went for the counselors' training thing today, was a crash course.

need to send bran to the vet tomorrow cos his gums are seriously and grossly infected. hope he doesn't die. he's quite sick. think it's spreading fast. (weeps.) sky's coming over, though.. so i'll have to get my parents to send him.

feeling a bit dead now. (now meaning of late.) i should go sleep.

blogging from my dad's laptop now cos my phone can't connect to my pc no more. but i can bluetooth the pics straight onto here. sigh i should get a new phone.


MONDAYMAMADAY.

EE, daddy and mommy brought mama out for a haircut and shopping trip at AMK. but they were here before setting off, so i went down and strolled with mama for a while. went to an accessory shop (those cheena kind) and played around with obiang specs. haha. my face was very puffy. i think i lack sleep.

anna: "mama mama ini chantek!"

mama:"hiao lah loo... aha ha."

i went home after they left for amk. =( to do school work.

jake's days to ORD-ing are in the 70s now, wowwowwow. jacob hwaiting~ when u ORD i treat u eat ..... paddle pop. hahahahahahaha. :D

MY DEAR BROTHER misplaced his camp pass and we (entire family) spent half an hour searching the house for it. anyway he found it when he got back to camp, so thank God. he just smsed me telling me. i rummaged through rubbish bins for my bro. charity endures all things, man... he ah. his rubbish bin haven't clear since CNY lor! kafnkjflflsdlfnsdlkf.

Comms Ball.

rushed home from choir at 3pm. bathed, did my makeup, and rushed down to get my hair bunned. i didn't like my hair. it was like an ice sculpture. matt came at around 4:45 in a cab and we went straight to sentosaaaaaaa. keehee.

ag: was quite rushed. my hair is so stiff. it's a lump of hairspray.
matt: and mine is just.. a lump. :D

we were there so early. hm, so from here on i'll summarize. waiting for the setting up to be finished. we walked along the golf course until we got chased off. reception on the roof (nice and windy but no worries cos my hair was-- a sculpture.) there was some flame thrower guy there to entertain us. was introduced one million zillion times to couple after couple. my mouth is ulcered from smiling so much, hahahah. anyway i can't remember 90% of the people i was introduced to. strangely, ALOT of people either lived in / studied in australia before and i met this very nice couple (not really couple just friends) who told me about uni life there and stuff. so after reception, registration phototaking doorgift lots of pink guava, dinner finally started. there were.. 5 courses? i think. restaurant food. sashimi and foi gras and stuff like that. oh, caviar is salty. :D there was some program during the dinner, lucky draws, games, magic show, performances, band playing, etc. didn't really take lots of pics cos everyone was quite awkward with everybody, lol. but the guys took pics to their hearts' content. said byes and left with matt's friend, kenneth, since his dad was picking them up. we dropped at vivo with another yishun couple and shared a cab. reached home and was nicely accompanied to the stairs. i didn't know but my mom was spying on me from upstairs. T_T! when i got back everyone took some pics of me and i had to immediately regurgitate to them what had happened. finally got to pull out the 1000 bobby pins in my hair and wash off all that hairspray. haha. but it was all quite fun.

tim was bugging me and sending me this location tracker sms and stuff. so i told matt we should take a pic and send it to him. matt thought of taking a sad pic to worry him, haha.

to tim: "so sad."
tim's reply: "what happened?!"

to tim: "just kidding!"

guns and roses was the theme of the night. hoho, i'm not that much taller than him in this pic. yeah~

congrats, matt. and thanks for bringing me.

so i'm going to the ball tomorrow evening.

things i anticipate:
- being introduced over and over and over again. must smile. musn't look dao (stuck up).
- heels being uncomfortable. must take small steps. musn't be chor lor (um, dunno how to translate.)
- having to take sudden posed photos. bo bian (no choice).
- appearing very conservative cos my dress is pretty covered up compared to others. that's fine, i am conservative.
- being (much) taller than matt. AH THIS ONE WEIRD LAH. but hey! tom cruise, katie holms, you know? ;P lol, what a daring reference.
- shellfish. um, shall dump it with matt if i am served with any.
- alcohol. ask for something else.
- catfight! no lah, so drama.

that's all i can think of. shall just see what happens tomorrow. i think i have to go to the salon tomorrow cos i dunno how to bun up my own hair very nicely. but i hope the aunty doesn't make it obiang (old fashioned, tacky). and for the record, matt and i are friends. i think he's being nice by bringing me. i can go meet all these officer boys, hoho~ kidding lah.

bashya! aye, 1am already! die.

EAT.
thanks for making my skin look good, timmy.

tim just tagged me on this in FB. haven't seen it before. this is the epitome of the word CANDID. and spazzy.

i did another test just now, gonna have one more later. =( f i g h t i n g.

hey geil we have so many photos of us. let's make an album at the end of the year. cya later lah. bring me bottle ples.

the comms ball is this sat. psychedpsychedpsyched.

i have another week to finish school. stressstressstress.


psyched + stressed = head explode.

had two tests today. taking a little break before going out to buy some paper for cards, then off to see mama dear.


matt passed me my ticket yesterday. awesome.

LOL i just read it up and on one site it said blah blah," ...Laoshan oldenlandia Water not only remains the excellence of high mineral element of Laoshan Mineral Water, but also increases supernatural health care efficacy." (!!!!) gosh what have i been drinking...

enjoying my oldenlandia water in its nostalgically fascinating green bottle and cherishing this little pocket of free time. :)

i am going to drown myself in english, maths, and english composition, (yes i took that as a subject on its own) to finish ACE (ah!) by the end of march. i "huo gai" lah, kept leaving alot of backlog and procrastinating here and there. so now i have to chiong. i would literally rather climb mount kinabalu (dunno the spelling) than chiong if i had a choice. but then again, people do that for recreation.. so.. it's not that startling a preference. :|

i just did two tests just now and my brain feels like a big fat rock weighing my head down. or maybe, it's my kilogram of hair that's weighing my head down.

i'm gonna google oldenlandia water now cos i'm suddenly curious as to what it's made of and why it tastes like tatami mats.. HM.

*cough cough phlegm come out*

dinnerrrrr. for meeeee. who's eighteennnnn.

SATURDAY

wee ar sistas.

my luanqibazao tee shirt and my luanqibazao face. geil like posing for studio foto. LOL.

torrence: "what happen man?!"

i laid on the floor and told baby, "orh orh~ jie jie orh orh~" then he laid beside me and laughed. then geil came and laid down. and he realized he was trapped. hahahaha we love baby E!

FRIDAY's happenings.

art weekend for the kids! master artist, CH.

jon and the birfday cake he made for me with extra clay. but he washed his hands already when i wanted to take this pic, so i had to hold it while he just posed.

korean bbq! i super like! i am full like, until now. my jaw aches from chewing so much meat.

'reading' (i fell asleep on a tamil section.) my hair looks so wow here. geil spoiled my shampoo commercial.

green tea ice cream. jamie's recommendation, geil's treat. fuzzy faced geil. oh, this was post pig-nap at geil's place. i woke up and washed off my make up and looked like AIYOH. super puffy eyes.

went to a crazy OG cardmembers' sale yesterday. almost died there.. it was like war. you know where it gets really unbelievable? the bedsheet level. there are sales people shouting while standing on racks, people throwing bolsters here and there, carrying like 4 pillows. it's all quite hilarious. here you are squeezing back to back with smelly aunties and beside you there's a sales person frying popiah and eggs to promote the pots and pans. it's a good thing the crowd consisted of mostly females, cos everyone was groping everybody unintentionally. eck!

after that my parents and i went for lunch. was running a fever there. came home and crashed. didn't manage to see mama. :( when my parents told her i was sick she blamed it (with much conviction and gusto) on my drinking cold water all the time. hahahah. cute.

tomorrow sounds fun. art class, where we're gonna let the kids play with clay. and then korean BBQ WOOTS!

SKYLOVE

ag: my birthday was on tuesday leh.
sky: *stopped blabbering, shocked* why you never tell me!? then i can buy you cake. and plesent.
ag: *wants to squeeze his cheeks*

<3

i am eighteen. that was fast?

spent the transition hours of birthday-eve to birthday chatting with jake. he's a great big bro. would have been pretty lonely without him. (thanks man.) and i was also chatting with one of tim's colleagues or whatever. he's into korean stuff.. calls me a guru. (beams)

gonna hafta postpone the k-bbq with isa because there's tracting tomorrow. but that's fine i guess. space out the food so i don't get fat. :) positive thinking.

will try to get my hands on an ELI'S CHEESECAKE tomorrow. hee hee.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO WISHED ME. appreciate the love. ^-^

church, chapel, lunch, choir, and dinner.
had dinner at at EIGHTEEN CHEFS. so appropriate right? i'm stuffed~

yay, sky says he wants to go to church tomorrow. ^-^

pastor chantha was there at teens club today. he shared the word and we had a great time. things got a little teary when we prayed together, with the mention of our grandparents and family and friends who aren't saved.

then we went for lunch. where else? ssc! -_-" haha. the company was nice so it was alright. i bought ice kachang. the guys went back and geil and i went to popular to get my birthday present. cos she has ALOT of vouchers, so she let me buy anything there. you can already guess what i bought right? notebook and pen. which gives geil a share in credit if i become a famous author or poet in the far future. THANKS HONEY.

this is like, my 20th notebook filled with little chunks of my brain. i diagnose myself with mild hypergraphia. (anyhow diagnose one) i feel like i cannot leave a thought or idea floating. it has to be written down so that it has a place in this world and so that it has existence or record. however, i simply cannot write some things. when it's too much of an idea or emotion (tragedy) i feel like i need to let it float away.

came home and asked someone at hans art (art class place near my place) if they had any interest in hiring an assistant or something. they said i have to call the big boss. which i will, i guess. if they ask for my portfolio i will lug my all paintings and drawings there. hahah. i should do more impressive paintings... i need big canvasses!

my birthday is zooming towards me. big fat eighteen in my face. AH!

i have yellow gunk coming outta my nose. it is not pretty. i think i'm recovering quick, cos all them dead germs are emerging. (no ref to you germ dun offended ples. hahar.)

blogging from my dad's laptop during school hours again. tsk tsk...

isa you promised me korean BBQ i haven't forgotten. i'm thinking dinner on the day itself? free? gosh i'm so thick skinned. tim took leave for my birthday. so good brother~. mom took 3 days leave. (!!!) dunno what she gonna do on the other two days. well at least she can have a good break. really long weekend.

i'm in a singlish kinda mood today. trying to restrain myself from typing too much singlish. i imagine ang mo's reading this and not understanding. as if ang mo's read my blog.

SKYENGLISH

sky: now can i write a question then you answer?
ag: okay.
sky: *writes on mini white board with much concentration* okay nah.
ag: "a car is a truck. what a car is a car!" (he meant to put a question mark in place of the exclamation mark) what is this? explain what it means.
sky: it means the car is here and the truck is here then they driving but opposite then the truck very speed...
ag: fast
sky: ah the truck very fast and the car very speed
ag: fast!
sky: ah the car very fast then they both never see then they liddat then crash! then the car is liddat the truck is liddat.
ag: (???!!!) okay. so what is your question for me?
sky: means the car is ... what.
ag: flattened? on fire?
sky: no.
ag: okay i dunno.
sky: aiyah, the answer is SLOW. like that also dunno!
ag: i don't understand what you are saying.

awkward looks back and forth

ag: my turn to ask you.

i had to read this old english ballad in the form of a little book. "the rime of the ancient mariner" by samuel taylor coleridge. pretty sad stuff... i was fascinated by both the language and the illustrations (haha. see picture), which were done by this artist called gustave dore. anyway, it's about a sailor whose ship and crew get stuck in an ice field. he kills an albatros, which makes the winds stop blowing and the ship stagnant. his mates die off leaving him alone, and he has to look at them lying there day by day. somehow he cannot die. so this and that happens (lazy to tell) and in the end he makes it back to land. he spends his life thereafter traveling and telling people he feels he should tell about his voyage. i don't want to be a sailor.

back to work...

i've just looked through a bunch of australian universities' websites and found 3 more with the course i want. (speech language pathology) but, they're not in melbourne.. they're all over the place everywhere other than melbourne. great... oh, but i also found out that LaTrobe has accepted ACE graduates before.

my throat is bad. =(


mommy and daddy like to act lovey dovey in front of me to make me jealous since i don't have a boyfriend. sometimes it gets very juvenile. like yesterday on the way home from northpoint, daddy sat behind mommy in the bus and kept hitting her seat to disturb her. then she laugh laugh laugh. then daddy giggle giggle.

T_T"

haha...

i have fallen prey to the horrendous haze. my throat is quite infected. sad! i HATE sore throats. i'd choose a fever over a sore throat.

went out to northpoint for tea with parents in the late afternoon, a little while after the rain stopped. i went to popular to get uhu glue and some other stuff but i was all wrapped up in my red hoodie and sniffing away. the air con made me feel horrible. :( got home and relaked on the floor for a while.. watched invincible youth! they MADE tofu.. and kimchi pancakes. *drools* had 15 mins of dinner before sky came. quizzed him with my pink-rimmed mini white board, haha.

my throatttt. it's so swollen right now. i am not looking forward to the pain tomorrow morning. =( i saw it in the mirror just now. one angry shade of red! must still give thanks. at least i don't have cancer, or.. leprosy. leprosy is gross.

i just made and ate a huge tuna sandwich for supper. i must move more tomorrow. but hey, it was tuna mayo light. ;D

mommy's on mc today and tomorrow. her sinuses are acting up, i think. :(

the weather today was wow. HOT then POURING RAIN then strange steamy feeling.

to do:
-ask sky to go for art class and sunday school
-reply s. joycelyn

i need a clutch. :|

thanks for the ride home, jamie. :)

there was quite a crowd at church today because some people from shalom came by to join us. i 'helped out' in the chapel time, although help wasn't really needed. just thought i'd lend a hand. then it was off to CH's place for the clay practice thing. we were trying out our hands at claywork so that we'd be able to help the kids during the art class on the 19th and 20th. made sheep-shaped container things.. my sheep had funky hair. left his place at 4. ezra is ridiculously cute!

when i got back sky's mom came over with him. helped her figure out how to do some maths worksheets, so she could go home and teach him herself, since there's no tuition today and she didn't really wanna disturb me. shortly after they left, my relatives from my dad's side came to collect some stuff and see our house. they almost never come over. in fact my cousins were here for the first time. had to entertain them for a while, then they left for dinner downstairs.

my mom and i are really not getting along... again. i'm very tempted to blabber on about it but, you know, cannot right? i myself don't really like it when people use their blogs as venting spaces uncontrolled. so i shall stop there.

DAYS

TODAY. wow i can be very ugly.

dinner with mom.

dinner with mom another day? she got an ibrush as her prize. funny right?

forest adventure! sweaty, eep!

finally managed to hook up my phone to the comp. i don't really like the way i look in these pics, but nevermind. haha.. my blog needs pics! it's becoming so wordy now...

pretty zombied today. feeling sticky and grosse.. waiting for the shower to be free so i can pong pong.

i fell asleep on the floor beside the dining table just now. (!) i think.. i fall asleep on floors too easily. when i woke up, bran had drooled all over my arm. he was sleeping beside me. funny.

wenjing is coming over for dinner later. and i have tuition today too, if i'm not wrong. hope the boy's more determined today, or else i can't really do much with him and will have to end up calling his mom again.

i just saw these koreans eating this boiling hot soup thing on family outing and i am now seriously HUNGRAY. like sounds-coming-from-stomach hungry.

congrats to tim lim on your getting to move to the site you wanted. and to mommy for getting another award at your workplace! :)

geil, idk what i want. but i will think about it and tell you. seriously i will one. heh.

sky was being lazy and stubborn today. grr.

daddy's trying hard to promote the company he's working for. it's called melaleuca. we've switched over to all their products... shampoo, soap, toothpaste, detergent, cleaning stuff, hairspray, facial stuff, vitamins and supplements, milkshakes, energy bars, almost everything. he says we have to use it for ourselves so we can promote it to others properly, you know, like test it on ourselves first to prove that it's good. so far, so good. oh, other than the acne wash i used. that was too strong. then again i didn't have acne, so.. serves me right for buying that lah. you get money back guarantee anyway...

basically, melaleuca is a wellness company. haha whatever that means. they manufacture products that are environmentally friendly, healthy, and high quality, meaning they don't use cheap or harsh chemicals as do many other companies (secretly!). many products are also plant based whenever possible. they don't advertise or go through retailers so as to make prices affordable for the quality you get. their marketing strategy is very different from your popular brands. that's why they have melaleuca supermarkets, and knowledge of it is spread mostly by word of mouth by people like daddy. if daddy promotes it to people and they sign up for melaleuca under him, he earns a certain percentage. like the tupperware kinda thing, but slightly different.
so to buy melaleuca stuff, you can either buy as a direct or preferred customer. preferred customers (like us) get a 30%-40% discount off all items, but we commit to buying 35 points worth every month (about 90 bucks), which means we buy almost all of our household stuff there. it's like switching from all the different brands of stuff to melaleuca. direct customers don't have to buy any points worth of stuff, they just buy whatever whenever. but they don't get the discount, although they still enjoy the 60 day money back thing.
melaleuca 101. it started in the US about 25 years ago. it's active in 16 countries. and melaleuca means tea tree, i think. so says timmy. =D i suddenly thought of blogging about it myself cos i heard daddy on the phone talking about it to someone.

go tell my dad if you're interested. haha. and go to the website!

i bought the dress i needed. can cross that off my to do list. :) had an english test today. eazypeazy. oh, the dress i bought at takashimaya, paid with vouchers, and i didn't quarrel with mommy. what a fine day!

tuition shifted to wednesday, meaning i can't visit mama. but that's fine. mommy will go.

sunday
jerry: if you can do singapore science, ACE science will be chicken feet!
ag: well that's true.. ever wondered-- why 'chicken feet?' why not cow feet or pig feet?
jerry: i also dunno. maybe chicken feet are small!
ag: ?????

talk about being more confused after the (attempted) explanation.. hahah.

after i finished my schoolwork i went to get my hair done at SSC.

tired. gonna zee. :)
oh our mio box has some problems and it's making the TV and internet all wonky. tsk!