Happy 37th!

Time flies. =)

Happy 37th! (just because i am bored hahaha.)

H1N1 Vaccinated!

I went for my H1N1 Vaccination just now! Purely because I am going to US next year. =D

Costs me $27.

Some updates

Haha Lettie, I'm glad that I finally changed my mind to go to that Halloween bash...but hey, I actually looked scary in some of the shots, but in the rest of it, especially those that saw me smiling, I looked gay :D

Quite fun night over there, though I didn't talk much (as expected, I'm a dian xiao er remember?), and Lettie again did her "take 2 drinks and stumble around drunk" trick...How many times Lettie? You never seem to learn your lesson eh? Next time no more strong alcohol for you, or I'll make sure you are stuffed with food before drinking.

Anyway, this semester really came and went, and just last week was my self termed "hell week". Just in 4 days, I had 2 presentations and a quiz, and was really busy for the better part of it. I'm so glad its over now, just that its exam prep now, and I'm taking it too easy...haha.

3rd anni with Lettie was simple and nice, and the Night Safari Halloween special was the highlight! The massage was too painful for me to enjoy it...bleah. Although we didn't do anything special for one another, but at least we had one another! And the day passed rather fun and enjoyably haha.

Anyway, its time to go now, more updates after the exams! I gotta balance study with training, and never let my motivation for training slacken...By the way pilates is tiring, never knew my deep core muscles were weak...ah well, better hope pilates can do wonders for my strength training!

Happy Belated Halloween!

Last Saturday was Jasmean's birthday and Halloween! We organised a gathering at Cey's favorite Acid Bar and I managed to convince PJ to join me! He did not want to go initially, but I think it is mostly due to fear of me being angry that he went. =/ Thanks for making the effort ya. I really appreciate it. (It turned out quite fun right?!)

Anyway I went as a female chinese ghost, wearing a cream colored cheong-sam and PJ went as a chinese dian xiao er looking ghost haha. He wore Fat's wushu costume! We both also put scary make up on our faces, though in the dark it was not very obvious.

I want to highlight this 'event' because PJ agreed to step out of his safety boundary and making the effort to do something out of the ordinary. It is not very significant, but it is a step forward nevertheless and I feel happy that PJ is trying.

Photos on FB, I'l place a few nice ones here when I have the time!

3rd Anniversary

Happy Belated 3rd Anniversary to US! (21st October 2009) I was too lazy to post something on the actual day but well, better late than never! =D

What did we do on that day?!

Oh, nothing much. It was a Wednesday, and I went back to the Office to work after class. We almost did not do anything 'special', however, dajie insisted that we at least go for dinner, no matter how late. SO, being the ever PROACTIVE one, I suggested we have a celebratory dinner.. and we had it at KFC. =D

Anyway, the actual celebration was on Friday. We woke up late at PJ's house, lunched at home and went for a couple body massage, scrub and scalp massage. There is actually nothing couply about this other than us being put in the same room lying next to each other. =/

After that, we went to Night Safari for the Halloween Special with Vicki and Jiahong. PJ and I had dinner at Bongo's Burgers because PJ wanted to!=/ The dinner was overpriced and was not satisfying though. Boo. However, Night Safari was quite fun, and a few parts of the Train of Terror were scary! =p Photos next time.

I must point out that both of us did not do anything special for each other, not even a card! HAHA POOOH!

Embarking on a new learning journey!

PJ and I have joined a beginners Pilates class since 2 weeks ago! It is actually quite challenging, and my ultimate aim at the end of 10 lessons is to achieve a flatter tummy! =)

This Pilates class is supposedly my 3rd year present for PJ and myself. Having being together for 3 years, I think it is quite healthy to 'embark on a new learning journey' as a couple. At least we have another thing in common, right?! =p

3rd lesson tomorrow!

Redang

We went to Redang (Malaysia) with Dajie, Mike, Fat and John in March this year. We arrived one day later then them because we had Ship Chartering Quiz! Grr. Missed out on 1 whole day's worth of buffet lunch and dinner as well as the next day's breakfast! Anyway, Redang is a very pretty beach place to visit. The water is a mixture of clear blue and green, and it is so relaxing there I was sad to depart from the island. The journey to Redang was tough though! 9 hours of dangerous bus ride (crazy dangerous malaysian driver!) + 2 hours of ferry ride to Redang! It is worth the journey though! We snorkelled, banana boated (we got flung into the sea the FIRST round! EMBARRRRRASSING! PJ got hit by Fat's fat legs and he sustained a backache for a few weeks lol), stuffed ourselves at the buffets, tattoed ourselves with air spray tattoes, pooled, forlicked and tried silly stunts in the beautiful sea and relaxed the stress out of us.
































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Pulau Aur

We went to Pulau Aur (Malaysia) with PJ's Hall cheerleaders and some other Hall friends during the 2nd Semester of our 1st year in NTU. I remember we went for a few snorkel trips where the most memorable sighting was a sotong and very large colourful fishes, the song 'Love Generation' playing in the background whilst we had our meals at the patio of the 'resort' which was looking out the sea, 'OHPORK' the cat who sleeps like noone's business and the special nights in the shabby dorm-like rooms.

If I am not wrong, this trip was our 2nd trip together. =)











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I'm back!

I have decided to return to this blog because I want to remind myself of all the events and places that PJ and I have shared. Whenever I ask myself what he did for me for certain occasions or what I did for him on special days, I either take a long time to remember or I totally cant recall! So, I am determined to update every once in a while to remind myself of what I have and to keep my 'contented-ness' meter in check.

Since I dont feel like doing non academic stuff like FYP which I should really be working on right now, I shall now start on the special occasions PJ and I have shared. =)

1. Valentine's Day this year...
I CANT REMEMBER and SO DOES PJ! argh. This goes to show how memorable it was lol.

2. PJ's 24th birthday
I made reservations for a Jewel Cable Car Ride for 2 at Mount Faber. It was a surprise for PJ because he thought we were only there for a stroll and the scenery. There, I presented him with his birthday card. We had a drink each and a small platter of finger food in the cable car which was included in the Ride. All in all a very enjoyable and novel experience for both of us. =)
Oh yah, PJ's present was an angbao. (reimbursement for the printer he bought for himself first)

3. My 22nd birthday
It was during II! I remember the hot and sweaty walk to the Dim Sum restaurant from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station, and grumbling that I have to work my feet and sweat on my birthday. (I know it sounds like I am spoilt, but its MY BIRTHDAY!) I felt PJ redeemed for his un-thoughtfulness when he surprised me with a large birthday poster he made for me. The poster was already placed right behind my chair, which means that he actually came earlier to put the poster there so as to surprise me. That was really a sweet gesture and I was genuinely touched.
After that, we went for a stroll at Pierce Reservoir which we did not enjoy since it was hot and sweaty and it was not romantic at all.
Still, it was an okay birthday and 9/10 for the effort PJ made!

Updates! PS: Going Taiwan!

Firstly, I'm going Taiwan tomorrow! Flight is 1030 in the morning, China Airlines. Gonna eat, eat and eat, then maybe catch some nice scenery, then eat again haha. Heard the girls there are hot too...oops sorry Lettie :)

Secondly, ICT came and gone! One week passed by so fast, but it sure was hectic, and I must say this time round, the out process dinner was really good. Had sashimi and sushi. The sashimi was really good haha. I honestly prefer one week ICT, rather than 2 weeks. Hectic yes, but its only one week, no complaints there :) We were just surprised, when we were told we had a night ambush mission, a route march, 2 IPPTs (I got silver), one IMT and 2 ranges!! Holy crap, so much in a week...but its all over heh.

Thirdly, Industrial Immersion is over...got mixed feelings when it ended. I actually felt quite lost when it ended, suddenly presented with so much time on my hands. Although on the days leading to the last day, I can't help but wish it was over. Sigh, it's just human nature, to always wish for something that you know you wont really want, when u get it. Curses!

Lastly, did I mention I was going Taiwan? Oh..ooops :) Lettie could have come, but she said it was too expensive...ah well, some other time then Lettie! Cya people, be updating with some photos when I get back next Saturday.

3rd week of II, still going strong!

Lettie never does update this blog anymore...:(

Guess its because she's way too busy now, working as part time insurance, attachment and tuition. Everyday go home damn late, and next day start off so early. I'm so fortunate compared to her, but who's to judge that? Lettie, if you see this, go exercise, take a break, whatever! Don't overwork for all our sake...

Lately negatives have cropped up between me and her, but it's hopefully resolved now. She complains that I'm too passive, and don't take initiative. Sighs, and the fact Vicky keeps telling her about the sweet stuff Jiahong did for Vicky is driving her over the edge. Not to forget that Lettie is quite stressed now, busy with work and such, and that I and her don't meet that often. All those compound into a big headache for her, and in turn, for me. I must change for the better then, even if slightly.

Yesterday was her birthday, went quite well to be honest, only small matters that were thorns in an otherwise great evening. I self made a nice birthday card for her and that was the caveat of the evening haha. Man, I didn't know I could come up with such artistic effusion! Haha.

Anyway, industrial immersion so far has been very good to me. Some days can get really slow, but other days, when works crashes in, I'll be busy from morning till evening. The slow days I can surf the net, read emails etc. Gosh I love this company haha. Flexible and small scale company, with a good working culture (workaholics!) and good people (there are at most 6 in the office!). Man, really hope I'll get a chance to come back here to train as an offshore broker after I graduate. Would love the opportunity to start off here, and heard the salary is good too.

Oh, results came out already. I did my worst sem in NTU ever, scoring a GPA of only 4.0 for this sem. On the other hand, Lettie and YS both did better than me at 4.2 each...depressed :( Ah well, totally my fault for neglecting Ship Chartering and Quality management, which I got B- and B respectively. The rest of the grades were ok, and I'm especially glad of my Geospatial results, an A. Hell, I got the full range of grades, namely B-, B, B+, A- and A! Lol...No more! No more crap results! One last sem to prove my mettle...

Anyway still going strong now, good things to look forward to. Taiwan trip has been confirmed, but Lettie can't go boo:( The trip was pushed back to 26th July, and Lettie is occupied then. So too bad I guess. The coming sem my brother and sister will all be going university too, but sadly my sis is in NUS. Still, I will get to go to school with my brother for the 1st time haha. Already planned that we'll be going gym together:)

Still working out every week, and now I have to inject some cardio training too as my IPPT is coming soon. Damn I HATE running! But I'm sure I'll ace the other events no problem this year. Been training abdominals too, so my 2nd weakest event, sit ups, will hopefully be a breeze this time round.

Ciao then, till next time!

Hello...?

Exams are over, what a relief...mugging has certainly become increasingly tedious these days. Whereas in the past I could put in anywhere from 3-5 straight hours with just toilet breaks, now I consider myself lucky if I could sit through one full hour without deviating to daydreams or other distractions...sigh. Anyway, my academic life is coming to an end, with nary a year left.

Next week industrial immersion will start. I dont exactly know what to expect, but the allowance they're paying me is acceptable I guess. It will be a busy 2.5 months ahead, but that should keep me occupied and from squandering my time away. Hopefully I can learn relevant stuff for my future career. Few things that should not be neglected: family, Lettie and my fitness! Been working hard to maintain my body ever since I came back from Norway. That was depressing times, how I struggled to even execute a easy workout at the gym, or run a comfortable distance. IPPT is coming up, better pull up my socks, pun intended haha.

The depressing thing now is I read from Men's Health that the body's production of Human Growth Hormones decreases steadily once you hit 22-23 years of age...zzz. It will get increasingly harder to get strong and fit, so I better put in extra effort lols. Another depressing thing:"rumours" has it that I'm not as sweet to my significant half, as compared to other boyfriends! Though I admit comparison is inevitable, I'm still just me, I can't always measure up to other people and emulate their ideals, but dispense with their pitfalls. I bet they have their ugly sides too...anyway, after saying that, I still wouldn't want to lose her, so I better buck up before I piss the hell outta her...

Oh and the Taiwan trip is coming up after internship! Ron, Glenn, Choon Tat, Kelly (unconfirmed) and Lettie should be all going, together with a few of Ron's Taiwanese friends. I've never been there, so it'll be fun :) Just thinking of the good food there...heh.

Ciao, time to take a jaunt to tuition...

Its been eons!

Hey...its been eons since the last update...don't let the blog die so easily!

Anyway, lotsa things have come to pass these few months. After returning from Norway, it took quite a long time for me to settle down back in Singapore. I kept having the holiday feeling the first few weeks, kept wanting to sleep, kept wanting to slack...

It almost got to the point of depression lol, with nothing to do and nothing to look forward to. Luckily, a few things pulled me over that edge (my definition of depression is just total "sian-ness", don't take it as clinical depression and seek help from a professional for me lol). One thing, I'm still attached to Let haha, quite a sweet and thick skinned thing to say lol, but I'm gonna say it nonetheless, cause its true. Her companionship has proved to be invaluable, although she does complain we don't do anything new or novel nowadays...

Secondly, going to gym and rebuilding my poor body helped tremendously too. All my mass and muscle built over the past year's of pumping iron and cheerleading has degenerated and atrophied. Coming home after almost 6 months and seeing the hulk of a brother at home spurred me to play catch up, and thus I've been regularly going for twice to thrice weekly sessions till now. I hope I have the perserverence to carry on as long as possible.

Thirdly, catching up with my friends over new games like Knights of Valour and most notably, Left 4 Dead, which was actually introduced by my brother, gave me something to play and chill out over. I was almost addicted to it at one point lol, thinking of new ways and new weapons to experiement with. It's hard to believe that I was totally sickened by my first session of L4D, as I wasn't used to the motion sickness effect, and after that session, my head throbbed so bad it took a day and a half to recover. That goes for Letitia too, after her first session she felt damn nauseous :D But glad she took the effort to play with us, though you kept going in circles...:)

I'm glad of all these things, and now I've bought a new gaming rig at the recent IT show at Suntec, and getting to play my favourite 3D games at top notch settings and smooth framerates made me wonder what I've been missiong out on these few years lol. Also, there was the issue of Industrial Immersion for NTU Maritime Studies. I flunked Phase 1, by digging my own grave haha. I applied for two companies, but the second application for M3 Marine had a server error and it never got through, leaving me with one option, though I didn't know. The other was for Teekay, which I actually got an interview with. After the interview, I emailed the company directly telling them I'm waiting for M3's reply, which is a stupid thing to do on hindsight. NTU then emailed me saying I shouldn't do that, and naturally got a rejection :) What is disappointing is Teekay's HR manager herself asked me to email her directly on my decision whether to accept, and also the damn error with M3 Marine's processing. Ah well, was disappointed at first, but now can't be bothered, even with all my course mates getting shortlisted here and there lol. There were even arrogant ones, which I shall not name, getting 2 shortlistings and then posting on MSN nick, saying "Company A or Company B...?" Watch out ya, karma will get you...hope you go to the company to run errands for the floor sweeper...

This semester is also full of projects...it gets seriously annoying when every week you are involved in projects. Art elective, 3-4 projects in total, one core module, a project every 2 weeks, another core module, 2 major projects...ARGH. Luckily it's ending soon :) After the exams I'm gonna take a break, before being attached to a company. That's it for now, ciao!

Manchester

Dropped by Manchester for only less than a day before moving on to London where I spent 3 days.

I walked past the University of Manchester. The University is actually kinda spread out over a huge area because different schools are situated at different parts along a street.



Poster Banned! Lol.



Scientology.



Manchester 'Eye'?



Inside a shopping mall, there were many clubs and pubs within it.





Booo! Old Trafford! =X





That's all for Manchester. =)

Liverpool

Well, I finally got to updating this long due UK journey! First up, Liverpool followed by Manchester and last but not least, London. =)

Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.





The hostel we stayed in was actually an apartment house, and it was well furnished and had all day breakfast. There was even a small television in our room. It was the best accomodation I could ever ask for. =) *Check out Henry. =X







Anfield - Liverpool FC's Home.

Liverpool FC's Megastore! I almost went crazy inside!




The stadium tour. =)







Museum tour.








Fish and chips at a local bar/restaurant. It was good! =)




Everton FC's stadium aka Liverpool's enemy. =p




The new Liverpool stadium - Stanley Park under construction.



Post time!




Albert's Dock.




That's all for Liverpool. =) I will be there again in January, but this time it will be with Daddy, Mommy, Fat and Pj! =)