Friday, February 23, 2007
my maiden chinese new year away from my family and friends, away from the humidity in sunny singapore. it was a really novel experience, having reunion steamboat dinner without your family, but in the company of your friends. my chinese new year eve was spent at international hall, where chinese new year songs were constantly played with help from a laptop in a small common room. all of us sat together, laughed and joked and watched may ling make an utter disgrace of herself by doing chinese dance to the songs. it was hilarious watching her, being herself actually, ie weird. that brought joy, nonetheless, to many of us who were homesick during this festive season which stresses on the warmth of reunion.
the first day of chinese new year was great fun! the hwa chong alumni uk organised an international chinese new year carnival. the singaporeans from my hall set up a stall selling sushi and i made five pounds out of that. (: i saw that major soft spot i had ever since my jc days! he is less cute than he was before, but nonetheless, sigh. i also saw my current crush and spoke to him for a teeny weeny bit. after the carnival, my friends and i went to chinatown to watch fireworks. it's pretty cool to know that in a western city like london, some respect has been given to a festive season celebrated by a minority group. this makes me really proud to be chinese.
the reading weekend came to an end. lectures and tutorials returned in full swing. readings, essays and homework. another four weeks of this, and i am back in singapore! so, xing nian kuai le! i have yu sheng waiting for me back home! :)
gong xi fa cai!
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hush pretty pink lady ;
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Friday, February 16, 2007
the land of the vices failed to tempt!
it was an experience at amsterdam, visiting the heineken brewery, the hiding place of anne frank and the infamous red light district. a short getaway from the city into the quaint little towns of the netherlands proved to be interesting, as we saw windmills, clog factories and cheese factories. a timely retreat from commuting between bloomsbury and strand everyday.
worth to note, we had an quasi-amazing-race. each group of two had a map and we had to find our own way to anne frank's house. may ling and i unfortunately came in last, but we had a lousy map. so technically, it's not totally our fault. that was really fun anyway!
happy valentine's day! and of course, happy cheena new year! i want to be home, eating steamboat. ): oh well.
jamming.excess.rage.against.liberating.dimensions
don't ask me what that means. i don't know it myself but i was the one who came up with it. reading public law fiddled with my nerves and i had to channel my angst somewhere. still, there is something underlying it. (: that's for me to know, and for me to tell you if i wish to.
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Friday, February 09, 2007
a big congratulations to the bimbo of my family, mandy, who shocked everyone by getting a distinction for her chinese o levels. what's more unfathomable? she got distinction for chinese oral. so now i'm officially the only person in the family who got merit for chinese oral. that's not fair, considering my spoken mandarin is way better than mandy.
off to amsterdam in two days. the land of windmills, drugs and vices.
finally it is reading week. then again, it doesn't really seem like one when i've been set 3 essays.
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hush pretty pink lady ;
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Tuesday, February 06, 2007
I SAW KAKA IN PERSON!yes, the hot brazilian soccer player who is in ac milan.
scream with me, AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
that caught the attention of this brazilian supporter in front of me. and he was laughing. whatever, i saw kaka. that made my night (and i suppose the delirium is going to spill over to tomorrow).
i was at the emirates stadium of arsenal football club to watch the friendly match between brazil and portugal. portugal unfortunately won with a score of 2-0. cristiano ronaldo was jeered whenever he got possession of the ball. i kind of sympathise him actually. but well, that doesn't mean i like him. i USED TO. but i no longer, especially since the world cup controversy!
I WANT TO WATCH SOCCER LIVE AGAIN!
especially if i am at the lower tier, and only four rows away from the pitch.
do i smell jealousy?
jersey number 10: kaka
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hush pretty pink lady ;
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the subject of jeer. poor him!
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kandy, jane, michelle, evelyn, jasmine
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the scoreboard
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the emirates stadium
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inside the emirates stadium
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the day i saw so many famous people
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hush pretty pink lady ;
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Sunday, February 04, 2007
may ling, squish, kevin, natalie and i were at the back of a bus, on our way back after delicious crepes at south kensington.
random angmor guy (to kevin): hey. are you the pimp?
and as if that was not enough, before he alighted the bus, "chat them up man! they are all yours!"
definitely the quote of the entire semester so far.
i can no longer decipher you. i think there is a building barrier.
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hush pretty pink lady ;
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