Being random

the reporters interviewed the 30-yr-olds and asked them who they are going to vote for in the coming elections. most said they will vote for the opposition. anyone but pap.

the reporters interviewed the 20-yr-olds too, so they went to nus. the nus students said they are too busy with the exams preparations to care.

hah. struck me as something funny.

sometimes we are just living in our old shell.
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i kind of miss clubbing. realised i havent clubbed at all since i taken on proj angel. i can still remember the day we had our first meeting was..24th feb. a way to keep track of the number of days i havent been to club. no zouk, no mos, no alcohol, no dancing, no cigarette-ridden clothes...

good to have something to keep me occupied from doing such meaningless activities..

clubbing turns me into another person.

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dont rain
dont listen to love songs
dont let your mind drift away...

thinking too much is bad for health.

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one last paper left to go..
and then..it's freedom.

the things people do when they are bored....

below is a perfect example.

FOUR THINGS ABOUT ME
*tagged by Jasmine Sia*

FOUR JOBS I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE
1. waitressing at pizza hut
2. coffeebean girl
3. showroom girl at borneo motors
4. commique asia exhibition

FOUR MOVIES THAT I COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN
1. the godfather
2. pride and prejudice
3. memoirs of a geisha
4. love actually

FOUR PLACES I'VE LIVED
1. Bukit batok
2. Bukit timah
3. eusoff hall
4. temasek hall? haha..

FOUR TV SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH
1. The OC..my fav fav fav..
2. America's next top model
3. desperate housewives
4. the apprentice

FOUR PLACES THAT I'VE BEEN ON VACATION
1. aussie
2. korea
3. shanghai
4. bintan

FOUR WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY WHEN I'M ONLINE
1. bloggies
2. hotmail?
3. victoria's secret website..hehe..sometimes only lar..
4. channelnewsasia? haha ok just pretending to be intellectual..:p

FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE NOW
1. London
2. sitting by the beach..
3. in a pub just chilling
4. manhatten

FOUR FRIENDS WHOM I'VE TAGGED AND THINK THEY WOULD RESPOND
1. dearie
2. andre teo who is on his way to japan right now..
3. terence lawww?? partner do u still read my blog???
4. umm davis ng??? hehehe..REMEMBER TO pay the finee!!

TIME FOR A BREAK!!!

wahhaa in a very good mood now cos i just finished my 2104 paper. no no it's not the last one..this torturous period hasnt end but my next paper is next wed..so..i finally have some time spare to laze around..just for a little while before i start my mugging session again...

:)

hmm nothing much to blog about these days, cos everyday is pretty much the same routine repeated. still have to deal with fund raising thingies, like my unfinished affair with nalgene bottles ,bazaars, and never ending accountings. discussions on petty details like transportation, making sure the clubroom is open (!!!) and...everything and anything.

i'm looking forward to the end of exams. first there will be my diving lessons and trip to tioman to look forward to. SO exciting! i've been hearing from so many people that diving is a fantastic experience. cant wait. although i'm a little scared that i'll drown. oops. haha.

and then i'll be going ubin..1 day 1 night camp compulsory for everyone in project angel. wonder what alex has got up his sleeves.

and then finally...cambodia. hmm..that will be another story altogether.

after cambodia, i'll be working for ntt docomo again at commique asia.

and then perhaps me and dearie will go hongkong in july! summer sales!

happy happy..

this is frustrating.

there is a hierarchy for almost everything in life. after the cell comes the tissue, the organ, the organ system, followed by the organism. ok i am crapping. my point is, to get certain events to carry out smoothly, they have to go through several levels of organisations. and it's frustrating, because if there are delays at one level, it slows down the entire project. and it's just impossible to make everyone feel the sense of urgency.

there is no time left to waste.

the waiting and the inefficiencies are driving me crazy. i wanna get things done so i can take my exams in peace. on the other hand, i need to draw the line between wanting to get things done and being irritating...

sigh, what to do, i'm at the bottom mah..

Postcards for sale!!!

Yet another one of my fund raising efforts.. any kind soul out there like to buy postcards from me?

The postcards...Look at these cambodian kids.. they're imploring you to buy postcards from me..

peekaboo..

This poor girl has got her leg amputated..

have a heart!

the days before...

the rainy season is definitely in. the early afternoons are usually blistering hot these days, followed by bleak, gloomy rain in the late afternoons. lala..i like. i like the rain.

rain, falling in my heart...

lyrics of a song. rain makes one dream. well, if you have the time that is. not much time to spare these days, but the mind just cant help drifting away from the realities of the world sometimes.....

wish i was at some other part of the world right now.

ok back to earth. havent been blogging because i'm tied down to projects, (sorry terence n ck!), reports, revisions, meetings and miscellaneous matters, which are probably more interesting to talk about.

sat was bro's bday. happy 24th birthday brother! may you grow fatter! his honkie gf flew over from aussie to meet him! how sweet! we had lunch together, then me, mum and sis went shopping. i LOVE shopping with mum, haha. so i bought a top from mango, a pair of heels from far east, nail polish and orange blusher from the FACE shop, and shortlisted a lot of i-will-come-back-and-get-you (if my wallet permits) items, like this hot shorts that mum die die also wont buy for me. quoting her,"yiming, ni yi jing 21 sui liao, ke yi wear xiang yang yi dian ma (ym u're already 21, can you wear sth more decent.)" -roll eyes-

i realised i really missed shopping. i dont even mind just browsing through clothes, shoes or accessories without buying anything. shopping is a joy by itself. hah, bet this is something most guys cannot agree with me on!

the gulity pleasures of life.

when mum comments that something is nice, i'll go,"ni xi huan bu shi mai lor! (you like then you buy lor)" and then she'll say..there are some things in life that are meant to be admired; you dont have to possess it.

hmm. words of wisdom. beautiful sceneries, lovely paintings, majestic architecture..or just merely flowers by the road side, you cant possibly possess them, but as long as you appreciate their exquisite beauty at the moment, it's enough, isnt it...

had meeting cum steamboat dinner at marina south with my project angel small group members and alex. yummies. havent been soo long!

the great chefs

prawnies

yumyum

and monday..i went for my slimming ad audition. oh well chances of getting it arent high, simply cos i'm not busty enough. haha. think i'll a bit too skinny for it. anyway managed to get some of the photos i took for the photo shoot a yr ago. i really looked much chubbier then. good or bad?

hmm umm.

before i sign off..

a tribute to my bf who has been abused by me these days.

i want..i want..i want.......

i want so many things.

tell me, so what do you do when you want something so so much, but you know you're never going to have it....

you know, there are some things in life that will only dull with time, but it'll never go away..it's always lurking somewhere in the dark, waiting to jump on you at the most unwary of moments...

priorities gone haywire

i had a pretty nice day actually. that's strange. because my priorities have gone all haywire.

woke up at 8.45am this morning to my dismay, despite setting the alarm at 8am. supposed to meet my jap oral partner earlier to practise, ended up rushing and finally meeting her at about 9.15am, an hour before our turn. the oral exam turned out to be a total disaster. it ended in 10 mins. 10 mins of rubbish spoken. haha. judging from the puzzled expression on my tutor's face, i think i misinterpreted some of the questions she said, and ended up replying something that is of no link. the conversation part was equally disastrous. used the wrong tense, wrong structure, wrong vocab....ahh.........

received a call after that from edwin, to go for some audition for a slimming photo shoot. haha. seriously do i look like i've just slimmed down?? highly unconvincing. oh well..shall see how it goes.

11.30am: met up with ivan for branch after that. it wass gooood. la men + tim sum at noodle hut; cheesecake + brownie + frappuccino + cappuccino at starbucks. YUM YUM. i had a great time as usual. :)

1.30pm: came back to hall, slack around a little, trying to do research on enzymes for the wretched 2104 project again. it's never ending. i thought it was going to be simple, but it took me unexpectedly long to find info on just 3 enzymes. looks can be really deceiving. in fact, i dont think i'm done yet, i am just too fed up to continue.

4.30pm: dominic fetched me and dear from hall to chinatown point where we met alex and had a meeting on how he could help us with project angel. it's good to know people. you never know when you need their help.

i need money. lots and lots of money. sigh.

6.30pm: went back to the shop to get more bottles. when will this end?

9pm: and hence i end my day with a nice simple dinner of mee pok with dearie.

achievements of the day:
1. done with jap oral test
2. met my 'long lost friend' ivan, who is again leaving for london next week
3. done with top up of bottles
4. got thru the first meeting at least with dom
5. 3/4 through research on THREE enzymes
6. revision for exams? NIL.

congratulations tay yiming. you're so going to do well for your exams.

have u ever felt that everyone has moved on, except you?

left behind.

and then you desperately try to find some reason within yourself for consolation.

no, i've moved on too.

one simple meeting, just one simple meeting.

it's just so hard to accomodate everyone. it's exasperating. and it's a waste of my money and time. bahs. let's just hope nothing crops up again.

life been hectic these days. all of us have been struggling to finish our 2104 project. poor ck n terence..got the brunt of the responsibility..i wonder why is it always the guys who are made to do all the work....

was in for a nice surprise on monday. andre teo..thought he could outwit me, by coming up with some story that our ex classmate had to pass me some tb so she could pass to me. unfortunately i was too smart to fall for that haha.. he appeared at AS3, after my tutorial. tata~ and he bought the very hungry girl lunch. soo sweet. thank you. :)

we went to yih to do our medical checkups after that. mine for proj angel, his for matriculation. then it was back to lab, where terence taught us how to draw tree. okay sounds funny eh, draw a phylogenetic tree. hmm ok..evolutionary tree...i was only half paying attention.

spent the entire night blasting. it's really ENTIRE night. the moment i stepped into my room, i started doing that all the way till 4.30am, stopping only to bathe and dinner. bahs. why on earth am i in life science..

tuesday was accompanied with more blasting, stopping in the afternoon to settle some admin work again, and to study for my jap. i've jap oral test on thurs!! and i'm totally unprepared for it. sigh. went over to sheares in the evening to continue with the blasting project. finished up my part for now, then ck n terence sent me back.

really need to focus...

the two tests i had this morning and yesterday turned out to be disastrous. the tests were mcq, but required much powerful memory work..i totally could not remember the details! studying was unproductive. i seemed to be suffering from some kind of sleeping disorder. i kept on drifting into lala-land.. read one page of lecture notes, fell asleep, woke up abruptly after 15 mins..and the cycle continued.. haiz..so it wasnt really the lack of studying time; it was the lack of constructive studying.. i guess the fact that missed so many lectures was partly the reason too.. sigh.. i dont wanna screw up this sem!

spent the rest of my sat afternoon trying to complete my blasting project, but..sigh..not done yet. had dinner with bro and his friends, to celebrate bro's 24th bday! was going to rush off to joel's bday bbq at changi beach but in the end due to many delays..sadly i missed it...:(

yawns. feeling sleepy again.

many many more things to be done.

desperately cramming for my test tmr now.. 13 sets of notes, started about an hour ago..couldnt resist posting this picture up though. took it at the most unexpected of places: fong seng. had a late dinner there with my project angel mates after meeting.

never too busy for a little romance in life

a mad rush

and so my life continues..

the fund raising activities have come to a halt..temporarily..as everyone is busy with their schoolwork, meeting project deadlines, cramming for tests, panicking..because exams commence in 2 weeks' plus time. time passes unbelieveably fast. when you start rushing to meet certain deadlines, it's not unusual to question yourself: where did all the lost time go?? why didnt i do this while i had more time?

i am no different.

3 tests this week, one down and 2 more to go. 3 deadlines coming up, one today. oral test next thurs. oh no.

yesterday was supposed to be my lectures day, but i skipped 2 of them..and spent the day in the library studying for 2103 test. there's just SO MUCH to study. damn, all the stupid short forms of the enzymes are making me confused. what cdk, cdc, ras, prb..what the hell......

and i've started to BLAST. ck, terence: arent you guys glad to hear that??? haha..what is blasting? in layman's term, blasting is trying to match a gene sequence from a foreign gene to known genes that have already been sequenced and are stored on an online genome database. it's a stupid and tedious process. what a waste of my youth. and it's detrimental to my health, staring at the com for hours.

on top of that i have to do additional hw every night, doing accounts for the bottles that my members have sold. it's a chore really. seriously bottles just disappear by themselves. and somehow money just dont tally. i am not the meticulous sort. actually i dont care so long as we have profits..but eh..cannot be like that..my treasurer will kill me haha.

sorry to all i've been ignoring on msn. haha i'm not ignoring you. i'm just busy, and sometimes i forget to reply because i am so caught up with whatever i was doing.

time to get back on track. lala.

dinner on sunday with my dearest

finally it was a day off for me, oh well not really, cos i still went down to padang to help pack up the stuff. hence i was a little late for dinner w my dearie. we had dinner at stone grill, a place near dearest's place, somewhere in katong. pretty nice food! although i thought the prices were rather steep for portions whic are so tiny. still it was rather yummies..go try it one day!!





our yummy fooood: sirloin steak, portobello mushrooms + seafood platter




the great chef..can you tell i am much tanner now??

insanity

A car washer no more, a bottle vendor no more..it's time to revert back to a full time student..

All the early mornings and running about the place has finally taken its toil on me. i was so freaking tired, that I've decided to give myself an off day.

A little worried that some things will go wrong without my presence since I am in charge, but I guess sometimes I just have to give the rein to someone else and pray that they know what they're doing.

The tiring car wash week has finally ended. Friday was crazy. I was there from 7am-5pm, only leaving an hour for my tutorial class. Initially I wanted to take a break and go for my lecture, but seeing the lack of manpower on our side, I decided I should just sacrificed one last time again.

It all ended at 5 pm, then we packed up, did the sums and started discussing about the splitting of money with the other team. I was fuming inside when the leader from the other team complained that we missed out a few hours that she was there. Like hellooo...as the leader, you didn't even set a good example for your other team members. Where were you when we woke up at 6.30am just to move the logistics to the car parks? Where were you when we were slogging under the hot sun, or braving the rain? Who settled the log stuff and the admin work? Who missed lectures and came down on all their free slots, missing lunch? Who chased the cars from one end of the car park to the other because we don't want to lose even a few bucks? And the other team members were happily taking their own sweet time to wash cars, chatting away on the phone, giving half hearted work...Now you have the cheek to ask for more money, when you don't even deserve what we are giving you already.

I am angry, because we worked so hard... because I feel we deserve more than that for our efforts.

But never mind, it's for charity. We shall not be petty. At least one of them knows what we've been through.

After we settled the money matters, we set off for Chinatown to get our consignment goods. Two inexperienced drivers and one non-driver, driving a manual van was a HUGE mistake. I drove first. It was a bumpy drive. We didn't know the way, or rather we did, but we missed the exit and somehow ended up ...god knows where. Then somehow we got to bukit timah, Newton circus, town, selegie, little India, faber park..anywhere but Chinatown. Keng Moh took over at faber park...by some stroke of luck, we managed to get back on track, but not without scratching some car which was reversing by the road side first..that wasn't all, we finally reached our destination 1h 30mins after we left nus, km entered the multi-storey car park, and when he was doing a turning in the car park, he made a wrong estimation of the turning radius, and so...the back of the van knocked against the pillar, and now the van suffers from huge dents and long prominent scratches, and oh...bits of the glass of the backlight came off.

What a wonderful evening.

We are so dead. If all the money we earned from the car wash is going to the repair of the van, I'll just cry.

And so we got to the shop 2 hours late. Gordon, joe and Carmen were all really nice. I think they felt sorry for us, after seeing three dejected faces, so didn't have the heart to scold us. Carmen and joe followed us to padang to drop off the goods, but after we got there, we realized that we forgot to bring the banner and the canvass. So..we cannot leave the goods there. A wasted trip once again.

I drove home with Fengyi and the rest went off. All was good. Thankfully. Bro parked the car for me at home, haha cos I wasn't confident of going up that roundabout car park at my house. I did the accounts for the bazaar with fengyi for the next 1.5 hours...and after she left, due to some complications, carmen decided to fetch me back to school at 2 am, back to my hall to get the banner, back to the sci club room to get the canvass, and then back to my place to transfer the goods from the van to her car.

So my day officially ended at 3.30am. I almost died.

Saturday was slightly better. Set up booth at padang, and then went over to sembawang naval base to set up another booth


cute little girl beside our padang booth..couldnt resist taking a pic of her.


goods covered with canvass..to protect from the heavy rain.


ours too..covered with 2 pathetic cloths..


the man that eats fire

i need a break.

Time to start studying for my three tests next week.