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Monday, April 13, 2009

Keiko's very belated birthday celebration on Fri.
Marina Barrage was damn nice, think it's a great place for couples (:
umbrella has to come in handy though,
there's no covered walkway to the shuttle bus pick up point from the station.
that day was raining, thunderstorm and all so got really drenched w/o the umbrella
yilin dear was sweet enough to fetch me from the drop-off point at the barrage! :D
yea so everything was great, brought keiko's birthday cake, mango strudel (:
and yilin's sandwiches were damn nice!(:
loved the seafood one cuz like never eaten before? (like sound so suagu!)

my painstakingly-baked cheesecake for the birthday:) the brown thing is the digestive crackers topping. Looks ok eh, er no?

super lots of people. cuz it's ol' goody goody friday (:

the structure looks good standing on it's on like that, and yea lots of people flying kite!
should try it some time, bit scary though, seeing the kite from far with just a string attached :/

i like the background, the clouds make me feel so lazy (:

big eyes. small eyes.

SMALL EYES! tsk.

i think i will miss yilin as much as she misses me now.
hahahaha.
i like it that she's direct and always being herself.
doubt i can find someone like this in np lo:/
well?

eh girl doesn't mean that if I don't call you I've forgotten you alr le k!(:
It's just that I've got no life and you know it, and I know NJ kid like you is busy too.
hahaha 4 years of friendship aren't for nothing know!
I still remember how you couldn't blow the flute during sec 1 band try-out and psycho-ed me to join guides eh :D heh heh.

take a look back at the days in reminiscence when we fought hard for Os and you thought you would never get into NJ and I thought I would really fail my Os badly. I think without your motivation I wouldn't have done it eh (:

we got albert to carry the birthday girl, and i think they look really sweet, yea?(:

it's really rare for us to have such a outing like this, and i think when school reopens chances may be slimmer?
it's alright for keiko and me since we'll be in the same school.
but well.. CT people are still the best :/

Pei Qi's advanced birthday celebration at night.
As usual, everything was crazy!
hahaha..
well it seems like it's one of the last few gatherings before i'm leaving? hmmm:/
i hope we'll still keep in touch cuz it's been so great working with everyone, bonding tgt, etc.
got to leave early though due to tuition@ Taman Jurong the next morning D:

look at the spread, er, in the merge of finishing? hah :)

satisfied birthday girl: Pei Qi.
cake's from Angie's Choice. Bought the same one for Yilin's birthday last year.
cookies n'cream, but the cookies seemed to be limited as always, hmm?:/
Sweet Secret's still me numba one nehxxx

photos weren't of high quality, mostly candid lol.

hi wanyi? hahaha

I think this angle makes a person's face looks ROUND! heh heh.

yini going hysterical, as always (:

i think this pic looks damn SCANDALOUS hahaha

eh i think i smile better with teeth but :)

with sweet:) and i think it's very very rare for him to smile in photos!!
i like this one despite the bad photo quality cuz we were BOTH SMILING :)
like one in 101.

and i was really into the camwhore mood cuz the lighting was fantastic!

another poor quality photo, with me having SMALL eyes.
but both smiling yea? (:

i think Fir has got the tai-tai look i dunno why. lol.

Flea Market with yilin on sunday!
it's i think the biggest one if i'm not too wrong, and yea it was HUGE.
like 3-storeys?
and it was my first time to a flea market:) (suagu, i know)
yea i think we both had this lobang from ruby? who happened to be selling her stuff there.
things were damn cheap, but you can never be an impulsive buyer cuz prices started going down towards the end of the sale.
the best part was the bargaining, and i think yilin's still the ultimate!
hahaha.
she haggled a $10 topshop top for $6, then $8 but i think the seller was persistant, oh well ):
great deal though.

and the loots!:D

$10 kimono top, haggled for $8

floral blouse@ 5$, doesn't look good here, but i think it's nice when you wear spaghetti top inside then tie a knot at the hem or something (:

$5 m)phosis top haggled to $4.50 :)

$8 shorts from outfitters which was bargained till 6 bucks.

$15 Levis shorts haggled to $8. I think this is the best hahaha.

eh i think i sound so cheapo but this is what you do in flea market what, no?!

yea happy happy(:
i think it's a good way to de-stress lo..
really!!!

i feel so dead now, cuz Sat is CT's speech day, and I've yet to buy my YA uni.
actually i think wearing the YA tee is already enough, but I think Miss Liew doesn't think so?
hmmm..
i think buying it is quite a waste of money cuz i don't think we will often get to wear it.
well well...
ok main pt now is that i have yet to buy it!
how?!
i don't mind making a trip down to the HQ myself first then buy for Jas Keiko and Yilin since we cfm can't coordinate your timing.
probably tmr?
hmm...

kop-ed from GGS's web
i really cannot imagine myself in this cuz it looks kind of old.
but no choice? haha..

checked my time-table just now.
ending school at 4, 5pm everyday, bit sian :/
fri's the best though, 12noon, woots.
i think it's quite a bad coincidence that the guy is going to be in the same class as me but well...
my class's like majority guys.
10 guys at least and 6 girls if i'm correct.
i'm not complaining, just that it's a bit imbalanced?
haha..

i'm looking forward to school, but seems like there's only one person whom i know i the class.
and it's not helping that i got to get into the study mood.
so much for the 6months-holiday yea:/
sian-ed.
on a brighter note,
CTSS speech day and carnvial this sat! (:
yilin's going up the stage for being one of the tops during Os :D
they should invite me too, for making such a good progress^^
okok, bad joke bad joke.

got to get ready and teach tuition soon.
sian.
饶了我吧 D:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090413/tts-norway-sex-offbeat-c1b2fc3.html
I think this is rather comical, can go take a look? lol

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

was doing a try-out for xxx's cake just now. (eh i hope she doesn't read my blog)
thought the cake recipe was fine,
just that my oven's always very "hot"
and things always get burnt before the instructed time.
hahaha..
yea so it was rather brown but taste was good:)
i excluded sour cream though, since i could neither find it at shopnsave nor ntuc.
replaced it with few drops of lime juice, and more cream cheese and flour.
hope nothing goes wrong on fri (:

now that i have more free time i've been thinking about what to do with my life after school reopens.
will definitely continue working at MTC though it's not really a good company.
all because of the good pay (12.50/hr after i enters poly)
since when have i became so realistic?
choosing money over happiness.
i hate this thing about myself, but i got to come up with my own pocket money.
definitely not because my family can't make it.
it's just that i want to be independent. financially.

don't want to take up too many jobs either, i got to concentrate on studies soon.
i've been pondering whether to quit TPS since ages ago, and i probably will.
why why, i've been so happy working there.
again, because of money.
something without a life, without a soul, yet able to control a person unconditionally. ironic.

then i do wonder,
whether will people at TPS miss me once i left.
cuz now that i'm working so little over there,
it feels like i've drifted apart from everyone.
it's not anybody's fault, just a matter of time i guess.
seriously, i think my english is too mediocre to express all my feelings
i'm not someone who just know how to laugh, play and all.
it's just that sometimes it's better not to affect the mood of those around you, no?
i dunno who am i as a person in people's heart.
all i know is that i really love you people from TPS(:

how can there be a workplace without politics?
but yea, y'all had convinced me that it still exists:)
in MTC there's just this barrier between everyone and I dunno why.
and no matter how friendly Max is the things he say always makes me feel that there's motive behind the words.
very unlike TPS.
maybe i should be old enough to learn to guard myself from those around me.
i don't want.
why must we be so wary of each other?
if no one hides any motive then everything will be fine, isn't it?
aiya i dunno.

sian it's a rainy day, so gloomy.

on a random note,
i want to move to livejournal or maybe xanga.
tired of blogger already.

it's such a boring post.
don't like :(

posted @awilted-rose.blogspot.com { 10:47 PM }

Friday, April 3, 2009

finally.
free time for me to blog
FINALLY.
woots.
it's been sooo long since i've got some time on my own.
really.

everyday's student care in the morning, waking up at 6am.
then tuition till evening or night, then settle all the stuff needed to be done
mark worksheets, meet sweet, get ready for school, go out with family, etc etc.
it's like all the things supposed to be done in 12 hours were squeezed into a weeny time span of 3 hours
Sat is like tuition mania.
Morning go Taman Jurong for one-to-one tuition, then 2 classes at MTC till evening and next all the commitments.
Sunday TPS!
Like everyday no off day for me.
yea, it's TOTAL no off day at all.
hahaha...

Well quitted student care and Wed was my last day!
I will definitely miss the kids there but i need my long awaited break too.
Afterall, I can still see them whenever I go for my classes eh:)

It's been a month plus since I have taken a full day break,
to go out for the whole day with sweet, out with the girls, with my family or even just stone at home and do nothing.
but i think the next off day for me is probably next sun when my parents ask me to go batam with them?:/
tues to thurs NP BA Orientation and yea managed to take off for the afternoon classes then going to MTC for evening ones.
The rest would be tuition and tuition and MORE TUITION.
well, at least don't have to wake up so early ba.
I'm contented (:

This post's so boring, I'm talking about my everyday hectic schedule and mundane life.
Or is there a life to start with?:/
tsk tsk tsk, I've like been working non-stop everyday right after my O level ended.
I think I deserve to buy myself something worth pampering?
hmmm..
I dunno, I want invest on a goood good bag.
But well, you know that chew see pui is damn cheapo and niiiaaaooo hahahaha (:

Went gym with sweet just now before my tuition and I'm dead tired.
Going for Speech Day rehearsal tmr so probably got to wake up at 7?
though there's tuition marathon tmr :(
I feel quite guilty that I can't commit though I'm a YA so yea...
It's been so long since I've went back to see the girls
and I wonder when will Miss Liew send us down to the HQ to get the uniforms

and I wonder if students know that I don't want tuitions as much as them :/

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Monday, February 23, 2009

with great power comes great responsibility.
i don't like.

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

my blog's so dead Carene says it's rotting.
Last week was a rather happening one,
and I'm now technically handling 3 jobs like woots?
hahaha..
I hope I can cope with it, and I believe I can :)

My primary job is Service Crew.
My secondary's Student Care Teacher cum Nanny.
hahaha..
Got to wake up at 6am everyday to open the door for the kids in Max Tuition Centre.
So it all ends at 2.30 when I will go TPS, with an 1.5 hr break in between from 1130 after I send the lower Pri kids to school till 1300 when I fetch the upper primary kids.
Lots of patience involved yea :)
cuz the upper sec kids can really get extremely stubborn.
Still, I'm ok with the job though the salary's rather low.
The starting pay's only $420/month.
It's all about the passion cuz I love kids a lot :)

So I was thinking maybe during my break if I don't feel like slacking I can actually distribute flyers and promote about MTC.
A deal clinched is a commission of $30:)
So if I decide not to slack, I can st least earn extra $200/ month.
Well we will see how it goes, hehe.

The tertiary job is a tutor.
yup I went for the interview few days ago,
and Max's rather impressed, just that I dropped A Math.
So I admitted to him that I really have no confidence in teaching Math.
instead of teaching math and english, I was appointed to teach only english.
hence, hired as a Sec 3 English tutor, every Sat from 1030 to 1200
after which I can still go TPS work
full shift should be no problem:)
The basic pay is $8, more than other jobs, but less than what a tutor normally earns.
What matters is the experience, so I'm fine with it.

Since I've been like speaking Singlish after the Os
I think I should make it a habit to speak proper English cuz like not very nice now that I'm going to guide the sec 3 students.
O Level stage omg.

I went for my first teaching experience yesterday which was quite ok :)
they needed a relief teacher urgently so was told to help.
P4 Chinese class as starter, and I spoke perfect Mandarin w/o any mixture of English eh!
hahaha elephant skin.
Got to be very firm and fierce with them, cuz they really lacked discipline.
I made a boy cried cuz the class was told to complete their work before they can go home
(so that I could mark)
and he happened to be the last.
hence haha..
I was shocked but Max said it's fine.
Sec 2 Math class afterwards, and it was much better with them cuz they knew how to think about their future already.
Just that I don't like it when the students go " 'cher you jc/poly?"
and they'll go "walao you damn lousy" when I gave them my reply.
It's not the way to judge somebody's intelligence seriously.
I could have made it into a JC, just that I chose not to go to one except SA science isn't it?
aiya well just take it that they are still young and ignorant I guess.

And it's very funny that I need to have different attitudes when being SC and tutor/nanny.
cuz when you're the SC, customers are always right.
when you're the tutor/nanny, the teacher's always right!
when you're the SC, you got to be courteous and sweet.
when you're the teacher/nanny, you got to be firm and fierce.
Like total split personality hahahaha.

Kk, off to JP now.
Going there to get the Fancl facial washing powder.
Cuz my skin's really bad nowdays.
Probably cuz of bestfriend.
yea it's in red hahaha i'm damn lame.
I think I'm really lucky since I don't get those really get those ultimate cramps, only achings and break outs eh :)
It's time to take good care of my skin, been long since I've applied mask:/

on a random note,
It's my off day tomorrow! :D
meeting YiLin dearest.
and sweet, I miss you!
Must work hard for your exams k!:)

and a self to-do list:
-Must leave some time for sweet/YiLin
-Ask my friends out soon eh!
-Make space in my schedule to train the girls for the Speech Day Parade

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Monday, February 16, 2009

I'M S-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N :)

old..

thank you Pei Ling, Cindy, Hui Ling, Hui Zhen, Shan Ling, Guo Lian, Samantha, Yuen Yi for the greetings.
Ling Ling, Yi Ni, Firdaus, Jerry for the celebration.
Van and Moo for the planned surprise though not carried out :)).
And lastly Sweet, YiLin, Jas, Keiko and Audrey for going out with me today! :D
yea I know the number is small, but thanks a lot:)
I don't usually remember people's birthdays, let alone a greeting,
So I feel really bad.
But well...
I'm keeping it a good habit now by saving friends' birthday! :)

Alumni's BBQ wasn't really fun.
The enjoyable things were the people and teachers eh:)
It feels kind of sad seeing the SA people wearing the uni yet I'm not one of them
But well..
It's just that I really want school to reopen and be a student again:)
Still, it feels reaaallly good,
seeing those people that you have yet to meet for ages :)
Like Shang Jun, Shi Ying, Valerie, Pei Ling, Annabel, Lynn, ETC ETC ETC :)
Would have been better if moo and van had went though:(
Ya II MIZZ EUU :(
And yea the teachers! :)
Ms Ng, Mr Tan, Mrs Yong, Mr Chiang, Mr Chan! :D
woots.
Funny to have a looonnng talk before the BBQ though
There were even alumnus like already married with their families :0

and on a random note,
I think the generation is different now that the peer leaders put on their collar pins when we just chucked them aside during our times.
I think I've even lost mine.
Maybe the school had made it compulsory? Hah.

Anyway, spent a really great Valentine's Day with sweet.
definitely memorable and best, though not the first V Day.
Dinner at TPS, got a stalk of fully bloomed rose from the management :0
Thanks for the hand made gift, I really appreciate it :)
love love :)

Birthday firstly spent with Sweet at Botanic Garden :)
a bit random, but why not?:)
cuz anyway haven't been there before.
Weather was bad though:(
Hot and humid the first minute and rainy afterwards:(
Serene place with many many exotic plants, will definitely go there again:))
It's really rare to see all the many many species of plants in SG!

Met the girls at town afterwards:)
and YiLin dear was really nice to meet me despite falling sick
much appreciated :))
had Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao, cut cake.
Jas was thoughtful to get me the cake for her workplace and Keiko was really nice to bring it to me :)
though it looks tortured.. heh heh.
And I appreciate you girls for the presents:))
Yup yup I will definitely wear/use them :))
hahaha...

Celebration with family at night.
Good good, like really the best I've spent with my family :)
Like in the past, none would bother to remember my birthday.
Yet this year, it was really surprising that Dad even booked me one week in advance to celebrate my day:)
And he even took the initiative to buy me a cake after dinner even when I told him to save his money.
Come to think of it,
it's my first proper birthday cake from my family.
I was kind of touched, really.
Maybe they've realised, now, the true importance of family bonding?
For dad, definitely:)
Maybe people will only realise the importance of something once it's gone?
I still love my family deeply.
It's just that I'm really tired of all the quarrels and I choose not to talk while I'm at home.
No talk= Less arguments.
yea, silent is reeallly golden sometimes.
Well, see how it goes ba:)

I feel like helping to train the girls for Speech Day eh.
Not for this week since I've already received my schedule.
Maybe submit one day less every fortnight to help out, for now?
Hmm..

starting a second job after March at a Student Care Centre:)
Probation tmr, got to wake up at 6am.
Feels like school eh :)

a loooonnnng post, yet filled with happiness:)

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Monday, February 9, 2009

my nose is getting on my nerves.
i don't feel like working cuz I'm really tired from the continuous sneezing.
Still, not a good reason for me to get MC eh :(
sian.

posted @awilted-rose.blogspot.com { 9:08 PM }