JOanna’s Life

eReceived a surprise phone call from my beloved friend in Hall, currently in Norway this Semester for studies at around 9pm. She found a new internet service that can call Singapore number for free though you might experience a little lag in connection. But overall, the service is reasonably good. Although just a casual call to ask how am I? Did i take my meal? and such… But it really touched my heart for her thoughtfulness. It is a little kind gesture all the way from Norway, a far away country. Glad to have her as a real good friend that can share my joy and laughter, sorrows in times of trouble and of cos, Malaysian Style Food Sharing!!! *giggle*

Just want to say…

QQ, I MISS YOU!!! COme back quick…

Dunno whether is it me that recently I get paiseh easily, not the paiseh paiseh, but getting thin face easily nowadays. I last time very "enthu" and for events or things that is not really associated with me, or just some casual friends asking me to join them, i’ll still go, a little thick face you might say. Or should i say, i’m over-enthu? I don’t know. But now, I would say no and prefer to stay in my room with my computer, blogging while drinking a cup of warm milk. Hmm…What’s gotten into me lately, I wonder? Isolating myself? Or….???

I really don’t know. But now, i wouldn’t join my friends for self-cooked meal if they ask last minute when they see me in hall at times. I felt a little paiseh, u know… Hmm… How to say-leh? A little uncomfortable. A little embarrased I might say. A tiny little feeling saying i’m not part of them? 有待考究，like what 蔡老师 will say!

Hoping for better day!~

Happy Halloween My Friends!

Just a short introduction to Halloween for those who doesn’t know about it.Cited from Wikipedia.

"Halloween, or Hallowe’en, is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, Halloween festivals, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses", carving jack-o-lanterns, and viewing horror films. Halloween originated from the Pagan festival Samhain, celebrated among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century.

Many European cultural traditions, in particular Celtic cultures, hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when spirits can make contact with the physical world, and when magic is most potent (according to, for example, Catalan mythology about witches and Irish tales of the Sídhe)."

So anyone…… Trick or Treats?

Really wanted to have a decent meal, at least dinner. Been skipping meal for my whole semester, especially after i start working in Admin Building under Corporate Communication office. So when i’m working on Mon & Tues, i’ll rush there straight after lesson, skipping my lunch break. Firstly, it is to clock in more hours as it is hourly paid and secondly, save $ and hoping to keep fit at the same time ( i know is quite dumb, but then still…U know, girls are girls…) Anyway, wanted to eat with my hall friends, alvin and glennis and friends, but they decided to order KFC delivery, so… is a big NO No for me. Unhealthy fried processed food and oily, adding on the calorie and i’ve eaten some sweet stuff before dinner, so want to keep me dinner simple and healthy. So the thought that came to me is… SKIP THY DINNER!

Really! I’m not kidding you but at 630pm, my logical mind buzz me that exam is drawing near and you need the food, and a decent meal can keep you full and prevent you on munching all the junk and add on the unnecessary calories! Absolutely correct. A decent meal keep me full and I won’t feel like eating snacks if I eat proper meal. So i sms my dear angel in hall, haiz… There is only a hand full of hall friends that i will call on to eat with, especially when QQ is not around =’( Angel REPLIED! Yeah, dinner with him and Terence.

Discussing where to eat and make it fast, they decided on Can 4 or Can 5. Huh??? There was a BIG Q’s Mark pop out of my head, "Is there Canteen 4???" So KY drove me to Can 4 and convinced me that Can 4 existed. Oh my… Hall 4 & 5 is a place that i seldom visit in NTU even after my 3 years here. Now still, even after i heard comments and good reviews on Canteen 5 after its renovation. Three of us went to Canteen 4, but with only 1 stall and lots of people waiting for their food.So we decided to go to Canteen 5 after convincing me that Can 4 actually existed. Yeah, finally got a chance to try Can 5 food. Marching to Can 5 thinking that i might lost my way, we reached Can 5 without much difficulty (Okay…I exaggerated, Can 4 to Can 5 is just a small stretch of pavement).

Sms Yu Chii, my good friend telling her that i’m at her hall having dinner, and you know what? I saw her there eating with her cousin and friend.Haha! After ordering the "Claypot Dong Fun" recommended by Chii Chii, i sat down with her to chit chat, leaving the two guys to do their own talking =p The Canteen uncle, he’s also the owner came over to say hi with us. Haha, then something worth blogging is his comment "阿Girl, 很美！" while pointing at me in front of my friends. Lol…Ok, even if he didn’t mean it or it was just part of his PR skill, it still made me happy for that very moment! *Grin & Giggle* Should head to gym more to workout then…

Food is nice, portion is big, price is reasonable. There is a dessert & fruits stall selling all kinds of desserts, drinks, fruits, fingerfood and snacks added value to the visit to Canteen 5. It is definitely a canteen worth going back.

Lol…wanted to post this last Wed Nite but I was really busy, caught up with a lot of things.

This post is about my trip to Marina Sq last Wednesday, 24th Oct 2007. Yup, let me recall, it was my hmm….3rd time or 4th visit to Marina Sq. Oops, ok, i know…I’ve been in Singapore for 3yrs+ and my beloved New Creation Church is in Suntec, how can i not visit Marina Sq since it is located right opposite Suntec Convention Centre???!!! Yup, that’s me, fr City Hall head straight to Suntec Tower 4 then head straight back to City Hall. Haha…Barely have time to hang around much with my coursemates, what else? So count yourself lucky if i contact u for yum-cha session when i’m back in Malaysia =) You are all my dearest friends of all… If I say i miss my school life or simply my simple life in Malaysia, yes! I mean it! I’m a typical Kluang girl, grown up in a simple town, leading a simple life! 100% Genuine Kluang-made.

Back to the topic, my friends and I had been planning a birthday celebration for Wan Wan, our dear friend in school. Gift and birthday cake of course!  My sweet-tooth keep "psycho-ing" me to buy cake from Chocz. So…i obliged to the tiny little sinful idea of mine. Ordered the cake online, is Choc Tawa, an award winning cake it seems. I need to collect it on Wed, after lesson. But the nearest outlet is at Marina Sq or esplanade. If i were to go, i’m going alone, and is a far away destination. You know, 1++hr just to reach there from NTU (bus journey+MRT+walk distant). So i "jio" aka invite/request/ask-along my dear dear angel in hall, Mr.KY to go with me, so off we go in his little Mazda with teddy and Miss Miko in car at 6.45pm. Yeah, KY promised to go so that he can give me my little Birthday treat *grin* My angel in hall is the best buddy in the whole wide world!!! But of coz, i need to assure him that i know the direction and for this, he’s amazed and he said "Today i just know another side of Joanna", of cos he was referring to my singing in the car as well =)

The journey to Marina Sq was smooth except the heavy traffic on AYE. After getting a beautiful parking lot right beside the escalator, we head to Chocz at level 3 to make our payment. Told the counter that we will come back to get the cake before their closing time. The cake looked absolutely yummy and the packaging is attractive. Beside putting the cake in a thick black-coloured box with gold-coloured Chocz. logo, the box was placed in a paper bag in the same theme. Superb! I must say it worth the price judging from its packaging alone. Come to think about it, for the price we paid, we deserved the packaging-lah. Or should i say, because of the packaging, we are paying "the" price???!!! *confused*… But anyway, the service attitude of Chocz. is worth praising and the guy (didn’t get to see his nametag) was courteous and well-mannered. With lots of patient as well. Bravo!

Head to Suntec Tower 4, Doughnut Factory to get doughnuts.KY bought a dozen of them. We saw people carried tonnes, okay, i’m exaggerating it, boxes of donut factory’s doughnuts in their hand. We even need to Queue for doughnuts on a weekday evening. Gosh. But the doughnuts looked yummy though in the end i still prefer Dunkin Donuts. KY, if there’s chance, i’ll definitely bring it back for you ok? YumYum… Both of us wanted to have doughnuts for supper,hehe. We head to Fountain Terrace to hunt for food. In the end, we settled in BaliThai, a Thai&Vietnamese Restaurant.

Initially wanted to settle for the executive set meal for 2 which include rice,soup,a veg dish,a meat dish and dessert of the day if i didn’t left out anything. But the soup in the meal is Tomyam Soup. Ooohh…Not something my angel fancy in. Wanted to request for an exchange of item but both of us didn’t know what soup we wanted when asked by the waitress. So…say good-bye to the set meal. After looking at the fancy pictures of the dishes on the menu for quite some time, we finally decided on Pineapple Fried Rice, Green Chicken Curry, Thai Fish Cake and Thai stuffed-chicken wing. Of course, how can i forget my lovely green Mango Salad. =)                                                                         

We were served with Tapioca Chips and some Keropok with Thai Sauce dip while waiting for the food to be served. Of course, how could i miss the chance of taking picture of myself? A little shaken due to the slow respond time of my hp, Lol. Took of pic of my angel but he refused to let me post his pic cos he commented he doesn’t look good in that pic. The dishes came in pretty fast, like 10+mins? It was really fast i must say for restaurant standard.

                                                 Green Mango Salad

Green Mango salad came in 5 mins cos it was the appetiser. KY was so funny, he thought the green mango is cucumber!!! Lol…He couldn’t get used to the taste initially but after a while,he said the dish was pretty nice.

All the rest of the dishes came in together, so "Whoah!" our little table was filled with food. The serving for each dish is not big by its look but both of us were pretty excited by looking at the spread of food on our table. All the dishes are presented in such a exquisite way, with crafted vegetables eg:carrot as decoration at the side of the dish. It’s been sometime now since i’ve been amazed by the look of food, said KY.

                                             Pineapple Fried Rice

We shared the pineapple fried rice which look really good, fried in golden yellow colour with chunks of pineapple top with slices of sausage and prawns with some parsley leaves but the taste was just so-so.

                                          Thai Green Curry Chicken

The bowl of Green Curry Chicken looked really small but don’t be deceived by the look. This is the dish where both of us find difficulty in finishing it no matter how much we tugged in,haha. Maybe because it was served in a small-looking yet deep bowl =p The Green curry is really thick and the aroma of the herbs and spices blew me away! Yummy!

                                                   Thai Fish Cake

                                              Stuffed Chicken Wing

The Thai Fish Cake was a disappointment, it tasted like some frozen fish cake. *shake head* But the disappointment was salvaged by the Thai Stuffed Chicken Wing. I’m really amazed by how the chef deboned the chicken wing without cutting off the skin and putting all the meat (after mincing it and some Thai herbs are added in the process) back into the wing. It kept me thinking while eating, but who really cares??? when the food is good!

The look of the food doesn’t justify its amount. We had difficulty finishing the food but all the dishes were wiped clean in the end. I never agree on wasting on yummy food in the first place.

Bali Thai (formerly known as Renn Thai)                                                                      #B1-37/038/039                                                                                                     Fountain Terrace                                                                                             Suntec City Mall                           

PS: Both of us was too full to have the doughnuts we bought earlier on for supper. It became my breakfast… FYI, "psycho"-ing means trying to persuade someone and "jio" means asking someone along. Some singapore slang here.

Exam in 2 weeks time… I need comfort food. But i don’t want the calories that come with in the package. How? *faint*

Really happy, celebrated one of my good friend’s 21st birthday yesterday 26th Oct 2007. She’s a sweet sweet girl, very thin, with specs, a bit blur at times (most of the time), 有听没到 always miss out the point in the conversation and her response is "huh?what did u say just now?" *pengz* but she’s always caring, thoughtful, good at her art works, ie: making little cards for her friends. I once received a self-made snowflake magnet from her by post. Attached with it was a little self-made x’mas card. Pretty! though i received it 2 wks after x’mas, haha. Got her something that is useful and practical. Bought her a Chocz (www.chocz.com.sg) cake, called Choc Tawa. It is walnut and coffee in a unique combination of almond biscuit flavoured with coffee and filled with the Signature Ultimate Sinful Rich Chocolate Ganache. Addictively good with the added calorie *faint* There goes my diet……

Emily Dickinson
We turn not older with years but newer every day.

Happy 21st Birthday, My Dear 婉婉!

Remarks: I went for softball training and jogging after the choc treat. The choc cake is my comfort food but i ended guilt-filled that i overexercised and end up butts-ache today. *giggle*

Before reaching yet another turning point in my life, before the limelight dims down, before the responsibility as a daughter starts falling over my shoulder,interrupting  me in the world of being kiddie in my parents’ wings, before me starting to hide the numbers of candles on my cakes, leaving "Sweet 21" behind, before I start to forget all the bits and pieces of life that might be swept away by time and when memory fails, just want to recall what had happened over the past one year.

But before that…One advice for everyone out there "NEVER HOLD AN APPLE AND WALK ALONG THE CORRIDOR AT YOUR HOSTEL WHILE SWINGING YOUR HAND THAT HOLDS THE APPLE" Or else the  consequence is….After one bite of the apple, it will dropped on the floor, perform a few sommersault until the momentum is all gone and the remaining of the apple lying on the floor, still in one minus one bite, shouting "What have you done???"… *sob* (This is a real life experience, do not try this at home/along ur HDB/hostel or anywhere else!!!)

Ok, these are some major events that happened over the past one year:

1. My hall friends celebrated my birthday in hall. P clan P clan Go~ Go~ Go~ First time ever in Singapore, my friends celebrated my birthday for me in group setting. Other than P Clan, My Good Friends in Class, BS Club 5th Main Comm and Navigators’ Sisters celebrated my birthday with me. Thanks, felt touch. Finally felt that i’m not alone.

2. Ate Fish & Co. for the first time in my life on 19th Oct 2006. A treat from Mr.Lai (he’s not much older than me, but he prefer ppl to address him that way).

3. Attended Planet Shaker’s Conference in KL in Dec 2006, alone, on my own. Met Vinod & friends there.  Not so alone anymore =)

4. Went to Malacca with QL,CL,Chua&AC and stayed over at Xue Ting’s place for 2007 Count Down.

5. Start serving in Children’s Ministry in NCC in May 2006. Blessed.

6. 1st Runner-up for Inter-hall Softball Competition. Had great fun, train for a great time & Finally we did it! No regrets…

7. Started teaching Tuition in July 2006. New experience.

8. The first time and the only time(at least for till now), didn’t help out in cleaning the house for CNY. Came home only on the day before CNY or 2days before CNY. I think only manage to help in some minor details.

9. In BS Club 5th Management Committee. Business Manager. Love the people. Had one of the most enjoyable time of my life in NTU working with the entire committee.Work hard. Play hard. I think we did have a degree of impact in our year of management.

10. Went for BS Main Comm trip with a bunch of 11 crazy people. Places covered, Penang (Mainland and Island), KL, Malacca, Kluang. Did some craziest thing in our life but i treasured the time we spent with one another.

11. Played Paintball for the first time in my life. During the main-comm trip in KL. Got lost in KL together(bus uncle tricked us, refused to let us get down the bus). But the game was awesome. Adrenaline rush. Got hit right on the mask. Whew~ Not on the face…

12. Worked in Travel Fair KL. Went to Putra World Trade Centre for the first time. New Experience.

13. Worked as Part-time telemarketer. Favour from God. Super Flexible working hours. Favour from colleagues and boss =)

14. Joined BS FOC for the first time. Being the Senior Attached of OSiris in Takhent.

15. In Hall’s FOC Organising Main-Comm. Welfare Officer. Running with medic kit around in NTU. shagg. *shrug* a different kind of experience. But had lots of fun, worried about the quantity of food, be it excess or not enough.Life’s tough man. Excess is a waste, not enought will get complain.Muahaha, but then it was all under control. With help from Glennis and Alvin too. Great Job! (Lesson learned: Is the committe that contribute to the excess of food, cos they were too bz or too tired thus no appetite *wink*). Thanks to Eldine, Wai Chong, Vincent and Alan for their co-operation in strength report each morning. I think I was such a nag. Hunting them down for number. Special thanks to Can 2, alex gor-gor and ah chew for their help and providing the yummy food, allowing me to change the number of packets for each meal~

16. Financial Secretary is not an easy job as it appears. Lol~ Patient, some wits and integrity counts =)

17. Had a lot of 1st visit to various restaurant in Singapore. Eg: Food-for-thoughts at North Bridge Centre, Pacific Co., Gelare (which i feel in love with), Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream (awesome stuff, Good therapy when u r down, but minus the fats), Anderson Ice-cream, Kushin-Bo (Yeah, Softball appreciation dinner), Bugis Steamboat, Ichiban Sushi etc….the list goes on…Gosh, can’t imagine how much food went inside my stomach for the past one year :Þ

18. Worked as Simultaneous Interpreter for the First Time! Not an easy job, Challenging, Mind boggling and mental drain… BUt this is what i want. I still want to improve on it too. Got lots of room for inprovement too! Gambatte!!!

19. 1st Official Outing with my Coursemates to Bugis for Steamboat.

20. 1st time knowing that sweet corn can be eaten raw during the steamboat session. Lol…Thanks to my evil twin, yu chi~

21. First time sending ppl off in Changi Airport. QQ. My dearest in Hall. Without her = without proper meal ???!!! Haha, cos she’s the one who always ask me whether i’ve eaten. She doesn’t mind being the super high voltage light bulb too, or should i say "lamp post". Thanks dear, miss you lots now that you are in Norway.

22. 1st time sending teacher off, my TCM teacher, 《伤寒学》徐老师. 2nd time to send ppl off in Changi Airport. And of cos, 1st time buying Crystal Jade Bread. Ok, it may sound silly but i really never buy before. Find it expensive. Thrifty is a 美德 ok?

23. Buy bread never see price. Lesson learned! Bought the most expensive bread in my whole life. $5.50 for a loaf of Multi-grain super healthy bread at Crystal Jade during the first visit. WOAH!is RM 10++++. If I let my parents know, I think my head will kena knock hard hard! Surprisingly the bread is heavy and not the soft type. Salty taste too. But i like. Must like. Must make the money worth.Lol…

24. Surprise BBQ Birthday celebration by Secondary School Friends and Surprise Hall-Restaurant Setting Birthday Celebration by Hall Friends are just simply unforgettable. Felt touch. Will tell more when I have time ok? It’s too much to contain.

25. Went to KL for 5 times within 2.5 months. During May-July 2007.

26. Went to KL with Rosalind. First Trip with Ros, my beloved in CG. Miss her. Got some catching up to do i think.

27. 1st time parents celebrated my birthday eversince i came to Singapore to study, I think God knows what i’m thinking.

28. Wait till i remember…

Just want to shout out to my dear friends out there "I LOVE YOU ALL!!!" My life wouldn’t be filled with excitement and love if i’m alone without all of you out there supporting me, a smile, an sms, a call, a word of encouragement, a little notes/card before exam (Thanks Meiting, I still have the card with me,it’s lovely). I might not good in expressing myself. But I thank God for the abundance of what i’ve received from the people around me. When i’m at the valley/crossroads/bottom of my life, God has sent each and everyone of you to encourage me in one way or another, i wouldn’t have pulled through without all of you.

Special mention of my mum & dad, Thank Q for giving me the oppurtunity to come to Singapore to study eventhough i know the struggle in the family. Love you mum & dad! I cannot express how grateful i’m, for all your love and care. Something that i realised just before I turn 22 is Parents always put their child as their priority. We as children, complained of being neglected or not being loved, but what they have given you, did we take time to appreciate it? I just want to say "I LOVE YOU MUM & DAD!!!"

Feel like crying already whenever i thought of how much they’ve given and sacrificed for the family yet they still need to struggle at their age…

For all my friends, Treasure what you have…

I want to share this article from Reader Digest because I really think it’s very interesting

Today i receive my first friendster birthday wish, Thanks Cui Ying~

Busy…Mentally stress…Wanted to go out for dinner with my friend….Don’t want to go out cos it’ll be time consuming…Deadline to be met…Time constraint….I want to eat nice food…I want to go Home…A lot of struggle~

Promise my friend over the phone last night to go out for dinner today. Had a LOOOOooooNG discussion on what we’re gonna eat. Looking forward for the dinner but 女人是善变的！The moment i woke up this morning, overwhelmed by mental stress, I was thinking of sms’ing my friend to cancel the appointment tonight. Glad that in the end, i still went ahead with the dinner appointment. If not, i’m the one who always "pang sei" a.k.a "fly aeroplane" my friend. Poor thing you know…

Had a sumptuous Dinner~though i was late for 10 mins =Þ Tried out a few more dishes by crystal jade la mian xiao long bao. It was my second time there. The previous time, i was there with my dearest friend in hall QQ. Miss her so much! I didn’t order any la mian, we shared all the dishes. It was the first time im eating fried nian gao!!! Oh my, didn’t know what is that. Quite "shua gu", Lol. The cordiment with the fried nian gao is very nice. Nian gao is chewy chewy de, Yummy! Had some "front door" taufu thing, is actually a taufu dish fried with bamboo shot, capsicum, sliced pork and garlic ginger. Soup with salted veg, taufu-like beancurd and "snow fish", if you know what i’m talking about (okm ny friend just told me it is called codfish). The highlight of the dinner xiao long bao! But out of the 4 xiao long bao, one of it is dry de lo *disappointed* Full until i want to peng…

I told my friend that i’m very full already, but we still went ahead with some ice-cream treat. Hehe. Yeah! Though i told my friend i didn’t want, stomach couldn’t go in anymore, but my brain didn’t get it!So ice-cream , in you went into my tummy, hope it doesn’t add in to my inches =p Avocado flavour is my fav out the flavour we had eventhough rum ‘n raisin is my all time fav. Scoopz rum ‘n raisin is a little bitter, the aftertaste is a NoNo, the end result of too much rum in it. But when it comes to ice-cream, even if it’s paddle-pop, i’m happy liao! *small-kid mentality* Ice-cream is my indulgence, my stress-reliever. Not to mention Chocolate, especially dark choc..Yum YUm~

Famous amos cookies is to keep me company over this lonely night when i’m writing this blog, knowing i’ll be spending the rest of the night doing my assignment so that i can go home this saturday and my dear roommie is changing and told me "i’m gg Cheong". i really wanted to ask myself " WHY I HAVE NO TIME ONE???" Lol, i’ve gotten used to this kinda life already. At least nowadays, i still get to eat out once in a while =)

Ok, enough of my munch munch of food, back to my assignment…

Ok, as most of you know, Kk, Not most but a handful of you know i was having my 6aus/6credit final exam today *Sob - as all of my frens other than my coursemates are having quizes, im having final exam and we only reach half of the semester, is week 8 now! In case that you don’t know, all my Traditonal Chinese Medicine (TCM) modules only last for 7weeks, so for a 6 credits TCM modules in 7wks, we need to attend at least, i mean AT LEAST 12hrs of lecture per week as our curiculum do not have any tutorial for TCM. But normally we need to attend around 15hrs of lectures for 1 TCM subject per week as this course is really intensive and the content of topics is a lot, so in order to cover all the topics, we need to attend extra lectures, which will make up of most of my time each wk and this is also the reason why im kept so busy in NTU-lah.I spend most of my time in school attending lectures and clinical discussion (all these do not include me attending my biomedical part’s lecture and the electives im taking ok?) Saturday i’m having internship at Tong Chai Hospital at outram park/chinatown area. Then sometimes i’m working over the weekend/serving in children’s ministry/meeting for some hall stuff. Currently i’m also employed by one of NTU’s department as a student assistant. That’s why i’m kept busy.

But again, this is not what i want to blog about in this post.Haha, being a little long-winded cos ppl keep asking why am i so busy,Lol. So explain here once and for all, if they ask again ask them to read my blog *grin* Let’s go back to what i wanted to write earlier, what happen today was It Was My Big Day - final exam for BS305 - 《傷寒學》! I wasn’t really studying as Mooncake Festival was just over last Tues, i went home for reunion, spent another day slacking making roast chicken before i finally sat down (in my mum’s office), open up my book and study. (Okay, i did pop a lot of little snacks into my mouth when i studied for exam esp in my mum’s office )So it was already Thursday!!! I’m only left with 4 days to study, and i still need to travel back to singapore. Gosh…Running really short of time. I became really panicky on Friday when i realised time is short and my brain got blocked! Progress really slowly and things just didn’t seem to be getting into my brain, not even short-term memory. I actually scream in my mum’s office (it was after office hour, 7++pm). Stressed!Initially i wanted to go back to Sg like earlier,prabably Thurs to study, but i really hadn’t been home for many weeks and i really hoped to spend more time with my family. So i brought all my books back to study at home( trying to study to be exact,haha). I left on Saturday morning to go back NTU, embarked on a full-gear study mode.

Reached my room around 12noon on Sat, spent some time cleaning up my room from all the dust when i was away and doing my laundry which i should have done before i went home for Mid-autumn festival =p Finally, i sat down quietly at my desk at 2.30pm to start my revision journey (haha,actually i was still doing notes for the lecture on sat). Ate bread the whole day cos i was reluctant to leave my room to buy food. I didn’t want to break my momentum of study. Milk and bread solved all my meal on Sat. At 9pm, not too long after my dinner (of cos, it was bread and milk), i was feeling really drowsy, tired, eyes pain, been really concentrating all my energy in studying from afternoon, so i decided to nap a while. But my close friend in hall will know my "heng2", i couldn’t wake up after the nap especially when i’m really tired, mentally drained. When my dad called me at 10pm, i was still sleeping and he advised me to continue my sleep if i’m tired. No point studying when my brain could take no more. So i heeded his advice and followed what my body signalled me to do —> SLEEP! So i slept and slept and i woke up at 4.10am!!! Alert and refresh from a really peaceful sleep =D

At 4am, I started my Sunday when my neighbour hadn’t sleep yet. I live a healthy life right? Glad that my dad encouraged me to sleep(i was feeling guilty from sleeping/napping because i hadn’t finish studying) and his encouragement chased all my guilt away. Thanks dad for loving and caring me just the way i am! =) While i was studying, i was thinking, should i go to church? i still have around 50+% of revision to go. No mood. But how can i skip church? I need to be fed on the Word of God. I shouldn’t be dependent on my own strength especially at times like this. If i spent 3+ days to cover 50% of what i need to study, i needed another 3 more days to finish the remaining half. But i had only a day.Sunday.What should i do? I needed a miracle. I know if is by my own strength, it’s impossible.So how? Go church or not? I’m really comtempleted not to go. But i need to refresh myself in God’s Word. At 7.15am, i manage to finish 50% of what i’ve got to study, i had come to the decision. I WILL GO TO CHURCH NO MATTER WHAT. I need to know my priority in life. So that’s my decision. I will go to church. My mind was a little bit drift off during the sermon but i enjoyed the time in church. Learning and knowing that God is my Daddy!!! The intimacy of a father-daughter relationship! How great that can be! Had KFC and bought fruits and sweet potato to stock up in my room. Took a nap again, before i resume my revision session at 2.30pm close to 3pm. I must say, it was AMAZING! I managed to read up the remaining 50%. I closed shop at 11.10pm and i even took a half hour nap at 8.45pm after dinner. That was truly a miracle. Definitely not by my own might nor my own strength judging from the previous experience, it must be God, my Dear Daddy!!! So i slept at 11.30pm, it was a record breaking moment, the earliest time i sleep before an exam!

I woke up at 6.15am, decided for myself to read up the second half that i’m not so familiar with. So within less than 3 hrs, i read through the 2nd half of the topics and all the 湯証 Holy Spirit led me. 10am Exam Time! It was postponed to 10.30am due to the venue availability. The original venue was a little to cramp for 62 of us. So we were changed to a bigger room to sit for the exam. Exam started at 10.40am officially. The MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) was the toughest part of the whole paper, not ABCD, it was ABCDE! And a lot of questions revolved around original text of 《傷寒》.So if you didn’t memorise the verses, you know-lah @.@  The second part of the paper was 原文填空.We were supposed to fill in the blank with the original text. Like 太陽之為病，脈浮，頭項強痛而惡寒。Can can just write 太陽之為病, then ask you to fill in the rest. So if you didn’t memorise again, you know-lah! So when i flipped the pages and reached part 2, I saw 原文填空, a thought flashed in my mind. Don’t know whether this part will be really 原文填空? My answer is 空空??? Haha, Glad that it was just a silly thought.In 2.5 hours, i penned down as much info that i can remember, and I must say, the essay Q’s, i did pay extra attention to it during my revision. I realised and knew in my heart, "i was led by the Holy Spirit when i was revising", if not, how could i have paid the extra attention to these two Q’s instead of the rest of potential essay Q’s??? Praise the Lord! Whew…Love the way God works man… Heez… We were finally released from the exam hall at 1.20pm. Yeah, battle’s over!

"In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy name…"       Psalm 33:21

MOre to come…BE patient….

Ok,back in action. So what happen is my clique decided to go outing. It was the 2nd Official Outing of my clique after being good friends in class for 2++yrs now ever since we’ve been coursemates (actually i preferred the term classmate cos it sounded closer). Initial plan was to eat JAPANESE BUFFET!!!(i was craving for sashimi and still is craving for it!) Haiz, but the plan went down the drain because one of my friend needed to send her mp3 player for repair so she needed to leave early.There goes my sashimi… But we ended up at Sakae, ala’carte. Although didn’t eat till you drop, the best part of the whole outing was to chill out with one another. My group of friends are the group that go out the least, we don’t go K, we seldom go out to eat, seldom hang-out with each other besides having lunch in school and the list goes on…So our plan is to hang out more before we go over to BeiJing \(^o^)/ Had a really good time, "talking Kok" and joking around. Enjoy the fellowship! After which i went back school to attend my electives at 4.30pm.

It was children’s day… BUt where’s my present???

Realised that it was children’s day. I miss my primary childhood life. I miss the pack of goodie with junk food in it given to each kid on children’s day.

My friend sms me while i was attending electives, so there i went Sheng Shiong along Jalan Bahar for the first time eversince its opening. Yeah, u won’t believe what i bought. I bought Sweet Potato. Huh??? 番薯？？？Yup, sweet potato. It is good for health. But my friend bought a lot, hmm, not a lot but in variety =) Then i physcho him to buy 旺仔牛奶。haha. So that i can try =p It’s actually quite nice. Cute packaging too!!! Reach hall at 9.10pm, just in time for the 9pm show "Metamorphosis". It’s a police show, solving crime…Watch "Identity", a US variety show. Participants are required to match the identity of 12 unknown character. It’s a interesting show.Quite difficult and challenging. Mind boggling and looks can be disceiving.Lol…11pm,I wanted to head back to my room to bath and sleep, so from level 3 i wanting to proceed to level 5. Oops…I got stucked at level 4. Chit-chatting away until almost 1am!!!

It was 2am when i hit the bed…

Today is Wednesday, and i haven’t pick up my mood to study again…