端午节

Ah, today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. 五月初五.

This marks a festival - the Dragon Boat Festival or something. A lot of dumpling making and eating to commemorate the day Qu Yuan 屈原, some ancient Chinese hero who jumped off a cliff. He was maligned by other Chinese officials and guess what, I'm unsure of what exactly happened.

But anyway, because he had respect from the people, they wrapped dumplings into the river so that fish can eat them instead of the corpse and they rowed out boats into the sea to find Qu Yuan's body. So that's how the whole thing came about.

Did this festival cost you anything? Well, to me it did. It cost me:

An entire shelf in the fridge, plus a third of the space in the drawer of the fridge.



Poor bottle of kaya which had nowhere to stand but lie on top of a fish.

This is not bad already, I think my mum made more than that but she gave them out to relatives. Enough for five or six other families. But so far since Monday I only ate two. Not that I don't like my mum's dumplings or what, I don't really like this year's flavours that's all.

That's it!

Ah...

You are now accepting NUS - Science *breathes deeply*
Click

You're welcome

Well well, I made a great decision of my life, like everyone said. This will determine what I will become.

I seriously hope that I can make my mark there, study well and do well to go on to get an honours degree!

Good luck Erina, that's it.

Sigh. What a turmoiling week.

This is my decision, not my choice. I don't have any.

Love at first sight

一见钟情。

Do you believe in love at first sight?

It is somewhat magical that you can go ga-ga over someone you met for the first time, when you don't even know the essence of the person.

Man, I don't know if such things are that reliable. What if someone saw you and fell for you immediately?

So funny.

Especially if you're not attractive nor pretty yet such things can happen. Oh man, I don't know.

A blonde and a brunette

The U-weekly writers and editors should just go watch more Desperate Housewives.

Why?

I was browsing through a copy of the magazine when I saw a huge error they made.

The article was about People's Magazine Most Beautiful People 2006 or something, and the buzz was that Angelina Jolie topped the list. Other celebrities who were voted included Eva Longoria, but I didn't see her photo anywhere.


Until I was noticing this blonde whom I've never seen before anywhere and saw that the name printed next to her was 'Eva Longoria'. Goodness, she's not!

The red oval is the 'Eva Longoria' part.

I got a feeling this blonde is trying to show the middle finger.

Now this is Eva Longoria. See the difference?

I thought U-weekly is an established magazine in Singapore already, but I thought this mistake they made is really a silly one.

Well, at least they got Angelina Jolie right.

Something else to piss about

Can someone teach me the magic of taking passport-sized photographs?

Never, ever once did it turn out to be acceptable. Everytime I go take one I end up cursing them. Haha.

But at least now I know I'm never going to take my passport photo at Tampines Mart ever again. Disgusting service and no professionalism at all! The photographer ought to tell you at least how you should pose to make the photo shoot as natural as possible. Things like tilting your head at an angle, or arranging your top in some way to look neater whatsoever. NOTHING! The photographer was like 'Come look here relax ah smile 1 2 3! Come another one relax smile 1 2 3!' That's it. I didn't like both of the photos I saw in the digicam and I asked if I could have another go. 'Aiya two times only leh.'

OK LO! As if he got a lot of customers! I was the only one that time can! Irritating. Never mind. So I thought I chose the better looking one since I smiled a bit too widely at the other one I didn't choose. In the end when I saw the photo... ... ... Mummyyyyyyyyyyyy~!


Do I look retarded? Do I look retarded? Do I look retarded? I DO!

It's awarded the Failed Award.

I think the guy wasn't even standing directly in front of me! I seem to be looking at an angle, and my hair looks so unnatural! My smile is even worse. My necklace is slanted, my left shoulder is higher than the right. Ask me relax some more! What the hell!!! It's good enough that I didn't go trim eyebrows (whaha not that obvious anyway). But I like the fact that my fact is quite matt lo. Not shiny at all.

The Shiny Award goes to..


This photo was taken a year ago after my sister's wedding. Since I was all made-up so decided to take a photo la. In the end? My face was so oily. But I thought other than the shine the photo was taken quite naturally.

The Whatever Award recipient:


Sometimes when they ask you to pose..you'll look a bit odd. This was in 2004 when I first entered MJC and they told us to take. I'm like trying not to laugh.

Oh by the way if you're asking what's with the passport photos all of a sudden, I need to submit one for my NUS matriculation card.

Since I decided not to prolong the sending in of the form for the matrix card, I brought along the envelope that was given by NUS as well as glue. Well when I was pasting the photo to the form, some glue got onto my thumb and guess what, I pressed my thumb on the photo and there was glue on it. The photo got bleached. And then $1.50 flew away just like that. Ok, I took that one off and pasted another new one over. Done, sealed the envelope and proceeded to the Post Box. Wanted to put the envelop in and realised. Bloody hell! Didn't put the stamp before I left home. Wah lao... ... ...

Due to the fact that I'm more of an email person, I decided to buy just a postage label from the S.A.M. machine. NETS for $0.23. So I took out my NETS card and guess what? The card reader is blocked and I just can't stuff the card in. WaH! Pek cek. And pathetic me didn't know where to get stamps, it has been eons since I last got a set. Then saw a bookstore and yep they have but of course have to buy ten. T_T A new set of stamps to stay at home for the rest of the year. Should take part in more lucky draws. O_O

So sent the form during which I met with obstacles, and FINALLY can make my way to work. Pissed enough already.

It's quite the photo that I'm most displeased with, my entire life!

Come on, who won't want to look good in their passports and ICs and cards?

All these, just for the matrix card! Doesn't matter. I won't need to see the card after three or four years.

I should sing a sad song just turn it around~

Tha Vinchee Coat

Went to Century Square to watch 8pm Da Vinci Code with Yi Xin just now...hahahahaha damm funny!

No the show isn't that funny at all, it's a problem with me. Hahahaha....so paiseh! I feel very bad towards YX who had to endure me for that two hours plus. Hahaha.......

Well, 'cos dear Erina me don't even dare to watch horror shows which will spook me for days on end...I couldn't even take a proper and serious movie like DVC. Hopeless! Hahahah...the thought of what happened during the movie just makes me wanna laugh.

You see, it's quite a thriller, so when things get a bit too thrilling, Erina's heart got limit you know? HAHAHA....I sort of screamed, not exactly those 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' those kind you 'emit' when you take the roller coaster, but more of those yelps - loud yelps - like 'AAAAHH!' HAhahaahahaha...so stupid lo! Then Yi Xin was beside me, and beside her was a couple.

I was the only one making noise, other than YX when she ate the nuts a bit too loudly. In only one instance we both screamed. I got startled by the movie, 'AAAHH!' when YX got shocked by me, and she was like....HAHAHAHAA.....'AAAAAAAAHH!' even louder! Hahaha..

I'm so sorry to the couple ya? They so poor thing! I think the movie is not scary la, it's just very thrilling and some of the visual effects spooked me. Haha really I'm a big loser.

No no no.

I'm pathetic. Hahaha.......

So embarrassing!

Anyway, the visual effects all that are quite good actually, and the music can get a bit irritating cos it's the part that scares too. Haha. As in scare Erina la not you.

Wah so paiseh!

The movie is not as explicit as the book la, got a few parts I recalled from the book I didn't see them in the film.

But you still can go watch, I think the most important part about this movie is that you get to see all the way inside the monuments mentioned in the book and quite worthwhile, like some tour with lots of action. I wasn't prepared that it was very bloody and gory and rather violent too. Too much for me la in fact, like you see how Silas chastise himself and the like. Eew.

Watch worthy. I made full use of my $7 at least. Somehow la. Haha.

Argh! Even more pissed

Bloody hell.

I called NTU Office of Admissions, and apparently how they did things were that they look at results as a whole first.

Meaning, they will look at the results of the applicants to the course and pick the ones with the better results, regardless of their choices. Meaning if their results are good enough but they put it as their 5th choice, they will still get admitted into that course. So even if someone else with poorer results but they're very interested in the course they will be denied a place there.

Understand?

Bloody hell, I thought NTU would be a nicer university and be less stringent about such things. But I find it very ridiculous that even people putting the course as their last choices will get the course, even though they may be at dire straits like me too. They may even end up not going into the school what. Argh. I'm dissing myself off already.

Then let the whole school be filled with a larger proportion of the students who are doing courses not of their higher choice.

The lady said I can appeal and they'll re-look at my case. The appeals will close on the end of June, so earliest I'll know the results by then, or in early July. Please lo. I don't have that much time.

Just the whole thing is not encouraging at all, like even if you do well you may not end up somewhere you like.

So what's the point of the pre-requisites? Come on, they're the requirements! Like I don't have that subject so I just don't apply? I have the subjects and I passed the pre-requisites with flying colours and I don't get a place there.

I thought they also should think of the requirements of the course first! I may get a D for Econs, but this has got nothing to do with the course I wanna sign up for what. Please lo!

Ya la I'm just having selfish blabbers you can criticise too but hell no I don't care. Too pissed to bother about what you want to say.

Grrr.

So it all boils down to nothing to do with admin, I forgot to ask her why my application was being pushed to the back. So is my results la. I only have myself to blame la.

I'm jinxed la. I still don't think my results are that bad to be denied a place in NTU in the courses I wanna go to lo. Pissed.

Wah! 气死我。

Ah ah ah ah stayin' alive! Stayin' alive! Stayin' aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiivvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee aliiiiiiiivvveeee.

Even my mobile phone also don't give me face lo. It's like I can be typing a message and suddenly when I'm still pressing the keys I see whatever I typed clearing by itself. It's a bit spooky la as if my phone is possessed but at least no new messages get typed out by itself. Sigh. Damm pissed already.

ARGH.

Going to work soon. I think I'll be in a damm bad mood la. Really lo, I didn't expect NTU to do things like this.

This is making me regret taking Econs in JC even more. Diversify my combi some more. Lands me up nowhere.

At least I have NUS who would like to take in poor me.

=D

Daniel and Cedric and Xin Hui here I come!

Yes I think I'm more or less set on NUS for now. 85%?

I don't think I'll waste time appealing and waiting for NTU I waited long enough for just the reply already.

I just hope I will do a lot of sciencey stuff in the mathematical course lo, rather than all those finance things. Sigh. It's Applied Mathematics that we're talking about.

How?

Received a call from Yi Xin. She said 'I read your blog, so you going NUS ah?'

And I'm like. 'I thought you said you read my blog.'

That's exactly what happened with Jing Yi too. She asked me almost exactly the same thing and I replied somewhat the same things.

In case I didn't make myself clear, I don't know where I wanna go yet. The thing is, I don't have a choice obviously.

I received that darned letter from NTU on Friday. Before that, Yi Xin is a 100% NTU-goer. Two days later, today, she's 60% NUS-goer.

What happened was that she's swayed by NTU's rejection of me. Like most probably I'm going NUS la.

I thought of what is repelling me away from NUS Science. It is that I'll be surrounded by too many China scholars and I don't know if it's a good thing. Not that I don't welcome them, I'm actually glad that Singapore can offer them places in the university here, but I'm afraid that they'll give me extra pressure. And I don't think I'll hit off with them, I met enough Chinese National customers. The standard of Mathematics of the Chinese are reputated to be very very high. Sigh.

And when I went to the NUS Science induction session I saw this person who was from MJ also, like very enthusiastic about going to mathematics too. The fact is. I don't like the person! Forgot the name anyway.

I somewhat cos the pre-feeling that I won't be happy there, I'd love to have company that I know. Who doesn't want to be happy when he or she is at work or studying right?

And when Yi Xin said she more or less wanna come NUS too, I got mixed emotions now. I mean, I don't know if she's making the right choice and what if she didn't? Shi Hui and Hui Ying and Shun Wei also decided on NUS already and Yi Xin is rather attracted le. I don't know la, I'm happy to know that all of them are going to be there, but I just...I'm still scared la. Haha.

No no Yi Xin you don't have to feel whatsoever I'm just typing down my thoughts...

She just SMSed me and said she talked to her mum about this, and I think what her mum said was right...like if Yi Xin is happy of course she'll have the mood to study...you may have a degree specialising in something but you don't necessary have to do the job of that genre la...if YX does mathematics I think it's quite an open ended course.

Me myself also unsure of what I wanna do, I dunno what job I want, but I guess I should be alright as long as my future job revolves around numbers.

Just be grateful I've never tried blogging in 1 2 3 or x 2y 3z. I don't know how to go about it anyway.

Yea back to what I was talking about. I'm just afraid that because Yi Xin wanna be happier in school so she's coming to NUS also..I dunno la, I think it's quite a last minute choice. Hope she thinks deeply about this too. We have a few more days to reply to the university(ies), let her think about it. I just hope that I can hit off with people at NUS and be happy in school la.

Hostel...I'm afraid to live alone and I know I'll miss home but I'll go on with the hostel idea I guess. I hate to travel too much. Tampines to Buona Vista to Tampines again and sleep and wake up and Tampines to Buona Vista to Tampines again and sleep and wake up and and and...the cycle won't end. So I better live in a hostel. Spooky leh haha.

Band...Ian (Huili's boyfriend) told me at Mus'art practice today that they just changed a conductor..so the current resident conductor is Leonard Tan. I heard about him la, I think he's not bad. Friends with Aaron they all lo, so he should be good too. Nothing to hiam about the attractiveness of the band for now. NTU is Mr Oura and I thought it'll be interesting to be learning under him. But ya...NTU denied me the chance.

Huili also asked me if I wanna help NTU guest play...they need tuba players. I was quite bad la, I said in her face 'NTU reject me lo... ... ...' and she was quite taken aback by the look of it. Then we discussed about it and I just keep harping on it la haha. I talked to Xin Hui as well as Mrs Chua about this issue too. Got a bit more enlightened la, asked what I wanna ask and laughed things off as well. Mrs Chua still asked me go write complain letter. Good idea. Quite a fun thing to do. Haha.

Another thing is that I thought of recreation too. If I go to NTU, I'll have Jurong Point which is quite accessible. Buona Vista got no shopping areas can. Haha. Uh my recreation means shopping. Heh.

I'm actually thankful for people who cares about me at this point of time la, people who asked why I am pissed, people asking me to stay cool, people who listened especially...really appreciate that.

I think after these few days of thinking chances of squeezing into NTU may be slim, it's like so what if they accept me..it's as if I begged them to do so when I may not need to do so in the first place...since they don't want me and NUS is offering me a good education, why not? I just hope character-wise NUS won't change me to be someone too show-off. Haha.

How now brown cow? Think about it over the next few days la, will need to reply around next Monday already.

Oh no

I think my tuba skills are deteriorating.

I'm retarded when I think about the what scales are called what major at today's practice. They're those sharp sharp one but I know I memorised them in secondary school.

My mouth couldn't find its position perfectly in my mouthpiece. It's either my mouth or my mouthpiece. But I think it's me.

My eyes couldn't focus on the score. I knew it was in D Major, why do I still play A flat? Crazy!
I also couldn't hear myself, Yin Xuan's bell was blaring into my ears. So I don't even catch it when I play the wrong notes.

I feel so lousy yet I don't like how the section sounds la. A bit too blasty all that. But ya. I'm in no position to say much anyway.

Great Singapore Sale 2006

The GSS is here!

By right I should be happy la. 'Cos I can get things that I need at low prices.

I need (and want) a number of things.

Erina's Shopping List for GSS 2006
Black leather-like shoes. If you've been reading I don't have to tell you what happened to my court shoes for performances. Shall get it by the 20th of June since on the 21st there's a Hai Sing concert and I gotta perform. Must have enough friction so I won't fall while carrying the tuba.

Lingerie! I don't need to blog about this la, I can just keep it to myself. But it's a necessity ya, things can just not feel comfortable over time.

Covered shoes for comfort. Your feet get into too much 'wear and tear' if you keep wearing slippers and show them to the world. Make sure the shoes won't give me blisters too. And they're fitted with good friction.

Fitting ladies' slippers. My present pair of slippers are quite pathetic in a way that they're actually smaller than my feet and my heels are undergoing quite a lot of stress when I wear them and skin comes off once in a while. I want nice looking ones of course. Friction please.

Sandals for formal occasions. The present pair of wedges I have give me blisters and the heel worn out already and because of my feet structure I actually slanted them. May send to the cobbler for repair of the sole lo. Quite like that pair. But still going to find another one. Friction please. No gliding or sliding in the ballroom.

A few tops! Don't like my past tops cos they're rather short and I don't like to show my tummy and back to the world. Wanna find those longer cutting ones. Blouses and such la, don't wanna wear t-shirts out no more. And I don't want fitting blouses la..maybe those that flatter less but as long as they dont show my tummy. Har-har. And I like those rather wide-collared ones. Dunno how I'm going to find also.

Pants! Those that can use for any occasion one...whether in the office or going shopping. I simply love the beige pants I have now. Enough of jeans la, if I see one that I like probably I'll just get one and that's it for a while.

Pretty necklaces. I've been wearing the necklaces (I have two) again and again and I need something new.

Probably new ear studs too. Those bigger sized ones la. See how la, not really prioritising this.

A medium-sized bag. Enough to put my water bottle, a book and wallet and my mobile phone. The ones I have are either too big or too small.

School is starting soon, so I need new clothes la. Hate this lo. I prefer uniforms in a way that I don't have to worry what to wear or be conscious of how others look at me. But I won't want to continue wearing uniforms in university so...ya lo. I don't need a schoolbag for now, I also don't need pencil case or anything..the one from JC is still working very well and I'll live with it. So I can save on that.

Die la. So many things I wanna buy. Where to find? Where to find? Sale also throw in those products they wanna clear. Not necessarily the nice stuff. Sigh. See how la. I'm not well-paid now lo. Will get as much as possible and keep myself happy!

Yi Xin instead can just get satisfied easily whereas I'm hard to please. And it's always her buying stuff and loaded with new things and I'm still looking for things that I like. Haha. Never mind, I'll try!

Why I should go NUS

I went for the Faculty of Science induction session at NUS with Yi Xin today.

After sitting at the lecture theatre for about an hour and a half, with half of the topics talked about that are redundant to me (think scholarships, exchange programmes that offer only to a limited number of students you can count), I am rather assured that my future with NUS may not be that bad after all.

What I hate about NUS
And I mean, really HATE. Ultimately it dawned on me that what I hate about NUS is the social life la. Nothing to do with the reputation about how they dress and whether the students are cool or not, but more of the professors and speakers etc can just boast endlessly about NUS. It's OK, since NUS is reputable and so on, but it really disgusts me when they actually name the other universities they are trying to bring down, i.e. NTU and SMU, and just criticise like that. It's not very ethical to me. How to let them teach me when I already dislike them.

The NUS campus is rather old also, but it's ok what. Old also got it's beauty. Hard to find toilets around too I think.

In addition the Science Freshman Orientation Committee is...I dunno how to describe. Those 'cooler' people are more of those helpers already, just some other members of the committee. Whereas the president and vice-president of the committee showed themselves to be not dynamic people at all. I'm very skeptical about this though. When they were giving the talk about the camp I wasn't attracted in any way. More of turned off actually. And they were talking about the students as if we're damm desperate to find our other partner in uni lo. Like ahem ahem and then really damm childish.

I'm just another average student anyway, and going NUS may mean I'll be put into an environment full of people not my frequency. As in they may be too smart and I end up having very little friends. Just some stereotype I have in my head la. Don't wanna get too close to the cream of the crop. Whipped cream, sour cream, icing, whatsoever. I'm durian cake!

Why I wanted to go NTU
Another part why I wanted to go NTU is because of the direct four year honours programme if I do mathematical sciences. Like I am guaranteed to graduate with an honours degree and I may seem more attractive than others with just an ordinary degree. (After which I learnt that this may quite be a narrow-minded thought in some way or another.)

Also, the campus is more attractive and I'm somewhat influenced by the open house too. NTU's open house was more warming and lively compared to NUS's.

Thoughts and analysis
However I'm more enlightened about how the different certificates are differentiated in the real world. And I mean real.

Honours degrees are divided into classes too. First, Second Upper (or Higher I'm not sure), Second Lower, Third. And maybe so on I'm not sure. Obviously First Class is the best la. And the speaker was saying that I may not get a First Class honours lo. Like I have no choice but to carry on in the fourth year because the curriculum in NTU won't allow me to stop at the third year and graduate with a degree. Die die must do the honours though I know I'll end up at Third Class. And I thought so too. At NUS I can choose to graduate with a bachelor at least with merit when I know I won't make it to at least a Second Lower Honours. But then again, who knows I may be some bright kid in NTU who will definitely get First Class. That's why la. And Erina is not of the elite race one, duh. If I think I can get a good honours in my third year in NUS, I can carry on. No worries man. A year's work won't make that much of a difference in your points which is cumulative 'unless you flunk everything'. As quoted from Prof Zhu from the Department of Mathematics.

I had a hard time trying to decipher what he was trying to say also lo. Then if I attend his lectures... ... ... ... ... never mind, I can always ask.

Another point to note is that I'd prefer to have more of applying mathematics into science (think Mathematical Sciences) than applying mathematics into everything (think Applied Mathematics). Sigh. It's like I dunno how interested I am in the course liao lo.

Don't give up, girl (or man, in Felix's text)!

Worth the happiness
By the way, it's NUS that's accepting me. Something which I should be happy about isn't it? Just don't have to think too much about rejection by NTU. After this session, I reject NTU. BleH.

One thing I like about blogging. When you pen (or key) down your thoughts, you think deeper. And delve into greater enlightenment. (Like wow. (-_-"))

Academically I still think NUS is much better than the other universities...but I also want to be somewhere that I can be happy in. It's the environment la. I'm also afraid that people may not be friendly enough in the science school to lend a helping hand when blur me is being blur.

But I'll still call NTU. At least I may piss them till I shuang. And that's it.

Probably I now say I should go NUS is because I don't have a choice la. It's also very ironic that I get accepted by a better university, a better faculty. Yep.

And I think since last July my luck has been really down. It's as if I lost a lucky star. But ya, Just My Luck. I need a four-leaf clover. Where to get one that really works?

今天我看开多了。Scarly NTU don't want me is its loss. I'm seriously passionate about mathematics lo. (Yes yes, console yourself. But it's true what.)

Damm pissed

I can't believe it.

I seriously don't know what I did to deserve this.

I got rejected by NTU.

F***!

I'm really damm pissed la. What did I do? Really lo!

Argh.

At first I was quite confident that I'll be able to get into NTU since the professors said that my results can get into the university easily, and that instead I got accepted by NUS! NUS is more stringent about admissions can? I really really don't understand why.

Chemistry - B, C Math - A, Econs - D. My A level grades.

First Choice	MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Second Choice	CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Third Choice	BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Fourth Choice	SCIENCE (EDUCATION)
Fifth Choice	ACCOUNTANCY

My NTU choices.

Obviously I'm just toying with my fifth choice la, I got no interest at all but just wanna make full use of the choice. Fourth choice was a thought but I decided I better not go ahead with NIE. And the first three choices!! WHY???

I put Mathematical Sciences as my first choice. Jing Yi put as her third choice and she got in. Wah! I really dunno why leh!

Requirements for that course is A level pass in C Math or F Math. I got A lo. Unless this year suay suay the course super popular that those people with better grades than me all want that course. Bloody hell! I really can't get over that I'm denied a place in NTU.

Requirements for Chem and Biological Chem needs A level pass in Chemistry and Math or Physics. I got good passes in Chem and Math.

Biological sciences. Pass in Mathematics or Physics or Chem or Bio.

I passed everything what.

Really damm suay meh?

Pissed with my life now la. And then the appeal form put state in 50 words.

What much can I convince with 50 words? Arghhh.

T_T

Today's Friday. So means if I wanna call the Office of Admissions I must call on Monday already. How am I going to enjoy my weekend man. F***! I'm freaking pissed!!!

Do you think you can console me?

Argh!

Don't think anyone can help at the moment.

Yes even though I got NUS's acceptance letter but I really really don't understand why NTU will reject me! I wanna go NTU lo. I wanna go the less better university in Singapore compared to NUS. Yes even though if I go to NTU I can graduate with an honours degree but if I don't do well enough in NUS I will just get a bachelor, I wanna know why!

I don't even think those people at the Office will explain clearly to me lo.

Or if not I'm one of those suay people who did well enough but they just can't be bothered to consider your application even if they say so. Really lo.

I wanna go NTU.

Ya there's the appeal form at the website, and I have to state in not more than 50 words. What can I say? Even those directions to tell you how to use the new facial foam will take about 30 words already. What more can I say? I dunno how to make full use of the 50 words.

I need some wise and sane person whom I am patient to listen to now.

I tried calling Ms Choo and Mrs Low but both hung up when the tone was still dialling. Sigh.

I'm super suay today.

Band lunch

Last minute from dinner changed to lunch. Still say depend on the soccer match.

By the way, MJC Soccer lost to VJC by 4-2. Sad sia, we were champions for only a year. Never mind la at least when they were champions I was around to experience it. Work harder next year!

Actually in the morning before I came there was a guest from Japan, the conductor of a girls' high school band. They're coming over in late July for the closing ceremony of the National Band Competition and will be using the MJ band room for practice and so there'll be an exchange. Wa going to lao kui since I heard they're one of those good bands there (their not so good bands considered got standard if you compare to local bands) but nevertheless it's still an exchange with a Japanese band. Not every kid in Singapore gets that though.

Just because of that hand - that hand ON the tuba case and not anywhere near me (I'm the fat one in orange, shit I'm really f a t)...
We see Kai Yan overreacting...
Samuel trying to control...
And still, this is the worse picture I've ever taken with someone
Ryan from trombone looks like he's taking a passport photo
I think this photo is nice ma. Very natural. Dunno why they both don't like. It's as if they've been good friends for a long time
Wei Le who came for the lunch too

If you notice in the last photo you see Perkafe. If you were from MJ and you dunno yet, it's a new instalment in the campus by the Biz Club. Some kind of cafe selling ice-cream, pies and the sort.

Two days ago at Tampines Mall Pang Yu called me 帅哥. Today he called me 大姐. Make up your mind! At least Felix and Kai Yan all insist that I'm man!

I'm very lady, mind you people. Haha~

Went to work after lunch. Thought I'd have time to take lots of photos though, but I didn't have time.

Signed 1 June 2006, 0215 hrs

三分钟热度

Today guy A and I met a few times today.

He didn't even smile at me or what lo, but he did look at me then look away la.

Now who's being shy or what?

He also didn't message me or what liao.

莫名其妙.

Section dinner

Ah I didn't have time to blog about this, was fussing over other stuff and didn't transfer the photos to the hard disk in time. Time flies!

Anyway, the MJ Tuba Section told me about the dinner they're going to have after their band practice today and I'm invited!

So I went happily to Tampines Mall after work.

When I went out of Tampines MRT Station, I saw familiar faces. No no, not my section, but the saxophone, bassoon and stringbass sections all rolled into one (they usually have sectionals together). Pang Yu, a bassoonist, called me 帅哥. How well-mannered. Don't even know him la. 随便啦。

We decided on Fish & Co.

I'm posing for FHM Girl-Next-Door 2006
Seafood Platter for One (Felix's)
Cream of Asparagus and Coriander Catch (Mine)
The Best Fish & Chips in Town! (Candice, Kimberly, Jerome, Samuel)
Swordfish Collar (Kai Yan)
They look the same if we painted Samuel's face yellow and his nose orange. And a bigger pair of eyes.
Us at Fish & Co.

Due to the fact that I was sick and had fever just two days ago, I decided to skip all those fried food (I took some of Felix's and Kai Yan's chips though).

Signed 1 June 2006, 0133hrs

So embarassing!

For the past few days at work in the office I noticed this guy from the warehouse whom I think is quite cute la. Just quite. And I know I'm not being faithful to Sam but ya. I've never been this unfaithful before. I think this is unfaithful already. Yea.

I guess what attracted me to that guy is that he also got those Malay looks but he's actually pure Chinese. Just like me. As what I heard from words of mouth from my colleagues la.

Anyway, this guy A and I only started to interact with each other today. This morning in fact. What we did were just wave and smile to each other twice.

And the third time I saw him (it's still in the morning by the way), he actually came up to me and asked me if I wanna go for a movie.

...

I'm not boasting or anything, I'm just blogging. You have a right not to read on, ya.

You can always just stop here.

However if you're being busybody... ... no la.

A asked if I wanna watch Da Vinci Code 'cos he actually bought a pair of tickets from the company at $10 only, and he's asking me along. Note that I dunno I am the how many-th person he already asked, but...ya la.

Then since there was supposed to be some band dinner on Friday night, and so I can't make it, he said it's alright, next time then.

And he said something like I can message him to inform him in case I can make it, but he asked for my number instead. And of course I can just call myself using his phone and leave his number there. All I remembered was that I was shaking when I was keying in my number into his phone and I'm feeling so stupid.

I was shocked lo. Seriously. I didn't even know A and then he's asking me out for a movie. This is so story-like la. Not fairytale-like, I don't need that. So drama.

And then I'm the sort who almost everything must report to someone de. So I SMSed Yi Xin and said 'Eh.....got this guy from warehouse ask me go for movie this friday... Said he bought a pair from the company at ten bucks only.. At ps.. (-_-") i dun even know him..' And being stupid me, I actually sent the message to A instead of YX. T_T

SO EMBARASSING!

It's like, why YX haven't reply ah? And then 'OH MY GOD DID I SENT IT TO HIM??' Well I did.

So I SMSed A and said 'Oops.. Sorry.. Sent wrong person. Hope you dun mind.'

Then of course it's alright for him lo...

And I received an SMS from A. I cannot find any adjective to describe it.

'Always
SMILE
ok?

Cos,
Your smile is so
Captivating and so nice

-Show me a sample

(then there's this ugly face made out of fonts I'm lazy to actually post it)

WOW so CUTE!'

I didn't reply to this message.

'Mayb next time ask u c show again if u free...'

Then of course, blah blah blah, nothing liao la.

Just that I was still paiseh. Very. And I didn't see A for the rest of the day.

Of course I still feel awful that I'm like cheating on Sam though I dunno how la. So I SMSed Sam and told him about it. He's like, 'Ok lo...I'm doing paperwork now.'

I was so upset la. How can he just react like that? And at night when I complained to him about this he said that he was busy with paperwork and since I didn't go out with A so it's OK as long as I never anyhow go out with other people.

Fine lo. =(

But I still feel embarassed about A. So pai seh!

It's like what if he just wanna find someone to go for the movie with him and don't have any more plans about me? And I made quite a big hoo-ha just by that SMS I mistakenly sent him.

I called

I called NTU this morning and at least I'm assured that my application didn't get lost anywhere.

But the woman said, if I haven't received any letter from them by mid June, I can just give them a call.

What the hell, I need to reply NUS by 5th June.

Pissed.

唉！

我等到花儿也谢了...你知不知道？

为什么南大的信还没寄来？

It's the 23rd already yet I haven't received anything! Must reply to their acceptance by the 5th. And it's only slightly more than a week!!! I'm gonna break down soon la...

Jia Qi just told me that we may be on their waiting list...see who wanna reject then will consider us...but I dunno by then would I already have accepted NUS's offer! And I thought the profs told me that I can get accepted into NTU, there won't be much of a problem! I want the letter!

Sigh...

2.5 hours of work

Woke up in the morning to feel extremely uncomfortable at my throat, but went to work nevertheless.

Shivered on the MRT on the way to Tangs.

And my hair kept standing while I worked. Brrrr. Usually I have no problem with the temperature there. Couldn't take it. Went home. Worked only for 2.5 hours.

Consulted the doctor and the fever was 38 deg C.

And it's been a long time since I had a good sleep.

A practice turned bad and better again

Went to Mus'art today.

The pieces, to me, were still quite tricky. Rhythm-wise I don't have too much of a problem, but the problem lies with my brain and fingers. Couldn't play running notes and press the correct valves and pitch the correct notes. Depended a lot on Yin Xuan and James since they're the much better ones. I'm too soft and it's been long since I last trained my breath capacity. Died after only one note.

During the break, James went home, leaving me and Yin Xuan.

Never mind, since he's around I don't really have to be afraid.

An hour before practice ended, Yin Xuan had to leave.

(I'm now typing and this creepy ah-mm is staring at me and talking to me from the windows of my house. And she always like that one looking into your house and talk to you. She scared everyone in the house for peeking in a bit too obviously.)

Oh my god! Left me la! I was damm scared. Didn't have the breath to hold long notes and didn't have enough practice. T_T That's the bad part.

We played Xenia Sarda once through and recorded. When we finished playing, Mrs Chua said that she needed to practice with the other two tuba players cos the band sounded right without them.

Phew.That's the better part.

Of course is she can't really hear me la...but then again, me myself can't support the whole band full of mature players. But at least I didn't add any problems to the piece la. Heaved a huge sigh of relief. Haha.

Half way through playing I saw from the corner of my eye that an ant was crawling on my shoulder. Shocked the hell out of me. Must have climbed onto me when I was leaning against the pillar during break.

I've not rest in any way for the past week, always out for the whole day. Ah. There's work tomorrow. Sigh.

Sick

My throat feels like it has been rubbed with sand paper.

In fact, cookies and biscuits have been going through it yesterday. And the scorching sun at Sentosa.

Performance at Sentosa

Yesterday it was MJ.

Today it was Hai Sing.

I'm dead beat.

But ya, at least I didn't perform for this Sentosa thingy. At the Magical Fountain. How magical. Haha.

Had alumni practice with Yi Xin after which we went to Whitesands for dinner. I bought a few boxes of Pocky and a packet of Chipsmore for them. Myself inclusive. Heh.

Yi Xin saw this Sentosa co-ordinator or something, who was guiding us with the performance. She thinks he's cute. Haha.

Anyway, after their rehearsal they were allowed to roam around until they need to get ready for the actual performance. So Yi Xin and I (minus Jie Ying who only wanted to find somewhere to sit =Þ) went around 'sight-seeing', but is I ask her to go with me one la heh. Go Sentosa also must walk walk a bit ma...

My target: To take the Carlsberg Sky Tower.

I thought Singaporeans are already those who are kiasu already, but I didn't know tourists could be like that too. When the gates were opened to let the audience come in for the show, everybody ran in! Rushed for the best seats so that they can watch the shows nicely. The clutter of Hai Sing alumni over there were shocked.

We couldn't get the good seats because it's like the Sentosa people said we are there only for the band performance and not the show after that. Whatever lo...

Nevertheless I went to take a lot of photos, as usual.

Cable cars in the evening
The Merlion
I'm gonna shift it somewhere else...
More cable cars
Another view of the Merlion
Lovely flowers. Near the Merlion

The Carlsberg Sky Tower. I wanna take!!! But I didn't check the price of a ticket
So nice against the blue sky...
YX on this antique vehicle outside Images of Singapore
She's practically staring into the camera
Both of us on the truck. Thanks to a friendly Sentosa worker who offered to help us snap this photo
Getting ready
The Merlion in the background
The trail of people coming in
The point of this picture is my section. But alas my camera's optical zoom is not good enough
The water swaying to the music (or noise)







Jelly
Nice
HEYYYYYYYYY~ HEYYYYY BABY! Dance with them baby


The crowd
On the bus
My section in the band room
I'm driving off! See ya around~