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September 16, 2009

10 hours in Japan 060909

i realise 10 hours of your life can really zoom past in a flash.
the 10 hours we spent in Japan were really short, and we didn't get to do too much.
luckily i still have my 5-day stopover to look forward to.

when we first arrived at Narita airport, we were special!




it was kind of a shock to find our names on the board!
but it's just that USA is 麻烦, and wanted to check our documentation.
the thing is that when we were boarding the plane from japan to USA, we had to be checked again!
does USA think that everyone tries to be an illegal immigrant there?

anyway back to japan.
we had to take a train to Tokyo, so here we are at Narita station!





aren't i a 淑女?=)

the streets of tokyo were those of a city,but look at this!

isn't this cute? i want one too!

then we were supposed to find some specific buildings, but we got kind of lost, so we just wandered to the imperial gardens.

isn't the number of people who were there to relax at lunch hour surprising? (if u can see them in the photo...)
but it was kind of lonely cuz most of them were alone, eating lunch or reading a book.

but we had fun there!
vertical water cooler challenge!



Rachie's trying to say that she's as tall as a tree!






then we wandered around narita station cuz we got back too early from tokyo.
i don't know where my other photos are (most probably with rachel), but these are the only ones i could find!

COWGIRLS!





i'll try to look for more photos, but they'll most prob be on facebook cuz i'm too lazy and rachie's doing it.
i'll post the link later =)


September 16, 2009

overseas~ (literally many seas)

here's the late update that i'm sure many are dying for =) (i sure hope so!)

2nd week in the usa, weather's turning cooler. the weather here is kinda weird though. hot sun + cold winds = confused sam.

have finally settled in with more or less live-able conditions, but still no bed.
i'm going japanese style and sleeping on a comforter on the carpeted floor.

i like my colourful stuff!
but i have no idea how to bring all these stuff home without exceeding my luggage limitations. =(

and the shopping here is good!
there was this one store where i got a pvc biker jacket for USD9.99!
the girls spent close to 2 hours in there while the poor boys had to wander around like lost sheep. heh.

and i think we're really turning to be more auntie-ish.
buying stuff because it's cheap, and trying to buy as much as possible to stretch for the four months that we'll be here.
but the supermarkets here are fantastic! they carry almost everything and anything!
everytime i step into one, i'll come out with something.

which brings me to my spending problems.
i'm spending moey like water (to quote rachel).
and furthermore, she's a 损友, always telling me to "BUY LA!"
but i promise! i'll stop spending when school starts (which is next week. i know, we're soooo slack.)

ok photos will be in the albums!
may not write about everything given my lazy-ass nature, but i promise i'll try! =)


February 10, 2009

another inane game for fangirls!

another game for the cassiopeians(?) !

http://www.kwiz.biz/showquiz.php?quizid=115913

and and and...
i'm so happy at the results!
so accurate right!! hahahaah

Who is your DBSK best friend, husband, lover, boyfriend and brother?

Best Friend JaeJoong
Brother JaeJoong
Lover Changmin
Boyfriend Yunho
Husband JaeJoong

ok just ignore the center two rows and focus on the first, second and last row!
we're meant to be!

*ok i apologize for the crazy fangirl-ing. but but but... LOOK AT THE RESULTS!




hot. toooooo hot.


December 24, 2008

fun game!

i just found an online game that's really quite fun!

http://en.akinator.com/#

it makes u answer a few questions then tried to guess who u're thinking of.
oh cuz i was thinking of my darling jae,

but somehow they churned out yunho instead.
(too much in common huh...)

then i tried a few other ppl...
it's quite addictive really. ha.

the next one i tried was my dear dadong.
he must be really quite distinctive as they got him on the first try.


i tried going for super junior's ryeowook but i guess i didn't know too much about him,
so they gave me the whole super junior instead.

close enough i guess. ha

people, go try ok?
then tell me who u get cuz somehow my brain is full of DBSK and Fahrenheit only. *giggles* =)


December 23, 2008

Busy busy days

woah. time seriously flies.
my holidays are already half-over, aren't they?
inspired by zhijun's really long post, i shall also attempt to put everything in one post.
hopefully i won't run out of steam before i'm done..
the uploading of photos has just about sapped half my energy.
(& i'm reminded why i rarely bring a camera around..the after-work is almost too much to bear!)

1. NUSPsyche X'mas
This was kinda fun!
First time I had so many strangers over at my place. Ha not to sound anti-social or anything though.
Spent time with the Supergirls (inspired by the Wondergirls) being really silly.
[See the similarity?]




But think I spent much of my time preparing the food so missed the hilarious human x’mas tree game =(
Everything was nice and fun in the end!

2. 想入飛飛
First real concert that I’ve gone to!
(well I’ve been to aaron kwok’s concert but my parents bought the tickets when nobody actually likes him.
and elvis’ concert, but he’s dead!)
bought the tickets quite long ago but the interest had died down due to my 新欢s, DBSK! (look at those guys!!)


anyway, to muffle the little voice scolding me for being so 花心, I actually tried to cram Fahrenheit songs before the concert. Well only two hours before, but the effort is worth a mention right? =)
The stage was quite impressive and they did quite cute stuff.









this is the only clear photo that i could get of him.
darn my shaky hands!

However, one thing bad about DBSK, they set the standards too high. I found myself laughing at Fahrenheit many times through the night.
a. They were caught lip-syncing when 4 of them had their mikes down but there was still a voice.
b. They did the “ahhh” thing for harmonizing but when the song came out, totally no harmonization. (I really laughed my head off at this!)
c. They came out in colourful clothing similar to those of SHINee, but when they started dancing, I couldn’t help but laugh at the fact that those teenage boys younger than them by almost 10 years could dance so much better.
Ok i’m really sorry for laughing at them but seriously! the standards are … hmm how to put this delicately… different?

3. Family outing
I went on the Singapore Flyer! And the river taxi! Then to T3!!!
Quite fun and refreshing to see Singapore from the tourists’ point of view.












Oh the interesting thing is that I just saw on the news that the Flyer broke down!
And the people had to be lowered using cords. Can’t help thinking it would have been fun. Ha.

4. Rachie's 20th!
This year we managed to surprise Rachie (or so she says).





No more hiding behind a piece of board while standing at her front door pretending that we’re not there. Ha I still laugh uproariously when I recall this. Stance is funny!

This kinda officially ties up our 8th year of friendship! I love you girls!

5. Botanic Gardens Picnic
Actually more like botanic gardens BUS STOP picnic.
Someone was late for an hour and we were starving so we started eating at the bus stop.
Then there were thee 2 angmohs who kept staring at us. Think they were hungry too =)


We finally went into the Botanic gardens, but instead of sitting on the green green grass, we stayed in the pavilion.
Our mini-buffet looks sumptuous, no?


We finally moved into the green to cam-whore and generally make fools of ourselves.
The multitude of failed jump-shots taken deserve an honourary mention, with only two successful ones.



陪你去看流星雨~~

That’s all that my limited memory store can take for now!


Oh! Results!
Time to complain!
Stoooooopid math! One B- and one C! a freaking C!
But the others are ok, so S/U I must!

Okies I’m totally drained now. Time to beddy-bye!


November 12, 2008

Help… I’m lost…

After a long talk about much philosophical and random stuff, I realize I’m lost.
People around me have started forming plans about their lives, if not, then on a shorter term, what they want from uni life.
I’m a drifter. Drifting wherever the current flows.
No goals, no aims.
I have no idea what I want. Ya the next few years of my life are set, but I have no idea what I feel about it. Everything is just fine with me.

I’m apathetic.

Even with relationships.
I feel that I have been unfair to those around me.
I put in almost no effort into the people around me. I just take whatever they give.
I feel sometimes that I can survive just all alone. Sure I am happy when I’m with people. But somehow I don’t feel the compulsion to tell everything. Especially sad stuff.
Then I don’t feel comfortable asking when people don’t feel well. I am always ready to lend a listening ear. But I just don’t know how to ask.
Am I just a leech? I guess I need reaffirmation of myself.

I’m lost.


July 15, 2008

two camps, two experiences

two camps one after another, yet the experiences and feelings brought back are so different.

Psych camp 2008 was, well, just another camp for me.
guess u can say it was kinda my own fault.
cuz i was too busy with the progs and didn't find the time to go mingle with the group.
alternatively, deeper down, i was being the withdrawn and introverted sam again.
[made a resolution regarding this. will be addressed later if i can remember with my goldfish memory.]
so i felt nothing much for this camp. didn't get to know many new people. sigh~

but was happy to find red bull there a year later!


OBS was another thing all together.
guess i actually made the effort to be slightly (and emphasis on the slight) more outgoing.
think it was because there was totally no one there i know at all.
guys are one year older, girls are one year younger. TOTALLY don't know anyone.
well, this was a more thinking and reflective camp than any one i've been too.
more me a little more vulnerable. cuz i got to think, in addition to my exhaustion.
i cried twice in front of the whole group. kinda throw face. think the guys were stunned. ha.
but i got to know a few nice people there. hopefully we can continue this little friendship that was forged during those short 4 days.

oh resolution! we were asked to write and then draw our fears in two separate occasions.
then when standing on a platform 5 metres above the ground, before jumping to grab a trapeze bar, we were asked to make a promise.
my promise is to be more open to others.
please try to help me be more open? somehow i feel that i can't be myself in front of new people.
think it has something to do with my fear of non-acceptance, but i don't really know.
since i have so many close friends taking psychology, please help me when we graduate k?

i'm kinda rambling on right now cuz i'm really sleepy.
hopefully i will edit this tmr if i'm not too lazy. =)


June 20, 2008

last hour

my dearest weiqi has just reminded me that this is my last hour of teenhood.

note: for those who are in a good mood right now, skip the entire paragraph following this.
come back and read in when u're in a foul mood. i'll make u feel better by downward comparison (social psych!!)


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'M OLD!!!!
(oops not to mean everyone else who has passed the big TWO-OH is old, it's just me...)

well actually i'm really feeling old right now.
kinda feel that this is the worst birthday.
there are too many things happening at one time.
being of personality type s (for those who still remember the profiling waaaay back in secondary school, another indication of the many years past... I'M OLD!)
I LIKE STAGNANCY (if there's such a word =P).
besides the psych orientation camp that's coming up in like too soon (!!),
i still have to contend with 4 days of compulsory OBS camp that immediately following the psych camp...
and i'm so worried that i can't handle it physically.
then there's the issue of me seeing double and having an out-of-body experience when i have insufficient sleep..
the theft case in my tuition class is temporarily settled until tomorrow but i feel so tentative about it, worried that it'll become a police case, dragging the tuition centre into it.
after my lengthy complaints and nagging, i'm feeling a teensy bit better!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



thanks to all my sweet little friends!!!

sishood: thanks for the surprise that made me look so dumb!
(ooh.. someone's celebrating their birthday..oh! it's me??)
i'm a lil scared that u all can lie and fool me so easily...hmmmm can i trust u all in the future?? ha =)
thanks to kancheong spider that was so heartily enjoyed by the mean father-and-daughter pair! and the tissue box joke!
and thanks for the two cute blouses that are so me!

my sec 4 classmates who just called me to wish me happy birthday even though i've not seen or spoken to them for so long are so sweet..
(even though they remind me of my soon-to-be-gone teenhood..)

i'm so lucky to have such great friends!
my birthday wish: to have these friends with me for the rest of my life!

ok, i'm going off to savour my last half an hour of teenhood by.....
DOING CAMP KIT LIST FOR PSYCHE CAMP!
[poor lil me...............]


April 17, 2008

又在想了

大概是偶像劇看太多的關係吧.
最近又開始渴望來一段轟轟烈烈的愛情.
知道只是幻想啦.
可是可以偶爾胡思亂想吧.

剛看完 '熱情仲夏'.

[我知道有一點 outdated 啦, 可是就是為了看我的小哲啊.
哪知道他出現也沒有幾集而已! 哼!]

劇情跟 '惡作劇之吻' 很相似,
就是普普通通, 不怎麼起眼的女生,
愛上高不可攀的冷酷美男子,
最後用她的堅持與熱情打動了男生的心,
and happily ever after.


我的問題是: 這招真的管用嗎?

我想如果我是那男生, 我應該是會被烦死了吧.
若我是那女生, 應該會害羞到鑽一個洞藏起來吧.

女生, 妳們感那麼開放, 勇往直前地去追你心儀的男生嗎?
男生, 你們會接受這女孩的追求嗎?


April 1, 2008

evil

i think i'm turning evil.
maybe it's due to my plotting to take over the world.
then i'm unconsciously (or subconsciously, depending on whether u're a psych student) changing my behaviours.

previously, i've never liked black nail polish.
even dark colours were kinda a turn-off.
but now i'm actually liking it and applying it!

my cousin saw my black nails and said that they were too sinister.
so she applied a silver french to them.
quite nice...but now it looks more cyberspace-y then evil.
but i still like it!


my laptop has a new skin!
it's actually supposed to cover up all the scratches and paint-peeling.
(my poor laptop...)
but my choice of skin has gotten a lot of negative reviews.
they say it's evil and sinister and dark...
but it's nice isn't it?

my friend rachieliau even came up with a story just looking at the skin!
(let's leave it up to her whether she wants to publish her short story here... =)
oh and anyone else can see anything from it?)

and finally...
I ATE ANTS!
for those who know me, ants are actually my friends.
of course i didn't eat them intentionally, but maybe it was an unconscious act...
well there was a lollipop on my table and i saw 2 ants on my table too.
so i thought it is time to eat it if there are no ants.
(it was a very interesting flavour so i really wanted to eat it.)
i opened it and VOILA! no ants!
so i happily popped it in my mouth.

la dee da..
nice lollipop!
along comes daddy with something else for me to taste.
and being the professional royal taster that i am,
i wanted to rinse my mouth.

woosh.
oh there's 1 ant in the sink.
hmm maybe it was there before i rinsed.
let's try again.
woosh.
2 more!

ARGH!
I ATE ANTS!

so with what i have said, do u think i'm turning evil too?
[background: muahahahahahah!]


March 27, 2008

denial *huh? what assignment?*

in an attempt to avoid doing my health psych assignment,
i'm actually updating my blog!

i really have a problem with procrastination.
this assignment has been staring me in the face for the past month or so,
but i'm only starting it like three days before the deadline (extended one some more!).
so for those who are in the same sad situation as me,
can u all look for a health psychology model that helps me with my procrastination?

ok on to lighter matters.
i've got a new show to watch!
muahahahah
oh no, that means i'm gonna spend more time on shows and less on books.
not like i spend a lot of time on them now, but......
cute show with an even cuter song!
(i'm thinking that i may have a problem with short attention span as well...)

so let me share this adorable little song with u!

命中(zhong4)注定我爱你 片尾曲
心愿便利贴


男:一天一天贴近你的心
你开心 我关心
女:一点一滴我都能感应
你是我最美的相信

男:等不到双子座流星雨
撒满天际
女:新点燃九支仙女棒代替
男:最灿烂不一定要许多钻石黄金
合:看你眼睛有幸福的倒影

女:把你的讨厌转几遍送到天边
男:平凡的傻事用了心变成经典
合:最浪漫的心愿便利贴
贴成无限 就是我们最富有的宣言

男:把你的喜欢每一天复习两遍
女:惊喜的语言我的天通通灵验
合:你和我的心愿便利贴
贴心里面 收集感动 给以后怀念

男:等不到双子座流星雨
撒满天际
女:新点燃九支仙女棒代替
男:最灿烂不一定要许多钻石黄金
合:看你眼睛有幸福的倒影

女:把你的讨厌转几遍送到天边
男:平凡的傻事用了心变成经典
合:最浪漫的心愿便利贴
贴成无限 就是我们最富有的宣言

男:把你的喜欢每一天复习两遍
女:惊喜的语言我的天通通灵验
合:你和我的心愿便利贴
贴心里面 收集感动 给以后怀念

女:嗒嗒啦 嗒嗒啦 嗒 嗒 啦
男:嗒 啦啦啦(女:嗒 嗒啦)
男:嗒 啦怖?女:嗒 嗒啦)

女:把你的讨厌转几遍送到天边
男:平凡的傻事用了心变成经典
合:最浪漫的心愿便利贴
贴成无限 就是我们最富有的宣言
把你的喜欢每一天复习两遍
惊喜的语言都为你提早灵验
你和我的心愿便利贴
贴心里面 收集感动 给以后怀念

女:一天一天贴近你的心
男:一点一滴我都能感应
合:你是最美的相信


February 25, 2008

-.-

i hate people.

like seriously.

firstly, why are people so easily influenced?
can't you stick to your own opinion and fight for it?
why are we so inclined to believe other people are stupid and innocent?
"oh it's mafia so it's bad! i shall not join the camp because i am a good boy/girl!"

then why do you give someone something then retract it just because of a word from another?
so we so unworthy of your trust?
or do you think us stupid like the rest of the world??

how can you just disregard all the effort we have put in?
are we expected to work like pack mules for you?
just because we so nicely volunteered to help?


my first idea was to annihilate everyone (except my family and close friends of course!)

then i realise everyone would have a use.

miaohua said to make them invisible and deaf and dumb,
but their existence would still be a nuisance.

so i decided to throw everyone in a cage (with the exception of family and friends again),
take them out only when i require them.
at other times,
i don't want to be reminded of their existence!

so people, an advance warning from the new and evil samantha.
if you don't want to be locked in a cage and only taken out when i have a use for you,
you better be nice to me.
if not when i take over the world and am the evil master,
i won't show any mercy!


February 17, 2008

procrastination

procrastination: to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

i realise i have a serious problem.
with procrastination.

everyone knows that i'm a lazy bum.
it's just that i seem to have progressed on to the next level of laziness.

i have lots of proper stuff to be done.
i just blatantly ignore them till it's really urgent.

and i've found that my time-wasting activities are really time-wasters.
and they're quite lame.
know what i do?
I PLAY SOLITAIRE!
and it can be for the WHOLE DAY!!!
i feel so ... lame.

i watch shows.
copious amounts.
i'm currently addicted to an old taiwanese show.
which has 113 episodes.
i am so in need of time!
but it's really so interesting!
"街上的靈魂都可以買賣..." creepy huh..

then my dearest friend zhijun introduced another time-consuming activity to me.
ONLINE SHOPPING.
i spent the whole day yesterday looking at bags.
then i ordered THREE!
this is not only time-consuming, it is moolah-consuming too!
but i managed to pull her down with me. muahahaha

so. has anyone got a solution to my laziness?
i've got to start on my work soon!


another thing: see!! spurts of writing!
2 entries within an hour!


February 17, 2008

Time flies

woah.
didn't realise it's been that looong since i've last updated.
the lazy bug is back.
have never liked writing though.
it comes in spurts.
weird huh.

let's see what i can remember that has happened in the past few weeks...
one thing though, i'm getting sick of school!!
but time really flies, and we're almost halfway through the sem alr. phew!


chinese new year.
was kinda disappointing cuz i didn't get to gamble much.
father's side: not much of anything since my grandfather passed away.
it's really their generation that keeps the family together.
since so many of them are gone, there seems to be no purpose to gather the whole extended family anymore.
mother's side: most of the cousins who used to entertain us have moved up the ranks to entertain my grandma instead.
didn't gamble there AT ALL!
luckily there's my cute little niece chloe to entertain me.

can someone quickly go give birth to a baby for me to play with? =)

fortunately i have my darling sishood!
let me win moolah!! so happy!!


i think i have amnesia. i can't remember anything else!
help!