Teachers' Investiture Ceremony

Managed to apply for UPA to attend my graduation ceremony with my parents...Glad to see both lecturers from the CL dept, 翁清海教授 and 吴英成主任. Took photos with them, Dr. Vilma (YEP) and my parents. =)

Blackout

Was packing my bag when the power supply went off. Managed to call the Sg Power who contacted the town council essential maintainance service unit and they were quite fast and efficient; within an hour everything was back to normal. Quite impressed.

The Secret Garden

Kept recalling a melody playing in my head which resembles their music...went to their official website and found quite alot of information:
(Sample clips of their music)
http://www.secretgarden.no/fs_sight_sounds.html
Have yet to find the name of the melody though =P

Stranger Than Fiction

Interesting plot where the novelist actually meets with her character in real life...she couldn't bear to "kill" him and the tragedy ends up a comedy.
The official website: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/strangerthanfiction/
Finally the skies have cleared...appreciate the warm sunshine.
Thanks Grace for arranging this meeting.

Dealing with loss

Bye 老姑

New beginning

Reported to the new school this morning for briefing and meeting by the senior teacher, Mrs Chow. Met the Principal and vice-principal. Apparently, the VP lives near me (opposite Hougang Point).

The first impression of the school I got was that it was huge...and I mean really mega-school...the corridors are similar to HGPS but the four blocks of building are quite tall. Wondering how I'm gonna "fly" from one class to the other when school term begins.

Managed to leave the school by 1pm. Decided to go shopping in town, Delong gamely accompanied me. Was quite hungry so went to Sushi Tei and he gave me a treat cos he was late (again). Managed to borrow several Jimmy (taiwanese author) books. Walked over to Far East and got a good deal: 2 knitted blouse for $29.90.

Took the bus back together by evening time. =)

*Managed to find out that he was the one who's "santa claus"

Miracle baby

Celebration of Little Miraclers' Nursyadzrah 1-month thanksgiving feast (cukur rambut) at Rosman & Siti's home. =)

Papa Rosman, Ibu Siti, Baby Nursyadrah, me and girl

Ibu Siti, baby Nursyadzrah & me

Feeding time for baby Nursyadzrah

Mysterious sender

Received through mail the book I was talking about a few posts ago《可不可以不要上班》
First time in my life have to guess who the sender is cos the person wrote down "FROM: YOU-KNOW-WHO-I-AM"...how i know? （=_=）
Proceeded to decipher handwriting...not Hao ma leh...my next guess, Jiahui...unlikely, she'll normally pass it personally...final guess: Santa Claus / Santarina
Message for you: Thank you for the gift...it's really funny! (^_^)
Do reveal your identity if you chanced to read this ok?

Korea Dec 2006

Filming site of 《大长今》

Everland Theme Park


Yong Pyong Ski Resort (Filming site of 《冬季恋歌》)



Learning how to make kimchi...(actually everything was prepared, just need to stuff it in and wrap up =P) and wearing the traditional korean costume-hanbok.



Lotteworld Theme Park (Filming site of 《天国的阶梯》)



12 Dec 2006 to 18 Dec 2006

Hotel Phoenix High tea

Met Yanxuan, Sam and Peishi to have high tea over at Hotel Phoenix Garden Cafe. Thought that the hotel was located at Dhoby Ghaut at first. It's actually over at Somerset.

There wasn't alot of food selection. But we ate till we were quite full...there was a queue for those who didn't make reservations. There was a newspaper promotion, 1 for 1 that's why there were alot of aunties who came for the high tea.

Took the bus back home and actually dozed off on the bus.

Grandma's birthday buffet

Went to Grandma's house to have buffet lunch to celebrate her 90th birthday. Met Ah Xiong kor kor's son, Zi Ray...he's quite adorable...keep smiling...and he resembles a little white rabbit!!! Haha...

Sheerin's wedding

Went to Sheerin's wedding over at Little India. Met Suzana and Rosman...Rosman mentioned that the Surin trip was the most wonderful experience he ever had...quite touching to hear that. Sheerin commented that I've lost quite alot of weight.

Went to Plaza Sg quite early...around 2+pm i was there waiting for my lesson at 5pm already.

Sushi Buffet

Met up with Yanxuan and Shuixian over at Kovan Heartland Mall to have the sushi buffet over at Sakae Sushi. Used our student passes to get the student price of $13.90.

Managed to find the swimming cap for the hot spring trip. Find it quite pointless actually...but since it's under $3 for one just get for each of my family.

Nice evening

Met up with Dave at Cityhall around 625pm to walk over to CHIJMES to try out SUN. Prefer the decor over at Wheelock Place though. Ordered Unagi and Aragi Kamameshi...the serving was a little too big for me to finish...also ordered warabimochi for dessert.

Walked over to Esplanade and was treated to a free harp performance. Went to Max Brenner cafe and tried the Suckao...quite a unique container and the metal straw was also quite special.

Took the long bus ride home with Dave and got home just before 11pm.

Corrinne May

Saw the tv advertisement about Corrinne May's Christmas album...her voice is really nice and really suited to sing Christmas songs. Visited her website to listen to the songs...http://www.corrinnemay.com/safe/flash/index2.htm

Japanese food

Met up with Grace for lunch at Sun with Moon over at Wheelock Place. Tried the unagi bento and mushroom pot set. It's the first time i tasted soup so thick and starchy...quite filling also. We also ordered the warabimochi and also the tofu cheesecake.

Went over to Wisma and Takashimaya to look for clothes. Didn't manage to find anything we like. Walked over to Paragon for tea over at the Japanese Soba restaurant. The fried Hokkaido smelt was quite tasty. It's quite a good deal for the japanese tea as it's $5 with a dessert and drink (before service charge that is).

Couldn't resist getting an intensive eye treatment over at Green Sanctuary. There's a 20% discount due to the festive season. Intended to meet up with Karan but he was so caught up with work that we didn't manage to meet. Went to Sushi Tei over at Takashimaya for dinner. There was quite a crowd and had to wait awhile before they gave me a counter seat.

Met Dave briefly before he went off to meet his uni friends. Will be meeting him next thursday for dinner in Cityhall.

Novena Square Jackie Chan Sports Club

Met Celina in Novena to go to the gym, the layout of the gym was rather small, with only 2 studios, one for the normal workouts and the other for the cycling studio.

Wasn't really motivated to use the machines, perhaps it's been awhile since i last visited the gym...there wasn't any classes to attend as well cos the trainers were attending a course.

We left by 4+pm and checked out the shops in Novena Square. There wasn't much to see also. Decided to give Karan a call and we met up in Bishan to get coffee at Coffeebean. Afterwhich we had a late dinner at Jalan Kayu before he sent me home.

大扫除

The past few days have been spent cleaning up my room...there's so much stuff yet so little room!!!

The dust also made me sneeze like crazy, slowing down my packing process.

Till now, there's still a few boxes of things i need to sort out but really getting sick of packing...need to take a break before starting again.

Yanxuan's wedding dinner

The day has finally arrived...my first NIE classmate's wedding dinner. Arranged to meet Yifen and Wanjun at Serangoon mrt station to go there together. Waited for Jianming and Huili at Harbourfront station before walking over to 88 restuarant together.

Sam and Corinne were among the sisters' at the reception. Managed to view the wedding photos before going to our designated table. A pity Peishi, Shuduan, Yuanlin and Mindy weren't present or the whole NIE class would be there.

Before the dinner started, there was a slideshow sharing the couple's moments and we guessed that Yanxuan must have been the one doing it as there's some resemblance with her presentations during our NIE days...=P

As usual, Liyin started cracking jokes and we kept laughing throughout the dinner. When it was our turn to take photos and offer a toast to the couple, we actually shouted "yammmmm suannn" instead of the usual "yam seng" but had to do it twice as Yanxuan didn't catch it the first time round. =D

Staff dinner

Was pouring heavily in the early afternoon when I received Joslyn's call that the class server training time has been brought forward...had to rush down to school and was drenched a little.

After the training, went home to change for tonight's dinner. The theme was "Madhatter's night" so had to bring a hat...borrowed one from sis but didn't really need to wear it.

Took the school bus with most of the staff there. It was a buffet-style dinner at Sijori resort in Sentosa. Awards were given, some teachers were sabotaged to go onstage for the games and lucky draw conducted. Managed to reach home before 11pm as we alighted at Compasspoint before the school bus went back to school.