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Korean Star Gone

2010-06-30T22:58:00.001+08:00

When many of us has just woke up this morning, a sudden news from Korea shock a lot of us.

Korean actor/singer Park Yong Ha committed suicide and died this morning in his home at the age of 32.

This piece of news came as a shock to many of us including me. Although I don't really follow his news but as far as I know he is rather successful and popular. Especially after acting in the drama On Air, his popularity increased.

However recently his father was diagnosed with gastric cancer and seems like he was facing some problems as well. Maybe due to all these pressure made him came to the decision to end his life earlier.
No matter what the reasons are, it's already a fact that he is now gone.

My deepest condolences goes out to his family, friends and fans all over the world.

No matter what, Park Yong Ha will always be a great actor/singer to all of us.
To all his celebrities friends, I believe he will always be a great friend to them too.

Allow me to share a song I like from him with all of you, the song is Behind Love which he sang at his LOVE concert:

RIP Park Yong Ha
1977/8/12 - 2010/6/30

A New Baby!

2010-06-30T16:18:00.002+08:00

Finally I got my own baby!

Finally after talking about it for so long, I got my hands on my much awaited thing!

Dang, dang, dang!!!!!!

I seriously love this baby to bits and pieces!

The pictures taken with the camera is just so wow that it never fails to amaze me each time.

It's really worth spending the money on such a nice piece of technology. And now i can't wait for my sister to sponsor me the lens XD

And of course a photo-taking trip out with the darlings of forCE XD

Delusions

2010-05-24T21:48:00.000+08:00

I guess some people just too much of themselves. Or should I say some people are just too sensitive?

The weekend passed by happily with great fun on Sunday with the whole of forCE. Shouting for our dear King was really nice! Now we have a new star besides Fahrenheit and S.H.E and that will be our dearest papa! Lol!

Endless photo taking with the new baby was really fun. Makes me even more tempted to get my own baby soon.

Today wasn't such a bad day too if not for something.

Some bloody idiot got to come spoil my day.

For goodness sake, I wasn't even scolding her. Is she just too sensitive or what? If I was to scold her I would have scold it right in front of her face. Must she like question me with the rest of the other colleagues in the room?

Say I scolded four-letter word at her. Who does she think she is? Sitting beside me for almost 2 years and she don't know that I tend to mumble things to myself when I see stuff that irritates me on the computer screen? Damn dumb idiot.

Luckily there is always things and ways to make me happy.

Interviews which makes artistes relax are the best cause that's when they will slip more of the truth. Hahahahahahaha

I Had A Dream

2010-05-03T16:18:00.001+08:00

Well, not one actually. In fact I had 2 dreams in one day.

There's a Chinese saying: 日有所思，夜有所夢

Maybe I have been using too much of my brain cells on stupid imagination these days that's why I have weird dreams that I don't even know how they occurred.

It has been so long since I have dreams that I still remember after I woke up.

Maybe it's a sign. A sign that something might be happening soon. If that is so I just hope that the first one is real. I strongly don't hope for the second dream to happen.

It has been some time since I last saw him. I admit that when I walk down the same stretch of road sometimes I still wonder how he is etc. However I never thought that I would one day dream of him. After all that has never happened before.

I really wonder if it was all a dream when I woke up. I can almost feel the touch of his fingers and the warmth of his hands. And that dream just makes me long to get even nearer to him.

Nearer than a friend will ever get.

That dream consisted of what I hope will happen. Let's just hope that it will come true maybe one day if not sooner.

The reason I don't want the second dream to come true is very easy. I don't ever want to have a quarrel with my family. Especially my mum's side of the family.

I practically grew up with my relatives from my mum's side. The only place where I can be the most comfortable with is when I'm with them. I can't imagine myself screaming at my aunts and parents the way I did in my dreams. If the dream I had were to really come true I guess you can just kill me.

Do dreams really come true? If they do, I really hope the first one will come but the second will never even be near............

March 2010

2010-04-01T16:31:00.002+08:00

All the recent posts are like post-dated so I might as well do one that is about my March days.

After my boss finally approved my course, I was out of the office for 3 days. 3 days of total enjoyment at my course since it was about something that I like.

It was a 3 day course call 'Create Technical Editing Decisions' held at SMA. The course was a bit like what I expected, just that at some points it got too technical. Overall it was still a fun course. Only 9 of us and I got to make some new friends too :D

Since there was a IT show at Suntec, King and I decided to go check it out. Although it was so packed that it got difficult to walk around, we still managed to got what we wanted. King got her laptop. I got my hard disc and also 2 sets of audio system for my sister and my room :D

How can I not fall in love with this player that is a radio, plus plays music from CD, ipod and thumbdrive?

Besides meeting up with forCE twice in the whole of March, nothing much happened. Maybe just that the month passed especially fast in the office since I was out like 3 days plus there was work to be done with reviews and financial closing.

Today is only the first day of April, let's see how fast this month will pass.

Maybe April is the starting month for a beautiful 2010 for me. Just the first day I got a call for an interview and a absolute gorgeous guy from Seattle just drop by the office. Haha. Okay the last part is a bit random but it's a fact that he's gorgeous =P

Alright this post is getting dumb.

Wait for the next update then. It might just be another post-dated post....

Crazy Items (2nd Trip to Taiwan)

2010-03-30T14:46:00.001+08:00

When you go on a trip with a different purpose in mind, the things that you buy back will be different too. I got to admit that this time there was quite a bit of redundant but since I love them all I don't mind. Haha.

Combined forces of Queen and myself (minus posters)

Poster that they gave out at the concert for fans who came from overseas:D

'Touch Your Heart' EP & MRT card given to fans as well :D

the 2 lovely posters which I brought :D

Posters which Queen bought

The key chain I happened to find by chance

The mug I bought but still can't bear to use

Besides buying things for myself, I also bought some stuff for my sister.

DVDs which she has been dying to get

Posters, photo, calendar and mug of her favourite

Besides buying things for my sister, of course Queen and I won't forget about dear RF

Besides all these, of course there is also the fabulous bread that made Queen and me went back a second time before we left.

white, fluffy and delicious bread :D

the chocolate bread which made us went back again

Out of so many things which I bought there was one which is really memorable.

Can guess what's in this 2 bags?

Yup, all these in that 2 bags

I bet the staff at Kinokuniya situated at Breeze Centre got a shock when I requested for 4 of Fahrenheit's photobook. But I got to clarify here. Only one book plus that magazine belong to me. I bought the other 3 books on other's behalf cause it was cheaper there.

I said that this items are the most memorable because after I bought all that Queen and I walked all the way back to our hotel from Breeze Centre. With a bag in each of our hands we walked at least 30 minutes.

Anyway, this trip to Taiwan was really nice. We got to enjoy the concert, enjoy the cool weather (minus the rain), enjoy the shopping for idols stuff and enjoy the food.

To end of, just 2 pictures of Taipei Arena which I took:)

2nd Trip to Taiwan (23 Oct - 27 Oct) - Part 5

2010-03-23T11:48:00.002+08:00

27 October 2009 - By the time we finish packing the night before, it was already almost 3am in the morning. And since it was the last night there we decided to chit-chat. So we only fell asleep at around 6am.

9 plus we woke up and refreshed ourselves as well as prepare for check-out. Since our flight is at 7:10pm we only need to be back to catch our bus to the airport at around 3:30pm.

Our first stop for the day was to Taipei City Hall again to get more of the delicious bread that we both liked and to walk around more.

After that short walk around, we took the train to Nanjing East to do some shopping around. Since there was a craving for chicken, we walked around looking for a place selling chicken cutlet.

But haha.... what we bought in the end wasn't cutlet, it was chicken pieces. At least it's easier to eat while walking.

With some help on the directions from the locals, we found Breeze Centre, the mall that we wanted to go.

Since most of the things sold in the mall are branded goods, all we did was simply walk around and to get the stuff I needed from Kinokuniya situated at the top floor of the building.

After getting the things, Queen and I each with 2 carriers in hand walked from the mall back to our hotel and prepare for our journey to the airport.

This marks the end of the 5 days 4 nights Taiwan concert trip.

Next post: Crazy items bought in Taiwan.

2nd Trip to Taiwan (23 Oct - 27 Oct) - Part 4

2010-03-22T14:20:00.010+08:00

26 October 2009 - After a very good rest to around noon, we decided to do some serious shopping. We took the train to Yong Chun Station in the hope of finding 五分鋪 so that we can look around.

Before we started our shopping, we decided to have our breakfast/lunch at one of the shops.

After lunch which was not really satisfying, we walked along the streets in the hope of finding our shopping place. But we just could not make our way there. So in the end we changed our plans and walked to Taipei 101 instead.

Random walking can sometimes prove to be good, cause we found something that we have wanted to look for when we reached the city!

What made us take note of this shop and want to visit that badly?

Reason below:

After eating the fries, we knew why it was so popular. Cause the fries is rather delicious. Even as I'm typing now and looking at the pictures it's making my mouth water.

Different flavours sold

After taking our snack, we walked over to Taipei 101. On display when we entered the mall was my favourite car.

Since there was nothing much we could buy in 101, we simply just took a walk in the mall before we walked over to the other side of Taipei City Hall to look for a bread shop which we wanted to go as well.

After we got what we wanted, we went to Eslite bookstore and roamed around for some good books or magazines. However we left empty-handed to our next destination, Ximending.

The minute we stepped onto the streets of Ximending, our attention was caught almost immediately by a shop. Although it was situated at the 2nd level but since they had posters pasted on the first floor, we decided to check it out.

When we stepped in, it was like heaven for us. It was a shop selling idols merchandise and there were like plenty of things available for the one we love.

We stayed in that shop for like an hour or so before we paid for the things we bought. But after seeing another poster on our way out we made our way back and stayed for like another 30 minutes.

Since it was already close to 8pm when we finally stepped out of the shop, I decided to get some food from a famous shop nearby.

Our original plan was to take a walk around Ximending then leave to shop and eat at the local night market. However there were just too many distractions at Ximending that we only managed to shop there before we return to our hotel at 10 plus.

Since it was already our last night there, we packed our luggage, took photos of the things we bought in that one night out at Ximending, ate the bread we bought and decided something.

We'll go back to the bread shop before our departure! Haha... One last part coming up and let's see if I can post pictures of whatever I bought there in that same part.

2nd Trip to Taiwan (23 Oct - 27 Oct) - Part 3

2010-03-15T17:23:00.000+08:00

25 October 2009 - Woke up at around 9 plus despite sleeping at around 1am the previous night. After having my breakfast provided at the hotel, I went back to the room and flipped through the channels.

Then took a nap and woke up again at around 1pm.

After showering and lazing around a bit more till around 4pm, Queen and I decided to roam around our hotel for a food place before we went for the concert.

After walking around for a while since most of the shops were like closed, we finally found a small eatery.

Our meals... It was quite nice

The big piece of chicken cutlet which came with Queen's meal

After we had our meals, there was still some time so we decided to do some mini handicraft.

Finished product :D

Our tickets for the second night was seating so it was quite comfortable for us. So we didn't have to get in so early since we are sure to get our seats.

Our seats that night wasn't that bad too. 6 rows away from the extended stage. So when the boys walked over to the extended stage we can get a good look at them :D

那晚的演唱會其實充滿了感動

尤其當calvin在最後的時候説道：只有四個，不管怎麽樣飛輪海永遠只有四個

還給了另外三人一個大大的擁抱

除此之外還有吳尊的一些話讓我想了很多

謝謝你們帶給我們的歡樂和感動！

Twenty-three

2010-03-03T13:15:00.000+08:00

Time flies.

That's the only 2 words that I can think of as I celebrate my birthday yesterday.

No special celebration this year but still many thanks to many of you who made me feel loved XD

1) Andy - Thanks for the advance greeting!

2) Jimmy - Thanks for the advance greeting too!

3) Queen Mama - The first message right on the dot. Hehe. Thanks darling! Love you!

4) Bernice - Thanks my dear friend for remembering the day even after so long :)

5) 小媽 - Hehe. Thanks for staying up to give me the birthday call! Love you! :D

6) Yuan Chan & Yuan Ling - Thanks my dearest cousins!

7) Shue Ting - Thanks girl! Let's meet up when you are back:D

8) Little Princess - Thanks my dearest baby sister! Knowing you has been one of my greatest joy too. Love you forever! Mucks!

9) Flora - Thanks:)

10) Iris - Thanks:)

11) Lay Wei - Although the time wasn't what you wanted but still thanks for making the effort :)

12) Little Prince - Thanks dear 小王子! When are you coming back again? Miss you and love you!

13) Chris - Thanks girl! Hope we can meet up soon :)

14) King Papa - Thanks dad!

15) Amalie - Thanks my dear friend :)

16) Lai Wang - Thanks:)

17) Adelene - Thanks:)

18) Summer - Thanks! Meet up soon :)

19) Felicia - Thanks :)

20) Kat - Meow meow, we stay so near but never meet up. Aiyo. Meet you for breakfast one of these days:) Thanks!

21) Val - Thanks:) Haven't seen you online for so long. Take care!

22) Kite - Thanks:)

23) Jowyn - Thanks:)

24) Pearly - Thanks:)

25) Joselle - Thanks:)

26) Sarah - Thanks girl! You are not too late in wishing me:) Hope to see you this year!

Thank you everyone above for making me feel loved on this special day! For those who I haven't met in ages, hope I can have time to meet all of you soon. Call or leave me a message and we'll arrange okay? :D

Although it was a happy day for me but I still can't help feeling a little bit down yesterday as the time draws closer to midnight. Haiz. Sometimes it's good not to hope too much. 希望越大，失望越大....

Don't ask why. Just leave it as it is....

Once again, thank you everyone!

A little birthday greeting here...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUEEN MAMA!!!! Welcome to the 2x club. Heeeee

2nd Trip to Taiwan (23 Oct - 27 Oct) - Part 2

2010-03-01T17:06:00.001+08:00

24 October 2009 - After a good night rest, we woke up early and had our breakfast at the hotel. After which we prepared ourselves and decided to go shopping around nearby since we had to be back pretty early.

At around 11am we reached our first shopping place.

When we got into the shopping centre, we were a little shock. Cause it was still early and we were like the first few customers there the staff all stood in a line and greeted us. We don't get this type of thing in Singapore after all.

Anyway, we shopped around at this shopping mall and the other shopping mall nearby too.

We also roamed around the streets along and discovered a cute stuff in the bakery shop.

We also took the train down to Taipei Main Station. At the main station we did a bit of shopping and I bought a pair of shoes before we went for our lunch at Pepper Lunch.

After our lunch we made our way back to our hotel and rested for a bit before we start on the main reason on why we were in Taiwan.

At first we wanted to set off at around 5pm but then haha... I fall asleep while watching the TV =P

Anyway when we walked over to the event venue Taipei Arena we were still able to get the goodies we wanted and even managed to take a couple of shots.

DANG DANG DANG.... OUR MAIN REASON FOR TRAVELING :D

It was the first night of Fahrenheit concert in Taipei. Since Queen and I knew about this concert we were already planning of going to give them our support. Everything was settled by June and what was left was for us to countdown to the day we see the guys in performance :D

Before I go on to our craziness for the night, just some pictures on the interior of the Taipei Arena.

Our standing place was rather good. Most of the time we got either of the boys right in front of us.

Taipei Arena doesn't allow us to take pictures inside but since the boys were right in front of us how can I not take any picture of them. Hehe =P

The boys did well for this concert. They were amazing and they never fail to interact with the audience. Although they sounded a bit weird but they still did well and worked hard for this.

All the long wait for the concert was all worth it after seeing them onstage. Even if my feet was in pain cause of the new shoes I brought but its okay cause seeing them is already enought :D

After the concert ended, Queen and I slowly made our way back to the hotel. While walking back we saw a bus pass right in front of Taipei Arena, and what got us excited was the picture on the body of the bus.

After we got back to the hotel, we were hungry since we didn't had dinner and didn't ate much for the whole day. So we decided to heat up the leftover pizza that we had from the other night.

But our hotel room has no microwave, so..... (see what we did and don't freak out =P)

Yup we used to hair dryer and tried to make the pizza bit warmer but erm.... apprantly we failed =P

Anyway, that was our first night at Fahrenheit concert in Taipei. Fun, exciting and also uncomfort to my feet cause I wore the new shoes I bought that day and had it bit on my feet terribly.

More to come in the next update :)

2nd Trip to Taiwan (23 Oct - 27 Oct) - Part 1

2010-02-23T12:42:00.002+08:00

Less than a year after my first visit to the country, I sat on the flight once again on 23 October 2009 and went to the beautiful place.

This time this trip is more than just a holiday. Actually I went there with a motive =P

There was a slight delay in the flight this time so by the time Queen and I landed in Taoyuan it was already like 7 plus.

We got ourselves a sandwich and a hot drink each then waited for the bus to take us from Taoyuan airport to Taipei City.

The traffic was rather bad so by the time we got to the city and found our hotel it was already like 9pm.

This time our hotel was located in not a really popular spot. It was at Nanjing East Road which is quite near the Taipei Arena which was the main reason that brought us there.

The both of us checked into the hotel and check out our room.

After taking a short rest, we decided to roam around near our hotel. However it was really pretty late and quite close to closing time so there wasn't much place for us to shop around.

So we decided to get our late dinner from Pizza Hut and head back to the hotel for some TV.

If you think the both of us finished the two pizzas then you are wrong. We couldn't finish it and let's see what crazy things we did to the pizza the next day =P

Our first night in Taiwan was kinda simple. Nothing much and nothing exciting but we just can't wait for the next day.

Our main reason that brought us both to Taiwan......

Happy Tiger Year!

2010-02-13T23:20:00.000+08:00

A whole new year on the lunar calendar.

Do I feel anything special this year? Hmmm... Maybe not.

I never really feel anything special for the lunar new year.

Anyway, some cleaning still got to be done. Some changes done to the room as well.

Since there are changes done to the wall, I did a little addition to my dressing table too.

Some more things were added after that but this photo was taken yesterday so any new addition will only be updated in the next entry.... That is if I do update my blog tomorrow night =P

There's still 40 minutes to midnight but I'll wish everyone a Happy Tiger Year and Happy Valentine's Day first :D

14 Blades

2010-01-29T16:10:00.000+08:00

On Wednesday, I specially left work slightly earlier because of a date. A date to watch the super sneak of '14 Blades' with Queen and Little Princess.

The movie was scheduled to start at 7:15pm so when I reached Tiong Bahru at around 6:30pm I went to had my dinner first.

After dinner we collected our goodie bags from the counter set up in the cinema.

Then we went to purchase the popcorn combo which the cinema has came up with cause they had the main characters of the movie printed on the box.

the side that we are more concerned about. Minus the guy on the right of the box =P

I think the movie started later than it was supposed to. Well it is GV so what do you think?

The first half of the movie I was just slopping in my seat and munching on the popcorn. Actually the movie isn't that bad but well we only had a main aim in going to watch that so yeah.

Finally like an hour into the show, our reason for watching the show appeared! Haha...

I expected to hear like squeals in the cinema but unexpectedly there was none. Well, maybe cause half the crowd was older that's why. Anyway really got to praise Chun in the movie.

He is definitely not someone with just looks and bod. His fighting scenes in the movie was really good. No wonder even Donnie Yen praises him for his fighting skills. He might not have learnt marital arts since young but because he is willing to put in the effort to learn so he deserves the praises.

I can't wait to watch this movie again 2 weeks later when Little Prince come back for Chinese New Year. Let's go oogle at this wonderful guy again! =P

“史上最帅的土匪” - 天鷹幫幫主，大漠判官！

Star studded Sunday

2010-01-26T15:45:00.004+08:00

On Friday, heard that a certain hot and handsome guy from Taiwan was coming to town for a roadshow event on Sunday so Queen, Little Precious and I made an appointment to go to Iluma to see him.

Let's warmly welcome....

Godfrey Tsao （高以翔）!

Man, this guy is totally hot.

Since it was a roadshow event there wasn't many fans so the spot we got was really good. Not much pushing and most importantly was that we got a great view.

No other words is needed to describe. Just look at the photos.

Which lucky fan managed to pass him his/her camera and let him take a self-picture of himself?

60 lucky fans were allowed to have their picture taken with him. Since we weren't the lucky 60 so I just took pictures of his expression when he had his photos taken =P

After he finished the photo taking there was still a bit of time left, so the male host of the event who was very nice let Godfrey had a mini autograph session by the side of the stage for him to sign on his photobook which was released earlier.

The only bad thing was they didn't prepare any chairs for him as the autograph session was decided last minute.

When we heard that there will be a mini autograph session, I forgot who started it but we decided to each get a book so as to get nearer to him. So Queen took her wallet and made her way to Kino to get the books while Little Precious and I lingered around.

When Queen was away the host asked questions about the product and gave away Godfrey's autographed photographs. Little Precious and I managed to get one each :D

After the meeting of Godfrey, we roamed around Bugis and took like endless pictures of the 14 Blades posters.

There has been so many news and trailers about this movie that I just can't wait to watch it! At least there is a sneak preview tomorrow night to satisfy me. Haha.

Just before we were about to leave we decided to go k-po a bit about Eason Chen who was having an autograph session at Bugis.

All I can say is that Eason Chen is really the one of the King in Canto/Chinese Pop. His live singing is just wow.

Seriously I don't know what the hack I'm blogging about now. My mind is not thinking at all.

Anyway, just enjoy the pictures. Those posted here are just the selected few.

Countdown to 14 Blades.....

1 DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Prince's Send Off

2010-01-22T13:10:00.000+08:00

Our dear prince left for Australia last night......

Sneaked out of the office at 5pm sharp and made my way to Bishan Interchange to meet King. However I was stuck at the bus-stop for half an hour before the stupid bus came. Due to the wait the next journey was delayed.

Finally we managed to board 53 at 5:55pm and started our journey from Bishan to Changi Airport Terminal 1.

The journey to the airport was super long and not to mention that it stopped ever so often at the bus-stops and traffic lights. Haiz...

Finally managed to reach the airport at like 7:15pm. The minute King and I alighted the bus we ran all the way to the departure hall.

Although we didn't get much time to talk cause we arrived late but at least we got the chance to show her the farewell video that we had recorded and compiled by King.

As we have guessed, she cried. As I have expected, I teared.

Little Prince, although you are going to come back in like 2 weeks time for Chinese New Year but we'll still miss you these 2 weeks.

Awaiting the day to watch '14 Blades' with you!

forCE loves you! Mucks!

Total Piss Off

2010-01-22T11:20:00.002+08:00

Totally totally feel so fucking piss off right now!

Why is it that I find it more and more difficult to talk to you? Maybe that should just be the end.

This is not the first time seriously.

If you think I have changed, I just want to say. I'm not the only one. I also feel that you have changed.........

2010

2010-01-07T11:22:00.002+08:00

7 days into the new year and I'm like finally here to blog about it =P

What to do since I was away until like 3 days ago? And work is like all crushing down since we were off work for 11 days.

2010 2010 2010.....

Since the last month of 2009 I already have a feeling that this year will be a great year! Indeed, these 7 days have been really really good. So far its all the good news that is coming in. Just maybe for one that is not that happy for me. But we'll see how.

2009 past by fast but it wasn't an easy year to get by. Lots of things happened but I'm glad all of us get through it.

A whole new year is here and we are all looking forward to it.

May 2010 be a great year for everyone of you out there!

Maybe just a few new year resolution before I end this

1) Get my driving license this year --- this is a MUST!

2) RF trip come true --- this is also a MUST! (can't wait for that 2 weeks already :D)

3) Get a new job --- I'm sick and tired of admin job. Totally.

Lastly, a Happy 2010 to all of you!

Hit Awards, S.H.E events and Family Gathering

2009-11-25T16:39:00.001+08:00

It was a tiring weekend for me at the first weekend of this month.

The reason behind the tiredness was because of the lack of sleep and endless rushing for time.

Although the company off-day on 6 Oct, Friday was cancelled I still took half-day.

That day was a total rush for me.

After ending work, I took an hour bus ride to Jurong West for my organ lesson. After that I rushed down to ION to meet up with Little Prince and Little Princess who were already at OSIM press conference and have a good standing spot.

However no matter how I rushed I only managed to get to ION at 4pm, which was the scheduled start time for the press conference due to traffic jam and the bus moving so slowly. Luckily in the end the press conference was delayed and only started at around 5pm so I didn't miss out anything at all.

Press conference is seriously the best thing ever. There are just too many things for you to pick up and yy. Hehe....

After the half an hour press conference, the three of us made our way down to Kallang for the Singapore Hits Awards.

Initially it was just Little Prince and me but Little Princess' friends had extra tickets and they asked her along so the three of us went together. Since there was still a little time left we went to Little Prince's house which is nearby to dump out the photos she has taken at ION from the camera to her laptop.

We got to Singapore Indoor Stadium close to 7:30pm and quickly got in to settle down. Our seats wasn't that bad after all the stage was just right in front of us XD

Throughout the show we were basically just shouting non-stop. When pictures of the nominees came on we start shouting.

Overall the performance of the artistes were really good. Lala 徐嘉瑩 never fails to amaze me when she performed 《失落沙洲》 and 《身騎白馬》. It was really really good. Love her vocals!

Jam Hsiao 蕭敬騰 is just too cute to be missed. Of course his life performance that night was great too.

Mayday was a slight disappointment cause they lowered the key of the songs they performed. But nonetheless, they managed to get everyone present high!

S.H.E totally rocks! That night was like their concert night, the only difference was that they only sang 4 songs. Darn! I can't wait to see their concert happening right here in Singapore!

The whole award ceremony was only supposed to be from like 7:30pm to 10:30pm however everything went out of schedule. The program didn't start until around 8:30pm so the whole show ended at close to 12am.

Luckily there was a late night chartered bus service which takes us to different spots in Singapore so my sister and I took the bus to Jurong East and cab home.

By the time we got home it was already 1 plus in the morning and by the time we cleared everything and went to bed it was nearly 2am. However that still did not stop me from waking up early the next day.

Well, actually it did stop me. I was supposed to be out of bed at 4:40am but I only woke up at 5:10am when my mum came to wake me up =P

After showering and a quick breakfast, I took the direct bus to Causeway Point. I thought I would like fall asleep during the bus ride or while waiting but surprisingly I didn't.

Anyway, the whole arrangement at the venue sucks badly.

A lot of people were there early some in fact queued overnight bacause it was announced previously that S.H.E would only be signing for 1500 people. However because the space in the mall was filled with the products S.H.E endorsed we were not able to get in. All of us just waited outside until they start autographing then were we able to move into the mall slowly.

Since S.H.E had to rush for a flight the autograph session went by very fast. They basically just signed on the items that we brought up, looked up to smile at us, say thanks and zoom, we were gone.

Little Prince, Little Princess and I stayed around until the trio left since it was like kinda early and we had nothing to do plus they were signing pretty fast so it was like they would finish everything up soon.

As expected, the whole event ended at around 3 plus or 4. Consider fast for an autograph session.

Since my mum and sister were there too, I left with them to my grandmother's place to celebrate my grandmother's birthday. And since Little Prince and Little Princess were going the same way too, we travelled together.

My feet was literally in pain as we walked from the MRT station to my grandmother's place. The shoes were biting into my skin and it hurts like hell.

The first thing I did when I got to my grandmother's place was to get out of my shoes and gave my feet some breathing space.

After some lazing around, I accompanied my mum and aunts to the bakery nearby to get some more snacks.

It wasn't exactly a big party. Just everyone of the family gathered at my grandmother's house, had buffet, talked and laughed.

Mum and aunt arranging my favourite food =D

additional food we brought back from the bakery

this is what I call nice and delicious egg tarts! love it!

the pineapple tart that my mum bought home from that bakery is nice too :D

the place that sells egg tarts that i love~~~~~~~~~

That night there was the tv telecast of the Hit Awards held the previous night so some of my cousins together with my sister and I, we stayed in my aunt's room and watched the tv.

Throughout the whole show, I was feeling quite tired and bored cause they edited out a lot of the funny/interesting that happened during the award ceremony. However something appeared on the screen and made me scream!

Our CE board appeared!!!!

Man, that was the happiest thing I felt for that night. But I scared my cousins and one of my aunts who happened to be in the room at that time =P

After the program ended, all of us left for home family by family. Before ending the post, just some pictures taken that day.

picture perfect... almost. Grandma with her grandchildren and great grandchildren :D

A goodbye kiss from my cousin's pretty daughter. Mucks!

Lastly, since it's grandma's birthday so as the most loved granddaughter that she looked after since I was young, it's only right that I post a picture that I took with her that day :D

Second Night of Fun

2009-10-26T00:57:00.002+08:00

The second night.

All I can say is that although we were sitting but the fun was nonetheless there.

有開心、有感動
只應為你們

謝謝你們帶給我們的一切

As usual will only give the updates when I get back

First Night of Concert

2009-10-25T00:44:00.002+08:00

Seriously the guys rocks!

The concert was awesome and I just can't wait for tomorrow.

Why can't I get the VIP standing for tomorrow????

I want VIP standing!!!!

2nd Trip to Taiwan

2009-10-25T00:30:00.003+08:00

Finally reached our hotel in Taipei last night at around 9pm after sitting hours on the flight and the bus.

The hotel was so much better than what I expected. The whole place was really comfy.
Didn't do much last night since it was already late when we reached so we just walked around nearby and brought pizza back to the room to eat. Although we had sandwich and hot drinks as soon as we got off the plane but after hours we were just simply too hungry =P

Full encounter to come when I get back :D

失落？

2009-10-22T13:24:00.003+08:00

坦白說

我已經習慣了每個星期二和你在巴士上遇見了

剛過的星期二沒和你遇見

後來整個人的心情就怪怪的

第二天的心情也不是很好

昨天的偶遇有點讓人以外

但卻讓我開心起來了

至少這個星期還是有和你遇見

分開前的時候

你說“看我們星期五會不會再遇到”

聽到那一刻的心情有點難形容

無論如何

還是期待着下次的相遇。。。

In Taiwan (Last part)

2009-10-22T12:04:00.002+08:00

1 January 2009 --- The last day of the trip...

Since I only managed to like sleep at 2am in the morning the night before, for the first time since the trip I woke up at 10am.

After washing up and doing the packing up Sarah and I decided to roam around Ximending for a bit before I have to leave for the airport.

While walking I decided to take a picture of this big dog:

Since the first day I arrived I already saw this dog sitting outside the shop. All I can say that this dog is really obedient. It doesn't bark or move around. All it does is stay outside the shop or sometimes it will just lie down.

After some walking we walked into Yoshinoya to have our lunch.

We sat there for a couple of hours and chatted over tea. At around 2 plus we made our way back to the hotel for me to get my luggage and wait for the bus to take me to the airport.

To end the whole trip off, let's just see some random pictures taken on the bus :)

Finally, finally, finally!!!

Finally all post of my Taiwan trip are all done! Phew....

To end this off, I'll drop another bomb....

I AM FLYING TO TAIWAN TOMORROW!!!!

YAY!!!! 5 days of fun!!!

Missing you

2009-10-20T16:50:00.001+08:00

20102007 --- The day we lost you forever.....

It has been 2 years since the day you left us. Sometimes I still wonder.

Why did God decide to bring you back beside him so soon?

Is it because he loves you more than all of us so he wants you back by his side?

Maybe that's the reason why

When we went to visit you on Saturday and saw how C cry her heart out again I just can't stop the tears from flowing.

I believe that you know that we all miss you and I believe that you would never want us to cry or feel sad over your departure. But sometimes.... we just can't help it....

My dear friend, all I can say now is.... we still miss you.

RIP.....................................

In Taiwan (Part 7)

2009-10-20T15:10:00.000+08:00

31 December 2008 --- The last day of 2008 and a long long long day for me.

Woke up early once again and after refreshing ourselves, Jowyn and I packed our luggage and prepare to move again.

We pulled our luggage along the already busy ShiLin streets and boarded the train to Ximending where our hotel is located. Since we were early for the check-in, we left our luggage at the counter and went off to start our day.

The first thing we did was to made our way to National Chengchi University (政大) where Sarah was studying at to take a look around her school. Since we haven't had breakfast, after meeting up with Sarah at the entrance of her school, we went to have our breakfast.

yup, it's riceball again but this time its healthier cause of the rice used

After breakfast, we went to the supermart located in the school and in there we got a few surprises as there were a lot of drinks endorsed by S.H.E and Fahrenheit sold there.

Since we could not bring everything back, we took pictures of some of the bottles.

After getting the things we needed from the supermart, we walked back to Sarah's hostel and waited while she got the things she needed for the day.

After which we made our way to Mirama to take the famous ferris wheel and enjoy the view of the rainy day up in the booth.

the mini round-a-bout beside the ferris wheel

After we finish our ride on the ferris wheel, we made our way to have desert at a very famous ice-cream palour.

with my favourite Reese chocolate in it :D yum yum

After the delicious and satisfying desert, Sarah and I made our way to Taipei Main Station while Jowyn went back to the hotel to collect her luggage and met up with her friend.

It was still early when Sarah and I arrived at the Taipei Main Station so we decided to shop around at Eslite Bookstore and Taipei 101.

failed attempt at getting a picture of me with the 101 =P

love this picture the most but the colour seems weird

Every year at the City Hall of Taipei there is a big countdown party. I was fortunate to be part of the crowd to witness the beautiful lightings, concert and wonderful fireworks last year.

I was supposed to post pictures of the concert but I'm simply too lazy so I'll skip that. I'll just roughly recap who were the artistes who performed that night.

Sodagreen（蘇打綠）, S.H.E, Da Mouth（大嘴巴）, A-mei（張惠妹）, Mayday（五月天）. I believe there was somemore but pardon my memory=P

That night was definitely memorable. Standing in the cold night from 7pm to around 2am. After that we walked a long way to the train station and squeezed to get into the train. A night like this, how can I ever forget about it?

Maybe to end off on a good note, I'll post pictures of the beautiful 101 that night:

In Taiwan (Part 6)

2009-10-13T12:13:00.000+08:00

30 December 2008 - Woke up early once again and started preparing for our day's activities.

After meeting up with Sarah at our hotel and getting our breakfast of rice ball from a nearby stall at ShinLin Metro Station. After which we boarded the bus and headed for the National Palace Museum. The weather that day wasn't exactly good. It was raining since morning but luckily it wasn't heavy.We ate our rice balls outside the National Palace Museum and after that started touring around the place.

if I remembered correctly this was the sweet rice ball so there were peanuts in it

The place was so big and had so many exhibiton halls that it took us a couple of hours to finish. Quite a number of exhibits were interesting but too bad that we weren't allow to take any photos in the museum. However we still made use of the beautiful sceneries and took some photos.

the photo-taking skills of this person is really .....

this photo of us was like the best taken cause the Japanese who help us took it has really good skills =)

a unique looking trash can found at the museum grounds

By the time we got back to ShiLin Metro Station it was about time for lunch so we decided to make our way down to PS Bubu Restaurant which is located in Tianmu for our lunch. Although this is another theme restaurant but the food is much nicer than the one served at Modern Toilet Restaurant =P

can guess what theme restaurant it is already?

the car plates of different cities were used to decorate the restaurant

the little pink car that we sat in

the food was nice....

a pleasant surprise we got at the restaurant

It was still raining by the time we finish lunch but that still didn't spoil our mood. We, well actually only me decided to do something crazy. I got Sarah to take us to HIM main office.

Hehe... Since the record company was the only office on the whole level we didn't really know what to do except to just roam around looking at the posters which they had stick outside. After going to the loo, I decided that since we are there I might as well go ask if they were selling the S.H.E dolls. However, they gave me a negative answer.

Since there was nothing much we could do there, we exited the building and slowed walked in the rain to the Taipei Arena which was nearby.

Upon arriving at Taipei Arena we sat down at Starbucks to have a cup of coffee and rest at the same time.

After some rest, we walked to Sogo where I got some 太陽餅 for my family. Seriously the 太陽餅 was great. The taste and everything was really nice.

Then we took the train and went to do some shopping. After getting the shirt that my sister wanted me to help her get we decided to explore ShiDa Night Market (師大夜市).

Since we were there at around 6plus we had our dinner too.

The food was just alright so after some more walking we went to a shop which Sarah recommends to have our desert.

i love the vandalism on the glass

yummy yummy!

This marks the end of the day we spent in Taipei.

If I'm not wrong there is just another 2 posts to end this all. Hopefully I can end this next week =P

想太多

2009-10-07T16:52:00.003+08:00

腦子裏又開始有些奇怪的想法了
每次和你說完話心裏和腦子裏都會不自覺地有很多奇怪的心情和想法

就拿昨天來説吧
昨天又意外的遇見了

你說你覺得我們每個星期二都會遇見吧
那時我心裏的OS是：我也希望它成真

在回家的路上
聊起了以前一起工作過的同事
你卻説你不記得了
當時我就在想：那你怎麽記得我啊？

你的下一句話説真的讓我開始想很多
你說我曾經幫過你很多所以你記得我

但老實說我曾經幫過你嗎？
怎麽在我記憶裏沒有這麽一段啊？
無論如何你的那一句話已經在我心裏起了不小的騷動
不用説也讓我開始想很多

這次的相遇悸動少了很多
但卻還是會在心裏留下小小的位置
因爲想起了昨天的一些白癡事

不知不覺開始在期盼下星期和你再次遇見。。。。。

The Weekend

2009-10-07T09:42:00.005+08:00

The weeks have been getting more and more boring, that's why there isn't much update here. Since I went out last Saturday might as well give a short update.

Met up with Rongyi at Ang Mo Kio last Saturday and passed her the project Royal Force had done. After that took the train with King and went to Bukit Gombak to collect the DBSK stuffs that she had ordered online.

Since King made a long way down all the way from the east to the west, we decided to like roam around. Inital plan was to go down to IMM but since queen can't be spotted there we changed plans and went to Lot 1 for lunch while waiting for Queen to arrive.

In the end King and I ended up slacking the rest of the day at Queen's house cause she got guests and couldn't come out so we went over.

Did nothing for the rest of the day except going gaga over DBSK photobook and lazing around.

In Taiwan (Part 5)

2009-10-07T09:38:00.002+08:00

29 December --- Jowyn and I woke up at around 7am that day. We bathed, packed our things and left the luggage at the reception. Then we took the shuttle bus from opposite our hotel to National Chi Nan University which was where Hana Kimi was filmed.

a picture showing our hotel amidst the other shops along the road

We met up with Jowyn's friend who is a student there. She brought us to the canteen where we got our breakfast. Then we went to the library after that so that she could tell us where to explore while she went off to settle some work.

We spent some time in the library after Jowyn's friend went for work. After exploring the library we started on our tour around the school to look at the shooting places of Hana Kimi.

random shots of the library and structure while waiting

the skies on the mountains

logo of the school printed on the book racks and chairs

view from the library

familiar places in the school which appeared in the drama

the canteen of the school

guess which one appeared in the drama

the hotstels which appeared in the drama was filmed in the woman dormitory.....

the post box which is located just outside the woman domitory

familiar views of the hostel area

walkway leading to the hostel

At around 12:30pm or close to 1pm we made our way out of the school and back to our hotel.

However after we alighted we went to a warehouse situated nearby another bought quite a lot of local products. Hehe... Since Puli is famous for its wine, the whole warehouse sold products made of wine. There were wine sausages, wine chocolates, wine biscuits, etc. The surprising thing with wine was ice-cream and it was nice. We bought a lot of food stuff there back as well.

the wine peanut ice-cream I had tasted like the normal ice-cream

Initially Jowyn wanted to go to Sun Moon Lake with her friend while I made my way back to Taipei however it was raining so they decided to drop the plan. Hence Jowyn and I went to the bus station to catch an afternoon bus back from Puli to Taipei.

The bus journey was so long that I spent like half the journey sleeping. We only managed to get to Taipei Main Station at 7:30pm after like 4 hours of bus ride.

Since going back to Taipei that early was like kinda unexpected, we nearly could not get a hotel. Luckily Jowyn's friend managed to help us find one in ShiLin Night Market and Sarah was there to meet us at Taipei Main Station to bring us to the hotel. Luckily we had her to help us because it definitely helped us to find the hotel faster.

After setting our luggage and relieving ourselves we took the train and went to Ximending because we wanted to go to the Modern Toilet Restaurant situated there to give it a try and of course to have our late dinner.

signboard of the restaurant

P/S: The shirt beside the signboard looks nice =P

decorations at the entrance of the restaurant

decorations of each table

our table number

my gold seat =P

packaging of the utensils

the appetitizer which was a bowl of soup that I can't remember what it was =P

the cup of tea that I had. I know what it looks like so don't comment.....

baked rice to fill the hungry stomach

desert of ice-cream to end off the meal although it didn't taste really nice

The overall atmostphere of the restaurant was rather good but the food was just alright only. I wouldn't really recommend that you go there for the food but if you want the ambience or see how is it like then it is fine.

After having our dinner we shopped around in Ximending for a bit before we bid goodbye. Since our hotel was in ShiLin Night Market, Jowyn and I took the chance to shop a bit before heading back to rest.

This post is already so backdated. Haiz... There's still about 3 more posts to ending this Taiwan trip so bear with it =P

再次心動

2009-09-30T15:13:00.001+08:00

心再次不平靜了

昨天的一場偶遇
你的一則短訊
你的一句 “just like old times”
你的所有小舉動
忽然讓我有了怦然心跳的感覺

如果你沒說起我也忘了三年就這樣不知不覺地過了
我們也似乎三年不曾真的見面或好好地談過話
但還是很開心當我們再次碰面的時候，你還是和我分享了一些你的近況
真的很謝謝你
謝謝你還把我當成朋友
私心地希望你的那個bus-stop理論不會有一天發生在我們的身上

下次再見面不知道會是什麽時候、什麽樣的狀況下
但我還是希望我們還會像昨天一樣聊天
下次再見的時候，我的心可能還會繼續不平靜吧

5 Days Break

2009-09-23T13:55:00.000+08:00

Well, it wasn't exactly a break I guess.

Woke up early on Friday and went quite a few places with my mum and sister. After breakfast at my favourite duck noodle store and settling some work, we went to CPF board and bank to settle some issues. Seriously the attitude of the staff at CPF board sucks to the core.

After settling all these little stuff we walked over to IMM and shopped around. Now I'm in a dilemma again about the stuff that I should get. Haiz... Sometimes too many options are not good too =P

Saturday was a long day but it was fun!

After organ lesson, met up with Force minus King and Queen who were busy with Raya preparation to work on our project. Compared to the major project we did the last time, this time it is much more easier.

We sat at Tiong Bahru Burger King for around 7 hours and was not chased away. Haha... The most important thing was that we did not buy anything from there =P

Had a gathering with my primary school friends on Sunday. Although it wasn't a big group but just 6 of us but it was still nice to see them. This gathering was a bit earlier than the annual gathering because Shue Ting will be leaving for UK for a year to get her Masters. Well, actually she already left for UK yesterday.

Masters.... Haiz... That seems so far away from me for now.

Went grocery shopping with mum and sister again on Monday and ended up buying a lot of snacks. Hehe... So now my house if like loaded with junk food =P

Tuesday was slightly better. After going to Lot 1 with my sister to get something and walk around for a bit. After lunching at home, I walked over to Queen's home to let her do her part for our project.

5 days of break did not really seems like break to me but at least it wasn't that stressful =D

亂了

2009-09-21T23:44:00.002+08:00

原本以爲平靜的心已經不會再動搖
但看見你的背影的那一刻，事實感覺上並不是如此
心裏似乎都亂了
也許對你我的心永遠和不會平靜吧
未來是否會改變我不知道
現在我只能說我喜歡我的生活、喜歡偶爾看見你后的心跳感覺

Mixed Feelings

2009-09-10T08:11:00.007+08:00

I'm sitting at my desk in the office now and having mixed feelings.

Every morning is suppose to be a brand new day to look forward to but now I just feel so down.

I guess I just need to sort out my feelings for now. Let's hope that after this little venting only the happy things will stay in mind...

Sad things first...

9 September 09, 090909, it may seems to be the most beautiful day ever but to some it may not be the case.

Queen dear, like what I said in my sms. We might not know how to console you but you know that when you need someone we will be there for you. Lend you a listening ear or a shoulder we'll always be there.

At 7 plus in the morning, I was tearing silently at my desk in front of the computer. Not for anything but over the little blog post Chun posted at Fahrenciti.

I don't want to elaborate on what is written or my feelings because I know I'll tear again after that.

Alright, now let sadness be gone and happiness arrive.

10 September, a totally brand new day.

A day to celebrate because it's 小王子's birthday!

On Tuesday (8 September) after work I immediately rushed to Central to meet King and Little Princess to do some final touch-ups to our gift to Little Prince. Throughout the touch-up process Little Precious was like sms-ing us to check on how we are doing and how we should go about giving Little Prince her surprise.

It wasn't really easy cause we were like trying to make them avoid Starbucks where we were doing the touch-up and also thinking of where we could go to have the surprise.

At around 7pm after we were done we ran over to the riverside of Singapore River to get ready the cake and of course our surprise.

Pictures for that day's surprise will be released later. For now, just a picture of our present to Little Prince.

I guess that shall mark the end of my post.

However before ending of course there are still things to be said.

That is.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 小王子!!!

Mayday Rocks!

2009-09-04T09:40:00.000+08:00

This is seriously what I think and feel after I stepped out of Singapore Indoor Stadium on just after midnight on 30 August 2009.

If you think that they only sang past midnight on the first night of the concert which was Friday then you are wrong big time because they sang one more song on Saturday in addition to the numbers sung on Friday. Now that's where I got to praise Mayday now.

In Jan or Feb the Saturday tickets were opened for pre-order and within like a month all 8,000 tickets were snatched up so they opened another show on Friday for those who wanted to go but couldn't get the pre-order tickets in June. Knowing that all those that pre-order the tickets are loyal fans, they decided to sing an additional song. From what I heard the show on Saturday was more high than the one on Friday. Haha... At least I didn't waste nearly 200 bucks on a useless show!

The concert started at 8:30pm on 29 August and for the next 4 hours it was full blast of music and visual entertainment. Well, since I watched their concert last year as well, I couldn't help doing some comparison.

The visual last year was definitely much better. However I wouldn't say that this year isn't good as well. There were 3D effects and laser were used, so it wasn't that bad too.

The numbers that they sung were also great! Almost all they songs they sang were hit songs and the audience were all able to sing along.

Although we bought the tickets very early and had to go through a lot of procedures to get our seats but I'm still glad cause we got good seats and I got to say really good. We were seated at row 17, it may seems far but actually it's not that far. Plus my sister and I got the first and second seat of that row so we were like super near to the extended stage. All I had to do was cross a big step and there I'm near the stage =D

Overall I would really say that the concert was great! At least Ah Shin never fail to disappoint me this time after lip-synching at Taipei countdown party last year. Lol! Seriously although I am not a huge Mayday fan but some of their songs still touch my heart.

If someone is to ask me, "Is Mayday's DNA World Tour worth the money and time?" I would definitely say YES! If I could I really want to go Taiwan and watch their concert cause I got a feeling that it will definitely be more high.

Man, I'm already starting to miss the concert and damn I really got the urge to go Taiwan to watch their concert. Dang.

Pictures of the concert might be posted. That is if I have the energy to go look through the photos and do some watermark =P

In Taiwan (Part 4)

2009-08-31T10:29:00.000+08:00

28 December 2008 --- Another early day. We woke up at around 7am, changed then had our breakfast at the hotel.

But before continuing further, let's have 2 shots of the view outside from our hotel room.

After breakfast we took the train to the bus area to catch a bus to our next destination, Kenting.

Sarah had something back in the North so she went back to Taipei while the three of us proceeded on.

It was a long bus ride of 4 hours to Kenting. On the way it was rather boring so I had my mp3 on and took random shots of the scenery.

the interior of the bus we took

i love the way the clouds look

Pingtung police station

Upon reaching Kenting, we roamed the stretch of road as we decided which place to have our lunch in.

Well, before we found a place we spotted something. Hehe... Let's scroll and see what it is.

the shops lining along Kenting

can you spot who is in there?

i guess this is so much clearer. hehe... see the lady in grey? that's our ever pretty... ELLA!!!

the restaurant where Ella's photo was found

After lunch, we walked to a nearby beach and took some photos.

too bad I didn’t bring additional clothing, if not I would have taken a ride on that

Then we bought souvenirs and local products from Kenting before we took a bus at 3pm back to Kaohsiung. Since it was another four hours back I slept on the bus while listening to my mp3.

After we reached Kaohsiung at around 6pm or so, we immediately rushed to our hotel to get our luggages so that we could catch the bus from Kaohsiung to Puli which was near Taichung.

When we reached the bus station to buy the tickets the person said that we would have to wait until 7:30pm for the direct bus to Puli, if we were to take the earlier one we would have to change buses. So we decided to take the later one and went for dinner while waiting.

my dinner of beef noodles with coke and braised tofu

After dinner we went back to the bus station and waited for the bus to arrive. At 7:30pm sharp the bus arrived, we loaded our luggage into the baggage area then sat comfortably in the bus for the long ride. Once we got on the bus, I plugged in my mp3 and listened to the music as the driver drove us off. Somewhere along the journey I fell asleep, when I woke up it was raining outside.

I watched a bit of the TV programme which was playing in the car before I dozed off again. On and off I messaged Sarah to arrange meeting time with her and also on where to go when I get back to Taipei the next day. Somewhere around 10pm I was fully awake. I sat in my seat, listened to the music and watched as it rained outside.

At 12am, we finally reached our destination, Puli. Luckily the room was booked by a friend of Jowyn's friend and the landlady was nice enough to wait up for us. We immediately check-in and settled down, took our showers and turn in.

Our next day adventure will be coming up soon!

P.S. I decided to finish all the blog entries of my very first trip out of the country. Although it was like more than half a year back but still have that it is enjoying enough to follow my trip to Taiwan =)

The Funniest Thing Today

2009-08-27T15:17:00.002+08:00

小王子，我愛死你了！！！

Thanks for cheering me up. That line really made me laughed.

你以爲你黑了不起哦，小心吃巧克力的時候咬到手指

I'm still laughing as I typed that line out =P

七夕情人節

2009-08-26T16:18:00.001+08:00

Unknowingly it's Chinese Valentines' Day today. Woah.

Like it is any of my business.

Haha... I'm just bored at work so just drop by.

Anyway,

HAPPY CHINESE VALENTINES' DAY!

好想談戀愛！！！

2009-08-24T11:50:00.000+08:00

The feeling of wanting to get a boyfriend has been getting stronger these couple of months. Don't ask me why cause I don't have an answer as well.

All I can is that maybe I have been reading too many romance novels these days or just I am getting older and feel that it is about time to find someone to start dating. Whatever it is I just feel like dating now!

Recently the image of a certain someone has been invading my mind. Suddenly a lot of memories just start popping into my head. Words that he had said, things that he had done, songs that he likes, etc. Maybe walking through the same stretch of route which we had walked through before make me miss him more. Guess I'm just going crazy.

最怕空气突然安静

最怕朋友突然的关心

最怕回忆突然翻滚

绞痛着不平息

最怕突然听到你的消息

想念如果会有声音

不愿那是悲伤的哭泣

事到如今

终於让自已属於我自已

只剩眼泪还骗不过自己

突然好想你

你会在哪里

过的快乐或委屈

突然好想你

突然锋利的回忆

突然模糊的眼睛

我们像一首最美丽的歌曲

变成两部悲伤的电影

为什麽你

带我走过最难忘的旅行

然后留下最痛的纪念品

我们那麽甜那麽美

那麽相信

那麽疯那麽热烈的曾经

为何我们

还是要奔向各自的幸福

和遗憾中老去

突然好想你

你会在哪里

过的快乐或委屈

突然好想你

突然锋利的回忆

突然模糊的眼睛

最怕空气突然安静

最怕朋友突然的关心

最怕回忆突然翻滚

绞痛着不平息

最怕突然听到你的消息

最怕此生已经决定自己过

没有你却又突然

听到你的消息

No one will ever know who your Mr. Right will be until he appears. Same for me. The image of him might be in my mind but I'll never know if he is the right person for me.

Whatever it is... I just got the strong urge to fall in love. Haiz... Like it is that easy to find someone....

It's Over

2009-08-12T22:11:00.002+08:00

Haiz. In 30 minutes or so, the exam is over. Seriously I have a really strong feeling that I won't be able to make it this time.

Well, I admit I didn't put in a lot of effort for it. I was literally shivering when I sat in front of the organ. I don't know what went wrong. Just this morning I was practicing and everything seemed fine.

Damn.. I really feel like scolding vulgarities.

朋友

2009-08-05T22:30:00.003+08:00

我覺得每人都應該在每個階段擁有一些好朋友---因為每個階段經歷的事情都太多，不管它是美好或是悲傷，都應該又一些人陪你分享，陪你經過，甚至幫你一起記住。
如果那群人，還不只陪你一個階段，還持續陪你進入下一個階段，那就不只是「應該」，還是你很大的福氣歐!

昨天當我讀到這段文字時我哭了。。。

從大概4年前吧，媽媽就告訴我。真正的好朋友會陪在你身邊一輩子的。
我一直很慶幸自己找到了真正能陪我一輩子的好朋友
但這兩年我覺得我們的距離越來越遠了

是因爲長大了，想要的東西不同了
還是因爲我們都因爲交到了新朋友而改變了

夜深人靜的時候我常常會問我自己：這幾年來我是不是改變了，變得和當初他們認識的我不一樣？是不是因爲這些改變而讓我們之間產生了距離？

有時候我真的好想找他們坐下來，坦蕩盪地問：我們到底怎麽了
可是還是說的比做的容易
雖然我很想把話攤開來説
但我不得不承認心理有一部分還是擔心的
擔心這樣的淡話后我們之間的距離會變得更遙遠

前些時候我一直很想回到從前
回到還在念書的日子
我開始懷念小學時候的純真
開始懷念中學時候的那種自由自在
理工時期沒什麽好懷念不過如果真的回到那時我會改變我自己吧
畢竟當時經歷了很多
很多別人不知道的我

可是當我想回到從前的當而
我會在想
如果回到了從前那是不是意味著我將會失去現在所擁有的？

如果要說現在不快樂
也不全然
因爲今年我認識了一群志同道合的朋友
有他們的陪伴真的讓我覺得我不是孤單一人的！
和他們做過了很多瘋狂的事，但是每次都是開心的
今年六月的假期應該會是我今生中最快樂的一段回憶吧！

發洩了這麽一大段，我決定了！
不管結果如何我決定努力的把我生命中的所有友誼都搞好！
我決定讓我現在的朋友到成爲我一輩子的好朋友！

好姐妹們希望我們的友誼可以回到從前，就算不能也讓我們從新的找回當時的感覺吧！希望到老的一天我還會有你們的陪伴！

Royal Force will always be Royal Force and no matter what happens we will stick together! Although I am older than all of you but I hope that as the years go by we will still be together cause we have went through so much together. Hopefully we will all by able to go Taiwan, Brunei or whichever country together someday.

P.S 小王子，這篇還是太長了 =P

家人

2009-08-04T21:55:00.002+08:00

開始在讀一本很厚的書
還沒讀到書的三分之一，淚水已經要湧現了
人的一生中可以分成三個部分
家人、朋友以及愛情
今天我就來説說家人吧！

看着書的時候，真的好想哭
有時候我覺得我對家人真得不夠好
雖然生為家中的老大但有時候我真的覺得很想最小的
有時候可能妹妹也比我成熟吧

生活了22年
似乎也還沒和爸爸媽媽說過愛他們吧
有時候好想給他們一個大大的擁抱
但是說的比做的簡單

突然覺得好久沒有拍全家福了
這一個星期左右吧
一直想和媽媽那裏的家人去拍全家福
可能是應為外婆最近的身體不好的關係吧
我真的好怕好怕有一天婆婆就這樣走了。。。

我一直很慶幸自己有很愛我的爸媽、很關心我的阿姨、很談得來的表姐妹
可能我不是最好的，不是最聽話的小孩但是我還是很愛你們大家的！
真的希望有一天我會鼓起勇氣給你們一個大大的擁抱！

Peanuts!!!

2009-07-24T16:11:00.001+08:00

I am going to have a sore throat soon if I continue eating peanuts like every night.

For the past one week or so I been munching non-stop on peanuts every night. 1 packet in 2 days. That's the record.

And I just bought 4 packets of peanuts from the stall in the canteen. Nice....

Before I even got home I am already starting on one packet as I am typing this -_-

Luck

2009-07-22T11:54:00.000+08:00

Seriously, where is my luck these few months????

Haiz... I just feel that luck hasn't been on my side these few months, especially since my paternal grandmother moved in to stay with my family since end of April.

This will so be a long post I guess.

I have been wanting to vent my frustrations on my paternal grandmother's attitude on this blog for weeks but I have always been holding back but now I just can't stand it.

On Sunday night she actually told my mother that my parents are bad guys cause they tie her up on the bed. Given the fact that you guys don't know the situation I am sure you guys think that my parents are cruel too but let me tell you the story before you judge.

Since I was young I already knew that my paternal grandmother is biased. Since I have memory, she has always been staying with my father's younger brother's family. She has always doted on her younger son that's why when my uncle's wife asked her to move in with them to look after the kids for her after she gave birth, my paternal grandmother agreed. For 20 odd years she had been staying with them.

A couple of years ago they said that my paternal grandmother has Alzheimer. Slowly she started to forget a lot of things and even the ability to look after herself. Since that point on my uncle's wife treated her badly. She would watch her diet very closely and makes sure she does not eat any food that she is not supposed to consume. She would also lock my grandmother in her room when she goes to work. Since my grandmother is locked in the room, the only way she could relieve herself would be the little chamber pot she was given my her that oh-so-good daughter-in-law.

Not only that, my grandmother was instructed to clean up the chamber pot on her own after she was 'released' from the room. Every night before they slept they would also tie her up because she got the tendency to get up in the middle of the night and walk around when people are asleep. Since she can't really walk properly they are afraid that she might trip and fall. If I am not wrong this went on for about a year.

At the beginning of this year, my grandmother had a fall at home and was hopitalized for like a month or so. During that period my father's side of the family often had meetings on what they should do to my grandmother. Being nice and all, my mother volunteered to look after my grandmother so after she was discharged they sent her to my house.

That weekend that she came over to stay her sons and the daughter-in-law she used to stay with came to visit. Well, a good way to put it is visit but actually they were there to sign an agreement.

Since my mother was looking after my grandmother, it is only fair that they fork out some money as well to give my mother so that she could purchase the diapers for my grandmother, bring her to the doctor etc. So they signed an agreement on the money each of them should give to my mother. However what really pissed me off was the other long letter that my that uncle's wife had written.

She hand-written out a letter starting all the way from like what 1996? In it was how much my grandmother was given each month from the government, how many jewerlery she has, how much they spent on her since she had Alzheimer etc.

When I saw that, I was like cursing in my heart. What the fuck does she want? Let everyone knows how much effort she has put into looking after my grandmother since the past? Let everyone knows how transparent she is with the money? Hello, we don't need all these. We all know how you have been treating her and all! We are not blind!

Anyway, when my grandmother first came we didn't tie her to the bed at night or whatsoever because my mum feels that it is very cruel to do so. When my grandmother tried to get up from her seat with the help of the walking aid and all, my mother would stop her and explained to her that it is not safe and all. However things seem to worsen.

When my relatives asked my mother how it was going looking after my grandmother. She voiced it out. And the only answer she got from them was you need to be fierce to her, scare her. If she still doesn't listen then do what you have threaten. So with no choice my mum had to tie her up.

If you think that is all then you are wrong. My grandmother just won't listen. She would try to get up from her seat, the wheelchair and worse pee on the floor. Since my mum is the one looking after her she had to clean up her mess.

Just what wrong has we done to her?

Whatever it is I just can't be bothered seriously but I just can't stand her saying my parents are bad guys and worse that we are cruel. For goodness sake, we were FORCED to tie her. She even said that her that oh-so-good daughter-in-law don't tie her up. Just what the fuck does she want?!

If her that oh-so-good daughter-in-law is that good then why don't she just voice out that she wants to go back to them? They would be SOOOO glad to take her back. If she really feels that daughter-in-law is so good why is it when my mother says that she will call them to bring her back she rejected?

This just so gets on my nerves. Seriously.

Since she came over and stayed things hasn't really been going well for my family. My sister and father who is like the healthiest among the family fell sick. My father changed job and his current job is at risk again. My sister's laptop crashed twice. My gastric and knee is getting worse that now I have to see the gastro specialist once every two weeks for check-up and praying that I won't need to undergo the scope.

Maybe all these are just coincidence but I really don't know.

I know I am biased towards my paternal grandmother but seriously I can't bring myself to talk to her or whatsoever. I am simply just not close to her...

Now my maternal grandmother whom I am close to and love so dearly is hospitalized. She was sent into the hospital last night for continuous fever and the doctor said that she has lung infection.

Just when will the bad luck ends and the good luck start coming???

The Final Goodbye

2009-07-12T14:54:00.000+08:00

It was the final goodbye for us all on 7 July 2009.

Although I was at work but I couldn't help checking online news to see if they covered anything about his funeral.

The tears still rolled down after seeing this photo:

Seeing your friend being carried out like this, who will not cry?

Today I won't be writing anything much. Just a few pictures of our friend who is now gone....

A picture of him when he was young, the time when I knew him and will always remember him by.

The picture that is now all over the papers about his 'accident'.

In my last post, I said that he has really beautiful eyes. I guess this picture tells you all.

There are still some pictures I got from his friend's facebook album but I guess to respect his friend I won't be posting all of it. These three will be all and it will be the final goodbye to him.

Credits: Audi Khalid facebook album tribute and Straits Times

Loss of An Old Friend

2009-07-06T18:17:00.000+08:00

On Friday, 3 July at 1:07pm while everyone is either busy at work or doing some other things of their own, a friend whom I knew long ago passed away at Changi General Hospital.

By now, I guess many would have know that an NSF man died after a Land Rover rolled over him. And sad to say the NSF man is someone that I know.

For those who don't know, please read the articles below:

NSF officer dies after Land Rover rolls over him
4 July 2009

Second Lieutenant (2LT) Chan Wei Kit Nicholas was found pinned under a Land Rover in Seletar Camp this morning.

He was inspecting the vehicle when it rolled backwards and hit him.

A recovery vehicle was activated to lift the Land Rover, and a medical team comprising an SAF doctor and two medics from the Seletar Medical Centre attempted to resuscitate 2LT Chan immediately, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF).

2LT Chan was then sent to the Changi General Hospital (CGH).

The SAF doctor and medics continued their attempts to resuscitate him en route to the hospital.
2LT Chan was pronounced dead at 1.07pm at CGH.

2LT Chan, a full-time National Serviceman (NSF), was a Motor Transport Officer. He was taking delivery of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Land Rover in Seletar Camp when the incident happened. The Land Rover had been sent there for servicing.

MINDEF and the SAF extend their deepest condolences to the family of the late 2LT Chan.

MINDEF will assist the family in their time of grief and is investigating the incident.

source: http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20090703-152620.html

Parents grieve death
Family has questions; Mindef says incident still being investigated
By Kimberly Spykerman
6 July 2009

HE WAS their only child. And the parents of Second Lieutenant Nicholas Chan Wei Kit, 21, are still unable to believe their son is gone after his sudden death last Friday afternoon at Seletar Camp, in which an army land rover rolled back, pinning him underneath.

A recovery vehicle was dispatched, although the Defence Ministry did not say how soon after the accident, to lift the vehicle off him. But 2LT Chan died in hospital of his injuries - a little more than an hour after he took over the vehicle.

His mother, a housewife, received a call at their flat in Bukit Batok, telling her that 'something had happened' to her son, and that he was in hospital. Together with her husband, an engineer, they rushed down. But by the time they got there, it was too late.

The family is still questioning what led to 2LT Chan's death. After all, he had been on military trips to Brunei and Taiwan, and had always returned safely.

His mother said she is still too distraught to probe much into the details of her son's death.

But one thing they want to know is whether any other military personnel were with their son at the time of the incident. The family said Mindef has told them that it cannot reveal this now as the matter is still under investigation.

What little they know is that 2LT Chan - a newly commissioned officer - was a Motor Transport Officer based in Jurong Camp. He had gone to the Seletar camp that day to collect the vehicle.

It is also not known if he was alone at the time but his mother said he could not have gone to collect the vehicle alone because he did not have a driving licence.

In between sobs, she said that her son would come back almost every night to the family home to have dinner before heading back to camp. She had been expecting him as usual last Friday evening - but he never showed up.

2LT Chan's cousins described him as a 'happy-go-lucky' and 'playful' person, with a keen eye for fashion. He had a passion for clothes, they said, and even chose to specialise in retail management as a student at Temasek Polytechnic.

Close friends also called him a 'cheeky and happy' man. Said his former Basic Military Training platoon mate Audi Khalid, 21: 'He was the life of the platoon.'

souce: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_399594.html

This piece of news really came as a shock to me.

At that time when he was prounced dead on Friday afternoon, I was probably still in bed sleeping to make up for going out the whole of Thursday night. Plus I didn't watch the news on Friday so I didn't knew that there was this incident and who was involved.

On Saturday night or should I say the midnight on Sunday, I received an sms from Bernice. My first reaction when I saw that was 'Har? Who passed away?' because the message was cut halfway so I was really shocked. When I saw that it was Nick Chan's wake I was really shocked cause I didn't know what happened. I guess I scared Queen who was beside me with my reaction.

Anyway, it was really a shock.

On Sunday evening, I met up with Nicholas Huang, Marie, Xinying, Shue Ting, Aloysius, Aaron, Nicholas Yang, Bernice and her boyfriend at West Mall.

Since it was dinner period we could only get places at Subway so we had no choice but to sit there and have our dinner.

After dinner, we headed off where the wake was. The guys took the bus while Aaron drove us girls there. Bernice headed off on her boyfriend's bike.

Throughout dinner and the journey, we were actually able to joke around and keep the mood light-hearted. However when we reached and saw the people gathering around it sort of became difficult to keep that up.

When we reached there were a lot of people gathered around because the prayer was going on and we could not pay our respects. Since that was the case we decided to go up to Nick's parents and greet them.

His parents are really nice people. Despite having loss their only son they were still strong and were able to have a conversation with us. After greeting his parents and explaining some things to Nick's mum we took a seat and waited for the prayer to end before offering a joss stick to Nick.

No matter how light-hearted the mood was I'm sure everyone is still somewhat still in their heart feeling sad over the loss of a friend whom we have not contacted since primary school graduation.

When we took our last look at him, he looked really peaceful. If we didn't know what had happened we would have thought that he was only sleeping just that the place was the coffin. But we can't forget the fact that we have lost him... forever.

The only thing that came into my mind when I looked at him the only memory that came into my mind was how he looked like when he was younger. Seriously if you were to ask me what was the only thing that I remember about him would be his baby face since our primary school days and his eyes. His eyes were so different that it makes him stand out among the everyone. However, we are not able to see his eyes ever again.

To us all, this is really a very funny way to meet up. We haven't seen Nick for years and the place that we finally see him is at his funeral. Isn't that very funny?

Being the only child in the family I can understand the grieve that his parents are going through. You wait for your son to come home for the regular dinner but the next thing you know, he will never be back.

Last night I couldn't really sleep. Whenever I close my eyes the image of Nick during his primary school days and him lying in the coffin would appear in my mind. Even now as I'm typing this the two images are flashing in my head.

Maybe it would take a while to forget, maybe it would always be there. No matter what, he will still deeply be missed.

Tomorrow would be his funeral but I won't be going. Hopefully the guys who would be there tomorrow would be able to send our final goodbyes to him.

The weather haven't been good these couple of days, the skies have been dark and gloomy. This is what we are feeling these couple of days. I guess tomorrow might be the worse day for us all.

No matter if you know Nick personally or not, I hope that all of you can pray for him.

Nick, no matter what you will always be the Nick Chan that I know since primary school. Although we were not really close and we only shared the same class for two years but you will always be one of the three Nicholas that I ever knew since primary school. You will always be the baby face and fair boy that is also being mischievous in class.

RIP our dear friend.

Chan Wei Kit Nicholas
1987-2009

Frustration

2009-06-29T17:10:00.000+08:00

Seriously I'm easily frustrated now. I don't even know why this is so.

Maybe it's because someone stepped on my landmine last night. Maybe it's PMS. Maybe, maybe, maybe...

Sometimes I wonder if I really know you at all. We might have known each other since forever but we might have never really understand each other. I might not be what I seem and you might not be what you look like.

Maybe as the years go by we have grown distant. Maybe we never really knew each other from the past. Maybe, maybe, maybe...

I don't even know what I am writing now. I guess I just need a place to vent....

2009-06-28T15:43:00.002+08:00

The battle is over.

They are now gone.

Why do people have to keep bringing up unhappy past? Can't they just learn to let go?

Just waiting for the results now.....

2009-06-28T14:53:00.002+08:00

Great.

I just stepped out of my room and I can already hear shoutings coming out from my parent's room where they are having the stupid meeting.

Continue shouting.

Let my granny who is sitting in the living room with one of my cousin hear what a nice family we all are.

Family Meeting

2009-06-28T14:23:00.002+08:00

Stupid family meeting to decide what to do with my granny is starting soon at my house.

What a nice family my dad's side is. Super nice.

Updates will be coming up. That is if I can endure the 'discussion' without having to go to the mall with my sister to avoid all the stupid loud noises

4 Days 3 Nights of Fun

2009-06-21T21:35:00.001+08:00

4 days 3 nights really past by in a blink of an eye. After waiting for like a month or so, it's over in 4 days.

After settling down in the chalet and leaving our bags in the house we went to the NTUC at e!hub and bought the things that we needed. We took a stroll back to the chalet and after we unpacked everything. All of us just lazed on the sofa bed and started watching DVD.

Our food supplies

Our supply of DVD

At around 6 plus we finally got hungry and started to heat up our Delifrance dinner which we bought at the supermarket.

After dinner we took turns showering, lazing around, watch DVDs and one by one we started KO-ing at 1 plus ending the night of Juliette craze.

Supposed to wake up at 7am on Saturday and made my way to Jurong West for my organ lesson but I was just too lazy to move. So I just switched off the alarm and fell back into sleep =P

After taking our morning showers and lazing around in the house for a bit more, we finally made our way to Escape Theme Park at 11am. However the weather wasn't on our side. Just after a ride on the pirate ship, it started raining and the rides were all stopped so we just took shelter at the covered area. However it was really boring and a bit pointless just standing around so we decided to exit the theme park for a while and went over to e!hub again.

After the rain stopped we went back to Escape again and sat on all the rides. One of the rides got our attention the most and we played on it thrice. We literally got 'Wet & Wild' and we just couldn't let King and Queen who didn't went for the ride remain dry so we were practically chasing them around Escape and getting the both of them wet. Hehe....

Since we were already wet, we decided to just stand under the shower when we got back. However it wasn't that simple. We dragged everyone into the shower and took a photo in the shower =P

We relaxed then headed off to Burger King for our dinner after refreshing up and changed our clothes.

Didn't do much for the second night except getting all the CE videos and photos from Little Prince's HD to my lappy.

Slept at 4 plus that night while watching All About DBSK Season 2.

On Sunday, all of us started waking up at around 10am or so since all of us had a late night the night before. That day we only made it out of the chalet at around 3 plus or 4 since we were like slacking around in the room with our laptops to watch video after video. After dinner we went to the beach and had fun taking photos there.

Since King's birthday was like in 2 weeks time so we decided to celebrate in advance for her. At 8 plus, together with Little Princess and King's Little Precious we went to e!hub to get the cake. Since King likes durian we wanted to get it from the durian cake shop at the mall but when we reached there they were already preparing to close the shop so we had no choice but to run all the way to Prima Deli. Luckily we were fast enough and the shop wasn't closing. We got a small truffle cake and a durian cake for her as a present.

We went back to NTUC to get some canned coffee and a bag of crackers before heading back to the chalet. Since it was a surprise celebration we lighted up the cake outside one of the empty chalets. However there were some idiots who were like trying to be funny but we were too busy to be bothered with them.

From what Queen and Little Prince said, it seemed that King was shocked and was like asking who's birthday it was. Haha...

Poor King was caked by Queen. Haha... We wanted to do something more fun but we didn't really want to get wet or dirty so we just changed it to caking our poor King.

Since it was already the last night, we took a lot of photos at the chalet. I wasn't really concentrating cause something happened at work and it just dampen my mood.

After we finished taking photos we sat around at the ground floor again and played Hana Kimi on the DVD player. As the night goes on, all of us started feeling sleepy so we decided to have instant noodles hoping that we can be more awake after that. However, that wasn't really the case. After the food we just got sleepy and all of us started to KO again one by one.

I literally jumped out of bed at 8am on Monday after my alarm went off. Got a shower after that and started packing up.

At 10:30am or so we did our final check, took our baggage and left the chalet. After handing the keys to the counter we walked over to the bus-stop at Downtown East to board the shuttle bus to Pasir Ris MRT.

Since we were already out, we decided to just hang out for the day. King, Queen, Little Princess and me sat at White Sands Mac and had our lunch there. After lunch, we spent time at Comic Connection going through the photo cards and took our pick.

Sad to say, White Sands Comic Connection wasn't enough for us. After we paid money for our purchase we took the train to Tampines and shopped at Century Square's Comic Connection for more stuff. After we got what we wanted, we sat at the sofa near the lift area and just had aimless chat.

Throughout all these time, I was busy with work once again. Haiz.... Why is break not like a break?

At 5pm we set on the journey home to rest.

I still can't believe the week passed by so fast. After waiting for so long, the chalet is over in

days.

I miss chalet. I miss the fun. Most importantly, I miss FORCE

Happy ^_^

2009-06-10T21:58:00.002+08:00

After more than a week of wait you just simply made our day today!

To you it might not mean anything but to us it means the world and it will certainly made us smile for the weeks to come. Your acknowledgement is all that we need and we are glad that you finally gave us what we needed =)

Girls, we have our next goal and next dream to meet and fulfil. This is just the stepping stone and I'm sure we'll one day get what we all wish for!

Let's work hard for it ^_^

*flying in cloud nine for now and until don't know when*

Star Struck Part 2

2009-05-19T23:01:00.001+08:00

Okay now allow me to continue my star struck encounter.

29 March --- My dearest Takizawa Hideaki's 27th birthday. Haha...

Anyway throughout the flight back to Singapore from KL I fell asleep cause I really didn't sleep well the night before.

Once the plane touched down on Singapore grounds, Mya and I rushed to get through the customs so that we could exit the airport faster and make our way to IMM where the autograph session was supposed to be held.

However things didn't really turned out as planned. After we exited the airport, we still had to wait for Carol, one of the members from CEFC who went to Malaysia all the way from Philippines and then over to Singapore for the autograph session.

At around 9am she finally exited the customs and the three of us climbed into my dad's van to start our very own Journey to the West. =P

On the way we chatted mostly about the boys and of course some other random stuff.

When we reached IMM at around 9:30am, my parents who were in the front seat got a shock at the queue which was already formed. The queue was already super long since half of the queue started queuing like since the night before or early dawn.

Luckily I was super lucky to be able to join the gang who were there since 4 or 5am. After I got to where they were, I shared my photos of the concert with them and took the time to rest a bit before the hatic rush for the autograph session starts.

Around half an hour after my two friends and I reached, we were allowed to queue from the autograph venue so all of us in an orderly manner slowly made our way from level 1 of IMM to the garden plaza on the 3rd level.

We were arranged to seat inside the barrier and after settling down we decided to get some food for us since most of us haven't eaten and it was like nearly lunch time. However the staff said that things aren't really settled yet so they sort of stopped us from going out of the barriers.

We waited for a while until things were more or less settled before we tried to make our way out again. This time the organizing was really bad. There was no shortcut for us to get out. Instead we had to like step over hundreds of people before we could even get near the exit to get the number tag for us to get out. Haiz... it was really bad and we all felt really guilty for causing inconvience for the rest sitting down but there was nothing we could do.

Anyway we bought lunch back and took the time to like stretch our leg muscles before we confine ourselves to our empty space for another 5 hours.

After we got back, we ate our lunch and had little chats while some of us prepare the letters they want to give to Farhenheit. I bought my paper and pen as well but I couldn't really think and my handwriting will be like super ugly if I write on my leg so I gave up after like 3 lines. Hehe... I still completed it in the end though. After I got home. Haha...

I had a really great time chatting with the group cause they are just so fun. The autograph session finally started at around 5:30pm. Shortly after the boys reached and started singing it rained really heavily. Since we were at the side we got a bit drenched as well but of course not as bad as those who were trying to watch them at the outside where there is no shelter.

The autograph session turned out to be a total madness cause everyone ended up pushing and rushing. Haiz... it got to be one of the worst autograph session I had ever went to. We were stuck in the human jam for like 2 hours before we got to breathe in some fresh air. The worst thing ever was that we were being molested. There was this girl who was like practically pressing her front onto our backs. Whenever the host said something about Fahrenheit she would shriek... note the word. It's shriek not scream into OUR ears.

My group of friends who were still with me was like hurling vulgarities at her because it was really freaking irritating. We would not breathe and were being pushed and now someone was shrieking in our ears.

You can imagine the relief we felt when we finally got to the front barrier and see Fahrenheit before our eyes.

I practially ignored Calvin and Aaron on stage cause I was like really looking forword to seeing Chun's expression when Ziee presented our mascots to him. But hehe.... I missed it. =P

Anyway I told Jiro that his new drama 'ToGetHer' is nice and he was like giving me this puppy eyes and asking 'Really?' But haha... I didn't answer him cause I just turned my attention to Chun already.

When I was in front of Chun I practically blabbered to tell him to visit our forum and to read our letters to him. He said he will and before I could really talk to him I had to leave but I managed to stay on stage a tad longer cause I was like arguing with the promo personnel on the number of lyrics book I brought up for to sign. As I was still arguing Carol got on stage to get her autograph and told Chun that I am a translator at the forum. Then he looked up and me and said, "辛苦你了" (It had been hard on you) Darn, I literally melt at that point but at this time the stupid promo person finally decided to give me the copies of lyrics book I insisted I bought up. Arh! So I just took that and faster left the stage. How nice.

After all of us got their autographs we all met at the MacDonalds. Actually not all of us just Mya, Dinah, Ziee, Nad, Cherry and her sister Angel and me. Carol decided to stay behind and wait for her Hong Kong friends who were there too for the autograph session.

Since we were all crashed we just got drinks and sat there to drink and chit chat. Suddenly don't know why the topic changed and become P-CE. Haha... We were like talking damn loud and laughing damn loud too =P But haha... who cares? All of us had like so much fun.

At around 7:30pm Mya had to leave for the airport so I got my dad to come and drive us. After my dad arrived I alerted Carol that I'll drop off her luggage for her to bring to the hostel I booked for her and I'll be sending Mya off to the airport for her to catch the flight back to KL.

Before sending Mya off, we found a place and took some photos before all of us go separate ways.

Back row (from left): Nad, me, Ziee, Dinah

Front row (from left): Angel, Mya

Back row (from left): Nad, me, Ziee, Dinah

Front row (from left): Angel, Cherry

After taking the photos and giving each other hugs, Mya and I rushed to where my dad's van which was packed outside the mall. After bringing down Carol's luggage for her, we set off to the airport.

On the way we chatted about the autograph session and of course the boys once again. Actually it's really nice having the chance to meet someone I know from online and is staying overseas cause it's really not easy for us to meet.

After sending Mya off and getting something from Daphne who came all the way to the airport to pass it to me, I hopped onto my dad's van and went home.

After shower, I took the short opportunity before sleeping to complete the letter I want to give Chun and of course hehe... rope in my sister's help to do the design on the envelope =P

Her artwork

30 March --- Seriously the whole day I couldn't concentrate at work cause my mind was wondering elsewhere. I was practically smiling to myself the whole day as I remembered what happened the day before at the autograph session and of course our little chat over at MacDonalds. Hehe...

Finally the time moved to 6pm and it was time to knock off. However since I got some special things to be done I stayed behind at the office.

At 6:45pm, I quietly took my office key and dashed off to radio building cause I knew that Jackie Chan and Daniel Wu was coming to the station to promote their movie 'Shinjuku Incident'.

When I reached the station I got a shock, there were already people waiting out there. It seems that the security stopped everyone from entering so we had no choice but to wait outside.

At around 7:15pm or so they finally exited. Everyone was so excited that they rushed up to them immediately. Since I was quite in front there wasn't really a need for me to move. Hehe...

When Daniel Wu walked past me I immediately took the chance and greeted him. I didn't really expect him to answer but well, he acknowledged it and greeted back. Hehe...

Managed to get 2 photos but in the other one Daniel looks really bad so I decided not to post that. Hehe....

After Jackie Chan and Daniel Wu left, I immediately rushed back to my office to clear my things and of course carry the bag of presents which I was entrusted to hand to Chun. I dashed all the way back to office and back to the stations cause I got news that they had already arrived.

However, I wasn't able to enter the place where they were said to be at so I had no choice but to continue waiting at the other place.

At around 7:40pm, 5 minutes before they were scheduled to go on air they came in. Since Chun was the first I immediately took the chance and gave him the bag which was in my hand. He thanked me and waited for his other brothers who were chatting with the few others who were there too.

Just before he entered the glass door he turned back and nodded his head. Hehe... Just that move was enough to melt anyone who was looking at him.

Usually the stations would not allow entrance but that day we were super lucky. No one chased us away so we stood outside the station and watched as they accepted the interview. Just before the interview started, something that Chun did made me super high!

He looked into the bag I gave him and suddenly he took out something. After taking a closer look I realized that it was the letter which I had wrote for him! I was literally shivering as I video-ed him reading that letter. I didn't expect him to read that when I dropped it in. Well, I expected him to read it but not immediately of course.

I called Nad like immediately after he finished reading and I guess I was mumbling so much that she can't really hear what I was talking about.

I sticked around until they were supposed to leave for the recording of 'Campus Superstar' at the studios.

As soon as the boys left, I dashed to the studios. At first I wanted to like sit with my friends who were there but after being there for a couple of minutes I couldn't bear all the screamings plus I couldn't find my friends so I went to the backstage. And I got to say luckily I went. Hehe...

After the first song, the boys left for the make-up room and since to get to the make-up room they have to take the lift. I took the opportunity and talked to Chun =P Although it wasn't long but still it was nice. Hehe.... Nice memories for me that night.

Throughout the recording, Fahrenheit went to the make-up room thrice. The other staff who were waiting together with me were also grabbing chances to talk to the rest of the members because its such a good chance for us. There's not many fans and it's kinda cosy too.

After the recording of their final performance all of us rushed backstage again in hope of catching them for the last time before they left. However waiting for some time we did not see them exiting.

We immediately exited the building and asked one of the crew we saw and as expected they had already left -_-

After bidding goodbyes to my new found friends, I met Dinah, Ziee and Lix at the taxi stand. All of them just look so drained. Luckily my dad came to fetch us so it wasn't that bad.

With three consecutive days of idol madness, I got to admit I was really drained but it made my day and week too. At least it was fun and most important thing is that I got to spend time with my CE friends and met up with friends I made from overseas.

To end the week off, our forum got a surprise from Chun!

He actually visited us on 2 April at 6:39pm!!!

The worst thing was no one really noticed that he was there until we saw his ID at members who visited in the last 6 hours =P

Star struck week~~~~ Finally I finished it!!!!

Sleepless Night

2009-04-28T22:59:00.001+08:00

Haiz.... I seriously think something is wrong with me recently but I don't know where the problem lies.

On Sunday after watching the hot and sexy Ella as well as handsome and charming Chun on the computer at the Music Top award ceremony, I went to bed.

However in the middle of the night I woke up. I tried to fall back to sleep but I just couldn't. I took my pillow and found another sleeping position. However I still woke up. Don't know at what time I finally fell back into sleep.

Monday was really busy at work. I had like tons of work to do plus I was sms-ing with Cherry the whole day at work so the day passed by rather fast. On the way home, I just fell asleep in the car. Once I reached home, I watched TV for a while before having my dinner and watching somemore TV.

At 9pm, I went to bed. I don't know why I went to bed that early. Maybe I was really tired. Anyway at around 11pm, I woke up from my short nap.

I checked the forums again and saved all the new Music Top photos of S.H.E and Fahrenheit. After which I went back to bed. However I could not sleep at all. So in the end it became an sms session with Nad and Dinah.

At close to 1am, Dinah called and I had a long chat with her. These few days P-CE had been feeling so down and sort of unlucky. Almost all of us are in the emo mode and its like all of us are taking turns falling ill.

Anyway I ended the call with Dinah at close to 5am after hearing my mum's alarm clock go off =P I fall back into sleep after that and woke up at 7am to go to Raffles to settle some work.

However, before I even leave the house I was already having diahorrea. But I still went ahead and took a cab to Raffles to settle my work. However I really could not stand the tummyache so I went to the doctor and took MC for today.

For the whole day I didn't do much except watch a bit of Hana Kimi, sms Dinah, Cherry, Nad and Jollin. Then also had a nearly 3 hour conference call with Cherry and Dinah.

After ending the call and having a shower, I rot in front of the TV and the laptop again. Haiz... I really wonder if I can fall asleep tonight. Despite not sleeping much the night before and having gastric flu surprisingly I don't feel tired at all. I seriously am wondering what is wrong with me. Haiz......

Emotional

2009-04-25T01:49:00.000+08:00

I just got back home from an outing with friends who I haven't been out with in a long long time. Don't know why I just suddenly slipped into my emotional mode again....

I slept super early at like 8:30pm on Thursday and didn't really woke up until 8:30am on Friday morning. Don't ask me how I did that cause I just can do it. Anyway... The first thing I did was to bring my phone to charge and checked my sms-es. Truth be told, I had like sms coming in like mad.

Then the bomb dropped.... Ella will be having a new drama and the male lead is Jerry Yan! Seriously at that moment I just jumped out of bed. I immediately switched on the computer and logged into the forums I visited. I ran between the living room and my room to check the news, reply news and sms my friends. Don't know why... While I was replying sms I just suddenly cried. Not for long though, just dropped a few tears...

Anyway my whole mood was deeply affected then. I just simply runned in and out of the room to reply sms.

Since I had an appointment with Laywei, Chris and Summer for karaoke session at Top 1. I just showered, had breakfast then went out. However I had to get something for work at Raffles Place so I took a cab there and on the way my phone was never quiet too.

After getting the things, I took the train to Top 1 and met up with Chris and Laywei who were already there. So we started singing and while singing my phone never rested as well.

Everyone was more or less affected by the news but as the day progressed we sort of became fine with it. After all it is already confirmed and there was nothing we can do about it.

After singing, together with Summer who joined us at around 2 plus we headed off to a steamboat place and had steamboat for dinner. It wasn't that expensive and it was rather nice. Maybe that's why I'm still here now cause I ate too much and am still full.

After dinner we wanted to watch movie but Bugis didn't had the show we wanted so we walked from Bugis to Orchard.

On the way I called Nad since our phone calls previously had to be cut off due to some reasons or another. Haiz... All I say is that this drama still causes a stir in some of us...

We checked The Cathay but it didn't have the show we wanted so we walked to Plaza Singapura. However the last slot for that movie has already started so we decided to look for a place to chill. We sat at Secret Receipe to had cakes and talked.

At 11pm, we all made our way home since the shop was closing.

On the way home I was chatting with Chris on the bus.

Seriously I don't know why my passion for CE this time lasted for so long. 3 years... It's really long isn't it? I don't even know why I'm doing all these.

What makes me so sure that they are together? What keeps the believe burning in my heart? Was it really the believe or are we all just deceiving ourselves? I seriously have no idea to all these questions.

I remember I once asked Dinah and the rest of my CE friends. What will happen one day if CE gets married to other people? All of us had the same answer. Cry our hearts out and never believe in celebrities couple again.

I guess I had been really down lately. I can read stories, blogs, listen to songs and suddenly start crying. I don't know what is wrong with me? Is it because I have seen too many peopel leaving the world these days that I just control my emotions? Or is it because the idea that many people will be leaving to pursue their future next year that is killing me? I really don't know.....

I alighted the bus and plugged in my mp3. I don't know why I like to torture myself. I looked through the songs and suddenly played the song which I knew will affect me. I don't know why I did that. Maybe I just want to cry my hearts out.

And that's what I did. I listened as the song was played and cried. I can only be glad that it was close to midnight so there wasn't many people walking along that stretch of road. I allowed my tears to flow as I walked. I don't even want anything to cross my mind....

Actually this song was really long and it had never brought any feelings to me but recently when I heard Aaron Yan singing it at the Fahrenheit's concert in KL, I got all emotional about it. When I heard it last month I already felt like crying but I didn't cause I was in a crowded place and I had people around me. Subsequently when I heard it I always had that feel but I didn't cry.

Today when I sang it at the KTV I really got the urge to cry but I hold on to it. Guess I couldn't hold anymore as I was walking back....

Sometimes I really wonder. Why will be the one there for me when I needed them the most? I used to have someone really close but now.... I don't know. What is happening between us? What changed everything? Was it me? Did I changed so much that I already don't have anyone beside me who I can share my troubles with? Am I the only one left in my own little world?

I really got no answers to all those questions in my mind now.... I just feel that tonight I have become really weak.... Maybe I really need to cry my hearts out.... But... Do I have a reliable shoulder that I can lean on....?

Star Struck Part 1

2009-04-19T13:29:00.008+08:00

Recently it had been a really a star struck week for me.

Now allow me to run though my life of the stars I met and of course the crazy things I had been doing.

28 March --- Woke up early in the morning and went to SIM to let the office verify my certificates for the application of my degree. After that rushed home and packed my stuff to get ready to go to the airport.

At around 1pm I left my house with a backpack and headed for the airport for my flight to KL. How should I put it? This is not the first time I am traveling since I just went on a trip to Taiwan in December but this is the first time I am traveling alone.

Hehe... Yup you read that right. I went to KL alone. =P Well, I don't think many people know about it except for maybe those closer to me and my parents. Even my sis didn't knew that I went. Haha.... If she knew she will be nagging non-stop.

Anyway I arrived at the airport and did my check-in. At around 4:40pm I finally boarded the flight. Since it was a really short flight I didn't sleep.

Once the plane landed at LCCT in KL, I immediately rushed to check-out and went to look for the bus which will take me to KL Sentral. Luckily I managed to find the ticket sales and bought the ticket.

A random shot of the airport while walking

Shot from the bus

A very bored me in the bus

I immediately boarded the bus and waited for it to depart. However, luck wasn't on my side. The bus didn't left the terminal until around 6 plus. Haiz... my plans for the day was officially delayed. Anyway since it was an hour bus ride to KL Sentral, I took a nap after taking some photos of the passing sceneries.

At around 7 I finally reached KL Sentral. With the print-out of the train map in hand I searched for the correct train and bought my tickets. To get to my destination I had to change trains and this let me experience the different trains running through KL.

The first one I took was really slow and the train seems to be really old.

The station

The station captain on duty

The interior of the super old train

The second ride was so much better since the train was newer and faster but I wasn't in the mood to take anymore photos because I was running late for my appointment with my friends.

Well what is the appointment that made me flew all the way to KL? Of course it must be something important and grand.

Can guess what it is after seeing the above photos???

Answer revealed... it's 'Fahrenheit's Fantasy World Tour' in KL, Malaysia!!!!

Hehe.... Yes I know I had already been to the one in Singapore but this one was really tempting. The airfare was rather cheap on AirAsia as I couldn't resist the temptation. Plus my friend, Karen who is KL was so kind to help me buy the VIP Standing tickets so yup, I decided to make a trip over.

I managed to reach the stadium at around 8:30pm after taking the wrong side of the train when I transit. I ran all the way from the train station to the stadium so as not to let Karen wait too long. Luckily we managed to find each other although we have not met before. Hehe....

After getting the ticket from Karen and a bottle of water from the vendor outside, I rushed inside the stadium to meet up with Mya and Zhen who were already there. Luckily I was able to be able to be near them considering that they were really close to the stage. I sat my bag outside of the barrier and equipped myself with my camera ready to take in the full action of the night's fun.

I was really high that night because our spot was so good we got to see all four of them near us. Hehe... I truely didn't regret flying over and rushing like mad for the concert. It was totally worthwhile and they were practically in my face!

Managed to take quite a number of clear photos with either of them in front of me. Of course some turned out really bad too since I was in front and the spotlight affected it as well.

I really got to ask around people at my office how to use my camera. I really want to take good photos for the next concert I go to which is probably Mayday's concert in Singapore in August.

Anyway, after the concert, Mya, Zhen and I met up with Karen, Jowyn and her family at the enterance. Before we left, we took a group picture together.

(from left) Me, Karen, Mya, Zhen and Jowyn

Well, just a little profile of each of them. Karen is a super hip mum with 2 sons but still has the time to go for Fahrenheit's concert. Mya specially flew all the way from Australia to Malaysia just to watch the concert because Fahrenheit haven't been to Australia so she decided to make a trip to see them. Zhen, a Malaysian girl who I believe is only 15 or 16 this year and I really got to applaud her. She actually went to the concert alone. Wow... At that age I don't think my parents allowed me to go concerts. Lastly Jowyn, well I don't think I need to introduce her much. Hehe... the big sister who went with me to Taiwan. Hehe...

After that mini photo taking time, we decided to go the MacDonalds where Mya is staying to grab something before we all head back. I was really looking forward to eating because I had not eaten anything for the whole day except for fried beehoon like somewhere near noon.

Due to time difference between Australia and Malaysia, Mya was almost drained when we were in MacDonalds. After all the concert ended close to 12am so by the time we got to MacDonalds it was already like 1am which is like 4 or 5am in Australia!

Anyway we had a quickbite before everyone of us head back to rest. Karen was really nice to drive Mya and me back to Mya's hotel where I would be bunking in for the night.

Before that let's take a look at the random shots I took on the way to MacDonalds:

The first thing we got into the hotel was to get the staff to get us a cab ready for us by 5am so that we could get to the airport by 7am. After that was settled we took the lift up to the 13th floor where Mya was staying in.

So now let's take a look at the room I bunked in for the night:

For a room that cost close to RM600 per night, some tidbits should be reasonable right?

Nice layout of the room isn't it?

Beautiful view of the streets taken from the window of the hotel room

The hotel I stayed in for the night. It was also the same hotel Fahrenheit stayed in but sadly I didn't got the chance to see them at the hotel.

After showering and repacking my backpack, Mya and I zonked out at around 2:30am.

At 4am the both of us woke up and took a quick shower before we double-checked our stuff and made our way out of the hotel to get to the airport. We boarded the cab which the hotel had got for us and started out our nearly 90 minutes ride to the airport.

On the way to the airport, we passed by the F1 circuit so I tried to take a photo of it but I don't think it turned out well.

Can't remember what I was trying to take in this picture. But well.....

We reached the airport at like 6 plus I think. The driver wanted to charge us RM135 but at the hotel the staff told us RM120 so we stick to that amount and paid the driver. No way are we going to give him extra since RM120 is already pretty expensive for taking a cab.

After Mya check-in, we roamed around for a bit before deciding to go into the waiting area earlier to sit around.

Once again the flight was delayed so I took the time to sms Dinah to find out what's the situation like at the Singapore Fahrenheit autograph session because we knew that a lot of people will be queuing overnight and that many others would be flying to Singapore after the concert the night before.

Just as expected, when we boarded to flight it was full immediately because many of them also wanted to reach Singapore earlier too. Hehe...

I thought I could get up my full encounter of star struck but I think this post is long enough so the rest will be in Part 2......

A Good Voice Lost

2009-04-07T23:05:00.001+08:00

Haiz.... I have a lot of enteries to make up but I decided this have to come first.

At around 8:30am on 6 April 2009, the music industry lost a beautiful voice. Although she was not really famous but her songs are still being spread around even up till today.

She first made her debut in 2003. After her song 叶子 (leaves) was used in the drama 《蔷薇之恋》(The Rose), she was given the named as 'Healing Singer' because of her soothing voice. After that she released two albums. Unfortunately the songs were famous but the albums did not really sell.

In this 4 years or so, there were not much news about her. Everyone thought that she had moved off to China to develop her career however during this period she was diagnosed with cancer and had been undergoing chemotheraphy.

All these while she kept mum about it and even hid the news from her colleagues. Only those who were really close with her knew about it. Even at her death bed she still strongly believed that all the pain will pass through and she would be able to recover.

I guess the really sad thing would be not being able to make her dream to get married this year come true. Finding a true love is not easy and when she finally found someone fate decides to bring her away.

I spent some time just now to look at the blog of Z Chen 张智成 and Sophia of JS. Just reading their posts it already brought tears to my eyes.

For the whole day since I heard of the news, 叶子 had been playing on my player. When I first heard this song I fell in love with it. Every line of the lyrics just brought me closer to the song. Although the singer is already gone but I know for sure that this song will always and forever be my favourite.

Life is really unpredictable, we never know what will happen next so it is always good to treasure everyone beside you.

Life and death seemed to be surrounding frequently lately.

Just on 30 March, a promotions personnel, Peter of HIM Taiwan passed away due to heart failure. I had only saw him once but it still make me cry and think a lot when reading the messages everyone left for him on the forum and of course the blog posts of those close to him.

I know how emotional I can get so I should stop looking at things that will make me sad. However it is easier said than done. Since I sat down in front of my home PC I had been surfing for news about this new lost and rewatching the memorial of another artiste, Beatrice Hsu 许玮伦 who had passed away in an accident two years ago.

No matter how much we say now, we will never be able to bring them back but I still feel the need to tell them how much we love them because I am sure they can still feel it even though when they are up there.

阿桑，一路好走。希望你在天堂可以继续开心的唱歌。你最美丽的歌声会继续在我们的身边围绕着。

28/2/1975 - 6/4/2009

Since I already started on this post, please allow me to drop another few notes to those who are already not by our side.

Peter, 虽然和你只有一面之缘但我相信你一定是一个很棒的人。希望你在天上可以开开心心的。

玮伦，虽然你离开已经两年了，但再次看见你的光芒音乐会我还是不禁伤心难过起来了。我相信到现在所有喜欢你的朋友都仍然记得你那天使般的笑容。记得要在天上继续微笑，让所有关心你的人每一天都能快乐。

Darrel, don't know why I suddenly miss you a lot. It had been a year plus since you left us but until now trust me, all of us still misses you a lot. Everytime I saw your name and number in my mobile I really got the urge to make a call. But I know no matter what no one will answer that call. The idea of deleting that contact had ever crossed my mind but no matter how hard I try I just can't press the button to do so. Hope you have been happy up there. All of us still misses you very much and do appear in our dreams once in a while okay? We really wish to see you and know how you are. Always have that angelic smile my dear friend and be happy........

This post is really heavy but well it covers what I have been feeling recently. Hope that all the unhappy moments will pass soon and the skies will be clear once again.....

In Taiwan (Part 3)

2009-03-16T22:18:00.002+08:00

27 December 2008 --- Woke up early again to pack our things to prepare ourselves for our trip down to Kaohsiung. We caught the High Speed Rail at 9am and took the one and a half hour ride to our destination. On the train ride I fell asleep. Hehe...

the inside of the train. don't it look like a plane?

information about the carriages in the train

random shot of the passing scenery

After we arrived at Zuoying Train Station we took the MRT to the train station of our hotel.

the TV at the MRT station gives daily horoscope prediction

Since we were early we couldn't go to our rooms yet so we check-in and left our luggage in the luggage area.

We embarked on your route to the Kaohsiung Arena after that. The place was not highly recommended or anything but because it so happened that our idols Fahrenheit were having an autograph session there in the afternoon.

a look of Kaohsiung Arena

Since it was like 12 plus when we reached, we decided to have our lunch first in the shopping centre situated there. The food court was so crowded that we had trouble looking for a place to seat but luckily we found one. I ordered a chicken set and it was really good. Not only does the food looks tempting, it was delicious as well.

At 1:30pm, we went to the event area and took our stand. There was supposed to appear at 2pm but there was a Band Fun event at the area as well so the event had its opening first.

the opening of Band Fun

The boys arrived at around 2:30pm and I got to say they have indeed improved. Although they went out of pitch a couple of times but at least they sang live and are improving. I really got to applaud the fans in Taiwan. They were really cooperative. The host saw that there were a lot of people present so she asked those in front to sit and all of them indeed sat down. Because of their cooperativeness all of us who were standing behind managed to get a good view of Fahrenheit performing.

After they sang 2 songs and had a short interview they started the autograph session for those who have pre-ordered the album. For us who didn't pre-order we still stick around and managed to get real close. Hehe... although we could not get on stage but we got all of their attention!!!

Well, of course we will get the attention since we have Sarah with us. Hehe... Since the organizer didn't block out those who are getting the autograph and those who are not, we managed to got to the side of the stage. That's when we got the attention of our boys! =)

first we have the ever charming Chun Wu

then is the sunny boy beside him, Calvin Chen

how can we miss Jiro Wang

of course we need all their attention. hehe...

I can only provide four photos because I have given exclusive to the forums so yup.

After the event ended, we were set to leave for Rouhe Night Market but before we left we were attracted to the Manga Festival which was being held at Kaohsiung Arena. Man, I got to admit those people are great. I heard that they did their own make-up and some of them are guys!

the 'mascot' of the Manga Festival

i was so shocked seeing the person with that super high heels

i seriously admire these two guys. great work done to look like the person in the manga

they definitely earned our admiration

After we finish admiring them, we took the train to Dream Mall where we took our ride on the ferris wheel.

We had to queue for an hour or so before we managed to get into the cabin cause we picked to ride in the transparent cabin and there is only 2 of it.

There was a plushie in the cabin and the four of us were all over it as the ferris wheel slowly climbed its way up to the top.

the look of the ferris wheel from a distance

a look of Dream Mall

the mascot of 7-11 at the top of the building

the lighted ferris wheel taken from the bottom

the normal ferris wheel

the special ferris wheel which we waited for a long time

the inside of the ferris wheel

the special part of our ferris wheel --- almost transparent base which allows us to see the view underneath us

view of the floor as we ascend

a view of Kaohsiung

Sarah and me with the plushie in the ferris wheel

After the ferris wheel, we immediately made our way to Rouhe Night Market for our dinner since it was about 8pm already.

Our dinner at Rouhe Night Market:

my first intake of fruits in days =P

a Kaohsiung speciality, Guan Cai Ban (direct trans: Coffin Bread) which is just fried bread with the centre cut up to put the fillings

saw the signboard of the famous ice monster?

After some light dinner at the nightmarket we made our way to Love River. However at the train station something spectacular got our attention.

After some camwhoring at the station we left for our train ride to the next destination

We did a bit more of camwhoring after reaching the station where we need to alight.

us in front of the beautiful flowing water

the christmas tree which I took great trouble to shoot

the building with the beautiful lightings near the train station

the cute kids I saw sitting on the grass patch to play

how I wish I got the time then to shop at the Nike store

some rabbits found at the statue of the dog when we walked past the street to get to Love River

TOP girl advertisement on the bus

Next up... Love River

I really like this photo a lot. Guess it would be going into my personal album. hehe...

After the visit to Love River, we made our way back to the hotel to wash ourselves up and prepare for bed.

Haiz... Finally Part 3 is done. Well, look out for Part 4.

I'm early but here is still wishing Chris a.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Birthday Greetings

2009-03-03T12:53:00.004+08:00

One year had passed by once again and it's my birthday, 22nd birthday.

Don't know why but I really don't have the mood to celebrate it this year. Maybe because I am getting older, maybe because I am totally drained, maybe because I really got no idea how to celebrate it. Anyway, the day has passed.

However I am really glad with all the birthday greetings which I had been receiving since days ago.

Hope I can give it in order:

1) Lora --- Thanks for the early birthday greeting on CEFC before you leave for Hong Kong to watch Fahrenheit concert and also making the effort to greet me again today

2) Welch --- It had been so long since I saw you around on CEFC but really thanks for sending the wishes too. I really appreciate it.

3) Linda --- Thanks my cute travel agent for the first birthday greeting on facebook. I really want to meet you soon!

4) Flora --- It had been so long since we graduated and we have not been meeting up but I still appreciate it. Maybe we can plan a poly gathering soon?

5) Lydia --- My dear friend all the way in Malaysia. Thank you so much for the greeting on facebook too. I miss you too and how I wish I can meet you

6) Jasmine Goy --- My twin! I miss you although we just met like last month. Haha...

7) Felicia --- Thank you so much for the birthday e-card. I like it a lot!

8) Dinah --- Babe, thanks for the birthday sms. I appreciate it very very much. Love you!

9) Christina --- It had been so long since we went out together le. We really need to have a March babies celebration soon. Thanks for the birthday sms too =)

10) Josellemae --- You made me cry when I saw your PM in CEFC!!! I was really touched. Really deeply and truely. Thanks mei!

11) Joywn --- Thanks for making me feel loved early in the morning with your greeting on MSN. Really means a lot to me

12) Tika --- Haha... I know my birthday is only one day after your husband's so you can't forget mine. Haha...

13) Lay Wei --- Although we haven't been meeting up for a long time but I'm still waiting for the next meet up

14) Summer --- I really want to meet up with you soon! Hopefully we can finally go learn dancing together

15) Crystal --- Thanks for the MSN pop-up. Maybe we can meet up soon =)

16) Shelly --- Thanks for remembering my birthday every year. Although we don't chat often but I'm still glad I know you

17) Rachel --- Hey girl, thanks for the greeting. It had been many years since we meet up too. Should we have a secondary school gathering soon?

18) Adelene --- Thanks for being one of the few in the office to know my birthday. Appreciate it a lot

19) Dilah --- Thanks for being the other one of the few to know in the office. I don't really talk to you often but I know you are a nice person. Waiting for chance to hang out with you ^_^

20) Kathleen --- The longest friend I have known in this life. I really appreciate your friendship and waiting for the time to hang out with you again

21) Zurah --- Thanks for the greeting. Kinda sad that I didn't chat much with you during S.H.E event but I'm waiting to see you again

22) Sarah --- I miss you so much!!! It's my birthday but you are starting school. I really want to see you again but that's like mission impossible. Haiz...

23) Marie --- Hey, looking forward to seeing you again this year at the gathering and thanks for the greeting on facebook.

24) Amalia --- Greetings all the way from Denmark.

25) Angeleyes10 --- Sorry dearie, your name slipped out of my mind but still many thanks for the birthday greeting =)

26) Yuan Chan --- Dear cousin, thanks for the birthday greeting too =)

27) Betty --- It had been so long since I chatted with you but still thanks for the greeting =)

28) Yielinghuai --- Although I don't know you personally but I'm still grateful for the greeting

29) Xtine --- My dear bad girl, haha... you still owe me a birthday present. Hehe...

30) Sherli --- I haven't chatted with you in a long time but I still thankful that you popped by for a short while for the greeting

31) xxdluvsjiroxx --- Thanks for the greeting in FahrenheitFanatics although I don't know you really well

32) Annie --- Thanks for the greeting even though we had only met once =)

33) Allyson --- Inspite of your busy projects you still make the effort to send the greetings. I really appreciate it

34) Huuduyennguyen --- My first friend from Vietnam and I'm really glad I know you. Looking forward to chatting more with you

35) Michelle --- My first as well as one and only jie! Hehe... Thanks for all the advice and encouragements that you had been giving me. Love you to bits!

36) Ziee --- Woman, thanks once again for the cakes.

37) ZR --- Thanks man for remembering my birthday. =P Hope that maybe we can plan one gathering with Summer and the rest soon

38) Trinh --- Girl, you got to be more confident with yourself and don't forgot there is always us around to listen to you *Mucks*

39) Sharina --- Hello, thanks for the greeting too =)

Well, I guess in the end it didn't turn out to be in order. Haha... Sorry. But hey, I still thanked everyone of you already. Just hope I really didn't miss out anyone of you.

Thank you to every single one of you mentioned, you guys really made me feel loved! The biggest hugs and kisses to all of you!!!

Just a side note:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINAH!!!!

P.S. Sorry my dear mei chin i missed out you in the thank you post.

Marley and Me

2009-03-01T14:02:00.008+08:00

Yesterday after my organ lesson I met up with Ziee and Dinah at VivoCity with the hopes of catching 'My Bloody Valentine 3D' but luck wasn't on our side. The seats for 7pm and 9pm show was almost like fully booked and we could only get seats one row away from the screen.

Since we didn't want to scare ourselves to death we decided not to get the seats. We hanged around GV for a while more before deciding what movie to watch. Finally we decided to check the seatings for 'Marley and Me' and 'He's Just Not That Into You'.

Since the seating for 'Marley and Me' wasn't exactly that bad we bought that. After that we went to Banquet to have our dinner and sat there for like 2 or 3 hours chatting over random stuff and waited for time to pass.

Then we made our way to NewUrban Male for Ziee to buy a pair of slippers.

We made our way to the cinema after that and bought popcorn and a nachos set. While waiting to get into our cinema, we took a couple of photos outside of the cinema.

credits to Ziee since I took the photos from her blog. Haha... Lazy to ask u to send =P

We went into the cinema at around 9:40pm and the cinema was already like fully seated. We sat and waited for our show to start and kept munching on our food. Hehe...

At nearly 10pm or so they were finally going to start showing the film but there was some technical difficulties and there was some disruptions. Luckily it was resolved and we got to watch the show.

Seriously the show touched my heart. It was both funny and heart-warming. Marley might not have been the best dog in the world and was always causing trouble but as the dog stays by your side longer you can really feel the love between you and the dog.

seriously I wish I have a dog like this to dance around with me

this scene just makes my heart warm and Jennifer Aniston is really pretty in that

I admit, I cried towards the end of the movie.

It just breaks my heart to see the dog which had been by your side for like 10 years die. Plus he was there during your worst time and accompanied you when you needed someone by your side the most.

I really wish I can have a dog. A dog that will be there with me when I need someone. A dog who will comfort me when I am sad.

It's not that a person is not good. But I guess everyone is really busy with their own lives and they can't be there for you 24/7. A dog is different. He will be there for you no matter what. But I guess when the day comes for me to be separated with him it will be a killer for me.

Yesterday was a really nice day cause it was after all to celebrate my birthday as well as Dinah's whose birthday is one day after mine. But the movie didn't spoil it. It adds more joy to it cause it made me learn so much more.

But! I still want to watch My Blood Valentine in 3D!!!!!

P.S Thanks so much Ziee for the cakes! I love it!

Super High

2009-02-23T11:25:00.011+08:00

I did the craziest thing ever last Saturday and never even in my life have I start queuing up for an autograph session since the break of dawn. However I did it on Saturday!!! Hehe...

The night before I went to bed at 10pm and surprisingly I was able to fell asleep. Hehe... At 11 plus Lix sms us on the things to bring and after reading that message I zonked out again. =P Before I went to bed that night I sat up 3 alarms to wake me up from 3:40am onwards. Surprisingly I managed to wake up. Hehe... I am so proud of myself. Anyway, I still laze around in bed until Val gave me my morning call at 4am. Hehe...

After I woke up I called my mum up and had my shower to prepare myself for the long day ahead. After breakfast of 2 slices of bread my dad drove me to Bukit Batok to meet up with Annie whom I would be taking a cab with to EastPoint Mall at Simei.

At around 5:50am I guess we reached our destination. I walked with Annie to the place where her friends queued overnight and nearly got a shock. There was already a row of people queuing there. Since they could not queue overnight in the mall so the lot of people stayed out in the field behind the mall. I immediately joined the queue and notified the rest to come as soon as they can.

Dalphne called me at about 6am to ask where I was cause she had arrived too. She joined me in the queue since I was queuing in front. After that Ziee joined us followed by Nad and Jollin. Then Maria came along as well.

While Nad and Maria went to buy newspapers for us to sit on while waiting for the mall to open, Lix brought the rest of the gang to where we were. After the girls got back, we sat around in a circle and introduced ourselves since it's the first time we had such a big gathering.

Slightly after 7am the crew moved us nearer to the mall. Although we couldn't get into the barricades in the mall but we were at least closer. All of us waited again outside the mall as they made some more arrangements. By 8am, we were slowly guided into the mall area for us to sit and wait. It was worth while to be there early cause we managed to queue inside the mall and the view wasn't that bad as well.

After we all settled down, we immediately got the number card to go to the loo, buy batteries and of course food. Hehe... Our Nad mei was so lucky that she got card no. 186. Haha... then Maria, Jollin, Nad and I were like busy snapping pictures of that in the toilet.

After we got back with our food, we started eating and once we were done we started drafting our messages which we would be writing in the book Nad and Maria made for our dear Ella. It took all of us quite some time to complete it cause we were constantly being interrupted.

Since we were sitting in the last row, we were near the only exit where the rest could get out of the queue to get food and go to the toilet so we constantly had to make way for them to exit and enter. It started to get freakingly irritating because they keep kicking my knee and some idiots can't even walk. They almost stepped on my feet as well.

Seriously from after breakfast to the event starts I guessed we were just walking around. Taking number tag from the crew and visiting our 2nd batch of people who were being basked under the hot sun.

At around 1 plus we were all waiting anxiously for our idols to arrive. When everyone in front of us stood up, we followed suit and rushed forward. Since everyone was like cutting queue and all, we managed to squeeze to like the third row or something but we were being surrounded by tall guys. Anyway we totally disregard those guys when the show begins. Hehe...

Before we rushed forward, some of us were given our mascots to hold and I'm so glad that we did cause Ella and her laopos definitely saw us and even POINTED at it!!!! Shucks... Can it get better?

Man, the whole 'live' radio interview and autograph session totally like went by in a rush in my mind but I'm just so glad that she enjoyed her trip in Singapore.

When singing 'Miss Universe' Ella was so totally high that she just kept doing sexy dances on stage. Darn. Hebe forgot the lyrics while singing 'An Jing Le' and was teased by the lyricst Selina.

Just before we got on stage to get our lyrics book signed by the girls, Dinah and I were practicing what we were going to say when we get up. But when she got on stage Dinah totally blanked out =P

Hehe... Not like I was any better. When I stood in front of Ella my mind was kinda blank too, I blabbered out my 'speech' of asking her to look and read the gifts we had given her and told her to visit Philippines and Indonesia on behalf of my other friends who are far away in those countries. Since I was holding onto the Chun's mascot and it was kinda like at her eye level I saw her glancing at the mascot when listening to my hopefully clear talking. Hehe...

I was so high after that that I nearly missed shaking Hebe's hand but I guessed Hebe was kinda getting used to it since before that Maria, Nad and Jollin also forgot to shake her hand. Hehe...

After we got our autographs done, we all met at the taxi stand and we were screaming non-stop, telling each other of our encounters. I bet those people around us must have thought we were a bunch of crazy girls. Hehe... But who cares.

We had our group photo taken then we all parted our different ways. Some of us went home, some went back to continue taking pictures but most of us rushed down to Causeway Point where S.H.E was scheduled to have another event.

I shared a cab with Nad and Jollin while Lix, Dinah and Ziee took a ride with Su in her car. On the way to Causeway Point, we just can't stop talking about how Ella electrified us and all. Hehe...

Somewhere through the journey all of us got tired and fell asleep. Hehe... Seriously I didn't expect the cab fare from Simei to Woodlands to cost us S$21 but well, it's over.

We reached Causeway Point at around 4:50pm or so, then we immediately rushed to the stage area to look for a good spot to stand. However because there was still an event going on we could not really get good standing spots.

Jollin left for home shortly after then the rest of the girls joined us. Since we had more people then we tried to go search for different good spots to stand.

We found a rather good one on the left side of the stage but we weren't sure if Ella would be standing there or not. Anyway we were too lazy to move so we just stick to the spot. Nad and I went to get dinner after that because we wanted to finish our food before S.H.E appeared. Hehe....

The second group consisting of Felicia and gang joined us at around 6pm or so.

At 7 plus S.H.E finally appeared. But we were greatly disappointed. They didn't perform any songs besides chatting with the 100.3 DJs and asking everyone to vote on omy.sg. There was another matter pissing me off. It was the stupid 100.3 DJ Ah Ken. HE WAS FREAKING BLOCKING OUR VIEW OF ELLA ALL THROUGH THE SESSION AND WHEN WE SHOUTED AT HIM HE JUST TURNED AROUND LOOK AT US THEN CONTINUE TO STAND THERE! WTF WAS HIS PROBLEM?

Then whenever he moved away we would try to take pictures of Ella immediately BUT HE ALWAYS SWING BACK INTO VIEW WHEN WE SNAPPED THE SHUTTER!!! FREAKING IRRITATING!!!

Haiz... Throughout the whole event at Causeway Point no matter how we shouted Ella did not really look at us but at one point she stepped back from the group and looked at our area. Should I be happy about that? I guess I should. Hehe...

The whole event ended with everyone celebrating Hebe's birthday in advance. After that S.H.E left and the crowd dispersed. We hung around a while more and took group photos once again.

We got our fellow CE lovers from ce.cn to help us with the photo taking. Hehe... However something weird happened. Out of nowhere a kid held out a camera and took picture of us too. Were we being too rowdy or attention seeking?

Anyway, after that was done Dinah and I took a cab home since we live so close. My voice was totally gone. Hoarse from all the shouting I suppose. Anyway, it didn't really got better and I even have a cough now. Great.

That night after watching 'Together' the new drama by Jiro Wang and Rainie Yang and eating supper of instant noodles I fell asleep all through to Sunday. Hehe...

2009 Updates

2009-02-14T21:41:00.001+08:00

Haiz... I guess before I continue my long overdue posts about my trip in Taiwan I better update what I have been doing since 2009 started before it become another long overdue post.

2 Jan --- Woke up at around 9am after sleeping for only 4 hours the night before =P. Took a shower, had breakfast then took a cab with Jowyn to Golden Mile Complex to buy her return tickets to KL. We met up with Felicia and after Jowyn bought her return tickets we crossed the overhead bridge to the hawker centre opposite to sit down and have a chat. We waited for the desert and chatted until it was around lunch time and the crowd started coming in then did we left. We sat at the bus ticket retail shop and continued chatting until it was time for Jowyn to board her bus.

After Jowyn left, Felicia and I made our way to Marina Square to sing. Initial plan was to go Top 1 but they were fully booked for that day so no choice we went to KBox. Well although we didn't sang for a long time but it was still good to relax.

After singing we had dinner at Yoshinoya, shopped around for a while then made our way home.

8 Jan --- For lunch I went out with my colleagues to a Penang restaurant at Serene Centre to try out the food there. It wasn't that bad but I feel bad that they have to pick non-spicy food most of the time so that I could eat it.

After work, I met up with Sarah who had came all the way here from Taiwan for her holiday. I met her at CityHall and walked a bit before deciding on having Thai Express for dinner. We sat around for a long chat before we shopped around a bit more and left for home.

9 Jan --- After work I met up with Lay Wei and Chris for Red Cliff movie marathon at Jurong Point. It had been so long since I met up with them so was kinda expecting it. I reached like around 6:30pm since my dad drove me there so I shopped around for a bit before they arrived.

Before the marathon started we had dinner at Delifrance. We had a bit of difficulty searching for a place to eat because the whole shopping mall was so packed with people all around.

Anyway we had our dinner successfully and after that we went for the movie. Seriously the movie wasn't as bad as I had expected it to be. I thought it would be boring or I would fall asleep but luckily it managed to capture my attention.

The whole marathon ended at around 2am or so then we took a cab back home.

10 Jan --- Woke up super early that day despite sleeping quite late the night before. After refreshing myself I went to Chua Chu Kang MRT Station to fetch Sarah who would be bunking in my house that night.

After meeting her we had brunch at Lot 1 since the both of us had not eaten anything yet. After the brunch we went back to my place. We chatted and after that she accompanied me to my organ class.

We made our way to Orchard after my lesson was finished to meet up with Felicia. But we were late so Fel had to wait for us to arrive. Then we walked over to Hereen to see what we will have for dinner.

We sat and chatted in Shoduko for like an hour or two while waiting for Chris, Lay Wei and Summer to arrive. After everyone was there we had dinner. Due to the lack of sleep the night before I was having an headache and was almost half-asleep throughout dinner and the chatting.

After dinner, we went to Partyworld at HSBC Centre for a four hour singing from 10pm to 2am. Since there was DBSK song there and Lay Wei is currently all crazy over them, she had a great time there.

At 2am we left the place and took the night rider home. I was so drained with the activities with the night before and that night I slept on the bus.

Sarah and I reached home at around 3am, after a change of clothes I fell asleep while chatting with her =P I feel so bad for always dozing off while talking to her.

11 Jan --- I set my alarm to wake up at 8:30am but I missed out on all the 3 alerts. At 9 plus I think I woke up for a short while and said to Sarah who was reading that she was awake so early. I was supposed to wake up by then but after turning my back at her I fell back into a slumber and only woke up at nearly 12pm. =P

After both of us showered and had brunch or should I say lunch, Sarah packed her bags and we chatted while waiting for Su who would come to pick us to go to the zoo.

At 2pm we made our way to the lrt station to wait for Su to pick us. At 3pm we were at the zoo and were touring the place. It had been so long since I went to the zoo that I almost forgot how it looked like or how it would feel to be there.

We were asked to leave at around 5pm or 6pm as it was about closing time. After exiting the zoo, Sarah and I bought Ben & Jerry's which was situated there and had a great time eating it. Hehe...

Su drove us to Woodlands MRT station after that to fetch Jess, another of Sarah's friend then we had dinner at a hawker centre which was near the 2nd link.

Dinner was nice Malay food with rice and 4 dishes. After dinner there was nothing to shop around in the area so Su drove all four of us to VivoCity.

Upon reaching VivoCity, we decided to get some coffee then go to the rooftop area to have a chat. However we were stopped by a salesperson asking us to buy some nail products. Anyway Jess came up with a plan and we ran off.

We got coffee from Coffeebean then head up the building. We sat around, enjoyed the breeze, watched the people around and chatted. We chatted until close to 11pm before Su drove us home. On the way we had Class 95 on and since it was late they were playing all those all English songs that we were familiar with so we sort of sang along in the car.

Su dropped me off then drove the rest home.

12 Jan --- I took leave from the office that day and went to the airport to send Sarah off. Her flight was at 1pm so we met at T3 to have brunch at Ya Kun. After that we took the skytrain to T1 to send her off.

I was feeling kinda sad cause I got to spend 2 weeks with her (one week when I was in Taiwan and the other when she was in Singapore) and it will be ages since we would be seeing each other again since she will be going back to the States in June to complete her studies.

Haiz... but all good things must come to an end. We had a group photo and a tight hug before sending her off.

After the airport trip I met up with Lay Wei at Lot 1. We shopped around, went to the library and had Mango Ice as well as Japanese desert at MOF.

30 Jan --- Since I had the New Year week off, I met up with some of my online friends. I arranged to meet Felicia and Ziee at Orchard MRT station. We had lunch at one of the stalls at the Basement of Takashimaya. After that we spent an hour or so in HMV Hereens doing nothing but listening to music and enjoying the air-con.

Then we walked to Plaza Singapura and had Mango Ice at Ice Monster. Hehe... how contradicting that I didn't had any Mango Ice when I was in Taiwan since Taiwan is like the homeland of Mango Ice.

After we finished eating, Felicia left first to go collect her handphone from Sony at Wisma Atria then go to her grandmother's house.

Ziee and I stayed behind and in the end decided to go watch 'Bride Wars'. Hehe...

The movie was fine but cause I really like Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway so I find it good. Hehe...

9 Feb --- After work I met up with my sis to go watch the special screening of 'Look For A Star' starring Shu Qi and Andy Lau. We had dinner at Shaw House Long John Silvers then head to Cinema 2 to watch the show.

It wasn't really good but it was funny and I enjoyed the view of Macau as well as the movie. After movie, we went back home to rest.

10 Feb --- Went to meet up with Ziee at Bugis Junction to teach her Chemistry. Seriously speaking it had been 6 years since I saw science books and it kinda surprised me a bit that I still remember bits and pieces of the subject =P

Well I guess that's all in my life since 2009 started. Anyway it's Valentine's Day today so here I'll wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. No matter if you have someone in mind or not but still enjoy the day.

I'm still working on Part 3 of my Taiwan trip and let's hope it will come real soon.

For now.... Ciao!

In Taiwan (Part 2)

2009-02-06T22:56:00.003+08:00

26 December --- Woke up at 7am and prepared ourselves for the day's event. It was a windy day. Took the train to Taipei Main Station and because there are like 8 exits there, we were a bit lost. While looking at the map and figuring where to go I decided to take some random shoots of the station.

After knowing where to go and meeting up with Sarah and Jowyn's friend we went for breakfast at a local breakfast place. We took the train to Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.

me and Sarah in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

me, Sarah and Jowyn taking a shot

i always find kids cute when they are at this stage cause the way they walk is so cute

the interior of the hall

the words of life in the hall

see the colour of the sky? But luckily it didn't rain that day

When we were there, there was a marching procession. We didn't know if it was alright to walk when they were marching but we still went ahead and after that we took the train to National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

the different stamp designs available in the hall

At 12 plus we made our way to Taipei 101 since it was just a 10 mins or so walk from the Memorial Hall. Just as we were about to reach we saw that the workers were already starting to build the stage beside the building for the countdown party which was 5 days away.

Taipei 101 from a distance

the constructing of the stage

We didn't spent much time walking around in the Taipei 101. Instead we made our way to the counter located at level 4 to buy our tickets to go up to level 88 and 89 of the building. Spending NT400 for the tickets was rather worth it because the view up there was splendid. You can see the mountains/hills and the sea.

Sarah with the profile of 'Wind Damper', the protector of Taipei 101

the special mailbox at the 89th floor of Taipei 101

the Wind Damper and me

the displays in the building

We made our way to the train station after spending like an hour in the building so that we could catch the train to Keelung. Since it was quite a walk from Taipei 101 to the train station, Jowyn's friend bought donuts for us from Mister Donut. I got to admit the donuts taste so much tastier compared to the ones in Singapore. Hehe... maybe because it isn't that sweet.

Took some photos along the way and also during the wait for the train.

the 'Tiffany & Co.' christmas tree

New York New York and the tent of the delicious 'Mister Donut'

Warner Village Cinemas Centre

the biggest bookstore in Taipei which I really like

the timings of the train departing the station at Taipei Train Station

the ticketing machine available at the station

the cartons of the drinks S.H.E endorsed =P

At 2pm or so, we took the train and started out our 2 hours journey to Keelung Train Station.

passing sceneries of Taipei in the train

When we reached, it was raining and we didn't really know what to do. However in the end we took the cab to Yehliu Geopark. The drive took us around 30mins and the driver was going so fast that I felt like puking since I didn't had my lunch. But the view of the sea when we were in the car was beautiful.

Upon reaching the entrance of Yehliu Geopark we bought our tickets and made our way in. Although the wind was blowing strongly that day but it was really nice. The sounds of the waves crashing onto the rocks, the beautiful colour of the skies and the feel of the wind on the skin, everything about the place is indeed special.

it feels good to have the wind in the hair sometimes

the famous queen rock at Yehliu

At 5pm we made our way out of the park and walked to the bus stop to catch a bus to Danshui. Although the route looked short on the boards but it took us at least 3 hours to get there. I was chatting with Sarah on the bus but I was really tired that I dozed off =P

All of us rushed to the bathroom immediately after we alrighted because our bladder were busting after not going to the loo for a long time. After the toilet break we went to Danshui Old Street to have a taste of the local food. I had a cup of fried mushroom, a stick of barbequed bird's eggs, ice-cream popiah and ah gei.

a random shot of Danshui

a large block of peanut for the ice-cream popiah

the ice-cream popiah that we had but seriously the ice-cream wasn't that fabulous

the famous ah gei store in Danshui

the menu in the store

ah gei

a cup of tea after all the food eaten

a shot of Danshui old street

After having our ah gei, we shopped around for a while more before we hopped up the bus to get to get to Tamshui Fishers' Wharf. The night view there was indeed nice. We crossed the bridge and walked around the jetty as we listened to the melodic voice of the singer singing in the cafe nearby.

the bus ride from Danshui to Fisherman's Wharf

see how strong the wind was on that day?

At around 10pm we made our way back to the hotel. We alighted at Taipei Train Station along the way to purchase the High Railway tickets to Kaohsiung the next day. Seriously I didn't expect the ticket to be so pricey.

I'll stop here for today cause it will take ages to load the photos. I will be working on part 3 soon.

Just another thing before I end.

HAPPY 23rd/24th BIRTHDAY TO JUNG YUNHO!!!

I wanted to do a blog entry just for him but haha... look at the number of outdated posts I have to do. Forget it. But anyway I still have to wish him a happy birthday

Pre-preparation and in Taiwan (Part 1)

2009-02-01T13:38:00.077+08:00

Hi!!! Finally updating =P Well, I have been back for a month after my 8 days trip to Taiwan. Now may I have the honor to share with you what I had been doing before my trip and also the happenings I had during my trip.

23 Dec --- Two days before flying off. Had a little Christmas party in the office with Sarpino's pizza and a lot of snacks =P Jowyn came over from KL to visit and also to fly off together to Taiwan with me. So after work on that day, my dad drove me to Golden Mile Complex to fetch her. After fetching her, we went back home for dinner since it was about 8:30pm when she reached.

24 Dec --- Inital plan was to go to Top 1 at Bugis to sing then walk around the area but when I woke up early in the morning it was already raining cats and dogs. Haiz... the whole plan flopped. Anyway, Jowyn and I went to Partyworld at Causeway Point instead to sing. After that we ate toast at Toast Box then shopped around the boring shopping centre for a bit before heading home. Haiz... it was really bad cause it rained like the whole day. After that we went Lot 1 to have Mango Ice =P

25 Dec --- Since our flight was at 1pm we had to be at the airport like at 11am so we left the house like 10 plus. Since my dad drove us there we reached there pretty early. After checking-in, we roamed around the airport taking pictures with the Mickey Mouse figurines they have. And it had been ages since my parents went to the airport so I sort of brought them around as we waited for time to pass. We had lunch there then Jowyn went through the gate for our flight to Taiwan. Since it was my first time on the plane I had quite a bit of fun time watching it take off and slowly watch as the plane got closer to the clouds =P yup I know it sounds a bit dumb but the view is really nice. Please see photos attached. Hehe....

first here's a pix of me with my sis at the airport

me and my friend Jowyn who was traveling with me

our flight on the chart

i like the way the sun cast its light on the soft, fluffy clouds

Anyway, since after that it was pretty much normal, I fell asleep on the Airbus A320 =P haiz... should have brought a book along. At least I would have something to do but since it was too late I fell asleep for like 2 hours with my mp3 on. Hehe....

We arrived at Taoyuan International Airport at around 5:20pm which was 20mins earlier than expected. We took a bus from the airport to Taipei Main Station to meet Jowyn's friend who would get us to our hotel in Ximending. The bus ride was supposed to be NT125 per tix but the counter person only collected the price of one tix for both of us. Hehe... a happy thing from the first day of the trip =P In the one hour bus ride I was surfing on my phone. Hehe... but since the screen was so small I gave up.

We reached our hotel quite soon since it was easily located and although the room is a bit small without any windows but its still a good place. After putting our luggage in the hotel, we started roaming the streets of Ximending for a place to have our dinner since it was already 8pm or later. Anyway we settled into a Japanese restaurant for our very first meal in Taiwan. We had dinner and chatted as Jowyn and her friend looked through our itinerary and helped us to make some changes to it.

the interior design of the place we had our dinner

our dinner

me and Sarah

After dinner it was already past 10pm and most shops were already starting to close so we didn't do much expect to roam around a bit and took some photos at Ximending.

the christmas tree in the middle of Ximending

look what we spotted on the top of a building

After going back to the hotel to freshen up, Jowyn and I look at our itinerary again and worked out on what we will be doing the next day and also for the rest of the days.
P.S too many photos so there will be other parts

Fahrenheit's Fantasy World Tour

2008-12-21T13:59:00.002+08:00

Wow, finally the concert for Fahrenheit has reached Singapore. I really enjoyed myself on Friday and I got to say they really improved so much that I feel proud!

Took half day leave on Friday so as to make it in time for the poster exchange which took place at 3pm at the Indoor Stadium. I thought that I might not have the chance to get it since it was reported that fans were already going to start queuing since 7am and that there was only 2000 posters but I'm really glad that I still managed to get it. By 4pm, Ziee and I already got our posters. After we got our posters we heard screams from one of the entrance. It seems like Fahrenheit were there early for the rehearsals and fans who were near them saw them so they started screaming. Anyway we didn't went over so we just hung around the area since there was nothing to do.

Since the stadium is at a rather deserted place there was no where we could go. So we had a lunch cum tea break at the 7-11 nearby. After which we went to the loo and hung around the area talking about random stuff. But I'm glad that we did hung around the exterior of the building cause we heard them having their rehearsal in the stadium!!! That was just so high. It's the first time I arrived at a concert hours before the show and I'm really glad I did.

Anyway, basically for the next few hours we just hang around the area doing nothing except for going around to see what merchandise was being sold. And there was a discovery!!! They were selling Hana Kimi soundtrack amidst all the other Fahrenheit's albums and items!!! It was just so shocking that Ziee and I took a photo of it in secret =P (photos will be up later) .

At around 7 plus Dinah came and joined us. We continued to stay around the area to pass time then 2 students came up to us. Apparently they were reporters from Straits Times so they interviewed us but only Ziee accepted the interview. Hehe...

After the 2 of them left, another lady up and requested to do an interview. Well but since it was going to be caught on camera I left Dinah and Ziee to fend for themselves and ran away. Haha... Well, if anyone of you are in Singapore and want to catch the show, it'll be shown on Scoops. The program is every Sunday at 12:30pm and I just watch it just now, seems like its not shown this week so I predict next week it will be up.

By 7:45pm, we were already in the stadium waiting for the concert to start and I got to say I was really high cause the seats are just super good!!! I so love the seats and the view I get. Just a slight regret, since the tickets I bought was the 2nd expensive it was at the side. I should have just spent another $30 and get the most expensive one so that I can see the front view. But well, it's over.

I am really pleased with the whole concert cause can really see that the boys did work hard and they really deserved to get the credits for it.

Well, some unexpected situations do happen too but it's not bad things just funny incidents. But all of it happen to Chun. Hehe... Guess he was just super high that night that he kept doing the weird things.

There was one part where they had to sing after their band performance and Chun brought the drum sticks out instead of his microphone. Haha... when he realized that he took the wrong thing he immediately ran back to his drum set to retrieve his microphone and he looked kinda cute with the slight embarrassment look =P

Another one funny incident was during their encore performance. They sang 3 songs for encore, 'Zhi Dui Ni You Gan Jue', 'Mei Li Xin Shi Jie' and 'Xin Wo'. When they were singing 'Xin Wo', Chun was so high that he was jumping around on the stage. During one of the parts he even walked to the extended stage on his own and Calvin was a bit of a shocked cause it was not needed. Anyway, he walked back to the main stage soon and the show continued. (Note: It was caught on my video but once again it will be posted only later =P)

I'm really glad that I went and I know that the next time they come I'll definitely go too and this time I guess I might buy the most expensive tickets. Hehe... once again a great show guys and I am truely proud of you all!!!!

Just a slight regret, they missed out on the song 'Yue Lai Yue Ai' which was kinda sad cause they said they will perform it plus we heard them having rehearsal for that.

Photos and videos will be up soon