JLPT 700 Vocabs, 50 Lessons – 3 weeks, extremely nervous!
Sentosa Hotel or KL trip, undecided & uncoordinated
B’day + Countdown Party from scratch, Venue How- superlatively urgent!
Biometric Passport + Swine Flu vaccination (may I NOT get the side-effects)
Working Nov Weekends (yeah, for moolah)
My Brother, My Friends~ Gatherings, Meetups, Dinners
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I need more Vitamin C + Zinc & morning jogs.
Thank goodness I’m not the unofficial person-in-charge for the alumni group.
I L.O.V.E. my books =)
The cards with one of the recipes: Chocolate Mi-cuit with Hazelnut & Vanilla Ice cream
Mi-cuit means “half-cooked” in French. Therefore, this dessert dish is basically molten chocolate with vanilla ice cream and hazelnut topping 
Sounds droolingly delectable?
I bought these cards (for a price of $16!) when I went to SSO’s concert at the Esplanade on Friday evening. The conductor was none other than SSO’s founder, Choo Huey- hence the 2-hour concert was titled “Choo Huey’s Return”. The 3 classical pieces played which embarrassingly to say, I’m familiar with none (despite 5 years of piano-training), weren’t that melodious (hahaha!). At least I didn’t fall asleep ok! Aside from soaking in the music played, I learnt the “protocols” of concert attending, such as the 10 minute early arrival, “clapping till your hands hurt” encore and the cute “bell-ring-ring” to inform the attendees that the interval will be ending etc.
It was a nice experience, with dessert at Prego Ristorante later on. I didn’t bring my camera, so no pictures!
Shall go back to Prego again (with camera this time round)! The Tiramisu (a whopping $15!) was the best I’ve ever tried as the light custard was not too rich, just appropriate for the spongecake layer.
Sweet sweets! ^-^
`Prego Ristorante is an authetic Italian restaurant at Fairmont Hotel.
Sudden overwhelm of gatherings, maybe because the end of the year is approaching.
I can’t seem to keep up with so many things to plan & do 
And the flu bug’s here again, damn!
Drowning already! The holidays seem so short.
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Went back to my secondary school yesterday morning for a brief meeting. Honestly I didn’t quite intend to commit because it isn’t just school work that’s keeping me busy, and I don’t want to cram my life up with so many activities that will leave me with no breathing space. But after an hour of discussion, I realized how much it would mean to my juniors, for me to fork out just a bit of my (limited) free-time and together with my peers of years, contribute back to my institution – which no doubt is, my second home from 2001-2004. It shall be a good start
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Bought a pack of 6 greeting cards from Singapore Symphony Ochestra. So what’s so special about these cards?
They contain a recipe in each card
I don’t know, I don’t dare & I don’t want to.
“I hope it won’t happen again”
It certainly did, again.
This is Yosemite National Park in Winter. Captures my breath away…
2 more months
Shall be away for December~ Away!
You can visit http://yosemitepark.com for further information (:
Checking out Hokkaido. Japan again? Why not?
New Zealand as well. Lake Tekapo.
Wild lupins beside Lake Tekapo, South Island.
Is it me or that 2009 is coming to a full stop soon? With 11 more weeks more to go, we’re all going to step into a new decade – 2010’s =)
With the remaining 11 weeks, some people have planned it all, some take the step by step approach and prefer to finish what’s on hand first before thinking about what’s going to be on their “closing the year to-do list”.
For me, I belong the former. I always plan ahead, though certainly I welcome last minute pop-ups (we’ve got to be both flexible and adaptable!).
In this year (for now), I’ve saw how people spend their 24 hours a day, prioritize their activities and make sacrifices that well, though it all seem like a loss, there’s more to gain from it actually.
I don’t have a set of rules that dictate my timetable everyday. I don’t believe in boxing up my life with rigid guides that bespeaks the sort of activities I should pick over another and how much I must accomplish daily. Sounds contradicting to what I typed above? Yes I plan ahead, but loosely. There’s no point fixing the details way too early too. Leave some room for random fun and adjustments, everything will fall into place gradually (:
Another point to note: with everyone else making most out of their time, it just makes more sense to fully utilize your time given. Whether it is a dreadful or exciting activity to come by, there’s always something good that comes out of it all
I’m so looking forward to the end of 2009, can’t wait – it is still kind of early to explain why.
Wasn’t really a good day.
I came to realize how crucial it is to give regular motivation and support. The most important and necessary thing that I should do now, is to instill some optimism and drive. Life’s never a straight course of events, it consists of ups and downs that meanders this journey- what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
It pains me.
I was stuck in a dilemma. Whether to continue to the next level or not.
Frankly speaking, I don’t think I’m good enough because of insufficient self-practice and my core strength’s getting weak (As I type this I’m nursing a flu.)
Ballet is a discipline that you should continuously practice without breaks in between, since breaks mean you’ll definitely forget what you’ve learnt (all the steps and postures).
But I’ve really got no time – so I decided to give myself a 2 months break for good.
I just hope after the break, I’ll bounce back 
P.S. I still feel quite sad over this
Jewel
灰色の四角い空の下お
今日もあらゆる欲望が埋め尽くす
その中で光おわいつもが
この町の方趣味にも汚れのない
Under the grey and square sky
Is filled with all kinds of desires today
But I don’t lose sight of the light among them
And to walk, looking forward
Because you always show me
That there remains a purity even in a corner of this city
—
Fated
愛してると割れた数だけ
愛される僕でいられたなら
愛してるといった数だけ
愛していたなら
If only I had deserved your love
As many as the times you said you loved me
If only I had loved you
As many as the times I said I loved you
—
Surreal
好きなものだけ選んでくのが
無責任だってわけじゃない
好きなものさえも見つけられずに
責任なんて鳥用もない
背負う覚悟の分だけ可能性お手にしてる
以来ないものならその同情心
丸で焼くにもたたないね
大事なものならそれに必ず
痛み伴うはずだよね
一人ぼっちで感じる孤独より
風足りでいても感じる孤独のほうが
つらいことのように
Choosing only the things you like
isn’t irresponsible.
If you can’t find anything you like
then why accept the responsibility?
I take only the possibilities that I’m ready to accept
If it’s something you don’t need then
compassion is of no use at all.
If it’s something important then
pain will probably accompany it.
Loneliness that you feel together is worse
than a loneliness that you feel by yourself
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I love her lyrics! I love her lyrics! I love her lyrics!
The above are just parts of the songs.
An exhausting week for me, and I cherish my bedtime. A peaceful, uninterrupted night’s sleep is essential for me to ‘maintain’ the bubbly side of me (:
There’s just so much to do and so many uncertainties along the way. Sometimes I just wish time could make a halt, so that I can take a few deep breaths of rest before I carry on the endless list of to-dos.
I just want to rest well
P.S. Absolutely LOVE French Connection.
P.S.S. Glad that Mom liked the L’Occitane gift ^^
I had enough.
ENOUGH.
N I shall call it quits.
REALLY.
I’ll stay FIRM.
YOU ARE WEIRD.
I’m more than satisfied.
A new startup.
But alas! It’s only for the privileged
I’ll still be here though.
Level 3: 1500 Vocabularies *gasp*
Ok it is nothing as compared to Level 1 (advance)’s 10,000 vocabularies *gasp Gasp GASP*
I will “cheong” again
6th December!
P.S. The section that I’m most afraid of is not vocabulary, grammer or comprehension. It is Listening
[Word of the Day ~ English]
