I Dream - Taufik Batisah.

In my mind
I can climb
All the mountains that surround me
My spirit's there where eagles dare to fly.

In my heart
There's a spark
That can light the world around me
And open door where I am sure dreams are.

Doesn't matter if I win
Or the colour of my skin
'Cause the race is all about
Believing in your self.

'Cause I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
I dream I can be the hero that's in me
And I dream, I dream.

There's a time
In your life
When the odds are so against you
There's no defeat if all you keep is pride.

First or last
Slow or fast
There's a day within that makes you
The driving won when world has come apart.

Doesn't matter rich or poor
All the things you've done before
'Cause the race is all about
Believing in your self.

And I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
I dream I can be the hero that's in me
And I dream, I dream...

Of the moment
That forever will be [cold and]
[When the torture's past]
Only dreams will last
That are shared by everyone.

And I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
And I dream I can be the hero that's in me.

And I dream, I dream, I dream...

alaka | 7:32 PM

heyz.. juz wanna hav a simple entry on my job seeking experience and my 1st day of work..=)

hmmm... can't remember which was de day i started looking for a job.. tink probably ard 2 weeks ago...started last monday i tink..dat was when i finally settled down after having enough fun and realised it is time for me to get back to working my brains again..it was only den dat i understand de agony of de unemployed when they complained dat it is diff to look for a job in de present job market..cos most of de jobs required experience..which i hav none! hereby.. i wanna express my thanks to kenny, yuanting, chaneng, jeremy kiu, jobstreet, The Straits Times, Unilite, CareerHub, Temp Team.. these are de pple and things dat helped in 1 or another way in helping me find a job.. although some sources din turn out dat helpful..but they helped in 1 way or another..so yupz.. thanks! =)

kz.. shall share abit of my job seeking experience.. seriously speaking.. i'm not 1 dat's too keen on calling up on all de companies whose nos. are listed in de classified section of de newspaper.. cos somehow i find it veri diff to hav to call up de person and ask if they hav de job vacancy..so when kenny told me bout jobstreet.. i was so happy! cos i could apply for jobs without having to call them... and i wud only hav to make de trip down after they hav enlisted me for an interview.. for a few days.. all i did was to diligently go mailbox..check out wat new job alerts they hav for me.. den go jobstreet..see whether got anymore suitable jobs dat is not listed in my mailbox list..den apply thru jobstreet lor..
and during these days..ocassionally went out with yt.. to go for job interviews for jobs listed in Classified..

after a few days.. decided to take a more active approach.. decided to try 2 pronged approach..apply thru Jobstreet and email de companies personally...juz in case de companies dun check their Jobstreet accounts regularly... and this method recieved better response!i recieved a call frm Unilite on monday morning..asking me to go down for interview de next day...when i juz emailed them on Sunday night..or shd i say monday morn..den Temp Team called me too..but cos i'm looking for temp full time jobs..which they dun seem to hav...or maybe cos they are a big company.. recieves lotsa application daily...thus reducing my chance of getting a chance to meet them..i've since heard nothing frm them..CareerHub called too!de job offer was so attractive..was so sure i wanted dat job..so no hesistation...decided to ask Chaneng and yuanting along for de interview..de CareerHub guy by de name of Winston was friendly.. dat was de more relaxed interview i had among my 4...but too bad..wun see him again i guess..another company called too..but offered only weekend jobs..tink it was Metier..sth liddat la..rejected de offer...tink i shd leave my weekends to do personal stuff huh?

okie..passed both interviews at de recruitment centres..went down to Concourse for intervew at Panasonic and Dhoby Ghaut Haw Par Centre for interview at Starhub...Steven Phang..my manager now is quite friendly..he did most of de talking while i listened..and ta da! i got de job...=) de starhub group interview sux! de interviewers were not friendly at all..and cos its group interview...it was so diff to actually grasp de attention of de 2 interviewers..and obviously i flopped tis 1...cos Winston never called...=(

kz..dat's bout all for interview..went for work today..was so nervous can! felt so out of place...be in on de train or in de building lift...went to de 15th storey...was so shocked..de whole level belongs to Panasonic..and u needed a pass to get around.. i din hav 1...how was i supposed to get around!? no choice.. had to call for help..so dialled for steven.. he came and brought me into de office...oh wow!it's cool!it's like wat u see on tv..cubicles and more cubicles.. and each cubicle has its own comp..steven led me to my seat...and i sat there like an idiot..waiting for de supervisor to come.. in de end steven introduced me to Siew Hoon..asked her to lead me ard to get to knoe pple in my section..she's a nice gal.. seated next to me..seperated by a passageway..den i got to knoe lynn, shu teng, hui ping, chak min, norlela, penny... and my supervisor... Lina! these are all nice pple.. and i tink chak min is quite chio.. penny got a princess look..norlela is like de big sis.. juz like Siew Hoon..Lynn is small size...she's de 1 dat said "wo3 hen3 shao3 kan4 dao4 bi3 wo3 xiao3 zi1 de3 ren2"..Huiling and Shu Teng were de 2 i were attached to for today..they were de 1 dat taught me de basics for SAP(de sucky program)..and i'll be attached to huiling on monday.. to cont my learning journey before they let me do on my own...

hmmm..basically i juz sat and watched them work today...they are super pro can....de way they type..de procedures..all within their heads le..so fast..sth i will need to train to achieve...den went for lunch..they brought me to tis malay restaurant in Kampong Glam..de food not bad..and it only cost $4.50 per person..and i got free banana! =P after dat went back office...helped them with some billing stuff... Lina briefed me on de organisation of de company and my job scope..and after a while... i was told i can go home! wahz.. time pass quite fast wor..it was quite a fulfilling day...=)

hehe.. really muz thank kiu..kz..if timothy reads this..he gonna niao like siao..but cannot take things for granted...really appreciate his effort to wake up early to wish me all de best for 1st day of work..and coming down with an umbrella when it was knock-off time...thanks alot! =) after meeting him..took 608 back to DHS to look for yt..long time never go back le..miss de place..and so many changes has taken place..feels kinda detached frm it le..sigh..anyway..slacked ard in CO room..ate my banana! =p after dat.. went to stadium kfc to meet kenny for dinner.. talked somemore crap there.. and de 3 of them were dying frm de sweetness of de drink.. after which we went bugis... bought my cute mug! haha..spent some time deciding whether to buy...bought it in de end...shall bring it to work on monday...den went to take neoprints..wahz..even i tink abit CMI la..so kiddy..hehe...sorry guys!

okie..dat's bout all i hav to say..haha... u pple gonna complain when u see tis post...if u manage to read thru and reach tis sentence..u deserve a pat on ur back..*pat pat*...=P jia you pple...referring to yuanting, chaneng, kenny and yaochen...dun give up! a job will come ur way soon! =) and when dat day comes..we'll hav a feast together kz..if timothy and JK are already in NS..we'll wait for them to be out..promise?

shuqin | 1:30 AM

heyoz..realised i haven blogged for a long time..past few entries were in alternate order of st 3 and kiu..anyway..let's get to de main pt..was acty wondering if i shd blog tonight..cos i'm feeling lazy and tired..and sneezing till my nose gonna fall off..

1stly..really enjoyed myself at de stayover!long time since i stayed up for de sake of staying up..last time stay up was always due to de pressure to complete wat i haven finish studying for de exams..haha..they keep saying i disappeared in de night..acty i never la..i was sleeping on de sofa lor..opposite yc..kiu said i had an awkward position..but dat position was confortable leh..anyway..thanks pple!cos u all fulfilled 3 of my post a levels wishes in de 2 days..1st is de stayover itself, 2nd is our feast at marina south and thirdly..my sudden urge to play captain's ball..though i never get to watch my shutter..de neoprint specially dedicated to it was enough..yupz..wonder when will be our next one..oh yah..btw..still quite disappointed at de fact dat de kite din manage to fly in de end...

really wonder wat hav i been doing tis hols leh..time pass so fast..but i've achieved so little..money depleting so fast..yet i still dun see my paycheck anywhere in sight...sigh..only went for 2 interviews so far..tml..or shd i say today got another 2..hopefully pass both la...den i'll decide which job i want...de better paying 1 or de more challenging 1..tis job seeking experience made me realised some things leh..1 of which being i'm not cut out to be a salesperson.. at least not 1 for charitable organisations...

alamak..nose gonna drop off le la! i surrender..cont tonight or some other time..shun4 bian4 update on my job status next time..and lessons learnt frm de job seeking experience..dat's all for now..nitez pple...

shuqin | 1:22 AM

lalala....it's my turn to blog le...hmmmm...but seemingly nth much to bu3 chong1...kite flying really dunno wat to say...haha....just that initially it was damn comical...haha....can laugh till peng kind...e 1st kite apparently was poked a hole by st 2 cos she did not let it take off e way she wanted n in a blind flurry she kept swinging her arms to grab e away-bound kite....haha...n tat was how e hole came about...2nd kite was a big menace man....hanging loose from my bag..paper bag that is...it flew about n many pple fell victim to its scratches..n walking proved a giant trouble...n wat happened in e end??? the crazy wind n rain of jurong vented its wrath on the poor unprotected kite..."pick on somebody ur own size!!" in the end i think e kite flew highest when sq ran till she had no more energy n simply laid on e grd shouting "ni men zai wan wo a???!!!"
oops...hehehe...

our bu4 fei3 leh....well...noodles was a big mistake by me **pukes**...but must say this is an achievement...first time buffet i din eat until i'm fully bloated....norm i'd haf trouble walking le...hehehe...shall jump to daytona now...let's c...my gear could not stay in gear 3 1...ken's steering wheel had problems...n sq mistook e brakes for e accelerator **gasps**...n imagine trying to drive when there's a car right beside ya who's bent on making ya crash..well....tat was wat happened to me...hint on e driver...black...

hmmm...lemme add on to st 2's tag...WHERE WAS SQ??!! oh no...she disappeared during the nite...**double gasp** n we din even realise!! "-holding a ruler n waving it- ladies n gentlemen..we ought to be ashamed of ourselves for not taking care of our smallest(not by age) member of our group...as apology....we will watch shutter with the little one" hmmmm....den again...mayb not..lalala..e mother's lunch was really q good wor....but it seems to point towards e hypothesis that all mamas talk e same way....sweeping statement?? hmmm...

next highlight...dinner with da4 sao3 er4 sao3!! haha...totally din expect that on e itenary...n i admit..i over-reacted to the news...zai4 zhe4 li3 zheng4 zhong4 de4 dao4 qian4...haha...it was a matter of time b4 we had to learn to interact with our sao3 zi...haha....n i couldn't agree more dat e 4 of us deciding to leave late was a v good idea...e neoprints leh..hmm...dunno la..but they were nice...hehe...i loved e natural-ness of some of e shots...lalala...n this ends my commentary of the 2 days...e end...oh ya...add 1 more pt!! nose skin start to peel le...darn...SKIN CANCER!!!

alaka | 7:27 PM

hehe, dunno why..but have been putting off blogging for quite some time. NOW is the most appropriate time to blog, ain't it. allright~

what else?? stayover!! woohoo!

aftn, went marina bay to arcade and fly kite! poor yc..sprained his ankle! haha, i never touched the kite at all. cos i never have. touched a kite i mean. so i can't help in any way. haha. damn funny..all the running and kite-diving and exasperation at that. hehehe. my skirt got wet while sitting on the newspaper, which was on wet grass. haha, whatever. walked quite a distance to various toilets to change to shorts. whee. meanwhile, i think they succeeded in flying the kite for a while. whoopee! for more details, await posts from kiu, sq, ce, yc or ken. ce had to go home for cg meeting so we decided to fetch her after shutter at princess! wooo~ scary.

evening, steamboat and table bbq for dinner! hehes. erm..everyone was 7/10 full. really! haha. anyway, kinda conned cos chilli crab was too cooked and cereal prawns never appeared. prob cos we couldn't stuff any more. so..with a potong ice cream in each of our hands, we set off to bedok. but..stopped halfway to wait for bus in the end cos of yc. good oso lar..can rest. on the way we were quite bothered by the shutter movie timings but ce could not be contacted to check the timings for us! hmm..so i called cherie.......and found out there's no more shutter at princess!!! oh no!! plan foiled!! how?? cannot fetch ce le!! panic!! called her mobile and hse but no answer! in the end..we've decided to go boon lay and rent vcds first, since there's no point in going out of the way now with nothing to do at bedok, and we can contact ce anyway, later..when her cg meeting ends. so, off we go! -bop bop bop-

after an ardeous journey in the mrt..we all uds how kenny felt during all the lonely rides home. except we were not lonely. just tired. -yawn- went to prime supermarket first..bought much-needed snacks, and zoomed off to the vcd shop. while the guys bought bubble tea and the girls selected, ce called!! and i told her everything. detected a teeny weeny hint of erm..disappointment? really sorry girl! anyway, she threatened us that if we rented any horror flicks, she's not making her way here. haha, we rented the sisters anyway. together with long feng dou, stuck on you and the butterfly effect. when we're finally done, it was pouring tanks and barrels of rain! ahhhh!! how?? stranded! kenny called his mum to fetch some brollys......only to find out his brother just called for help cos he was stranded somewhere else too! ahh!! how would his mum choose now?? which son to rescue?? haha, so crappy. we waited for her in the arcade playing daytona. haha. with faulty mechanisms. anyway, she appeared not too long after...with tons of umbrellas!! to shock all of us with the amount of umbrellas they own i suppose. den she rushed off to rescue his brother. so poor thing! anyway, the adventure begins! the splashing of puddles! chionging across the road! narrowly missing the wave created by cars! braving the wind that tries to blow our umbrella away! last but not least, holding the umbrella 0.5983m further up to cross kenny's narrow gate. yay! we made it!!! celebrations! and congratulations! whee!

with wet bags, feet, pants and kite, we stepped into kenny's warm house with undue gratitude. wahhh. the shelter of a home. started to settle down and wait for our turn to bathe while playing uno stacko. den it's vcd session! first up, the sisters of cos. so that ce sees as little of it as possible. whee. it is an utterly failed horror flick to anyone who has watched shutter. serious. there are no sound effects, and the ghost appears slowly! rubbish lah. all ghosts are supposed to appear with a jolt and in split seconds. tsk tsk tsk. ce arrived as the first disc approaches an end. and she half watched half slept. who was scared lah i ask? long feng dou was slightly better, but a pity ce didn't quite appreciate it. haha, not surprising lah, it being a typical sammi cheng no-link show. no strong storyline, just alotof expenditure witnessed.

next up, monopoly!! we seem to have boundless energy don't we. do not be fooled. we're acty half dead teens who cannot bear to waste the night sleeping. haha, anyway, i was just totally stressed out by the politics of the guys. retired to let kiu take over. and..after 2 more hrs of trading, strategies, bankruptcy and jail terms, the silent sq won!! monopoly does not need overthought plans! just simple approaches! bahh!

i suggested we take a walk downstairs..but it started to rain agn! so we went up barely 10 mins after we went down. argh! nvm. we decided to watch stuck on you. like real. haha. everyone hit the sack within one hour. hehe, final positions: me, ce on ken's room floor, shivering with a blanket, ce and yc on the couch, ken on the living room floor and kiu leaning against the couch.

woke up abt 2hrs later..freshened up, had breakfast, surfed prom pics awhile, and it's the sun and the games once agn! whee! played some seriously shorthanded captain's ball for awhile, before switching to more logical badminton..where we learnt precious referee-ing frm yc, mr trotters. haha, cos of thick legs. after many rounds of intense hitting, slamming, whacking, visualising the net and even assassinating, trotters has won the championship! -alotof confetti flies!-

we went back up to bathe, and watch the final vcd, the butterfly effect. while waiting we made an award for trotter using the shuttlecock. whee. that show is damn intense man. doesn't allow for toilet breaks at all. but it's damn nice lah. had much discussions thruout the show. almost sparked off an intellectual debate abt time travel. doesn't it sound woooah. anyway, timmy called to say that if we have dinner at orchard, yizhen will join us. wow! to find out if it really happened, read on!

it's lunch!! aunty cooked us yummy lunch! curry chicken!!! tried to praise her food and oso guess wad her replies would be. we predicted her lines so accurately, we penged on the spot man. haha. ate 7/10 full agn. ohhh man. thks alot kenny! and to ur mum too! during lunch we decided to get cheryl along too. yay! the more the merrier. the guys had a different look on their faces though. tsk. ltg.

setting off to orchard! parted with ce who had to accompany her fren to church. met many interesting ppl on the train. laugh like siao. halfway, ce told us she's not meeting her fren anymore. but she said she's v tired..not joining us. haha, passed the phone down the line to persuade, or more accurately, teh~ her into joining us. in the end, she hung up on timmy. haha! so we went without her in the end..

time to find cheryl and yizhen at somerset! so yizhen came! tada! answer revealed. haha, the guys spotted cheryl first, while timmy went off to meet her somewhere and miraculously reappearing agn. so far so good :) went to bk to have dinner in the end. hehe, quite peaceful. a lil awkward to be frank. but all thks to yc! the atmosphere lightened a little. the stupid blue powder became a topic for quite some time. so stupid. anyway, we let them leave earlier in a bid to be..zi dong? hehe. anyway, i suggested to take neoprints so kiu, ken, sq and me set off to cineleisure after a while...

damn funny lah!! the photos so damn scandalous. kept laughing and laughing at them. i was so hyped up after the first that i dragged them to take a second set! haha. as anyone could have guessed, we went quite crazy after that. stupid machine had ugly decorations though. have to search very hard for items that we want. we were quite lucky in some instances. had alotof time. whee. hmm..can't wait to see the photos??? haha, i shall create an album soon! then we can see all of them to our hearts' content. quite beat now. really gotta get some sleep. really amazing, you guys. gave me the most beautiful memories of a true friendship and life. thks alot! will miss ya guys alot next yr.. :'(

Pebbles | 11:52 PM

That's what friends are for....

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well you came in loving me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

Oh and then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
The words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember

alaka | 11:53 PM

prom is over. wahhh. almost as great a relief as A's itself. serious. just like for A's, you're relieved cos you know mugging is a thing of the past(at least for a while)..i'm relieved now cos i know big expenditures wun take place til a very long time in the future. preparing for prom is nerve-wrecking. good luck ce! i wonder how the pictures will turn out.

overall, the night was damn young and fun. the emcee was not boring lah, at least. quite happening throughout the whole night. and i had to stagger away with the first luckily drawn prize of the night lah..instant noodles. damn heavy lah. and what's the point? grr. felt quite sia suay. all my frens came to congratulate me. ??? whatever. why do my opinions always turn out exactly opposite of public opinion?? basically, my hair lah. i dunno WHY ppl said it's nice. i thot it was a disaster and kept praying for rain to reduce the pong-ness. until now, i stil dun think it's nice. it's just..not me lah. even my chem teacher said wah ur hair is very nice! so i was in shock the whole night. bahhh. the pageants were more of funny than anything else, meaningful for example. but i think the prom queen deserves the title. hmm..only her la. taking lotsa photos is a pain..esp when digicams give u probs..quite alotof cams nao pi qi tt nite. so ya..took up alotof time. poor james. and peiqi. taking our class photos til quite jialat. 10 odd cams la. hehe, didn't take many pics though, cos i didn't recognise anyone! i had to rely on fate to bump into my co fren, or primary sch fren, den scurrying to fish out the cam den quickly take, den move off in our diff directions agn. super unreliable. i stil think i missed out alotof co frens. but nvm. it's over!

wah. my first clubbing experience! whee. it's how song ok. WE HAD THE WHOLE BAR TO OURSELVES LEH. angel's bar or whatever. dun really rmb. at muhammed sultan. near mdm wong's. they supposedly closed early, but opened for us specially! and the age limit is only 16!! wah!!! i didn't believe my ears lah. couldn't believe my first clubbing experience can be safe until this extent. the other post-prom clubbers were stil queuing outside a bar named bar the last i saw them. muahaha. alotof clubs were closed lah. some of my class ppl went all the way to chinablack..den found out it was closed. had to detour to muhammed sultan. we went over to the overcrowded and overflowing BAR, which we felt we wun be able to go inside until like, maybe dawn, which is closing time? den went to check out mdm wong's, which is quite stupid cos ppl would have come if they could. anyway, was empty cos age limit cmi. girls 20, guys 23. saw this closed angel's bar with ppl, den went to ask, and they acty told us they could open just for us! woohoo! so that was how my ultra safe first clubbing experience went. hmm. :) but getting drunk spoils everything. tsk tsk. everyone was just crazy anyhow dancing and jumping and whatevers. haha. kena stepped many times. plus dancing on heels is..wahhh. painnnn. so i cherish my poor feet, and wore sport shoes out tdy. haha, why will someone always get stepped on during couple dances? haha, clubbing is fun! but of cos, this experience is not a realistic one. haha. real clubbing involves more caution and taking care of ur drinks and ppl. and of cos ur modesty. hmm..so will htg go clubbing one day, when we're wayyyy above age limit? -eyes atwinkle-

wow, since i've written so much, i might as well run for the longest blog entry award. haha, no lah. i need strong inspirations to do that. was just thinking, ppl always say positive thinking is just consolation from the better to the not so good. recently, paid quite alotof attn to it. like ppl alw say inner beauty is the most impt thing. ya, everyone agrees, but it is directed frm the pretty ppl to the not so pretty ppl. isn't it. or when they say grades aren't everything, it's from the clever ppl to the not so clever ppl. in such cases, is it consolation or the truth? haiz..getting ppl to tell the truth is quite a difficult thing. thus, they console. isn't it easier on the ears? besides, it makes sense and it gives them hope. so there. dunno lah, it might be all the job interviews that are making me feel this way. or the weather. anything. thinking abt it, life is really fake.

hmm, was quite down just now. family stuff. haiz. maybe i dun uds. maybe i never will. all i know is..women will never change men. that fact is there to stay till the end of time. special thks to kenny! who gave up his precious soccer to read me rant. tata! off to eat my prize..

Pebbles | 10:09 PM

heyhey...my turn!! haha...1st thing...walao..report to duty is super nan ting!! 2nd thing..PHUA CHU KANG ROCKS!! haha... 3rd

thing...alamak...kenny ar...hokkien is like super difficult to read on blog can....haha..but it brings out e flavour though...haha...prom over le!! by tomolo nite den ce's 1 oso over le...haha....all e big hoo-ha...all over in a few hrs..just like
said on uberture...in e future chances r that no 1 will rmb wat u wore...so there was no need to spend so much and spend that
much effort..haha....but would any1 eva think this way? oh well...uploaded e pics le...hopefully e link comes out on e right hand column...din go clubbing...haha....so i'm still a non-clubber..haha...wasted opportunity...but overally i'd say that
prom was a nice experience...yepzzz...hehe...i'd neva haf gone a hairstylist n malu-ed myself or gone shopping for my own clothes if not for it...

hmmm....e ltg stayover leh....haha...typical lo...talk alot of rubbish...haha...n it is totally amazing when ya think bout it that somehow there will always be new stories la...so cool...haha...too bad i only got 30 more days of freedom le..and e
countdown continues...din realise until just now dat i got less den a mth left...n of cos e rest will get a job...social circle will widen le wor....meaning less time for meeting up even if we want to....ken(e self-acclaimed workaholic) says he's
gonna bia4 all e OTs..haha..acty if i were him i would too..so acty evry1 oso few more days of freedom le...

darn...my win media player spoilt...my com's gonna collapse anytime soon..hehe...n it seems like that's e case with many coms now...lalala...my turn to cont e countdown to e stayover...it's only 3 more days to our stayover..but i wonder wat we can do...esp at night...haha...we must for once try to plan wor...otherwise we mite end up getting bored n dunno wat to do lo...esp when supposedly there's not too much near ken's place...1stly...ecp in the noon..tat should not be too much prob rite? hmm...our bags mayb we can ask if can borrow cl's place to deposit our bags? hehe..den of cos...dinner...how?? bbq? steamboat at marina? shall start asking..oh ya...dinner is 2 sotongs..1 pig 1 blackie n 1 me..nite leh? think that is the biggest headache...vcd? rubbish talk ;) mahjong? cards? yeah...either one of these le.. yepzz....2nd day...haha...snow city...ice skate..bowling? ehhh...n it is tts all from me now..it may be e last time b4 u guys get jobs le...so ya...must make it a big success...

alaka | 8:18 PM

yoyoyo! i'm at my mum's office now, trying out my dress. it's FINALLY done. blue green tube dress. ah u all will noe how it looks like when ya see the fotos i guess. i realised i'm the only one left struggling with prom stuff! argh. every1 else has been thru the whole hoo-hah le. blah. while im still here agonising over everything. i went for a facial this morn and the woman over plucked my eyebrows! wakao! now i look permanently surprised. haha ok its not dat bad la.. im just not used to it.

and oh yah, i got bad news! i have a cell grp meeting on fri nite sia. at my hse. haha.. so most prob ill go kenny's hse after that. which means ill reach at 11 plus? just in time for the gossiping to start! or wadever late nite movie! haha. im so sorry guys, didnt noe that my cell grp this wk is on fri. but in any case if y all having bbq dun forget to save some food for me! hehe. oops i have to go now, must get sequins for my dress. hai this is such a bloody hassle. wonder if i'll live to the tale.. anw, seeya on fri!!

chan eng.charis | 3:04 PM

hmmm.. juz realised it is already 1am le..i'm tired..but decided i shall blog before i go to sleep..juz read thru many pple's blogs..den cos of wat i was chatting with kiu and yt juz now..made me tink quite abit..life after A levels is not really as nice as i tot it wud be..

now although dun hav to worry bout mugging for de exams..but still need to worry bout other things..such as finding a job..cos i need money..need money cos i wanna do de many things dat i already had in mind before de exams ended..worry bout de results dat wud be coming out in march..and how to clear my stuff..guess i hav to take 1 step at a time..

had a nightmare 2 nights ago..dreamt dat my 2 of my frens died..cried my heart out in de dream..de feeling really sucks..having to lose someone..was so glad when i woke up and realise dat it was all but a dream...really had de urge to msg de 2 pple and reassure dat they are fine..but both were abroad at dat moment..den yest..one of them msged me..today..de other 1 msged me..its a really great feeling..to knoe dat u haven lost them.. dat they are still well and living..de reassurance felt so great..=D

de nightmare set me tinking..pple always say..dreams u remember wun come true..dat's y de 1st thing i did when i woke up frm de dream was to recall who were de 2 dat died in de dreamed..cos i chose to believe dat dreams u rmb dun come true..and i was so afraid it might..things u wud do when in desperate situations..believe in supersitions? but after dat..i was tinking..if dreams u rmb were to come true.. wouldn't it be veri contradicting..wouldn't u want to rmb de sweet dreams and forget de nightmares?but if by remembering de nightmares..u wud be sure they wun come true..wud u choose to rmb them?i wud choose to rmb nightmares..cos i rather be de only 1 suffering..and i knoe they are not for real..

frankly speaking..up to now..when i tink of xianliang..i wud still cry at times..it feels so unreal..its as though we've juz lost contact with him..dat he might juz appear in front of us again..but reality is so cruel..and its when i realise it will never happen dat i start to cry..he really taught me to treasure those ard me..if i was to be granted a wish..i would wish dat those ard me wud never leave me..i hav a small request to make...to u guys..promise me u pple will take good care of urself.. and lead a happy life kz..i dun believe in promises..but i want u pple to keep tis promise..kz?i'm really scared of losing another fren..

talking bout losing a fren..reminds me of de chi phrase "sheng1 li2 si3 bie2"...ever wondered which is more painful? sheng1 li2 or si3 bie2?last time i wud hav tot dat both are equally painful..not dat i dun tink dat way now..but if i had to make a choice between de 2..i wud choose sheng1 li2..cos even though i hav to part with de person..at least i knoe he/she wud still be living somewhere on tis earth..there's still de chance dat we'll meet up again..dat de person wud still be able to bring joy to de life of others.. like he/she once brought to my life..but still..de best wud be dat i never had to be faced with dat decision...

sometimes when we quarrel..its cos we cherish de person too much..if we were not concerned with de person or cared..we wud not hav bothered to try to convince de person to understand our view..sumtimes..these quarrels are necessary..cos we often grow closer after patching up after a quarrel..wat i wanna say is..if u cherish a person..dun wanna give up de common memories u hav with de person..be prepared to put down ur pride at times..sat de magic word "sorry"..even if it is not ur fault.."sorry" may seem easy when said to a stranger..but when it is really needed in a situation..it comes out harder den it shd..but no matter how diff it is to say tat word..it shows dat u treasure de relationship..ying4 peng4 ying4 normally ends up in a situation worse den de beginning..i'm not referring to anyone in particular..i tink it is a skill we need to learn..juz voicing my views..

i tink its during night time..when it is all quiet ard..and u are feeling peaceful..dat u wud be able to tink clearly..de serenity of de night has tis effect on me..split personality ah?i can be all bubbly and noisy in de morn..but everytime it reaches tis time of de night..i can turn quite moody..and dat's when i might end up talking crap..hmmm..not sure if u pple wud agree with wat i said in tis entry..but it's my true feelings at tis pt in time..kz..take care pple! love ya guys! =)

p/s:some great news which most of u wud hav knoe..i can go for stayover! =D

shuqin | 1:07 AM

heyz pple! i can come online le.. ta da! found out wat's preventing me frm coming online.. din manage to solve de prob.. i juz avoided it..hehe.. doesn't matter.. i'll try to solve it when i feel like it.. anyway..really had fun on de 2 days dat we went out..finally! i could go kbox again! hehe.. sounds abit lag ah.. already dec 2 le.. but really happy we got to go kbox dat day.. really mark de end of our long and dreadful mugging period..so fast! i've been rotting at home for a week le..din really do much at home..hehe.. time to buck up and start packing my stuff or look for a job.. time waits for no one.. sigh!

today is VJ's prom wor..bet de 2 guys wud hav a good time looking at all de chio bus today..=p talking bout prom..reminds me bout how we went ard looking for their prom attire on fri and sat..wahz..after those 2 days..orchard sounds de same as A levels to me..scary..tink i wud hav de phobia of going orchard for quite some time le..but i wun mind if u guys are willing to go there and look at x'mas lightings with me.. hehe..i still wanna watch shutter! argh! heard so many comments bout it... and its all good comments! nvm..i'll wait..i'm sure i'll get to watch it somehow..

next week is TJ's and HC's prom wor..it'll be de gals turn!after dat.. it's de long awaited stayover..which i haven ask my parents about..hehe..oops..=p anyway.. hope those going prom or are already at prom hav a great time.. and take lotsa pics kz..so dat u all can show us..den we can share ur joy too..dat's all i got to say.. tataz! =)

p/s:taufik won singapore idol! expected outcome..but i wud hav been happier if it was sylvester who won.. and de songs they sang were nice! i like "i dream" and "that's wat frens are for".. can consider using "tat's wat frens are for" as our blog song leh..suits us perfectly!

shuqin | 6:01 PM

I Dream - Taufik Batisah.

In my mind
I can climb
All the mountains that surround me
My spirit's there where eagles dare to fly.

In my heart
There's a spark
That can light the world around me
And open door where I am sure dreams are.

Doesn't matter if I win
Or the colour of my skin
'Cause the race is all about
Believing in your self.

'Cause I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
I dream I can be the hero that's in me
And I dream, I dream.

There's a time
In your life
When the odds are so against you
There's no defeat if all you keep is pride.

First or last
Slow or fast
There's a day within that makes you
The driving won when world has come apart.

Doesn't matter rich or poor
All the things you've done before
'Cause the race is all about
Believing in your self.

And I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
I dream I can be the hero that's in me
And I dream, I dream...

Of the moment
That forever will be [cold and]
[When the torture's past]
Only dreams will last
That are shared by everyone.

And I dream I can run
Like the wind and be strong
When my heart just wants to give in
And I dream I can be the hero that's in me.

And I dream, I dream, I dream...

alaka | 7:32 PM

heyz.. juz wanna hav a simple entry on my job seeking experience and my 1st day of work..=)

hmmm... can't remember which was de day i started looking for a job.. tink probably ard 2 weeks ago...started last monday i tink..dat was when i finally settled down after having enough fun and realised it is time for me to get back to working my brains again..it was only den dat i understand de agony of de unemployed when they complained dat it is diff to look for a job in de present job market..cos most of de jobs required experience..which i hav none! hereby.. i wanna express my thanks to kenny, yuanting, chaneng, jeremy kiu, jobstreet, The Straits Times, Unilite, CareerHub, Temp Team.. these are de pple and things dat helped in 1 or another way in helping me find a job.. although some sources din turn out dat helpful..but they helped in 1 way or another..so yupz.. thanks! =)

kz.. shall share abit of my job seeking experience.. seriously speaking.. i'm not 1 dat's too keen on calling up on all de companies whose nos. are listed in de classified section of de newspaper.. cos somehow i find it veri diff to hav to call up de person and ask if they hav de job vacancy..so when kenny told me bout jobstreet.. i was so happy! cos i could apply for jobs without having to call them... and i wud only hav to make de trip down after they hav enlisted me for an interview.. for a few days.. all i did was to diligently go mailbox..check out wat new job alerts they hav for me.. den go jobstreet..see whether got anymore suitable jobs dat is not listed in my mailbox list..den apply thru jobstreet lor..
and during these days..ocassionally went out with yt.. to go for job interviews for jobs listed in Classified..

after a few days.. decided to take a more active approach.. decided to try 2 pronged approach..apply thru Jobstreet and email de companies personally...juz in case de companies dun check their Jobstreet accounts regularly... and this method recieved better response!i recieved a call frm Unilite on monday morning..asking me to go down for interview de next day...when i juz emailed them on Sunday night..or shd i say monday morn..den Temp Team called me too..but cos i'm looking for temp full time jobs..which they dun seem to hav...or maybe cos they are a big company.. recieves lotsa application daily...thus reducing my chance of getting a chance to meet them..i've since heard nothing frm them..CareerHub called too!de job offer was so attractive..was so sure i wanted dat job..so no hesistation...decided to ask Chaneng and yuanting along for de interview..de CareerHub guy by de name of Winston was friendly.. dat was de more relaxed interview i had among my 4...but too bad..wun see him again i guess..another company called too..but offered only weekend jobs..tink it was Metier..sth liddat la..rejected de offer...tink i shd leave my weekends to do personal stuff huh?

okie..passed both interviews at de recruitment centres..went down to Concourse for intervew at Panasonic and Dhoby Ghaut Haw Par Centre for interview at Starhub...Steven Phang..my manager now is quite friendly..he did most of de talking while i listened..and ta da! i got de job...=) de starhub group interview sux! de interviewers were not friendly at all..and cos its group interview...it was so diff to actually grasp de attention of de 2 interviewers..and obviously i flopped tis 1...cos Winston never called...=(

kz..dat's bout all for interview..went for work today..was so nervous can! felt so out of place...be in on de train or in de building lift...went to de 15th storey...was so shocked..de whole level belongs to Panasonic..and u needed a pass to get around.. i din hav 1...how was i supposed to get around!? no choice.. had to call for help..so dialled for steven.. he came and brought me into de office...oh wow!it's cool!it's like wat u see on tv..cubicles and more cubicles.. and each cubicle has its own comp..steven led me to my seat...and i sat there like an idiot..waiting for de supervisor to come.. in de end steven introduced me to Siew Hoon..asked her to lead me ard to get to knoe pple in my section..she's a nice gal.. seated next to me..seperated by a passageway..den i got to knoe lynn, shu teng, hui ping, chak min, norlela, penny... and my supervisor... Lina! these are all nice pple.. and i tink chak min is quite chio.. penny got a princess look..norlela is like de big sis.. juz like Siew Hoon..Lynn is small size...she's de 1 dat said "wo3 hen3 shao3 kan4 dao4 bi3 wo3 xiao3 zi1 de3 ren2"..Huiling and Shu Teng were de 2 i were attached to for today..they were de 1 dat taught me de basics for SAP(de sucky program)..and i'll be attached to huiling on monday.. to cont my learning journey before they let me do on my own...

hmmm..basically i juz sat and watched them work today...they are super pro can....de way they type..de procedures..all within their heads le..so fast..sth i will need to train to achieve...den went for lunch..they brought me to tis malay restaurant in Kampong Glam..de food not bad..and it only cost $4.50 per person..and i got free banana! =P after dat went back office...helped them with some billing stuff... Lina briefed me on de organisation of de company and my job scope..and after a while... i was told i can go home! wahz.. time pass quite fast wor..it was quite a fulfilling day...=)

hehe.. really muz thank kiu..kz..if timothy reads this..he gonna niao like siao..but cannot take things for granted...really appreciate his effort to wake up early to wish me all de best for 1st day of work..and coming down with an umbrella when it was knock-off time...thanks alot! =) after meeting him..took 608 back to DHS to look for yt..long time never go back le..miss de place..and so many changes has taken place..feels kinda detached frm it le..sigh..anyway..slacked ard in CO room..ate my banana! =p after dat.. went to stadium kfc to meet kenny for dinner.. talked somemore crap there.. and de 3 of them were dying frm de sweetness of de drink.. after which we went bugis... bought my cute mug! haha..spent some time deciding whether to buy...bought it in de end...shall bring it to work on monday...den went to take neoprints..wahz..even i tink abit CMI la..so kiddy..hehe...sorry guys!

okie..dat's bout all i hav to say..haha... u pple gonna complain when u see tis post...if u manage to read thru and reach tis sentence..u deserve a pat on ur back..*pat pat*...=P jia you pple...referring to yuanting, chaneng, kenny and yaochen...dun give up! a job will come ur way soon! =) and when dat day comes..we'll hav a feast together kz..if timothy and JK are already in NS..we'll wait for them to be out..promise?

shuqin | 1:30 AM

heyoz..realised i haven blogged for a long time..past few entries were in alternate order of st 3 and kiu..anyway..let's get to de main pt..was acty wondering if i shd blog tonight..cos i'm feeling lazy and tired..and sneezing till my nose gonna fall off..

1stly..really enjoyed myself at de stayover!long time since i stayed up for de sake of staying up..last time stay up was always due to de pressure to complete wat i haven finish studying for de exams..haha..they keep saying i disappeared in de night..acty i never la..i was sleeping on de sofa lor..opposite yc..kiu said i had an awkward position..but dat position was confortable leh..anyway..thanks pple!cos u all fulfilled 3 of my post a levels wishes in de 2 days..1st is de stayover itself, 2nd is our feast at marina south and thirdly..my sudden urge to play captain's ball..though i never get to watch my shutter..de neoprint specially dedicated to it was enough..yupz..wonder when will be our next one..oh yah..btw..still quite disappointed at de fact dat de kite din manage to fly in de end...

really wonder wat hav i been doing tis hols leh..time pass so fast..but i've achieved so little..money depleting so fast..yet i still dun see my paycheck anywhere in sight...sigh..only went for 2 interviews so far..tml..or shd i say today got another 2..hopefully pass both la...den i'll decide which job i want...de better paying 1 or de more challenging 1..tis job seeking experience made me realised some things leh..1 of which being i'm not cut out to be a salesperson.. at least not 1 for charitable organisations...

alamak..nose gonna drop off le la! i surrender..cont tonight or some other time..shun4 bian4 update on my job status next time..and lessons learnt frm de job seeking experience..dat's all for now..nitez pple...

shuqin | 1:22 AM

lalala....it's my turn to blog le...hmmmm...but seemingly nth much to bu3 chong1...kite flying really dunno wat to say...haha....just that initially it was damn comical...haha....can laugh till peng kind...e 1st kite apparently was poked a hole by st 2 cos she did not let it take off e way she wanted n in a blind flurry she kept swinging her arms to grab e away-bound kite....haha...n tat was how e hole came about...2nd kite was a big menace man....hanging loose from my bag..paper bag that is...it flew about n many pple fell victim to its scratches..n walking proved a giant trouble...n wat happened in e end??? the crazy wind n rain of jurong vented its wrath on the poor unprotected kite..."pick on somebody ur own size!!" in the end i think e kite flew highest when sq ran till she had no more energy n simply laid on e grd shouting "ni men zai wan wo a???!!!"
oops...hehehe...

our bu4 fei3 leh....well...noodles was a big mistake by me **pukes**...but must say this is an achievement...first time buffet i din eat until i'm fully bloated....norm i'd haf trouble walking le...hehehe...shall jump to daytona now...let's c...my gear could not stay in gear 3 1...ken's steering wheel had problems...n sq mistook e brakes for e accelerator **gasps**...n imagine trying to drive when there's a car right beside ya who's bent on making ya crash..well....tat was wat happened to me...hint on e driver...black...

hmmm...lemme add on to st 2's tag...WHERE WAS SQ??!! oh no...she disappeared during the nite...**double gasp** n we din even realise!! "-holding a ruler n waving it- ladies n gentlemen..we ought to be ashamed of ourselves for not taking care of our smallest(not by age) member of our group...as apology....we will watch shutter with the little one" hmmmm....den again...mayb not..lalala..e mother's lunch was really q good wor....but it seems to point towards e hypothesis that all mamas talk e same way....sweeping statement?? hmmm...

next highlight...dinner with da4 sao3 er4 sao3!! haha...totally din expect that on e itenary...n i admit..i over-reacted to the news...zai4 zhe4 li3 zheng4 zhong4 de4 dao4 qian4...haha...it was a matter of time b4 we had to learn to interact with our sao3 zi...haha....n i couldn't agree more dat e 4 of us deciding to leave late was a v good idea...e neoprints leh..hmm...dunno la..but they were nice...hehe...i loved e natural-ness of some of e shots...lalala...n this ends my commentary of the 2 days...e end...oh ya...add 1 more pt!! nose skin start to peel le...darn...SKIN CANCER!!!

alaka | 7:27 PM

hehe, dunno why..but have been putting off blogging for quite some time. NOW is the most appropriate time to blog, ain't it. allright~

what else?? stayover!! woohoo!

aftn, went marina bay to arcade and fly kite! poor yc..sprained his ankle! haha, i never touched the kite at all. cos i never have. touched a kite i mean. so i can't help in any way. haha. damn funny..all the running and kite-diving and exasperation at that. hehehe. my skirt got wet while sitting on the newspaper, which was on wet grass. haha, whatever. walked quite a distance to various toilets to change to shorts. whee. meanwhile, i think they succeeded in flying the kite for a while. whoopee! for more details, await posts from kiu, sq, ce, yc or ken. ce had to go home for cg meeting so we decided to fetch her after shutter at princess! wooo~ scary.

evening, steamboat and table bbq for dinner! hehes. erm..everyone was 7/10 full. really! haha. anyway, kinda conned cos chilli crab was too cooked and cereal prawns never appeared. prob cos we couldn't stuff any more. so..with a potong ice cream in each of our hands, we set off to bedok. but..stopped halfway to wait for bus in the end cos of yc. good oso lar..can rest. on the way we were quite bothered by the shutter movie timings but ce could not be contacted to check the timings for us! hmm..so i called cherie.......and found out there's no more shutter at princess!!! oh no!! plan foiled!! how?? cannot fetch ce le!! panic!! called her mobile and hse but no answer! in the end..we've decided to go boon lay and rent vcds first, since there's no point in going out of the way now with nothing to do at bedok, and we can contact ce anyway, later..when her cg meeting ends. so, off we go! -bop bop bop-

after an ardeous journey in the mrt..we all uds how kenny felt during all the lonely rides home. except we were not lonely. just tired. -yawn- went to prime supermarket first..bought much-needed snacks, and zoomed off to the vcd shop. while the guys bought bubble tea and the girls selected, ce called!! and i told her everything. detected a teeny weeny hint of erm..disappointment? really sorry girl! anyway, she threatened us that if we rented any horror flicks, she's not making her way here. haha, we rented the sisters anyway. together with long feng dou, stuck on you and the butterfly effect. when we're finally done, it was pouring tanks and barrels of rain! ahhhh!! how?? stranded! kenny called his mum to fetch some brollys......only to find out his brother just called for help cos he was stranded somewhere else too! ahh!! how would his mum choose now?? which son to rescue?? haha, so crappy. we waited for her in the arcade playing daytona. haha. with faulty mechanisms. anyway, she appeared not too long after...with tons of umbrellas!! to shock all of us with the amount of umbrellas they own i suppose. den she rushed off to rescue his brother. so poor thing! anyway, the adventure begins! the splashing of puddles! chionging across the road! narrowly missing the wave created by cars! braving the wind that tries to blow our umbrella away! last but not least, holding the umbrella 0.5983m further up to cross kenny's narrow gate. yay! we made it!!! celebrations! and congratulations! whee!

with wet bags, feet, pants and kite, we stepped into kenny's warm house with undue gratitude. wahhh. the shelter of a home. started to settle down and wait for our turn to bathe while playing uno stacko. den it's vcd session! first up, the sisters of cos. so that ce sees as little of it as possible. whee. it is an utterly failed horror flick to anyone who has watched shutter. serious. there are no sound effects, and the ghost appears slowly! rubbish lah. all ghosts are supposed to appear with a jolt and in split seconds. tsk tsk tsk. ce arrived as the first disc approaches an end. and she half watched half slept. who was scared lah i ask? long feng dou was slightly better, but a pity ce didn't quite appreciate it. haha, not surprising lah, it being a typical sammi cheng no-link show. no strong storyline, just alotof expenditure witnessed.

next up, monopoly!! we seem to have boundless energy don't we. do not be fooled. we're acty half dead teens who cannot bear to waste the night sleeping. haha, anyway, i was just totally stressed out by the politics of the guys. retired to let kiu take over. and..after 2 more hrs of trading, strategies, bankruptcy and jail terms, the silent sq won!! monopoly does not need overthought plans! just simple approaches! bahh!

i suggested we take a walk downstairs..but it started to rain agn! so we went up barely 10 mins after we went down. argh! nvm. we decided to watch stuck on you. like real. haha. everyone hit the sack within one hour. hehe, final positions: me, ce on ken's room floor, shivering with a blanket, ce and yc on the couch, ken on the living room floor and kiu leaning against the couch.

woke up abt 2hrs later..freshened up, had breakfast, surfed prom pics awhile, and it's the sun and the games once agn! whee! played some seriously shorthanded captain's ball for awhile, before switching to more logical badminton..where we learnt precious referee-ing frm yc, mr trotters. haha, cos of thick legs. after many rounds of intense hitting, slamming, whacking, visualising the net and even assassinating, trotters has won the championship! -alotof confetti flies!-

we went back up to bathe, and watch the final vcd, the butterfly effect. while waiting we made an award for trotter using the shuttlecock. whee. that show is damn intense man. doesn't allow for toilet breaks at all. but it's damn nice lah. had much discussions thruout the show. almost sparked off an intellectual debate abt time travel. doesn't it sound woooah. anyway, timmy called to say that if we have dinner at orchard, yizhen will join us. wow! to find out if it really happened, read on!

it's lunch!! aunty cooked us yummy lunch! curry chicken!!! tried to praise her food and oso guess wad her replies would be. we predicted her lines so accurately, we penged on the spot man. haha. ate 7/10 full agn. ohhh man. thks alot kenny! and to ur mum too! during lunch we decided to get cheryl along too. yay! the more the merrier. the guys had a different look on their faces though. tsk. ltg.

setting off to orchard! parted with ce who had to accompany her fren to church. met many interesting ppl on the train. laugh like siao. halfway, ce told us she's not meeting her fren anymore. but she said she's v tired..not joining us. haha, passed the phone down the line to persuade, or more accurately, teh~ her into joining us. in the end, she hung up on timmy. haha! so we went without her in the end..

time to find cheryl and yizhen at somerset! so yizhen came! tada! answer revealed. haha, the guys spotted cheryl first, while timmy went off to meet her somewhere and miraculously reappearing agn. so far so good :) went to bk to have dinner in the end. hehe, quite peaceful. a lil awkward to be frank. but all thks to yc! the atmosphere lightened a little. the stupid blue powder became a topic for quite some time. so stupid. anyway, we let them leave earlier in a bid to be..zi dong? hehe. anyway, i suggested to take neoprints so kiu, ken, sq and me set off to cineleisure after a while...

damn funny lah!! the photos so damn scandalous. kept laughing and laughing at them. i was so hyped up after the first that i dragged them to take a second set! haha. as anyone could have guessed, we went quite crazy after that. stupid machine had ugly decorations though. have to search very hard for items that we want. we were quite lucky in some instances. had alotof time. whee. hmm..can't wait to see the photos??? haha, i shall create an album soon! then we can see all of them to our hearts' content. quite beat now. really gotta get some sleep. really amazing, you guys. gave me the most beautiful memories of a true friendship and life. thks alot! will miss ya guys alot next yr.. :'(

Pebbles | 11:52 PM

That's what friends are for....

And I never thought I'd feel this way
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you

And if I should ever go away
Well then close your eyes and try
To feel the way we do today
And then if you can remember

Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for

Well you came in loving me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you

Oh and then for the times when we're apart
Well then close your eyes and know
The words are coming from my heart
And then if you can remember

alaka | 11:53 PM

prom is over. wahhh. almost as great a relief as A's itself. serious. just like for A's, you're relieved cos you know mugging is a thing of the past(at least for a while)..i'm relieved now cos i know big expenditures wun take place til a very long time in the future. preparing for prom is nerve-wrecking. good luck ce! i wonder how the pictures will turn out.

overall, the night was damn young and fun. the emcee was not boring lah, at least. quite happening throughout the whole night. and i had to stagger away with the first luckily drawn prize of the night lah..instant noodles. damn heavy lah. and what's the point? grr. felt quite sia suay. all my frens came to congratulate me. ??? whatever. why do my opinions always turn out exactly opposite of public opinion?? basically, my hair lah. i dunno WHY ppl said it's nice. i thot it was a disaster and kept praying for rain to reduce the pong-ness. until now, i stil dun think it's nice. it's just..not me lah. even my chem teacher said wah ur hair is very nice! so i was in shock the whole night. bahhh. the pageants were more of funny than anything else, meaningful for example. but i think the prom queen deserves the title. hmm..only her la. taking lotsa photos is a pain..esp when digicams give u probs..quite alotof cams nao pi qi tt nite. so ya..took up alotof time. poor james. and peiqi. taking our class photos til quite jialat. 10 odd cams la. hehe, didn't take many pics though, cos i didn't recognise anyone! i had to rely on fate to bump into my co fren, or primary sch fren, den scurrying to fish out the cam den quickly take, den move off in our diff directions agn. super unreliable. i stil think i missed out alotof co frens. but nvm. it's over!

wah. my first clubbing experience! whee. it's how song ok. WE HAD THE WHOLE BAR TO OURSELVES LEH. angel's bar or whatever. dun really rmb. at muhammed sultan. near mdm wong's. they supposedly closed early, but opened for us specially! and the age limit is only 16!! wah!!! i didn't believe my ears lah. couldn't believe my first clubbing experience can be safe until this extent. the other post-prom clubbers were stil queuing outside a bar named bar the last i saw them. muahaha. alotof clubs were closed lah. some of my class ppl went all the way to chinablack..den found out it was closed. had to detour to muhammed sultan. we went over to the overcrowded and overflowing BAR, which we felt we wun be able to go inside until like, maybe dawn, which is closing time? den went to check out mdm wong's, which is quite stupid cos ppl would have come if they could. anyway, was empty cos age limit cmi. girls 20, guys 23. saw this closed angel's bar with ppl, den went to ask, and they acty told us they could open just for us! woohoo! so that was how my ultra safe first clubbing experience went. hmm. :) but getting drunk spoils everything. tsk tsk. everyone was just crazy anyhow dancing and jumping and whatevers. haha. kena stepped many times. plus dancing on heels is..wahhh. painnnn. so i cherish my poor feet, and wore sport shoes out tdy. haha, why will someone always get stepped on during couple dances? haha, clubbing is fun! but of cos, this experience is not a realistic one. haha. real clubbing involves more caution and taking care of ur drinks and ppl. and of cos ur modesty. hmm..so will htg go clubbing one day, when we're wayyyy above age limit? -eyes atwinkle-

wow, since i've written so much, i might as well run for the longest blog entry award. haha, no lah. i need strong inspirations to do that. was just thinking, ppl always say positive thinking is just consolation from the better to the not so good. recently, paid quite alotof attn to it. like ppl alw say inner beauty is the most impt thing. ya, everyone agrees, but it is directed frm the pretty ppl to the not so pretty ppl. isn't it. or when they say grades aren't everything, it's from the clever ppl to the not so clever ppl. in such cases, is it consolation or the truth? haiz..getting ppl to tell the truth is quite a difficult thing. thus, they console. isn't it easier on the ears? besides, it makes sense and it gives them hope. so there. dunno lah, it might be all the job interviews that are making me feel this way. or the weather. anything. thinking abt it, life is really fake.

hmm, was quite down just now. family stuff. haiz. maybe i dun uds. maybe i never will. all i know is..women will never change men. that fact is there to stay till the end of time. special thks to kenny! who gave up his precious soccer to read me rant. tata! off to eat my prize..

Pebbles | 10:09 PM

heyhey...my turn!! haha...1st thing...walao..report to duty is super nan ting!! 2nd thing..PHUA CHU KANG ROCKS!! haha... 3rd

thing...alamak...kenny ar...hokkien is like super difficult to read on blog can....haha..but it brings out e flavour though...haha...prom over le!! by tomolo nite den ce's 1 oso over le...haha....all e big hoo-ha...all over in a few hrs..just like
said on uberture...in e future chances r that no 1 will rmb wat u wore...so there was no need to spend so much and spend that
much effort..haha....but would any1 eva think this way? oh well...uploaded e pics le...hopefully e link comes out on e right hand column...din go clubbing...haha....so i'm still a non-clubber..haha...wasted opportunity...but overally i'd say that
prom was a nice experience...yepzzz...hehe...i'd neva haf gone a hairstylist n malu-ed myself or gone shopping for my own clothes if not for it...

hmmm....e ltg stayover leh....haha...typical lo...talk alot of rubbish...haha...n it is totally amazing when ya think bout it that somehow there will always be new stories la...so cool...haha...too bad i only got 30 more days of freedom le..and e
countdown continues...din realise until just now dat i got less den a mth left...n of cos e rest will get a job...social circle will widen le wor....meaning less time for meeting up even if we want to....ken(e self-acclaimed workaholic) says he's
gonna bia4 all e OTs..haha..acty if i were him i would too..so acty evry1 oso few more days of freedom le...

darn...my win media player spoilt...my com's gonna collapse anytime soon..hehe...n it seems like that's e case with many coms now...lalala...my turn to cont e countdown to e stayover...it's only 3 more days to our stayover..but i wonder wat we can do...esp at night...haha...we must for once try to plan wor...otherwise we mite end up getting bored n dunno wat to do lo...esp when supposedly there's not too much near ken's place...1stly...ecp in the noon..tat should not be too much prob rite? hmm...our bags mayb we can ask if can borrow cl's place to deposit our bags? hehe..den of cos...dinner...how?? bbq? steamboat at marina? shall start asking..oh ya...dinner is 2 sotongs..1 pig 1 blackie n 1 me..nite leh? think that is the biggest headache...vcd? rubbish talk ;) mahjong? cards? yeah...either one of these le.. yepzz....2nd day...haha...snow city...ice skate..bowling? ehhh...n it is tts all from me now..it may be e last time b4 u guys get jobs le...so ya...must make it a big success...

alaka | 8:18 PM

yoyoyo! i'm at my mum's office now, trying out my dress. it's FINALLY done. blue green tube dress. ah u all will noe how it looks like when ya see the fotos i guess. i realised i'm the only one left struggling with prom stuff! argh. every1 else has been thru the whole hoo-hah le. blah. while im still here agonising over everything. i went for a facial this morn and the woman over plucked my eyebrows! wakao! now i look permanently surprised. haha ok its not dat bad la.. im just not used to it.

and oh yah, i got bad news! i have a cell grp meeting on fri nite sia. at my hse. haha.. so most prob ill go kenny's hse after that. which means ill reach at 11 plus? just in time for the gossiping to start! or wadever late nite movie! haha. im so sorry guys, didnt noe that my cell grp this wk is on fri. but in any case if y all having bbq dun forget to save some food for me! hehe. oops i have to go now, must get sequins for my dress. hai this is such a bloody hassle. wonder if i'll live to the tale.. anw, seeya on fri!!

chan eng.charis | 3:04 PM

hmmm.. juz realised it is already 1am le..i'm tired..but decided i shall blog before i go to sleep..juz read thru many pple's blogs..den cos of wat i was chatting with kiu and yt juz now..made me tink quite abit..life after A levels is not really as nice as i tot it wud be..

now although dun hav to worry bout mugging for de exams..but still need to worry bout other things..such as finding a job..cos i need money..need money cos i wanna do de many things dat i already had in mind before de exams ended..worry bout de results dat wud be coming out in march..and how to clear my stuff..guess i hav to take 1 step at a time..

had a nightmare 2 nights ago..dreamt dat my 2 of my frens died..cried my heart out in de dream..de feeling really sucks..having to lose someone..was so glad when i woke up and realise dat it was all but a dream...really had de urge to msg de 2 pple and reassure dat they are fine..but both were abroad at dat moment..den yest..one of them msged me..today..de other 1 msged me..its a really great feeling..to knoe dat u haven lost them.. dat they are still well and living..de reassurance felt so great..=D

de nightmare set me tinking..pple always say..dreams u remember wun come true..dat's y de 1st thing i did when i woke up frm de dream was to recall who were de 2 dat died in de dreamed..cos i chose to believe dat dreams u rmb dun come true..and i was so afraid it might..things u wud do when in desperate situations..believe in supersitions? but after dat..i was tinking..if dreams u rmb were to come true.. wouldn't it be veri contradicting..wouldn't u want to rmb de sweet dreams and forget de nightmares?but if by remembering de nightmares..u wud be sure they wun come true..wud u choose to rmb them?i wud choose to rmb nightmares..cos i rather be de only 1 suffering..and i knoe they are not for real..

frankly speaking..up to now..when i tink of xianliang..i wud still cry at times..it feels so unreal..its as though we've juz lost contact with him..dat he might juz appear in front of us again..but reality is so cruel..and its when i realise it will never happen dat i start to cry..he really taught me to treasure those ard me..if i was to be granted a wish..i would wish dat those ard me wud never leave me..i hav a small request to make...to u guys..promise me u pple will take good care of urself.. and lead a happy life kz..i dun believe in promises..but i want u pple to keep tis promise..kz?i'm really scared of losing another fren..

talking bout losing a fren..reminds me of de chi phrase "sheng1 li2 si3 bie2"...ever wondered which is more painful? sheng1 li2 or si3 bie2?last time i wud hav tot dat both are equally painful..not dat i dun tink dat way now..but if i had to make a choice between de 2..i wud choose sheng1 li2..cos even though i hav to part with de person..at least i knoe he/she wud still be living somewhere on tis earth..there's still de chance dat we'll meet up again..dat de person wud still be able to bring joy to de life of others.. like he/she once brought to my life..but still..de best wud be dat i never had to be faced with dat decision...

sometimes when we quarrel..its cos we cherish de person too much..if we were not concerned with de person or cared..we wud not hav bothered to try to convince de person to understand our view..sumtimes..these quarrels are necessary..cos we often grow closer after patching up after a quarrel..wat i wanna say is..if u cherish a person..dun wanna give up de common memories u hav with de person..be prepared to put down ur pride at times..sat de magic word "sorry"..even if it is not ur fault.."sorry" may seem easy when said to a stranger..but when it is really needed in a situation..it comes out harder den it shd..but no matter how diff it is to say tat word..it shows dat u treasure de relationship..ying4 peng4 ying4 normally ends up in a situation worse den de beginning..i'm not referring to anyone in particular..i tink it is a skill we need to learn..juz voicing my views..

i tink its during night time..when it is all quiet ard..and u are feeling peaceful..dat u wud be able to tink clearly..de serenity of de night has tis effect on me..split personality ah?i can be all bubbly and noisy in de morn..but everytime it reaches tis time of de night..i can turn quite moody..and dat's when i might end up talking crap..hmmm..not sure if u pple wud agree with wat i said in tis entry..but it's my true feelings at tis pt in time..kz..take care pple! love ya guys! =)

p/s:some great news which most of u wud hav knoe..i can go for stayover! =D

shuqin | 1:07 AM

heyz pple! i can come online le.. ta da! found out wat's preventing me frm coming online.. din manage to solve de prob.. i juz avoided it..hehe.. doesn't matter.. i'll try to solve it when i feel like it.. anyway..really had fun on de 2 days dat we went out..finally! i could go kbox again! hehe.. sounds abit lag ah.. already dec 2 le.. but really happy we got to go kbox dat day.. really mark de end of our long and dreadful mugging period..so fast! i've been rotting at home for a week le..din really do much at home..hehe.. time to buck up and start packing my stuff or look for a job.. time waits for no one.. sigh!

today is VJ's prom wor..bet de 2 guys wud hav a good time looking at all de chio bus today..=p talking bout prom..reminds me bout how we went ard looking for their prom attire on fri and sat..wahz..after those 2 days..orchard sounds de same as A levels to me..scary..tink i wud hav de phobia of going orchard for quite some time le..but i wun mind if u guys are willing to go there and look at x'mas lightings with me.. hehe..i still wanna watch shutter! argh! heard so many comments bout it... and its all good comments! nvm..i'll wait..i'm sure i'll get to watch it somehow..

next week is TJ's and HC's prom wor..it'll be de gals turn!after dat.. it's de long awaited stayover..which i haven ask my parents about..hehe..oops..=p anyway.. hope those going prom or are already at prom hav a great time.. and take lotsa pics kz..so dat u all can show us..den we can share ur joy too..dat's all i got to say.. tataz! =)

p/s:taufik won singapore idol! expected outcome..but i wud hav been happier if it was sylvester who won.. and de songs they sang were nice! i like "i dream" and "that's wat frens are for".. can consider using "tat's wat frens are for" as our blog song leh..suits us perfectly!

shuqin | 6:01 PM