If I had been 15 years younger…

Well, I don’t know if anyone bothers reading my blog anymore. Hell, even I stopped reading blogs and write an occasional post every now and then when I’m feeling very angst. 

Let me just write a short paragraph about Uni life so far! Dear kiddos, if any seniors tell you that Uni life is lots of partying and fun, well, they are most likely dead wrong. It depends on what you want in Uni. If you wanna be a First Class Honours student, go ahead – mug hard, stress hard, juggle hard, be a no-lifer and there goes your First Class Honours. Well, that’s if you aren’t a genius with an IQ of 200 like my brothers. Sometimes I lament, where’s my share of the genes? If you wanna be a crazy party person, sure, go ahead, no one is there to stop you, scrutinize you and ensure you do your work. Hell, I wouldn’t even know there’s work if I didn’t bother checking. That’s how free Uni is. If you wanna get perfect grades, have a wonderfully active social life and get decent sleep, HAHA. Don’t bother. You can only choose 2 out of 3.

Well, that’s my take of Uni life so far. It’s tiring, much more than Sec Schl and JC combined. (I’ve never had to sacrifice my lovely sleep before D:) But it’s a nice dull ache in your body. Unless you fell sick, that is.

Anyway, I almost forgot why I’m here typing this chunk in the middle of a non-existent recess week. In fact, I have tabs of accounting work everywhere on the computer now while I’m typing this. Today, I went for career foundations and I did a quiz to find out that jobs that are most suited for me include fashion designing, photojournalism, print making and photography. 

I’m like WTF. Where did all this come from.

Then I started to recall, 15 years back, me being a 4-year-old, what was I doing?

Mmm…

I was drawing pictures of pretty princesses in pretty gowns that I designed with pretty themes and pretty jewellery and pretty hairdo etc.

I was directing a romance movie with my soft toys, with all the usual big bad guys, sweet couples, third parties, disapproving parents, MY, that’s a Korean drama.

I was writing chapters of a spy cartoon that I was inspired by.

I thought all these were just hobbies.

And going into the SIngapore education system, where you do show and tell about your hobbies, you never thought that hobbies can be part of your future career.

It always felt something separate. My hobbies – fun fun fun. My schoolwork – meh boring but let me just do it.

And even though I hated school work, I learnt to do well in it. With much drilling from my IQ200 brothers.

Mum said, “You will learn to like it. If you are good in it, you will like it.”

So, OK Mum. 

15 years have passed, well, I learnt to do well in studies. Since I do well, it doesn’t seem as bad. So I kept doing it. But now that I’m in Uni and the idea of getting a job which seems damn far off in the past is coming, I realised that hell, what am I doing for the past 15 years? OK, 15 is an exaggeration, I guess it’s more of 12 years, but 15 just sounds better.

Yeah, I’m now in a business school, I probably can aim for B&F if my results allows (rolling in the moneyyyyy~) or work in the Big 4 – stuff like that. It sounds good – a relatively secure job, clean environment, nice cash, probably nice status and stuff. But is that what I want…

NO. I hate office politics. I hate being cramped in an office full of people who just get angst, angst and angst. I hate regular working hours. I hate being stepped on by people above me. I hate this :(

How I wish, that years ago, I had the courage to do what I like :(

I’ve a friend who can draw well, but she can’t come up with ideas.

Me? I can’t draw professionally, but I can imagine paintings with ideas and feelings I wanna portray. Now? I just wanna draw a huge gorgeous skyscraper, with lots of windows and people trying to jump out through the windows. I’m sure people can relate to that – wanting to get rid of their office jobs, albeit how glamorous their jobs are.

I don’t know why I’m writing this load of crap. Somehow, I wish it goes unread. Bye.

Preparing for Mosh in GD Concert!

OMGGGGG I can’t believe 30th June has finally arrived!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

I kinda got used to the 3 tickets that I have kept securely in my drawer for the past 2.5 months – to the extent that I took them out reluctantly LOL.

30th June started off with A arriving at 7.50AM, YX at 8AM and me at 10AM to take over the overnighters who started queuing after the concert last night! Thanks so much Steph and friends! :)

It’s pretty cool~ Steph was this Singapore GD fan who tweets a lot and has a follower base. Together with her was this group of fans who are rather active in the GD scene – like the people who make GD stuff and sell them online. Also, in the mosh queue, I met tons of people from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, etc. (Even more than SG fans LOL)

So the 3 of us were just there whiling the time away while fighting off sleep until 11.50AM. Even though the ONE Production’s Facebook page clearly stated that the wrist tags will be given out at 1PM, DON’T TRUST THEM. We started moving at 11.50AM and by 12.30PM, A, YX and I got our wrist tags at 0069-0071! It was a SUPER GOOD NUMBER. There were like 1800 mosh tickets in all – with 900 on each side. Lucky us will be the forerunner in entering the stadium! :D

Do catch up on fan news at this time! With A around, YX and I were definitely not worried about missing out on news! Apparently, there was a Butterfly Project where moshers will hold up butterflies that will glow in the dark or reflect light when GD sings the song “Butterfly” :)

Here’s the butterfly that will glow in the dark! Isn’t it pretty? :)

There are gold foiled butterflies that will reflect light too but I didn’t manage to take pictures of them! I thought that I would have the opportunity to take pictures of all the GD merchandise I got, but all the butterflies were destroyed by the end of the concert by our stampede LOL.

We got G-Boss banners too which the fans will hold up during the encore :) Omg I simply love the banner and GD was even playing with a G-Boss banner during the encore T__T Totally can feel the connection with him by simply holding a similar item LOL.

You can choose to queue up to buy merchandise at this time. Even though I really really really wanted a OOAK cap, I figured I wouldn’t wanna spend 40 bucks on a cap when I don’t even look good in caps.

Do head over to the nearby mall to eat and drink and pee, because food and drinks aren’t allowed in the stadium and you definitely won’t wanna have your mosh pit spot taken away when you head to the toilet -.-

Between the stadium and the mall, it’s common sight to see illegal businessmen selling imitations of GD merchandise at decent prices.

Hahaha I bought this fake tattoo at $1 and placed it on the exact same spot as GD’s smile tattoo :D :D :D

During this period of waiting time, Steph went to MBS and Copthorne Hotel (if I remember correctly) and met the Kwon twins! Lucky her!!!

Also, there was this area where all the stars will enter and leave from. Apparently, Steph’s friends got to see 2NE1 enter the stadium! Lucky people! :( All their vans were parked there and YX even tried to memorise the number plates LOL. 

We headed back to the stadium before 4.50PM which is the time for entrance. This is where all the unfairness came in. We thought that getting the wrist tags meant getting into the stadium according to the numbers on our wrist tags. Quoted from ONE Production’s Facebook page, “You will be lined up according to the numbers on the wrist tag for entry.”  We were dead wrong.

We were called out “1-100”, “101-200”, etc. and everyone within the number range will just rush into the stadium and the order was determined by first come first serve! D: D: D: A, YX and I ended up being in the ~0085 range -.- A lot of fans were very pissed cos people with way bigger numbers were in front of us and others with super small numbers were behind us -.- The security guards just shouted at the people in front, “Are you guys happy with your positions?!” Duh -.-

Being ethical fans, A, YX and I let fans with smaller numbers pass in front of us. But it was impossible to get those with bigger numbers to move back willingly. Steph even went to argue with the guards who even shouted at us, “You people call us useless?! You guys came here to enjoy the concert! First 300 will definitely be in front! Don’t worry!!!” GRRR! Totally cannot understand our feels man. Fans queued overnight to get a smaller number so that they can get the spot they want. Not just to stand in front. But that freaking spot ZZZZZ.

In the end, VIPs have to rely on ourselves to filter through the crowd and get ourselves arranged in the right position. At that time, I seriously felt a strong urge to lead HAHA. Like screw the management. It was so bloody hot. I was freaking thirsty and frustrated. I want my rightful position. But the fans around me were worried that if they lead they wouldn’t be able to get back in the queue. Meanwhile, I met this really nice HK fan who was right behind us and saved A, YX and I with her water bottle. This is really important guys. Don’t finish all your water. Leave a bottle for the queue to enter the stadium. Gosh I seriously thought I was gonna dehydrate and die.

Finally we were brought to the entrance for the bag check. I heard stories about how strict Singapore’s bag check is. But holy cow~ How is opening your bag halfway and flashing a torchlight in called strict LOL.

After the bag check, A, YX and I were running to our desired spot which is the red shaded spot up there. It was damn joke. The security guards kept shouting at us, “Stop running! Stop running!!!” It was damn difficult to ignore them but who cares LOL.

At the end of this ordeal…

LOL WE GOT FIRST ROW RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAGE MWAHAHAHAHA I’M SO FKING HAPPY!!! :D :D :D 

I will continue with my GD OOAK Concert experience in my next post! Till then! :D

Driving Woes

Today, I realised I didn’t book my FTT… T___T

My first reaction was, “Hahaha I can’t believe this!” and I went on to check all the Booking Statement, Account Transaction and I even attempted to cancel my FTT but there wasn’t anything to cancel :(

My second reaction was, “This can’t happen to me…” and I pulled my brothers along to check everything that I listed above again.

My third reaction was, “FUCK. FUCK FUCK FUCK. HOW HOW HOW. FUCK HOW FUCK.” and the dire consequences of this freaking simple action of NOT booking my FTT crashed down on me :(

Without my FTT, I can’t book my Practical Test. At this rate, I’m gonna take my Practical Test in September/October and I have to renew my PDL (ANOTHER $25!). With my neatly arranged lessons, I can easily complete all my lessons by the end of July (BEFORE MY FREAKING FTT!) and I have to let my skills rust for the next few months which is a big no-no. So, I have to cancel my lessons and continue going for lessons when University reopens such that I can pace myself for the Practical Test. But going for lessons once a week is too spaced apart and I will find myself forgetting what I learnt the previous lesson. However, if I cancel ALL my lessons now and continue in December, I will kinda waste these lessons I went for already! OMG I WANNA KILL MYSELF.

I guess this is the best I can do now:

1. I immediately booked the next FTT which is in 25th freaking July that might just clash with orientation but screw orientation screw you man!

2. I went on to stare at the perfectly arranged practical lessons I booked. A clean 3 lessons per week from 1.20pm to 3pm which is the GOLDEN slot. And I slowly brought myself to cancel the few slots nearer to me.

3. I will then camp on the BBDC website and grab any FTT that any kind benefactor cancel even though it is freaking non-refundable and I can’t fathom why anyone will wanna cancel the FTT that you waited so long for! So PLEASE LADY LUCK. SHINE ON ME. I CAN GIVE YOU BACK THE IPAD MINI.

Why am I so careless :(((

Truly, you can plan a perfect picnic, but you can’t predict the weather.

ACTUALLY, I COULD HAVE PLANNED IT BETTER. ARGH.

Taiwan Grad Trip (Prologue)

After reading KC and gang’s blog posts about their Taiwan Grad Trip, I’m (slightly) motivated to blog about ours too! :) Yes, Shieuhuei~ You can do it! Hwaiting! ^^

Well, I have no idea when or where or from whom this idea of a Taiwan Grad Trip came from. I figured the idea stemmed from the good old days in RV with everyone talking about going overseas with their friends after this arduous process called A’s. (Mwahahaha I can’t believe I have finally reached this seemingly unreachable future called “after A’s”! :D :D :D)

Gosh I have to say preparing for this trip hasn’t been a piece of cake. Even though the itinerary has been more or less done in holy mother freaking January, there have been a lot of setbacks, in terms of overcoming this huddle called “Parental Approval” and saving up the money to fly off on our own. No trust fund kids here. Nuh-uh. We spent cold hard cash earned from our blood and sweat.

Poor Jiani has been working since the cold December for a CPF-less salary and stressing over picking up calls, sending out letters, typing in all the POs and DOs and whatever Os, etc.

Poor Enting has been working in an office by the sea and putting up with all the badmouthing and backstabbing in her workplace.

Poor Meiwen has been working in a place far from the West that has her waking up early in the mornings… but oh man she can sleep on her job and earn this crazily high $8.50/h pay. Sucks not to be you man LOL. :P

Poor me has been job hopping from menial factory work to tedious office politics to finally a relatively enjoyable F&B job. Yes, I have 走过江湖 and seen blood and tears shed across Jurong. Now, I have reached Paradise. Outside Jurong LOL.

All for you, Taiwan.

Lastly, I’m sorry that Tiantian didn’t get to go with us :( I’m sure it would have been much more fun with you around! Maybe next time yup? Love you!! <3

I love Bangkok!

In March, I went for a 4D3N trip to Bangkok. Till then, I haven’t stepped out of Singapore and Malaysia. Of course I was hella excited! :)

It was a bargain because my family went through Groupon and bought Thai Airway tickets + 4D3N at True Siam hotel + Half day tour for less than $400 ^^

Day 1

Tickets to a getaway!

Won a $10 Changi Airport voucher previously in their tea session :D

Which I exchanged for 3 packets of JELLY BEANS YUM~ :D

Anyway, I can’t believe I discovered a flavour worse than liquorice – PEAR. Yucks! I didn’t know PEARS can taste so horrible. :(

Was watching Life of Pi on the plane :) It was an inspiring tale but I found the movie slightly hyped up. I figured the book would be more convincing and touching.

Well, I didn’t really like the food on Thai Airway. I found the noodles all right and bread and butter can never go wrong. But, I could barely touch the cold macaroni and the coffee cake was overly sweet. Bleah.

Here’s our lovely lovely lovely hotel – True Siam :D :D :D

Upon reaching, I was impressed by the wooden traditional furniture and clean polished look of the place.

That’s the door to the reception.

That’s an open restaurant which I’ve never seen a single customer patronise in my 4D3N there.

This is the reception area with the door to the lift.

Did I mention I’m a sucker for wooden stairs?

Here’s one of the lovely decorations down the stairs :D

Well, I’m definitely full of praises for our hotel :) Apart from the lovely furniture concept, I found the service to be superb. Best thing was that the hotel gave us a deluxe room for no additional costs!! That’s because I went with my Mum and my Bro. So, I added an extra bed to the room. As they didn’t want us to squeeze so much, True Siam gave us a perfectly huge and spacious room :D

Here’s the comfy bed on an elevated platform! Again, I’m a sucker for that.

Here’s the mini kitchen~

Here’s the living room~

There are tons of channels on the TV but I ended up watching MTV and some China channel most of the time.

Did I mention we have a freaking balcony?!!

However, there are some downsides to the place, Even though True Siam is conveniently situated within walking distance of an MRT station, it is a far fetch from hotels that are within walking distances from all the attractive shopping malls. It’s located along a small alleyway (which is pretty safe) but some taxi drivers aren’t very sure where the hotel is located unless you show them the hotel card.

Also, I think this is a general thing in Bangkok, but I hate their toilet flushing system :( Instead of in Singapore where all your “stuff” just flush downwards, your “stuff” kinda swirl around from top to bottom in Bangkok, which I found super disgusting so I will avoid looking at the toilet bowl. *shudders*

By the time we reached our hotel, it was already close to 6pm. My family tried walking to Platinum Fashion Mall, which was super fail. We were simply walking along the road and perspiring under the hot setting sun. Thankfully, my Mum had us cabbed there. Because of the crazy traffic jams and us being tourists, the cabs would normally switch off the meter and charge us a fixed price, but it was still pretty cheap compared to the taxis here in Singapore.

Dined at the food court in Platinum Fashion Mall~ You have to buy a card at the counter and top up the card with cash. Subsequently, when you buy food at the stalls, all you have to do is hand over the card and swipe!

That’s the mango sticky rice in Platinum Fashion Mall :) I love how the coconut milk on the sticky rice makes it so gooey and delicious~ No mangoes in Singapore can beat those fresh ones in Bangkok either! I’m salivating now man YUM YUM YUM :D

What better Thai food to eat than Tom Yam? Tom Yam in Singapore definitely fails in comparison to Bangkok’s! Rather than being just spicy, Tom Yam in Bangkok is more sour and flavourful. The taste tends to stay in your mouth longer too.

According to my Mum, Bangkok is famous for its bird’s nest. Well, I never knew that. We bought this bowl of bird’s nest for less than $2!! Can you see the portion of bird’s nest given?!

Hmm, I didn’t like the Tang Yuan there because the ginger soup was waaaaaay too strong for my liking.

My Mum said that Bangkok is famous for its shark’s fin too. Well, I didn’t know that either. Bought this huge bowl of shark’s fin for less than $10!! Unlike Singapore’s shark’s fin where you don’t really know what you are eating, you can really taste the shark’s fin there with those tiny edible bones. Well, I know it’s inhumane to eat shark’s fin, but just this once yup…

Like Koi is to Singapore, Coco is to Bangkok.

Day 2

Woke up at freaking 6AM for the tour -.-

That’s the breakfast place in True Siam~

Can I emphasise again how much I love wooden furniture?

Too bad I don’t really eat breakfast. I really really really like the Dongfen in Bangkok, especially the one up therel! :) Normally, the Dongfen in Bangkok is kinda sour and spicy, but it tasted more normal here LOL.

A lone pancake~ I found it too sweet. Even without maple syrup. Bleah.

What’s breakfast buffet without cereal? Found it amusing that True Siam uses Meiji milk too LOL (I saw them refilling)

Saw this flower at the entrance of True Siam while waiting for the tour van! Isn’t it just so pretty? ^^

Boat tour!!

Sights on the ride! I can’t remember what is what cos I was dying from a throbbing headache from the lack of sleep -.- But I remember Apple (our Guide) mentioning about how the King used to ride on the boat along the river before cars were invented. There used to be floating markets in this river too. But they have become obsolete because of cars. Oh man boats are way cooler than cars k :(

Look! Wat Arun!

This is pretty cool :) Nearing the jetty of Wat Arun (I think), Apple sold us bread for 20 Baht to feed the fish for blessing. There are tons of fish gathered there cos they know tourists will throw bread at them :P LOL I try to throw my bread to the fish furthest away from the boat ^^

Inside the temple at Wat Arun.

You can get the monk there to bless you with a bracelet :)

A statue we passed by on the bus :) I’ve no idea what it is but it’s famous LOL.

Went to a honey place~

Was heading towards 4 Faced Buddha :) A boy came up to the tour bus to sell us cheaper flowers to pray! Aren’t they pretty?

4 Faced Buddha :)

I had a super hard time trying to manoeuvre through the joss sticks and lighted candles to put my own in! LOL I think I got burnt like 5 times! -.-

To wash up!

Haha you can even pay people to dance and play instruments while you pray!

A random Thai restaurant we went to for lunch :D

Another must-try in Bangkok – coconut ice-cream! :D I found this a tad too hard for my liking though.

Brinjal sticks + Tofu + Sauce! Although I hate brinjals, I have to admit that this is damn delicious! :)

You can tell how much I love the Tom Yam there ^^

Red Curry! Rather than being spicy, it is sweeter and holy I love those chicken that melts in your mouth! :D

Signed up for an impromptu trip to Siam Niramit :) If I’m not wrong, it’s about $80 per person for an international buffet dinner and performance. Trust me, it’s worth it.

Look! Elephants!! :) Hehehehe I even gotta feed one with cucumbers! It’s pretty cool seeing how it will stretch out its trunk and just grab the cucumber and stuff it into its mouth omnomnom~

You even get to ride them!!

International buffet :) I think the food there wasn’t that nice…

The Dongfen was sour! I know it’s supposed to be sour, but it’s still weird.

Their Tom Yam was freaking freaking freaking spicy!!! :( I could barely drink it!

Dish that saved their reputation – SPAGHETTI :D Admittedly, I’m a sucker for pasta, so I wandered off to this isolated corner that sold it. You got to choose your pasta, the toppings you want, the sauce and this lovely Thai lady will cook it for you ^^ YUMMMMMM~

And can I just reiterate how delicious the fruits in Bangkok are?!! Gosh I’ve never eaten such sweet watermelon and pineapples in my life!! Know what, I have stopped eating pineapples for years because I didn’t like the prickly aftertaste on the tongue, but Bangkok’s pineapples are just pure sweetness. Roses without thorns LOL.

Watched a Thai dance performance :) Can you spot my mum (trying to) dance?

Those are rice crackers which tasted pretty nice! Glad I got the chance to eat it here cuz I couldn’t really find it around Bangkok…

A couple of random shots of the tour around the gardens. Oops, I realised some photos look rather scary… :S

Went to watch the marvelous performance in Siam Niramit – which won the Guinness World Record for the largest stage in the world!! Sadly, I wasn’t able to take any photographs during the performance. But it was seriously very impressive and a MUST-WATCH!!

Firstly, the hall was mother father gigantic biggy! It puts all the Esplanade Halls, Victoria Concert Halls, blah blah blah halls to shame man!!

Secondly, the performance was simply mind-blowing! For me, I really love the arc in Hell where everything was just so believable. It made me feel like I never wanna commit any of the sins for I never wanna land in Hell. I especially love the scene when a river just appeared on stage and you go like, “WTF?!! Where did that come from?!”

Thirdly, even though Siam Niramit is a tourist attraction, I feel that you really got to understand the cultural history in Bangkok, especially since Bangkok is now a pretty modernised city.

Day 3

Hotel breakfast! :)

Went back to Platinum Fashion Mall for a major shopping trip! :) I simply love this place!! Everything is so neatly arranged – with each level selling different items from jeans to women wear to men wear to accessories to children wear etc etc! ^^

Also, being a wholesalers’ place, it’s the value-for-money place! Just buying 2 pieces and above will allow you to get the wholesalers’ price which is normally around 200 Baht for each piece = $8 in Singapore! What’s more?! ITS QUALITY IS DAMN GOOD!!

It’s so value-for-money that I haven’t had the face to bargain with the shopkeepers anymore cos everything is just so cheap cheap cheap ^^

That’s my shopping haul from the Bangkok trip which costs me less than $150!! :D I bought nearly 75% of the stuff from Platinum Fashion Mall and I didn’t regret buying a single item there (though I kinda regretted an item or two from elsewhere).

Hehehehe I was especially happy that I got this Paris vintage necklace for about $5 when the exact same item was sold for almost $30 in Singapore and online!! :D :D :D

Although Bangkok is a great place to shop for clothes, I couldn’t really buy any shoes (meh quality) bags (only a mint satchel caught my eye but it was already bought away by someone else T___T) or my Achilles’ heel – rings (mostly large bling bling rings there ewww)!!! I’m sad to say that only a vintage ship anchor ring caught my eye throughout the whole trip and it costs nearly $20!!! T___T

An interesting observation I made was that there was this machine outside the toilet in Platinum Fashion Mall selling (1) tissue k can (2) sanitary pads ooo k how convenient (3) pregnancy kits WTF too convenient can LOL ^^

Dinnered in MK Restaurant! :) I chanced upon this place while researching for Bangkok restaurants online – MK Restaurant was highly recommended by many reviewers and it’s found almost everywhere in Bangkok! So here we are!

Refreshing drink for everyone!

Watermelon drink! I’m full of praises for this drink because it’s so freaking refreshing and cooling and sweeeeeet! Dayummmm try their drink if you are there!!

Having eaten tons of meat over the past few days, my family opted for the vegetable set and a couple of meat dishes.

After knowing that MK Restaurant was a steamboat place, I was kinda disappointed at first, “How delicious can steamboat get?!” But mannnnn was I wrong ^^ Perhaps the raw food in Bangkok was fresher cuz the food tasted more flavourful in a natural way LOL :) You must try their pork slices there! It’s simply heavenly!! :D

Went back to Platinum Fashion Mall for a marvelous Thai massage :) Ahhhhh~ I felt that all the stiffness in my back was gone! Miraculously LOL!! ^^

Day 4

Our final breakfast T___T

You can probably tell by now that I’m not a breakfast person LOL ^^

Walked to the nearby subway station to take the train to Chatuchak Weekend Market :)

Saw this building full of tuition centres from the station!! Oh my monopolistic competition much?

Here’s the train!! :D

Hahaha I had a rather pleasant experience on the train :) Honestly, it’s a much much better alternative to private transport considering that Bangkok is sooooo famous for its jams. A 10 minutes drive can take at least 30 minutes because of the crazy traffic jam. Fortunately or unfortunately for the people in Bangkok, the King gave a huge subsidy for people buying new cars last year. It made me kinda appreciate the crazily high prices of COE and ERP in Singapore -.-

Here’s the mouth watering coconut ice-cream in Chatuchak Weekend Market :D It was a generous serving on a half sliced coconut with tons and tons of toppings and just look at that cute flag!! And it costs less than $2!!! :D

Hahahaha it was so delicious we bought a serving for each of us ^^ And we were lucky to buy from this stall because the other places we walked past gave much small servings with minimal toppings :(

AND WE GOT A FLAG. (I sound like Sheldon Cooper LOL)

If I’m not wrong, that’s the famous Bangkok dish – Pad Thai :) Hmm it tasted slightly different from the usual noodles not bad not bad ^^

Bought Bangkok milk tea and holy moly it was such a huge and refreshing cup of milk tea!!! :D

Got a serving of Mango Sticky Rice ^^ Hehehehe we can’t get enough of it man! It’s much cheaper in Chatuchak Weekend Market but if I remember correctly, the fruit wasn’t chilled :(

Got a culture shock when we saw Bangkok people selling peeled pomelo!

Overall, Chatuchak was hot hot hot -.- It got so bad towards the end that I barely had the energy to take photos. We only managed to walk for like 4-5 hours. It was a big freaking maze selling so many things – from clothes to pottery to dried food. You have to get a map to find your way around the place.

Sadly, I didn’t manage to buy much from Chatuchak :( I bought a couple of shorts back for ~$4 each and I was rather disappointed with the quality :(

Haha I suggest going in the evening when the sun is less freaking glaring for it was an eye opener – especially ALL THE FOOD MMM~

Goodbye Chatuchak~

As I previously mentioned, Chatuchak was crazily hot. We dropped by this tuition building near our hotel to grab coffee and malted milk :) I remember them being pretty bland, but sufficiently refreshing for our dying selves.

Ticket back home :(((

That’s my dinner~

Some observations I made in Bangkok:

1. It’s pretty inspiring how the Bangkok people really respected their King. Everywhere you go, his face is present – whether it is along the road or in a car. And I admire the way the tour guides and drivers spoke of their King with pride, “Our King loves his people a lot.” Compared to us Singaporeans who often diss our Government, Bangkok showed much gratitude to their leader.

2. Being used to the “empty” streets in Singapore, I had a culture shock when I saw beggars in Bangkok. The first I saw was huddled under a blanket and carrying a silent baby. Thinking back, I wonder if it’s a form of business I read on Facebook, where babies were drugged such that they remain silent or worse still – dead – while women were forced to beg with these poor babies. Apparently, this is a form of thriving business in certain countries. Zzz. How sickening is that. The second I saw was an old lady wrapped in a veil and OMG HER WHOLE FACE WAS SAGGING. As in, the eyes, the nose, the cheeks and everything! Holy I thought such people only exist in movies…?! :X The last I saw was an old man with an infected leg. He rolled up his pants and was sorta showing off the infected wound on his leg while crawling around the entrance of Chatuchak. It was pretty scary and most tourists were in fact frightened off rather than being sympathetic to his plight. After this trip, I’m glad that at least the people in Singapore got to sell tissue papers on wheelchairs. Not saying that we shouldn’t help them though.

3. One of the most distinctive features of Bangkok is their transvestites. There were so many of them that every time I see a lady with heavy make up, I will check their neck for an Adam’s apple. Apple said that the reason behind the large number of transvestites in Bangkok was that in every Thai show, there’s definitely a lady man (not ladies’ ma k). Growing up, the Thai boys started to think that it’s all right to be a lady man, which… slowly led to one thing and another.

Overall, Bangkok is a Singaporean’s paradise – with tons of cheap and freaking, annoyingly, unbelievably delicious food and lots of cheap, pretty, incredibly high quality clothes! :D :D :D Hehehe I will definitely come back to Bangkok with a credit card!! :P

RIP, Prof Koh.

Wrote this essay a while back:

Just a year ago, I remember stepping into the foreign campus of SMU. At that moment, I was about to take on a challenge by studying H3 Game Theory and Competition. Truly, I hadn’t known what to expect, but I surely didn’t imagine that I would meet such a unique individual.

Although Game Theory was a difficult subject, this person brought life to the otherwise nerve-wracking lessons. His passion of the topic was truly infectious, which can be seen from his tendency to digress from the curriculum for more than 2h of his 3h lessons. What struck me most was that I studied Game Theory not for the sake of scoring well, but because I was genuinely interested in the subject.

Recently, I received a piece of shocking news. He, whom I had deeply respected and admired, has passed away. After reading his articles, I realised that he was truly an inspiring man. Despite his accolades of academic achievements, he stayed humble and never lost his sense of adventure in life by picking up new skills – whether in dancing or photography.

His sudden death made me realise that even the most formidable of men cannot escape Death. Life is fleeting and unpredictable. We should live in the present and not waste time looking back in the past or fretting over the future that has yet to come. Even though I didn’t score a Distinction in Game Theory, I have never regretted taking it, for it brought me something even more valuable – to truly make the best of our lives. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the number of times our breath is taken away. And I wouldn’t have gained this insight without him.

Rest in Peace, Professor Winston Koh.

Update: With a couple of H3 students, I went to his church funeral. It was strange seeing people from all walks of life gather together in a seemingly mundane setting – sipping on packet drinks around tables and chatting amicably. The only observations that gave away the funeral were his children wiping their tears and the receptionists collecting white envelopes. Well, I guess I had expected something more dramatic. Although it was really awkward, I’m glad we went – for it seemed like a closure :)

G-Dragon – MichiGO

Gosh my lovely GD’s new concept is to make crazier and crazier videos and I ain’t hatin’ it~

LOL I wonder if he dyed the white wig from Monster black for MichiGO. Can’t believe I’m saying this but the black mushroom hair is growing on me. Just LOOK at the facial expressions he makes with that hair. And with that elephant. OMG.

And am I the only one disturbed that he is getting his ass spanked at the “feel good” part of the song?

Britain’s Got Talent – Attraction perform their stunning shadow act

The storyline is simply beautiful :’)

All for you, GD.

Got a piece of wonderful news a few months back: GD’s solo concert will be here in Singapore on 29th and 30th June 2013!! :D :D :D

Being a GD fan, I was darn right irritated when the seating plan was out only by 5pm yesterday when the tickets will be out on sale at 10am today!

Worse still, ONE Production decided that to earn fans’ money, they will be implementing some priority ticket shit where you have to buy BOTH the Saturday and Sunday tickets in order to buy the tickets today rather than tomorrow. Assholes.

So, last night, I was going how how how how how when the seating plan was out because it was total bullshit when the seating is arranged such that ONLY the mosh was worth it!! And this priority shit thing. And Weiying can’t really go mosh thing. And who am I going to fangirl with thing. Just thinking about it is maddening.

Thankfully, I have Alicia and Yuxian these wonderful GD fangirls to go with! It was super confusing because we came out with this ingenious plan to buy the cheapo $28 tickets (which are damn limited) on Saturday and the mosh tickets on Sunday OR buy the mosh tickets on both Saturday and Sunday because it is rather easy to sell off a GD concert mosh ticket. Who wouldn’t want it. Seriously. And lo and behold! Heaven is shining down on us! 3 GD fangirls are going on Saturday and are able to pair with us!!! OMG :D :D :D

Well, the best thing is N (I will call this GD fangirl N and let her remain anonymous) will be going down at THREE FREAKING AM to start queuing in isolated Bishan for us! Holy moly I love you N! :D :D :D

So, I was tossing and turning all night! Totally can’t sleep because of all this excitement! And I went down early this morning with Enting (OMG I love you!) to find this fangirl N whom we realised is (1) with a friend who is a seriously a hardcore fangirl (2) Vietnamese and (3) has a boyfriend who is a GD fan for 5 years.

Funny enough, I realised Idk her friend’s name, BUT. SHE. IS. JUST. FKING. HILARIOUS. Here’s just some of the crazy stuff she said she did! (Imagine the following in a Vietnam accent. If not – one that is akin to Thai’s or Indonesian’s will do.)

1. Went to MAMA in Singapore and I’m so sad Big Bang got into a scandal. Never come to MAMA. :( But I got to stand near the fitting room! And all the stars walked past and I got to touch them!! Omg their muscles and their chests!! VERY GOOD!! (Y)

2. Went to Kim Jongkook’s fanmeet! Omg Kim Jongkook’s muscles were sooooo big! As big as my ass!! -Points- So strong!! (Y)

3. And many more… (I can’t understand much of her rabid ramblings)

Even scarier is what she said her sasaeng friend did…

1. Went to Seoul to stalk Daesung for a month.

2. According to her, Daesung loves to drink soju. Every time he leaves the soju house, her sasaeng friend will buy the cup for ~$5 and swoon over the lip print on the cup -.- (Cuz Daesung uses lip balm) Worse still, this friend happened to have ~52 soju cups with his freaking lip print.

3. Bought Daesung’s underpants from the maid living in his place for ~$100.

4. Bought GD’s tooth freaking brush from the maid. I just can’t. Freak. My poor GD. Anyway, the toothbrush is yellow with cartoon characters. My poor GD.

5. Hacked into Big bang’s kakaotalks etc to stalk them. That’s how you do it like a VIP man. (Oh man I should totally tell Shiyi to take infosys HAHAHAHA JKJK)

Plus this Vietnamese fan has many friends who follow VVIP and have tons of exclusive news! I’m so shocked when I heard these!!

1. Daesung doesn’t have a girlfriend. At least at the time the sasaeng fan stalked him. Apparently, Daesung’s girlfriend is soju. He will never fail to take picture of his table with soju every time.

2. GD has lots of girlfriends. How can. I bet it’s girl friends. Not girlfriends. Many people said his relationships last long. I believe what I wanna believe. T___T

3. Taeyang… I just can’t bring myself to say this… has lots of “girlfriends” for… pleasure. I don’t even wanna know HOW they know this. Freak. Mental scar. Freak. Let’s just hope it’s their vivid imagination. Freak.

Here’s how some of my WA convos with Alicia and Yuxian went when I recounted to them what she said:

Me: Omg the Vietnamese are hilarious. Total fangirls. This girl went to MAMA and touched almost all the stars. All their muscles and chests OMG LOL.

YX: That is bloody scary.

AL: WTF.

YX: She sounds like a crazy fangirl those kind that stamp you to death when snatching stuff that the stars throw.

Me: Luckily they are going on Saturday HAHAHAHAHA.

YX: Luckily we are going on the 30th. HAHA GREAT MINDS.

Me: Omg her friend went Korea and stalked Daesung FOR A MONTH.

YX: Stay away from them. After you get the tix. That is just freakish. So did she discover his girlfriend by the way. You know. Ask for convenience. Ask them if GD or TOP have girlfriends. That’s the most important. Or if they are dating each other.

AL: YX. Don’t encourage.

YX: It’s not even encouraging. If I really wanted to encourage, I will be asking them HOW they even managed to stalk.

And finally, when it reached THE TIME – 10am. All of us stood up and prepared our cash and everything and I gave my IC and everything and the crazy Vietnamese fan was so not discretely walking behind the monitor and checking for empty seats and everything and oh my the system shut down and the person went zzz and I went holy moly and Alicia was freaking out over the phone and all and LO AND BEHOLD THE TICKETS ARE PRINTED AND OH MY GOD…

THE GOLDEN TICKETS ARE IN MY FKING HANDS.

Snippet behind the chaos:

YX: It’s already 10.

AL: OH GOD. IS THE LINE MOVING!!?

YX: ARE YOU THERE YET

AL: OMG WHAT’S HAPPENING

YX: Crashes I bet

Me: Yes. At first person. We are after her. EAST. We are buying now.

YX: Yes. East. Anything. YES.

AL: OH MY GOD. HAHSHDLKAJSKLJALKFL?!!LKAJLK

Me: System shut down… Doing again… AHHHH.

AL: T.T PLS PLS PLS OMGGG

Me: T_T

AL: SCARE ME OMG. Every time a message comes in, I jump.

Me: Printing fk.

AL: OH FUCK. OMG.

YX: Means can already?

AL: HAHAHAHAHA SHIT YES.

YX: FUCKING YES.

AL: OH MY GOD.

YX: FUCK YES.

AL: MY FUCKING HEART IS EXPLODING WITH HAPPINESS.

Me: In my hands now. Omg.

AL: GDJGAKKSJALALA. TAKE A PHOTO. OF THE GOLDEN TICKETS.

Me: -Inserts pic- IN MY FKING HANDS.

So now, I’m going to mosh pit in the freaking EAST. Damn excited. According to the rabid fangirls I was with, GD always goes to the freaking East. He can just stare at the freaking West but shake hands, hug people and throw things in the freaking East. And I’m in the freaking East with the luck of an iPad mini. What are the odds.

All for you, GD. All for you.

Results

Before the results, I’m honestly worried, but I dare not share this to many, because like usual everyone will be like, “You have nothing to worry about!”

Yet, the A’s has been a grueling process ):

It may sound like excuses, but I have been medicated with drowsy meds throughout the entire month and I have made many, many bad decisions in choosing questions.

At the end of the day, I’m very relieved with my results :)

Although Mr Leow and Mr Sim were slightly disappointed… It’s sad when Mr Sim came to me guilt-ridden and apologised for letting me down. What he said sorta made me choke up. Honestly, it’s not his fault, but it’s a bad stroke of luck and myself.

If you think that taking A’s is bad, I have to say getting back your results is an even more emotional process – with your heart beating like mad before the results, that strange feeling of “Oh-this-is-my-results”, and finally the last straw that broke the camel’s back – seeing the friends around me cry :(

It’s funny when my friend commented that I look like I received damn lousy results, but how can someone not cry when my mum took family care leave and come down to the school to cry with my friends :(

(My bro commented that she was overly dramatic though LOL)

I guess this ends our A’s journey. It feels like a huge landmark in our life. But the only thing that changed was us receiving a piece of paper. I’m still Shieuhuei. You’re still you. We are gonna have to make major decisions ahead. But we shared a common past. And this past will help us stay together ahead.

And I remember writing this for those who didn’t do well last year:

This is merely a setback in your long ride on the rocky road. A level certainly makes a huge impact on our career paths, but not completely so. We may have to take a longer route, but I guess we’ll all end up at where we wanna be at the end of the day.