Earth Hour 2009

Drove on the road today... It was FREAKY.
It was such a terrible experience.
And I could only laugh off my nervousness.
The instructor was funny, but still...
I feel so stressed up whenever I see another vehicle behind me overtake me or change lanes.
I am just like an inconsiderate road HOGGER.
Gosh, I had sweaty palms that could fill up rivers.
My left leg felt so useless.
The tremendous pressure I feel is just crazily mind-breaking.
AND you tell me driving at 50km/hr is FAST?!?!
AH.

Concersations with my driving instructor today.
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Me: Woa, the sun today very bright hor.
Instructor: Put down the sun visor la, your eyes so small already, squint somemore cannot see the road already la.
Me: -.-'''
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Me: Wa, this Indian guy should not cycle in the middle of the lane leh, what if I bang him down?
Instructor: Why? Cos' he black right? Then you can't see him...
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Me: Aiyo, that driver so dangerous, change lanes without signalling!
Instructor: No la... You are the most dangerous driver here already!
Me: -.-'''
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Me: Er, so am I supposed to drive to Tampines?
Instructor: Ya, and we'll go to Starbucks and have a coffee and a cheesecake too. You pay.
Me: Yah right.
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Me: Hey, that's my house there, the blue building.
Instructor: Okay, drive there and ask your mum to prepare some coffee for me.
Me: Why not I drive there now, then I go home first, then you drive back? Haha.
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Instructor: You have to make sure you break properly ah... And remember to signal!!!
Me: Orh. No problem!
Instructor: Ok, then besides those, you don't have much problem, you are actually quite good.
Me: Don't praise me.
Instructor: Yah I know, praise you then become ya ya right.
Me: Ya lor.
Instructor: Anyway, you also very ya ya what. So daring, drive so fast, don't look at your own lane...
Me: -.-'''
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Ya, it's quite funny la, but I got suan-ed a million times la! Eh, my first time on the roads leh, duh' kancheong la!

BTW,

Earth Hour 2009, how did you folks spend that hour of darkness?
Well, I spent half of it in the bathroom, and another half of it on my bed. Hehheh.
8.30pm, switced off all lights and walked to the bathroom...
Bathing in the dark was quite cool, of course, I had a candle...
I am clean ok? It might be dark, but I could still see!
30 minutes passed just like that.. Haha.
Then I jumped up my bed and just listened to music...
Then before I realise, it's 9.30pm already.
Cool eh?

AND ! ! !

Tomorrow~

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

EARTH HOUR

On the 28th March 2009(Saturday), do something meaningful.

Do something simple, yet something significant.

Switch off.

Vote Earth.

Your switch is your vote.

Turn it off and do a part for our ailing home.

It may seem trivial, but it pays off.

Your effortless act will go a long distance.

Mother Earth gave us life, so let’s help prolong hers too.

You have the power in your hands to make a difference.
Let's use this opportunity to combat our ever-increasing carbon footprints we inevitably leave on this gloomy Earth.

:)





---I ♥ The Earth---

Invasion of The CHINA MAN

There is a terrible influx of Chinese nationals in our country recently, so much so that I feel as though I’m in China already. I see CHINA MEN everywhere, on the buses, on the trains, on the streets, next to me… yes, NEXT to me.

This morning, Mum and I boarded another freaking crowded MRT, all thanks to CHINA MEN. There was this group village of China workers on the train, making a din and occupying any available spaces that were meant for us.

I’m not trying to be nasty, but seriously, I think that whomever these workers belong to should get a truck or bus to ferry them instead.

However, the noise they made on the train was actually quite entertaining!

When the train past by Paya Lebar station, a funny CHINA MAN repeated after the announcer “PAYA LEBAR” in his heavily accented Mandarin, and told his CHINA MEN friends, “他们的路名还挺好玩的，累了，就趴下来吧- 趴呀，累吧 (same pronunciation as Paya Lebar)”

HAHAHAHA. I was laughing in my heart so loudly; I think I might have injured my innards.

Then, when the train past by Kallang, the CHINA MAN went “加冷 (Kallang’s in Chinese) ，加热，加冷，加热”, wa piang, it might be lame, but it was damn funny.

I found them funny because I understood them, but my mum, who only understands her own Mandarin, has got no idea what the CHINA MEN were saying.

She found them irritating for taking up space in the train cabins and filling the air of Singapore with cheena-accented Mandarin.

Talking about CHINA MAN, I got to know this CHINA MAN a few days ago.

He is a worker in NP who is starting to get on my nerves.

I’m sorry man, but hey CHINA MAN, you are talking a little too much.

I was being friendly at first, so I started talking to him, then that’s when I inadvertently pulled out the pin of the grenade.

CHINA MAN kept talking to me, and kept repeating “实际说…blah blah blah”

He told me he never talked so much before ever since he came to Singapore half a year ago, and he said that I’m his FIRST FRIEND in Singapore. Okay… -_-'''

I go to NP’s convention centre in the afternoon to help out in the e-enrolment, collecting forms from students. But, there is nothing much that I need to do, besides from being there physically.

There, CHINA MAN sits around, replenishing the water bottles and sweets for students and staff. CHINA MAN then conveniently sits on the chair next to me at my counter.

And NIGHTMARE begins.
He was sort of amazed by my ability to comprehend him, and he so took the chance to say ALL he could.

He once asked me “你们新加坡有学汉字吗？”... I almost replied him “废话”, but that would have killed his dignity instantly… So I joked with him, saying that we do learn Chinese, but our standard cannot be compared to their's.

Then that’s when CHINA MAN became cocky. He then asked me “那我考你，你会写‘春夏秋冬’吗？”　

Wa Kao! Does my Chinese standard look so low to him? I wrote out ‘春夏秋冬’on a piece of paper for him, and he was SURPRISED, and said “哇！ 你好聪明啊！” Eh, come on la, that’s like primary school standard can?

Then he asked me something even more idiotic, “那你会写‘想东西’的‘想’吗？” Then I rolled my eyes.

Hello? 拜托，老娘的中文程度可不是盖的，怎么说也有两把刷子！

But I entertained him nonetheless, because work at the convention centre is really boring, you can get only 3 people coming up to you in one whole hour, and 2 of them is actually asking for directions instead of submitting forms.

So in order to keep myself awake, I resorted to talking to CHINA MAN. He’s quite funny la, especially his accent.

He is from 沈阳 (ShenYang), is 24 this year, hates Hainanese Chicken Rice, hopes to go to Japan one day, has a younger cousin in Singapore, has 2 off days per year (or month?) and is allergic to spicy food. See? He really told me a lot of things, too much actually. I even know how much his monthly salary is and his shoe size!

Thank God I don’t know his name, I don’t want to know it too. I didn’t ask him anything, he just told me everything.

What to do? I’m his FRIEND what… CHINA MAN…

Haiz. I wonder if he disturbs everyone else as much as he disturbs me… Probably I’m the only one who feels disturbed. At least I’m getting some fun out of it.

Just an example of how he speaks, “我们中国人” is pronounced as “Ah Men Zong Guo Yen”, “赚钱” is “zeng qian”, and our ‘Jiak Beng’（吃饭）we say in Hokkien has the same pronunciation as ‘someone died’ in his dialect.

Cool huh? He might be from China, but I think my Chinese is better than his.

Gosh, I have to work tomorrow, and tomorrow is Saturday! And CHINA MAN will be there too!

Oh My. My. My.

Invasion of The China Man!

Baby Avril + Sembawang's mega sale.

Went to see Baby Avril this morning.. She is growing bigger by the day.. And she is extremely adorable!

Picture time!

Baby Avril & her Auntie Edelyn.

Baby Avril with her Grandpa & Auntie Elizabeth.Look at her Drama-mama expression. Haha.
Avril is so tiny
Baby Avril with her GRANDAUNT after bath. That's my Mum btw. Avril says -.-'''
Baby Avril with Auntie Elizabeth who happens to be wearing her new spectacles.
-Avril pooped the very moment Liz carried her. Muah Haha. I told Liz that's cos' she resembles like a toiletbowl. HA.-

Alamak, so pretty la the dimples.

Last one. Actually I took a lot more pictures, but I'm too lazy to post all up. haha.
Avril says Goodbye!

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Wanling gave this to me yesterday, so sweet of her. It's so nice! Although it is adorned with unglam shots of me. Thanks WL! Thanks for the M&M's chocolates~霹雳MIT!!!
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Anyway, Sembawang Music Store is having this mega sale for 3 days! 50% off STORE WIDE!!! We started at Sengkang's Sembawang, spent close to $70 there. Then we went to Marine Parade's Sembawang and spent another $62 there. Muah Ha Ha.

These are our 战利品：
What's funny is that out of the $132 worth of CDs we bought, only 3 are mine. My dad bought the most, mostly oldies.. My mum bought a few of Jacky Cheung's albums.. My Sis bought Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad Reloaded, although she already has the non-reloaded one.. My Bro couldn't be bothered to buy any, he just wants to rip off from us.

Mine:)

Top Left: 吴克群's very first album 《一个人的Tomorrow》. I've been looking for this album for a long long long time. I finally found it, and it's selling at half price! WOOT!

Top Right: Suzanne Vega's [Beauty & Crime]. Although I've not heard any songs in this album before I bought it, I believe it's good. I like Vega's pronunciation of words and the way she sings.. You don't have to look at the lyric book to know what's she singing, and that's called POWERFUL.

Bottom: B.A.D's 《皇后之歌》. I've always admired B.A.D's singing.. They are one boy band that really has the VOICE. They once went to Katong Convent in 2004 and held a mini concert-校园演唱会, and I got to see them right before my eyes. I remember telling myself I've never seen guys so TALL before. Haha. They are really handsome too.

So, yeah.. More CDs for me to drown myself in. HAHAHA. This is a good way to kick-start the dying economy too, huh? :)

"A" Levels Results. My Life. I Think. Is. Screwed Up.

Me: Mei, what am I going to do in life?
Sis: Die.
Me: ...
Sis: The reason to live is to die.

And that sounds perfectly right. Not that I'm being pessimistic or emo, but seriously, the ultimate 'nirvana' that everyone will get to, is Death.

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BCC. Thank you very much.
I'm not sad. I'm not happy too. Let's just say that I'm feeling normal. Just a little bit towards the moody side.
It's weird how I managed to get a 'B' for Econs, the almighty subject which I never fail to fail. Remember that ugly 'U' for prelims? Mr. Derek Lee is really the GOD that saved my Econs. That's a 5 grades jump! I really am shocked.
Literature. Oh Literature. I got a 'C', a 'C' so BIG and FAT that I feel ashamed having taken Lit as a H2 subject. Some structured lessons we've got, some nonsensical arrangements obliged upon us. Okay... now only 3% of the cohort managed to attain an 'A'. NYJC, please come up with a better strategy, don't jeopardise the grades of others anymore, you can't afford to, you cheena boona school! I think I know why. We were taught how to pass it, not how to score it. That probably explains why.
History. I'm disappointed. Why are you a 'C'? I was hoping for a 'B' or better. Prelims was good, why this now? Never mind, what's over is over.
OOOO. But I passed H1 Math!!!!! Another 'C'. HAHAHAHAHA. No more 'U'!!! That's like striking a million-dollar lottery. Edelyn Chua passed her MATH! Gosh! That must be a joke.
AND, I passed my GP!!! Although it's a 'C' too, it's still way better than the 'U's and 'S's on my report slips since J1. Heh.

----------Life does not make a turn here, it STARTS from here------------

I feel bad.
Bad in a sense that I have a group of wanderers together with me.
My dear friends are like me,
Sort of lost,
But not missing a chance to prove others wrong.
Give us some time,
We will do it,
And be the very next star,
That shines on brightly till eternity.

Holy crap, am I losing my senses already?