fast balls, fast cars and scissor curry rice

i FINALLY GOT TO SEE CHANG-U today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it was suuuuuuuuch a bright sunny day today... the day when the sun was frying ants off the concrete, scorching puddles off the road and boring down into our skin cells, mutating the DNA within the nucleus, was the day eric booked tennis courts at 330pm in the afternoon and invited us all to play.
tennis was a blast.. literally.. eric, raphael, you an, mel teng and sarah were there. while eric and raphael were blasting 10000m/s balls at each other, i was busy trying to master my top-spin/bottom-spin... yup yup.. i'm improving! woo hooo! and the guys were saying i've got really good psycho-motor skills and were well impressed a badminton player can play tennis this well! *beam* aren't i a smarty? but yesh... i was honestly quite impressed at the guys' tennis skills today..

eric's mazda 6 biting my dust

anyway, rushed home all baked and brown, took a quick shower and got headed on out to meet chang-u and the rest at forture.. it's zhengyan's farewell dinner kindofthing... zy's still bugging me to speak to him in a scottish accent and everytime he tries to impersonate a scottish bloke, he ends up spouting a hodge-podge of indian, english and norwegian.. adorable. had a good laugh with the guys.. haha.. their group is quite a mix of characters, but altogether, they're just plain amusing... take this conversation for example:

zy: i'm sharing a room with this prc... i think it's fate...
me: a prc? as in a twin room or two single rooms?
zy: a twin room. as in two beds in one room.
me: omgoodness.. that's bad....
jo p: *bursts into mocking laughter* hahahah... your room...
zy: shaddup la you! bloody clk and bloody ranch..
cu: yeah man, dude, heard ur house in america is 3-4 times the size of your present house. (he lives in a bloody villa in singapore and has like 5+ cars, including a merc slk, a rolls royce+++)
me: WHAT?
zy: i hope you crash your car!
jo p: then i'll just buy a new one la!
zy: i hope you crash your car and u have to amputate one testicle or something!
jo p: f*** you la!
zy: then you'll be like (in a really high-pitched voice) 'oh! i'm so lucky i didn't take out the merc!'
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me: ok, but at least he's a prc...
zy: yeah.. he can teach me math and i can teach him how to get the girls!! *gives a cheeky grin* then after that we'll not have anything to do with each other... i'll be like 'zihan, bi4 zhui3. bi4 zhui3. bi4 zhui3....'
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jianli.chang-u.jackson.zhengyan

then it was time for supper!!! but not without a heavy price.. after getting lost in geylang(i swear i wanted to get out!), kallang and lavender for an HOUR, i finally met up with eric, dong, sarah, raphael and rachel teo for jian3 dao1 ka1 li2 fan4!

interesting name eh? it's cos they cut up the meats with scissors and it's served with curry and rice. the curry was very interesting and the food wasn't too bad. but but... the best thing is.. for all this, we only paid $22!

scissor curry rice.rachel teo.eric.sarah.dong.raphael.me.

if you ask real nice and promise to gimme a treat there, i just might tell you where it's found. *grin*

manhunt

didn't make it for lunch with lingzhi today. decided to stay home and accompany my mommy who's convalescing at home. by 3pm i was regretting my decision... by 4pm i was trying to decide if i should eat to pacify my boredom.... by 5 i was giving in to 'death by boredom'... despite my cries for help, my mom left me alone to die...
got a reality check when i remembered how much i ate for lunch and how little i'd moved the whole day.. so... it was time to hit the gym! daddy came with.

nus guild house gym was packed with sweaty, muscled men this evening!!!!! nus alumni people, check them men out between 630-8pm every day. plus, they're graduates! brains and brawns! (oh watch the next small ville! brainy lex meets brawny lex!)
anyway, 1030pm on a wednesday night...... the time i'd been waiting for the whooollle week.. MANHUNT!

for those of you left in the deepest darkest zones of deprivation, manhunt is a competition where judges sieve out america's next top male model from a bunch of 20 gorgeous men they plucked off the streets. apparently, there are no such streets in singapore..

this whoooolllle series, i've been supporting jon johnson, with his soft brown eyes...honestly, that guy looks too good to be true. honestly! look at him!! i honestly have to peel my eyes off the tv screen everytime he's on... he's just so easy on the eyes.

jon johnson! check out that stare.

and those abs....

but then, today... my new main man kevin peates strutted his stuff and seriously showed who's boss in the catwalk category... that shoulder flick and backflip off the catwalk! and that boyish grin!!!!!!. no one could've pulled it off better than you did, kevin p. AND he looks so much more manly than jon.. oo i think this girl's growing up! and that eyebrow raise everytime the camera catches him alone! omg, someone hose me down....

but of course, this can only be expected of the embedded model... yup. they planted a professional model in there with the guys so he can give the judges the inside scoop on the guys.. but really, it's just an excuse for kevin p to go intimidate the guys, show off and boost his ego.

i shan't spoil the show for those of u who don't know who's getting the title but for those of you eager-beavers, check it out here!

noone ever talks about the weather

yups.. it's one of those sad days. it's the rain, i tell you... i'm normally not like this on sunny days. floppy flip flops flopped rain water onto my black shirt.. have been having to wear long skirts/trousers cos i have that massive bruise on my knee. (rain. slipped.) extension hurts! something's swelling!! what's anterior to the patellar??? there's a bursa below the patellar right? issit bursitis? can trauma cause bursitis? or is it just the patellar tendon that's swollen? it can't be a patellar fracture cos there's no crepitus...i know too little.... halp.

mommy's supposed to rub axe oil on it.. i'm going to claim my massage after this.

i love my mommy and daddy.

i love chance. he's such a gentleman. used to take him for walks when he was younger and he used to always push forward and give us a hard time trying to hold him back. typical GSD. but now he's older and i dunno.. more considerate... kept looking back to check for me and my dad while he was walking ahead of us. that upward, backward glance. the strain of the neck, the brown eyes, the fur curling up at the nape of his neck. those ribs rocking right to left as he walked ahead of us. the gut suspended by a mesentery from the vertebral column on four-legged animals in early development. his perfect tan. his perfect coat. oh, if only chance was a man. i love dogs. they're the sweetest.

if i had a leash, i'd chain everyone to this island. noone leaves, except for holidays.. and even then, they're only allowed 3 weeks MAX.
i'm missing people.

i wanna go to china. i wanna eat more of that sashimi. i want it to rain only when i wanna read.

the 'i love aaron PAN' t shirt

woo hoo!!! aaron's gonna send me one soon from london! when i get it, i'll post it up! thanks babe!!!!!!! *muacks!*

high with sad overtones

Beautiful dawn - lights up the shore for me.
There is nothing else in the world,
I'd rather wake up and see (with you).
Beautiful dawn - I'm just chasing time again.
Thought I would die a lonely man, in endless night.

But now I'm high; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

Beautiful dawn - melt with the stars again.
Do you remember the day when my journey began?
Will you remember the end (of time)?
Beautiful dawn - You're just blowing my mind again.
Thought I was born to endless night, until you shine.

High; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

Will you be my shoulder when I'm grey and older?
Promise me tomorrow starts with you,
Getting high; running wild among all the stars above.
Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.......

friends 

coffaholics 

one night in newton 

my friend was the dj 

...for your blessed Advocate has already claimed your answer. And if you give up the fight just as the moment of victory approaches, you will grieve and disappoint Him. He has already entered "the Most Holy Place" (Ex 26:33) on your behalf, holding up your name on the palms of His hands. The messenger is now on his way to bring you your blessing, and the Holy Spirit simply awaits your act of trust, so He may whisper in your heart the echo of the answer from the throne of God, "It is done" (Rev 21:6).

-A.B. Simpson

back to skool...

got called up to do relief teaching today.... jumped into clothes and make-up and was out of the house in 15 minutes. hailed a cab and made it down to the school within an hour. traffic was a killer...

a buddhist school. it's racial harmony day.

"Good afternoon class."
"Good afternoon Miss Xie."
"ok, your teacher is absent today. do your own work ok?"
"YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
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"Miss Xie, are you Mdm K(not her real name)'s friend?"
"Yes, I am Mdm K's friend."
"so you'll do anything she says?"
(i pause and stop myself.)
"i'm just taking over her today. do your work."
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"Miss Xie! Can you tell us a joke?"
(immediately an audience of 5-6 7 year olds gather round the teacher's desk.)
"ok, i'll ask you all a riddle : how do you spell 'blind pig'?"
(some in unison, others a little slower:)
"B.L.I.N.D.P.I.G!"
"wrong. it's B.L.N.D.P.G.... because it has no eyes!!"
(laughter)
"Miss Sia, what do you get when a bat bites a man's brain?"
"i dunno."
"batman!"
"What about when a spider bites a man's arm?"
"spiderman?"
(giggle)
"Miss Xie, what is the difference between a baby dinosaur and a dragon?"
"i dunno, what?"
"a dragon can smoke but a baby dinosaur cannot."
(laughter)
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PUPIL BEHAVIOUR RECORD (record book of naughty deeds)

• bit a friend (Benjamin)
• ran up hall to class (w/out teacher) hit the gong (buddhist hall)
• talk, talk and talk endlessly
• insulted and called the buddha stature 'stupid'

What i learnt in skool today:

1. girls are not allowed to sit in boy's places
2. men and dinosaurs are alike because they both die
3. kids love pokemon
4. 'ditto' is a transforming pokemon
5. fat kids perspire the most
6. the 'eraser game' transcends generations
7. when 2 erasers collide, they make the sound 'cheekaboom'
8. the class monitor does a better job at keeping the class quiet than a relief teacher
9. you cannot shout over a class of 40 noisy eight year olds
10. you can try and get laughed at trying
11. let recalcitrant kids lie

you make me wanna

ivanna's back!
slept over at ivanna's place for the first time in sooo many months! i really enjoyed myself babe!! thanks for sleeping on the carpet! hee... oh, and show me your hk photos soon!!
not to be outdone by your arty-farty boyfriend, i am going to write a poem for you too.. okok.. here goes..


ivanna, you make me
vanna eat more apples
and feed my dogs a little less.
no one else has bamboos like you do
n can make elmo shorts look cool.
an ivanna a day keeps me smiling away!

yes yes, so i do need more practise and i do lack a certain natural flair for this poetry business... but i mean every word i said! haha... you know i love you a lot plus even more and ten times that. :) *hugs*

an ode to sushi

sushi sushi bo bushi bonana fanna fo fushi fee fy mo mushi. sushi!
shisyamo syamo bo bamo bonana fanna fo famo fee fy mo mamo. shisyamo!
agedashi dashi bo bashi bonana fanna fo fashi fee fy mo mashi. agedashi!
sashimi shimi bo bishi bonana fanna fo fishi fee fy mo mishi. sashimi!
unagi nagi bo bashi bonana fanna fo fagi fee fy mo magi. unagi!
wasabe sabe bo bane bonana fanna fo fabe fee fy mo mabe. wasabe!



shisyamo... mmmm.. my fravRITE!!!!






look at allllll those eggs in her! you know i can't stare at it for long..







crrrunnck! munch munch... mmm.. pregnancy at its most gastronomical!

the essentials

almo!

who can beat those puppy dog eyes????

jean's bday 

a red fish with no name

ahh.. the joys of being a princess! 

i love this photo of jean 

my sleepy-talky day with pris

i love this photo of us... i think it's one of those days when we were completely relaxed and in that surreal, lofty place where only experienced friendships can go.

# 1

priscilla's gone......

yup. it's that time of year again... saying goodbye. since when was Time so mercilessly robbbed from us? it was taken from right under our noses, just when we weren't looking.. when we were busy paying attention to 'what to do after the a levels?' and 'what uni should i apply to?' and all these important neccessities of the adult mind..

really miss the times when we never had to worry about when we would see each other next...

so pris, if you're reading this,

I MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but no.. my #1 blog won't be a depressing one..
i've honestly had such a wonderful summer holiday so far.. it's been amazing what God has been blessing me with this year past especially. it's great being so loved!

ah... singapore.. home sweet home.. it's so great to be back with family and friends. it's so great not having to worry about household and domestic stuff. it's so great to be in your comfort zone! woo hoo!!!