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Monday, December 30, 2013

First love blooms widely when spring comes, dazzling like a beautiful flower.





You know that feeling. The feeling of a smile spreading across your face, smiling at something that seems so right and perfect. The feeling that you had found something dear and special, that you never want to let go. Yes, it is the feeling of love. And nope, I'm not only referring to the couple kind of love. There are the love in family, love in friendships and many more other relationships.

Many wondered, how do I manage to maintain such good relationship with my family, especially my cute little sister. We often go on shopping dates, study dates and everything. P.S. I even rejected the invitation for my CO Section Dinner today to dinner with my baby sister. Well, to be honest, I am also not very sure why we are on such good terms. Yes, our family do have quarrels and fights all the time, but we always make up after that. I especially love my little sister to bits. She seems older, not in appearance, but in character. She takes care of me well when I'm sick, she cooks rice for me when I'm hungry, she even ran errands for me when I'm busy. And after reflecting, I figured I did way too little for her. I was unable to give her what she want. But in the new year, I will try my best to spend more time with her. I promise myself that.

Friendships are important too. It is easy to feel lonely, to feel alone in this cruel sadist world. People walk around with a façade that life is great without any troubles, but actually their souls were screaming out loud for somebody to notice them. Even asking simple questions such as "How are you?" is good enough. It shows that somebody do care about them. They are not alone in this world, they have friends walking through this tedious yet meaningful path with them. Someone once told me, life is a journey with added monsters along the way. Well, I guess it will be hard for one to fight these monsters alone; we will be exhausted halfway. However, with friends, with added strength, they can help you fend off these monsters, thus ensuring a smoother road ahead. That are what friends are for. To share the burden with you, to relieve you of your stress, to colour your life with their silly jokes. Life is beautiful.

On pretty sunny mornings, I often see couples taking a stroll down the garden, hand in hand. They are smiling ever so brightly, their faces radiating with happiness like there isn't a care in the world. No doubt, I will be envy of them. I also yearn to lead that kind of life, whispering sweet nothings and giggling over inside jokes with my other half. Yet, I had yet to find my Mr Right. I may spend days, months or even years finding for that special someone living in another part of the world. But I do believe in fate, I do believe that fate will bring us together, so long as we are willing to wait patiently for the special one.

We are all different, yet we are all humans, and because of this similarity, we are same as well. We undergo the same experiences, feel the same emotions, have the same thoughts. We are not alone in the world. There is bound to be a guardian angel who can understand us, believe in us, support us in whatever we do.


Because first love is beautiful,

Because first love is like a flower.
First love blooms widely when spring comes,
Dazzling like a beautiful flower.
But people can't conditionally give and take,
Because like a young child, first love is inexperienced.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Like main characters of a drama, we met again on this street.

Today was my paternal grandmother's death anniversary. I was not very close to her. To be honest, I cannot really remember how she looked like. I was being very unfilial as I don't attend her death anniversary every year, I only did it occasionally. But I know she had been blessing me with a good life, she had watched out for me, keeping me out of dangers. Thankyou, grandma. I will always keep you in the corner of my heart. I love you, grandma. <3




乌云就那么悄然退去,
蓝色的天空一点点放晴。
风雨过后的天空,
就像经历了黎明前的黑暗,
太阳终究会再升起,
所以,一切悲伤和痛苦总会过去的。

When the scent of winter spreads in the street, the white snow falls.

My vacation trip to China, :D

Before I start to type anything officially, let me first share a photo of my family. First photo of the day. Please ignore my retarded face, hahahas! :D

(Taken at Changi Airport)

So the flight was around 5pm. We reached China, Chengdu at around 11pm, and when we reached the hotel room it was nearly 12am -.- Did part of my GP homework on the airplane. Keke, and I happened to notice the girl in front of me doing some AJC Physics homework. LOLOL! But I wasn't sure that she is from AJC, I thought there will be other schools doing the same worksheet. Hahahas! :D

Too tired and slept straight without bathing. But I did bathe before I left Singapore! Ain't smelly, I smell like roses. :DDD

The pictures below sum up the ten days vacation in China. It was freezing cold, despite me wearing like 4 tops. Hahahas! && the food is like shit in the mountains. I'm like forcing myself to eat everything (many veggies) to avoid starving. T.T #sadlife LOL, but the quality of the food improved as we begin moving down to the city from the mountains. The food is more suited to my taste in the city.

Sichuan dishes are all salty and oily. The eggs that they serve is so oily, as if oil is free of charge. The mushroom hotpot that I am looking forward to, is quite salty. >.< However, there is another 火锅 that is freaking nice. Bought instant noodles because I wanna to try, and because I'm afraid to starve to death. Hahahas! :D But their instant noodles is really damn delicious, LOL!

Alright, I shall stop tattering on. Pictures time! ^^

(Tangerines on the tree)

(Victoria's secret model posing with the trees)

(The snow had frozen to become ice -.-)

(Icy waterfall: it is not water, it is ice)

(Pretty sea with crystal waters)

(Family photo)

(Trying to be funny, :D)

(View taken from the balconey of my hotel room)

(Look at that snow-ed plant!)

(Virgin experience with snow)

(HELLO taxi)

(Candid shot)

(Look at that snowy road)

(Stupid hotel without wifi)

(Super scenic manzxc)

(Pretty!)

(Snow, snow, snow)

(This is how I celebrate Christmas)

(Super pretty carriage that I found in the BamBoo Hotel)

(The BamBoo Hotel)

(Pretty ladies)

(Super cute pandas fighting, they are brothers sisters luh)

(Newborn baby pandas that are around 4 months old)

(吹糖人)

PS. 吹糖人 is super cool can. I saw it on Running Man before. The guy will blow into this plastic dough thingy, and blow it so the dough will inflate. Then the guy will 捏 the dough and make it into many different shapes. We can customize it. Super cool rights! But I can't stop wondering if we will be eating that guy's saliva, so I decided to skip it. :/

(This gigantic hotdog looking prata that costs only SGD 1)

I didn't post everything up cause I don't want to flood my whole blogpost with pictures. LOL! [: Anyways, it was an interesting trip where I met many kind people (though unlikely to keep in contact with them).

Some memorable people that I met:
1) XL: This super shuai guy from HwaChong (Around 1.8m)
2) XL's mother: Super talkative, but kind enough to introduce me econs tuition
3) Sinyen: Another AJCian beside my class whom I totally had not seen before
4) Ivan: Super tall kid 1.8m who is only Sec 1 (ohmanzxc, he haven't even puberty!)
5) Agnes: Singaporean tour guide who is super humorous
6) Raymond: Cheena tour guide whom I don't really like, cause he insulted that I am short and he is like some broken radio kept repeating and repeating his words/stories. && I think he super money-minded cause he kept promoting products to us (he said because I was short that's why I should eat this flower pollen thing that cost SGD100) since he can earn commission

Anyways, I bought many stuff from China. Hahas, China products. Spent SGD400+ on some Chinese tea, SGD100+ on honey products (their honey got 酒味, quite nice. Not that I drink, but yeahs). I also bought some medicine thingy and jade.

Speaking about jade, no offence but I think their director cannot do business one. Hahahas! :D The manager was explaining about jade to us, and suddenly this director appear and he dismissed the manager upon knowing that we are from Singapore. The director lives in China, YunNan, and is helping with family business luh. He is a teacher, and I think he knows nothing about business. So he taught us life lessons about filial piety, encouraging us to help those poor tribal children who lives in the mountains. I can see that he is a good man with good moral values (such people are hard to find now). Then he gave us discount on jade, LOL! (: One piece of jade cost SGD1000, then he go and slash to SGD300. Crazy manzxc, how is he going to answer to his family. The loss is so huge! >.<


(Shot 1)

(Shot 2)

(Shot 3)

These shots are taken in the cable car cause we were bored. The cable car takes around 15 minutes to reach the mountain top >.< Hahahahahas!

(My favourite food in China: yogurt!) - Drink with straw

Anyways, guess what! In China, the mountainous areas, girls are called 色魔 and the guys are called 色狼. Hahahas, if you called people using those names right here in Singapore, I think you will end up in jail. LOL! (: #interestingfacts

(Snacks for the long bus rides! Lime flavour chips, super tasty!)

Interesting signs that I found in a hotel room buffet.




That ends my entire China trip. Hahahas! :D Anyways, Agnes (Singaporean tour guide) did tell us many horror stories that happened in the mountains that we went to. When we go 高海拔地区 (mountains), cannot sleep arhs! We can only sleep in the hotel room. Cause when we sleep, we are only breathing with our nose. Not enough, because in the mountains there is a lack of oxygen already.

So there was once, this 40+ uncle died while sleeping. >.< He went away peacefully, never struggle or anything. Furthermore, mountains 的条件有限,cannot treat him in time, so he died. :( Super sad, and I was super scared that something will happen to me. Cause I ate the 晕车药 that will cause drowsiness x.x I was struggling to stay awake LOL!

&& Agnes said she witnessed the tribal people chopping up dead bodies into pieces and feed them to the vultures (type of bird). The tribes believe that only when the vultures finish feasting on these dead bodies, only will the soul of the dead are able to rest in peace in heaven. But gross shit! This kind of rituals is less often seen in the tribes now, although they are still being practiced. Sorry to end my blogpost with such disgusting stories, but I think these true stories do help us to start thinking about how happy and blissful we are. 我们要懂得知足,并珍惜自己所拥有的一切。等到失去了,后悔都来不及了。Suddenly I became very Chinese after this China trip LOL! :D


当风遇到飞扬的蒲公英时,兜兜转转的恋爱总有一天会降临。

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The moon is so cold, there’s no place to lean.

Dearest lovely readers, I'm back again after so long. Hahahas! :DD

I went out with Vivian a few days ago to pass her her belated birthday present. Bought a super cute teddy bear! :D I think it is about 30cm and it costed a bomb. Seriously. Hahahas, we went Mos Burger because we are very broke (I spent only $3+ for lunch there) and chatted for awhile before rushing to catch the long-awaited movie: Catching Fire! Woohoo!~

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

My own personal ratings: 8.5/10

Hahas, the movie was awesome and the effects were super goood. The only negative thing about this movie is that super super abrupt ending. RAWR. I know, it isn't supposed to have an ending, but at least a movie should have a mini ending rights. The previous Hunger Games movie had a proper ending! Ahhh, I hate watching stuff that has no ending. #killmenow

Hahas, it was a great day with her. We went PizzaHut for dinner. Curry Zazzle Rice, recommended by Kaiyuan. Hmm, I can't take spicy and that baked rice was a little too spicy for me. Drown down three cups of ice water. Freaking dinner that costs me $14 and I was so broke that I only ordered ice water. Ahhh. Ate Macs' sundae with Vian, because I was too poor to afford Andersen, or even Baskin Robbins. Hahahahas! :DDD That ends my day.

.........

I went on a date with Huiqi yesterday. I think the last time I saw her was before promos. Omo! :( Felt bad towards her because I kept postponing our date due to my busy schedule. Hmm, went Nex's Fish&CO for lunch, and I can feel the fats in me because of the super oily fish and chips. I think I am not going to eat another fish for this time period. The portion that they serve was like enormous, and it was only priced at $9.50! I think it is more worth it than PizzaHut's Curry Zazzle Rice. Hahahas! :DDD

(Delicious meal at Fish&Co.)

Went AMK to seek entertainment. Hahahas, :D We wanted to sing, so we went Broadway Plaza for the Kbox. && it was so freaking expensive (because I don't want the Klunch package). I asked the cashier to calculate the total bill, and he freaking show me a calculator with the numbers 48.80. Mygawd. Two people only, why in the world must I pay that much just to sing for 3 hours?! Decided to pass and went pool instead. However, I felt insecure without any of my guy friend around so I pulled her away in the end. Hahahas!

No offence but I had always felt that the pool area felt a bit indecent. A bit eerie, and I always have the mindset that fights often occur there. Sorry! :/ Hahahas! I always need a guy at least to accompany there. Speaking of pool, memories of my seniors flood my mind. My lovely seniors, GeeTat and Nigel, taught me how to play pool derhs. It was stupid, we planned an erhu outing and in the end all of them were not free so ended up only we three. Since both of them are from the same poly, they have this pool trend thing, so they pulled me along as well. Hahahas! :DD Long time no text them already, a bit miss them x.x

Anyways, sidetracked a lot. To pass them, we went to eat ice cream. Awesome rum & raisins, my all-time favorite favor! :DDD And Huiqi's favourite, Hazelnut. Balabada~ Then we went Sembawang Shopping Centre to walk walk. (We wanted to go TeoHeng to sing, but their earliest slot was 5.30pm T.T) I bought her birthday present at popular, she wanted a notebook as a schedule planner. Then I found one that I liked as well, roped her into buying my next year's birthday present. My pretty schedule planner! It was quite plain and all, but just the type that I liked. It costs a freaking $9 for that tiny book. Omo! :(

Sang ktv at TeoHeng, booked 1.5h from 5.30pm to 7pm but I guessed they forgot about us and they extended the time to 8pm. Hahahas! :D OHYES! But I figured 2.5h is not enough for me although there are 2 only people in the room. Hahahas, I love to sing. LOLOL. Addicted to singing now. >.<

Ate dinner at Pastamania at 9pm. Damn fattening T.T I ordered seafood zuppa, while Huiqi ordered some chicken salsiccia, that tastes not bad but SPICY. Too spicy. Hahahahas! She was perspiring profusely though she is able to take spicy. LOLOL!

Reached home at 10.15am, I broke a new record. But my mummy was in a good mood, she didn't scold or nag me. But I hate myself for missing 30 minutes of my drama. Kinda addicted to this drama now, "Listen To My Heart". It wasn't very nice, but I need to know the ending. LOLOL! :DDD




P.S. I think the male lead is not bad looking. Not exactly very shuai, but still acceptable. But he is super white! Like Weina!!!

Anyways, I've been feeling super tired lately. Woke up super early to help my sister do her art. T.T And I'm like a walking zombie now. Omo. >.< Haish, I really need to start doing work! But first, let me eat lunch now. Hahahahas!


I wandered through the night
All night as I swayed with stumbling steps
Drunk off my black tears, I cried for a long time

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

And now I'm free falling in your eyes.

This blogpost is dedicated to my sister. LOL! (: She just confessed that she actually read my blog and scolded me for not mentioning anything about her. Hahas, :D Bangwall much.

I just wanna thank you for everything that you did for me. I know it is very tough for you these days, because you have to tolerate me practicing my music since early morning. (I start practicing at 9am, not that early but my sister will still be asleep T.T lazybum). I'm also sorry that you have to practice with me as well. I'm sorry that I made you cook my lunch all the time. Hehes, I'm a bad cook. Seriously. BUT I'm thankful for everything you did. Thank you very much. :DDD Loveyou truckloads. Okayys, super disgusting. I'm having goosebumps now. Hahas!

(Truck full of hearts)

Anyways, tomorrow is my electone exam already. Wish me goodluck manzxc. I have to pass. I need to pass. Omg, I cannot stand the embarrassment. /suddenly recalls the time when I received my erhu results/ Yep, I failed. All my other friends passed erhu, all except for me. #foreveralone I managed to pass erhu grade 5 in the end despite failing grade 4. Hard work really pays off. Please let me pass this electone grade, so I can quickly advance to the next grade. Or maybe not. I am reconsidering. Should I stop learning? My A's is next year already T.T



为什么要活得像烟火一样?
短暂的美丽和绽放以后,
除了留给人瞬间的感动以外,
马上就会隐没在漆黑的夜里,
连感动也短暂。


Sunday, December 1, 2013

Wearing my heart on my sleeve.

It shall be a short post today. (: Went Bukit Timah Hill (again), this time I walked over to the Quarry Road and saw the pretty quarry from the summit. The quarry that Matien had showed off to me about, hahas! It was indeed a magnificent sight, the waters are so clear and prettyyyyyyy! <3 <3 <3

(movie we watched to celebrate dearest's birthday)

Anyways, I wanted to blog about this movie "3 Peas In A Pod" 《他她他》that I watched a few days ago with my clique (Amanda, Weina, Kaiyuan and Evelias) to celebrate Amanda's birthday. :DDD Because recently the OST sang by Calvin Chen (辰亦儒) kept replaying on the radio 933, and I'm kinda addicted to it. Hahas! 


辰亦儒  -  我与你


我与你 如果能在一起

我与你 如果有爱情像星星给彼此勇气
在银河营造永恒美丽快乐自由 幸福无比

我与你 会一直走下去
我与你 就算没爱情没关系
你围绕太阳 我没有太阳的力量
但我会永远为你照亮

就算只能在夜里
给你点光芒
我也会继续为你转
你与我 就好像地球与月亮就算永远不能更靠近
只能在夜 不能在明
我这颗心 永不离开你这颗心

我与你会一直走下去
我与你 就算没爱情没关系
你围绕太阳 我没有太阳的力量
但我会永远为你照亮

就算只能在夜里
给你点光芒我也会继续为你转
你与我 就好像地球与月亮就算永远不能更靠
只能在夜 不能在明
我这颗心 永不离开你这颗心

我能在夜里给你光芒
我愿意永远为你而转
像地球与月亮就算永远不能更靠近
只能在夜 不能在明我这颗心永不离开你这颗心

我与你 如果能在一起
我与你 如果有爱情


Damn it, the lyrics super touching and his voice super soothing. :3 Calvin! <3 <3 <3