** wishes and dreams **

OMG. it's been 8 weeks since i last posted.

to cut things short, the semester's coming to an end..in 11 days. =)

Exams are halfway through. The content's getting harder but i'm getting slacker. haha. it must be a year 2 thing. The exams were still doable, so i guess my slack once in a while policy is working.

Anyways, a slight digression.. i'm welcoming my new edition to hall...EMU! ^_^ Emu was in hall last year, but was sent home after a while, because she got too dusty. Now that I've not gone home for 2 consequtive weekends, emu's a comfort to have. It's like a reminder of home. =) Thank you li pei and li fang for "smuggling" her in.

=) goodnight!

One week ago, at this time, I was struggling to move around. My ankle couldn't bear any weight at all.
One week later, now, I'm feeling much better.

It still hurts a bit when I walk, but at least I can hobble, with or without crutches. Of course it's still faster with crutches.

After this experience with crutches, I can fully empathize with all the handicaps and old ladies who take ages to walk a short distance, or climb the steps with great difficulty.

Half the recess week is over! 4 more days..i shall try to get some revision done.

The past week has been a happening week. I've experienced happiness, helplessness, sadness and hope, all in the course of a week.

Happiness

22nd September 2009 was our first anniversary. Woohoo! I thought it was really sweet. CY made me a heart out of post-its on my wall, and I made him a book. =) We went for dinner at Billy Bombers, and had Chocolate Fondue. It was so delicious! But it was so filling that we vowed never to eat chocolate again (but I think I still...will).


  

Here's CY below the post-it heart, holding Mashmallow and the book. =D
On the right, is me standing next to the heart!

Thank you CY, for giving us a memorable 1st anniversary.


Helplessness

A couple of days ago, I sprained my ankle during basketball. It was worse than I initially thought..so now I am hobbling around on crutches. Sometimes, I feel really helpless, because I can't do simple tasks like moving things around. And I have to depend on people to serve me food and drink, to help me move my books and files and every little menial task. Aish.

Hopefully it gets better soon!

For all the help that my friends have given me, thank you. I am truly grateful. Jing Ying and Ho Kong for helping me to hand in my assignments, Qiu Yan for collecting worksheets for me, Chor Yen for being there when I was immobilized in hall, Pee and Amanda for helping to fill my water jug and wash my clothes, the basketball team for supporting me when I couldn't walk, Shu Han and Joyce for helping me up the steps, Woon Chang for carrying me up the 3 storeys, and Prabu for driving me back to hall =D

Couldn't have survived those 24 hours without them.

And of course, my parents for kindly taking me to the clinic, helping to carry my stuff, supporting me on crutches. My sisters, for their helpfulness.

Sadness

CY's mum's may be taking a turn for the worse. =(



Hope

Despite all that has happened, I still hope for the better.

I hope that CY's mum will recover.
I hope that CY will be able to take it in his stride, be strong, and be able to eat and rest.
I hope that my sisters will be able to do well in their upcoming exams.
I hope that my parents will be healthy.
I hope that Pee can find a way out of his depression.
I hope...

that all those wishes can be fulfilled!

=) take care.

The past week has been one happening week. I've experienced happiness, helplessness, sadness and hope, all in one week.

Happiness.
22nd September 2009 was our first year anniversary! woohoo! it was a really sweet one, because CY made a post-it heart for me, while I gave him a book. We went for dinner at Billy Bombers. The chocolate fondue was delicious, even though we were so full we swore never to eat chocolate again (but i still will, i guess) =D



Here's CY below the post-it-heart, with Marshmallow and the book of memories.

Thank you CY, for giving us such a memorable anniversary =]

Moving on to..


Helplessness.
One day later, I sprained my ankle while playing basketball. That resulted in a swollen ankle, swollen foot and an inability to walk. Yeap, so i'm currently on crutches. I feel pretty helpless because simple tasks are so difficult to achieve. Simply carrying a cup out of the kitchen, while hobbling on the crutch, takes quite a lot of effort. A simple trip to the toilet is so tiring that breaks are necessary. Oh wells. I really sympathize with those on crutches now.

Hopefully the swelling goes down soon, and that I'll be able to walk by next week.

Just wanna thank all my friends for helping me out. JY and HK for helping me to hand in my homework. QY for helping me to collect the graphs from lecture, and my other friends for their understanding and support. =D


Sadness.
CY's mum might be taking a turn for the worse. It might turn out to be a long battle. I don't know how CY is going to take it. =x I feel pretty helpless, as I'm unable to do anything.


Hope.
Despite all that has happened, all we can do is hope for the better.
I hope that CY's mum will recover.
I hope that CY will be all right, even with all the stress from school and home.
I hope that my sisters will do okay for their upcoming exams.
I hope that my parents will be healthy and fine..
I hope that Pee will come out of his depression.
I hope..

I hope for lots of things. =] So greedy!

So cute!

Today is one of those rare days that i get an early day off. It's currently 3pm down here in Hall 14.

In case you're wondering, the chameleon and brown are not related =]

The chameleon:

Early this week, JY and I were sitting near the glass pane at lee wee nam library, when we heard squeaky noises.

SQUEAK. SQUEAK. SQUEAK.

The sound came from behind..

We turned around and we saw.....


a chameleon!

we thought it was a lizard, but it had the same colour as the flowers behind..
so, from logical deduction, it is a chameleon =D

A chameleon in NTU!

It just couldn't figure out why it couldn't pass through the air (glass). *both are transparent*
So it kept scratching the glass! haha. i have a video of it, but i don't know how to upload..

Moving on to..

Brown:

Yupp, this is something Chor Yen and I noticed..
what a coicidence..the both of them are in an unusual colour of brown..
so i took a series of 3 photos.

1..                                       2...                           and.....   3 ! 

    

=D

That's all for now

School has begun....and everything seems to be piling up.

My schoolwork, my hall commitments, ureca etc etc.

And it's even tougher than before.

Just really stressed..

Right now i'm just taking life day by day. Well, my motto in life now is "meet the deadline tomorrow". The future? i can't be bothered anymore.

At the gate that separates the third floor from the second floor, I held the door for a stranger who was heading towards the door.

For some reason, that reminded me of puva.

Puva always holds doors for people.. even if they're like, 10 metres away!

=]

It's 9am in the morning down here in Singapore, NTU hall 14.
What am I doing, blogging so early in the morning!

I realised that, often in life..our priorities are a little misplaced.
Below's a CNY advertisement I chanced upon.

=] Enjoy the video!

I have a knack for mixing things up and hearing stuff wrongly.
I don't know where I inherited that from.
No one else in my family seems to have that problem.
Nonetheless, all things have their bright side =)

Sometimes, 误打误撞 and it becomes a joke!
I really don't know whether to laugh or to cry. Here we go.

#1
I was having dinner with Chor Yen's parents at Crystal Jade.
Please note that...it was quite noisy.

CY's Dad: 你们想吃深煎包吗？
Me (shen jian sounded like shen xian): 神仙包？？ [难道吃了能成仙?]
CY: Dear, not 神仙包.. it's 深煎包
Me: 深煎包??
CY: Fried 包
Me: (finally realises what it is) OH. 深煎包  -.-

Yeah. From then on i keep getting teased about 神仙包.. hurhur.

#2
Chor Yen's mum made some red bean soup, so he gave me a bowl of it.
In the bowl, amongst the beans, was a soft chewy edible... thing.
Tasted like mock meat, so I asked,

Me: Chor Yen, do you want mock meat in your red bean soup?
CY: Mock meat? (gives me an incredulous look)
Me: Yeah! Isn't there mock meat in the soup?
CY: (walks over to take a look) OMG! that's NOT mock meat. It's orange peel..
Me: .... =.=!!

#3
Chor Yen and I were having pork lotus soup for lunch.
I saw Chor Yen eating these bean-like stuff with an odd colouring. It was pale brown..so i couldn't confirm what they were. Lots of stuff are pale brown. Beans? Lotus seed? After all it's lotus soup....

Me: Chor Yen, what 种子 is that?
CY: 种子?
Me: Yeah, that one! (points at the beans)
CY: o_O  种子? That's PEANUT!
Me: Peanut?! No it doesn't look like peanut!! (realising my folly) But... peanut is also a kind of 种子!
CY: HAHAHAA 种子..种子



#4
Last year, during Nueve (a.k.a. school camp), our seniors taught us a cheer.

GL: ppl! the next line is oh oh ee leh sa be leh!
me: (hears wrongly again) oh oh eeleh sa ba leh!

GL: li xuan! tu tu tarik 1, 2!
me: ...... oh oh ee leh sa ba leh!......
GL: (cos we were in the sea, he can't hear exactly what i'm saying)
        what? suck my leg??
me: NOO!!!

This year, when I was a fake freshie,
my batch-the-seniors were teaching the same cheer:

QY: Hey freshies! Let me teach you a Pota version..
Freshies: HUH? what version?
QY: it goes... oh oh ee leh suck my leg!
Freshies: HAHAHAH
me: >.> (QY you're so getting it from me..)

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Yeah that's all I can remember off my recent-memories so far. Hearing wrongly is quite a pain at times, but if it makes people laugh, I'm okay with it. =]

 

Nueve has come to an end.. it was a five-day camp full of fun and laughter. Truth be told, I really miss those days. As a senior, my role at camp was senior-attached. I acted as a freshie for 4 days. Haha. My blurness (it's real) fooled -almost- all my dear freshies. Most of the time I was trying to look out for them, while not being obvious. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. Lying about some important give-away details wasn't easy either.....

Anyways, the camp was really enjoyable. Seems like everyone can't get enough of it! There's been 3 outings planned so far. For all i know, there may be more. =) I'm glad our OG is so bonded. Similarly I THINK I see potential "friendships" developing amongst my friends. That's so fun!

Up and coming is hall camp, nys camp and my birthday. (:

I'm on a knitting project too. But it seems that the strings don't really like me, and I can't fathom them either. Oh wells. Hopefully the project turns out okay.

That's all for now. Life's good.

The holidays are more than half-over. OMG! there's still about a month and a week left.

Well this holidays has certainly been.. interesting. I'm learning to drive, and today's the test. Can't say i'm not nervous. Apart from that, Chor Yen and I are exploring different places. It's fun! Haha. Shopping malls get a little mundane, but I love the mini-outdoor trips. =]

I worked as a salesgirl for 4 days. Now i know that it sure takes lots of courage and skin to be one of those pesky salespeople. Oh wells, my sympathy goes out to them now. It's not easy to coax customers into buying the products. Till now i have pregnant-women-phobia. Sorry, but talking to 30 pregnant women a day for 4 days leaves a deep impression!

Up and coming are the camps. Nueve, Senior's Camp, NYS and Hall Camp. I hope all goes well. =]

It is 3 weeks into the holiday. That's so fast!

So far my holidays consist of sitting at home, going for driving, meeting cy and my friends. Nice and simple times like these get me thinking about the past. I start wondering about my past holidays and my friends. Friends who seemed so important back then. They're still important now, but we've gone on different routes. How time flies.

I'm such a big huge fool.

When will i ever wake up and stop being so foolish?

Hi all. I'm HOME! home sweet home. =)

I am officially out of hall, as of 30th April. 3 months later, I will be lugging all that stuff back again.

For now.. I'm trying my very best to clean up my messy table. It's difficult. I've been working on it for 2 days, and  I am NOT even halfway through. Am i a really inefficient cleaner? It seems so.

One good thing about cleaning up is seeing all the notes and cards that i received and my sketchings. Suddenly, I really miss my JC days. The days when I had my wushu friends, classmates and morning table mates with me. (: Uni is very different in that this camadarie is not that abundant anymore.

Next week seems like a really busy week. I have driving and outings to go for! There goes all my $$$$$$. Hahah.

WOOO the exams are over over over over over!

They ended on monday. After that, we had a dinner and movie to celebrate the end of it. Everyone was pretty braindead though.. after studying our brain cells out for the past 3 weeks.

Ever since then I've been packing. =) And it's finally done. 4 boxes and 8 other little handcarries. =)

YAY here comes my 3 months of holidays! What to do? I haven't really decided... i'll probably slack around and stay home. Just like the old days when holidays composed of rotting at home. (:

Yay! Another paper has passed. Thermodynamics is over! The last question was a little. weird. But the first few were okay. =)

Through this exam i learnt a very important lesson. ALWAYS go to the toilet before the exam. ALWAYS. Or else there'll be a dilemma over whether to go to the toilet, or continue writing. What's more, trying to THINK while having to cramp your stomach isn't a very pleasant feeling.

On a side note, I'm seriously lacking exercise!! And i feel too lazy to go out for a jog.

Google has also changed it's 'GOOGLE' sign.. it's really pretty:



Google is submerged in the water! =) I like the soothing colours.

Math exam is over! I was so worried that i couldn't do the paper. Given how last semester's math was a total disaster (below 50/100), i was apprehensive about this time's..

Thank god. It turned out manageable. At the very least, I finished the paper!

=)

The past week has been very mentally taxing. For a while i felt like tearing up all the paper, shredding it into pieces and burning them. Haha. But that wasn't fulfilled. No worries. I'm thankful that CY's there for me and to help me destress!

I sure enjoyed curry with bread while watching she diao ying xiong on the comp. It felt like eating and watching tv at home. =P

Well, next week's gonna be another battle. Thermodynamics and Stats, followed by the long-awaited-Organic Chemistry. May peace prevail and that I stay sane =)

The exams have officially begun. Today, I had my first paper -- Intermediate microeconomics. It sure was one tricky paper. Even though i finished it, i made tons of careless mistakes. I hope they mark based on theory rather than answers. =)

1 more day to math exam. And I'm so so far from being prepared.

Currently, my motto is, just do it. Do whatever it takes, whatever shortcuts there are, to complete the breath of the syllabus. There's no more time for depth.

Seek to understand, not memorise.

Just 2 more weeks to go!

As the title suggests, it's the last day of the academic school year. =D =D

Just like that, I'm almost through Year 1 of uni! That's so fast. Not too long ago, I was a freshie playing orientation games. Not too long ago, I was trying to decide whether to go to NTU or NUS. Not too long ago... everything seemed so different. All i can say is, wow.

I don't know whether to be happy or to be sad. I am happy because year 1 is going to end in 3 weeks. I am happy because I got to know a lot of new people in the last 2 semesters. But i am sad too, because i know all this is going to change.

Choryen is not gonna stay in hall anymore. Qiuyan isn't either. There goes my study buddies! =x Nonetheless things have a way of working out. It'll get better. =))

For now it's jiayou jiayou jiayou for exams!