Scrap-books

Back from PJ yesterday night! Good times really pass by so quickly! Spent 6D5N at my cousin's place in Damansara. Eat, sleep and shop everyday! A little sad that I didn't get any new clothes there cos' it was so difficult to shop with my small nieces and nephew around. At least I get to buy some scrapbooking stuff!

Look at my new purchases!

52 Scrapbook Challenges RM$77.19 and Creative Card Making for Scrapbookers RM$24.90 SO CHEAP!

Scrapbooking 2011 Calendar RM$46.90

And Card 2011 Calendar S$25.90 (bought in Singapore)

Lousy blogspot... what's wrong with all the directions of my images??!?!?!!? Can't seem to rotate it... and there's no html to this too.... =(

Hanoi CIP

I'll be heading for the first overseas CIP trip of my life on Saturday afternoon to Hanoi, Vietnam. Don't know what to expect there but definitely going to gain new insights. I'll just treat it as a 6-day camp. Have a great company going with me that will surely filled with entertainment daily. But on the other hand, extra work and meetings every night. My boss already prep me that he will be going through work stuff with me over the nights. That spoils my plan of reading and relaxing at night.

Did some reading up of the places I'll be staying and working.

1st day - 20th Nov
Staying at Pacific Hotel. http://www.pacifichotel.com.vn/bookroom.asp
Looks pretty good. And more importantly, WIFI access!!

2nd - 4th day - 21st to 24th Nov
Will be heading to Hai Duong Welfare Centre.
Address: No 93 duong Nguyen Luong Bang – Thanh pho Hai Duong.
Not much facilities there. Definitely no WIFI. I'll be glad enough if there is water and electricity. Nevertheless, I have air pillow, sleeping bag, light stick, torch and energy bars ready.

A little background of the centre:
"Hai Duong welfare center was established in March 1982. With about 1000 disabled and disadvantaged children coming from many parts of Hai Duong province, it's the biggest center of this type in the nort of VIetnam. The center aims to provide compulsory education and vocational training to create employment opportunities for the teenagers with many different age groups. The center has a wide variety of courses for children ranging from infants to 18 years old. For example, the nurses will take care of the orphans, while children between the ages of 6 to 12 will be provided with educational courses, and the older children are able to attend vocational training courses at the center. Furthermore, the center will help to look for job opportunities for the children when they finish their courses.

In the welfare center, the children are handicapped in many different ways. Some are deaf mute, some are mentally disabled, some are physically disabled, and some are both. Some of them can make many activities and some of them are heavily handicapped. So all the activities you plan have to be adapted to the children. They all have different skills and difficulties. Try to be imaginative and flexible. With one more or one less rule in a game you can make it more accessible to all of them. The children can have unexpected behaviours. Be ready to deal with it. There will be a Vietnamese teacher to help you in the activities."

5th day - 25th Nov
Will be staying at Viet Hotel!
http://www.hotels-in-vietnam.com/hotels/hanoi/viet_hotel.html
Back to civilisation. Free WIFI!!

6th day - 26th Nov
Back to Singapore on a morning flight.

ANGRY

1. Call her. She picked up and tell you that you called the wrong number.
2. Call her a thousand times and she will MISS your calls.
3. Give some poor invalid excuses to not turn up for duty. Worse of all, she said "I FORGOT".
4. Give you work worse than sub-standards.
5. LEECH my work.
6. Act innocent, as if gotten bullied, as if she's working for the first time.

I CAN'T TELL HER PERSONALLY. SO CAN I JUST SAY IT HERE?

YOU SUCK BIG TIME!

WE HELP YOU CLEAN UP THE SHIT EVERY TIME.

AND I HAVE TO SMILE AT YOU SO FAKE-LY.

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND I HOPE YOU GET SACKED SOON!!

Frozen "Waiting" Status

Got this irritating thing on my phone! The apps I wanted to download or update was frozen in the "waiting" status for a few days! Doesn't even work when I plug into iTunes.

Finally googled for a solution! What you have to do is just to reboot your iPhone!! Ta-daaa!!! ^^

My iPhone Apps

Here's to compile a list of my 3.1GB of apps!! For your reference!!

A. Games
1. FarmVille
2. IceTycoon
3. Scramble CE
4. firefly
5. Sushi Chain Lite
6. Tap Tap
7. gingerbread
8. LilyandStella
9. Sol Free
10. Mafia Wars
11. Paper Toss
12. Strike Knight
13. iParkIt!LITE
14. BB Bubbles
15. Bubbles
16. Bugs&Bubbs
17. JellyfishJam
18. Hello Kitty
19. WordPopper
20. RhythmRacer
21. Pinball Ride
22. Hired Gun
23. High Noon
24. Bejeweled 2
25. VegSamurai
26. HenHouse
27. Talking Tom
28. Sushi Cat
29. Game Center
30. GodFinger
31. sudoku2
32. Slot Machine
33. Flood Rescue
34. Tamagotchi
35. Dex
36. Angry Birds
37. HeadsWillRoll
38. Drift Mania
39. Words With Friends

B. Photography/Camera
1. PS Express
2. 푸딩 카메라
3. Camera Plus
4. Polarize
5. A sunset
6. Photofunia
7. MoreLomo
8. Coolibah
9. MoreMono
10. Photo Mess
11. Scrap&Brag
12. Lenses

C. Social Networking
1. eBuddy Pro
2. Twitter
3. 微博
4. Whatsapp
5. MEssenger
6. Facebook
7. YouTube
8. Google Talk
9. Foursquare
10. Emoji
11. Skype
12. Boxcar

D. Utilities
1. TorchPro
2. PCalc Lite
3. Currency
4. ScanMee
5. ZipFileViewer
6. iPDF
7. iPDFReader
8. iBooks

E. News
1. Ch NewsAsia
2. Straits Times
3. RazorTV
4. SG 4D
5. 2010 App (F1)

F. Places
1. Google Maps
2. Traffic@SG
3. TraffiCam
4. SG Malls
5. iCash SG
6. FindNearMe
7. Carpark@SG
8. LocacitySG
9. iHealth SG

G. Transport
1. SG Buses
2. SG NextBus
3. Singapore Transit
4. Taxi Booking
5. iChangi

H. Websites
1. iGV
2. Forever21
3. WordPress
4. DBS
5. Mr Brown
6. IKEA Catalogue
7. eBay

I. Reference
1. Molecules
2. iFormulas
3. PTExplorer
4. The Thai Translator Lite
5. Essentials (Korean)
6. Dictionary.com
7. Translator
8. TCT Lite

J. TV & Radio
1. RTHK OTG
2. MeRadio
3. TVGuide@SG

K. Korean
1. iKorea
2. WordPowerLt
3. KoreanSB!
4. PrimeDictE-K
5. KorSubway
6. KBS World
7. Radio Korea
8. Hot Radio KR
9. arirangRadio

L. Food
1. SushiGuru
2. Sushi
3. Noodle
4. Korean Cuisine
5. Epicurious
6. Hungry
7. buUuk
8. HK Delicacies

M. Drinks
1. Drinks Free
2. drinks
3. Happy Hours
4. shake smoothie

N. Music
1. iTuna
2. iTick
3. AMPed
4. Shazam
5. ScorelessMS
6. VSMCarolsLT
7. Music Tool
8. Music Drawing Lite
9. Shiny Drum
10. TouchXylo
11. Virtuoso

O. Lights
1. Police
2. Super Light Stick
3. Glow Stick Fr

P. Horoscopes
1. iHoroscopes
2. TAROT

Some people

I'm so disgusted with some people that treat their friends like nothing. Imagine two friends staying together......

When you cook for a friend, then that friend said that she does not feel like having home-cooked food that day. She does not offer to pack up the food you cooked as lunch for the next day.

Next day, you eat up that food because you do not want it to go to waste. She sees it but does not feel any kind of remorse or guilt.

And some people, do not learn from mistakes. No matter how bad, unreasonable, childish, hurting and violent the person is, the other party willingly takes up all these nonsense AGAIN.

I have to really give up on this person. No more hope. No more phone calls. I shall NOT be a listening ear and a friend who advises ANYMORE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Real cool and pretty!!

For Zhong Hao

The string rehearsal felt so weird today. No Zhong Hao, and lotsa new faces (freshies). Sigh. I also miss my desk partners......

Going for Citizenship Ceremony now... After that, going to Marina Square for Zhong Hao's farewell dinner.

Here's what I made for him:

I realised photographs can't really show the texture. The real one looks much better. But I agree I quite suck at layouts.

Looking for a Chance to Work Overseas

I wished for a job attachment or stint at UK. Or anywhere else on the other side of the globe. It is getting really boring and mundane in Singapore. Too much in the comfort zone.

I need to get out, see the world, live on my own and try out something else! I will go search for an opportunity. Let's set it at 3 years. In this 3 years, I hope to venture out.

More Artwork

Went to attend Beyond Basics class yesterday... and learnt more things behind scrapbooking. Here's what I did for yesterday's classes:

Earlier on, I did this for my colleagues:

The pictures could have turned out better here if not for my pc. It has been sent to the repair centre for more than two weeks and they just called today saying the earliest that it can be ready is next Monday. OMG... it's really driving me nuts!! I need my iTunes and my Photoshop!!! And not to forget, my Starcraft2!!!!

All the Best to my Conductor

I received a shocking news early in the morning today. My conductor has resigned from NTUSO! I don't expect it to be so sudden. A few months ago, he was just telling us about the plans for the next 5 years. Moreover, the repertoire for March 2011 concert has already been decided!

The thought of just not having him for our next concert is so weird. What will happen to our V1 sectionals? I wonder who our next conductor will be? And what will happen to NTUSO?

That makes the concert in Sept 2009 the last one together. I thought he should resign only after our 2011 concert. At least, we can enjoy our last concert together. Being an old alumni, I have seen how our SO progressed, and I'm really sad as we have spent so many years together, especially the V1 section as he also coaches us.

He has always been my inspiration in violin playing, a friend who provides me with a different perspective and optimistic outlook on life.

Wishing him all the best in his future endeavours...... I'll always remember the music we made.

My iPhone 4 is here!!

Yay!!! My went down to Hello!shop on Sunday and after queuing for half an hour, I got a queue ticket to purchase my iPhone!! It was another one hour of wait before my turn. So paid for it and went home happily. After reaching home and finished bathing, my micro sim card was already activated!! It was a surprise that Singtel was so efficient despite the fact that they hadn't called me for my iPhone collection after more than 2 weeks.

Today I realized that my caller ID service was ceased on the day I recontracted. So made a call to Singtel to subscribe it. $10 bucks for first time subscription and $5 per month for it. Damn stupid. But I was surprised to get the service within an hour after calling, since they said that it could take up to three days to get activated.

Singtel did surprised me on these two incidents.

On the other hand, though the iPhone 4 is really cool, the reception is really quite bad. The 3G network reception is bad and I also had a few drop calls already. Will I be able to sustain with this phone for 2 years??

Typed this post through my iPhone4. ^^

The day I bought my iPhone is the day I let go.

Iphone 4

Getting impatient for the wait... It's out of stock! Seriously! Can't even be the first few thousand to be in the queue for SingTel's launch event. So I have to wait till the end of the month for the next batch of stock to arrive. My colleague is using it, and says she has to hold the phone in a certain way, otherwise, the reception really drops. But nonetheless, I'm still set on the iphone as I'm getting bored with my Blackberry! I want all the fun apps!!

So here I'm going to list down some of the apps I'm gonna have in my 32GB iphone4 when I get my hands on it!

1) meradio
2) camera+
3) whatsapp
4) farmville
5) googlemaps
6) Traffic@SG
7) iCash SG
8) iGV
9) Light-O-Matic
10) Twitter for iPhone
11) Facebook
12) Formula1
13) Google Sync
14) GoogleTalk
15) Windows Live Messenger
16) Tap Tap Revenge 3
17) Wordpress
18) Forever 21
19) Shazam
20) Reebonz
21) The Straits Times
22) CNA
23) ComfortDelGro Taxi Booking
24) Epicurious
25) Metronome-iTick
26) iTuna-Chromatic Tuner
27) Coolibah
28) Scrap&Brag LITE
29) Prime English-Korean, Korean-English Dictionary
30) PhotoFunia
31) Photoshop.com Mobile
32) DBS mbanking
33) iPDF
34) Tarot Reading
35) iHoroscopes
36) Dictionary.com
37) Skype
38) NES
39)

And of course, I'm gonna get a portable charger cum battery accessory.

1) Pebble portable battery charger $129 from DG Lifestyle Store in Vivocity and Tangs Orchard Technobay. 5000 mAh.
2) Dexim BluePack S8 $129 from Epicenter. 3000 mAh.

Plus, I'm iTunes-ready.

Just lack of the phone now. Quick come!

My First Prada

It's HERE!!!!

GBP - $240
Charge in SGD - $520.26
Refund in SGD - $53.54
Payment in SGD - $466.72

Saved - $690 - $466.72 = $223.28

S Club 7 - Never Had A Dream Come True

Everybody's got something they had to leave behind
One regret from yesterday that just seems to grow with time
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it could be now or might have been
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go

I've never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be with you

Somewhere in my memory
I've lost all sense of time
and tomorrow can never be cos yesterday is all that fills my mind
There's no use looking back or wondering
How it should be now or might have been
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go

I've never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be

You'll always be the dream that fills my head
Yes you will, say you will, you know you will
Oh baby, you'll always be the one I know I'll never forget
There's no use looking back or wondering
Because love is a strange and funny thing
No matter how I try and try I just can't say goodbye
No no no no

I've never had a dream come true
Till the day that I found you
Even though I pretend that I've moved on
You'll always be my baby
I never found the words to say (words to say)
You're the one I think about each day
And I know no matter where life takes me to
A part of me will always be
A part of me will always be with you

A Wallet I Wanna Get

My friend CP is going London for business trip tomorrow!! And such a coincidence that I had the urge to get a wallet a month ago but just couldn't find the one I like and within my budget. So under the influence of YQ, I went to check out on Prada wallet and found them very classy! He must be feeling super happy that he has converted another person to liking Prada.

Hence, I met up with Mei Hui at Orchard and we went into the Prada shop at ION. The pictures I saw online could not compare to the real ones we saw. The real ones are really really pretty and Mei Hui was also tempted to get one too!

So, I have decided to get this model number 1M1225 in green!! The shop here only sells it in black, cipria, dark purple, pink and dark pink at $690. Full saffiano leather. YQ said this is so much more worth it than LV's wallet which is made of canvas. Is it? I thought LV was in leather. Check with Jiehui another time.

Nice or not? Hehe. The price I saw online was only about $120 Euros! That makes it super cheap after conversion. Mei Hui likes this in cipria, and she also likes many other wallets in the shop. I am beginning to like PRADA more and more. This is bad. ^^

My first SG Passport

I finally gotten my passport today! This process has taken nearly one year to complete. I can only get my IC in September.

Here I Am, for you...

This is a crazy world
These can be lonely times
It's hard to know who's on your side
Most of the time

Who can you really trust
Who do you really know
Is there anybody out there
Who can make you feel less alone
Some times you just can't make it on your own

If you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am, hmmm

If you have broken dreams
Just lay them all on me
I'll be the one who understands
So take my hand

If you reach emptiness

You know I'll do my best
To fill you up with all the love
That I can show someone
I promise you you'll never walk alone

Well if you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am, oooo

Everybody needs somebody who
Can pour their heart and soul into

Well if you need a place where you can run
If you need a shoulder to cry on
I'll always be your friend

When you need some shelter from the rain
When you need a healer for your pain
I will be there time and time again
When you need someone to love you
Here I am, Here I am

- Here I Am by Leona Lewis

Purchases from HK

Yeah! Showing off some great purchases from Hong Kong!

Have been searching high and low for this Grade 8 Aural book everywhere in Singapore and it is out of stock everywhere!! I finally got it in HK.

My favourite Studio Ghibli piano pieces - Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, etc.

And guess what? Nodame Cantabile piano scores!! Inside it are some orchestra pieces arranged for piano! Bought one of this for K Yong too. Expensive.

Beethoven Full Piano Sonata

Finally back from China Immersion trip. I finally bought Beethoven's whole set of piano sonata scores (Volumes 1-3) at Beijing at only a mere RMB $157!! How great is this? It's like a one to one cost if I buy them in Singapore. It doesn't really matter that the cover is written in Chinese. The inside are all the same, with clear printings and similar quality paper. Have always contemplated to buy or waiting for someone to gift me. And this item has been on my wish list for as long as I can't really remember. So yeah! I'm a proud owner now!

Carey's Birthday

Another moment to display my artwork:

Happy 25th Birthday, Carey!! This has been posted to you.

Goodbye friend

You know if you've lost a good friend, when he turns around and smile at you, and then walks away with another person.

Missing my aunt

This Sat is her 100 days. We all missed her.

Plans on Hold

"Congratulations on being successful in your application for the sponsorship for a Master’s Degree Programme.........."

I'm rejecting the offer to take my Masters. I guess, it's better for me to do it full-time. So right now, I'll just put it on hold, and focus on what I'm doing now. I guess I'm clear and won't make a wrong decision.

Jiale's Birthday

Another moment to display my artwork:

Happy 21st Birthday, Jiale!

Things to bring...

Flight details are out! Going to have a transit flight at Guangzhou to Xi'an. Gotta be there for 9 whole days. Omigosh. The last time I was on task there, I felt so @(#&%)!@&@#%). The 3rd day I was there, I already sort of gave up.

Things to pack into my suitcase, don't care if I'm going to bring a large one there. I just want my things!!!

1. NDSL or PSP ? Which should I bring?
2. camera

3. ipod

4. storybook

5. sun glasses

6. Shoes

7. Addidas jacket

8. soft toy (Quick, tell me that you want me to bring you!)

9. Clothes

10. Toiletries (must remember my contact lens solution and case!!!)

11. tissue paper

12. notebook and pen

13. Spectacles and case

14. Empty water bottle

15. Plastic bag

16. Extra hand luggage bag (just in case I went berserk there)

17. Medication (especially lomotil)

18. Daily bag

19. Socket converter

(list to be added on when things come to my mind)

The most hated things to bring are the different charges for every electronic device. Sigh. They are so bulky.

The results....

3 weeks after my Violin exam...and after flood and fire in Paddington causing the delay of the results... ABRSM finally sent an email to notify that I can check my results online at 10am today! YEAH!! I was awed!

Candidate	ID	Subject	Grade	Mark	Cat
NG SZE CHIEN	S8******D	VIOLIN	07	130	D

Marking Scheme
Mark	Category
130-150	D = Distinction
120-129	M = Merit
100-119	P = Pass
0-99	F = Fail

11 years ago...

Happy Birthday to him once again today...

China Immersion

Just as I had expected, I had to go for China Immersion. Once again, I have to go Beijing. Why can't it be some other parts like Shanghai? Besides Beijing, we will also be visiting Xi'an, where the famous "兵马俑" are. Sigh. So no more Hacken Lee concert, but in exchange of endless nagging, scolding and irritants.

Well, think of all the positive things!!! That is to take the aeroplane!!! (But China Airlines, not SIA!) A stay in the (so-called 5-star) hotel! Hopefully can sleep alone in the room. Feast on my favourite 水煮牛蛙, 水煮鱼, 苦瓜炒蛋, 孜然羊肉串, 北京烤鸭, 饺子 and 麻辣料理。And that is if my company are willing to share with me, cos' the portions in China comes only in big one-size for all!

Sigh sigh sigh. Tired.

First Violin Exam

Picture taken before I set off for my exam......

I finally went to do it today, 4 years later. Yes, it is my music exam. But not diploma in piano, but violin Grade 7. I gave myself 2 years to get my piano diploma, but somehow work did not allow me to do so. I thought I would have some time to practice, and hence I chosen my career path. But it proved otherwise. But nevertheless, today, I went for exam!! After 11 years since the last exam.

The examiner was very friendly. A trained pianist and bassonist. I was almost late to report for my exam today. Underestimated the time. My violin teacher sms me at 11:10am asking me where I was. It was a surprise cos' I told him not to come, otherwise it would add on to my stress. But nonetheless, he said he was there for moral support. Thanks Mr Tan!

My pianist was also there, my ex-theory teacher. It was a pity she played wrongly for almost 10 bars for my first piece. And I thought she didn't listen to my playing while she accompanied. So I was looking at her and nodding my head while I was playing, hoping to get her back. The examiner was starring at her! OMG. I hope it won't affect my marks. I was quite gan chiong over that first piece. And I think I rushed in the first few bars.

The examiner asked to look at the scores of my second and third piece before I played. Second piece was ok. I managed to play my D harmonic note out! HAHA! The third piece was ok. I already did my best, only a few wrongly hit notes and my own rendition of dynamics. I never ever played it through to my violin teacher before. Hence this was the piece I was most worried about. Plus, it is SOLO. No accompaniment for this third piece.

Scales. He gave all easy ones. D minor harmonic separate bow. Didn't end on the correct note. Chromatic starting on B, screwed. G major separate bow. Dominant sevenths, diminished sevenths, double stops all ok. Was he trying to help me by giving me all the easy ones?

Then followed by "the part everybody likes" which the examiner described - Sight-reading. OMG. It was easy loh. No high notes. C major in 2/4 time. Scherzando. The difficulty was in the syncopation and triple-stop pizz on CGE, followed by arco C. I thought my tempo was ok, I did subito piano well, notes was 80% there. But gan chiong me played arco on pizz and pizz on arco. Followed by the examiner scribbling away. Just give me a pass will do. I don't expect high marks for this part.

Then it was aural. He agreed that not everyone is good at that. Sight-singing was in E-flat major. Generally ok, but couldn't sing the interval from E-flat to B-flat. Shit. He gave me a second chance to sing!! He was soooo nice!! But me still couldn't sing that perfect 5th interval the second time round. Cadence was ok. Interrupted cadence in a special way. Modulation was easy. He gave a C major piece. It was easy to listen as it modulated to dominant key.

Last part on short piece questions. "Listen to the texture, style and period." he said. After playing, he asked leading questions loh! So good! It was easy answering him about the texture and period. The piece was clearly Baroque, containing mordents and ornamental notes here and there. Then clapping of the rhythm was bad. I think I only got 50% correct. Time of the piece should be in 3. I thought it should be correct.

Overall, the examiner was great, cos he gave all the easy easy questions. If it was difficult, I think I might flunk it. But I think I can do better.

Make a guess of my marks:

First piece A6: 25/30 (if he did not minus marks for my pianist mistakes)

Second piece B5: 23/30

Third piece C5: 20/30

Scales: 14/21

Sight-reading: 14/21

Aural: 14/18

Total: 110/150 PASS (only)

Don't think I deserve a Merit. I was actually aiming for a Merit. Sigh. I will know my results one week later online. I will try harder next time!

They are coming to Singapore again!!!

Alan Tam & Hacken Lee Live in Singapore (左麟右李 新加坡演唱会 2010)

Date: 29 May 2010, Saturday

Time: 8pm

Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium

Tickets: $178, $158, $138, $118, $88 (yet to include SISTIC fee)

I hope, I pray, that I won't be sent overseas for work. The fan club has already bought VVIP tickets. So even if I'm going, I won't be able to sit with them, scream with them and wear uniform together. =( But consolation is that I am still going, IF.

1st Violin Recital

Doing this for fund raising for Haiti... This is my B list piece that I'm going to play in my Grade 7 exam next month. This greatly boosted my confidence for my exam. I was anxious in front of the crowd, but I managed to control it quite well. ^^

To Nirvana

My aunt passed away on Saturday, 6/2/2010 at 130 pm. We received a call from her youngest daughter and drove back to Kluang for her wake at 6 pm. The wake was a quiet affair at 德会馆. Her picture was pretty. She passed away peacefully. Going back Kluang tomorrow again.

Am I Crazy or WHAT!

I feel life is getting boring, or should I say, life is not hectic enough? Just joking.

Over the weekends, I made up my mind. I was still wavering whether to take or not to. There's no pay increment, workload won't be reduced, no guaranteed promotion, MORE tiring days and giving up my Korean lessons. My decision was made because Aline said,"Just take it as an interest."

I am applying for my part-time Masters. July 2010 Intake. Won't be explicit here.

On Friday, I sent in my online application. Printed out the form and let my BIG BOSS to endorse. It was quite a funny experience. She actually doesn't know her staff. She asked if I have a baby, probably worried I cannot cope and will sacrifice my work.

"NO, I'm not married..."

"OH, then you have a boyfriend right?"

"NO..."

"OOOH, but will have right?!"

"Erm..."

I don't even know if she knows my name. After that, I just continued to say that my work is still priority. Oh well......

Photocopied all my transcripts and certificates. Hopefully, I will get exemption for at least one module and graduate within 2.5 years. And filled up a form to state my reason for my application. Put them all in order, stick my photo, and in the envelope they went.

The white envelope sat on my chair for 2 days. I finally posted it out today after work. Well, it now depends if they want to accept me or not. I don't really meet one of the criteria. See how fate is. Will know the results in April/May.

So Carey, I'm not going Australia to join you. I can't give up my salary. I don't want to get into a debt. I still want to eat good food - salmon sashimi, wedges, dim sum, la mian! I still want to buy nice dresses, shoes and jewellery. I still want to buy Agnes B, Longchamp, Gucci, Prada, LV bags and wallets. I still want to take the aeroplane to go for my yearly holidays - Japan, Korea, Germany, Europe... I still want to take my Grade 8 violin exam.

I'll just postphone the plan to migrate there. ^^

Counting Days

My aunt is on morphine. She is so weak that her used-to-be strong and loud voice is so feeble now. She is in pain. I just hope she will persevere till after CNY.

Huh...?!

My dad just stepped into my room and said, "Shall we move back to the old house? It's more windy there."

I gave him a "HUH?!?" look.

Was he serious? It meant packing my stuff all over again!