BPC updates

wow... the semi-finals is finally over. It was really quite an experience. And before i leave for KL later this evening.. i want to share a real good news with everyone.

YES!! WE GOT INTO THE FINALS!! WOW!!! getting more and more exciting..

we got into NTU BPC semi-finals!

haha.. my friend always complain that i have nothing good to say on my blog so here is a super big and super good news that i want to share with everyone!!

My team got into NTU Business Plan Semi-finals. well.. yeah.. its only the semi but i am already very happy.. coz we did not expect to get into anything at all but we are now top 40 out of 154. good yeah?

But that also means its the end of my recess.. the presentation is on friday so i am not going to have time to rot at home and have some private time. My schedule for the next few days is packed to the hour (coz i have to take bus from 1 place to the other) and i realised that i do not even have time to pack my bag for my trip on friday. well.. dunno whether to be happy or sad...

anyway.. i hope we make it through and we can get to the finals. exciting...

recess is here!

YEAH YEAH!! finally.. TODAY is the first day of my break. It will probably not be like a break at all but i am jus happy that i have an entire week without school. My week is packed with activity but i am going to give myself some free time to read storybook and rot. ARGH.. i miss my novels... Anne just recommended me an author today and i am going to try and find her book at the library tmr.

Anyway, looking at the ticker countdown, my birthday is exactly 2 weeks away. Sooo, to prevent my dear friends from troubling over what presents to buy, i have came up with a list of things that i want.

Ettusais products
I am a pretty big ettusais fan so i kind of love some of their products. I have shortlist some of the possible candidates that you guys can consider buying for me. But I am a member of them so if you want to buy their products for me, rmb to ask me along so that i can clock stamps. I still got 9 more stamps(90 bucks) to completing the card. And it will be the best if can get it from metro den i can accumulate points for my metro card too. (",)

The ettusais night protect powder refill ($30). Oh.... i really love this night powder. It is really good.... unless you tell me every morning i haven wake up yet so my skin looks better.

Alternatively, can get me the puff at (NT210). But this has to order online from their official website coz its not sold in singapore, which explains why the price is in taiwan dollars.






Ettusias acne whitening mask ($48). I have been using this for a long time and i thought this product is pretty good. However, recently i was very broke to buy so you guys can help me out by buying it for me yea?

Day Protect Powder (natural beige, $63). Since the night protect was quite good, i thought i can try their day protect powder... Jus remember to buy from metro and ask me to go along....

Medicated Acne Concealer (natural beige, $35). Well.. i am a fan of concealers so i guess this work for me.. hehe..

More skincare products....

SKII Facial Treatment Mask (~$90 if you get them from chinatown, ~$114 if you buy them from the store). I am also a member so get me to go along if you want to buy. And get them from metro too ok?

Ampule from my beauty Salon, Touche (Dermadefence) at $262.50. But i have $75 bucks voucher so can use oso...

Some random stuff....

Goodwood park durian moose cake (~$7/slice). I simply love their durian cakes.. yummy.. or any of their durian products oso can.

A nice treat for me at any nice place... I am a glutton.. so food is for me! But i dun want to eat buffet ok?

Earpiece. I want a earpiece coz mine's spoilt and i using my brother's. I just need a normal one but it will be a plus point if it looks good.

Bracelet. I broke the bracelet which my junior got for me last yr. All because i was too dumb to have worn it while doing CPR.

Bluetooth adapter. I want bluetooth on my lappie coz poor lappie got no bluetooth...

Sony Ericsson Memory Stick Duo 1gB (~$70). Not a need.. jus a want coz my poor phone only got 64mb now...

Xerox Phaser 3110 toner. I seriously do not know how much is this. Xerox just went to the doctor and have yet to come home. but he is oso out of toner so come home oso cannot use....

Even more random stuff...
Can also consider giving me cash (to help me pay for my birkies that are coming), birkenstock vouchers (coz i still want to buy another pair) or metro vouchers (so i can buy all my ettusias products).

Alternatively, things like jackets, keypouch, bags and clothes are also very welcomed.

Spa treats, facials, pedi n manicures are also very good ideas. (",)

If you guys got unlimited budget, can consider getting me a digital camera, colour laser printer, new laptop etc...

Actually i really do not mind anything that you guys get for me. No need to buy anything oso can.. jus a small gathering with everyone is good enough for me. BUT i want a card ok? I love reading what you guys write for me.... hope you guys will find something tt will suit ur budget here.... If there isn't.. let me know again den i think of something else again...

hang in there... counting down to recess...

yippee... the greatest news since school started.. haha... recess is coming.. counting down 4 more days... I am finally getting a break! even though i have work to catch up with, presentation to prepare for and notes to make... But i am getting a break!! and i am going KL.. so happy... haahaa....

to all my dear friends who have to take entrepreneurship during the holidays: dun fret.. we can still go out and have fun after your classes. Jia You!

personality test

found this on a friend's blog and i thought that it is actually quite true.. but maybe like my friend said, things are too broad so they are always very accurate? anyway.. jus for reading fun...

Your view on yourself:
You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally attracted to you and like to talk to you.

(well, no comments on this. but i guess its true that i am very friendly to everyone, provided that i like that person. Maybe that's why hz is always so worried coz i might run into a crook one day and never know)

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

(something is missing here. I like practical people and the person must be willing to upgrade himself.)

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

(I really wish that this was really true)

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

(hmm... where are my admirers? i do not see them around... but i do like to flirt.. haha.. for the fun of it. but no harm done. i still love my dear very much. =p)

Your views on education:
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

(true... coz i am considering doing my PhD and i always want to learn a bit of everything.)

The right job for you:
You have many goals and want to achieve as much as you can. The jobs you enjoy are those that let you burn off your considerable excess energy.

(probably true.. routine jobs just BORE me to death....)

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.

(okay... i will consider a career change. Only after i used my degree for a while.. hehe)

What are you most afraid of:
You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It's time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.
(well.. all girls are self-conscious right? i am not an exception)

Who is your true self:
You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

(haha.. i believe my friends will all agree with me right? i cannot sit still for long. unless i am rushing a project or studying for exams.)

I HATE SCHOOL!!!!

yes.. i really dread school. i hate this place to the core and i cannot stand waking up each morning and coming to school.

this place is filled with cheaters and idiots.

i gotta warn anyone who wants to consider coming to NTU SBS, please consider wisely.

blur sotong

i think i have been with rena for too long already. I am getting blur like her!! Arrgh!! (she's gg to kill me when she sees this. haha...) I actually left my laptop on the table in the resource room while i was in the LT all the while. For TWO entire HOURS!! wow!! I was surprised that it was still around when i went back. I cannot believe how blur i was... I am so glad i still got it back. if i lose it i will die...

sigh.. i guess my brain is not functioning well these few days. Its only the 3rd week of school and i am already feeling super stressed up! it feels like the last few weeks before exams when i have lotsa assignments and stuff due. I have a 15 pg report due next mon and a 2000 words essay due on friday. sigh.... and i still got weekly assignments. i really feel that i am going to die soon... sigh...

我要飞

its only 2 weeks into school and i am already feeling so drained out. Not only is the timetable so terrible, (i have 2 8.30 days and on one of it, i have a 4 hrs lecture straight in a row), i have tonnes of assignments, presentation, reports to do and a whole mountain of papers to read... sigh....

i really want to fly, fly away to a faraway place. with my loved ones and away from all these stress, conflicts, unhappiness and troubles. i want to go to a farm, feed cows, squeeze milk, collect eggs and ride horses.

Happy Birthday Singapore!

MAJULAH SINGAPURA

Mari kita rakyat Singapura

Sama-sama menuju bahagia

Cita-cita kita yang mulia

Berjaya Singapura

Marilah kita bersatu

Dengan semangat yang baru

Semua kita berseru

Majulah Singapura

Majulah Singapura

Our Pledge
We, the citizens of Singapore,
pledge ourselves as one united people,
regardless of race, language or religion,
to build a democratic society
based on justice and equality
so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and
progress for our nation.

Something about these two really evokes a sense of nostalgia in me. Maybe coz we no longer sing the anthem nor say the pledge now and i really missed those days in sec school and JC.

The NDP was great and the fireworks were so pretty. Except that i was disappointed that i could only see them on the TV. And it was quite sad that the National Stadium is going to be torn down. I was glad that I caught the NDP at the National Stadium before. The atmostphere at the scene is so different from watching NDP at home. I really think all Singaporeans should watch NDP at least once. Not that i am very patrotic, i cannot stand some things in Singapore and i really hope to be able to get out as soon as i can. But still, i am very grateful to the place for giving me the life that i have now.

Anyway, I am looking forward to the next NDP with prettier stuff. Hopefully i will remember to ballot for the tickets this time.

Start of a new academic year.

I know this is kinda late to post this blog since school started on Monday but I was trying to post another blog prior to this but I cannot get my photos uploaded.

Anyway, school has only begun for a week and I cannot wait for the holidays to come. I am really tired of the school and the people. First, the people in my school are so damn kiasu (or should I say kiasi?). The assignment topics for genetics were only out on Monday and I heard that by Tuesday, most of the topics are already taken up. Wth.... Not only that, when it come to signing up presentation slots for cell biology, everyone literally just rushed forward when I haven even found out what was the last sentence that the lecturer said. Sigh... Second, there are so many assignments and presentations and so many papers to read!! ARGH!! But the comforting thing is that at least my clique is nice, apart from a little conflict, and I really want to thank all the girls for all the nice pretty presents they got for me from overseas. I really love them and I feel so bad that I do not have anything for them. I promised to buy pretty stuff for you all if I ever get to go overseas soon.

Back to posting the photos. No school tmr so I can try for the whole day. Yipee!

its blog time...

i haven been updating my blog for a couple of reasons... First, I am simply too lazy. Second, I am always very tired when i get home. And the Biggest hindrance is my browser. My browser does not seem to like blogger. the moment i want to upload photos, it gets disconnected. BUT BUT.. now i managed to solve my problem. Some settings were wrong with my anti-virus. Sooooo, look out for more blogs coming your way! I try to change my blogskin when i am more free okay? i have tonnes of stuff to do and settle. Argh!

email is flooded...

Everyone likes to bomb my email recently. Siao.... It was already very flooded with all my emails from my project group mates during the week and other ppl still like to bomb my inbox.

A fren sent me like 11 emails in 2 hrs!! All forwarded emails which I have to click many times jus to get to the mail. I was damn pissed lah.. Not that I dun like all the forwarded emails but send all at a time is damn irritating lah. Plus I was rushing out my biz plan and the emails keep coming in..... And today, another fren jus sent me like 8 emails in a single day.

I really think that everyone is so bored, waiting for school to start while I am still so damn busy....

its finally over!

wah... i finally submitted my business plan yesterday. 2 hours after the dateline...

i cant believe how hard i worked for this, even though i think it does not look like i've spent a lot of time. four days before the dateline, which was on Sunday, i actually sat at home to do my stuff. My fren asked me to go out and i dun even dare to go loh. and its FOUR entire days.. i cant believe i actually turned down shopping to stay at home.

And for TWO entire nights, i slept on my sofa coz i cant finish my stuff and i stayed up till very late to do. And i bring my lappie with me everywhere so that i can type whenever i need to.

And on the day of submission, i actually took a cab to school and continue slogging until it was finally completed. We started so damn early and yet we still took so long. I think it must be because i was too perfectionist liao. I just felt like i have to change something.

Anyway, its finally over. And we submitted it for the Business Plan Competition. Hopefully we can get a consolation or something?

Entrepreneurship and a chance encounter

This is bad... I haven been updating my blog and neither have I been reading other people's blog. I really want to update on happier things but I was too LAZY.. opps...

I finally resigned from my job on 14th July and I was really really happy. The week following that, I had a lot of things done and did some shopping. I brought my brother to cut his hair, did hair treatment myself, went for body massage, bought a pair of damn pretty shoes and 2 pairs of super nice bottoms and did some catching up with my friends. But alas, one week of break is so short. The entrepreneurship course starts on Saturday with a stupid orientation. It was pretty interesting but got too many ppl in 1 group so it was quite dumb. And there was some conflict at the end which made me felt like the ppl in BS are really.. hmm...

Starting from Monday was a super intensive 1 week course. The lectures itself was damn boring. Maybe it had something to do with my instructor. Some of the instructors were quite interesting but the main one not nice. He's not a bad guy but just felt really stressed under him and he does not really help much. For this one week course we had to do 1 presentation and 1 business plan. The presentation was finally over and I think we did a pretty good job. BUT we are having a great deal of problem with our business plan. We keep changing the idea until we are all very tired about it already. But I really hoped to be able to do a good one coz we spent a lot of time on it.

And I met a very special person in the process of doing my project. There was a small conflict when it came to our groups’ allocation on Saturday. The instructor wanted to group us but most people does not want it and in the end we still ended up forming our own groups against the instructor’s wish. And got this girl who shared my opinion that we should not stick to our own friends and came over to join my group coz I refuse to move. And you know what? That person was my kindergarten classmate!!! We were best friends in kindergarten but we lost touch after that coz we went to different primary schools and all before we finally met in NTU again.

It was really an 阴差阳错. We stayed back in school on Thursday till very late to settle our stuff for presentation on Friday so my father came to pick me up in school. And I realized that she lives very near to me so I offered to send her back. And on the way back, we were wondering how come we have never met each other when we stay so really near to each other for so long. We compared primary school, secondary schools and everything but found nothing in common. Until she asked me about my kindergarten and we finally realized that we knew each other! I was so so so so happy. It was like finding a lost part of your life. Here’s a photo of the 2 of us. By the way, the photos look new right? I used the photo restoration feature for my scanner.

Can recognize which one is me? All my friends said that Mea Fun is still recognizable coz she din change much but I changed a lot. Even Mea Fun said I changed a lot and she really did not recognize me at all except that she found my name and my address really familiar. I am really amazed at her memory coz she can even remember my surname! I only knew her name and I wasn’t even too sure about her name, except it had a mei something one. opps...

My kindergarten class photo. Try and find me.... I will give the answer next week. Hehe....

Come to think of it, I do not regret coming to NTU that much now. At least I found something that is so valuable to me.

F*** you.....

mdm quah and your daughter. You two better watch your stupid mouth. Esp mdm quah. Your daughter got no brains and absolutely no common sense and you come and blame me??? And you have the cheek to say until its my fault. you should go and die. one day you will get your just retribution as a result of your dumb mouth. Next time, you kill me I also dun want to come back to this place at all. I am so looking forward to Friday. pissed....

not improving

more than 1 week has past and i am still not feeling better. i got transient happiness. For example from my class gatherings. But i dun have lasting ones, meaning i still feel gloomy after a while.. sigh... i have so much things on my mind now, i dun even know which one is troubling me the most... happiness.. where are you?

in a serious state of depression

Sigh… wasn’t feeling good these few days. I think I am going through pms. I am really looking forward to a long break but it seems like everything dun always turned out as planned.

I seriously think I should stop reading people’s blogs. They jus make me feel so depressed coz my life is so damn boring compared to them. I really long to go overseas and I really envy those people who are getting a great life overseas, be it for studying, exchange, summer studies or just for a holiday. Even those ppl who are staying in Singapore are getting a life too. Like getting some experience by doing internship. At least they are doing something meaningful. Not like me. Not only did I failed to get my internship, even plans to go overseas were all empty discussions. So here I am in Singapore, feeling so sick and tired of my life. Work dun make me feel good coz the money only stay in my bank for a while and I dread going back to school coz I think my school s*** like mad. Even my relationship seemed to be going downhill. And my luck at gambling s*** like mad. It seems like nothing is going well.

The SK-II mask I bought today seemed to lift my mood a little bit but I still feel very depressed. I hope my mood improve over the next few days…

update.. finally...

Okay.. I am guilty of not updating my blog often enough. Have been very busy and I am always too tired to blog when I get home.

Well, quite a number of things have happened these past few weeks. I seemed to have something on everyday. Take this week for example, Mon n Wed got tuition, Thurs I went to my uncle’s house and help him fix computer, today me got public duty, sat got tuition in the morn, an event in the noon and a dinner at night, den Sunday got tuition in the morning and a mahjong session in the afternoon. There goes my weekend…

These couple of weeks was very busy in the office. The place was like a mad house. Calls kept coming in and we were super short of staff. The moment the phone was down, it start ringing less than 5 seconds later. And the AUNTIES can still walk leisurely from one place to another. My gosh.. I literally ran can? Even from my seat to the photocopy room. I really cannot stand them. And the aunties hor.. like to bully the temp staff. Whenever it was their turn to retrieve the voicemail, they never seemed to be able to finish calling. And hor, got this ONE auntie, she can give us 6 pieces of voice mail at 530 and tell us to help her call. And even have the cheek to say that she’s on leave the next day. Idiot.. I do not mind calling for her but can dun give me at such a time? I hate leaving things undone. I remembered once when I stayed back to finish my calls and the next day I realized that we still have many undone coz the aunties only gave us that morning!! Argh…… Not only that, we are always blamed for everything and even framed for not making progress with our work. WTH… we have other things to do oso can? And the aunties are not helping much.. idiot… I am really amazed with my friend’s mother and my ex-supervisor. How can they stand such ppl for so long?? 1 month I already want to strangle them and they managed to work with them for at least a few years?

Talk about work makes me mad. I though office work would better but now hor, I think field might be better. Minus the house to house calls, at least I dun have office politics. Not that I m involved in anyway, but I jus cannot stand the ppl in the office. And hor, at least while I was doing field work, I dun have so much encounters with irritating ppl. Coz I was working at the officer, I literally have encounters with ppl from all parts of Singapore. And I only have 1 conclusion. Singaporeans are terrible ppl. Not everyone, but in general, Singaporeans are not the most polite kind around. If you are not going to like what I am going to say, please do not read on.
As I was saying, I get to meet all kind of ppl. And hor, because you are from the government, ppl are complaining to you and asking you to help. They kept saying that we are the government and we should help them. Some ppl are really very poor things but there is really nothing much I can do to help them. But at least they are still polite and nice ppl. SOME ppl are rich like siao.. live in private flats, bungalows and terrace and complain that progress package not enough, mrt fare so expensive blah blah blah… Siao ppl.. like I do not pay the same fare. And if you want a bigger progress package den move to a smaller house lah. Who ask you to live in such a big house? Serve you right… Not only that, there are ppl who say they are very poor and ask if we can help but hor, they are earning a couple of thousands a month. Not a lot, but definitely much better than those family without income. Sigh.. still got a lot more lah. I always meet weird Singaporeans.

Anyway, jus a couple of weeks more and I am no longer here.. counting down..

rena in making...

This week I was really really ultimately blur. I left the house late as usual on Monday and I refuse to take the train so I decided to test the bus and see how late I will be. I missed 190 when I got to bus stop so I took 190A which end at PS and see what bus I can change to. In the end I took 124, thinking that it follows the same route as 190 but I was very wrong!!! In fact, it did not stop anywhere near my office. And the traffic was very heavy and it kept getting stuck at traffic lights. So in the end, I reach hong lim complex at 845 and I have to run to my office in my heels. In the end I was late for 20 mins…sian…

And, on Wednesday, I was blurred again. I took the wrong bus!! I cannot believe it. I thought I board 190. Den when the bus turned, I though I took 960. I thought it was fine coz I can change to NEL at Little India. In the end, the bus turned and stopped at Newton MRT station then I realized that I had board 700!! I cannot imagine how blur I was…. How did I manage to imagine 700 as 190?? I think I must have been too tired…

Must be all the aerobics classes that I have been going for. I have been attending kickboxing classes for the past week. I really enjoyed my Wednesday class coz it was less stressful. The class on Monday was not very nice. I do not really like the instructor even though I can see that he has some pretty loyal fans. I attended his pilates class before and I din really enjoy it too. But the Wednesday class was stress-free and was very fun indeed. And the instructor is very cute! I think he looks like JJ except that JJ is much more good looking lah. I can still attend his classes for the next 2 weeks as tuition only resume at the last week of june holidays. So happy… does anyone wants to join me? Huimin?

argh... its tough to plan timetable...

It is subject registration tomorrow. Do not ask me why so early when exam results are not even out. My batch got to be guinea pigs for the school AGAIN. How nice… I really think my school sucks. The school management has no brains at all. Ever since corporatisation, everything has changed. School fees increased. Exam timetable changed to N*S system. So now I have evening papers and a lot of back to back papers. I do not understand why they have to change to be like them? To attract students? I think this will push students to them since we are entirely like another them except that we not have the fame associated with them. If I was a student, I will probably choose them. I kind of regret coming to this place. So irritating….

AND…. BS is jus as bad. They changed my ENTIRE year 4 curriculum. They removed TCM totally and move drug and discovery to sem 2 of year 4. Coz this module was offered to the year 3 students in sem 2 as part of their prescribed. And we only have SEVEN modules, from which we have to choose 5. Unless we want to take drug next year together with the year 3 students. Not much of a choice right? And after much considerations and thinking… this is going to be my final exam timetable...

BS404 16-NOV-06 1700 1930 biochem
MB246 22-NOV-06 1300 1530 Management of IP and Innovation
CV4202 23-NOV-06 1700 1930 human resource
BS406 24-NOV-06 0900 1130 cell bio
BS407 28-NOV-06 0900 1130 genetics
BS408 29-NOV-06 0900 1130 immuno
BS411 01-DEC-06 0900 1130 viro

Note the number of back to back papers. I have never had any back to back papers before!! And now I have 2 blocks! One block with 3 papers in a row, in which one paper is in the evening and the next paper is early morning, and another block with 2 papers in a row. I chose to drop structural because the timetable clash with my biz module and the exam is on 30th Nov. Meaning that if I take structural, I have 4 papers in a row!!! Wow!!!!

Sigh…Please wish me good luck. I have a very bad feeling about the semester... my only consolation is that I am leaving the school soon. Really growing to hate the place.