My New Year Resolutions

Went for the SingTel gathering yesterday. Finally met Radiah and Joy after a separation of 8 months. Missed them lots! HeE~! There were only 6 of us yesterday. Joslyn, Joei and Robby didn't turn up 'coz they gotta work, and as for MayHui, the reason is unknown.

Reached Orchard quite early and went to shop around at Takashimaya. Bought a hermit crab coin bank and a packet of bee-shaped paper clips. Cute! HeE~! Bought some accessories at Aries too.

Met up with Joy at Takashimaya. She was telling me about her encounter with Adam Chan. Well, not so much of an encounter, she and her friends just saw him near the fountain in Ngee Ann City. According to her, he was kinda waiting for them to approach him, but left when they finally decided to go up to him. She was kinda sad because of that.

Radiah was late, but JiaRui was later. We finally settled down at a Halal restaurant in Far East Plaza at about 8PM. Each of us ordered a dish. Joy ordered hotplate beancurd, Radiah ordered sambal kangkong, Dave ordered Thai green curry, David ordered sambal fish slice, I ordered lemon chicken, and we ordered butter prawns for JiaRui. Soon, all the dishes except the butter prawns were served and we tucked in. The butter prawns came much later after we finished all the other dishes. JiaRui was such a prawn lover, she ate the whole prawn, including the head, tail and shell. There were lots of laughter as we ate. Happy moments. =)

Left after taking a few silly photographs at Far East Plaza.

After looking at the photographs we took, I decided that it is time for me to start working out. Put on much weight after I left SingTel. SiGh~!

Birthday

Your Birthdate: October 22

You tend to be understated and under appreciated. You have a hidden force to do amazing things, doing them your own way. People may see you as strange and shy, but they know little. Your unconventional ways have more power than they (and even you) know. Your strength: Standing up for what you know is true Your weakness: You tend to be picky and rigid Your power color: Silver Your power symbol: Square Your power month: April

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

Green, Amber and Red

It was raining cats and dogs this morning. Perfect weather for sleeping. Too bad I gotta wake up early for IBM, which will start at 9AM. Afraid she will oversleep again, I sent JiaRui an SMS to wake her up. She woke up, but told me she won't be going for class. She wanted to sleep in 'coz of the rain. -_-

Daddy sent me and sis to school. There was a massive traffic jam. Heard a traffic report on radio and realised that almost everywhere in Singapore had a traffic jam. It was either due to fallen trees or traffic accidents. SiGh~!

During IBM, Nageb had the sudden desire to sit down in front of me. He asked me some questions. Fortunately, I was able to answer him. PhEw~! There were notes to be collected today. So, I had to lug four stacks of notes home 'coz I collected for JiaRui as well. HaI~!

I am exhausted. Feeling kinda sick today. No tuition tonight. Good.

Report: Presentation Of Idiotic Behaviours In Public

Encountered two hopeless idiots this morning. Two in less that half an hour. One at the carpark, another at the coffeeshop.

IDIOT #1: TAI-TAI STYLE AUNTIE
Spotted while she was washing her car in the carpark. Her car was parked at the parking lot for the disabled instead of the car-washing bay. All four doors of the car were wide opened, blocking the main passage way. Not only did she block the main passage way, she made the floor wet and slippery by asking her maid to scrub the rubber mats with detergent there. Almost everyone who passed by commented on her inconsiderate behaviour.

IDIOT #2: FAT WOMAN
Spotted with a man at a coffeeshop in Chong Pang. As I was entering the coffeeshop, this fat woman came from behind me and said "Excuse me". She sounded as though she owned the place and I was blocking her way. There was so much space around me where she could enter but she had to come behind me and walk the same path as I did. Feel like giving her a hard punch in her porky face.

SiGh~!

Who will save me?

ArGh~! Someone please save me! Charlene's mom just called to cancel tuition for tonight. She told me her intention to stop tuition for one month too and asked if I am OK with it. Well, what else can I say? "Will you continue paying me if I say OK?" or "Can you don't stop tuition if I say I am not OK?" HaI~! I need to buy a belt. I can either use it to tighten my jeans or to hang myself. =X

=(

Little Geraldine is stopping tuition for one month. I will be out of job for one month as well. Gonna feed on air soon. SiGh~! Really wanna quit the Lee's but with Geraldine stopping tuition, I can't afford to lose that assignment. ArGh~! Don't feel like tutoring the twins tonight. HELP!

Cheesy moments

Invited HuiJun over for cheesecake this afternoon. She said my cheesecake tasted like yogurt. I think yogurt is nice but she found it weird. Anyway, she brought the Harry Potter books I wanted. Thank you, my dear cousin! HeE~! We talked about what to do after her examinations. Though it is a bit early since the written papers have not even start, it was fun planning for our 'great expedition'. HaHa~! Already looking forward to the end of her examinations. =P
















Jaslyn didn't do the homework I gave her again. Spent the whole session teaching how to do the questions. I just can't stop her from talking. She always have something to talk about even when we don't bring it up. SiGh~! Hopefully she will do well for the upcoming Mathematics examination.

Ups and Downs

Was at Causeway Point this afternoon. Went to Popular to get some primary 3 assessment books and guides for Jaslyn. Ended up with $68.28 worth of books. Gotta call her mommy to get approval before I buy. I am lucky that she is quite generous when it comes to her daughter's academic performance. Just in case you were thinking that all parents should be, my twin students' parents are not.

Speaking of the Lee's makes my blood boils. It is the 8th lesson today. My pay day. Today's lesson was quite normal, with the usual deobedience. As promised, I brought lollipop for them. Mrs Lee was not very happy about that. She told me not to bring them sweets anymore. I wanted to ask her how to control her two precious boys without sweets when sweets are like everything in the world to them. I kept that to myself and smiled at her. After the lesson, she asked me why aren't I teaching them grammar and vocabulary. I couldn't take it anymore! I told her straight in the face that her children aren't fast enough for that. They can't even speak properly! Then she ask me how long will it take for me to finish teaching phonics. It will of course depend on the students' learning ability! Honestly, it will take a long time for them to grasp that. I told her it will take time as their foundation needs to be strengthened before they can learn new things. She 'questioned' me for quite a while before sending me to the door, without the money. I had to remind her that it is the 8th lesson today. She still had the cheek to ask me "Is it?" ArGh~! She went in to take the money and continued 'questioning' me. All the while she held the money in her hands tightly. I kept looking at my watch, trying to hint to her my intention to leave. She finally let go of her tight grip after 15 minutes and handed me the money. SiGh~!

Heard some really bad news when I got home. Aunt Kee passed on after a long and painful battle with cancer. Wasn't very close to her but was still quite sad. She used to dote on me when I was little. I remember playing masak-masak with the ornaments in her house and she never scolds me for doing that, only asked me to put them back in their original positions after playing. In my memory, she was a kind and graceful lady. It is a pity she passed on at such young age. HaI~!

HuiJun asked if I wanna watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with her after her A'level. Had to turn her down 'coz I have agreed to watch it with my best friends. I think this is the first time I am not watching a Harry Potter movie with her. Well, there've gotta be a first time. =X

*IrEnE lOoKs At ThE tImE nOw* It is getting late. Time for bed. Goodnight!

Rag-a-bone

Some Karang Guni man came to my house to get my old computers just now. The price had been agreed upon before he came. It was agreed that my Pentium II will go at $20 and my Pentium III at $50. Since both computers were self-assembled, there was no sticker/label to indicate the processor version. He came and roughly scan through the two computers and said that he can only offer $20 for each of them as there is no indication of the processor version . I almost threw him out with a broomstick! Had I known he is going to offer $20 for a Pentium III computer, I would not have wanted to sell it to him! $20 is an insult! Do I look like I need $20 to survive the day? Talked to his boss and he too gave the stupid explanation that there is no sticker/label to indicate the processor version. I almost exploded. I was so angry I shouted at him. He said I was rude to him. Hello! Who is it who made me angry? Who is the dishonest businessman here? Even if I was rude, which I don't think I was, he should not have made that remark. I was his customer. He then said he don't want any of the computers anymore. What kinda customer service is that? His business will not stay long if he treats his customers this way. Who would wanna sell their used computers to him? I know I won't and never will! Too bad I didn't get his company name, or I will definitely give him free publicity. What a jerk! Called a shop in Sim Lim Square and he offered $50 for my Pentium III computer after I told him its condition. He will be coming over in the evening tomorrow. Hopefully he is sincere about the offer he made.

Cards

It was Miss Goh's last lecture with us yesterday. She will be relocating to KL with effect from November. Time passed quickly and soon it was time to say goodbye. Quite sad that she is leaving. PBF was quite fun with her around. I can still remember her on the first lecture she conducted. The M&Ms. HaHa~! Just kidding. She made the boring topic more entertaining. It was fun watching her small body making big movements. Really miss her and her lectures. I wonder what kind of person will the new co-lecturer, Mr Jonathan Peh be like. I think it will take me some time to adjust to the changes. SiGh~!

Received two letters for me yesterday. A big one and a small one. The big one was a local mail and the small one is an air mail. I wondered who they were from. Then I saw the return address written on the backs of the envelopes. I immediately knew who the senders were. I quickly opened up the envelopes. Inside the envelopes were birthday cards. The big card was from my dear Tinky, XiangHong. The card was handmade by her! I was so touched! It was a colourful card with a short message in it. Love it. HeE~! The smaller card was from dearest EeHui who is currently studying in Australia. Sweet design. There were three packages printed on the card. The front cover was especially shiny with all that glitter. The blue, purple and pink colour scheme of the card made it look sweet. I like it. Was quite surprised to receive a birthday card from EeHui. Didn't expect her to send me one all the way from Australia. Then I read the long message she penned inside the card. She was too nice and so had to get me a card. HaHa~! Miss her. Wonder when she will be back in Singapore so that we can have another gathering or another night long mahjong session. HaHa~!

Our first IBM assignment was given back to us this morning. I didn't score well. Just pass. I don't understand what he wanted me to discuss when the question says describe, which I did. Then I realised that my examples were not good enough. I just have to work harder for the next assignment. SiGh~!

It is hard to organise an outing with everyone having such different schedule. Can't have it in the afternoon during weekdays 'coz Pauline gotta work. Can't have it in the evening during weekdays 'coz I gotta teach. Might have to settle for midnight shows and supper then. Hopefully we'll be able to get approval from our parents. Really miss all of them.

There is a PBF test on November 9. Two whole chapters and I have not study. SiGh~!

Happy 19th Birthday!

I am 19 today! HeE~!

Went to tutor Charlene in the morning. I was late by 15 minutes 'coz I missed the bus. Tuition with Charlene went well. Gave her lots of homework since examination starts next week. HaHa~!

Had lunch at LJS after tuition. Ordered Combo 1. The chicken pieces were so damn small and there were so little fries! Should have gone over to BK and order a Big Fish. SiGh~!

Tuition with YuShan started at 2PM. Gave her a test. The questions were quite easy but she didn't score well. In fact, she didn't pass. She only scored 21/47. No good.

Went to EngWah @Sun Plaza to meet RouShen after leaving YuShan's place. She and Pauline bought me a silver bracelet for my birthday. HeE~! It is lovely. =) Didn't stay for long. Had to leave for dinner with my family.

Dinner was at Chye Lai. The food was so-so. It is not as good now as compared to last time.

Went home after dinner to cut the cake. The birthday cake was from Prima Deli. Not my favourite Chocolate Fudge though. It is a Strawberry ShortCake.





























































Notice my right eye? The blood clot is still there and it is so ugly! ArGh~! Hopefully it will go away in one week just like the doctor said. HaI~!

A long walk

Went home by foot today. All the way from Charlene's place in Woodlands to my house in Admiralty. Got two big blisters on my feet now. OuCh~!

Charlene's grandmother told me that the woman who passed away on Saturday because of dengue fever is her brother's wife. HaI~! She was gone just like that. Life is so fragile. Just a little mosquito bite can be so fatal. People should learn to cherish their life more and treasure their loved ones before it is too late. SiGh~!

Will be meeting RouShen at her work place tomorrow after tutoring YuShan.

YuShan got B4 for her Maths SA. She said her personal record was C5. Though it is only an improvement of one grade, I am still happy. At least she didn't score worse. =)

I will be officially 19 tomorrow! It is my birthday. =)

Sore Eyes

*SoBz* As if my eyes are not red enough. I have just been diagnosed with SORE EYES by the doctor at The Jurong Dispensary, a clinic at Clementi Central. JiaRui went with me. We left the PBF class together during break 'coz my eyes were so red that I couldn't see clearly. JiaRui left with me 'coz she didn't wanna sit in the lesson anymore. HaHa~! Took a bus to Clementi Central and began searching for a clinic. No clinic in sight, only a dispensary. We didn't think that it was a clinic until we saw the 'Consultation Hours' sign outside the dispensary. Waited for a while and saw the doctor. He checked my eyes and said immediately, "Sore eyes." He said that my eyes should be fine in two days but the blood clot will take a week to go away. Now I gotta walk around with 'bleeding' eyes for one week. SiGh~! I was out of the consultation room in less than five minutes. The doctor prescribed a bottle of anti-inflammatory eye drops and some tablets to reduce the irritation. The total bill came up to $22. That was expensive for a less than five minutes consultation! SiGh~!

It is my birthday this Saturday and I haven't think of what I want for my birthday present. Maybe I'll just ask for cash if I still can't think of any on Friday.

Oh-oh!

JiaRui gave me a call last evening. She said she wanted to kill me. I was wondering what did I do again. She told me that the sales girl at The Face Shop said that they are still giving away posters of Kwon Sang Woo with the purchase of a bottle of perfume. I was like, "HuH~?! Are you sure?" I was told a different thing when I was there on Thursday. I even asked the sales girl twice! SiGh~! Fortunately, JiaRui already cooled down when I call her again. PhEw~!

I realised that my students like me too much. One of them wants tuition three times a week, the other wants me to stay longer every lesson. Hello! I am not sold. I must have my own personal space, without students! SiGh~! I better keep my distance before they demand more of me. =X

Finally, it is rest day. I feel better now. Imagine giving tuition twenty-four-seven, I can really walk like a corpse everyday. No life! I just need one more high value student to replace the twins and that's it, enough.

Went to a coffeeshop in Yishun for breakfast this morning. Ordered teh-sih. Only one word to describe that cup of teh-sih, YUCK! The tea was too strong. I can't taste the milk at all. Had a terrible stomachache after drinking that. I am never gonna drink anything from that coffeeshop ever again.

Watched Corpse Bride just now. It was OK. I was expecting something better though.

It had been raining since morning. Nice weather. I love it!

The Face Shop

Went to The Face Shop yesterday. Bought two bottles of nail supplement. Asked the sales girl about the Kwon Sang Woo poster. She said that it doesn't come with the purchase of the perfume anymore. The only way to get the poster is to spend $60 and above in a single receipt. Told JiaRui about it. She went "What?!?!" Can tell that she is pretty upset about that. HaHa~!

Maths lecture was unbearable. Sat beside Cindy and Velda. They were talking non-stop. JiaRui said they were like mosquitoes. She had blacklisted them. HaHa~!

Cleared my computer table in the afternoon with the help of daddy. He moved the printer away. Finally, I have a proper place to work at now. No more lying on the bed with my laptop and getting backaches. =) More cleaning to be done tomorrow. It's gonna be a busy day. HaI~!

Went for tuition at the Lee's. Almost fainted there. The twins were too much for me to handle. Gotta get the elder one to do his homework while teaching the younger one to do his maths correctly. SiGh~! I don't mind those if I am paid more, but for $8.75 per hour, no thanks! I already felt like quitting this assignment on the very first lesson, for various reasons. The location is rather inaccessible. I hate walking such long distance between blocks of flats, especially after nightfall. Another reason being the agent withheld some information when she gave me the assignment. She did not tell me it is twins. I would not have accepted the assignment had she told me the details. ArGh~!

Tomorrow's schedule is kinda tight. Gotta tutor Geraldine at 11AM, YuShan at 2PM and Jaslyn at 8PM. Tiring.

Malaysia again

Was joined by MayHui on the way to school this morning. Was quite surprised to see her. We arranged to meet at Jurong East MRT after class. We were early. A train was already waiting at the middle platform when we were there. MayHui came just as the doors were about to close. She dashed into the train and the doors closed, leaving me and JiaRui outside. We were laughing like mad. HaHa~! We 'reunited' at Bukit Batok. We continued chatting along the way until MayHui and JiaRui alighted at Woodlands.

I went home to get my passport and left the house again after 15 minutes. Met up with HuiJun on bus 965 and we went to Malaysia together. I bought Lucidol hair wax, 2 Winnie The Pooh files and 5 Loony Tunes notebooks. Had lunch at MacDonald's. Wanted to catch a movie at Mega Pavillion but HuiJun didn't wanna watch the available shows 'coz she don't dare to watch horror movies. SiGh~! Left City Square at about 6PM. There was a bad traffic jam at the causeway. Took us some time before we finally reach the checkpoint. Went to Burger King @Causeway Point for dinner. We went home together after HuiJun got her nail buffer from Chameleon.

Hogwarts

HuiJun's preliminary examinations will end this Thursday. Will be meeting her on Friday. We have not decide on where to go yet. Maybe Malaysia. Maybe Orchard. Don't know. Might be going to Escape with her on Sunday. Hope she is fine. She SMS-ed me last Thursday, asked me if we could have a chat. She called me and we talked. She was very worried about A'level. After chatting for a while, she suddenly cried. She was very agitated. I was accused of not putting myself in her shoes. I felt anger. I refuted. As a matter of fact, I was like her this time last year. I too was stressed and worried. The tertiary education I am receiving now don't come easy. The cost is already enough to hammer me down to Earth. After forking out close to $4K out of my own pockets, I am still debt-ridden. After telling her all these, she told me that she can do that easily by working during the break. She is assuming that she will get a job that pays as well or she will get the same job as I did, and she will do as much OT as I did. SiGh~! She don't understand. Anyway, no point telling her all these now. I just hope she gets through the rough time.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is coming soon! It will be released in Singapore on 17 November. YeAh~! I've been looking forward to it since they announced the filiming of the movie. It is finally here! HeE~!

Yan is back! YiPpEe~! After such a long while, it sure is nice to hear from her again. HeE~! We should have a gathering to celebrate Yan's return. Shall talk about it with Pauline later. ^_^

Fritters and Soya Milk

Went to IMM on Saturday. Daddy wanted to get something from Hoe Kee. Lin Jun Jie was there too. Didn't see much of his performance 'coz it was too crowded and I am too short. Caught a glimpse of him when I was on the escalator. He was wearing a pink jacket. I thought it was cool. When I saw him, he was singing Dou Jiang You Tiao and the crowd was screaming like mad. It was nice to hear him sing that song, live. It is one of my favourite songs. =)

Dinner was at Tiong Bahru hawker centre. Had Satay BeeHoon, Char Kway Teow, Fried Oyster, Chwee Kueh and Pau. Wonderful! =)

Was in Malaysia yesterday. Visited the salon and got my stylist to cut my hair. I am very satisfied with my new hairstyle. Excellent stylist. =)











Went to City Square after that. There were a lot of people. Didn't buy anything. It was the first time I go shopping without buying anything. Great! =)

There was a terrible jam at the causeway and we were stuck for about an hour. When we finally reach the checkpoint, the custom officer asked me if I am the person in the passport. -_- Don't I look like myself? SiGh~!

Reached home at about 8PM. Watched TV non-stop till 11PM. Channel U was showing Makings of The Maid at 830PM and Love Me, Love My Money at 9PM.

Watched The Maid on Friday. I think that the guy who played Ah Soon is a great actor. He really looked and behaved like a mentally retarded boy in the movie. Anyway, the film was very well done. It gave me nightmare the very night I watched it. It had been some time since I last got nightmare after watching a horror movie.

After taking my bath, I continued watching TV. Channel 8 was showing My Date With A Vampire III. The show ended at 1AM and that is the time I go to bed.

Feeling wasted now. Spent my term break lazing around. SiGh~!

End Start Future

Classes will start again next Tuesday. Haven't been doing my assignments since Monday. I am still left with half an essay for IBM and one full essay for PBF. I am not able to finish the IBM essay 'coz I do not have enough information to the second part of the question. Will go to the library on Tuesday to find that book by Rosemary Stewart. As for PBF, I am just too lazy to complete it. Anyway, deadline for PBF is 29 September. Not urgent. HeE~!

Had been lazing around during the break. Didn't do anything constructive. Let's see what I have done over the week.

3 September, Saturday

• 2PM - 4PM: Tutor YuShan
• 4PM - 7PM: Buy groceries with parents
• 7PM - 11PM: Watch TV
• 11PM - 12AM: Do Maths and Econs assignments
• 12AM - 1AM: Online

4 September, Sunday

• 10AM - 12PM: Breakfast @Yishun
• 12PM - 9PM: Watch TV
• 9PM - 12AM: Online

5 September, Monday

• 11AM - 3PM: Watch TV
• 3PM - 530PM: Online
• 530PM - 1130PM: Watch TV
• 1130PM - 1AM: Do IBM assignment

6 September, Tuesday

• 11AM - 330PM: Watch TV
• 330PM - 530PM: Tutor Charlene
• 530PM - 1130PM: Watch TV
• 1130PM - 1AM: Online

7 September, Wednesday

• 11AM - 7PM: Shopping @OG
• 7PM - 1130PM: Watch TV
• 1130PM - 1AM: Online

8 September, Thursday

• 11AM - 1PM: Brunch @Yishun
• 1PM - 345PM: Online
• 345PM - 530PM: Tutor Charlene
• 530PM - 730PM: Watch TV
• 730Pm - 11PM: Social function @Sembawang
• 11PM - 1AM: Watch TV

9 September, Friday

• 11AM - 11PM: Watch TV
• 11PM - 1AM: Online

I was wasting my time. SiGh~!

Pauline popped by last night. She came over to pass me the cheese cake recipe. We watched TV together and I showed her the photographs we took in Bali. So sweet of her to come all the way to my house specially just to pass me the recipe. HeE~! The last time I saw her was one month ago when I asked her uncle to help me fix my Acer Travelmate T630. Miss her! =)

Shopping Queen

Was in Bugis yesterday. Had lunch at LJS. Ate fish with fiery black pepper sauce and rice. It tasted OK. I'll give it 6/10. Went to the temple after lunch, offered joss sticks and left. Walked around OG after that. It is the membership season again. For every $75 spent in a single receipt, the shopper will be entitled to an OG membership card valid for one year. Saw a few skirts and a denim jacket that I really like. I had the impulse to buy them all and get that membership card but realised I shouldn't be spending so much since my income has significantly reduced. Might go again with mommy today so that we can share cost. HeE~!

Charlene's grandma called me on Thursday asking if I wanna tutor Shermaine too. Shermaine is Charlene's elder sister. I was asked to tutor her for Mathematics. She already has a tutor for English, Mathematics and Science but her results had been deproving since they engaged this tutor. Her parents were quite disappointed with her performance and wanted to change the tutor. Since I am tutoring Charlene and she likes me, they want me to tutor Shermaine as well. However, Shermaine didn't want to change tutor. Her parents said they will talk to the girl again. I can tell that her parents really wanted to get a new tutor for their elder daughter. Hopefully I get this assignment so that I can have extra income, but it all depends on Shermaine. No point forcing the girl to change her tutor when she do not want to. I think it might even affect her results.

Going tutor YuShan at 2PM. It is starting to rain now. Will have a problem getting to her place later. SiGh~!