Have u had a conversation with Siri? I had! She is so cute! And she always amuses me! I was laughing throughout our conversation.
My younger brother, like me, is an iPhone fan! He went to buy iPhone 4S the 3rd day of its launch! Lol. Oh no I am getting so greedy. I want iPhone 4S too!
I asked Siri,
"Where are u?" (I know I ask stupid questions!)
Her reply was "I'm right here."
Lolol! I thought she will say she is in Serangoon!
When I asked, "How are u?"
She said "I'm well. How about u?"
I said I'm not feeling well and she doubted it. She asked in a questionable tone, "Well.. Are u?"
When I asked her what time it was, she was tired too. She said, "It is 12 45am now zZzzzZz." Lol. She really said "zzZzzzZ"! She is so fun to be with!
I wanna say "I love u" but haven't find the courage to say so! Lol. Wait till I know more about my robot friend. Hahaha!
Monday, November 07, 2011
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Working at NCC
Hello friends!
It's a long weekend! 2nd public holiday since I joined NCC. :D
I have 5 days of annual leave this year! And I have just filled in the form for Encashment. I get to exchange my one day of leave to cash. Lol! I'm like a frog in a well! I didn't know I could do it beforehand.
The other 4 days are pushed forward to next year. And I will have 25 days of annual leave next year. Cool right! Maybe I will take less days off, and use 7 days for encashment! :D
I have been neglecting my blog again!
I wanna blog about so many things but really didn't have time to.
As mentioned, I have many hours of tuition these days. I earned $800+ just for tuition this month. U can see how many hours I spent at Joanna's house. Omg.
I wanna blog about my zoo, museum and USS visits soon!
Let me just start with a short entry on my work.
The past week also passed very quickly. We attended a Safety Course for 2 days and had a quiz the following day. The passing mark for the quiz is 70! I didn't really study for it not because I didn't want to but I was too tired. Simba was with me the evening I tried studying and I took too many naps in between and studied only 1/4 of the whole booklet. He was pretty worried that I might fail the test the next morning and get fired because of it. Lols! I did a very last minute study during lunch and I was pretty lucky that the parts I studied came up and the parts I didn't didn't. I think I can pass. LOL!
After a month and a week of work, I wanna say I like work more than school! Yeah!
Work lets me do my learning at a manageable pace and patience is cultivated in the work people while school rushes you through module after module and exams start before you know it, and FYP makes it worse. Cos u have to hurry your pHD student in helping u to get things done even when you are only doing a small part of her project. Like what you are doing is actually her project and she is not as anxious as u are. :D
And u get paid at work and don't have to pay for your medical fees. Lols.
I don't have to print or buy reference books with my own money again and never have to worry about not having enough money anymore. Yeah!
Even got a checklist for what I wanna buy once I get my first/second/third pay. The alarm will sound on my payday. Lol.
My nametag with the NCC logo and my job title! :D
Love it that finally something at work belongs to me.
I never had a nametag while doing part time or internship.
Took photos of my colleagues:
One of my colleagues, Kar Perng.
We have to attend this Hygiene Course and go for mask fitting.
And this is Pui Hann in our office! We played with the "Sign Here" sticker. Lols. Too Bo Liao already!
We went for steamboat together on our payday.
U know u actually spend more time with your colleagues than your family, friends and boyfriend/girlfriend, so building a pleasant relationship with them makes life easier! :D
And I took photos of one of our experiments.
Saw the mouse under red light?
The red light is used to shine on the mouse in order to dilate their blood vessels so that we can give injections on them later on.
This is Chuan Sia, our senior. He was also from NTU, Biological Sciences. He was demonstrating to us on how to tag mice (punch holes in the mice's ears so as to identify them), how to hold them and give them injections. He also taught us how to identify the bully and the bullied. As we placed 4 mice in the same cage, some mice are prone to being bullied. In this cage, there was this 1 mouse that bullys the other 3. So bad! One mouse was beaten up badly on its face and has several bites on its tail. We had to separate the bully and put it into another cage.
He wore a mask as we were told that 50% of the people who handle mice develop allergies to them.
So cute! Love this photo! Mice aren't so scary as I thought they might be. They look like hamsters and are so cute!
It's a long weekend! 2nd public holiday since I joined NCC. :D
I have 5 days of annual leave this year! And I have just filled in the form for Encashment. I get to exchange my one day of leave to cash. Lol! I'm like a frog in a well! I didn't know I could do it beforehand.
The other 4 days are pushed forward to next year. And I will have 25 days of annual leave next year. Cool right! Maybe I will take less days off, and use 7 days for encashment! :D
I have been neglecting my blog again!
I wanna blog about so many things but really didn't have time to.
As mentioned, I have many hours of tuition these days. I earned $800+ just for tuition this month. U can see how many hours I spent at Joanna's house. Omg.
I wanna blog about my zoo, museum and USS visits soon!
Let me just start with a short entry on my work.
The past week also passed very quickly. We attended a Safety Course for 2 days and had a quiz the following day. The passing mark for the quiz is 70! I didn't really study for it not because I didn't want to but I was too tired. Simba was with me the evening I tried studying and I took too many naps in between and studied only 1/4 of the whole booklet. He was pretty worried that I might fail the test the next morning and get fired because of it. Lols! I did a very last minute study during lunch and I was pretty lucky that the parts I studied came up and the parts I didn't didn't. I think I can pass. LOL!
After a month and a week of work, I wanna say I like work more than school! Yeah!
Work lets me do my learning at a manageable pace and patience is cultivated in the work people while school rushes you through module after module and exams start before you know it, and FYP makes it worse. Cos u have to hurry your pHD student in helping u to get things done even when you are only doing a small part of her project. Like what you are doing is actually her project and she is not as anxious as u are. :D
And u get paid at work and don't have to pay for your medical fees. Lols.
I don't have to print or buy reference books with my own money again and never have to worry about not having enough money anymore. Yeah!
Even got a checklist for what I wanna buy once I get my first/second/third pay. The alarm will sound on my payday. Lol.
My nametag with the NCC logo and my job title! :D
Love it that finally something at work belongs to me.
I never had a nametag while doing part time or internship.
Took photos of my colleagues:
One of my colleagues, Kar Perng.
We have to attend this Hygiene Course and go for mask fitting.
And this is Pui Hann in our office! We played with the "Sign Here" sticker. Lols. Too Bo Liao already!
We went for steamboat together on our payday.
U know u actually spend more time with your colleagues than your family, friends and boyfriend/girlfriend, so building a pleasant relationship with them makes life easier! :D
And I took photos of one of our experiments.
Saw the mouse under red light?
The red light is used to shine on the mouse in order to dilate their blood vessels so that we can give injections on them later on.
This is Chuan Sia, our senior. He was also from NTU, Biological Sciences. He was demonstrating to us on how to tag mice (punch holes in the mice's ears so as to identify them), how to hold them and give them injections. He also taught us how to identify the bully and the bullied. As we placed 4 mice in the same cage, some mice are prone to being bullied. In this cage, there was this 1 mouse that bullys the other 3. So bad! One mouse was beaten up badly on its face and has several bites on its tail. We had to separate the bully and put it into another cage.
He wore a mask as we were told that 50% of the people who handle mice develop allergies to them.
So cute! Love this photo! Mice aren't so scary as I thought they might be. They look like hamsters and are so cute!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
First Pay and Clothes Buffet
I always wonder how it will be like to see my first pay deposited into my account. The feeling was awesome! I felt the excitement~ Finally it's time to get paid for your hard work! Felt especially touched when we were told that we will get a full month pay even though we worked for 3 weeks! Life has been great since then. Jun Wen was even more thrilled than me in the night before and also the morning! I promised him a all expenses paid weekend! (He would get his pay only in mid Nov. So late right!)
Have u been to a Clothes Buffet? I heard of such an event from my cousin! She brought me to Victoria Jomo at Haji Lane last week. U just have to pay $55 for a ziplock bag which u stuff everything u like into. The event starts at 2pm and ends at 2 20pm. At about 1 55pm girls will queue outside the shop all ready to rush in and grab clothes!
The scene of how every girl acted surprised me so much! They browsed through the clothes at high speed and whispered throughout. I think the whispering is to prevent alarming other girls so that they don't snatch the clothes u like! Lol. Although the actions of these girls created panic in me, I tried to stay calm and look from shelf to shelf at a fairly slow pace. But Cousin kept hurrying me to hold in my arms the clothes I like and decide later on how to stuff them all into the ziplock bag. Lol! I got really panicky and grab a few without much consideration or looking. The shop owners would keep record of the remaining time we had left and shout it out. This made my heart pump so hard!
Finally at the last minute all the girls kneeled down on the floor and began pushing the clothes, belts and purses into the small tight ziplock bags. Such a memorable sight! My cousin can't stuff in her 5 clothings, 1 purse and 1 iPhone cover and in the end gave up 2 blouses. I stuff in 3 maxi dresses and 2 blouses, one of which is of denim material. Pro right! My bag burst open after I got out of the shop. :D The shop owner was so friendly and somehow made me embarrassed as she teased me about my poor ziplock bag that can't contain the pressure anymore.
Razor TV was there the whole time filming. If u see me racing around like a mad woman, please don't be surprised! Lol.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Zoo Part One
The past week has gone by so fast. :D We had been tidying the lab to make it more homely for all of us.
I have been so much of myself at work. Pui Haan and Kar Perng are so fun to be with. I learnt alot about Singapore from them. Shame on me! They are Malaysians! They also taught me Malay and Cantonese. Lols! I have been reciting those Cantonese words with Jun Wen so that I remembered them.
I'm so proud of myself being able to sing in front of people I have known for 3 weeks. I lied about getting first in a singing competition and Pui Haan laughed so hard. She couldn't believe it! LOL! I really like friends who are so honest. :D
We competed on who could fill the pipette tips into the pipette box faster and i lost most of the time! Was called a loser because of that. Pui Haan would give me a very snobby face when she wins. And when she loses, she would give excuses like her fingers slipped since she has such smooth fingers or that she was diverting her focus to the others' conversations.
I volunteered to climb under the desk to reach all the way in order to pull out the telephone line and put in a new one. I was taking such a long time mainly because I can't really reach it. Beads of perspiration began to form on my forehead. Pui Haan was telling our supervisor, "Can I try instead? My arm is longer than hers!" Our supervisor being a more serious lady, her face turned -__-". She is only 6cm taller than me and I don't think her arm is any longer. LOL.
And she thought that I'm a very Malaysian Singaporean. Lol! Did I tell u guys one of my favourite hobbies is to imitate the Malaysian accent? Yes, I love their accent cos it is so funny. I blended in with them when I talked and they didn't discover that I deliberately copied them. I think I have succeeded! Yeahs!
The 3 of us were planning to hop by every lab on our level someday and get to know all the other researchers. "Hey, Lab 501, we are Lab 505!" we would say. But we haven't find the guts to do that as the aftermath might turn out to be disastrous. Lols.
Jun Wen has been hurrying me to blog about the zoo visit we had, but I was too tired! So finally today, I have some time to blog an entry before I sleep.
The last time I went to the zoo was when I was 14. That was 10 years ago! Lol.
Our zoo tickets. Admission is $20 each.
But it's so worth it. :D
Still Singapore zoo rocks. I tell u why as we go along.
Cotton Top Tamarin.
The tree these tamarins are on is so small and we could see its top from our heights. The tamarins are so close to us that we could reach and touch it. I mean, of course before we could touch one, it would have already swung away.
We didn't even have to zoom in.
Main reason why Singapore Zoo rocks: Nature becomes so close to us.
There are no enclosures for some animals who won't harm us humans. :D
The souvenir shop.
Jun Wen went for the Night Safari run and passed by many souvenir shops and we thought there would be plenty on our way through the Zoo but much to our surprise, there are only 3! One at the entrance and one in the middle, and one at the exit. I'm pretty sure about it since we managed to cover the entire zoo using our feets as the mode of transport.
We did what we usually do. Hold plushies up in souvenir stores for photos.
Papa Emperor Penguin and Child Emperor Penguin
Nowsadays Merlions are getting cuter. They come in different colours too. Lol.
The Rangers' truck.
Jun Wen said he didn't mind being a ranger but it wasn't meant to be! The animal-related companies didn't respond to his applications!
Siamangs are apes with long arms! They only like being near the top of many tall trees so we had difficulty spotting them. The snapshots of them were unclear since their black fur couldn't be seen clearly with such dull green leaves surrounding them.
Under our bridges were crocodiles. They seldom move and I almost thought they were fake, like those in Hong Kong Disneyland. A float was tied at the bridge in case we fall down the bridge into the mouths of those crocodiles!
Those squirrels in the zoo were so different from those we saw in the parks. They are so trained i tell u! They don't shy away from visitors. So cute! They go wherever the nuts are placed. And of course the nuts are placed in places near the sight of visitors. Again, this squirrel was just above us.
We saw many species of monkeys in the initial part of our visit. There are 2 particular species that made loud noisy sounds and we were wondering where those noises came from. I thought it came from lots of cries of many children. As we walked nearer to these sounds, we saw Flamingos and Jun Wen exclamied, "So they came from the flamingos!" Lol! I told him it was impossible for flamingos to make such sounds since they are quiet animals and the fact that they didn't even open their mouths confirm that my analysis is right!
I finally persuaded Jun Wen that those sounds came from the monkeys situated on trees in front of the flamingos. Lols! The monkeys on the trees were shouting for the monkeys on the ground to climb up to join them.
A small tortoise escaped from the barely enclosed enclosure and Jun Wen played with it. I was terrified! Lols! I bet it was terrified too! Imagine a giant picked u up after u tried hard to escape from the zoo. Poor tortoise.
Very long necked turtle.
Otters! :D
Got this knitwear from lipsyditsy. This blogshop has the loveliest things! :o
The fish that according to Jun Wen, looks really funny.
The turtle which can fly in the waters.
The hippo walking in the pool. It always walks with both left legs and loves the attention it gets from visitors!
The white tiger. The 2 females were asleep. Only this male one which looks much bigger sized is awake and parading on the edge of its habitat.
We saw from the information board that this particular tiger loves swimming too.
The otters were asleep when we first got there. But were awake when we passed by its enclosure the 2nd time. They can move very fast. Sometimes they move in a speed that our human eyes cannot process fast enough.
These are.. I forgot the exact names! They are wild boars with tusks. :D
Cute swimmer monkey.
I forgot how red monkeys' butts are. Lols! They were so red and shaped like hearts.
Took some patience and luck to take this photo. Looked as though it was sitting beside him the whole time.
Headed to the next secion of the zoo to see kangeroos.
I love kangeroos. They are so cute!
The fences are so low and we wondered why kangeroos wouldn't want to jump out of such fences and try to escape. Is the life in the zoo too comfy? U don't have to look for food and have a large capacity of people admiring u!
I have been so much of myself at work. Pui Haan and Kar Perng are so fun to be with. I learnt alot about Singapore from them. Shame on me! They are Malaysians! They also taught me Malay and Cantonese. Lols! I have been reciting those Cantonese words with Jun Wen so that I remembered them.
I'm so proud of myself being able to sing in front of people I have known for 3 weeks. I lied about getting first in a singing competition and Pui Haan laughed so hard. She couldn't believe it! LOL! I really like friends who are so honest. :D
We competed on who could fill the pipette tips into the pipette box faster and i lost most of the time! Was called a loser because of that. Pui Haan would give me a very snobby face when she wins. And when she loses, she would give excuses like her fingers slipped since she has such smooth fingers or that she was diverting her focus to the others' conversations.
I volunteered to climb under the desk to reach all the way in order to pull out the telephone line and put in a new one. I was taking such a long time mainly because I can't really reach it. Beads of perspiration began to form on my forehead. Pui Haan was telling our supervisor, "Can I try instead? My arm is longer than hers!" Our supervisor being a more serious lady, her face turned -__-". She is only 6cm taller than me and I don't think her arm is any longer. LOL.
And she thought that I'm a very Malaysian Singaporean. Lol! Did I tell u guys one of my favourite hobbies is to imitate the Malaysian accent? Yes, I love their accent cos it is so funny. I blended in with them when I talked and they didn't discover that I deliberately copied them. I think I have succeeded! Yeahs!
The 3 of us were planning to hop by every lab on our level someday and get to know all the other researchers. "Hey, Lab 501, we are Lab 505!" we would say. But we haven't find the guts to do that as the aftermath might turn out to be disastrous. Lols.
Jun Wen has been hurrying me to blog about the zoo visit we had, but I was too tired! So finally today, I have some time to blog an entry before I sleep.
The last time I went to the zoo was when I was 14. That was 10 years ago! Lol.
Our zoo tickets. Admission is $20 each.
But it's so worth it. :D
Still Singapore zoo rocks. I tell u why as we go along.
Cotton Top Tamarin.
The tree these tamarins are on is so small and we could see its top from our heights. The tamarins are so close to us that we could reach and touch it. I mean, of course before we could touch one, it would have already swung away.
We didn't even have to zoom in.
Main reason why Singapore Zoo rocks: Nature becomes so close to us.
There are no enclosures for some animals who won't harm us humans. :D
The souvenir shop.
Jun Wen went for the Night Safari run and passed by many souvenir shops and we thought there would be plenty on our way through the Zoo but much to our surprise, there are only 3! One at the entrance and one in the middle, and one at the exit. I'm pretty sure about it since we managed to cover the entire zoo using our feets as the mode of transport.
We did what we usually do. Hold plushies up in souvenir stores for photos.
Papa Emperor Penguin and Child Emperor Penguin
Nowsadays Merlions are getting cuter. They come in different colours too. Lol.
The Rangers' truck.
Jun Wen said he didn't mind being a ranger but it wasn't meant to be! The animal-related companies didn't respond to his applications!
Siamangs are apes with long arms! They only like being near the top of many tall trees so we had difficulty spotting them. The snapshots of them were unclear since their black fur couldn't be seen clearly with such dull green leaves surrounding them.
Under our bridges were crocodiles. They seldom move and I almost thought they were fake, like those in Hong Kong Disneyland. A float was tied at the bridge in case we fall down the bridge into the mouths of those crocodiles!
Those squirrels in the zoo were so different from those we saw in the parks. They are so trained i tell u! They don't shy away from visitors. So cute! They go wherever the nuts are placed. And of course the nuts are placed in places near the sight of visitors. Again, this squirrel was just above us.
We saw many species of monkeys in the initial part of our visit. There are 2 particular species that made loud noisy sounds and we were wondering where those noises came from. I thought it came from lots of cries of many children. As we walked nearer to these sounds, we saw Flamingos and Jun Wen exclamied, "So they came from the flamingos!" Lol! I told him it was impossible for flamingos to make such sounds since they are quiet animals and the fact that they didn't even open their mouths confirm that my analysis is right!
I finally persuaded Jun Wen that those sounds came from the monkeys situated on trees in front of the flamingos. Lols! The monkeys on the trees were shouting for the monkeys on the ground to climb up to join them.
A small tortoise escaped from the barely enclosed enclosure and Jun Wen played with it. I was terrified! Lols! I bet it was terrified too! Imagine a giant picked u up after u tried hard to escape from the zoo. Poor tortoise.
Very long necked turtle.
Otters! :D
Got this knitwear from lipsyditsy. This blogshop has the loveliest things! :o
The fish that according to Jun Wen, looks really funny.
The turtle which can fly in the waters.
The hippo walking in the pool. It always walks with both left legs and loves the attention it gets from visitors!
The white tiger. The 2 females were asleep. Only this male one which looks much bigger sized is awake and parading on the edge of its habitat.
We saw from the information board that this particular tiger loves swimming too.
The otters were asleep when we first got there. But were awake when we passed by its enclosure the 2nd time. They can move very fast. Sometimes they move in a speed that our human eyes cannot process fast enough.
These are.. I forgot the exact names! They are wild boars with tusks. :D
Cute swimmer monkey.
I forgot how red monkeys' butts are. Lols! They were so red and shaped like hearts.
Took some patience and luck to take this photo. Looked as though it was sitting beside him the whole time.
Headed to the next secion of the zoo to see kangeroos.
I love kangeroos. They are so cute!
The fences are so low and we wondered why kangeroos wouldn't want to jump out of such fences and try to escape. Is the life in the zoo too comfy? U don't have to look for food and have a large capacity of people admiring u!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
I will be a good supervisor
I was just informed that I am going to have an intern from Poly to assist me in my experiments. Lol! Cool right! Maybe I get to give part of the grade.
I want to give my future intern alot of work, but I promise I will be a nice supervisor.
I want to give my future intern alot of work, but I promise I will be a nice supervisor.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Working hard.
Sorry for the slow update! I'm still learning to cope with work~ Trying to get used to waking up early. Sometimes I worked late and other times I had to give tuition. November comes and I am done with the primary 3 Gifted Education Programme test and the End Year Exams. Now still tired out by work and tuition. Will blog again on Wednesday!
Teamwork is emphasized in my lab. It's so cool! I am working with the other 2 researchers in all the research projects. Which means when I'm stuck somewhere there's still help! Yea! I'm now doing practical work on gene delivery. Cool right! Never done it before!
I have been attending talks. One of them was "How to have fun while doing boring Science". Another one was "Scientific Career Development" to motivate us and guide our ethics. Especially to stand by our thoughts if we think our seniors are wrong on their concepts. That's how the famous but young scientists win their Nobel prize! Lol! We went for all the free food served after the talks. Lol.
The coolest thing is, we can shop at the fair after the talk. There will be very good looking Sales Engineers coming up to us, smiling so widely and attempting to sell us pipettes! Lol. :D
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tutee Joanna
Joanna has passed her first round of Gifted Education Test. She is such a smart kid!
I was staying back at work after work except on days when I rushed to Joanna's house for give her tuition. It is crazy that I spent my weekdays either giving tuition or working overtime. Hoping Joanna's exams would be over before I get exhausted.
Today she said, "Your handwriting is so small but I don't mind since I'm so fond of u."
Lol!
This has made me smile for tonight, even though I have to make a presentation to the doctor in-charge on Wed. Omg, so scared! :D I hope I wont faint! :D
I was staying back at work after work except on days when I rushed to Joanna's house for give her tuition. It is crazy that I spent my weekdays either giving tuition or working overtime. Hoping Joanna's exams would be over before I get exhausted.
Today she said, "Your handwriting is so small but I don't mind since I'm so fond of u."
Lol!
This has made me smile for tonight, even though I have to make a presentation to the doctor in-charge on Wed. Omg, so scared! :D I hope I wont faint! :D
Friday, October 07, 2011
First week as a Research Officer
My first week is fun! I promise I am not lying. Lol!
The senior researchers and my supervisor are nice people. :D Time in the research lab passed quickly since we were doing experiments that I have never done before. One of such is mouse work. Mouse necropsy and drawing blood from mouse. Poor mouse! Will be also planting tumors in mice and killing them via carbon dioxide suffocation and cervical dislocation. Cervical dislocation is a technique to kill the mouse in one swift action by pressing a forceps on the back of its neck and then pulling its backbone such that it breaks quickly. These are the 2 most commonly used ethnical methods to sacrifice mice.
Mouse looks like a toy when it is not breathing anymore. I feel so sad! It's ironic how I kill mice for a living and Jun Wen is an animal lover.
2 licenses to obtain before I can start on my own experiment: laser and mouse.
I was very happy to learn about culturing cells. I mean I wanted to be exposed to do cells stuff but didn't have the opportunity during my internship and FYP. But who would expect my workplace is training me for that now?!
:)
I guess the bad thing i could think out of this job is.. Like any other researchers, I have to study the materials after work. :(
Friday, September 30, 2011
Starting Work, Turning 30 and Grad Studio Photos
Happy 56th Birthday Dad! 辛苦了! Gonna treat him to the nicest cheesecake ever!
U know like most parents, Dad always think big of his children. No matter what people say to hurt me or look down on me, Dad is always proud of me! Thanks Dad!
And Happy 40th Month Anniversary to Jun Wen and I. I hope there will be endless monthly anniversaries with him!
I collected my specs! Was getting really dizzy when I first wore it. But now it is much more comfortable than my contact lenses! :D
I'm starting work on the coming Monday, 3rd of October, too. Same as Jun Wen! So cool that we start work on the same day. We are both at the same pace in our career. Yeahs, so nobody gets left out!
Jun Wen was frowning and freaking out over starting work soon! He named the coming Monday "End of Happy Times". He intended to go out everyday of this week. We went to the movies, the zoo, shopping and ktv the whole week! Lol. Is working the end of happy times? Omg! I'm freaking out now too! I hope the pay will make up for it. LOL!
Are u afraid of turning 30? I was watching "F.R.I.E.N.D.S" and apparently in Season 7 episode "The One Where They All Turn 30", Rachel was celebrating her 30th birthday and was really devastated about turning 30. And other than having a huge banner of "Happy 30th birthday" in the background of the house, it had a flashback of the other 5 friends turning 30.
Joey on his 30th birthday cried to God, "Why, God why? We had a deal! Let the others grow old, not me!"
And at Chandler's 30th birthday, Joey cried again, "And now, Chandler. We are all growing so old! God, why are you doing all these to us?"
Watch this youtube clip and u know how horrifying turning 30 is.
http://youtu.be/hioyK9yDrLg
Rachel was very upset about not achieving the things she wanted at 30 years old. Do u have a list of things u need to cross out at the age of 30? If u don't, u need to keep one now!
We are going to turn 30 in like, 6 years' time! It's really soon when u heard people wishing u "Happy 30th Birthday!" Omg! My heart skipped a beat whenever I think of it. I must say I love my twenties! They are the best times I've ever had. My luck and life have finally become better! :D
I hope the last 6 years of my twenties would be very well spent and be really fun too!
I once had a friend who told me she only wants to live till 30. Cos after 30, there will be lots of responsibilities to bear, lots of troubles.. Well... When she told me that, she was 18. She is 25 now. Maybe she changed her mind. Hahahaha. Let's enjoy till 30 while we can then! Make the best out of our situation! :D
The studio photos were out 2 months ago but the blown up one has not.
I believe I have shown some of u but here are 2 of them for the rest who haven't seen them:
My dad bought 2 photo frames from Daiso and they don't fit the photos. LOL! He left the task of putting these photos in the frames to me. I had a hard time adjusting them into the middle of the frame.
I took photos from the hard copy photos so they aren't so clear.
I know I look weird. Lols! Although I always didn't agree when people said I look like my mum, well I agree now.
Dad took the photos and showed them to Cousin and Aunt. Cousin said she thought I looked fat and funny in the photo so she took a photo of our photo to show it to me. Lol! As if I didn't have it in my house.
Yea, I looked so fat! I thought they were supposed to photoshop me thinner. Mei Li Mao!
My younger brother seemed to look nervous in each photo. Think he didn't smile to himself in the mirror enough! :D
My mum wore my blazer. It was just $20 from G2000 sale!
Younger bro wanted to wear a bow instead of a tie but switched to a tie eventually since there were free ties to borrow over at the studio.
And I have taken photos of Jun Wen's studio photos too!
I hope u know which is Jun Wen and which is Jun Jie.
His younger brother wore his SIM gown in advance. Lol. We didn't think of having my younger brother wear in advance too until the shot was over. So I went to advise Simba on asking his younger brother wear it and they don't have to take another photoshoot. :D
Well.. Jun Jie wasn't keen at first to wear the gown since he was very very insecure about graduating. He thought he might not graduate at all.
I was very surprised when Jun Wen told me that his brother was studying his notes the whole day since the start of school. Lols! I laughed it off since Jun Jie used to be very annoyed seeing me and Jun Wen doing assignments for school and all that. I had never seen Jun Jie with any book before! What a big change! Looks like the youngest in the family has grown up. Lols. Hope my younger brother will do the same too. :D
Jun Wen shocked me when he said he did the horse face during the photoshoot and was warned by the photographer against doing it. I was thinking how lucky that I wasn't there with him during the shoot. I later found out that he lied. Lols! Apparently, the thick skinned Jun Wen has become less thick skinned and less embarrassed. Phew!
Finally made my pair of new glasses after 2 years. I depended on my contacts lens totally for the last 2 years. Took the contact lenses off when I reached home but squint my eyes to look at my mum. I have been at home all the time lately, and the distance between the laptop screen and my face is barely a few centimeters. Lol! I can't make out the faces of the characters in the show if I don't watch them closely! It happened to be too much for mum to take so ya.. I had to get a pair of glasses.
The optician told me to wear glasses instead of contact lens everyday. I guess it's a great idea to wear glasses to work since I will be looking at things in detail.
If u are wearing contact lens, have u given your eyes a break every now and then? Don't be like me! :D
Jun Wen was very curious about having eyes tested and wanted to lie to the optician that he has blurred visions recently so that he could have his eyes tested. So full of motive right! Lol. I warned him not to do it since he is not that good at lies. Lol! He agreed at first but requested to have his eyes checked anyway. The optician was happy at first but disappointed to find out that Jun Wen still has a perfect eyesight. Lol!
But luckily he did not also execute his initial crazy idea of getting his first pair of glasses by feeding the optician with wrong information. U know, like during the testing he said the lenses make his visions better but they didn't actually. I said it would be wasting his money! Lol!
Wanna say I have been watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S all the while! Boy, I hope the episodes never end! But I'm now at Season 6 already. :(
I am sure at some point of time in your life, u would have heard of your friend telling u to watch it! And I'm telling u that u have to! U really have to in your lifetime. It's so funny and really touches your heart.
If u have watched it, I wanna say I find my personality very similar to Rachel's. Omg! Tell me if u think so too! :D
And my favourite characters of the show are Joey and Phoebe. They are so cute! Lol.
Oh.. And since I am finally going to bring back money to my parents, I have decided that I want to learn to grow up! I will set my new year resolution for 2012, think about what I really want in my life and work hard. I don't wanna be some Y 头 anymore! :) Hope life continues to be great!
U know like most parents, Dad always think big of his children. No matter what people say to hurt me or look down on me, Dad is always proud of me! Thanks Dad!
And Happy 40th Month Anniversary to Jun Wen and I. I hope there will be endless monthly anniversaries with him!
I collected my specs! Was getting really dizzy when I first wore it. But now it is much more comfortable than my contact lenses! :D
I'm starting work on the coming Monday, 3rd of October, too. Same as Jun Wen! So cool that we start work on the same day. We are both at the same pace in our career. Yeahs, so nobody gets left out!
Jun Wen was frowning and freaking out over starting work soon! He named the coming Monday "End of Happy Times". He intended to go out everyday of this week. We went to the movies, the zoo, shopping and ktv the whole week! Lol. Is working the end of happy times? Omg! I'm freaking out now too! I hope the pay will make up for it. LOL!
Are u afraid of turning 30? I was watching "F.R.I.E.N.D.S" and apparently in Season 7 episode "The One Where They All Turn 30", Rachel was celebrating her 30th birthday and was really devastated about turning 30. And other than having a huge banner of "Happy 30th birthday" in the background of the house, it had a flashback of the other 5 friends turning 30.
Joey on his 30th birthday cried to God, "Why, God why? We had a deal! Let the others grow old, not me!"
And at Chandler's 30th birthday, Joey cried again, "And now, Chandler. We are all growing so old! God, why are you doing all these to us?"
Watch this youtube clip and u know how horrifying turning 30 is.
http://youtu.be/hioyK9yDrLg
Rachel was very upset about not achieving the things she wanted at 30 years old. Do u have a list of things u need to cross out at the age of 30? If u don't, u need to keep one now!
We are going to turn 30 in like, 6 years' time! It's really soon when u heard people wishing u "Happy 30th Birthday!" Omg! My heart skipped a beat whenever I think of it. I must say I love my twenties! They are the best times I've ever had. My luck and life have finally become better! :D
I hope the last 6 years of my twenties would be very well spent and be really fun too!
I once had a friend who told me she only wants to live till 30. Cos after 30, there will be lots of responsibilities to bear, lots of troubles.. Well... When she told me that, she was 18. She is 25 now. Maybe she changed her mind. Hahahaha. Let's enjoy till 30 while we can then! Make the best out of our situation! :D
The studio photos were out 2 months ago but the blown up one has not.
I believe I have shown some of u but here are 2 of them for the rest who haven't seen them:
My dad bought 2 photo frames from Daiso and they don't fit the photos. LOL! He left the task of putting these photos in the frames to me. I had a hard time adjusting them into the middle of the frame.
I took photos from the hard copy photos so they aren't so clear.
I know I look weird. Lols! Although I always didn't agree when people said I look like my mum, well I agree now.
Dad took the photos and showed them to Cousin and Aunt. Cousin said she thought I looked fat and funny in the photo so she took a photo of our photo to show it to me. Lol! As if I didn't have it in my house.
Yea, I looked so fat! I thought they were supposed to photoshop me thinner. Mei Li Mao!
My younger brother seemed to look nervous in each photo. Think he didn't smile to himself in the mirror enough! :D
My mum wore my blazer. It was just $20 from G2000 sale!
Younger bro wanted to wear a bow instead of a tie but switched to a tie eventually since there were free ties to borrow over at the studio.
And I have taken photos of Jun Wen's studio photos too!
I hope u know which is Jun Wen and which is Jun Jie.
His younger brother wore his SIM gown in advance. Lol. We didn't think of having my younger brother wear in advance too until the shot was over. So I went to advise Simba on asking his younger brother wear it and they don't have to take another photoshoot. :D
Well.. Jun Jie wasn't keen at first to wear the gown since he was very very insecure about graduating. He thought he might not graduate at all.
I was very surprised when Jun Wen told me that his brother was studying his notes the whole day since the start of school. Lols! I laughed it off since Jun Jie used to be very annoyed seeing me and Jun Wen doing assignments for school and all that. I had never seen Jun Jie with any book before! What a big change! Looks like the youngest in the family has grown up. Lols. Hope my younger brother will do the same too. :D
Jun Wen shocked me when he said he did the horse face during the photoshoot and was warned by the photographer against doing it. I was thinking how lucky that I wasn't there with him during the shoot. I later found out that he lied. Lols! Apparently, the thick skinned Jun Wen has become less thick skinned and less embarrassed. Phew!
Finally made my pair of new glasses after 2 years. I depended on my contacts lens totally for the last 2 years. Took the contact lenses off when I reached home but squint my eyes to look at my mum. I have been at home all the time lately, and the distance between the laptop screen and my face is barely a few centimeters. Lol! I can't make out the faces of the characters in the show if I don't watch them closely! It happened to be too much for mum to take so ya.. I had to get a pair of glasses.
The optician told me to wear glasses instead of contact lens everyday. I guess it's a great idea to wear glasses to work since I will be looking at things in detail.
If u are wearing contact lens, have u given your eyes a break every now and then? Don't be like me! :D
Jun Wen was very curious about having eyes tested and wanted to lie to the optician that he has blurred visions recently so that he could have his eyes tested. So full of motive right! Lol. I warned him not to do it since he is not that good at lies. Lol! He agreed at first but requested to have his eyes checked anyway. The optician was happy at first but disappointed to find out that Jun Wen still has a perfect eyesight. Lol!
But luckily he did not also execute his initial crazy idea of getting his first pair of glasses by feeding the optician with wrong information. U know, like during the testing he said the lenses make his visions better but they didn't actually. I said it would be wasting his money! Lol!
Wanna say I have been watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S all the while! Boy, I hope the episodes never end! But I'm now at Season 6 already. :(
I am sure at some point of time in your life, u would have heard of your friend telling u to watch it! And I'm telling u that u have to! U really have to in your lifetime. It's so funny and really touches your heart.
If u have watched it, I wanna say I find my personality very similar to Rachel's. Omg! Tell me if u think so too! :D
And my favourite characters of the show are Joey and Phoebe. They are so cute! Lol.
Oh.. And since I am finally going to bring back money to my parents, I have decided that I want to learn to grow up! I will set my new year resolution for 2012, think about what I really want in my life and work hard. I don't wanna be some Y 头 anymore! :) Hope life continues to be great!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Facebook, Hougang Flat and Halloween!
Whenever u scroll down the newsfeed page of Facebook, u know what's going on around u.
When I was schooling, there weren't so many "TGIF", "Monday blues", "Wednesday - Midweek, counting down to Friday" or "Sunday please don't go away." Yea, people started counting days instead of numbers!
Now, I get all of these alot. And more of "Wish I am schooling." and "Wish I don't have to work."
People around me are going to the next phase of their lives, working. So am I! Will I start counting Monday to Sunday like others when I work for maybe 3 months? I have a feeling I will. :D
And it's terribly weird to see some teenagers' posts! They will say "Oh I failed my Maths test. It's the end of me." or "I wish I will have someone who loves me for who I am, opens doors for me, carries my bags for me and puts me before him all the time."
It's so funny that kids like to be loved. They always get in and out of relationships too. One day u see "I love him so much. I will love no one else but him." And the next day u see "Back away, u jerk! All men are the same!" Omg, very expressive younger generation we have here! All I wanna tell them is wait a few more years and u find a better man! U are just 15! Lol! Do I sound like a mum? Okie, u must be thinking why on earth would I know a 15 year old? The fact is that I do know quite a few since they are my own cousins, Jun Wen's cousins and church friends!
Interestingly, out of my 480 friends in Facebook, most of them are acquaintances and u actually get to know some of them better without them knowing just by looking at their posts. Scary right!
There are people who complain and complain about their lives, so often that u quickly scroll down and skip their posts.
While there are people who are so motivational. Always coming up with quotes to inspire u! This I don't mind since sometimes when I'm feeling down this post can really get through to me.
And last of all, I like people who are funny. Look forward to looking at posts of particular funny people. Do u too?
Lol. I'm sorry but did the above bore u? I'm just rambling on about nothing important..!
Jun Wen and I will be balloting for a flat in Hougang this November! Wish us luck! I decided not to be so picky cos there really isn't an ideal location like I wished for! No Serangoon, and nothing between Serangoon and Harbourfront but thank God for circle line, Jun Wen is able to travel to Buona Vista within 5 mrt stops.
If we didn't get it this time, I will just wait for another Hougang! To me, Sengkang and Punggol is too far away! Lol.
If I get this flat, I will be staying near Serangoon Reservoir and next to Serangoon Secondary School. Keep my fingers crossed! Walking distance to Hougang MRT but long walk! Lol.
Halloween is coming! Jun Wen and I will be going to USS for Halloween Night Event!
Yeahs JW is the best, lol! (Okie, i mean for me! Your boyfriends/girlfriends are the best too!) Go google "Halloween USS" if u wanna to go with your boyfriends/girlfriends/friends, and U are the best to them too!
And book your tickets now ok! They have Early Birds Discount. U are welcome!
:D
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Hong Kong Day 5 and 6!
Simba bought protection covers for his new 250 Resident Evil cards! And he has to slot them in one by one. I wanted to help but he won't let me! He said I might bend or crush some of them. Lols! Although thee is a very high possibilty that I may accidentally use my elbows to press on them, but I think I deserve a chance! Lols. When it comes to being careful, one will definitely not think of me!
Simba's official start date of work is on 3rd of Oct. Mine is still not known. Lols. We went to Vivocity to get Simba some working clothes and shoes. Felt so much like an adult! :D
The more comforting thing about being a Researcher is that I don't need to wear formal clothings.
It was so weird that I wanted to get a job related to Business while Simba wanted a job related to Science, and I got a Science job while he got a Business one.
He bought 3 shirts from Library in Tangs, and got the Tangs card. How cool it is! And guys, if u are of the same build as Jun Wen, Library is currently having a 70% discount for shirts with smaller sizes.
Saw this new creative ornament at Vivocity. A tree which grows all kinds of flowers and looks like a ball from far.
I have gotten over myself. Lols! I have decided not to fear not enjoying my new job. Things might not be so bad. I may not be able to enjoy the job but if the people are nice, I am okie with the job! :D
I would rather not have a job that I enjoy yet the people aren't nice! Of course, it would be great if I have the best of both but it is seldom this way in life huh.
And finally down to my last day in Hong Kong!
In the morning when Jun Wen looked so sleepy.
In the MTR. The t-shirt that I was wearing was one of the most expensive items I have gotten from Hong Kong. It was from a shop which sells t shirts from many local designers. The salesgirls were really polite and all, so Simba and I bought designer t shirts. Omg. U know I seldom wear t shirts but well... That was an exception.
But this is really cute right! The salesgirl told me that the hand is the actual size of a human hand!
It was a long ride to head to the last stop of the MTR line.
Simba remarked on our itinerary that we have to bring along our passports. And after exiting the MTR station, we immediately had to exit Hong Kong's gantry and then entered China. It was quite an adventure! Simba didn't know that the last stop of the MTR would lead us to another country.
A mistake led to another, and so we landed in Shenzhen, China. Lols!
We didn't know where to go for Shenzhen since we didn't plan for it at all. Hence, we went to this nearest shopping mall. There were actually nothing much to see in the mall but we have already changed SGD50 to RMB each. Lols! Decided to spend it all there. I bought some accessories like earrings and bracelets while Simba bought SGD50 worth of Shenzhen food. Lols! The Shenzhen people are really hospitable. They are so nice! :D
The shopping there was just as expensive as Hong Kong's and they sold nearly the same things as Hong Kong too. I guess Shenzhen was too near to Hong Kong that it gets similar to it. The Shenzhen people do not have any China accent, but instead they have this Hong Kong accent. Lols. Amazing isn't it?
How come we don't speak like people from Johor?
Later on, in Singapore, Miao told us that there was actually a great place for shopping few stops away from where we were. Too bad we didn't know!
But Simba was glad that we collected one more China stamp on our passports. :D
We exited the shopping mall and took photos of Shenzhen.
Wikied Shenzhen and this is what I got:
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones (SEZs). It currently also holds sub-provincial administrative status, with powers slightly less than a province.
Shenzhen's novel and modern cityscape is the result of the vibrant economy made possible by rapid foreign investment since the institution of the policy of "reform and opening" establishment of the SEZ in the late 1970s. Before this, Shenzhen was a small village. Both Chinese and foreign nationals have invested enormous sums in the Shenzhen SEZ. More than US$30 billion in foreign investment has gone into both foreign-owned and joint ventures, at first mainly in manufacturing but more recently in the service industries as well. Shenzhen is now reputedly one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
I like this: 來了, 就是深圳人. Read it out loud and u will like the ring of it. Felt so welcomed right!
Had lunch at this cafe.
Shenzhen has many Hong Kong styled cafes too. Simba said it would be better if we had lunch at none of such cafes, the 茶餐厅.
I remembered the food was great!
And so is the milk tea!
The Beef Hor Fun is a thousand times tastier than Singapore's. I promise!
Was elated to see Shangri-La Shenzhen since we would be having our Graduation Ball at Shangri-La Singapore. Lols.
Bruce Lee!! We were guessing that it is a KFC ad. U think so too?
After spending our $50 at Shenzhen, we exited China and entered Hong Kong back. The queue for the Customs was not long for visitors other than Mainlanders and Hongkongers, so we entered Hong Kong pretty fast.
Our next stop was Sha Tin, where it was shopping at New Town Plaza.
Snoopy featured bride gowns were on display at New Town Plaza.
But New Tow Plaza turned out to be a highly expensive place! We went on to look for malls nearby.
Simba then discovered that malls' names that end with "Plaza" are malls with expensive shopping while those with "Shopping Center" are those we could visit and spend on without feeling the strain from our pockets. Remember that next time u plan a trip to Hong Kong!
One of the Shopping Centers we found. :D
Had KFC for dinner. Lols! Wanted to try the difference between the fast food in their country and ours. But apparently, unlike Taiwan, the fast food tasted the same as ours.
While we were having this, a weird lady came up to us and asked us how much our food is, whether it was nice and many stuff like that. She looked so suspicious. That's definitely something fishy about her. We got quite scared and held onto our belongings. Lols. After she left, we checked our things and were glad that they were still safe with us. We held onto the thought that she might have hypnotised us and made our things disappear and then later appeared with her. Lols! Sometimes humans think too much! Or watch too much magic.
We shopped for the whole afternoon and then left the shopping area to go the Avenue of Stars!
I really didn't know what Avenue of Stars is until Simba familiarized me with the photos my friends took in Facebook where they placed their hands on the ground to try and fit into the hands of the TV/Movie Stars. I also didn't know the Chinese of Avenue of Stars is 星光大道!
Tsim Sha Shui is the nearest MTR stop to Avenue of Stars. :D
We followed the friendly signs and reached within ten minutes.
The purpose of Avenue of Stars:
To pay tribute to outstanding professionals of Hong Kong's film industry, to promote tourism industry, and to consolidate Hong Kong's position as Asia's World City, the Avenue of Stars which is located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade was given a glittering official opening on 27 April 2004. It was opened to the public and visitors from all over the world from 28 April 2004 onwards.
We were slowly strolling our way there when the people around us started picking up their paces and saying to their peers that the performance was starting. We came by and heard people singing. And there were many elderly people singing old Cantonese songs. And we really thought this was The Performance. Lols!
But while The Performance was on the left side of me in this picture, everyone was looking on the right side of me instead. They were looking towards the river.
They were looking at the buildings beyond the river.
Then we heard louder music not from The Performance, but from the speakers around us.
Colourful lights began to appear on the buildings, and they flashed according to the rhythm of the music.
And then we realized that that was the real performance. Lols!
As we walked along, we saw many handprints of different movie stars on the ground. The more popular ones were always surrounded by people posing with their palms placed on the ground.
I took a zillion years to take a good photo of Bruce Lee cos everyone was too excited to take a photo with him in this posture. Lols. There were plenty of different heads, arms or legs as part of my photos before I finally took a more satisfying photo.
2 souvenir shops were in the small area. The small figurines of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan cost a bomb!
We also walked along the riverside to find the Clock Tower. When Miao knew that it was the Avenue of Stars and the Clock Tower we were heading next after Ocean Park, I asked her how the Clock Tower was like. Lols. She said it was just a tower with a clock. And it was so true! It is a tower with a clock on it! What I mean was I thought initially that we were allowed to enter it or see something unique. :D
But it wasn't a disappointment since it is a NICE tower with a clock on it.
Simba said this van sells the nicest soft ice cream. He loves soft ice cream which I had no idea of what it is. We tried one each, paid using our Octopus cards (cool!) and I like it too. Just that I still don't get the difference between soft ice cream and Vanilla ice cream. Okie! I know I have the least sensitive taste buds!
The ferry from Tsim Sha Shui goes directly to the Wan Chai area, where we were staying in!
We were so lucky as we were the last to rush for the last ferry! We was running to enter the gate as it closed on us.
In the ferry.
As we were the last to enter the ferry, the good seats which are those nearest to the windows were all taken, and so we couldn't enjoy the sea breeze and the awesome view of the buildings. :(
Then it was Day 6, our last day in Hong Kong. We went back to New Town Mall in Mongkok for more shopping. Lols. We skipped one destination "The Peak" on Day 4 but decided not to go there during Day 6 since it was far from our hotel and we might be in a hurry to catch our flight.
Definitely going to visit "The Peak" next time we go there. The Peak is not a shopping place by the way.
It (Chinese: 太平山, or previously- 扯旗山) is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island proper, but not in the entirety of Hong Kong, an honour which belongs to Tai Mo Shan.
The actual summit of Victoria Peak is occupied by a radio telecommunications facility and is closed to the public. However, the surrounding area of public parks and high-value residential land is the area that is normally meant by the name The Peak. It is a major tourist attraction which offers views over Central, Victoria Harbour, and the surrounding islands.
And because we decided on more shopping, I had to go and exchange for more HKD currency. Omg. We did a market survey and found out that one currency exchange shop in Causeway Bay had the best exchange rate. We went to Causeway Bay in the morning before going to Mongkok. It was a wrong decision since we saw the "We Sell" column instead of the "We Buy". Lols! I calculated and we lost about SGD10 for the exchange. Omg right!
New Town Mall is the place where u get the cheapest clothings in Hong Kong. I mean, other than the Street Markets. They aren't as cheap as Bangkok's or Taipei's but still worth it. :D
I bought about 15 pieces of clothings from there. Lols!
And finally, when we are all broke, we are all happy to make our way to the airport!
And the Hong Kong Airport, I tell you, is the one of the best airports I have been to. It has a great great viewing gallery. I went around taking photos of aeroplanes when there was a 10 minutes delay in boarding the plane.
We were running late to board the plane since we had some trouble finding the Airport Express train in the MTR station. Got us both panicky and all that. But when we reached the airport, we still spent some time looking around in shops. Once a shopaholic, always a shopaholic! :D
And guess what we found?
Disneyland is not over yet in the Hong Kong Airport.
Here is a souvenir shop which u still can get Disneyland stuff if u forgot to get them in Disneyland!
And we hurried to the viewing gallery where we could board our plane.
Could zoom in so clearly on the planes.
And in every Day 6 photo, Jun Wen was sulking. Lols. He couldn't bear to leave any country during our last day there.
When it was time to board the plane. Look at me all tanned and sunburned!
And sulking again in the plane. (Carine, so funny isn't it?)
Saw this toy in the catalog, so cute!
This time we watched "Paul", the Alien Comedy and then an episode of "The Big Bang Theory".
We didn't fall asleep this time round and finished all our food.
Asked also for a big cup of Baileys each. And when we wanted another cup, the air stewardess told us that we were going to land and the bar was closed. It was funny how even though u get free flow of alcoholic drinks on the plane, u eventually only get one. Cos after u finished dinner in the plane, u asked for a cup of Baileys and the plane was landing when u finished that cup. Next time I am going to drink a whole lot faster to make the money worth. Lols!
Still sad. Nothing I could do to cheer him up. He was singing the "Goodbye" song. Lols!
Our dinner!
Finally finished my entries on Hong Kong! Am I great or what! LOL!!!
Going for dinner with my poly friends now now! Sorry for any typo since I was typing really fast.
And ya.. Happy Birthday Shi Xing!!
Simba's official start date of work is on 3rd of Oct. Mine is still not known. Lols. We went to Vivocity to get Simba some working clothes and shoes. Felt so much like an adult! :D
The more comforting thing about being a Researcher is that I don't need to wear formal clothings.
It was so weird that I wanted to get a job related to Business while Simba wanted a job related to Science, and I got a Science job while he got a Business one.
He bought 3 shirts from Library in Tangs, and got the Tangs card. How cool it is! And guys, if u are of the same build as Jun Wen, Library is currently having a 70% discount for shirts with smaller sizes.
Saw this new creative ornament at Vivocity. A tree which grows all kinds of flowers and looks like a ball from far.
I have gotten over myself. Lols! I have decided not to fear not enjoying my new job. Things might not be so bad. I may not be able to enjoy the job but if the people are nice, I am okie with the job! :D
I would rather not have a job that I enjoy yet the people aren't nice! Of course, it would be great if I have the best of both but it is seldom this way in life huh.
And finally down to my last day in Hong Kong!
In the morning when Jun Wen looked so sleepy.
In the MTR. The t-shirt that I was wearing was one of the most expensive items I have gotten from Hong Kong. It was from a shop which sells t shirts from many local designers. The salesgirls were really polite and all, so Simba and I bought designer t shirts. Omg. U know I seldom wear t shirts but well... That was an exception.
But this is really cute right! The salesgirl told me that the hand is the actual size of a human hand!
It was a long ride to head to the last stop of the MTR line.
Simba remarked on our itinerary that we have to bring along our passports. And after exiting the MTR station, we immediately had to exit Hong Kong's gantry and then entered China. It was quite an adventure! Simba didn't know that the last stop of the MTR would lead us to another country.
A mistake led to another, and so we landed in Shenzhen, China. Lols!
We didn't know where to go for Shenzhen since we didn't plan for it at all. Hence, we went to this nearest shopping mall. There were actually nothing much to see in the mall but we have already changed SGD50 to RMB each. Lols! Decided to spend it all there. I bought some accessories like earrings and bracelets while Simba bought SGD50 worth of Shenzhen food. Lols! The Shenzhen people are really hospitable. They are so nice! :D
The shopping there was just as expensive as Hong Kong's and they sold nearly the same things as Hong Kong too. I guess Shenzhen was too near to Hong Kong that it gets similar to it. The Shenzhen people do not have any China accent, but instead they have this Hong Kong accent. Lols. Amazing isn't it?
How come we don't speak like people from Johor?
Later on, in Singapore, Miao told us that there was actually a great place for shopping few stops away from where we were. Too bad we didn't know!
But Simba was glad that we collected one more China stamp on our passports. :D
We exited the shopping mall and took photos of Shenzhen.
Wikied Shenzhen and this is what I got:
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones (SEZs). It currently also holds sub-provincial administrative status, with powers slightly less than a province.
Shenzhen's novel and modern cityscape is the result of the vibrant economy made possible by rapid foreign investment since the institution of the policy of "reform and opening" establishment of the SEZ in the late 1970s. Before this, Shenzhen was a small village. Both Chinese and foreign nationals have invested enormous sums in the Shenzhen SEZ. More than US$30 billion in foreign investment has gone into both foreign-owned and joint ventures, at first mainly in manufacturing but more recently in the service industries as well. Shenzhen is now reputedly one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.
I like this: 來了, 就是深圳人. Read it out loud and u will like the ring of it. Felt so welcomed right!
Had lunch at this cafe.
Shenzhen has many Hong Kong styled cafes too. Simba said it would be better if we had lunch at none of such cafes, the 茶餐厅.
I remembered the food was great!
And so is the milk tea!
The Beef Hor Fun is a thousand times tastier than Singapore's. I promise!
Was elated to see Shangri-La Shenzhen since we would be having our Graduation Ball at Shangri-La Singapore. Lols.
Bruce Lee!! We were guessing that it is a KFC ad. U think so too?
After spending our $50 at Shenzhen, we exited China and entered Hong Kong back. The queue for the Customs was not long for visitors other than Mainlanders and Hongkongers, so we entered Hong Kong pretty fast.
Our next stop was Sha Tin, where it was shopping at New Town Plaza.
Snoopy featured bride gowns were on display at New Town Plaza.
But New Tow Plaza turned out to be a highly expensive place! We went on to look for malls nearby.
Simba then discovered that malls' names that end with "Plaza" are malls with expensive shopping while those with "Shopping Center" are those we could visit and spend on without feeling the strain from our pockets. Remember that next time u plan a trip to Hong Kong!
One of the Shopping Centers we found. :D
Had KFC for dinner. Lols! Wanted to try the difference between the fast food in their country and ours. But apparently, unlike Taiwan, the fast food tasted the same as ours.
While we were having this, a weird lady came up to us and asked us how much our food is, whether it was nice and many stuff like that. She looked so suspicious. That's definitely something fishy about her. We got quite scared and held onto our belongings. Lols. After she left, we checked our things and were glad that they were still safe with us. We held onto the thought that she might have hypnotised us and made our things disappear and then later appeared with her. Lols! Sometimes humans think too much! Or watch too much magic.
We shopped for the whole afternoon and then left the shopping area to go the Avenue of Stars!
I really didn't know what Avenue of Stars is until Simba familiarized me with the photos my friends took in Facebook where they placed their hands on the ground to try and fit into the hands of the TV/Movie Stars. I also didn't know the Chinese of Avenue of Stars is 星光大道!
Tsim Sha Shui is the nearest MTR stop to Avenue of Stars. :D
We followed the friendly signs and reached within ten minutes.
The purpose of Avenue of Stars:
To pay tribute to outstanding professionals of Hong Kong's film industry, to promote tourism industry, and to consolidate Hong Kong's position as Asia's World City, the Avenue of Stars which is located at the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade was given a glittering official opening on 27 April 2004. It was opened to the public and visitors from all over the world from 28 April 2004 onwards.
We were slowly strolling our way there when the people around us started picking up their paces and saying to their peers that the performance was starting. We came by and heard people singing. And there were many elderly people singing old Cantonese songs. And we really thought this was The Performance. Lols!
But while The Performance was on the left side of me in this picture, everyone was looking on the right side of me instead. They were looking towards the river.
They were looking at the buildings beyond the river.
Then we heard louder music not from The Performance, but from the speakers around us.
Colourful lights began to appear on the buildings, and they flashed according to the rhythm of the music.
And then we realized that that was the real performance. Lols!
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As we walked along, we saw many handprints of different movie stars on the ground. The more popular ones were always surrounded by people posing with their palms placed on the ground.
I took a zillion years to take a good photo of Bruce Lee cos everyone was too excited to take a photo with him in this posture. Lols. There were plenty of different heads, arms or legs as part of my photos before I finally took a more satisfying photo.
2 souvenir shops were in the small area. The small figurines of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan cost a bomb!
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We also walked along the riverside to find the Clock Tower. When Miao knew that it was the Avenue of Stars and the Clock Tower we were heading next after Ocean Park, I asked her how the Clock Tower was like. Lols. She said it was just a tower with a clock. And it was so true! It is a tower with a clock on it! What I mean was I thought initially that we were allowed to enter it or see something unique. :D
But it wasn't a disappointment since it is a NICE tower with a clock on it.
Simba said this van sells the nicest soft ice cream. He loves soft ice cream which I had no idea of what it is. We tried one each, paid using our Octopus cards (cool!) and I like it too. Just that I still don't get the difference between soft ice cream and Vanilla ice cream. Okie! I know I have the least sensitive taste buds!
The ferry from Tsim Sha Shui goes directly to the Wan Chai area, where we were staying in!
We were so lucky as we were the last to rush for the last ferry! We was running to enter the gate as it closed on us.
In the ferry.
As we were the last to enter the ferry, the good seats which are those nearest to the windows were all taken, and so we couldn't enjoy the sea breeze and the awesome view of the buildings. :(
Then it was Day 6, our last day in Hong Kong. We went back to New Town Mall in Mongkok for more shopping. Lols. We skipped one destination "The Peak" on Day 4 but decided not to go there during Day 6 since it was far from our hotel and we might be in a hurry to catch our flight.
Definitely going to visit "The Peak" next time we go there. The Peak is not a shopping place by the way.
It (Chinese: 太平山, or previously- 扯旗山) is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island proper, but not in the entirety of Hong Kong, an honour which belongs to Tai Mo Shan.
The actual summit of Victoria Peak is occupied by a radio telecommunications facility and is closed to the public. However, the surrounding area of public parks and high-value residential land is the area that is normally meant by the name The Peak. It is a major tourist attraction which offers views over Central, Victoria Harbour, and the surrounding islands.
And because we decided on more shopping, I had to go and exchange for more HKD currency. Omg. We did a market survey and found out that one currency exchange shop in Causeway Bay had the best exchange rate. We went to Causeway Bay in the morning before going to Mongkok. It was a wrong decision since we saw the "We Sell" column instead of the "We Buy". Lols! I calculated and we lost about SGD10 for the exchange. Omg right!
New Town Mall is the place where u get the cheapest clothings in Hong Kong. I mean, other than the Street Markets. They aren't as cheap as Bangkok's or Taipei's but still worth it. :D
I bought about 15 pieces of clothings from there. Lols!
And finally, when we are all broke, we are all happy to make our way to the airport!
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And the Hong Kong Airport, I tell you, is the one of the best airports I have been to. It has a great great viewing gallery. I went around taking photos of aeroplanes when there was a 10 minutes delay in boarding the plane.
We were running late to board the plane since we had some trouble finding the Airport Express train in the MTR station. Got us both panicky and all that. But when we reached the airport, we still spent some time looking around in shops. Once a shopaholic, always a shopaholic! :D
And guess what we found?
Disneyland is not over yet in the Hong Kong Airport.
Here is a souvenir shop which u still can get Disneyland stuff if u forgot to get them in Disneyland!
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And we hurried to the viewing gallery where we could board our plane.
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Could zoom in so clearly on the planes.
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And in every Day 6 photo, Jun Wen was sulking. Lols. He couldn't bear to leave any country during our last day there.
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When it was time to board the plane. Look at me all tanned and sunburned!
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And sulking again in the plane. (Carine, so funny isn't it?)
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Saw this toy in the catalog, so cute!
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This time we watched "Paul", the Alien Comedy and then an episode of "The Big Bang Theory".
We didn't fall asleep this time round and finished all our food.
Asked also for a big cup of Baileys each. And when we wanted another cup, the air stewardess told us that we were going to land and the bar was closed. It was funny how even though u get free flow of alcoholic drinks on the plane, u eventually only get one. Cos after u finished dinner in the plane, u asked for a cup of Baileys and the plane was landing when u finished that cup. Next time I am going to drink a whole lot faster to make the money worth. Lols!
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Still sad. Nothing I could do to cheer him up. He was singing the "Goodbye" song. Lols!
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Our dinner!
Finally finished my entries on Hong Kong! Am I great or what! LOL!!!
Going for dinner with my poly friends now now! Sorry for any typo since I was typing really fast.
And ya.. Happy Birthday Shi Xing!!
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