waking up to the first official day of hols feels REALLY GOOD. :D its been so long since i did whatever i wanted and at my own pace, at the expense of the limitless time i have, sitting down on the couch and just reading magazines (its been AGES since i read mags. serious) with the fan blowing directly at me in this very hot weather... woooo. life's good XD

heh but think this is gonna be the only day i fully slack bah =x

anw, here're some interesting stuff from RD again! the column Unbelievable - Tall Tales from Asia nv fails to bring me some joy haha ;)

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several women were brain-storming abt drugs that needed to be developed and "force-fed" to males.

new drugs for men (by women)
Anniversia: triggers memories of birthdays and wedding anniversaries while simultaneously loosening spending inhibitions at jewellery shops.

Verbiloose: one spoonful of this before dinner will make a man willing to talk about his feelings for 20 whole minutes.

Slendavis: widens and flattens the male cornea, making wives appear slim and willowy.

Belchex: adds a terrifyingly foul taste to stomach gas making men scared to burp or let loose any other gas from their body.

Combovex: shortens hair at the sides of the head, so men cannot make themselves look silly by combing locks over their bald spot.

Sportoblind: reacts with the optic nerves to prevent men from recognising the word "sports" on the TV schedule.

Gadjesterol: deadens the area of the brain that makes men waste money on overpriced gadgets.

Chorocet: two spoonfuls at breakfast and your man will have an insatiable desire to do household chores.


men werent going to take that lying down. they drew up their own list.

new drugs for women (by men)
Shoppiproofen: two 5ml doses taken at breakfast will enable women to walk straight past stores without entering.

Tirelynol: prevents tiredness and headaches at bedtime.

Moodifix: doubles the length of time a woman stays in one mood before changing to another, that is, from about 2mins to 4, if you're lucky.

Vaniticillin: enables women to walk past reflective surfaces without checking that their make-up is perfect.

Pricetagia: alleviates female blindness to pricetags.

Naggicease: disables the vocal chords for up to 5 hours.

a doctor at the party said that some of the drugs postulated above may even be in production already. that's interesting, because i've (the author) just remembered its my wife's birthday soon, and i feel this bizarre urge to head to the jewellery shop...

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hahaha found them quite lol. brought me some laughs among the exam stress! :) (ok fine i read tt few days back cos i cldnt stand my biopsy tb anymore =/ lol)

ok. tts all for now :) ciao!


ORD LO!!!!

lols. if i experienced last night's emotion and my current emotion side-by-side, i'll automatically diagnose myself with bipolar disorder.



haha just kidding :P the criteria arent so simple anyway =x

but anw, im very happy to finally DECLARE that exams are over!!! :D yes they're over, AGAIN. 4th time im saying this since uni entry. gosh can u believe it??? its SO FAST. we've finished half our uni life alreadyyyy =/ yeah i know i grumble abt how this sucks and that sucks from time to time, but u know, its usually the situation that sucks and not the topic im studying about, for example; i still love psychology and everything else tt i ever complained abt :) i just hate tt gruelling process we all gotta go through, which can really suck sometimes. haha ;)

anyhoo, biopsy paper was .... wadever. haha. spending so much time and memorising trying to memorise so much and having only ONE question from some topics come out is really, a bitch. its like, i swallowed and choked on that 35 pages of the chapter and u only gimme this ONE simple qn????? >=( sooooo infuriating. tsk.

but then, i wldnt want difficult qns coming out from those cheemo-psychology chapters either =/ alright lets just be happy with it and let it go~~~

yippie. exams are over!!!! :D




and now that im so freed up (WOOTS), i suddenly sense that overwhelming to-do list coming to mind =x

firstly, i really need a job. anyone has lobang let me know can?? looking for part-time/promoter/one-off assignments. thanks so much! :D

*yes i need to solve the money factor first. its paramount to the lowest level in Maslow's hierarchy now =x*

the rest of the stuff can be very generally summarised under shopping, music, fun, and relaxing. :) so much to do, so little time!! this applied to the past 2 studying weeks too but now its a LOT more positive ;)

woohoo! happy holidays everyone!! XD


i cannot take it anymore.

18 chapters is really.... ARGHHHH damn pek chek!!!! i studied for SO FREAKING LONG and im still not done with it. my brain's like 99.9999% saturated and i STILL need to force somemore information in just for tt blardy 2.5hrs tmr which will determine my gpa (partly). what is this mann!!!!




ARGHH fuck.


RAWRRRRRRR!!! biopsy is an ASS mann.


karen says my blog is like some xiao jing teng shrine LOL. aiyah lemmi worship him while im still high over him lahh xP hahaha. anyway......

ASIAN PSY IS O-V-E-R!!!!!

the exam was the worst i've ever taken, but it spells the end of this horrible module woots! XD haha ok lah. maybe its a nice module for ppl who can really write freely. im definitely not one of those ppl *im really envious of them* who can score in modules that dont have hard facts for me to throw out =/ i BETTER do well for biopsy loh... its my only hope left!! X(

personnel paper on mon was okay i guess.. but according to daren's "analysis" (haha) the bell curve's gonna be quite screwed up too cos lotsa ppl were quite confident of it =/ well it does make sense.... which means i really only have biopsy left AHHHHH!!!!

okokok calm. just do ur best.

intended to go home and slp a bit after asian paper but i was super hungry halfway thru the paper so went to eat with karen and daren (wooo their names oni differ by one alphabet!!! hahahaha ok) at bakerzin! :D tsk seriously ar, waste my money lohh. i just had a full meal before the paper and halfway thru im hungry??? look at how much glucose asian psy saps from my body >=( but anw, great tt bakerzin has student discount before 5pm!! XD had a wonderful aglio olio with crispy bacon *drools* but only cos bratwurst was sold out! >=( karen, next time we go SUPER EARLY and order the bratwurst spaghetti once they open door ok! ;)

dessert was part of the set too so each of us had one, and we shared! SLURPS they're all so yummy!! we've evolved to like sweet stuff so no wonder it was all vry appetizing~~ and btw we've also evolved to like fatty food as well so dont feel guilty next time u eat fatty food ok! :D hahaha okok no more biopsy :P

anw, i have been eating lotsa unhealthy stuff AGAIN!! had craving for spicy food ytd so ate pontian spicy noodles for both lunch and dinner =x *seriously, everything else looks BLAND! :(* and halfway thru 9pm show i had craving for ice cream so i ate the extra cornetto black forest my mom bought =x and today i ate ice cream again!! hurrr exam pls faster end so i stop eating so much...

yes yes der's every reason for wanting exams to end lol. REALLY CANT WAIT!!! monday pls arrive faster so i can go watch my 17 again!! zac efron!!!!!!



XD! counting down 4 days to FREEDOM!!


warning: PHOTO INTENSIVE.

from lee wei song lee si song concert :)))


1st up...

my XIAO JING TENG!!!!!!!!!






<3 <3 <3 <3 !!!!! XD


Chen Xiao Dong~~ he looks a lot like luo zhi xiang!! :P








Luo Zhi Xiang!!! he looks damn good in white. woooo! 帅! XD




<3 also ahahahaha. shuai-ness~~






Zhou Chong Qing as aiyoyo lao shi~ lols. he's damn funny!!!




JOLIN!!!! very very pretty~~~






haha she looks so cute here! she was doing some fancy dance moves with lee si song lol.










Sun YanZi!!!! her 梦不落 was one of the very few "high"-er songs haha. nice! x)










all star! :)




yepp so tts all from the concert! credits to karen's bf who was one of the official photographers so he was RIGHT IN FRONT (so near my xiao jing teng la!!) and took all these nice close-up shots. thank you for sending!!!!! :D

p/s i realised got a lot of jolin photos. tsk. karen ur bf is biased!! my xiao jing teng how??? >=(

hahaha kidding :P domo arigatou gozaimasu!!


xiao jing teng!!!!!!!!!!!!!







XD XD XD

omg im totally in love with him now!!!! 1st exposure to his 'live' at fir's concert, then at lee wei song lee si song concert, and today again on tv on 百万大歌星. he's just SUPER GOOD AND SUPER CUTE!!!!!! XD hahahahaha oh mannn. can he release album soon?????

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


收藏 @ fir concert



王子的新衣 @ fir concert **must hear it live to feel the full power!!!!**




love the last part where the key changed and his voice was super coarse. WOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

ok i think i no need study exam liao ahahahaha *totally in fa hua chi mode* <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

XIAO JING TENG!!!!!!!! \m/


im addicted XD



true blue \m/


am guilt-ridden after spending 2.5hrs in front of the tv watching the devil wears prada on channel 5 =/ not regretting it though. think its a really nice show to catch! :)) and its sunday evening too, shld take a "short" breather right? :D

haha ok enough of excuses. at least i enjoyed and relaxed that 2.5hrs :) 休息是为了走更长远的路~~ lols. anw, before i get back to my huge pile of readings, would just like to share this.



just saw it on channel 5, straight after the show ended. think its one of the most meaningful and touching advertisements i've ever seen! im sure it did convey its message successfully :) and its the first advertisement to make me tear mann haha. thumbs up to MCYS ;)

"in the end, its the small things that matter; the little imperfections that make them perfect for you."


studied at nus with goldie and i'd say its rather productive! :) but seriously, im still :'( about studying asian psy but, haix i'll have to get past it somehow huh? :(((

and i've chosen the "perfect time" to ask prof gumert abt the research assistant thing, and was informed that der'll be an impt meeting just this tuesday which is smack in e middle of my revision =/ on one hand i'll like to curse myslf for not asking only after exams but on the other hand, haa i duno. maybe its like "just in time" to catch some research stuff huh? =x ok am i even making sense here?

but anw i guess im going. :] maybe this is just so "me" to not wanna let some opportunity go and then regret it later when it doesnt pop up again. well just gotta hope and pray i can cope ok with my revision so i can reli haf tt extra 3hours to spare.. =x come to think of it, i cant believe im actually taking a 1st step towards research =/ not tt its gonna be for sure tt i'll join, but still, i nv thought i'll ever consider research in my life =x

this is freaky.


once again, its the last day of sch for another sem! oh mann next time i start sch i'll be YEAR 3 alreadyyyyy =/ so fast.

well anw, last day of sch cant be any better than this :)

recording class as usual, and dr tang was reviewing the 3 grps' recordings. somehow, after being "away" from omens of love and love&reverse (song title for 2nd group) for like 1 mth+, our recordings actually sounded a bit nicer lols. ok im sure its psychological =P but still, think all 3 groups did well! the last grp actually composed their own song, which i thought sounded really nice and had this special "whimsical" (as dr tang put it) feel to it. kudos to lingkai for the composing and ainsley and rong jun for the arranging! :)

stayed back a while with some others while jasmine transferred the 3 songs to her thumbdrive. benji was asking dr tang abt some stuff regarding his band composition i think, and after a while dr tang demonstrated some harmony stuff on the piano, and tts when all it started~~

its like, all the while, we all knew dr tang was good, but we didnt know he's this good. haha ok maybe we're not tt level-up in music so we duno whether its reli "good", but his playing and improvisation was really superb!! he demonstrated some dunowad harmony and chords using a jazz rendition of a xmas song, and played this band piece on piano too, which he said was sth he learned when he was young and ended up getting scolded by his mom for not practising beethoven instead lols. but it was seriously nice to hear a band piece being played on piano and in his own style! XD song requests starting coming in from the few of us standing around him being amazed at wad he's doing, and one of the songs is the well-known amazing grace. haha his jazz version of amazing grace is like the best version of amazing grace i've ever heard!! XD daryl requested for salsa version after tt haha and it was quite fun too! lols. its really amazing how he's able to improvise on the spot and all tt. well yeah he's our prof so of cos he can do all these kinda funny stuff, but yah. my respect for him has just increased ten-fold :))

hearing him explain all the stuff to benji and having a short "sneak preview" into his biography makes me wanna learn music under him! haha but i duno if its even possible =x nvtheless, its been a very motivating 25mins even though i dun understand piano stuff, nor do i have extensive knowledge in the kinda theory he preaches, but it was so enjoyable i think i can listen to him play the whole day haha :P

and since im on the topic of "motivating professors", im thankful for having prof gumert as our biopsy prof! :D frankly speaking, psy profs are really all very very friendly and nice, say for a few black sheep :P haha. anw, gumert's very fatherly!! somehow he just gives me the impression of him being a very understanding person, perhaps cos he reli has this fatherly vibe around him lol. during our last tut (i've always enjoyed his tutorials! :D) he was talking abt his encounters with the monkeys he's been doing research on cos we were on the topic of aggression and jealousy. apparently, monkeys have very similar ways of showing jealousy too lols. the way he narrates his experiences also makes the stories very interesting and im sure the whole class was totally awed by him. haha. and it reli makes me wanna find out more abt the research he does!! i mean, animal behavior has always been my interest (although im more interested in cheetahs :D) so it'll be really good if i can apply wad i learned in psychology to researching on animal behaviors! :D but hurr i guess all these are still just thoughts in my mind.. =/

shall wait til post-exams before i start pestering these two profs wahahaha~

ok im ending here. sorry for the longish entry =x


i hate it when u try to impose YOUR life on me.

nobody likes to feel like what they love in life is worthless and of no value. just becos u're stuck in ur ancient ways of thinking doesnt mean i have to be an antique like u.

so u think, ppl should only study and do nth else that're not beneficial to their academics. music is rubbish. its a huge waste of my time, ur time, and everyone else's. if i want to study, i shldnt play in the band. if i want to play in the band, den i shldnt study. all of these just becos you think i've wasted half ur life's time away making u wait for me for 15minutes while i finish the last part of my practice, pack my flute and go down.

yes, so my flute practices have immensely affected the whole family's life by taking up ur precious time driving me home from sch when band ends late. hey, if driving me back means cutting a piece of flesh off u, then dont drive me. why continue doing sth which makes u so unhappy and bue song everytime?? i can take bus de. wont die one.

and then u start on ur favourite topic of why i wanna go uni when i cld've just gotten a job and start working and earn money so u can stop providing for us. who's the selfish person now? u say im wasting ur time and ur money by going to uni. but wait. im not even using YOUR money for uni! im under full loan now so u're not paying a cent, rmbr?? in the end it'll be just me and myself paying off the loan when i graduate. im sure u wont even bother to fork out a single cent, so STOP saying im wasting YOUR money. IM NOT.

stop asking me to quit band too just becos its inconvenient for u to drive me back. its not a gd reason and i WONT quit anyway. wads the point of asking me wad i like so much abt playing in band when u're not even open to my opinion and will just rebutt wadever i say? does it even matter to u tt i like it? the only thing thats impt is whether its convenient for u, beneficial to u, or churns out money. and u ask me to reflect on whether i've ever spared a thought for u when u've given me "so much". give me a reason why i shld respect u, other than the fact that u're my father and der's really NOTHING i can do abt that. im really just waiting for financial independence so i can stop depending on u for money so u can stop interfering with my life. and btw, dont think the world of the few hundred bucks u give to us every month.

dont claim that i dont study just becos i have band practices at night and cos u've never seen me study before. u dont see stars in the day doesnt mean they dont exist rite? (i noe its not the best analogy) and stop cursing my night practices and arguing why i cant have them in the noon instead cos its not our choice either, just like asking u to drive me back isnt my first choice too. just cos u think nobody will be able to cope with both studies and music doesnt mean WE cant cope, so stop being stuck in ur own closed-up mind.

i really, really cannot wait to get away from u. just like how much u cant wait for me to graduate and start earning money to pay u back for all u've given these 20+years, i cant wait to graduate so i can earn money and get u off my back. if u and mom ever go separate ways, dont expect me to follow u and ur 19th century way of thinking cos i REALLY cant stand it.


two bday celebrations straight in a row! its tiring even on my part. many kudos to the 3 bday ppl for all the effort in organising the parties! :) oh mann all the stuff u gotta do to organise a party... i wonder how im gonna survive mine mann =/

ok back to the point.

ytd was willy and thomas' bday party! :) really love all their decos mann.. from the polaroid - YES omg the polaroid thing v nice!! - background at the door of the chalet to the one inside, it was all very 'effort'! but of cos, it was the company tt mattered the most~~ lols. totally had a blast ytd crapping with them (oops sorry weijie and andre haha), playing bluff (although it was mainly jie and andre exchanging decks), wii (and ur hands go left, right, up, down!), strawberry (NEVER fails to make ppl laugh a lot. esp the zi char theme!!! HAHAHA), and of cos drinking all the "concoctions" from our personal bartender kent~~ lol. its been a real liberation from all the built-up stress mann! and its been ages since i drank so it was really good ;) aiyah i just enjoyed myself tons ytd lah!! just wished i cld stayover with the rest but ARGH 20th april aka FIRST PAPER is really approaching u know? :(

anyhoo, happy 21st birthdays to willy and thomas!! :D:D



a short slp (i slept 'early' and awoke early too :)) followed by a dose of cartoon [damn i missed digimon!!], a teeny bit of personnel proj, some unproductive shakuhachi practice, and it was off to gina's bday party :)

the poor girl. her birthday always falls in the exam period lols. anw, her cake totally RAWKS. damn pretty.


sorry this isnt a very gd shot. 2mp and no flash is really... well anw the cake was really PRETTY!! was quite amazed by it when i 1st saw haha. true blue princessy mannn~~ i wonder if the kids koped all the princess figures away =x

shall wait for dslr photos to be uploaded :) gd to haf met up with mich and our bday girl today! :D she looks so cute in tinkerbell suit hahah. u shld wear tt everyday gina! :P

happy birthday too my dearest girl! :))

and now.... do i slp, or cont with proj? :(


taken from rd's section of As Kids See It:


My colleague was teaching her primary school class the bible story of Lot. "The angel told Lot to take his family and flee to the mountains and not look back," she said. "Lot and his daughters escape, but his wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt."
Most of the class seemed to absorb the important moral lesson, but one child looked worried. "What happened to the flea?" he asked.


My one-year-old daughter had been learning various animal sounds. One day, we were flipping through a new book and she was enthusiastically voicing out the sounds of the animals in the book. But when I pointed to a Dalmatian, she paused for a moment before saying, "Moo!"


haha. found them quite cute and lol. just thought i'll share it :)

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i realised there was a photo of the fukunone ensemble in my ntu email. haha my prof's the man on the right! looks cute in jap costume hor? hahahaa :P



ok actually he just looks like any other japanese man. but, i've always only seen him in collared shirt and long pants mah.. 1st time see him wear jap costume leh! XD wahaha.

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ppl whom i've interacted with in the past week wld know i've been having this huge craving for MACDONALDS and many other chocolate-y, sweet-tasting, fried, or just plain-unhealthy stuff. even if im not hungry, i'll feel lke eating my alpen muesli bar cos its coated with a chocolate base!!! XD

and ytd i read on rd, stressful circumstances (for eg, ur bank acct *OH YES MY BANK ACCT* or ur boss *exams, in my case*) spark cravings for cabohydrate-rich snack foods.

... NO WONDER.

maybe stress sparks blogging tendencies tooo... i realised i've been blogging quite a lot recently =/

okokok personnel proj!!!