(this is supposed 2 b posted at 1+am on 14 dec but my modem failed on me though i tried a dozen times to correct watever problem there was...)
i realised the guys get better and nicer and more likable as when they get more matured.
i'll quote 2 smses
eg. 1: from jeremy: "Hey fenella, hav u reach home? It's hard to return ur mum a smart daughter wor.."
and the thing to note is tt we haven't met for at least 2 whole yrs and today (or rather yesterday since it was 13 dec) we just met up at our class gathering and we didnt even talk much since he was the a bit shy type of guy, so isn't he very nice to ask if i've reached home? yes, of course!
ah, shall put my reply here... wait, i check my hp again 1st... :
"yah, thanks 4 ur concern. :) "
and for the nxt one, its bcoz kianwei smsed me 4 boonshan's hp (coz he forgot to ask during the gathering) but i didn't have so i smsed geraldine 4 it but she smsed me the business card fr her nokia hp which my stupid motorola cldn't read so i asked her 2 sms cody (who was still on the mrt train with me since he stays 2 mrt stations further from me). then i had to get off the train liaoz so i asked cody 2 sms kianwei when he receives boonshan's hp from geraldine. however, after i reached home, it ended up that cody didn't hv kianwei's hp so cody smsed boonshan's hp 2 me which i finally smsed 2 kianwei...
aiyo, i know very complicated...
my sms to kianwei : "xxxxxxxx (tis is supposed 2 be bs's hp but not save to put on blog). sorry, so long den reply coz i oso didnt hv so had 2 get gera 2 send 2 cody den 2 me den 2 u"
so finally,
eg. 2: from kianwei: "Haha u r so cute! Really thank u! Actually i got it from geraldine already..but still thank u a lot! Gd nite sleep tight and keep in contact and sweet dreams!"
so nice of him to give so many wishes rite!
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now, i shall start blogging about the class gathering! actually not really 'class' gathering... coz only 9 ppl turned up... but it was still great fun!
we were supposed to meet at marina bay mrt station at 5pm (13 dec) but only kian wei was the earliest and i was 2nd earliest. the rest were all late: geraldine, jermey, weiliang, cody, wei chen, boon shan and minrui (who was the organiser was the latest... by half hour, but its ok coz the rest of us got to sit and talk while waiting). only 4 gals, 5 guys out of our class of 39 (they said so, i don't remember...)
all the guys are taller then us now but geraldine kept insisting that they were also fatter but i argued their shape (i mean the height weight ratio) is still abt the same. its just that they grew taller so they look bigger sized. except for weichen who does look like he put on weight coz i think he was a bit on the skinner side in primary school and now he looks more fit. oh ya!!!! i forgot to tell them i dreamt of him a few mths ago!!! ai ya!!! so forgetful of me!!! zheng1 shi4 de!!!
weichen really changed along, his behaviour etc, and he was dressed up just like a typical tourist with his camera strap hung around his neck.
so we had steamboat at marina south, from almost 6pm till 8+pm. kianwei knew his way around and tried to get the price lowered from $10 to $9 per person but the person said cldn't and gave us a bottle of champagne grape thingy instead
gera, kianwei, jermey and i shared 1 ... erm... don't know what its called... the metal pot and metal thing covered with foil that we cook our food on while weiliang, cody, weichen, boonshan and minrui shared another.
then jermey and kianwei kept whispering (though i can hear) to the other guys abt being poisoned by gera's cooking (and maybe me oso) coz gera dropped a pc of seaweed on the table and picked it up into the pot. so the guys asked how she passed her home econs and she answered that her partner cooked and she washed. so the guys using the other pot said that though they had poor cooking skills, kianwei and jermey shld join them coz they wldn't poison them.
then another time, gera wanted to eat fried egg and i was oso eager on trying but the guys were on the -ve side. so after i cracked the egg and gera broke the egg yolk, they were like anticipating a disaster and said that the egg wld stick to the foil. so gera quickly made scrambled egg and the guys told us to get the egg out. gera did so and nothing terrible happened so they said gera saved the day.
hai ya, so not fun liaoz, but still, maybe they were rite. we cld hv made a disaster if we left the egg there long enough...
the food was great, mostly well-seasoned (some over-seasoned). esp. the chicken and chicken wings! delicious!!! yum!
i brought my digicam, kianwei and weichen oso brought their digi and film ones resp.
so we tried to take pics of one another but refusing 2 be taken
then at the end of our meal, gera and i went to get the watermelons but there were none left so we hang around then a guy wkg there rendered his services and helped us to go into the kitchen to get them and even pile so much till 1 pc dropped on the floor. when we were leaving, we found other why he was so helpful. another guy wkg there whom we asked to help us take some grp photos asked gera if she cld give his friend (ie the 1st helpful guy) her no. then gera told him to give her that guy's no. instead. then the rest of us were wondering if it was the 2nd or the 1st guy who was asking for her no. haha. weiliang even said he has a list of 'customer no.1', 'customer no.2' etc and don't even remember who they are liaoz
b4 we cld take a grp photo, minrui had to leave coz her parents were there to fetch her. then after grp photo taking, we took up gera's suggestion and started walking from marina south to suntec since we cld see it. however, ask the guys said, wat we can see may not be that easy to reach...
we left the steamboat place at abt 9.10pm and came to a park where there was no one else but us (though we saw a couple some time later). after much walking, we reach a highway which was blocking our way to suntec and the underpass was locked up and this lead to much more walking but also help us build up more 'class spirit' or rather 'grp spirit' and oso allowed us to view alot of beautiful night scenery. i thought of crossing it since there were not too many cars but the other didn't want to and even wanted to go back to marina south but gera and i insisted on trying out our way.
i don't remember exactly the route we took. i think we got to a part where there was a river so the highway went over the river so we got to leave the park and go under the highway along the river to the other side of the highway. then we saw steps up onto the pedestrian pathway along the highway which we went onto so as to the cross the river. i noe it really sounds difficult to picture what i'm describing...
along the highway (where the guys said that ppl film some of those scene in the dramas), we got to see lots of nice night scenery and take photos but i cldn't hold still my camera so they were blur... haiz... such a pity...
then we finally crossed the river and got of the highway at a place just opp carrefour. it was already abt 10.10pm and we immediately went to the toilet b4 getting a drink followed by more walking as gera's suggestion of goin to the esplanade was again taken up over the guys' who wanted to catch a movie. it was my 1st time at the esplanade! then boonshan had to leave suddenly coz her mom called. outside esplanade in front of the river, where we cld look at the highway where we were previously 'stranded', gera and i realised that we cldn't be seen unless we waved a torch (ie, its so near yet so far).
then weiliang kept saying it seems very high class and can raise his status and wanted to go to fullerton hotel to raise it further. so we went over to the merlion b4 going to fullerton while it was drizzling lightly all along.
fullerton is really high class and then were loads of ppl (later, we found there was a wedding). initally we were hestitant of goin in coz we were dressed so casually but we still went in.
finally, at abt 11.20pm, we headed to raffles mrt station to catch the last train. on the train, weichen was holding his hp then he said sth like his hp can throw away liaoz coz previously at suntec, while exchanging hp no., they found out that my hp looks diff from their nokia ones (of course since my is motorola) and i have a built-in camera. then i was thinking of saying do u know this is my 1st hp and i only got it after 'o' levels... but i didnt say lah...
wow, its 3.19am, 14dec... but its worth recording b4 i start to forget all these nice memories :) so nice! awaiting the next class gathering! hopefully not 2 yrs later but 2 weeks later! hopefully :)
so now i'm posting this post i type 6 hrs ago (after doing some troubleshtg and finding out that the prob is just that the modem was 'disabled' and i just had to 'enable' it)... not supposed to be up so early but my hp morn alarm rang (coz stupid me set it) and i cldn't fall asleep liaoz... quite tired now leh... my brother wld came back home only after i finished typing abt the class gathering, ie after 3.19am, is still sleeping... guys are guys... can go back just how they want... though my bro already 21 yrs-old... adult lah (but still very childish, always bully me)... so can't compare
wishing; 12/14/2003 09:31:00 AM
Have Read
'04 year-end holidays (highest number of books read in a long time)
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (gd read)
-Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot (fun read)
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (must read - inspirational)
-Slab Rat by Ted Heller (full of office politics and R21 stuff - not for kids)
-The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (makes u want to finish it)
-A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks (simple but meaningful)
-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (can identify with)
-The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (romantic love story with too much R21 stuff)
-Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (even more R21. ugh)
-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
-Unstrung Heroes by Franz Lidz (autobiography about his four uncles and father)
-The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (very unique POV of an autistic boy)
-The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (love the breadth of the plot, one of my favourites)
-Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux (alternating between two first persons' view - unique, but don't like e plot)
-Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (philosophy tb in a story; gets abit dry though plot saved)
-forgot what i read...-
-Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan (story of an urban planner)
-Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (impressive intelligence with bits of great humour)
-Just between Us by Cathy Kelly (thickest bk i've ever read-600+pg, too long for me but not bad)
ha, started a few bks but didn't enjoy them enough to read more.
'06
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel (novel based on true story; a lot to learn from the book - animals, religions,
survival, appreciation of simplicity; marvelous descriptions of both the tangible and the intangible,
such that I could feel their realness; bits of very enjoyable humour; a must read)
-The Complete Analects of Confucius, Volume 1 - Asiapac Comic Series (some good teachings.
didn't read everything though)
-The Parable of the Pipeline by Burke Hedges (lent to me by Shujun; like she said, its a short version
of Rich Dad Poor Dad - good financial tips)
-The Alchemist by Paul Coelho (simple story with deep meaning)
-Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
(hai, doesn't seem to be working for me - cos im not applying..)
-haven't been updating from Jun'06 to Jul'07-
'07
-Take a Chance by Sarah Webb (very interesting twist towards the end)
'08
-A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (very saddening. made me realise how significant family is in how a child behaves)
-Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden (refreshing book with many pics)
-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Rui Zafon (amazing how people can think of so much plot to pack into one book, wld b a gd tv series)
-The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (the story is interesting but i think the ending cld hv been better written)
-This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes (a bit thought-provoking on relationships but i didnt like e abrupt ending)
-Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (gd knowledge but partly qte repetitive)
-For One More Day by Mitch Albom
-The C Words by Mark Mason (made me keep wanting to read on. light & funny)
'09
-Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (another good read from Deveraux)
-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (gosh such vivid descriptions! very well written book. i liked d theme of friendship and the realness of the story)
'10
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (a must-read!! i love the expressed thoughts of the protagonist, esp those about friendships, and the writing style - it seems like she's telling me her story specifically to me)
How to Save Your Own Life by Michael Gates Gill (an inspiring read, for emotional liberation and greater joy in life)
Reading
on hold
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Waiting for chance to get hold of
The Little White Car by Danuta de Rhodes
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Gotai Fumanzoku or An Unsatisfactory Body (Translated into English as No One's Perfect) by Hirotada Otatake
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Other Recommended Readings by Marc
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin – Few books have had as significant an impact on the way society views the natural world and the genesis of humankind.
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell – Gladwell looks at how a small idea, or product concept, can spread like a virus and spark global sociological changes. Specifically, he analyzes “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.”
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – This is a tale that lingers on the topic of attaining and maintaining a disciplined heart as it relates to one’s emotional and moral life. Dickens states that we must learn to go against “the first mistaken impulse of the undisciplined heart.”
Lolita – This is the kind of book that blows your mind wide open to conflicting feelings of life, love and corruption… and at times makes you deeply question your own perceptions of each. The story is as devious as it is beautiful.
Getting Things Done by David Allen – The quintessential guide to organizing your life and getting things done. Nuff said.
How To Cook Everything by Mark Bittman – 900 pages of simple instructions on how to cook everything you could ever dream of eating. Pretty much the greatest cookbook ever written. Get through a few recipes each week, and you’ll be a master chef by the time you’re 30.
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner – Franz Wisner had it all… a great job and a beautiful fiancée. Life was good. But then his fiancée dumped him days before their wedding, and his boss basically fired him. So he dragged his younger brother to Costa Rica for his already-scheduled honeymoon and they never turned back… around the world they went for two full years. This is a fun, heartfelt adventure story about life, relationships, and self discovery.
Self-note: Tip for my future business =D
give employees reasonably high pay to keep them- otherwise they are unlikely to stay loyal.
treat employees not according to how well they treat me but how conscientious they are at work
(of course, musn't expect them to only do work throughout the entire working hours -
give some breathing space too, we are humans, not machines) Movies watched(listing started on 6jan08)
in cinema from VCD/DVD
1Sep07: "Hairspray" w TK, GH & SH
14Sep07: "Ratatouille" w mom & extended family
28Dec07: "The Pianist" w Jus & Pam (heartbreaking but good lessons; i recommend!)
2Jan08: "I Am Legend" w Sherm (scary! but good acting; thought provoking; i recommend!)
5-6Jan08: "A Good Year" alone (excellent show! i like the acting; funny; good lessons; touches my heart; i recommend!)
11Jan08: "Le Grand Chef" w WLing, JT & Irene (good! funny, very touching, :) nice; watch if like humour+meaning+food)
7Feb08 (CNY 初一): "Ah Long Pte Ltd" w parents (pretty hilarious - but u gotta understand dialects, some teary parts. wells typical of jack neo movies but with diff content)
11Mar08: "The Leap Year" w Sherm (so sweet! :) and apart from couple relationship it touches the theme of mother-daughter and best friends too)
6Jun08: "P.S. I Love You" w Sherm (don't know if its coz we watched it on laptop, coz it didn't impress me as much as it did for him in cinema)
8Jun08: "The Forbidden Kingdom" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (ums..guess i'm really not into kungfu)
8Jun08: "What Happens in Vegas" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (simple,relaxing show)
7Jul08: "我和狗狗的10个约定" w Sherm, his ma & sisters (very simple,touching but actually not my type of show)
10Jul08: "Before Sunrise" w Sherm (hmm maybe watchg on laptop really affects appreciatn of movies..)
30Sep08: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" w Sherm (i didn't like it as much as i thought i wld when i saw the ads)
31Dec08: "Yes Man" w Mom (inspiring and funny)
11Feb08: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" w Mom (not as impressive as i thought it wld be)
1Jul09: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" w Yumei, YY & Matt (the best thing was the soundtrack. heh.)
14Aug09: "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" w Joyce (it was awesome! best action movie i've ever watched)
17Aug09: "Food, Inc." w SYL & RuiQ (learnt some stuff abt the American food industry but it was a bit boring and not worth the $10)
22Sep09: "The Time Traveller's Wife" w WB, VanD, WLing, CHL, Irene, VanQ, Mf, Pg (i liked it. having read the book really helps w udsg)
21Nov09: "Gokusen" w Mf, Eva, Tony, Sarah (funny inspirational movie)
24Dec09: "十月围城" w Tony, WLing, VanQ (action action and a bit funny? tony criticised the plot. my fav scene was the running n jumping through the crowd along the five-foot ways w/o cuts)
30Dec09: "Sherlock Holmes" w Irene, Tony, Sweetee (my favourite genre of books made into a movie - what else can be more cool? acting effects humour excitement suspense all in)
12Jan10: "Avatar 3D" w Mom (didn't appreciate the digital effects which everyone wowed about. content etc was so-so. cathay's 3D glasses were too heavy for me)
8Feb10: "The Truman Show" w Ky n sis n Yuhshin (a must-watch. very thought-provoking, funny. reminder to be spontaneous and create your life the way you want, instead of falling into a typical routine
14Feb10: "New York, I Love You" w Mom (I loved it! a good couple movie with meaningful pointers to keep it going. but i think some stories could be more developed)
16Feb10: rewatched "The Pianist" (still find it good, tho i still feel first viewings are the best)
17Feb10: "Valentine's Day" w CHL n WB (laughed throughout - a feel-good movie; liked the fact that the various stories binded tog so well with the little surprises here and there, vs NY ILU in which each story was separate)
20Feb10: "赤壁二" w Addy, Karen, Sharon, SJ (should have watched the first one first cos i ended up not knowing who's who and what's happening and had to keep asking :/ and couldn't pay attn.. if not i think it should be a pretty good movie..)
4Mar10: "Alice in Wonderland 3D" w Mf (i found the 3D effects of this @ CCK Shaw SO much better than Avatar @ The Cathay =/ and the movie was much more enjoyable too! - cheered a sad me up :)) favourite quote - the Mad Hatter: “You used to be much muchier before. ... You have lost your muchness.”)
18Mar10: "Nodame Cantabile" w Irene, Mf (i thoroughly enjoyed some of the orchestra pieces - SO impressive! the expressions of the actors were really amusing :D)
23Apr10: "Ice Kacang Puppy Love" w Mom (funny, touching and meaningful - about love between friends and family. i cried 3 tissues! cos some touching parts i could really understand the feelings of the characters involved)
Inception
Letters to God (very simple Christian movie)
22Nov10: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" w Ame, Irene (they loved it. pretty good, i guess the main problem i had was that im not familiar with HP :X)
13Dec10: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" w Sj (not bad, could follow the story unlike HP. like the meaningful teachings, too long - in a post)
2Mar11: "The King's Speech" w Ame (hilarious, inspirational, tho it doesn't impress me that much to understand why it's the Oscar winner)
Mar11: "10 Things I Hate About You" very funny. silly sweet high school romance. just right for having breaks in between doing homework
23May11: "Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides" w Wb Yl Ame Pg (pretty good - scenery, freakish parts, fighting scenes, dressing, humour, bits of Christianity like when the Spanish said "only God gives life")
6Jun11: "Xmen First Class" w Wb Ame Pg (i was very keen on watching it and it was really good! intellectual, makes sense, cool action, some humour)
9Jun11: "Legally Blonde 2" w Irene (seems like some dumb blonde movie but kind of meaningful too - speaking up for yourself and what you stand for)
17Jun11: "Something Borrowed" w Sandy Lisa (quite funny, somewhat meaningful wrt friendships. they didn't like the lack of sense for one part tho)
16Jul11: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" w Irene, Sweetee, Kw (not bad. i didn't understand some parts again but the humour and effects were pretty good)
Aug11 "Horrible Bosses" w Ma (she fell asleep! gosh. the movie was very crude i must say but there was the humour)
25Oct11: "The Three Musketeers" w H (i would rate it 3.5 for humour/intellectual language and 4 for action. it's by the same producer or director as Sherlock! but a bit less awesome albeit a good chill out movie)
5Nov11: "Real Steel" w Hl (action packed but not too hardcore for me. i liked that there was the father and son element and how the father eventually softened his heart and especially the part when charlie was having trouble telling max sth and max was so understanding saying "Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." touching and demonstrates true fighting spirit)
12Dec11: "50/50" w L (adopting her words - a heavy topic put across in a lighthearted way, but not taking away d meaning. most of it was rather hollywood-ish trashiness but there were a couple of punch lines "u can't change ur parents, but u can change d way u respond to them.")
25Dec11: "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" w KY (ultimate action packed! super tense almost throughout the movie, and interesting Tom Cruise made it such that not everything happened smoothly - he would jump and misland and get all sorts of injuries..it's really the courage to jump without hesitation even though you are not sure you'll be alive after that. KY loved d movie and said she would watch it again!)
3Jan12: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" w KY (i love mystery (: and the witty sarcastic dialogues. good level of excitement with the action. didn't understand some parts as usual. i like Holmes and Watson they depict such a true pair of buddies ;D)
23Jan12: "You are the Apple of My Eye" w mom (now i understand why guys like this movie so much - the anxiety of chasing after a girl and the acts schoolboys do to get the girl's attention and hopefully affection. the initial fluttering and the subsequent quarrelling)
22Mar12: "The Iron Lady" w KY (really love Thatcher's sharp words. inspiring and thought-provoking, tho i was still left uncertain of what to do with my life, the movie is definitely an encouraging one)
29Mar12: "Barney's Version" w SJ (a funny movie of a screwed up life of a man who had 3 wives, smoked and drank but very heartwarming at the same time, the relationships with the dad and the 3th wife - quotable quotes!)
27Apr12: "The Hunger Games" w Mom
4May12" "Avengers" w MF n PS (funny, action-packed)
7Jul12: "The Amazing Spiderman"
21Jul12: "The Dark Knight Rises" (fantastic depth, loved the twists)
20Aug12: "ParaNorman" w Mom (simple funny animated movie, heartwarming support)
Performances watched (listing started on 25Apr10)
20Jan10: Patrick Marber's Closer by outoftheBLUE, NUS Science w Pam (
13Mar10: The Rain Came Down Like Pearls the Night I Died... The New Musical - Sing & Tell by Mark Chan w Addy & Jy
21Mar10: Quintessence by NUSCO w CHL
