Projects, papers, non-stop readings...

Haiz, the time for the semester comes again...getting very very sick of it even though it's my last semester in NUS...

This semester, 5 modules as usual, 5 papers to write, 1 presentation, 1 project and 2 tests. Seems ok as compared to my last semester. But still, it's a lot of work, and the teachers' expectations are rather high. They expect us to read EVERY SINGLE reading they give and even pose questions to the people presenting in class... :S

Sometimes I really wish I could just graduate immediately. Haha..
Better stop harbouring such thought, if not those OL (Office Ladies) will kill me...wahaha..

L Change The World

L Change the World - a spinoff from the Death Note series, yet it does not have anymore connection with Death Note than telling you that he has to outwit Kira,
which is to plan his own destiny before Kira does it for him...
Watari's death and the destruction the Death Notes are hints to the audience that this movie is not going to involve Death Note anymore, and L, will have to stand on his own feet to solve cases.
Thus, this movie managed to make L more humane and 'real'. Just a reminder - he's a human afterall! His fair skin and dark eye rings and wits made him too special to be a normal person, that's all... :P
As a result of portraying his 'humaneness', as well as being a big brother to the kids around him, unfortunately, he is not able to give a full play of his intelligence in the movie.
But this different side of L is really worth watching. You will find yourself laughing at him - for his unique personality and behaviour (that leads to his 'cuteness') - quite a lot throughout the show. :D







The actor - Kenichi Matsuyama 松山研一
Somehow I feel that he resembles Jay Chou in this pic, but he is better-looking of course! Sorry Jay fans! :P

Simple profile:
Name: you already know
Birthday: 5th March 1985 (He is my age! And ya, his birthday is approaching! Not my business though...haha)
Height: 180cm
Weight: 60kg (OMG he is damn light for his height la!)
Sports: Pole Vault (撑杆跳) and Wheelchair Basketball?!?! (轮椅篮球)






I like this pic. Got 'feel'.



Ever seen 'L' smile?? :D



His latest drama: Sexy Voice and Robo. He acts as a 'siao kia' (crazy guy) here..supposed to be an Otaku (御宅族) who loves robots..



A clip of the 1st episode of Sexy Voice and Robo. He looks damn different!!! I'm not trying to destroy L's image here. Just to show how different he can look. L's image stylist and makeup artiste - zai! :P

Ok, satisfied my curiosity of the actor Kenichi. I still like L, and the actor too. :P Good job!

A bit confused...

Hmm...how ah? Just talked to a friend on the phone, and she suggested that while waiting for news from the airline company, I should go find another job.

I agree that I should look for one, but I also know that the company will also take their time to reply, since I won't graduate so early. From what I had heard, they could take weeks to reply me...

What if I'm admitted? Then I got another job liao..den how?
The job I'm considering is journalist at SPH. Of course it doesn't mean I'll get in but the chances are there. My senior has just left SPH for another company....she did not tell me anything but I can sense that she was not very happy when she worked there...even though she was in the entertainment news section..which was 'supposed' to be more 'interesting', especially for kpo people like me..
But apparently she did not really enjoy it and even told me the entertainment industry is not as fun as we think...I thought it's not as fun for the artistes...but I can see that it's not as fun for the journalists too...haha..but Joyce seemed to enjoy it a lot while working as one leh... hmm...
In the end it all boils down to personality le I guess...

Same for an air stewardess job...another friend has also asked me to be really careful and think really carefully about taking up the job...cos of my straightforward personality..I can be really straightforward or rather, blunt and quick-tempered that I could hurt people with my words without knowing, as you can see from my brother's case, I can't even remember what I've said to him...HAIZ..
So, if I really become one, I may just shoot my mouth off and offend some seniors there or what and I will have a hard life then..
But then again, no matter where I go, as long as I remain like that, I will offend people anywhere, anytime..so even if I go for another job, who knows who I will offend then? So in the end, what's the difference? That's what I thought.

Think from another perspective...I can be trained to be more courteous and tactful when I speak in this job. Because no matter how angry I get, I HAVE TO BEAR WITH IT. So somehow, I will be FORCED to learn to be good.. :)

Hmm, I know I'm straightforward la, but don't say until like I offend people wherever I go leh...machiam I always anyhow shoot my mouth off and suan and irritate everybody..maybe only when I talk to you then I will get this pek chek..wahaha.. :P
Or maybe I do irritate everyone just that nobody dares to tell me? Oh no, please, I hope that's not the case. If I'm really that irritating, please tape my mouth. And I will try my best not to talk in the future. I shall sing only...LOL
Ok now I'm really getting irritating...haha..

所以说，做人真难。要做到如何不要得罪人，但又能把自己的想法给表达清楚，真的需要不少功力。更难的是，要变得和同事能够融洽地相处，却又要步步为营，回到家面对亲友时才能变回真正的自己……功力要更高才行。
再像我这种人，只要是自己觉得相处得舒服的人，就会对他/她掏心掏肺，以后在职场上要特别小心谨慎，我会很累……可能还会伤痕累累…… :S

Anyway, back to the topic...sld I go and look for another job while waiting??

Chee Guan Bak Kwa VS Fragrance Bak Kwa

Chee Guan VS Xiang Ji! er I mean LIM Chee Guan Bak Kwa VS Xiang Wei Bak Kwa la...

Had these 2 kinds of bak kwa inside the bak kwa container used to treat the guests who visit us for CNY.

Fragrance Bak Kwa: Thinly sliced and sweet, looks redder and slightly more 'glossier' (aka oilier, or maybe it's the honey or sweet sauce) then LCG bak kwa. But be careful, it may tastes too sweet for some, and you may end up getting sick of it after eating a few cut pieces.

LCG Bak Kwa: Thicker and drier, the meat is brownish in colour and tastes harder then Fragrance. Although harder, the meat is not as sweet and it has a tint of charcoal taste, thus it may not be as 腻 as the former.

Verdict: Fragrance wins! :D
Ah Xiang Bak Kwa is the best! haha! No la, just that I still like the softer taste, and I quite like sweet stuff, although I get sick of sweet stuff fast too.. hee...


Haiz, recently, some not-so-good things happened..had a sms-quarrel with my brother on the second day of new year. Scared-ed my relatives...cos I was so angry that I cried and my hands were trembling. I never got so angry before. And I had to admit that I'm very irrational to behave like that...
For those of you who know the story, thanks for listening to me and even went as far as to analysing the situation for me..esp Mr Lim..thanks! Thanks to sq, yy my gf, kailin and others who have consoled me as well. I've tried very hard to stay happy when I'm out with my dear friends on Saturday and Sunday, hope I didn't show any obvious unhappiness or what to you all.. :)

And it's time to reflect again. More new year resolutions on the way. But am I being too harsh on myself? It seems like I am totally uncomfortable with who I am..as usual though..
There are so many things about myself that I want to change.

I have to stop being so insensitive and say things or behave in ways that will hurt or offend people.

I have to develop patience in myself so that I can calm down and think rationally during emergencies, and hopefully at ALL times.

I want to be humourous and yet avoid using suaning people as a way to make other people happy. It's bad to 把快乐建立在别人的痛苦上...

I need to consider others' feelings always, even before myself.

I must not be angry when other people criticise me. Negative things are actually the things that help one to learn and grow, and improve.

Which means I should stop trying so hard to defend myself when people critise me. No excuses please.

Last but not least, I am not a saint so please forgive me if I still make mistakes. I will always make mistakes. But I will try my best to reduce the numbers. :)

And one more thing, I am sorry to those whom I have offended or hurt, no matter if you get to read my blog or not. Please forgive me as I have no intention to harm.
Sorry...

Happy New Year Pull Your Ear!!!

An advance Happy New Year greeting to everyone!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!!!!

It's time to collect ang baos! And ROCK to the Chinese New Year songs!!! Wahaha!

Have been posting quite serious and boring stuff...so now...I shall post some interesting stuff! Or rather...slightly more interesting...hehe... *grinz*



My mum and aunt put these 'dominos' together at my aunt's house..
Quite nice hor??? hee...





Big sweet potato from Master Q (Lao Fu Zi) at AMK Hub! He's so cute...haha..



Deng deng deng deng...
My parents' wedding pic! My mum was really small-sized then! She kept boasting about her 22-inch waist...win liao lor...haha..
And I found the pic in my room...
I think my mum's very pretty when she was young... :)



What does this pic remind you of? Very colourful right? Got it?
That's right...the traffic light!!! and 王力宏(黄绿红) if they positioned themselves another way...haha...
In fact, I was wearing green on that day too...so imagine..traffic lights taking MRT home...and the green light alighted 1st...
oops..LAME...

Anyway, that's about all...it's 2.35am now! Tired! Tomorrow is New Yr Eve le...many movies on TV to watch! YAY!! :D

Happy New Year to all once again! 新年快乐万事大吉心想事成身体健康财源滚滚学业进步工作顺利!!!

SIAN-ed

Finally I get to stay home this weekend...after don't know how many weeks! Been going out on both Sat and Sun during weekends...feel guilty and tired...haha.
But staying at home doesn't mean I'll do my work diligently as well...

I'm interested in every other things except studies...JIALAT

Suddenly felt really sian of school and studying..and I hope I can quickly graduate and earn money fast so that I can let my parents and myself lead a better life, 不用每次看到想买的东西却舍不得花钱，这种感觉很辛苦……

Yet again, I know that I will miss school after I graduate, as many people have lamented, they would rather study than to go out and work...haiz...the dilemma of life...ROARRRRRRRRRRR......

好闷啊！什么都不想做。虽然我的良心告诉我这样子不应该，但是我还是什么都不想做！
对自己也超不满意的。
Haiz..我的老毛病又犯了……

On a happier note, I went out for a small 'reunion dinner' with my parents at Causeway Point's Crystal Jade last night..haha...although we always eat together at home..we SELDOM eat outside together cos my mum prefers to cook, and we liked home-cooked food..so we rarely go out to eat..restaurant somemore leh...
We spent like $50+ on food and we were very happy, and my Dad got a new handphone for himself...but it's free since he continued another 2 years contract... :)

$50+ for a meal is a lot for us cos we are not very well-to-do..for some of you who eat out more often, this may seem cheapskate for u all..but we are just a simple family with my Dad being the only breadwinner as a taxi-driver...and business is quite bad and it only worsens with the current changes on ERP and the fare hike...haiz..and my brothers don't give a lot of money cos they have their own families to upkeep too, we can't expect too much can we?

So there are many times where I appear to be very ngiao (stingy) or gei gao with money...I have no choice. I'm being brought up this way, and there's no way I can be generous, although I try hard to be less stingy at times...
And I don't give tuition, but now I'm teaching already...but it's cos I'm in desperate need for more money for my grad trip...that's why I'm trying hard to 争取 a chance to stay in cheaper places in tw...cos I don't wish to spend the money on sleeping...
since 难得 go overseas, I feel that it's more important to look around the places more...and shop and eat the food there...for accomodation, as long as it's comfortable and clean enough for a night's rest I think it will suffice...but of course, different people have different definitions of "comfortable and clean"... :)

Anyway, my purpose is just to let my readers know..that I hope you all can understand my stinginess at times...I have my difficulties as well...my pocket money is effectively around $200 a month, and I have to pay for my handphone bill and sometimes even transport..so eventually, every month I have to 倒贴 with my own savings...
and being in such a situation, I actually spend a lot already, especially on food and also KTV..oops..and that's why when you all can shop happily and i just stand around happily, I don't get tempted to buy...cos I don't have the money to buy at all! haha..