new skin!

finally received my laptop skin today! made the order on 4 aug, 2 days after the matri fair...supposed to receive it 2 weeks after the date of ordering one...but due to alot of things that happened, it was delayed until today. the delay and the lack of explanation from garskin (the company making these skins), really pissed me off lorz...but to keep the story short...i only received it from felicia, one of their liaison personnel today...

i immediately put the skin onto my laptop and it looked so nice! cool! it is called spin wind in the shade of blue...hahaz...now if want to order would cost $49.95 liaoz...so i saved $10! like my laptop skin so much! take a look!



the outer cover for my laptop skin!



the wrist pad cover and below my latop...the cooling pad!

ahm 2007!

just came back from AHM 2007! completed this year's run in special circumstances...hahaz...cos just recovered from minor food poisoning on mon-wed...so it sorta means that i din get to run since...last friday? hahaz...1.5 weeks never condition...plus the food poisoning bit...the odds were against me larz...but heck larz...just try...

woke up @ 330...prepared and left house to go pick joshua, my sis's bf, before heading the the city area...then changed to my shoes before dumping the bag with my sis who would wait for us @ the grandstand...=P...this sis quite useful one...dunnid to put the bag at the bag deposit...hahaz...

met up with shunhua before i ran off to the toilet...warmed up a bit before heading to the start line...then at 0530...then race was flagged off! hahaz...the first 15km was alright...my pace was qutie accurate @ 6min per km...so @ 16 km...i was @ 1hr 35 min...but after that...the results of not conditioning for the past week finally showed...my calf and thighs just wun listen...and the steps was so small...but cannot help it...hahaz...finally finished @ 2h 10 min...sighz...poor timing...but accpetable considering the circumstances...hahaz...next year...i will be back! i wan a timing of 1hr 55 as my next target! hahaz...collect my things...changed before gg for brunch with shunhua and zhengwei!

just heard that there was a fatality from the run, a cpt from ocs collapsed and died...this is tragic news...it is so sad to hear that a fellow runner has died...

anyway...some good news...my sis's bf proposed to her after the run! but in a SUPER DUPER UNROMANTIC way...the story goes like this...they have previously shopped for the proposal ring TOGETHER liaoz...just waiting for him to think of a way to pop the question...then for today...he set a personal target of 1hr 40min which he met...then he put the ring, wrapped in TISSUE PAPER, in a MEDICINE ZIPLOCK BAG, tgt with the finisher medal and just PASSED it to my sis like "Na...for you"...|||o...and he was not on his knee also! my sis only agreed after making him go one one knee! argh! when my sis told me how he proposed...i could not believe it lorz...sis...if u reading this...it was the MOST UNROMANTIC proposal that i have ever heard ever! hahaz...but if you are reading this also...i am so happy for you sis! =)...congrats!



my race tag and finisher medal! can go buy 4D! =P

new flip-flops!

yay~ got myself new flip-flops today! but it was because i also slipped 2x in school today...then decided that my current pair has really served me well and it was time to get new ones...hahaz...

after lunch, went to queensway to get new teva flip-flops...but there are none of my size! arghz....sighz...then i went to vivo first...to choose a pair of haviannas...a pure white pair...then went down to beach road to the familiar stall selling the deuter bags to buy my teva flip-flops...this one a pure black pair...so now i have 2 pairs! hahaz...can rotate to try to match my bottom...and haviannas are better for going to the pool since it can get wet...teva will start to smell once it get wet ince too often! hahaz...

like my new flip-flops! yay~



my new BLACK teva flip-flops!



my new WHITE havianas flip-flops!

happy 21st! shawn!

hahaz...the 2nd party in as many days...this time...it was shawn, my TCHS 4B classmate...and partners in a couple of projects...like ThinkQuest Alumni...Ygnite.org...

the party was held @ the SIA Group Sports Club...the food seemed to be free flow like that...then shawn's dad kept on appearing with many bottles of red wine, white wine and champagne! hahaz...heard from shawn that SIA regularly received wine crates for the food tasting for the First Class menus...then there are leftovers...which are distributed to the staff...thus the many bottles! and these bottles are quite good bottles...ranging from 2002 - 2004...tried 2 types of riesling, 1 spatlese, 1 shiraz...then the best one was at the end...there was this 1996 Vintage Don Perigon! ah...this champagne was very very nice! the light sour fragrance followed by a sweet after taste! so nice!

shawn flying off 31st Aug...alot of my frenz flying off during this Aug-Sep period...hahaz...never mind...go get a webcam then can still see them...hahaz...=P



the 1996 vintage don perigon!



TCHS 4B!

happy 21st! san mei!

went for sanmei's 21st birthday celebration yesterday...it was held @ Chevrons, in a function room called "Zes", which is basically a big KTV function room...

was a little late after picking up huifen, peigeok and shuying along the way...but was not that late lar...so i think still quite okay...hehez...the food was nice...maybe except the mango pudding...hahaz...=)...the chocolate cake was nice! got rum inside...but maybe the run not mixed as evenly...cos some cream was creamy...while some was alcoholic...=P...

think us 29th yesterday quite 自high...cos got the ktv there...add in the high songs like "第一天" and "恋爱 I-N-G"...hahaz...



b'day girl with oac outside!



san mei with oac for cake-cutting!



me and shuying, my "女儿"

ramblings from....

so bored now...@ andy's room @ kent ridge hall now...starving without my lunch...but very lazy to move...hahaz....but never mind larz...shall drag myself subway later to eat...i wan my vege! lalalaz...

just bought the MLE textbk...realise that almost all the diagrams from the lecture notes came from the textbook...super diaoz...but at least got the answers to the tutorial questions that i can refer to while doing the lectures...hehez...

gg for the stupid maths lecture later...think i am really gg to die for maths...too long never think abt maths liaoz...really struggle for tut 1, and still got 1 qn left undone...never mind...boat reach jetty naturally will straight...hahaz...=)...

not bad...sora is still sitting together for lectures most of the time...hahaz...think in all...sora is quite a fun bunch of guys and gals...quite interesting...=)...

first time mugging...

wahahaz...blogging from school now...@ the study room @ yih...just attempted to try to do the maths tutorial...but i think i seriously failed terribly...hahaz...the brain inside is not not really working at the moment...think need so cranking up...and also need to dive deep inside..pass all those NS information to retrieve the Math knowledge that i left behind in 2005...hahaz...

first time mugging @ the study room in the new semester...think people about to curse and swear at me liaoz...chiong tutorial so early for what...but for me...at least i thing i learnt from the special term is that it is so much better to start early than cram towards the end...no joke one...all the modules cram together can kill...hahaz...

still got slightly less than 2 hrs before my lect starts at 4pm...gg to spend some time reading up on the FNA chapter covered yesterday...=P...

school starts!

today was the first day of school! ahhhh!!!!

hahaz...was a little late for the first lecture @ 0800h (so early!!!)...then the chair no table one lorz...sighz...

then came the killa 6-hr block...2hrs of lecture of FNA @ LT 17...2hrs of lecture of changing landscape @ LT 11...2hrs of lecture @ LT 7A...the travelling ard can kill lorz! but i survived the first day of lectures! wahahaz...

rushed back home after the MA lecture...cos i was gg to watch 881 with my sister @ PS...@ 1930...so quite tight...hahaz...but it was a good movie to watch! =)...touching! and the theme song is so nice and catchy! hahaz...一人一半...literal translation means one person one half...hahaz...everyone can go watch the MV @ youtube at the below URL...

Wu Jia Hui - 一人一半

rag 2007!

hahaz...went to watch nus rag today at the padang...just to see see look look @ how it is like...cos for the past 2-3 weeks like that...rag seems to be the most important thing in everyone's mind (other that bidding for modules...hahaz...=P)...

met up with audrey, shi qi, christabel, yong lai, tony, gerard, andy @ city hall before walking over to new york new york for lunch...ordered the juicy burger supreme...not bad...the patty is really juicy! wahahaz...=)...midway thru...sheng qi came and join us there...

after lunch...we walked over to the padang just in time for the start of rag...the guest-of-honour was President Nathan, the health minister and the mcys minister...it started with the floats and display from the halls...and it was very nice! kent ridge, sheares, temasek, eusoff, raffles and king edward vii...all their float was very nice and beautiful! =)...but personally...i like the sheares hall float the best...and the eusoff performance the best...=)...

then during the performance, there was this guy, let's call him Umbrella Man, that just refuse to keep his umbrella and allow those behind him to have a look. he was the LONE umbrella around lorz...then when ppl asked him nicely to lower the umbrella, he barely moved an inch lorz! we tried a different tactic...saying among ourselves, loudly, that time to keep the umbrella, thinking that he would get the subtle msg...but no lorz...he act as if he never hear like that...blahz...totally buay ji dong one lorz...sighz...

midway thru the faculty performances, shiqi got a little giddy...think the weather to hot liaoz...then we all proceed to take shelter under the grandstand seats...saw a HUGE husky there...after a while we all return to catch the performances...watched the SoC one, the FASS one, FoE one, BizAd one, FoS one...not bad...think the best one was the FoS one...hahaz...



lunch @ new york new york!



tony holding the umbrella for the girls before the start!



the best performance - eusoff!



the best float - sheares!



big husky!

back to ubin!

today went on a trip with tze, ben, mj, huihui, huihui's mum and brother to ubin...

this time, the primary destination was to take a look @ the newly opened chek jawa boardwalk...hahaz...but everyone was late! wahahaz...agreed time was 11am at Tampines...everyone arrived at Changi...12.30pm! wahahaz...took the #2 bumboat ride to ubin...and we are back again! rented from the same bike shop again...then started cycling to chek jawa...hahaz...

once there...we first walked the mangrove boardwalk...climbed up the jejawi tower to observe the area...then continue on to spot...fiddler crabs! wahahaz...very small and cute...and they very fast too! continuing on...we walked the coastal boardwalk...to some near the sandbar...if only it was low tide! then can go walk the sandbar! argh...never mind...walked back to the old house no. 1...along the way spotted a soaring eagle (i think)...the house was converted into the chek jawa visitor centre lorz! hahaz...walked down the jetty to view pulau sekuda...hahaz...then went back to the vilage centre for some refreshing coconut! yay~ hahaz...

after the rest, we went to puaka...climbed up the 4 levels of puaka...and took nice photos there...then we cycled to the ex-sahara desert...before turning to go up tian chi...almost reached the old tian chi campsite...but spotted a family of around 5-6 wild boars in the area...then we din want to take the risk of getting confronted by a mama boar...so turned back to the village centre...

back @ changi village...we helped ourselves to desserts! i tried the red tea jelly longan...super nice! was introduced to it by my chess camp OGLs...hahaz...then it was back home after a long tiring day!



fiddler crab!



view from jejawi tower!



us at jejawi tower!



me and tze!



puaka lvl 2!



puaka lvl 4!

my new lappie!

went down to NUS to get my new lappie! yay~ hahaz...it is the new Fujitsu Lifebook S6410U...in short...the specs are like this...

Intel Centrino Duo Processor Technology
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7300 (2.0GHz, 4MB Level 2 Cache, 800MHz FSB);
Intel GM965 Express Chipset;
2GB DDR2 667 SDRAM
160GB SATA Hard disk;
Dual Layer Super Multi (DVD+-RW/CD-RW) Drive;
13.3" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT;
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with up to 384MB shared memory;
Dual built-in stereo microphones;
Dual built-in stereo speakers;
Windows Vista Business;
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium;

bought insurance for my lappie also...hahaz...but still got lotsa of stuff to buy for the upcoming COMEX 2007...

1. new Samsung colour laser printer
2. 80GB portable external HDD
3. 2.0MP web cam
4. laptop cooling pad
5. laptop pouch
6. keypad vacuum

hahaz...seems alot...but most of the exp ones are shared btw me and my sis one...so not that bad! =P...



my new lappie exterior!



my new lappie interior!

bye~ wanling...

yesterday went to changi airport to send off wanling...cos she is flying off to norway for exchange programme...

drove to nus first to pick up shuying, peigeok and jingsong...and mr wong was quite late lorz...hahaz...in the end left nus at ard 2200...then reached changi airport @ 2230...just in time to catch ms shen before she enters the immigration...hahaz...

hahaz...ji xiao her with the crap that we talked abt online...but wun say it now since she is still flying and it would be inauspicious to say so...hahaz...another time maybe...=P...

after taking a few photos with wanling...it was time for her to leave liaoz...since her father was hurrying her to go in etc...hahaz...then we all went to burger king to grab a bite...then had to send js back to eusoff hall and shuying back to gillman heights...by the time i reached home...the usually parking lots were all occupied...and i had to park quite far away...hahaz...



us (minus those @ burger king) with wanling!



us with wanling!

03S7A!

haha...had a long awaited class outing with my jc class @ lindsay's house last saturday...

initially wanted to buy kahlua down to mix and have everyone enjoy the goodness of kahlua milk...but ever since 7-Eleven stopped selling the pint version of it...cant find the pint version anywhere else liaoz! argh...in the end...went to wine connection @ bukit timah to get a bottle a german reisling! hahaz...that one bottle set e back $33 bucks liaoz...good or not? read on...=P

in the end we walked from coronation all the way to king's drive there...(read: prime landed property sia!)...and met lindsay's mother and brother...=)...then we all sat down have had a chat...accompanied by chips and dips...hahaz...then after a while...i went to open the bottle of reisling to air while i went to sauteed some fish fillet to go along with it...=)...think it was the milk tea that i drank @ coronation early...i had to visit the toilet twice in the span of 10 minutes! argh...back to the riesling...as it turned out...it was achelli quite nice! i would recommend it to you all as a low-end kind of white wine...=)...it is slightly acidic, so it goes well with food...then it is semi-sweet...so should be okay for most people! =)...

the final attendance for the day was...lindsay(duh...), me, edwin, zhirong, albert, weiping, paul, chong hwee, kenny, huiying, oiying, claire, yi teng, weishan. not bad for the turnout lar...hahaz...played some card games and drinking games before some of us called it the day while some went to wala wala for more drinks! wahahaz....



class gathering! =)



me and paul!



me and lindsay!



me and huiying!



Guys trying out a serious pose, like in army! =P



SELBACH Riesling! Go try! =)