Suffering from a sudden terrible cramp the moment i woke up from my nap.
Dammit. Dont know what triggered it.
Going for steamboat at Ben's place later with the Toof Fairies. After so long, it's time we meet.
I dont really know what to put down here. But basically i've been really busy from school, some trainings and more work. Plus the midterms are coming, so it's really all gonna get worse.
But who doesnt have work? Who doesnt feel like crap every monday morning?
I guess i just have to grumble, accept it, and welcome my weekends with open arms again.

Had a bad dream last night. A nightmare.
I was having band practice with Sir Badrul. And in it, i haven't been attending practices. As a result i couldnt play the pieces well. I was playing the Timpani by the way, and my strokes suck.
Mr Badrul spoke to me and said it could be due to my excessive dragonboating. Then, Mr Faizal came over to check my fingers and my hands to find out the problem.

When i woke up, it felt silly. Almost hilarious.
But it was so real.
I must be mad about my trainings.
And the after effects of the 4years in band never seem to leave me.
Haha. It was really an extremely stressful period of my life especially as a Band Major.

And you guys wonder why I didnt join band in JC and Uni..

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Woo hoo i'm having a great time slacking and using my com. Have not been studying so i guess i'm so dead for my psychoanalysis test on wed.

Reunion Lunch went well yesterday. Though it feels weird because it used to be dinner every year at my grandma's place. But cos of her op on her hips/leg she cant walk much and therefore cant cook. So this year, we had it at a restaurant, which, was fully booked for the dinner slots. This year's lunch was also special cos we had a guest with us. My dad's supplier's daughter from China. The girl who came a year ago to study here. Since she's all alone here, my dad thought it would be good to have her join us. :)

After lunch, i met up with Ben and we headed to Queensway shopping centre. Accompanied him to get his shoes and then shopped at Ikea for awhile. Finally got the bulb of my table lamp. As well as some tealight candles cos my idiotic sister wants to burn aromatherapy oil every night. Got this glass jar too, to store my chocs and keeping the ants out. My house's like an ant base. Nest is too small a word to use. They've set up a base camp at my house. And my mom's putting poison in every blerdy corner and wall that you can find at my place.
2 unfortunate events yesterday to start the chinese new year. One, at Ikea, Ben got hot coffee spilt over his legs by this goon-do man who doesnt know how to place a cup properly on the table. Second, got a call from my sis (eleanor) that my mom fell down at home and knocked her head. Was worried especially since my other sister and dad wasnt home. Eleanor can be quite..... clueless, sometimes. So we cabbed back to Ben's place, he passed me some stuff and I headed home to a ba-lu-ku on my mom's head. She's fine. But i told her if she experienced headaches or whatsoever, she'd better see a doc.

Being the nice daughter that i am, helped her cut the chicken, pork, tofu, veggies, peel the prawns, etc. Preparing for our family's very own steamboat dinner. We'll be having another guest. A very SPECIAL one. Haha. Alicia's darling from malaysia. Came all the way from malaysia okay. It was a fun night. Particularly fun cos of the company and the ample time we that we have, spent chatting - cos we're using a hot plate to heat the pot of soup instead of a real steamboat pot which has direct access to the heat, the cooking's so damn slow that it takes so long to cook a prawn. Yes, a prawn. And we're not talking about cooking pork here. My lame dad brought the entire pot to the kitchen, switch on the stove to full fire and let the soup boil before bringing it back to the dinning table. It was funny, and comfortable even with the guests around.

Woke up early for mass at church today. Went for mandarin mass with my mom. Kinda sleepy now but we're going for SUBWAY for lunch! YAYS! My ultimate favorite food. I can eat it everyday, every meal, up to the very day that i die. And i'mn planning to live up to a hundred years, so... that'll be another 78 years. Lol. We've finally convinced my dad to eat it with us later. Cos, ya, my granny wont be cooking. My dad's very traditional mind you. And he doesnt like to eat fast food. He acts like the monarch and usually forces his decisions on us, slaves.

Subway later, it's a good start.

Training hard and hopefully training smart!

I love this pic!

Cousins and Kor's gf, Jen.

Learning water-synchro. Wannabes.

So these basically sums up what I'd been up to before school started as well as after. Big Family Reunion dinner last night at my aunt's place. Good food and good company. Particularly enjoyed myself playing card games with my cousins. Not dai dee or blackjack mind you. That's for Ah Mas and Ah Peks. We play fun, intellectual, interactive and simulating card games. Think MindsCafe. Lol. OKAY, if you wanna play your poker cards, just go ahead. But dont say I didnt remind you that the economy's bad. And such games do not lead to credit creation, in other words, it does not stimulate the economy. Correct me if i'm wrong. Been a chem student for so long, forgot some of my economics concepts.

Happy Lunar New Year.

One of my favorite activity is to Lo Hei. (Toss the YuSheng)

You should hear the wishes of others when they lo hei.

hilarious..!

As we were getting ready to lo hei last night, it occurred to me that I said to find a bf each year.

Sadly, it never happens. Lol.

My sister (alicia) said maybe i didnt toss it high enough. So this year, all you people better get out of my way.

I'm gonna make sure my yusheng touches the ceiling.

Just kidding.

Better to be patient and find the right soulmate than to settle for second best.
Anyways, gonna be a good break for me during this festive period, albeit a short one.
I will be busy busy busy once the break ends.
Hopefully my body can take it.

:D

Thanks to a good friend's reminder, my resolutions stated in the previous post will be changed to:

"i will learn to trust God, His judgement, and what He can do. while at the same time learning how to discern and know exactly what He wants."

for His grace is sufficient for me.. and without Him, i can do nothing..

Thanks.
somehow, this seemingly simple post in the eyes of everyone, have actually caught the eyes of possibly the guardian angel sent at the very moment that i need. after reading through what i wrote again, it then dawned upon me how i've unknowingly left God out of my life.
so much has happened, and Lord, i'm glad you havent forgotten about me.

Thanks for the reminder Lord.

It's only the second week of school and i'm bogged down with tutorials and quizzes!
my goodness.
BUT, i am so proud of myself. For finishing my tutorials on time. Yays. I'd better keep up the good start of the school term.

I can foresee more and more activities coming up. which is good, keeps me occupied, keeps my life interesting. But i sure hope i can fulfill my commitments to the people around me without losing my own personal time as well as time for God. And yes sleep. Heavenly precious sleep.

Anyways, my dragonboat mates have decided to kill me. And we're all gonna die together.
We've signed up for the Adidas Sundown Marathon 2009 together. Them being super enthusiastic this year, have manage to persuade me to buy myself a ticket to hell.
Lol.

Sundown training shall begin next week!

I think i need to grow up.
One of my new year's resolution is to grow up and to be more independent.
I think i've been too reliant on the people around me, on the people i feel comfortable with, on the people i've known all my life.
So.. I think this year should be the year to learn to depend on myself. To learn to trust myself, my own judgment, my abilities. That if i want to, i can really do it.

I've made my decision.
I hope that it's not wrong.
But i cant see myself giving up rowing..

Lord, sorry.

Cousins, uncle & aunt

Food elevator

Dining Hall

The Machos

The young ones hehe

Huge roast turkey!

Bomb Alaska

Kitchenette in the room

Fireplace!

Look at my crazy dad with the hanky!

Hsiwen's parents

My uncle mike & auntie michelle