ARThur ::

/ Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Day 4

Today we went to a 17 storey shopping mall. We went to the bookshop there and bought a few books using the book vouchers Arthur's mom gave us.

Haha today is a good day because we bought 2 international bestsellers, Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian and Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. With these books, the 4 hours plus ride to Taipei on Thursday will be much more fun. Haha. After shopping, we went to watch The Prestige. Yes yes yes it’s very late but how can you blame us? We were busy studying for exams when the show was out. Haha. The theatre was the same standard as those in Singapore. Actually, I knew the entire plot and story already, so I was trying to spoil it for Arthur. The show was great and it’s a bit scary that the guy killed himself every night. Arthur is actually quite sharp because he spotted were actually twins. He said they have the same smile.

After the show, we walked to a famous night market selling clothes and bags etc. There wasn't many people at that place, which was good news for us. After a while, I realised that the things they sold were the same in every shop and it got very tiring after a while. Sorry, we’re not seasoned shoppers that go shopping for like 5 hours non-stop. Haha. We didn’t really buy much, I got a Bermudas and Arthur got a shirt and coat. His mom said that he looked like a girl in the coat because he looked so thin. We shopped for about 2 hours and took a bus to some terminal. We were lucky and the bus came in 3 minutes. After that, we got off at the terminal and we met his dad, who was also waiting for the same bus. How coincidental. The second bus came in like 3 seconds. The supposedly 1 hour plus bus journey took less than half an hour. Wow. The bus can’t be compared to Singapore, but it’s not that bad either. His mom picked us up from the bus stop and we grabbed some food from 7-11.

Taiwanese love convenience stores. There are like zillions of convenience shops around. Every 50 metres you can see a shop. Arthur says because you can pay bills, buy food and receive letters there. Anyway, we ate some seaweed rice thing that was really delicious. It’s probably due to the fact that we didn’t eat dinner because his mom bought so much popcorn for us during the movie. Oh, the transportation system in Taiwan is not as well developed as Singapore and people travel mostly by motorbikes. The traffic rules are not very strict either and motorcycles can move even though its red light...

I think my English is getting worst because I don’t even want to read what I wrote. I bet its rubbish and grammatically incorrect, but its supposed to be casual. But whatever, its late already so goodnight.

penned.
12:53 AM

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/ Monday, November 27, 2006

Day 2

Today is a Saturday and we woke up early to go cycling at the nearby lake, Chenqing Lake. The lake is big and we went up a pagoda to take some photos, but the morning fog and sun made the pictures bad. We cycled around the lake and we saw some Japanese tourists at the nine-cornered bridge. That’s out of point. The scenery is similar to the Xihu in Suzhou, which is supposedly breathtaking.

Following that, we went back to his house to slack for a while and we basically watched tv and played computer. In Taiwan they have over a hundred free channels, including HBO, ESPN and all the other cable channels in Singapore. No wonder Arthur says Taiwanese enjoy watching tv.

At 5 we left the house and Arthur went to pick up his tutor from Singapore, who was holidaying with her husband. Meanwhile, I went to church and it was really like Singapore, only thing everything was in mandarin. There were many foreigners there, including an Italian family with 11 children and a Spanish family with 10 children. Wow. If that isn’t impressive enough, they all speak fluent mandarin. If you heard them talking over the phone, you would definitely think they’re native speakers. It’s probably due to the fact that they have stayed in Taiwan for almost 20 years. Thus, we see that environment really plays a big part.

After church, Arthur’s mom picked me up and we headed off to Liuhe Night Market, which is a famous tourist spot. It’s the biggest night market in Kaoshiung. The main attraction is the food.

ppl mountain ppl sea....

I could smell the cho tofu when walking past the stalls and it really lives up to its name. Gosh, it’s damn smelly la. DAMN SMELLY. It smells like rotten egg dumped in a rubbish bin. Haha I haven’t tried it yet, but Arthur says he will force me to eat it. We eat some noodles, similar to hor fun, but the sauce was really sweet. Perhaps Taiwanese like their food sweet. There were lots of bbq stalls selling sotong and crabs.

oh ya there's this fried ice cream thing which i thought was quite cool

=.="

It was very crowded and is like other night markets around the world. It was quite hot and I forgot to mention that the weather is the same as Singapore. The temperature is about 26 degrees Celsius and it’s almost as humid as Singapore. We also ate some fried mushrooms and fried ice cream.

We left the night market and went to a steamboat restaurant to eat. There are two soups, one spicy and the other non-spicy.

Me, my mom, lynn and charles

The food was great and the non-spicy soup was really nice. It seems like we're eating a lot here. Haha. Eventually, we reached his house at about 1 am. So, we slept after showering and I’m actually writing this on Sunday in the afternoon because we woke up quite late and we’re slacking now. After this, we’re going to watch Pride, the ice hockey show, on DVD.

PRIDE!! oh ya i bought this set of DVD in de night market for $200 NT, which is $10 Sing. hahahaha shiok. all the 11 episodes were compressed in a disk with the nano technology. cool right. and the quality is actually not bad.

Bye.

Day 3

After writing the journal for Day 2, I watched about 4 episodes of Pride while Arthur was playing some Taiwanese computer game. Then we went to sleep and woke up to eat dinner with his parents and cousin while his brother stayed at home to mug for exams. We went to this posh restaurant. Well actually it’s two restaurants, Muddy Waters and Mamamia. They’re both run by the same company and we ate at Mamamia, which is an Italian restaurant.

MAMANIA!

the decoration here is very nice.

lol.

Harold, me, my pap, mom and my cousin!

ill gay

We also took some pictures there. The food was good, well all the food that I’ve eaten here tastes good. After that we were supposed to go to another night market to go shopping but it was too late as the market closes at 1030. I forgot to mention that there was lightning in the sky. It isn’t usual lightning if not I wouldn’t be telling you. It was really scary and very bright. Later we found out that there was a thunderstorm approaching. Rain is a rare occurrence, or so my guide Arthur tells me. We dropped off to buy some food and drinks in preparation for the Man U-Chelsea match, but Taiwanese people do not watch soccer. Sighs so we’re stuck here at 1 am with nothing to watch. What a waste. We saw the advertisement on TV that said the match was at 11.55 but looks like we were fooled. Sians. So it’s really boring and we’re going to do something else, but I don’t know what. Night.

penned.
11:15 AM

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/ Saturday, November 25, 2006

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成熟是--

一種明亮而不刺眼的光輝
一種圓潤而不膩耳的音響
一種不再需要對別人察顏觀色的從容
一種終於停止向周圍申訴求告的大氣
一種不理會哄鬧的微笑
一種洗刷了的淡漠
一種無須聲張的厚實
一種並不陡峭的高度

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　－余秋雨－　　　　　　　　　　

penned.
3:18 PM

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/ Friday, November 24, 2006

heloO!!! i reached Kaoshiung alady!!! i'm with harold now. for these days both Harold and me will be blogging, so if you see those post with better english and expression, it must be him. haha. yup so Harold will start off for today.

Day 1

Welcome to Taiwan. The land which Chiang Kai Shek fled to. Oh well I’ll spare you the history details. Today is the first day and we hopped onto China Airlines for a 4 hour ride. Arthur and I watched Tokyo Drift and I was listening to my ipod as well as looking out the window. I sat at the window seat by the way. The sunset was really quite nice.

We reached Kaoshiung International Airport at 6.50. The first thing that we noticed was that the signs were inverted. I thought that it was because the advertisers didn’t pay up but Arthur came up with a hypothesis that it wasn’t time yet to put up the advertisements. The airport was small, nothing compared to Changi, but we shouldn’t go on comparing because every city is different.

We rendezvoused with his younger brother and mother then headed off to eat. Haha fancy us eating after having dinner on the plane. Anyway Kaoshiung is very different from Singapore. Firstly, there aren’t many high rise buildings as compared to Singapore. Next, there aren’t many street lamps around. So the roads are almost bathed in darkness. It reminds me of Malaysia because of the small roads and the roadside signs. It’s a bit like taking a ride through Geylang at night. Then, we went to toilet bowl restaurant to eat. Yea! You heard it right! Toilet bowl restaurant. What the right? Hahaha. So it’s a themed restaurant.

You sit on toilet bowls and they serve you food in like toilet bowls.

Haha they even have the vegetable saucers shaped as buttcheeks. The food was quite good, although mine tasted vaguely like Indian curry due to the beef and potato. The ice cream was shaped as poo. Seriously, but it had two layers, one brown and one white, which tasted like milk. It was nice and the ambience was refreshing and ingenious. I’ve never seen anything like that before.

Me and Arthur's Brother, Murphy

this is really spastic..

oops..

Following that, we got into the car and drove to arthur’s house and there’s nothing more interesting about that.

Arthur's house!

Arthur's cat--xiao ai

So its 11.20 now and its time to sleep. Night.

penned.
11:30 PM

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/ Thursday, November 23, 2006

hey hey!

here i am again.

went to marina square today with my primary sch frens! it's hilarious, as usual. haha. watched the battle wits togther. but i thought the movie was sub-standard. the music wasn't very nice, the directing was lousy ,the thole story was so predictable, and the settings were not stylish...zzz. the only thing i liked was Andy Lau's costume. very babylonian and stylish.

AND WE FINALLY GOT TO TAKE PICTURES TOGETHER!!!! you know, since primary 6 until now, we've never taken a picture togther, until today. haha. the only picture that contains all of us was our graduation picture, which i have lost...

so that's ronson, aikwee, shiyun, amanda, michelle, and me! yupp and this is qian bian eggy, kind ron, the always-laughing-for-no-reason shiyun, siao siao amanda, cute cute michelle and arthur. LOL.

amanda and shiyun went to raffles place for a job interview at night. and they didn't even know wad job they were interviewing for!!!like wad de hell. eggy, ronson and me were all so worried that they would get conned, so we followed them all the way to that place to make sure that they were all safe n sound. so after the job interview, they still didn't know wad they were doing......so i was like =.=" the only thing shiyun knew was that her church fren(who introduced them to this job) was earning $2400 a month being a 17 year old....very gullible sia.

i always feel so relaxed and comfortable with them de. like i can laugh and talk cock without any worries. probably it's because shiyun and amanda's laughters are always so cute and infectious, probably because we only meet up once in a while, or probably it's because we're frens since primary sch, the time when we were all still innocent and genuine. hah. i think it's all of them. really love this bunch of frens.

juz been told that my uncle ( ok this guy is my grandpa's younger brother's son. and he's going sec 1 next year...lol) got 229 for his PSLE...which was way below his expection of 240....hai. now he can only go GanEngSeng or smth...

on the other hand, i juz completed my PAE. so my choices were

1. SA science
2. SA arts
3. AJ science
4. AJ arts
5. CJ science
6. CJ arts

from wad i got for prelim, 14- (CCA 1)-(HCL 2)-(first 3 months 2)= 9. so i should be safe for SA. but wad if both SA n AJ don't take me? that means i'll end up in no where cos CJ's principal, brother paul came to our sch and had a speech, saying that he would rather take a 16 pointer who put CJ as de first choice rather than a 12 pointer who put CJ as the 6th choice....zzz...nvm lo at most go holiday for 3 months =.="

the 435 chalet was fun. although i was the only person who's not from 435, but i know like 80% of the class...so i was invited there lo. wee played soccer, tennis, PS2, talk cock and lotsa stuff. haha. i bought a big bottle of Absolute Kurant for everyone, in the end we only drank like 1/4 cos the dry shots were too strong. so i brought de rest home....lol. 77 bucks. yeah we talked our hearts out n all...really had a great time. thanks guys!!

i'm leaving for taiwan on friday! and i'll only be back on probably 20+ december ba. don't miss me too much! haha. tell me if you guys wan anything from taiwan. preferably local food instead of gold bars n diamonds k?

this hair nice ya? but so beng...

past participle

penned.
1:49 PM

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/ Saturday, November 18, 2006

haha. it's all over.

get ready your chips and coke for a long post!

hmm...not being arrogant or over self-confident lah. but seriously i think that it was not a hard exam when compared to our sch's prelim. well well, afterall it's juz an ordinary level examination. ok i shall write down my review on each and every subject so that i can have some mental preparedness when i'm about to receive my results.

English: B3
the compo i did was average, hope can get some safe marks can alady. the compre was easy though. but it's cambridge exam eh...i think the standard for english is very high right....so i'll juz aim for a three.

Chinese: A1
yay my first A1.

Higher Chinese: A1
come on man, everyone said that it was as HARD as an express chinese paper. later come out if i don't get a one can go tiao lo alady...

A maths: A1
hmm paper one was easy, paper two was ok. but i got one whole long question wrong alady. so let's pray that the rest of the questions i did were all correct, and that everyone else did badly!!! haha gimme A1 please!

E maths: A1
wg told me that the mark for A1 last year was 93....uh. that demoralised me. lol. but should be able to get A1 lah...

History: B3
the paper that was supposed to either make me or break me. unfortunately, it was the first. i spent 2 whole weeks juz preparing for history 2158, and if i would have spent the time on other subjects, i think i will be scoring all A1s alady, seriously. our teacher-in-charge Ms Mara was so sad that she cried after the paper. hai. damn the ppl who set the hardest paper in the recent 20 years. but we know, we've all tried our very best. pray for me, please.

Combine humans: B4
uh i wasn't supposed to be counting on this subject since i had history which was (supposed to be) a guaranteed A1. so....don't expect much from this....hmm i alady knew i will regret for not studying this subject which i can actually finish within 3 days. however, i never knew that i would regret SO much for not studying it as the questions that came out were exactly wad our sch teachers had spotted. hai. nvm don wanna talk about it le.

Physics: A1
my physics have been quite ok all along, but somehow my chemistry score is always higher than physics......but i'm quite confident this time since i've completed my practical and papers well. i love physics much more than chem

Chemistry: A2
since my chem hasn't been very good all along, i'll juz aim an A2 first. the MCQ was like quite hard lah....but fortunately the paper 2 was ok.

so my L1R5 will probably be
HCL+AM+EM+PHY+CHEM+HISTORY
which hopefully can total up to 9 points? that should be able to get me into VJ or NJ. cool.

so far i haven't felt the post exam emptiness yet. probably because i've been playing none stop since the last paper. haha

first it was KBOXING!!!!! wen to the kbox in cine on thursday night with wg, yy and tania. the session started at 8 and ended at 4. ya. there's no typo. haha, we actually sang for 8 hours. only one word to describe it: shiok. haha.by the time we came out of kbox, there were only 4 of us on the whole of orchard road. yes ONLY 4 of us. then we went for breakfast at mac and went home after that. so i have been awake for 24 hours continuously. haha only if i have this kinda stamina for studying man.

photos!

ill why do i look like a ghost with SINGLE EYELIDS?

ok this is much better

told you there were no one there. we were literally walking on ORCHAR ROAD.

liberation!

aiyo why so blur. the taxi uncle take for us one lah. nvm the idea is there...

yup so i reached home at 5+ and slept till 12. went to immigration to renew my passport and then went down to VIVO CITY! it's really like super big lah and it was ppl mountain ppl sea there. there's an open area on the 3rd level and it felt like it's ground floor up there cos the whole area is like chao big. basically you can find any shops in vivo.

was supposed to meet skye n sam they all at about 5, but they made me wait till like 7. my hp battery died, my ipod battery died, and my legs were so tired after walking vivo city 2 rounds. i was damn pissed. and dno wad drove me to buy a 10 dollar phone card in order to contact sam....ya so they finally showed up after my 4 hour wait. zzz. caught casino royal at 9:45. nice. the whole plot was very unpredictable and the movie is fast-paced. still got so many movies to catch!

you can actually see the port and many big crusiers at vivo. nice nice. and there was this mono rail transportation system which i thought was damn cool.yay!guess wad are these. and whether they're real.

woOhoO so today went to queensway with sam n sky again to get our new boots. walked around and compared the prices. i didn't know that the shoes were really sososo much cheaper than other places in singapore. generally all the shops are selling boots at 2/3 of the retailed market price. like WOW. shiok. eventually we decided to but from the shop "salom and sons" which was opened by an ex sji boy. so he gave us a bit of further discount...like 5 dollars or smth. i bought a pair of mercurial vapour the second grade one, a new ball and a pair of shin guards. probably will join irwin they all tml to test my new boots. can't wait man!!

yeah so i guess that's about it. cheers guys!

pride

penned.
10:29 PM

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太在乎, 就什麼都得不到

不像讀書考試一樣，對於一個人的追求

並不是你付出的越多，得到的回報就會越大

如果把你的給予當橫軸，別人的回應當縱軸畫成曲u

你會發現邊際遞減率在一個定值之後以非常不可思議的速度上升

為什麼，我每天打電話對她噓寒問暖，得到的只是冷漠的回應？

為什麼，在一群朋友出去玩的時候，她總是對我特別疏遠？

為什麼，即使我竭盡所能的對她好，卻仍無法在她心中擁有一丁點應得的地位？

我說

"太在乎，就什麼也得不到”

當你太在乎一個人的時候，你的心裡能裝的下的東西就變少了

滿腦子想的都是她，無時無刻都在想能為她做些什麼

於是，你喪失了自我，成為一個為別人而活的人。

你不再有自己的生活，不再有和對方不一樣的地方

每說一句話，你都小心翼翼，期待能夠有好的回應

每做一件事，你都考慮再三，希望她能夠被你感動

然後你會發現

聊天的話題好像變少了

相處不在像從前當朋友般的開心自在

她隨口說出的一句話，網誌上的一篇心情

可以牽動你全身的神經，有時讓你開心不已，

但大部分的時候卻是讓你魂不守舍一整天。

隨之而來的，是她開始感受到壓力

生命是一種很容易適應變化的東西

如同把雙腳泡在熱水中，不一會兒就從有點燙變成舒適的溫暖

一開始你對她好，感覺是很鮮明，很強烈的

會很開心，會很感激

但如果頻率太高，強度太大

就好像坐在按摩椅上太久一般

舒服的感覺不見了，

取而代之的是想要好好靜一下的需要。

如果這時還繼續強求下去

最後的結局就是發卡甚至被討厭。

"欲擒故縱才是最高明的技巧"

大概大家聽到耳朵都爛了吧。

你知道，我知道，可是就是做不到。

沒有辦法不對她好。

當我們越是在乎一個人的時候，越難拿捏自己的分寸

不是對她好到無以復加，就是賭氣強迫自己疏離耍自閉。

所以，最簡單的方法，就是不去在意。

對自己好一點，努力追尋自己的理想

不斷的充實自己，為自己的將來做準備

功課不夠好嗎？去圖書館多K一些書吧

人長的不夠帥嗎？去健身房把自己變成陽光形男吧

嫌自己口才不佳，進對應退不夠圓滑，那麼參加社團磨練一番吧

這些事情，夠你忙的了

然後，把她放在你心中的優先順序的第二位，甚至第三位

會發現，一切都變簡單了

不是說兩個人就一定會有結果

而是你開始可以跳脫這個泥沼，用更客觀精準的眼光

看待彼此之間的關係

不再動不動就心情低落，不再被對方牽著鼻子走。

因為你知道，世界不是由她構成的。

即使失敗了，也還有很多值得去追尋的目標。

然後，珍惜兩個人相處的時光

在一起的時候，可以用盡全部的力氣去對她好，讓她如沐春風

而平常的時候，則是為自己的目標付出百分之百的努力，不為了別人，只為了自己。

很輕鬆的，你不用在煩惱什麼時候該對她好，怎樣增加相處的機會。

順其自然，你絕對會被珍惜，而不會被當作理所當然。
最後

成功了，恭喜，有情人終成眷屬。

失敗了，有點遺憾，也許是不適合，或許是沒緣分。

但無論如何，你都是贏家。

因為你又成長了:)

penned.
12:37 PM

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/ Monday, November 13, 2006

this thing is quite accurate, at least for me and the frens that i know. try it!

WHAT TREE DID YOU FALL FROM?

Find your birthday and then find your tree. This is really cool and somewhat accurate. Then send it to your friends, including the one that sent it to you, so they can find out what tree they fell from.

Jan 01 to Jan 11 - Fir Tree
Jan 12 to Jan 24 - Elm Tree
Jan 25 to Feb 03 - Cypress Tree
Feb 04 to Feb 08 - Poplar Tree
Feb 09 to Feb 18 - Cedar Tree
Feb 19 to Feb 28 - Pine Tree
Mar 01 to Mar 10 - Weeping Willow Tree
Mar 11 to Mar 20 - Lime Tree
Mar 21 (only) - Oak Tree
Mar 22 to Mar 31 - Hazelnut Tree
Apr 01 to Apr 10 - Rowan Tree
Apr 11 to Apr 20 - Maple Tree
Apr 21 to Apr 30 - Walnut Tree
May 01 to May 14 - Poplar Tree
May 15 to May 24 - Chestnut Tree
May 25 to Jun 03 - Ash Tree
Jun 04 to Jun 13 - Hornbeam Tree
Jun 14 to Jun 23 - Fig Tree
Jun 24 (only) - Birch Tree
Jun 25 to Jul 04 - Apple Tree
Jul 05 to Jul 14 - Fir Tree
Jul 15 to Jul 25 - Elm Tree
Jul 26 to Aug 04 - Cypress Tree
Aug 05 to Aug 13 - Poplar Tree
Aug 14 to Aug 23 - Cedar Tree
Aug 24 to Sep 02 - Pine Tree
Sep 03 to Sep 12 - Weeping Willow Tree
Sep 13 to Sep 22 - Lime Tree
Sep 23 (only) - Olive Tree
Sep 24 to Oct 03 - Hazelnut Tree
Oct 04 to Oct 13 - Rowan Tree
Oct 14 to Oct 23 - Maple Tree
Oct 24 to Nov 11 - Walnut Tree
Nov 12 to Nov 21 - Chestnut Tree
Nov 22 to Dec 01 - Ash Tree
Dec 02 to Dec 11 - Hornbeam Tree
Dec 12 to Dec 21 - Fig Tree
Dec 22 (only) - Beech Tree
Dec 23 to Jan 01 - Apple Tree

TREES (in alphabetical order)

>Apple Tree (Love) -- quiet and shy at times, lots of charm, appeal, and attraction, pleasant attitude, flirtatious smile, adventurous, sensitive, loyal in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, many talents, loves children, needs affectionate partner.

>Ash Tree (Ambition) -- extremely attractive, vivacious, impulsive, demanding, does not care for criticism, ambitious, intelligent, talented, likes to play with fate, can be very egotistic, reliable, restless lover, sometimes money rules over the heart, demands attention, needs love
and much emotional support.

>Beech Tree (Creative) -- has good taste, concerned about its looks, materialistic, good organization of life and career, economical, good leader, takes no unnecessary risks, reasonable, splendid lifetime companion, keen on keeping fit (diets, sports, etc.).

>Birch Tree (Inspiration) -- vivacious, attractive, elegant,friendly, unpretentious, modest, does not like anything in excess, abhors the vulgar, loves life in nature and in calm, not very passionate, full of imagination, little ambition, creates a calm and content atmosphere.

>Cedar Tree (Confidence) -- of rare strength, knows how to adapt, likes unexpected presents, of good health, not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, a great speaker, determined, often impatient, likes to impress others,
>has many talents, industrious, healthy optimism, waits for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.

>Chestnut Tree (Honesty) -- of unusual stature, impressive,
>well-developed sense of justice, fun to be around, a planner, born diplomat, can be irritated easily, sensitive of others feelings, hard worker, sometimes acts superior, feels not understood at times, fiercely family oriented, very loyal in love, physically fit.

>Cypress Tree (Faithfulness) -- strong, muscular, adaptable, takes what life has to give but doesn't necessarily like it, strives to be content, optimistic, wants to be financially independent, wants love and affection, hates loneliness, passionate lover which cannot be satisfied, faithful, quick-tempered at times, can be unruly and careless, loves to
gain knowledge, needs to be needed.

>Elm Tree (Noble-mindedness) -- pleasant shape, tasteful clothes, modest demands, tends not to forgive mistakes, cheerful, likes to lead but not to obey, honest and faithful partner, likes making decisions for others, noble-minded, generous, good sense of humor, practical.

>Fig Tree (Sensibility) -- very strong minded, a bit self-willed, honest, loyal, independent, hates contradiction or arguments, hard worker when wants to be, loves life and friends, enjoys children and animals, sexually oriented, great sense of humor, has artistic talent and great intelligence.

>Fir tree (Mysterious) -- extraordinary taste, handles stress well, loves anything beautiful, stubborn, tends to care for those close to them, hard to trust others, yet a social butterfly, likes idleness and laziness after long demanding hours at work, rather modest,
>talented, unselfish, many friends, very reliable.

>Hazelnut Tree (Extraordinary) -- charming, sense of humor, very demanding but can also be very understanding, knows how to make a lasting impression, active fighter for social causes and politics, popular, quite moody, sexually oriented, honest, a perfectionist, has a precise sense of judgment and expects complete fairness.

>Hornbeam Tree (Good Taste) -- of cool beauty, cares for its looks and condition, good taste, is not egoistic, makes life as comfortable as possible, leads a reasonable and disciplined life, looks for kindness and acknowledgment in an emotional partner, dreams of unusual lovers, is seldom happy with its feelings, mistrusts most people, is never sure of its decisions, very conscientious.

>Lime Tree (Doubt) - intelligent, hard working,
>accepts what life dishes out, but not before trying to change bad circumstances into good ones, hates fighting and stress, enjoys getaway vacations, may appear tough, but is actually soft and relenting, always willing to make sacrifices for family and friends, has many talents but not always enough time to
use them, great leadership qualities, is jealous at times but extremely loyal.

>Maple Tree (Independence of Mind) -- no ordinary person, full of imagination and originality, shy and reserved, ambitious, proud, self-confident, hungers for new experiences, sometimes nervous, has many complexities, good memory, learns easily, complicated love life, wants to impress.

>Oak Tree (Brave) -- robust nature, courageous, strong, unrelenting, independent, sensible, does not like change, keeps its feet on the ground, person of action.

>Olive Tree (Wisdom) -- loves sun, warmth and kind feelings, reasonable, balanced, avoids aggression and violence, tolerant, cheerful, calm, well-developed sense of justice, sensitive, empathetic, free of jealousy, loves to read and the company of sophisticated people.

>Pine Tree (Peacemaker) -- loves agreeable company, craves peace and harmony, loves to help others, active imagination, likes to write poetry, not fashion conscious, great compassion, friendly to all, falls strongly in love but will leave if betrayed or lied to, emotionally soft, low self esteem, needs affection and reassurance.

>Poplar Tree (Uncertainty) -- looks very decorative, talented, not very self-confident, extremely courageous if necessary, needs goodwill and pleasant surroundings, very choosy, often lonely, great animosity, great artistic nature, good
organizer, tends to lean toward philosophy, reliable in any situation, takes partnership seriously.

>Rowan Tree (Sensitivity) -- Vivacous, full of charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest, and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, extremely passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.

>Walnut Tree (Passion) -- unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts, often egotistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but often admired, ingenious strategist, very jealous and passionate, no compromise.

>Weeping Willow (Melancholy) - likes to be stress free, loves family life, full of hopes and dreams,
>attractive, very empathetic, loves anything beautiful, musically inclined, loves to travel to exotic places, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with when pressured, sometimes demanding, good intuition, suffers in love until they find that one loyal, steadfast partner; loves to make others laugh.

penned.
8:35 PM

another chapter unfolds.

/ Saturday, November 11, 2006

incase you're wondering wad's this weird song i'm playing,

it's called "dedication", sung by Vitas, who's a Russian.

he's a MALE SOPRANO as the range of his voice stretches from a male one, and exceeds a female's. mad right.

this song might sound scary, or weird initially. but after awhile, you'll be addicted to it, juz like me....

6 more days guys

FIGHTING!!

penned.
8:38 PM

another chapter unfolds.

/ Thursday, November 09, 2006

history world affairs.

this subject which only sji offers in the whole singapore

this subject which maintained a 100% distinction for the past 5 years.

and this year, the record is gonna stop, as the paper was the hardest ever in the recent 20 years.

screw it man. i spent whole 2 weeks studying juz for this subject. WHOLE 2 WEEKS, which i could have spent on revising other subjects. and if i would have spent that 2 weeks on my combine humanities and maths and sciences, i think i will be a 6 pointer alady.

but, all these can't be reversed anymore.

so all i can do now is work trebly hard for my maths and sciences.

come'on guys. 7 more days and this pain will be over.

FIGHTING!!!

oh ya anyone wanna watch S.H.E concert and Phantom of The Opera musical next year?

nil desperandum

penned.
6:03 PM

another chapter unfolds.

/ Friday, November 03, 2006

To View the Chinese words, please go to
VIew--Encoding--More--Chinese(BIG5)

haven't blogged in chinese for so long alady haha.

oh ya i've added my wishlist, can go n check it out.

一路走來或許這樣子的距離雖最遠也是最近的

時常依賴時常也受到她的幫助

連自己認識她到現在我們還能夠一直那麼好也感到驚訝

她的確存在這個時空中但卻不在我的空間裡

但當你開啟你的Msn 她總是一直都在與你分享你的心情喜怒哀樂

不用顧慮很多不用想到什麼既自在又能保有個人隱私

或許就是隔了這一道能夠讓彼此分享更多秘密

如果解開了這道鎖或許之間的情感會變得更脆弱也說不定

我覺得這輩子能夠認識到她就已經是此生最大的收穫了

或許,這就是世界上最遠的距離吧

blah. if you have time, and that your chinese standard is there, try this poem. * ones are my favs.

世界上最遠的距離

世界上最遠的距離不是生與死
而是我站在你面前你卻不知道我愛你 *

世界上最遠的距離不是我站在你面前你卻不知道我愛你
而是愛到痴迷卻不能說我愛你

世界上最遠的距離不是我不能說我愛你
而是想你痛徹心肺卻只能深埋心底

世界上最遠的距離不是我不能說我想你
而是彼此相愛卻不能在一起 *

世界上最遠的距離不是彼此相愛卻不能在一起
而是明知道真愛無敵卻裝作毫不在意 *

世界上最遠的距離不是樹與樹的距离
而是同根生長的樹枝而無法在風中相依

世界上最遠的距離不是樹枝無法相依
而是相互了望的星星卻沒有交匯的軌跡

世界上最遠的距離不是星星之間的軌跡
而是縱然軌跡交匯卻在轉瞬無處尋覓

世界上最遠的距離不是瞬間便無處尋覓
而是尚未相遇便注定無法相聚

世界上最遠的距離不是尚未相遇便注定無法相聚
而是魚與飛鳥的距离, 一個在天，一個卻深潛海底*

Love yourself before you love anyone
Be yourself before you be there for anyone

penned.
12:15 PM

another chapter unfolds.