Cable Ski Fun

Today is a happs day cos my cg decided to go cable skiing. Although in the end there were only 3 of us.. we really really had fun!

This is the place we ski-ed.


Us, vest-uped and all ready for some action!



Jeremy the pro who upgraded from double ski to wakeboarding :)




Wenhui and Jeremy



Boys looking contemplative.. Longing to complete full circuits


Jeremy all ready to go


There were children who were damn pro!




I like this photo


More photos of Jeremy



We left after 2 hours... and the sky was turning a little pink


On our way home, we saw the really big moon!


I had fun today..although i incurred quite a few blisters on my hand. The boys were aching.. so are my arms :(

Perhaps i'd be back for more!

Mid of Hols

I'd say so far my days have been happening enough and i'm hoping there will be more exciting things to do for the rest of the week!

On Monday, i went for my intradermal allergy test.
I'm allergic to 8 out of the 10 potential allergens as show here!



Super GG la.. cos most of the things i'm allergic to are things i like a lot :( Esp eggs. But, Thankfully i'm not allergic to milk :)

The process was kinda painful, although Jeremy thought the pain was qt enjoyable in a sadistic manner. haha.. sth i cannot understand :)

When a person is found to be allergic to something, the injection is repeated at lower concentrations until the reaction turns negative. Since jeremy is only allergic to 2 items, i had to tolerate 6 more jabs than him! When jeremy had all his jabs on one arm, the nurse had to move on to another arm for me!! I was qt glad it was all over... and thankfully i only needed 1 repeat dose per allergen :)

It's wednesday already and i still see and feel the needle marks / skin reaction :(
This is how my arm looked on monday.



After my allergy test, i haps-ly went to ice skate! I was quite noobs, so i didnt carry my camera with me, hence no photos to post!

My initial plan on tues was to go for singapore biennale.. but the weather wasnt fantastic so i thought i'll go sls to buy a small mouse with a wheel to pack the wire neatly for my eeepc and sd card :)

After that, i walked around and took some pics with my humble compact camera...

Esplanade roof top


I've always like this maroon coloured lalang. I'll grow them if i ever have a garden!



I took the above pic from roof top too. I personally find the lines and circular design coming together pretty interesting. But i'm sure not everyone appreciates it the way i do! Anyway, i really regretted not taking the pic with finepix chrome setting to make the colours more vibrant :(


I like how the roads lead up to the ferris wheel :)

After a while, the sun started to set...


I like the silhouettes of the esplanade and the tall buildings!

Now, this is my FAVOURITE photo! I really love my eeepc :):)

Hope u can appreciate the reflection of the esplanade on my eeepc!

I decided to return at night and the ugly construction cranes actually looked kinda pretty, as if they were all basking in the limelight :)


Our pretty city skyline at night!


I walked over to the same spot i took photos of the ferris wheel in the day and i decided to play with my shutter speed.



If u ever wondered how postcards of roads have streaks of car headlights like i did when i was young, it is achieved by slow shutter speed!


with slower shutter speed, pictures become invariably brighter.. So i changed the aperture size for this one!


Overall, although i didnt take that many photos.. i had fun! :)

Later, i'm going ecp to cable ski! Sounds fun right? :) haha

Sunday

I realise i write more abt Happy Saturdays than Sundays :) After a search in the archives, i found only 2 posts with 'Sunday' in the title!

Anywayy i went to visit my new cousin and she grew so much since i last saw her!

This was her 9 days old.



Now she looks like this! She'll be 5 mth in 2 days time







She's really energetic and will be kicking away whenever someone carries her :) I love babies! Children might not be as cute when they turn bratty! hahaha

Another happifying today is i made hazelnut ice cream :) I've sent it into the freezer to freeze overnight. Hopefully it'll nice!

I was so appalled by my 陌生-ness to the placement of a lot of things. hahaha

I must say, i really qt dislike my electric whisk... it's designed so poorly! When will i get my Kitchenaid??

It's so funny, i whisked qt a lot of things by hand today and got a mini workout :) hahaha

Alright.. have a great week ahead everyone!

爱笑的眼睛

如果不是那镜子
不像你不藏秘密
我还不肯相信
没有你我的笑更美丽
那天听你在电话里略带抱歉的关心
我嘟的一声切的比你说分手彻底
泪湿的衣洗干净阳光里晒干回忆
折好了伤心明天起只和快乐出去
这爱的城市虽然拥挤
如果真的遇见你
你不必讶异我的笑她无法代替
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流过泪
像躲不过的暴风雨
淋湿的昨天删去(忘记)
离开你我才找回自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见爱情
我一定让自己让自己决定

泪湿的衣洗干净阳光里晒干回忆
折好了伤心明天只和快乐出去
这爱的城市虽然拥挤
如果真的遇见你
你不必讶异我的笑她无法代替
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流了泪
当一个人看旧电影
是我不小心而已
离开你我才找回我自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见到你
我一定让自己让自己坚定
离开你我才发现自己
那爱笑的眼睛流过泪
像躲不过的暴风雨
淋湿的昨天忘记
离开你我才找回自己
那爱笑的眼睛再见爱情
我一定让自己让自己坚定

Psalm 42

1 As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.

2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?

3 My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"

4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.

5 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.

7 Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

8 By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.

9 I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?"

10 My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"

11 Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

1 神 啊 ， 我 的 心 切 慕 你 ， 如 鹿 切 慕 溪 水 。

2 我 的 心 渴 想 　 神 ， 就 是 永 生 神 ； 我 几 时 得 朝 见 　 神 呢 ？

3 我 昼 夜 以 眼 泪 当 饮 食 ； 人 不 住 地 对 我 说 ： 你 的 　 神 在 哪 里 呢 ？

4 我 从 前 与 众 人 同 往 ， 用 欢 呼 称 赞 的 声 音 领 他 们 到 　 神 的 殿 里 ， 大 家 守 节 。 我 追 想 这 些 事 ， 我 的 心 极 其 悲 伤 。

5 我 的 心 哪 ， 你 为 何 忧 闷 ？ 为 何 在 我 里 面 烦 躁 ？ 应 当 仰 望 　 神 ， 因 他 笑 脸 帮 助 我 ； 我 还 要 称 赞 他 。

6 我 的 　 神 啊 ， 我 的 心 在 我 里 面 忧 闷 ， 所 以 我 从 约 但 地 ， 从 黑 门 岭 ， 从 米 萨 山 记 念 你 。

7 你 的 瀑 布 发 声 ， 深 渊 就 与 深 渊 响 应 ； 你 的 波 浪 洪 涛 漫 过 我 身 。

8 白 昼 ， 耶 和 华 必 向 我 施 慈 爱 ； 黑 夜 ， 我 要 歌 颂 祷 告 赐 我 生 命 的 神 。

9 我 要 对 神 ─ 我 的 磐 石 说 ： 你 为 何 忘 记 我 呢 ？ 我 为 何 因 仇 敌 的 欺 压 时 常 哀 痛 呢 ？

10 我 的 敌 人 辱 骂 我 ， 好 像 打 碎 我 的 骨 头 ， 不 住 地 对 我 说 ： 你 的 　 神 在 哪 里 呢 ？

11 我 的 心 哪 ， 你 为 何 忧 闷 ？ 为 何 在 我 里 面 烦 躁 ？ 应 当 仰 望 　 神 ， 因 我 还 要 称 赞 他 。 他 是 我 脸 上 的 光 荣 （ 原 文 是 帮 助 ） ， 是 我 的 　 神 。

Upgrade

Y'know, yang and i didnt get to try the vietnamese food in the end, but my lunch was upgraded to a lunch, movie and dinner with some of the 78 pple + zhenzhen at suntec :)

Quite happy with my Saturday afterall! Yayyy

Dinner was at Shokudo which gab told me was good for pizza.
I didnt have pizza though, cos i thought pasta with tomato cream sounds like a gd in-between for me to try :)



Chicken and asparagus pasta. I was sad at first tt the asparagus was no where to be seen! But it was blended into the fettucini and is well camouflaged cos it's pared and no longer green :) I thought tomato added to cream will make it less jelat.. but it still made me full pretty soon :(

Zhenzhen also had pasta with tomato cream and she too was full before she was even halfway! I could tell she really wanted to share a tofu cheesecake at first.. but we both cannot make it.

Next time i'll try their pizza and burger!

Happy But Unhapss

Ystdy after my EOPT, i realised that i have no plans for the next few days even though it's the hols already.

Why am i so unhapps? Maybe cos the people i hang out with most are all busyy. It's also kinda sad that 1/3 of medfac will not be having the 1 wk hols at the same time as the rest :( These people are those i see around least cos they're busiest when we're damn free and the opposite will happen after my 1 wk hols.

Anyway, since i woke up today, i've been doing boring housekeeping stuff. Fortunately, there is wenyang who gives tuition near my place. Hopefully meeting him for lunch will put an end to my unhapps-ness. haha :)

I'm praying that the vietnamese food stall is open. Then i'll be able to post some pics! :)

yayy.. wish me luck :)

Introvert / Extrovert

I wondered today if i'm born an introvert or extrovert.

I realise that by default, i prefer to keep to myself and it is only when i'm with people i'm familiar with that i open up and talk more.

Interestingly, this means that there are groups of people who will be surprised to see the other side of me that they see less of :)

So am i an introvert or extrovert to you?

The Island

I checked that this movie was released in 2005. Which means it'd be when i was m1. Who did i watch this movie with?



This movie reminds me of gattaca, both reminds us how important ethics are in this day of rapid technology advancement.

I'm too tired to write abt the movie, but sth interesting i thought was i actually happen to watch 2 movies starring Scarlett Johansson in one day!

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

I've been wondering why the movie title struck such strange familiarity in me until it just occured to me that maybe it's cos my host in germany is called christina and her sister, vicky!

Anyway, on to the movie. I heard the movie was filmed partly to promote barcelona and true enough, i was quite mesmerized by the architecture and the strong artistic feel the place exuded. I suppose this means that the movie has been quite successful in encouraging tourism?

The movie was about 2 best friends, cristina and vicky spending a summer in Spain. Even though they have 2 different extremes in attitude towards love, they found themselves strangely involved with one artist.

Vicky was about to get married to someone she thought she always wanted. The perfect man was successful and was the person she thought she shared similar values with. Somehow she found a connection with an artist she initially found disapproving and although it was only one encounter, it persistently jolted her decision abt her marriage.

Later, Vicky had a classmates who was interested in her and he made advancement despite she telling him she was married. I thought it was really sad that the guy had the courage to do so cos he was convinced that she wasnt happy with her marriage.

If i were Vicky, i'd wonder, is it that obvious? Anyway, what i saw in Vicky was her disbelief that who she envisioned all her life to be perfect for her might not be the one. It must have been real painful to know this right before marriage. If i were her, my conscience would haunt me crazy...

Cristina on the other hand hit it off well with artist and moved in with him. The interesting part began when the artist's ex wife came back and the 3 of them ?found love for each other? It's interesting how cristina the "3rd person" was the missing element in the couple's relationship, and there was some synergy going on.

I really liked Penelope cruz's role as the artist's ex wife. Penelope by the way was a true stand-out in the movie despite her shorter time of appearance in the movie. In the show, penelope inspired her husband's works and she also helped Cristina find her talent in photography.

I love the photos that were taken, i loved how the characters rode bicyles to the countryside to have a picnic while being surrounded by the most beautiful landscape and i also loved the idea how u can find a person who can help u enhance ur interests and strength and develop your full potential.

Anyway, nothing i say can do justice to the movie. Go watch it when u have time and hopefully, u do see the parts of the show i like :)

Occult (un)Happiness

Ystdy a friend's friend who i met for a mere few seconds actually thought i looked sad and asked if my spirits were low. Perhaps i havent been truly happy for an extended period of time, but i wasnt expecting it to be visible.

I think i understand it perfectly how difficult it is for people to be truly happy, all the time but i wonder why i still have the stupid expectation. Fortunately, i am able to cheer myself up rather quickly, and put whatever that has disappointed me behind. And thankfully, my baseline is still happy.

Ystdy kendrick brought me to this place called Ministry of Food at Marina Square. From the name, perhaps it's hard to guess that they serve jap food :)



I like their tea pot!


I had omelette soba



And kendrick ordered a seafood toji set




For dessert, we had their signature Jap sweet potato served with soft serve ice cream with red bean paste.


Kendrick likes the sweet potatoe, though a tad too sweet for me


I've been thinking, as much as i like to discuss my thoughts with people, perhaps i do 想太多 at times and i should be grateful for those who dismiss me this way when they see that all the thinking is doing me no good.

Perhaps it is cos i have too much time at hands lately and i have been taking things for granted. Come o&g, perhaps i'd be a happier person, making the best of every slack i have.

Then again, i might not even have any time to slack.

This ambivalence is confusing me.. i shall to occupy myself with other things for now..

Dreamful Again

Amongst all the dreams i had last night, there was one that i woke me up thinking what does this mean?

I dreamt of infidelity occurring at home. It was immensely disturbing!

It makes me wonder what has suggested this dream :(

Revelation

Sometimes we like doing some things without knowing the reasons behind it and it's amazing how some people can spell out these reasons for you and it becomes like a HUGE revelation!

Anyway, my mini revelation today is i actually like Milo. Especially the australian recipe milo!

Sometimes it's like that.. liking something without knowing that u actually like it. hahaha.. if that statement makes sense. I realise i used to like Milo Nuggets (do they still sell it?) and i like the Milo Bar too, but i dont rmbr ever ordering milo at kopitiam.

I guess i have this impression that milos made outside are ultra sweet. I like the milo i make :) Like the milo plus fresh milk i just had :) yay

I'm quite glad that i'm listening to my friends and have started to drink milk again :)

Osteoporosis 远离我！

Selectivity

I believe most people remember what they want to remember, know what they want to know, see what they want to see and listen to only what they want to listen.

Unfortunately, sometimes things u want to forget linger a little longer than expected and things u want to rmbr (like academic stuff) have such high attrition rate :(

What irony!

Anyway, on the note of selecting, we can choose what we want to eat too!

The market opposite TJC is quite famous. My family and i went there ystdy!

This is the famous stall selling cuttlefish kangkong. Check out the queue! I'm an eastie, so i grew up eating it and personally, i do not thing it is fantastic :)




This is the stall Mediacorp rescued. Their business was bad and they got the help of a local famous chef to help them improve what they sell. Now, they have a queue.



My family decided to check it out, but perhaps we didnt come on the right day cos i didnt see the boss. This may explain the food that didnt meet our expectations.

My mom's salmon plate


My dad's chicken cutlet


My oyakodon

On the whole, i actually thought science canteen jap food is better, which is average to begin with.. ya? Why dont u try it and tell me if it is the case?

Last but not least... i opened a new box of kendrick tea today!


It's amazing how i get to choose from diff kinds of green tea =) I started with peppermint green tea! YAYY

想太多

Today i was told that any small thing is able to ignite thoughts of disproportionate amount. Is it a good thing? Am i imaginative or do i 想太多?

Either way, i must thank those who have bothered to listen, contribute in any way to fuel my train of thoughts and not simply dismiss me as 想太多.

:)

dreamful

i just gave tuition on behalf of wenyang and i'm writing this post over lunch as i try the famous pie at white sands :)

Yang was surprised to see me online so soon and thought i was home within such a short time. haha.. Honestly i find it qt cool also... that's why i love my eeepc :) yay

Interestingly i had a dream last night and this time it has to do with my eeepc! I suspect this dream was suggested by an incident tt happened in the day.

The Background
Y'know how some people are exceedingly particular in keeping their books neat especially the corners – must not be bent, must not fray etc.? These people usually make sure they buy their books in prime state by checking pages and all corners of the book thoroughly. I may be ocd.. but when there are very few copies of bk to choose from, i dont think i will go to another shop or buy another day as long as the ugliness is bearable :)

Anyway, ystdy my new book cover got bent although it's only the first day i bought it. I was surprisingly not affected cos i optimistically thought that if i were to study hard during o&g, my book will look cui also :) haha

My Dream
Ystdy i dreamt of someone scratching my eeepc screen till it was a gaping defect. I was damn sad that the person responsible didnt offer to do anything lor... I think i cried really badly in my dreams till i woke up!

When i woke up, i thought abt this dream over breakfast. I asked myself What does this mean? Perhaps subconciously, my eeepc is
1. damn precious to me
2. more precious than my textbk

I think it's qt nan2 de2 to make a purchase i love so much :) yay

On the whole, i have been quite dreamful. I've had so many dreams lately that will leave me wondering What does this mean?

Dont u think it's interesting how the brain orchestrate a dream by concocting ur subconscious thoughts, memories and active thoughts? It's really funny when things get blown out of proportion like owning a spectacle shop when in actual life, i'm looking pair of new specs.

Hope some of u are dreaming and enjoying the process of expoloring what they mean too.

Happy Children's day!