I'M BACK
guess what the first food i ate was?
fried egg with oysters. :D
HAPPY HAPPY ME.
haha. its one of my favourite foods and i really really missed it in melbourne.
i'm going to be so busy for the next 2 weeks. or rather the next 10 days.
i want to meet so many of my friends cause i won't be able to see them for the next 6 months.
there have been changes since i last came. my home now has a wii [total unfairness. i never even had a gameboy, let alone a playstation]. the restaurant nearby [near lana's] is being converted into something else. singapore's food prices have risen up like wow. i mean the otak i bought was $1 from the hawker centre. usually its $0.80?
its so quiet! i'm used to the opening and closing of doors, the screaming, the sound of the footsteps, but most importantly, the laughing. when jiayang, kaii and i were saying bye to the people flying on the 29th by MAS at the gate, i felt kind of sad, even though i was happy i was going home. On the night of 28th when quite a few people had already left, i thought i would enjoy the lack of noise at 2 am when i was trying to sleep but all i heard when i went to bed was white noise. white noise so loud i started to tap my ear to make it go away. but it wouldn't.
30 June 2008
28 June 2008
jo's convo
haha. proof that malaysians are equally kiasu or even more so than singaporeans:
jo says:
gahhhhh mel
jo says:
min-on beat me this time
jo says:
in exams
*9mil melissa/] says:
?
*9mil melissa/] says:
oh
jo says:
ahhh my kiasu side is protesting
*9mil melissa/] says:
why the upsetness?
jo says:
cos i'm freaking kiasu?
*9mil melissa/] says:
and people say singaporeans are kiasu...
jo says:
well i'm descended from singaporeans
jo says:
on my mum's side
*9mil melissa/] says:
HAHA
jo says:
so understandably that trait is in me
*9mil melissa/] says:
the kiasuness gene is not that dominant!
jo says:
gahhhhh mel
jo says:
min-on beat me this time
jo says:
in exams
*9mil melissa/] says:
?
*9mil melissa/] says:
oh
jo says:
ahhh my kiasu side is protesting
*9mil melissa/] says:
why the upsetness?
jo says:
cos i'm freaking kiasu?
*9mil melissa/] says:
and people say singaporeans are kiasu...
jo says:
well i'm descended from singaporeans
jo says:
on my mum's side
*9mil melissa/] says:
HAHA
jo says:
so understandably that trait is in me
*9mil melissa/] says:
the kiasuness gene is not that dominant!
singaporeans... sigh
HAHA. i found this on a facebook group entitled YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SINGAPORE WHEN:
1) You speak or randomly break out in Singlish
2) You crave chicken rice or the various uberlicious hawker foods
3) Tying a soccer game with Malaysia actually means something significant
4) You’re a guy and have no choice about National Service
5) You start daydreaming about $2 Nasi Lemaks
6) Orchard Road is a byword for fun
7) You pronounce and spell stuff the Brit way
8) You pick up the trash after missing the rubbish bin
9) You say rubbish bin and not trash can
10) You end ALMOST every sentence with a 'lah'/'lor'/'hor' and everything looks much better with 'x's and 'z's (right horxxzzz?) [to me its disgusting but oh well, its part of the singlish culture]
11) You understand all the references in www.talkingcock.com (and find the site funny)
12) You're intimidated by the thought of a 45 minutes to drive to the nearest mall. [my gosh, when i first was told i have to take a tram to the suburbs to eat good food i nearly fainted]
13) You're shocked that your ez-link doesn’t work at Mcdonald's around the world
14) People ask you what you speak at home and you say 'uhh...'
15) You are able to communicate in plethora of languages & dialects
16) Swearing in numerous languages & dialects is natural
17) You know that Newton Circus serves up shit food, but still go there anyway[i find it ok what. the first thing i did when i landed in april was to go there for supper]
18) You “chope” seats at food courts/hawker centers with little tissue packets[haha. what my mum did was to use us as parking tickets and chopers while she left the car or went to buy stuff]
19) You've sung the national anthem since you were in primary 1 and still have no idea what it really means
20) There's always a traffic jam near a vehicle accident 'cause everyone slows down to copy numbers for 4D
21) You start using abbreviations for everything, such as ERP, PIE, MRT, SBS, SMS, CTE, IPPT, NCC, SOC(army word)...... and many more.
22) You look at someone (when you’re overseas) and a 6th sense tells you that they’re from Singapore too [oh my gosh. SO TRUE now that i'm in melbourne. i can totally tell a singaporean, a malaysian, an indo, a hong konger and a china person apart. even though we all have the same skin colour and small eyes, although the honkies have quite large ones... at least comparatively]
23) Someone asks for the time and your innate response is: “IT’S TIGER TIME!!!” *rawr*
24) Every Christmas, Orchard Road looks more like and more like Deepavali (The Festival of Lights). [ haha. get me as a designer! i'll make it nice!]
yup so things that characterise singaporeans, that i will get to see in 2 days time!
1) You speak or randomly break out in Singlish
2) You crave chicken rice or the various uberlicious hawker foods
3) Tying a soccer game with Malaysia actually means something significant
4) You’re a guy and have no choice about National Service
5) You start daydreaming about $2 Nasi Lemaks
6) Orchard Road is a byword for fun
7) You pronounce and spell stuff the Brit way
8) You pick up the trash after missing the rubbish bin
9) You say rubbish bin and not trash can
10) You end ALMOST every sentence with a 'lah'/'lor'/'hor' and everything looks much better with 'x's and 'z's (right horxxzzz?) [to me its disgusting but oh well, its part of the singlish culture]
11) You understand all the references in www.talkingcock.com (and find the site funny)
12) You're intimidated by the thought of a 45 minutes to drive to the nearest mall. [my gosh, when i first was told i have to take a tram to the suburbs to eat good food i nearly fainted]
13) You're shocked that your ez-link doesn’t work at Mcdonald's around the world
14) People ask you what you speak at home and you say 'uhh...'
15) You are able to communicate in plethora of languages & dialects
16) Swearing in numerous languages & dialects is natural
17) You know that Newton Circus serves up shit food, but still go there anyway[i find it ok what. the first thing i did when i landed in april was to go there for supper]
18) You “chope” seats at food courts/hawker centers with little tissue packets[haha. what my mum did was to use us as parking tickets and chopers while she left the car or went to buy stuff]
19) You've sung the national anthem since you were in primary 1 and still have no idea what it really means
20) There's always a traffic jam near a vehicle accident 'cause everyone slows down to copy numbers for 4D
21) You start using abbreviations for everything, such as ERP, PIE, MRT, SBS, SMS, CTE, IPPT, NCC, SOC(army word)...... and many more.
22) You look at someone (when you’re overseas) and a 6th sense tells you that they’re from Singapore too [oh my gosh. SO TRUE now that i'm in melbourne. i can totally tell a singaporean, a malaysian, an indo, a hong konger and a china person apart. even though we all have the same skin colour and small eyes, although the honkies have quite large ones... at least comparatively]
23) Someone asks for the time and your innate response is: “IT’S TIGER TIME!!!” *rawr*
24) Every Christmas, Orchard Road looks more like and more like Deepavali (The Festival of Lights). [ haha. get me as a designer! i'll make it nice!]
yup so things that characterise singaporeans, that i will get to see in 2 days time!
26 June 2008
PFFT.
last paper tomorrow! except that psych is one of the last so SOME people have been parading around their freeness while the psychos and the physics are cramming like crazy. which i should do! heheh.
back to psychoanalysis...
back to psychoanalysis...
25 June 2008
deaded.
dead for accounting.
don't sing amazing grace at my funeral, claire, i was shown no grace during the paper.
actually, i doubt i would even have a funeral. i'll just rot in my room
oh well.
study for econs then... ARGH.
ok, i'm supposed to have best 4 subjects and maths must be one of them
at the rate things are going, i think i'll use:
english[lit+drama]
hoi
maths
psych.
SHITake mushrooms mann. i don't even look like a commerce student from those. maybe i should just become a psychologist. or an early childhood specialist.
BUT I LIKE THE MONEY! [that commerce has]
sigh. SIGH.
hmmm, i got the perfect job for you melissa!
oh! i know, are you thinking what i'm thinking?
note that we are sharing the same brain...
oh right... anyway, this job requires little work and gives lots of money!
cool job, what is it?
you can become a taitai!
don't sing amazing grace at my funeral, claire, i was shown no grace during the paper.
actually, i doubt i would even have a funeral. i'll just rot in my room
oh well.
study for econs then... ARGH.
ok, i'm supposed to have best 4 subjects and maths must be one of them
at the rate things are going, i think i'll use:
english[lit+drama]
hoi
maths
psych.
SHITake mushrooms mann. i don't even look like a commerce student from those. maybe i should just become a psychologist. or an early childhood specialist.
BUT I LIKE THE MONEY! [that commerce has]
sigh. SIGH.
hmmm, i got the perfect job for you melissa!
oh! i know, are you thinking what i'm thinking?
note that we are sharing the same brain...
oh right... anyway, this job requires little work and gives lots of money!
cool job, what is it?
you can become a taitai!
24 June 2008
thanks
to ____(fill in the blanks with either cherm, kaii, amanda, bill, wai hoe, xian chang) who has helped me so much just by listening, thank you. i'm really glad i'm friends with you, even though i've only known you when we came to melbourne. i this would be more appropriate at the end of the year but yeah, just felt like saying thanks.
We were strangers starting out on our journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
We were strangers starting out on our journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected what you did to my heart
When I lost hope you were there to remind me
This is the start
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
I know that my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
And Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road now and forever
A Wonderful journey
In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
21 June 2008
eap exam & missing words from dictionary!
EAP is crap
like total crap. the whole essay was just copy and paste from the extracts they gave us.
this is the first time i've witten an essay in exam conditions and not feel rushed. WE HAD 3 HOURS TO DO THE DAMN THING. 700 words! i had to ask the examiner whether there was a word limit cause the instructions said to write about 700 words. i think i wrote about 1000? not too sure... anyway, i had this much time:
sleep for the first half an hour.
stone for the next 10 mins
read the passage 3 times
actually pick up my pencil and half plan half stone for 15mins
do the actual essay
vet the damn thing for mistakes TWICE
leave half an hour early
THAT IS TOO MUCH TIME MANN. but i'm not complaining :) at least better than rushing like mad.
oh and because we were writing on the subject of what clothes say about you, i used the example of branded goods. so i wrote something like 2 business women, the one on the left with a brandless handbag, a suit that resembles the one you saw on discount at myers, and ordinary court shoes, whereas the one on the right has a discrete FENDI on her handbag, a well fitting business suit with her intials stiched on her breastpocket, and this is where i got stuck. i forgot how to spell salvatore ferragamo shoes! so, because we are allowed to bring in our dictionaries, i opened my trusty cambridge dictionary and flipped to both sal... and ferr... and they didn't have it! so, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PUT THOSE HARD TO SPELL DESIGNERS' NAMES IN DICTIONARIES! i had to settle for writing down chanel shoes. but i don't think chanel produces officey shoes.
SIGH. anyway, its over. i'm going to do my lit essay from 11 to 3 am tonight, my brain works best then...
like total crap. the whole essay was just copy and paste from the extracts they gave us.
this is the first time i've witten an essay in exam conditions and not feel rushed. WE HAD 3 HOURS TO DO THE DAMN THING. 700 words! i had to ask the examiner whether there was a word limit cause the instructions said to write about 700 words. i think i wrote about 1000? not too sure... anyway, i had this much time:
sleep for the first half an hour.
stone for the next 10 mins
read the passage 3 times
actually pick up my pencil and half plan half stone for 15mins
do the actual essay
vet the damn thing for mistakes TWICE
leave half an hour early
THAT IS TOO MUCH TIME MANN. but i'm not complaining :) at least better than rushing like mad.
oh and because we were writing on the subject of what clothes say about you, i used the example of branded goods. so i wrote something like 2 business women, the one on the left with a brandless handbag, a suit that resembles the one you saw on discount at myers, and ordinary court shoes, whereas the one on the right has a discrete FENDI on her handbag, a well fitting business suit with her intials stiched on her breastpocket, and this is where i got stuck. i forgot how to spell salvatore ferragamo shoes! so, because we are allowed to bring in our dictionaries, i opened my trusty cambridge dictionary and flipped to both sal... and ferr... and they didn't have it! so, CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PUT THOSE HARD TO SPELL DESIGNERS' NAMES IN DICTIONARIES! i had to settle for writing down chanel shoes. but i don't think chanel produces officey shoes.
SIGH. anyway, its over. i'm going to do my lit essay from 11 to 3 am tonight, my brain works best then...
20 June 2008
NICOLAS CAGE!
oh my gosh. LOOK:
shin nie, NICOLAS CAGE!, debbie, cherm, amanda
trailer!
opposite albert house
actors and actresses
nicolas cage!!! and they were filming just opposite our hostel! coolios right? the film called knowing [click for wiki page]
HAHA. take that people who are having their holidays back home! even though there's an exam paper tomorrow, we have a life here! HAH.
he waved to kaii! i wasn't there, dammit. oh well, at least i got to see the set!
so darn cool! i told mummy that the entire albert house should see it together and we can all scream: "there's albert house!" or "there's melbourne museum!" yay! :)
for once i have a life here mann. haha. i sound like some idiot fanatic. i like national treasure and i quite like his acting but i'm not a major fan of his...
oh which reminds me, wuzun has an apartment at QV, where we do our groceries... and chermaine's eap teacher's neighbour is Geoffrey Rush [captain barbossa in potc]. so, my side objective in melbourne will be to take a picture with geoffrey rush!
19 June 2008
factor and things to do
i realised what's triggering all this
its the fact that I AM GOING TO MISS FOUNDER'S DAY BY 13 DAYS.
founder's day is on the 25th and i'm flying back to australia on the 12th. HOW UNFAIR IS THIS?! i mean if i missed it by like 5 days, i can skip abit of school to go for it and if i miss it by a month i wouldn't be going SO CLOSE YET SO F A R.
sigh. i told manda and melia i should tell manda to add in an extra line in her speech as an ex-head that melissa says hi. melia said that the gb juniors would be laughing their heads off at that. ARGH.
things to do when in singapore:
- see the mg yearbook
- go bug the juniors in gb. like see which week they're doing drill and go laugh at them.
- buy *ahem he he* which, according to my accounting lecturer, is another name for non taxable women's products. [the guys were rather amused by that][on a side note, the singaporeans who are here mainly come from single sex schools and the malaysians generally come from co-ed schools. so i realised that it is not acceptable to the malaysians, even though its all girls, to yell out who has a pad! a girl in cell needed one and i was about to yell it out when she practically smothered me with her hand. granted, there were guys around but she had known them for 2 years already... oh well. but if you really need something you would use any means possible to obtain it right?]
- SHOPPING
- ice skating
- 9jamer outing
- eat coffee bean's caesar salad at gutherie house
- so many other things... shall edit later.
its the fact that I AM GOING TO MISS FOUNDER'S DAY BY 13 DAYS.
founder's day is on the 25th and i'm flying back to australia on the 12th. HOW UNFAIR IS THIS?! i mean if i missed it by like 5 days, i can skip abit of school to go for it and if i miss it by a month i wouldn't be going SO CLOSE YET SO F A R.
sigh. i told manda and melia i should tell manda to add in an extra line in her speech as an ex-head that melissa says hi. melia said that the gb juniors would be laughing their heads off at that. ARGH.
things to do when in singapore:
- see the mg yearbook
- go bug the juniors in gb. like see which week they're doing drill and go laugh at them.
- buy *ahem he he* which, according to my accounting lecturer, is another name for non taxable women's products. [the guys were rather amused by that][on a side note, the singaporeans who are here mainly come from single sex schools and the malaysians generally come from co-ed schools. so i realised that it is not acceptable to the malaysians, even though its all girls, to yell out who has a pad! a girl in cell needed one and i was about to yell it out when she practically smothered me with her hand. granted, there were guys around but she had known them for 2 years already... oh well. but if you really need something you would use any means possible to obtain it right?]
- SHOPPING
- ice skating
- 9jamer outing
- eat coffee bean's caesar salad at gutherie house
- so many other things... shall edit later.
flashbacks
all in all,
but i'm happy here too. its just that i do miss family, friends. mg&gb and singapore food
shin nie's 17th and the previous chapter
SUPREMELY PISSED. whatthehellgivesyouthatright?
actually, come to think about it, this applies to 2 people.
never mind. furgedboutit melissa.
anyway, today's shin nie's birthday! her sexy seventeenth! happy birthday woman! hope you liked the ice cream cake-substitute!
speaking of which, the durian gelato is really very good. like someone took fresh durian flesh and chilled it and served it as gelato. its really very fragrant and tastes exactly like durian.
i'm still missing mg. i'm so used to the routine of waking up at 6 am, donning the pinafore and white blouse, putting my badge in my pocket to pin on later cause i'm running late, seeing the same faces, singing the national anthem and school song. going for lessons or p.e. having gb sometime during the week, chapel on mondays. tuition after school. i've been doing this for the past 10 years, more than half my life. sorry if i seem to not be able to let go of the previous chapter of my life, i'm trying.
hope everyone back home's ok. haha. all the best for the CTs/ mid years! bleagh. exams kind of are not very nice...
actually, come to think about it, this applies to 2 people.
never mind. furgedboutit melissa.
anyway, today's shin nie's birthday! her sexy seventeenth! happy birthday woman! hope you liked the ice cream cake-substitute!
speaking of which, the durian gelato is really very good. like someone took fresh durian flesh and chilled it and served it as gelato. its really very fragrant and tastes exactly like durian.
i'm still missing mg. i'm so used to the routine of waking up at 6 am, donning the pinafore and white blouse, putting my badge in my pocket to pin on later cause i'm running late, seeing the same faces, singing the national anthem and school song. going for lessons or p.e. having gb sometime during the week, chapel on mondays. tuition after school. i've been doing this for the past 10 years, more than half my life. sorry if i seem to not be able to let go of the previous chapter of my life, i'm trying.
hope everyone back home's ok. haha. all the best for the CTs/ mid years! bleagh. exams kind of are not very nice...
17 June 2008
happy birthday kaii and melia!
i got smashed in the face with whipped cream. [AGAIN!]
well, i guess i started it by smashing kaii but its her birthday!!! STUPID DADDY AND KOR. i swear i will KILL the both of you when i get my hands on another bottle of whipped cream.
i'm not making any sense am i? ok. this is what happened:
we blindfolded kaii and sang happy birthday to her. so she thought it was the cake in front of her when it was actually me holding a plate of whipped cream with hundreds and thousands sprinkled ontop. when she removed the blindfold, i smashed her face. and out of nowhere and not according to plan AT ALL, daddy and kor smash my face with another plate of whipped cream. to cut a long story short, all of us end up having whipped cream on our faces and clothes.
yes so anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAII. may you be more mature!
happy birthday to melia as well. hey! wow, we're all getting old, eh? hope you'll have a great birthday. you're one step closer to being able to drink and drive. though not at the same time. this is one of the few times that i'm not there to celebrate your birthday with you. i think only God knows how many birthdays we've celebrated. so many memories... miss you loads! love ya!
sigh, everyone's turning 17... i'm still 16. I'M NOT ANCIENT YET! HAHA.
have i done the right thing? i should feel better now that i've told you everything but instead there's this feeling, unfamiliar and strange. i don't know what to term it. i'm trying not to think about it... i just hope you're ok.
well, i guess i started it by smashing kaii but its her birthday!!! STUPID DADDY AND KOR. i swear i will KILL the both of you when i get my hands on another bottle of whipped cream.
i'm not making any sense am i? ok. this is what happened:
we blindfolded kaii and sang happy birthday to her. so she thought it was the cake in front of her when it was actually me holding a plate of whipped cream with hundreds and thousands sprinkled ontop. when she removed the blindfold, i smashed her face. and out of nowhere and not according to plan AT ALL, daddy and kor smash my face with another plate of whipped cream. to cut a long story short, all of us end up having whipped cream on our faces and clothes.
yes so anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAII. may you be more mature!
happy birthday to melia as well. hey! wow, we're all getting old, eh? hope you'll have a great birthday. you're one step closer to being able to drink and drive. though not at the same time. this is one of the few times that i'm not there to celebrate your birthday with you. i think only God knows how many birthdays we've celebrated. so many memories... miss you loads! love ya!
sigh, everyone's turning 17... i'm still 16. I'M NOT ANCIENT YET! HAHA.
have i done the right thing? i should feel better now that i've told you everything but instead there's this feeling, unfamiliar and strange. i don't know what to term it. i'm trying not to think about it... i just hope you're ok.
15 June 2008
grace's 18th
went to queen victoria market again today. i think its becoming a sunday morning ritual... today is grace's birthday so at 12 am we all went to the garage and stood in a circle, each one of us holding a lighted candle [the idea was for her to blow out each candle but the guys kept on relighting theirs] and it was really pretty to see. and i realised that half a year had gone by since i had first known all these really great people. and i had only half a year more with them. i'm definitely going to treasure the next 6 months with them. i hate bonding with people throiough camps or trips and then leaving them after that. which is why i kind of miss everything in singapore, cause i have bonded with everything for such a long time. like mg and gb and friends. yay, i don't have to be seperated from the albert house people just yet.
HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY GRACE! woosh! hope you enjoyed your birthday!
HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY GRACE! woosh! hope you enjoyed your birthday!
13 June 2008
boredom and lack of internet
www.iamsoboredicouldeatahat.com does not exist. however, melissa.com does exist. its a data storage company i think. see how reliable i am??? yes, i was that bored to type in random stuff.
i have a psych lecture tomorrow, which is supposed to make up for the monday one. it sucks, lessons on a saturday...
internet's up now that its been down for 2 days, i think it was a main server thing cause even college square didn't have access... kaii nearly died without her internet. it made no difference to mummy. i was merely bored cause i read the news online as well as all sorts of nonsenses. even now, my internet's a bit screwy. i couldn't get a strong signal from my room so i went to daddy's room and got a signal for a while but then its got screwy again so now i'm in mummy's room.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO NON-SCREWY INTERNET!!!
i miss you guys at home! the 7jam, manda, melia, claire, cell etc...
i have a psych lecture tomorrow, which is supposed to make up for the monday one. it sucks, lessons on a saturday...
internet's up now that its been down for 2 days, i think it was a main server thing cause even college square didn't have access... kaii nearly died without her internet. it made no difference to mummy. i was merely bored cause i read the news online as well as all sorts of nonsenses. even now, my internet's a bit screwy. i couldn't get a strong signal from my room so i went to daddy's room and got a signal for a while but then its got screwy again so now i'm in mummy's room.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO NON-SCREWY INTERNET!!!
i miss you guys at home! the 7jam, manda, melia, claire, cell etc...
11 June 2008
drunk
my gosh
wasted you guys were. actually, more tipsy than drunk but still! my gosh. but i will not say anymore.
wasted you guys were. actually, more tipsy than drunk but still! my gosh. but i will not say anymore.
09 June 2008
OOPS
its not the queen's actual birthday today. its some King's birthday but the name was changed to suit which monarch was on the throne.
08 June 2008
queen, projectors and idiots
tomorrow is the queen's birthday! therefore, australia still being under the rule of the queen[in name only though. she's the figurehead...], it is a holiday! GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, cause thanks to her, i don't have to wake up at a godforsaken hour and drag myself to school. so, once again, God save the queen! cause if He doesn't, there won't be a holiday. i shall express my gratitude by saying this:
OH WELL. some people...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEEN. know that because of the fact that you exist, the United Kingdom,
OH WELL. some people...
07 June 2008
my command of chinese.[which i will admit is rather poor]
i went to the bubble tea shop at union house [its called bubble cup, never fails to remind me of one of the members of the powerpuff girls] and bought greenappleiceblendedwithfruitjellyplease despite it being winter. anyway, you know the plastic sheet they use to seal the cup with? there's always some decorations on it right? this one had a chinese riddle on it:
一座大桥在造得真高真美丽，可是没人能到，那座是什么桥？
i was happy to find i could still read it, and understand it. :) even though i was severely pissed off with most of my chinese school teachers throughout my years of painful torture of learning my mother tongue [my mum studied malay for her second language and my dad is an acs boy. what can i say? how am i supposed to learn chinese? no that its their fault but if you don't speak the language, you're bound to not be fluent in it...], i'm actually ok with the language.
if you don't know the answer to the riddle its a rainbow. as in 天桥/彩虹？ i figured that out! haha. anyway, i'm enjoying life without chinese. learning it that is. the malaysians and the honkies speak cantonese, so, *sigh* i can't escape chinese. the singaporeans/ the ones who have studied in singapore all declare that i cannot speak chinese. just because i can't speak it fluently, doesn't mean i don't know the language right? when i asked daddy to help me put a language toolbar in my taskbbar cause i needed to type chinese, he was like you can type chinese meh? IDIOTA. bill you hear me?! IDIOTA.
the 2 voices in my head have something to say[as usual]:
hey! we don't always say something. i mean we've been quiet until fairly recently...
yeah... anyway, melissa cannot speak chinese!
OI!
yeah, you don't. really
remember when the teacher called you to read from the ke ben? you had to refer to the hanyupinyin for every other word!
一座大桥在造得真高真美丽，可是没人能到，那座是什么桥？
i was happy to find i could still read it, and understand it. :) even though i was severely pissed off with most of my chinese school teachers throughout my years of painful torture of learning my mother tongue [my mum studied malay for her second language and my dad is an acs boy. what can i say? how am i supposed to learn chinese? no that its their fault but if you don't speak the language, you're bound to not be fluent in it...], i'm actually ok with the language.
if you don't know the answer to the riddle its a rainbow. as in 天桥/彩虹？ i figured that out! haha. anyway, i'm enjoying life without chinese. learning it that is. the malaysians and the honkies speak cantonese, so, *sigh* i can't escape chinese. the singaporeans/ the ones who have studied in singapore all declare that i cannot speak chinese. just because i can't speak it fluently, doesn't mean i don't know the language right? when i asked daddy to help me put a language toolbar in my taskbbar cause i needed to type chinese, he was like you can type chinese meh? IDIOTA. bill you hear me?! IDIOTA.
the 2 voices in my head have something to say[as usual]:
hey! we don't always say something. i mean we've been quiet until fairly recently...
yeah... anyway, melissa cannot speak chinese!
OI!
yeah, you don't. really
remember when the teacher called you to read from the ke ben? you had to refer to the hanyupinyin for every other word!
06 June 2008
food. food. FOOD
yet another post within the last few hours.
there's a reason why: i'm trying to abstain from calling a certain friend who is back in singapore. cause its ex and late. i shall sms later, say i'm thinking of you but i can't call you. that should be enough right? i mean people do appreciate calls but i don't think this one would be appreciated, not at such a late hour and from an isomniac.
i was thinking about food again... and suddenly this conversation i had with suet a year ago came to mind: the guy who will win my heart through food is the guy that takes me to dim sum. then, i didn't understand. surely fish and chips, steak, foie gras, duck confit, french onion soup, lobster with linguine in white wine sauce, fresh oysters and all these[note: my favourite western foods these are] were better than dim sum which you could have any day?
and then i realised today,[i guess living away from home teaches you this] that it is really the food you grow up with, the fond memories you have with the food, the friends' conversations over recess food that is your favourite food. its comparable to guys. the guy that you admire and you think is perfect can be, in my case, the western food. nice have have once in a while, best lookswise, but after a while, you realise that there's nothing, no feeling. and then there's the salad guy, good, healthy [influence in the guy's case], also nice to have once in a while but it lacks substance, there's also nothing. and then you have THE ONE. which is like home food/hawker center food, may sometimes not be the best looking, not look the most appealing but it fills you. and there's the warmth of familarity.
needless to say, i miss singapore food. oh my gosh... the things i want to eat...!
oh my gosh i can sense it
yup. she's going to make a list. wanna bet?
yeah. i'll bet with you, not against you.
huh? then what's the point of betting?
so that we both win!
melissa's list of things she wants to eat when she goes back to singapore!
from mg:
red bowl noodles
chilli egg
mussels
satay beehoon
laksa
from pjc:
fish noodle soup
from home:
chicken curry and delifrance bread
popiah!
dad's roast beef
egg and pork in black sauce
sotong in ink and line leaves and chili
you tiao with the fish paste inside
smabal kang kong[suprise! i eat veg!]
pepper soup
from hawker centers:
hokkien mee
chicken rice
egg with oyster[temporarily forgot the name...]
nasi lemak
satay
tau huay
ondeh ondeh
actually the list goes on and on. i do have a things to eat before i die list... that one is really long... i hope my life is as long so as to finish eating everything on the list
there's a reason why: i'm trying to abstain from calling a certain friend who is back in singapore. cause its ex and late. i shall sms later, say i'm thinking of you but i can't call you. that should be enough right? i mean people do appreciate calls but i don't think this one would be appreciated, not at such a late hour and from an isomniac.
i was thinking about food again... and suddenly this conversation i had with suet a year ago came to mind: the guy who will win my heart through food is the guy that takes me to dim sum. then, i didn't understand. surely fish and chips, steak, foie gras, duck confit, french onion soup, lobster with linguine in white wine sauce, fresh oysters and all these[note: my favourite western foods these are] were better than dim sum which you could have any day?
and then i realised today,[i guess living away from home teaches you this] that it is really the food you grow up with, the fond memories you have with the food, the friends' conversations over recess food that is your favourite food. its comparable to guys. the guy that you admire and you think is perfect can be, in my case, the western food. nice have have once in a while, best lookswise, but after a while, you realise that there's nothing, no feeling. and then there's the salad guy, good, healthy [influence in the guy's case], also nice to have once in a while but it lacks substance, there's also nothing. and then you have THE ONE. which is like home food/hawker center food, may sometimes not be the best looking, not look the most appealing but it fills you. and there's the warmth of familarity.
needless to say, i miss singapore food. oh my gosh... the things i want to eat...!
oh my gosh i can sense it
yup. she's going to make a list. wanna bet?
yeah. i'll bet with you, not against you.
huh? then what's the point of betting?
so that we both win!
melissa's list of things she wants to eat when she goes back to singapore!
from mg:
red bowl noodles
chilli egg
mussels
satay beehoon
laksa
from pjc:
fish noodle soup
from home:
chicken curry and delifrance bread
popiah!
dad's roast beef
egg and pork in black sauce
sotong in ink and line leaves and chili
you tiao with the fish paste inside
smabal kang kong[suprise! i eat veg!]
pepper soup
from hawker centers:
hokkien mee
chicken rice
egg with oyster[temporarily forgot the name...]
nasi lemak
satay
tau huay
ondeh ondeh
actually the list goes on and on. i do have a things to eat before i die list... that one is really long... i hope my life is as long so as to finish eating everything on the list
photos and leavers
the ginormous gelato from sophia's. look how huge it us in comparison to kaii's face and its only A$6! there were 5 flavours on that thing
street artist's work. damn cool.
daddy! with his 2 daughters. notice he's actually smiling?!
cherm, wai hoe & bill.[taken using a mirror without them noticing]
our coffee/mocha/hot chocolate. pretty!
wai hoe's hair is long enough to be tied into a ponytail. there's a bet that whoever does not cut his hair till the end of the year will recieve a free meal. most of the guys haven't cut their hair since the begining of the year so they can flick their hair. soon, they'll be able to do a herbal essence advert.
family photo![all flour-y]
i have a thesis statement: all albert house guys are gay. [jia yang & derk hua]
foggy! yup yup, winter is definitely here
kaii, cherm, me!
one of those people who act like machine dollsMing Zid and Jun Beng are gone. all of us, even though most of us weren't very close to them, resent the fact that part of the 'alberters' [or so some people in trinity call us] will be gone. it will definitely change something. Raymond[malaysian] is to have jun beng's room, while a singaporean girl is to have Ming Zid's.
05 June 2008
econs and the beauty of different languages
My original econs lecturer is back.
the tut went something like this:
Because in perfect competition, the firm has no choice but to take the price of the goods currently in the market because the output of an individual firm is so small, it cannot possibly affect the price. now, so, that's why perfect competition is called pricetaker. now, MARK! eric tells me he knows you! he's moving to arrow on swanston next year is he not?
the class: *stuned-ness*
he randomly talked to the guys in the middle of the lesson. and tried to guess which country we were from. he guessed malaysia for me. just because i'm sitting next to kendrick, doesn't mean that we're country buddies right? he made a joke out of it though. because i'm singaporean, and kendrick's malaysian, that means we have to be nearby each other.
oh well, what can i say?
if you're living in a hostel with 50 malaysians and 5 honkies, you tend to pick up a few phrases of cantonese and malay. and if you're studying in a school with indos, thais, etc..., you also learn a few essential words in their language. therefore, i now know the f-word in cantonese [as well as a few other vulagarities], malay/ bahasa indonesian and thai. this adds to my list of already known ones: english, mandarin, hokkien, french, tagalog. as the thai guy in my drama class puts it: the first thing you learn in any language is hello, your name and eff you.
BUT, just in case my mum's reading this, i didn't ask to be taught that! the guys always said it so i asked what it meant! really! and so now i know. *innocent smile*
SEE, that's the good thing about living in a multi-national environment. you get to learn about other people's cultures. and to appreciate their language. by learning a few phrases. like, if you ever go to their countries, and you accidentally get into a car accident, at least you know that the driver is telling you to eff off. see how useful that is?
haha. ok. melissa, that was the largest load of crap i've ever heard.
yeah.
I KNOW. BUT WHAT IF MUM'S READING THIS PAGE??
she's not stupid.
yeah, she'll know its crap too
don't forget she's your mum.
oh right. yeah. ok. fine. MUM! this thing was not written by your daughter.
*there, better now?*
not bad. except its YOUR BLOG
toothead.
the tut went something like this:
Because in perfect competition, the firm has no choice but to take the price of the goods currently in the market because the output of an individual firm is so small, it cannot possibly affect the price. now, so, that's why perfect competition is called pricetaker. now, MARK! eric tells me he knows you! he's moving to arrow on swanston next year is he not?
the class: *stuned-ness*
he randomly talked to the guys in the middle of the lesson. and tried to guess which country we were from. he guessed malaysia for me. just because i'm sitting next to kendrick, doesn't mean that we're country buddies right? he made a joke out of it though. because i'm singaporean, and kendrick's malaysian, that means we have to be nearby each other.
oh well, what can i say?
if you're living in a hostel with 50 malaysians and 5 honkies, you tend to pick up a few phrases of cantonese and malay. and if you're studying in a school with indos, thais, etc..., you also learn a few essential words in their language. therefore, i now know the f-word in cantonese [as well as a few other vulagarities], malay/ bahasa indonesian and thai. this adds to my list of already known ones: english, mandarin, hokkien, french, tagalog. as the thai guy in my drama class puts it: the first thing you learn in any language is hello, your name and eff you.
BUT, just in case my mum's reading this, i didn't ask to be taught that! the guys always said it so i asked what it meant! really! and so now i know. *innocent smile*
SEE, that's the good thing about living in a multi-national environment. you get to learn about other people's cultures. and to appreciate their language. by learning a few phrases. like, if you ever go to their countries, and you accidentally get into a car accident, at least you know that the driver is telling you to eff off. see how useful that is?
haha. ok. melissa, that was the largest load of crap i've ever heard.
yeah.
I KNOW. BUT WHAT IF MUM'S READING THIS PAGE??
she's not stupid.
yeah, she'll know its crap too
don't forget she's your mum.
oh right. yeah. ok. fine. MUM! this thing was not written by your daughter.
*there, better now?*
not bad. except its YOUR BLOG
toothead.
04 June 2008
wow. like seriously, wow.
sigh.
SIGH
well done melissa. well done.
i can't even describe the amount of genius that took!
what did i do?
you don't know?
she doesn't know!
you mean she's as stupid as to not realise it?
my gosh. WOW.
wow? what on earth did i do?!
*silence*
oh. OH.
she's slow
you mean you only just realised she's slow?!
-that's what usually goes on inside my head.
like now for instance, i feel stupid. stupid for even trying.
SIGH
well done melissa. well done.
i can't even describe the amount of genius that took!
what did i do?
you don't know?
she doesn't know!
you mean she's as stupid as to not realise it?
my gosh. WOW.
wow? what on earth did i do?!
*silence*
oh. OH.
she's slow
you mean you only just realised she's slow?!
-that's what usually goes on inside my head.
like now for instance, i feel stupid. stupid for even trying.
THE monologue
Melissa's monologue. totally typed from memory. so, not word perfect.
I knew i was bombing, i couldn't get a hold of it. And while i'm babbling, i look out and there's this kid, like 16, and he's yawning and jiggling his legs and reading his program and i just wanted to say "hey kid, i'm with you i can't stand this either" but i couldn't do that so i just keep worse and worse, just drowning. And then i thought i'm not hamlet, i'm no actor, what am i doing here? And then i get to the big job, the soliloquy, and then i thought, oh christ, the hell with it. Just do it!
to be or not to be that is the question
whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
or to take arms against a sea of troubles
and by opposing, end them
and i kept going. And i finished the speech, And i look out, the kid listening and the whole audience; complete silence, total focus. And i was hamlet. and it lasted for about 10 more seconds and i was in hell. and i stayed there. but for that one small bit, for that one speech, i had it.
- i hate hamlet Paul Rudnick
and no, i do not hate hamlet. i do not hate shakespeare. in fact i'd rather do an out damned spot anyday over the 10 choices given to us. my monologue's on friday. pray that i do not get stage fright, then trip and fall or forget my lines or suddenly need to go to the loo or all of the above.
I knew i was bombing, i couldn't get a hold of it. And while i'm babbling, i look out and there's this kid, like 16, and he's yawning and jiggling his legs and reading his program and i just wanted to say "hey kid, i'm with you i can't stand this either" but i couldn't do that so i just keep worse and worse, just drowning. And then i thought i'm not hamlet, i'm no actor, what am i doing here? And then i get to the big job, the soliloquy, and then i thought, oh christ, the hell with it. Just do it!
to be or not to be that is the question
whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
or to take arms against a sea of troubles
and by opposing, end them
and i kept going. And i finished the speech, And i look out, the kid listening and the whole audience; complete silence, total focus. And i was hamlet. and it lasted for about 10 more seconds and i was in hell. and i stayed there. but for that one small bit, for that one speech, i had it.
- i hate hamlet Paul Rudnick
and no, i do not hate hamlet. i do not hate shakespeare. in fact i'd rather do an out damned spot anyday over the 10 choices given to us. my monologue's on friday. pray that i do not get stage fright, then trip and fall or forget my lines or suddenly need to go to the loo or all of the above.
03 June 2008
xian's 18th & runescape
Xian's 18th birthday was yesterday. it was cool. except that i got cream on my face, thanks to mr lee. GLARES. but what to do? its his birthday. the guys gave him a porn magazine for his birthday, bought from 7 eleven. apparently, faz and chen didn't have enough guts to buy it so they returned to albert house and asked the derks to go along with them. in the end i think it was derk wen who bought it. BUT, if its uncle andrew reading this then: UNCLE ANDREW! XIAN READS PORN REGULARLY! GO CHECK UNDER HIS BED! THERE'S ONE COPY IN BETWEEN THE MATRESS AND THE BED FRAME! haha. xian, you're soooo dead if uncle andrew spot checks your room! we got him a nice decent non-confiscatable scarf. : )
the guys proposed to bash him up while singing happy birthday. so, they sang it extra slow. and when it came to the girls' turn, he looked around for amah and promised never to tease her. and then he looked around for me and announced "mel, you're always tall in my eyes." LIAR. so, we poked him. while he was suspended by 4 guys holding a limb each. i would have whacked him but i realised most girls don't whack people. sadly. it would have been nice to get my revenge. he teases my height(or lack thereof) 24/7. literally. don't forget that he's my neighbour.
anyway, to the birthday boy: illegitimate uncle! hope you had a happy seventeenth. grow up a bit can? yup. and stop telling me i'm short dammit.
I MISS RUNESCAPE ALL OF A SUDDEN. argh. i want to kill a cow and get the cowhide and sell it on the grand exchange. i wonder how much its changed. the prices i mean... when i told one of the guys i miss runescape suddenly and started telling him about the cowhide thingy and the full black armour i have and the noobs that overtake the game, he was like wow, i'm impressed. and i was like thinking, oh my gosh. typical male who thinks girls are only good for shopping and dresses. WAKE UP MAN. but seriously, i'm considered fairly noobish in runescape. i don't really like combat cause you can die anytime. and you can only keep your 3 most valuable items. SAD RIGHT. but i like getting rich! haha. you're such a materialistic girl meliss.
ah. i should learn to play dota or dablo. those don't suck my mbs.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large ego, must be in want of a woman to cut it down." -In Acting up by Nathan M.
the guys proposed to bash him up while singing happy birthday. so, they sang it extra slow. and when it came to the girls' turn, he looked around for amah and promised never to tease her. and then he looked around for me and announced "mel, you're always tall in my eyes." LIAR. so, we poked him. while he was suspended by 4 guys holding a limb each. i would have whacked him but i realised most girls don't whack people. sadly. it would have been nice to get my revenge. he teases my height(or lack thereof) 24/7. literally. don't forget that he's my neighbour.
anyway, to the birthday boy: illegitimate uncle! hope you had a happy seventeenth. grow up a bit can? yup. and stop telling me i'm short dammit.
I MISS RUNESCAPE ALL OF A SUDDEN. argh. i want to kill a cow and get the cowhide and sell it on the grand exchange. i wonder how much its changed. the prices i mean... when i told one of the guys i miss runescape suddenly and started telling him about the cowhide thingy and the full black armour i have and the noobs that overtake the game, he was like wow, i'm impressed. and i was like thinking, oh my gosh. typical male who thinks girls are only good for shopping and dresses. WAKE UP MAN. but seriously, i'm considered fairly noobish in runescape. i don't really like combat cause you can die anytime. and you can only keep your 3 most valuable items. SAD RIGHT. but i like getting rich! haha. you're such a materialistic girl meliss.
ah. i should learn to play dota or dablo. those don't suck my mbs.
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large ego, must be in want of a woman to cut it down." -In Acting up by Nathan M.
01 June 2008
internet's back!
HAHA. i'm high! i have internet access! hurray.
so many thing have happened recently... my gosh
happy birthday meanne! enjoy yourself in bejing!
today, went shopping, got 2 tops for $15. as in total. so good right? haha. happy guilt free me! ate dinner at shin nie's place, her mum cooked. which was really very nice of her mum. treated us to gelato after that. : ) lunch was at melbourne central with kaii and cherm, food court.
i really enjoyed yesterday. if i could have a day like that once a month, i would be really very happy. it was saturday and i woke up late, so had lunch fairly late. at around 2, we decide to go QV to buy a printer. and wai hoe wants to get a coat from bourke street, and he asks daddy to go along. so its the 5 of us and we go to bourke street and go to myers basement to look. wai hoe finds nothing after a day of shopping while i find a jacket. yay. and we walk through this small lane filled with small restaurants. and all of us don't feel like eating albert house food so we all order a coffee/hot chocolate and we share a bowl of wedges and a cheesecake. it was really really nice to sit there and talk. dynamics are good i guess.
its officially winter! haha. yes, the first of June is the begining of winter. yay. i survived autumn. my first autumn in melbourne!
its the school holidays for singapore now. just to let you guys know your darling sister/cousin/ friend has a drama monolgue exam and a lit essay due soon.
so many thing have happened recently... my gosh
happy birthday meanne! enjoy yourself in bejing!
today, went shopping, got 2 tops for $15. as in total. so good right? haha. happy guilt free me! ate dinner at shin nie's place, her mum cooked. which was really very nice of her mum. treated us to gelato after that. : ) lunch was at melbourne central with kaii and cherm, food court.
i really enjoyed yesterday. if i could have a day like that once a month, i would be really very happy. it was saturday and i woke up late, so had lunch fairly late. at around 2, we decide to go QV to buy a printer. and wai hoe wants to get a coat from bourke street, and he asks daddy to go along. so its the 5 of us and we go to bourke street and go to myers basement to look. wai hoe finds nothing after a day of shopping while i find a jacket. yay. and we walk through this small lane filled with small restaurants. and all of us don't feel like eating albert house food so we all order a coffee/hot chocolate and we share a bowl of wedges and a cheesecake. it was really really nice to sit there and talk. dynamics are good i guess.
its officially winter! haha. yes, the first of June is the begining of winter. yay. i survived autumn. my first autumn in melbourne!
its the school holidays for singapore now. just to let you guys know your darling sister/cousin/ friend has a drama monolgue exam and a lit essay due soon.
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