Was so busy after I came back from Europe. I have work orientation, Japanese lesson, diving theory lesson, pool session and finally the actual dive trip!

From scare and stressed to love diving! hahaha...it is so so so fun! To read more about it please go here : 2009 Pulau Dayang (Diving) Trip

In less than an hour time I am leaving for airport lah! Taking a 1.40 am flight tonight. I am so so so so excited and nervous! First time to Europe and I am so looking forward to windsor castle, stone henge, Eiffel Tower, Pisa Tower, The corsseuleum (forgot how to spell), santorini and some ruins in athens!

Hahah..so many places...first time i am flying to the other side of the earth! A freaking 14hours flight! Luckily the flight is divided into 2. about 7 hours each and stop over at Dubai.

This is the first time I bring so many medication stuff:
Vitamin C, chacoal pills, panadol, flu pills and gastric pills +
Handiplast, hand senitizer (thanks Jie Jie ^_^, so touched!), mask (yes I got mask!hahah)

But this is also the first time I am so unprepared.....I nv finish my research..so i bring an Athens tour book from lonely planet ( luckily is thin...from library...haha..gonna be fined for late return..but no choice)!

All these made me so excited. God bless that we all have a fun and enjoyable trip and come back safetly in one piece!

Just now my boss call.....wah...he made an offer! Happy at the same time I feel abit bad that I have already accepted another job. But then I also like the upcoming job scope quite abit.

Hope my japanese photo essay is ok for participation .... hope no need to reduce words.

Also hope my result will be good and I can maintain a 2nd upper lah. Hope I score well in my Japanese language ne^^

Lastly all my updates during the trip will be posted here : message board
(so do keep a lookout there instead of this page :) )

After so long I blogging in English again^^|

Actually recently alot of things to blog but was too busy.

First of all...I really wanna say...why lecturers always stun + suan me^^|

When i was in poly, a lectuer once said this to me on her way out after she finish teaching her class : "ee? today you never sleep ar?"

I was like....0.0 .... cannot react ...super stun.

Then years later in Uni...i ganna stun by Prof Lee M.L ...on monday!
She says " almost cannot recognise you ! "
Me "so big difference ar?"
She " no lah...is never expect you to wear pink!"

Stunned again.....0.0 ..... LOL....I mean ...yes she is my year 1 CS1101 prof..but i doubt she notice sia...i dun speak up much one in lecture....cos i mapling :)

Then i do project for her...the URS...but i dun remember I meet her so much that she can even see this! hahaha...anyway ...super stun. Think...i always give weird impression to pple :)

Next..i wanna say..my jap oral seems cui >< ai...........maybe thats why I writing this post in English and not jap >< hahhaa..

Anyway ...gam ba te!

日本語一の友達と堀江(ほりえ)せんせいとわたしの写真です。

堀江せんせいは易しいせんせいですね。 そしてとても patient と親切なせんせいですね。

『たべないください』 = please do not eat in class
『お願いします』
『ありがとう ございました』
『いいですね』

もう日本語のせんせいの写真がありました。 でも。。。日本語クラスがおわります。。。 sad ne.

今日、 listening quiz のかみをもらいました。点数はとてもひくいですね。 Sad >< 練習します。。。練習します ><

TB6の皆さんとライせんせいとわたしの写真です。

私は初めめて中国語のクラスですね。 でも、大丈夫ですね。 日本語を勉強しますから。このクラスへ分かるために (to understand ) いきます。

『いぬがほしいです。いぬを食べたいですから。』<--- LOL....by joel さん。。。ワハハハ

TA19の皆さんとライせんせいとわたしの写真です。

これTA19 のクラスの写真です。もとても楽しかったのクラスですね。

来週の月曜日は最終のクラスですね。。。とても悲しいですね。

Will miss ライせんせいの 話:

『だめ』、『か』、『ね』、『え。。。』、『original』。

会話はとても楽しいですね。 みなさんはとてもおもしろいですね。

『堀江せんせいとコーヒーがのみます』 ..... Joel さん

『せんせいは学生よりたくさんお金があります』 ... Me ^^ ( せんせい at the side saying いいえいいえ。。。 ワハハハ )

『韓国でいつがいちばんいいですか。』、韓国の学生 die die also wanna say 『いつもいちばんいいです。』 ワハハハ

わたしとカイシアンさん funny encounter: せんせい ask 『新しくない』、 I nodded my head when we are new pair...LOL..in the end I stun why sensei never pair us then I realise I just replied "Yes" to "we are not new pair" LOL....when we are ne. But the next week sensei ask us again...LOL...so coincident! In the end we still get to pair..haha.. おもしろいですね。

もanother すきのクラスはすぐ終わります ><

じゃ、あしたのquizを勉強します。日本語日本語日本語。。。ワハハハハハ

TC4 の皆さんと藤井せんせいと私の写真です

これTC4 のクラスの写真です。いちばんひだりのひとはせんせいですね。

このクラスのせんせいはとてもやさしいですね。そしてクラスのクラスメートはおもしろいですね。

TCクラスの終は早かったです。残念ですね。

日本語クラスがありませんから。日本語でblogをします。

お休みなさい

This is the first time i feel so sad about a module ending neh! My japanese class ending in like 2 weeks time, so sad....how i wish it can just continue on!

日本語の勉強はとてもおもしるいですね。私はとでも好きですね。 でも、クラスは終わります soon, sad >< 先生はとてもおもしろいですね。 そしてとでもすてきですね。 Especially 藤井揚子せんせい、堀江せんせい、らいせんせいですね。せんせいのクラスがとでも楽しいですね。

先週の木曜日バスで藤井せんせいにあいます。 日本語クラスはしち時終わりました、そらから、友達に日本語の本を return ました。 そして YIH のバスデで百五十一番バスへいんいました。 それから、バスでせんせいにあいました。 Very happy to see sensei on bus ne, cos my chance of 日本語を練習します comes again ^^ and I really enjoy talking to them although is quite 難しいが、とてもおもしろいですね。

She sits right behind the door and i waved to her then i moved to the back, but I see no crwod on bus so after a while i overcome my shyness ( yes...i will shy also ^^| ne), i walk to her and says 『よくあいます』 which means we met very often ne (she said that to me the previous time we met...and took me a while to understand what she said neh although i learnt these words liao). Guess what? I scared her ne! .... she stunned ( u know..that kind of reaction like pple frightened u out of your dreams!)...LOLOLOL... i so paiseh that I kept saying 『すみません』, in the end she also kept saying that...i think she quite paiseh abt it also^^|. I think the scene must be damn funny...two person on bus kept saying 『すみません』.

One thing i realise also ....is if there are something that she dunno how to say in English and is too chim for me to understand in Japanese, kanji is the way for her to tell me ne. Sensei very funny leh, wanna give up her seat to me^^| Of cos i never take lah, then mid way some pple get down and we seat down together then she spot the 日本語の本 that i am holding and ask me 『日本語を勉強しますね』 LOL...... I said i worried abt oral then she say is easy =.= dotz...wahahaha

Thoughout sensei used some words that I dunno and have to say wakarimasen ne ><

疲れました。。。 think i suppose to know ne....but i dun >< is lesson 12 vocabulary!

Think she quite stun when she heard my 両親 は働きません、 still ask me twice...LOL. Then i told her my 2 brothers and I are working.....which i said wrongly >< 二人 (ふたり)、I said に人 。。。LOL..cui-ed!

After that わたしたち歩いて、せんせいは NTUC へいきます、私はつぎのバスデへいきます。

Overall, although we talked more than previous time, i still feel my nihongo never improve much from previous time ne >< sad....

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Enough abt my Japanese sensei, this weekend is really a project / report madness weekend. So busy to complete reports for all my mods. So far...left 4267 report + 4258 final milestone + 2 x presnetation slides then i am done for all assignment for my lvl 4000.

Wanna finish all these fast and concentrate on preparing for my nihongo oral and then start revising for exam man.

Also ... must finish booking all the accomadation for my trip then i can chunk all these aside..and mug mug mug neh!

This week has been a busy week!

Changed my tuesday class to monday because I need to go down to microsoft for meeting with my boss. very interesting...hear and see alot more abt silverlight and stuff.

Then wednesday must go down "there" to sign :) ... hee, i still pretty noob at such things, forgot to ask alot of things!

Then today even more interesting....shoot video for NUS! omg...first time i put on make up ...i am like so super not used to it! I feel like a star! got pple help me check if need to add on make up midway ... help me wipe sweat^^| they are really nice people and i really enjoyed myself no doubt i am quite nervous^^|

But i really mean what i say...haha...i am indeed very thankful!

after all these busy days..finally i can seat down and blog. Next time i need to do is mug mug mug...ensure i get my 2nd upper...haha..super impt!

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Book hostel and transport for my europe trip! I really pei fu my friend...our europe trip just have a new intake! now is 3 gals :) haha...she really super on.....both of them super onz! hahaa....amazing!

Ok getting tired..going to ne masu (sleep)! oyasuminasai (good nite).

For the past few months we have been hearing retrench, freeze hiring and stuff on news and papers. BUT...is it really that bad?

I have friends who get 4 offers...and ultimately got 1 more which is now she is accepting. I have another friend who got an offer from bank, one got offer from IBM and maybe DSTA...Lastly...both me and another NUS student gets offer too :)

Are we lucky? or is it that the news and reporting have been over-reporting the seriousness of the job market so that companies can use it to reduce their offering pay?

I wonder which is the one....people around me also have different views...I have friends who says the offer I got is very good already considering the job market now...but i also have friends who says...the pay is low. So which is which? personally i like the job scope...of course i aimed for a higher pay but then in this economy situation ... me too think is an acceptable amount.

Although i do know there are places that over more....but the problem is would the job scope interest me as much or more? I have no interest in getting a pure programmer job even with a higher pay (ok...maybe if the pay super high will attract me....but then worth it or not?)

Anyway ... i really wonder man....is the job market really that bad? If you say we are high flyers that why we get job offering..thats not exactly true...yes although there are some with potential 1st class honors...me a 2nd upper....but inside also have friends with 2nd lower....

I think is how aggressive and how well you perform at the interview. One thing i have learnt through interviewing at big company...is ultra competitive...taxing and it really test alot of ur instant thinking. You have to speak ...ask and answer question (every seconds of "air point" counts), and ask and answer indepth questions....else it only reduce your chances....cos empty vessel...make alot of noise also no use.

kk..class end...i shd leave now^^

きのうバス stop でせんせいおみました。 先生も百ごじゅういちバスで帰ります。 せんせいも bukit timah バス stopへいきました。 それから、いっしょうにつきのバス stop へいきました。

わたしは先生と日本語を練習しました。

It is so fun... i am so excited chatting with 先生。 でも先生はあるいて帰ります。。 in the end 先生もバス stop changing bus でしょう ! どうして。 わかりません。。。 haha...so i told こさんは先生 stalk me..LOLOL...kidding.

But through chatting with 先生 , i realise got alot of things if need to say so fast .... will say wrongly. like 9am...is くじ not きゅうじ ( 9 is きゅう but 9 am is くじ) 。。。 LOL

Then i wanna ask if 先生 went to 夏祭 before...in the end i think i said :
先生は夏祭へいきませんか ? ( this become sensei if you wanna go to 夏祭 with me? ) ...dotz...dtoz...^^|
luckily i think 先生 understand what i meant...LOLOL

Got a mini magnet dart board...so fun...hope i can practice till i can go fun fair win a big big doll! ->

<- my dad bought me this during CNY...yeah still surviving.

Last friday went to Natas fair...yeah! finally bought the air ticket for my grad trip! Abit 可惜 is that I am not going with my uni friends..but well.....at least I am still going with my sch mates...but ex-sch mates this time :)

LOL....4 years later, I am flying with CH again! and again booked at Natas and again travelling in MAY! LOLOL....いっしょうにへいきましょう !

Bought AIG insurance and got these free gifts. 40% discount at the fair so is worth buying. But of course hope AIG will continue to exist until after my trip ... LOL

Abit worrying about our safety..cos 2 girls only..but then again..cross finger and pray hard, hope we will be fine :) GOD BLESS de しょう !

Sometimes i really feel my EQ not high enough when i start to get closer to pple I know.

Firstly is the grad trip, feel i did not handle this thingy well.......not understanding enough of my peers who are stressed up with their HYP.

Secondly is the recontract of the mobile line...have some issues with my bro. Guess when i gan chiong my EQ will reduce!

Hope to book my grad trip by Natas travel fair......but until now i still dunno who I will be going with or where I am going...gosh! Never thought it would be this difficult....made me miss my malaysia grad trip for poly...LOL

Difficult...not in finding organising but in finding pple to go ... dotz...apparently not many in my batch are willing to spend on travelling...and not many are enthu about it. I am just abit too high with it that forms the different expectation between my friends and I, I guess.

Worst come to worst......I think i will book ticket to taiwan and just fly. Anyway .... I know I have friends there and also Alvin booked his ticket! hahaha....

Hope everything will turn out fine! Sometimes i really have the urge to join those pple i dunno in HWZ to go backpack Europe...LOL!

This is the first time i actually printed out the hairstyle i want to the salon and ask them to cut for me. LOL.....last time i did thought of it but i too shy about it....hahaha.

Hahha...of course it doesn't look exactly like what i printed...but i still love it...hahaha

Main point is not to look like what i printed...main point is it have the style i like and i feel it suits me..LOL

Flower 2009
Last Friday went to sentosa flower show, not as nice as the first flower show, kind of disappointed. But then...when i look at the photos i took when i am back at home...still feel not too bad (yeah..buai hel bai!) haha.

Our national flower...orchid flower !!!

OK gonna go bath .... thats all for today! Japanese class getting more difficult..must prepare prepare!

Good luck to myself for my interview on coming wednesday!!! God bless!

I must say I am someone who don't usually complain as I can't really be bothered, but today I am so angry and unhappy that I send in a complain letter to OCBC.

2nd Jan, I went along with my parents to the bank at Bukit Panjang near the town concil there to make partial capitial repayment for our housing loan for our HDB flat, everything was fine including the service attitude of the customer service guy. BUT, after few checking I begin to wonder why the deduction haven take place after the stated date, then I realise the guy send in the wrong form to CPF!

How I know? Because I call up OCBC hotline to check the status and even though their system was down, the lady on the line immediately notice the problem in our procedure....we send in the wrong form as the form HPL/3 cannot be send online! How can the customer service guy made such a mistake!

Worst still, neither OCBC bank nor the CPF board notify us of the failure in deduction / rejection of application.

Overall, I feel such service level cannot be tolerated! I know to err is normal for human but this is really too @#$%#^$%^ !

Now i need to travel again to the bank with my parents on monday and hope everything is still in time before the CPF $$ get pushed into the retirement account when my dad turn 55 this march. And to think I have interview on wednesday, 4 quizzes next week + 1 proposal due....and have to due with all these shxt....this is damn ridiculous!

I put most of my saving in OCBC bank....and so far have no issues with their service level, but from today onwards, I will be very careful should I sign anything with them in the future. If such a simple thing the staff can give us a wrong form, I really wonder if i can trust them with investment and stuff! Not that I have alot of $$, but i seriously doubt if i will take up any housing loan or do any investment through them in future. Apparently, OCBC have just "gain" themselves a super unhappy customer and "lose" the trust of a potential customer!

Argg...I am damn pissed!

But I must also say, their 24hrs hotline is nonetheless somehting quite good to have.....but just I am still very very unhappy over this whole incident!

Originally wanted to blog about the photos I have taken at Sentosa but I am so angry now that I decided to blog about this complain first!

Saw a friend wrote in facebook regarding friends...guess some of us might ponder over this question too...who are our friends? The weird thing is...some friends who u meet n see everyday or so often may not be your best friends...some whom you don't get to see so often maybe someone whom u can talk to when you have problems.

To me i feel there are many different friends...while I cherish friendship, I must also admit I do not have enough time for all my friends...and worst case, my families.

Have this happen to you?

Your dad ask u, hey wanna go Sheng Xiong walk walk see? Then you will probably say, whats there to see at Sheng Xiong (super market).

VS

Your friend ask you out, and you probably say OK, see you in xxx mins / hrs.

Have we stop to think? How much time (quality time) have we given to our families / parents. I must admit many times I did not give enough time (quality time) for my families, it doesn't mean we are all at home we are together.

In the end yesterday, I went to Sheng Xiong (abit late though my dad step out liao), cos I suddenly realise is not about Sheng Xiong or sth to see see look look, is that my dad want someone to accompany him (i guess so).

Similar things will happen for my mum too, when I am too cropped up in my own room with my cpu for work / sch work / drama-ing, my mum will ask me out for dinner. Why? she say she want me to come out and walk walk dun just crop in my room, my guess is I am neglecting her I guess^^|.

But then again, I also dun have enough time for many friends...even for theGanG we are meeting less often now...guess everyone is so busy. LOL

Bong they all, even worst, haven seen them for a month or 2 i guess. Bong i still own u ur healing hand discs...haha must remember next time we meet sia!

Next come my secondary cca friends and class mates....woo. Also got my uni friends...wahhhhh!
Alot of friends it seems? But sometimes when it comes to someone to talk to, its kind of difficult too.......thats why i love to msn with my overseas friends.....but well again, they might be bored of me talking abt same topic as well. haha

Also.......there are topics which i can tell no one.....then how? I also dunno how...hahaah. so if u say i have alot of friends, i sometimes wonder do I?

最近在弄一些照片。。。看到一些回憶﹐ 有些事情還真的應該要放下﹐ 想起以前﹐ 想起現在﹐ 我真的應該放下﹐ 努力學習放下﹐對新的人和事be more open minded i guess. 不要對自己的決定遲疑﹐當初的決定是正確的﹐ 不能後悔﹐ 也不會後悔。 哈哈。。感性的話到此為止啦。

Next come to work....should I continue in IT line or should I go to teach, I really don't know! I am so confuse and unsure, unsure if i will like teaching primary sch kids man! I love IT and also teaching...but kids....not sure if i will like them. How? maybe i shouldn't think so much and just apply..see what offers i get. haven't been applying for jobs because of such uncertainty!

Lastly about fencing, lose individual badly but glad for team event we get to win one match. But i didn't perform well in 2nd match , too stressed LOL. I see people performing when they got more confidence. Be confidence, you did much better than you were in training, and you look much more confident too...you can make it. hahaa

anyway ... 要過年啦。。。祝大家新年快樂 ! Hope my cold can get away !!! i wanna drink cold drinks and eat ba kwa !!!

Been quite busy these few days with fencing competition / training. Too bad i perform badly at novices >< Teams event coming up on sat but I guess our team will versus the strongest team in first round since we score so badly in individual. (Fencing is always rank everyone, let the strongest vs weakest, so that only the strong will proceed).

Can't blame anything for losing indiviudal even in pools...cos i lack of practice, trained twice only before tournament....and didn't train in last 2-3months^^| The opponents are not strong but OK OK only...i am the one who is too weak!!!

Competition aside, I managed to take Japanese language 1 this sem! Hahhaa...changed my core module to accomadate that man! hahaa.......事在人為, everyday ask my fren wanna switch mod or not! haha...anyway I am not really interested in CS4255 lor.....cross finger and hope CS4258 is interesting and not too difficult / xiong.

Japanese language is super ultra ulti xiong! I just saw the lesson plan and lecture 1 notes. Lecture 1 notes expect us to do 18 pages of worksheet in 1 week.......and starting from week 4 onwards, every week have 1-3 quiz!!! CA is 70% omg....i forsee myself god damx busy with learning japanese!

Started learning hiragana, just learnt 4 rows = 20 characters:

あいうえお a i u e o
かきくけこ ka ki ku ke ko
さしすせそ sa shi su se so
たちつてと ta chi tsu te to

Tml gonna learn 10 more characters i think....... i am coming なにぬねの、 はひふへほ !

Most importantly...within these 2 weeks must rush finish all my work..if not i am gonna cui....with all the test no time to work at all!

How many of you have came up with a list of new year resolution?

I have yet done mine, but one of is find the job I like! but problem is what do I really like? Was reading this book and it says how to know if you really have passion for it? Ask yourself this "If you have all the $$ in the world, would you still do it?" I find this question is really useful.

If I have all the $$ in the world, I still would want to teach, empower people, influence people! I will still like to do website or mini program on my own i guess. 3rd thing i would still love to do is investment!

Hope this has help everyone identify their dream job upon graduation!

First post of the year! hahaa...couldn't make it for last post of previous year so might as well made this first post of the year!

Firstly, wanna talk about our new family member: Bubi !!!

so cute!!! haha...today i just let it run about on my leg and body, so itchy when it run under my knee, on my feet.......hahaha. Hamster have a very short memory, so everyday I tried to make it a point to at least have a bit of interaction with him. But...sometimes I am really too busy..that i remember there is once i am dozing already when playing around with him!

Luckily i didn't get a cat / dog, man....cannot commit plus not enough time for it lor!

Next I would like to talk about result.......yes I am damn proud of my result this time round!

Actually all except 4254 are more or less my expected grades....but I was rather worried this time round.....to the extend I actually looked for leak! In past few sems, sometimes I even forgot all about result release.....until near that day I suddenly remembered. Not that I am not worried but just not as worried as this time round. Why? Cos last semester I took my first lvl 4000 mod and I did badly ( a B lah....but I am expecting A range grade!) ... so although this time I am expecting some As in my grade, I am rather worried my lvl 4000 will turn out like last sem. This is very important, why? Cos the more As i get, the more secure my 2nd upper honours is.

Somemore this is the first time I check results in office i guess, LOL. At first look I thought i get A-, B+, B+, A..I was like oh...OK not too bad, quite OK, then as I talk to a fren , then i realise.....I see wrongly! I mistook an A+ for a B+ LOLOL...I am so so so so happy! hahha. Although this A+ is really unexpected!

Another thing i really must say is interest really is impt too, CS4266 is a difficult module, well known for xiong-ness and chim-ness.....but this is also the module I liked most and learnt most among all the above. Must believe in scoring it, but of cos...I did put in a lot of effort into this module. Hee...

Also I would like to thanks all my team mates, if not for u guys, I might not be able to handle 4 modules + CS1101 teaching...hee!

So happy to say my cap is now 4.17........highest ever in my uni life. Suddenly I see chances of getting into dean's list this year...my final chance. But well most importantly is still my 2nd upper. But these few days...I suddenly have this thought, if i am more serious in my studies since year 1...work less like this sem....would I score better? Would I have a chance to get first class?

But well.....thinking again....studying so hard is really not quite my style.....haha, satisfied with current grade, if can get into dean's list this year, would be double joy lah, but even if cannot I won't be sad, afterall is just a kind of fullfillment. Really cannot imagine I am the gal who in the past used to play all my time, and study only 1 day before exam.....or even worst in poly, study only from morning onwards for a afternoon/evening paper!

Never once in my life am I so hard working than in my uni life....but I must say 4 years in uni....my life changed quite a bit.

New semester coming...on top of my 3 level 4000 core electives, I decided to take one extra module out of my degree requirement.. originally wanted japanese language but now exam clash, so I am thinking of french...mmm. Actually i thought of my interest understanding the universe, but i feel is not so useful plus the course seems more science n maths than astronomy to me.....so I decided to take something useful in life. I did consider real estate finance since I am keen in property investment (although i have no $$ to do so ^^| but i always like the idea of buy a house, rent it out , like what robert T. said before, 4 house 1 big hotel , 4 houses 1 big hotel! haha). But unfortunately the exam date is also on the same day as my core elective~~ so thats why french came in......LOL. hope i am not looking trouble for myself!

Anothing I am considering is if i should go n learn driving, but giving the thoughts that housing loan is coming in...i think i better save $$ for it...so I guess i won't bah.

How.....still cannot decide if i should take french...........tml is bidding day liao!!! Back to work~~

Happy New Year to everyone out there!