mugging days

whee. i've been mugging. !! and i just had eggy maggi mee! yay=)

anyway the real hols will be here on 29nov!!! (love ya carol=pp i'll be waiting for u=p) which is also the first day of Sitex 2007=D hee. 4th geeky event of the year!! yay how nice huh?=)) hopefully there'll be some nice stuff around with extremely good offers. lalala. will be getting my external hard disk there, and will probably be getting leopard pretty soon after finals too=D although i do wish i could have the 4gb of RAM the Apple now offers for macbooks too=S eeks.

i'm dreaming already.

oh and innovateIT is on 8th dec!! Join us! it's a competition for JC, poly, and ITE ppl, whereby they will be given a business scenario, and using their Business cum IT skills, will have to come up with a solution for it. whee~~

and it's zhiren's birthday today! happy birthday to him! even though he doesnt read my blog. lolx. nvm.

i'm going mad. with longing for after finals. hee. even so, there isn't much time, esp with the java workshop and all that. plus my darling best friend is going overseas!! to vietnam!! worst thing is, there's probably no internet where she's going!! eeks. i doubt i can survive. ahahah.

ok gtg~

second post in two days!

lol when i start blogging i can't stop?

anw, i know i'm supposed to be mugging, but i've been customising my mac abit too, to make it more christmassy=D

here's some inspiration=p:

my firefox:i know it might look abit overly complicated, but hey, who cares? let's just get into the christmas mood!

and here's a collage of sorts of some of the wallpapers i'm rotating on my desktop=)isn't the santa cat super cute??=DD

some of my icons:

randomed: i want an iPhone! iPod touch wouldn't be too bad either=)

hols..?

term over is over!! at the risk of being extremely cliche, well, time really flies. there is of course our finals, but for those with only one exam, perhaps it doesn't matter as much. i will, of course, be trying my best to mug=x

anw, it's been a really packed term, though seniors may beg to differ, compared to theirs. in any case, i have never, at any one point of the term thus far, regretted my decision to come to SMU SIS=) i love what i'm doing now - though not necessarily BGS / AS, which i still think are useful despite not liking it - firstly, because i think it's really relevant to industry, and secondly, because i do really like what i'm learning. after all, everyone did say to take something u like in university, and now, i certainly agree.

BGS (Business, Government, and Society) is one hell of an ambiguous module, and one we gotta know how to crap, and crap fast. i've never been too good with crapping (lol that's why i dropped history as soon as i could right?), but it's necessary, i do believe, as basis for future modules tt i'll take in future. not so much as an actual business module, but it's a guide for us when we actually make decisions in future (like, we should at least appear to be ethical).

AS, is yet another confusing module. i like its aims - to help us think faster and more logically, to analyse an argument for it's validty and soundness - it's definitely of use.. IF we manage to apply it. it's going to take some time=x

learning new things are tough, especially when some of the ppl around u know so much already, but we can do it. each of us have our own strengths right? i mean, that's why there're so many projects and stuff, isn't it? one of the aims is to learn how to make use of each team member's strengths and help overcome their weaknesses. of course, not everyone is willing to admit their weaknesses, which is where attitude matters. especially in the world of IT, where each new technology is so quickly enhanced and replaced (SIS ppl: technological discontinuity lol=p), we've just gotta pick up stuff quickly. and if some ppl just don't want to learn, but leech upon others instead, they simply lose out. that's not to say that we shouldn't help others, but rather, help at the right time, in the right way.

lol i'm in a writing mood today, eh?

ok, change of subject. on to my favourite topic - Mac.

was walking in Sim Lim yesterday and i re-realised that Mac totally rocks~! hahaha=pp i'm so totally in love with the Mac desktop!! like, i only knew yesterday that Mac doesnt actually have a CPU, and is just a 'monitor' all-in-one! heh am i that slow? anw, it just rocks=D i'll get for my next desktop manz=DD hee.

well, i did experience a small crisis of sorts with my Mac today, BUT it's not an inherent problem, simply a problem with some files i downloaded. no problem after a boot in safe mode, and a restart=) i love my mac still=) though i wish i now have leopard, and 4GB of RAM=S lol.

by this christmas/birthday, i am so going to have Mac OS X Leopard, Wacom graphics tablet, another external hard disk (500GB and above if possible), and maybe even a nice pair of speakers to connect to my darling macbook. hmm. and 4.0GPA. lol. ohwell, i can only aim for it. my BGS and AS is so sucky right now, and i can't imagine myself writing java for IS200. craaap.

ok i'm panicking.

happy holidays
ta~

Dominoes, Morphing, Spartans

Woot! I've been really busy with cip and the various school camps!! but they've all been super duper uber fun! have a look=D

29jul: Dominoes of Dreams finale!!




then we had MetamorphoSIS 2007 from 4-5aug!! my group CONGA was super enthu and totally chionged for all the activities man=DD although it was really really tiring it was worth it!!! in between activities we just kept playing games like our signature yeeha and diudiudiu!! hahaha super funny la=D and i have managed to crack the lame games like the mrt game, around the world, johnny whoosh etcetc=pp damn lame!=p hahaha. and we won BEST OVERALL GROUP!! we will be using our $50 vivocity vouchers this friday! heeee=D CONGA sha CONGA sha CONGA sha sha sha!!

then i had my second camp - FTB camp! from 9 - 11aug! well i really didnt have a very good impression of it initially.. and it's really true that the facilities left much to be desired. BUT the activities were pretty damn funnnnnn! hahah and i had a whole new experience! i was totally lifted up to form the 'foot tower', and we hit 3metres!!! (it's basically to stack our feet heel to toe vertically upwards as high as possible) mwahaha. it was pretty exhilarating=DD

we bathed in the cubicles on the first day, and it was seriously.. ughhh. thank goodness for sansan's advice to bring an S-hook so i could hang my stuff. and it was totally clogged pls! by the time i'd finished bathing (and i was in the first batch) the water was up to my ankles.

oh and the debriefs. ok i learnt stuff.. but it has a nasty habit of being an anti-climax, esp after activities in which we were super high. but still, our faci, darren, did his job really well and managed to brainwash us about simulation. lol. not, er, stimulation.

but on to more fun stuff.. one of the most fun parts was the rafting!!!! kudos to the guys in our team! we couldnt have achieved so much without them manz!! kianlun and nat esp, as officers from ns, were totally pro in their knots and i learnt terms like square lash and um, cold fish? whatever. anw the girls tried our best to help, albeit rather negligibly. the point is, we built the best best best raft man! when we did the shake test, ours was super stable=DD then although we were the last to set off.. somehow, when we started moving off, we just happily overtook everyone else! even those who started 5-10min earlier! mwaha. and we were the firsT!! wheeeeee.

then from the second day onwards, the girls in my group started practising open concept bathing! waha. and no, we did not strip in the open. we simply rinsed off in our clothes, and shampoo-ed and everything. and phew, it was soooo much more comfortable as compared to bathing in the cubicles.

to say that final challenge on the third and last day was tiring is seriously an understatement manz. the first part was.. ahhh. i slowed down my team alot then la. cos i lost my puzzle piece was going back! ergh=x but we still pressed on! holding hands while running was crappp. i'd say that it was the holding hands that was tiring, not the running. but we completed it!!! and.. got best group for final challenge!!!! AND spartans won!!!! for the third time out of the four runs of FTB! wheehee. i love our cheer too! gambatte sparta! wish i had a video to show u guys=pp i still think we've the got best cheer lor. we look damn cool when doing the cheer la. wahaha.

enough of FTB.

oh and i must mention.. I got my iPod nano!!! it's the red version, and it has my name engraved on it's back!! hahaha. and i've got 20% off=pp thanks to don! our ftb group's uncle agony. and my china-born brother. LOL. for some reason our ftb grp mates thought we were from china, and even said we look like siblings!!=S hahaha. i'll take a photo with him sometime soon! i love my red ipod nano=) and me n nel went over to his house on the evening after ftb to watch 'V for Vendetta' and it was awesome! intriguing plot and great dialogue. woot. and i love don's room!!! ahahahah. seriously 95% my perfect room already. wheehee.

cheers=)

I havent blogged for a looooong time!!! here's a photo summary of what i've been doing:

Me @ CommunicAsia 2007!

LG Shine! Their booth is seriously beautiful and classy~

Dinner on the last day with our Taiwan guests! I wanna go Taiwan!!!


Some spastic neoprints with that woman~~




We(more of carol) wanted to gym BUT too bad sports facilities were closed for an event!! heh, thank goodness=Pp


went to Clarke Quay last sat with carol!! mwaha i tried the iguanarita and she took the amorita!! the amorita was apparently pretty potent eh? and she wants to try bungee jumping. i gotta think twice abt that manz.

i wanna go indulgz! and go clarke quay again! and again! whee~~~

and i went for SMU SIS gathering yest! went to gelare @ eastcoast and it was fun! lots of v nice ppl (not to mention crappy ppl, in a funny way of course LOL). and did i mention i'm so loving university already? so many ppl drive! wahaha. =DD and we're like super enthu pls~ camps havent even started and yesterday was the fourth outing already! ok i didnt go for the first 3 but ya, the point is we're enthu man. ahhaha.

on a more serious note though, i hope i perform well in uni. meaning i must exercise alot alot more discipline. 아자!

Wicked!

yesterday was TJChoir's concert - Wicked! so fun k! as alumni we performed 2 songs, amor io sento l'alma and te quiero.. and we rmbed 'che mai' and tequiero was so nice! haha or maybe i was just feeling hyper yesterday! lolx and one of the VIPs were so @#$%%$&@$!! someone went to the wrong ACS la! lolx okay i'm just being wicked la huh.. heh.. but anw the concert was vvv enjoyable! esp the musical, with miaomiao aka dorothy, delin aka tin man, juntao aka Lion, christopher aka scarecrow, tessa aka wicked witch, sylvia aka good witch, they were all so cute!!! hahah esp miaomiao and juntao lah.. ahhaaha.. and there was this super enthu yr1 junior, dance until so super enthu.. lolx.. and we could tell that they were all really enjoying themselves=)) and yee chuin was so excited can!! ahahah she really injected alot of her time and effort into this i think, and this was probably v contagious.. so everyone was so hyper after the concert!

after the concert quite a few of us were supposed to go for supper BUT somehow ppl just 'disappeared' along the way, leaving just 8 of us for supper. namely me michelle kenneth kuanrei shaowei shisong sam timo. even so, the remaining few of us went along to newton circus! whee quite fun, though there was a slight hesistancy about whether we'd get lost... like we did when getting to acs? lolx=pp kk anw we ordered chicken wings, kangkong with chilli, stingray with chilli, squid with chilli, and fortunately, oluak without chilli. lol so guess what? naturally i ate just the chicken and oluack. and dont think i didn't try. I tried the squid, just one, and voila, my whole face turned red! and so i returned to my happy chicken wings and drumlets. (not mine per se.. but whatever) anw i realised yesterday that our seniors are nice ppl!! hahahaha. guess i miss our year1 period alot la.. and even then didn't really talk much to them then.. either that or ns has changed them.. but whatever.. hope to see them more often after this!! and hopefully there'll be more ppl joining us then lol. whee~~~ yesterday was fun! i'll be going for the next tjchoir concert in july @ esplanade!=)

200 Pounds Beauty

mwaha! i survived saturday! lolx. let's see if i can survive the nxt few weeks. without becoming a pile of.. well, not bones, but some non-human organism. ohwellzzzz.


anyway, went out with carol toot yesterday to TM! watched 200 Pounds Beauty which was damndamn nice!=D=D here's a pic:-

the before & after!


it's really really funny!!! laughed till i was almost rolling about in my cinema seat lol. wahaha~~~ go watch!!

then we went walking around and then we went to coffee bean! carol had her chinese chicken salad (ergh=x) and i had my sausage puff~ whee!

and we went to take neoprints! didnt take them for such a long time so yeah, had a lot of fun neoprinting! wheehee~ here's our evidence=D

natural beauty! lolx=p


seen this side of me yet? mwaha


PaBo = "Fool" in korean >> referring to carol of course=) ..as an endearment=)


=)


okay i know our pics are nice=) but gotta work tml.. so g'nite ppl!!

Meet the Robinsons!

out of my months of mundane life came a slightly more interesting day yesterday. had korean class at eastpt in the morning, my third or fourth lesson i think.. quite fun=D got this pretty funny guy lol, abt secondary sch age i think, but given my terrible judge of age, he cld be twenty too.. lolx.. but anw ya, so it was fun=D

then i got an unexpected free lift to choir alumni at tj!! haha thanks frog! haha, so ya it was time for choir alumni! i've really missed choir manz.. I may nt be a vv gd singer, but i still really enjoy singing tgt, with friends and my seniors.. I've missed them so much!! and our first prac was really not bad, like we did manage to combine within a space of 2 & a half hrs, and it sounded.. not too bad really. granted, my batch wasnt sure of te quiero and the senior batch wasnt sure of amor.. but it sounded pretty cool still=) and te quiero sounds so nice! hopefully more ppl will join and it'll be even nicer! yayy=) oh and we were like commenting tt the guys sounded so 'soldierish' while singing te quiero, though it's supposed to be romantic! lolll. but i hope we'll melt their hearts soon!! hahahaha=pp okok i'm going mad le.

moving on..

after alumni me and mich went to bedok interchange for mr. bean!=D as in, mr. bean the soya bean and not mr. bean the retarded guy. cos carol was only due to meet me at 6pm and i had lots of time to while away. so i recommended the 3-in-1 riceballs!! haha, it's soya beancurd + peanut soup + peanut tang yuan.. yummy!! go try k! haha=)

then i went to meet carol! that toot was !@#%#@%#*&@#$ again! shall not speak of it lest i falter into less becoming phrases. so anw, we went to vivocity!! to revive their business! ahhaah. so nice of us rite. ahhaha. ok ya so we bought the movie tix, and then we went for dinner at the White Dog Cafe! we went high class and tried their Pan-Fried(or seared? i can't remember.) Foie Gras, and their Crispy Duck Confit. Our verdict or pretty much unanimous: the Foie Gras was pretty gd, an average of 8.3/10. the duck, however, got a poorer 6.2/10. but overall, dinner was pretty gd, with a glimpse of some fireworks out the window and conversation b/n two best friends.=D

then we went to catch our movie Meet the Robinsons! though it's a cartoon, it's really enjoyable, v inspirational and poignant. i was pretty surprised acty, i did ever dream of such things.. like travelling in a bubble!! lolx. haha. but the point is, the plot was there and there were things tt would really make you think. so go watch it!

ok yup tt's abt the end of yesterday.. a pretty fun day out of the monotony.. i cant wait for next weekend!=))

oh and i had my second driving lesson today! so fun=)

kk, ta~!

babyface me=x

hi all! I was juz reading this month's CLEO mag and saw this article abt the babyface syndrome! lolx.. about girls who look much younger than they really are. so they 'made-older'(instead of a make-over) those girls.. and i guess i pretty much gotta learn those techniques huh?

was busy all weekend going for the open houses for the three universities, namely ntu smu and nus. somewhat tiring, but nonetheless informative.. at least more informative than the previous times i've gone for such open houses and talks since i'm actually paying attention. hmm.

i'm starting my basic korean class this saturday!!! yay! i'm so looking forward to it=D wheehee=) i shall start speaking in korean soon! wahahaha.

i wanna watch a movie!! anyone wanna go with me?? ahhh.

A-Level Results out!

i'm so glad that results day didn't fall on any day during my US trip! cos i wouldn't have wanted to miss all that getting together, the emotionally charged atmosphere, and all the announcements=) so far everyone i know did at least okay and can get into uni or wherever they wanted to go.. so congrats everyone!! as for myself, with some luck i should be able to get into the course of my choice, so i'm thankful for that=D i really didn't know what to expect for physics and econs, cos they were super dubious la, how to expect anything those papers were like crap?? i'm grateful for these results=)

people i really muz thank.. ryan, my private tutor, without whom i wouldn't have gotten what i did for maths and physics.. and carol, that irritating girl, otherwise i probably wld still have been blur abt all tt econs concepts.. thanks so much!

so, next step, university!

Trip to US!

Hi all!! i haven't been blogging for more than a month!! but now i've changed my template for an all new look!=) hope u like it=p

Here's a long and boring account of how i spent my holiday in the US! namely Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and San Francisco! For those who just wanna look at me, no worries=) u can juz go here to see the photos we took! Alternatively, u can read my account while seeing my photos, for a running commentary! woots! hahah jkjk.. haf fun ppl!=)

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Day 1 & Day 2
Okay the first two days aren't much, mainly flight-time, but anw, I saw my fave perfume Nina Ricci at the Duty-free inside the airport! lol, not that it's much of a surprise, but I guess it's cheaper than usual retail ba. so anyway, I totally chionged as many movies as i could on the plane! =p watched shows like "Employee of the Month", "Gridiron Gang", "Accepted", "Open Season".. All on the way to US! totally movie marathon man=D so shuang=) couldn't sleep la basically, maybe slept like 1hr? during the flight from Japan to LA. So we reached there around 11, but one of the group kena random interview by the US security, so we had to wait nearly 1hr=x But anyway we were still on schedule, so after tt we went to Wyndham Hotel to check-in. By the time we reached it was about 2plus i think, so we quickly checked in, left our stuff in the room, and went out of the hotel to recce the area.

Over here, the buildings are spaced pretty far apart, so pity my poor legs!! Okay, not so bad la, guess i needed the exercise after sitting in the plane for so long. So anw, we went to see the nearby stores like Henry's Supermarket, and went to check out the restaurants. So nice la, we saw the In-n-Out Burger there!=DD So of course I quickly brought my parents there to try the burger=) Mwahaha. Then we went to walk around again, saw a few shops, but nth much la. So around 6plus it was quite dark le, so we went back to near our hotel, to see the restaurants again. Plus i wanted to see whether the internet cafe was cheap (i cant help it!=x). But we couldnt find an appetising enough restaurant, we decided to go to a slightly further place which served Vietnamese food. (my parents missed chinese food already!! on the first day!!!=S) so there was food that was somewhat similiar to chinese food, to make my parents happy enough, and i ate some vietnamese spring rolls (which were abit yucky though=x). after tt we went to henry's supermarket to stock up on some mineral water and fruits. whee i love supermarkets! lol. their cereal isn't bought in boxes but dispenser-style! like press the button and your cereal pours out into your plastic bag. so fun! heh. so yeah, end of first two days=)

Day 3
We're going to Hollywood today! Namely Universal Studios, where they film the movies!! Before that we went to the Walk of Fame, where famous ppl name's are on the floor, and some have their hand and footprints on the concrete! There was the Mann's Chinese Theater as well, which was also where the hand & footprints were. Afterwhich, we went on to Universal Studios! Initially i thought that, eh, juz studios onli ma, got anything to see meh? But seriously, it was vvv nice! Our tour guide, Steven (more on him later), brought us to take the Studio Train Tour around the places where the movies like Fast and the Furious, the Mummy, and Jurassic Park were filmed. We saw the Stages, which are basically gigantic halls whereby they'll build the setting and props for the movies. then we saw various past Stages like a train station, helicopter crash in a city etc. We also saw scenes from War of the Worlds, Jaws.. and saw how they made cars 'fly' in a crash such as in Fast and the Furious. All in all, very interesting, very fun, and sth you must not miss if you ever go there!

One drawback: it was vvv hot there!! In the shade it's pretty cool, but if the sun's shining on you, it's totally scorching hot k!! seriously man. =x=x

Okay, so anw after the train ride, we tried other stuff such as Terminator 2 in 3D (mini introductory show of course), Waterworld Live, Shrek in 4D (the 4th dimension simply refers to the seats moving=p), Jurassic Park rollercoaster, Backdraft Live (where we experienced the heat during a fire, safely of course). Then i ate a Ben & Jerry's icecream cos esp after the Backdraft show i was practically melting le=S

The last show that we went for was FearFactor Live! In my opinion, the pre-show was more enjoyable than the show itself. lol. why? because before the show, this guy went around scaring ppl with a fake tarantula. lolx okay it's not so funny for the victim in question, but heh very amusing for sadists like the rest of us=p and another guy acting as usher, emphasise 'acting', brought a few ppl in, walked them round one section of seats, round and round until everyone else was just tearing with laughter!! hahaha, some of the 'victims' caught on after walking one round, but one group just followed round and round for like more than 3 rounds! totally cried with laughter la! hahah. then the show itself, first was testing who could hang onto a handle in midair for the longest period of time, second was like turning round and round and if you complete the task first u get to eat.. the Fear Factor smoothie! A yummy concoction of rancid fish guts, pig innards (raw of course), complete with sour milk. hmmmm. Last task, was some electric thing which you have to keep turning, but which gets more electricity on it the more you turn it. blah, some guy won it and congrats. fast forward>>after everything, we met up with the rest of the group about 6pm.

Dinner at a Chinese restaurant, den end of the day.

Day 4
Today's another tiring day! But fun=) First we went to Disneyland. We had a 2-Park-Hopper ticket, meaning we could go to Disneyland and California Adventure Park which is juz next to each other. As usual, Steven brought us around first to take the most impt rides. Disneyland's so nice k!! The moment u enter it, it's just like a dream world. I could almost imagine Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) walking out from the shops any moment! We took rides like Pirates of the Carribean, which was really nice. It's not the exciting kind, but the atmosphere is really realistic. We soon came to the conclusion that Disneyland is really not just for kids, but enjoyable for adults as well. The high technology involved is really amazing. In the ride, the sound volume, music, props, and fake people (which were made to look almost real!) made the atmosphere really really cool! Seriously! After this ride we tried many other highlights, one of them being A Bug's Life in 3d. Lol it's super interesting! Like, when one of the bugs gave off a stink bomb, we actually smelt sth! when one of them sneezed, we'd feel water sprinkled onto our faces! and for the finale, we were told to sit and let the 'Honorary Bugs' leave first, we actually felt sth poke us from behind and sth crawling underneath our butt! LOL=D Fun sia=)

Den we went to California Adventure Park! Here were the more exciting rides! First was the not so exciting ones like Soarin' over California, which is really super cool, cos it gives you the illusion that you really are flying over california as if in a flying chair! really super uber cool=D Then the more exciting ones including Hollywood Tower and California Screamin'! Hollywood Tower is like an elevator that you sit in, then they bring you all the way uppppp! then down and down and down like about 3 times. Woots! Fun!!!! At first i was abit scared la, cos acty i dun really like 'vertical' rides cos i'm scared of the weightless feeling, but still, it was funnn!!! Came out shaking a little but still damn exhilarated! wheehee! and we also took California Screamin'! which is a 360deg rollercoaster!! hahaha fun sia!!! at first almost cldnt take cos there was some mechanical fault, but thank gdness it was repaired quickly so whee i took it! fun sia! really really wish i can take it again=x and most imptly, kudos to my dad for taking both with me! lol, sacrificed most of his wits taking it. haahah.

den we got a quick dinner at a snack place cos there were longgg queues everywhere! i got my cheese pretzel and then quickly went to get a spot along the road in Disneyland, where the Parade of Dreams was abt to start! haha acty this parade wasn't much la, juz colourful n all tt, and not alot oso. But of course go there le muz see la=p den after this parade of dreams, we went out for awhile to check out the shops outside. and we saw alot of shops, and even though already 8plus nearing 9, the whole place still super crowded. then finally abt 9, we went back to disneyland around Cinderella's castle, where there'd be fireworks!! so nice k! like totally blew me off (metephorically speaking) lol. The fireworks were really really beautiful and indescribable in words that it deserves. So much better than the short 'boom. boom. boom' of Singapore's fireworks. like, it has shape, style, and a storyline! it integrates disney stories into the show, and a Tinkerbell is even flying around at times! Really really beautiful. After seeing this, it'll be difficult to see a nicer show of firework that tt le. Lolx. Seriously man.=)

So we caught the shuttle bus back to our Wyndham hotel, and poof to sleep.

Day 5
Mwaha! Today is the wonderful day of the start of.. shopping!! Oh, and the last day of the breakfast in Wyndham! lol, it was the same breakfast for the past two days! We went to the Tanger Outlet center that was on the way to Laughlin (a town near las vegas). So on the way to the center, Steven briefed us. Say "Chialat chialat (jialat jialat)" in a gay voice. That's Steven=) No offense though, he's been really gd and we really appreciate it!=D so he advised us to chiong to the shop we wanted most first and we did! nearly everyone chionged to Coach first (incl us) and wheee, seriously take take take sia. my mum and i nearly went mad.. with joy.=) see like onli, take first think later. Oh and dun forget Steven's advice, Buy Now Suffer Later! wahaha! So we bought mostly Coach, then after lunch, we shopped somemore i got a levi's top and another top frm an unknown shop.=) Oh let me elaborate abit on the lunch. It was at America's chinese fast food called Panda Express, and their opinion of chinese food is fried noodle(known as chow mein there, no spelling mistake there) and fried rice! and our sweet & sour pork is known as 'orange chicken'!

ok then on with our journey! we proceeded to Laughlin, a town on the banks of Colorado River. And by the time we reached, it was nearly nighttime, but we decided to look ard of course, since it supposed to be a mini casino city in itself. We walked ard, and I was looking for my Krispy Kreme shop! it's supposed to be a very well-known donut shop in the US. i saw a 'Krispy Kreme' sign along the street while still on the bus so i was pretty sure tt there was the shop there. unfortunately, after checking out 3 diff hotels, we found it in the third one, BUT it was closed for the day=x on the bright side, it would be open at 6am the next day! lolx. since this would be our only night in Laughlin, i didn't want to miss the chance to try their donuts, so i decided to wake up early to go get it! wheehee.

Day 6
So this morning, i woke up at 5am with my dad, and at 5.45am, we chionged 3 hotels away to get my donuts! when we reached there at 6.05, there was already a relatively long queue! wah, queued abt 15mins den finally got to order. so muz make it worthwhile rite? somemore all the way from singapore mah=p so we order half a dozen assorted donuts plus one original glazed donut. then we chionged back to hotel. then chionged down for the hotel breakfast with all our luggage and stuff since we had to leave immediately after breakfast. (not forgetting the donuts to be consumed later, though i sneaked a few bites of the original. mmhmm. heaven. nv knew donuts could taste so nice.)

After breakfast, we made our way to the Grand Canyon! We were so lucky k! When we went there, it was bright and sunny, though v cold, but it was sunny enough for us to take all our pics! Then, when we were done with our photo-taking and ready to get back onto the bus, it started snowing! like really snowing k!! initally it was light snow, but we were already very excited and taking photos like mad! snow totally rocks!!! then when we made our way down the mountain for lunch, it started snowing heavily! wheehee! i love snow!! so after eating lunch (during which we admired the snowfall outside the window and how the window ledge piled up with snow) guess what? we took more pics!! lolx, as i said, we love snow=) i've experienced snow before, even snowfall, but none as heavy as this! It's really beautiful=)

After all the hoohaa of the snow, we went back to the coach the continued on our journey. we had to backtrack to laughlin so that we could go on to las vegas, so by the time we reached Vegas, it was already evening time. However, our check-in time was later, so our tour guide brought us to see various shows around 'The Strip' @ Las Vegas such as the 'Atlantis' which tells the tale of two feuding siblings, and the musical fountain at the Bellagio which was really, for lack of an even better word, beautiful. And last was the Fremont Experience at Downtown Las Vegas which was not bad. It's basically a light show across the entire ceiling of the place, like a gigantic and extremely long plasma tv. lolx.

then when we were nice and tired, we got back to the hotel and.. slept.

Day 7
Okay, another day of GREAT shopping! the best ever!! First we went to visit Hoover Dam & Lake Mead. Well I dun have much to say abt it la, it's.. well.. a dam.. and a lake. Like ya. hahah. So secondly, Steven brought us to the Premium Factory Outlets in Las Vegas! We went alot madder here as compared to the previous Tanger Outlet center! hahaha. Our first stop was Nike! Here was seriously see, like, take. I bought 3 pairs of shoes! wheehee! and i was considering a fourth! kinda regret not getting though. hehhh. plus i also got a dri-fit top and jacket=) My parents got one pair each too=) Bu zhi bu jue, it became lunchtime so we headed to the food court for lunch. Wasn't anything special, so i koped food from my parents and got a White Chocolate Chip Mocha for myself=) yumm. Our tour coach was supposed to pick us at 1.30pm, giving us about 2 hours to shop and lunch, but luckily we were given the option of going back ourselves since we were free the rest of the day. =) so after lunch, more shopping!!

We headed to see other stores, like Liz Claiborne, where me and my mum bought 3 polo tees and a tshirt. then, we went to Armani Exchange where i tried on one of their jeans=) and juz for the sake of the brand name, i got a tee to show off as well! lolx ahhaha. well u cant blame a girl for being materialistic every once in a while=) oh and we went to Fossil!! one of my fave brands=) I got myself two watches there! heeee. I shld've gotten a third!=x kinda regret that too=x lolx. but oh well. and guess what?? by this time, it was already nearing 5pm! lolx. and we still weren't done with shopping. however, we were kinda guilty cos my dad didnt have much to do and he really wanted to bring us to see the hotels cum casinos in Vegas, plus we had a show to catch. so we teared our eyes (and hearts) away frm the place and made our way to the taxi stand.

back in town, our first stop was our hotel rm so tt we could dump our loot=p we had to catch a show called 'Jubilee' tt we bought tix for, so we had to meet Steven at 6.30pm. after grabbing a light bite nearby, we met him, and then took a taxi to the Bally Hotel. (we had to share cab with the most irritating couple. acty it was the husband who was irritating la. ergh, the first time i met him at the pre-departure briefing, he said:"我什么都没有，就是钱很多" walao!!!! crap sia. somemore is depending on his rich wife de, and sit at home do nothing. still can say liddat! plus his wife so rich oso quite humble. irritating guy sia. ergh.)

okay then we finally reached the place and were seated. Basically Jubilee's a topless cabaret show, gotta be 18yrs and above de. I was asked for my passport (as usual la. cant help it if i look young rite? lol. might as well look on the bright side. btw, nearly everyone in my tour group thought i was in lower sec! ahh) the show was pretty nice, and the props were great. of course there's all the boobs and butt lor. lolx, and i was happily munching away at my chips as well. hahah, while my parents nearly dozed off. but it was pretty interesting la (not the boobs and butt fyi) esp this grp of guys who were very funny=D (typing it here simply doesn't do it justice so too bad for ya)

after Jubilee, my family went ard to see the various hotels.. like the Venetian, which is Venice-themed, so it has a river (man-made of course) flowing through the first floor, plus boats u can sit in while the rower serenades you! (u can view my photos to get a clearer idea) We then went to Wynn hotel, the newest & biggest hotel in Las Vegas for dinner. The chinese restaurant there is supposed to be very good as even stars go there to eat. so we went there, and met some of our tour grp ppl, who said they met some hk actor! lol argh too bad we missed it=x but anw, the food was pretty gd so we had a nice dinner=)

by then, my mum and i were totally slpy le, so when my dad suggested going to take a look at more hotels, we nearly died. naturally we didnt go la=p 2 against 1 mah. hee.

Day 8
Woke up early in the morning to catch a 8.25am domestic flight to Oakland, near San Francisco. So we had to be there by 6.25am to clear Security and everything, then we had our breakfast inside Check-in. We ate burritos at some mexican cafe! which was MUCH nicer than the thus far standard fare of eggs, ham and bacon.

Flight was delayed to 9am, so we juz talked among the group.. got this chinese couple from indonesia who's pretty cute=) like, he's cute and she's pretty so they make quite a cute couple=) so envious ah! hahaha, and they were v nice to everyone also la.. plus he's quite well-off i think, aww, what more to ask for?=pp okay i digress, so we got on the plane. mwaha, i was fast, so the moment i saw someone go to the boarding queue, i immediately chionged to queue behind them, cos this system dun haf allocated seats de. muz get gd seats ma, so tt alighting tt time easier. heh=p

we reached Oakland! then we got onto a coach, and as tension within me mounted further.. we approached san fran!! hahaha civilisation as last!! hahaha. let me explain, LA was more country-like, as the buildings were spaced further apart and pace of life there was slower. Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert plus being packed with just casinos doesn't make for much other recreation and activities. Therefore.. civilisation awaited in San Francisco! wheehee. It's a pretty small city, with just 2million+ people, and it's buildings are all pretty packed. Just what i'm used to=)

Steven brought us around San Francisco on an orientation tour. First was to Pier 39, Fisherman's Wharf, where he gave us 1hr to walk around. I got a Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough icecream for myself! then we walked around the wharf and took a look at some of the shops. then we went for the 'New' Bay Cruise, where they bring us right underneath the Golden Gate Bridge, then back round Alcatraz so we could get a closer look at the island. (mwaha i've been on it!)

after the cruise, Steven then brought us to the Golden Gate Bridge itself, where we could walk on it, see the gift shop and all tt. for me wasn't much la, since it's like basically a bridge right? and seeing it for the second time is like.. okay. so i went to the gift shop(which was closed the last time i went with TJChoir) to press a few pennies to pass time. In case u're wondering what's pressing pennies, it's basically this machine tt u can put in money for it to literally press your penny into a special souvenir, which in this case was a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge.

after that, to our hotel in Civic Center!! We stayed in Holiday Inn, Civic Center, which was not bad, pretty near Union Square, the town area. Steven also gave us an option to join him for a walk to Union Square so that we could orientate, but my family declined=pp cos i wanted to go find my bead shops in that area, and anw i'd been there before=) plus i had my map, so what could go wrong?=)

so i brought my parents to go find my shops, but unluckily, they were both closed!! operating hours were over=( so i led them to Union Square on Market st. instead lor. and i found my previous hotel as well!=DD turned out my previous hotel and my current hotel were pretty close! wheehee=) so once i saw my prev hotel, i became instantly familiar with the area=D I brought my parents into the hotel to take a look at the interior, and where we once rehearsed, where we ate our breakfast, and even where we had our first briefing!=) then i walked us to Union Square, where we then took the Cable Car to Fisherman's Wharf! and i realised it costs US$5.00! (and i took it for free before=pp)

at fisherman's wharf, we had dinner at a restaurant with a few other tour grp members we met on the cable car. it was yummy! We ordered a lobster combination, consisting of a half lobster, half crab, with prawns and shrimp=) plus a lobster bisque, and a clam chowder in sourdough breadbowl! wah liddat hor, enuf for all three of us le k! not juz enuf but quite full k. after dinner we walked off some of the calories, den hopped onto an electric tram back to our hotel.

Day 9
Our last day!!=((((( So muz make full use of it! and I was the tour guide for the day!=D In the morning, I wanted to bring them to Lombard street, and it juz so happened that a few others wanted to go too! so we decided to go tgt taking the cable car, but it suddenly rained! so we decided to take taxi instead! so we experienced driving down k!=) somemore total taxi fare ended up cheaper than a cable car ride for all 3 of us=) quite fun lar, my mum was like so happy over the sakura trees lol.

after seeing lombard street, my family separated from the rest and i brought them to fisherman's wharf for breakfast! we found a cafe called "Denny's" that i've been wanting to try, so we settled on breakfast there. waited quite long, but still worth it=) the pancakes so nice! really warm and fluffy de, nt like normal McDonald's hotcakes haha.

kk back to hotel, where we did our impt 'businesses' and i planned the rest of the day=) we headed to the bead shops i found yesterday, where i spent a vvv long time selecting what i wanted! haha the place i went to was super colourful and staff initially looked like weirdos and kinda scared me but they were actually really nice, and they even keep cats in the place! spent a few hrs there=)

then lunch at Macy's! i brought them to the basement where i introduced to them the Spaghettini, and i ordered my macaroni and cheese! yumm=) unfortunately didn't order the herbed fries, aww.. ahahha=p then my dad lingered in the basement while me and my mum chionged upstairs to shop! haha shop here shop there, but didn't get that much la, wanted to get a dress de, but dun haf sth tt looks nice on me=x so we each got a pair of pants lor.. haha.. i found a black pants with gold deco! hee=D

(ps. time passes so quickly when shopping!!!)

after a while we got tired of macy's, so after getting some of the chocs frm there, we left the place.. and found Victoria's Secret! heeee! (those who dunno abt it.. tsktsk) whee i love the lingerie there!! hehhh. shant elaborate much here, but the place so cool k, the changing rooms even have a button inside to press when u need help! LOL. my dad waited for us for nearly 3hrs!!! *guilty* but we still hadn't gone to the second floor to check it out! but too bad la, too long le, so gotta go lor.=x after tt we went to Levi's=) cos i wanted to find sth that i saw in Singapore, but
they dont have it! but i managed to find a pair of jeans la so not w/o gains=pp

finally we went for dinner, at this restaurant called John's Grill, which is supposed to be quite popular in san fran. we shared two of their most popular meals, which were both totally delish!!=DD ate up every last bit of it!

then we took the electric tram back.. and it was the end of our last day..=x

Day 10 & Day 11
on the flights back to singapore, i didn't chiong as many movies as before, but still managed to catch "Barnyard". oh and we were v lucky! my family managed to get the seats in the front of the section! as in, you know where the large screen tv is? we were in that row at the side! so we got lots of leg space!=D like totally can stretch out de=) wheehee!

hmm.. back in singapore, luckily we touched-down about 1am, so it wouldn't be as hot as in daytime. even so, it was so hot and humid!!=( oh well, will get used to it. i miss US already!!

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hiiiiii!

haha long time no see ppl! =D anw i'm v happy now cos yesterday i just opened a new bank account! and i got an atm card! lol kk i know alot of ppl haf le la. but most imptly, i signed up for driving!! wheeeeee! my basic theory test's on 1march. anyone else too??

oh and i've got a job! finally! mwahaha. but i'm still poor until i get my pay=x

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

whee! its 01/01/07! rmb to write "07" le k! esp for those going back to school on 3rd Jan=p okay acty new year isnt much la, just an excuse to play and haf fun! lolx so haf fun we did! me n carol went to vivo yesterday to party! haha.. kind of la.. we met to watch a movie first.. wanted to watch borat but realised its R21!!=x sian rite! so we watched School for Scoundrels, which is like, really juz soso onli.. not v nice or what.. then wt joined us for dinner there too.. after which me n carol went for the countdown party at vivo skypark! wheeheehee!

cty it wasnt fun at all before 10 la, cos our tix were only for the amphitheatre meaning we weren't allowed to stand in the mosh pit. so it was like soooo boring at first la! like, new yr's eve supposed to be high high de ma, den go there n sit, like watching concert liddat, siannn!!! BUT luckily, they found 0.01 milligram of conscience so ard 10 they let us go into the mosh pit! meaning we could go in front and scream n get high! haha.. so funny!

so basically the real party started at 10pm.. and I managed to shake Hady Mirza's hand! not juz touch k, its a complete handshake lor. mwaha. jealous not? lolx. acty nth much la, i'd much MUCH rather touch JJ Lin's finger than shake the entire hand of Hady lol. lalalal. and i still love Daniel Ong! though i think he's better on the radio la, cos last nite he was pretty lame lol.. anw, shan't say much more, let the photos speak!

the clearest pic i haf of jj ba! it has some semblance of jj.. imagine a little k.. (he's the one in pink, the extreme right)

this one has gurmit singh, junyang, jj lin, michelle respectively.. as i said, use your imagination!

aren't we just the cutest? lol=)

evidence of us going for the party!!=pp

my newfound seductive side..? more like deformed..=x

enjoying her belgian chocolate drink huh? n looking oh so cute.. thank the camera(wo)man pls!

haha yep that's abt all, basically we left after counting down, cos after tt was performances by tay ping hui tt kind, so prob boring de la.. and alot of ppl left at tt time too.. n ppl were so high la, screaming all over vivovity! lolx fun sia! haha.. =DD

yupyup so ppl, haf a great new year!!!

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