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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Yes, at 3.46am on a friday morning, i'm wondering what i'm doing up and online. but what else can i do with my back feeling so tight, body warm and emitting heat every second, lips and throat dry but stomach filled to the sternal notch, other than blog about the past 4 ardous days. there is pretty much nothing else to do.
day 1 18th dec at about 230 we took the ferry from tanah merah ferry terminal. super duper ULUFIED place it was. food there was like for the rich and the famous. best part, it tasted less than ok. oh wells, josh was not feeling that good and when we boarded the ferry, everyone around else started barfing. bad. reached nirwana beach resort and was welcomed by drums, and dancing and my favourite of all... PINEAPPLE JUICE. yes, its really delicious!!

didn't do much after checking into the villa, other than moved in, unpacked, and played risk!!
haha
josh n krys got the masterbedroom and that boy soaked himself in the bathtub for hmmm i shall not say how long.
the rest had to share the common toilet up stairs. then bottom one was rarely used.
full kitchen facilities provided, CABLE tv provided.. yoo hoo. wonderful days ahead with HBO, Disney channel and loads more!
wooopie.
ate dinner out at the poolside bbq restaurant. ordered pasta.. then it was only after we finished the meal that we realised there was another menu for the bbqed food. darn.
went back, and slept.

day2
rained.
damp.
BUT.. we still managed to catch 1 hr of good waves and bodyboarding!
we rented one surf board but none of us could master it so we changed it to body boards!
SUPER FUN!!!!
wahaha
but josh was the one true addicted surfer amongst us.
went back, realised that we've to book paintball the week before and thus it was out. the activities manager said that go karting and dune buggies were dangerous because of the wet roads so we went to swim and to the suana in hopes of losing some 5 kg of water weight!
ha
of course, the girls washroom suana had to be spoilt so we went over to the gents, josh n shaun had to keep watch for the technician who kicked us out once and we had to 'sneak' out of the gents when we were done. and of course krys HAD to sneak out when shaun had NOT given the green light to do so. so we got spotted head on. but oh wells, what could they do, we were DONE with the suana.
ha
gosh.
bathed, slept abit n down to dino bistro where we made friends with the very friendly waiter -faisal- whom we tipped alot and gave us loads of good service.
he even called the band on duty to come over to our table and play 3 songs of our choice.. love me-colin ray was the best and most heart feeling *if there is such a word* song they played and sang.
uber nice!
played snakes n ladders and we discovered a shortcut from our villa to the hotel lobby. ha down with the buggies which never fails to make us wait for the longest time and hurray new shortcut!
played snakes and ladders before going back to rest.
day 3
woke up, made FULL use of the sun again.
yes to mana mana beach club.
bodyboarding here we come! the thing is the sun was TOO strong. ha our backs are burnt like bad and our tummys scratched by the board.oh wells, price to pay for 1 hr of real cool fun.
waited VERY patiently for 'the one' in josh's sence- the one strongest wave. we only caught roughly less than 5 today, compared to the many the day before. but its alright.
the feeling of riding the waves is just unexplainable. its like such a smooth sailing feeling and its exhilarating and exciting yet there is a tinge of fear of 'capsizing' and drinking tons of sea water.
oh wells small price to pay for an unforgetable experience.
played frisbee after and shaun n josh went back to surf again when krys n i were just fiddling around with the sun tan lotion and catching up.
went back, washed up and headed to the lobby in hopes of playing go kart but i was closed so we went to the club house for a game of table tennis. but what was supposed to be an hours' worth of game became 2 hours worth of 'kill krystle' and 'go joshua'. inspired by shaun andrew michael and led to a competition of shaun trying to get krys off the table tennis table to the two boys teaching us how to play tennis the right way, the right serve, the right follow pass and so on to us practicing, to them playing with each other while we entertained ourselves with the mixed adorable little boys in the playground just next to the table tennis area to us playing against the boys again.
met lily and john at the lobby before heading to the kelong for dinner by the free shuttle bus.
kelong food ROCKS!
good seafood,
value for money
woopeedoo.
well filled and satisfied tummies.
back to the villa and apply ALOE VERA.
sleep
day 4
BREAKFAST BUFFET!
wasn't that fantastique but good enough for me,
shaun and i figured that buffet is definitely NOT for us. seriously.
we were just trying to eat 16.90 ++ worth of food.ha
by the way they charge you 20 %tax over there. 10%-service charge. and another 10%- GST.
gosh.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!
but its ok. went back,packed, checked out and stayed at the lobby.
shaun n josh played pool on a billard table. brilliant move. then we played murderer with the pool balls and of course the 2 gay guys trashed us. oh wells. scrabble after that.
said hi to faisal
ordered our drinks and ate up what's left of the biscuit and tuna spread for lunch.
walked around, bought gifts for my mum and dad while the rest continued with carroms.
bus came, ate seasickness pills and it was home sweet home!
ended the trip with bar chor mee at simon road with josh and krys before splitting up!
yippee

4 days well spent.

kerensa at 11:46 AM :: link

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

hady won!
yippee!
i don't know how else to describe my joy and relief.
heard of many speculations that hady won't win and because of racial issues, and that johnathon might be the next singapore idol by default.
damn was i real sad. not that johnathon is bad or anything but comparing both, hady possesses more idol qualities than j. plus, he can sing more genres of songs than j, who had flair for only the lower octave songs.
oh wells.
i'm just glad that the media scene ain't screwed up, was afraid that they might pre-determine the winner based on many other issues other than him being an idol quality.

anyways, i've been channel surfing the whole day.
watched judging amy then house then judging amy again. did a study of the shows as to when the next episode will be screened for each show and their respective season. was going through the guide for judging amy, strong medicine, house, supernatural, las vegas and the oc. haha didn't know that watching tv could be that tedious too!
but i'm glad i have cable. i really don't know how pple like krystle survives without cable throughout their lives... it must be horrible.
but oh wells, at least she has beautiful cousins to spice up her life!

kerensa at 2:32 AM :: link

yoo hooo, yes i'm talking to myself. but i'm happy, free and happy.
its been a long time since i was able to sleep, wake up, sleep somemore, wake up once again to eat and watch tv the whole day!

oh wells, lots of suffering came before that.

4-8th sept.
went to thai with emi and her family.
Aunt Fatimah (emi's mum) was really nice, not to forget her other aunts and uncle. plus there were the lil kids, fariz, iman, zaini and izzy!
the lil cute ones were always there to spice up the trip.
the tuk tuk rides, many trips to the jewellery shop, cloth shop, MBK and lots of shopping!
fun fun fun and fun!

bangkok.. its so much more fun than hk. even the dreamworld there's comparable to that of hk's disneyland.

speaking of which, i wanna go back to UK or USA's disneyland!!
oh wells, i braided my hair! the thing i've been wanting to do since bali! ha, but it was the most uncomfortable 2 and a half hours of my life, just sitting there.
poor emi had to wait there and did some shopping on her own.
dunkin donuts rocks, esp the poweder covered ones!
yummy i tell you!
yummy yummy.
oh wells, after that was 2 weeks at raffles hosp.
my supervisor= vasoda was really nice!
seriously, i never thought she would be such a nice mentor!
wahaha, learnt alot, saw alot, did alot.
it was truly an eye opener.
the hosp is like a hotel if you don't step into the wards, its carpeted everywhere. and the food! gosh, everywhere you go, there's the pakcik with the trolley filled with yummy food. the smell of it is taste bud tantalizing! yummy!!!
plus, there are some patients who are extremely nice, while some can be really really proud and arrogant.
but i guess that's just part and parcel of working in a private hosp where the rich and only the rich goes there unless you're sponsored by your company.
the nurses are really nice too! ha noticed from the way they interact with each other and with vasoda.
the foodcourt--- banquet.. is one severely overpriced place.
can't say much about the food cause we're usually out someplace else eating and making good worth of our money!
oh but the popiah there is really nice!

anyways, the hosp is one place i won't miss, but its also a place i didn't regret going.

anyways, the presentation on slipped disc was bad, but its over.
the many nights when we rushed home fm work for dinner and abit of tv before sleep and waking up early the next day for work are over.
really, working life sucks, you lose everything, esp your social life.. there's NO WAY to hold up a proper social life with work like that.
and the weekends are the most comforting thing you can get to a catch up session with your friends and family.

okok.
i'm just glad its all over and i'm now having the time of my life.

i just want to say that i'm glad i have my friends who never gives up on trying to meet me.
to shaun- -happy 6th month my dear!
thanks for the wonderful cable car dinner. the view was breathtaking but that does not beat just looking at you fm miles above.
thanks for the photo 'album'
haha and thanks for the watch although it hasn't arrived yet.
i loved it.

i love you.

kerensa at 12:10 AM :: link

Saturday, September 02, 2006

charis` says:
eh fetched him fm safti, went to his place to unpack, went to my place n ordered macs for lunch, packed for thai, repacked my room. ended up with worsen flu n cough, went for deli dinner, bought stuff at watsons, rented elizabethtown, watched at his place and now am home.

elizabethtown-recommended by shaun's inmates, so i thought it'd be a lil off the nice ratings considering they recommended hills have eyes.
buuttttt it was pretty nice.

its like those kinda boy feeling dejected and feel like commiting suicide then along came this unexpected girl who lightens up his life!

charis` says:
starring kirsten dunst n orlando bloom!

charis` says:
no la her name's not elizabeth. but the place they met at is called elizabethtown.

ok gotta go.
nose's still dripping,
cough still irritating,
voice still sounds like a man.

charis.

kerensa at 10:16 AM :: link

Thursday, August 31, 2006

okok. i'm blogging alr.
emi you'd better come visit and tag EVERYDAY!
haha this is just for you!

anyways, updates updates and more updates!

i'll just rewind my life till about march.
-went for social night with shaun.
* was a really cool place, and i'm really impressed by what shaun did to that place. ha it turned out like a club and was totally different from what i expected it to be.
*played some funny game with him and apparently we kinda knew each other quite well eh??
APRIL
-started sch in nyp. doing physiotherapy.
-no i didn't flunk my a's. its a kind of post a level diploma where i'll have to spend 1 yr in aussie land to complete my degree after the 3 yrs in nyp.
-but one has to really work hard to get into the aussie unis. its SUPER UBER difficult to get in.
-met alot of nice folks from like the many many top jcs.
-ha surprisingly there're 3 sr peeps including me all from 3 consecutive yrs.
Really didn't know what i was getting myself into when i went in. I realised that many of my classmates were there because they wanted to get in a long time ago.
Some were like me, they were there to try it out.
There came a time when many who wanted to join the local universities left and i was left to choose.
Don't know why but when i received the letter from nus FASS i kinda wasn't too interested in it.
I knew i would regret it, with my cousins and friends all studying in the west. what with krys in nus, qi in ngee ann, lin in new town, seok n wl in ntu and loads of other pple in nus too!!!
oh wells, pt0601 ain't anything like s11. I miss those times in sr really. The crazy pple don't exist in nyp. My classmates are really really nice pple, with rachel, abi, eng keat, mingtze, emi,wing and many more. These pple are like my hang out mates during lunch breaks and in sch.
I still haven't found a Felicia or a Seok in there though.
Its a sem over, and my classmates have bonded quite abit.
Met emi in hongkong during my family's vacation there during the 2 weeks june break, and so we decided to head to thailand for more shopping next week! abi was supposed to come but she had some church stuff to do.
Rach went there during the june break so she didn't want to go.
Basically its me n emi.
ok my blog's going to be really messy cause i don't know where to start.
ha my modules are really fun!! we had a short period of physics aka biomechanics, there's anatomy where we learn about the where the muscles in our upper limbs and trunk originate and inserts, what action EACH muscle produces and which nerve innervates it. My anat lecturer, Dr Uma, is one GREAT lecturer. she makes me love the subject even more every week. she'll test us on what we've learnt in the previous lectures during the FOUR hour lab sessions and then let us see where the muscles are on the cadevers(basically the preserved parts of the body that smells and feels like hard frozen meat.).
There's kinesiology, at first i thought, what on earth is that word? yeap its like the core physiotherapy subject, as in it teaches what you'd do during physiotherapy sessions, like checking the range of motion of certain joints, doing manual muscle testing for each muscle on your patient and identifying the different parts of the body under surface anatomy.
The test for that is really cool, like your classmate becomes your patient and you have to test whatever is on the slip of paper your tester hands out to you on your patient.
There's the professional part to that too like you've to handle and talk to your classmate aka patient like a real healthcare professional. Wah hoo! super funny.
Next module's physiology. One times most DIFFICULT to cope with subject.
Its like biology. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE bio. just that this lecturer teaches as though the world's going to end tmr. yes. even abi says that what we learn in one lecture is what they learn in 3 months for a level bio.
i struggled, almost drowned, gurggled and choked for 4 mths and finally i'm done with the FIRST sem. thanks to emi and many other of my bio classmates not forgetting the many HINTS Mr Tan Chee Beng gave, i hope to be able to say i survived. the results are not out yet for the sem exams but i really am afraid of physiology, i guess it'd be the only subject tt'll pull my aggregate down like alot!
There's sociology which was erm, lets say, not my kinda subject. the many analysis done by various sociologists are fun, but the studying part is sth like economics. i don't understand why some pple like to put huge words for something simple. but i guess there's the pro part of it. Its quite simple yet complex which makes it one times a difficult subject too.
Ah i never really liked social sciences excpet physiology, that's why i didn't go into fass.
There's cross-cultural pyschology. What can i say, its simply almost similar to sociology just that there're are videos to watch and analyse and the lecturer, Mr Ivan Loh, is really hilarious. confirmed by seishen.
oh speaking about Ivan, i saw him yest while working at apple with 2 ladies, both shorter than him. ha he looked like he just came from sch what with the long sleeved collared shirt and long pants with his very-intellectual-looking glasses.
ok that's it for the modules i take.

next in my life is,
-the exam period really sucks, its so much worse than a's. maybe because i had loads of last min work and on top of that, shaun was having his long break.
really felt bad that i had to make him slack around while i study when he could be in town doing anything he liked and relaxing if i didn't have those papers.
loads of things went wrong during that period.
-QI left for texas for a 2 mth job attachment! that very lucky girl
-i gave up going to japan for a real cheap price of 1.5 k cause of......
-i finished my driving lessons!! now the only thing stopping me from booking the prac test is the advanced theory test which will happen on the 24th of sept!
-i'm sick because i was drenched in the rain while rushing out of ssdc to the yio chu kang mrt.
this i must continue....
i was totally drenched running out of the sch when this silver cab taxi honned, i decided ' oh wells, why not just take it all the way to dhoby'. then the uncle told me it be jammed and its dangerous to rush me over to ps in such a stormy weather, so he dropped me off at the mrt for FREE!!! wahaha my opinion of taxi uncles has since then changed, not totally but i'm glad kind-hearted taxi uncles still exist.
-got caught in the rain AGAIN on my way to work yest and so am down with this horrible sore throat, flu ,fever and brown phelgm. yes disgusting!
i just hope i get well in time for thai!!! i wanna eat the thai cuisine!!!
-gary's grandma just passed away today so the mahjong session tonight is cancelled.
-not sure if i'm going to meet marcus.
-i wanna pack my cupboard and change my bed
-i wanna read up on physiology for attachments at raffles hosp after thai.
-i wanna just be in disneyland right now. having the time of my life there, sitting on ALL the rollercoasters and eating churros!!!
-oh wells at least i blogged.
-just watched the last epi of love at zero degrees from mobtv and am truly BORED!
i want to go back to sch!!!
or at least be schooling when all my friends are schooling and having hols when all of them are having hols!!!
sigh, such a feeling sucks, its a pain to be free when no one else is. plus my classmates are not free because they're doing their attachments now. while mine and emi's postponed till 2 weeks later because of the thai trip next week.
boo hoo!!!!!!!
where are my shopping kahkees!!
even SAMANTHA LEE's busy!!! that's one times the most unfortunate thing that can ever happen to me.
oh wells, am logging out and going to drown in self-pity.
i wish i could have worked today, but i really sound like a man and don't want my throat to get worse and scare the customers away!!!

ciao`

kerensa at 11:07 PM :: link

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Gosh, how i've been torn away from civilisation just by working. pros and cons. at least i'm not wasting my hol away just sitting at home. But somehow, i'm missing days when i'll just lie on my couch and start on a book all day long with a glass of juice on the table just an arms length away. Missing alot of my friends and alot of quality time with my family and church peeps. Sigh i can't believe i'm giving up the serangoon rally just for work. No more regrets. I've decided to work only part time from march onwards, krys you're on your own. I realised no matter how much i earn, it'll all be spent away on off days, i'd rather earn little and spend my off days in church or with my darlings-friends and family included.
Time passes real quickly, mich, mjark, joanne and alex are in aussie land alr. And the results will be out this coming wed.
I can't say i'm really excited about it, but part of me is eager to find out how i did and another part- really apprehensive about getting it.
Getting into IMU is really my dream, andmy only way of getting that medical cert. I've been doing alot of thinking, alot of my past has etched me to become a really *mediocre kind of person. Everyone around me are elites or just real smart, but i know one thing for sure- i've never regretted any course i've taken in my life, except that chinese incident in sec 1. But i guess God has truly been merciful to me. Even in sr, i actually got into a class and found myself a clique of friends who are mostly soldiers of christ and sings to the same tune as me. In a way, i remembered telling myself to NEVER step into that school( sr i mean) but lo and behold there i was, and having the time of my life! I guess god works in a very mysterious way, so much so that no matter how i try to twist and turn my thoughts, i'll never be able to comprehend my saviour. Not until i've been through it.
One thing's for sure - He has NEVER failed me. (ironically, i'm trying to think back now, before i regret using such an absolute word but truly, until now, as i type i can't think of a case that reflects anything close to him failing me.)
I guess there are times in life when things don't go as planned, and even times when God leads you to the path that you've never dreamt of taking. But no matter what, you'll come out unscathed and yet glowing with lots of satisfaction. Just by typing that, already alot of past events are flashing back.When you do fall, lessons are learnt, they make you stronger, you pick yourself up, the journey continues, and god will still always be there to support you and encourage you.
No matter how much i pray to get into my desired course, although deep within me, i know i'll get into some course that i've vowed NEVER to step into - engineering for one.
I'm just keeping a constant prayer for his strength to accept whatever results i get and wisdom to choose the right course in my life.Plus although Shaun said sth about praying for an alteration in God's plans if its for a good cause and all, i believe he has a plan mapped out for me alr.
And guess what! I'm ready to undertake my new responsibilities. No more in krys's terms 'square' thinking. One has to be versatile to make it in the world. So world, just bring it on cause i've got my Lord with me!
So my dear friends who are waiting for the results, no matter h ow much you worry, its not going to change anything.Might as well, pray and ask him for strength to accept whatever comes your way and that let HIS will be done, not yours. For with christ, all things are possible. No man can ever stand alone, not long without God.

about apple. i thnk i'm getting VERY influenced by that retard of a shirleen, i'm taking constant breaks and patiently waiting for my boss to tell me 'you're FIRED'.
oh wells, i guess that'll be great. i've got tons of things undone.
french lessons (i'm thinking spannish now), driving lessons, holidays with 5p1r; pl girlfriends; cousins and family; read up the bible and go for tanjung balai!
well, i wanna spend loads of time in church cause if i ever go over to imu, it'll be goodbye ihm for like years. The waves of nostalgia is coming over me now, esp after i've read dan, clem, mervin and wilfred's blog.They are true brothers of christ and real examples of discipleship.

oh well, dear all, my last words till i actually blog again would be.
God LOVES you all! ;)

kerensa at 4:44 AM :: link

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

wooo hoooo
FINALLY FINALLY
a new entry.
oh wells, been slogging my life out at apple centre orchard
its basically tiring and a real no-brainer job.
i totally feel no self satisfaction and totally wanna get sth else.
BUT.. my colleagues are one bunch to really die for.
have my assist sales manager- corey n joe.
two really cool pple plus a whole bunch of clowns on the floor!
ha
pple like joker- johnathon
dayang- fred
charis- mjark
and slutty mei ren yu- shirleen
haha they make my life there so much more endearing,
al fresco christmas dining was alright.
think i suck as an mc, but lucky there was tiff and yvonne to back everything up and make it all so right again.
the food was good but alot was wasted, but overall i hope the kids were well integrated in the church through that.
we had mr and ms ihm!
nadine and martin
ha krys and david phipps were best dressed!
it was funny seeing krys and fats hold hands while doing the couple catwalk...it was practically incest!
haha
but nvm, i know my brother is a righteous boy.
christmas was good, had to rush after work though. thank god i had darl weiling to do my hair for me.
new yrs was bad. ha i slept right through it! was watching blair witch proj though
heh
iman's back! that bugger. but at least occassional visits from him at apple hours was good!
haha needed some entertainment!
king and all too
thanks guys! you all really mean alot to me
i know who my true friends are.
oh wells, new year, new friends, but i'll never grow tired of the old! my budds stick to me forever!
met up with 5p1r and the ugly guys too, it was a farewell dinner for the two going to camp- jem n yy. in the end, the girls were exchanging gifts and talking amongst ourselves.
ha oh wells, its what happens after a long period of not meeting up.
i miss you all soooo much!
when are we going to have our stayover man!
i took leave for that and look what happened!?!
oh well, pple come and go. but you guys will always be in my heart alright!
speaking about departures, man alot of precious pple are leaving.. iman is, mich is, joanne is, alex is, mjark is.. how many more man. funny how everyone's going overseas to study.
oh wells, apple will never be the same without mjark alr.
but darling russian sibling
but but do remember, family means sticking tgt!
alright gonna hit the sack alr.
super tired.

ps the hokkien mee at wisma hawker is really good!

kerensa at 8:59 AM :: link

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

updates updates,
28nov-1dec
con camp 2005 was great, but throughout, i still felt that there was sth lacking, some emptiness.
anyways starchy game with steph was shall i say scary, basically because we kept slipping all over the floor plus the cleaning up was bad, got soaked right through in the end. Blind man's trail was so very hilarious, i only remembered stopping to take breaths but was laughing my whole head off. yup, i guess for that one, the facils over did it, but i guess sometimes when we're just sitting around and doing nothing, the most natural thing is to join in the fun.And the first amazing race which i was made to run with my group turned out great, why? because group 3 WON!
HIP HIP HURRAY!
but its all thanks to nigel and the *alliance* ;)
overall, group three was great, though i feel there could be much more bonding done.
oh wells, friendship is impt, but family beats the rest. reconciliation was the most emotional period of the camp. not trying to be a sadist here, but i felt really great to see those hardknock punksters shed a single tear after they read their parent's letter or when they're writing one to their parents.
how i wish i had that for my camp.
praying over was...really just mediocre, many were holding back, so much so that i felt that there was no way the holy spirit could ever fill them.but i guess i'll never know.
confession-new and improved, couldn't be better, i even felt ashamed of myself, woah. never knew peeling petals from chrysanthemums could evoke so much guilt in me.
i guess it was the same for them.
oh wells, basically the camp was a very wholistic camp, there was even a youth group drive (in the form of a cca recruitment drive)
was really totally tired out and drained, physically and i lost my voice.. again, as how it happends after every con camp.
--group three would never be so cool without nigel(my fellow co-facil who NEVER writes fuzzies and made me sign his name on the fuzzies I WROTE), brendan, amos, christianto, emmelyn, marian, natalie, cheryl and loraine.
oh we got these cool credit card lookalikes from the cathecists and facils are gonna get a treat!
yummy!!!

went back, unpacked and went out for dinner with fats, krys and jaime. tried out the new 24 hr hong kong restaurant which was firstly NOT 24 hours, secondly their soup noodles was basically MAGGI MEE.
but their western food was not that bad.
drinks was quite alright.

woke up the next day and help prepared for my bday bbq. went with fats to buy up the remaining stuff and waited for my friends to arrive- beloved s11s!
everyone in 5p1r and the 6 stinkos came plus shunping. the rest-- ah why bother.
anyways ,mr neo didn't come.
sigh.
shan't go there.
anyways, we played some card game and arif-as usual the blur sotong lost.
made a prank call to jun xiong's band mate and we started playing again.
well it rained but luckily that was AFTER the bbq, everyone went back to my hse and it was cake cutting time!
everyone left after the photoshoot and then when i was talking to weiling.. THREE IDIOTS whom i cherish alot walked in with candles in a tub of haagen daz ice cream!
haha my darling cousins! what will i be without you guys!
yep! i LOVE you all!
but they made my open up alot of IRRELEVANT plastic bags which was filled with alot of nonsense clothes before passing me my real present!
ha i knew there was sth going on with all that laughing.
anyways i got new dunks! haha you all shouldn't have!
haha then they stayed till 4am before the bugger of a chua meiqi decide to leave for home with yulin, krys stayed and we went for some youth forum the next day, which we turned up VERY late for.

3rd dec.
after the youth forum, we went over the adrian's (our cousin) place for his kid's 1 mth old celebration. had lunch and krys and i headed to dom's hse to prepare for the confirmant's present.
nigel as usual was late and very 'helpful' ha
ps: nigel that's for saying that i look like a ***
that pest went off halfway to meet wilmer and left me to finish up the rest PLUS i had to edit the ones he did.
sigh
once a pest, always a pest.
oh wells met, qi, lin and jaime for my bday dinner.
sigh what are cousins for... they suggested LAWRY'S!!!!!!! ok that one, i flipped.
well i forgot to add in the most impt part.. it was MY treat.
sigh did i mention that i love them? i'll take it back.
went for dinner at swiss culture in suntec after a long deliberation of where to eat and where to watch movie.
we were like idiots standing infront of the axs station in the mobile shop in millenia walk and pressing the screen non stop, which we in the end decided not to use.
ha
bought tix for chicken little in eng wah, suntec and had dinner.
after which we took a THOUSAND and one photos, haha all the funny shots, we were like experimenting with the camera, taking cues from jaime as to when we should jump and what we should do.
ha there was the YMCA shot and the just jump shot and the hide and seek one.
made a hell lot of noise at the space infront of carrefour.
it was home sweet home.

4th dec.
met krys for mass and went to heartland with my fam for lunch at the 24 hr hong kong.
after that krys, jaime, samantha(jaime's dance jr), one other friend and i went to esplanade to catch a twist of fate!
it was the BEST musical ever.
super funny!
haha what with a pig in a dress, pornography which was supposed to be photography, intestically (intentionally), sussiciouis( suspicious) and so much more.
ha
really it beats watching oliver twist or singing in the rain.
krys and i cabbed back to church to wish the confimants after that.
argh the most frustrating thing was that we missed their confirmation by a mere 10 mins!
my oh my.
went for cartel dinner with whoever was left at gardens and had a whale of a time with joanne, tiff, alison and krys.
we were practically laughing non stop.
plus i just found out how SMALL the world is,
joanne is beng's best budd! ha my darling bengs, i told you we are fated.
ha

5th dec
PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM
jolly good day! met erica, yvonne and a few others to discuss about the al fresco dining on 30th dec for all confirmants.
sigh another cca recruitment drive.
oh wells, went home, changed and met krys to pass her the tix.
dropped at citylink when i called lily and she told me she was at cityhall alr.
so i waited and saw bengs! hoho i thought to myself that this is gonna be such a good day. fancy meeting bengs and lily at cityhall at the same time.
and so bengs and i waited and waited but still no sign of lily, nvm i called, once, twice and she didn't pick up. funny thing was bengs realised that i called her instead and remembered that dumb flower actually diverted all her calls to bengs! UGH! and so i called her again and that flower was at home! ARGH! that's when i realised that the person i talked to at the beginning was bengs all the while and she picked up lily's diverted call!
i almost murdered that flower.
oh wells, walked to marina mandarin and still both of us were the FIRST!
ha
checked in with cheryl's mum's name and the guys immediately jumped on the bed with their smelly socks and drenched attires! ha. we waited for bobo(the hair stylist) and her make up artist to com.
auntie and i did our hair and make up first!
i LOVED it!
ha considering perming my hair now.
hoho
after everything, we took a few photos before going down and then the night started.
we were looking out for prom king and queen nominees and at the same time trying to push the crowd in.
it was mayhem i tell you.
oh wells, EVERYONE couldn't recognised potato, that village chief was suddenly looking so feminine and so matured that everyone went 'HUH! THAT'S PEIYUN?!?!' haha it was hilarious.
the night started, and everything was cool. LOVED the emcee!
ha shawn daewood. i think he was so much more funnier than the comedian we hired.
oh wells, the most sickening thing was that lily and i were one of the 10 nominees,
imagine my catwalk on this 2.5 inches high heels which i never practice walking with at home.
i was trembling on stage and during my catwalk.
THANK goodness i didn't get into the finals.
haha
oh wells, an experience gained, and one i'll never one to relive.
yahui and marshall was prom queen and king!
haha loved that combi.
took loads of photos outside while sherwin was trying to get pple in as there was a disco thingy going on.
after everything, we went back to the hotel and took more pics.
it was down to yaoyang, gab, jx,bengs, lily, bao and i as the rest had to leave and arif n jem went to indochine with ry and tj.
we WALKED to esplanade, imagine my poor feet, after getting some food from 7 eleven.
chatted for awhile before heading back to wash up and sleep.
sleep was good, i got to roll around on the floor while the rest squeezed on top.
ha woke up at 10plus all thanks to lily's amazingly loud voice and then we checked out and headed to marina for lunch.
went home and slept!
BUUT i was woken up by some irrtant by the name of wang weiling who wanted to go to momo to see her long lost darling friend benjamin.
ha sam and i went along but we left earlier cause that bugger wanted to stay on late, which i didn't want to oherwise i'll be a nuisance to my mum.. or the other way round. ;) *its all the nagging i'll get*
slept and woke up because some inconsiderate neighbour of mine has been drilling non stop since 9 plus till NOW! can you imagine.
i wanna sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!! that nincompoop is depriving me of my precious sleep!
argh.
ok so i'll just keep typing till he stops!!!!

kerensa at 8:46 PM :: link

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

just a wandering thought.
i'm SO going to miss 1s11 04` and 2s11 05`
*waves of nostalgia rushes through*

all the bullying -guys pulling out rubber bands from the head of the girls, us running after each other with the thick side of the marker uncapped, the times when the girls made the guys call us 'da jie', the times when the guys TRY to get the girls to call them 'da ge' or 'lao ban'. *ok maybe i'll not miss all that*

all the gossips -times when we'll just sit in the canteen during breaks and lunch and occupy the WHOLE row and talk about teachers, subjects, future, god, fashion, idols... etc (never knew guys could be that 'ji po' right?)
times when the guys try to prove they're right and the better of the two genders, times when they try to show their musculinity.
times when we actually share matters of the heart to each other and discuss and seek help.
mostly the guys seek help from the girls and time and time they say we TRY to be consultants.
we would never be if they didn't seek help from us FIRST! ;)

all the kodak moments - guys and girls of s11 playing soccer in the field after pe JUST for fun.
times when the guys 'tau pok' chersiong and name it as 'playing cs' ha.
times when the guys act all sissy (guys will always take after us ;) ) times when they make fun of pavathi (ook i'm sorry guy i still don't know how to spell you name)
times when we'd just go all the way to kovan to eat at the coffeeshop.
times when we met up at someone's hse for a gathering and end up in fits or all over each other!
times when we just hang around class for a short photoshoot esp when its just relief teachers in class or NO TEACHER at all.
hoho
times when we took class photo and ended up like a class of jolly young clowns climbing up on top of each other (ok exaggerated).. really the guys does that but the girls are one bunch of tamed and petite humans.
the many videos, the canoeing session, the fei fei yun tun mian, the sight of guys just sitting infront of the tv taking turns at the console and playing the most erm 'interesting' game ever.. winning eleven.ugh.
times when we actually caught a movie as a class, esp when gabriel covers his WHOLE face with his bag. *remember gabriel ;)*
times when the girls planned to get all of us to live in the same flat or condo with the guys too. each of us with our own families living as neighbours!! yippee!
haha
times when the guys will pick on gabriel in class.
times when ms wee time and time again 'ACCIDENTALLY' picks on gabriel in class.
times when mrs pah picks on gabriel in class and during lectures.
times when we slowly strolled to lectures after pe and blamed the lousy timetable for denying us of our break.
times when we'd ask for a toilet break and instead rush to the canteen to get some chicken (this is totally by the guys)
times when we plan and plan stuff but none materialises. (that's just us)
times when we'll end up at the entrance at heartland spending about 20 mins to half an hour deliberating where we should eat and end up at the coffeeshop.. again.

man heartland would never be the same without you guys!

there's so many more to write about, but i can't possibly type them all out. who cares as long as these memories stay with each one of us forever!

all the endearing times
times when mr neo (our beloved ct) walks into class with the darkest expression ever and complains about how we've underperformed.
times when almost EVERY tutor walks in and complains and nags about how much more effort we should be putting in
about how we're not living up to standards
about how we're not this not that
and after we'll complain about the whole ordeal in class during break .. typical.
oh wells, the times when others say we're just faking up our class unity-- HOW DARE YOU BE JEALOUS AND SPREAD SUCH BLASPHEMY.
we pple from 2s11 LOVE each other SOO VERY much!
so SHUT UP all you jealous freaks. go and spend your time building class bonds instead of wasting it on us!

ok i shall not digress.
all in all
s11 although its just 2 short years tgt, they've been really meaningful and very very memorable.
i seriously think you're the best class ever! plus mr neo, we make one big family! not to forget, mr foo, ms wee and mdm koh.
we wouldn't be what we are today without you all.
bits and pieces of the s11 family has been meticulously pieced up thanks to you all.
and i'll seriously miss you all!
man i'll totally kill anyone of you who misses any future outings! there'll be more! as yaoyang promises! haha *can you imagine, YAOYANG, asking for future outings!* i'm most prob staying in spore after all, got persuaded to do sth else, but who knows.. that's beside the point.
i really will make sure we meet up at least once every half a year alright. bao will assist me for sure ;)
one thing's for sure.
life will never be the same not going back to sch and meeting up with you peeps every morning of my life, truth is i doubt i'll ever get sick of seeing those 21 familiar faces.

take care for now. you'll all be in my thoughts and prayers!
i'll see you next yr! definitely.. class outing then alright! *smiles*

kerensa at 7:13 AM :: link

oh oh my goodness, its been what.. a 'quote from bao' million thousand zillion years since i visited this place.
all you viewers out there (if i ever have any other than KRYSTLE the one who *censors* me ;) )i'm sorry for not updating.
first happy very belated bday krys.. i KNOW you enjoyed the bday surprise! plus the many more you had on that very day itself!
happy belated bday dad.
on to the next big thing in my life..
the a levels, my long awaited nemesis is on the way of getting subdued.. not that i really think i've done well or anything. just that its about to be OVER.
ugh i just don't get cambridge, they're out to make my life VERY absolutely miserable. What with the last two papers falling almost one week apart, never mind that, its in the AFTERNOON!
PURE ONE HOUR TORTURE OF THE HOT SUN!
i should thank my lucky stars i've got friends like shaun who helps me check out the weather. ha unfortunately, it rained on the afternoons when i DIDN'T have afternoon papers.
ugh.
but that's not all, in total, i've saved an alarming sum of 3 to 4 weeks of allowance!!
plus my mum bought me stuff on shopping trips that i had to miss.
oh my goodness!! i missed like SOOO MANY good stuff.
but i can't deny, i gave in to temptations once or twice, bought a new levis, 2 bags and erm.. i shall stop here.
sigh i thought i had so much to look forward to after the a's, but it seems like my life's just prom, prom, church camp, prom, cousin's party, prom, and prom.
i'm kinda losing interest in it alr, oops. 5P1R- don't get me wrong, i'm still very much involved in the planning, and will not back out.
that'll be super irresponsible, but its just that i feel i won't get to really enjoy that day as much as i did in sec 4 just because i'm the organiser.
been there done that.
everything i organise sth, i worry so much abt the admin, the turnover, the EVERYTHING that i never enjoy it.
but i guess that's the joy in organising, you find joy when pple ultimately tells you you did a good job and that they truly enjoyed it, or they pat you on the back, smile and say 'a good job done'. cheerio to that.
ha ok i'm again in my fantasy world. oh but how glad am i to have found that back!!! i thought i'd have lost it through the 'intensive' mugging.
ha made new neighbour friends. finally am no more a one or 2 neighbour acquainted girl. Wing Sing, thanks for all the piano scores!! i'm going to practice them all! that's basically cause i've nothing better to do.
oh wells, everyone's rushing to get themselves attached to work.
i want to.. for the extra cash, but i'm still apprehensive that i should just start work like that and not enjoy abit more, and plus, the feeling of have yet another responsibility sucks. i need a break man.
i finally got two huge one off my back and not there's work.
how i wish my mum could hire me. haha i could just visit her office every minute, yup and get her into loads of trouble.
i'm better off at home i guess.
well well, going to learn up the pieces i've been yearning to master and going to finish off the last 2 MOST annoying papers with my best abilities..
oh yea i've got a new addition to the tan family.. mocha-my new terrier!
who's freaking cute and annoying. she barks at 4 am on the eve of my math and phys paper, lucky for me, i was in a coma on the night before phys. plus that lil rascal bit the strap of my favourite slipper aired from bali!!!!
ugh that's not all.
she's annoyingly timid, she won't even go to the coffeeshop in the day!!
but she's really cute.... really.
i still love her.

ps: seok.. weiling! come on girls! bio's no big feat for you all i know!!
5P1R- we shall gather after work one day alright!!
s11 - more more more outings!
weis, son, lyd: hurry finish off you mj, ac and rj asses! i wanna see you guys SOOO much again!!! kenny's?? or lawry's?? i'm fine with both, even coffeeshop! (yea right, if we EVER arrange to meet there, i'll make sure i'll screw the organiser.. just kidding. anything for you all.. ah whatever)
ha i feel like i'm morphing into a lily, making no sense whatsoever.
--thanks babe.. its all thanks to you i'm like that.
but i still love you!
*feeling a tingling sense of my lesbian tendencies*

ok can't believe i'm actually typing! shall start reading my story books now!! yippee! finally!! finally!! finally!

oh man i can't wait for my date with harry tmr!!!
ps: shaun thanks for the stuff! i've decided on how i should use them!
;)

i feel i need to share this with you all out there who are struggling.
it helped me during the time i felt most down, pulled me up, gave me strength, truly he's sth no scientist can be..

trust in the lord
WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL THEY WAYS ACKNOWLEGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT THY PATHS
proverbs 3:5,6

do that.

kerensa at 6:47 AM :: link

Thursday, October 13, 2005

dim sum buffet at golden 'door' restaurant with 5p1r
ha
auntie, lily, potato and i rushed down after gp consultation while bengs and bao had econs consultation which lasted till 12 so they met us later.
ha krys was telling me that we were too late cause we reached there at 12.
but NO... ha with people like bao around. no problem.
ordered like more than40 plates. PLUS 8 bowls of desert when we only had 6 people.
the 5p1r.
ha decided to stick to it!
summary of buffet session:
-talked alot (more like gossip)
-shared stuff
-laughed a hell lot more
-learnt that my chinese is BETTER than baos. (you can't say i can't speak chinese anymore!--because i CAN)
-took videos
-imitated alot of pple (bao was doing it all)
-videod, recorded, laughed.
snippets of bao's most hilarious acts.
potato: what would you do if you can't pay up after a big meal in some high class restaurant.
normal pple: run, hide, call someone to come pay up for you
bao: *points to the jetty outside and some pigeons* go and run outside and jump down using the float.
us: huh? float?
me: you mean the BIRD?!
potato: you can FLOAT on the pigeon?
bao: mumbles sth while we laugh away.

MORE snippets of bao
*while the waitress was clearing*
bao: *motions to me* auntie, how much do you get paid here?
she wants to work here.
me: eh?
bao: yea, she wants to be like you.
me: *in bewilderment* eh?
bao: yea she works as a waitress.
auntie: *goes into details* oh 25 a dinner (like SUPER low pay)
me: yea yea, i'm very interested, could you like explain more.
so the auntie and i became good friends.
foiled bao's intention, even if she had one.

went to bao's hse first while the rest went to attend to other commitments before coming over.
did my work, that bao badmouthed me infront of her sis.
ha i think i looked like bao when i was young!
man that sound bad.
i LOOK LIKE CHUA BAO ZENG.
ugh.
anyways did work when lily came.
went out to fetch her.

on the way:
bao: *SCREAMS THE MOST HIGH PITCH SCREAM EVER*
me: got scared and screamed too. only to realise it was because of some cat.
this happened more than thrice on the journey there and back.

so there was this getai thingy near the station where we were supposed to meet lily.
and bao CLAIMED she was paid every night to do a strip dance.
bao is delusional and deluded (notice the repetition, in lit they use repetition to emphasize on a certain thing)
guess my emphasis.
anyways.
bengs came, we chit chatted, TRIED to do work while lily was singing away and bao was trying to coach her sis and bengs just sat around.
went for SUPPER at fei fei yun tun mian!
i'm missing it!
it was good!
love the wan ton mee and the teh peng!
*drools*
got back, changed, took a thousand and one photos, laughed, brushed teeth tgt!
haha
right.
tried to watch be with you.
you see we were so excited about be with ME and bao insisted that she has it.
to our disappointment she took out be with YOU.
we wanted to kill her.
anyways, i slept much earlier than the rest who stayed up to finish it.
woke up went to sch and waited for bao and all to finish up gp.
went for lunch and back.

kerensa at 9:09 AM :: link

Sunday, October 09, 2005

seokie, i love you!
haha i know i'm going to get killed be a certain k person but...
seok! i've got a bday request!!
the only present i want is you to SING FOR ME!
alrighty babe?
;)
ha you can sing privately ya if you're 'SHY'.
although i really don't know when that will happen.
ha
krys got entangled in some bead necklace today.
and she got entangled so bad that even i couldn't help her.
haha the saleslady had to come over and help her.
haha i wanted to burst out laughing.
see, that's what you get for wearing such stuff.

or at least TRYING to wear such stuff when you're incapable of handling it.
face it krys... you are DUMB!!!!!
woo hooo that felt good.
gonna try it again..
KRYSTLE TAN KHEE MUI IS DUMB.
KRYSTLE TAN KHEE MUI IS DUMB.

sneaks on krys the nerd!

alright since you're my god sis, i'll stop here.
;)
oh i must say i saw this girl with such a 'feng man' ass today.

speaking of such, i MISS WEI SZE! where's my fellow a grade?!?! i wanna meet up with you guys soon!
alright krys was trying to find back the mikiko in her and started flirting with shaun through MY phone.
but imagine, what if one day you find out that your alter ego is really an ah lian in you.
gosh.
would you..
a) love yourself TOTALLY cause that's what you've been hoping for--just as krys does
b) commit suicide
c) just accept it.
ha well well.
imagine if you have the english speaking friends and the jie meis on your side!
hoho that'll give you ultimate social power man.
alright thinking a lil too far now.
should start deciding what course i want to take,
start burying my head in my books,
start worrying about the a's.
ugh.
one more month to end this ordeal!
i CAN'T wait.
met shulin, hui i and loolin in town today.
and guess what, my dear shu lin's gonna get discount for prom dresses for me!
shops like daniel yam... etc etc.
but i'm not gonna buy from there again.
the whole world's gonna buy from there!
ha i've got my eyes set on one alr!
waiting for the right moment now!
king.. i'll catch a show with you one day k!
haha happy shining your laser with ivan!

so many bdays in october to cope with so here goes...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
FATS, BRENDAN, BO CHUN, WEILING, KRYSTLE, DAD and many more.
ha sorry if i forgot yours.
lost my phone, all the bdays went with it too.
oops.

kerensa at 9:58 AM :: link

hoho its been a thousand and one yrs since i updated.
basically because my dad took away the cable thanks to fats who screwed up his prelims.
anyways that lucky thing managed to get his marks moderated all the way up to 15 points!
ugh.
soso
basically
-went to club at momo with the pl peeps one day before chem mcq (which explains why i screwed it up completely)
-went to canoe with lily, bao, jx, gab and alvin. arif came later.
it was supposed to be a class outing but yea. the steph group will never come, cs and all... i seriously don't know what happened to them. at the moment not interested to know either.
- bao, bengs, auntie, lily, potato and i are officially 5 P 1 R!- stands for***
-had lots of gossip sessions with 5p1r.
-the new timetable, although shorter is still a waste of my time.
-school is basically doing own work.
-was late for like almost everyday of the week
-got my grey coloured contacts with darling seok!
-francis's bday party.
-fat's, bochun's and weiling's bday party
-study
-study almost everyday at krys's hse
-study
-do papers
-nose bled
-did papers
-nose bled.. again
-went out with marc and krys
-study
-went out with ry and arif
-study
-study
-nose bled
-went out with shaun, wilfred, seishen, joanne, dominic and louis to catch goal.
superb show!
-town to study with krys.
-ate kaya toast!!!!
YUMMY!
-searching for aussie unis
-work
-work
-work
-gosh-

kodak moments: krystle made me walk right into a road divider.
: daniel's hands are REALLY smooth!-MUST find out what pitera products he uses!
: fats turned 16!
: end of sr days are COMING! YIPPEE!

kerensa at 8:57 AM :: link