zhenlin's place. she just shifted in last week. the boy in the pool is marcel.. damn charming and cute

birthday girl!!

vandai.. that was what we cooked

yanny and the pandan cake

pimms!!!! this is so good. you can drink alot and since won't get drunk. the most you only get high., even though is 25% alcohol

food!!!! we got earl grey cake, curry, vadai, spinach dip and pandan cake.

Yanny is trying to write out her chinese name. she is from indonesia. she looks chinese but she DOES NOT know chinese except her name.

she is too happy already

the GIGANTIC birthday cake!

the coolest girls in tucson

Mark, after pimms

ops

i don't think i'm good at doing anything when i'm sleepy---after my lunch.

ops i did it again......................

i did my laundry without putting in the washing powder. after 4 hours later, when i'm folding my clothes then i realise it. (by the way, it still smells good)

yesterday

yesterday's dinner was great. it was a blast! HOWEVER, one thing i can't stand out about fine dinning is that why are their servings so small? most of us ordered a 2 course dinner (main course and desert or main course and appetizer). i had salmon while zhenlin had their famous duck dish. the duck was great, but it came with like about 5-6 slices only. my salmon was FANTASTIC! in addition she also ordered 2 appetizers - some pork rib thingy and hazenut garlic custard which you spread on your bread. both were really out of this world (err okay lah, i try not to be so exggerating). nevertheless, they were really special. initially when the main courses came, we thought that it won't be enough to fill us up. however, after the deserts, we were full beyond words. AND zhenlin "qia" the dinner. Thank you girl!

after that we went to sullivan's -- this jazz bar thingy to chill out. i heard about this drink called cosmopolitian long time ago but had ever tried it before. just happened they had that on their menu so i decided to give it a try. nah, wasn't that good that i thought i will be. however, the martini that i had before that (from terra cotta) was pretty there.


the birthday girl!!


very engross in the menu coz is so damn interesting


the damn freaking good half-eaten appetizers. can't resist it, eat first then take pictures


Zhenlin's dish


my salmon


the waiter told us that the chocolate mousse was on some big-time managzine


the five piglets

p/s: there were some stuffs that happened yesterday that weren't too nice (about stupid trucks and their driver). will log later, need to go buy food for the tea party later.

birthday celebration part II

tonight, we are going to this restaurant called Terra Cotta for dinner. louanne came back 2 days ago and zhenlin wanted everyone to be here for dinner. wooo hooo.. yummioo. something to cheer me up from one of my sickening team mates.

1 more week to go and after that i don't have to face him anymore. for this class (usablity engineering), i have been doing about 90% of the project. i don't mind working my ass off for it cause ultimately i'm going to be the one benefiting from all the knowledge gained and besides my instructor knows that i'm working damn hard (is not like not nobody knows). what i can't stand is when he starts saying craping things and oh my.. he better watch what he says before carol's volcano erupts. if i were to lose my grip, he would be so......................................................... dead.

tomorrow will be birthday celebration part III --- Pimms party!

what happens when i'm full and sleepy?

LAKSA!

what's WRONG with this picture??

the shell of the egg is not peeled off yet.

haha, that was the bowl of laksa that i prepared for mark when he came over to my place for lunch.

i had my lunch first. by the time he came over, i was so damn full and SLEEPY. i didn't know his egg was not peeled yet and i just poured the laksa gravy into the bowl of noodle and the egg. haha, he was so damn mad.

yummy lunch

aiyo... how to write my paper??

i jaz had a big bowl of laska and some eclair ice-cream cake for lunch.

i still got 3 more pages to write..oh man.. please let me be awake.

count down

16 MORE DAYS. yappi doubla doubla do.. and i'm off to california.

tentative itinery:

1) monterey beach
go for the 17-mile scenic drive, kayaking in the pacific ocean (some companies offer sunset kayaking!! so cool), whale watching (maybe).

2) napa valley
wine wine wine!!! buy a few bottles for my dad.

3) san francisco
union square! shopping!!, go to little italy (my favourite place in SF), some ale house (mark must go place), the rest ---- up to mark where he wants to go coz i've been to SF a number of times already.

4) san jose --- my aunt's place
chill out, eat eat eat!!!(they have gazillion asian restaurants down there), family bonding time.

after that -- back to reality. shit!

still damn pissed

i'm still pissed. today i went to work wearing my sandals, skirt and t-shirt. can't be bothered dressing up.

i decided to "ba long long" the whole day, take it easy and chill out. i used to be very focus and try to get the testing done fast but because I'M STILL PISSED, i'm going to take my own sweet time.

i went to the supermarket to get some wines during lunch then i came back to the office. normally, i don't really go out for lunch but today i'm like what the heck.. i need to breathe some fresh HOT air so i decided to make a trip there.

pissed beyond piss

i'm SERIOUSLY MAD!! i didn't get to be interviewed today. i didn't see my boss's big boss.

so i went to find another lady who is in-charge of software distribution and she told me to send my resume through the company's website. what the heck?? then what's the recommendation for (by the way, it was my boss who recommended me to his big big boss for this position)

argh....................................... i'm PISSED. BIG-TIME!! i walked around with the bloody heels for nothing.

i jaz shoot my boss's big boss an email.

i'm very tempted to curse and swear.. but because of this verse ---- "In your anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold (Ephesians 4:26 NIV)." i shan't.

an interview and ....

i'm going for an interview today.

i think for the position of a software distribution analyst. i'm not very sure cause my boss (the company that i'm interning with) told me is a position in software distribution and he never really go into detail in the email. i assume so cause on the company's website, it said software distribution analyst.

anyhow, we had a kick-off celebration for zhenlin's birthday. simran cooked lagsane, complete with garlic bread and salad. and i..... went off to claim jumper and got her a huge I'Declair (Fresh Baked Eclair with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Whipped Cream and Helen Grace Hot Fudge). it was so... rich, and after eating that i really feel like puking. but it was good though.


yummi--oooo. thank you simran


the cake.. thank you carol and mark


happy birthday!! faster blow, i WANT to eat the cake

cars & party

gosh, i'm so tired. i just washed 2 cars today---mine and my room-mate's

but.............................. something interesting will happen soon!! we're going have a surprise kick-off party tonight!! will blog more later, must keep it a secret for now

i love school here

why do i love schooling here more than in singapore??

because people welcome feedback. unlike in singapore or most asian countries, you have to keep your mouth shut at all costs. if you mention something that your boss does not like to hear, you are doomed.

people here are very open.

last friday, i went to look for my professor, the one teaching women's studies. i told her that the readings that she has assigned are seriously too much. 6-7 articles a day (+ the english is so freaking hard to understand), will drive people nuts. actually i had complained to her before on this issue and last friday, i told her the same thing again. and you know what she's going to do. she told me that for the next 2 weeks, the readings would be much lesser and that it would also be easier to understand. hooray!!

also i remembered last semester, the business college actually gave out meal voucher for those who attended a feedback session on how to improve the college. gosh, imagine giving out stuff for a no-brainer thing. way to go man!

this is also why US is the number 1 country in the world. always encouraging feedback for improvement.

pimms party coming up

zhenlin's birthday is NEXT WEEK and guess what?? she is going to hold a pimms party.

okay THINK STRAIGHT!! ----- Pimms is a kind of alcohol where you put some fruits in and drink it. according to her, it is very refreshing. can't wait. hopefully after that, we can move over to patrick's house for another session of fun, i was telling him why not hold his house-warming that day too since most of us are going to be in that area.

yahoo...

wau.. after next weekend, i have 1 more week to go and then is BREAK-TIME. actually i love studying haha. jaz study, get good results don't have to worry about office politics..

off to school on a SATURDAY

i'm so sleeeeppy.......

need to go school and continue my paper.. AND ITS SATURDAY!!!

i can't stay at home and write cause i'll get distracted super easily.. err.. not to say that the school library helps lah but is consider better already.

hmm.. maybe i should take my camera and take some pictures of my school; the weather today is shiok sia... no more extreme heat. for the past few weeks, the averge temperature is like 42 degress, thank God is minus the humidity..

be humble

my friend was blogging about xiaxue's blog being hacked. at the same time, he also mentioned why he has stopped reading her blog after a while..the reason is:

-----this comment that she made-----"the reason why i didn’t want to give up my seat to a pregnant lady on the train is because i didn’t ask her to get pregnant”. (err.. i don't see the logic behind this statement)

anyhow, xiaxue found out about my friend's comment and she replied back to him. haha this is where it got damn powerful and i really salute my friend for his response back to her.

*click on response to look at it*

afterthoughts:

i like people who humble others!! FULL RESPECT DUDE!

don't always think that you are the king and you rule the world. i know anyone can say whatever they like cause is their blog but SO?? you are using a media that is so powerful, know where to draw the line. don't just scream your opinions through.

comment

i happened to read one of my friends friend's blog.

she is now in auzzie doing some exchange program. she mentioned something that i can really relate to. okay are you guys ready: "...... getting used to feeling fat because i can't exercise."

haha i want to tell her is OKAY!! when i first came to the united states, i gained like 4-5 kg in like one and a half yr. there was one period where i loved pasta carbona so much that i had that for lunch everyday. now when i think back, i feel sick man. i also eat bacon and fried chicken alot. louanne told me she doesn't really eat bacon but ever since i started living with her, we always have that in our fridge and also the fried chicken. soon after that, i had to kind of "upgrade" my wardrobe size.

but is okay.. to me, i kind of know how my body works. is very easy for me to gain weight but i lose weight pretty easy as well. when i'm in the stress and coffee period, that's it, i can see my weight dropping. and also when i'm in the exercise mood, i REALLY work out. NOW, i also got my own private trainer----Mark Tang---Diploma in sport management.. aiya.. anyhow, life is short, eat first, worry later.. anyway you got a boyfriend already so don't have to worry so much.

carol's tips on losing weight (err..only apply to people like me):

1) Be stressed

2) Exercise

3) Drink coffee. (once i drink black coffee, i have no appetite anymore)

4) Hang around with people who have good figure, then you feel STRESS

5) Hang around with people who nag at you for eating too much

6) Get a boyfriend who likes to show his muscles to you EVERYDAY (speaking from true experience).

carol... u need to focus. get back to your research paper.

my girls

just took a shower and i feel fresh right now. okay.. so louanne called. it was nice hearing from her..i'm like the mother haha, feel so happy when my child calls back home when she is overseas..suddenly i feel extra blessed, in the sense that even though i'm so far away from home, there are people who are really like family to me here.. especially zhenlin and louanne and of course mark... okay let's focus on girls here.

for instance, is nice to be able to hang out and talk crap with the girls. i do that alot with my girlfriends in singapore and is really nice that i am able to do that here as well. thank you God for sending such nice people to me and make me feel less homesick.

by the way, did i mention that i used to really dislike louanne when i 1st knew her. she is like a fcp (female chauvinist pig) to me. but she has really changed alot since then.. very easy-going (not that bossy) and doesn't stick to the couch that often. haha, we used to joke that she really blends in with the couch cause she can sit down there and watch tv like forever.. now.. she is this really amazing person..who helps to dispose the trash everytime.. she rocks! (as well as zhenlin and mark too)


the threesome

after dinner thoughts

louanne called. so nice to hear from her. kind of miss my room-mate now that she is gone (for a week cause of work stuff)

okay, will blog later. need to de-toxic my brain cause jast had some wine at dinner. (need to relax myself after a seriously hard day but can't compare to my peers in nus lah; they work so much harder than i do)

CRITICAL REVIEW PAPER in progress

i'm at the school main library doing my critical review paper for my gen-ed class. My eyes have been on the screen for the past three hours and surprising, I haven't been cursing much. the only two complains that i have are that my back is hurting and my neck feels stift.

it has been a long long while since i got my ass sitted on the chair in the school library. ever since i got into eller college (mis) 1.5 years ago, i don't really have to do much research work so i don't have to come here.. coming here now reminds me of the 1st year that i got into the university of arizona where i had to take many classes of gen-ed and write tonnes of research papers. at that time, i used to spend 4-5 hours straight at the library, drowning down not beer but cups of coffee. when i got tired, i will then carry all my reference books back home and continue working. those were the days...

as a freshman a few years ago, i used to have no day and no night during the week but when the weekend comes, it is solely play-time..that was the period where my motto is "WORK HARD. PLAY SERIOUSLY HARD".

okay enough of ramblings, gonna get another cup of coffee..

monsoon 2

i know we shouldn't choose our friends. however, i really think that in this world they are people that you like to hang out with and feel super duper comfortable just being with them, that i can show all my emotions to and yet i won't be penalized for it. why am i saying this? cause i went to zhenlin's house today, need that english expert to help me with my gen-ed stuff..when i'm done with my stuff, i don't have to like hang around (to try to have some conversation and stuff) if i don't want to.. i can just leave. YET, she won't think i'm rude. vice versa, if she were to come to our place, we don't have to worry about leaving her alone and we could do our own stuff.. how cool is that!!

come to think about it.. i'm really blessed that there are quite alot of people that i do such things with, don't have to worry that i'm rude, sarcastic and whatever..

monsoon

it is raining very heavily now. i'm doing my homework and listening to chinese songs at the same time. i don't know why, the whole combination reminds me of home.

i used to feel sad when i listen to chinese songs... some of them can really pierce through your heart.. however, now as i'm to listening to them, i don't really feel much emotions stirring inside me..i feel very at peace..hmm..even though i am dealing with a sucky class right now, quarrel with mark, worry about looking for a job.. i have come to term that these things are just part and parcel of life.

is that growing up?

gen-ed sucks

i'm stress.

i don't mind having alot of things to do for school but i can't stand when i have alot of things to do and i DON'T understand a single crap. summer II started last week and i'm taking a gen-ed class called women studies.. wau kaoz... the english is seriously qim beyong qim.. is the medival and very oldish kind. the worst of all, i not only have to read 1 article, i have to read like 6-8 articles of that kind of stupid english everyday. on top of that, i have to write a 8-10 pages of research paper and another 2-3 pages of critical review. i HATE gen-ed; complete waste of time. yes.. i do agree it is good to have a well-rounded education but the workload from all these gen-ed classes is driving people nuts!

in this stressful period, there are a couple of things that brought joy to me:


courtesy of louanne. she bought flowers for zhenlin cause her
birthday is coming soon. haha i got a mini-version as well.


mark's cherry tomato.. did i tell you guys, he is so.........
into gardening right now!

to whom it may concern

to whom it may concern:

just to let you know that the blog might not always truely reflect who i am. you can see me blogging about good food, wonderful friends and shopping. i just want to say that yes.. i am very thankful for all these things but at the same time, i'm just a regular human being whose life is not always perfect!

things that make me regular:

1) coming here to the united states to study has changed me. i learned to be more open, smarter (i think so..haha), hardworking and realized that i DON't get pampered all the time.. i have to worry about my laundry, what to cook each day, my grades and working with my team-mates. i came here at my dad's expense and he work HARD for it so don't think that my life is all smooth-sailing.

2) yes. i'm thankful to God for sending me a very talented and loving boyfriend. he can cook and do alot of shitty stuff (like washing dishes, debone chicken and clean whatever). however, we do have our fair share of arguments (alot recently, because of this couple!).

3) i worry alot.. stuff like my career, money (recently, coz i think i over-spend), my mum (she has got arthritis). the one phrase that i find comfort in is : "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus"
Philippians 4:6

4) I have got really cool and supportive friends but we do quarrel so... is not that perfect sometimes.

okay... this is part of my humble side. ciao!!

p/s: and i like being regular.. cause each one of us will emerge a stronger person after through life's difficulties and experiences

mark's cook-out session

just got back from home. i'm so tired. it was great fun. we eat, talk, drink. woo.... it has been a while since i have done that. it is nice to have great food and good companionship. patrick is so damn powerful, he went LA 2 weeks ago and bought a tub of green tea ice-cream all the way back from there to tucson. surprisingly the ice-cream was still alive in the ice box from the drive back which was about 7-8 hours. after the dinner, we just chill out and watch a stephen chow's movie... very funny


poor chicken, we're going to cut you up into pieces soon


typical kopi-tiam style. chicken rice, roast chicken,
char siew and Beringer in the cup.. (er... the wine
is not kopi-tiam style lah but mark says white wine goes well with chicken rice..)


the men.. can't wait to eat


i got this beer from trader joe. seems pretty interesting so just wanted to try it out


mark and his green tea ice-cream

food! yummi.

mark is organizing a chicken rice, roast pork cook-out session tonight. YUMMI---O.

need to go trader joe to get some wines. will blog later.

a funny thing allan did

heard something damn funny. my friend, allan, did a very embarrassing thing.

okay, so he is in NUS (National University of Singapore)..

he is currently having his term holiday and is working part-time as a technical support for Singtel. he was replying to my email at work(he was asking me in the email if my brother is going into NUS and just at that time, someone called) instead of saying:"Hello, welcome to singtel customer service..", he said: "Hello welcome to NUS"

after that he overheard the lady telling someone.. haha this guy must be in NUS and working part-time in singtel.. hah she is damn right and he is damn embarrassed!

some thoughts

just now over dinner, louanne, mark and i talked about greyhound. that reminded me of my new york trip last december. damn tiring, walk and walk.. this is all thanks to clifton tang. i learned something from this trip---NEVER GO ON A TRIP (esp to NY) WITH A SAF-TRAINED GUY, to him everything must chong and everywhere must go, my poor little legs..

you know what, by the 5th day we were all so shack out that we missed our greyhound bus to boston. the bus is supposed to leave at 8am and we were still in bed at that time. however, we managed to catch the 9am bus and reached boston at around 12:30pm. after that, we checked into the hotel and continue sleeping. power!!

what i love about NY and Boston most is H&M. i was so damn excited and i went in to the shop for like 5-6 times on my trip.


me and mark on the cruise around manhatten
can you believe it?? he felt asleep on the cruise. everyone was like laughing at him.


Manhatten at night


view from empire state building


a chunk of meat


at hershey's shop. boys will be boys.


new york stock exchange


i love this market, is in Boston


boston common park. peace man!

fun dinner

yesterday night, mark cooked a kenny roger style dinner. we had barbecue chicken, vegetables cooked in aluminium foil, cucumber soaked in red wine vinegar and corn bread. haha he has some very cute names for the corn breads..


puffy nipples


boobs


Can you see the difference... puffy nipples and boobs!

my bike

argh... something is wrong with the bike. can't cycle. i wanted to go to the gym and now i'm stucked at home.

americans like to call bicycle-bike. everytime when they say they have a bike, i always take a while to wonder is it motobike or bicycle. cause if they meant motocycle, i will be WAU.... if they are referring to bicycle then i'll just say OKAY.. cause is quite a cool thing to ride bike here. totally not like in singapore. we always think of ah bengs when we mention motobike, here wau you see alot of hard-core harley davidson bikers around (their muscles like going to burst from the skin).

things that they like to say or use:
1) What's up bro?
2) What's up dude?
3) How's it going?
4) boot vs trunk
5) pants vs trouser
6) metric vs english system

blog is like...

while i was zhuo boing at work today, a thought suddenly came to my mind.

i know what's a blog like... blog is like a handphone... when it gets so damn popular, alot of accessories can be added to it. on our blog, we can have site meter, tag board, thousand and 1 ways to post pictures and ... more (need to wait for the blog engineers to get back to me!)

we also can have one million and one things on our handphones. take pictures, internet connectivity, play games. i suppose the ability to print stuff out from your handphone will be available soon.

the boyfriend

after our big quarrel a while ago, mark has become a more sensitive boyfriend. things that i appreciate him doing now:

1) he doesn't tail-gate cars that often now when he is driving. my heart beats at a more constant pace when i'm sitting inside. YEH!!

2) i mentioned before i DISLIKE this couple that i know. before that, he don't understand why am i so mean and he finds me very sarcastic. now, he just let me grumble. YEH!!

3) he doesn't talk so much. in the past, he likes to give more information than expected. for instance, if i ask him for the recipe for a banana cake, he doesn't just tell me how to make it, he will also throw in information such as go where to buy the baking pan, which supermarket is better etc. YEH!!

4) he doesn't nag at me too much already. YEH!! YEH!!

hope that he can keep that up.

allan lau

i want to dedicate this post to my very good buddy---allan lau chongguang! (i haven't got a chance to spell your chinese name for like many many years. i hope i got the spelling right)

i have known you since i was 13. wau... we've been friends for more than a decade already! during the years, we had lost touch for a while and it was so amazing how we managed to find each other again (through what?? friendster, pretty damn cool right?). okay i should begin my touching story....

when i first knew you, you are super quiet and cool! it was so hard to get you talk, sometime talking to you is like talking to a machine. one word and one reply kind.. hm.. that is the only complain that i have but other than that you are an amazing human being and knowing you is really one of the best things that can happen to me. talk about loyalty.. no one beats you... though..(hualun, edwin also pretty damn loyal lah). tell you the truth.. i have not been able to find such friends here in united states and i find so much comfort in talking to you guys. i know that whatever shit happens, i can find support in you.

i still remembered last summer when i went back home and met up with you, chee seng and the rest at Paulaner Brauhaus. it was hell lots of fun. but tell you frankly lah, it was kind of a waste to 'TA' such good beer. also, what touched me most was that you remembered to buy elmo for me. that was the promise haha you made to me before i left for the united states years ago. you also make my coming back looks damn grand. months before i actually got back, you already tried contacting our friends. you rock man!

the road ahead is filled with uncertainties but i know you will always be my pole and i will always be there if you need me. cheers to our friendship and thank you for being there.

p/s : the one word, one reply is useful when i don't need your advise and i just want to grumble my way through.

the horn of her lifetime

someone nearly hit my car today. an idiotic someone!

i was driving to work today and as i was filtering into the turning lane which was on the extreme left, a brainless creature tried to cut from the extreme right to my lane. all that in less than 50m away from the traffic light. and the thing is SHE is driving so damn slow and she thinks that the whole 3 lanes belong to her as she cut her way through. why am i so pissed? cause.....not many people would cut from the extreme right to extreme left when they are so bloody near the traffic light and also why is she taking her own sweet time???

So.. what i did was i gave her the HORN OF HER LIFE-TIME..damn loud and damn long till she just stopped there for a while.

hey woman driver.. i sympathize with you lah cause i'm also a woman but use your brain when driving and check your blind-spot!! (i highly suspect that she saw me coming though)

argh! my summer II

i'm so not looking forward to my summer II class-gened-women and western culture. it is web-delivered and when i looked at the material yesterday, i nearly fainted. oh my god, i don't know what the crap they were talking about. the only thing that sparked my interest was women in the bible and that was pretty much it. i know i can still drop it, i think today is the last day but after second thought, i don't think i will do it cause in life, we can't always opt out when things are difficult. must fight cause it might be a winning battle after all!

3.5 weeks more and i can have my break!! after that, the next semester would be pretty relax cause i'm only taking 3 classes. i can spend the time looking for a job. so--- looking forward to graduation but i don't enjoy the uncertainty of the year ahead. (off-track) i want to go to the bay area to look for my graduation dresses.. yay! the thought of it makes me so happy, something to look forward to when i'm stress out.

my reward

i feel so FAT!! jaz got back from dinner at crossroads again, so damn shiok.. i had carne asada burrito, nachos and margarita.. yummy.. a real reward after a hard long day of studying.

london bombing

human lives are so fragile. 2 days ago, i read the news on the bombing in london. it was devastating. i certainly don't understand what is on people's mind sometimes.

mark and i have a very close friend in london so when he heard the news, he quickly gave jason a call and thank god, he is fine. however, jason told mark that he was supposed to be at the central station (one of the targeted places) at that time to pick up a friend and i forgot the exact details... he didn't make it there and when he tried calling the friend, nobody picked up the phone and it was only after many tries did someone pick it up. however, it was not his friend, but the policeman. till now jason still has no clue where his friend is.

exam in the summer

i'm studying my ass off now for an upcoming exam on monday. i haven't been using my brain for a while so it took me some time to get it started. however, thank god that the subject itself is pretty interesting and not like those boring gen-ed classes. okay.. for those of you who have no clue on what i'm taking---this is one of my major classes; it is called usability engineering. we have to analyse user interface, give feedbacks and also know how to design a proper one. i like this class. also, i came across this damn interesting law while studying. it is called the jacob's law.

"To err is human-to blame it on someone else is even more human"

mark and i had a quarrel yesterday night, and i like to blame it on him. jacob's law rocks!

oh yah, i managed to take the test yesterday. i wouldn't say it is super easy. i'm asked to use excel to work on some problems, use visio to create an organizational chart, write a user manual and also do a write-up of how the company will benefit if they hire me. all these in 1.5 hours. pretty taxing! okay, now everything is in God's hand. i have no control of the outcome already. i really do hope it works out even though the manager told me that they are undergoing some restructuring in the company and they need to give internal employees a preference but he wants to give me the test anyhow.

approximately 1 more month and i'm off to california.. yeh!!

hiring test

i'm supposed to take my hiring test today at 6pm but the manager sent the stuff to me yesterday afternoon at 2:20pm. gosh.. big miscommunication screw up! initially i thought i was not clear when i sent out the email telling him the time i want to take the test but when i saw the time that he actually sent out the test it was 2:20pm, it was nowhere close to 6pm yesterday or today.

i hope i'm still given the chance to take it.

hair

i love my hair!

will post pictures soon. okay i need to go study now cause i need to take a test for one of my job applications tomorrow. i hope is not gonna be hard.

4th of july

yesterday was 4th july -- independence's day. though i didn't really get to see fireworks close-up, i was happy. i had steam-boat for dinner with my close girl friends and we played a short game of mahjong after that. i did get to watch fireworks on tv and also near my place, so it wasn't too bad after all.

i'm going for a hair-cut tomorrow at this salon called salon de nouveau. oh man, i hope it turns out well. seriously i've been here for so long, i still haven't find a good stylist and i'm paying like 50+ USD. if i were to pay that much in sin, i could have cut my hair in passion hair salon, of course not with david gan lah.

my weekend so far

my neighbour downstairs is complaining that water is leaking to her/his place. because of this, the maintenance guy has to do something to my bathroom. i used to have a sliding door and they took it off. at last.... i can use the shower curtain that i bought 3 yrs ago. my resoning in shopping is that buy first if you really like it, sooner or later, comfirm will get to use it or something will go very well with it.


my bathroom


yum.. i like this beer alot


welcome card that i made

we going to have bbq tonight and steam-boat tomorrow night. yeppy!

i love my dad

i spoke to my dad yesterday. very likely (cross my fingers), he will be coming over for my graduation. also, i hope my mum, auntie and brother will join in as well. i love speaking to him, so wise and loving.

me dad asked me to study for another 2 years to get my master's degree. i don't think i will do that cause i don't feel like spending anymore of his money.

annoying few days

the past few days have been a very annoying one for me. i quarrelled with mark over two pretty idiotic issues

1) the first quarrel was over a cabbage. on thursday night, he volunteered to cook dinner for us but we were left with only cabbage and chicken so he decided to cook briyani and sayur lodeh with the resources that he had. to his disappointment, they didn't turn out well (that's him lah.. i had 2 plates of briyani; i liked it) then he started blaming me --- why did you buy cabbage and not other kinds of vegetables and also why noboby wants to do grocery. the best of all, he blamed me for cooking this other kind of vegatable on wednesday, if i didn't use it, he could have used it instead of the CABBAGE!! he feels that the cabbage is not doing him justice, he can't be very creative with it. i'm like what?? you mean when i do grocery, i still need to think of how creative you can be with this food!!

2) in this world, there are people that you like to hang out with and people that you wish they stay miles away from you. there is this couple that i just can't stand. see, i don't like to hang out with loud and over-enthusiastic people and one is already killing me so can you imagine when they are both like that. it just drives me nuts! i always try to stay away from them but they always try to come towards me. argh!! this is so annoying. GIVE ME A BREAK! mark can't understand why i don't like them esp since they have always been very nice and giving (minus the loud and enthusiastic part).

something to look forward to; yeah!!! zhenlin is coming back from singapore!