Saturday, 30 July 2005

NDP preview

Whoppee~ Back from NDP preview (with a real weird looking bag) ^^ the last one b4 the actual NDP... Was in the green section, so Adrian Pang and Vernatta Lopez were part of the pre-parade ra-ra crew for us... Boon happened to be in the yellow section just opp, and we were exchanging some SMSes ^^ Apparently Wesley and Zim were there too....

In between having my sis wave her flag (almost) into my face, I pretty much enjoyed myself ^^ There were cheesy moments like how Gurmit Singh *just* had to repeat that we're on TV and being satellite-telecasted to the heartlands when it was kinda obvious that the only pple at the heartlands were the poor motivators (aka cheerleaders) and the TCS hosts.... JE looked esp sad w just the yelow and blue pple there on a nice field with patches that were sorely lacking grass... When the motivators were teaching us the "dance steps" for this yr's theme song, it reminded me of the gd ol' sec sch days when we had weekly practices just to get our mass dances down pat...

Was kinda worried for the Red Lions were parachuting in, since it had been raining more or less the whole day, and the canvas covering the Padang looked real slippery. Good thing that nothing happened to anyone of them, and those cool stunts were executed nicely ^^ Plus I got really nice views since the wind kinda blew them more or less just above my section!!

The usual march-in of the armed forces plus uniformed groups etc. occurred, but some time during the National anthem, one of the officers bearing an armed forces color fainted..... Kinda a shock to see one of them just lying face down.... A stretcher was brought quickly and he was carried away, and another officer came to carry that unfortunate color... Do hope that that poor fella is OK now.... Good news was that the rest of the preview went on without any more noticeable "dramas".

One other thing that made this pretty memorable (other than the parade being back at the Padang after goodness knows how many years) is the whole bunch of tanks, amphibian tanks etc etc that were being paraded out for us one after another.... Kinda scary how the armed forces were basically [proudly] parading out [wat felt like] quite a bit of our arsenal.... We saw tanks, tansk, and more tanks, various aircrafts, some boats being towed.... Wat was missing were the larger naval vessels and submarines... For quite a few minutes, I felt like I was being transported into Sagara Sousuke's private fantasy!!! (minus all those Armed Slaves, of course!!) For those who dun understand wat I am talking abt, go watch the NDP after u haf watched Full Metal Panic or Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu or Full Metal Panic: the Secons Raid.... Boon's comments were "Wahlau. The only thing they didn't pull out was the parking ticket auntie lor" and that really just puts the whole thing in a nutshell....

Really love the fireworks!!! Wanna go and live in Japan so that I can just experience fireworks in Summer during their matsuris!!! So pretty!!! The less explosive ones w little swirly patterns were just so awesome ^^ Gonna dream of nice fireworks tonite ^^

p/s. the customs style scanning of bags did do sth good for me.... after I chucked the security check sticker (that was pasted on my bag) into one of the side pockets, I retrieved a pendant (that I am pretty sure I lost years ago) along w the sticker when I was clearing junk on the way home ^^
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what wise quote fits you?

Going off for NDP preview this evening.... Hope the rain stops by then (it's been raining quite a bit since morning) Prob won't be taking any photos since I am just too lazy to lug a heavy camera (with spare batteries) over to the Padang... Well, b4 that, here's yet another quiz!!!

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Your wise quote is:
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months" by Oscar Wilde. You are a very sarcastic person with a sharp tongue. You may not be the one always talking, but your mind is nevertheless critizing. You tend to have a cynical view on life itself and be somewhat withdrawn with who you really are. Society now is in your eyes corrupted and you wonder how the world will survive. And people are in your mind very ignorant and blind to the reality.


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Wednesday, 27 July 2005

Don't u just love gatherings? ^^

Okie... so I was back in Singapore since Friday nite... Just been too lazy to post.... Plus, I dunno where to start on wrt Tioman.... Din get many photos this time, since I was snorkeling.... Plus my back just started peeling a little yesterday... Well, on to the main entry ^^

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Just got home from my P3 (I kid u not!!!) gathering at Breko, Holland V ^^ It was great fun seeing the whole bunch of us again, in spite of the fact that less than half the class was down, but well, it HAS been like 12 years..... There was me, Tingting, Jessica, Seok, Kiat, Mark, Huson, Lester, Linus, Hannah, Joses, Lucas, Immanuel (did I leave anybody out? guess I'll check again when Kiat or someone else actually uploads the photos to the yahoogroups, and I get to put the photo up too... heehee...) Pity Ms Gaw cldn't make it. Do hope that her gum muscles get better soon. It really is pretty amazing how we can keep on having gatherings, considering that my sec and jc classes dun seem to org (or want to org) gatherings.... And not matter how much time we all have spent away from each other, there is always some kind of bonds that we still feel, and are still abt to happily chat w each other w/o any weird awkward silences ^^ (I really love this bunch of pple!!) The more we chat, the more childhood memories surfaced, and all the silly things we did as kids kept surfacing.... Ah, how times fly.... Now, amongst us, we have budding doctors, lawyers, scientists etc.... *nostalgic feelings*
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Saturday, 16 July 2005

Out of Singapore [17-22 July] ^^


Guess I cldn't fix my blog layout in time.... Need to wait til I get back... now, back to packing...
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Tuesday, 12 July 2005

Contact Lens woes....

Went to get contact lenses so I can use them for my fieldtrips and stuff, and for snorkelling in Tioman... Got them this morning, and since I have astig, my vision is a little double image-y at the moment :( It took a whole hour for the co-op optician to teach me, and for me to *somewat* get the hang of pushing the lenses against my eyeball... Doesn't help that today has been a nice rainy morning so far... Cold.... Just feels weird having lenses against my eyes....

Thot I wld spend the rest of the day re-doing the really messy coding for my blog, aka changing it so that I can use a mapping script instead.... But blogger is NOT cooperating at all.... my template changes just don't register no matter how many times I re-publish... and then it suddenly works again... oh well...
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Monday, 11 July 2005

More quizzes ^^

haha.... cldn't resist gg thru some of the other quizzes at LiquidGeneration.com ^^

which movie hero are you?


what video game character are you?


The rest were weird, so not posting my results here ^^
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Star Wars personality test...

It HAS been a while since I last posted a personality test, and this is the first time I have done one on flash ^^ Click here if u wanna try it too!!

First time round,


Okies... SInce R2D2 is a cute droid, I dun mind ^^

Second time round,

Right.... Like, how on earth did I end up being a guy?!? Oh well, if u guys wanna see wat u end up being, do try it out too!
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Friday, 8 July 2005

Recent events....

Well, after chatting w some of my frens over the past few days, I kinda realised that quite a number of them read my blog w/o commenting or tagging... Pls do help me w my changing of the layout, k? Really need help here.... Actually, I would really love to add a photoblog section but having a little trouble finding a gd place to host it.... And I really need to figure out how I wanna do the code for mapping, so that the sidebar can be shortened..... Aargh!!! Feedback pple, feedback!!!


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Well, for the time being, I wld be putting up *some* of my photos here in here, along w the main entries, so until I get a functional place to host a photo album...


This one is the group shot that we took when the UNSW pple were brought on a mini-day tour of Singapore abt a week after they arrived. The photo's kinda big, and won't fit nicely in my blog dimensions, so u kinda need to click on it to see the full size ^^


Interesting shot I managed to get while inside the Chinese temple we visited on the same day.... The nicely restored "old-ern" architecture of the temple in the foreground, the modern buildings setting the skyline in the background, and not to forget the ever-present coke vending machine!!! Really shows how far the Coca-cola has penetrated into our daily lives, even amidst the juxtaposition of old and new..... Well, yea, this is another thumbnail, so u gotta click on it for a proper view....


Well, after visiting Little India, a couple of the girls got some henna designs on their hands (and feet). Penny here is being a nice model ^^ We actually had to walk ard a bit to get them done a a reasonable price since the spot that we visited was, well, mainly catering for tourists....

Jenny and her newfound ninja friends gotten from Chinatown.... Cute, aren't they? Kinda cool how she was amusing herself (and me at least) during the bus ride ^^ No complains from my side!

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Now, on to more recent photos... like the ones taken tonight!! ^^ There were 2 events on... The first being an informal photo taking session amg the SPSians w those who just graduated (it IS commencement week, ya know!), not many of them turned up but well...


Liling was in this nice Chinese-Malay hybrid attire, that just symbolises how she is a Chinese Malaysian. Pretty interesting attire, plus u dun usually get to see her in a skirt! *gasp* The photo is kinda crap tho'.... I disabled the flash in a bid to conserve battery power but.... Can't believe I am actually putting up a photo that shows me!!! Firstly, I usually like being BEHIND a camera and not in front of it, and secondly, when I put up a photo, I tend to go for group shots... Oh well...


The graduating bunch, all nicely lined-up together, w Qifeng just popping his head out and Huang Ming sticking his head out ^^ (Nope, I sure didn't photoshop them in!!)


Group shot of the seniors... Sure gonna miss having them ard!! *sobz*


Yea, the crazy bunch of us who actually stayed back to take photos together (well, minus some others who were helping w the phototaking... Thanks guys!) There's Miaoqing having some fun w Shruti's cap (",)


Nicely posing ^^ Really getting into the mood, aren't we? Pity I didn't manage to get a full length shot of Hugesh.... he was gg ard barefooted in like berms (under the gown), and when he first put on the gown we all kinda went "Jedi master!!" He really did look like one! Honestly!!


Anyway, the other event was a cultural presentation by those taking Bahasa Indonesia, and it was pretty nifty seeing them all dressed up in the various Indonesian costumes! Some presentations on the culture, food etc., a song-dance item, and a mini-angklung perfomance... Plus nice, spicy Indonesian food for dinner ^^


The angklung players... Well, not the best of photos since there were extra heads but I wanted to post this since Adi happened to be in it (he's the cameraman), and he just got his hair cut at Clementi this afternoon ^^ Hope u dun mind, dude! And yea, if u want a better view, u can click on it....


And here's the Indonesian class w some of the VIPs from NUS and UNSW just to wrap up this entry ^^ Yet another nicely bordered, clickable thumbnail.... And yea, remember to comment/tag or sth to help me w my blog!
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Thursday, 7 July 2005

spanky new layout

Yes, lazy ol' Juan finally got round to changing my blog layout... (such a hassle!) Partly 'cos Kiat just did his, and he found a nice one that I cld use ^^ The major prob I am facing now is that my blog looks wonderful in IE but a tad bit weird in Firefox, and I do like Firefox a whole lot more than IE.... *bleah* kinda need to get my links up again and stuff.... think I prob need to incorporate some javascript in, so that my sidebar isn't too long... (hope that won't further mess up the layout *sobz*) Well, yea, this is kinda to let u know wat's happening, so dun pls dun mind if my blog looks weird for a while.... Do hope I get things sorted out before we go off to Tioman!!
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