i've been home for 2 weeks now. feels longer though, so i'm glad there's still a month left for me to laze around, sleepsleepsleep and eat more food. :) that's basically what i've been doing for the past 2 weeks back, plus meeting all my long-lost friends! i've watched more movies than i've ever watched in the 2 months i was in cambridge, ate more chicken rice and wantonmee than i think i ever ate in the span of 2 weeks (for the record, it's 5 chicken rice and like 4 wantonmee), watched god knows how many hours of my favourite taiwanese variety shows!! i think i shall youtube them when i get back, it feels weird to have missed out on 2 months' worth of gossip and entertainment news. yes shallow as it may seem, it actually makes me feel happy i understand chinese cos the shows are just so funny. i can literally laugh out loud at the tv screen when they're on!
going to malacca tmr with the cousins. heard that there's a new shopping centre opposite mahkota parade. hooray for more shopping! i'm looking forward to karaoke and just chiling with the rest. we had my first complete family gathering on sat with all the families since i was back. felt so nice and warm inside :) family is still the best place to come home to.
morna's coming over the new year!!! yay!!!! i can't wait.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Monday, December 04, 2006
home!
back in singapore already! the flight back wasn't exactly fun alone though.. had several um.. let's call it obstacles:
excess luggage! my god i had to PAY for it. first time i had to whip out my credit card.. my dad called it a lesson to be learnt: never ever pack too much again. think of the 200 or so dollars wasted on a pack of notes and books i brought back to mug with. such a nerd i know.
body check: they RANDOMLY chose me. the officer just turned around and pointed at me. at that point i was thinking, ok well at least they didn't have to check my bag cos i had so much trouble packing it. it was totally stuffed! so i took off my shoes, belt and jacket to be scanned by this huge machine. once they found i'm metalless, they let me go, but not before asking me to walk around in the airport for awhile barefoot.
now this is the hilarious part: check for EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL in my hand luggage. do i look like a crazed criminal ready to bomb the airport anytime? do i really?? i'm an innocent looking asian female student! the most innocent class of passenger i have to say, after the old frail lady that needs help walking that is. this after the body check as well! the first time i had to succumb to these security measures at any airport in the world. i found it totally ridiculous. although the security officers were nice enough to console me that it was all a technical thing and they didn't have any part in singling me out.
sigh I'M MISSING CAMBRIDGE ALREADY! after 3 hours of touching down here. how am i going to last 6 weeks! friends, please ask me out soon and console me. all the NUS pple are still having exams until friday, which means i'll be moping around for a week. owell, back to a familiar rhythm.. it shouldn't be too hard.
excess luggage! my god i had to PAY for it. first time i had to whip out my credit card.. my dad called it a lesson to be learnt: never ever pack too much again. think of the 200 or so dollars wasted on a pack of notes and books i brought back to mug with. such a nerd i know.
body check: they RANDOMLY chose me. the officer just turned around and pointed at me. at that point i was thinking, ok well at least they didn't have to check my bag cos i had so much trouble packing it. it was totally stuffed! so i took off my shoes, belt and jacket to be scanned by this huge machine. once they found i'm metalless, they let me go, but not before asking me to walk around in the airport for awhile barefoot.
now this is the hilarious part: check for EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL in my hand luggage. do i look like a crazed criminal ready to bomb the airport anytime? do i really?? i'm an innocent looking asian female student! the most innocent class of passenger i have to say, after the old frail lady that needs help walking that is. this after the body check as well! the first time i had to succumb to these security measures at any airport in the world. i found it totally ridiculous. although the security officers were nice enough to console me that it was all a technical thing and they didn't have any part in singling me out.
sigh I'M MISSING CAMBRIDGE ALREADY! after 3 hours of touching down here. how am i going to last 6 weeks! friends, please ask me out soon and console me. all the NUS pple are still having exams until friday, which means i'll be moping around for a week. owell, back to a familiar rhythm.. it shouldn't be too hard.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
continuation...
after fairbairns, as if we were not tired out yet, we had the white christmas bop! ahh went as an angel, what else? 
the nose wasn't part of the costume.. i stole it off snowman elgon. and lost it after in the process. haha! the bop was amazingly fun! pembroke doesn't do many bops and when they do, everyoneeee is there! so took tons of pictures as usual, but they're so difficult to upload! use your imagination...
cheese music the whole night. just like cindies. but i somehow liked music at cindies a bit better. uh oh, i'm becoming cheeeeesy.
after-party at V as per normal.. we managed to find some decent songs in luke's computer other than his customary trance. ooh speaking about music, dave just transferred some 'brit' indie punk into my computer woop! they're nice actually! i don't know how i always doubted british music, but not any more. 8 weeks has shaped my musical taste. i'm easily influenced.
it was kinda sad that we had a freaking lectureeee the next morning/yesterday at addenbrooke's. had to drag myself out of bed in time to catch the bus. then start to PACKKKK! omg i should be still packing now but i can't bring myself to do it. it's soooooo much! :( owell, after this post then!
last night had PCBC DINNER! boat club dinners are always notorious for crazy speeches and heavy drinking and good food, but don't worry i din drink much. everyone was on a high cos it's kind of the mark of the end of term for all the boaties!
the women's second boaties who were there. some of them actually skipped it to go to red ribbon ball! HAH. they don't know what they missed. there we go from left to right:
livy my lovely bow pair partner! we rock! we're always getting compliments from coaches: good backs bow pair! wonderful!
helen and cat 3 and 4! confidence rowingg.. ahhh i miss rowing already. it's great fun!
jon our wonderful cox who had a bit too much to drink yest haha. he has the most hilarious calls: drawwwwwww onee! drawwwwwww twoooooo! and smile for the camera!! lol.
rosie: our perfect stroke. rhythm setter! she's practically in control of the whole boat cos we follow her set rhythm to row.
i'm so so glad i picked up rowing this term! i've made wonderful friends and had such a good time culminating in the dinner. the speeches were touching, funny and we plied maggie and ellie, our LBCs, with tons of chocolate and wine. as well as giving jon a huge bottle of red wine. company at the dinner table was also enjoyable. it was a tradition to write in one another's menus throughout dinner so there was this major conveyor belt of menus going round. i can't even remember how many i'd written in, but it was quite a lottt considering there were 3 full tables in the hall!
there we are: the two medic rowers, rich and me, and hannah who was dragged into the picture cos she was standing outside the hall at that time. :) i'll miss them all! i'm already feeling the withdrawal symptoms.
as usual, all the boaties crashed the dean's christmas party in the old library after, singing carols and getting sweets thrown at them by santa in jeans. hilarious!
i had my last van outing last night and picked up some sausages and fries... i think i might grow fattt at the rate i'm having midnight snacks. not good. already put on 5 kg, but i think the scale is screwed up cos we were not allowed to take off our shoes for some reason, and i reckon it's all muscle mass anyway, which would be alright i guess. hehheh, alan was singing all the way back, just random songs wayyyy out of tune. it was a sight, four of us singing in the streets in different levels of dressing: alan and me in black tie, dave and max in cvs. :)
okkk that's long enough. i really should get packing soon or i won't make my flight, or my bus for that matter.
goodbye cambridge (for awhile) hello singapore and bright sunlight and heat! and most importantly, fooooooood! i'm having conflicting feelings, looking forward to going home, yet i don't wanna leave here, especially after the last wonderful week...
the nose wasn't part of the costume.. i stole it off snowman elgon. and lost it after in the process. haha! the bop was amazingly fun! pembroke doesn't do many bops and when they do, everyoneeee is there! so took tons of pictures as usual, but they're so difficult to upload! use your imagination...
cheese music the whole night. just like cindies. but i somehow liked music at cindies a bit better. uh oh, i'm becoming cheeeeesy.
after-party at V as per normal.. we managed to find some decent songs in luke's computer other than his customary trance. ooh speaking about music, dave just transferred some 'brit' indie punk into my computer woop! they're nice actually! i don't know how i always doubted british music, but not any more. 8 weeks has shaped my musical taste. i'm easily influenced.
it was kinda sad that we had a freaking lectureeee the next morning/yesterday at addenbrooke's. had to drag myself out of bed in time to catch the bus. then start to PACKKKK! omg i should be still packing now but i can't bring myself to do it. it's soooooo much! :( owell, after this post then!
last night had PCBC DINNER! boat club dinners are always notorious for crazy speeches and heavy drinking and good food, but don't worry i din drink much. everyone was on a high cos it's kind of the mark of the end of term for all the boaties!
the women's second boaties who were there. some of them actually skipped it to go to red ribbon ball! HAH. they don't know what they missed. there we go from left to right:livy my lovely bow pair partner! we rock! we're always getting compliments from coaches: good backs bow pair! wonderful!
helen and cat 3 and 4! confidence rowingg.. ahhh i miss rowing already. it's great fun!
jon our wonderful cox who had a bit too much to drink yest haha. he has the most hilarious calls: drawwwwwww onee! drawwwwwww twoooooo! and smile for the camera!! lol.
rosie: our perfect stroke. rhythm setter! she's practically in control of the whole boat cos we follow her set rhythm to row.
i'm so so glad i picked up rowing this term! i've made wonderful friends and had such a good time culminating in the dinner. the speeches were touching, funny and we plied maggie and ellie, our LBCs, with tons of chocolate and wine. as well as giving jon a huge bottle of red wine. company at the dinner table was also enjoyable. it was a tradition to write in one another's menus throughout dinner so there was this major conveyor belt of menus going round. i can't even remember how many i'd written in, but it was quite a lottt considering there were 3 full tables in the hall!
there we are: the two medic rowers, rich and me, and hannah who was dragged into the picture cos she was standing outside the hall at that time. :) i'll miss them all! i'm already feeling the withdrawal symptoms.
as usual, all the boaties crashed the dean's christmas party in the old library after, singing carols and getting sweets thrown at them by santa in jeans. hilarious!
i had my last van outing last night and picked up some sausages and fries... i think i might grow fattt at the rate i'm having midnight snacks. not good. already put on 5 kg, but i think the scale is screwed up cos we were not allowed to take off our shoes for some reason, and i reckon it's all muscle mass anyway, which would be alright i guess. hehheh, alan was singing all the way back, just random songs wayyyy out of tune. it was a sight, four of us singing in the streets in different levels of dressing: alan and me in black tie, dave and max in cvs. :)
okkk that's long enough. i really should get packing soon or i won't make my flight, or my bus for that matter.
goodbye cambridge (for awhile) hello singapore and bright sunlight and heat! and most importantly, fooooooood! i'm having conflicting feelings, looking forward to going home, yet i don't wanna leave here, especially after the last wonderful week...
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