December 30, 2004 @ 4.31pm
older sisters can be good
You know how I always complain about Sis. Saying it's just this thing about older sisters.Sis's friend, Aileen asked me whether I prefer an older sister or brother. I said that older brothers tend to be more protective of their younger sister. But then again, it's good to have an older sister so you could share stuff with each other coz of the same frequency.
Haha...so Sis proved to be a good older sister when she did this for me.
and she gave me this...
which was a pleasant surprise coz she just left it next to my computer without telling me.
I have photos of 7ners and my secondary school classmates on my dressing table but none with Sis. Since she doesn't really like taking photos and wouldn't allow me to post the ones with her on the net.
Hmmm...there's someone in the FYP lab with Ayu's "Voyage" as his/her handphone ringtone. I'll like to know who it is.
December 29, 2004 @ 2.17pm
disaster strikes
I guess by now everyone should know about the massive tsunami that hit the asian region. India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia... Singapore's really very very lucky to have escaped.As much as we thank our lucky stars, please spare a thought for the families who have lost their loved ones or have been completely wiped out. Those who are injured. Those who are now homeless. And then, I hope you guys would donate to help these people.
Mum was exclaiming that the stupid tv station still had the cheek to show the upcoming charity show's advertisements. They should be asking people to donate to Red Cross now. What's more important now? People donating to some organisation which probably has loads of money in reserve or an organisation that is sending food and supplies to natural disaster victims?
I mean it's rather bullshit now coz these organisations are backed up by the government so the government gives them money to operate as well. However, we should be giving more to those self-funded organisations.
This year-end has been a rather bad and sad one.
December 27, 2004 @ 10.31am
masquerade, paper faces on parade
Spent most of yesterday with the 7ners. Minus PK. Lunch at Popeyes at the airport. Hmmm...I think meetings with the 7ners are usually the best. *apart from meeting Xianglin...smilez* Coz it doesn't matter where we go, it's the company. We usually have fun no matter the place.Pwen bought this ice-cream cake for us. Unfortunately, the staff at Popeyes probably put it in the chiller which wasn't cold enough coz when we opened the box. Uh oh...it had melted. Worse still when we broke the chocolate covering. Haha...it was like breaking a dam. The melted ice-cream flowed out like lava spilling out of a volcano. Furious scooping and exclamations of "saving the dam" and finally feeling exhausted from the overdose of sweetness.
Yay! And Per joined us!
Went to the viewing gallery to slack and take photos. Haha...Jo discovered our silhouettes rather fascinating. So we began doing the whole "Ocean's Twelve" thing. You know the silhouettes of the peoples' feet. After which, it became the neoprint taking time. Everyone squeezed together to get their faces into the shot. Haha...imagine 7 people squashed together.
I watched "The Phantom Of The Opera" with my family in the evening. It was a promise that I watch it with Mum since she loves these musicals. Works by Andrew Lloyd Webber. I think the ending was kinda changed. I watched the musical back in primary school so I can't really remember how everything went. But I vaguely remembered that the ending was a tragedy. The movie's ending however was a sort of happy one.
Oh well...I rather enjoyed the movie. The familiar music. Especially like the masquerade scene. So yea...7ners, you guys wanted to know whether it was good. Yupz...it's good. Should watch it. :)
December 25, 2004 @ 9.42pm
christmas is here
Merry Christmas!A little something for everyone...
December 24, 2004 @ 11.54am
christmas feeling
[edited at 10.52pm]Ok ok...I do have a little of the christmas spirit.
This year is a little different. I don't wish for anything. I just want to be grateful for everything I got. Just to count my blessings and hope that I can make someone, anyone smile this year-end. Hai! That's all.
Just back from our annual christmas family dinner at my grandparents' place. Haha...my uncle was digging through the cupboard and showing us all the treasures from his childhood. Like his pencilcase, storybooks, class yearbook, army uniform etc... I think everyone at some point in their life just wants to transport back to their childhood days. Oh, those carefree days.
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Christmas, Christmas time is near
Time for toys and time for cheers...
Doesn't really feel that now does it?
December 22, 2004 @ 12.53pm
back to the Lord
It was just a few days ago that I asked people to help but I guess I was too late.I was awoken by an sms this morning around 5.30am. At first, I didn't think much about it but suddenly my brain started to move and I feared to read the message. True enough...bad news.
Amanda had messaged to say that her mum had passed away. By right, waking up an early hour would mean I was too tired and would fall right back to sleep. But I simply could not. I somehow felt pain within.
If I felt like this, I could not imagine how my friend was taking it. The way I thought about things. At this age, I feel we're not even ready to be on our own. We are still very much attached to our family. To lose someone so close to you, it's like your whole world just comes crashing down when you least expected it. It's like a piece of you being torn off by force.
As I thought about it, I started to tear. The pain.
Just yesterday Mum was telling me what the nurse at the centre told her. How she felt. Then I told her it's a really bad time for such things to happen now. With Christmas just days away. Everybody looks forward to spending time with the family. And it's not like you can put the blame, vent your anger on something. Coz there's nothing. There's nobody to blame. Nobody's at fault.
I only pray that God will give Amanda's family the strength to go through this difficult period.
Thanks to all my friends who responded and prayed for her mum. Amanda is very thankful too.
Too many bad things have happened. It makes this year-end not worth looking forward to.
December 21, 2004 @ 1.20pm
praying for a miracle
Some of you guys should have received an sms or email from me. It is regarding my friend, Amanda's mum. I really hope you did not treat it as some sort of bogus story.Peifen responded to say she could help. However she could only make it to the centre after 6pm. By the way, it is SGH's Haemoto centre I'm talking about. It closes at 4.30pm. She asked if there was any other alternative.
Since Mum was going to SGH for checkup, I told her to stop by at the centre to try asking if there was another alternative. Mum called me later...I was sleeping but woke up to pick the call anyway.
I wasn't prepared for what she had to say. The centre told her that Amanda's mum was in bad shape. They didn't say more but you can guess how bad it is from there lahz. From that moment on, I couldn't go back to sleep. I kept thinking about it and started tearing.
I felt terrible. I thought of how hard it was for Amanda. And to make matters worse, at this time (around christmas). I really really hope there can be a miracle.
I know that such things cannot be controlled. That your time on this Earth is decided by God. But it feels terrible to lose someone so close to you. A face that you see everyday.
As such, please, I urge you to come forward and help if you can. If not, please pray for her. Pray for a miracle.
December 16, 2004 @ 8.24pm
is my handwriting good or what
First I gotta say, welcome to my new home. Many thanks to my ex-host, Raynor. Although the stay at trilight.org was a short one, it still felt good.realistic-soul.net wasn't my first choice for domain name. I wanted so-real.net but sadly, it was snatched before I could get a hold of it. So there, got Sis to help me think of another domain name. I wanted it to have the word "real" in it. After lots of goofing around and coming up with ridiculous sounding ones, I came up with real-soul.net. Sis said it didn't sound really good and suggested realistic-soul.net.
Oh well, on to the main purpose of this entry.
Did this handwriting analysis some time ago. Haha...got the link off Ling's blog. You can try it out here.
Elisia has a healthy imagination and displays a fair amount of trust. She lets new people into her circle of friends. She uses her imagination to understand new ideas, things, and people.
Elisia is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth. This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem. She needs to visualize the end of a project before she starts. she finds joy in anticipation and planning. Notice that I said she plans everything she is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned. Elisia basically feels good about herself. She has a positive self-esteem which contributes to her success. She feels she has the ability to achieve anything she sets her mind to. However, she sets her goals using practicality-- not too "out of reach". She has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, she will not take great risks, as they relate to her goals. A good esteem is one key to a happy life. Although there is room for improvement in the confidence category, her self-perception is better than average.
elisia says: Quite true. I need to plan out what I'm doing first before actually starting else I get quite lost. And I don't really just go out to roam the streets. When I go somewhere, I usually plan to get something that's why I'm going there. Yes, I set goals out of practicality. I don't like aim to be some smart ass who tops the school everytime coz it just isn't me. And I DEFINITELY need improvement regarding confidence.
Elisia is a cumulative and procedural thinker. She likes to have all the facts before making a decision. She thinks or creates much like a brick mason, stacking fact upon fact. Her thought pattern or the conclusion will not be complete until the last fact is in place. Like that brick wall, Elisia learns faster through visual demonstration than through quick verbal instructions. Once she has learned new material, and understood it, she won't forget. Elisia is a methodical thinker, therefore she is able to build things and come up with new ideas. In an argument, she often loses to rapid thinking people because she is thinking thirty minutes later about what she should have said. These people often are very booksmart, but can be out-gunned in a rapid fire verbal debate. She may learn new ideas at a slower pace than other "less detailed" people, but once she gets it, she can handle repetition. Some people hate jobs with too much repetition, she can handle it better than most.
elisia says: Yea...I learn better when there are visual demonstrations involve or pictures coz it helps me relate to what I'm supposed to learn. About the not forgetting part...*exasperated* but I have short term memory! Are they trying to say I'm s.l.o.w?! Silly people. I just need to think of a good comeback that's why. But yea, I often lose in arguments with Sis. So I'm smart, I choose not to waste my time arguing with her. I grasp concepts at a slower rate than other people. Sounds so familiar since I just emailed Mr D regarding ENMM.
Elisia is secretive. She has secrets which she does not wish to share with others. She intentionally conceals things about herself. She has a private side that she intends to keep that way, especially concerning certain events in her past.
elisia says: I am not secretive. It's just that I don't reveal everything to any Tom, Dick and Harry. I will share more if I can feel at ease with the person, usually someone whom I trust and have known for some time. Which just seems rather hard to come by these days. It might also help if you're the one who comes up to me and start a conversation coz I'm not exactly a social butterfly neither am I a loner. I'm definitely not quiet. Haha...
Elisia uses judgment to make decisions. She is ruled by her head, not her heart. She is a cool, collected person who is usually unexpressive emotionally. Some may see her as unemotional. She does have emotions but has no need to express them. She is withdrawn into herself and enjoys being alone. The circumstances when Elisia does express emotions include: extreme anger, extreme passion, and tremendous stress. If someone gets her mad enough to tell her off, she will not be sorry about it later. She puts a mark in her mind when someone angers her. She keeps track of these marks and when she hits that last mark she will let them know they have gone too far. She is ruled somewhat by self-interest. All her conclusions are made without outside emotional influence. She is very level-headed and will remain calm in an emergency situation. In a situation where other people might get hysterical, she has poise. Elisia will work more efficiently if given space and time to be alone. She would rather not be surrounded by people constantly. In a relationship, she will show her love by the things she does rather than by the things she says. Saying "I love you" is not a needed routine because she feels her mate should already know. The only exception to this is if she has logically concluded that it is best for her mate to hear her express her love verbally. Elisia is not subject to emotional appeals. If someone is selling a product to her, they will need to present only the facts. They should present them from a standpoint of her sound judgment. She will not be taken in by an emotional story about someone else. She will meet emergencies without getting hysterical and she will always ask "Is this best for me?"
elisia says: Haha...of course I make judgements with my head. I'm a realist. Oh, I will let you know if you've crossed the line and usually it doesn't sound good. I am tolerant but not tolerant to bullshit.
People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Elisia doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others. -End of analysis-
Today felt great. Didn't need to meet up for project discussion since Zhihao had some appointment. So one hour of lesson in school and I was free the rest of the day.
Sitting at home watching Hilary Duff's concert. So what if she's some teeny-bopper? I think her songs are nice and she's generally pleasant-looking. Nowadays, girls tend to want to be slim or pretty much stick-thin. I don't deny the fact that I'm also constantly thinking about that. But look at her, she's comfortable with the way she is. Another example would be BoA.
December 15, 2004 @ 10.19pm
some super duper stuff
[edited at 4.17pm]I knew it. Just knew it. We are now behind time. Not doing according to what we proposed in our timetable. Just look at us. No sense of urgency whatsoever. Just need to get our lazy asses to move.
I wonder if someone dropped my handphone. It was on the table for a long time. And now when I checked, the battery is flat. I can't even remember when I charged it. My goodness...my short term memory. Rest assured, if someone dropped it and I find out who it is, that person is going to be dead.
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Wahahahaha...just thinking of FYP makes me anticipate all the problems we will encounter.
Like batch upload of images. So far we've done uploading of one file at a time. So ya... Currently asking my ex-colleague the concept behind batch uploads. You know lahz...I'm not so smart ya. So will need help.
Let me laugh until I die...
December 12, 2004 @ 3.09pm
sleeping under the stars
An eventful weekend. Before I go into a long description of what happened, I would like to rant a little first.Firstly, I kinda dislike cookies and cache coz right now I can't see the scrollbar for the main blog part and the words are black.
Secondly, Nad told me about this girl, Joey who copied most of her content and style from her blog. I scoffed when I read Joey's description of herself which stated she enjoyed webdesigning. Girl, there's no way you're going to be a good one if you're going to copy.
I shall not deny that looking at the source codes of others' blogs/websites is a good way to learn new stuff. But, do at least give credit to the person. I must admit that I do peek at Nad's source codes as well but I tell her and credit her.
And it's no use copying another's style of writing coz obviously it is not going to work. Of course, it ISN'T YOUR STYLE. It is not going to sound original coz it just isn't you.
Sis is a good writer. She wrote long and expressive stuff for her school logs. And after that, some people tried to copy her style. Writing long logs. But it isn't the same. Coz it wasn't their style. When I read Sis's log and her friend's log, I still can say whose one is better. Just coz you wrote long stuff, it doesn't make you more impressive. It's what you write from your heart that makes you original, no matter how long or short.
Ok. Back to the good weekend getaway I had. Spent Friday night and Saturday morning in Sentosa. Met up with 7ners for dinner on Friday night. It was to celebrate PK's and CJ's birthdays. Dinner was at Sakura restaurant at Far East Plaza. Oh by the way, saw some people from my school...Eileen, Lisa, Eng Shan, Ai Jia etc...
Since PK wasn't going to be at Sentosa with us, we gave her her present first. Of course, it wasn't going to be easy to "earn" her gift. The first small package, she had to answer 7 questions. *Hey, how come she lost but we didn't saboh her?*
When she got her first package, she got her first clue. Clue: What's inside the box. She replied "charm or pendent". With that clue, she had to find her second package which was in one of the shops. Obviously, the rest had some form of agreement with the shops before going on with this activity. She had to ask for her present from the sales assistant. It was fun watching her running around trying to find the right shop. First shop she stopped at was "77th Street". The salesgirl gave her a puzzled look and even wanted to ask her manager if there was any present. Ok...definitely wrong shop.
Second shop was "The Bluez". Suddenly, something struck PK. She sounded very convinced that it was a particular shop. She ran in the direction of the right shop. For a minute, Jo and I really thought she had it figured. Nope...she went into "Watt's In". Her explanation why, was coz the clue said WHAT'S INside the box. Finally she saw the shop "CHARMS". Bingo!
Went back to the rest to get her last clue. Clue: She died on Christmas day. This one wasn't fun since she immediately knew which shop she had to go to. The shop was "Little Match Girl".
After all the running around, the usual cake cutting and group photo taking. Then, it was time to leave for Sentosa. Jo, PK and Junrong (aka PK's guy) left us since they couldn't make it for the stayover at Sentosa.
At Harbourfront MRT station...bad news. It was raining. We had to make a choice. Either continue to Sentosa or ditch our plans. Finally, 7ners (minus Jo and PK) plus Junwei (Nad's guy) and Up (Sof's guy) decided to continue to Sentosa. Boarded the bus but had to wait. Suddenly, Per had to leave us to attend to some urgent family matters. So it was pretty much how CJ put it "couple A, couple B and the 3 single girls" left.
Reached Sentosa, by then the rain had stopped but the sky didn't look to promising either. Wanted to get a room at Costa Sands. More bad news...fully booked. No choice but stick to the original plans. Down by the seaside. Chose a spot near 7-eleven. Spread out our mats. Started playing card games. Then, played with the sparklers we brought. Settled down to rest only about 3am. I didn't sleep much though, just rested my eyes.
First it was irritating humans which Up called them the "winter sonata girls". Reason was coz it wasn't very cold when we were still up but they wrapped themselves in towels like it was winter. It didn't help that they kept walking up and down. Also, one of them started to shout to another at around 5am. Do you have brains or not? You aren't the only group there. And at night, it's so quiet so your voice gets amplified. I told Pwen that by the time she finished whatever shouting business she had, I would have known the names of all her friends.
Second it was irritating lizards. Then it was irritating peacocks. Kept coming around our stuff in the morning.
It was a nice experience. Rather nice to lie out in the open. No mosquitoes. Although it gets a bit chilly around 5am. We didn't follow our plans for CJ to "earn" her present. No one had the energy or mood. Just passed it to her. CJ, you are very lucky...
Left Sentosa for Harbourfront's Mac for breakkie. Sof and Up had to go back coz Sof left her handphone in the Sentosa bus. After breakkie, went home by bus. I should have gone home by MRT coz the bus ride was awfully long and I overslept so it went to the interchange and I had to walk back home. Luckily the interchange is just a 10-minute walk from my home.
To Per, please take care. *hugz*
December 09, 2004 @ 11.28am
triple oopz
[edited at 4.09pm]Heh...installed CuteFTP in the computer so I could upload and work on my own stuff when I'm free. So there. I changed my layout. Nad did this layout for me. DUH. You think I could create something that great? Figured out how to work the flinx script (with a little help from Nad). *lol* So now it's running. Just have to upload the buttons.
Yep...so for those who are here to check the codes for the fanlistings I applied to join, please be patient while I upload everything. Thanks.
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Just kill me NOW! I received an invite from Leon to join this community called "hi-5". Signed up and all. Then, they could look through your email address list for other people who are already in the community. So entered my old email account. Searched through...and there you go. The list of people. So you could uncheck those people you don't want to invite or add. And guess what? I forgot to uncheck those people. So I practically invited all the people in my address list...including my mum, dad and whoever else.
So please please please...if you'll like to join, good for you. If not, can you please ignore the invitation sent to you?
Pelt me with rocks lahz...
December 08, 2004 @ 3.24pm
major project
Made a mistake of coming to school too early. Since we didn't know what our project was about and our lecturer in-charge could only meet us around 10.30am.So there we were, testing out the computers. Customizing them to suit us. And our group...even went to buy biscuits and drinks to stock up. Haha...like having a picnic or furnishing our second home for the next 3+ months.
Yep...so for now, we know what our project is about. Quite interesting but I'm anticipating lots of problems once the scripting starts. But I don't regret choosing this since there will be a bit of designing as well. A wee bit.
You know...getty images. That's more or less what we're supposed to do. A multimedia resource portal or rather stock portal.
December 07, 2004 @ 11.13pm
not right
I settled the doubt of what I was going to do for FYP. I got to school a little earlier so I could check if Mr Shaw replied my email. You know my computer is like crapz so my best bet would be to use the school computer.Turns out, I was in luck. I could ask him straightaway, since he had an IN3D lab at 9am (same time I have CMSK4). I asked him about the project. So he said since I'm quite fine with both projects (stock portal or 3D), he decided to let me join the stock portal group. He mentioned it was a bigger project which needed more people. So now, I'm group mates with my original 2 group mates, Zhi Hao and Daniel, and another girl, Weiqi.
Yea...tomorrow is FYP day. 8am-6pm. Crapz.
School started yesterday. Doesn't even feel right. For school to start in December when everyone's still in the holiday mood. Christmas has yet to come! What with the new policy that polytechnics will start earlier so that freshies out of secondary school need not wait longer to enter poly.
Nothing much. One core subject. ENMM (Enterprise Multimedia). One semester without touching java and I forgot most of it. I ain't good at it in the first place. *dreads*
At CMSK4 class today, we were learning about how to write resumes and cover letters. So my lecturer was just curious to know how many would not continue in the IT line. Haha...I was one of them who raised my hand.
I just can't wait to get out of school.
And now there's a bigger problem for Friday's stayover at Sentosa. We might have to sleep out in the open. No more tents. Hopefully it doesn't rain. *crosses fingers*
December 05, 2004 @ 4.50pm
crazy going crazy
[edited at 9.19pm]Just realised that the title is like this TRF song. Which kinda reminds me...should I get the m-flo album? Oh and if you're thinking of buying Hikki's English album, don't. Not worth. Only nice songs were "Exodus '04" and "Easy Breezy". I remember some review was saying the lyrics are kinda stupid...ermz...yea. 'You're easy breezy and I'm Japaneesy'...a bit lame.
Yes Nad, I shall be crossing my fingers for you. Hopefully your mum says yes.
Here comes King Keera aka Per's meow meow...
The King taking his royal snooze...
The photos are kinda dark. I didn't take with flash since I didn't want to risk getting my skin ripped open or blinding him.
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It seems that after I reformatted my computer, the internet problem still exists. Wonder what's wrong. It's like when I on my computer and try to use the internet, there's no connection. I just get the "This page cannot be displayed". But after like about one hour, it's fine. Or if my sis's computer has been on for some time, I don't have this problem. We share the internet connection via a router. And hers is totally fine!
Thursday, met up with the girls then went to Per's house. Per and Pwen were having fun with their mics. Then when there's no response from Pwen, Per would do the whole Edna Mode thing from The Incredibles. But it would come out like this "Ed-na Modhahahahahahaha..." coz by then, we would all be laughing away.
And I got some nice pictures of Keera. He was sleeping in very funny position. That sofa is Keera's sofa. King Keera does not let you touch him. Only the king can touch you. If you dare touch the king, he might not hesitate to bite or scratch you. Just ask Nad if you don't believe.
Friday, went to school for briefing. Luckily I met Meijun on the MRT on Thursday and she told me about it, or I wouldn't have known.
Mr Shaw called me to ask me whether I would like to join another group to work on the 3D project for FYP. Consulted friends and they were telling me that I should choose the one that I would like to do more. Haha...not much help since I have not much confidence in anything so it's all the same to me.
Haha...maybe if I could figure how to get the database and the script I installed for fanlistings to get going. Ya, THAT would be something interesting to me. After working out the script for fanlistings, I want to join TCGs so need to install another script for forms. Need to put up a site...so all the designing. See...THAT is what I want to do. So don't talk to me about other stuff and whether or not they are interesting coz it's all the same to me.
Anyway, I was supposed to get back to Mr Shaw with my decision. Unfortunately, his line was engaged and when I tried a few more times later, it went to the damn answering machine which kinda signalled that he was off work. So I just sent an email. No reply whatsoever yet.
Yesterday, met up with Per for a drink and also to discuss on our stayover plans for this coming Friday.
Shall update more later...IF my computer decides to behave.
December 01, 2004 @ 3.49pm
no connection
ARGH! I finally got to reformat my computer. And now I have trouble connecting to the internet.Went to reformat my computer happily thinking that I could start on some fanlistings and stuff since I got my own webspace already. And now...THIS! What the hell...
Some updates...
Monday, went for class chalet/BBQ. I didn't stay over.
Rather good one. Photos...well, I wanted to start a photo album but now...gotta wait. Sis won't allow me to hog her computer. James said he'll help out next week. Well, asked him since he was the one who helped me the first time I got my router.
But my last few days of holidays with NO NET?! I will appreciate any form of help now.
Yesterday, went back to Aunty Hazel's since after rebonding my hair, it still went a little wavy. She explained that the last time she did it, she put too much protector so that my hair wouldn't get too dry so coz of that the chemical didn't set in. She re-did it and hopefully this time after I wash my hair, it should be fine.
Met up with Jo, Pwen and Per for dinner and movie. Watched "The Incredibles". Good movie! Go watch it!
There's something different about my eyebrows. *wiggles eyebrows*
