a recap of the 1 week holidays! birthdays week!

happy birthday hui qun! :) look at the teh peng! it's super huge, seriously! 16 ppl to share it...

but look! who finished it!
47 gers!
all present- we sure had a long table, so long till i didn't speak to those on the other side for the entire dinner
happy birthday cheelz! with sss :) only 4 of us, with 2 overseas, and parry at another party. *smilez* we helped a little with the deco n the balloon blowing!

JC class!
NTU tutorial frenz!
Roteract!
i didn't realize how much our uni life were interwined till your party. most importantly, u enjoyed yourself that night *smilez* but thank you for adding spice to my uni life!

those i haven't received photos, shall upload later! happy birthday hian too!! met up with sec sch classmates, been so long since i last saw them! even forgot jean's name, oops. saw michelle chiang at carl's at vivo too! been 4 yrs since i last saw her too! so qiao, both are taking econs in NUS. it's nice seeing frens after so long...

of course, i had 3 days of projects amidst the celebrations! despite being mostly in gps that i m not familiar with, it was nice working with them too!

My strategic groupmates! they are very zhai, glad to have someone mathematical and someone creative in the gp. it's a good dynamics :) haha i jus try to help whatever i can...though i feel quite incompetent in comparison...lol

Risk groupmates are good too! a bunch of ppl whom i have nv seen in ntu accountancy before! new faces, new exposures, new experiences. wa they are also very zhai...had prata with them for dinner at bk gombak after our interview! the prata was very nice! esp the cheese prata, chitchat with them, learnt a lot from them! and met my pri sch fren, alicia aka my tutorial classmate for risk! chit chat bout many things under the sun. yea it's nice to see old frenz, esp in accountancy n see how they have all grown, matured n prettier.

business valuation gpmates- yea a gp of fren that i all know! cheelz took lots of random photos, plus the ayam penyet was very nice...though half awake, it was still comfortable doing projects with them all!

besides projects and birthday celebrations, there are of course time for some relaxation. *smilez* caught 2 movies over the week - mama mia n chaser. both are good movies. mama mia has really good soundtracks worth listening to! musicals are usually nice!

chaser was a *ahem* gruesome show where i sat shivering in my seats, covering my eyes refusing to watch the sadistic killings taking place. yet i have to applaud it for showing the incompetency of the police force so explicitly and a good plot indeed. despite shaking in my seats, it sure kept me occupied for the entire movie. i have to say, horror or gruesome movies are not really my cup of tea, yet i do appreciate the movie.
mm caught half a soccer match - MAN U vs Boston. too bad i watch the first half with no goals scored, with the second match more exciting. been long since i watched soccer! the last time was a few yrs back when i watch the finals for champion league and the VJ soccer matches.

lastly, spent half a day in sentosa. a different experience going sentosa in the midweek. so few ppl were ard, had quite a lot of fun exploring sentosa! cycled on the roads to sentosa clove and saw the beauty of the future residential area in sentosa! haha nxt time i may not even get to step into the place again! still building and with restricted access, it is a beautiful place to be in, haha if one can afford it that is. walked the trails and even watched animal shows! wahahha i like the animal shows in sentosa more than that of zoo! cos i saw beautiful birds soaring so close to us, white snake too! all with close encounters.

finally ending off, the holidays has come n gone. i enjoyed myself lots in the midst of sch work. it's time for sch to start again, but this time i m ready for the challenges ahead.

haiz, jus give me one minute to complain. in the midst of doing a project.

boo, been doing this project every night cos this gpmate of mine been telling me things to change here and there. haiz if once, never mind, if it happens for 4 to 5 times, it gets a little on my nerve. been staying up every morning n night just to do up the slides amendments despite coming home late n spending a whole day out doing projects. haiz n each time it's such minor changes. it's only 3 slides la! 3 days already. haiz...it's irritating. can't he jus amend n send me instead?! boo.

friday night.

all i wanna do now is to stone. blast my music loudly, keep my mind free from everything else. been a hectic week, rushing to prepare 1 presentation, 1 quiz n 1 report. lol so right now, i jus wanna stone though it's offically the start of holidays.

list of things to do for recess week
1) 2 quizzes
2) 1 presentation
3) 3 projects
4) 1 essay
5) 1 case
6) 1 game
7) miscellanous stuff- including packing my room which is in quite a big mess

*sigh* 3 full days are gone for the 3 core meetings. lol enough whining. news is big these days, everyday is a new story. 2 investment banks, 1 insurance company. all revolves around them. mergers and acquisitions happen to be this week lecture. super interesting as the lecture enlightens us drawing relevance to the recent 48hr acquisition of meriall lynnch. glad i went for the lecture. it's scary knowing that their recruitment drive was just a few weeks ago. the stock market has been extremely volatile these days. huge rise n huge falls, no longer predictable. news in the papers is interesting, shall make sure i keep up in the readings. frankly, this sem's module is very interesting from market strategy to financial analysis. however the latter is hard n the teacher isn't exactly interesting.

a eventful week.

gym on wed, first time experience! haah of course, my fav is the treadmill, though at the end of it, i was super giddy...i still prefer actu running.

thur was hall dinner day! haha i totally miss those days. nice to cook tgt, to chitchat in rooms. laughed a lot too...

fri was celebrating birthdays day.

sat was celebration cum farewell day.
to my bro: i ain't good at expressing in conversations, being better in words. 3 mths came and left. each of us were busy with work, studies, gatherings etc. hence, there wasn't much opportunity to really chit-chat over the nights, only once in a while. it's nice having you back home, such that on the first day i saw you sitting on the sofa, it felt like not a year has passed. the sense of familarity is always there. i do and is still going to miss having you at home, lol i rather have you back den have your room to myself. wahaha i m so sweet. lol. so right now, i jus wanna say, you always have a place at home, somewhere to be comfortable in. besides, i prefer to see you happy with that smile on your face like you once were. no matter how tough things may be going, i know you'll probably nv fail to overcome them. hence, jus wanna say stay happy always and perservere on your dreams. looking forward to seeing you back home again nxt year. take care. sorry for not being able to spend more time at home on sat. haha i guess both are impt ya..hence i rushed home to send you off...

lastly, singapore- a side that many didn't see. clear blue waters, hills and trees.
a miniature redang, though the sand isn't as beautiful, though the place isn't as developed, it was a beautiful place to be in.
picnic set. food plus entertainment.
blue sea.

turtles' gathering. do not disturb.
at the end of the day, it's tucking in time!

a walk to remember.
it has been a year. time flies. if anyone ask me what i learnt from this one year, i realized, for me, loving someone isn't looking for a perfect mate, but someone that i care for as much as my family. the sense of familarity, the sense of comfort. of course, there are bound to be issues to be resolved, there are bound to be disagreements and unhappiness. yet with each willing to try, each willing to accommodate, it can be solved. i don't ask for an eternity, i only wish to enjoy the present cos the present writes the stories with the memories forged along the way. let the present brings us through to the future and walk each step in pace. just like steps are build step by step. only with good foundation will it grow strong and stable. each has received a special scrapbook denoting the memories of the year, each has experienced a walk of life with companion. i've nothing to complain, jus a silent nod of thanks for the year that passed and the years to come.

admittedly, i seldom drag my cousins to take photos with me. that day was an exception. it ended with celebration of mid-autum festival celebration with lantans and sparklers. lol i m such a kid, cos i thought it was nice joining them. so embarrassing cos even the teenagers didn't join in. nonetheless it was nice looking at the kids, each carrying a lantan in their hands walking ard the pool. lol it was cute, cos at the far end, all you can see are the lantans moving sequencially without being able to see the kids lined up.

the birthday ger! she is super duper cute and speaks in perfect english wo! though now, she has been influenced to pick up singlish. she must have been super happy that day, grinning so widely.
my other cousin...haha mm there are so many others whom i didn't take photos of though...

if there is sth that i look forward to every week, its the weekly dinners and weekends. somehow the weekends has its own atmosphere. lol i donno why but i feel super busy every day be it in sch or over the weekends, always rushing to do one thing after another. 2 presentations coming up plus a quiz plus a simulation game every week...

up till now, i still don't like my timetable. having to wake up at 6:15 for 4 days a week, sometimes reaching home past 9pm and before i know it, its time to sleep for the nxt day. lol at least i get quite a lot of sleep everyday, trying to make it a point to sleep at 11pm to ensure that the next day i would remain fresh. plus i m quite proud to have adapted to it too

jus a few days back, read an article bout backpacking ard spain. i wish. i wish that i get the opportunity to backpacking. having tried mountain trekking, rafting, snokelling...i still wanna try many things. i like trekking cos of the absolute sense of satisfaction upon reaching the top. yet i guess i've probably retire from that sport after promising my mum rajah wld be my last. it is a pity but i understand their concerns. for a while, i have been interested in backpacking. it is a totally different experience, getting to go villages while learning more about the down to earth side of every country not the tourist attractions. if i get to go overseas, i would probably choose not to go shopping n sightseeing, i would probably choose to see the country the way it is, know their countryside...

however i realise the reality of life cos every now and then, topics emerging among frens are wat u thinking of doing nxt time and even prof emphasis on the business aspects and strategies. lolz sometimes i do wish i don't have to face the realities of life, yet i believe, i will strive to do my best in work and in life. money is important, hence we can't run away from it. money comes with knowledge and hard work too. i do think i might not survive in the world of business politics cos i'll probably by trampled upon and stepped all over. nonetheless, i would choose to believe in faith of ppl and trust i would not become one of them. lol wonder how come why i m thining of all these...haha...i m lagging quite a bit in every subject...so jus can say GANBETTE! meanwhile enjoy the weekends...:)