新年快乐

今年的新年有所不同；静了些，吃得多，还打了一点的麻将。 但新的一年，意念还是一样：就是，快乐就好！

new ring on my finger

so school ended on wednesday, and i havent really been as hardworking as i wanted to be since then. yes its the case of 'i have alot of time so id take some time off to myself' and then it leads to 'oh hey the weekend is over!' and of course the inevitable 'damn sch starts tmr'.

its the cny weekend, how to do work!

i rather like my quiet time at night - yes wearing the ring at home is just me being frivilous (but oh so pretty- everyone please go support the sale at les nereides), but i miss reading.

and
huam says if i go to school on cny i will lose the whole year - 书=输。

my date.

ive been dating Tom for, hm about a day now, and all i can say is that Tom isnt good company. Not that Tom is good company for any girl, really. Even before we started, you could see the symptoms already. I was down, energy was low, and jetlag didnt help at all (which im still going through, i know, a week already, but oh.so.tired.every.time.its.6pm). well, i blame Tom for all the bad things im feeling right now (and also for the failed pandan cakes oh why wont they rise!) and also my lousy appetite.

watching sleepless in seattle helped a bit- i dont think i love it as much as i love other romantic classics, but the boy is so adorable i think that made me happy for a while.

haha, and oh wells, i should get over my jetlag. or at least try to!

be ok

im terribly jetlagged;( there was one night i slept at 7pm, not terribly proud of it cos i still slept till bout 8am. but i slept at 11pm last night and i woke up at 5am today. sigh i think thats going to be my life for sometime.

havent been having an appetite for a few days now, but yesterday we had a brainwave (thanks to shawnie) to make roti john. !! it was really good, and i think that whetted my appetite really well, so tonight we're making seafood crumble from the waitrose winter cookbook. life seems to be perking itself up!

workwise im sure it'd perk up soon enough.

absolutely miserable;(

london is as grey as it can ever be, and im feeling just as about there as well. now im not sure if i ever want to leave home ever again; the feeling of being back in singapore was just too good. not that i was entirely familiar with the things back in singapore, alot of things did change (irritating young punks, taxi fares, and the shopping) but then again alot of the things were still as i remembered it to be- hawker food, the humidity, and channel 8. how i miss the refrain of little nyonya right now ;)

ah just give me a few more hours to unravel myself before i head off to The School!

objects of desire II

4. qi yu wu
5. guy with taiwanese accent- very sexy

i hate how i can actually see my departure- its been really fun, maybe too much fun cos i feel like i havent been home to see my dad (and sis) for the longest time. but oh wells, weekends were made free for them. and in the meantime im getting to see my favourite people again and again, so im happy.

i feel like i have tons of things to say, but my cup noodles are waiting.

objects of desire

1. georgie (but only in one fine day)
2. hugh jackman (any form, human or wolf, unshaven or clean)
3. a love as pure and innocent like ponyo (and parents like that too!) ;)

christmas came and went, and i really miss singing. i sang a bit again today at the vc post-xmas party, and i realised that ive gotten more of my voice back. it just felt very nice to be singing out loud. i dream about singing again in a choir, but that'd have to wait till i get back from london i guess.

ive been getting plenty of the singapore sun nowadays, which is a good thing cos it makes me think and wonder alot of things. life in london seems like such a faraway thing, and ive been thinking alot about my future since i got back. its like im trying to picture how my life will be when i come back next july. my new year resolution: to figure out what i want to do with my life. ;)

in the meantime- pray the weather's good in taipei! ;)

"you got me feeling like a child now"

so ive been back for a while now, but it feels like forever;)

ive done the two most important things that i want to do for this trip back, which is: cheryl's birthday party (again, i know;) and nabila's wedding. i wish i could have stayed longer for cheryl's party;)

im really happy for nabila, seeing how shes found happiness and peace. im happy as a friend whos shared many lovely memories together in school, and having seen her go through all those years back in secondary school; then the growing-up years after, where we all became our own persons; yet even when we grew into such different persons, breakfast at east coast park macs still remained our meeting point for updates/catchups/gossiping/interrogations:). at the solemnization ceremony, i kept tearing and had to really stop myself from crying. i think if rosh or rach had been there i would have, since it would feel like at least someone else knows how im feeling, but they werent (im sorry you guys couldnt make it ;( but i know somewhere halfway across the globe, they were feeling the same emotions as i was- wishing our friend will stay happy always, and that her new husband will treat her well (and she the same to him); and that they will forever remain in bliss, and find joy in each other's company.
and may breakfast at ecp macs happen soon;)

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strangely this year i dont feel too christmasy. ive always loved the christmas period, with the festive mood and happy people all around. maybe thats cos i havent been to town (not properly at least, today didnt count!); or that im not really involved in carolling(although we had a brief encounter with njalum today). somehow im more excited about chinese new year. BAK KWA! hee.

ah, i dont think im going to lose any weight this time round. hello LA fitness.

eyes wide open

so, my bags are packed, my hair is all pinned up, and my nose isnt dripping that badly anymore. last night was simply terrible- i couldnt get to sleep until it was well over 6am. i sincerely dont mean to spread germs around on the plane; dont think anyone likes to sit next to a sniffer for 14hours. but oh wells may is stuck with me!

wow. im going home! :)

why beyonce, why?

i just heard it on the radio. why does beyonce wants to be a boy? when she has those curves, the pout, and oh the hair. it disturbs me greatly. why beyonce why!
i hate the song. more than womanizer (which actually grows on you in an imbritneyspearsandimfantastic way)

i really should get back to mini essay;(

oh and, HELLO SISTER-BACK-IN-SG.
3 more days!

all you need is love(r)

apparently now i sound like janice from friends. *a hah ah ha ha*

so i feel like i havent been home for quite sometime now, but its been fun celebrating lover's 21st. ;) watching her get drunk at retrophilia, letting jerald buy me a drink (only to give it to tan later hee), dancing till the very last song, and dying in my heels (which gang wanted to water. "to nurture the flowers!")
then the next day the real surprise came-made her get out of bed and pack, spa at london marriott hotel (very much needed), dinner at assa, and then we went home too early but tan was really nice- surprised lover with her huge ass present (which she simply adored) and all the lovely people who shared, drinks after where thong and junkai were ordering sissy drinks(but everyone was still nursing the drinks from night before).

best moment for me was after we gave her the present and we were waiting around for things to happen. lover had carried the mixer to the kitchen and when i walked into the kitchen she was hugging the mixer ;)

apparently now mr ken is going to usurp my position as a lover, but of course a mixer can only do so much, so i dont feel very threatened.

well to top off everything thats been wonderful, the day lover flew off i met with a new friend for lunch and to discuss logic coursework, and shes just so much fun to be with and im so glad i sat next to her in class that day. and then now im meeting jess for shoppingggg;)
and its sunny in london today.

:)

teeheehee

(i think im in love with the jonas brothers)

i really cant wait ;)

okay so i have a box full of letters and random stuff that i get from all you lovely people (i found my vaio recovery disk!); and i was moving stuff around so i opened it and i got reminded of all the things i had nearly forgotten about ie. i found a diary i kept last year! erm, i had honestly forgotten about it, and it shows cos i only wrote for about ten pages and then the rest of the book is blank. see, i warned you guys about my horrible memory!

so in the stash, and among my diary, i found: eug's cd, ah the lovely cover. you know what they say about people who makes you mix-tapes! (they really are in love with you) and just when i was thinking about whether eug wrote any new songs!; hahaha bock's song hahah;the 21st love puzzle i got from my silly girls :); erm a whole stack of 'new' christmas cards. i have a bad habit of getting too excited and buying all the pretty cards and then running out of people to write for; tons of letters from my dearest mummy ;) ; my sister's musical 'the goodbye girl!'; haha this random note i saw from bing, which she wrote upside down on the envelope and theres this little 'oops' note at the bottom of the envelope haha. now i really miss her. (girl stop playing around in sf!); all the christmas cards we exchanged last year at prelude, and now i really miss the times last year, doing all those stuff; lots of random 'if you think you're hot then this is for you' cards- and how i used to call ian my bff; apparently in my diary i wrote that i have a yellow polka dotted dress. which i dont remember having! major wardrobe clearance when i get backk; a whole new set of colour pencils, coloured paper, and envelopes; and how i was so in love. ;) they were good times.

so im sorting out my life for the next two weeks in my organiser, but all i can think of is the first thing im going do when i touch down ;) its a tie between prata at simpang and meehoonkuey at the old coffee shop!

what have i been up to:

1. procrastinating on my jurisprudence essay, big time. i just cant seem to choose between dworkin or hart. ah the lesser of two evils.
2. painting my nails :D
3. going for free hair treatment and blow dry at trevor sorbie, again. im becoming their resident hair model!
4. going school religiously. i actually sat next to jerald twice cos i go sch so early nowadays
5. GYM'ing. yes, LA fitness has become my gym. well, at least until my free passes run out, which is this friday. im not very good though, i give up after a while but at least i make it through a good whole hour! (albeit with breaks in between). and to be honest some of the machines still scare me ie. the cross trainer/step machine/those things with weights. guess id be sticking to my treadmill.

and i know this is really early, but i already bought my christmas cards :) yes im one of those irritating people who get into the festive mood really early, but hey the cards were adorable and i reallyreallyreally cant wait to see everybody back in singapore ;)

arghh

ah okay so im still trying to work out a system to sync my work folders from my big computer to my small laptop. and idiot me overwrote the notes i wrote on my smalley. argh! so i have like half notes now and im very irritated :(

all in a weekend

SO- i went to Brussels on saturday, ah the wonders of eurostar trains. so voila!, in two hours we were in Belgium. okay, so cher and i arent the best street navigators, and i think the tourist map we were given is rather dubious because the 'shopping street' was as empty as any other street that we were at, but at least we got to eat good food;) the street stalls around the st catherine church was really good: we mistakenly ordered raw oysters instead of raw mussels (shame on us level2 frenchers) but hello hello it was good! damn borough market you cheat our money. then we walked around and got lost and went back for another bowl of soupe poisson, which was just what we needed to warm our bodies.
belgium waffles do live up to their name;) it was chewy! well okay so technically we didnt have the real one but what the heck it was so delicious i didnt care if choc sauce was all over my gloves (and face).
well i got to see the EU side of brussels, the schumann part was quite pretty,and disappointingly there werent any lobbyists.
it snowed quite heavily the whole day, and cher's hands were too cold to hold the umbrella so i had to do it, but i kept poking her eyes/head/cheek/nose, and the umbrella kept collecting snow so it was very heavy to actually hold it high enough for her. damn you all tall people.
there were more english people than locals out on the streets. the locals were surprisingly really nice and friendly whenever we ask for directions (which happened erm quite a few times)
and then of course we went to the supermarket and wiped out the entire shelf of maple syrup waffles. i bought one pack for all my favourite people :D so if you get one you're loved by me. its quite crazy though i have to wait for like 3 weeks till singapore before i give any of them away so i hope i dont actually eat any of them before i go home :)
towards the end we camped at this place called le grande cafe; and we sat there for ages (not realising it was that long- 2.5hours!) but the food was good, we both had beers (hee) and i was quite proud of myself until i looked at the alcoholic content and it said 2.9%. well alright there how did the waitress know i dont drink!

THEN- sunday was shopping spree at bicester village. yes, spree- the word both evil and indulgently satisfying. i will (and shall) never understand the allure of versace/ugly luxury fashion brands. but nonetheless i bought quite a few things and did my christmas shopping. lets just say i cant wait for it to rain in london (so i can use my new brolly)!

headlines

the guardian, "barack obama arrives at the white house for meeting with george bush" but channel NewsAsia had to go with "Obama makes triumphant white house visit"
asians.

in other news, both my favourite people (rosh and cher) are back! got a call from rosh yay and cher showed me her battle scars (and vege soup, very dubious). ;)

jonny was very friendly today at the library, and it just makes me wonder why im so surprised at people's friendliness. maybe ive been conditioned into a city alien, hm.

"rise up"

i hate it when greys makes me cry.
cos its about death and not being able to let go; old people who love each other to the ends of the world, and then the eventual reality where one part of you dies and you have no control over it;
or old pasts that creep up on you when it is least expected and you are put in a situation where you have to look at it in the face (there is not much of a choice); and face it, so you can move on, go on with life.
(although i think people never truly move on. its all a myth to make everyone feel better about themselves. i think people simply make do with what they have, at this very moment)

and theres denny duquette, that strong alpha scent of a man. he has that sad, warm look in his eyes and ah i just cant get enough.
then they crack you up with sloan and everything seems better;)

the emotional becoming of teojiayun begins with greys, and ends with, hopefully, something less fictional. ;)

meanwhile, im lusting again. for that shiny diamond on the dot of oui.

ive come halfway

i watched woman in black last night, and it totally freaked me out. i was clutching my poor little bottle of pringles and my coat close to my chest, huddled up in one small ball hoping that she wont appear again. and yes you will scream too when they build the suspense up like that. even when i was relating the story to cher in dirty martini over all the music i got goosebumps just thinking about the story.
but thank god for the drunkards and good ol dancing after that.

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this tickles me, alot. and the best thing is that i see it everyday on my way back home from school. and hearing jess say 'i installed the mother of all broadband!' was really funny too. ah what do i do without my lovely friends ;)
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id have you say hi to my new asus baby when it comes. i finally bought it cos i saw wanjun's and then i read an article on guardian saying that retail prices here are going to increase by 15% so accommodate the low pound/euro. SO good time to buy before prices go up. besides, bringing my laptop to sch is really a pain. of course now that conversion is so low it was really quite cheap.

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this weekend will be all work and no play, with my lover (no shawn im not going to stop calling her that!) away in bristol to cut trees (i wish her good weather) and tons of work piling up. ah the life of a student.

hello mister president

sometime early this morning i heard may totter out of her room and asked lulu about the results of the us elections. but i was too tired to get out of bed yet.
so the first thing i did when i woke up was to check the news. and there it is- barack obama, the new president of the united states.

the music video that caleb showed me still rings in my head, as does his speech in new hampshire primary after he lost, where 'yes we can' caught on. but since then ive been slightly wary of him winning, simply because of the overly positive reviews about him on the news (and the corresponding disapppointing news on mccain and his incredible palin); and also the zealously enthusiastic responses from (frivilous) young people, whom, i thought, were simply doing it cos it was the popular thing to do.

yet i cannot help but feel excited as i watched his victory speech on bbc; my goosebumps in his first few opening lines '.. tonight is your answer' ; his ease, his cool factor (as Time put it) and his charm; the way he smiles when he thanks michelle; and the very fact that the time has come, where we have come full circle of what martin luthur king has tried to achieve. and having read his biography earlier this year i cannot help but marvel at the way history has played out- all the bloodshed of the civil rights movement, rosa parks, the selma to montogmery march, and the very essence of the spirit of being an american, where everything is possible.

so i'm glad barack obama won. i cannot wait to see what he can do.

although it seems like he has already done so much.

'with three words that will ring from coast to coast, from sea, to shining sea- yes we can'