Sunday, May 31, 2009 @ 9:41 PM , sat night fever!
waa.. super long day can! went out for supper on fri wif des and jy.. had Han's.. rice for supper.. so fattening can! anyway after tad we went to Seletar Reservoir to explore abit.. to c if got any ppl go there hanky-panky anot.. and we saw one in live action mode..!! haha.. but we c awhile only la.. ppl privacy leh..! hmm.. and i was abit nt myself.. cos i'm super tired.. waking up at 6+ every morning is tiring can! den wif these late nite activities i'm rly abit cannot tahan.. when des drive me bak.. i abit cmi liao.. i reached home around 3+.. den changed my clothes.. and fell aslp soon..~ thx des for the ride home!
anyway woke up at 2pm on sat.. online till 7.. den went to town to find wj and eileen.. we walked to heeren.. den waited for the others to come.. and we had dinner at PASTA de WARAKU.. anyway dinner was great.. afterwards we celebrated eileen's bday.. with a very nice cake.. her present is a scrapbook wif our photos wif her.. wif our bday comments and wishes for her..
we den travelled to Keppel Bay.. daniel and kevin waiting for us there.. we went there to chill awhile.. slack and chat abit.. den cos sun sj got work.. so he drove wj and daniel home first.. so the rest of us.. the 7 of us.. had to squeeze in sean's car.. went to changi broadwalk there walk walk.. den we went to ehub to hav some bowling session.. met wif des there.. bowling was fun.. played till 4.30am.. den we wanted to hav some "breakfast" at punggol nasi lemak.. but closed liao.. so in the end.. we went home instead.. we actually saw some marathon going on around the pasir ris area.. from 2+ till like 5+.. they still running sia.. hmm.. reached home at 5.30am.. so tired!! thx des for the ride home!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @ 11:14 PM , haiz..
ipp.. feels much better.. more comfortable wif the job scope.. since it does not involve any coding.. haha.. but currently we are still under training.. and everyday is just like a normal sch day.. reading slide notes.. having mock tests..
haiz.. my laptop is "sriously" in big trouble.. nids the hospital immediately..!!! but wif work.. so no time to bring to fujitsu..!! haiz.. having trouble to start-up com.. so sian!!!
hp another prob.. kip lagging.. kip having probs.. "sriously" want to change phones alr.. this phone sux!!
wan change laptop.. wan change phone.. but no money.. haiz.. :P
Monday, May 25, 2009 @ 9:24 PM , first day of ipp!!
first day of ipp!! anyway when we reached NCS @ amk.. we were given some bad news.. we were transferred to the old SCS branch @ bedok.. omg..!
so we cabbed down to bedok.. and we were brought into the office.. due to security reasons.. we aren't allowed to cr8 our staff passes.. so we hav to use visitor passes for 3 mths..
we were given temporary seats.. and meanwhile we were to view the ACRA website to know more abt ACRA.. but my desktop was alr virus-filled.. so.. i practically did nth today.. except day-dreaming.. and mass sms-ing..
lunch time!! went out to the hawker centre oppo TJC.. crowded.. but still alot of seats available.. had a sweaty lunch.. den went bak around 2pm.. hmm.. met my OIC's assistant.. which is.. she is above everyone.. only below my OIC.. anyway she is quite friendly.. briefly went thru our unknown questions..
after tad we began OTOT again.. all we hav to do is to listen to wad our seniors are toking.. and try to absorb how they tok to the customers and how they respond.. after few long draggy hours of dozing off.. and drawing crap on my book.. and finally 6pm comes..
abit demoralized..tis is the first day.. and there's nth to do.. so i'm bored to death.. but i believe from tmr onwards it will hopefully be a more interesting and fruitful day..!! :D
Sunday, May 24, 2009 @ 10:16 PM , saturday outing!!
SATURDAY.. day 34!!
wow.. woke up at 2pm in the afternoon.. laptop having a tantrum.. so i hav no choice but to use the desktop.. had a long meeting abt plans at nite.. supposed to meet at bugis at 6.30pm.. left home around 6pm.. boonyang reached early.. so i cabbed down to meet him instead.. we went to the steamboat place to get seats first.. since it's a Sat.. and normally it's super crowded.. well.. we got seats around 7pm.. but the others came around 7.30pm.. so we waited pretty awkwardly.. since there were alot of ppl waiting for tables.. and we were like hogging the tables..
finally they reached and we started eating.. hmm.. finished around 9pm.. waited for shujian's car to come.. and we travelled to ps.. walked to cathay.. i bought new slippers via NUM..!
went to watch Night at the Museum 2.. it was a fun show.. i had fun.. finished around 1am++ and we went to for a trip to Geylang.. and den Lavender foodcourt for drinks..
reached home around 3am++.. thx for the ride home!! :)
Saturday, May 23, 2009 @ 3:58 AM , last wk of FYPJ!!
hello.. so we're bak in Singapore.. but the proj is nt done yet.. so we actually spent this whole wk finishing up the final masterpiece.. the powerpoint.. and the report.. and finally everything is done.. COMPLETE!! and like.. my ipp.. i got attached to NCS.. hopefully it will be a good and smooth 3 mths ahead..
anyway today is the last day of FYPJ.. definitely relief tad FYPJ is over.. but of course quite sad that we are gonna be split up into diff. companies.. and working with diff. ppl.. so we are definitely having gatherings on wkends..
SATURDAY.. day 27?!
just less than 24 hrs after we landed.. we met agn..!! first to Thomson for prata at The Prata House! after tad.. we travelled by car to Yishun Dam for some HTHT..~ den to Mount Faber since Peiyu and gang were there.. so we went to find them and meanwhile hav a little small gathering.. couldn't get used to the hot weather in SG.. and made staying at Mount Faber unbearable.. so we travelled to ECP Mac.. some of them had their "dinner/supper" while a few of us had McFlurry.. a few of them din want to sleep so they stayed while the rest of us left..
reached home around 3.30am.. thx to Shujian for the ride home!! :)
MONDAY.. day 29?!
first day of sch!! nt used to it sia.. had lunch wif the Suzhou clique.. and the place was packed wif ppl.. anyway after sch we went to AMK for some HTHT session while having dinner.. it was really cool u noe.. to noe someone better thru this kind of sessions..
thx to Sean for the ride home!! :)
TUESDAY.. day 30?!
NAPFA was tiring.. went home for dinner instead..
thx to JY's father for the ride to AMK!! :)
WEDNESDAY.. day 31?!
hmm.. presentation!! so relieved when it's over.. dinner at Miss Clarity.. den went to a carwash! LOL
thx to Shujian for the ride home!! :)
THURSDAY.. day 32?!
a really relaxed day.. but still we hav to finish the report.. dinner at Sakae @ Plaza Singapura..
thx to Sean for the ride home!! :)
FRIDAY.. day 33?!
a short day.. went to sch around 1pm.. finally finished report.. sharing session was so awkward lor.. dinner at Jalan Kayu.. had prata.. den we went to Changi Beach to look at planes.. and finally Marina Barrage.. REALLY nice and relaxing place.. made me think of the cover of 流星花园 (Taiwan ver.).. we had like 20+ ppl.. wif 5 cars today?!
returned around 3.45am.. with 8 ppl in the car.. 6 in the back.. cool huh?! thx to Ghee Hean for the ride home!! :)
one packed wk.. nt to mention afterwards.. which is Sat.. fully packed day.. can't wait..!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009 @ 12:16 AM , HOME SWEET HOME!!
BAK IN SINGAPORE!!
last 4 days in SUZHOU.. we had some relaxing kite flying moments in the field.. we played fireworks at nite.. we gave souvenirs to our buddies in China.. and we took pictures wif them too.. and also we bonded alot wif everyone..
the feelings for the last few days are pretty mixed.. i am happy.. becos i'm bak to my life.. wif my bed.. my toilet tad i like.. and also my lifestyle in SG.. and also nt having to climb 6 storeys to lab everyday.. but i'm also sad to leave Suzhou after 26 days of staying over there.. and although there are some bad pts abt staying there.. there are certainly gd pts too.. like the great weather.. the cheap stuff..
anyway the kite flying moments were great.. really great wind.. it has been a really long time since i flew a kite.. and the weather is like super gd.. fireworks were great too.. it has ALSO been a really really LONG time since i played wif fireworks.. after tad.. we took alot of pictures.. wif our China buddies.. wif the fruit stall auntie.. wif almost everybody..
anyway today is the last day.. and i'm pretty ready to return bak to the SG lifestyle.. but it's nv going to be the same agn.. i really enjoyed the trip.. made some really cool frens.. and this friendship isn't going to end any time soon.. this trip actually turned out pretty gd.. i am so glad i came onto this trip..
<3 Suzhou.. <3 Suzhou FYPJ.. <3<3<3 Suzhou CLIQUE!!
Monday, May 11, 2009 @ 10:23 PM , day 20, 21, 22/26 of Suzhou Trip!!
Saturday.. day 20..
trip to Shanghai!! first we went to 七浦路.. it's like SG's Bugis Street.. alot of small shops along streets in a big building.. bought many many things.. hmm.. let me think.. 2 boxers.. 3 inflatable seats (2 are for frens), and tops from Jack - Jones, and some taiwan brand.. and more stuff.. den we had lunch at a local stall.. i had fried rice which is pretty oily.. anyway we shopped at the same building from 10am till 4pm.. cos it's such a big building..!
den we walked to 南京路步行街.. had a rest at Macs, den we went to UNIQLO.. nice tops they hav.. bought one top at RMB$99.. which is cheaper than SG.. after tad.. JY and I bought identical but diff colour NIKE bags at RMB$288.. hers is for her bro.. i bought it for myself cos the bag i bought is spoilt.. ): anyway after tad we took the MRT to 陆家嘴.. had Burger King for dinner.. and walked around for abit.. after tad took pics at 东方明珠 tower.. at nite when the lights are on.. it's truly a magnificent sight.. after tad it's hostel sweet hostel.. i spent almost RMB$800++ on this trip..
Sunday.. day 21..
firstly.. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! anyway sch was usual.. den when sch was finally over at 3pm.. some of us cabbed to 观钱街 again.. this time we went to buy some local delicacies.. den dinner at 大娘水饺.. den bought the metal cola ball sweet at 优の良品.. my long lost fav!! spent another RMB$100++ on today's trip agn.. and i haven bought my Mother's Day gift yet!! anyway at nite around 10 of us had a lesson on ART.. no nid to mention much la hor.. u noe i noe.. shhhhh....
Monday.. day 22..
it's OTOT time again.. i have exactly RMB$166 dollars left.. haven buy alot of things yet.. dunno got enuff money anot.. today we went to Times Square.. we split up.. and so a few of us went to hav Subway for lunch.. on the way we even met a fellow Singaporean.. she actually came to China to study.. anyway after lunch.. we walked around.. and it was biggg.. we saw a playground and started playing around the see-saw and the swings.. den we entered the amusement park.. saw some SEG ppl there.. so we played Bumper Cars together.. den had a fun "spinning up-and-down ride".. ther's something that i will nv do in SG.. and tad is to shake the "throw-coin" machine.. and make the coins drop.. and many tickets came out.. and even we din play many games.. we had like 90 tickets?!
we saw a Coco and of course.. we went bonkers over it.. some of us had Coco.. and the others had Starbucks.. at 7pm.. the top of the building had a very long electrical screen.. and started showing visual graphical images.. nt nice.. but fanciful.. anyway met Mr Leung there too.. and we had dinner at 一茶一坐.. had a nice dinner.. and after tad we had dessert at a very nice Hong Kong-styled restaurant.. my 杨汁甘露 tasted really really great!
today's trip was really different.. since we weren't really into shopping.. but more focused on taking pictures with the scenery.. it was so much fun.. taking so many pictures!!
Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 11:30 PM , day 18, 19/26 of Suzhou Trip!!
hello.. i'm quick today..! cos i hav alot to type..
Thursday.. day 18..
today we finished sch at 12.. becos today we are having a sports competition wif our sister class.. we had 3 sports.. badminton.. table tennis.. and basketball (guys).. captain's ball (girls).. anyway.. it was just really fun.. and my china partner and I won mixed doubles in badminton *claps*.. but cos badminton and table tennis started at the same time.. and they wanted to save time for basketball.. so it's like.. we played one game wif 11 pts.. and 4 matches were on-going at the same time.. i din even noe i was playing in the finals alr.. cos there isn't any offical mention.. and so it's like.. nobody really saw the match.. but i din really play well.. my partner really rocked..
anyway basketball was hot..!! cheers from both sides were loud.. and the game was really competitive..! in the end.. our basketball guys won!! wif a score i forgot.. but a picture of the score was taken.. so i just hav to make a reference.. anyway next the girls went up wif captain's ball.. the opposing side nv played b4.. so the girls hav to giv them a demo.. and the girls won in the end.. wif a score of 21 - 8.. (yes i rmb! :D) after tad was the prize presentation.. i won something like a silk handkerchief.. anyway we still had the sporting spirit going on.. so we went for a 4 * 100m relay..! the weather is much warmer now.. so it's also easier to run.. but sriously it's still tough to run in boxers..! anyway dinner at a new place.. and we had a 10 course meal.. for RMB$120.. the first few dishes were too spicy.. and nt tad nice.. but the last few were great food.. and really something to rmb by..
Friday.. day 19..
today is tour day!! woke up at 7.. coach leaves at 7.30.. travelled to HangZhou.. 2.5 hours of journey..!! omg.. tad's 5 hours back-and-forth..! anyway the local tour guide was really friendly.. wif really gd social skills.. and knows the places well.. probably the nicest tour guide i have ever met.. she knows her local HangZhou dialect.. Mandarin.. Cantonese.. bit of English.. and bit of Malay.. nt bad huh! first we went to 雷锋塔.. nice place.. history mentioned it was this particular tower that imprisoned 白蛇 but i dun like tall places.. afraid to look downwards..
anyway after tad.. we at lunch at a very nice place called 山外山.. i believe the restaurants were built in order to oppose to a particular emperor.. so there are other restaurants in HangZhou named 天外天.. 楼外楼.. anyway the dishes were all veggie-dominated.. but still yummy.. nice memorable lunch.. next we went to 西湖.. we went to take a boat ride.. i tried the local "delicacy" 藕粉.. which is actually lotus root powder.. just add water and it becomes glue-like.. wif the osmanthus flower (桂花) and sugar added in.. den it will taste better.. but apparently it will improve the condition of our skin..!
after tad we walked to 岳飞庙.. which is Yue Fei's temple.. basically we just went in to understand the history of 岳飞.. including how his mother carved 精忠报国 on his bak.. and how he was framed to death.. next we went to 龙井村.. with really beautiful scenaries of mountains.. we saw how tea is plucked and fry-ed.. den had a cup of 龙井茶 while hearing to the really lame and funny speaker tell us abt 龙井茶 and its uses.. apparently it really helps in "sucking" up the oil in ur stomach.. in the end i bought one tube for my mum.. cos she likes tea that "sucks" oil.. LOL.. anyway it was a fruitful trip.. and our tour guide is great.. her name is 王湘雨 btw.. her name apparently comes from a 成语 btw.. forgot wad 成语 le.. but at the moment i wondered.. y my parents cannot think up wif much better names for me & my sis..!
our tour guide told us abt how her tour guide in Msia came up wif funny chinese words to represent Malay..
terima kasih (thank you) - 带你妈看戏
nasi lemak - 辣死你妈
lima puluh lima (55) - 你妈不如你妈
lima ratus (500) - 你妈拉肚子
lima ribu (5000) - 你妈离谱
so like everything is used to say/scold ur mother.. LOL
anyway end of blog post.. tmr waking up at 7.15.. cos we're going to Shanghai!! left wif a thousand bucks.. and i still hav alot of things haven buy.. ;)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 11:03 AM , day 13,14,15,16,17/26 of Suzhou Trip!!
it has been a while since i blogged..
Saturday.. day 13..
today is OTOT!! and like we decided to wake up super early to go 观钱街.. to hav some breakfast at KFC!! the commercials just makes it too tempting.. anyway we hav like the whole day to shop.. i bought some socks.. and a present for Lydia.. anyway we had Pizza Hut for lunch.. after tad we went to the local KTV for some singing!! and the interior was just very very nice.. it has a very egyptian theme to it.. the rooms are super big too.. it even has a personal toilet for use! we sang for like 5 hours.. and each person costs RMB$51! super cheap can! had instant noodles for dinner.. but yet i din finish my meal.. becos something happened at nite which actually made many worried.. wun explain it since it's such a long story..
Sunday.. day 14..
usual sch day.. finished at 3.. cleaning time!! din clean much though.. went bak hostel and went for some basketball action.. after some rounds of basketball, we changed to captain's ball.. everyone had fun.. dinner at a local restaurant.. food was great.. nt too oily.. nt too salty.. cheap too..! we tried dishes like 东坡肉 and 松子鱼..
Monday.. day 15..
sch as usual.. and today is a special day.. cos it's May 4th..!! cos they had an event inviting students from China, Finland and Singapore to celebrate the event together.. we performed a song 关怀方式.. and the event was pretty great.. loads of great performances too..
Tuesday.. day 16..
sch day as usual.. nth much.. dinner at the local restaurant agn! 东坡肉 was great!
Wednesday.. day 17..
9 days left till going bak to SG.. swine flu is causing many probs.. we might even have trouble returning bak to SG.. proj is not settled.. much more to dooo...
Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 9:01 AM , day 9,10,11,12/26 of Suzhou Trip!!
busy to blog, as always.. anyway i pretty much forgot wad we did.. so it's just a brief quick summary.. for photos.. check out fb.. :)
Tuesday.. day 9..
hmm.. i think it's a typical normal sch day.. so sorry.. but now i rmb wad we did.. the locals here had a singing competition to commemorate the May 4th movement.. anyway some of our classmates got chosen to get up stage wif our buddy class and together they sang.. 明天会更好.. and in the end.. we got first!! congratulations!!
Wednesday.. day 10..
we had another excursion..! this time to 同里.. it's called the Water Village i tink.. really peaceful place.. wif many old relics.. many places to visit.. do u noe..? 同里 was originally named 富土.. but due to some unforseen circumstances.. they changed the name to 同里.. they moved the 田 from the 富 to the 土.. and u get 里.. and wad's left from the 富.. removing the dot at the top.. u get a 同! so smart ah! anyway excursions mean.. really fun time and many pics!! we got to sit on those trams (the zoo type of tram).. we actually travelled on the trams.. on the main roads somemore.. super shiok experience.. we den had lunch at a local restaurant.. had the local delicacies.. 状元蹄.. and two of the 太湖三白.. nt really confirm.. anyway it was a pretty gd lunch.. and each person costs around RMB$26.. which is actually quite cheap.. after lunch.. we went to the shop selling candy.. and some of us bought 龙须糖 and 麦芽糖.. i intended to bring the 龙须糖 bak to SG.. but i scared cannot last tad long.. but i still intend to try my luck.. the 龙须糖 is like way bigger than wad SG sells.. and it's super nice.. 10 pieces for RMB$10! we bought some 麦芽糖 too.. and it's just really fun playing wif the 麦芽糖 to make it whiter and softer and not so sticky.. as the boss says.. 越搅越白 越搅越多 吃了不粘牙..!!
ok anyway we finished at around 3.. so it's OTOT time..!! we went to 十全街 first.. cos alot of ppl say got alot of things to buy.. but actually like nt much lor.. i only bought some bks.. for SY and Geral's bday.. anyway we decided to switch lanes and walked quite a distance passing thru 凤凰街.. and took a bus to 观钱街.. the place that we are more familiar wif.. after setting down for dinner at KFC.. although the local restaurants like 得月楼 are very appealing to us.. the pricing is abit above avg.. and maybe we can save it for the last few days of our trip.. after dinner.. we split into 2 grps for shopping..!! and seriously 2 hrs of shopping is nt enuff!! cos there is so much to shop.. there will definitely be more visits to 观钱街.. i still wan to buy a wallet.. a bag.. a jacket.. and many many more.. a bag and jacket is a must!! maybe i'll shop for jackets when we go to Shanghai next wk..
and oh ya.. nt to spoil my image or wad.. but i went to buy my first condom! lol.. under the pressure of the girls of course.. imagine a (vending machine type of) machine outside the toilet.. and just wif RMB$1.. u get a condom.. nt really gd education for kids huh! anyway for RMB$1.. i suppose the condom wun last long.. BUT.. i'm not gonna use it of course! who do u tink i am! but anyway something funny happened at nite.. haha.. ok.. end of story.. privacy u noe!
Thursday.. day 11..
hmm.. plain day agn.. study study and study.. but we got to start at 10am.. cool huh..! i rather start everyday at 10..! yes.. and something bad happened during lunch.. i slipped and my ice pop fell on the ground.. and i only took one lick.. anyway i bought another one.. LOL.. we had instant noodles for dinner.. but the nite's nt as fun as Wed.. cos some ppl are too tired.. can't play much.. i went for a sing-along session wif JY and gang.. and instead of practicing for the song.. we started playing various songs and guessing the songs.. overall it's still nt bad.. and after the session.. i had a heart-2-heart tok wif some of the girls whose names will be made unknown.. LOL.. anyway the topics during the session will also be private too.. if u wanna listen.. u'll nid the password to access.. :P
Friday.. day 12..
Happy Labour Day everyone! anyway we opted for sch today.. cos everywhr will just be too crowded.. so we decided to switch a sch day for OTOT instead.. so now gonna work on proj.. i realised today is Labour Day.. and there's no sch.. i was just gonna send Mr Mah an email.. and i hope he can reply me asap.. but i guess i'll receive the reply on Mon instead.. anyway hope for the best..!!
oh ya.. and my name is now known as 李八哲.. english name is Departure.. so u guys can call me Departure Lee Ba Zhe..! :)
