At this moment

I am moving...

2009-03-01T13:33:00.001+08:00

Hello...thanks for your support for the past few years. I am moving to a new address due to some technical problem.

New add=> http://memoire-of-life.blogspot.com

Carpe Diem ~

This does not feel good...

2009-02-10T23:48:00.002+08:00

I do not understand why some people must make others life difficult... Please try to understand and realise that we did our best and we did try...

Sometimes I really wish I had not go for the engagement, even though it is the first for me and definitely an eye-opener, the follow up is definitely NOT an easy one. Kinda give up on it and just let those people high up on the other side of the see-saw to do whatever they wish.

The morale is depleting fast...

WALL-E and some thoughts....

2008-09-22T21:29:00.006+08:00

Catched yet another great cartoon from Disney & Pixar, WALL-E.

Since I watched the trailer, I have been wanting to watch this movie, cos WALL-E is simply cute! His innocent eyes especially, and I am amazed by the creators and directors and all those who worked on this piece that they actually successfully infuse emotions into this robot, and make "him" so human, and I followed his emotions throughout the movie! I was attracted to the movie cos I love to watch cartoon and the story seems interesting to me, love between two robots, how cute!! But it is more than just love between the robots, some other things in the one plus hour movie hit me harder than love.

This little robot, cleaning up the mess the human created, alone in the place where the human used to stay, the Earth. Everyday, not knowing and not counting the days, he diligently pulled in the trashes using his arms into his tummy, squeeze them into a cube, and arrange them nicely. By doing so for as many years and he can remember, he builds towers of "cube trash". He has this little treasure box which he keeps the knick-knacks he found during his daily routine and will take these treasures back to his little container, his home.

Then on one fine day, as usual he churns out the cube trashes and arranges them, he came to a refridgerator, and to his delight, he saw something he has never seen before, a plant. A green small baby plant, peeping out from a boot filled with soil. This of course, went to his treasure box, and this plant brought him his girlfriend, EVE. EVE is on a mission to discover signs of life in the Earth, and she is to bring back the info to the space craft where the humans are living there since the Earth is no longer suitable to live.

What hit me the most is what happens in the space craft where the human lives, the AXIOM. ALL the people there are overweight to the extent they loss their bone mass and they cant even stand!!! Everyone is talking to everyone via the little TV screen in front of them, which comes together with the "car" they use to travel. Everyone is so engross in their own world that they do not pay attention to the things around them. All they need to do in the space craft to live is just to give command, either by pushing buttons on their cars or call for the robots (equivalent to the maids in modern days). They are actually degenerating!!

Everything seems so possible to me, all the high-tech gadgets and inventions are suppose to solve our problem and for our convenience, but it has come to a stage where we become dependent on them and we loss our ability to live.

We become numb to the world around us, we loss our gift to be able to listen, feel, and see. We become dependent on the internet that the first thing we do when we come in contact with a PC is to connect to the internet and get "connected" to the whole world, but we are get less connected to the people in our lives and the surroundings. That is the paradox of life. It is suppose to connect us and bring us closer, but somehow we just drift further apart. The thought that we will have to live in outer space and survive on artificial sunlight, moonlight and life pleasures just scare me.

WALL-E, a humble robot taught me a lesson.

Before I get "disconnected" to the world, let me finish my online drama first.....

p/s: WALL-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class

orange & cat

泰国旅之 Cozy Bangkok

2008-07-20T12:26:00.010+08:00

终于，期待已久的假期来临了。拿了三个礼拜的假期，先回家再去泰国。趁AirAsia举办特价飞机票时，买了去泰国的双程机票，加了机场税才两百七马币，实在划算。

飞机晚上大马时间八点起飞，到达泰国 Survanabhumi 国际机场是当地时间十一点。真感谢Ong和Eve来机场接我们到客栈。从曼谷市区到飞机场大约要一个小时的车程，从我们的客栈到Ong的家需要另一个小时。。。他们还为我们准备了手机和预付卡，方便我们联络他们。实在是感动。。。

我们在曼谷的栖息地点是座落在 Hualamphong 区的Cozy Bangkok，是一个好地方。真的有在家的感觉，干净又舒服。可以上网也可以洗衣服，当然要付钱啦。但是有免费咖啡，有冰箱给你存放食物，有客厅可以看电视，也有其他游客留下的各种书籍供你免费阅读。店长是一对友善的夫妻，和他们的一条老的黄金寻回犬。要怎么去哪里都可以问他们，他们还会将地点的泰文写给我们，好让我们问路。

三人房

Cozy Bangkok

客栈的一角

客栈的天井

公用厕所

我们三人一房，一晚才750泰铢，折合起来是一个人才马币25一晚，房内又有冷气和衣柜。我想如果我再去曼谷，我会首选这间客栈。

官方网站：http://www.cozybangkok.com/

更多的照片，请游览facebook户口。

orange & cat

变。不变。

2008-05-19T21:45:00.002+08:00

刘墉说：

东西没变，环境变了。

别人没变，自己变了。

世界没变，眼睛变了。

*****

当初喜欢的理由，变成现在的不满。

现在的沉闷无趣，是以前的温文尔雅。

现在的轻浮幼稚，是以前的幽默风趣。

现在的诸多挑剔，是以前的井井有条。

现在的死缠黏人，是以前的小鸟依人。

现在的多管闲事，是以前的关怀备至。

*****

现在 vs 以前，变了吗？

orange & cat

亿“大佬”

2008-05-06T01:25:00.001+08:00

大佬，是我的大哥。我们都这样叫他。

他大我整十五年，1969 年出生，天枰座。

大佬很疼我们。每一次出国旅游，他都会买纪念品给我们。每天下班回来，如果我们都还没睡，他都会跟我们聊天。因为大佬是理科生，记得姐姐中学时都会问他数学的功课。据爸爸说，大佬的英文很好，比爸爸的还要好。大佬有读过法律吧，不肯定。

当时就觉得，也没怎样，就是有一个大哥而已。

那天晚上，记得大佬下班回来，我还没睡，他就说一起聊天吧。但是不知为什么，我那天就是懒惰，随便应酬了大佬几句，就说要睡觉了，不要聊天。我万万都没想过那天，那次会是我和大佬说话的最后一次。

隔天，1999年9月8日（星期三），如常的，妈妈没煮饭，因为有pasar malam。下午五点多，爸爸回来了，电话响了，姐姐接了。

“爸，大佬的朋友打电话来，说大哥进医院了，情况危急。。。”

当时的我，不知道发生什么事了。爸爸立刻接了电话，就和妈妈赶去医院，吩咐我和姐姐留在家，等弟弟回来。姐姐说，大佬被雷击了。

听了，当场傻了眼。第一个念头是，大佬会不会就这样离开我们了？！忽然间，思绪乱了。心一直想：“大佬，你不可以就这样离开我们啊。。。我们还要参加你的婚礼，然后看着我们的侄儿长大。不是还要和我们聊天吗？你也要参加我们的婚礼吧？然后我们的孩子们可以一起玩。。。我们功课不会还要问你啊。。。也还要载我们去玩吧。。。”

眼泪都掉下来了。。。急了。。。忽然好多好多的话要和大佬说。。。

后来，大佬离开了。记得当大佬要被送去火化时，我喊了：“大佬！”。他真的离开了。。。纵然我们喊得再大声，哭得再伤心，他已经不会回应我们了。

遗憾，并没有在他还健在时珍惜，也不曾对他说过谢谢，和我爱他。那时的一切，显得那么的理所当然，从未想过他会离开，在他人生最灿烂的时候。

也从那开始，人生观改变了。深深的领悟到生命是那么的脆弱，未来是那么的无法预测。所以，一切不再那么的理所当然，不再 take things for granted 。

I have learnt a lesson, but the lesson costs me my brother's life.

@>--

敬大佬

Sleepless in Bukit Batok.....

2008-04-23T23:49:00.005+08:00

What do you do when you can't sleep?

On this sleepless night, I wonder what are the alternatives available for me, and these are what I've got.

I can either:

Count sheeps (can I count cats instead cos I like them better)

Continue rolling in the bed, hoping to find the perfect position (hmm...)

Take a walk (What about Mas Selamat....)

Work (??!)

Read (but I don't feel like using my eyes...)

Surf net (same as above)

Watch TV (SAME as above)

Drink warm milk (no inventory at hand)

Listen to songs/ music (laptop a bit too far, and phone's batt is running low..)

Imagine that I am resting at a quiet and nice and relaxing beach (which makes my brain even more active)

Try to let my mind drift (the harder I try, the harder it is...)

Kacau my friends (no one for me to kacau...)

Eat something (like what....?)

......

......

In the end, here I am blogging......

*yawn*

Going to try my luck now.....

orange & cat

虚惊一场

2008-04-15T21:03:00.003+08:00

如常的，搭地铁上班。

太阳一样地照耀大地，路上依旧的车来车往，面包店略带点焦味的味道依然香，就是那么一样的一天，没什么特别的一天。

火车里的人越来越多，车程依旧漫长。

就在这个时候，行驶着的火车突然停了，在站与站之间。有人按了紧急按钮，联络执勤的火车工作人员。

“这里发现一个可疑的包裹。。。”

天啊！就在我所在的车厢里，有一位男士发现了一个无人认领的包裹！他问了周围的人，都没找到包裹的主人。

疯了！顿时，说实在的，我的心十分的忐忑不安。地铁站播放要我们随时警惕的短片，里面的画面一直在脑海里重播了又重播。。。逃狱而还未被捉回的恐怖分子头头。。。一连串的恐怖画面，霸占了所有可以思考的神经细胞。

我该不会就这样和这个世界告别吧。。。就算不被炸死，也会伤个遍体鳞伤面目全非。。。一切一切的可能性（最坏的），以最快的速度飞越过。。。想要立刻打电话回家，想要谢谢大家，想要告诉大家我好喜欢大家，想要。。。想要做的事情，忽然数不清了。。。

车长缓缓的，将火车开到下一站。另一个工作人员进了车厢，向那位男士查询细节，顺便把可疑包包带走。

就在这时候，另一位男人出来了，说那包裹是他的！怎么搞的？包裹就放在车门旁边，他却站在另一边。。。

“那你为什么刚才没说？”

“你都说因为我听不明白呀。。。”

“你们俩都先下车吧，待会儿再说。”

他们都走了，还有那个包包。

虽然很庆幸一切只是个误会，但会有多少次会只是个误会呢？实在是难以想象后果。

这一场虚惊，让我领悟了不少。。。

我们永远都不会知道下一秒的事情，能做的只有把握现在。

我，要把我现在：

爸，妈，哥，姐，弟，好爱你们！

亲戚朋友们，好爱你们！

Thoughts

2008-04-08T22:22:00.004+08:00

We can plan for the worst scenario,

But we do not have to act like one has already happened.

orange & cat

Happy Birthday to my dearest Daddy~

2008-03-15T14:37:00.003+08:00

Hi Daddy!

Thanks for your love, care, and all the things you have done for us =]

Wish to take this opportunity to wish you

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !

With love,

Small Girl

放慢脚步

2008-03-13T22:28:00.006+08:00

原来，我可以走得那么慢。

饿了，下楼去吃个面。想要吃热腾腾的炸鱼伊面汤（光想就觉得好吃 :p)，可惜已经关了。所以叫了幼面，也蛮不错的。冷冷的天气，就想吃热的。连续下了好多天的雨，而且是下一整天。哪里都是湿湿的，滑滑的，冰冰的。

吃饱了，就想去走走。走着走着，恍然大悟，我那么赶干嘛。。。

于是，放慢了脚步，真的很慢，看起来我好优哉闲哉的。的确，没什么好赶的。

**

没时间？忽然发现，真的，我们没有时间。我们竟然没有时间走路，不够时间去关心周围的事物。我们快的走，快的吃，快的做一切一切的事情，目的就是为了让自己更多时间，不是吗？可是，越走越快，我们却越来越忙！越来越“没有时间”！赶，只会越赶越累，不会越赶越有时间。

走得快，就为了让自己更多的时间去忙？（！）忙到后来后来，我们说我们没时间休息。。。但是想想，是我们自己让自己那么忙的，不是吗？

再想想，慢 = 懒？也不。

懒，是一种个性，一种习惯，一个借口。

慢，是一个过程，只是生活形式的一种。

懒，就一定慢。但是慢，就未必懒。

**

放慢了脚步，我看见了今晚的明月。

放慢了脚步，我对车站的楼上感到好奇。

放慢了脚步，我更加爱这个世界。

放松心情，给自己的心，和灵一个 break 吧！

orange & cat

回顾公历2007年三部曲

2007-12-28T23:48:00.000+08:00

之游学篇

不知不觉，来新加坡三年多了，上大学三年，工作已半年了。

其实，来到南洋理工大学，是在偶然的情况下。坦白说，当年的我（念中六的我）并不知道这件大学的存在。哈哈，只能说自己真的是井底之蛙，人生，就限制在玻璃市与新山之间。申请了奖学金，通过了面试，就这样，我收拾了行李，浩浩荡荡地从吉隆坡南下。当然，我是幸福的，因为，我是和父母一起来的，我的行李和日常生活所需的物品（如枕头、被单、衣架、甚至是桶和水盆），在车尾厢里。

参加了人生第一个迎新营，展开了我的大学生涯。认识了很多朋友，在我人生中是重量级的朋友，通过迎新营、课外活动、上课、学生宿舍的活动。大学三年，虽然有压力，但过得非常精彩。感触甚多，是因为第一次到国外留学，一切都必须自己来，有自己照顾自己。从早餐要吃什么到用哪一个牌子的洗衣粉，都得自己打点。做功课和温习，都要靠自己的毅力，自己勉励自己，因为大学就是要靠自己学习。更何况，这里的教育制度提倡批判思维以激发学生的思考能力，和家乡的填鸭式教育截然不同。

庆幸选择来这里攻读会计学士学位。

感谢每一位指导师，授予我们宝贵的知识，和人生的道理。

感谢在学校和宿舍打扫得 auntie 和 uncle，让校园井井有条。

感谢每一位同学，和你们一起学习和讨论功课，常常让我有茅塞顿开的感觉。有一位老师曾经说过：“we learn not only from the teahcers, but from our peers as well”。举脚赞成！

感谢碧婷，我三年的室友。认识你我觉得很不可思议。我们不只“共处一室”，而且上一样的 tutorial！顺理成章的，我们一起去上课，也一起讨论功课。遗憾的是，后来我们相处的时间变少了，也不同班了，参加了不同的课外活动。渐渐的，我们也不一起吃饭了。唯一一起吃饭的时候，是考试时期，因为一起去考试。我真觉得我们是有缘的。现在，我们都在不同的公司工作。你要保重。再说一次，谢谢你。

来到这里，要改变的，不只是生活习惯和适应以英文为主的课程，更要改变自己的学习态度。

来到这里，我更能了解到“一山还有一山高”这个道理。

来到这里，证实了我是井底之蛙。

来到这里，我感谢父母的栽培。

来到这里，我长大了。

完。

orange & cat

The Jingle Bell Man

2007-12-26T17:29:00.000+08:00

It all started on that fateful day, one week before the season of give and love.

There were sales going on everywhere. On this shelf of a toy shop, stood a snowman. The girl went over, attracted by the snowman's innocent smile. "Ma'm, why don't you try to press his hand?", said the shop assistance. To the couple's delight, the snowman went singing "Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way......", at the same time, shaking its hand and body. She pressed the hand again, and the snowman stopped. They both found the snowman cute.

"I want a snowman too."

"I'll become your snowman, and make you happy everyday."

The girl pressed the boy's hand, and the boy started singing "Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way......". The girl laughed, sweetly, and hold his hand harder. Everything seems so perfect, they believed so then.

Ever since then, whenever the girl presses his hand, the boy knows what to do.

Days passed, and everytime the girl is not happy, the boy will start to sing the song, in the way he believed would make the girl happy, and chase all the unhappy things away.

Days passed, the girl realised she does not actually like that song very much, and it just do not feel right listening to that song when it is not the season. And what she wants is more than just a song. She wants to talk, and be listened to.

The day when she decided to tell him how she feels, she pressed his hand once more, hard this time. She wanted to tell him that she cannot take this anymore, that she really loves him, and wants to be with him, that she wants to talk and wants him to listen.

But the boy....the boy started to sing the song again, shake his body and hand. The girl let go, turned away and never looked back.

She did not press his hand again. He could not stop singing, nor stop shaking his body and hand.

"Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way......" the boy continue to sing, emotionlessly, alone.

Inspired by a toy snowman

orange & cat

D&D dance

2007-11-18T21:05:00.000+08:00

Let's get "greasy"~~~

Celebration

2007-10-03T23:09:00.000+08:00

The air is still. The people walk softly and talk gently, almost to the extend of whispering. It makes the room more empty and hollow. Candles are lighted, signifying life. They look sombre, even though flowers are arranged. The atmosphere is like the white flowers, clean and pure and peaceful.

He likes the shirt he is wearing, his favourite. He likes the smell of freshly pressed shirt, makes him feel impeccable. His wife always knew how he likes his shirt to be done, how to press and where to hang. Luckily his precious daughter learnt the tricks before his beloved left them. It was three years ago, and he still remember the day when she said she is tired. She wanted a break, a break from all the medicines and endless operations. She is tired of all the tubes and machines they connected to her body. Almost instantly after she had said that, her blood pressure went down, drastically. The doctor tried to pull her back to life, but the effort was in vain. They buried her 2 days later, at the church where they always go.

His daughter is there, sitting there sobbing. His son-in-law comforting her. Poor girl, she must be very sad, from her swollen eyes he can tell. More and more people are at the church now, the church where his wife lies now. In a few minutes time, it is going to start.

A celebration for him, as he is going to see his wife again. Yes, a funeral for himself, has started.

p/s This is my attempt to write a story. Any coincidences is very regretted.

orange & cat

When was the last time?

2007-09-06T21:09:00.000+08:00

Just another picture? Look carefully....

A masterpiece of mother nature.

I do not know what is this phenomena called but it is simply amazing. I was looking up into the sky and I spotted this beautiful/weird looking piece of cloud....Or is it a cloud or just some reflection? It is like a reflection of the sunlight through a myriad of angles and degrees, like how a diamond shines in the light.

I like to look at the sky, not looking for something in particular. I will have a sense of serenity and open-mind whenever I look at the big blue canvas spreading above us. It tells me that the world is big and full of possibilities, and I would look forward for the day.

Sometimes, the sky is so blue and clear that I wish I am at the beach at that moment, and I would like to jump, not for any particular reason, but jump for the joy, joyful that it is a beautiful day and grateful for everything.

Sometimes, the sky is blue with some soft-looking cloud accompanying the sky. This is also a beautiful day. I would dream of touching those "fluffy" cloud, and ask them if I could join them in their journey.

Sometimes, the sky is dark and not sunny, however, it will be a beautiful day too. As it is on these days that I am much closer to myself. When there is nothing I can/want to do in the rain, I spend time with myself. It is on these days that I feel relax.

Well, actually I am relax every time I bring my head up. I always believe that everyday is a good day, and if it not one today, it will be a better one tomorrow.

When was the last time you look at the sky.......?

orange & cat

How am I doing...

2007-09-03T01:20:00.023+08:00

It has been almost 3 weeks since I started working. A full-time employee.

It has been a great start so far, a job with a client located in Tuas. The people working there are very patient in answering our questions and requests, even if they have a lot of things to do themselves. My seniors are also very nice and patient in guiding us (the new joiners) even thought they have tight deadline to meet.

Not exposed to doing real audit yet, been doing vouching most of the time. It is quite dry as we have to search through files and files of documents to locate certain documentation which supports the validity/occurrence/existence of a transaction. Expect more vouching in coming jobs.

Have yet to finish my e-learning modules. Going to spend this next week to finish it as I am unassigned to any job yet (I suppose). But I am "fully-booked" for jobs for at least a few weeks after my core-training. It will mark the start of the audit peak period.

Its late now and I need to go for work tomorrow. Need to wake up at 6.30 again as I am no longer on the job, which means I will have to go back to office instead of going to client's place straight.

Goodnight and may you have a great week ahead =]

orange & cat

Another phase of life

2007-08-10T21:47:00.000+08:00

I have just embarked on another phase of my life. Will be stuck in this phase for a least a few years. Sounds sad? Haha, not really in fact. It is kind of exciting that we are going to learn new things and meet new people and experience new things.

Cheers for unknown future~~

orange & cat

Family Affair

2007-08-09T22:42:00.000+08:00

My family affair: movie outing together.

I miss it. We used to go for movies together, 5 of us, my daddy, mommy, sis, bro and me. Most of the time we will catch a movie on Sunday at MidValley Megamall, sometimes at other places like 1 Utama or KLCC. I watched a lot of movies with my family since my young. I canlt name the movies but I just know that it is a lot, as we watch almost every Sunday, and there are 52 Sundays in one year, and we watched for a few years. We stopped watching movie together after my sister went to university and even worst when I came to Singapore to study.

Believe it or not, I enjoy watching movie with my family and I enjoy going out with them. I love the good old days.."p

And we had the chance to rekindle this affair again last week, when I went back to KL for a few days after spending my whole holiday in the States. It was kind of a last minute decision, but the whole family decided to catch a very famous movie now, the Transformers ar a cinema near our house. So we had an early dinner and went straight to the cinema.

The movie turned out good, and I like the graphic.

It was a great night, regardless of the fact that my mom fell asleep throughout the whole movie..

The picture we took before I left for Singapore, and it is still sitting on my table.

I love my family, very much.

orange & cat

I graduate already!!

2007-06-13T11:11:00.001+08:00

I graduate alreay!!

The result for my final sem is out and I am satisfied with it.

Congratulations to the NTU"s Class of 2007~~

orange & cat

Chicago trip

2007-06-09T08:15:00.000+08:00

Yes I did!

I went to Chicago (in the state of Illinois) for a one day trip, organized by the HR dept of CP. Woke up at 3 am in the morning of 5th June for the bus. The bus picked us up at 4am and we started the west-bound journey. It took us around 6 hours to reach Chicago and everyone slept thru the journey except for me and Pei Yin. We were too excited to be on the bus together (it is a long story....)

Chicago is defintely very different from the place I am working now. Lots of high rise buildings and cars and people. Amidst the sophisticated architecture of the skyline there are some buildings which have a touch of the old European. Sometimes I feel like I am in an old city of Europe.

Besides it being the first trip I have outside of the state where I am working at (Ohio), alot of interesting things happened throughout the trip.

First of all, while we were looking for our way to the tourist information centre, we saw YAO MING!!! YES!! The super tall guy who hails from China and plays NBA (not sure which team though). We saw him walking on the street and we were on the same side of the street!! Didn't where I get the courage but I actually approached him and asked him if it is ok if we take a picture with him because we have heard so much about him and we are from Malaysia (means we come from a faraway land and we may not step into the land of America for the next few years), but he just said it is not convenient and walked away....... He is really tall though.

Then we tried the famous pizza of Chiacago. Went to Giordano's (the name of the pizza restaurant) for the pizza and it was good. We had a very filling lunch. Then we went to visit the Sears Tower which used to be the tallest building in the world. WE were at 103 storeys high above the ground!

We proceeded the Water Tower and the Hershey's shop. Here is one of the best moment of the whole trip, we went to The Cheescake Factory! It is actually a restaurant which serves food but it is also famous for its cheesecake. The cheesecakes are really really super nice! We ordered the Godiva Cheesecake, the original one and a Tiramisu Cheesecake and shared. The cheese is so rich but not too much. It is just nice and so smooth....(to sis: you will like it =]) We took the pictures of the cakes and our satifsfied look. We just didn't want to leave the place!

We wanted to go to the Millenium Park but there was not much time left. So we stayed in the city and took more pictures of the city, with the lights all on.

It is a nice trip and Chicago is a nice place to visit. As a picture speaks more than a thousand words, maybe you should check out the pictures to look at the city =]

Can't wait for my nest trip to the Niagaria Fall~~~~

p/s : Miss my family, you and my friends.

orange & cat

23rd birthday

2007-06-04T09:57:00.000+08:00

Celebrated my 23rd birthday here, few thousand miles away from home.

An unforgetable birthday~~~

orange & cat

Some updates

2007-06-03T08:42:00.000+08:00

This is the 3rd week I am here in Sandusky.

Everyday seems like a normal day, but everyday something different happened.

There were days when I feel excited to work, and those are the days when I received tips from the guests for making the rooms. Sometimes when the guests left some food behind (with the seal unbroken), they made my day too as the food belongs to me then. I found some cookies and chips before and still looking forward for new things for me to discover whenever I enter into a new room.

There were also days when I just did not feel motivate to clean any rooms at all due to the disastrous messy condition the room is in. There are biscuits crumbs, bread crumbs and chips crumb all over the place, on the sink, under the bed, on the table and in those unreachable corners behind the fridge! REally had no idea how these things ended up where they are.

The summer is really near now as the weather is becoming HOT. The park is getting crowded which means more business to the hotels and this means more rooms to be made and this translates to more job for us to do ( Yeay for the money and boohoo for the workload). Think my muscle is toning up as I flip the linen, wipe the glass, the windows and move the mattresses for at least 9 times a day! Again, doing housechores is really a good exercise (thanks mom).

One unforgettable memory is I was approached by the security officer which is a qualified police officer. It all started with a bottle of nearly empty hard liquor bottle. Was walking back to my hostel the other day and I saw this nice liquor bottle. Thinking the bottle is kind cute, I decided to bring the bottle back with me, little did I know that I am also bringing big trouble back with me.

I left the bottle on the dining table in the apartment and we all went inside to one of the room and we started talking. Suddenly my other housemate (Diana) said that there were 2 police officer outside of our apartment. Few seconds later, another knock on the door and we saw the face of the police officer! He was stainding right outside our room, not outside of the apartment. We did not have any idea of what is going on and what is going to happen. He instructed all of us to come out from the room and go to the living room. Then we know. He asked whose liquor is that and I have to raise my hand. He wanted to check if I am above 21 as one have to be above 21 to opossess any alcohol in the State of Ohio. After that he said that we are not allowed to have hard liquor in the unit, when I thought it is perfectly ok to have as long as we do not offer the alcohol to people under 21. The officer was nice and he gave me another chance. He poured the alcohol down the sink and left the empty bottle beside the trash can. I was so scared! I thought he is going to detain me and ask me alot of questions and I will be fired! I am not going to bring anything back anymore.....

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My muscles are stiff nowadays. Wake up early morning feeling muscle ache. Going to Chicago on 5th June, it is a trip organized by the HR Depat for the employees of CP. Think it is going to be very fun =]

And I have finally resolved the problem of the wireless, it is due to the proxy setting of NTU. Now I have unchecked the proxy thing and everything is back to normal, except for the add-ons, still have no idea of what they are and how I am going to fix them.

It is my birthday tomorrow (USA time) so wish me Happy Birthday ba ("p) Thanks for the wishes from my friends.

This will be the second time I spend my birthday in places other than my hometown and where I am studying. The first time was at Redang, spent my 20th birthday there by the super nice and gorgeous beach. And now I am at the other side of the world....ahaha

Erm, I have tried a few of the rides in the park, and thse in Genting is nothing compared to those here. Those here really challenge the limit. I rode on the Millenium Force, Corkscrew, Mantis (a standing roller coaster) and Raptor. The Millenium Force and Raptor are my fav.

That's all for now, forgotten most of the things that I wanted to say. Check out my pictures ba...hehe

Take care folks!

orange & cat

Greetings from Sandusky!

2007-05-17T00:53:00.000+08:00

Finally, access to Internet. Tried to use the wireless but it still can't work. The laptop can detect the wireless network but I just can't load the pages. It said something about the Firewall does not allow HTTP/ HTTPS (something like that) and that I have to check the settings for these ports....but how????? Anyone can teach me? The laptop I am using is Acer TravelMate 370.

Been here for almost 2 weeks. The weather is very unpredictable. It could be very sunny and hot this minute and suddenly the wind blows from every direction in another minute, and the wind is so so so cold. It is like being in a natural big freezer when it is cold, and being in a giant microwave when it is hot. It is nonetheless a very different kind of experience. The scenery here is beautiful and nice. The place where I am working at is surrounded by Lake Erie. It is a very big lake and it becomes ice when winter comes.

Cedar Point Amusement Park is definitely a place to go if you like thrill rides. The rides here are ultimate and fast, but fun. I tried only 2 of the rides so far, as the weather is too cold and I do not wish to be high up in the air in this kind of weather.

Staying in an apartment with 5 rooms. Altogether there are 16 of us (all girls) under one roof. Haha can you imagine how it is like when everyone is in? And we have friends over too. So basically it is very lively and it is never quiet. We cook and talk together every night before we go to bed. It is really nice to have them as housemates. Love them much!

Basically I am having a great time here. Working is tiring (housekeeping is really not easy) and I trully believe now that doing house chores can actually help us to lose weight...("p) But otherwise, things are fine. We always go shopping for food, and there are really good bargains here for clothes and shoes! My housemate bought a pair of really nice boots for only USD 4!!! And I bought my convo ball dress at a very cheap price!!! (guess it yourself)

Oh and the flight from Singapore to USA is a tiring one, and I remember when I first stepped on the land of USA, I feel kind of unbelievable that I am actually at the other side of the world, and I am the minority in this foreign land. But the people are nice and so far I am happy to be here and no regrets to be here (except really for the weather). Oh and one more amazing thing is that I actually met my brother's college classmates here and we are housemates!! For brother: your friends are Chu Yee, Li Si and Bi Xia.

Took alot of pictures here and made new friends here. For the pictures, check out Flickr.com. There are loads of them and I am lazy to upload all of them to my Friendster.

That's all for now, can't remember what I wanted to write...("p) When summer comes it will be very busy here.

Till then, take care!

orange & cat

The Grand Finale

2007-04-29T23:27:00.000+08:00

The Grand Finale, tomorrow.

The final last paper for my uni life. Have a strong feeling about it. Feel that it is amazing that it has been 3 yrs since I came here. For 6 semesters, I lived. Been through 5 exams, and this is the last one. Last chance to fight, last chance I have.

My degree is at stake. My employment too.

Going to put in 110% effort for it. Cannot afford to go wrong.

Am I being to stress???? ("p)

Anyway, for all the final years, Lets make it through~~

orange & cat

What I want to do...

2007-04-24T16:16:00.000+08:00

Am feeling really excited now as the day to fly off to USA is nearer. In fact, I will be on my way to USA next Thursday!

Gosh that is fast.

Surfed the net for some information about travelling in USA and what are the places that I want/should/hope to visit. Started to think of the things I want to do during the 2 3/4 stint.

I want to/ am going to:
- take alot of pictures
- maybe take some video
- going to document my journey there in this space here
- going to make it like a documentary or a travel programme which we watch on TV (ahaha, ambitious huh..)
- going to enjoy myself
- going to learn macro flash player (for the documentary)

Hmm...looks like alot of things that I want to do.....

Can't wait to go there....but first, there is a paper on next Monday. After that, I am free like a bird and will be happy like a bird too...*wink*

orange & cat

我们都。。。

2007-04-20T22:24:00.000+08:00

我们都。。。。

放大自己（别人）的牺牲，却忽视别人（自己）的付出。

在乎自己（别人）的感受，却忘了别人（自己）的需要。

维护自己（别人）的理由，却不屑别人（自己）的苦衷。

感伤自己（别人）的委屈，却忽略别人（自己）的烦恼。

模糊自己（别人）的缺点，却执著别人（自己）的错误。

是自己（别人）或是别人（自己），都是极端。

我们都捉不着平衡点，抑或是我们都在自己的平衡点上？

诗炜，写于有感而发后。

This is it

2007-04-17T00:46:00.000+08:00

This is it. My first paper for the final semester, 12 hours away.

Practice the questions, read the notes, understand the concepts. I have done pretty much the things that I need to do for this exam (I think so..."p)

Come to think about it, it is not just how much I know, it is about time management also.

2 1/2 hour for 4 questions.

Just hope that I will have the time to finish all 4 questions. I have never leave a question blank before. Feel so insecure and worried of it.

It is not going to be an easy one, but I believe I can make it through (whether with flying colours or not is another story la..."p)

I am more worried about the 2 other papers. Time constraint is always a MAJOR factor.

orange & cat

It is near...

2007-04-15T23:28:00.000+08:00

It is near. Can't believe that the first paper is *gasp* in another 37 1/2 hours. AA 306.

Been practising the questions lately, I see the journal entries whenever I close my eyes to sleep... Library is literally my second home these days. Will be there from morning until night. Immune to the coldness and silentness of the library. Why do I want to study in the library then? Because this is the only way that I can discipline myself and focus on the things that I really really really NEED to and HAVE to do. If I am studying in my room, these are what I will do:

- laze on the bed until I am satisfy and get my lazy bum off the bed
- take my own sweet time to have my breakfast, surf the net
- start revising, look out from the window, surf the net
- look out from the window again, looking for signs of rain coming, surf the net
- lunch time, pack back and watch drama
- can't concentrate on study after lunch, surf the net
- revise, look out from the window, refill my water, surf the net
- dinner time, bath
- do laundry, revise, surf the net
- time to sleep

So in the end, I end up SURFING THE NET most of the time! This is what I call no discipline. Gotta get my itchy hands away from my computer. It is not that I can't use the computer in the library, in fact, I sat at the computer terminal everyday when I was in the library. The difference is, the computer in the library IS NOT my computer, thus alot of actions are restricted. Furthermore, I will feel "paiseh" if I keep surfing the net while my friends/people around me keep studying. This is what I call peer pressure.

Going to patron the library again tomorrow, tomorrow is my last chance. Just feel so wasted if I do not give my best.

Oops...I only have another 37 hours before the paper, and I will sleep for 6 hours a day, 2 nights mean 12 hours...37 hours minus 12 hours minus 3 hours of meal time minus 3 hours for other stuff minus.....

I better stop counting and start revising.

All da best to everyone & myself!

orange & cat

Nothing specific...

2007-04-05T11:53:00.000+08:00

Just done with the last quiz of my uni life. Not optimistic about it, but will do my best for the coming exam.

Stumbled upon this personality test. Quite a nice one, maybe you would like to try it out =]

And according to the test, this is me.

Gonna study for the coming exam....*yawn*

Have a nice/sizzling day!

orange & cat

It is over........at last!

2007-03-29T19:03:00.000+08:00

Yea, that's right, it is over, finally..

One presentation last Friday, one this Monday and one yesterday. How could this be? It all boils down to luck, you see. I don't know whether it is lucky or not, but for this sem, I am assigned to do the final presentation for all my core subjects.... Did 3 presentations in less than a week, but the preparation for the them was not an easy one. Had to attend meetings for 3 different projects, and to make the meeting productive, of course need to read the materials before hand and attempt the questions....After that was the allocation of work, then making the slides. Was suddenly doing a lot of slides...and this sem is really crazy cos we had 100 over slides!

Despite the busyness and endless exhausting discussion, I am satisfy with the job we have done. First on is my AA 304 groupmates, really enjoy working with them. Despite the fact that my group has the most people (7 of us), we work along together very well (poor Guan Xiang who has to work with us 6 gals..."p).

L to R: alicia, peiwen, lidya, wei xuan, I, xin yi and guan xiang

Next was the AA 306 presentation. It went very well, though the tutor pointed out some mistakes. But I enjoy working with them as well. (all-gals team again and amazingly, all-foreingners team) Well done people =]

Finally, AA 206 presentation on Wed, before AA 304 quiz. This is my last presentation for my undergraduate life. Strong feeling about it. Ironicly, I wish that there are more presentations for us to do, cos I finally enjoy doing presentation ("p), after somewhat 2 1/2 years here.

L to R: des, tse whei, weijie, I and lai heng

I seriuosly think that my presentation skill has improved. All the previous presentations that I have done were not good, this I admit. I was not confident, and my tongue will somehow got tied up that I cannot speak fluently. This time around, I talked confidently and fluently, eventhough I did not memorise the speech (yes, I do prepare speech for what I am going to present). One of the reason for the satisfying presentation (at least for me) will be the preparation. Really put in a lot of effort preparing for the slides and presentation. Secondly, I have this mindset, that this is going to be my final sem, so I will make the most of it and give my very best. Haha...quite a motivator..

At least a little time for me to breathe now. There will be another quiz next Thursday. But before that, I am heading back to my home sweet home =]

Think this is going to be a great sem, as usual *wink*

orange & cat

Pushing the limits

2007-03-22T01:08:00.000+08:00

This is what I have been doing since last week.

Presentations and reports and quizzes within 3 weeks, this is pushing the limit. A test for myself, test my level of discipline, perseverance, consistency.

Been reading the whole Chapter 9 on Financial Instruments as my group is presenting the solutions for the seminar questions. This is one headache topic.

I do not have deep interest to the kinds of financial instruments (the focus is on the use of derivatives for hedging purposes), and they are really confusing (most probably due to the first factor....). Slept at 4.30 am yesterday night (morning) to come up with the solutions for the seminar questions as the meeting was today. I did not want to stay up until the wee hours of the morning but I was occupied with the materials of the other module over the weekend, thus I have to sacrifice my sleeping time (sob sob)....

Amazed that I still managed to wake up at 7.30 am for lesson. But after a few hours of lesson and discussions, I am tired, really tired. But I have to keep myself awake as there are things to be done.

Feel fresher after the one-hour sleep just now. Went to rest before continuing. They say "we rest to walk a longer journey".

Pushing the limits. Back to my work.

orange & cat

When everything comes together...+ New-found treasure

2007-03-11T20:49:00.000+08:00

A week before today, I was still happily holiday-ing, but now, my schedule is as follow:

Next week ie starting from tomorrow:
1 report due, 1 quiz

The week starting 19th March:
1 report, 1 presentation

The week starting 26th March:
1 report due, 1 quiz, 2 presentations

The week starting 2nd April:
1 quiz

The week starting 16th April:
EXAM!!!

Amid this tight schedule, I still managed to find time to visit the IT Fair @ Suntec City. Went with a bunch of friends, but we were looking for different things. Luke and I planned to buy a camera for us (he said that is a present from him to us...*sweet*....hee..) while the others were looking for external hard disks and MP3 players etc. Can you imagine 160GB of memory space is not enough for them?? They are talking about 500 GB or even 900GB!!! (FYI, 1000GB is 1 terabyte). Or maybe it is just me, nothing specific that I wanted to collect, except for some movies that I love very much, like "Love Actually" (a must watch, and my all-time favourite) and the cartoons from the Ghibli Studio. Couple with some songs and photos, they all add up to less than 70GB. I think I would not be able to remember what I have in my hard disk if I have such a huge memory space...

Anyway, there was a huge crowd at the fair, very huge. You can see a lot of people carrying their treasures out from the fair, with the "I-got-a-great-bargain" expression written all over their face. Hmm...can we find what we want from here?

We began to collect brochures from the counters which sell digicam. I did not know that Casio produces cameras as well, they are good for their digital watches though. Nikon has always been on my mind. I tell myself that if I am going to get a digicam, it has got to be a Nikon. Maybe it is the influence from my brother. According to him, his friend said the best digicam is a Nikon. And based on my experience of using digicam (not a lot, but I handled Panasonic, Sony, Olympus and of course Nikon), I still prefer Nikon. The good and bad of each of the brand? I am not really sure about that. You can say I am bias, but you cannot deny that Nikon is famous for their cameras and lenses. (=P)

We got ourselves the Nikon Coolpix L11 model. It is a silver camera with a 2.4 inch LCD screen. I have yet to experiment with all the functions and modes of the model, but I am loving it more and more.

My table, "Indoor Mode", without the flash

My hall, "Night Mode"

I am really amazed by how the digicam captures the lights and details into the picture. I do not have to worry about different effect after taking the picture. It captures exactly the same effect as how I look at the scene, the soft light, defined structure. AMAZING!

I'm lovin it (Sorry McD, this is not for you, but for Nikon!)

Happy! Wish I could start clicking away with my new-found treasure...

orange & cat

我的农历新年

2007-03-04T21:45:00.000+08:00

今天是元宵节。

不知不觉已经是正月十五了。明天又开学了。这最后学期的最后几个星期。

我的农历新年过得太棒了！我休息了足足两个星期，吃啊，喝啊，和家人聊天，陪侄儿们玩耍，和朋友喝茶，回怡保拜访外婆，阿姨，舅舅，舅母，表妹，表弟，拜访 Luke 的亲戚们等等等等。。。实在是太赞了！

这一次应该会是我最后一次回家这么久的机会了。做工后就不可以自己给自己假期了。
这一次回家，我真的知道我有多想我家人。想念和家人聊天，一起吃饭，去走走，看电视。

这一个新年，过得快了一点，但很快乐。

我的家人，朋友，我爱你们！

再次祝福大家，丁亥年
身体健康
万事如意
平平安安！

诗炜

Counting down

2007-02-13T00:00:00.000+08:00

Counting down, to the day when I will head back to my home sweet home, with a joyful heart.

Yes, that will be this Thursday, I will go back to my hometown to celebrate Chinese New Year (the Year of Pig), with my family and friends. I can already sense the spirit of CNY: "Ang" in every direction you see; crowded and lively in every possible shopping place; blasting songs of firecrackers and CNY wishes in every possible "sound-emitting" place....

This will be the longest CNY holiday I ever had after coming here to Sg, and I believe it will be the only one, at least for some years to come. So, I will make the MOST of it!

Things to do:

# Catch up with family and friends
# Eat a lot of the CNY cookies, sweets, snacks...etc
# Watch CNY movies
# Get a lot of angpows (not really within my control though...)
# Visit relative houses
# Visit friends
# Relax and Enjoy myself totally!

Really can't wait, 2 more days.

Until then, I need to mug for my coming quiz...

Happy Chinese New Year~~

and Happy Birthday to dear Mom =]

orange & cat

Thursday afternoon

2007-02-08T14:56:00.000+08:00

Hot hot hot....a hot afternoon. The typical pre-CNY kind of weather, I like it.

2 hours of lesson in the early morning, on consolidation. Another few hours of readings followed. Had a waffle ice-cream as dessert to reward or rather to motivate myself....

Another 2 hours spent reading through the never-endless readings.. Quiz next week, on the most "looked"-forward day (V-day), wonder whether my dear tutor will give us a V-day surprise, a pleasant one ("p)

Excited about the coming week, cos it is the going-home week! Looking forward to see my family again, meet my friends again =] It is CNY for goodness sake...tell me one reason not to be happy!

High in the mood, low in the spirit...I need a nap.

orange & cat

p/s Hi, daddy ~~ (heee..............)

When life is ALL about readings...

2007-02-04T22:12:00.000+08:00

Reading. Piles of them, tonnes of them. Never-ending readings.

Compulsory + assigned + optional readings...

PHB Scotts RS SSA FRS SST BPS SAP HS Hall KN AGS and lecture notes and other textbooks and other assigned articles...

My task is to finish reading and understanding them.

Overwhelmed.

How to digest endless pages of words for hours in one day without feeling bored? I do not mind having bread for my breakfast and lunch and tea and dinner and supper, if Doraemon exists, and he can give me some of his "wonder bread"...

orange & cat

Date

2007-02-03T22:10:00.000+08:00

I have a date today, with Luke.

This is the Friday that I(we) have been waiting for....We are going to the Marriot Cafe @ Marriot Hotel for a high-tea buffet ~~ Luke got this voucher for a high-tea buffet for 2 @ the Marriot Cafe, so we decided to indulge ourselves there this Friday, to celebrate advance Valentine's Day as well.

Marriot Cafe

We enjoy ourselves there. We eat and eat and eat and eat. The food is good, the service is good too.

Desserts!

Gotcha!

Walk around @ Orchard after the buffet. A lot of people around, guess because it is TGIF...

"Wouldn't it be nice..."

Last but not least, a gift from Luke. Thank you =]

From dear

Happy Valentine's ~

orange & cat

TGIF

2007-01-26T18:33:00.000+08:00

Friday, the end of the 3rd week, the beginning of the 4th week.....(duh..?)

Just a bit bored, wanna do something else before I catch up with the readings + tutorial. It is a not-so-sunny day again... Though I really hate damp and wet weathers, it is kind of cooling.

Kind of in a merry mood now, because CNY is coming. Yes! It is just 3 more weeks away! I miss those cookies and angpows ("p) and of course, the time with my family and friends.... I will have great time talking and gossiping and munching and indulging myself :D

Can't wait to go back home ~~

By the way,
Happy Birthday to my dear sis!! Will give you your present when I come back home for CNY =]

Have a great weekend!

orange & cat

Sense of urgency

2007-01-24T15:17:00.000+08:00

Emergency!

Attended the tutorial for AA 306 and I am totally lost during the tutorial....Was the tutor speaking in English?? The terminologies he used did not sound familiar....guess I need to read more and more and more, and listen to him more and more and more...

The roller coaster is going up now...

orange & cat

Another week

2007-01-21T19:51:00.000+08:00

Another week whisked by. Tomorrow will be the starting of Week 3 (academic calender).

Things seems on track now. Slowly getting the picture of the seminars and readings. However, there is still alot to catch up, alot indeed. Things that I must do now is to follow strictly to my plan, my study plan. Not really some great plan, but something to let me keep track of what is done and what is left to be done.

It has been a raining week also. The sun "retires" early these few days. Always raining in the late afternoon.... Everything is damp and wet and cold again...

Talked with friends who are doing their attachment now. Envy them so much! Cos they do not have to worry about unfinished readingd and tutorial on weekend....Hee..but I guess they have other things to worry about....So it is fair (evil grin)

Cheers (pray) for a great week ahead ~~

Carpe Diem!

orange & cat

Final year final sem

2007-01-11T18:30:00.000+08:00

The official starts of my final semester in NTU. Regain the daily routine of waking up early in the morning, preparing myself for endless hours of lessons....

There are three chapters of readings to be studied for tomorrow's seminar. The chapters are way too in-depth. I have difficulty understanding them. Although I studied the chapters before, during my second year second sem, for another module, but I have forgotten most of the things that I understood by then! I really feel the sense of emergency for this sem. Was reading through the course materials to get some idea on how this sem is going to be, it is not going to be a easy one. They say the modules of this sem are the essence of the Accountancy course.

Here I am, at my final year. Can't really believe that I have actually study in Singapore for more than 2 years now. Seems like it was just yesterday that I enter this land, to begin a whole new stage of my life. I am actually quite proud of myself, for making it through the sems, they were relatively more difficult and more challenging than Form 6... But one thing that I regret, is that I did not do well for one of the sem. I am really trying my best, never study so hard before. However, I am still getting average grades....Is it because I did not try my really best? That I did not put in more effort that I should had? It is abit funny, after two years here, that I realise part of the reason for the problem. I need to improve on my English. I can write simple English, like those composition we did in our secondary school. I can't write like an undergraduate, like a person who is going to step into the working society soon... This is the thing that I need to work on, besides focusing on my core subjects. This is my new year resolution (the first resolution that I have ever set).

Here I am. Typing in this blog, and not reading the chapters that are awaiting me...

To all the people whose lesson is going to start (or started already), がんばりますよ (ganbarimasuyo)!! Have a wonderful sem!

And for those final year student, enjoy the last bit of your undergraduate life! Cheers!

orange & cat

The Year 2006

2007-01-06T23:57:00.000+08:00

The Year now: 2007

Last year, sounds so long ago, but last year was just one week ago...

Last year has been a wonderful year. Went through ups, as well as downs, but, the ups are much more than the downs..

First, I went through my second semester of second year. They say it is a killer semester, it was indeed (and they say the final semester is the killer among the killer(s)...) It was really a busy semester, where it was the first time that we need to attend seminars instead of lectures and tutorials, and there were a lot of readings, a lot of pre-seminar assignments, a lot of project meetings, a lot of presentation (as usual).... a lot of a lot of things....I pulled it through.

Then it was my Professional Attachment (PA). A wonderful experience, a fruitful learning journey. The most valuable skill that I have learnt is soft skill, communication with other people. Communicating with my supervisor, my senior manager, my audit partner, my colleagues, staff from other departments, the clients....Communicating with different "level" (seniority) of people requires different set of communication skill. Had to wake up at 6.30 every morning and get ready for work, and then join other fellow "da gong zai" to rush for the train and bus.

Wan Ling, Susan, Gina, Me, Lim Lim & Amanda

Then, there was EID (in a way there is a connection between EID and I...*blush*). Happy for my friends, and proud of them (this include my EEE friends, who got champion for their DIP). They really put in a lot of effort, coming up with ideas and making the prototype. Despite the fact that they only had less than 2 months to do the project, they managed to come up with brilliant ideas and transform their ideas into reality. Well done friends!

The champions

Another auspicous event. My sister's life as an undergraduate is offically over. She has graduated from the Law Faculty of UM. Congrates to dear sis...You are the best ^^

My family

However, grandpa passed away, the day after we took this family picture. According to the nurse, he passed away peacefully in his sleep. Rest in peace grandpa.

August 2006, I am officially a final year student. Time flies, without realising, I have finished 2/3 of my uni life. A interesting sem. We needed to play a simulation game for one of the module, meeting every week to make the business decisions....I'll make careful consideration next time if I want to start a business, but definitely not in the mobile industry....(muahaha)

Luke did his Industrial Attachment (IA) during this semester. Was quite a learning journey. Hooray for dear ~~ (hee)

After exam, is holiday. Worked during the holiday, quite an experience also. I enjoyed working there. Sis came to visit me during the X'mas break. We went to Bugis, China town (she wanted to try the almond paste and the "tang yuan"), Orchard and East Coast Park. Had a great time, especially at ECp where we cycled along the beach, although it rained. Brought her to Subway for lunch, end up dissappointed. The oven was not working and they only had one type of bread! We ate cold sandwich, in a cold afternoon....I shall bring her to the Subway in JP next time.

Christmas Tree @ Orchard

A sand castle @ ECP

Went back to KL at the end of December, to enjoy the last bit of my holiday before school reopens. Looking back, I would say it has been a nice chapter, not a perfect one, but a satisfying one. The end of a chapte, the beginning of a new one.

Did I mention that I celebrated the end of the chapter at a gay bar? Tantric, at Tanjong Pagar.

I cant hear the jingle bells.....

2006-12-18T22:48:00.000+08:00

It is Christmas time....but I can't hear any jingle bells...

The only sound that I can hear, and has been hearing it from yesterday until now....is the sound of the rain splashing on the window panes, on the ground, on the cars, on the street, on the roof....EVERYWHERE!!

It has been raining from yesterday morning until now, non-stop (okla, it did stop a few times for....10 mins??!) Not that I have anything against rainy days or I hate rainy days. I kinda enjoy rainy days, when I feel like lazing in my room, stuffing myself in my warm bed, listening to nice songs and basically just having time for myself....Yea...rainy days are for these times. But no, not for now when my laundries are still wet and I have to get out of my room everyday! Everywhere I walk is wet and slippery, and I have to use the umbrella, which is only useful in keeping my upper body dry. I just don't like things to be we and damp, I guess that is why I think I will not like UK or some other European countries where they rain all year round. Everything is damp and cold, makes me feel moody.... I like places with lots of sunshine, I am a "sun" person!

The rain is pouring down, heavier now. Hey Mr Weatherman, wouldn't you get bored from raining? You think you can sprinkle some sunshine tomorrow morning? I will appreciate that..

orange & cat

Me, now

2006-12-10T15:31:00.000+08:00

Started working at Unilever. This is the first time I work in a multi-national company (MNC). Unilever has a really big operation. From conducting R&D to manufacturing the products to distributing and selling the products, Unilever "bao-ka-liao"..

I am working in the Management Accounting Department, which is involved in costing, budgeting, reporting etc. My colleague said that we are the information gatherer as well as information provider...kinda accurate.

Work has been fine so far, and I have to work on two weekends to do the annual stock count. The warehouse is sooooooo big and full of stocks! Can you imagine a warehouse with like 40 somethingg rows, and each row there are around 10 locations and six tiers! But the pay is double and we can claim for taxi fare...so ok la "p

Nowadays we can see X'mas decoration everywhere....yep, X'mas is just around the corner. 2 more weeks. The new year will follow, we will embark to year 2007....

Time flies. One moment I was still in my 2nd year and doing attachment, one moment later my 3rd year (final year) first sem is over, and next sem will be the final sem for my uni life. After that I will start working....But....not to forget, I will be going for the Work and Travel in USA programme from May to July next year, before I start working =] Looking forward to it.

Another 3 more weeks to go before we say bye-bye to year 2006...Should I start thinking of my new year resolutions?

orange & cat

After exam...

2006-11-29T17:53:00.000+08:00

After exam, what's next??

Holiday of course!

From now until 6th January 2007, I will have a one-month official holiday. However, I will be working at Unilever during this one-month break, so I won't be able to go home, will be going back to my home sweet home for the first week of January.

Just attended the interview for PwC. It went quite well, and the interviewer was really nice. Two more interviews to go, on tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Wish me luck ok...

Recovering from the fever, gotta rest now.

orange & cat

Risk Management

2006-11-12T22:27:00.000+08:00

Been taking this subject call "AA 205 Control and Risk Management". To show my appreciation of this subject and what have I learnt from these gruelling 3 months (one semester), I am going to apply the things/knowledge that I have learnt from this module. The case on hand, "My Life now".

The "main course" of this subject is the COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework (CERMF). Basically it tells about the elements of managing an enterprise's risk (duh..) and how to go about doing it. Let me give you an idea of what it is about, using the facts from the above case.

Enterprise name
ME

Internal environment (the foundation of doing the risk management)
(i) structure and culture - healthy, no-stress advocate
(ii) risk philosophy - do not get into any major trouble
(iii) commitment - try to study and understand everything that I need to know (the problem
is, I am not really sure of what is it exactly that I need to know)
(iv) risk appetite - VERY LOW!!! (need to keep up my result to a certain level to avoid being
called up to meet Ms Ong to yam-cha again...)

Objective setting (what I hope to achieve)
Do well in my exam (when I say do well means I get at least not a C....)

Event identification (possible events that can affect the achievement of objectives)
(i) failure of finishing my study (R1)
(ii) failure of keeping to my study plan (R2)
(iii) failure to remember my exam dates (!!!) (R3)

Risk assessment (assess the likelihood of the event happening and the impact of it happening)
R1: Likelihood- VERY LIKELY; Impact- CATASTROPHIC
R2: Likelihood- VERY LIKELY; Impact- CATASTROHPIC
R3: Likelihood- not likely; Impact- CATASTROPHIC

Conclusion: This enterprise is in a very dangerous position and actions need to be taken, FAST!

Risk response (actions taken to bring the likelihood and impact within the desired risk tolerances)
R1: Reduction- try to study as much as possible > reduce likelihood but not impact
R2: Reduction- make myself wake up early every morning and go library to study > reduce
likelihood but not impact
R3: Reduction- put the exam timetable on the sift board in front of me and mark the exam
dates on my calender (I check my calender everyday) > reduce likelihood but
not impact

Control activities (policies and procedures that help ensure that the risk responses are carried out)
Existing control- NONE!

Information and communication (be updated with the latest news regarding exam)
MSN: a platform for me to ask friends questions and discuss about past year paper, and most
importantly, know about possible exam tips!!
Effectiveness: High, got to discuss questions and exchange ideas with friends, which open my
perspective.

Other means of exchanging information: Casual talk with roommate.

Conclusion: Overall good information and communication structure

Monitoring (assess the presence and functioning of the components over time)
(i) through on-going activities- perform real time review on how much is left to study;
going to library (must study in library)
(ii) separate evaluation- not within my control. This is done by the examiners. Please have
mercy!!

Recommendation
Although the occurence of the risk events are very likely and they will have catastrophic impact on the enterprise, there is no control in place to ensure that the risk responses are carried out. The enterprise may tend to "slack" and not pay attention on the issue at hand. Therefore, to provide reasonable assurance for the enterprise that the enterprise is moving towards its objectives, the recommendation would be:

"Stop crapping at this blog and GO back to study now!!!"

That's my life now....Maybe you wanna assess yours?

orange & cat

Flushed Away

2006-11-12T16:51:00.000+08:00

This movie is a must watch, I would say. The story line is not really creative, and it is quite predictable that this rat with royal family blood, Roddy will change his mind on the importance of family and friends and that there are so many things to see and explore in "his" world.

The most interesting and impression-creator of this movie are those sewer slugs!! There are so cute and so funny and just so charming! I cannot stop but laugh everytime they come out. First was the part where Roddy saw the first slug, and the slug was trying so hard to "run away" with little progress.... The slugs just come out at the right time, to tell more about the situation at the particular scene. However, I was totally defeated when the slugs make the sound of alarm!! I tell you, that scene is really the mother of all the funny scene...They are just so hilarious but so approrpiate at that time! This is what we call creative. The writers are so creative that the story itself is so so but the way they tell the story is fantastic!

I can't remember when was the last time I had a good laugh when watching a comedy, but this movie is really awesome.

A good movie indeed to de-stress during pre-exam period (exam is next week!)
Sit back, relax and laugh your heart out =]

In the mean time, all da best for everyone who is going to sit for exam (including myself) ~~

orange & cat

The Guardian

2006-11-12T16:26:00.000+08:00

It was quite a long movie, I will not say that the story line is very captivating, but the sea scenes are so real that they depict how fierce mother nature can be. Although the ending of the story is predictable, I think one of the message that this movie wants to convey is to remind us of those great and noble people out there who are willing to take the risk and chances to help other survive.

"So other may live". This is the pledge of the US Coast Guard.

orange & cat

Click

2006-11-01T13:48:00.000+08:00

Another movie that I watched few days ago...

Initially I thought it was just like other no-brainers movies, just for laugh and will be forgotten the next day. Man I was wrong! It is more than just something to laugh at, it is something for us to think about, about what do we want actually in our life.

Everyone needs a break, and Michael Newman (played by Adam Sandler) here gets the break that he wants (or so he thought) when he laid his hands on this Universal Remote Control that can control the universe! Anytime that he feels like he wants to fast forward and or skip the specific moment, all he needs to do is just "click" and boom, he is where (when) he wants to be. So without realising it, he has come to the late stage of his life, where he is old and his son is married, his father died and his wife, divorced from him and happily married again...

Takeaways...
"I do not want to miss any minute of my life!"
This is said by Michael, when he realises that the remote control is taking control over him, and he actually misses those moments that he "fast-forwarded" before. Every moment of our life is valuable and unique, so we better make sure that we live every minute and every second of our life before it is gone..

Michael is a workaholic, and it is through the remote control that he sees where his life is going if he continues to be work-centred. He might lose his wife (whom he loves very much), his children (who are dissappointed because he keeps making empty promises to them) and the last chance to tell his father how he loves him so much (whom he will be too busy to see)...

This is a good movie, which hits our mind: What are we looking for in our life?

orange & cat

Death Note

2006-10-30T00:46:00.000+08:00

As I have yet to read the manga, so I did not carry any expectation and benchmark ("p) when I walked into the theatre. It turned out to be quite cool and interesting one.

Basically it is a struggle between good and evil. Is what Kira did right? Of course not!! Hee...personally I think he himself also knows that he is not suppose to do that (taking into his own hand people's destination). Why? Because if he thinks he is doing the right thing, he would not kill those innocent people to cover his action, including the girl he likes (or does he?).

Take aways..
We will do other things (usually wrong things) to cover the worng things we did, and this will go on and on and on and finally, it will become too big to be ignored. By that time, it will be too late and too serious to be forgiven...So, if we are going to do some wrong things (things that we are not suppose to do la..), make sure we do them smart k... (evil laugh)

orange & cat

Busy busier and more busier! part 2

2006-10-12T14:13:00.000+08:00

What a week! I shall say this again...
I am busy in a quite different environment.. Don't get me wrong, I am still in NTU and still very much a live and still very much buried under piles of tutorials and assignments and reports and presentations... The only different thing is that, things around me seem blur!!!

Yeah, that's right. I am surrounded by haze....and it can be quite heavy sometimes...It is quite bad. Friends falling sick. Then those with skin like the pH testing paper suffers rashes...(I suffered it during the last haze attack). People coughing and having running nose. Basically, this kind of weather is not good for health...I can't understand why some people still exercise and jog and play sports...They are inhaling lots of those carbon monoxide and those small small particles...

Anyway, tomorrow will hand in my iCEE report (finally it is done!!) and go for the Big 4 Networking Night...then after that write the report for CS 224 and study the simulation game (this is the last round!!) then sleep...wonder what time would that be.

*yawn*

That's all folks. Goodnight and take care.

With lots of love,
orange & cat

Mid-Autumn Festival

2006-10-09T00:04:00.000+08:00

Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Lunar calendar. As part of the Chinese culture, it is on this day that we eat mooncakes and light up the lanterns.

There was a small scale celebration of this festival in my campus. More specifically, at the south-east side of the campus compound, the Yunnan Garden. There were alot of activities going on there, origami, riddles guessing, performance, mooncake (the "bing pi" type) making and games. It was a fun night, a great night where we caught up with friends...

The Gang

Masterpiece

Yesterday, we went to the Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival at Chinese Garden. The theme for this year is "A journey to the World Wonders. Promise a fascinating encounter". Tickets were sold at SGD 10 per adult. After getting our tickets, the journey began...

The Grand entrance

Us

Taj Mahal

In front of a beautiful lake with big big lotus flowers..

Egypt??!!

With Mei Yin, at the peak of the "Ru Yun Ta"

Genting? or haze??

With you, at the top

With you again, at the entrance

That was how I celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. How did you celebrate it?

orange & cat

Busy busier and more busier!

2006-10-04T00:20:00.000+08:00

What a week!

This is the week after the one week break. Let me see...

I did:
I did the AA 205 assignment.
I did the CS 222 Movie analysis assignment.
I did the slides for my CS 224 presentation.
I attended the talk on Work and Travel in USA (WAT) and I am going! (Thanks daddy mommy!)
I collected my PA report (Supervisor's comment: English grammar needs to be improved..)
I met for my CS 224 project meeting

I have not:
Do AA 205 Session 9.2 assignment
Do my report for CS 224
Do my report for CS 222
Do my AB 311 tutorial
Do my LJ 81 homework
Do my report for AA 205
Start revision
and the list goes on...

So many things to do...Well I am not the only one with lots of things to do. There are many of them with probably more committment than I have. It all boils down to time management, and my attitude.

Kind of feel very lazy this semester. Guess it is because I do not have the faintest idea on what is going on (and it is already week 8!!) But I should not give up like this right..? I have a quiz tomorrow, and I am still here, blogging away...

What is wrong with me??

Tomorrow morning quiz, then read the readings for Session 9.2, then meet up with Jia Xin to discuss about the WAT, then come back to hall, do my Session 9.2 assignment then go to the Padang (at City Hall) for work. They are showing King Kong tomorrow night (it is a 3-hour show!!!) By the time I reach my cosy room, it will be midnight...and Cinderella will go to sleep... ("p)

*yawn*

goodnight...

orange & cat

This Week

2006-09-29T17:57:00.000+08:00

This week.

This week, is a holiday week, the one-week break week. Although it is a holiday, but I (we) are not as free as we should be...

Life has been busy, guess this is the way for a final year student. Endless project meetings, reports, slides, deadlines, discussions, quiz....etc is taking up my holiday. Well, I was busy preparing for the Business Plan Competition (BPC) Semi Finals presentation as well (yup, team POSH made it to the semi). This morning was the presentation session, we did not make it to the final. However, it was a great learning experience. All the boot camps and talks have open our eyes and mind. Never know (bother) about Intellectual Property (IP) and definitely do not know what on earth is IPOS, until we participated in this competition.

Come to think about it, it was quite a fruitful semester so far (the previous sems were also good "p). Participated in the NBS Business Case Competition, even though we did not get into the semi, and now this BPC.

Tomorrow is Saturday. I am helping out at the Outdoor Movie Screening Festival, from 5pm to 2am. Haha...am I mad? I need to do a movie assignment for my GE, too bad I cannot use the movies which will be screened during this festival. The movie has to be something doing with the different cultures issue (yup, my GE is Intercultural Communication).

Anyone has the movie "The Gods must be crazy"?

Time for me to go now, lots of things to do.....(ARG)

The team (Kok Ern is not in the picture..)

orange & cat

Getting started

2006-09-25T12:12:00.000+08:00

Well, this is not the first time I blog but, this is the first time here.

To break the ice, let me tell you why the Blog Name and why orange & cat..

At this moment
At this very moment, I am penning down my thoughts/feelings/emotions/opinions..etc here, at the same time, at this very moment, you there are reading/understanding/processing...etc the things that you see here...

At this very moment, something is happening, be it to us or around us.
At this very moment, we are changing.
At this very moment, we are breathing.
At this very moment, we are living.

Orange
This is my favourite colour. Bright, energetic, sunny, happy, vibrant...basically, positive. Well, I may not be happy all the time, as I am too a human being of flesh and blood, but I love my life and I have never feel bored of my life, and I never will ("p)

Cat
This is my favourite animal. To be more precise, I love feline. Of course I do love other animals but I have this "special feelings" for the feline. Firm but gentle. Elegant but not proud.

*Stretch*

Nice to meet you all and May we cherish every moment we have ;)

orange & cat

At this moment

I am moving...

This does not feel good...

WALL-E and some thoughts....

泰国旅之 Cozy Bangkok

变。不变。

亿“大佬”

Sleepless in Bukit Batok.....

虚惊一场

Thoughts

Happy Birthday to my dearest Daddy~

放 慢 脚 步

回顾公历2007年三部曲

The Jingle Bell Man

D&D dance

Celebration

When was the last time?

How am I doing...

Another phase of life

Family Affair

I graduate already!!

Chicago trip

23rd birthday

Some updates

Greetings from Sandusky!

The Grand Finale

What I want to do...

我们都。。。

This is it

It is near...

Nothing specific...

It is over........at last!

Pushing the limits

When everything comes together...+ New-found treasure

我的农历新年

Counting down

Thursday afternoon

When life is ALL about readings...

Date

TGIF

Sense of urgency

Another week

Final year final sem

The Year 2006

I cant hear the jingle bells.....

Me, now

After exam...

Risk Management

Flushed Away

The Guardian

Click

Death Note

Busy busier and more busier! part 2

Mid-Autumn Festival

Busy busier and more busier!

This Week

Getting started

放慢脚步