starting to feel so stressful.. with all the tut qns allocated, assignments topics out & not forgetting sudden change of assessment freak me out.. prob lots of things changed & I'm feeling so lost with game & health.. Its the learner's prob? Haiz.. lots of deadlines to meet and my schedule is so packed.. hope I'll survive thru... now still brooding over if I sld take up the 4th yr.. been thinking a lot these days.. I am so tempted but the outcome is unpredictable.. what if I regret? My application for the waitlist is still not out.. I guess there wont be any good news.. Haiz.. why havent things been turning out right?

Another wk has gone & its 2 wks of sch.. time flies... as usual, there are tons of readings forever piling up & I have yet to finish all of them.. went down to orchard today to collect my event pack for nxt sat event.. gg for my aerobics challenge.. wonder if my stamina is enuff to last for the full 3 hrs but def looking forward to it.. to sweat it all out & vent off all steam & frustrations accumulated in me.. signed up for lots of recruitment talks too.. the bad side is I gonna have to wear formal, so hopefully the scrafice is worthy, to understand better the co. I hope to get in but I know there are some which are beyond my reach..

with time closing in, wondering what field sld I be in, what kind of job will I hold & whats the future ahead like? hoping to search for jobs that are based overseas but I guess mummy will nv let me go.. even gg overseas trips will make her countdown everyday for my return, whats more if I wud to go for long term... Hmmm... see how first ba... [the earth will not stop rotating for anyone & its time for me to walk ahead & not abrupting the route, trying to grab every single bit of the past which I tot would return.. remembering what eunice said, I know its useless to try & be sad over it.. whats left is just a meaningless title...]

gonna zzZZzzZZ soon.. lots of readings waiting for me tml to complete & its gonna be a bz wk ahead again...

Attended my first lect for game theory & health econs.. for game theory, the lecturer is really nice.. been obsessed with korean lecturers ever since my metrics lecturer came into the pic.. like him, he's really nice & would make sure everyone of us understand but sadly, I understand nothing.. only catch a little bit & there but I'm feeling so lost.. only wished I can dropped the mod this moment or prob buck up the courage to go into the dean's room & pour out my worries.. I really need a private consultation with the lecturer... Its no longer lvl 1 or 2 but lvl 3.. Its chim beyond my comprehension... Haiz.. seem to be seeing dean's list students in the lect & I'm in the dean's invisible list but neither do I wanna fare so badly that I have to see him...

health isnt really bad but the lecturer just go on & on in a mono tone.. been day dreaming most of the time as I'm really tired.. didnt sleep well the prev night.. lots of thoughts flashing in my mind.. wondering whats bothering me so much... Its still lect 1 after today, the first ever lecturer I ever had who can teach lect 1 for consec 2 wks & not done yet.. good news or bad?? Haiz... to conclude.. sad sad day & my first to be attending lect w/o xm beside me but still alright, I've others with me.. it takes some time to get used to it.. wondering if xm feeling the absence of me?? haa... we are suppose to stick together like super glue, to hug & sink together but all thanks to my failed appeal.. I need lots of ice-cream & choco to tide thru this sem... think I'll get fatter sooner or later.. only indulging in these 2 can make me forget the unhappiness but a temp measure only coz I'll still have to sit for the exams..

After lect, went window shopping with sarah, xm & sh before settling down for dinner.. its to make up for sh's b'day as my wk is really a bad one & everyone having diff tt... we ate chicken rice then shop again... the others are too full to eat dessert thou I still have stomach for it.. Heez.. kind of guilty, I'm lagging behind badly for my readings.. gonna buck up if I wanna do well.. Haiz.. gg sch earlier to study tml.. starting to dread gg for thurs reproductive health.. the medical terms are really diff to understand.. Haiz.. why are all the mod this sem so chim for me... gonna zzZZzzZZzz soon so tt I ve all the concentration to clear the pile of readings & tut...

Finally my tt is finalised!!! but xm will hear me grumbling for the whole of this wk.. Heez.. I know xin ku le ni but I'm sure you will understand my wu nia.. guess you dont have much of a choice.. tsk tsk.. you are my only shu gu person... Its been a super tense up week & def pissed off with the staff at the dept.. I'm just trying to know why did they do their work unfinished & all she did is pushed off responsibility.. super super super pissed off!!

but there's no way I can change the situation now.. hopefully I'll survive thru... its my final sem.. muz make the best out of it... its 8am class tml... Haiz.. think i'll end up feeling vry sleepy again... please let me have a break or i'll zzZZzzZZ... last wk was a torment, no break at all...

Woke up real early on sat to temple to pray pray... guess too much things happen these days.. going there helps to put my mind at ease.. went straight home after that & was caught in the rain.. ended up sneezing all the way thru after that... Slept a while before waking up again to go down to mwh.. its been quite some time since I last went there.. I guess its 1 mth+.. its handicraft session & we made fishes with them.. can see that they enjoyed themselves with the cutting & pasting.. but for us, its watching out for them, making sure they dont cut themselves.. its still raining when we ended our session.. went suntec for dinner.. ate at bian fu.. again i tried 2 chilli... OMG... its super hot for me.. was sniffing & sneezing thru eating... was nv a person who can eat spicy food... after dinner, we went to check out prices of washing machine for ej.. after which we went crystal jade to buy lao po pi... Haa... yeah.. finished our boxes of lao po pi & yet, we are there to buy some more.. but its nice & yummy nonetheless.. when we were brooding over where to head after tt, we fnally settled on dessert at 'ah chew'... I ate black sesame.. yummy.. it isnt tt sweet.. its home sweet home after tt.. was so tired.. I slept the min my head touch the bed...

tml I'll be gg down to econs dept for my appeal case.. wish they will give me whatever I appeal for.. May luck be with me tml.. God.. please bless me..

To think that I actually started crying at the bus stop.. Haiz.. Luckily didnt went out dinner with xm & all or bao & all, if not, think I'll start pouring out like no other pple biz.. it might seem nothing to cry, just go back to appeal again but didnt have a gd experience there when I was appealing for tut.. Plus, I've beginning to get overly worried & paranoid over my mod as days passed.. brooding over if they will give me what I need & its not a matter that they didnt give me what I want now, but they missed out giving me another.. I need 2 but I only got 1.. Its just a breakdown for me.. feeling so tired from all these.. I still have to go through a tutorial balloting & I'm w/o 1 more mod now.. haiz... but still have to rank whatever I have now.. Isnt a good day for me.. feeling so so so sucky...

Haiz... I havent even got the chance to place my bid & it exceeded what I have in my p-acc.. Its so stressful having to do this before every new sem.. having to worry over how many pts I have, is it enough to bid for all my mod & are all the mod exam dts spread out evenly.. have to work doubly hard this sem.. need to conquer my worst fear, metrics.. Its a higher level and def harder as well.. waiting for appeal session to start... (**thurs.. pls come quick...)

Tml is the start of my sch life again.. 8am class for a start & I'll have to wake up before tai yang gong gong does.. wish I can sleep early tonight.. so used to sleeping late & I had too much sleep for the past few days after my trip.. tml will be the day I'll determine if I can take metrics.. will be having a 4 hrs break too.. wonder how to pass the time when there are no tut to do.. can't wait for tml to come.. will be gg to watch jay's movie!! yeah!! will be watching with xm, sarah & shidah.. plus.. I wanna eat at arts canteen.. finally, the renovation are finished.. I missed my tau hua.. yummy...

May tml be a good day & to meet great lecturers...

Its been a wk since I'm back.. been busy cleaning up my room to prepare for the new sem.. cleared off all the tb from last sem & most importantly unpacked all the bags that I brought home from hostel.. Haa.. Its been there for like 3 mths and I'm super lazy to unpacked them.. There are just so many notes & tb to arranged & putting all the clothes back to my wardrobe.. Finally did them all in 3 days..

Sch starting tml.. 3 mths of holi is my last & it contained my saddness & happiest times.. Let it all be buried and start the new sch term afresh.. This sem isnt really a good start.. Still short of 1 econ mod plus I have no choice but to include metrics II for next sem.. cried while studying for it last sem.. wondering if I can take it.. 3 mths of holi seem to return all my metrics knowledge back to lee jin & xiao mau.. have to wait until rd 3C ends before I can appeal for my last mod.. hopefully I can drop metrics & they will allow me to choose another mod.. I really dread taking metrics and its designed for honours student.. what do I have to compete with them? Haiz haiz... after bidding for reproductive health, now becoming worried if I'll be able to catch all the medical terms.. Its offered from the medical faculty & I'm def a medical idiot.. May everything goes well for me..

Its my final sem in sch, I'll def treasure the final days as a student & being in the place which I have been dreaming for since sec sch days.. It will be working days from then on... mummy been counting down the days to my grad, start earning money then she can finally rest her mind & fulfilled her responsibility.. tues will be the start of my sch life!! May I meet great lecturers & be blessed with intelligence & luck.. A prayer to for my application for waitlist for my hostel...

Finally finished my updates on GZ & HK... Its been a fun & happening trip.. esp the last 2 nights is the most memorable to me.. had most fun & fright on the last 2 nights...

Hong Kong...
05/08/2007(Sun) - Day 9



This is the airport I'm left strandled at.. Haa.. woke up at 7.30am to eat breakfast before checking in one more time... there's no way we'll missed our flight at 11am.. Haa.. We were at the gate very early so as not to have any delay again.. We are finally on our way home!!!

Hong Kong...
04/08/2007(Sat) - Day 8

We had shao la for bf cum lunch.. Haa.. 2 times for 2 consecutive days... packed our baggage so that we can leave it at the hotel lobby before collecting it to leave for the airport.. we went shopping at lane crawford.. Managed to do some last min shopping.. we rushed back to the hotel to collect our baggage to depart for the airport.. the ticket to the airport cost us S$20.. Its so expensive...

I should say this is supposedly the last night.. Haa... We checked in our baggage before gg to buy lao po bin... after which, its gg thru the custom.. we ran all the way after our passports are cleared by the custom.. ran & ran as fast as my 2 legs can carry me.. dont even dare to rest a sec.. finally we reached the gate.. but the airport personnel only words were: the gates are closed!!! OMG... I tot I ran to the wrong gate but nope.. tot I listened wrongly but nope again.. tried to asked her to check again but her reply is only "no, no, no, the plane is taking off.." she is so unfriendly to us.. didnt even try to help us.. there's also another girl who missed her flight.. couldnt believe we actually MISSED our flight!! the 6 of us are left strandled at the airport.. the internet is so bad, couldnt even access it.. was wondering how to break the news to mummy.. Haa.. but she sounded calm on the phone.. we were thinking hard how to book our next ticket with the internet down and jetstar closed for the day.. we were all in need of 'jin feng shan'.. Haa.. A girl at the counter helped us to get out of the departure hall.. we sat at the hall for more than 0.5hrs waiting for her to cancel our departure.. The wait is so long and we havent even booked our ticket.. Its almost 11pm.. Its my first cancelled sign on my passport.. Haa.. still couldnt believe our luck!! We came out from the arrival hall.. wondering if we should be feeling happy or what kind of emotion should we have.. We settled down near a cafe to book another set of tickets.. there's no way of refund so we can only booked the earliest flight back as most of them are working on mon.. thats not the end, there's no mouse & we need to 'rent' it with HKD100.. OMG.. wanted to sing "how could this happen to me".. finally the flight is booked and we can rest our mind.. decided to spend the night at the airport as hotels would be expensive and the tpt out would cost another S$40 to & fro.. We ate BK before finding a place to sleep.. couldnt really sleep well as all of us are still pondering how could we missed our flight.. up till now, still feel like laughing at myself..

Hong Kong...
03/08/2007(Fri) - Day 7

Its disney day!! Finally I get to go disneyland.. Been looking forward to it!!



The weather is super super super hot.. Haa.. I can feel the intense heat on me.. First, we watch the disney on parade.. Its really nice even thou I had to stand under the hot sun taking snapshots of the parade... After which, we went to the little shops to see all the items there.. I feel like a little kid there as all those things are so nice.. Haa.. If not for the price, I wish I could buy them all.. Its def a place I wish I can work in.. Haa.. Its a wonderland to me.. We went to watch stitch 3D show.. I was even picked by stitch!! (xm... dont be sad.. coz he says he will keep me in his heart forever.. Haa.. *PS: sit in the 4th row, 2nd from the left.. you might have a chance of being picked..)

Next up is the water parade.. I'm being drenched from all those water guns... left me feeling even more sticky.. Yucky... we went for the space roller coaster.. Feeling so dizzy after the ride.. nv really enjoyed roller coaster.. screamed all the way thru.. AHHHH!!!!!

Sat the Pooh ride next.. saw my favourite Eyore... Heez..



Near to evening, we went photo taking with the different disney characters.. The best highlight is the fireworks.. Its spectacular.. Loved it the most.. Heez.. Its def worth the wait from early afternoon till 9pm...

Feeling so hungry after the whole thing and my leg is so so tired.. feeling like a crippled.. We had seafood for dinner.. Its quite nice.. prob feeling so hungry till everything taste nice to me.. Haa.. Its the last night here... jasen had bought a white wine earlier of the day.. We drank to our heart content in the night and laugh thru out too.. went back to our respective room ard 2am..

Hong Kong...
02/08/2007(Thurs) - Day 6

Our breakfast is ate at ming xing resturant for dim sum.. Its not as nice as the ones we had in GZ.. However, I still tried all of them.. Initial plan is to go disneyland but its changed to shopping session.. We went zhong huan to shop around and we took the longest esclator which is said to last 15 mins.. Didnt do much shopping as we are in the shopping centre area where things are much more expensive..

Later in the day, we took a tram up to the peak.. Went to the HK wax museum 1st.. The figurine looks very real and stayed there for aound 1.5hrs..



Later in the night, we went up to the peak to see the scenery.. Its very nice.. HK is really like a place of lights, the night are decorated with lightings.. Its one of the highlight & attraction of the country..

In the night, I watched this tv show on 2 boys exchanging homes... 1 is a vilage boy while the other is a city boy who is obsessed with online games.. Its so touching when the city boy worked hard to earn 20 bucks for the family who dig out their 1 yr expenses which they have been saving so hard for him to visit the yellow river.. I cried thru out the show.. Its the love that he felt which touched me the most..

Hong Kong..
01/08/2007(Wed) - Day 5

Breakfast is at qi ge cha chan ting which is near our hotel.. I had oatmeal, bread, hotdog and milk tea.. We took a train followed by bus up to Lantau Island to see da fou.. It is really a magnificent sight.. The scenery is fabulous with the clear blue sky and white clouds.. However, the weather is still scoarching hot.. After touring around there, we went shopping at citygates where all the branded goods are selling cheaper there.. Its like a factory outlet.. We went for desert at xu liu xiang to eat the famous mango pudding and other deserts made of mango.. We shopped at sports street folowed by women's street.. There's a shop selling lots of Hellp Kitty's stuffs.. I wish I could buy them all!!

Guangzhou/Hong Kong..
31/07/2007(Tues) - Day 4

Its the day to leave GZ, a place where things are so cheap.. Departed at 9am by train to HK.. The journey took around 2 hrs.. Finally reached HK around 1.30pm.. My hotel for the 5 days is Mayfair Hotel at Nanking Road.. The room is much smaller compared to GZ and def more expensive too.. After unpacking, we had lunch at Kim & Gary which is the same as the one in Vivocity.. We saw Xu Zhi An there.. Heez.. Managed to catch a quick glance of him.. Not too bad looking.. Thou I wish I can see Jay instead.. After lunch, we took the train to wang da xian temple to pray.. Its huge and crowded with people praying.. After which, we went Esprit outlet for shopping.. It took is quite some time looking for that building as it has shifted places.. Bought t-shirts and a pair of jeans..

In the night, we went Avenue of Stars. The lightings is the catch of the noght.. After that, I walked along the street looking at the handprints of the stars but most of them are umfamiliar to me..



Dinner is wanton mee at Miao Jie.. The chilli is so hot!!

Guangzhou..
30/07/2007(Mon) - Day 3

Its the last night in GZ.. We passed by a round flat cake store and decided to try some since quite a lot of people are queueing for it.. Its pretty nice hen hot but when it turns cold, it is hard like stone.. better to eat it while its hot.. For breakfast, we had porridge, meat dumplings and zhu chang fen.. Seems that breakfast has always been a filling one for me.. We went shopping at zhuangyuan fang again as it is too crowded the other time we went there.. Managed to buy clothes and shoes..

Its another shopping session at shang xia jiu lu.. Prior to shopping, we had some drinks at rabbit.. The place is pretty nice except for the direct sunlight on us.. We shopped and ate along the way.. We had sotong balls, tako balls, cuttlefish cake & herbal tea.. The food is yummy & most importantly very cheap!! After much walking, yay, we went eating again... Haa.. We went in to the desert shop to eat shuang pi nia.. Hmm... It doesnt taste as nice as what we had the previous night.. Our conclusion is never try anything for the 2nd time coz the ratings for tt item will start to drop.. Haa...

Nearing to evening, we saw xiao shi area & we went eating again.. Cant imagine I had so many meals in one day & worst of all, I'm experiencing constipation!! There's only input & no output.. Sobz.. There, we had zhu chang fen, zhi ma hu and jiao zhi.. The zhi ma hu is my favourite.. Its grinded by hand and not the use of machine.. Its def hard work having to grind them from seeds to liquid form..

In the night, we went for KTV session and arcade after that.. Reached hotel around 11.30pm.. A tiring day but a nice one to round up our last night in GZ...

Guangzhou...
29/07/2007(Sun) - Day 2

We woke up at 7am in the morning for our dim sum feast at Da Tong.. We ordered a table full of delicious food.. I think we ordered 13-14 'basket' of dim sum.. My stomach bursting soon with all the food.. But its yummy!!! Each of us only paid S$8.. We even have a room to ourselves with a sea view... Thou I'm already full in the mid of serving food but the food is just so tempting.. This is the most satisfying breakfast I had..

After breakfast, we went Yuexiu Park..



There are many slopes there which made the climb up & down very tiring.. To top it up.. the sun is super scorching.. All I see at the park are trees & more trees.. didnt see any of the attractions as stated on the signboard.. There are many old folks there doing morning exercise.. Compared to them, my strength is far worst than them.. they climbed the slope effortlessly but I'm sweating like hell.. had a ice-cream treat when we finally see some1 selling it.. almost been having ice-cream since my 1st day there.. the heat is just so unbearable for me... luckily I didnt faint from the heat as the doctor had advised me from being under the heat for too long..

Jasen was commenting that we always see tv saying travelling is mai tong xi chi tong xi, mai tong xi chi tong xi... but we are always mai tong xi & walk a lot.. we rarely sit down to eat or drink something.. Haa... so we decided to sit down at starbucks.. thou the drink is what we can have in Singapore but the word is 'shiok' when we gulp down our drink..

Our next destination is the Nan Yue Tomb.. It is an enlightening journey.. Learnt about the story of the past and the come about of the artifacts.. The 'jie shuo yuan' are very nice & I learnt more when they tell us the story of all the artifacts.. It beats going ard reading the descriptions which tells little about it.. we took a train to the Chen Clan after that.. The train ticket is so cute, its like a token we have when we go arcade..



My first experience on the train is pretty nice..

Dinner is eaten at Kung Fu fastfood.. can see that this shop is very popular coz we can see it everywhere in GZ.. Ate meatball beehoon.. isnt really nice coz find it very oily..



We went shopping at Beijing Road after that.. We ate food along the way & also found my Hello Kitty stuffs too.. Later in the night, we ate redbean shuang pi nia.. Its yummy!! Thumbs up!!

The Beginning of My Trip...

Guangzhou...
28/07/2007(Sat) - Day 1

Woke up at 3.45am to catch the flight at 6.20am. Tossing here & there on the bed as I couldnt hid my excitement for the trip.. At one point, there was worries for the days ahead as I'm gg away with friends (xiumei, wanjun, ejun, jasen & simin) I have nv gone on a trip with.. wondering if I've made the right decision.. Met up with xiumei, wanjun & ejun to go to the airport together.. Its my first time taking the budget airline.. The experience wasnt so bad except that the plane was really small.. We landed on Baiyun Airport aound 10.15am. The airport is really big.. One thing that I found out is that PRCs are not at all friendly & helpful.. Whatever we asked, their ans are always a mumbling of words which has no help to us.. It took us some time to finally decide on our transportation to our hotel.. We didnt really plan on how are we gg to find our way there prior to our trip..

We decided on a coach which took us about 50 mins.. We dropped off at Haizhu Square Market.. Little did we expect, we are about to embark on a journey that left us so exhausted.. Thinking that the journey by foot to the hotel is pretty short, we decided to walk.. OMG!! The journey is like forever.. We had to carry our baggage all the way, carrying it up when we see a platform or when there is a puddle of dirty water.. It took a whole 45 mins.. We were all sweating like hell.. My hands nearly break & so is my leg having to pull my baggage all the way.. Its super hot & dry there.. Our hotel for the 3 days is Baigong Hotel..

Rested for a while before gg for our lunch.. I ate a fish meal accompained by rice, a soup & a plate of vegetables.. It cost only 3 bucks.. The soup is those that are brewed, not those like we have in hawker center.. After lunch, we went Zhuangyuan Fang to shop..



There are little streets of small little shops but it is overcrowded with people.. You cant stay in one position for even a sec coz you will be pushed out by the people there.. Not all the stall owners are friendly.. some have an attitute which you dont even want to buy a single thing from her.. The crowd is so big that we decided to come on a wkday instead.. We left to sit down for something cold.. Our so call desert is so small we wonder if its really 'ice kacang' as we call in Singapore.. Its a fruit cocktail but there's only 4 kinds of fruits inside.. The ice is only the height of my middle finger. so can guess how 'tall' it is?? Haa... After that, we went shao nian jie.. Its a small shopping center.. Not a lot of things to buy from there as the things are not really cheap..

Later in the night, we went to the Pearl River Night Course..



The night view is pretty nice & the whole touring took about 1.5hrs.. I guess it will only take about 30 mins to tour the Singapore River at slow speed but here the boat is much faster..

Went back to the hotel to rest after that.. Its been a tiring day.. The night life isnt really fantastic.. You usually see people sitting down together to chit chat and most of the shops are closed pretty early..

I'm back!! feeling exhausted & every part of my body is aching now.. feeling so tired, ended up sleeping the whole day but I'm still feeling sleepy.. Its been a fun, exciting, happening & a memorable trip.. the 8th night is def the one which the 6 of us will remz always.. Haa... I def need 'jin feng shan' to calm my nerves.. will update my days in GZ/HK soon...