Natty In Sverige!

updates

2007-09-25T22:07:00.000+08:00

Its the Moon Cake Festival! Whow.. its been ages since i last blogged. Just some mini updates on whats going on. The below pictures are bout 2wks to 1 month old. Basically, Monday to Friday is work and work. But no more hard-core slogging!! Tuesdaes to Thursday Evenings have more or less become a routine--Tuesdays are playing Tennis with Miss Teo, Wednesdays are for tutioning and getting some extra spare income, to make up for my meagre pay, and Thursdays are esplanade run with the Interaction Team! Mondaes are chilling out daes with frens i haven met for some time ( to cure my Monday Blues) and Alternate Fridays are Entertainment Nights with colleagues and clients. Back to the pictures, Oh no.. Looking at this picture, dont our smiles kinda look alike? I remembered Joy mentioning that before.. Now that this picture is pretty close up.. Indeed, there seems to be some subtle similarities -- Pretty Girls doing a Darlie Smile! Miss Teo s been going for baking classes, and we tried her home-made boston cheesecake! Its really not too bad, though i focused on eating e crust only. But still, the crust was UP la! But cheese is really just not for me.

The next weekend was spent at Cafe Iguana and Ricotti with these girls. We had 2 Aug babies, and 1 Sep one. Happie 22nd bdae girlies. Still misssing out on Kit.. the youngest of the pack. With some of us working, studying and slacking, it can be tough to match our schedules and meet up, but it was good time spent during this outing, with much catching up done, but of course, with more catching up to be done too. Had a jolly time taking some pretty crappy photos ( see below) with Kitty giving me a scare, when her face kinda looked distorted in some of the wrong -angled pics.

It seems like a long time since i last took such pics..bac to those good ole sch days feelings

Cheers to more good times ahead.

With Love

Miss Ng

2007-09-04T15:16:00.000+08:00

The Luckliest
People on Earth
Live two lives

The second one
begins the moment
they fall in Love

The 3am Recital of Jay Chou's Songs

2007-08-26T21:07:00.001+08:00

LovelyBones

Beautiful Old Age

It ought to be lovely to be old
to be full of the peace that comes of experience
and wrinkled ripe fulfilment.

The wrinkled smile of completeness that follows a life
lived undaunted and unsoured with accepted lies
If people lived without accepting lies
they would ripen like apples, and be scented like pippins
in their old age.

Soothing, old people should be, like apples
when one is tired of love.
Fragrant like yellowing leaves, and dim with the soft
stillness and satisfaction of autumn.

And a girl should say:
It must be wonderful to live and grow old.
Look at my mother, how rich and still she is! -

And a young man should think: By Jove
my father has faced all weathers, but its been a life! -

2007-08-14T22:53:00.000+08:00

It seems a long time since i last blogged. And suddenly i think i miss everyone. Time seems to have passed without a trace, changes occur surreptitiously but undeniably, and often below the surface.

Vaguely, I remember myself missing many people on Wednesday--eve of national day. Was waiting for my Moist Chocolate cake, and tuned into Class95, and somehow, suddenly, it dawned upon me that i havent seen some people for so long and there was this temptation to drop a msg, but the fingers just wont move. Rang up Jo for a chat, but the stupid girl was sleeping at like 7pm in the evening!

I drifted in and out of those bittersweet moments spent with people i know, and had known. Faces. Aplenty. With a new job, comes a whole new big circle of friends. My IM has been totally invaded by media owners and agencies. So gone are the days when i ll use " Natty", cause it simply sound too cute. heh. And gone are those sentimental quotes like " Wish you were here." It just feels kinda funny.

Probably is the years of age and experience that hardened me. Somehow, i am now able to consciously construct an emotional wall in my head and block out all emerging nostalgic thoughts. Its nice to indulge in those moments, of flipping thru your photo memory, but somehow, nowadaes i do wonder if its a waste of time.

Family and Friends are my Life's Anchors. But many times, i do question myself, how strong are these anchors. So many times, I have been proven right that theres nothing too big in this world that you cant handle yourself.

Nothing upsetting has happened to me, so doont worry.. if u are thinking why i am writing all these. Its just some thoughts that i have been thinking about. Probably is the nature of a cancerian i guess.

Ok.. to current happenings! Tomorrow is my "allie-colleague" bdae! Booked a nice dim sum place at China Square for our team, and gotten a nice big and round cake for Karen! *) I hope we ll still go somewhere nice for dinner too. Yuuuummmmy. Its all these lit' treats that make me soo look forward to work. ( but i m ok without it too actually.)

Fridays are my favourites. Not sure wats on this Friday, cause apparently, my lotus notes has collapsed under my vigorous use. Last Friday was Lunch at Fullerton, accompanied by drinks, and dinner at Ding Tai Fung, followed by another dinner at Demsey Rd and drinks at Wine Company. TGIF!

For those who knows the ang moh aka MISS SIA, shes still a BITCH!!!! BFB!!! BOOOO!

So tired from all e typing. Though i crap so much above, i still miss all my frens. Wouldnt it be nice if GOD had created 3 work days and 4 rest days?1 day for me to sleep to recuperate. 1 day to party. 1 day to have a nice champagne lunch with buddies. 1 day to stay at home and watch a show or read a book. Wouldnt it be soooo ideal?

And lastly, its been 3 mths. And i m so counting down towards a white xmas in December in e Land of Tacos and CowBoys!!

al bout' Work

2007-07-20T00:16:00.000+08:00

Its been 3 weeks into my role as a digital executive in a media firm. So far so good. Long hours, meagre pay, looming headlines, establishing good pr, entertainment. Well. But i guess i am learning a lot. More than in NU-Ass.

Apparently, they are one of my client. And as usual, they are not surprisingly screwed up. as usual. Paying tens of thousands for a text link on msn, and yet can provide the wrong website to link it. omg. how on earth are those pple going to visit your website then.

Everyday is 9 to 6 officially. But un-officially, is 830 to 8pm-->onwards. Well. No1 to me now is work. Hopefully all these time scarificed is worth it. For now, i ll take all these extra time spent at work as learning time. Its a steep learning curve, and i cant afford to switch to a slower gear. Theres just so much that i wan to know, to learn, to grasp and understand how all things work, so i can quickly mamange my own clients.

As my "famous aunt" emphasizes " U are not in a classroom setting Anymore". I try not to expect myself to be spoon-fed, and learn on my own and ask questions. But well. i guess opening our mouth to ask questions can be something really tough.

Well. to the perks. I get free meals bout twice a week to nice resturants. freebies. free subsciptions to magazines. invites to launches. free entry to certain clubs. For now, all these to me are actually pretty exciting. But looking at my colleagues, they try to siam all these. haha. ok.. give me 1 yr.. and i think i ll be tired of all these.

Tomorrow is some Harry Potter Screening. ALLL TO BE OUT OF OFFICE by 4PM!!!!!!!!!!!!! whoooooooOOOOOO!!! Cheers to the HR!

yahooooo!

2007-07-17T23:30:00.000+08:00

Finally. End of my Academic Torment.

Thanks ladies for the bouquet!

My Family. ( excluding the last fatty)Thanks Mom!!

Smarty Pants and I. She kindly scarcificed her Nerding time to share this insignificant moment with me. haha! *kidding* Thanks Fatty2 for being so patient with me, while i snap away*)

Dunman High

New Media "Orange Post" . The few friends i have in my Fac.

Steven. Thanks for helping me out so much when i m lost.

Usually. Constantly.Lost.

TH!

Random

Mr.Hans back from US!

Huiyi, my dearest coursematee!! Lurve bitching bout

***I**N*haha*

Congrats Ed!!

Ken, Kenneth. My good ole' project kakis!

2007-07-11T22:57:00.000+08:00

I ll really like to post a nice nice post on my convo, with all the lovely pictures that i took with my family and 2 special guests of honour.

But i m feeling so facking irritated now.

Work is busy. And i am trying to focus. Its 2300. 2 of my colleagues are still at work. And yes, i do still have work to keep me busy till probably sat evening. When all things experience temporarily shut down. I ll prolly sleep thru weekend.

ANd now, i have to work till late from home, learn and absorb the tons of stuff scribbled with my red leaf pen, just to compensate for all my wasted time and mental strength.

Come on guys', Give me a break. Work is top priority. For Now. All things else. LATERS. Dun make me feel that its a burden.

2007-07-07T14:37:00.000+08:00

Its the first time i had a virtual cake via skype. A blackforest one from Texas. Thanks Fbb for the wonderful surprise. Though it wasnt really a surprise. But good attempt! B+ for you. Thank God for the technology. We can now talk thru msn, skype, jajah and at&t *)

I am currently employed. Been working for a week. Meagre pay, long working hours, but i m not complaining much. ha ha. Its interesting, and i look forward to work. To learning more things, cause i am eager to know eveyrthing and to be able to handle things on my own. Though i seriously dread the tedious financial shit that i as an inexperienced graduate have to do, the eye strenous job of analzying search engine results, but m enjoying e researching part!

Currently involved in an upcoming project that is to be launched end of this year. And i am bloodry facking hell excited. ha ha. Well, i guess the only winning card i have on my side is my youth, and the different perspective that i ll bring along with me.

Way to gooo!!!!!!!! VRRRROOOOOM!!!!!!!!

Oh, and its convo tomor!!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-07-05T23:42:00.000+08:00

Her 22nd at chilipad. thanks lovelies for Warehouse *)

Breakfast by the pool

Dinner at Adam's Road

Steam-Bathing

22nd this year. It was celebrated with the above lovely friends. and of course, my bestest girlfren--Sarah! She has been a postman the last few weeks. delivering stuff to my place. Sundaes are tution daes for me. Thank God her church is 3 mins walk away from my place, so she can come my house to collect BA ZHANG, can wait for me when we are going on sundaes, and of course, deliver pressies to me! On the 1st July, she came to my house with 2 pink packages!!!! whoooo! love ya! *MUAKZ* hope u like e treat. I really wan to treat u something nicer, when i get pay increment ok!!!!!!!! when i get promoted from a small fry to medium fry. Thanks for being one of the most understanding frens. I mean really. Times when i ll sms u last min, and say things like i cant make it. heh. u dun really seem angry. ha ha. Now that i m working, got to focus pocus, and u got yr Mr J also la. ha ha. But still, less meet-ups, but still must meet la. Its always during these seasons that i m really grateful for a fren like u. *cheers to e past 8years*

Just as i am typing this, i got a mail from the post! A belated Birthdae Card from JR. thanks dude!! I really duno wat happened to my mails the lst 2 weeks! I didnt receive qutie a few stuff. BOO to Sing Post! Every year, u nv fail to send me a bdae card, xmas card, welcome card, pretty lilies, tare-panda, hello panda, mocha coffee* n i m so bad. i nv give u anything!! stop giving me stufff laaaaaa! i ll feel even more guilty!!!! Thanks for being so nice*)

E eve was celebrated with Yen, Louisa and Yiwen *) e pretty ladies. I really had a good time cam-whoring, steaming, trying to pull out louisa' sd card from yen's ibm, crapping, nuauing on e bed!! and of course, yiwen for taking time out to come! Yeah, shes so tired that she just concussed! Louisa for settling everything for us. N yen.. i think i gave her a hellava headahce with my present! *love ya!*

E day was spent with Kit, Zq, Jo and Brit! Welcome bac ZQ!! Cause i was starting work the next day, i kindy requested that dinner be early and near my place. so i chose a venue behind my house. ha ha! Food was good and company was great! Glad to have u back ZQ!!!!! n the girls for taking time out to have dinner together!!!!! *hugz*

And of course, all my dear frens who sent me sms wishes and calls!! *Cheerz*

With Love

Natty

2007-06-24T02:05:00.000+08:00

Since post exams, i ve kinda been idling around, exploring for places to go, dreaming of doing this and trying that. well. it seems like i ve been forced out of the House of Dreams, and its time to step back into Reality. and this forced reality seems like another activity that is due to run its course.

There are pressing matters to be handled. Like my employment. Some says i m being damn picky. Well. Shouldnt we be? To me: Passion, $ and my dearest Coffee Machine are Essential. And yes. I am not settling for a job that does not fit these 3 criteria. Wage Rate is a sensitive issue. But i truly stand by my view that If the employer is setting high targets, expectations for the employee, i will think it is rightful that we as the employees get a decent amount of salary, Even if we are fresh graduates.

I am frustrated that i ve been waiting. But on another hand, i ll rather wait than step foot into a wrong industry. I m pretty clear what i want to do.. ok.. i m not too sure.

When all else fails.

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,Seal it for Thy courts above.

(Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing)

2007-06-21T17:27:00.000+08:00

Current Location: StarBucks at Temasek Tower
Drink: Iced Caramel Macchiato

2007-06-19T08:59:00.000+08:00

Its 9am now. And i am bout to start doing more research on my so called, according to Yiwen 2nd " Master Interview" which is at 1130am, at Ang Siang Road. I am not going to be too relax bout it. And it will be the first interview that i am going to reach (hopefully) 15 mins earlier. And of course, most of all, keep me in prayers, cause i really want to Ace it and stop the facking job hunt.

For those who have been much concerned bout my master interview with the US-based agency, i did not go thru. BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Actually, i received the news 1 week ago, but guess i just needed some time to kinda get over it, and kinda prepare myself mentally for my phase 2 in job hunt.

Well. I am angry. That agency effectively took 1 month to tell me that they have decided to stop recruitment. Ok, they said instructions came from the US Headquarters. But still.... SOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, argh, its funny that they are halting recruitment when all other agencies are getting the best brains into their own agency. Ha ha. of course, i m not in the league of e Best Brains. Was browsing some online magazines, and yes, this particular company is undergoing huge shuffling.

Thats the difference. Working for a Huge MNC and a Local firm. Media MNC are big cause they orginate from New York. But.. what the heck, the boss in Singapore cant even make the decision. *ponders* And i do mean the General Manager. So maybe lets work for a local firm?

Ok, yesterdae i had a 3rd interview with a digital media firm. ok. a local one. It lasted for a OMG 45 mins. I had a 20 questions test. 10 math, 10 el. haha. i was stunned when i saw the Math stuff. Ooopz.. interest rates questions, Speed Distance Time questions. Thank You Yen and Fra for helping me in those stuff! ( i SMSED them the questions) It was a tough one. They expected me to know 1001 things. Like trouble shoot, the techniques behind trouble shoot. Well. Hmmm...it was tough, based on the limited IT skills that i have.

OK.. thats not the point. What i am trying to say is that when it came to Salary. I put down 2300 - 2600. And one of the
Interviewers said, " Dun u think its a bit too high?"
Nat," It well negotiable."
Interviewer," Ok.. but yes, its very high for a fresh -grad."
Nat," But in the Sat papers, according to reports, theres a general increase in all wage rates across the board."
Interviewer1," U have to understand where we are coming from."
Nat," Yes, job prospects come first. Salary 2nd. I am willing to go lower. But anything below 2K is impossible."

OK.. i m not too sure if i aced this interview or wat. But local firms are alwys like that. Or maybe u should say Singaporeans or Asians in general. They wan the most out of u, but yet do not pay you accordingly.

OK..time to rethink bout what wage rate i should set later when i go for the interview. Its 3 Ang Mohs and 1 Chinese.. soo should i increase? ha ha. well.
Who ever says that ANg Moh are more generous?

2007-06-16T00:15:00.000+08:00

Welcome to Generation S - 800,000 French who toil for free to avoid being idle
Angelique Chrisafis in LilleFriday April 6, 2007

The Guardian

Near the galleries and theatres that have fuelled Lille’s cultural boom and weekend-break renaissance, Dominique Regueme stood outside the job centre contemplating his future. The pony-tailed graduate should have been prime material for the creative revival of France’s fifth-largest city. Instead, unemployed for two years, the budding film editor has so little money he cannot afford a trip to the cinema.Struggling to pay his €360 (£245) monthly rent, the 24-year-old cannot afford to go out, eat in restaurants, travel or take the train. He and his jobless graduate friends bear a new stigma: they are “Generation S”, or generation stagiaire, the work experience generation - well-qualified but desperate, who find themselves forced to perform internships into their 30s because jobs are scarce and they’d rather “keep active” to avoid the shame.

“Psychologically, it’s gruelling - unemployment is destroying France,” says Mr Regueme. “It’s at the heart of everything: the hopeless teenagers that rioted on the estates, the general malaise. It’s crucial to the elections.”France’s unemployment problem is consistently ranked the number one concern for voters in this month’s presidential contest, far more important than immigration, crime or the EU. The rightwing candidate Nicolas Sarkozy even took the bizarre step in January of campaigning outside Marylebone Job Centre-Plus in London, promising to learn from Tony Blair.
Last year high unemployment brought millions on to the streets in protest against a new job contract in the biggest mass demonstrations in a decade. The wounds have not yet healed.
France, the world’s fifth-largest economy, swings between two extremes: it is a two-tier society, where those with the right connections have well-protected jobs for life, while vast numbers of others face precarious short-term contracts or long-term unemployment.
Even the government’s latest overall unemployment figure of 8.4% is suspected of having been massaged. Youth unemployment in France is among the worst in western Europe, at around 20% but hovering around 40% on some housing estates. François Bayrou, the centrist presidential candidate, said recently: “We are a country where the unemployment figures take into account around a half of the real unemployed.”

As the main presidential candidates make promises on employment to win over undecided voters, they visit Lille, the birthplace of Charles de Gaulle, to stage huge rallies. This city by the Belgian border, once the capital of Nord Pas de Calais and its traditional heavy industry of mining, steelworks and textiles, is now the heart of a region with the worst unemployment in France.
Despite the European capital of culture tag in 2004 and the arrival of Eurostar, industry is moribund and the worst-hit area in southern Lille has a jobless rate above 30%. Lille’s mayor, Martine Aubry, champions the 35-hour week - the notion of sharing working hours to create new jobs - which all the candidates claim has failed.

In a downstairs flat among the red-brick housing estates of Faubourg de Bethune, south Lille, Serge Havet, a former postman, cracks open some Belgian beers for the jobless men who arrive each day for advice on how to deal with bailiffs and unpaid electricity bills. Each weekend the narrow roads between the blocks of flats see a handful of cars torched by youths. Residents blame the depression on unemployment and young people with “no stake in society”. There is a tension in the air. Last weekend 50 Jewish graves were desecrated in the local cemetery.

“We now see families with second-generation unemployment, young people who have only known their parents on benefits are now on benefits themselves,” Mr Havet says.

Some people try their luck in Belgium to pack endives, but it is poorly paid and unregulated work. The only real demand for jobs here is as hotel cleaners. “Couples are divorcing, men are getting violent or having breakdowns and attempting suicide because the one-time breadwinners are completely redundant, relying on their women to clean or pack parcels for mail-order catalogues,” says Mr Havet.

With his group Action against Unemployment!, Mr Havet tries to “inject some optimism” into the unemployed men by organising street protests. His walls are plastered with placards. “No to Sarko, he’s the Gestapo,” reads one.

For Mr Havet the answer to France’s problems is to create new businesses and foster young firms which would create new jobs. But the key election issue in France is the problems for small or medium-sized companies in hiring new workers, caused largely by the thousands of pages of bureaucracy and the heavy social charges firms must pay, which prompt many companies to believe it not viable to hire staff.

Mr Sarkozy says he wants to reform the labour market and many company bosses back him. He has adopted a version of Norman Tebbit’s “on your bike” mantra, promising to help the French who “get up early”. His Socialist opponent, Ségolène Royal, says she will protect workers and that the unemployed are not to blame for their plight. France is debating how far it wants a laissez-faire American-style economy.
Meanwhile, unemployment is feeding the extremes. The far-right’s Jean-Marie Le Pen has made a point of visiting Lille and the struggling north to rally crowds. Although Mr Havet’s group is not linked to a party, most unemployed stopping by here say they will vote Communist.

“In France our vote is always a vote against and not for. It’s a form of protest,” says Jean-Luc, 40, a former market researcher who is shifting palettes in a warehouse after a year being out of work. “Round here everyone voted no in the European constitution referendum because they thought it would mean the Chirac government would be kicked out.”

Sitting in a cafe, Guillaume - a pseudonym - describes the street protests he helped organise last year in which interns and people on work experience paraded in masks and chains. Some 800,000 people are thought to be on internships in France. He describes the vicious circle of back-to-back “work experience” posts as a “middle-class shame”, in which people with masters degrees in management still make coffee and are dependent on parents for cash. Some graduates sign up to €400 correspondence courses, which they have no intention of taking, just to be eligible for “student” work experience in firms.

“These people actually pay to work, because the shame of being unemployed in France means they would rather do work experience and be ‘active’ than succumb to the taboo of sitting at home,” Guillaume says. “The politicians have got to start listening to calls for change.”

2007-06-13T18:40:00.000+08:00

1. A random post

Life's been bout' sending out job applications, going for interviews, going for tutions in e day, puting Unexpected from Wala's Sound Track on repeat mode, reading up on marketing and communications..
Oh.. and i met up with Sarah for a chopchop1 hr lunch!! *)

In e evenings, its bout hanging out with fra, meeting up with the unemployed, dinnering with friends.

During the weekends, its bout' going for basketball leagues, catching up on movies, just bumming around.

I need a motivation soon. when the Singapore Girl takes off on the plane to Texas.

2. And before i forget.

Some people just dont even have the decency to send an SMS. And can i emphasize again. I dont tolerate rudeness.

Thank You.

2007-06-13T18:07:00.000+08:00

SHUZ is bac! OK... i know wat i m going to say is going to be how outdated. Miss Lee Shuwen is finally back from her 1 yr stint in Sweden. And well.. shuz's bdae (31stmay) is long over.. and Sharon's bdae( 8th June) is also over. and we still haven had a celebration! heh. Anyways

HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAYS DEARIES!

And.. here are these girls.. that i m going to meet for High Tea at Esplanade on Saturday *)
Yen is back from her supposedly BRE programme in Shanghai.
Louisa has started work in Citibank.
Yiwen is ending her work in CPF, and i m going to meet her soon for CHI CHAR at Chinatown in a few hrs. And i just met her up for BYSI warehouse sale at 11am !!

Thanks JoJo for taking the effort to do up all these pictures *)

We were digging into some Big Bowl of ice-cream at Parkway...eRps.. its called...Hmmz..well, its outside MPH at the basement. Finally, on this fateful day, l learnt to play MJ.Indeed, it can be addictive, but somehow, probably i was just addicted to it for 1 hr. Guess it will be a good game to play when i m old.. in my 60s.. if i do live till that long.

Rainbowfied!

2007-06-07T12:10:00.000+08:00

My Good Ole' Friends.

Andy recommended us this really nice italian restaurant where we had lots of nice and cheap desserts ( at half e price!), along the Singapore river, and it added to the already pretty nice ambience at Ricotti. Well. For this year, we are getting weight-gainersfor the above skinny boys. ha ha!

I am still waiting for confirmation of 3 jobs at hand. My Grandpa tells me to Be Patient. heh. Surprise by Surprise, to think that he actually says that. I will think that he will be the one to rush me to chop chop quick quick get a job!

I am Excited. Excited, and yet Apprehensive about what my Future holds. I feel that I am somehow Ready, not totally Ready. Its time for a Curtain-Call. To wave Goodbye, and to Enter this whole new phase of Life.Its not anything great, since everyone will go through this phase. But for now, I m so Full of Hopes & Expectations.

Somehow i was drained out for a period of time. Disillusioned with the people around me, to the extent that I dun care. And probably i still dun. Ok, though i say dun, but i think i still do. heh. Especially to those that i feel matters a lot to me. But i m tired. Tired of all these complicated human relationships. Of what goes through their minds.I wonder if God ever made " Bullet-Proof Brains". But well. Basically. I feel working on the principle of what Sarah always use " Take it or Leave it", will certainly make Life easier. Anyway, e truth is at the end of the day, why bother yourself so much with others' business.

MYOB is the new thing.

2007-06-02T11:47:00.000+08:00

when all things in life seem so fragile. there are just some people whom you hold so dearly close to. and for sure. u know they will never let you down.

I told Lihui to buy things for me from BANANA REPUBLIC. But. she came back with sweets and jam from CHERRY REPUBLIC. * faints*

I love the JAW BUSTERS!

Snacks from Narita!!!!!!!!!!! ALL MINE!!!!!!!!! Lurve u to Bits!

Thanks my Nerdy Sister!

2007-05-25T15:30:00.000+08:00

Katong is Fun.

Stone Grill Lunch. Mary's Tau Kua Pow, O-nehO-neh, Chicken Sandwich. I was feeeling damn full. OMG. Thank goodness, i went jogging at ecp with fra after that. I think i burnt about half of wat i ate. But after running, its feasting time again. Dieting seems like mission impossible.

2007-05-23T11:52:00.000+08:00

2 Fridaes ago. Oh man. after going out with Sarah, i lost my voice totally. we yaked and yaked. and there was the ill-fated encounter with one of our OLD FREN. if there was a hole in the ground at that time, i ll just bury myself in immediately.

2007-05-21T12:31:00.000+08:00

HAVE U NOT SEEN THOSE STARVING KIDS

wth.

stop picking on your food.

stop leaving more than half the tray of food on e table.

help your parents to save their money.

stay home and starve

and be bamboo wanna-be

Say goodbye to a social life.

and YES,

Pls dont ask me out

I cant bear to see it.

Cause

I care more about e world

Than u do about yourself.

:)

2007-05-19T14:24:00.000+08:00

Feliz En Amor

2007-05-16T01:59:00.000+08:00

I have no idea wats up with blogger. Apparently, some of my pics are unable to be displayed. heh. ok.. so heres PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. ok, i ll say.. better than expected. There was great response from the audience. Ok, i shant say Great. But at least there was Response. I thought Singaporeans were Dead Audience. We usually just sit there and clap when we were required to. oopz.

Watched it with Brit. with Jo for dinner company. We had dinner at Fins. Dinner wasnt too good. the fish smell gave me a headache and a pukish feeling. But jo was great company, with her yakking about Koon Seng Street? HAHAHA! and next... soemthing else made me grouchy. WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS STARBUCKS when i needed u most?!?!!??! The starbucks in marina square was in the midst of renovation. nearest one was suntec. sooo i had to settle for McCafe. well, after drinking kopi for years.

If u have no choice, but unable to lay yr hands on gourmet coffee , go for the hot ones. they are not as bad as the cold ones.

Why did Galiee Coffee take over all th e cafe outlets in Singapore Lib?! They totally have no quality control.

2007-05-13T12:41:00.000+08:00

2007-04-28T21:09:00.000+08:00

Texas Love

Miss Pro's Texas Fund
USD8/dae out of USD35
Sweet.

it was the thought that mattered most.
Not sure if this is for real.
So
May it be.

2007-04-28T02:53:00.000+08:00

1 irishcream /hazelnut coffee. 1 screamy orange/ mango orange. 1 tuna sandwich. 2 mars bars. 2 cadbery dairy milk. 2 aussie nougats. tons of notes.

2007-04-28T02:03:00.000+08:00

Happie Donuts

2007-04-28T01:36:00.000+08:00

pictures paint a billion words. feeling lazy to type. and this was well. dated weeks ago. National Basketball League 2nd!

e hall frens

Cd thinks his left profile is nicer. Haha.

hehe.. acting pro.. NBL 2nd!

the girls: lishan, jiayi,jac, yve, eunice, shuzen

2007-04-12T11:15:00.000+08:00

Terrific Tuesdae.

Ok. I haven finished my brochure.ah. slept at like 12 yesterday. been sleeping loads tons.

On tuesdae, was the Basketball Semis. NUS vs Siglap. it was helluva exciting match. I cant play bball for nuts, though i did try playing bball in temasek, when ah-roo was the captain for IHG0506. The wing i stayed in majority all bball players..ard me were the roo, the mao, the baa and downstairs were ed,cd and bandar. well, so me and shirlene just join lo. if not when they are gone, we will be sianz. haha. then we will be in charge of packing dinner for them. so might as well jus join. haha, since the bball court is just like 10 steps away from our rooms.

Ok.. back to Tuesdae's match. more that 1/2 the time, i was using chaoyang's lumix super pro camera trying to act pro and take good pics.( will upload when i get those pics)Well, according to yve, in her blog, she mentioned that bandar was awesome! his 3 point throw extended beyond the 3-point mark. It did really look like it was going to be an air ball.. but OMG. It went into the basket!! whOHOOO>>the whole crowd, even the uncles..also super high la!! Both cd and francis also made 3-point shots!! I am made at narrating bball matches. But in conclusion, they WON!!!!!!!!!!!! = they will be entering the Finals. and

I reallly really Hope they will win!! *cheers*

coffee

2007-04-11T18:21:00.000+08:00

at one corner at starbucks. chill music and dim lights. just had a double shot expresso. pure indulgence. i simply love coffee. if only singapore had as many good coffee joints as london. coffee in the lib sucks. Galiee coffee? cant recall the brand. Nothing tasted as good as those coffee in london. i need more good coffee.

waiting to go teach tution and working on my design brochure. been working on it.

i hope
and hope
and really hope
i can finish by today.
Awwww...

2007-04-09T13:40:00.000+08:00

Bring me to trough thru the lands of asia.

I m mugging for tomorrow's big quiz. But all i can think bout is CAN I DONT STUDY AND DO WELL?! haha. dream on....

Haven blog for some time. well, did quite a bit of things the whole of last week. Had my first networking tutorial with Engkeng and Ron. We were at the launch of Network One Reception. They are really very pro at networking. Well, all i did was walk behind them and follow.. and like some school girl lo. LOL. They were give me some pointers along the way like.. OK.. step 1 : go to the bar. haha. It wasnt so bad after all, actually in fact, it was pretty fun.. though i had a blister-plastered feet at the end of 4hrs :( was wearing my matt gold zara heels. To think that i lug it all e way from spain, just to torment myself. We headed off to the makan place beside DXO, and well, actually, DXO had a live band and they were playing pretty good music. Seems like a nice place to chill..probably.. oh.. and i wnat to go to timber!! According to Ron, they play pretty good music!

Well, Thursdae i had a fun dae out!! did some project-ing in e dae, and during e evening, went for my Lindy-Hop session with Yiwen *) Its getting more fun now, with all the twirling ard, and its like the girls really just have to follow the guy, since they are supposed to take the lead. Met up with yve, bandar, cd, alan, eunice, edric, jy after that. Dinner at Mahanttan and a Night of Taboo at Settlers!! I think i kinda enjoy playing these kinda stupid games. HAHA. its really fun! been harping on going to settlers or minds with Tim. But they keep postponing lo. Well, finally got my share of Games-Fun!

Weekend was spent PROJECT-ING. aw...boring. Studied with jojo on sundae! she gave me a XIAO DING DANG contact lens casing. i nv knew there was a link betweem XIAO DING DANG and XIAO DING DONG. ok, nvm. haha.

and of course.. Vietnam!

recollections

2007-04-03T08:20:00.000+08:00

* met up with louisa,yiwen and wenyen last week over xiaolong bao, la mian, waffles and gelare ice cream. after such a long time!we talked bout stuff.. tons of stuff.. and i was dreafully reminded of my jc class. Temasek JC 32/02. omg. how i hate that class of pple. of course with e exclusion of jo, zq , tim.and a handful of others. huimin, shirley... hmm.. are there any more?? i cant even seem to remember their names. but i think i vaguely remember that pettyfaces, evil and cunning grins put behind a scornful face. how horrible. like...how...horrible. haha. ok.. i make them sound really bad here. but arent they? haha. ok.. enuff of them. well, but i kinda like the teachers. haha. Cecil..my math tutor lurves to call me to present my solutions on e board. ok.. but half the time, is yen's ans. haha. but hes really approachable i have to say. and patient. Beetsma, our econ tutor. shes so cute lo. haha. and she gave me, jo, zq and yen intensive econs sessions before exams. private teaching. but i think me and yen is super cmi in econs. hasim, our civis tutor and sea history tutor cum gp tutor. hes pretty handsome, but a little too pretty for my liking. and my fav is definitely thompson! our european history tutor. hes so nice la. and of course, with the only A i had for my As, half the credibility goes to him *)

i lurve being up early.. when everyone is either out or fast asleep.

i enjoy the quietness and peace in these mornings.

yesterdae night, got a msg from bestie telling me how much she misses me, and bout the embarrassing incident where i had a puking fiesta in my toilet. that was way back..like 3 yrs ago? we had too much food, and i had too much to drink. and so when all blended together.. its horrible! haha. She act only lo. she was in my rm duno doing wat, while poor me...was like squatting at the bowl. haha. and i was feeling all groggy and froggy. omg. well. i reminded her her duty as a best fren. " Assist in e clearance of puke in future." HAHA. 7 yrs ago. in 2000. we all set a pact. sarah, riece koniman and i. in 2007. 17 april. 1900. meet outside paragon in front of the 3 statues for a reunion. well. guess now that riece is still in aussie. it will be the 2 of us only. by right, we are not supposed to remind one another, haha, but just in case la. haha. *indirect reminder?*

Haven been doing much these daes. 0h no. panic pangs again. the weekend was spent slogging for Raaj's module.. trying to finish my white paper. thanks goodness, at the end of 9 hrs, my paper aint white. haha. It was filled with words!! yeah! kinda relieved. This mod is by far one of the most writing intensive mod.we write for our 2hr lab sessions ( though i m half hr late most of the time), constant assignments, negotiable deadlines.write and more writing. we write speechs, stories, annual reprts, executive profiles, policy papers,white papers, position papers, backgrounders, and wat not. and for goodness sake! its still examinable. but..well, i think this is one of the better strucutured module in nus. at least its relevant. it gives us a preview of the job scope of a pr practioner. some pple think that pr is all bout networking, keeping up image etc. well, a pr practioner got to have some brains.

feeling nothing better to do, i ran thru my list of ambitions. and thought what the hell brought me into nus. at least convince my mum that doing fass is good, cause everyone else in the family thinks that fass is a shit-hole. like how my aunt ended up doing philosophy. i think i vaguely i remembered telling her that i wanted to be psychologist? haha. i dun think i ever had any intention to.

but i remmebered myself thinking that i wanted to be a superstar orbroadcaster. yea. i wonder wat happened to my superstar ambition. Haha. i think i was harping upon it during jc years. how i can jsut be famous overnight and be a star!!! and jojo will be my manager? haha. ok...seems like superstar seems a bit too tough, so i decide to return and consider being a broadcaster. ok.. this idea is now swirling inside my head now... a broadcaster with a super husky-sexy voice.*faint*

2007-04-01T10:43:00.000+08:00

With my favourite pple in temasek.

e oc girls;kooifei & cat; Alex, Rongsheng, Bandar; Door entry stamps on our face!

Zhiqin, Alex & Willy; Jeff posing nicely; Bubbly Wendy; RS's attempt at making a bubbly photograph

e Invited!; One Last Kiss; Austenini; Mr Alapi-Koks

Thanks E1 for this really great party! And of course, i m so honoured to be on the invite list. Haha. The party was nothing elaborate, nothing fanciful, but it was really the thoughts and the efforts that matter the most. The personalized acrylic gift that austen and zhixiang made for everyone, the songs, the slideshow done by alex..which really did bring bac tons of memories, the sparkles. *sweet* and of course all the e1 boys!!

2007-03-27T09:15:00.000+08:00

To My Bestest Fren:
Happie 22nd Birthday!

My Fav Poloroid

High-Tea at Goodwood

i cant resisi putting a pic for myself! haha!

i really only planned to put yours...really...haha*)

when we were young

Your 21st bdae at Werners!

Clowning ard!

Oh... goodbye..my dear fren..

part of my 21st bdae present *)

with Miss Teo!! Happie 3 friends!

StarLight Cinema/ Xmas/ 2005

I woke up early 1 morning.. and decided to blog about yr bdae. well, we did not take many pictures, so i decided to take a stroll down memory lane to dig out all the pictures. and of course, it was a lovely morning spent going thru my picture files..and reminiscing the past has never been more bittersweet.

2007-03-24T19:25:00.000+08:00

A tale

He promised her happiness
but stole away her freedom
and that of many others.
He gave them empty promises
and sent them crumbling down
down to the end of depths.
He gave some a lease of life
But robbed them of
All treasures of Life.
Now
He s back to haunt
His shadow.
He sees the shimmering gold
and will soon be back
to haunt
to hunt
for the shimmering treasures
and to rob her.
Please
let her go.

2007-03-19T19:19:00.000+08:00

Sundaes Fun.

I Simply Lurve Sundaes. Hanging out with Britbrit and JoJo. ok.. the boring part is that i got tooo wake up super early for tution. But the good thing is that i get to meet up with these girlies to have FUN in the POOL!
Since i got bac from Sweden, been meeting up with them pretty much. Maybe they miss me too much le. haha!

Sometimes, i jsut cant seem to laugh. Its like... i think i ve got an inborn skill to crap and make lame jokes.. and pple seem to laugh. i like to see pple laugh. but sometimes, it will be nice to hang out with pple who can make me laugh. Like.. u know.. really laugh. OK... i admit .. i lurve to talk. but sometimes.. i talk is cause i cant stand awkard silence.
I lurve being with u girls, cause i can just sit aside and laugh and just simply enjoy one another's presence. * TONS OF HUGS*
Though we literally was runnning out of time, of course, theres always some time to take a self shot!

No tanning. We did REAL Swimming. Armed with TYR Googles and our JC-swimming costumes.

hehe. drew 2 butterflies for britty!

JoJo and her caps!

2007-03-17T18:29:00.000+08:00

Hard Rocking Daes 10 oz HRC Burger. Irrestible.

Pretty Ladies In a Row.

e Sinful Dessert

WHOOOW

Blueeeeeee

Oinkies in da House

GLUTTONS- in- action

HAJI LANE

I m eating Sarah's al-time-fav-sotong!

BonJovi " Its My Life"

2007-03-03T13:56:00.000+08:00

it makes me feel sad when i see her like this.
but again...
u make the choices.
well...
i give her my blessings.

spain

2007-02-28T10:23:00.000+08:00

Hola from Espanya!!
Decided to blog my long overdue spain pictures this morning *) We spent about 10 days in Spain.. we flew ard, cause according to calculations, it was expensive to train ard..so there was Barcelona, Madrid, Bilbao and St.Sebastian. The highly recommended ones will be Bilbao and St.Sebastian. Madrid was pretty much very boring. We just shopped at Zara, walked thru xmas markets, parks, ate and relax..we had new company for Madrid! Francis flew from Aberdeen to join us for 3 daes!

Barcelona: The world of Gaudhi
Sagrada Familia. Casa Batllo.

Las Rambles. We lurve the market!! food was cheap and good! AHHH!! LOOK AT MY FAVOURITES!! Chocolates Galore.. Indeed, that explains the bloated face.

Park Guell. It was really enjoyable walking a few hours thru the park, designed by Gaudhi. Barcelona was simply the world of Gaudhi. For me, a non-aki student, it was really a break from all the buildings that i ve been "admiring" the last few daes. HAhaa! but i definitely learnt and experienced more from these visits than from the lectures in nus.

Joan Miro: There was a special exhibition by him, and e pic on the left corner is one of his well-known pieces. Hmm.. a red line and a few dots. haha. It may seem easy to draw, but according to the audio guide, there is a sound theory behind it. * enlightened?!*

Fountain Montjuc : we couldnt capture on the camera, but the fountain display actually spread across the entire road!

Bilbao: we found subway sandwich!; Bridge designed by Calatravar; Good Dinner at Tapelia, famous for its Paella; Xmas street.

oh.. and Bilbao is good cause of the super comfy 2-room pension hostel that we found. it was damn shioks. tv, personal bathroom, and of course, the food was cheaper too cause its a non-touristy place. But.. Hmm..we had a bit of difficulty finding our way ard at times, especially in locating our hostel on the first night, cause they speak minimal english, and they speak Basque instead of Spanish. soo wat we learnt in barca wasnt of much use.. haha.

Paintings by Dali.

The famous Guggenhim Museum by Frank Gehry

St Sebastian and its Delicacies: Turron; Patata with Egg; Olive Paste

Pictures of nothingness taken by Lingwei.

2007-02-25T16:29:00.000+08:00

Some outdated posts. At hongkong cafe. Jo made us pretty earrings. Look at those dangly lovely things hanging from our ears *) actually i dun think can see anything. hHAhaaa.. last meet up before zq fly to korea to find her korean boy.

630am at the airport. caught only 2 hrs of sleep the night before. look at ourrr eyeeee bags... And Miss Joanna still got the strength to take photos.....bye zhiqing!! take care babe! and u will be missed by us!!!!!!!!!!!

brr.. reminded me of myself last aug.

2007-02-21T02:17:00.000+08:00

i hate it when i feel like this.

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-02-19T16:47:00.001+08:00

2007-02-19T09:58:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year 2007' Uncle Simon with e cousinz.ok, i got cut out of the pic..hints of me with the flowery skirt. Oh..mention of the flowery skirt. i think its really pretty.. and its like...DIRT CHEAP. whaha. the best buy i got out of zara. 6.95EUROS! : Mel,Fatty and i ; Shawn-boi; Mummy & Fatty3

I prefer Xmas to CNY. Meeting the 2 sides of the family always makes me feel..so... Hmm..realize the issue of income inequality. And with that, how it leads to the vast difference in their lifestyles, their conversations, the way they treat others. Seemingly, i think its really true that the poor and humble are more sincere than the rich and powerful.

Met up with my 2 rather not bad looking long-d relatives. Haha. Well, God is fair. They may lack the monetary support, but they are blessed with the good looks and gentlemanly character. haha. 1 is supporting himself thru education..poly and about to embark on his uni-ed. and the other is still going thru poly. well, they told me how vexed they were each dae when they come home. how tired. from a half day of sch and half day of work. they had no choice but to work part-time for their survival. i have a choice, and choose to work to be a spendthrift. $5 is the max they will spend on food. i m not sure how much i spend. argh. LIFE is SO UNFAIR.

Seriously, i think many of us should learn to appreciate and thank God for how lucky we are.

2007-02-19T09:43:00.000+08:00

Salzburg 2007 Post-Christmas. As we strolled thru the birth place of W.A Mozart.

Highlight of our trip: Snowboarding at Zum Lum See Village.

recounting from the back.

2007-02-11T23:58:00.000+08:00

after missing a connecting flight which cost us 400euros....we landed up in.... e sumptuous dinner made up for a bit of our lost..actually it did cost us a mini bomb..to have a taste of a "raindeer"-- thats how they spell it.

snow-monster!

beautiful..9am.

fungus screaming for joy?!

look at the backdrop

what the fack. miss our flight.

still...we smile with each other's company!

dating back.

2007-02-11T23:36:00.000+08:00

*my last night in Sernandersvag 8,uppsala.

my fav! : Cinnammon Buns!

2007-02-10T19:28:00.000+08:00

yiwen's 22nd

2007-01-28T17:20:00.000+08:00

Happie 22nd Bdae Yiwen!!!!!!!!!!!

This bunch of girls haven got together for e longest time! I missed out on Louisa's and Yen's 21st Bdae last year! And yesterdae, dear louisa was shopping away in China.. and missed out on Yiwen's 22nd bdae dinner! ANd i cant seem to have a recent picture of 4 of us.

soOO here's one of my fav pictures taken in 2005 @ Chijmes.
*hugz*

2007-01-19T13:12:00.000+08:00

I guess...

There are no such things as forever n ever..

well.. as all says

All Good Things Will Come to an End

Welcome Back To Reality

Miss Natalie Ng

2007-01-15T04:55:00.000+08:00

Currently making niggerballs and cinnamon buns.

Bound for home in less than 24hrs.

Bye Svierge.

2006-12-06T09:37:00.000+08:00

yeahhoO!! last paper over! just met up with shuz in stockholm! though we both missed the bus...train etc.. yupz. but we are both home safe and sound. she in stockholm . me in uppsala. oh.. and congrats to Miss Sharon Lin for getting her internship in CLEO!!! *thumbs up*

well, cause i missed the last bus from stockholm bac to uppsala... so i ended up taking a train to arlanda and then to uppsala. and when i was on e bus.. it kinda reminded me of my first dae here on e 21st august 2006, arriving in Stockholm Arlanda at bout 6am.

I have so much to say. That i duno what to say. haha. mixed feelings i guess.

And i still really duno what to say. this is just such a crappy entry. But yupz, i guess this will be my last entry for my exchange in uppsala. damn. ugh...

The next few daes.. will be meeting up with friends.. not exactly bidding goodbyes.. but kinda. packing up.. settling transcripts.. auctioning my bike.. transferring money..changing currency..omg. i have so much things to do man..

I ll be leaving next week for my 1 mth tour of europe. i m also not exactly looking forward to it.. kinda la.. not sure too. its gonna be damn damn tiring.

14th to 20th dec: Spain ( Barcelona, Bilbao, St Sebastian, Madrid)
21st to 31st dec: Italy ( Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Genoa, Turin (not confirmed))
1st to 4th Jan: Czech Republic ( Prague, Cezky Krumlov)
5th to 9th Jan: Austria ( Vienna, Salzburg)
9th to 10th Jan: London ( stop-over to watch "Wicked")
11th to 13th Jan: Kiruna
13th to 15th Jan: Uppsala
and........ 16th JAN : HOME.

If anyone is going anywhere, and wanna meet up. drop me a mail at natalie_ng0107@hotmail.com

And of course, to my dearies back home!! i wun be blogging.. but i ll be emailing! sooOOoo we email ok! better i think.. more personalized. haha! and pls dun need to send me xmas card setcetc!! cause my postal mail box will be taken away by mid dec.. later wasted ya. and of course.. if u have any thing.. that u die also must tell me..or the hottest gossip, just put my name on yr msn. haha!!! u get what i mean la.

alrightey.. see u all in SIIIINNNNGGGGAAAPPPOOORRREEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-12-04T17:48:00.000+08:00

why didnt someone create a time machine?
....
.......
to stop the time?
// we stole charlie's gingerbread from his corridor and decided to hang him there. haha!

//uppsala cathedral

// the construction workers! *thumbs up*

2006-12-03T17:03:00.000+08:00

I have been slacking. haha. n trying to study for my bigbig exam on tuesdae. Well, time is seriously running out.Been trying to spend most of my time with my friends here. meeting ups.. hanging ard..partying..cooking.. haha.

Tom just left. We gave him a card last night...and... a big man like him..cried. haha. Over the last few months, all of us had grown much closer.. going out etc. And yah..hes the first to leave.. But while.. people come and people go... but he says he will visit me in Singapore when he goes to Aussie for his next term of study! whOOHooO!

Friday night was good. We headed to Gotlands for food.. i had a BIG BIG HAMBURGER! My fav! and as usual..went to Varmlands for party! had 2 tequila shots.. but i was still like sooOOo ok.. just that i went red red red. All of them thought like i was going to puke..considering what a lousy drinker i was.. and i am. haha. but i think i was so happpy that the alcohol had no effect on me! haha. Well.. the interesting thing was we went for a post-party. it was the funniest post party i have ever been to. Hmmmm.. it was like some secret society gathering. We went to this place, and grim had to make a call to get the person out to open the door for us.. and when we went in.. there were like pictures of distorted faces...bloody figures... on the walls. The people were lying on a big sofa bed and looking at a screen..playing scenes of Violence in South Korea. and replaying those scenes where policemen got burnt. it was Interesting. Well, we have a fren whos anti-nazi, soo ya.. thats probably where he goes most of the time.

ANywys.. todae is the 3rd Dec! n according to some traditions.. todae is GingerBread-Making Day! We going to make a GingerBread-Uppsala-Cathedral! with 10 gingerbread boys and 2 ginergerbread girls! *sweet*

2006-12-01T07:02:00.000+08:00

// Buffet Lunch at Fugu with my first few asian friends in uppsala!

Had a nice lunch today with Ceci, Candy and Gary. We ate for 3 hrs! One of e better chinese restaurants ard. Free Accomodation next time in HK! haha!! HONGKONG SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

// Belts Galore

Thanks Judy! Lurve this girl so much! Well, all i did was to buy her a box of chocolates from London and a small card to wish her well. N before she went home...a pair of pearly earrings, and belts from her hometown..for me! Hmm...cant remember wats e name of her town called..somewhere in Sweden! VeroModa, H&M and Gina Tricot! OMG.

Felt kinda bad.. Haha..cause my first reaction was " OH NO..HOW TO BRING HOME?" haha.. even before i thanked her! Ok.. but i really do appreciate it ya! TACK!

Preparing for my presentation tomor
"Media and Cultural Analysis of Televised Beer Commercials"

2006-11-29T00:04:00.000+08:00

Since i got back from London, it had been a crazy week. Meeting up my group to get ready for our last presentation on fri :( preparing..having pizzas,drinking Julmust( swedish christmas drink), balmberry and apple crumble, girly-gossip sessions... i m going to miss it so much..

Tom is leaving for Hastings on sundae. aw.. i cant help it but feel so so sad. He s the only other exchange student in our corridor. Hes so fun to tease..and he always gets drunk before everyone else.cause he drinks so much. haha. and starts spouting nonsense.. when everyone is still so Sane. Still remember our trip to Aland.. when he puked so much on e ship! it was e joke of the week! Tom on Viking* Farewell Party at Gotlands on Friday.

Been watching "Twin Peaks" 3 nights in a row. According to many, they say its a MUST WATCH. been watching it with grim, kris n karl. They have watched before, and they say its so good that they dun mind watching it again. Hmm.. we watch bout 2 episodes a night.. and usually, when we are on the 2nd one.. i alwys doze off... heh. Well.....*)

And now i know why i m getting fat. Yesterdae night was a GIANT FEASTING SESSION. I had dinner from 630pm till 11pm. OMG. we just ate and ate. After my dinner, one of them wnated to cook grean bean soup.. so we started boiling... and after which.. another fren came home.. and brought "left-overs". it was swedish fish porridge.. yummylicious..

Less than 1 hr later, Karl came to visit. He brought " Home-Made-Snickers" with ice-cream. WHoww... damn nice. and he wnated more..so he started making another dessert. " Banana in Warm Coconut-Honey-Milk" its..sooo...Heavenlicious!

Next, Anna came out from ICA with a giant bottle of JulMust! and we just sat there drinking Julmust, together with the nice pie i got from London.

I think i added on 2kg from this how sinful dinner.

And not forgetting the piles of candies we ate while watching Twin Peaks.

2006-11-26T17:01:00.000+08:00

He was a pro-programme-coordinator.
n He too was a pro-head. Haha.
And..he just "bestowed" me with a few wonder words.
For now, the green flash signals.

Londoner for a week!

2006-11-25T07:27:00.000+08:00

* A lovely week in London* // fungus and i

//a darn ex teapot for mummy

// my fav: Shakespeare's Globe

// St James Park

// Buckingham Palace// Change of Guards

//dim sum again!

// St Pauls Cathedral. 2nd biggest in e world.

// Tower of London// Tower Bridge

// Dinner at Keble College. Oxford.

// George & Denver!

// Christchurch: Harry Potter's Filming Venue

// London Eye

// Theatre of Dreams

*7daes in London was perfect. Made day trips to Manchester and Oxford *) Beautiful towns. In e end, we didnt get the tickets to watch the Man U match in the ballots. but visting the stadium was how cool.. Awesome!

Well..out of the entire trip, i really enjoyed the 3 daes of muscials the most! it was super shioks, super-feel-good! I managed to watch Les Mis, Lion King and Chicago-- musicals of diff genres. It was just... fabulous! Les Mis was my fav. the classic kinda of musical.

Lion King was staged beyond Imagination.. a spectacular visual feast. Before i watched it, i was wondering like.. how real can it get.. and after a 2.5 hrs.. i left the theatre with a redefintion of my expectations of theatre. the stage was perfect for the show. with the layers..and revolving arena..a brillant combination of glorious colors, stunning effects and enchanting music.. accompanied with tribal drums. All space was totally utilized, animals started moving on to the stage from the floor, the playing with shadows.. a real ravishing spectacle*

Chicago was a more jazz..sexy.. modern kinda show, with Roxie Heart being e lead.i thought that jessica simpson was playing in it.. but her show just ended. haha. i was hoping to see her actually! hmm.. i guess..Chicago isnt really my cup of tea. but it was still good. The show was pretty engaging.. as in the audience kinda had to respond to the musical... to " facilitate" it. haha. Audience reactions were over-whelming. i think maybe they can consider giving singapore a miss. haha. i think prolly the audience will just be folding their arms and nodding away. haha! oopz.. just another comment. i think We are trying toooo hard to attract tourists etc.. to our city.. read from ST bout the Lighted-Up city.. remodelling after Paris. hmm... a bit tough eh?

And of course.. i had a prefect host! thanks fungus! we ate tons. loads. dim sum, duck rice, taohuay, pomelo in mango juice, bratwurst, chicken rice, krispy kremes, vanilla fudges.. etc etc.

Oh... and my StarBucks!!!!!!! * a coffee a dae..makes natty a cheery girl* I Lurve Coffee.

Theres so much to say.. that i duno wat to say. heh*) oh well..

Currently.. i m at the cross- roads of life. sigh. just spoke to tim, but wasnt of much help.

At the end of e dae, e decision lies in me.

And i pray that God will answer my prayers.

2006-11-16T00:13:00.000+08:00

Fungus and her fren arrived on sundae night!! i was so excited la! Haha!
We went to a really nice Greekish Restaurang by the river for dinner. It was Superb! i had an overbaked veal with potato and vegetables.yummylicious. if only i could go there for dinner everynight *)

I felt a little bad, couldnt really host them v well. had my Swedish History exam the next morning. was dead tired. and i think i may fail. but i reallly realllly hope not. cause i cant make it in time for the re-exam also. *prays hard*

I have been very suay the last few daes.
1) bad feeling for my swedish history exam
2) I LOST MY HOSTEL CARD. just made a new one. cost my 100kr. tmd.
3) and other stuff la..blah blah.too tough to type them out.

On another note, i m finally very free now. and realy enjoying myself.hehe. had a nice dinner at Snerikes last night too. supposed to come to my place to cook, but in the end, i felt lazy..so we headed to a nice place to eat. haven been cooking much le... anyways. not much time left. so better eat all the nice place before i leave. I cant afford to leave any room for regrets. haha.

And.. i m going to the cinema later!! whewwwwwww! Little Miss Sunshine* Charlie works there, so its like..they got to check the quality of the movie..so we can get to watch for free and at the same time, check the quality for them! It cost u a damn 20 ++ spore dollars to watch a movie.

And..tomorrow will be another movie. its called.. "Winter SOmeting"..i cant remember le. watching with my media class. doing a course on Media Analysis, so we get to watch many many movies. shioks! but this time round, we have to pay. The movie theatre here is really small.. they cater to bout 12 to 20 pple. haha. i was so amused. we wanted to analyze a german film, but the theatre showing the film cannot accomodate 30 pple. haha. well, life in a village.

And...I M GOING LONDON on fri!! *Whewwwwwww*
Wicked, Chicago, Lion King.

Phantom and Mama Mia will have to wait til JAN. no time to watch now.

Looking forward to Harry Potter Dinner at Oxford, Dim Sum at Manchester, Bak Ku Teh, Tomyam soup at Fungu's place..oh. and of course.. we are going to start our gyming regime, jacuzzi and suana at her apartment overlooking the London Eye !

I cant wait.

2006-11-12T07:29:00.000+08:00

* A night of Cartoons and my fav Superheros!*
Our Corridor Party. it was so fun that i didnt want it to end. //tinkerbell & superman
//tinkerbell smoking tobacco
//charlie,potter,cat-woman,minnie//sleepy johans//minnies//blackies
//spiderman and tinkerbell//sailormoon//shrek, captain jack, jane ( frm tarzan)

//tinker vs ninja//snow-white//witches & Medusa// greens!

//i duno who are they.

2006-11-10T22:12:00.000+08:00

HELP! FATTY BOMBOM in the MAKING!

OMG.

I think my double chin is going to surface soon.

2006-11-10T04:48:00.000+08:00

Felt a surge of emotions suddenly. Just when i m finishing this post..so bear with it. just some rambles. Talked to a couple of friends a while ago on msn... just some thoughts.

Hmm..how do i say. People change. and yr friends change too. U may not realize. but pple ard us are all growing up, seeking their own directions, trying to achieve what they have set out to be. At some point in time, u may realize that you may seem to have lost them. And even feel that you duno them anymore. Just like a stranger to you.

I felt this a couple of months ago.

I was kinda feeling pretty sad and lonely before i left for Sweden, and during my first few weeks here.haha. It was just a kind of emptiness i felt. Not cuase i was in a foreign land. But just i was feeling..maybe pms. haha. Somehow i have come to accept the fact that things between me and some of my close friends are no longer the same. I mean its time i have to accept that things are different now.

" Dang Ni Gu Dan Ni Hui Xiang Ci Sui" has always been my all-time favourite song. Everytime.. everytime i hear this song. it just brings back one of my life's best moments. all the fun we had. the silly things we did. the fights fought.then tantrums. the times we stood up for one another. the support. just those innocent laughters. Someone commented that "our frenship was one hard to come by."

Indeed. Up till now, it has remained one of my most treasured possession in my heart. I really dun understand. At times, i get so mad that i just wan to severe all ties. But the nxt minute, when we hang out together, i just feel so happy.immense joy. I realize that it just means that i really lurve those boys a lot.

No matter how much i complain, and hurl those horrible words at them. at the end of e dae. as wat ejia said
" a frenship hard to come by."

and i m currently missing our good ole' times.

And here. Some pics of where did my Kronor go to. haha. Every time i finish a paper, or exam. i ll spend the whole afternoon in town. Oh well, i didnt buy everything for myself. some are for my dearies back home*)

Oh. today was the launch of H&M new series of designer wear. OMG. the queue stretched from the entrance to the town square. i thought got sale or wat. But to my dismay. no sale.

Was in town searching for SARAH's JEANS. eh..woman.. the brands u told me are unisex ahz? haha. why all the crotch area all so long!!?? and Cheap Monday is out of stock. our size is gone. the other brand is DR DENIM? This woman here always give me all the funny funny brands. haha. so poor me will go in search and try here and there. haha. squeeze into those tight-till-i-cant-breathe-jeans. But shes the fashion guru *) She has the say la. haha.

Tomor is my corridor party. i m not totally hyped up bout it. But still, i m going to be TINKERBELL!!! i hope i ll do look like one. tried to get my wings today..but to my dismay, out of stock.
I lurve surprises. This letter was dated a couple of daes ago.
Thanks jr.
I feel so blessed to be your fren.
This is the 3rd letter. and i know
the 4th is arriving *)

I really dun deserve it.

2006-11-08T15:22:00.000+08:00

Look at this handsome dude! *) Nice haircut ya! All thanks to Miss Nat. haha. I was supposed to cut Jan's hair for a long time, but nv got down to it. yesterdae evening, armed with a kitchen scissors, and my comb. I began to SNIP. It turned out good! it looks a bit funny on the pic, but in real life , is really quite not bad. Gonna cut Grim's hair next. hehe. i can start a barber hair service in Uppsala soon. haha!! feeling so proud of myself!!

Currently, doing a take home exam now. so sian. but haven really got down much to it. We ve been watching movies, animes etc. Today is Free Dae! so i m going to finish it TODAY. feel like cooking a nice dinner tonight.. something like chicken breast in curry paste? sounds good? But i hate it when tomoato paste is squeezed into the pot. But thats e way its cooked here. Chicken breast, curry paste, and tomato paste. funny hor. haha. but oh well. I m anything on food. can eat ok le *)
//Jan's New Haircut!
//before

2006-11-07T03:04:00.000+08:00

// Virgin Snow! (reminds me of my yahoo email. heh)// photo credits to audrey! // thats the uppsala slott in e background//

Just got bac from Berlin yesterdae afternoon. I m darn tired. and i am so overwhelmed. and traumatised. haha. It was a good learning trip etc etc. But i think i prefer to travel on my own or with 1 more person. traveling with a grp of 20 odd peeps, out of which.. bout 10 are americans..is a total nightmare. e girls are nice peeps, but they really seem to pop out of the MEAN GIRLS MOVIE. haha. omg lo. all e bitching... thank goodness i wasnt involved. I am easy. haha. the most neutral. dun really give a damn.

and the incident regarding the Concentration Camp..is even more OMG. Americans VS Swedes arguing on BUSH n WAR. At that moment, i just wanted to dig a hole and bury my head inside. From the perspective of a History Student , i took European History for 2 years, the american girls know NUTS. Not even PEANUTS.
A conversation between 2 californians :
" I am half jew, i cant bear to see it. U should not take photographs. its too.... #¤#¤#¤"

Then dun go la. haha. diao.. i also never ask u to go!! this other californian girl was attempting to persaude e rest to go. How i wished i went alone. that was the original plan. I needed to get a way from these girls for a dae. to enjoy Berlin. And the worse thing was the girl who went with me...went mad after the visit to the camp. hai... faint.

For these 7 daes, it was bout 4 hrs of learning and sch visits in the dae. and party at night. free time were spent shopping at the 2nd hand markets. out of SO MANY i visited, i didnt buy anything. haha. i dun think i can buy shorts etc at these 2nd hand markets. so er xin. attempted to get a bag.. but cnat find anything i like. so oh well... i was nice enuff, to bring some of the american bimbos ard.. to locate all these 2nd hand markets. never knew berlin was famous for it though.

6 nights. every night was spent in clubs and pubs. i think i am going to die young. the smoke nearly killed me. we visited communist club, jazz club, indie club.. i duno also. any club u can think of.

Oh.. 1 more thing. i think i m so brave. HAHAHHA. my nickname on this trip was " Little Miss World". On 1 night, i was darn tired la. and i jsut wanted to go HOME. it was 4am. so i just left the group of them and went bac to the hostel. i was pretty scared. but at the time i didnt think much. took out the night bus timetable and ARMED with a map, got back into bed safe and sound. and when this particular girl came bac and saw me in bed..she was like " OH!! THank GOD shes back!" TMD...i dun like her the MOST. haha. so fake lo... act like she knew i was missing.

And i dun like to WAIT. OMG. we spent so much time deciding where to go etc. and i hate it when pple follow me......... UGH. i didnt go to Potsdam becuase of them. and i m so regretting that i didnt get to see the castles.

Well, as for the fun parts, i enjoyed Kelly, Ricard and Steffie "s Company the most! Nice peeps to hang out with *) and my dunkin donuts! and China River!

will blog more another time. i m still tired.

2006-11-06T05:13:00.000+08:00

//random shots
// jeweish war memoria// brandenburg tor
// with peder!
// one of the many of the clubs/pubs//Vandalism in action
// Remnats of the berlin wall
// A dunkin a dae, keeps the USAians away
// Der TagSpiegel ( german press agency)// DPA ( Deutsche Press Agency)// German Radio Station
// @ eagles cafe//Charlie Checkpoint//Ricard aka bunk mate//mini-ski-slope
// Kadawe. with Iselin & Steffie! // chocolate model//
//Topography of Terror// Hitler's Bunker//
//Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

2006-10-30T14:16:00.000+08:00

One of my fav quotes by Harper Lee
" Hold Fast to Dreams, for if Dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."--Dreamz2003
(nostalgia is creeping in again)
//30th oct. miss teo's bdae!! *this is a collage done by u sometime ago* i think this is insufficient to express all the blesssings i wanna shower u with on this special occassion!! I ll go dig for all our pretty pics and send u ya. since yr com crash. and i ll skype with u soon ya. i ll talk to u when i am back next week!!! and i lurve u !! *hugz*
// the winds were howling. 1638. this was taken a couple of daes after class. omg. the next night. the temp was -5 degrees. and yesterday morning, i was jogging amongst frost. whoOohoo. a real experience. first time i jogged at 0 degress. not a drop of sweat!! i can just jog on forever. But its vvvvvvvvvvvv cccccccoollllllllllllllldddddddddddddddd nowwwwwwwww.
//necklaces galore. this is just 3 of them. i bought 6. buy every 2, got bout S$6 discount. so i think whaw..so cheap. i bought 6 at a shot.haha. well, i think i ll not spend so much for the next month. it cost me bout a totoal of S$280. but as i told Sarah...I BUY IN CASE. haha. cause they are all so pretty. and i can bring bac n give my dearies. and spore dun have wart!!
//the evening when i submitted 2 take -home exams!!!!!!! But when i m bac from berlin..1 more to do. and another real EXAM. just look at the tired eyes.

I m off le! take care my dear friends!
Ich Liebe Deutschland!

bored

2006-10-29T21:34:00.001+08:00

You Belong in New York City

You're an energetic, ambitious woman.
And only NYC is fast enough for you.
Maybe you'll set yourself up with a killer career
Or simply take in all the city has to offer.

What'>http://ynr.blogthings.com/whatcitydoyoubelonginquiz/">What City Do You Belong In?

bored

2006-10-29T21:34:00.000+08:00

You Belong in New York City

You're an energetic, ambitious woman.And only NYC is fast enough for you.Maybe you'll set yourself up with a killer careerOr simply take in all the city has to offer.

What'>http://ynr.blogthings.com/whatcitydoyoubelonginquiz/">What City Do You Belong In?

bored

2006-10-29T21:31:00.000+08:00

You Belong in New York City

You're an energetic, ambitious woman.And only NYC is fast enough for you.Maybe you'll set yourself up with a killer careerOr simply take in all the city has to offer.

What City Do You Belong In?

2006-10-27T01:22:00.000+08:00

Once upon a time..
there lived 3 fatties. I am fattie number 1. and my 2 sisters are fattie 2 and fattie 3 *)
hahHA. crap. blogging while waiting for my dinner to digest..before i shower.. and continue my last 1300words.

I didnt know the fatties read my blog. haha. This afternoon, i saw fattie3's nick " PSLE OVER.SO COOL. MY BIRTHDAY 1st NOV. Remember buy me present." OMG. haha. i laughed like crazy. i lurve my fatties.

Today spoke more to fattie2. shes the future professor amongst us. she asked me questions like " do u know this prof ***, i am planning to do research project under him next year ?" I AM like..WTH. HUH!??! Sometimes, i really admire her. though i think she treats me like a role model. whahhaa* right?? she wakes up dilligently at 5am to take a bus to her Rafflesian School. When i was in Dunman, i woke up at like 645am? and get to school at 8am? just in time for the class. i dun remember attending many MA-RI-KITA song sessions in the mornings. heh. I played a lot in my sec sch daes. Hmmm..whole dae go Tampinese Mall, watch movie , take neo prints, oh.. i did have an ECA, which taught us how to dance. ENGLISH DANCE AND DRAMA SOCIETY. Still remembering the days when Sarah, Riece and i had to dance NSYNC BYEBYEBYE.. oH..we took part in SYF too! pro sia! haha! What a nighmare. but still, it was fun. i dun remembering doing much things.. but i think i had a lot of fun....those were the daes. But fattie2 is so different from me. she whole dae do research, and play netball. I wonder what i ll be now, if i was like that? haha. oh well,

a note to fattie2 : " Study hard and Play Hard and I ll buy loads of Chocolates for u *)"

As for FATTIE3, shes the laziest amongst us. lazy academically. but she does the housechores. hahhhaaaaaaaaa! Fattie 2 and i are the evil step sisters! she helps out my mum the most. even if shes not the last to wake up, we ll force her to make the bed. hhhahha. not We la..mostly is Me. *evil* but thats cause i alwys wake up late! She always buy lunches for the hungry sisters back home, helps us to back stationeries, groceries. Just place your order.

a note to fattie3: " DUN play too much!!!! if not no swedish gummies for u."

Well.. this is just a brief summary of the story of the 3 fatties.

and I lurve my FATTIES. * big wet sloppy kiss*

2006-10-24T22:19:00.000+08:00

For 1 week, my fav neighbour has gone to climb boulders in paris. For the next 1 week, i ll be gone to visit the ruins of berlin with my media class. So heres, our last baking fun for oct *) // gleeful grim. as usual. with a dap of batter on his mouth :P
// step 1 to 4 to golden brown-chocolate coated donuts

Menu : Chocolate Coated Donuts. Sugar Coated Donuts.
Apple Cake. Apple Crumble.
Home-Made Redwine

Cost : Priceless

rainy happy sundae

2006-10-22T22:45:00.000+08:00

sundae fika with the french girls. //outside carolina rediviva
//audrey & i//yummy pastries from vastogota nation
// my boots & i//10 mins to wear it. OMG.
// my room

For the 2 nus girls who emailed me. yupz. heres a picture of my room. i m staying in Sernandersvag ( u can find this place on yr accomodation form)
A summary of the NATIONS:

In Sweden, only in Lund and Uppsala, theres such a thing called NATIONS, cause we are the only 2 University Towns in Sweden. Current Ranking : Lund (76) Uppsala (88) amongst the Scandinavian Countries. So dun worry. we are not very U-LU!

Its compulsory for you to join a nation of your choice. I am in Norrlands Nation. The names of all these nations are places u can find in Sweden, example)Gotland Nation, Stockholm Nation, Varmlands Nation etc. Only with a Nation Card, then u can get access to their clubs, libs and other facilities. But this card entitles you to go to any nation. Its just that if i am from Norrlands, i get to enter their club at a cheaper price. But dun think of joining it. it kinda sucks. haha. But if you are planning of getting a job, norrlands has quite a lot of job vacancies.Costs you bout 100 spore dollars to join.

I dun go out very often to the nations. Bout twice a week on tuesdaes and fridaes. Theres many corridor parties at sernadersvag. so staying here is good! u dun have to cycle too far to go for parties. Yupz. and i hope you 2 can cycle! the mode of transport here is by bike. yupz.

I hope i am of a bit of help regarding the nations and accomodation *)

2006-10-20T14:27:00.000+08:00

Dear Monsieur Hong thank you for the parcel.
thank you for the constant sms.
thank you for the emails.ecard.
thank you for those photographs
letters. songsheets.
thank you for always being around.
* thank you for Every Little Thing*

2006-10-20T14:15:00.000+08:00

good-ole-days
mambo @ pac plaza
thank you.
my lovely
miss teo.

2006-10-19T03:55:00.000+08:00

Just came bac from ICA Supermarket.
Bought lotsa snacks.
awww... i miss studying bac home with those girls.
ugh.. its no fun eating and working on my essay alone.
no matter how much i eat, i still feel cold
i wan my steamboat.

just spoke to bestie.
yeah.
looking forward to my champagne brunch & morton's steak.
and meeting her.

This week is a home-sick week.

Free Press

2006-10-16T14:44:00.000+08:00

I wonder if Free Press ever exists?

UgHhhh.. i feel really terrible when i heard about the murder of of the investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya who was killed on Saturday ( Moscow) Being a journalist was definitely on my list of AMbitions. haha. but after taking the media classes in NU-ASS, i kinda felt like WTH am i writing. For those who are taking NM2220. NM2221, u know what i am talking about. for 1 year, i was writing on NOTHINGS. i know that its a starting point.. i mean u got to start somewhere, but i lost interest in writing.. when i had to force myself EVERY WEEK to come up with something interesting to write about.

Ok..back to the Russia Journalist.
" Ms Politkovskaya's body was found in a lift at her block of flats. Grainy CCTV footage shows a man in a baseball cap following her inside just before the shooting. "

Sometimes i feel so ignorant. I never knew that these things are still happening..so near to us.. Journalists are still being killed..imprisioned.. "Is anyone going to do anything about it???" Thats wat i asked my prof.

Was reading a case study about The Namibia. They struggled to bring about objective news to the people and to the world outside..who know nuts about what was happening to them. They eventuallly succeeded *) But of course with much much much obstacles.

Does free press exist in Singapore?
if u are interested, go google it *)

Finland

2006-10-14T23:21:00.000+08:00

My Happy Family

3 daes 2 night on e viking cruise to helsinki with Lilian. It was definitely more fun and enjoyable than expected. i though being on the ship will be really boring! but we entertain ourselves...from seeing who finishes her 2litre drink first..taking pics of our prized possession of vanhouten hot chocolate..to lipton fruit tea..green tea..strawberry tea..Climbing up the upper deck *) Thanks Lilian for the wonderful company.

Helsinki : Prolly the same as all other Nordic Countries. so we decided to go to Suomelinna. One of the island of Helsinki, which was used as a fortress. We do look young? hehe. Museum was supposed to be 5 Euros. But we got in free... we are below 18? And of course..STOCKMANN. Thanks ivan for the tip! we arrived in helsinki at bout 10am. and so many people were carrying this YELLOW bag.. OMG. and its like early in the morning...we DASHED into the yellow STOCKMANN! Got a LongChamp Bag for Mummy *) there were other stuff like cheap diesel jeans..guess..Hugo Boss Bags put into those big discount buckets. But we are poor exchange students..so CONTROL. aye..anything in EUROS is much cheaper than anything in KRONORS.

On the ship, i got chocolates! Its supposed to be gifts for people back home. But i already start munching le.............. OH NO. hehe. i ll buy more when i go back germany. dun worry!

On a final note... i just thank my mummy for allowing me to go on exchange. She knows that i wan to go overseas ever since i was 16. But due to financial reasons, i couldnt. ANd now here i am in Europe. Travelling. Thanks Mum. I nv realized that she miss me so much..till i saw her smiley face on Skype before i left for finland. *love you*

//meeeememeeemeeee

// on e deck. Lilian in her new pretty coat//
//Suomenlinna Museum
//Sveaborg Experience. The Suomelinna Sea Fortress// European Fortification of its time// Used against Sweden , Russia//
//biggest church in western europe. but it wasnt all that impressive.
// a lone house amidst the baltic sea
//viking line buffet//239kr?// 101kr?//
we are kids. so we paid 101kr per person. * Seafood & Meat Galore*

2006-10-12T05:28:00.000+08:00

Apples Galore

*smilez*
natalie is a happy girl.
On a cold rainy wednesday afternoon, we set off to pluck swedish apples.
There was a total of 47. I guessed 38. Grim guessed 34. So i win a strawberry sorbet *)
We only need 5 apples to make 1 cake and 1 crumble.
But in e end, we ended up with 2 apple cakes, and 1 apple crumble, and 30+ apples left.
the extra apple cake is for Charlie, our guest.
and the left overs are for our lunch tomor.
Oh, and i had a special home-made hamburger for dinner too.
yummy-licious.
I m so *) that i dun wan to go Finland tomor.
aye.
I think e travel-bug has left me.

I Lurve Uppsala.

Getting a bit fat here, so i have already started jogging.
It kinda feels like the kinda life i led in Temasek Hall. Jog, Eat, Nice Company, Sch work..and a more than "reduced by half stress". Which makes life so much more beautiful.

Just got my autumn coat and cap. *) Beautiful. will shop less and save up for my replay jeans.

Besides my module screwed ups. i m so happy i cant stop smiling.

& we are going to pick mushrooms when i am back from Finland.

I cant wait.

Shirlene

2006-10-09T23:02:00.000+08:00

* Sometimes ole' ways are the best
They jsut cannot be beat
Like this traditional ' Hello' Message
You wun need to delete*

Thank you my fren.
You made my dae.

Look at the moon

2006-10-06T15:11:00.000+08:00

Mid Autumn Festival.

The moon was so round, when i was cycling back home last night. round, yellow and bright. and i looked at the the moon until i mounted a curb and flew off my bike into the bushes. it was that bad. but thank goodness, i was not injured, due to the big coat i was wearing. a bit abrasion here and there.. but oh well. 2nd time i flew since i biked. my bike kinda sucks. cause theres no gear change. so when i go upslope, its pretty bad, but when i go downslope, i go x3 faster than all e rest. thats cause the bike is really light and my wheels are new, so it just FLIES. haha. but i lurve it when it FLIES. sigh.. i hope the snow doesnt come too fast, cause the bike is rendered useless then. and there goes my 500kr+20kr+210kr = 730kr=S$165 for my laoyapok bike.

Anyways. apologies to those whom i hardly got time to talk to. aye. i have loads of work recently. i have dropped basic swedish yesterdae. lack of determination, and also cause of the lousy weather. i m taking 4 courses in 1 mth including basic swedish..and i dun get credits from it. so heck care man. and i wan to travel. so there goes a chance to learn.

Life is looking so good now. yen mentioned that my tone sounds so much lighter now when i talk. yupz. indeed. things are more or less settled. Oct is a month of rest. will be going finland next weekend, and berlin at the end of the month. Nov is just me spending 1 week in uk with fungus watching lotsa plays..( Lion King, Mama Mia, Les, and 2 more i duno wat) and fungus coming over to uppsala!! i m so excited, cause we are going to have a corridor party to welcome her! *) and i know she will lurve to snow board over here! WHOHOWO!

hmm.. what else to update? haha. ok, yesetrdae i went for a party at stockholms nation, but it rained halfway, and we were totally drenched. so we decided to head to a pub for drinks and nachos. but the company was so good that i wnated more. next, we headed back to my place for hot coco! yummmmyyy! and talked till late.

Todae, will be meeting up with the inernational students for mooncake festival!! *smilez widely* mooncakesmooncakes. And will be going Alands again tomor with my neighbours. we are gonna rent a car and get to the terminal, and they are gonna get loads of beer... for our party tomor night*) a toga party. i have no idea wats a toga party. i think is just take yr bed sheet and wrap yrself in it. haaha. i ll let u guys know the details another time!

Meanwhile, i m going bac to finishing up my Media Take-Home Exam.

Deutschland

2006-10-05T02:23:00.000+08:00

And this was when i was missing all of u
A lovely Farewell Gift
Munich again//Olympia Park/Olympia Tower//Oct Fest//HRC//Yummylicous Dinner
Fairytale Castle//Our hike up the Bavarian Alps to capture the last shot on the right
Fussen//our super-duper-comfy room!!!! with an extra bed for shian, an apple for me to eat, an orange to share, a private shower room, breakfast included, for 28euros/pax*thumbs up*
munich//clocktower//hofbrauhaus//hugepretzels//berries//chocolade //church of our lady//
Highlight : Volksfest in Stuttgart //chocolate-coated apple//candyhouses//ferriswheels//litreseer//germanfolks
5Daes with Ejia &Shian (based in paris)

2006-10-05T00:58:00.000+08:00

germany

2006-10-03T13:51:00.000+08:00

Germany is fAAANnnNNNtTTtasssTTtttiiiiCCC. this trip marked the 3rd time i m in germany. but all at diff places. Frankfurt, Hannover, Stuttgart, Munich. and 1 more trip..to Berlin in end oct. And all i can say is

ICH LIEBE DEUTSCHLAND.

i spend loads. more than i think i should. hmm.. total bout 1300 spore dollars..for just 5 daes 4 nights. omg. but the food was good la. cant complain. and i went grocery shopping at the Munchen Flugasten. Lotsa Rittersport; baguette; Haribo( my fav! it costs spore4 bucks in sweden, in germany, it cost only s$1.60); instant campbell soup; 4 bottles of cokelight lemon, honey...etc.

there are so many things that i wanna say..do.. but i have an exam like..sooon.. Swedish POlitics.. aye... sian. Oh...amy and i got an A for our project! hahHa. so i think this exam can just anyhow wack! hahHA!

pleasant surprise. i received my 2nd postcard. thanks jr*)

2006-09-27T13:36:00.000+08:00

hejhej!

Came back from Aland on Sunday Night. It was a perfect weekend getaway. Thanks guys! ( i ll send u all the pics when i m back from germany ya)

Been really busy with all my seminars, and blah blah blah. Exams are next week. But cause of my trip to Deutschland to see the Neuschwanstein Castle, i got to submit most of the stuff way in advance.

Everythings been good. Learnt how to MAKE.. Perfect meatballs from Anders and Jacob.MAKE..i mean. NOT HEAT up. tonight is my corridor's party..but due to my pilgrimage to my fairytale castle.. i wun be able to party with them *( I AM REALLY LOOOOOKING FOWARD TO MUNICH.

* to my land of birkies. ( though i m not planning to buy any. No one wears birkies here. my toes will freeze)

Aland

2006-09-22T18:37:00.000+08:00

Hej hej all:Fisrt of all ,Greeting to all of you .This is Jimmy speaking now .I am so glad to tell you guys that I have succesfully booked all the tickets for you all ,my dear friends.I believe this trip is goingÂ Â to beÂ Â trememdously awesome and pleasant.

9/23 7:30 At 7:30

you should be in front of the centre station in Uppsala ,the bus leaves at 8:00

9/23 10:00 The departure time of the ferry is 10:00, hopefully everyone will be on-board at that time.:-)

9/23 13:00We will get to aland at 13:00, and pick the bikes we rent in advance nearby,then head to the cabins in the forest we will stay overnight .btw , it 's not near ,11km,be ready for a long distance cycling.

9/23 14:00-9/24 -10:00(morning)BBQ, camp fire , music , dancing ,beer andÂ Â also time to talk to get acquainted with each other,and share our life experience.All these fun stuff included.

9/24 10:00-17:00 This is flexible time, we could either go to the sand beach or decide to go to some other places in the island ,any suggestion would be welcome here. The ferry leaves for Uppsala at 5:30. You could also decide to leave at 1:30 if you gotta be up to something urgent .

What need we bring?1.The cabin is well equipped with kitchen and shower. Perhaps,food and bath preparation needed2.If you wanna sleep on the bed in the cabin ,a sheet needed. 3.@#$#$#%$%$#%$#^ anything you think it is useful to us, for instance I will bring the frisbee ,volleyball,and a stereo.Try to figure out something that will be fun and nice to play, like :all kinds games , going crazy(Sandra is good at this). 4,About the food for BBQ , I might buy some meat here in Uppsala then we share the cost later.There are 2 supermarkets in aland , or we could purchase the charcoal or something more if we need .5 almost forget to say , aland is no longer in sweden , you'd better bring your passport or ID, btw finnland is in the Euro region, so it is better to have euro with you too,but swdish kr also works in the ship . About the PRICE.55kr for return ticket including buss and ferry .4 cabins in Udden beside a lake :115kr per person. 170kr for the bike without basket220kr for the bike with basket(I got a compelling need to order 3 bikes with basket for those HK girls) As a whole , at lease you need to bring 340 or 380 with you ,depending which bike you would like to have . I will collect the money when we are in the bus on Sat.As in last but not least , if everyone has any question ,you could either mail me ,or go to this site to find out by yourself http://www.eckerolinjen.fi/en/default.aspBest wishes!

RegardsJimmy

*thanks for the effort*

wth

2006-09-20T20:50:00.000+08:00

overlooking schedules.
missing a bus.
missing a train.
a 210kr tire.
a broken flush.
3 essays.
1 presentation.
WTH.

May Aland, Stuttgart, Munich, make up for all these shit.

2006-09-19T14:22:00.000+08:00

2.5: DANMARK IN AUTUMN

And thats pretty much Danmark in pictorial. E statue of Little Mermaid was how disappointing. We troughed thru' streets, just to see her. Oh, one thing to add, we had turkish buffet on our first dae. *yummylicious* There was this ongoing exhibition by Steve Bloom. His photographs of the wild are UP. We didnt expect to spend such a long time there. Looking at the video of how he filmed these animals, it really seemed like the animals are posing for him. haha. PASSION.

Another place i enjoyed myself the most is the Botanic Haven. *) i dun think many people wil go see flowers on trips. But arent' u sick of churches and museums? soOO.. we went in search of my botanic haven. and it was Perfect. it was beautiful, and its the first time we went to a greenhouse! i dun think i ll ever get to do that anywhere.

We did meet up with the pple from lund at rosenburg slot. but oh well..

Oh, and we climbed up e Rundertarn ( Round Tower). it was pretty much worth the money. We had to climb up 7.5 turns round the tower to get to the top, to get a picturesque view of Copenhagen.

3 daes in Copenhagen was just nice. Not too short. But if there was more time, venturing out of copenhagen will be better. When i travel, i kinda prefer to explore the place thoroughly, rather than touch-and-go.

Sometimes, it not just about being to SOOO many countries that matters. It about Experiencing that country.
RitterSport & i

My favourite photograph by Steve Bloom
Street down Nyhavn// Little Mermaid
Botanic Haven

"Out of Copenhagen" --- A place of their own

Illusion of Arc-de-Triumph// Pillar of Freedom
Travelling Partner CW// He wins my fav cab driver award

2006-09-19T01:33:00.000+08:00

2.5: 3-course dinner // germans // my aussie partner

3weeks

2006-09-12T15:07:00.000+08:00

2.4 : The Birthdays.

To all my fav pple. I m sorry that i cant be ard.

Meilin : My fav freshie! ( left side. blue t-shirt, with the cheeky smile) EPRIRUS0506 Rocks.
Zhiqin( right side, dressed prettily with the white-reddish top) : I heard all bout' yr party. Cant wait to meet you TOOTZ boyfren. whaha.
Ejia : My travelling companion. Based in paris for 1 year!! Our night out at Loof. Prolly we ll celeb in stuttgart? haha. or i can treat u beer at munich fest!
& my FAV BOYS : Clem and Tim. I lurve this pic.
Here s the cake. I ordered from EMI. It should be at yr doorstep now. haha!....like real.

I just had a pretty bad nightmare. wth. i better call home in e afternoon. 2nd nightmare since i came. well, it hit me yesterdae that .. i realized that i ve been here for 3 weeks le! was skyping with miss teo. then we started making all e plans. HHAHA. like when i arrive home, where do we go stuffing ourselves?!

*so 19th Jan: e 3 lovely ladies & i @ kushinbo. *yummy*

Msn with yiwen too. Glad that shes better now. all these hall shit.

For me, these 3 weeks flew. not that i was v busy, but.. it just flew past. Adapting to the new environment, making new frens, etc. My travel plans are more or less settled..thank goodness. Its really fun,but time consuming to plan so many months ahead.

Will be heading to S.Sweden to visit Lingwei in Lund, and a short trip to Copenhagen with Cheewei this weekend.

This week is going to be busy. Kinda got a part-time job at the town's radio. www.studentradio.com . Tonight will be my first day, learning to boradcast the news, learning the technical parts of operating the system etc. Maybe soon i can hear my husky, sexy voice over the cafeterias. haha. And i haven sent it my article to WO BAO. dead. better work on it soon. but somehow.. i feel i have forgotten all my writing styles!

As i say, pple lie when they say exchange is slack. For my swedish politics class.. i got tons of reading. split it with the aussie girl. so each of us paid like 110kr. and the papers are double printed. So cannot use as rough paper le. hHAHAha! we hav a presentation due next thursday. but the paper is to be submtted by mondae. and... i ll be going away over the weekend. plan to finish it up soooon...maybe darft by tonight?

heh. and we are going to party tonight to celebrate! haha. even if we dun finish. to my fav place. Snerikes Nation. I should have joined this Nation.. duhz.. the one i joined is ex. and it sux.

hMm..well. i gotta start working now. and i just wanna say. I LURVE ORANGE JUICE.
and I MISS ALL OF YOU.

Stockholm

2006-09-10T19:00:00.000+08:00

2.4 : Sundae in e captial The beautiful scenery in e form of plaster-painting. It took the artist 5 years.
At Gamla Stan
17sept2006 : Sweden Elections

@ e Parliament House.

my black coat

2006-09-10T18:12:00.000+08:00

2.3 : the sunset
My Bestest Girlfriend is called Sarah. Since we knew each other about 8 donkie years ago, she s caught a disease from me----- and that is to slant her head when facing the mirror. heh. she always ask me why i do that when i am trying on clothes, but i really " dunoooo!" heh. and...now.. i think she caught the slanting head disease. and so the above 2 pics of myself is dedicated to her *)

Oh well, shes been bugging me to put up nice pics. but in Uppsala.....? heh. On Fridae morning, i tried to snap and snap. but it was raining, so the pics were really bad.. But...as i was cycling back to Flogsta, i saw one of the most beautiful sunset. & here it is...

For you my fren. Hope u like it!!

ps. I stood there for like 10 mins, in e middle of the cycling path, to try to capture all these.

Its been raining really bad. Chilly wind. Temps are dropping fast. Me and Amy drenched under our lovely pinkish-red umbrella.
An Invite to the HK's peeps place.

Strustromming?

2006-09-06T15:29:00.000+08:00

I Lurve ANNA!! She s so nice to meee *smilez widely* I was planning to jus have bread with tuna for dinner *( and when i got back.. whOHOOOO! Meatballs Lasagneeeeeee! I m so forgetful. she did mention to me bout dinner but it totally slipped my pea-brain. And we had company from other blocks! And heres out lovely sticky-chocolate cake.

I m really enjoying my exchange. I read other exchange students' blogs, and sometimes, i do wish that i m at a uni where everyone is. But sometimes, i m just so glad that i m here. Most asians hang out with asians, cause i think its jsut this comfort zone, and the sense of familiarity that draws pple of the same race in. And when i say Asians.. i mean Chinese from all over the world. Like they get to cook together, have fun and stuff. For me, the only comfort zone i have is with this grp of hk students. Like tonight, we are going to meet up to cook dinner for ourselves! quite excited, cuase it will be my first time eating chinese food since i arrived. I dun exactly miss food back home. haha. but ok.. a change of taste after 2 weeks.

I m glad that Singaporeans speak good english. It makes communicating with the Swedes so much easier. They speak good english too. However, sometimes when i talk to students from other countries, its really tiring.. and out of breathe for me, that i ll just shuddup. haha. And prolly switch the conversation to.. " WHy not u teach me some **** ?" and i can teach u chinese!! haha. WIth that, the conversation beceoms lighter and happier. Cause sometimes they do get really frustrated when they cant find the right words. And i feel so sleepy while waiting for them.. or sometimes i ll try to fill in the blanks for them. HAHHA.

I no longer look out for black-heads amidst the crowd.

But isnt going on exchange all about these?

Meeting pple from everywhere. Experiencing the diversity of cultures.

& I m Lovin' It.

This is way too smelly to be eaten indoors. We moved everything up to the rooftop! And the new chap in the 2nd pic is Tom from Hastings. He s a real real party animal. Though i think he s getting sian diao by me.. only been out with him once to a stockholms party. The rest of the nights.. i just fall asleep on e sofa while waiting.. i m just not a party animal. twice a week is good. 5 daes a week is nightmare.

here we go! this is Strustromming. Its a super-duper smelly herring. This is a really traditional swedish meal where u only get to eat it at the end of summer. It goes well with onions, tomatoes, potatos, wrapped in butter " pita-lookalike-thin-bread" I M SO LUCKY!!!!!!

what a night

2006-09-03T16:06:00.000+08:00

2.2 : Chill Uppsala's Annual Production. It was held outside e cathedral -- a play on how Uppsala came about. They incorporated a group of dance team inside too. Whereby they appeared at suitable timings to add on to the effect the play was trying to protray. I ll not say that they took on 2nd role. They made the play beautiful, with their graceful steps.Without them, the play may be just mundane with a lack of flow and emotions.

Hmm.. Why is it that it could be so perfect?

& We can Never be able to do it. Well, I ll think they put together this play in the name of God. But, for us, it was more in the name of Fame. To see who gets more Glamor on the night.

WTF. talking bout' me makes my blood boil.

My 500kr bike. Its a kids mountain bike actually. I didnt manage to get those " girly-girly" bike.. those that the girls in the Korean Drama rides on. Those were way too HIGH for me. s$113 for a 2nd hand bike :( with no lights, and no bell) & i had to wake up @530am to go the flea market. But the guy was nice.. heh. after i nagged a bit. a free basket!
It was Erdwin's Bdae. So heres the pre-celeb in our living room. I was too tipsy to take a full pic of the drinks. But these are just half of what they had. I didnt make it to the party. PUKE out my dinner instead. so i went to my rm and snooze... But the worse thing was that i had to clear up my own puke.. * reminded me of a hrc dinner with sarah last yr-- whereby i puke after i duno how many drinks* I ll stick to cider ( 2.25% alcohol) or anything less than 5%. Had like 2 shots, 1 glass of Captain Morgan's Rum with Coke & 1 can of Rasberrie Cider. And i was dead. But e thing was that when i was drinking, i felt ok. it was only when i stood up to go back my room to put my camera. and thats why the world spinned... and off to the toilet bowl.
Another of my shopping escapade. Out of the above, i purchased the ICA CHOKLAD, Surstromming ( some rotten fish which stinks..for a traditional dinner on sundae), & Yogi ( my fav brand of yoghurt!) * Latte and a Big Bar of Hazelnut Chocolate for Lunch!
Having fika before class

1st dae in UU.

2006-09-02T08:50:00.000+08:00

2.2 : SCH! After my 1800 class, headed down to Norrlands-- e nation which i joined. I paid like 420kr for it. E most expensive nation. I didnt plan to joined Norrlands.. intended to join S-Nerikes.. but as usual.. i kinda lost my way. the dateline was 1600 yesterdae. i got a bit lost at bout 1550. No choice. Swedes are punctual pple. I just joined whatever was nearest to my location. And so here it is.. my first night in Norrlands. " We have the cheapest drinks." Yupz. and i drank till i think my bladder was going to burst. Red wine was free. Draft Beer (ABRO) was like 3 Spore dollars. And i drank lotsa Barcadi Breezer.

Yupz.. been trying to update my blog. well, i guess its really a heavy commitment. so dun think i ll be updating much in the weeeks to come, cause of sch work and travel. Acting gung-ho.. took up a bit too many modules. 6 classes with 1 language. most people only do 4. i dunno wats wrong with the timing on my blog.. but its 3am now in uppsala. got to get a 2.5 hrs sleep and go to the central station to scout for my cheap 2nd hand bike...

Outside my window : It kinda looks like a park. those red fruit trees at the back..some ppl tot was strawberry trees. heh. I tried the fruits before. its pretty sour. tasted like rasberries. but i think according to my neighbour.. its food for the birdies. LOL.

Uppsala Castle

2006-09-02T08:37:00.000+08:00

2.1 : My hike up the SLOTT

This is Uppsala's castle. It was constructed in e middle of the 16th century as a fortification.
Well, i thought it didnt really look like a castle.. er..maybe cause i always imagine the grandeur of castle. not something so square looking. Ok.. but now we understand that intially it was built cause it was to be used as a fortification. Atually, its so square square looking that i thought it was the history department i was looking for a coupleof daaes ago..

I climbed those wth. stairs.. and to realize to my wth.. its a slott.. i nearly died. OMG lo. i already walked 50mins from my apartment in Flogsta..and i have to climb those wth. long flight of stairs. and i got to u-turn. i just wanted to roll down the slope. haha. Wish me luck in getting my bike tomor!!!!!!!!! if not, i m just going to get a bus kortet.

Before we went up to the castle, had a really nice breakfast at Carolina Rediviva with Maho ( from Japan). I really like her. shes so sweet *)

En Hog Till Minne...( Once Upon a Time..)

2006-08-31T09:25:00.000+08:00

2.0 : 2nd week in UppsalaStaying in Sernandersvag 8. This is officially my first home-cooked meal. Presenting to you....
Swedish Sausages stir-fried with Mixed vegetables & Egg Noodles!!

My cheapest lunch = 10kr

My pretty golden flats =99kr

GAMLA UPPSALA

The church was the Archbishopric of Sweden prior to 1273 when the archbishopric was moved to Östra Aros (Östra Aros was then renamed Uppsala due to a papal request).
A sunny tuesdae morning with Audrey.

Gamla Uppsala ( Ancient Uppsala) : Above are pics of E Royal mounds (Swedish Kungshögarna)-- is the name for the three large mounds which are located in Gamla Uppsala. They are dated to the 5th and 6th centuries. They are used as Sweden's oldest national symbols.

Thanks to all my dearies who came to send me off.. It makes me feel loved. & i m counting my blessings.

A Blooming Affair

2006-08-30T08:41:00.000+08:00

1.4 : A touch-of Summer
Flea market on a lazy sundae afternoon
this is a preview of my next 6-mths shopping escapade..Off to WILLY'S.. e SUPER-mart!

Some sights

2006-08-30T07:48:00.000+08:00

1.3 : Uppsala in BriefOne of the many pub-nights in the nations.
Don ( from nus) & I strolling thru e beautiful town square

Sundae service in Uppsala.

Paris On a ShoeString

2006-08-29T07:44:00.000+08:00

Effiel Tower

Louvre Museum This is my fav. section of Louvre. Its labelled the Richelieu. The sculptures were placed in a very big-open space, with sunlight shining in from all directions. It had a very different feel from the other collections.
La Venus de Milo
On e walls... Louvre in e NightLouvre in e Dae

1.2 : Paris in Pictorial

Its like 2am over in Uppsala now. I m feeling just a little bit drowsy. The above are just a few sunny pics of Paris. Well, in fact, you cant say these pics are really of Paris. I ll be doing injustice to her. Pics up later. Trying to put everything up nicely. And hopefully a painting of Mona Lisa, which Shuwen and I managed to try to snap from afar. And one of my fav paintings by Gericault, which i managed to snap a picture of!

ps. will constantly update paris's post.

Greetings from Uppsala -- ^ with Lotsa Lurve Natty

2006-08-29T07:07:00.000+08:00

1.1: 22th August 2006
* after the long flight & my luggage*

* shuz.jo.junming ( all based in stockholm uni)*

Its been a week since i arrived in Uppsala. Still remember the dae when i arrived on the 22nd August @ 6:50am. On a chilly and rainy morning, with my 35kg worth of luggage and landing on this ikeano land of meatballs, blondies with blue eyes.

Natty In Sverige!

updates

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coffee

recollections

BonJovi " Its My Life"

spain

Check out my Slide Show!

recounting from the back.

dating back.

yiwen's 22nd

Londoner for a week!

bored

bored

bored

rainy happy sundae

Free Press

Finland

Shirlene

Look at the moon

Deutschland

germany

Aland

wth

3weeks

Stockholm

my black coat

Strustromming?

what a night

1st dae in UU.

Uppsala Castle

En Hog Till Minne...( Once Upon a Time..)

A Blooming Affair

Some sights

Paris On a ShoeString

Greetings from Uppsala -- ^ with Lotsa Lurve *Natty*

Greetings from Uppsala -- ^ with Lotsa Lurve Natty