[05 Jan 2006|11:45pm] [ music | Disintegration - Jimmy Eat World ] Beni, you of all people should know that you're one of my bestfriends too. You're one of those who I've known for a long time, and I feel that I can talk to you about anything under the sun. I miss you so much! I'm really lucky today! There was a vacancy in one of the Research & Writing in Psychology classes and I was able to swap classes. It doesn't make my timetable any less horrible, but at least I don't have to walk to class and back constantly. Right now, I'm enrolled in Infant and Young Child Studies, Social Psychology, Sex and Politics in Italian Cinema, Research & Writing in Psychology, an Introduction to Business class and Philosophy topics in Asian American History. I start at 12.50pm on Mondays, 2.20pm on Wednesdays and 9.50am on Tuesday, Thursdays. The horrible part is that I end at 6.40pm on Monday and Wednesdays, 8.10pm on Tuesdays and 9.40pm on Thursdays!! But at least I don't have classes on Fridays!! The business class doesn't count towards my major or DECs, but I'm taking it because I want to know what business is all about, and hopefully I can help my dad when he needs help and also I might be helping my friend with his business. I probably won't be much help since it's only an introduction class, but at least I'll have more knowledge in that area. I think I have a small working memory capacity. Sometimes I argue with people, and I forget what I'm arguing about. This is really bad. I've been working on my new blog and I'm gonna move soon, just because. shakers

[01 Jan 2006|03:44am] I got back from Times Square a while ago. I feel that New York isn't that unsafe afterall because I came home this late a few times and I'm home safe. I guess I shouldn't say something like that in case I jinx it. New Years Eve was crazy. Crazy in both a good and a bad way. Good because it was the best New Years Eve party ever, bad because I LOST MY FREAKING CAMERA!!! It's a pretty bad start for the new year. Ahhhh. I'm depressed. shakers

Really random stuff [29 Dec 2005|08:15pm] [ music | I'm Ready - Jack's Mannequin ] I'm happy today, just because I talked to a lot of people this morning. It's been a while since so many people came online at a time. I talked to Rachel, who conveniently forgot about me after she got her boyfriend. Haha. Ok, I'm kidding, but she did forget about me. I talked to Claire, who I've been constantly talking to. I talked to Hansen, who decided to ignore me for a while and insist it was because of his finals. I talked to Seetoh who disappeared for quite some time. I talked to Ian a few days ago, who also disappeared. I assume it's because of his girlfriend and music stuff. It's nice talking to everyone!! I received a card from Beni. She's so sweet. I miss you too Beni!!! And I got a Christmas card from Xiujuan too. Thank you so much! I think someone should really kill me for being so lazy because I haven't bought the Christmas cards yet. Haha. I guess I can't make it in time for New Years either. Maybe Chinese New Year then. I told my mum I'm going to Times Square tomorrow to count down and she was like yea, you can go count down alone. I thought December has 30 days. Haha. I'm uploading pictures taken on Christmas and those taken at Leofoo Village(a theme park in Taiwan). I was watching Friends, and it's such a sweet episode! It's the one where Phoebe thought the guy she was dating is Monica's soulmate. This is what I found online: Phoebe: Listen. Let me ask you: Do you believe in soulmates? Rachel: Oh, yes I do. I think that there is one perfect person out there for everyone. When you find him, you stop looking for him. That’s why I’ve stopped looking for Russell Crowe. He’ll find me. Phoebe: Uh huh. And you? Chandler: No. I mean, I believe that some people are more suited for each other, and I believe in falling in love. But soulmates, I don’t think they exist. ... Chandler: Phoebe said you and Don are soulmates. And I don’t believe in that kind of stuff, but you two totally got along. So I’m not going to stand in your way if you’re gonna go run off with Don and live in a house of cheese. Monica: Chandler, you don’t believe in soulmates? Chandler: Well, I’m sure “ to-mah-toes” does! Monica: I don’t believe in soulmates either. Chandler: You don’t? Monica: No. I think that you and I were destined to end up together. I think that we fell in love and we work hard at our relationship. Some days we work really hard. 5 shakers| shakers

[28 Dec 2005|07:37pm] My diet plan didn't work out too well, but I had so much fun!!! I woke up late on Christmas day, and my aunt asked us all to go over to play mahjong. I'm beginning to not like mahjong because I keep losing. Haha. Played for an hour or two, and I had to come back to get changed to meet William and his friend for Christmas dinner in the city. We had dinner at the Japanese restaurant again. I'm in love with the Japanese restaurants on 8th Street. The beef rice thing was so good and they have HUGE clams! I tried sake again and it's still disgusting. It burns my throat. We went to Rockerfella after dinner. We got off at the wrong stop because I told them it was right. Haha. We had to walk 9 blocks to get to Rockerfella. It was raining and I had an umbrella, but they didn't, so both of them were soaked. I felt bad. We saw the Christmas tree at Rockerfella. It's soooo pretty! They even have this lights show thing at Bloomingdales. William said he'll be at Times Square during New Years, counting down with his friends and he asked me to join them. I really want to count down at Times Square, but where am I gonna stay after that? I'll be scared to go home alone. Got up early next morning to meet Florinda, her boyfriend and her friends in Flushing. We went on a skiing trip! There were like 16 people altogether. These 2 other guys sat with me and Florinda in her boyfriend's car, and one of them looks exactly like Ian Toh. I swear they're like twins. Even the way they behave is also kinda similar. That guy won't stop talking and is kinda loud. Haha. Ian is a little better though. That guy got really annoying at the end. Day one of the trip was spent travelling and settling down at the cabin. The cabin had 2 levels, 8 rooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, 2 dining areas, 2 living rooms. We had steamboat and played cards all night. We went skiing the next day!! I was gonna try snowboarding, but I decided that I should concentrate on one sport before moving on to the next. I REALLY LOVE SKIING!!!!!!!!!! It's so fun! We reached Camelback at around 12pm, got our tickets, equipment and stuff ready at about 1pm and went to ski. I had to teach a few people how to ski for a while because some of the girls can't even move with the skis. This time I stayed at the beginner slope because my previous experience at the advanced slope was bad. I learned how to ski the "s" thing and how to brake effectively. I'm so happy!! We skied from 1pm to 8pm!! Isn't that amazing. I wanted to stay even longer, but the others wanted to leave. I saw little kids learning how to ski. They are so adorable!! I've decided that if I have money in the future, I'll buy a house near the ski area, and I'll bring my kids to ski during breaks! I really hope Hansen will come to New York during spring break, and we can go ski!!!! Haha. I'm addicted. shakers

Christmas isn't Christmas without you. Yes, YOU. [25 Dec 2005|12:21pm] [ music | Cool - Gwen Stefani ] When the day you've been anticipating for a long time is finally here, you realize it's actually not that big a deal afterall. The beautiful lightings, the christmas carols, the over-decorated Christmas trees, the perfectly wrapped presents, over the top Christmas dinners, whatever wonderful things you associate Christmas with, I had it this year. But, something was missing. I enjoyed myself so much more spending Christmas with Claire last year. I realized no matter how Christmas-ish a place gets, it makes no difference when you are not spending it with the people who really matters to you. And you know I'm more of a friend person than a family person, also, my dad wasn't here, so it was kinda bad. It's just starting to hit me that all these special occasions aren't gonna be like what it used to be. I used to like this time of the year so much because there's Christmas, New Years, Benita's birthday, Chinese New Year, my birthday, Valentine's day, Rachel's birthday. But now, I don't have my best friends here to spend it with me anymore. Spent Christmas Eve at my aunt's place. It was awkward because my cousin's cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews were there. It became more like a social thing than a family gathering. We had dinner, played Risk. It's a boring game. We opened presents at midnight. It's really like in the movies where you have to go look for it under the tree. Haha. And we played mahjong till like 2am. My plans for the rest of the winter break: 1) Get more sleep. I'm really lacking it. 2) Lie in bed all day. I need to lose weight, and that's how I plan to do it. If I don't get up, I won't eat. Haha. It's too cold to workout. 3) Read my books while in bed. 4) Watch my movies while in bed. 5) Write my essays while in bed. Haha. I just read my plans over and I think it's so spastic. I'm gonna try my best to stick to it. I don't think I can get a job, now that I have less than a month before school starts. And I can't be bothered to ask my close girl friends out because they all have boyfriends. My main goal now is to lose weight. I'm super depressed about how fat I am now, you can't even imagine. shakers

It's Christmas Eve!! [24 Dec 2005|11:34am] [ music | Lang Man Shou Ji - Jay Chou ] MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! To those who know that I'm sending out cards to them, I'm so sorry. By the time you get it, I think it's gonna be New Years already. Anyway, I realised it's not the MTA that went on strike, it's the TWU. Whichever it is, the strike started on Tuesday morning, and there was no bus or subway service at all. Public transport is what keeps New York functioning, so it was really really chaotic. On Tuesday morning, the city was packed because almost everyone drove to work!! I heard some people even spent a few hours walking to work. The strike ended on Thursday. Due to the strike, I couldn't go out to do Christmas shopping or get cards. We're having dinner at my aunt's place today. I hope it won't be awkward because I have no presents. At least not yet. That weird girl is asking me to be her tutor. She wants me to teach her how to speak Mandarin because her dad says it is going to be a really important language in the future. I wouldn't mind tutoring her, but I don't know how to? I don't know what made her think I speak well anyway. If I really tutor her, it means I'll have income when I'm in school, which means I might have enough money to go back to Singapore in the Summer with the income, New Year and Christmas money!!! I planned it all out with Claire already. I'm gonna go back first, then she'll come with me to New York in August!! I'm gonna have to stay at her house when I'm in Singapore because I think my house will be really dirty and gross, but this means I won't have a pool and gym to workout in! And I think Claire's house is scary. Haha. Ok, I guess I shouldn't be to fussy. Claire said she'll paint a banner for me somemore and come pick me up from the airport. Haha. It's definitely too early to say now, but I think I should be going back in the Summer. I really want to. It's been a year since I had char kway teow and prata. I hope I'll get a chance to take pictures of the beautiful lightings here and I'll post them up! I love the latest Jay Chou album by the way. I can sing along to it all day. 6 shakers| shakers

[21 Dec 2005|12:54am] [ music | Stickwitu - The Pussycat Dolls ] I'M HOME!!! And I'm here to stay. Well, at least for a month. It's been hectic the past few days. My aunt drove to my school on Saturday morning to pick up my computer, clothes and stuff with my mum and cousin. They went to outlet after that, but I had to stay and study. Spent the afternoon with Joanne trying to teach her statistics, but we ended up chatting instead. Met Sarah in the evening for dinner and we went to watch The Nutcracker. We went into the theater, and it was packed with parents and their kids. It was kinda weird. Haha. The show was good though. Sunday was spent studying Cognitive Psychology and watching TV. I woke up early on Monday to study for my statistics final. Had dinner with Florinda and she told me that she's transferring back to Baruch next semester, so she won't be moving off campus with us. I was so sad!! She's like one of my closer friends here and she's leaving. I really hope I can transfer out too. I slept at 9.30pm and got up at 7am today to study for my final for my film class. Studied till 11am, took my final, ended at around 12.30pm, went to the library to continue studying, all the way till 5pm, went to take my final for Cognitive Psychology, ended at around 5.40pm, rushed back to my room to pack my stuff, rushed to the bookstore to sell my books back, met Christian, he asked me what I'm doing on New Years, I said I don't know, he said they're hanging out and he'll give me a call to tell me what's going on, I rushed back to my room, rushed to the railway station, made it just in time for the 6.49pm train. Called my aunt so she can come pick me up. She had to come pick me up because the MTA is on strike!!!! AAHHHHHHH! They just had to go on strike when everyone needs to go home or go to the city for Christmas. I haven't been watching the news, but from what I gathered, it has been a really chaotic day. The streets in the city were really packed, people can't get to school or work, they had to walk really far, out in the cold. I'm gonna relax at home for a few days and hopefully catch up with Claire and Beni. I might be meeting William and his friends in the city during Christmas or maybe I'll just stay home. Hopefully the negotiations will be over soon and everyone can get back to work and I can go out. Sarah and I are going Karaoke sometime, and we're gonna go get Korean food. I need to get more boots and hopefully a peacoat jacket. I have to write 2 admission essays during this winter break. I kinda like writing now, so I guess it shouldn't be too hard. Time to go to bed. 5 shakers| shakers

[16 Dec 2005|09:51pm] [ music | Someday - Nickleback ] I called my mum to ask her if I can get braces, and she started nagging at me. She said my dad called and he said the doctor said he has health problems. The doctor said his cholesterol level is way too high. I really really hope my dad will be fine. Florinda asked me if I want to go skiing with her and her friends. They're gonna book a coach or something to take us there, it's 200 bucks for 3 days 2 nights. I really want to go, but now I don't dare to ask my mum. Ahhhhh. Florinda came back on Wednesday and she told me she won!! She was third and she won a singing contract or something. I'm sooooo happy for her!! She told me her sister was also a singer and had 2 albums already. I actually heard of her sister before. It's so weird. Florinda bought me the new Jay Chou album!!!! I'm soooo happy! Haha. So, Abercrombie didn't hire me. And I applied for two Research Assistant positions and both of them rejected me. Isn't it just depressing. This girl messaged me on facebook and asked me if I want to study with her. We talked a little and she said I can call her anytime if I need a ride. That was the first time we talked, and we've never even met. Isn't that weird? Or maybe I'm just too unfriendly. 5 shakers| shakers

[12 Dec 2005|09:27pm] Imagine, you and your friend are going to study and this person appears uninvited and decided to join you guys. Imagine, you and your friend are going for dinner, and this person just tags along, uninvited. Imagine, this person follows you all the time after class. Imagine, you and your friend are discussing what classes you guys are taking next semester, and you are asking your friend to join this class which you are taking, and this person suddenly says he/she wants to take that class too and goes on to take it, when there's only one vacancy left, and you really want your friend to take it. I'm so freaking irritated it's not even funny. Alex thinks it's funny?! I can't concentrate at all and I have a freaking test tomorrow. 10 shakers| shakers

[12 Dec 2005|12:32am] [ music | Different Names For The Same Thing - Death Cab For Cutie ] Brought a lot of food to school because I ran out of money on my school card. It was so freaking heavy and I had to carry it all the way. Sarah's been feeding me the last week. She's so nice. I had to do my lab homework, and I helped my roommate do her homework too. I feel really bad for her because she's like really sick and she has a presentation tomorrow. Been doing a lot of thinking lately. Lots of questions, but no answers. I think the world might be coming to an end or something. I read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. Loved that book. I think what he described is almost exactly how I feel. He said he could never get close to his parents, everytime he's near them, he gets mad. When they try to show him they're concerned, he gets mad. He gets uncomfortable when his parents show him affection. He said he ruined all the good things he had, the good relationships he had. I think my relationship with my parents got a little better, but it was pretty much like that. I think I do kinda ruin relationships. And I don't want to show affection to my family. Maybe I have problems. Maybe I really do. I'm really angry inside sometimes, but I don't know why. Maybe I need a therapist. Anyway, what I really wanted to say was that this book is something I could really relate to even though I'm not an alcoholic or drug addict. I think it's worth reading. 2 shakers| shakers

[10 Dec 2005|11:45pm] Christmas dinner on Thursday was fun! I know it's too early for a Christmas dinner, but school is coming to an end. The food was good, people were really friendly. Class was cancelled on Friday because of the bad weather. I came home, changed, and left for the city. All I can say about the interview is that it was pretty bad. Actually, I don't know what to make of it. When they said group interview, I thought they meant like 3, 4 people, but there were 40+ people. All we had to do was say our name and what's something that they don't know about us, and we can go. Don't think I made an impression. I didn't know they was so strict. You can't dye your hair, wear earrings, flashy stuff, have visible tatoos, facial piercings or make up. They said they want they natural look. It reminded me of Secondary School. I feel sick. Feels like food poisoning or something. shakers

[08 Dec 2005|01:59am] Florinda left for Taiwan last week. She's in some singing competition that's pretty big in Taiwan. I hope she wins!!! Then I'm one step closer to meeting Jay Chou or Edison Chen. Haha. Sarah, Han and I were at the cafe, talking about random stuff. I forgot how this started, but Han was saying that he'll do anything to make a girl stop crying. So I was like, ok, next time I cry, I'll go to you and I'll say, I want an Ipod Nano. And Sarah was like, I want Fendi!! Han said, sure, Fendi with a "Y". I laughed soooo hard. That's the funniest thing I ever heard. Ahahaha. I think guys are crazy. They find joy in the weirdest stuff. Tahir, Neil and these few guys are always outside my suite at night, fighting. Like real fight. I go watch them sometimes because I find it interesting. Today, Neil kicked this guy in the face. His lips were bleeding and stuff. It's kinda gross. We had to run to the cafeteria to get salt for his wound. Sarah and I are going to watch the Nutcracker next week! And we're going for a Christmas house party tomorrow. Heard it's some dinner thing. Thank god it's almost the end of the week. And read THIS. It's crazy. shakers

[04 Dec 2005|02:29pm] [ music | Feng - Jay Chou ] Yay! I'm done with all my papers and I even mailed it to my professor, so hopefully she'll read it for me. I've never been so efficient. Haha. Now it's time study. More random stuff. During one of my logic classes last week, we did this really interesting deduction. The premise my professor gave us was, "Everybody loves a lover" and he said, so, if Romeo loves Juliet, then Kathy loves John(two random people he picked from my class). This guy said, if Romeo loves Juliet, Romeo is a lover. And since everybody loves a lover, John loves Romeo. Therefore, John is a lover and Kathy loves John. I found it interesting because we usually do deduction after symbolising the sentences, so I never thought of it this way. Winter break officially starts on Dec 22. Ahhhhh. Can't wait! shakers

I want a white Christmas [04 Dec 2005|10:31am] It's snowing!! 3 shakers| shakers

Too much to do [02 Dec 2005|09:47pm] [ music | Am I Wrong - Brand New ] Things I must do within these 4 months to help with my transfer applications: 1) Suck up to my professors (This is gonna be hard. I have nothing to say to them.) 2) Apply for the Research Assistant position at my school's Psychology labs 3) Do some volunteer work 4) Get a job 5) Join Psi Chi I think this will make my application good enough. Haha. Doubt I'll do most of what I listed actually. This girl from Abercrombie called and she asked me when I can go for the interview. I said next Friday would be good. She said it's a group interview. I'm really scared actually. I forgot to ask her if I need to bring my resume. I don't have one!! I've decided that since I'm almost 20 and it's time I get more work experiences, I'm going to the Career Centre next week to get some help on writing one. Florinda, Sarah and I went to look at this house near my school last night. I didn't really like it, but both of them liked it. I guess maybe I'm too spoilt and I have too high expectations. I really don't know if I want to move out there. There's too much stuff going on in my life lately to think about it right now. Stuff to do by Monday: 1) Study for Logic test 2) Study for Cognitive Psych test 3) Write my reflective essay 4) Revise my Textual Analysis paper 5) Revise Research paper 6) Put together my portfolio for Writing class 7) Fill out RA applications 2 shakers| shakers

[27 Nov 2005|12:41pm] Claire actually remembers what brand of pads I like to use and she said she'll bring it to the US for me when she comes. I'm so touched!!!!! Haha. 2 shakers| shakers

Thanksgiving break [26 Nov 2005|12:09pm] I came home pretty late yesterday and my parents left to snowboard without me. I guess it's alright since I have a lot of homework to do. Alex reached New York on Wednesday, we decided to meet at 9am on Thursday to go to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Both of us woke up late, I only got there at around 11 and Alex was like one hour plus late!! I saw the floats and everything and I took pictures of two of them only because it was freezing, I didn't want to move my hands. Haha. By the time Alex came, the parade was OVER. We went to meet his friends from BU at Chinatown and we had good Chinese food. I saw a Singapore Cafe on Mott Street! I want to go try it one day. After lunch, we got candy and egg tarts and shopped around Soho for a while. I met Ming at the subway and he was with his friends from Singapore too. It's really nice to meet people from Singapore here, it's like somehow you can click with them right away. I had to rush home after that for Thanksgiving dinner. My aunt and mum prepared so much food! I don't really like Turkey. It tastes... different. We played Taboo, Poker, Nintendo 64 and Mahjong. I think Taboo is the best game ever!!! I'm gonna buy one when I go back to Singapore and make everyone who comes to my house play it. My cousin was telling me that stores open at 6am on Black Friday and usually there will be a long line by 6. So, they got up really early to go to Staples last year and there was no one there at all. Ahahaha. If I were them I would be really embarrassed too because Staples is a place where they sell stationery and I don't think anyone would go line up there. Haha. Yesterday, I left for the city with my cousin and her friend. We stopped at Rockerfella Centre to get Krispy Kreme doughnuts. There was a Dunkin' Donuts beside Krispy Kreme and there was a long line at Dunkin' Donuts, but no one at Krispy Kreme. I personally prefer Krispy Kreme. The guy even gave me a free doughnut! I went to Kinokuniya with my cousin. The Kinokuniya here is really different from the one in Singapore. Everything is in Japanese. There were a lot of Japanese there and a few Americans who you can tell appreciates the Japanese culture. I was flipping through the books and I think Japanese are really creative. I think they shouldn't have "westernized" the one in Singapore, but come to think of it, the Japanese population in Singapore is too small for them to make any profit. I met Alex and we went to shop at Soho again. I got a pair of boots from Nine West and a lot of headbands. We went to 5th Ave so I can get my eyeliner from Sephora and to the NBA store. Alex got Celtics stuff. I think the Celtics logo or whatever you call it is kinda ugly. Haha. We went to the newly renovated Abercrombie and Fitch on 5th Ave. It's huge, but I didn't like it because it's sooo crowded, it's really hard to shop. It has like 4 storeys! This girl from Abercrombie asked me if I wanted to work there. She gave me this card for this group interview thing which I can go anytime from Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm. The first thing I asked her was how much is the pay. I think I'm pretty rude, but that's really what I'm interested in. She said they pay 9 bucks an hour for part time and 11 for full time. I hope they need people for winter break!!!! Alex and I went to the Rockerfella Centre too and we saw the ice skating rink! We want to go ice skate there another time! I really love NYC. I can feel the Christmas spirit! You never get that kinda feeling in Singapore. They are already putting up Christmas decorations, I saw the huge Christmas tree, everyone's getting each other presents and the snow will perfect the ambience. That's how Christmas should really be like. Too bad I'm not gonna be spending it with anyone. I was telling Alex about my Thanksgiving dinner and trying to explain to him what Taboo is. I said it's like Charades, but he doesn't know what that is. So I was like, didn't you play Charades when you were young? And he said, no, we play more intellectual games like Scramble. Ahahaha. When he said that, I couldn't stop laughing!!! The image of a few kids running about in circles formed in my head. How intellectual huh. Haha. In case anyone didn't get the joke, Alex meant to say Scrabble. This is one long entry. I'm going for lunch with my aunt and cousins now and hopefully someone will watch Pride and Prejudice with me!! shakers

[26 Nov 2005|02:51am] One thing I noticed about Japanese guys is that they love to apologise. I hate it because I know they're trying to be polite, but it somehow makes me feel guilty. It really gets on my nerves sometimes. Had a lot of fun these few days! I've been walking around Manhattan for 2 days in such bad weather, I'm so tired. shakers

[20 Nov 2005|02:49pm] Once in a while, I'll start thinking about Singapore again, and miss my friends a lot. I really need my classes and tests to keep me busy. Ahhhhh. Claire I really miss you la. 2 shakers| shakers

[14 Nov 2005|12:52pm] I'm really tired. Not the lack of sleep kinda tired, more like the sick of life kinda tired. I need a break!! All these random stuff in my life has been accumulating, I could really use some time off. By the way, Derailed was pretty good. I like all the twists in the story, it's really not what you expect. It's worth the money. 2 shakers| shakers

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