i’m shifting

this is the new url

http://astalkofbroccoli.blogspot.com/

-.- the thing abt being in beijing- no wordpress.com, only wordpress.cn

i’m here to destress

I would love to complain and rant to actual human beings instead of into this empty space on a browser. but time doesn’t permit even that.

today was the first time i did work in a train. the last train headed towards kranji. i can’t believed i worked on powerpoint slides in the mrt!!

CAT is driving me nuts. so much work to do for just one credit. damn they should make that course 2 credits or sth! we were so tied up with all the modeling on excel and programming n macro-ing the stupid excel sheet that we didn’t have time to prepare for the slides for presentation. presentaion is randomised. we don’t know for sure we’ll be picked tmr, but we have to be prepared. which explains my presence here at this time when my brain should be resting.

sometimes its gd to be in a grp. but there’re also times i wished i worked along. like when we decide on the flow of the presentation and the slides are delegated to one person and i don’t like/agree with what that person does. and so i end up being stubborn and staying up late to come up with a new version for the grp to consider. not even sure which version we’ll be using inthe end. and the persentatino is a mere 10& of the grade. which is like less than my class part. and i don’t even try a tenth as hard as this for class part. -.- i don’t know why.

gosh thank god for a blog. such an efficient way to rant and grumble. to just get things off without having to think if i’m making sense or if the blog understands what i’m talking abt. just rant and grumble. does tht make sense?

maybe i shld make such posts private so i don’t sound disoriented and crazy.

even after cat tomorrow there’s still so mch work to be done. AHH! so irritating

have to work hard to keep my temper in check. n to still keep being joyful and stressless.

bidding

starting tomorrow. irritating. grr. i don’t like bidding. i really really don’t like bidding.

n i might have to change my blog cos dearest lanfang realised that she can view blogspot but not wordpress in china -.- and she was the one who told me to get wordpress cos she tot she can see wordpress there.

anyhows. so much to be done. so little time. one step at a time.

i have a random craving for sea breeze. want to grab a book and head to the beach and just sit and read. shall do that after exams :D

My father

is an expert lizard catcher. last night when i reached home, there was one tiny lizard in the my room. and so, i called for my father to come and catch the lizard. and he came in, and slowly moved toward the lizard (think tiger preying on a small animal) and then, used his fingers to pinch the lizard! and there! the lizard was in his hands, still wriggling and intact!! gosh! i was very amazed. His hands are faster than the lizard. the poor lizard didn’t have any chance to respond at all. ew. then he went around showing us the live lizard still in his hands. -.-

but well, enough about lizards. i think i might be a pig in reality. a pig encased in a human body. i slept at 12 last night, and wanted to wake at 6 today to do work. i ended up waking at 10 plus. -.- argh. i think i can’t survive on anything less than 8 hours. i’d been having 6 hours of slp the past few days, so i think my body was rebelling. i feel v refreshed now after that slp. but that means i’m more behind on work than i was. which means more late nights. !!!!! anyway, the break is ending soon so i better end this animal related post.

looking forward to another gen12 reunion tonight!!!! and DG with the freshies! one more sem andi won’t get to call them freshmen anymore. hmm.

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Mei Hui’s just started work at a spa, and is learning manicure and pedicure. she’ll be moving on to massage and nail art in the future, but for now its the basic manicure. in my opinion she’s pretty good at it. not like i’ll know anything abt mani and pedi anyway. and so, i had my very first manicure by Mei Hui on sat!! she complained abt me not having enough nails for her to play with. n said i didn’t have enough cuticle for her to clean too. tsk. be her hand model still need to kena nag. anyway, here’s the nicely done up fingernails. i don’ tknow what i did but some of it cracked on the very night that it was done -.- i’m just not cut out for this kinda thing lar.

 Back tracking, i finally had a full DG on thurs! yay! all four of the girls in my discipleship group turned up. so exciting to see these girls so willing to come tgt in a group to learn God’s word, with evangelism in mind. They’re willing to be accountable to each other, and really shared with each other openly. Yay!

i finally got to meet up with TAN SHE HUI after i don’t know how long. 6months? or more? and i haven’t met MICHELLE in an even longer time! grr. the good thing is it doesn’t feel that long. :) anyway, she hui recommended the sushi tei at harbour front. oh gosh the view was fantastic! we sat facing the sea. tho the IR construction spoilt the view, but it was good nonetheless. n the food was even better. the beef steamboat thing rocks! the beef just soaked up the taste of the miso soup. tho we spent arnd 20 bucks, i tot it was well worth the money.

the view from our table

the beef steamboat thing!

the whole spread, minus shehui's fish ice cream

the qing ren and i!

the view when we ended our dinner

sigh. my bro n parents just found out that i earn only $145 for teaching the 4 piano students (half an hour each, 3 of them beginners n 1 grade3) n they sort of demanded for me to stop teaching. the thing is that there’re two agents that’re taking a cut off the fees. one is the place where the lessons are held. sherwinn education centre, where they concentrate mostly on tuition/afterchild care. the other is the music sch with whom the person who intro me this job (mrs yeo) is related to. sherwinn is taking a 30% cut, and the music sch is taking a 20% cut. my parents n bro were angry that the cut that the music centre is taking is a continuous one. n for myself, i also don’t knw why they are taking that cut. so, after much discussion, the conclusion is that if the 20% cut is taken out, I can continue teaching. otherwise, i have to quit.

i feel bad thinking abt quitting just after 1month, and it’ll be bad towards pear too. but my family is against it, and i think i was being stupid when i agreed to teach without asking for further details and discussing w my family first. and, in a way, i feel that mrs yeo was being sneaky cos she only told me that pear was under a different scheme, but didn’t tell me that there was a difference in the cutting of fees part. i don’t know. argh. i don’t like this kinda thing. on one hand i feel bad abt this whole thing, but a part of me feels indignant and taken advantage of.

anyhows, i’m gg to call mrs yeo tomorrow to clarify the reasons for the music school taking a cut of my pay, when they don’t seem to be involved at all. i use the education centre’s facilities, n i need to source for music books and decide what to teach on my own. so all the music school did was to introduce me to the education centre. if that’s the case, why should the 20% be a continuous one? if they take away that cut, i’ll continue teaching. otherwise, i’ll have to quit.

2 Cs

coke and chips

They light up my night when i’m trying to churn out a repot. :D

(nothing beats letting out a loud burp after drinking coke. hiak hiak hiak.)

the week is gone

just like that. The mid term break has come to an end, and i’ve accomplised nothing. OH gosh. Thank goodness my report’s due only next Thursday. I’ll stil have time to catch up. I’m going to try to recall what I did to while my time.

mon-went to work in the morn, then SM meet, then DG day out.

tues-went to a fish farm for CAT project, met Shi En for shopping, n dinner w Shi En and Mei Hui

wed-woke up late, and spent the entire afternoon and evening helping Shermaine pack up her room. It’s amazing how disorganised and dirty a 7yearold’s room can be. spent the night deciding on the topic for my report.

thurs-morn:slept in. went for kbox with crusade pple! then band at night.

fri-did nth in the morn. went for drums lesson, came home, took a nap, and am gg church for band in ten mins’ time.

There, my whole week. at least the time was accounted for. only it shows how bad my self discipline is. -.- grr. n now i have a whole stack of chinese newspaper to read in preparation of the class next week. argh. next time i shall not procrastinate. next time.

Labrador Park

Went there on Sunday w my eldest bro n sis in law, sis in law’s bro+wife+child, my parents and my niece. I felt like I wasn’t in Singapore anymore!

Waiting for my eldest bro to pick us up. my father’s telling grandfather story (literally!) Since he’s talking to his grand daughter. and look how unglam they are. sitting on the water container. The containers were meant for kop-ing sea water back home for our fish tank.

Popeye’s

with shi en and meihui! been such a long time since i had dinner with the two of them. really glad for the time to sit down and chat. n sitting at the roof terrace of esplanade just chatting in the night breeze. :D

popeye’s food was not as good as expected. the chicken was really tender, but the fish was too salty.

n i just love technology when it brings wonders such as msn. had great chats with lingyi n mich and adora. :D whoever it is that created msn, thank you!

 

THAT THING YOU DO

puts a grin on my face, spring in my steps. :D :D :D

or maybe its just that the mid term exams are over.

its a cheap thrill to listen to such songs on the ipod and grin to myself, not caring if i look crazy. :D