term).
if not i would've cried during the exam mans. yayyyy...thank god.

but i agreee with ui tt the paper is harder than the prev years.
1 of the qn (and which i did -_-''') didn't really make sense. i tink the highest i'm going 2 get for tt qn is like B- lols.

this module isn't going 2 score high after all.
since my mid terms was a flop & i dun speak up in class and i did weird qns.
unless everyone's just as confused as i am.

dang.
i just made a decision.
and i kinda regret treating nice pple not so nicely T.T
i'm toO kind hearted LOLs.

告訴我

2009-04-28T01:17:00.002+08:00

this another fav danson tang song i like!! called "Tell Me"
too bad no mv for this.

Live version here:

oOo yay.

2009-04-27T21:31:00.002+08:00

had my 1st paper on sat.
it was yet another "depends on the bell curve" paper lOls.
in fact all papers are like unless you think u're really good/ really suck @ it then u'll know which side are you on ACK.

went for my 1st interview ever on thurs (i'm sorry only been doing part time). and she was very nice. i was wondering how long their patience can last

lOls. i always have this stereotype of bosses pretending to be friendly & expect nothing but perfect 10/10 from you...at least tt's wad i got when i went for uni interviews.
and i was seriously quite intimidated and turned off by all those stuff..

kinda throw back my study schedule a lil when i had to do these. but was glad i din wait to apply after my exams are finished...becos i should be working/ starting to by then, nt starting to apply.

but wad a relief on thurs. and today!
they're really...erm nice.

as a result of sleeping 4-5hrs for a consecutive 3 days (last week) and then running about when it was daytime (sweltering weather, long rides, nervousness), i feel like my body fell apart.
and it did on fri.

ODDLY, i like being unwell (nt sick..sick's like bedridden and every ounce of energy is sucked away). Being unwell makes me focus on my task & i wasn't tt jumpy (cos i have to conserve my energy) & i get to fall asleep =)))

even as i type now, i could feel my body wanting to sleep & my mind a little complying.

stifled. stress.

2009-04-23T23:31:00.002+08:00

ahhhh.
it's like a never-ending pile of knowledge!
so stifling!!!

i feel like my timetable is packed back to back.
or maybe i'm nt hardworking enough..
perhaps i have to start waking up @ 10am (lOls. u noe i dun)
and then be more positive/ enthusiastic (uhhh...) & have lesser/ shorter breaks (argh the tot of tt sucks.)

i'm nt free i'm nt free i'm nt freee!
i feel like im squeezing time for other things.
i feel sad for myself. and everyone out there.
i need more motivation so tt i'll b willing to put in more hrs zZz.

on a happy note, i finally bought my wallet today!
wheEEe. i noe my old wallet had always been a beauty until it got dirtier beyond recognition...i feel sad for it T.T
but it's the only wallet i've used for such a long period of time..2 yrs!
but i promised to use it for 5 yrs...look wad now ack.

i love my new wallet.
but my 333 is always my treasured; still rmb-ed the 1st time i saw it..my eyes sparkled (prob cos of the price toO lOls) & it's that lovely elegant shade of pink (now it's dirty thrown in the ditch faded pink) and then i bought it.

it was 5 mins of awe & bliss...followed by 10mins of anguish (my parents were complaining) then 6 mths of pride and then........

tiredz.
but i still wanna watch my drama.

OMG.

2009-04-16T21:52:00.003+08:00

OMG. it's like falling in love with Jun-Ki again...The groom's attires are AWEESOMEE. *screams*
Andre Kim's Fashion Art Fantasia in Thailand

This is my most favourite!!!

alrite back to readings. lOls.

boredom.

2009-04-16T17:52:00.004+08:00

argh. headache now =(
this Friday(tml) is my last official day for skoO. but i decided to make Monday the last instead =P
finished my GEK biz report with my group mates @ SDE on tues...i must say i din regret taking this internet mod lOls cos the group work ain't technical and we had quite alot of fun~

now i just need 2 fulfill my breadths & multiple UEs.

wow 1 sem is over just like that?!?!
felt that i haven learnt much (more like taking advg of my tutors to absorb things like a sponge)...as a result the semester felt like a fleeting moment.

Soci's getting quite mundane to me @ times.
i guess i need to have a vibrant combi of modules next sem! Doing 4 soci mods is pretty headache-y altho some of the modules are so related, u get sick hearing the same info repeated but it helps lOls.

Was really bored while doing my readings~
I realized how much we've aged (for my parents) or maybe it's photoshop and tt my parents weren't really tt young loOking 11 yrs ago.
This was taken when I was 10 & when my brother was skinny lOls. i was made to stand on a stool so by right, i'm now slightly above my bro's shoulder.
but then again, i always thought my parents' appearances never changed =(

This is MEeeee. I was (and still am) photogenic as ever! hehehe.
but i like tt i've changed somewhat every year~

i'm so bored.
i hope there're nice pple to talk to~