OMG I have found...my Donut Haven in sg!
I used to only be able to get superb donuts when I get to Msia and get them from Dunkin' Donuts. omg they're heavenly.
and now...
there's a Donut Factory in SG!

*squeals in excitement*

I know only pigs and irritating school girls squeal and I'm neither above hurhur but it's to show my extreme happiness in discovering this haha.

I was on my way home ytd when this girl came into the lrt holding this box of DELIGHTS.
and I saw the name of the box and I HAD TO SEARCH ONLINE.

and ta-dah~!
Donuts, $10 for a box of 12 glazed donuts, $11 for a box of 12 in assorted flavours, from The Donut Factory, B1-61, Raffles City, tel: 6337-6268. Opening hours: 12.30pm to 10pm daily.

The Donut Factory's writeup by STOMP!
I can't agree more with the first sentence!
http://www.stomp.com.sg/stfoodiesclub/poshnosh/98/donut.html

I want...

- a cool tall glass of cola with thick ice cubes!!!

- a large glass of pineapple juice with apple juice

- soya bean milk

- apple aloe vera juice

I want to drink all this but I can't because my weak stomach can't...stomach it. hurhur.
damn.
Count yourself lucky you can drink all of the above 4 drinks together and won't feel the slightest stir in your belly.
:(

There are often mornings where I wake up and as I stare back at my reflection in the mirror while I think about some issues and questions...

I've received many comments about my hair, mostly negative but somehow I was never majorly affected by them.
Why should I let someone else let me decide what makes me happy?
Why should I let them tell me what to do?

sure, maybe the haircut isn't suitable, but I'm happy with it, so, scram! :x

and then, this was a harmless random comment but whilst its context lie within Music, I thought it was quite a redundant comment.

Cat, Cel and me were K-ing about two weeks ago and we came across this duet sung around...early 90's(?) by GiGi Leung and Gu Ju Ji, isit?
and I had never come across that song.
and they were very generous with their reactions lol.

what's up with that reaction?

to think people always ask me to relax when I have to deal with such big reactions for such trivial matters.

Music is a wide subject, and when it comes to songs, it's even broader. There are millions of songs created each year and moreover, I only truly got immersed in the mandarin music scene in the last 2 years.

I consider this quite a feat to be able to host a chinese radio show despite my "late entry" in this mandopop scene.
Granted, I have been exposed to chinese music at a young age, but perhaps it didn't appeal to me, thus it took a total of...15 years ever since I was exposed to mandarin music to get me to finally LOVE it.
and...I used to listen to Classical Instrumentals. honest! 92.4fm yeah.

pardon my digression. I was mildly offended when they commented Sonia may even know the song and yet how could I not know?
No offense to Sonia AT ALL ok. But I just thought, how can you compare a person's knowledge of songs to another's and in this obvious comparison, it is a telling sign that I'm not up-to-date enough?

Well, may I remind you, that song is after all, from the 90's.

go ahead and bluntly comment I'm an '87 baby. c'mon. 2-3 yrs is not enough to set a major mandarin era spinning madly to make someone born later get disconnected that far.

Later, when Catherine did not know a song which I was singing [qian nian zhi lian] by F.I.R., Cel was also rather shocked she didn't know that hit song. Perhaps it would have been a chance for me to shoot back. Besides, this song was rather recent and was a no 1 track released by them for that album. There was NO WAY to miss that song if you're a mandopop fan. BUT, I kept quiet.
There is no point in getting shocked; perhaps she just wasn't into F.I.R. as much as the rest of us?

I'm not directing this post at anyone. I'm just indignated that such comments (with relations to this incident or not) still exist although the basis for arguments like this is often non-existent to begin with.

stupid blogger ngeh ngeh force us to change to the new blogger and get a google acct. urgh.

I am so shocked to hear on the news ytd that 徐瑋倫 has passed away due to severe injuries after a tragic accident on her way back to Tai...nan?

I didn't used to particularly like her; nor did I used to dislike her...but I just had the impression that she was a two-timer. But...seeing this happen...all that don't matter anymore...

Life is so fragile! You can be successful but one accident is all it takes to end it all.

It's so important to live your life without regrets. Live it to the fullest, live it happy.
Don't bear grudges because there's not enough time to focus solely on unhappy things.

Such a pity to see a young celebrity go just like that. She's only 28!
what a sad picture...can you imagine if your best friend's name was on it? :(

I can't believe it. Within a week, the stomach flu virus has hit me again. and it hit me worse this time round. Wretched Food Poisoning. urgh.
I rather LS like mad than to vomit as well. I really "admire" anorexic people who intentionally vomit their food out. it's so harmful to your body.

I woke up at 6am ytd (saturday) morning and had diarrhoea and vomitted at the same time. How horrible!
It makes the term 上吐下泄 become the most appropriate term ever coined for such illnesses.
that cycle continued once every hour from 6am to 7am to 8am to 8am.
Then when I had no more strength and virtually nothing left in my stomach to vomit or LS anymore, all that came out was stomach acid. omg I felt it burn my throat and my stomach.

it was a feeling like I rather DIE.
the muscles at the side of my stomach ached real bad because of the constant "purging" done my the virus to make me vomit urgh.

I finally couldn't take it and asked sis to bring me to the doc's. I didnt' even have strength to walk to the lrt station and she finally said she'd drive me over to the doc's.
It was 2.30pm, our car is red plated, so we technically couldn't drive without the $20 coupon till 3pm.
but she still drove la...haha.
while I was waiting for her at the void deck, I nearly blacked out.

omg. that feeling is so scary. It's like your vision starts filling up with stars, and then the stars start to block your vision up with black spaces until you almost can't see a thing.

omg...I hate the "fainting" feeling.

We arrived at the doc's where I vomitted again before going in. I couldn't take it and asked for a nausea jab. yay and I haven't puked ever since. thank goodness.
I rather endure jabs than puke every hour.

I puked once after the jab again but no more puking after that!

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生一场大病候 真的能让你更珍惜身旁的人。。。
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it sounds really emo but I really come to appreciate my family more. They were filled with concern as I lay in bed, helpless and bedridden.

oh something random; being sick lets you lose a lot of weight! I lost my whole tummy ytd morning hurhur. But i'm sure it'd be back...damn.

Have you ever wished you could do better? Or...just Knew you could do better but nobody could see it?

I used to join any singing competition I see. Lately, I find that, I'm not as enthusiastic as before. Is it because people have more or less known I can sing and there's no need to show them anymore?
Or is it because I'm sick of that Peak I've attained and I just can't break out of it to go further and get better?

Most of the time I get through auditions, and even till Finals.
But that's IT. And it really seems like that's the highest point I'll ever reach.
I am still in search of The element to push through the Peak.
I never win, I never get any prizes. Sure, to some, those are secondary as compared to the experience gained.

And what I really mean is, I just want to do better and I suppose the next goal is to win something, like finally?



It's scary that I'm losing heart in something I've always felt my passion would never dwindle. Passion is important to sustain a creative hobby such as singing. It's not something you can force upon somebody. I still enjoy singing leisurely, but to look at it from a professional view...I can't even see where I'm heading already.

I hope this is just a passing phase.

I've recovered from my dreadful flu! Piriton works best.

I just trimmed my hair. The back of my head! I held a mirror and carefully cut with the sharp pair of scissors. Couldn't afford to tremble lol.
I usually trim my fringe on my own; this is the first time I've attempted to cut the hair at the back of my head.

I had to take pics of the gadgets in Daphne Khoo's bag today and had a short chat with her before her class. Turns out she was from Lwssom too! like 4 yrs ago though LOL. and she was under JJ too. haha.
is Lwssom like a "must-attend" music school? :P
she's really down-to-earth and friendly. Which are great traits that still have not disappeared despite her being in the media n music industry.

I feel it's easy to lose yourself once you're in showbiz. Takes a lot of willpower to stand up for yourself.

jh's immunity = weak

Sigh. I just recovered from food poisoning and I'm down with flu already.

Illnesses love me. =/

I also just realised, that on the average, I fall sick at least once every 3 months. And it'd be the major illness types.
e.g. Food Poisoning, Fever+flu+sore throat, severe flu which always depletes the tissue boxes in my home.

You get the drift.

WHY...................................is my immune system so lousy?

and it doesn't help that I'm not good with swallowing tablets. My parents can probably be assured I won't take Ecstasy pills or whatever shit those things are called, cuz I hate pills.

As I'm typing this, I'm literally wiping my nose OFF my face with the constant blowing of it. stupid runny nose.

Both semesters in my Year 2 started off on a bad note. I had to skip first day's lectures for both semesters because I had fever+qwerfgbhj+asdfghj. yeah. zzz.

freak man. Hope I'll be a healthy rabbit in the year of the *snort*.

This is random but...I really want a Ed Hardy cap.
http://www.edhardyshop.com/showCategory.aspx?Categoryid=370

especially those with rhinestones!









































I like the geisha one. Also those with the skull or fierce tigers WITH roses. Somehow I like the mix of something extreme with a symbol of softness like a rose.
so I kinda like this design =)

HEALTH IS WEALTH.

sigh. I vomitted and had diarrhoea today. sucks man.
I hate the vomit feeling.
food poisoningggg.
made me miss the MNG warehouse sale. ok, health is more important la...duh.
While Andy was driving me to the doc's, I was actually filled with thoughts like "i don't ever wana shop! I want my health!"

and Dad just told me he's gona bring me to Zara to shop for new yr clothes when I feel better.
OH Zara. I can just feel my illness fading! LOL. -_-
I'm Kidding, ok.

NP had Open House from 18-20, and I can't believe I was involved in all 3 days!

It was so fun to do duty for Radio Heatwave and even host the Proj Superstar's event! how cool is that.

Day 1.
At RHW booth~
Stephs Gwee and AwYong with me haha.


















We took pic with Ziggy's car! cool jeep. he parked on the grass! lol


































Look at the stack of CDs we were given to play. oooh an urge to rip it all~!hahaha.
taller than Xian Jie's mac!























XJ's mac also ran into probs. This was the replacement for awhile. Steph's ibook G4 is delirious. gosh.























DAY 2
hosting of PSS Top 4 event at Atrium!
turns out Lwssom PG was the act before mine! omg la?
Mavis and Felicia were there at a booth to promote our courses hahaha.
so qiao lo.....
3 days of Open House, and at the same day and the slot before mine! wad a coincidence!

My *cough* Virgin Hosting Stint!
































I don't know what I was saying which made us all laugh like that?



























Day 3
The Day of the Finals for the Wannabe DJ Contest. Mark Richmond and Joe Augustin came to judge along with Felix and Yoka.

it was raining and wow the bus actually came into blk52 to let them alight. lol.


















I signed up to be an Esplanade Youth and went on a tour to the backstage area ytd. so cool.
there's an artist liaison internship available in the coming holidays and I think I'll sign up for it!haha.
kinda cool.

did you know that the Esplande theatres were created to help the sound well, sound better during a recital or play? there are little cubes popping in and out of seats, big curtains behind seats that would be lowered should there be a need to help the sound sound better.
amazing. even the ceiling has those cubes!

















I will blog a separate entry on the tour soon!

Cat, Kang Wei and me chatting late ytd after our lessons/practices at Lwssom.

photos!
Our feature writing team minus Melissa...






















I like this pose Joan did haha. morbid. I like.






















The Editor with his Angels. LOL.

















I like this shot. But can't use for editorial.





















































the "hug" pics LOL.
we were finding which best 2 had the chemistry for this shot for our article.
lol....................................the process was fun nonetheless.






























































Poor Tiffany.
but, even I got roped in in the end! zz.






















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Evelyn and me will be hosting for the PSS2 segment for the Open House on friday!
I wonder who will be the final 2.

ooh we had our photoshoot for our feat team today! FUN.
We were all posing with a keyboard (no, not the Yamaha one hahaha) for our solo shots.

The lighting at Level 9 is damn good hahaha. :X
we were so addicted lah.
After the shoot, I think...[at least 185cm] has to be the NO1 criteria for getting a bf in my case. lol. No offense, Justin! serious.

I will post pics to further elaborate the fun time we had when I get them from Avie.
aahhh, I'm itching to get a better camera man.

I'm rather thrilled to be involved in the Open House although Steph n me are just gona be playing music for rhw on thursday and saturday.

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I feel like I've "upgraded" my mental state of mind. I am more assured of who I am, what to expect and basically, more comfortable with myself and the surroundings.
but then again, I think everyone, including myself, is constantly moving on so this state may not be permanent for long.

hair status today: 2/5. FAIL.

ok I got a chatterbox in the end la.

YAY we finally submitted the iMedia PR video! Steph and me kept walking around block 25 in search of the TLC -_-

Filming was relatively short and painless considering this was a 5min video only. And perhaps...this time round, we had more experience.

I can still remember locvid in year 1...we filmed for DAYS just for a 12min video. >.<
















This was an ad on the bus promoting some service of SBS Transit called Iris and I wanted to snap it to show Iris haha! But my phone cam has failed me once more.
I didn't bring my cam out!
















Some random pics (click to enlarge although resolution sucks):
This was a beautiful crystal christmas tree at Bugis. I snapped the pic a week before X'mas last year. I think the tree was sponsored by Soo Kee Jewellery. or SK. lol.





















and these signs ought to be standardised around sg!
Isn't it the norm to have 3 stick men to stand for [Lift] and 2 stick people-man/woman to stand for [toilet]?
Kena misled the other time at Eastpoint Mall!
I wouldn't even be at Eastpoint if not for the need to go Studio Wu.

















This is the pool at Fitness First in Capital Tower. so nice to swim in such surroundings! haha.
That's Teddy in the background haha.

my dad's watching the trinity dvd video now. *cringe*

I went back to Lwssom to record the song for the Trinity Compilation cd.
wow I can just imagine being a recording artiste is not easy. But then again, with the many effects available now, it can be easy to be a recording artiste too?

Paradox. lol.
But of course it's best if you have some substance to begin with? Otherwise the audio engineer and producer will soon cease to exist with excessive vomitting of blood hahaha.

it was really fun ytd to do recording!

wasn't my first time doing a recording but it was the first time at lwssom nonetheless. :)

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received some "nice" comments about my hair too.
lol.
I don't know why some people have such dramatic reactions? haha.
drama-mama.
I've had mixed reviews about it though.
Sadly, it wasn't the hairstyle I had in mind, but after some discussion with my stylist, we decided to go for this look.
I still want the bob look. Some other time perhaps! :)

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the weather was being a bitch. But thank goodness it wasn't as bad as the "flood" days.


I finally read finish [Chinese Cinderella] by Adeline Yen Ma.
It was a book I had heard of since lower secondary school days and have always not had the mood to read through that. and finally, a few months back, I chanced upon it in...Catherine's cupboard! haha!
and I finally settled down to read it a few days ago and now I'm on the search for her autobiography.

After I read the last of the book aka Author's Postscript, it brought me back to days where Iris and me would scour the whole of the MP Nat Lib (when I was still living in MP), and borrow books every saturday.
We'd borrow our parent's and sister's cards. Basically, any available library card at home that can be utilised would be in our wallets haha.

We'd borrow so many books (up to 20) each week and actually finish 90% of it by the next weekend. The cycle repeats haha!
I don't know how we could read 10+ books in a week and be back for more. It's amazing we didn't suck the library dry.

Perhaps that's how my language foundation built up over the years.
We kinda stopped that routine after I moved to Punggol. sad.
we've even stopped our jogging routine!

yes, I've sidetracked. So...I think I'm gona start reading books on end, cover to cover again.

Sis told me she has lost count of the books she has read halfway and thrown away LOL.

WHAT. I can't imagine starting a book and NOT ending it?! that's like a major cliffhanger?
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sometimes I wish to treat some people to this lol:























THINK BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING STUPID!

credits to Wilfred for this picture. x)

Donovan turned 1 yesterday!
10 January 2006.






















I wanted to take a bus from Potong Pasir to school, and seeing that I was running late, I had to take the first bus that came and...it was a non-airconditioned 151!
bloody hell. I think they should retire non-aircon buses already!

ruined my hair in the wind. :x
It's not just the hair, it's actually very bad for your skin. All that dust and dirt is constantly flying to your face!

I half contemplated on missing the bus but seeing that I was gona be late...I boarded anyway...so, I'm not as bimbotic as I thought I was?
LOL. -_-

Mr Lee screened a movie during class today. It was supposed to be on media violence.

The movie was :Natural Born Killers:

omg it is damn violent and there were loads of snakes in the show. LOADS.
YUCKS. I am so afraid of snakes. eeeeee!
Steph kept looking over whenever there were snakes on the screen lol! Of all types of snakes, they had to feature rattle snakes. YUCKS.

oh and the show used those subliminal "scare" methods like flashing a scary/horrifying/fightening/disgusting picture continously for a few seconds.
and there were many random scenes la.
it would probably fail a film critic by Mr Yeo? But, the story was interesting nonetheless.
and what made it so interesting was the fact that it was based on a true story.

Mickey and Mallory Knox. serial killers in US in the 80's. It'd be interesting to do a profile research on them.

Then Steph and me went to find Jon and Alyssa at blk 25 for another movie screening.
we watched :Over the Hedge:
quite an entertaining show :)

2 movies in one day. hahaha.
well, the most I've every watched was 3 movies in a day. and I've done that twice LOL.

I used to catch movies that interest me only, and not watch for the sake of passing time. but now, I think, if I'm able to find a kaki and if my finances permits me *cough*, I will go catch movies with good reviews instead of letting them pass like before.
There's quite a bit you can learn from movies actually.

OMG Singaporeans continue to amaze me with their language skills, OR the lack of it, for that matter.

I'm watching Girls Out Loud now and...
I think 90% of the nation needs to go back to primary school and learn their phonetics!

I know I'm not perfect and there are words I probably will mispronounce and misspell<--oops. see? hah.

but it's AMAZING how they can mispronounce such simple words:
-Deodorant
-Genre

and they didn't know what some acronyms stood for.
BASIC ACRONYMS like:

P.I.E. hello?!! Your Pan Island Expressway also don't know?!!

G.S.T. hello??? The beautiful *cough* tax that always makes your purchases cost extra, and you don't know?!

and this. omg this. those who don't know....I don't know what to say. M.R.T. Mass Rapid Transit!!! the mode of transport that boasts like, 1 million(??) commuters that utilise it everyday and ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE who use the M.R.T. and don't know what it stands for? I am shocked.

and just something random.
colleague is not pronounced as KER-LEEK.
it's "call-leek" ok. stop trying to act clever. LOL. -----------------------------------------------------------

we attended the Pitch! Conference '07 held at LT 68E last week and this ex-student who is working as an acct exec in an advertising firm showed us some campaigns their company did for Zuji. wow, damn innovative. Their campaign: The world is on sale! below are three 30second TVCs.





and it states on its description on youtube that it was done by Geoff Ang Production House.
whoaaa.

ok, apparently singaporean men think that asking the ladies if they want to apply a flat together, it means the lady says YES to a marriage proposal.
oh-kay...it's true, they probably mean YES.

but...c'mon!
do you see me yawning?!

I went to get a haircut. My hair's now short, shorter than shoulder-length. Had to cut those dead curls off man.













I don't feel any disappointment or severe anger at my hairstyle unlike usual times where I would be very dissatisfied. But it would all turn out ok at the end of the day because all I needed to do was get used to it hahaha.

It's also perhaps because I'm not new to seeing myself with short hair. After all, my hair was short just 2 years back.

But I will feel a bit insecure about it nonetheless. -_-

anyway I've been back from Genting for awhile now. It's great to shop there!

Yesterday I went to the NLB to attend a talk with Sulin. Guess who was the speaker?!

FRANCIS NG.
Yes, the HK actor.

damn cool. and the Host was Danny Yeo, whom I always see on campus lol.

Felt a bit "re-awoken" after the talk. He had given great insights onto how humans think and it has led me to think...

does everyone have a dark side?

well, yes they do.

and...do they allow this dark side to consume them and ultimately become the bad figures of society OR do the dark side emerge once in awhile to serve as a reminder to reflect and be good?

there was so much more he talked about. Film-making, the difference between a STAR and an ACTOR.

interesting!
















Good thing we registered early and got seats.

We spotted this sign at the KOPITIAM across Bugis.
Trying to act posh ah? lol.