call the number when you have the time. got sexy girl entertain you lors. don't worry, its not an early april fool's day joke! =) i don't play pranks one ok. so childish. so bo liao. so unlike me. tee hee hee... *grins*

i was out on saturday settling these for my brother, whom is in perth studying, for his beloved girl's 21st birthday. while he is enjoying a good life in perth, planning for his countryside trip during the easter holiday week (which is this week) while i had to go under the sun and the rain to run his errands. "ey, i expect something when you are back one hor!" hur hur...

^deja vu^ i remembered during one of the valentines day due to his ns commitments, i had gotten ready all his food (skewing up all the hotdogs, crabsticks, prawns and buying all the satays, butter, tongs) for him too so that he can have a lomantic night with her. i simply think my brother is so lucky to have me as his sister. actually anyone would be lucky to me as their sister. other than the 'infrequent' outburst of nonsenseness, i'm a perfect sister. ok la, i hear my siblings screaming and protesting right now, not 'infrequent' but 'occasional'. haha...

21st birthday is a major milstone in life. i had looked forward to as well since i was 12. its the day i will become an adult and free to do whatever i want. and thats why i used to loved birthdays. as i'm 1 year nearer to independence. however, the day after i had celebrated 21st birthday 4 years ago, i started to hate my birthdays. the illusion of leading the perfect adult life - great job, lots of money, pretty girlfriends, hanging out at cool places, handsome boyfriends and nice own apartment all didn't happen. plus i started to have wrinkles, my skin isn't as springy as before, my job was boring and life is just... normal. *gasp* hence during my birthday month, i'll be pms-ing the whole month. *sighs*

anyways, i really like doing all these stuffs for people. i ever considered becoming a wedding planner as i love weddings. its so lovely seeing couples happily walking down the red carpet. but wedding planners are not commonly used in singapore as usually the couple will usually d-i-y and the bride always have her own ideas or plans that she like to do herself. afterall, its her own big day.

my tiny gift for cal. =D

the above took me 2 days. its done with my sweat and blood. really sweat and blood ok. i'm not a good sewer (not sewer ok, its sew-er). i hate sewing in fact. other than stitching on loose buttons, i will always bring my clothes to a seamstress to get things done for hefty amounts. imagine just getting the sides of my jeans tighter can set me back at $12! kaos... till this day, i still think they trying to 'ka' me.

i think it looks rather nice. *pat on the back* keke...

met cal yesterday afternoon for lunch with dap and xiangying. it was a nice lovely lunch and a nice lovely time of scrabbling.

meeting tin and joanna for lunch tomorrow at jurong point too. but its not going to be that leisurely. with tin needing to reach her office at 3.30pm and joanna only out on a 1-hour lunch break. but then again, she the tow-kay-kia, own time own target one la. haha... can draggggg! talking about that woman, still haven't sent me the photos we took when we ate at crystal jade the last time round. take so long. its been a month can. go scratch her car tomorrow. haha...

went to the temple earlier to pray for my exams. though i think prayers is not going to help at this late point in time. *geez* then from the temple i walked all the way to brash brasah complex to find some grahic cd-roms on children for the student care marketing collaterals. so damn hot even though it seems like its gonna rain.

found something that i wanted but no stock. duh... walked ALL the way and no stock. how great my life can get. *bleahz* well, gotta trouble mengli jie to go and order from them when she pops by this sunday then. hope they can get the stock in fast. i forgot to do that myself because i was rushing to walk ALL the way back again to the temple to meet my waiting mom.

bought rochor road beancurd on the way back. i love beancurd. specifically rochor road beancurd. its so silky smooth. yummy. =9 talking about it now makes me hungry even though i ate a lot for dinner.

*stomach growls* ok, time for supper. =) my 'wu xiang' is beckoning me now...

i'm still feeling so blue. *hais*

it wasn't my fault for what happened. i already tried to be ever so understanding but i'm being taken for granted. what had happened isn't a minor thing that a word 'sorry' can be forgiven. ok, its not that major either.

but i do expect a little more than an apology. like flowers, dinner and maybe a diamond bracelet that i'm eyeing from goldheart since so long ago.

i know dar isn't the sort of guy that will go to such means to please me. however, does he think just by saying 'sorry' and keeping out my way like treating i'm invisible because i wouldn't talk to him help? maybe it does.

i'm a weak woman. i can't stand cold war, silences or animosity. he knows i will surely give in after awhile of 'acting dumb' on his part. yesterday was already somehow a miracle that i can last one whole day and night not talking to him and keeping it cool.

i wish i'm just stronger and ignore him till he feels really sorry and be more sincere in his apologies.

it doesn't take a lot to make me happy again. ok, i'm just joking about the diamond bracelet. actually, if he just come back, look at me in my eyes and tells me how sorry he is, gives me a hug and promise that it won't ever happen again, i would be over the moon already.

having a cold war makes me miserable, lonely and very sad. =( i hope he do something soon. anything. anything that can make me happy. anything that is sweet. anything can that show his efforts to say hes really sorry.

my nick on my msn.

i'm really feeling upset, disappointed, sad and every adjective to describe a depressed person.

*sighs*

HAPPY 21ST!!!

so now you are officially an adult and legal to do whatever you like! yays~ though its nothing much to rave about these days as ra shows are so common on dvds and because once you reach 21, 30 comes in a flash. based on real-life personal experience ok, i seemed to have just celebrated my 21st birthday yesterday but i'm like celebrating my 25 years of age this year! yikesss... *gasped* however, guessed you have nothing to worry, just seen all the surprise birthday pictures on your blog and your mommy looks like she's your younger sister can. *envy* so jealous. got time must pop by your house and pick up ten tricks or twenty from her man. keke...

nevertheless, may all your birthday wishes come true and stay cute, chubby and fat cheeks always! *hugs hugs + muakz muakz*

i think i'm such a big muddlehead!

firstest, i totally forgot i got my local revision class last thursday. i was talking to cheryl online when she told me she got to go for her classes and only then to my horrors, i had too. =(

ok, i'm not really into current affairs at all. i dislike politic news. thus, when we were viewing a unit at marine terrace and saw a banner by the side of the road with mr goh chok tong's name on me, i was like excited.

me : wa, they invite senior minister goh chok tong to their dinner lei!
partner : he's marine parade mp what!
me : is it? then marine parade residents good lor. got big shot 'look' after them. not like mine lei, its low seow chay. never hear before.

so sua ku sounding and looking. duh...

then after that, we were at sembawang looking at yet another unit. was surveying the competition and came across this childcare center with their opening ceremony banner hanging outside the center.

me : *looking intently and saw that tony tan did their center's opening ceremony* not bad sia, they ask mah bow tan to do their opening!
partner : er, u ok anot? he's tony tan.
me : ._." i swear i know its tony tan, just don't know why i said mah bow tan.

on the same day as well, i made an embarrassing boo-boo on someone's blog can. i keep thinking that day which is a friday was saturday. *sighs*

must be the massive amount of sotong that i'm consuming that made me a blur sotong myself. hmmmm, come to think of it, why do people call a blur person sotong? is a sotong really that blur?

i was out on good friday working on project 'x' with my partner and mengli jie. its so damn hot that i was melting. the 1st thing i reached home was to have a cold bath. i really wish there are 4 seasons in singapore so it wouldn't be summer all year round.

was around singapore looking at units - hougang, marine parade, sembawang, bukit panjang. a couple of the units were pretty good. the ura guidelines that i was waiting for since december is finally out. phews... they really take their own sweet time can. *geez*

ever since i named it project 'x', most friends i meet up will asked me "how's project 'x' coming along?" then i will blank out for awhile before remembering that's what i called it on my bloggie. thus, since i'm getting really close to it, i shall officially declare it (since most of you know what's it anyways so no point being sneaky about it, hur hur) - i'm starting a student care centre.

this sounds a little shocking as i'm from the financial services industry, its what i had and still is studying for, where my experience all lies, so what's that got to do with teaching?

well, it all started when my nicest boss i ever had approached me with his unique proposition. he has a primary-1-going-to-be son plus a 10-years experience moe gifted-education-programme teacher wife whom is teaching at acs independent and with their high standards, couldn't find a good student care center to entrust his son with. i had rejected it though i was excited by it because i don't feel confident enough in doing it.

however, one fine day, i started questioning myself what i want to be and do with my career life. mid-life crisis!

i realise it would be fun to inspire the young and impart my knowledge (er, not a lot la, i'm not a scholar so not much knowledge to boot). i think it would be so challenging, rewarding and satisfying.

anyways, so since then, which was in november, i've been working on it. thinking back, wow, its a good half year ago. *faints*

the next most common question by far i've to answer is "why are you taking so long?". *sighs* my partner was just sharing his 1st experience in starting up a company. he took 1 year and 3 months to set up the old company and everyone asked him why he was taking so long?

we joked and concluded he did and i am going through 3 phrases.

phrase 1 : excitement (1st month)

phrase 2 : confusion & denial like if we are doing the right thing (next 2 months)

phrase 3 : "heck la, don't ask me, if you so smart, you come and start lor!" (till the day things starts running)

the most ironical thing about this is, after we decided to proceed with our joint venture, he accepted a posting from his new company, to go to hyderabad with his whole family for 2 years. thus, our 1st student would not be his son as planned. haa... hes running this remotely which makes things move even more slowly.

so when you see me, don't ask me why is it taking so long. wish me luck ok! =)

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Linda
2. Baby
3. Da jie

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. Desiree
2. Jigglypuu (adapted from Pokemon, hur hur...)
3. Lynn (most girls call Lynn very chio one ok, so I want to be as chio as them.)

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Sociable
2. Eyes
3. Furnee

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Fat belly
2. Crybaby
3. Pessimism (can I add more?)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
1. Horror shows
2. Loneliness
3. Old age (I wish I'm 18 forever!)

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Johnson & Johnson Face Oil Blotter
2. Neutrogena Toner
3. Lux Shower Cream

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Earings
2. Bracelet
3. Clothes la! (don't need go into details right?)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Stefanie Sun
2. Liang Jing Ru
3. Beach Boys

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1. Wouldn't it be nice - Beach Boys (the theme song for 50 1st dates)
2. I'll try - Macy Gray
3. American pie - Madonna

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. Wakeboarding
2. Community work
3. Soaking in Hot Springs

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Love
2. Commitment
3. Trust

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. Tongue
2. Abdomen
3. Hands

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Study
2. Keep myself off the TV and Computer
3. Sing

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Sleeping
2. Online-ing
3. Going on walks

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Eat roti prata at Jln Kayu
2. Concentrate of reading my Bank's Treasury Management textbook
3. Chill-out somewhere nice and lomantic with dar or friends

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Teacher
2. Social Worker
3. Relationship Manager

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Europe
2. Egypt
3. Greenland (so that I can see Santa Claus!)

THREE KID'S NAMES:
1. Regan
2. Angelina
3. (I only want to have 2 kids lei, so I never think so much.)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Cosmetic surgery
2. Skydiving (to conquer my fear of heights)
3. Travel round the world

THREE CRUSHES:
1. Wenhui (primary 1)
2. Wen Ching (secondary 1)
3. Andre (poly year 1)

many merry returns of the day and may all your birthday wishes come true! *hugs hugs*

oh yes, remember my the other post that says surprise? well, heres the missing part! pass it to you soon ok? i'm visualising a nice lazy lunchie at essential brews and playing scrabble just the 3 of us! =)

yes, i've finally got what i wanted. someone finally hear me in hsbc. its finally the level of customer service that is expected of a foreign bank. i'm finally getting the SGDx amount credited into my account.

the credit goes to "hsbc central investigation unit"'s officer-in-charge, ms cherlyn.

i had just hang up the call with her.

correct step 1 : she apologised for the late call, which proceeded by an apology for the mis-handling of the disbursement.

correct step 2 : admit its the bank's mistake.

correct step 3 : tells me that the funds will be credited as soon as i faxed them my invoice.

thank you was all i can say. of course, after i've shown concerned at her long working hours (still at work at 10pm!) and apologised too for adding my case to her workload.

i'm a happy woman once again. the kit kat that i just ate did help too. or perhaps its dar's love and concern that made my evening great? hee...

i don't think any of you have seen this close-up. i'm using this picture as my msn photo now too. this was taken on the 1st day of chinese new year and i had compiled all the photos taken on that day into a collage the other time, which most of you had complained it was too small to see. keke... save time ma, if post all one by one very time-consuming lei. since now the digital camera is with ah di all the way in perth and there's no new camera to replace it yet, guess i just have to dig some of the nicer photos that i took some time back to make my blog look less chunky.

i can finally put nice pictures on my friendster and msn. haven't been updating because all my pictures are in my old and slow laptop and i was too lazy to transfer it to dar's com till yesterday. *sighs* should be studying but yet there i was, doing all the bo liao things.

didn't study much yesterday and haven't start studying today. tried reading that 'bank treasury management' textbook but i have totally no idea what it is trying to tell me as the textbook is written in this essay type of format - no diagrams; no bullet points. it makes it hard to tell which part is more important. how? i think i'm dying liao lor. sms-ed tracy to ask her and she says start from uk lecture notes 1st. maybe i'l try that ba. *wails*

mom just called and ask if i drove her car out on this particular day because she received a summon. then i went to check my blog on what i did that day. the beauty of blogging. hee... heng ar, not me, $200 and 12 points ok! but being the nice daugther i am (again), i say the points can deduct my one lor (chu li ok, because no qian). after a long long long deliberation and insisting its not me (i had full day uk revision lecture that day), she finally remembered she drove out to upper bukit timah food center with auntie linda (her neighbour) to eat lunch.

i'm doing minute, senseless and boring blogging. feeling kinda depressed. must be pms. its about time. i hate menses actually. i think most girls does la. anyways, i always wish that i can remove my womb, store it somewhere and freezed it. then when i want to have a baby, i would unfreeze my womb and put it back. sounds so abstract right. but maybe one day we can, with the amazing speed that technology is moving. but of course, the cure for aids and sars would be found first i guessed. that's more important than finding ways to freeze a woman's womb.

going ntuc with mom later. no car today. dar drove the car to work so ask mom to come and fetch me. got to do my grocery shopping. running low on biscuits, drinks and toiletries. yes, must remember to buy chocolate too. happy food to cheer up an unhappy woman. have to go popular get my highlighter too. that's why i haven't start studying for today. no yellow highlighter. sounds lame. keke... but i'm a perfectionist ok. start to use yellow highlighter but run out and though got other colours, i must use the same colour back. =P

good friday tomorrow. happy holidays peeps! enjoy the long weekend ya. *smiles*

i'm very very angry and upset big time with hsbc customer service or rather its internet banking department's staff's customer service.

just sent a 2-ponged attack through secured e-mail to the staff concerned as well as a separate e-mail to their general e-mail account so even if the staff's superior tries all ways to hide my problem and still refuse to give me my demanded level of customer service, another department that received the general e-mail will, unless the general e-mail goes through their department. come to think of it, it might. since its all internet related. then i shall have to just write in formally. or check out the Personal Financial Services president's e-mail address and send him an e-mail to his personal account. i definitely have my ways ok!

but for now, i genuinely hope it doesn't have to go to this extent and she can resolve this for me.

RE : URGENT Complaint - Internet Banking Ms Joey Lee

Hi,

I've sent numerous secure e-mails corresponding with this Ms Joey Lee, however, till date, my problem still remains unsolved. Since she cannot resolved this, I hope someone else can.

I sincerely hope someone can look into this, investigate and assist.

***************************************

Dear Ms Lee,

Please note that your reasons are quite contradictory.

If I'm still with Orchard branch (as shown in the intranet staff directory as per mentioned by Aisha), I would have access to a fax machine at the branch AND I do not even have to send it through normal snail mail or even internal mail as I can literally walk into SOC with my invoice for them to do my disbursement. I would have arrange for the CO to be sent to my own branch for my collection rather then suggesting routing to UBT branch to collect. PLUS since I'm under PFS, I would have been notified of UBT branch closure as its quite a big news to close a HSBC branch out of the only 13 branches HSBC has and not dumbly indicated that I want my CO to be collected there.

This is all common sense.

However, you have choose to ignore and just assume. I did provide you with my handphone number for your further clarifications but I was not even given a call.

Even if my account is still being tagged with staff status, this is of no fault of mine. I cannot go and change my own status right?

I'm officially a customer of HSBC since May 2004 and I do expect a great customer service experience that is expected of a foreign bank.

Even, if I'm still a staff, there is such a thing call Internal Customers as well. I strived to provide the best customer service as I can when I was with HSBC and since now I'm no longer with the bank (which is an YEAR ago), I do demand on an equal level service that I had provided. I know what is bad, poor, good and excellent customer service (I've attended HSBC trainings on customer service and managing dissatisfied customers) and I'm sad to sad that this is in a very bad customer service category.

I'm genuinely traumatised.

Please get your superior or whoever that can handle this since it is out of your boundary to contact me. I repeat my handphone number for the umpteen times : 9xxxxxxx.

Thank you and I look forward to someone whom can resolve my problem to give me a call as soon as possible.

========================================

Dear Ms Chua,

Thank you for using online@hsbc.

We advise that at the time of your enquiry, your accounts were still placed under the staff status thus the credit department had suggested that we provide you with the suggestion of submitting the invoice directly to them on Level 3 of The Atrium@Orchard by emailing you through Lotus Notes. This was suggested since you mentioned that you do not have a fax machine and do not wish to send the invoice to them by post. As at that point in time, the L-note was sent successfully thus giving the impression that you were still with the Bank. We had also mentioned clearly in that L-note whereby Bukit Timah Branch was already closed since Feb 05 and asked for an alternative branch to hold your cashier's order or mail it to your address. However, we note that you were unable to read this information prior to your teleconversation with Aisha.

As mentioned in our previous email, we had consulted the credit department on your request to draw down the amount of SGD x but we regret to inform that they are unable to accede to this. Thus, we seek your understanding in this matter.

Should you have other enquiries, please feel free to contact our 24-hr Customer Service Hotline at 1800 227 8888. We will be pleased to assist you.

Best Regards,
Joey Lee (Ms)
Internet Banking

*************************************************

Though I know my amount involved is small, my issue may seem insignificant to a esteemed and foreign bank that is handling millions or billions a day, but I'm really feeling very stressful by the turn of events due to an oversight or senseless assumption of a staff to no fault of mine, a small-time customer.

I look forward to hearing from someone soonest as my credit card bill for that amount will be due soon (I've signed for it first).

Thank you.

Warmest Regards,
Linda

*sighs* sounds so drama right?

anyways, on a lighter note, i've finally completed writing my marketing notes. yay~ i'm so happy. it took me 1 and 1/2 weeks, which i think can be considered pretty efficient. hee...

so tomorrow i shall start on my bank treasury management. i totally do not have a single clue on what's that all about so i predict that would be going to take me a longer time to finish writing up the notes. because i'm retaking marketing so its not at all new to me.

i need to write notes in order to absorb the gease of it. i can never just read the lecturer's notes or textbook. it never goes into my head at all. so its rather time-consuming as some friends memorise straight and thus saves some time.

3 more weeks to my exams. getting more stressed though i've completed one module's half revision. haven't go 'si ma lu' pray yet. will go probably this weekend.

ok, got to go sleep now. so worn out. feeling even more drained after the exchange with hsbc. nite nites!

the ever act-cute poses! 1---2---5~ keke... don't u feel that u are being traumatised by yours truly? *winks*

what started out as a perfectly boring day ended up in a disaster. *sighs*

school ended officially today. i called them up to request for early termination (in a way) and they managed to find the permanent teacher whom is suppose to cover me from april onwards to come in 2 weeks early. its great news to me actually as i really think its the best for the children. they are really in good hands.

so i went to school at 12pm to do the handover. took me about 40 mins. but after i left, realised there are still some minor things like mental sums, spelling that i've forgotten to share with the teacher. shes actually a full-time qualified teacher whom went on long-term medical leave and can come back to work already. i think everyone in school misses her too as both of us were standing there, a lot of teachers came to say 'hi' to her. =) she looks like she's in her early 30's, a bit plumb, short, wear glasses n look rather no-nonsense type of teacher. guess shes in this line for so long already so is very experienced and can control the class extremely well!

came back and studied for a little. took a 'short' nap. went to pick regan and go over mom's house for dinner. then came back bathe, studied abit more before catching my korean drama 'bo li xie'. its the last episode tomorrow.

'you're the one' ended yesterday. which is good. haa... then i got one less drama that i die die must watch so i can study more. =D yay~ after 'bo li xie' ends then i'm only following channel 8, weekdays at 7pm 'shao nian...' (forgot the name) and weekends channel 8 7pm 'xin ru lai fo zhang'. but of course not to mention those taiwanese variety shows that i support too. singapore variety shows especially those by jack neo cannot make it lor. too lame. just look at the one on channel 8, friday at 8pm. so dumb. its kinda furnee. but extremely insulting to my intelligence level. oh ya, theres this sitcom on channel 8, saturday at 9pm 'meng dang wu dui' damn furnee and quite worth spending 30 mins catching that. yes, JUST remembered, tomorrow or rather later, theres this new variety program on channel u 'my destiny' hosted by quan yifeng and zhong qin that looks hilarious during those advertisements. i think it should be very furnee. (ok, i'm contradicting myself, i rephrase my earlier sentence 'MOST singapore variety shows cannot make it..') oops, forget to add in channel 5, mondays at 10pm 'desperate housewives'. though i don't ensure i catch ALL the episodes but i do try. hee... hmmm, still got what ar?!?!

ai yo yos, chin chye count also got one whole chunk of tv shows i wanna watch. i still trying to bluff myself at the back of my head after the 2 shows end, i shouldn't be anywhere near the tv. wonder when my study part comes in. hur hur...

just had a medium size tiff with dar. *sobs* girls ma. only like to be 'hong', entertained, pampered and loved what. he thinks i'm expecting too much. i think its normal. so depressing. he cannot understand. i also cannot understand. *sighs* i'm feeling very depressed. so sad. i like to feel i'm important, i'm in 1st place, i'm the best, i'm most... i think i've tried my best to be the best. but i think i'm still not the best. *hais*

hope tomorrow when he wake up, he would think i'm the most wonderful person in the whole wide world. *prays*

its 3.46am and i'm still awake. this is bad. really bad. can blog somemore. i'm hopeless.

didn't do much today. dap was complaining in her blog that her day is boring but she can at least fill a quite bit of lines narrating about her day. if i'm to put it in her format, i will only need like 4 lines. haa... well, it just shows my day is way more boring than hers.

ate lunch at mom's house then brought her to queensway to buy her sport shoes. shes very into brisk walking for the last couple of months. i'm once again, a victim of bad customer service. *wails* NEVER EVER GO TO SPORTS INTERLINK AT QUEENSWAY SHOPPING CENTER! the boss damn attitude can. so what if hes having a roaring business. so what if he has a lot of customers. i'm a customer too ma. but hes like sorta shouted at us. threw our shoes on the counter. i'm infuriated!

went home after that. did a bit of studying. wanted to watch 'the terminal' on dvd but dar was too engrossed in his war craft 3...as usual. went to eat claypot rice for dinner at mom's friend's coffee shop in jurong west. dar and me went there to eat too the same food yesterday too. at first, i commented that i didn't want to go because i just ate there yesterday, but mom & dad was so nice and tried to accomodate me by asking where i want to eat. then i say ok lor, eat there, since they like craving for it. its quite nice la. had tom yam soup with it. then cross over to a nearby coffee shop and tabao rojak home. hee... one of my favourite foods!

thats how my day went. nothing eventful. nothing interesting. nothing exciting.

was watching this documentary on channel 8 about nurses caring for pre-mature babies and its so heart wrenching to see the tiny ones being surrounded and engulfed by the tubes. their hands are so mini yet they are being poked with normal sized needles. *sniffles* i'm just so glad regan is healthy and all. thank you god!

feeling stressed. doing stuffs on project 'x' thats why still around at this time. but i'm going to sleep now. cal says i look like i'm fainting which i feel that i'm going to too. haha... we are still web-camming each other. wheeee~ so much fun. wonder when will the invention to share smells be found. hee... i'm thinking too much even at this hour.

most probably skipping school tomorrow. *sighs* i feel bad. i feel sad. i feel guilty. if only i've more time. *prays*

yay~ i'm so excited. i got a new webcam. sponsored by daddy dearest. his dun-noe-who help him buy, den buy 2 i tink got better price, so he bought 2 n gave me 1. took dis pic using e new webcam n i've been webcamming thru msn non-stop since i installed it like 1 hr ago. hur hur...

its fr creative. nt v laggy. sharp image. overall, its cool!

tats my new hair. i tink its nicer than e old one. i'm just waiting for it to grow longer which i wish can be faster. it seems to b forever stuck at dis length.

had a lazy day today. brought regan to cut his hair. ate brunch. nap. den regan went swimming at e condo behind dad's hse. we din swim wif him. but coz e spot of their kids pool is built at dis area which is extremely windy. we left after 15 mins coz regan was shivering BADLY non-stop despite his valiant protest to say hes nt feelign cold. kids! tsk tsk... just wanna haf fun.

peeking out fr e bottom is a gift fr me n cal to a wunderful fren. keke... we'll reveal it all when e time is rite! "rite cal?" keke... we bought it when cal was here to study e other day. "surprise, our dearest fren!"

wooohoooo... i juz trimmed my hair n i tink it looks rather nicer. its one of e haircuts i like most after cutting. smetimes i cut already, i feel even more depressed dan before it was cut. n e pt is i was depressed over my hair tats i went to cut it in e 1st place so it wld look better n i'll b less depressed.

ok, trying to study nw. was out e WHOLE morn. but feeling kinda tired after my hair excitement. lols... was tinking of cutting for a few days to make it look neater. den mom called in e morn to ask me to drive her dwn. so being e gd daughter i am, i obliged. when i was there, i deliberated for like 1 hr before saying i wan to cut. cal's uncle luff at me can. haha... *bleahz*

wkend coming. no plans yet. hur hur... nt looking forward to mon though. got sch again. its my last wk. thurs is e sch's sports day. so i'm officially teaching till wed. gg to announce e news to dem on mon. n since i'm going, i'm nt going to mark e bks. keke... i'm so bad. but i really got to study. toking abt it, i shld really get going.

omg, thurs liao n i oni covered 2 chpts of my mktg.

got sme tings moving for proj 'x'.

den met up wif shan n char. toking abt char, still haven send me e photos we took yesterday else i can post it. long time no post photos le coz no take. miss hafing a cam on hand snappin anytime i wan.

we r suppose to meet in bugis n eat hotpot one lor. tats y i arranged an appt there oso before our mtg. den who noes, char thot our mtg is cancelled so nv prepare. den end up, after my appt, i drove us (+shan) to causeway pt to meet her. not tat i'm complaining, causeway pt is nearer to my house can. but coz we were there fr 1pm to 6pm, my parking was a whooping $6! *faints* if earlier noe, i take mrt. coz fr my hse take lrt change to mrt to woodlands is like damn fast. 15 mins ok.

so we had sakae sushi for lunchie. den walked ard searching for a pair of dainty heels for shan's flower bearer but alas, cannot find. she find v long liao. but i say little gers shld wear mary jane. look mre cute ma, rite? wear heels look so adult. nt nice lor. though tat 'little' ger is already 11. a p5-er. haa... quite big liao. she shld find smaller ones. keke... mre adorable can. =D

i had sakae sushi e day before wif cal too. hur hur... i love sushi. to b mre specific, i love conveyer belt sushi. anyways, cal came over to study but we met at lot 1 as i wanted to buy sme barang barang.

no mre air tixs. after discussions to cfm plans to go perth wif mom to visit his elder son to oni face disappointment tat its all sold out. =( she was so looking forward to it. sad to break e news to her tmr. *sighs*

anyways, planning for e one in jun nw. kinda excited. whale-watching, dolphins watching, caves visiting, wineries, farmstay... yay~ chked out all e air tixs deals already. report to e ceo tmr nite. haa...

but wif a little setback. suddenly got news tat e medium guy realise tat his exam wk is fr 11th jun to 26th jun but we intend to go fr 19th jun to 26th jun coz e little guy at hme's jun hols ends on 26th jun. n e big guy can oni go before or after 18th coz he got an IMPT wedding dinner by his staff tat he must attend on 18th. y oni synchro dates oso so troublesome. its nt like all of us r working n apply leave n such. =P oh well, pray we can settle tat. *geez* one not-so-gd news after another.

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i love e evolution of e aviation industry. it makes flying across continents like taking a cab. well, i just wish e prices will just keep falling like raindrops over my head! =D laa laa laaa la laa let it drop till e price is like taking bus instead of taxi. haa... consumers always win. yay~

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mop flr...chk! wash car...chk! wash toilet...chk! fold clothes...____! ok, got to get to it nw. =P

i sound mre n mre like an auntie. oh no.

juz received a pc of gd news tat one of my poly bestest fren is getting married. finally, after 5 long yrs of waiting for e nxt person to join e auntie club. so excited. mtg up on wed for hotpot lunchie to catch up n get e red bomb. but its a bomb wif happy gas for me. i feel so happy for her. i mean i love weddings. esp close fren's big day. wonder hw long e both of us got to wait before e other 3 find their jetties to berth n anchor.

nw wat shld i wear. hee...

sch's out. wheee~

but there r ten thousand n one tings waiting for me to do. gotta do my hsewrk nw. b sure u c me ever so often nw. or at least for dis wk. =)

dun mind e title. haa... i've no idea wat to put n tat juz came to my mind out of e blue so lor.

i dun tink i've mentioned anywhere in my blog tat i'm doing long-term relief teaching currently. i had fun covering those mc types of relief n thot i'm prep for more but i was wrong. cck pri approached me to cover a teacher on maternity for 3 mths n after much deliberation (coz my exams coming up in apr), i took up e challenge.

it was rather unnerving at 1st coz theres so much for me to learn. its really no joke.

like i've just marked finish a stack of journals, sc wkshts, late hmeworks n i still have a stack of ma wkbks, el wksht, el ca1 corrections, sc ca correntions tats bekoning me right now to mark dem. i've been dragging sme for a wk (e el wksht). its less nt so urgent unlike e ca paper. i'm really up to my neck wif all e markings.

its such a hassle. actually i spend quite little time doing teaching. kinda sad. doing all e bo liao tings like collect hmewrk, going thru doned wkshts or wkbks n blah blah blah. e teaching part is fun as i tink its great sharing knowledge wif dis children. =)

plus i can take like 1 period (30 mins) to collect hmework, consent forms n getting dem to settle down. *sighs*

my class is quite fun i shld say. they r nice to me albeit a few noti ones. i always get 'love' notes. haha... its actually drawings la or a small gift like a eraser. so sweet rite. its so heartwarming. i tink my fav homework to collect is e journal. hee... den i can read abt dem n wat they tink. some of them write quite nice tings abt me ok. haha... got time i scan it ok. theres scanners in e sch but muz wait till i got time to go n do it ba.

e rest of my life is on hold n so much so i'm leaving e sch earlier dan 3 mths as i really haf to catch up. tinking abt leaving e kids makes me depressed. =(

ok, i tink tats enuff info abt my recent doings for today. juz wan to update a little on my life n wat i'm doing. sipping a cup of hot cocoa nw. juz had mashed potatoes for supper 30 mins ago. going to slp nw. feeling so tired. got contact time in sch tmr. its their wkly meeting on sch affairs.

i've asked to b excuse fr e rest of any other meetings coz its really too tedious n they r pretty decent abt it i guess since i'm oni a relief. i love to attend e meetings actually to know more but i really dun haf e time. n they dun really need my contributions anyways. i hate to attend meetings which i cannot participate n oni listen. makes me bored n feel useless n i'll tink it it doesn't need my input juz e-mail wat they wan me to noe to me instead of wasting my time sitting there to listen when i can read up on it later during my free time or watever.

i've sent my confirmation on my last day to my mentor. actually, i've given way advance notice 2 wks ago but they wanted me to complete term 1 which i did but nw they wan me to stay till end of mar which is really impossible wif my exam so close. i wan n need to pass my exams.

i'm toking nonsense. my sentence structure is all wrong but i'm really too lazy to polish up anyting nw. spending too much time correcting e kids tat i dun wish to correct anymore stuffs. still got to collect their compo tmr. another headache. compos r e most difficult to grade. juz like marking tings like comprehension which has so many ways to answer e qns unlike those mcqs type. *geez*

ok la, shall slp nw. nites n sweetest dreams.

well, dis yr is supposedly to b a gd year for e monkeys but i dun tink i'm doing v well.

its 2.18am n i'm waiting for my washing machine to finishing washing e clothes so tat i can hang dem. hw pathetic i can get. *sighs*

i tink i'm slipping into my depression mode. a mode where nothing seems to b rite. tats odd coz my menses is juz over. so its nt it pms where i usually feel tat way. i hate being in dis mode. coz it makes me hate my life. ok, nt everyting. other dan tings abt my family, e rest juz sucks.

my career path's its e worse it can b. oh god, i wish i can get sme directions. wat i shld do. i really hope it can juz solve itself smehw. i feel so lost. i really am. wat shld i do.

nxt my studies. *wails* i dun even feel like toking abt it so i dun need to tink abt it but there it is rite at e front of my mind. refusing to go away.

smeting for thot. was reading an article on straits times today. it says we shld get 8 hrs of slp a day. n hw it came abt its due to a union movement in e 1940s tat fought for e 24-hr day to b spilt equally between work, leisure n rest. odd ting is, at least in sg, work seems to occupy mre of e pie den rest or leisure. we oni catch up on leisure during wkends. i mean i was telling dar, if we slp fr 12am to 8am, we muz start work at 8am sharp n end at 4pm, den play between 4pm to 12am. but we need to travel fr one place to another, hw abt time used to bathe, brush teeth, change n blah blah blah. so we shld minimise it to 6 hrs for work, leisure n rest den another 6 hrs for traveling n all e misc stuffs like snoozing in bed before waking up. anyways, e focus of e article is abt 54% of e sgreans slping oni after midnite. oz turn in e earliest wif 24% of dem slping before 9pm or smeting followed by e nz.

ok, back to my d-mode. mayb its juz post-pms, i might feel better tmr. ok, got to go keep my ironing board first. juz iron dar's uniform. i tink e washing machine might b done any min nw. so i wld hang e clothes n juz go slp.