sunday racing reds

sunday racing reds

I had a Sunday full of reds! After 3 pathetic hours of sleep, I got up at the ungodly hour of 6.30am for the SMRT Challenge. Sarah, Peiyan, Hweeyi and I formed a team, and it was the first time for Sarah and I!

It's a little like Amazing Race, except that the only mode of transport is by train, courtesy of SMRT, obviously. Haha. There are stations to clear, messages to decode and clues to look for. The SMRT people were trying to promote courtesy so we weren't allowed to run in the stations! Hahaha you should have seen everyone (myself included) trying to briskwalk. It's hilarious.

The race was impossibly tiring! The hike up escalators, the dash across roads and out of train stations, the ridiculous games they make us play. I was huffing and puffing halfway, and completely exhausted by the time we were done. Haha.

And guess what? We came in 8th! Out of the 250teams in Open Category. :D But we decided to skip one station because of the waiting time, and that added 20minutes to our timing and so we were 12th or something in the end and missed the Top Ten! Oh wells, it was some experience anyways!

Sunshine in our faces!
We were alot more tired than we look, trust me.

As usual, while people were busy copying clues, I took a picture.
But it turned out that it was wrong piece of information. HAHA.

While waiting for our next race, the Nike Human Race, we just crashed at the Toa Payoh library and slept like babies. I was all ready to skip the 10km run and head home, seriously. I could hardly open my eyes and walk straight anymore.

But it's my first time taking part in a running event and I wasn't just gonna back off! Plus, I'm really attracted by the whole idea of running with the rest of the world for a charity of my choice. It's so meaningful! And running with friends could be fun. (:

And I'm really proud to say that I FINISHED THE WHOLE RUN! As in, I ran the whole way, no walking at all! (Okay, except at the 5km mark when we stopped for 100plus and when it got too congested to run.) I ran with Peiyan, then with Sarah mostly. If it weren't for, I think I might have turned back at the 2km mark. HAHA.

I was constantly amazed at how my legs were still moving the way time. Really. Even Sarah was amazed. We were both expecting me to ease into a walk halfway. Because that's so me. I don't like running, and the furthest I've ran in my life was like 8km, and that was back in Sec3! I didn't even take very long! 1hr13mins31seconds!

I really like this picture!
Look at the crazy red crowd behind us.

Netballers! (:

This looks like one of those running advertisements.

3hrs of sleep was not joke.
(We were waiting for the race to start, btw.)

Then I saw Nicole at the 5km mark!

Proud finisher!

And then that's us at the Padang afterwards.

And naturally our favourite jump shots!
My legs were gonna give way during the attempts to get this right.

YAY!

biting into the apple pie

biting into the apple pie

The Starbucks at Holland Village is my all-time favourite. There is just something about the place - the ambience, the coffee, the decor. I love it so much, and I've had so many beautiful moments there.

This afternoon, with the rain pouring outside, I was comfortably snuggled on the couch with Sarah and Liying, figuring out my new MacBook, and of course, exploring the Photo Booth function with my resident camwhores. :D

I felt like such an adult with a laptop (and a MacBook at that) perched on my knee, legs crossed in a poised manner. Haha!

Sounds like I've morphed into one of those stuck-up Apple users who look at the rest of the world with their noses up in the air? Well, sooooort of, BUT I still love my 22" desktop running on Windows all the same. Partly because I haven't figured out how to sign in to MSN on this white piece of superior technology.

But at least I can blog on it! Anyways, here're a few more photos that we like or find hilarious. And that's all for my first entry on my Mac! (: But I'm scared to put my heart on the line.

The must-have Mac collage.

Too hot for you.

Hahaha deformed kids.

Black teeth!

Too cool for you.

Our attempted roller coaster shot. Haha!

mariana trench-ed

mariana trench-ed

Back in my JC days, I learnt in Geography that the deepest trench (a gap in the ocean floor) is the Mariana Trench. Right now, I feel like I'm right at the bottom of it, and can't find my way up. Because the things we learn in school are as deep as the famous trench.

A rose is a rose is a rose is rose. Agree? Actually, you can't disagree because it's a viewpoint of a certain poet. But I can also say my toes are five tiny red roses and you can't disagree either because that's the metaphor I chose to use.

What's the shortest possible sentence (that is grammatically and structurally correct)?

"Run!" Is that a proper sentence? Yes? But where's the subject? No? But it is complete.

Do you know that Aboriginals kids don't need numbers/words to count?

And how do you differentiate social norms and social values? If everyone is giving up their seats on the bus to older people, is that a social norm? If everyone is getting dead drunk by 12pm, is that a social value? Do all things negative automatically fall out of the "values" category?

All I have to say is, "Je ne comprend pas!"

And that, my friends, means "I don't understand!" in French. Hmm, looks like I'm at least learning something in school huh.


Post-Script: Explanation for the title? My last lecture today was Literature, and I think we've been doing way too much of metaphors!

the rain, crazy people, and bak kut teh

the rain, crazy people, and bak kut teh

I went to collect the race pack for the upcoming Nike Human Race with Glenn today. Looking for the end of the queue was a discovery all on its own. It snaked down one alley of the main square of Clarke Quay, down another, turned back up, and wound all the way to the back of the taxi stand. We stood and stared at each other. 

Are there so many mad people in the world? All of us paid 30bucks to queue for two hours to run for another hour! Haha! Where is the logic?

I think the only thing that kept us from whining ourselves to death was the cool weather - it was pouring so heavily. And by the time we were done queuing, the rain let up to a drizzle, and we walked across to Merchant Road for some hot Bak Kut Teh and traditionally brewed Chinese Tea. 

It was an awesome dinner! The warm soup and steamy hot tea in the cool weather - I could almost believe that we were in another country altogether. Except that it was Bak Kut Teh we were having. (:

coffee & drinks

coffee & drinks

Friday night, I met Sarah and Hweeyi at Starbucks to study before heading to Loof for some drinks, and to collect our pay! All of us were completely stressed out by our school work. ): We were so glad when Peiyan came to join us before it was finally time to close those books!

It was cool to see everyone again, find out how things are going and everyone is. I completely understand why the rooftop bar is such a hot hang-out now. The ambience is great for Friday night chillout sessions! The music is just right, the drinks are good and the view is lovely. We even caught the post-National Day fireworks in comfort!

Our first-time at Loof as customers, and I think we've got the best experience. Nothing beats sipping a strawberry magarita, being in the company of some of my favourite girls, and wowing at the fireworks in the night sky. Absolutely nothing. (:

Camwhoring with Hweeyi's Mac at Starbucks.
I like this light-tunnel effect!

Yeah, go ahead and say fuuugggly. Hahaha.

And Sarah's classic funny photos. HAHA.
She's gonna kill me for this one.

All of us! Credit to Sarah's excellent self-shot skills.
And my camera doesn't even have wide lens.

Peiyan, Sarah & Hweeyi on the other side.

A posey shot of me, on the other.

Girlfriends rock!

I took lousy pictures of the fireworks.

I think is is the best one, right before my camera died. Haha.

Doesn't stop our camwhoring though!

And I shall end off with a normal shot!
15/08/2008

sunday evening

sunday evening

Dinner on a Sunday evening, the crowd milling around us.

Browsing through books, shoulder to shoulder.

A walk down Orchard road after the rain, bright lights glistening.

Sipping tea at Starbucks, 11pm at night.

Tarot cards spread, exploring possibilties.

The future, a hused secret in front of us.

It's a lovely feeling.

jam & hop

jam & hop

A few weeks back, I popped by Jam & Hop, the NUS Business with Sarah and Hweeyi. The event itself was so-so, we weren't even very interested in what was going on stage most of the time. We just sat at the back, chatting, sipping drinks and camwhoring.

Met up with Liying, Shiyan, Eleen, Glenn Chee, Malone, Nick, Daryl and more of the AC gang afterwards to celebrate Glenn's birthday. It's funny how it's an NUS event, but we're still hanging out with our JC friends more. I really miss school back then, where everyone knew everyone else.

We had more drinks to go around, did silly dance moves around the table and took a million and one photos. I had fun! (: And I hope you did too, birthday boy! Happy 19th birthday! Grow up and stop wearing your leopard prints and shaving all your hair off already! :D Just to say goodnight.

Party picture with my Biz babes!

With the Khoo. Haha.

And my pretty babes!

Hahaha the gay boys - Nick, Daryl and Glenn.

Phuay and I, with Malone the sleepy drunkard.

The birthday boy!

Most of us, slacking on the couch.

I have funny friends. :D

With Daryl Tay!

Hahaha flaunting their grooves.

Down the row.

The red lights at the entrance makes it look so seedy!

Then a proper photo.

All of us girls!
This mirror shot is editted and I think the effect is way cool!

And finally, before hopping onto a cab home.
I love this picture! (:
16/08/2008

first week of school

first week of school

First week of school and I'm already overwhelmed! There are notes to prepare, textbooks to source for, tutorials to arrange, CCAs to go for, forms to submit and a whole of things to do. Uni life is completely independent, and I'm so not used to it yet.

I had 5 lectures this week, and I was late for almost of them. Haha. The school is too bloody big and I keep getting lost. Once, I even ended up in the wrong faculty somehow. And I still can't figure out how long does it take me to get to school exactly!

Paying attention in class hasn't been so much of a problem, because I've been going for half my classes on my own. I HAVE NO FRIENDS. ): So far, I've made 2 friends. Hahaha pathetic huh! Okay, I will stop being a social hermit and start poking my head out of my shell more. BE MY FRIEND, EVERYBODY YO!

Thank goodness all my modules are pretty interesting though. I'm taking Sociology, Literature, Nature of Language, French and Cultural Studies this semester. And so far, I like what I'm learning! (: Except that I sound like I'm speaking a combination of Tamil, Arabic and Hokkien when I attempt to get my tongue around French.

Classes aside, I've been having alot of fun in school too. I met Sarah for a swim and lunch between classes one day, and then Glenn for a short tea, and Nut for a long lunch another, and Peiyan for a buffet lunch after school today. :D

I've also gone for 2 touch rugby trainings! I like the sport alot, but it's SO tiring. I can hardly climb a flight of stairs without wincing now. Even the muscles that I didn't know existed are aching! Haha. I'm also looking at floorball and netball, so I'll decide after all the trials and stuff. It's probably gonna be touch though!

So, with all that, I had a pretty cool first week! Mission for next week: Make more friends. Haha. And for now... IT'S THE WEEKEND! (Yes, I don't have classes on Fridays!)

double L

double L

Of the 2 L plates on my car today, I only managed to take away 1. Which means, I FAILED. Miserably at that.

I think Kaiyi and I probably broke BBDC's record - we both came in with 44 freaking points. HAHA. And fyi, you need to keep it below 20 to pass.

It was actually going pretty well for me until I was on Bukit Batok Road, heading back to BBDC. I was alomst there! Then there was a whole series of unfortunate events like me veering off course, and then this irritating yellow sports car that decided to accelerate like it was trying to take off or something, and the instructor scolding me, and eventually my negligence of blind spot which led to my almost crashing into another car.

So yeah, 30points in 30 seconds for me. Oh wells, better luck next time!

the cutest thing

the cutest thing

My Ikea snake is every little brat's all-time favourite.
And this little imp is my all-time favourite! (:

ring the fashion police

ring the fashion police

We had a very Weird Night about 2 weeks back on National Day, on our very own accord. It's not the usual string of bizzare things happening to me as they commonly do, but we decided to take on the clubbing fashion scene by the storm.

Without solid plans, and by that I mean we didn't even fix a time to meet or place to go, our night kicked off at a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend's house, with too much drinks to go around. By the time we left, I didn't even know who was the hospitable person. Haha!

Done with our transformation (aside from alcohol, read: fishnets, hockey socks, taekwando belts and geeky specs), we trooped off to Silva's for another round of drinks, and some crazy partying. The music was loud, the drinks were plenty, the people were fun - what else do you need?

We were walking fashion disasters, and tipsy ones at that. Everywhere we went, people stared. Haha! But I guess I would too, if I see someone decked out in bright yellow hockey socks and black stilletoes. Thank goodness no one called the fashion police! Or maybe cos I took those socks off halfway through the night. Hahaha. Too embarassing, even for me!

Sorry, shy about my weirdness.

The young Botanist (Vannie was donning the badge, you know one of those you get in primary school? Really.) and the combination of random weird items. Hahaha.

With Shiyan & Glenn Chee!

And so the drinks went round and round.

Beside Eleen Skinny Khoo, I think I look like a footballer or something.

The socks people: Red, Blue & Gold!

Weirdoes of the world unite.

With Eleen, who never takes a photo smiling.

Who's the weirdest of them all?

The gay couple, and the confused girl.

He who stole my cap on the cab. Haha!

PUN SO INTENDED.

Everyone loves a weird Afro.

Aren't we such fashion gurus?

Hahaha and finally I present you the superstar boys.