Sunday, April 30, 2006

悲伤在续
现在是凌晨四点钟,
本想早点休息,
但始终无法入眠。

《悲伤恋歌》第一集好感人。
因为错过了全套的前半部分,
我一直很期待,很期待“第一集”。
谢谢阿姨今日把全套拿来。
结果是。。。它果然没让我失望!

韩国的童星真了不起,
每次都能使我无法自拔,

流下眼泪。
好想继续看第二集,
但肉体已撑不下去,
明天在续!

度过开心的今天,
希望明天也会一样!
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Thursday, April 27, 2006

A Student-No-More!
Holy cow!...guess wot time I woke up tdy???!!
6.15am!!!!!!
Haaa..okok...I indeed had moreeeee rest

compared to the ktv gang & poor fmq!
BUT...it just wasn't enufff la! WahhAHaa!

I needed more!!!!!
I'm a goner without sleep I tell you. (But I had la!)

Had "JIAK-GA-LE-DO" dinner with Ntumarket @ Sakae last night...
Supposed to chiong ktv after dinner too...
but due to some unforeseen circumstances
(which I shall explain more when I post e photos! =P)...
I had a headache which lingered around for quite awhile...
so I headed home to reest.

& officially slept at abOut 1+am.

JUST A day after my exams..

shouldn't I b sleeping in like a pig to re-charge?
Haha, but for the Europe trip..have to slog ahh!
So I took up tis Part-time Job with

a bunch of dearies from Ntumarket!

whowhowho??? Hmm..let me see ah!
There's Dawn, Elv, Andy, Jingsi, Minqian,

Daniel, Qiuling, Ade, 33, Chris & not forgetting...
youRs Truly ME LA!
HAa..11 of uS!
speCial thKs to qiuLing for opening up this $$-earninG lobang to us~
FOr more details on the job...check out fmq's blogsite!!! =)
Boy was it a tiring & blueeeeee day!!!

P.S. Pictures to COME REEEAL SOON!!

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This is IT !!!!
This is it...this is REALLY IT!
Yesterday officially marked...

THE END OF MY ENTIRE 18 YEARS OF EDUCATION!!
*Gasps* hard fact to swallow all of a sudden.

From those days in Jurong Calvary Kindergarten...
to Shuqun/Temasek Primary School...
to TKGS...moving on to TJC/PJC...
& finally to where I am now...NTU! 18 YEARS...18 SOLID YEARS!!!

WOW was it a long walk hand-in-hand with the education system!
Still remember those days when I was younger...
I often hoped for school days to come to an end like sooner.
I've had enuuuufffff of studying! - I thought.

But now...when it actually ends...

I wish to go back in time...(except having to go through exams!)
I wish not to enter the REAL world out there! facing the cruelties of life!
=( but I'm no fairy or deity.

Im so gonna miss school days, so so gonna miss YOU ALL.
It has some sort become a routine...year after year...
School, holiday, school, holiday, school, holiday...

Laughs, where we see one another almost all the time! be it holidays or school!
But from now on, things will no longer be the same.
Most probably it will be...
work, work, work, work, short holiday, work, work, work….& more work!

& it's gonna be hard for us all to meet up!
(But I'm suRe we can woRK sTH oUt ya???)

Today during work, me & Jingsi were telling Elv about what we (dan, miwa, jingsi & me) were discussing in the tutorial room that tuesday!

TO HAVE A SET OF personalizED Ntumarket Apparel for all of us!!!
SOOO damn cool lahz!
Haaa...xin1 ku3 le wor..daN & siwei!!! Hohoho~* YAY! haa!

WELL WELL WELL,
though we know not what exactly lies ahead of us...
Embrace whatever comes our way ya guys!
There's gonna b a whole new set of EXCITING challenges awaiting us all to conquer!!!!

"thInk positivE! thiNK poSitive!!" =)
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Sunday, April 23, 2006

~吃在口里,甜在心里~
DEVOURED SOME OF MY FAVOURITES TDY!
WHICH CAN'T BE BOUGHT/FOUND ANYWHERE IN E WORLD...
TOUCHED! FEELIN' SO LOVED!!





BEST BANANA CAKE IN TOWN!!!
*REALLY*






*WOOOO* SWEDISH MEATBALLS!! *ADDICTIVE...*











AHHH...YUMMY FRIED TAPIOCA!!!
*CRISPY*

HA, TDY'S A CAPS DAY.
BCOS GMS IS DRIVING ME CRAZY...!
AFTER A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATION,


I'M FREAKKINGG OUT!

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Friday, April 21, 2006

Happy Birthday Daniel Ng Hua Qing!
with only few hours of sleep, today's tennis session was a disaster!
i practically had phobia hearing 3 words coming out from coach sunny's mouth.

"jamie!"

"fronthand! backhand! fronthand! backhand!..........."

ahh. don't call me. first time i dreaded hearing my name! lolz.

& YES!
Today's the 21st of April...


Mr. Daniel Ng Hua Qing's Birthday!!!!!!!~*
- a ge-reeaaaaaat pal of mine!

We had a hell lot of fun earlier in our room (bday surprise rehearsal),
in 寿星公's room as well as @ Ah-Fang!!!
& my mouth is super "suan1" from all the laughings & screamings!

Hope Bday boy enjoyed that much too!!~ *hugs*


To 寿星公:

Stay happy alwayz!
& May all your wishes come true!! =))

(plus wot i told you earlier on! you still remember rite?*grinz*)

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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Pretty Sunflower!
Pretty PRetty Sunflower...
grown with an enormous amount of care...muacks! =)
Don't u think it's soo lovely??...
It never fails to brighten up my day, nite...every moment!




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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

I Lurve Surprises!!!~*
The time has comeeeee!
19th! 19th of April!
THE day yours truly was born!
Thanks for the many messages & calls of wishes!!!
1st was dearest Yaping...as per every other yr...
piNG sang me a bday song!! hugSsss!
2nd in line...was my Mommy dearest!! & she sang me a bday song toooo! first time...as in solo performance!! wahaaa...thks mommy! so touched! The other heartful sweeties were dan (sorry din't realize you called til you msged! cause I was on the phone with mommy!=P), ade, eileen, miwadear, my kor, Rt, liam, lianna, shiwei, yishan, kenny, dawn/Liping & Alvin! Sincere thanks for all the lovely wishes, & most importantly...thanks for simply remembering! =))

Surprise SuRprise!! Hhaaa..really!
I was showered with Confetti the moment I stepped into my room...
plus a whole lot of tricks from notti Yaping!!!!
1st: additional 2 candles on my cake! (I was too shocked til my mind froze for awhile la! lol..bisH)
2nd: she replaced actually pressie with something else...hoho! luckily my reaction was considered quick! wahHAa..bish no. 2!
Laughed until we Peng!

Oh yes, supER Sorrrys for making you guys wait for me in rm til you nearly became a fossil!
I really tot it's off...or mayb tml!! Not that I don't have confidence in you miss ade tan!!!
Haa..but, I tested water by telling Ping & Eileen that I'm going out to eat... they let me wor...
(Haaa BUT i was really dying of hunger la!! haven't eat dinner you see... =( & as Ping have Exam tml.. I din't wanna disturb her momentum..thus I din't ask her to pei me.)
& then??? Miss adE tan Zhen Lin totally ignored me on msn!!! & when ade doesn't respond on msn...she's 99.99999% not at desk...either concussed or out of roOm. BUt her slippers r there! so i tot she was sleeping! Plus Dan's @ Mac w qiujiE!! But.................nevertheless, SUch a SWEeeeeet surprise planned my dearies!!!!

BIGBIGBIG thanKSssss~* muaCks!

"Good thiNGs do ComE in pAirs"!! Especially this year! (hoho!)









Tis is my 3rd Chocolate Bday Cake!!
(yummyz indeeeeed!)
I'm a kerazy chocolate-lover!
















Cutting oF cakEeee!!



















The poweR thrEesome!
















GirLs poweRrr!







Haaa, there's a whole lot more of pictures...
thanks to mr zhu for snapping every now & then...
I shall upload them soon~ Shall drop dead on my bed now...
so blessed so blessed! FreNz foRever my Dearss!

p.s. ade..you haven't shout "..." over yet! haa
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Happy Birthday Sister! =)

*~Happy 25th Birthday Miss Constance Chong!!!~*


It's rare to find someone of similar wavelength,
similar thinking, similar likes & dislikes,
so many so many! not exaggerated!
we ourselves were shocked by the vast amt.
of common characteristics we have...
though we only know each other for a span of 3 years...
we've went through thick & thin together! Thanks for everything!


You are a big sister I truly treasure & love! =)

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splaSH of eVents!
Current Time: 6.40 A.M!!
& I'm finaallly done with it! Yes!! FINALLY!

So I was thinking, "Since I'm still kinda awake...
afteR eating quite a no. of vanhouten almond chocs...(sharks!)
I might as well take this golden opportunity to blog!!"

Today Yesterday had been a looong, but HAPPY day!
I had piano lessons @ miwadarling's neighbourhood,
followed by dinner with Rach, Jim & Michelle in Orchard~* (COusins MeetuP!)
It was ge-reat lah! Dinner plc was not too bad (The Canteen @ Shaw Centre!),
plus the company was rare! (Cos Ms Lee's like forever not around in Sg!)

Oh yes, I was so shocked when she told me about the price of budget airlines in Europe.
It's like so freaking cheap! ranging from as low as 1 pound (without airport tax) to 6 pounds? The max. with tax would be a rough 15 pounds! Flying from one plc to another in Europe! cheap right???!! But still useful info.! We could use our tour as a guideline, and could return to those breath-taking places for more in dept sightseeing during free & ez! How's tt euro gang?????? Anyway, I'm getting really excited about our trip as the date gets creeps by! *whEeeeeeee*

Okay...since I've missed quite a no. of days...
Let's have a glimpse of the recent happenings!

Sunday 16/04

A BIG THANK-YOU tO NTUMARKET
FOR THE LOVELY CELEBRATION!

As most of you know, It is our tradition for the birthday boys & girls in Ntumarket to be sabo-ed on their Birthdays! So many birthdays have passed...& the outcome was always disastrous I tell you. Worst of the worst so far...I guess would b miwachan?? hoho~*

Haaa, & instead of being shocked...we (Daniel & Me) turned around & gave the evil heartful-planners a shock instead~!! loL~* We knew lahh...We knew about THE surprise! Hoho~*
BUT, I know you guys painstakingly planned everything...hAaa..really reeally appreciate it from within! *muuuuaacks*

Now...let's take a look @ the photos!






@ dinner location (川一品 opp. bugis)...haaa, mass card writing b4 dinner!










Elv & Minqian posing with their taste-like-egg Mango Pudding~











You see what I see???
FOooooooooooOOOOOd!












~staRs of the niGht~
1 turnIng 22, the otheR turning 23!











woah! chocolate cake wor!! *yummmy*












Cutting-cakE ceremony.......!
(see andy & siwei at the back???? they r preparing the flour lor!!!)










An "ALL-IN" photo shot b4 mq dear left for another bday celeb.!











The mooooost reliable & trustworthy mother weini with Me & daN!!











*shiverrrrrrs*
ThE SABo kINGs @ work...!











*flourrrrr flying all over*
Brilliant la! different tactic this time round...
mastermind siwei made us 'kill' each other,
so both ways, 1 of us definitely will kenna...
plus they donch havta do anything!!! haha! well-done!

Brief Explaination of Game:
Do you see the 5 white paper cups on the table?
They are all filled with flour, & in addition,
2 or 3 of those cups have eggs added in them.
There's also an orange-coloured plastic ball
in the middle (3rd) cup. Aim of the game?
The aim is to blow our way through!
Meaning, for me,
I have to try to blow the ball towards the last cup
(just in front of dan) and finally out of the last cup...
in dan's direction. & for dan, it's the opposite la.
See the picture?
we're not only blowing flour onto our faces,
but also to the other party as well!



*woah* kua dior gui!!! (in hokkien: see ghost)
Time-oUt! wahAa..in the meantime,
my lovely girls tried their best to clean me up (muacks girls)
& snapsnapsnap! more photos!! haa, the usual US!~
we played 2 rounds of flour-blowing liao...& *shakes head*
I was basically trashed lor..hoho, by our dear huaqing!
After our little half-time rest, siwei changed the formation of those cups
& we moved on to our FINAL round! (more challenging!)




the 'killing' continues!!
(how can dey bear to see us 自相残杀...!!)


Haa, as you can see..here's Mr Dan with his victory pose!!!!
(Meaning...i LOST AGAIN LA!!! urgh..haa)
I remember Dan having this Victory *whoSH* pose!
But it's nt with me..i tiNk it's in princess's camera~





Okay, I lost..what's next?!
after 3 rounds of flour-blowing!
I was trashed...yes whole world knows!!
*sobs* shooooooo...I had to use my mouth,
to pick up this meatball in a bowl of killingly-hot 麻辣烫,
& there after...immediately drowned my throat with ice-waterr la!
& ended up with red swollen lips!

oh no, I feel a sudden lost of energy within me.
Haaa, I tink I'm concussing sooon. It's like so "late" by the way.
I shall round things up with a...

*~THANK-YOU SPEECH to NTUMMARKET~*

Special thanks to all who turned up on Sunday...
despite this critical period of mugging for exams...
you guys still took the trouble & effort to plan this 'surprise' for dan & mua!
yesyes, especially for those who have papers tdy!!
haa, yours truly shall give you guys extra muaccks k!! hoho~)
*truly touched......!*

Daniel & Miss taN!!! I heard it took u guys damn long a time to find THE pen!!!
hAaa...muaaaaaaaaacks! thanks ah..you 2 meet sec. frens..meet til become meet each other to buy pressie! haa...You guys know how much you 2 mean to me right?? =P

Received greeetings from 33 & Karen tt nite too...Thanks ladies!! =))
And to the wonderful giRLS!!!

First,thanks for tricking me into thinking it's a bag-shopping outing hor! wahAa..but *coughcoughs* all was out b4 tt day! lol! Well-done lah,
looked so convincing...other than a lil' hiccups here & there behind the scenes.
& I could sense that miss tan had sth up her sleeve plainly jus msn-ing! haaa...
Second, thanks for standing by me throughout the saBO...
tAking water for me, Taking tiSsue for me, clEaninG me uP...!!
My jiemeis alright! Hahaa~* So I shall b nice,
& forgive you all for lying to me!

Of cos, not forgetting the masterminds behind the SABOS!
Haaa, Mr. Siwei & Andy Koh....! How ironic..am I thanking them?
wahahaa...you guys have injected so much life into ntumarket!!!
But er hMm...more bdays to come!
When it's the Mastermind's ah..
hohoho!!!!! *evil grinZzzzzz*

Roger & Huiyi! Haa..How come Roger's so quiet tonite?
He hurt his arm...so he's Mr. Nice tonite...
lol~* Thanks Huiyi for comingg tooo~
Nice to c u after quite a long while!

Summing it all up, I truly treasure & cherish
this genuine friendship of ours!!
Cheers to the Many MANY more yearS of FRIENDSHIP!!!! =)))
You guys made my night!

Saturday 16/04

I shall keep this short & sweeet k!
My close ones celebrated my bday earlier for me!
Dined at No-SignBoard by the Kallang River~
Food wasn't fantastic (NSB @ ECP rawkssss!),
But we yekked like nth...
Haa, with my Parents, Godma, Jim, Michelle, Auntie Eve,
Uncle Lawrence, Ah-Ma (My Mum's Mum)!!
Yeaps! A small cosy bunch which I'm superbly comfortable with!
Thanks for all those lovely pressies...lovely choc. haagen dazs cake...
& everything tt nite! I feel really loved! =)
(A pity my brother's not around...We ARE close! Haa..surprisingly close...
Nm lah...I'll see YOU in July ya???? =P Hugs)
Pics shall come be up soooon! (too 'seh' to wait for the pics to upload)

Friday 15/04

indulged in lotsa sinful foodstuffs this weekend!
We had buffet lunch @ paramount *yummmmmz*
"We" included relatives on my mum's side...
we are close...but seldom have the oppotunity to hang out!
SO, good friday's a gd chance!
thereafter...I chauffeured them to EXPO to have a look at JOhn LIttle's waRehse saLe... CrazY PPL! parking was terrible lor! Drived around for quite some time before I chanced upon a car driving out of THIS SPECIFIC LOT jus on my left! *YAY!*
Singaporeans as they are...SALE...& you see every1 splashing for it! Machiam as if it's F.O.C! The Queue...nearly fainted. lol. But thank-god a kind soul was assigned to help us queue for the payment!! hoho! Din't buy anything..din't have the time to look at the shoes too! (wasted!) Jus got 3 shirts in the end..haa..for $3.50 each, same designs..but different colours! After sending them to my house...
Daddy & me headed for simlim as I wanted to buy a bluetooth add-on for my lappie!! (woah..surprisingly..ntumarket got me that v same thing!! gasp. you guys do know what I want! hahaa..why never tell me! lol.)

As for thursday...miwadear, dan & mua went for a Haircut @ Shunji Matsuo!!
For more details...check it out at
Dan's Site!!! Hoho!! That's all for tonite folks!!

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Sunday, April 16, 2006

My Most Loved...



Many lovely happenings worth mentioning...
I shall post more abt them tml k?
HAa, cos I gotta tuck myself to bed SOOON...
before my Mommy comes out to "kiLL" me for Nt slping yEt.

B4 i go to Lala-lanD...
here's a lil' video of my precious Boyboy!
HOho..He's been with me ever since my secondary 3 days...
Hmm..6+ yeaRs & counting!!!
A surprise gift from Pj & Gang on my bDay tt yR...
aS i had a femaLe bunnY (Snowy) at that time.
So they toT it would b nice to get me a maLe bunny~

I useD to train Boyboy to climb up the stAiRs...
Which used to b carpeted in the paSt..
Every morniNG..he would "runn" up the stairs..
(he runs really fast la at tt time..serious..but now fat aldy..lol.)
& wait foR food outside my dad's dooR..
That scene's reeally cute!!! Haa..
why my Dad's door????!!
bcos he's the one who wakes up earliest everY morning~
So...he'll b the first to feed Boyboy lo!
But now..after renovation..our stairs are laid with parquet...
too slippery for our Boyboy who has grown to be much fatter too.
So...he couldn't climb up the stairs on his own anymore.

HAa..i could go on and on abt hiM..
But it's geTting increasingly dangerous as the clock ticks...
Hahaa i shall end hEre & blaBber more again NXt time ya~

ThE darlin of ouR family...
tHe sHO ever adorabLe kID...
whO never faiLs to bRighten any Gloomy day oF mine...
MY BOyBOY!!! =))
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Monday, April 10, 2006

Another :~( Korean Drama


don'T sad serIaLs make your life even sadder?!?!!
can't help it!!! my mum was hooked on this show...

& ME as usual....
couldn't resist the temptation of joining her!
(the damNed tv is JUST behind me la!!!!)

不三不四 like nth.,
started without the most impt. - beginning!!
watched the mid. section & ending~
with the rest being verbally explained by my mommy dear~
KWON SANG WOO! hohoho~*
as usual, he's looking ever so dashing!
though Yeon Jung-Hyun's nt bad looking too,
kwon sang woo's still no.1 in the show!

But the endingg!!! *omg*
I practically screamed yest. la!
"i Don't waNt tis enDing! i doN't want!!!!",
I waiLed like a spoilt brat early last evening~
anyway, e show's reeally touching...
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Sunday, April 09, 2006

First Bday Pressie of the Year!
*think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts gal!*
YES! a happy gal i shall strive to be!

Received my FIRST birthday pressie of the yr today!!
Totally taken aback, surprised & touched! =)
Many many thanks to Ah-Bek & Ah-Mm!!!
Perfume!... my very first Christian Dior Perfume~*! swwwweet!
[fashback] I still remember the first perfume I owned..
(a gift from my brother!) an issey miyake summer collection~
wow did i love that scent!!
But sadly, a limited edition it was...
no where to be found in the mkt after that v. summer!! =(

Tonite, we had a get-together dinner with Ah-Bek & Ah-Mm at Jumbo by the waterfront as they will be heading back to the States on Tuesday~ Time passes really fast! Some shots of the nite~*







wahh! din't expect my dear cuz to take such an upclose-pimple-viewing shot la! haa...with my DELICIOUS steamed pincers!















*smiles*

(ah..bad hair day! i'm tinking of giving it a total revamp~! seriously tinking about it! Will Shd i??!!)










Family of 3! =)
(Ah-Bek, Ah-Mm & Jim)











Mummy, myselF & daddy!
(pigo must be so enjoying himself in miami now...getting a nice tan & babe-watching by the beach! i wanna go too!!)














*thank-you mommy dearest for picking up the check!*














2 most doting Ah-Bek & Ah-Mm with me!









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Friday, April 07, 2006

最后的一堂课
可能是昨晚的关系,
今早的眼睛很不乖,
一直睁不开。

最后的一堂课,
感触特别深。
尤其是对你们,
永生的记忆。
Have Fun Tonight! =)
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Thursday, April 06, 2006

一世的幸福
一世的幸福

习惯什么都只跟他说,
习惯一早起来就看到他,
习惯他那温柔的声音,
习惯他的细心呵护,
习惯那么多那么多的一个他。

今日的我,已真的尽力了。
没去想,没找他,没做傻事,
努力让自己忙,让自己忘记有“他”这么一个人的存在。
老天是不是再耍我?
偏偏在我以为自己的心已不再那么痛的时候,
又突然捅我一刀。
始终还是躲不过泪水的纠缠。
很失败吧?

今日。。。
我什么都不说,
什么都不奢望,
只希望真心爱我的人,能得到一世的幸福


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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

The World Of Music
A whole load of memories came flooding by when I started playing Band Songs. My personal favourite then was Concerto D'amore by Jacob De Haan.
Till now, it is still the same. =) Still my all-time favourite!
Every different piece brings back different memories...

TKGSSB took up a huge portion of my secondary school days,
& I enjoyed every single bit of it. Truly.
Combines, sectionals, stamina-training runs, band camps…!!
Our 10 piece "SIA-gaL" uniform!
ouR blue & white!
THE year...1999! which meant hell-lot to us~
"iF we hold on togetHEr"…
Many many more…

I miss having sectionals by OUR area! ouR piano area! =))
Especially those led by PJ!! =) My FAV. sL~
Suddenly tot of our record section lunch - 5 minutes (which included the time to brisk walk to 7/11 and back, and swallowing sandwiches along the way! Ha, I wonder if our record had been broken.) Not forgetting our ever favourite BCM outside! =P All 8 of us~*!

Do the present gals still go ga-ga over seniors? Lol. I wonder.

Off to bed! Nitenite!
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Monday, April 03, 2006

Time Will Tell
“路遥知马力,日久见人心”

真真假假,假假真真。
人类的心,最难看透。
时间是我们最信得过的朋友!


panda:
hope you r feelin' beta~ =)
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《心花放》







The ever-so-pretty Kenix Kwok~*
















THE cast!!
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Saturday, April 01, 2006

April Fool + QingMing Fest.

Raindrops fell incessantly tonight.
When will the clouds clear?

On a brighter note, today's APRIL FOOL's day cuM QingMing Festival!

Let's talk about April Fool's first~
I think we have all (okay, near all! haha) out-grown playing tricks of any sort on this very day. Still remember those times in TK where we even went to the extent of tricking teachers! Gosh were they fun! Of course, it's not solely just for the laughs. The ultimate enjoyment was having the control of reducing lesson-times! Haha. Boy were those kids a terrible bunch. (Wahaha, machiam I'm not included like that.)

Moving on to QingMing Festival.
For the Chinese, it is a day to remember and honour our ancestors.
and it's a day whereby we pay our respects and present offerings to our ancestors. I was reminded to sleep early the night b4, so as to be able to wake up on time today. But, laughs, 4am considered early?

My mum specifically told me the night b4 that we will be leaving house at 8 something am the next morning. In the morning, I woke up in shock to realize that it was already 8.45am! I grabbed my Hp (which will always be by my side when I sleep) and called my Dad. And where was he? At home! My mum bluffed me on purpose lah, thinking that would make me sleep earlier. Hohoho.

But whatever the case, I woke up in time! We headed to 万佛林 together (My eldest uncle & aunt, cousin, grandmother, my parents and myself) to pray and present our offerings before our great grandparents. Boy was the temple already crowded by the time we reached at approx. 10am.

I am not one who is familiar with the traditional chinese customs (as I am not exposed to it much since young). For. e.g. the sequencing, do we pray facing the temple first? Or do we pray back-facing the temple first? My dad told me that the precedence of which does not matter as long as you have the heart. He did tell me the correct sequence though, it's ,followed by ,and lastly, 人。Bearing in mind "天,地,人", I definitely will not go wrong.

My dad is not one who is very rigid and strict about chinese customs. Even for religion-wise, he gives us total freedom of choice in it. My parents never enforced that we have to go pay our respects every QingMing. They will let us know when the day comes near. They do make a point to go every year, but if we (my brother and I) were asleep or whatsoever, they just go ahead. So, honestly speaking, today is only my third time visiting the temple during QingMing. However, my eldest uncle is quite different from my dad in this aspect. He is very religiously-involved, and treats this day as a very important one.

So, this year my mum asked me to go too as my uncle's in town. I guess no matter what religion you are, even if it's no religion (free-thinker like mua)...we will still feel the need to pay
our respects to our ancestors on this very day. Well, just thinking a little more on this day as it is a little different from the previous years. After paying our respects, we went back to my uncle's place (very near my place) to burn the offerings which we presented earlier on, e.g. clothes, money etc. I mastered the technique of twisting a stack of money, whereby it flows very smoothly in a circle! hoho, so proud of myself! Not easy hor! =P

p.s. Ping, won't forget the promise I made tonight~ =) Hugs!



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Shocking Happenings
MY GOODNESS! It's APRIL already!!
Haha, a great month it shall be! =)

Shocking Happening 1:
Tdy, WE (Dan, Ade, Elv & Mua) got stuck in a lift in NIE!
First time getting stuck in a lift of any sort!
& it happened right after we stepped into the lift,
so coincidental! can you imagine?
One moment the lift seemed fine, as per norm.
So we pressed level 1 - the level of our destination.
But the next moment?
The lift doesn't move at all, selected levels are no longer litted up.
There was sudden jerk...and we could feel the slight freefall!
Gosh was that scary! lol!
We were still like laughing and joking albeit being stuck in e lift! Ha~
We just can't believe that we are actually stuck in a lift!!! So funny la!

But yes, all's fine! Emergency button was pressed, and we evacuated from that deadly lift as soon as we could. We had a big laugH after that!! =P

Shocking Happening 2:
It happened along the way back from sch...
& my heart practically stopped beating for THAT moment lo!
I shall not elaborate more here.
BUT THANK GOD nothing happened! serious serious!!...
haha..& I'm so so sorrrry for giving you 2 dears such an experience man!
I guess my brain was abit malfunctioning at that time lo.
Silly me shd have been more focused lah! It actually took me quite some time to recover from the shock!

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