I no longer mourn the loss of that relationship. I am happy and well now. It took me a month – a whole month. But I’m well now. I have been surrounding myself with new things, new people. I have been engaging in new activities and learning about new things, reading new books.

I had good and bad memories and I learnt things about love, life and relationships. I saw new places and experienced new cultures. I made new friends (Gerald, Justin and Jindong). I ate new things and had new favourites. I was encouraged to pursue my dreams and I got the courage to take bold steps. I gained a lot, in fact.

Yet, I didn’t lose a friend, I didn’t lose a boyfriend, I didn’t lose a partner.

The only thing I lost was… Time.

This weekend is ping.sg’s first birthday celebration, and I’ve been given the honour to present one of the blog awards for Most Entertaining Post! I’ll be presenting this award with Sheylara aka Qiaoyun. I’m going to feel so dwarfed standing next to her, because she’s got such long legs. Oh no

Anyway. The contenders for this award are: EastCoastLife, Veron, dk99, Uzyn, and Kevin. (Click on the names to read the nominated entries)

Right then. I’m excited about this anniversary party! Haha! Because it’s the first online community gathering that I’ll be attending, and although I’ve been at ping.sg only a month or less, I’ve met many wonderful people, and I really am looking forward to meting them in person on Saturday! I’ll be attending with BB.

If any of you bloggers out there are interested increasing the hits on your blog (ahem, good for Nuffnang/Advertlets users) and in meeting people of varied backgrounds and interests, do join ping.sg and give us a shout at the super active Shoutbox! We talk about anything and everything, and especially love to discuss serious and frivolous issues, including:

1. dk99’s dubious sexuality
2. Veron’s yandao obsession
3. the love triangles or scandals that tstar is involved in
4. I Can Has Cheezburger!
5. issues pertaining to NS, how people change (not for the better) after uni, etc.
6. the hottest hawt-est guy on ping.sg (Veron and I think Uzyn is hawtest!)
7. and many many more crazy topics

Okay then, back to studying! Feeling sad about having to study for my Stats exam. Boo. Go join ping.sg okay!

P/S: Sorry, Uzyn, this plug comes one year too late. Haha. But better late than never, right?

Just wanna share this song, which was quite a big hit when I was in (erm) 7th grade? Or was it 8th grade?

We even had a dance for this song (which my Filipino classmates choreographed all by themselves), which we performed at a school concert-event thing. I still remember my outfit: The super tiny/short yellow-white-blue checkered Sisley top which (eek!) totally bared my midriff (eh, I was much slimmer back then okay), and jeans. I don’t think I’ve worn as little on stage since then. Haha!

I digressed.

Tonight, I suddenly started singing the song in my head while I was on the bus, on the way home.

Well, enjoy the song, and ignore the singer’s dorky dance moves. Gawd. Didn’t someone teach her how to dance before she started shooting videos? And what’s with the Nick Carter hairstyle?!

ETA: I can’t really stand the sight of her. My recommendation would be to listen to the song without watching the video. Ha.

This is a little late, but well, better than never! Been busy the last few days, and I’ve finally got the time now to do this review of my year in 2006.

January: Began the year contributing to the unemployment statistics. Xiaoyun, my roomie, moved out, and I gained a new roomie, Huiying. Worked lots of Singtel jobs. Went to Yanzi conert (14 Jan) and became closer to Chaoyi. Finally got a job at Titan, which lasted about 6 months!

February: Got my first Valentine’s Day gift from my best friend, Chaoyi! Hmm. First ‘disagreement’ with him also. Met Justin for the first time. First trip together – to Penang!

March: First haircut together! First birthday together with Chaoyi, at my home, with my sis Serene, and Mom. Things started happening to us sometime at the end of March.

April: Sunrise adventure. Got attached to Chaoyi, now known as BB! First time I talked to BB’s Mom on the phone.

May: First time celebrating Mom’s birthday with BB, and Serene (of course). First exam period with BB. His exam, of course. Haha!

June: Left Titan for good. Moved into my new house at Pearl’s Hill, with HongHai and YewFai. BB went back to Beijing for a whole month, during which I felt extremely lost. Found a new job at TGB.

July: Started working at the new job. BB comes back from Beijing! Met BB’s cousin, Mian Mian Quit my job at TGB. Haha!

August: Went to Tioman with BB, Gerald, and Mian Mian. Found a new job at MegaW*rld & Engl*be. Started my new course at SHRI. New semester for BB too – best semester so far!

September: Tioman with Elaine. Pure bliss and lotsa girl-time. I have to juggle work, school and BB. Received Romeo my guinea pig from Stella. Officially stepped down from NTUSU 15th Exco.

October: Day trip to JB with BB, Justin, and Lemon. Rebonded my hair! Yanzi’s new best-collection album is out! Exam at SHRI. 1-week’s trip to Surabaya!

November: Spent very little time with BB cos of his exams. Started teaching tuition. Decided to go to Beijing in December! Excited! Started planning and reading about Beijing. Left my job. Decided to study full time, and move home.

December: BB goes to Beijing first. I follow a few days later! Spend 2 blissful weeks in Beijing with my BB, and a day in HK on the return journey. Feel depressed for days after I get back to Singapore. Move home. BB is back from Beijing after 4 hour delay in flight (due to snow)! Spent our first New Year’s Eve together.

Okay, boring year. But many changes.

Still, I failed to fulfil my New Year Resolutions for 2006. This year, I only made 2. So I’ll make sure I stick to it!

Happy New Year 2007 to one and all. May we all be better people this year, and have better experiences this year. Cheers.

Looking forward to a wonderful year with you.

Been really tired these past few days – and I really haven’t been doing much. Haha. I guess it’s just the late nights that I keep, and the early mornings that I have, which make me so tired.

I’m not sure what I’m blogging about now, but I just felt like writing something, cos it’s been quite some time since I’ve done one of those pointless entries, just to talk about how I feel.

In the midst of packing up right now. I’m moving home to JB. Yup. Will be travelling to and from school (SHRI, near Bugis / Little India) from JB everyday, once the new term begins. I’m not as concerned about travelling as I am about how I’m going to get used to this “new” loss of independence. Sure, my temper is more toned down now than it was a few years ago, when I was still living with my parents. But after all these years of living on my own, it’s gonna take some getting used to before I can be in tune again, with Mommy’s ‘rules’. I’ll try my best not to irritate her, though! Hehe!

Thinking back, I first moved out of home when I was 19, during the second half of my second year in junior college. It was not a welcome decision – in fact, I ran away from home because I was so frustrated with my rocky relationship with Mommy, and Daddy (our peacemaker) was overseas on an extended business trip. After one particularly bad argument, I just left the house with some clothes, my books, and went to Constance’s place. I ended up staying there for a few months, till the end of my A Levels.

Staying with Constance was my first taste of freedom. Unfortunately, I had to study, so I couldn’t do much either. Haha! But I got even closer to her then, and to her parents and bro, Glen, all of whom were really sweet and friendly to me.

Glen had some friends who always came over to the house (and sometimes stayed over) - one of them was Cow. No one really remembers what Cow’s name is – he’s just called Cow.

One night, Glen, Cow, Cons and I went out for supper near their old place (Serangoon North) and we were laughing so hard about stupid things. We played two-player Snake on our trusty old Nokia 8210 and Nokia 8250, using infra-red. It was hilarious! Then we were goofing around on our way home, barking back at dogs who barked at us (we walked past a row of terrace houses), and then it started raining heavily! Needless to say, we didn’t foresee the rain, and had no umbrellas with us.

Haha. And since we were already wet, we decided to play in the rain some more! (Our phones and wallets were kept dry in the plastic bag - though I don’t remember why we had a plastic bag with us) At one point, we decided to all lie down on the road (okay it was a lane) and see who could roll to the end fastest!

Hahahaha! We still talk about it to this day. “Remember when we rolled down the road at Serangoon?”

I don’t think anyone rolled to the end, though. We couldn’t stop laughing long enough to make enough progress. So in the end, we just picked ourselves up, drenched clothes and all, and went home. Haha. Those were the fun times! It’s been over 4 years since (Gosh, how time flies!)

Well, after the few months with Constance’s family, I moved home for a few months, during which I worked in Singapore mostly, so I didn’t quarrel with Mom again. But in July 2003, I moved out again, to the University’s hostel. Been staying away from home since then – 3.5 years.

I’ve experienced so much in the hostels at NTU – and I guess the attractive part of living in the hostel mainly comes from (I’m sorry to say), the naughty things you can do, which you won’t be able to do at home. You can stay online to surf and chat till 5am, or have late night girl-sessions with your chums a few doors away. You can allow your boyfriend to stay overnight, or stick two thousand posters on your walls with the stickiest double-sided tape and not care about the paint on the wall. You can go out for supper at 1am and come back at 3am (and no one nags at you) or you can go clubbing 3 times a week. You can skip school any time you want and come back to the room to sleep, or have friends over all night without doing your tutorials or homework assignments. You can pile your laundry in one corner of the room till you’ve run out of clean clothes to wear, or you can leave the lights and fans on in the room all day without worrying about the electricity bill (or your mom’s nagging).

I know these aren’t good habits to cultivate, but everyone’s been naughty at one point or another in their lives. Besides…

Isn’t it super fun? Haha. But all these come with a price – your grades. So kids out there, don’t just play all the time when you’re living in the hostels. (This public service announcement has been brought to you by your senior, Ms. Been There Done That. Hur hur hur)

Studying at Coffee Bean @ Bugis Junction, with my laptop, file, and coffee.

Other essential things for studying well at CBTL: Wallet/Coffee Bean card with pre-loaded value (to buy coffee, of course!), pens, and a bookmark which tells you ‘OK! You can stop reading here!’ Haha.

I started reminiscing about the good ol’ times when XY and I would study together at JP, KAP, Holland V, etc. I sort of started missing being a full time student.

Then I regained my senses. I don’t miss being a full time student. What with all the ECAs, the hanging around school doing nothing productive in between lessons, running from one part of the campus to another for classes. Nope. Heh.

But studying with friends was fun. Study eat talk study eat talk daydream bitch study eat talk study eat talk.

Remember the days in primary school, when teachers were adored, and every chance you got to do something for the teacher made you feel important? Any small task at all, like carrying her books as she walked to the staff room, cleaning the blackboard, or fetching her water bottle from the staff room.

You'd puff out your chest, and stride around feeling as if you'd just been bestowed the greatest honour by the mightiest king.

That was how I felt, to a lesser degree though, when the CEO asked me to clean the whiteboard in his office just now. I like doing stuff like that for him, because he is a nice man who is kind and friendly to his employees.

So I happily walked into his office, armed with a wet cloth and some tissue paper, after he'd gone out for lunch.

Then I realised that someone's been giving him permanent markers. I must make a mental note to order some nice whiteboard markers for him at the next stationery order. I cleaned the board till my arm ached. Boo.

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Hello!! I’m blogging from LT 27! I’m attending EE2002 lecture with Chaoyi! Woohoo! So fun! Until this morning, I’ve never ‘crashed a lecture’ before. My gosh. I know. I have no life.

Anyways. During 1st 3 months of JC, I was in a class that was super kiasu, so none of us actually skipped school to go to other JCs to ‘crash’. Everyday we faithfully attended lectures, tutorials, and did our homework. Haha. But it was fun lah. I miss my 1st 3 months PDG 12/01 in AJC…! I miss AJ Ice! Haha… I heard that AJ Ice (possibly the world’s biggest ice kacang) is no longer being sold at the Ang Mo Kio hawker centre that all AJ students frequent.

After the 1st 3 months in JC, I skipped my own lectures. So I won’t even bother going for other people’s. Haha. I just slacked around in the Student Council room with whichever councillor was skipping lessons too having a break at that time.

But. I digress.

This morning I woke up at 8.45am, to accompany make sure Chaoyi attends his lectures. -.-” So I’m feeling kinda hungry, kinda sleepy, kinda bored now. All the Engineering lectures. So boring. The lecturers’ continuous droning is enough to put any insomniac to sleep. Then again, all lessons are boring. *yawns* If I were still in NIE, I wouldn’t even attend my own morning lectures. Haha.

Hmm. I know some of you are waiting for my Penang trip blog post, but honestly, I’m too lazy to write it. Bleah. Will do it soon… Promise promise. By the end of the week. Haha!

My tummy is rumbling. It’s cold in here. I’ve got nothing to do. Hmm. But cannot skip lecture! *haha so hypocritical*

By the way, why do they call it ‘crashing’ a lecture or a party or whatever? It’s such a weird word to use. I’m ‘crashing a lecture’ now, but I’m certainly not crashing anything. -.-” Haha!

-to be continued… going to another LT now-

Okays, we are now at LT13, attending some MP200something lecture. I’m so hungry!

Last night at 11pm, we went out to eat steamboat with Justin. Hah. Super fun, can! We went to Geylang Lor 1. I think the cabfare was more than the amount spent on food. -.-” We spent about 2-3 hours there. Got back to Hall, showered again and fell asleep almost immediately. I don’t know why I was so tired. I slacked the whole day. (Damn I need to work) I also watched Girl Next Door on my computer. Some memorable quotes (I really like this thing on IMDB!)

Matthew Kidman: Moral fibre. So, what is moral fibre? It’s funny, I used to think it was always telling the truth, doing good deeds, basically being a fucking boy scout. But lately I’ve been seeing it differently. Now I think moral fibre’s about finding that one thing you really care about. That one special thing that means more to you than anything else in the world. And when you find her, you fight for her. You risk it all, you put her in front of everything, your life, all of it. And maybe the stuff you do to help her isn’t so clean. You know what? It doesn’t matter. Because in your heart you know, that the juice is worth the squeeze. That’s what moral fibre’s all about.

(Cue) *all girls melt into a sticky puddle of Rainbow Paddlepop* (Reference to ice-cream is because I’m damn hungry! Haha) 

It’s one of those romantic comedies that you’ll forget after a while, but Chaoyi likes the movie alot. Dunno why. It was quite sweet lah the way the couple in the movie gave so willingly and so unconditionally. Happy-ending movie. Abit shocking cos of the ‘porn’ element in it. Haha. Now all the guys reading this will be scrambling to watch the move. Wahaha! Well, at least it’s not that crude, like American Wedding, or Deuce Bigalow. Haha.

Okay. Bored bored bored. Logging off now… Time to nap.