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i miss sevenone

2010-02-26T01:34:00.002+08:00

i miss everyone, please come back to this blog.

ger, suan and i are webcamming at this instant and we think that the blog should be revived.

hope 04s71 is doing well!!! MISS YOU GUYYS! CAN'T WAIT FOR OUR NEXT BIG GATHERING! WEE.

Woof.

2009-02-22T08:30:00.003+08:00

last published post: 24th dec 2008.

oh mannnn guys its time to awaken this blog la.

Anyway, just to awaken this space, I'm currently on student exchange at the University of Guelph, which is in Canada. And I went dog sledding a while ago.
Really fun, and I came out of that experience smelling utterly of dog. I think my gloves are permanently ruined =| But it was an absolutely amazing experience - we stayed overnight in the bush, and it was my first time camping in winter. Gotta say that it isn't as cold as it sounds. But it was really tiring I must say, especially since I'm quite the lazy bum when it comes to exercise. Dog sledding is a lot more work than you'd think...

gladys and i in london

2008-12-24T09:13:00.002+08:00

hi fellow 04s71ians! i miss you guys! anyway, met up with gladys today in london! we're both stuck in london for the xmas break. boohoo. today, we went to the natural history museum and thought of u guys! so we took a 71 handsign photo in the exhibition room with all the minerals, gemstones and rocks. lol. because we rock. erps. anyway, wishing everybody a merry merry christmas yea? and a great 2009 ahead. i love u guys. looking forward to see u all!

is anyone still reading this space?

2008-10-29T17:06:00.001+08:00

the title says it all...

all-guys fishing trip!

2008-08-01T11:16:00.002+08:00

hahaha! for those who're not on facebook, the guys went for a fishing trip a day before the gates of hell opened (today, the first day of the seventh lunar month!). we boated along the straits starting from raffles marina. quite fun! we caught a puffer fish named puffy too. :D wee. and maojiang broke a chair on the boat. lol.

sightings!

2008-07-24T22:08:00.002+08:00

hello!!

khengwee! put some photos of your party on the class blog... it's a bit stagnant again...

anyway, since i got back, i've been attached to pei hwa sec school... did abit of teaching, alot of class observations, followed teachers around like i was their shadow... finally ended my attachment yesterday, and then went down to moe HQ today for a debrief. guess who i met at HQ??

MRS TAN! yah remember our j1 gp tutor who i think struck quite a bit of fear in a certain giant in our class?? haha yeah... she still looks the same, speaks the same... though she thought i was huilin...

and then yesterday when i went back to HC for warwick school promotion, i saw mr wong! yes our dear CT... i must say everytime i see him, he looks like he's shrunk quite a bit!

so yeah, that's just some updates about life so far...

and something that will hopefully make u laugh, courtesy of some of the students in my school:

Teacher: I want you all to go home and tell your parents you love them.
[Teacher was trying to impart some morals to sec 2 students]

Student A: Teacher, my father got heart attack one leh...
Student B: Teacher, my mother will ask me if I want extra pocket money...

-_- kids nowadays.....

the sheep turns legit!

2008-06-19T00:06:00.003+08:00

Hello folks! So on the 1st of June, I turned freaking 21! But of course, I celebrated it early on the 31st of May, and thanks alot to all of you who gave me face and turned up at the rather boring and stuffy party of mine! And to all those abroad who couldn't make and all others who couldn't make it as well, really wished you guys could be here as well. But oh well, I guess we'll meet up some other time then!

sleepy

2008-04-18T22:12:00.003+08:00

ookie... so i think I never quite figured out whether mr wong knows about the existence of this blog, or rather, more importantly, whether he knows the address of this blog... hahaha! anyway, to those who nv quite know where i am specifically on the globe, i'm now back in chicago after spain for fall and mexico for winter, and won't be going off anytime during the next academic year again... it's week 3 and in a couple of weeks, it'll be midterms week again. =X chicago's weather sucks. it's been cloudy and raining a lot. it doesn't even look like spring a week ago because it got so cold that it hit freezing point. hello, it's spring!! *nudges the chicago weather* anyway, for anyone here who might be coming to chicago and needs a place to stay, i'm offering my sofa in the living room and the floor space in the living room and my bedroom for any sleeping bags. i've moved out of college dorms and am now living in this apartment building that is ominously named "the twin towers". >.< but!! my bedroom and living has the view of lake michigan and the sun rising from lake michigan every morning! :) pretty views make me happy. the address is 1645 East 50th Street, Apt 22H, Chicago, IL 60615... come come, ppl!
ookie. time to go back to my problem sets. bleh.

GAG'D: Mr. Wong Sighting @ Orchard!

2008-04-13T20:50:00.003+08:00

A picture speaks a thousand words.

P.S: Damian tried to run away.

P.S.S.: I managed to scare Mr. Wong. ~~Go me!~~

Sweeps the dust

2008-04-08T01:26:00.002+08:00

Coincidentally, it happens to be 1.30am right now! Was just dropping by the class blog, expecting to see the same old posts/tags but surprise surprise, I see that ger has taken the initiative to post something after more than 2 months of inactivity. As such, I shall do my part and keep the ball rolling and hopefully someone will blog after me? (It doesn't have to be at 1.30am.haha.)

Well, I haven't got the faintest idea what it feels like to have exams...but congrats to the medicine people! You've survived the horrors of pouring thru tons of notes and books...to the rest who're having exams, and to ger especially, jiayou! Your much deserved longgg break will come sooner than expected, and we all would be able to meet up for a class outing(s) again! Hopefully. By then I'll try my best to organise some stuff k.haha.Something tells me that after god knows how long, we should probably head down to sentosa to rediscover the youth in us, but then again that place doesn't quite feel the same anymore.

Hmm...aussie trip. haha. EVEN THOUGH YISHENG PANGSEH AGAIN, we will still head down under as planned! I'll personally ensure that nthg else will go wrong this time...haha. Even though we haven't quite got down to booking air tickets...hotels etc. =P

Btw, I've just quit my job not too long ago, and my status is now: Full time bummer once again. I guess telemarketing and sales, trying to sell something pple don't really need isn't my cup of tea, and I'm now happily relaxing at home...sleeping till noon and going for the occasional interview here and there. Will be trying out for a position in the zoo tml too, so who knows, you might see me playing with the baboon or orang utan one day!

Shall sleep now, but hope to hear from more of you pple soon...=)

blows off cobwebs-

2008-04-07T01:26:00.006+08:00

our blog is like so painfully dead i dont know how to describe it. deader than... dead?

its 1.30am now and i really shouldnt be here - i should be asleep, for instance, or mugging various facts related to real time pcr or mutagenesis or BLAH, but nooooo... here i am eating a slice of bread, drinking a packet of cold milo and typing this entry about nothing.

let's see, how's everyone?? although i think i kinda know the answer for most of us studying in sg now... its exams time!! woohoo!! i'm en route to achieving the worst results ever since uni started and my exams probably end the latest among everyone here!! the med people are finished and slacking at this moment, ntu and smu starts earlier than nus and my last last paper is like the 2nd last day of exam dates!!! roar!! on the brighter side of my life, i am no longer the vp of nusco muahahaha - what a term it has been. most of you guys probably didnt know that i performed in a concert recently apart from the co pple because i didnt try very hard to sell anyone else tickets (no illusions about the interest level in 71 heh) but yes, if you need to laugh at something, could always check out my blog (march entries) for me in a disgustingly red uniform (which gladys has already said makes me look like a midget, especially next to our darling alex) also, i've shifted blog to chocolatechipcookie3.blogspot.com, so people who have linked me anywhere could consider updating your links, if you havent yet realised. hahhaa

me aside, i'm curious - are the class guys really going to aussie before uni starts after yisheng pangseh-ed? (sorry yisheng you've been exposed heh)

anyway this is probably the last class photo we took... which was suan's 21st.don't you wonder what the guys were doing?

i've wasted enough time here, so i think i'd stop. brush teeth, wash face and then zzzland! -snores-

Suan's 21st!

2008-01-25T22:06:00.000+08:00

Hey guys! This will be the menu for Suan's 21st birthday party on the 1st of Feb:

4 Course Set Meal:

· Shared Appetizers inclusive of the following only:
o Baby Potatoes ○ Grilled Tofu Steak
o Spring Rolls

· Choice of one Main Course per pax inclusive of the following only:
o Cilantro Fillet ○ Macha Catch
o Grilled Dory w Oolong Sauce ○ Cajun Dory
o Crispy Lemongrass Chicken ○ Rosti Stacked Beef
o Honey Mustard Chicken ○ Rouge Deluxe
o Earl Grey Ribeye Steak ○ Jasmine Caper Salmon
o Al Funghi Pasta ○ Seafood Pasta
o Garlic Prawn Pasta ○ Dory Crisp Pasta

· Free-flow ZOC (Iced Lemon Oolong Tea)

· Shared Desserts inclusive of the following only:
o Apple Crumble w/ Ice Cream

Looks like really good food to me...haha. Anyway, just a reminder...it's going to be at the essential brew, holland V at 7pm. Try your best not to bring the 71 tradition along alright? Haha...cya'll on fri! =)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2008-01-01T16:33:00.000+08:00

To all 71-ians out there!

HERE'S A BIG HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
May 2008 be the watershed year of your lives, where we discover amazing miracles, achieve great things, and change your lives into one of blazing glory! Here's to greater things to come! Cheers!

the lourve with mr wong

2007-12-29T11:49:00.000+08:00

Photos galore!
Actually, I dunno what I want to blog here about the outing, because all that I wanted to say was placed on my own blog. Haha. But anyway, yeah, for the benefit of those who do not read my blog, we went to the History museum with Mr Wong on 23rd December. It sure was an interesting experience, the weirdest class outing ever.
We learnt alot about the Greek Gods that there, in particular, how they were a 'horny and hedonistic lot' (Mr Wong's own words!)
After that it was dinner, where we meet some people whom we haven't seen IN AGES! Yup it was really nice meeting up with all of you who went. Here's to the next large scale outing, and hopefully, when that happens, all of you abroad will be back as well. =)

Dear 71

2007-12-28T20:00:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone,

How are you all?? I've got about 1 more week before school begins again and I'm in quite a frantic rush to finish up my assignments... This is what happens to you when you decide to play before finishing your work...

Got abit impatient waiting for someone to blog about the outing to the museum! Thankfully damian already blogged about it :) so I saw all the pictures. So nice to see so many faces, especially people I haven't seen in ages like yiling and debra!!

Really wished I had gone home this december... You'd think that spending winter/xmas in a western country would have alot more of a festive atmosphere, but that's a BIG FAT LIE!! no kidding! Everything comes to a standstill over xmas. It's cold, grey and wet, but no snow. No nice bright decorations like those along Orchard Road.... So Damian, thanks for spreading some of your xmas warmth on your blog!

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year everyone! Do keep in touch and meet up more often! I can gladly say that at least for huilin and myself, looking at pictures of the class meeting up can really help drive the gloom away!

Take care everyone, you're truly missed :)

Another new post!

2007-12-03T23:09:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!

Haven't got much to talk about cos my life's not v interesting, but I msged our dear mr augustine wong about the supposed class gathering in december, and I think all of you would love to read the msg!

"Sure, that'll be nice. i shld be free on weekdays...blah blah...We can do a tour of the s'pore history & art museums. Educational outing. haha. "

So, anyone keen on an educational trip to the museum? =D

a little of this and that

2007-11-30T07:23:00.001+08:00

hey all.

well you can try reading my blog if you want some entertainment. i update occasionally.
my life now consists of studying for finals in 2 weeks. trying to accomplish everything i put off for the term in these 2 precious weeks. so it's definitely a behemoth project, to say the least.

and i discovered that writing an anthropology paper is actually worse than a psych paper. and that's a lot to say. imagine writing a thesis statement to answer 5 questions. i keep thinking i've nailed it, only to realise that i'm off-topic again. bah.
a couple more weeks and i'll be done with one out of 2 terms. just feel like pulling out my hair.

silencio...

2007-11-28T06:35:00.000+08:00

our blog is so dead that i can't help but want to post sth... even tho it's a post on how dead the blog is but at least, you know, it helps bring the latest blog entry date to november instead of the september that's already eons ago...

clearly, i'm procrastinating revision for my finals tmr... those of you who still have finals, jia you! and the ord guys... have your lives really been that boring? post sth!

and btw, i'm gg to see ai lin in about a week's time! can't wait! =D

a few comments

2007-09-16T01:13:00.000+08:00

hi all

I didnt go for maf 07 (obviously) and i MIGHT not be going for maf 08 either because I'm praying really hard for a full year exchange, failing which, a fall exchange. So if things go the way I really hope for them to go, I won't be around this time next year. But my purpose of typing this is actually just to mention that damian (or rather mr wong) just made my night with that blog post/msg because I nearly died of laughter reading it. Good thing I'm not drinking anything, don't think my laptop will survive with splattered liquid over the screen and keyboard. (if mr wong ever sees this, I'm kidding. Really. Seriously.)

Everyone! put "solidarity of spirit shown and the sincerity of friendship shared." on your msn personal msgs! It'd be cool. hahahahaha

MAF 07

2007-09-16T00:31:00.001+08:00

Hello fellow 71-ians! here are some photos from MAF 07 and Lileng's concert, held at NUSUCC at the same exact time!
Unfortunately, I have no photos of the school after light up, because the group of us who went to watch Lileng's performance left BEFORE light up had commenced! So others who have pretty pictures of the light up, do share!

Also, I've been tasked to put up a message from our very own CT, Mr Wong! So to all 71-ians out there, hope you enjoy this message!

'It was really nice seeing so many members of the class today. What I shall remember most about 71 is the solidarity of spirit shown and the sincerity of friendship shared. What impresses me too is the admirable humility of so many of you who are indisputably high achievers on your own terms. Wanted to catch up with all of you on a one-to-one basis, but think we were somewhat pressed for time today.. We'll meet again end of the year outside of college. Should be a nice change. Can meet for dinner at say, Marche or something.'

YES MY FELLOW 71-ians! I KID YOU NOT! Mr Wong wants to have a class outing with us all, preferably out of college, at the end of the year! SO MARK YOUR CALENDERS PEOPLE, and start planning how to get out of it! hehe! =p

Another photo to share with you guys.

The label on our beloved class bench! 04s71's still rocking!

I know this is going to sound mushy, but thank you 71 for being such wonderful classmates. One can hardly wish for a better bunch of friends to grow up with. Thanks for making my JC life so special. =>

Here's to seeing you all at MAF '08!

MAF

2007-09-09T21:21:00.000+08:00

hey everyone, monday doesn't seem like a good day cause so few people responded... so suan suggests we meet up on MAF instead.

Here's the plan. Saturday 15th sept. 5pm meet at curry wok for dinner. then 6pm we can either head to watch lileng's performance or head to HC... suan will ask mr wong if he's in sch on that day and erm we'll try to say hi to him...

yupz so tag again if you wanna meet for dinner!

back to HC

2007-09-02T21:51:00.000+08:00

hello everyone,

guess nobody went back to HC on teacher's day yeah... anyway i'm attempting to organise a trip back to visit our teachers sometime next next week starting 10th sept. this coming week is the sept hols (if not for my brother, i would have forgotten that sept hols existed...)

so anyway i'm throwing out the days i'll be free. 10th or 11th sept. monday or tuesday. entire day i'm free. it's j2 block test week, so i'd say we head back in the afternoon at about 12pm?? anybody free? sms me kayz, number is still the same...

it's a HI! and a byee..

2007-08-24T16:38:00.000+08:00

hey folks, i'm leaving this coming monday morning (for the older folies it's kinda like sunday night) to return back to the states.
27th Aug Monday 6AM NW 6

i've had a 4 month break. though techinically half was spent in China. it's been one of the most hectic ones. my luggage bag has been in a permanent state of semi-packed-ness.

so with just 2 more nights to go, i highly doubt that i'll be meeting any more of the class.
to those whom i've met, it's been nice catching up and just crapping on.
to those whom i have yet to meet, real sorry about that. i hope you all are getting along fine. and i'll be glad to play host to anyone who wants to visit Ann Arbor.

there's a slim chance that i might be back again for about 3 days at the end of september to attend my sister's wedding. but i doubt my timetable is going to allow for such a leisurely trip. otherwise it'won't be till next april or may that i'll be coming back. (the uni's real stingy with winter hols)

keep cheery and have a good one!

Our blog's alive again! Are we..?

2007-08-17T14:39:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!

Seeing that our blog has finally seen some action, I decided to chip in my 5 cents worth too! So you see all of you out there who're reading all these should carry on blogging and stuff, to like keep it going?

Well first of all, many thanks to anthon, for it sure feels good to be appreciated...haha. =) However, suan was more or less the main organiser this time round, so i merely helped out abit...messaging people,discussing where we should go and stuff. BUT...if you happen to have organised a class outing or sthg lidat...you would have realised what a pain in the ass this can get. Trying to find a date where most people are free...confirming the date/time/place countless times only to find out that people have other commitments elsewhere. Oh but please don't be mistaken...i'm not trying to blame anyone here, cos i'm probably part of the rare few bumming around in NS without a real(civillian) life...haha. Just that it's a teeny weeny bit disheartening to realise that our last outing at sentosa was on the 10th of june. Hmm...what happened to the 3 month uni break?Hey at least this outing's cozier, and we all got a chance to really talk to each other and find out what other people are up to, which really is the point of a class outing isn't it?

Well, hui lin put me to the task of "programming" something which shows the different dates which we are available, so as to find out when our schedules do not clash. Obviously that's not going to happen cos my IT skills are severely limited...but hey for a start, when are the overseas people flying off? Now that school's started, I guess those in uni can only meet up during the wkends too? So...let's see. We got the weekends on the 25th 26th, 1st 2nd and 8th 9th, after which the 15th is lileng's concert/maf, and we can probably meet up for dinner before that or sthg. So anyone keen to step up and organise THE next outing? All you need is a few SMSes to spare and i'm sure all of us will give YOU(yes, you reading this!) our fullest support!

Hoping to hear from someone real soon,
Kiwi. =)

Tuition, Anyone?

2007-08-17T13:27:00.001+08:00

Good afternoon. News for all those cash-strapped people out there-- I have a tuition assignment for you. Or rather, a close friend of mine has an assignment for me, which I am unable to take on due to my imminent departure from this continent (no, not this plane of existence, sorry). J2 Chemistry, contact me for further details.

P.S.: Those who wish to indulge their inner naturalist are cordially invited to view my facebook photos. I have some nice shots of Draco (flying lizard), Sphenomorphis (forest skink)and a few birds if anyone is interested.

P.P.S: Does anyone know where to get Painter software? My thanks.

P.P.P.S: I really,really hate the GST hike.

clarification

2007-08-14T23:59:00.000+08:00

tsktsk, mr anthon, what lies you have spread! *shakes finger* For those of you who are wondering, that hat is a birthday tool from fish & co. and neway, mr anthon missed most of the action coz he was in the loo... and action here refers to the fish & co staff bringing out a small chocolate cake, giving me a sparkler to play with in the air-conditioned glass house, putting on tt ridiculous hat on me, the band playing happy birthday for the i-lost-count-th number of times that night (and I came late somemore!), suan and the fish&co staff psycho-ing me to stand on my chair with the hat and the sparkler... For those who missed the scene, use your imagination coz I never did stand on that chair! =p (yupz... i'm not a good sport...)

but despite these, thanks thanks THANKS a lot to our beloved suan for planning the surprise belated celebration! *muack* really didn't expect it.. and thanks to the other 4 ppl, for being there and all... it's great to be able to see you guys again and catch up with you...

so yupz, let's meet up again before xy or debs fly (they shld be the earliest ones ba,right?)! let's prove to kiwi that 04s71 doesn't only meet every few months! and neway, how can we not meet up again when ailin is finally back right? ;)

p.s. contrary to what ailin said, i quite like the hk airport. after all, i'm just glad to be able to touch down after all the flight delays, air turbulence, delays in touching down... in a CHINA AIRLINE... eeks!

... - - ... This could be good, hey you

2007-08-14T22:26:00.000+08:00

Sorry couldn't resist it, but you all should really be doing your part for the environment.

Good day mates,

How could there not be a post after another class gathering? After all, these seem to be going the way of polar bears in the North Pole, not to mention the painstaking effort involved in organising it by YOU KNOW WHO. Since the photos are courtesy of my awesome new N95 (ORD phone), I guess it is only right that I blog something. Here you go:

And for those of you wondering, yup... Huilin did wore that hat out to meet us. Supposedly some kind of new fashion in the US...

So with Da Chang Jin, Science Crusader, Ms Greenspan, American Chic and the guy we all have to thank, the stage was set at Fish n Co. With the mediocre food, clamorous crowds and a terribly loud live band, I must say that I had a pretty good time that night.

All you need is just some good company.

Alright that's about it. And so as long as a person is willing to organise and there are people willing to turn up (me in the latter category), 04S71 LIVES!!!

Once a 71, Always a late-comer,
Anthon

answer the call

2007-08-12T22:18:00.000+08:00

i decided to answer ger's call about posting...

oh for the record, heathrow airport is quite lousy, but so is hong kong's airport... i took more than 1 hour to clear customs because the immigration officer takes more than 1 minute to process each passport -_- and hong kong airport also only allows 1 piece of hand luggage...

the past year has been exhilarating, memorable, humbling etc etc... lots of different experiences and emotions... just got back from China and I actually miss it... well to be exact, i miss the village and the people i've had a chance to interact with... don't know where to start and recount the entire experience... when i've gotten more sleep, i shall elaborate and make our blog seem more alive...

and , yes please meet up!!

starting somewhere

2007-07-28T13:31:00.000+08:00

hello all. i figured after ger's post that i really had to do something.

for a start. i'm back. been back for 3 months though technically i was in shanghai for 2 of those 3 months. and before time decides to start galloping before and away from me, i figure that we should all meet up. i'm leaving for Ann Arbor on 27th Aug. so anytime before that would be nice. i'd really want to meet up with ALL of you. the guys are only free on weekends, yes?

as for travelling, i used to do so much of that. but lately i've gotten lazy. and i'd very much enjoy a beach getaway for just 3 days with nothing but sun sea and sand. the idea of just packing my bags for a trip is enough of a put off. thing is, i've been packing and unpacking and packing again. not fun. and i'm about to start packing to go back. where did my summer go?

we MUST must MEET UP OKAY?

i dunno whether you people are feeling this, but i'm starting to feel a little displaced in singapore. it's a little unnerving. i mean, this is home. supposedly. a nd it's been about the same most of my life. and this time coming home was just different. and the same. the same blind trend-following. witnessing the mannequins decked out in the latest fashion spin-off from some other country. different buildings literally popping out from nowhere. see, i didn't see them being built. and walking somewhere to realise the bus stop just went and walked somewhere else. oh, and turning around to see some variety of angmoh walking about. that's pretty amazing too. 19% of our resident population is a foreigner. oh, and i forget to mention the reliable SPG hanging like an ornament.
but i shan't be evil. so lately, i've taken to walking about the heartlands. getting a little sticky. kinda fun really. i'd even go to the zoo if not for the mosquitoes. best to be taking some pictures too! before them buildings decide to crumble in a few months.

wakey wakey

2007-07-17T09:24:00.001+08:00

this blog is so dead, its deader than..... dead.

okie forgive my previous sentence. actually i havent much to blog about, but i saw the date of the last post by kw (28 MAY OMG ITS JULY NOW) and like everyone else -cough- i just wanted to wait for someone, anyone to post something but at this rate it seems that we're going to collect more cobwebs so i decided to type some rubbish to keep this, uh, alive.

ANYWAYYYYYY c'mon!! i'm sure those of you who have been studying overseas have loads to say after 1 year of another culture!!! (or at the very least, you could state how much you miss your beloved jc classmates bwahahaha) and some of us have been travelling after our exams in boring old sg - you know who you are - so we should have pretty interesting blog posts, right? plus i also happen to know that the guys have been planning some guys' trip to aussie at the end of the year after ord-ing! C'MON!! BLOG ABOUT IT!!!! our tagboard isnt so dead so i know pple have been popping in hoping for an update...

hopefully i shall start the ball rolling after so long.. well i came back to sg last week after travelling for 2 months. (yes, it has been this long since the hols started - i cant believe it) i left the day after the jc co syf judging (did i plan this on purpose? YOU BET. and hcco got gold with honours yet again!!! BEST JC CO if i say so myself - everyone was raving about them, and by everyone i mean the audience in the concert hall, not just us seniors) for montreal, stuttgart, then montreal again. which reminds me - DON'T FLY BRITISH AIRWAYS I'M TELLING YOU. they have a really screwed up baggage policy. according to the website since i was flying to canada i should be allowed 2 bags but i was only allowed to check in ONEoneONE piece at changi. i was allowed to check in 2 pieces when flying back to sg - its the same damned route (sg-heathrow-montreal and reverse) so dont ask me what's the difference.

and if you transit at heathrow (no matter which airline) you're only allowed ONEONEONE lousy piece of hand carry (ask damian - he was pretty pissed off too). most airlines wont count those ladies' purses as a piece but heathrow does. so for those who plan to transit at heathrow in future: DON'T. i was there for 24 hrs in all (12 hrs transit both ways). nearly died of boredom, plus they had zero trolleys in the departure hall - carrying a heavy, fat bag? too bad. have fun. plus i marvel at their baggage handling. my ONLY bag was delayed on my trip there, and despite me labelling my luggage as "fragile" the handle of my SAMSONITE bag broke, together with a bottle of facial wash in the bag. &*^%$#

besides the baggage rubbish at the start and end of my trip, the rest of it was pretty great. well, besides the one sickening moment in stuttgart where i realised that i didnt want to return for student exchange in germany anymore. (also related to my screwed up german grade this semester i guess) i wont say much else (since i already have problems keeping my own blog updated about my travels) but yea - visit montreal and new york if you can - its great!! (besides the looooong queues and tighter security in NY)

okie i'd stop here and hope for more updates =)

yes let's meet up!

2007-05-28T19:36:00.000+08:00

Hey all! It's your sentosa i/c again...haha. If I remember correctly, it's been like almost 1/2 a year since our last sentosa outing right? So i guess it's definitely high time we head down to our beloved sentosa! Those who weren't available for the supposed sentosa outing the other time should be free by now ba? So would the 9th of june be a good date for a day of fun in the sun,sand and the sea?

Do tag if you can't make it k? Suggestions for other dates welcome too! I'll be sending out sms-es soon but till then...hope to cya'll soon...=)

Oh to those still overseas, we'll definitely have more outings during this summer break so stay tuned!

we went to the zoo!

2007-05-20T21:03:00.000+08:00

To answer Ailin's queries, yes, the zoo outing did materialize. =p
Had a fun day then! Thanks to the people who organized it! Thank you!

class outing!

2007-05-01T22:01:00.000+08:00

hey hey 04s71ians! there'll be a class outing to the singapore zoo tentatively on the 19th of may 2007! =) keep it free! quirky, i know ;)

Hang in there!

2007-04-19T21:17:00.000+08:00

I see that the medicine people have finished their exams le...congrats!! It's finally over! No more mugging...late nights...intoxicating stress levels...blah blah...the point is, time for you all to relax and enjoy the super lonnnggg break! =)

To all those still in the midst of exams, must jiayou k! Just a little longer and you'll be free! Mug hard for your freedom...haha but do take care of yourselves too...

Anyway, now that the uni people are about to have a realli great holiday(i'm jealous...when am i going to ORD?!) it's also time to plan for great class outings and catch up with each other! It's been quite some time since we all went out together or sthg, except for the night cycling trip with 5 people...haha. So when would the exams be ending for the rest of the class? The overseas people...would you all be coming back during your breaks? You are dearly missed by each and everyone of us...it'll be nice to see you'all again! =)

Oh and other than the usual sentosa (which has changed alot since the last time we went there in...dec??) any ideas on where to go and what to do?? Ice skating sounds cool...literally too...haha. Let's update each other on the blog k!

good luck wishes!

2007-04-19T15:36:00.000+08:00

To all my other friends who are out there still having examinations:

Good luck to yah all! Hang in there and it'll be over soon!
I'm off to enjoy my newfound freedom! Woo-hoo!

The Pleasure Is Mine

2007-04-02T22:31:00.000+08:00

This goes out to Shin Wei, Yuen Mei, Kheng Wee & Yi Sheng for making sure I did not cycle alone. Seriously, I haven't had this much fun for quite some time and Swensens was the ultimate climax. And also to Ger & Damian for sticking around till we arrived. Your company is appreciated.

So the next time you two try to disappear, please don't do it on 1st of April.

Arigato gozaimasu,
Anthon

And the story so far...

2007-03-25T10:09:00.000+08:00

Good day people,

Thanks for the enthusiastic reponse. So as to stop all you eager beavers from knawing away at my arm, here is a tantalising update on the outing. People indicating interest thus far are as follows:
1. Me of course
2. Kheng Wee
3. Yi Sheng
4. Yuen Mei
5. Shin Wei
6. Lileng
7. Mao
8. Damian
9. Gilyn
These are the people i'll keep in the loop. If I've missed out anyone, start attracting some attention.

The progamme will go something like this.
1. Meet at East Coast Park on a Sat evening.
2. Get bikes.
3. Head to Clarke Quay for dinner (Brewerks does actually have some good food and beer).
4. Leave before the MOS crowd pollutes the place.
5. Transit through ECP again.
6. On to Bedok park (The long ride begins)
7. Push north to Tampines park (This is where mental endurence comes in)
8. Crawl our way to Pasir Ris Park (The end is in sight)
9. CHANGI
Here we can have supper, chill by the beach, scare some ghost, talk to some bapo etc. I've recced the route before and its xiong but managable. However if anyone gets too tired along the way then we'll just change plans to do some ad hoc sight-seeing as if we do reach Changi, we still need to get the bikes back to East Coast (ie. cycle all the way back). Assuming all goes well, we should be able to all fall out by lunch on Sunday.

So there you are. All that I need now is a date we can all agree on and feedback on the plan. Good Friday wkend is not good for me as i'll be busy.

Okay so hang in there and lets look forward to a good time.

As-Salāmu `Alaykum,
Anthon

Pretty Photos

2007-03-24T20:23:00.000+08:00

Dear friends, allow me to direct your attention here. Stockholm is a pretty place.

How's everyone doing? It just snowed/hailed/sleeted a few days ago and I am utterly miserable due to the cold.

ITS TIME

2007-03-17T23:11:00.000+08:00

Haha my sentiments exactly Kheng Wee.

Hi to my dearest one and only 71nnies... esp. the guys,

I think we are all in need some good ol male bonding again to break the monotony of NS life. How does nite cycling sound? I know we've all been there done that, but you know if it ain't broken... Anyway, what I need is suggestions on places we can go, things to do, tentative dates etc. What I can come up with now is just Changi Village and "last call" at clarke quay (hehheh). But dun worry, I've been doing some research and have quite a few ideas in mind. Surprisingly, Singapore is becoming quite interesting and cycling is the perfect way to checkout its nooks and cranies. Plus this new park connectors thing should allow us to trawl the island quite easily and safely.

OK so no more procrastinating and lets get this thing moving. I've also decided to stop being lazy, so I'll be the conducting for this one. Some Répondez s'il vous plaîtl would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I don't screw this up otherwise it would be Mr. Kheng to the rescue again.

We live in an equal opportunities society and that is why I'm opening this up to the women too (no more "girls" lah...all of you hit/hitting 20 already) From past experience, its gonna be quite shag but helllotsa fun so bring along your endurance if coming. Hmm if enough of you are interested then perhaps we can modify the outing to include only modest amounts of cycling.

In the meantime, you all be good and hopefully we'll catch up sooner rather than later.

Oh and did I mention that I'll be in the NDP flag marching contingent... exciting stuff

Cheers,
Anthon

pigs!

2007-02-21T01:09:00.000+08:00

I think its about time someone posted something piggish here!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Its the year of the pig(u)s! Oink oink oink away people!

sian

2007-02-16T23:32:00.000+08:00

am typing this while lying in bed: hope those who went for dinner had a great time. i wish i was there. i think february hates me, although i'm its child. =(

injured my back while rushing to nus to submit a report that's not graded. super not worth it. diagnosis is muscle spasm after an x ray to rule out fracture (phew), but if the pain doesn't go away in the next few days then acc to my friend could be herniated disc (worst case scenario currently)

Just last night i was typing LBP (lineweaver burk plot - enzyme action) over and over in my lab report and today i presented at nuh a&e with LBP - lower back pain.

NUS Orange Valentine Bazaar 04s71 Mini-Gathering

2007-02-13T19:32:00.000+08:00

yays. 4 of the 04s71ians at the NUS bazaar today which our very zai gilyn cheah organised for her school (i was spamming on free milo from the milo van)! hahaha. saw damian there toos but that was yesterday. hahaha. mini reunion! plz come for the reunion this fri. whatever u have on that evening, cancel! including lileng. hahaha. anyways, a happy belated bdae to our february babies suan and ger, the two lao po pos of 04s71 who just turned a big TWO-oh. ooh. and and and, happy valentine's day (or happy friendship day for pathetic singletons like me and some of u)! hahaha.

CNY reunion dinner

2007-02-04T21:20:00.000+08:00

this is an update on the latest plans for a CNY reunion dinner.

its gonna be on the 16th, cause the majority of the people can only make it then.
yup, plus its going to be at tian tian steamboat at bugis, though its only tentative until i manage to book places... i hope there's still places, or else i will be at my wit's end.
so yesh, i wanna thank the pw group leaders who helped me conduct the little consensus poll... and also to those who have already replied to my message asking for your confirmation on attendance.
and to those who have yet to reply me (you know who you are! tsk tsk! =p) please reply me asap yeah? i really need a rough estimate to book places. yup.

oh yeah... since no one seems to be aware of it...
do you know that yuen mei won a car? hahahah!
yup. i'll not tell you the details, she'll probably share with you guys during the reunion. her life is really interesting these days. hahaha.

yup. that's about all.
i have to go do other stuff now...
s'pore vs thailand now... current aggregate is 2 all. lets hope for a s'pore victory, and that there won't be war between our two countries huh! hahaha. afterall we used to be pretty good friends in the past.
plus superstar is on as well. diya's winning so far, hope she makes it! =p
and yeah, have to find a blog template for my blog... which i am taking my time to relaunch. haha.

so yeah
hope to seeya all on cny! =>

casually mentioning.

2007-01-30T05:54:00.000+08:00

i was just reading the posts and suddenly i realised that OMG! i have barely touched any alcohol in ages! i mean i've gotten one mixer at one of the seniors' houses, and a few sips of beer over the past few months. i mean, that could largely be due to the fact that i was sick for way too long.

the age requirement for drinking alcohol in the state of Michigan is freaking 21!!! i don't get it. they have some safe sex store selling all kinds of paraphernalia like vibrators and what not. i live in a substance free freshman dorm(entails no drugs, booze and smoking) and yet every thursday and friday night loads of people pour out and head to frat and sorority parties and the few clubs available in the town. then they return, hurling vulgarities and spitting out the occasional racist joke against "blacks", "chinks" and "native americans". i just avoid them.
what i don't understand is, the freshmen are are a year younger than us, which makes them technically even more illegal to consume alcohol. and my dorm being substance entails kicking you out of the dorm if you return drunk or consume alcohol. and the law states that consuming alcohol infront of minors even if you are of legal age is also an offence. the police doesn't seem to be nabbing the drunks but seems to be especially vigilant during holiday breaks.
another point of contention. the residence hall computing authorities fault you and issue warnings for downloading movies but let you get away with downloading porn flicks.

that said. i am immensely amused sometimes.

i also have friends here who have paid certain fees to obtain fake IDs. one even grew a goatee to get it. i have friends who enjoy clubbing immensely. and there are people who board the north campus bound bus after they finish their clubbing activities and hurl all over the bus. so much so that thursday and friday nights beyond a certain time isn't quite so desirable a time to head home.

can't deny i'm not much of a clubbing fan. i wouldn't mind coming home. sure, we've been deemed too reserved. but oh! sometimes it's a pretty good thing!
when you have drunks dressed in costumes randomly hitting you when you go home, or yelling vulgarities. one thing's for certain you surely know what they truly think coz those racist and vulgar comments only surface when they're drunk and high.
i daren't contemplate what happens elsewhere, coz my town is supposedly very safe. it could be worse.

cheerio hunnys! ask me out clubbing when i get home =P

I can post! Finally...

2007-01-22T00:38:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone, and greetings from London!

It is four-thirty in the afternoon, and the sun is setting. Though the weather has been quite mild, it is expected to snow next week. Am excited at the prospect of snow, which I have not seen before, but also skeptical of the accuracy of British weather forecasts.

I see you guys have been having fun! Clubbing, indeed! Me, I've recently been ice-skating. I think it is a very painful sport and not a terribly efficient form of locomotion. My bum still hurts from falling.

Well, more later, because I have to do my lab report!

Gladys

clubbing - my pov.

2007-01-21T14:33:00.000+08:00

i'm posting to stop this blog from becoming damian's personal blog.

sidetrack: damian, you obviously love blogging, so why dont you just restart your blog? =P

anyway, i surprised myself yesterday because as i tagged, i dont drink and i'm not a fan of loud heavy thumping music and dancing to it (which may be sort of an irony seeing that i play the dizi in the chinese orchestra which involves me -unfortunately- sitting in front of the loud suonas...) in fact, dancing in that kind of manner was something i personally just couldnt get used to so i know i looked like a woodboard fidgeting ard. in fact i was quite dead set on not going, until gilyn msg-ed me and made it sound like a class outing. hahahaha so i figured what the heck, i'd be ard pple i'm comfortable with and its a new experience!

i think i spent more time observing the people around than actually trying to er, get high. (which was difficult to start with because i didnt have alcohol in my system save for a tiny sip) in fact, there were times where i felt zoned out, probably because of the flashing lights and LOUD music and the many many many people just squeezing together and swinging limbs everywhere. its interesting to watch people dance, but you could also see couples er, lost in passionate kissing, dry humping, touching each other in places which are normally considered off-limits...

great, i sound like a voyeur.

but i swear i didn't derive any satisfaction from it. ew.

midway through i suddenly thought, if aliens were observing the entire scenario, they wouldn't know what to make of it.

after a while, yea, it got fairly claustrophobic, the music was starting to get boring (and a bit unnerving esp the one that went f*** you every few beats) and the air distinctly smelt unfresh, so i decided to bail out. unfortunately, i made everyone bail out with me because i had to get my things from the shared locker, (APOLOGIES!!!) but i think everyone else went off to another room... right? yea, while the 2 seriously old fogies of 04s71 went home.

well, at least i lasted beyond my target of 30 mins. =P

hoping to see everyone (or most pple) at cny!!

eye opening experience!

2007-01-21T11:06:00.000+08:00

i'm here to post directly after my previous post.
haha, i'm slowly taking over this blog. maybe it'll end up as my new personal blog. tsk tsk. (don't want this to happen? then post!!!)

okay okay.
erm first things first i've got to answer some of the statements posted on the tag board.

to gladys: erm, i think its okay even if you are on beta, cause i'm on beta but i can still post. yeaaaahhhh. i resent an invite to you... cause you don't seem to be ON the list of members... so try it! and try posting again! if cannot leave me a tag or MSN me and i'll try to solve the problemo.

to ailin, yisheng, suan (and all other people who experience disbelief at me wanting to go clubbing. which is practically the whole world that knows me. =p): hahahaha. times have change huh? but NOOOOooooo i'm proud to say that i did not bian huai or anything. its just a thing about wanting to finally see what the fuss was for myself. =p

just in case if you were wondering whether i went on saturday... the answer is yes. i must thank gilyn for the last minute pulling to get me to make up my mind about going....
and i must of course thank anthon, mao, kw, shinwei, junjia and geraldine for going along as well. (and finally seeing me through the doors of the club, without suddenly turning back and fleeing in fear. muahahaha)

clubbing is such an eye opener!!!!
it wasn't as horrific as i expected it to be, but at the same time, it was just as chaotic as i expected it to be.
i think i came out of it more determined to be a psychiatrist than ever, to understand why humans like us want to purposely get high on booze, loud music and strange alien lights. (though i have lots of theories based on last night already. hehe)
its really a form of self hypnotism... and what a coincidence it is, considering the fact that i'm doing a research project in med school on the whole topic of hypnosis and its effects etc.
i think i must be one of the only few people who go clubbing and end up thinking about work. but oh well, thats where i get my joy from... mixing work and play together. =p

anyway, clubbing can be fun... but for only a limited time only.
it's really quite fun for the first 2 to 3 hours or so. where the alcohol still has its effects... the music and lights have its initial hypnotic effect... the crowd isn't too overly huge and smokey.
but after awhile, it gets to overly repetitive... and the highness seeps away, the people get too rowdy (and smokey), the crowd becomes overly claustrophobic.
then you are left with three options, 1. try and restart the highness but downing more booze 2.call it a day, get out of the club, go to some quieter bar or pub and have a quiet drinking chitchat chilling session (or supper!) and 3. retire to the comfort of home and try to get over your hangover. =p
(i personally am a proponent of option 2. cause my legs get sore after more than 2 hours of dancing, but i still want to drink or stay out somemore.)

still it was quite a fun experience. i would still go again, but like i said, i'm going to be one of those lightning people, who go there for only like 2 to 3 hours, then bail to head to a more quieter spot.
(but of course, if you ask me to choose between going to a bar/pub/cafe against clubbing.... i choose the former. nothing beats Friends style chit chat sessions.)

thats all for today. the next entry will be about CNY gathering. yupppppp.
til then! its back to my usual schedule of tutorials and readings! =>

clubbing anyone?

2007-01-15T19:45:00.000+08:00

hello hello!
i'm just wondering if anyone is interested in clubbing this saturday...

erm yes. you saw that right.
i am asking if anyone of you wants to go CLUBBING. can you imagine it? me of all people? asking if anyone wants to go clubbing. the irony of it all.
but anyway... i thought it was high time i got my sorry protected ass through the doors of a club. i mean pubs and bars yes, i've been there done that. but a club? its always been the whole toy with the idea, go to the entrance, then ham away kinda thing.

anyway... nus is organising vbash at st james power station this saturday.
tickets are at 15 dollars each, with a free complementary drink.
and the reason why i'm quite excited about it is because its at st james, which in case you all didn't know, has an age limit for guys set at 25. and guess what? they specially lowered the age limit for guys then to 18.
so yeah. was thinking that its quite a good deal... get into a place that i otherwise, won't have the opportunity to go to in like... another 6 years.

so anyone interested? i need company, don't want to die in there. haha.
and i swear i won't get drunk lah, so erm, no need to take care of me.
just have to make sure i don't clam up at the entrance can already. hahaha.

just drop me a note here or message me... cause i have to get tickets from my friend. hahaha.

oh oh, and you don't have to be an nus student to go for it. haha.
so anyone can go for it! so erm... i hope someone goes (although i highly doubt anyone would want to go. hahahah)

thats all really. about the CNY gathering, will post an entry next week.
(so as to add life to the blog... haha)

I got the hint.

2007-01-13T12:20:00.000+08:00

Those of us who went. (If the colours look weird, drop a tag coz I was playing ard with them...)

Aaaaaaaaand here's the fireball!! Hmm I remember the phoenix from our year "rose" up though on hindsight i think the phoenix resembled a chicken -oh well- but i think cheering for a "phoenix" beats cheering for a car/tyre.

Yup it was really a blast! woohooooooo~ It was like a madhouse in the hall though. the mass dances were really fun, although we obviously looked like we owned 2 left feet each. cant believe that we actually took part la, seeing how we almost always spontaneously disappear the moment mass dance starts during the previous events e.g maf. but getting old liao la... was soooooo tired after that.

they have an english school song too. damn weird, that.

Actually the thing abt 5 generations under one roof next year... wouldn't that depend on whether anyone from our junior classes turn up?

do let's go back in hc uniform next year! =P though sec sch uniform would be funnier.. haha

hooray for great-grand seniors!

2007-01-13T07:07:00.000+08:00

damian rocks! haha thanks dude for providing such a superb summary of the events... gosh the atmosphere in the hall must have been quite electrifying!! this batch of j1s must be quite exciting to be able to create so much hype and atmosphere despite the rain!! and thanks to damian's commentary of events, i actually found myself laughing a few times while reading his post... the part about mrs ang blocking the stairs up the stage, about ponning mass dance sessions during our orientation, and about the audacious person who tried to hide the watermelon skin behind damian...hahaha

gosh OUR orientation is just so far away yeah... erps the last time we are going back as a class is next year?? man i'll miss it for sure!! yup but it is quite true that there'll be a gulf, generation gap if we go back... though i'm quite proud of our 71 watermelon and squeeze onto canteen table tradition!!

everybody, pls do meet up often!! time really waits for no one!!

after campfire!

2007-01-13T00:45:00.000+08:00

hello people! i'm here to blog again... this time, reporting about campfire 07!

erm... basically, turn out wasn't erm, superb but still good. hahaha.
7 of us turned up (ger,anthon,kw,aman,jj,swim and me) and others did expressed interest in coming, but couldn't make it in the end... but it was still nice to go back and experience it all again! =p

unfortunately, s'pore's recent raining spell decided to come back again... and it just kept raining and raining.
so yes, campfire was held in the hall this year. abit of a sore point to us, because, erm, we all know how superb it was when its held at the central plaza, but to the 07 batch, i guess it didn't really matter.
they were still crazily high and erm, honestly, mad. HAHA. throwing people into the air, forming mad human chains that nearly killed and rolled over people, and apparently, tried to Taw Pok people! So much so that Mdm Ang of council kept screaming and threatening to cancel everything if she saw another human throwing session, and also screamed at fanatical students trying to lead the human chain up the stage.
(in fact, it was the first time i had ever seen a teacher block the stage staircase just to prevent a whole bunch of rabid students from going up. it was quite funny. hahaha)

there was the usual skits and dance items by the different houses. and of course, mass dance and song sessions. all of us sang the songs while we were on the 2nd level, safe from harm's way. (because the juniors were so high, that it was really quite freaky. hahaha)
but during the dance session, we decided to join our great grand juniors, though we wisely chose to dance at the side of the hall. HAHA. our great grand juniors are crazy dancers, all of them really know their mass dances, and we were so embarrassed by our inability to dance them.
came to the conclusion that we really shouldn't have ponned those mass dance sessions during our own orientation. hahaha.
but we did our best trying not to look too stupid. and we survived so yeah. three cheers for that. haha.

there was a lull in the rain however, and the school took the opportunity to initiate the grand light-up... so yes, we did see the fire ball. UNFORTUNATELY, photos aren't with me. haha. so someone else should post it.
fireball design this year was actually quite nice! and cool. though the theme of orientation is admittedly quite sucky: Turbo Charged! Orientation 2007. Think they were trying to go all formular one or something.
but still, it was quite nice. but not as nice as our very own fireball of course, cause nothing beats our own orientation experience. =p

we have finally become great grand seniors already! aren't we old? haha.
anyway, our seniors didn't go, so we were the oldest bunch of 71-ians there le. haha. which was quite shuang, cause we acted like a bunch of empress dowagers/emperors and keep giving very tough orders, especially when they were forced by our grandjuniors to do the usual traditional tasks that we like to perform on new 71-ians. hahahah.
like during the 'whole class stand on table' task, they couldn't really do it, and the grand juniors wanted to give them another table. but we sat on the other table and told them 'cannot like that, we did it on 1 table, so they must also do it on 1 table.' hahaha. i think the 07 batch was quite pissed with us. hahahaha.
and the watermelon task, they couldn't do it as well. and tried hiding the uneaten pieces. they actually had the audacity to hide a huge piece behind my leg. like erp... i may be old but i still have eyes okay! =/
but oh well. juniors are juniors. one day, they will understand our ku xin behind being so strict about our traditions. hahahaha.

actually, we all felt something about campfire, and that is, we are really old now. hahahaha. and it feels so different already. the new batch of hwachongians, though just 4 years younger than us, are so different in style, attitude, etc.
there is basically a generation gap! GASP! can you believe it? between us 19-20 year olds and them 17-18 year olds!
while it was really a trip down memory lane, we decided that next year's the last year where we can go back during orientation. if we decided to go back further, it'll be super weird liao. so yes, i guess next year will be the last year where we will try to organise a orientation class outing again. think about it... next year we might have 5 generations of 71-ians at the same bench! (SCARY)

after seeing them grand juniors and great grand juniors erm, manhandle each other, we decided that we 'old fogies' have to go do something befitting of our age, so we decided to not to go squeeze with the young ones at KAP or something....
but went to drink coffee at coffee bean! and talk about life! ahahaha.
quite sad, but oh well, what can we do right? time waits for no one and we have to start living our age liao. hahahahaha.
but yeah, so we went and probably chatted for like over an hour... after that we decided to call it a day! =>

oh yes, before i forget, erm, jj, swim, kw and i decided that we should have the next class outing on the eve of CNY eve, a sort of 71 reunion dinner thing.
any objections or suggestions? we could go to see the celebrations in the morning in school, then go eat dinner in the night or something like that lah.
so if any of you know of any nice (and hopefully affordable!) steamboat places (other than marina south), to host the dinner, tell me!
because i decided to volunteer myself as the organiser this time, and not trouble kw anymore! haha the poor guy has been the organiser for far too many things liao, lets give him a rest huh?
so yes, i will start sending you or posting the details when CNY approaches, but take note about it!

once again, we are already great grand seniors! can you believe it?
time flies too darn fast huh? =p

til next time, take good care of yourselves folks!

campfire!

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

HELLLLOOOOO CHILDREN OF 71!

Do you remember the good old campfire days, when we were in J1, fresh out of secondary school, fresh out of our O levels, ready to face the next phase in life?

Do you remember the craziness of orientation, the madness of being dragged from another class to another (well... at least for both me and kw, haha!), the hilarity of the games, the fun, and the messiness?

Do you remember the beautiful campfire night? Where we all GOT HIGH on campy dance moves, GOT EMOTIONAL when the songs came out, GOT DELIRIOUS WITH JOY when the screaming, stomping and cheering all blasted out?

If your answer is yes, then here's a chance for ALL OF YOU to relive it!!!!
CAUSE THIS FRIDAY IS CAMPFIRE NIGHT!!!!

Its going to be FUN FUN FUN. So make your calendars free for that night, as we ham it all up to relive the wonder of our J1 days all over again!

More details to be given by KW ASAP. Heeeheee. I'm just here to create some enthusiasm about it. =p

So be there, or be square!
Seeya!

happy.birthday,seven.one! (:

2007-01-07T17:37:00.000+08:00

hello! i have not blogged in here for exactly one whole year. haha. how are u pple!? it's our birthday today!! (: maybe we can have a mini celebration on july the first. i think we did cut a small cupcake for the class last year. :P

take care, all of you!!

happy birthday, seven one!! (:

Happy New Year!

2007-01-07T01:34:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone :)

A new year is here!! u guys sure had fun at damian's house yah!!

i can't believe we're all going to turn 20 this year!! this topic has come up quite alot among my friends here... and we're beginning to quantify our lives... so you keep hearing comments like "let's say we live to 100 years old, gosh 20% of our lives are over!" haha... abit scary cause i dun feel adult enough... contradicting too cause now that i'm going to be an adult soon, i still want to remain as a teenager!! humans are so fickle...

haha anyway, here's a picture to herald our impending lives as adults

hope that everyone will have a good year ahead!!

2007!!

2007-01-02T12:39:00.000+08:00

aiya yisheng beat me to the first post of 2007! grr...

at any rate, happy 2007 everyone! may your 2007 be a gazillion times better than your 2006.

and as your responsible (and mildly exasperated) class treasurer, i would like to enquire: what on earth do you guys want me to do with the remaining $117.20 in the class fund?!

2007

2007-01-02T11:31:00.000+08:00

to all 04s71ians whereever you may be, here there and everywhere.

a very happy new year! =D hope 2007 will be a great year for everybody!

countdown was fun, but i'm falling ill! argh! chocolate fondue + alcohol + lack of sleep + prata dun go well together. hahaha! wee!

happy new year in advance

2006-12-31T12:30:00.000+08:00

hey peeps! here's wishing everyone an advanced happy new year! Since I won't be going for the countdown today and my new year will be spent on Boeing 777... have fun counting down and here's an advanced 'Happy Birthday, Mao Jiang' too coz by the time I reach Chicago, it would be Jan 2nd in Singapore already... sigh.. don't want to go back...

merry christmas

2006-12-25T12:31:00.000+08:00

wishing all 04s71ians a merry merry x'mas! may all your wishes come true ya? sorry, too lazy to write christmas cards this year. maybe chinese new year cards lah? lol.

the one with myself

2006-12-10T06:47:00.000+08:00

I have no idea where the text comes out. anyway, all these pictures are way outdated coz i couldn't get them up earlier. the one with the shirts is when i did laundry for the first time and used the dryer. the yellow shirt shrunk when i placed them in the dryer. so it's pretty pitiful. but i managed to expand it by wearing it. the one with my mom when she came to visit me a few weeks back. and one at the fair before fall classes started. and 3 on halloween. i was some jap animae assasin ninja thing.
hols haven't arrived for me. i have friggin' EXAMs now. lots and lots of them.

soak some rays for me~!

the one with the commissioning parade

2006-12-09T22:24:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody!

I've decided to post this blog entry on the Officer Cadet Commissioning Parade '06 (Don't really know the official name of it though, so just go with the above will ya? =P)

Yesh people! I WAS THERE! I WAS AT SAFTI MI on Saturday (Just a feel hours ago actually...) to witness the commissioning of the new batch of officer cadets... (most of which consisted of the guys from our batch!)

Now you all must be wondering why should this entry even be warranted as a class blog entry material...
Because you guys must be thinking that this commissioning parade has nothing to do with 04s71.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE WRONG! =P

Presenting to you 2nd Lt Anthony Wong Wai Keong!
(It was my honour to have a photo taken with him. Haha.)

Our first Officer from 71! Woo-hoo!
So lets all say a big congrats to our Lt Wong! =P

Some photos of the parade. (nothing much, my seat was quite lousy and I didn't really know how to take photos of a parade. angles and style and all.)

Before.

After.

President Nathan (and Cadet Wong, so subtlely pointed out by my artistic skills. muahahaha)

Yup, should be all. Got somemore lah, but so boring, not worthy to be put up.

So once again! Congrats to Anthon!
Now all of you out there, if got chance, must go to Mao's Parade. Its comming up like in a 3 months' time!

Holidays are here! Happy Holidays people! And hope to meet ya all soon! =>

the one about michigan

2006-12-04T23:22:00.000+08:00

XIAOYAN!

DO YOU KNOW THAT MICHAEL PHELPS ATTENDS THE SAME UNIVERSITY AS YOU!

WOW! You don't get such stars in NUS... (except Stefanie Sun's sister who is in medicine.)

I bet you don't even know who Michael Phelps is... Just know that he is one the greatest swimmers of all time.

I'm so going to try to visit you. But only problem is that I can only get there in like Mid May... when you are most probably back in S'pore already.

But anyway, help me keep a look out for Michael Phelps okay? I want his autograph.
(If you don't know how he looks like, tell me, and I send a photo of him to you... or you could just google for him or something.)

-End of fanatical squealing-

Ann Arbor, Michigan

2006-11-27T13:38:00.000+08:00

damian you absolutely HAVE to come VISIT me. thing is my term closes by about end april or so. i dunno if you're still having classes then. 'm just a stone's throw away from New York. you have to come. have to come have to come. have to come.
you get the point right?

my hols start by about end april to early may. and i'll be coming home. then heading to shanghai to visit my dad i think. i wanna travel too!
i should stop lusting over holidays. finals are in like 2 weeks. then i'll finish within a week and a half and winter break's here!
but it only lasts like 2 weeks. weep.

the one with the good lucks!

2006-11-23T23:51:00.000+08:00

hello people!

i decided to come here and inject some life to this blog.
the tag board's been changed. finally got myself to get it changed.
ironic that i took like a month of procrasination to get something done, when the actual process of getting it changed, was like, in a single minute.

but thats me! procrasination is my greatest sin.
and for that, i'm paying for my horrible progress in medicine. =>

to everyone out there, having exams, all the best!
hope you all are in a much better place than me.
it feels like A levels all again, just that, A levels was actually better... cause we were dealing with stuff being taught over two years...
while right now, we are dealt with almost equal amount of workload that we are supposed to digest in 3 months.
3 months people. its only been 3 months! can you believe it? and guess what? i've been taught almost 3 quarters of my syllabus already, and i'm being tested all that i've been lectured so far.
(unfortunately, my last lecture is two days before my first paper. boo hoo)

so anyway... jiayou!
don't despair if its too tough or hard or anything.
cause bottomlife is, university life isn't as simple as we thought it would be...
so lets just get this sem over and done with, have a good month long break, and start another sem with better planning. =p

hope to see you all soon!
and i think i'll be planning a trip next year...
just wondering if anyone's interested.

oh yeah... to the girls in US. roughly what period are you all actually coming back?
cause i'm going to East USA next year... the new york, chicago, florida, washington stretch... maybe i'll pop down to visit you guys! and you could like be my guide or something!

just look at me. planning trips for the 3 month break next year, when i probably won't pass my anatomy. tsk tsk. =/

cheers!

love comes with age.,

2006-11-10T03:30:00.000+08:00

this is in response to ger's entry.
i think that if a university is aesthetically appealing to begin with, it makes it a lot easier to love the school. and it doesn't always have to be red-brick buildings and all. i mean, in my case, it probably is. but even as a kid in pri sch, i loved my school coz there were all these little nooks and crannies where i hung out and sat and chatted with my friends and that was what that place meant to me, something dear.

these days, as the buildings are increasingly being made of glass and concrete, i can't help but feel that aside from being perhaps architectural successes, they're just empty empty shells. at UofM, there are newere concrete structures scattered amongst the older brick buildings. but perhaps coz the pace of life is rather slow, and we're such a small town establishment, that there's an old vibe about the campus, further emphasized when the weather turns cold and foggy. i can't say i LOVE my school. that'd be pushing it, but it's still rather dear.

and then i look at the other residents in the town. all of whom are probably related to the university(ie. their kid goes there, they own a business that supplies hotdogs to the school, they're working as a janitor at the school, they're fans of our great football team). i mean it, that's how small and homely Ann Arbor is. it's all these people( and not necessarily the students) who are so attached to the school. the students probably are. i mean, in their drunken stupor after a match well-won, they're crazily high and singing really loudly and stuff. but it was this family whom i noticed before the football game even started, and they were singing the university's anthem at the top of their voices, along the sidewalk.
and i wondered.. why am i not?

another thing. i think the UK unis will find a tad more romance. something aout the chilly and wet English weather i suppose. and maybe the older stone buildings.
off now.

for the love of your university...

2006-11-06T18:33:00.000+08:00

an innocent question in lecture today reminded me about huilin's post a while back.

the question by the teacher was, "why did u choose to come to nus?"

immediately there was laughter round the room. and much of it was pretty sour, in the "ha.ha.ha" kind of way. apart from the international students, who said that nus is famous etc, the other responses were the -_-" kind. like this classmate of mine, who said (in german) "because my mum sent me here." another classmate said that she didn't have a choice, since the other 2 unis in sg dont have an arts department and she cant go overseas.

and then the next question was, "is nus good?"

the response was more laughter and i heard a few pple say "oh please." (and contrary to popular opinion, i wasnt the one who said that. heh. =P)

well, in a nutshell, huilin, ur right. many of us here are in nus/ntu because, well, we don't really have a choice. perhaps one might feel attached to the courses taking especially if one had to fight to get in, but for those in the "generic" courses (the "as long as u can get into nus u can get into that course -_-" zzzzz), for most people, unless it was a struggle to qualify for tertiary education, or for some reason in love with the institution and everything it stands for, a love for the university is pretty non-existent.

in science fac, i see people wearing the sci fac tee, but rarely do i see anyone trapising ard in a "i love nus" tee. and the only few i've seen so far are all definately international students. then again, it could be that the shirts i've seen so far are aesthetically unappealing. (for the record, i own one fac shirt, but i will never wear either of the above mentioned.)

i wont say that nobody loves the universities itself, because when i was on the pagoda at chinese garden during mid autumn festival, this bunch of people next to me were yelling out loud "I LOVE NUS!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~" and then "let's do it again!" "WE LOVE NUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~~" and i could tell that they were quite sincere (trust me, i would know) though they were irritating the hell out of everyone else present by their whooping and screaming and shouting.

what people might miss would be the people they know. and this can be readily dissociated with the university itself. truthfully, most of the time, unless u had a close relationship with some faculty, or u represented the institution in some competition, you wouldnt feel for the place after you leave it.

actually this ties in quite nicely with the ongoing debate about 1 in 100 nus alumni responding for a call for donations in comparison with a 40% response rate in us universities. i guess the main issue here is how attached one feels towards the university, and that is dependent (to some extent) on whether you chose to go there in the first place. and when you have a choice, did you really have a choice?

just rambling here. back to mugging.

boooo

2006-11-06T03:21:00.000+08:00

i want pics too!!!
there are bengal tigers in brunei? i thought they were in Bengal.. *scratches head*

my brain's a little woozy now. coz it's filled with thoughts of sleeping on the library table. econs text is really a great cure cure for insomnia.

anyways. my mom is up here and she brought along this brilliant device called Starhub Digital Voice Travel. i have decided that i will randomly call people to chat. so you may just be the next unlucky or lucky one!

oh yeah baby!

2006-11-05T10:03:00.000+08:00

hey peeps. the delay of the photographs is due to the overwhelming good quality of my camera -beams- which caused each photograph to be around 2mb. argh. yups. being the lazy boy i am, it's so so so so so difficult for me to just sit down and click and click and click and resize each photograph manually. yups. a big waste of time. but now i have found the solution! i have found a programme which resizes EVERY PHOTOGRAPH AT ONCE! oh yeah baby oh yeah oh yeah. hahaha. and now, the size of ALL the photographs we took on halloween ish only 4+ mb! woo hoo! isn't that great? so yeah, please look for me on msn. or if you want, can send an email to me stating u want the photographs so that i can send it via YouSendIt.com recommended by lileng. ya ya ya? patience is a virtue. hahahahahaha. okies. im going brunei next week, so be quick before i leave on a jet plane and don't know when i'll be back again. cos i might get eaten by bengal tigers. or sucked dry by leeches in my sleep and come back as a mummy. yups. so please take care guys. and let's plan another partae soon. in the meantime, you studying bookworms jia you for your examinations while my brain degenerates. yups. buais.

p.s. what happened to our tag board?

ahem ahem

2006-11-03T12:45:00.000+08:00

This is an offical warning to yisheng: WE WANT PHOTOS.

ahem.

oWeen!

2006-11-01T11:25:00.000+08:00

what webcam session? why i'm pangsei-ed again?
anyway. i celebrated halloween here in michigan. complete with dressing up and stuff. i went as a ninja geisha thing. which people insist on calling an anime character thing. whatever. i was in the haunted house scaring people so my makeup's pretty ghastly.
i can't seem to post pictures. i'll try it some other time.
and have a rollin' good time people!

halloween party

2006-11-01T10:39:00.000+08:00

hey! s/o pls post stuff abt the halloween party that you guys have at ys's house! so that ppl like me who overslept through the entire webcam session can busk in the belated atmosphere... haha! (btw, yesh.. i did see that obscene emoticon, hanjie... which makes me wonder why you have tt emoticon in ur comp, yisheng.. *raise eyebrow*)

it's halloween today and my chicago singaporean seniors are at this place called belmont watching a halloween parade but oh well... my batch didn't go... There are kids knocking on my door every now and then coz my residence hall is open for kids from the neighbourhood to trick or treat since the neighbourhood isn't exactly very safe for them. I went around the neighbourhood just now and there were some houses that are really done up in halloween style. It is kind of disappointing to realise that halloween isn't tt big a thing in chicago, or prolly it's just hyde park... Those dumb sweet valley books give me all those false expectations... haha!

oh... what happened to our travelling plans? some kind soul please be nice and plan!! :)

btw, i have the a capella version of bizarre love triangle, the song that was originally played on our blog before it got this screwed up stage... maybe we can upload it when the blog starts functioning normally again...

take care everyone! :)

hmm

2006-10-20T22:55:00.000+08:00

Actually...i dun mind going for the hols thing! Haha...but yupz i seriously doubt it will happen unless someone(damian) does sthg abt it...=P The sad thing is, I only got 1 day of leave left! But even if i can't make it i think it'll be nice to go overseas together...and as much as we would like to visit the US/UK, i think it'll be financially not possible! Let's settle for somewhere like redang island...bali ( bombed twice! Won't happen again...and everything's cheap there!) krabi(the thai military will protect all of us...we can take pictures with the tanks too) or batam/bintan?

This coming tues is hari raya! Any plans for an outing? =)

lu xing ah!

2006-10-18T15:58:00.000+08:00

You guys have fun seeing the world in dec. I'll be here taking exams.

You could like make a round trip to US and UK and visit all of us here. AHAHA.

I'll bring you to disneyland!

holidays

2006-10-18T09:16:00.000+08:00

hellos people.
i don't know if holidaying at the end of the year will actually happen. haha. you know our class. always say for fun only. lolx. and no one will wanna organise cus it's too troublesome! then again it'll be fun. so if it happens, count me in kays? can go somewhere nearer since 3/4s of the world is having winter and i don't exactly like lugging winter clothings around.

weep

2006-10-18T03:54:00.000+08:00

sigh. i won't be back for the winter hols. coz i only have like 2 weeks of break since my uni goes by a trimester system instead of semester and quarter.
but i'll be back for 4 glorious months of summer holidays next year unless i intern with a company or head to shanghai or take spring school here.

hols hols!

2006-10-16T22:05:00.000+08:00

Hey! I don't know when you guys are thinking of going for hols as a class but if you guys are travelling anywhere between 10 Dec and 2 Jan this year, count me in! coz this girl who misses home initially decided to come home for her winter break... =S but hopefully, u guys are not thinking of say... travelling to europe... coz it doesn't quite make sense for me to fly half a world back to singapore just to fly pass another few continents to get to europe.. haha! but I'm on for anything within the region! :)

Anyway, in response to damian, yesh... facebook is kind of like friendster, just that I think it's more useful than friendster coz a lot of ppl use the wall posts like an IM chatbox... Phone plans in the states are rather uncompetitive and so most plans do not have free smses... One has to pay for both outgoing as well as incoming smses (which doesn't make sense to me). Ger, what's ur ID for facebook? and AL... get facebook! :)

GAME!

2006-10-16T16:49:00.000+08:00

totally game for the holiday together idea! i want i want!
especially to a place in Asia. it'll be so cool. and with such a big group, we'd prolly be able to fix a more personalised itinerary.

the one is response to big sheep's entry?

2006-10-16T16:13:00.000+08:00

hello everyone!!! it hasn't started snowing here... but already it's quite chilly because of the strong winds... nonetheless, i still can't wait to wake up to a field of snow!! oh which reminds me that there's haze in SG now rite?? yeah, here there's quite a bit of fog in the early mornings and in the nights... it's eeriely beautiful...

haha last saturday's club theme was "skool dayz"... so in the cold temperatures of perhaps 12 deg C, girls are wearing ultra mini skirts and waiting in the queue to enter the party venue.... i was on a public bus back to campus and it was funny to see more and more people dressed up in "school uniform" complete with ties boarding the bus. Haha then a fellow hwa chongian said we should wear our HC uniform with our red/brown/maroon tie and join in the party!! haha... nah we didn't, who on earth would pack their JC uniform in their luggage when the luggage is bursting at its seams??

travel travel travel... i'm half wishing i did book flights back to SG for christmas... most of my frens here are going home.... i'm in the midst of drawing up some december trip to italy and france wif a few remaining people.... if any of u ever been to these countries, suggest some places that i should not miss okay!!

yeah since the tagboard is down: ladies studying in america: i don't think i'll be flying down in december cause the tix are like 300 GBP?!?! so maybe i'll visit u all spring/easter break??

ooh yeah we SHOULD plan an overseas trip as a class!! hmm but i realised that my holidays only overlap for 1 month with you all... watever the case, just let me know okay!!

take care everyone!! i'm missing the comforts of having a class and people you know constantly around u!

the one with all the admin

2006-10-15T20:16:00.000+08:00

erm, may i ask, what exactly is this facebook thing?
sounds like some programme employed by the vain to show off photos of their faces or something...
or is it a online friendster like thing?
and just to answer xy's qns about it... no, i don't have a facebook account. =>

oh yeah, i'm here to talk about the tagboard.
erm... no geraldine, kheng wee, lileng and huilin (and all else who asked about the tagboard) there is nothing wrong with your eyes or computers, the tagboard is acting all screwy because tagboard.com is obviously going through a screwy phase in life right now.
i guess its their mid life crisis period. so yeah, i'm hoping it'll get out of it asap, cause there really is nothing we can do to elevate the problem of having some strange pop-up window appear everytime you visit a blog that uses a tagboard supplied by tagboard.com...
or i could choose to change the tagboard all together... but i'm not too keen on that course of action... cause it'll mean the death and destruction of all the previous tags... and more work for me. =p
but we'll just wait patiently lah, and keep two-fingers-crossed, and hopefully, the service provided by tagboard.com will revert to normal soon. yeah.
otherwise, if this problem persists, i will change it lor.

to the american girls who experienced snow.
i think its fantastic! => i miss snow... leads me to recall my trip to hokkaido last year...
which leads to me to ask: anyone interest to actually go on a trip overseas together?
doesn't have to be like to the US or UK or europe or anything...
just somewhere in asia... (and by that, i'm actually saying okay to places like hk, taiwan, thailand or some other places, that would actually spell doom for guys... because we'll probably end up as paperbag carriers.)
or how about china? or korea (princess hours!) or japan?
a bit ex maybe... but seriously, the place can decide later... just asking if anyone is interested in going overseas together anyway.

to the girls overseas....
if you can rent korean dramas, may i suggest the serial "princess hours"! go watch go watch!
its very nice! gotten me all fanatical! go ogle at the shuai ges and mei nvs inside! =>
and the music is very nice also, anyone interested can borrow the cds from me. hahahaha
(shameless fan plugging)

thats all for now then!
come to think of it... having the tagboard down may be good... cause then, ppl will be forced to actually blog. hahahahaha.
maybe i'll just remove the tagboard all together. =>

my piece

2006-10-15T18:20:00.000+08:00

me has facebook acct and i only have one friend on it. heh. and i didnt identify myself as a nus student because... well, i dont want to =P

well, despite what u guys say.. i still envy u all. snow! it beats the haze hands-down any day! my nose is leaking in sync with the rising PSI index... I'd rather freeze than breathe this stinky air. (Though i realise that my nose would still run uncontrollably in cold air anyway...

anyway, is it me, or is there something wrong with our tagboard...?

singapore time

2006-10-15T14:53:00.000+08:00

this is odd. i've been sleeping so late that i'm almost living in singapore time. let's see, i changed roommates, i've had midterms. i've celebrated MAF(and it's nothing like what we've had)

it's SNOW-ed!. and trust me. it's NOT fun. not now anyway. coz it's not falling thick enough. it's freezing cold in Ann Arbor and sorry huilin for not coming to visit you!. i sorta needed to relax and recoup and stuff. and just chill. i've been exhausted for the past 2 weeks.
the temperatures now are like bordering on negative. -1 to 3 degrees C. and i've spent like 4 out of 6 weeks being sick.

haha. and mao's back from sailing the distant seas? i can't believe we're like classmates and everyone doing something so amazingly different.
anyways, who has facebook?

yay new post!

2006-10-14T12:38:00.000+08:00

Hey...paiseh I realised that it's been a long time since i blogged! Yupz so i'm just here to add in a random entry =) Woah...so nice to have snow there in the US! Must have been quite a nice sight compared to the hazy weather here...for all those currently overseas, must take care of urself k! Go ahead and indulge in good food and at the same time, like hui lin said, you all can insulate urself! =P But it's alright lah...all of you will never turn out like frosty the snowman...haha so don't worry about it! Anyone got photos from overseas to share?

Anyway, regarding maf...I think the guys were a little bit anti-social that night. Haha...it was quite bad of us to reject the girls even though you all took the initiative to invite us to dance...so erm we suck?Haha...but it was the first time in ages since we last saw mao! So we sort of had a little catching up to do...u noe guys' talk? =P Which probably explains why mi, hanjie, mao n anthon went off after having some ice cream at venezia to eat prata at al azhar.

Kk...you girls have fun at your nights out...hmm which reminds me that the guys haven't had an outing since ubin! Maybe we'll have 1 too...haha cya'all sometime then! =)

Oh what hapenned to our tagboard btw?

snow

2006-10-13T11:46:00.000+08:00

hey... it snowed today o_O" can't believe it.. it's only mid October... supposedly according to the seniors, it snowed only at the end of November...although the snow fall was relatively short-lived, it was just terribly cold... I feel like i can't breathe when the cold wind blows.. urgh... anyway, i've decided to fatten myself up (advice of various ppl :P) so that I can better insulate myself... so look out =P

slpover at swim's room

2006-10-13T03:04:00.000+08:00

hello! haha me swim n jj r nw in d same room! lol. eh we decided 2 cum n crash swim's rm n haf a slpover! haha. eh after supper erms we basically gt nth 2 do nw. haha cos we cannt watch vcd n we dunno wad 2 do. haha. eh so now we're just reading maxim n looking at other gers' boobs. haha. eh n chilling. in a hot room. lol. okies. deres no meaning in dis entry. oh btw swim's supposed 2 blog bout dis bud obviously she's too lazy la. haha. gilyn is a sports ger nw! haha. i played agnst swim in like bball netball n soccer la! like. agnst her. haha n erms mani other sports dat she did nt play. lol. okies. aniwaes maf rawks! bud it's a real pity we didnt get 2 play ball. so yar nxt time. okies dats all we haf 2 sae. aniwaes gers nite out cuming up real soon so gers just wait 4 d msg. haha. n 4 guys erms i'm sorrie. we can haf a cls outing another time. haha. take care (:

the one with maf photos

2006-10-08T22:54:00.000+08:00

here are some maf 06 photos...
erm... i don't have much photos really, cause i left early after the grand light up...
so these are the best that i've got really. hahaha. hope it will quell the homesick monsters out there. =P

by the way, to the five of you currently in other continents, hope the air quality is great there.
in case you guys aren't aware, the haze IS BACK in s'pore. haha.
the psi (gosh, its been so long since this term was like used) reached an all time high of 180 last night at 9 pm... i wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that hwachong has just ignited a bunch of fire balls and sparklers in celebration of maf just 2 hours prior to that. haha.

anyway, here they are. anyone with nicer photos, post them here too kae?

MAF :)

2006-10-08T01:10:00.000+08:00

hi all, im here to blog about MAF '06. :)

the celebrations went very well. the lightup was very good and gilyn and i were just discussing how romantic it is to be under the lights. how it would be like to kiss under the beautiful lighting. then there was the song session and mass dance. anyway, the guys suck cos they don't want to dance. and there's this really weird phenomenon in HC whereby all the guys stand at the side, looking at girl-girl pairs dancing. obviously with some kind of longing to join them, but probably don't have the guts. the last part of the statement is merely my conjecture.

then we wanted to play ball. but the PSI was 143. :( we did do the sevenone kebaba cheer with our grandjunior class. by the way the junior class only had 3 people and i really don't understand why they were mugging when the prelims are over. i remember last year MAF was in the middle of our prelims and it was even more crowded than this year. tsktsk. hmm.. and anyone remembers if we went for the orientation this year? i think we did, but gilyn and junjia can't remember going back.

after that we made our way to 6th avenue. we wanted an air-conditioned place because of the bad air. coffee bean was too crowded so we settled for Venezia.

arh..... now comes the most important part of the entry. it's actually why i am blogging. we have a new pact among the few girls who were there. here goes, in case you can't read it from the picture:

This pact is to say that the 1st person out of gilyn, swim, junjia, yiling & lileng who gets attached must get her boyfriend to treat the whole gang to a good meal. signed by gilyn, swim, lileng, yiling & junjia. witnessed by damian.

this thing came about because we were discussing how each of ourselves are unlikely to get attached. by the way, it was unanimously agreed upon that gilyn will be the first to get attached among us all. and if that comes true, she said she won't split the cost of the meal with her boyfriend. hur-hur.. we shall see who will be the first. :)

all in all MAF'06 was great. think we all enjoyed ourselves. :)
people who brought cameras please post pictures!

the one with the appeal

2006-10-05T13:18:00.000+08:00

People! this is an appeal for all who are free on sat, to go to MAF 06!
And to stay there til quite late! PLEASE!

So that I can go there late and find someone still around! SOB!

I can't go to MAF!!!! SO SICKENING.
I know its wrong but i feel like poisoning the tea served at my grandfather's birthday dinner... so that I can go to MAF.

Argh.

So yeah. Please go to MAF. And wait for me... or rather, think of me while you all have fun, while I am stuck at some stuffy dinner.

(but please... don't have too much fun without me. =<)

Argh.
Grumble grumble grumble.

hihi!!

2006-09-29T05:59:00.000+08:00

hello everyone!!! orientation is already going to end... and erm like huilin, i also abit hermit... only hang out wif the s'poreans.... hopefully when the home students arrive then i'll get to make more frens from other countries...

yupz life here is still quite pleasant... although it gets abit too quiet in my room... and entertainment is either in the form of smoky parties at the student's union house... or the mp3 player in my room....

haha ermz cheryl, i didn't cry on the plane... i haven't cried yet... i think it's just me... it's not like i don't miss s'pore... but my reactions are very delayed... so if in the next few weeks, i suddenly call u guys and gals, pls dun be shocked...

oh i wanted to tell the class blog administrators that i do hav a 2 week old blog... haha www.taintedglasses.blogspot.com so can add to the links on the side... then u can find my flickr photo link from my blog... so u all can see some of the pics i took...

take care everyone... i am missing each and everyone... btw wat's wif den mother?? sounds very unflattering!! haha!!

the one with the photos

2006-09-27T10:37:00.000+08:00

Ailin, the den mother of 04s71 left for warwick university in conventry, england on 25th september 2006, at 2320hrs, on board flight no. SQ 322.

Here are some photos of the sendoff!

trying to cook

2006-09-26T06:55:00.000+08:00

heyhey! can anyone send me recipes for cookies, brownies, desserts? preferably easy ones since I've never baked anything before... yupz.. and xiaoyan, i still want your cheesecake recipe!! thanks! :)

the ultimate hermit

2006-09-22T12:28:00.000+08:00

i bet i must be the biggest hermit... but i'm kind of contented being with fellow singaporeans and a few ppl fm my house. I'll just take it easy my way... chicago doesn't seem to have that much sex drugs and alcohol as the other unis... but prolly coz i've been a hermit and so I haven't really interacted enough to know... but i suppose there is some truth in it since some ppl who attended frat parties said the parties were really bad... after all, u of chicago is 'the place where fun comes to die' and we are actually proud of that! I am so totally gg to buy that t-shirt.
one thing tt i realise is that most u of c students are proud to be in chicago. they are all so proud that u of c is number one in academic performance or rigour or sth like tt... and most people want to get the u of c t-shirt or sweatshirt and wear them proudly, which is simply 'awesome' (they just keep saying awesome -_-"). I so totally can't imagine nus or ntu students doing these... most prolly won't want to be caught dead in a nus t-shirt or profess their love for nus or ntu. over here, they have no qualms about doing it. but the diff is prolly coz they got into u of c by choice and through a rigorous process whereas to us, nus and ntu seem to be designated schools to go into...

the one with the social hermit

2006-09-08T12:29:00.000+08:00

hey peeps. mine is a much bleaker picture in comparison with debs' entry. the singaporean community here is huge and we end up hanging together all the time. i must say my social skills are so bad that i'm considering changing rooms and moving in with a chinese american coz i don't interact too much with my 3 roommates, all of whom are residents of the state of michigan.

my classes are lukewarm really. i was supposed to be ahead of them seeing that A levels gave us a good grounding in the subjects like math. and my one year of econs, however rusty, should have some considerable use. yet, my classmates seem to have endless amounts of energy. they stay awake in class(as opposed to our uniform reactions of sleeping throughout lessons) and ask questions. making me feel like i have a brain the size of a pea. they really bear witness to the fact that morning showers are necessary to wake one up and that coffee is needed to survive.
i'm in sociology, korean, math and econs. and tomorrow(friday) is going to be a massively long day. the longest of my whole week.

i've attended the equivalent of a CCA fair here. it's called festifall. i'm interested in singing for the church choir or bcoming a catechist, ninjitsu, ballroom dancing(there are actually sufficient guys such that i don't have to dance the guys' roles), helping out at a house for cancer patients, campaigning with LINK(Liberty In North Korea) and of course the Singapore Students Association. i may even try out for a play or something.

gotta run now.

Sunny California whee~

2006-09-07T07:21:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone! Haven't posted since last year. :P But i'm here to tell you stuff abt the land of the free too!

It's actually pretty hot here, even tho summer's ending. Sometimes it feels even hotter than in SG cos there's less trees and shade and everything's all heated up.
I haven't met anyone from SG yet. I was at orientation and the speaker said "shout out where you're from!" So i went "Singapore!" and everyone was like "oooooo!"

So yes i'm by myself. :< Possibly the 2nd most cheena person there. Well at least i got to meet some american students. Alot of them are friendly and tons of fun. I got a mexican roomie for orientation and she intro-ed me to some other friends. We ended up driving out to town for supper. So fun! And there's all these girls i met who say "like" every 2 seconds or something when they talk.

People are also alot more liberal here. On the last night i got "invited" down to some thingie in someone else's room where people were basically boasting about getting wasted and high on illegal substances and laughing at sex jokes. Ok so some of the jokes were funny, but i never smoked pot or anything before so i couldn't relate to most of it at all. >__> There was even an official presentation about how to properly prepare and put on condoms such that the "experience" was more pleasurable. I feel so conservative. Can you imagine having that in HC?

Hope everyone's doing great. Cya around!

determination of a champion

2006-09-05T00:55:00.000+08:00

The champion hereby announced that she has decided to take up swimming lessons in Chicago! *haha* and she urged all other champions to take up swimming too! (just so she knows that someone else is struggling to swim too =P) nah.. heh... Alex tan shall be so proud of me.. while he's gloating away somewhere in obs... urgh...

Anyway, yupz... I originally wanted to flail my way through the 4 breadths in chicago to pass my swimming test coz it's not worth it to spend time learning swimming when I can technically swim. But it just so happens that I have this overwhelming fear of drowning that actually facilitates my drowning, which is what happened today. Went swimming with Ai Lin today at bishan and can officially swim one breadth now. but while trying to swim 2 breadths consecutively, I kind of can't regulate my breathing and started to panick since the water is above my head (why can't i grow taller?) and i can't just stand up to breathe. And so the vicious cycle of gulping water and panicking intensifies... Dear Ai Lin tried to save me but I seem to be trying to drown her in the process. *dots* Yupz, AL, I still feel terrible for pushing you... =S This lifeguard uncle saved me in the end (after repeatedly asking if we are alright and me having to shake my head repeatedly -_-") and all the other uncles resting in the pool stared at us when we walked to the office to fill in this accident report form. urgh...

...random ramblings since our blog is kinda quiet... but anyway, to all would-be parents out there: send your kids to swimming lessons or push them into the pool.. whatever.. just make sure they know how to swim by the time they reach teenhood. >.<

2006-08-30T11:18:00.000+08:00

i couldn't think of a title. actually, most time si can't think of a title. just thought i'd do some updating. i've been here in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a week now. tonight's the 7th night and my parents have left.

i'm settling in quite fine. better than in SHanghai amazingly. i still havr to register for classes coz us int'l students are the last to register. and i'm likely not to get the classes which i want. but that can't be helped and i can only look forward to getting my classes next term.

my side is a quaint little town. it's a town in a university and not the other way round. the whole area near my university and even in neighbouring towns give great publicity for my school. such as selling UMich paraphernalia in hypermarkets. and i don't see the blazers or other merchandise sold for other unis.
the weather's good. and i walk quite a distance everyday to get to my classes. the singapore community is large so currently i don't have any American friends. unless you count my resident advisor. we're always planning things like mahjong sessions, ultimate frisbee and captain's ball. however, there are really few girls so everytime we play a sport, i'm really at a disadvantage. i'm always open coz no one bothers guarding me and when they finally throw it at me, i succeed in dropping the ball.

anyway, i'm having fun here and i hope you guys are too!

back to hC

2006-08-29T17:42:00.000+08:00

Heyhey! long time no blog... This is my first time uploading pics onto blogs, so please don't kill me if this takes super long for the blog to load. =S and sorry if some of the pics look kinda dark. I did switched on flash but it's on auto mode. so just brighten your computer screen to get a better effect! =)
anyway, it was nice to see you guys, esp in a hc setting. Going back to hc itself didn't particularly bring back any sense of nostalgia or what not, prolly coz i went back quite often, esp when i was still at hcis. Places only hold meaning when the people are there, which is why it was much more enjoyable when you guys were there today.
tt's all for now... i have nothing to update since i've been slacking. the only thing being that the courageous champion here has been trying to learn swimming and making only minute improvements that are quite likely to be insufficient for her to pass her swim test at UChicago. =S it'll be exactly two weeks to go before I leave for chicago. kinda fast... yupz.. any0ne interested to drop by chicago can contact me or those who wanna go for SEP in somewhere close to chicago.

the one with the update

2006-08-25T22:36:00.000+08:00

since geraldine requested an update on each other's life... i'll start with mine.

two weeks of med school.
i feel quite stupid already. =)

its a humbling process, getting into med school. you finally know where you stand on the mugger and genius scale.
medicine is filled with loads of different kinds of people. a wide spectrum of characters. but all of them have something in common: they have what it takes to get there, either through smarts, hard work and determination, or scheming and manipulating their way through the crowds.
(more commonly seen though, are people with all 3 qualities.)

two weeks of med school.
i feel as if i did manage to learn something out of it.

i've made some progress in getting started on anatomy. anatomy practicals where we observe cadavers are always a hoot. i have loads of fun in them.
i've made some progress in physiology, with some readings done on cell membrane potential, structure, action potentials etc.
i've made some progress in biochemistry. i've started on enzymes.
histology is a bore. pracs just consist of us looking into microscope slides and pretending we really observe what the profs want us to see. but all in all, still okay.

i'm still alive after two weeks in med school! woo-hoo!

its hard to not feel scared at the rate the other medical students are studying, and mugging, and working.
but i guess, i just have to tell myself to not panic, and be consistent, and study at a pace that you are comfortable with. it pays to be sure of what you are doing, and not, do it out of uncertainty, and to just beat the crowd.
afterall, i'm studying for my own sake. not to crush other people with my seemingly perfect memory.
progress with progression. thats the key.

but enough about med school. how's your life been recently?

ger drops by

2006-08-25T11:11:00.000+08:00

well, i think we could all provide a little update about our lives now. i know, it wasnt too long ago that we did an update, but i'm sure circumstances have changed quite drastically from then. i recall all the guys had to say at that time was on bmt. things should be very different now, no? and us girls: most of us are already in university. in fact, i'm typing this while sitting in lecture listening to national day songs. i'm serious.=P yepp hope to hear from you all soon. =)

heya sappy!

2006-08-21T11:10:00.000+08:00

haha. i guess damian's punchline at the bottom of his post was just a more sophisticated way of putting tings. when was the last time i did my english grammar MCQ with 'heart'? probably never. there was just one goal in mind: to finish it.

and as for old people being lonely and left to vegetate by their children. i'd say that if i never get married and never have kids then i think suicide is qute a reasonable end. what's the point of living when you're ailing and sick and unhappy right?

off to school peeps. i'm off today too. to explore a new world of possibilities and to face my fears. not very tasty.

the one with heart

2006-08-20T00:42:00.000+08:00

hello, i decided to respond to ailin's entry.

the little boy's seriously adorable for saying that. little pearls of wisdom there. =) yup. do it with heart. not many people remember to do that these days, and i guess thats the sad truth of today's society. there are so many things controlling our lives, expectations to be met, practicalities to be attained, that most people end up forgetting what's most important, is that we like what we are doing, and put your hundred percent into it, pour your heart into it, to achieve something.

we can't control everything in life, but we can control how well we want to live it, and how much we want to get out of it.

i think its also important to also do things with heart, in another sense, which is to do things with compassion. i went to renci hospital recently, and i was well, affected by the visit. it was sorbering, and very depressing, to see old folks who deserve so much more, being left alone by their children, whom they still ponder and yearn to see despite the fact that their children gave up on them. granted that some of them may have reasons for doing so, but i guess, i was just struck by how unfair the whole situation was. and many of these old folks are such sweet, happy, optimistic people. they don't deserve such a fate, and i'm horribly affected by it.

i wanted to be a doctor, so i can help people. and being there, watching all the old people, made me realise how insignificant i am, but also how important i am in giving these people hope. in some sense, the visit, gave me greater conviction to do it right, to perservere, and hopefully, one day be able to go back there, and make a difference as a volunteer doctor. because their smiles meant so much to me. and i wanna see them, again.

i'm sorry if the above entry has become so psuedo-emo, which is very uncharacteristc of me. but oh well, i just thought, that today's society really needs more love and care. and so, whatever you guys do, do it with heart.

do it with conviction. do it with compassion. do it with love.