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Friday, February 25, 2005

photos!

haha yes i realised that i havent really like gotten around to sharing any pictures here... so here's a brief hookup on abit of my life lately haha... this made me realise i nv actually take photos of my assisi dearies, my nus friends, my fazirah and azman and so many other things i do now!

k here goes:

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me and my valentine flowers! sunflower! my favourite! haha he's too sweet :)

my room when i was in the midst of clearing it up... as viewed from my bed. grrr. thank goodness it doesnt' look like that anymore.

him in his ocs uniform! haha :)

(low resolution pic taken on my phone) i wrapped his bday present in 25layers of newspaper. muahahahha! fact of life: you gotta work for it man...

my parents on my daddy's birthday :) so sweet and loving... will i be like them when im their age? i chose the cake btw! double chocolate frm haagen daz! haha!

k that's all folks. i gotta rush for driving lesson now... muacks. will post more next time when i've actually taken them! haha...
wahahha and my dad just waltzed past as my pic was on the screen and he was telling me how ugly i look now (cos i lost some weight since As). thanks dad :) i really appreciate that.

lin~*
7:51 pm

Thursday, February 24, 2005

what to pack.. ohhh what to pack!

haha.. packing for trips is always an interesting chore.
first you decide which jacket you want to bring, esp for a short trip like this, bring 1 handy one enuff alr. so its like HMMM... the white one with the hood? the black guess one? the old blue one? etcetc.
then you go the the stuffy cupboard in my uncle's room where my mum hoards all the winter clothing - we have too much of those... and unload all the laundry bags stuffed full of woolies, thinner jkts, gloves, hats etc.
opening a plastic bag, you find about 10pairs of gloves... all black, some with trimming, some thinner some thicker.. etc. you choose the one you think u want to wear and keep the rest.
then comes the bag with the hats. my oh my... which to wear? the dark blue hat with purple trimming bought from france, or the purple round rim hat bought from france, or the black one with a pink heart bought from us? hahaha
then come sweaters. the blue wonderfully soft fleece one that's oversized, daddy's off white ashworth sweater that's also oversized, my purple reversible sweater from some budget store in us, my pink sweater from og, my pink sweater that's free, old green/white pretty sweaters, grey one with pink piping...etetcetc.mind boggling lors.
and the scarves. and the shoes. and the pants. and the shirts.

all in all an interesting activity, and i think that we have too many sweaters. but that comes from being able to share with mum, and alot of overseas winter trips, and cheap stores in europe and us that sell nice jkts and sweaters at really cheap prices (like sgd$30) kind of cheap.
word of advice: if you're going on a winter trip, u'd do better to get ur jkts and all from there, esp if its US, cos they have so much more selection, nicer quality, cheaper prices. much better than all that i can find in s'pore so far.

oh yes. and the last problem of all tt's the most problematic: fitting all them fluffy thick sweaters and jackets into ur small bag cos you want to *ahem* travel light.

lin~*
11:12 am

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

salsa! rueda!

haha salsa and rueda are really really really really fun! yay! went with selene, alina, lawrence, and claire on tuesday night and ended staying beyond the initial basic salsa class, to try rueda, and to dance! stayed for like almost 3hs there dancing and dancing and dancing! hahaha woohoo! want to go again soon hee :)
actually dance is a fun activity cos as long as you move to the music, to the beat, on time, you feel great and accomplished. and you get a great workout! but the better thing about these is that they're social activities! esp rueda which is a group dance where couples stand in a circle, someone calls out moves and everyone just dances and interacts with each other... with moves that involve the entire group at the same time and everyone just goes round and round in the circle changing partners here and there... yeah! and well latin dancing is just sexy in its own right larh yeah.. hee :P
and well i was glad cos we went in a fairly big group, so u know alot of the class... cos some ppl (esp guys) go alone, and purely to socialise... and they end up flirting with any decent girl they can get. hai haha it was hilarious how erm "upfront" this guy was there... haha.

and wow! i accomplished one of my goals for this wk already: the lose 2 kg one. im down to my pre-cny weight already! haha yay! wow that was fast... and just involved some dancing and very little starving. contrary to what some ppl think. i eat okay... haha amazing! :)

and thankyou for all the nice nice comments about the new blog design... i dint design it tho.. dled it from somewhere... heh thankyou :)
i really should try designing one right? given my comp graphics skills and all... but i dunt know the coding very well.. i can read them cos i took a course on javascript once, but to put it together and actually write one from scratch i cant... not enuff skill hehe...

lin~*
7:45 pm

Monday, February 21, 2005

conflicted.

haha talking to my nus frens, who're all mugging quite hard now, with CAs coming up, and exams in late Apr, its quite mad, cos i'm unwilling to give up my dance, my slacking, my computer nights to hit the books. gahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
and its suppsed to be my break! my holiday! my half year holiday!!!! so should i study? should i should i?
do i really want to do well?
even some of the other ppl in my prog are chionging like mad, like its normal school, so i feel abnormal.
just am totally not used to being the slack one in sch lahr... i must be the damn hardworking damn mugger pugger type of person one lor!
study hard also no consequence, i dun need the credits, and well yeah... i dun think it'll really affect nus med entrance... so yeah!
HMMMMM....

lin~*
11:01 pm

new blog design!

haha i was bored, not doing the stuff on my list below, and well stumbled on this blog design that accurately reflects my mood now! haha little children, pink hearts and butterflies! (k no butterflies, but the pretty flower more than makes up for it! haha)... heh comments comments? i was getting rather bored with the old baby blue ballerina one... haha... and so a change will do me good! haha yes.

and i realise how i never like the original font colour the blog designer uses.. like the original colour for this text if the blog designer had her way, is a dark maroon... but i choose to use grey instead. and my previous blog? the original colour is like blue. so boring hahahah... yeah..

lin~*
11:49 am

... hahah out of point but...

haha i realised how if my new butterfly earrings had baby blue instead of baby pink crystals on them, they'd totally go with this blog! haha but anw, both are in the same feel... breathy, light, sweet, ethereal... haha
k i'm gushing too much about a pair of earrings but i really like them! heh...

lin~*
10:58 am

mid sem break!

haha yay! its mid sem break!
my list of things to do:
1. complete my 2 pract reports
2. study my life sci rubbish, catch up with lectures
3. book my driving test date
4. start salsa
5. read a book
6. pack for london
7. prep for imperial interview
8. spend time with lawrence b4 i leave for one humongously long week
9. lose 2kg :P (chinese new year fat... horrendous yuck.)
10. sleep lots and get rid of horrendous eyebags
11. get tuition stuff on track for my kids
12. trim my hair

yes... and go shopping whenever i feel like spending so that i can finally get my sandals and slippers... hahaha sheesh i keep procrastinating about them bleah... so dumb and now my old op sandals are like thoroughly soaked and encrusted with salt from their submergence in the sea on friday for pract at changi beach... so like all i can wear around are sneakers and heels. hai... my old flats are also ruined from prolonged usage. hahaha

oohohoh and i bought earrings yesterday! hahaha havent gotten anything for myself in a long while, and im absolutely in love with my earrings! hahaha...
huiling, i think i got a similar one as you, except my butterflies arent as intricate as urs and mine has flowers too! hahah... large hoops with butterflies and flowers and pink crystals dangling down from it! haha even my old old auntie said it was nice! whee! happy! hahaha
and another dangly star one that i thot was quite sweet... heh... can wear when i go back and get results...IF i'm in s'pore when results come out... bleah... my lucky star earrings hahaha.. i should really upload pics of them online haha but lazy to try connect the cam and comp etcetc...
yay now i got nice earrings to wear when im in london too! the only fun part when you're all bundled up in thick thick jackets and look ultra fat and all hahaha... wearing my black guess jacket that dad bought from some warehouse sale in indo a long time ago really cheap, and this pretty vintage pink old navy sweater that his business associate gave me cos there was some shipment of it into their company or some crap liddat, so anw i got a nice sweater free! hahaha.. yay!
this is amazing. free clothes! haha... yay!

am super excited about london trip..! haha... cos i wanted to go there since i was like pri 6... mum promised me that if i got into rgs after pri sch she'd bring me to london... well i got into rg... and rj even now... hahaha and no london?!? if not for my interview there now i would probably have never gotten to go there. but i should be content. i've been to so many places around the world... most of the usual travel destinations i've been, so i should really be content! haha yes i am... but its still exciting to get to go to london wad right? :P plus i get to meet nice nice seniors there when i go to cam who're bringing me around! haha herman and yingqiao! yay!

i sound so high and hyper... bleah hahaha... earth to huilin earth to huilin! haha

kk now to go do my pract report... and exercise lots more... yes yes yes... must..

lin~*
10:41 am

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

impromptuness

ladida... feels so good to do impromptu things even though you're tired and aching all over... woke late and rushed to lecture, arrived 15mins late and sweating super hot all over... lunched with him, and had another lecture in which i fell asleep for 10 whole minutes, whilst sitting in the direct eyeline of the lecturer. v smart right haha... rushed to commonwealth for tuition cos i wanted to reach early to speak with the organiser, had tuition with 2 very exuberant kids but thankfully by the end of it they became lots more subdued... sent him to his tuition at somerset... then went to bedok library to renew my lib book. haha went there expecting to renew, then impromptuly got caught up in the london guidebooks... reading reading, sitting on the floor just reading.. till i realised it was 830! haha... ooops..

doing unplanned stuff by myself invigorates me alot alot... cos i feel im my own person, i'm in control, and not rushing from one place to another cos of someone else dictating my footsteps... some ppl may think that shopping alone is just sad.. but i quite enjoy it, haha i walk around, and for once my thoughts are clear, i make my own decisions, i wun tend to turn to ask the person with me about his/her opinion on stuff... and i go home when i want to :)
yay

lin~*
9:14 pm

Thursday, February 10, 2005

too much good food.

yes haha cny brings too much good food =P esp if you have a dad like mine haha...
went for english tea at ritz yesterday and lunch buffet at raffles hotel today... wah madness.. it was like desserts, pastries, scones galore, then today oysters, lobster, crabs, sashimi, nice choc cake, salmon galore! and not to mention the jam tart, fruit cake, cookies at home!
gah.
i feel stuffed.
and full
and fat
and obese
haha i'm subsisting on 1meal a day now cos each of these is just so darn filling! hahahaha...
goodness gracious me...
then its so saddening how i have like excess of food and people elsewere dun even have any to eat. then i feel sad.
and how ex each meal really is, cos like the tea was 25 pp and lunch was almost 50pp... which is like half and exactly my wkly pocket money lor... goodness...
how rich will i have to be to afford such luxuries in future?
hai
i feel pampered too.. haha

lin~*
9:11 pm

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

cny eve :)

hmmm eve of cny...
gingko nuts... no they're seeds cos the gingko plant is a gymmosperm (gymmo = naked, spore = seed) so the "nuts" or in actual, seeds act hang from the stems of the tree! haha woohoo!
ok so anyhow, gingko seeds are fascinating to deshell. spent like an hour deshelling this humongous pack. goodness. i never ever gave much thought to eating them, cos like eat then eat lor. but so much work goes into prepping it for the stomach!
first you have to deshell it. so you take a pounder thing and knock on it and hope you dunt hit ur fingers. hit mine a few times alr. haha ouch.
then you remove the shell and be careful not to cut ur fingers. or spoil the soft insides that is...
then if you're lucky the next layer of membrane comes off together with the shell, or most of the time it doesnt, then you have to slowly peel that layer of membrane off whilst tryign not to deface the smooth yellow surface of the "flesh" below.
then u stick a blunt toothpick through the axis of the "flesh" to remove the strip of bitter thing that's really the embryo of the whole seed.
then u wash it and put it aside for cooking.
madness. haha. but its a skill, by the time i did like 10, i was damn enthu about it alr hahaha... cos like you try to produce smooth, uncrushed "fleshes" that look vv nice! yes.

so anyhow, not going to sleep tonight, cos its cny and there's this thing abt the later you sleep the longer your parents live. yes. ohwells. my parents must live long long right. so i cannot sleep.
angpows tmr morning! granny alr gave me one! hahaha. yayses.

and goodness there's so much food at home. half of it the neighbour behind give one. dunno y they give us so much food! hahaha but we're lucky. my daddy jokes that one of the 3 sons in the hse behind must be in love with me, so they give so much food. I'M SURE PLS hai hahahaha. stupid groundless baseless conjecture. but got really nice jam tarts and keropok. other than that, got the choc chip oatmeal cookies and the oatmeal raisin cinnamon cookies that i baked all by myself, the fruit cake that i mixed and maid baked, dragon beard candy, tons of chocs, nice nice bakkwa from both msia and s'pore, oranges galore, apple chips, choc tarts in the freezer, icecream and so much more food, not mentioning the 5 dvds i'll be watching this hol cos my uncle bought for my dad and me...

wah! going to grow fat alr. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. hahaha.

lin~*
8:41 pm

Saturday, February 05, 2005

sad :(

so saddening. i'm not allowed to go sailing with my dear on his birthday?!??!? hai. they're probably afraid i'll plop off the boat and drown or sthg. gah. ohwells. in case they forgot i actually can swim! haha. ohwells.
maybe when i become a parent someday i'll be liddat too, so cannot hate mine too much. haha.

there's this interesting thing abt me lately, i go around and i see adorable little kids, (which is quite often since i'm at assisi and all), and wish i had one of my own hahaha.
it looks great to be a mum... your kids trust and love and believe you implicitly. you are the world to them. you love, cultivate and protect them. they're like an empty slate on which you can form a perfect new human being. then you let them go and roam free once they're old enough.
too early dear. too early. yes.
muahahha. too much stuff going has addled my brain lots man.
*shudder*
housewifely-motherly instincts showing through?
NEVER!
i have dreams and ambitions of my own to fulfil. what's the pt of my parents having brought me up to have all these lofty ideals when suddenly all i want to do is raise a family? muahaha sounds like a fruitless cycle then. cos if everyone grew up to just have babies and a family, then where are all the brilliant doctors, engineers, and whatnot other professions to hold up the world and make it a better place?
yes.

byebye, shall go off and continue slacking, guzzling on cookies and pineapple tarts, get fat, and dream about cute little children.
oh yes, sidenote i'm damn proud of myself, lost weight last year, and more than mantained it still! haha woohooness! still, sneaking suspicion that its all gonna go after cny. hai

lin~*
1:57 pm

Friday, February 04, 2005

my little angels

i love my little angels :)
they're so sweet, running around, shyly taking my hand and pulling me wherever they want me to go.
they debate about issues like what to eat for lunch with me, whilst hard at work colouring.
they laugh and giggle and cuddle me whenever i tell them stories out loud and reach a part where i play act to make it interesting.
they play-act at cooking fried pork with chilli for me.
they beg me to read with them, and jostle with each other for my attention.
they make me paper flowers, paper hats, and trust me implicitly.
i love them so much!

lin~*
9:26 pm

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

goodness gracious me!

haha... was reading baorong's blog, where she realised she got offer frm ucl by checking her ucastrack online. so i decided to go do that too and see what interesting finds i came up with haha. guess what??? my interview with the queen mary ppl went well! haha i got a conditional AAB offer from them for med! haha yayses! at least one school wants me! haha. yayses! now to go and charm the socks off the imperial people hai haha.

happyness despite my tiredness hahaha... hai.

lin~*
10:33 am