Brad Paisley- Whiskey Lullaby

This song reminds me of those simple days when our parents were once teenagers.

When I listened to the Mp3 of this song, I thought that the female singer,Alison Kraus,was Billy Gilman until I saw this!

"God's method is a man, Kim's method is a temp."

Finally! I contributed to my company's high turnover rate yesterday. Actually, I was supposed to leave last Friday but my boss wanted me to stay a few days more to teach the new staff taking over me [when in fact, he hasn't interviewed the new staff yet!]

When I re-negotiated with him on Monday, I told him that I will be working until Wednesday on the condition that I come back when he gets the new staff, which would probably be another temp again. Of course, I will miss the people there who made my work experience there more tolerable like Wendy, Emma, Sarah, Yi Si, Grace, Juliana, Elaine, Joyce,Raymond, Aaron, Candy, Roger, Ya Sin and Evelyn but staying there long-term would be detrimental to my emotional and physical health [I really felt that I was losing hair every minute I spent there!].

Anyway, I'm enjoying my new-found freedom slacking at home for the moment!

Recently, Mum has not been very encouraging of me spending time outdoors with friends and so on, and I'm seriously gonna try to cut down even though it's hard to. Nevertheless, my days have been rather packed...

Surprised Mimi on her birthday last Thursday with Charlie Brown, Arron,Matthew, Ai Ping and Jerome. As we were supposed to meet her at Bedok for movie marathon, the rest of us went to her void deck ahead of the time to surprise her with her presents and her "Deathnote" outside her house but when we called her, she was already outside! So we had to lure her back to her house and carry out the plan. To cut the story short, Charlie Brown got spotted by her mum on the third time when we were going to leave the Deathnote outside her house after knocking on her door and running away! [The first 2 attempts were successful though...]

Matt and Arron came later with their huge fake sunflower and the cake. So, we carried on with the Deathnote marathon until evening where we met Olivia for "Harold & Kumar." IT WAS SUPER HILARIOUS MANNN!!! [except for those typical bare-all, provocative parts] Had Fondue at Haagen Dazs after that, which left a gaping hole in everyone's pockets but it was good to catch up again.

Dinner with Rhyss and Louis last Saturday at a Japanese Restaurant at Lido before we began our long walk from Orchard to City Hall. Reminisced about college days and talked about the future. Pictures from Rhyss :)

Went for RJChoir Concert at The Esplanade with Midori and Ethan after work last Tuesday to support Joelle. They sang Pok Pok Alimpako and Kucinta! Their choreo for the latter was almost similar to AJChoir's. There was this guy in the choir who went through the whole routine on crutches, simply amazing....but when the choreo parts came, he looked a bit awkward....

Our creative spray of flowers [at a budgeted price!]

Celebrated Michelle and Midori's birthday at G12 last night too...Happy Birthday to you both! :)

Hmmm...seems like my life these days have been about birthdays so far...anyway, I've got happy news! Duc is back from Vietnam and Dhab is flying back from Melbourne in December! :D

We're going to the zoo! zoo! zoo!

Almost fell asleep at work today. Kept looking at the time so that I can be the first one to rush out of the door to freedom.

It's seriously time to put on those running shoes man. One trip to the zoo without any strenuous activity was enough to tire a 19-year-old granny like me. Under normal circumstances, I don't think I would travel so far [and brave the rain,heat and humidity] to watch animals watching us but since I have not met the girls for quite some time and since Rachel and Charlene had FREE passes [yeah, THAT magic word], it was worth it!
I felt that we were camwhoring without the animals half the time! Heh heh!

Pictures courtesy of Rachel,Sam,Charlene as well as Geraldine's Polaroid :)

Ps: Rhyss! I'm waiting for yours! heh heh!

Our first stop: The Bengal Tiger.

Sometimes it's rather depressing to see the animals looking back with their forlorn eyes at you as if they were telling you that they don't belong there.Imagine spending a whole lifetime being subjected to the entertainment of us humans...sighh...

Even hippos have their mushy moments...

The highlight of the trip-This Seal was really very intelligent,very responsive and very friendly. He would win my vote to succeed Ah Meng as Singapore's icon.
Pumba the WarthogAnd Now! For the finale....

I.R.Baboons!!!! We survived the zoo! :)

A1 - No more

currently in the boyband phase now...haha...I've been listening to their songs since last week!

By the way, this MV was shot in Singapore! :D

My Brother the rockstar CHAMPION!

This is one of the rare moments when I'm actually proud to be his older sister.

My Brother and his band emerged as the champion of their "Zero to Hero" Competition! All of us were really pleasantly surprised.

One of the objectives of the competition was to turn laymen [that would be my brother] into overnight rockstars and of course the rules of the competition made it mandatory for at least one person in the band to have no such musical background and capability.


Hmm...seems like his endless lonely nights of strumming his bass to his mp3 worked out after all...


He's fierce.He's cold. He's Mr. Ice King, the menace. [hiak hiak!]

That would be one of his publicity pictures....


OK, people would think that I'm obssessed about my bro but he rarely pops us such surprises. At least he's doing other productive, enriching activities rather than just cooping himself at home with the computer keeping him company....



I'm so glad that I took half day leave yesterday although I think my supervisor's not gonna be happy when I tell her that I'm gonna take the morning off next Thursday again...

It's really refreshing to see your friends instead of businessmen and women in their smart coats and their power suits for a change. The clan went for lunch at Singapore Poly in the afternoon.The food was cheap and the portions bigger than the usual but what was more enjoyable was the company of course. Stayed in the food court and chatted for about 2+ hours before Cui had to go. Then Sze Yee wanted to bring us to see her Optometry Centre but as it was quite far and we were running out of time, we decided on touring the nearby schools instead.


Met Rhyss and Sam after that at Dhoby Ghaut for dinner before making our way to YMCA. We were late cos I thought that Steph's church would be at YWCA so I brought them to the wrong place. The church members were really friendly and sociable and VERY extroverted. It's like Steph's the quietest amongst them man! There were very few locals there...according to Ryan and Kay Pee, there were only 3-4 locals and a whole lot of other foreigners....



What I'm really amazed is the worship. Although it was simple, it was really something I did not expect cos not only were they singing, some of them were harmonising on their own accord that it felt like I was in Choir again! heh heh!


The night was not over yet. We were about to take the escalator down to where the trains were when we saw a woman in her late 20s-early 30s, collapsing at the foot of the escalator going up. She smelt of alcohol, her face was flushed and she seemed to be emotionally down/depressed cos she kept saying that she was gonna die.. She was accompanied by her male friend, who seemed like a foreigner, and all of us were trying to help her up and everything cos she could not walk steadily. A group of nuns and church people happened to pass by too and they comforted her and calmed her down.

This incident reminded me of the time when Marie-Anne, Rachel Kwan and I witnessed a hit-and-run accident near SHSS. All 3 of us did not talk on our way to the bus stop and until one of us started reflecting about what happened did we all talk again.

Similarly, we were quite taken aback [well, at least I was] and we were quite quiet for a few moments....


I wonder how the woman is doing now. Is she OK? Is she still depressed? At least, God put a nun into her pathway in her darkest moments like what Rhyss said.


God really works in unexpected ways.....

Varsity blues...

It's that time of my life again.


The whole routine of applying to get into a new institution is really such a hassle. Essays to be written, forms and supporting documents to submit, interviews, etc....


Went for the NUS open house today and was quite glad I did [even though Mimi, Ai Ping and I spent more than half the time getting our bearings!]. I've more or less made up my mind on the course I'm planning to pursue even though it seems like there are many who disapprove.

Anyway, having settled on my choice(s) that will either make or break my future, I'm feeling a little better but the downside is whether I will be successful.

I was reading the papers today about the number of students trying to get into the 3 local unis as well as the Ivy League Trio, HYP. (Harvard, Yale and Princeton) What was more surprising [and perhaps, shocking] was the fact that some applicants are willing to part with more than a 1000 bucks to hire people to write their uni application essay for them!


Looks like I'm in for a bit of competition. I better start drafting my essay now.


Even though I'm in the process of applying for admission, I seriously don't feel like a prospective undergrad. Since young, I've always looked up to uni students as semi-adults who are leading their own little, independent lives away from home in their cosy hostels, doing serious research and whatnot. Somehow, i don't feel prepared to enter uni. The whole task of making friends and adapting to a new environment [a much, bigger one] all over again is rather draining. It's not a matter of being antisocial but it's just tiring at times.


Well, 'guess it's part and parcel of life. Maybe things could get worse when we're in the working world for good: all those hardcore politics and stuff. 'Guess it's through times like this where I really have to surrender everything and leave it to The One Above.

Slow Me Down - Emmy Rossum Official Music Video

Emmy Rossum (aka Christine from POTO!She sang all 150 harmonies in this song, which took a month to record!