Friday, September 30, 2005

Some kind of museum - i dont know the name where Mona Lisa is being showcased. All paintings are framed in gold.




That's the outside of the museum. Looks so grand!




The recently demised John Pope IV 's resting place in the Vatican City.




The beautiful insides of the Vatican city.




Ancient Ruins of Rome (?)




The beautiful murals in the Sistine Chapel.




Some beautiful mask shop in Holland or Switzerland. Reminds me of MAsquerades~ so cool!




It was snowing in Switzerland! That's Dad's palm filled with snow.




Coming down the Swiss mountain on the cable car




Cute little houses dotted the mountains in Switzerland. So "Lord of the rings" *giggles*

Thursday, September 22, 2005

Finally some pictures to decorate my site. I was getting really annoyed going pictureless and finally something now.

Treasures found in the memory cards of my Trusty ol' canon who just came back from the trip to culturally and historically rich Europe with my parents on their 30th wedding anniversary.
3 weeks worth of pictures - a grand total of 700 over pictures. Sieved out some for your viewing pleasure! hurrah!








Beautifully taken pictures of Europe, love from Trusty old Cannon Ixus Iv

I wrote a post yesterday but it was so annoying, blogger had some kind of error and wiped my post away. Yes it dint get saved into their database.

I was just mentioning somehow Im really quite tired of all these nonsense about work and everything that's ongoing in my life at the moment, I just kinda felt that its so depressing.

Perhaps I am going through depression without even knowing it. Life has kind of lost its taste to me now. Absolutely tasteless. I do not know what I'm going, just drifting in and out of consciousness each day and night. Just like the unstable network im experiencing in school today.

I met up with my secondary school good friend yesterday. It lifted my moods a little. To have seen him was to be reminded of the silly childish things you have done while in secondary school, in the class, as well as the long phone calls we have had, discussing about puberty in particular. He was my good friend then. I have always had this things with guys. I am better friends with men than bitchy females.

We stared at each other while discovering each other in the library, while i was comtemplating my blogger entry and we were like "Oh MY GOD!"

Haha, its nice somehow to have met him. Cheered me up a little.

Something else happened yesterday. Nothing very shocking like the suicidal case we have had on our first day of school after the assignment one week break (where we all rushed to complete our assignments and be culled to death if you dont hand them in.)

I participated in a volunteer programme. Something to help the Singapore Children Society. It is a penpal thingie. Where I write leetters to the children in their care and i receive letters from them. PRobably where I could advise them about things they are undergoing in school or what.

I received my letter yesterday. I wrote the reply in like 30 mins flat in the library. Bought the stationery paper and stuff from the bookshop downstairs and voila the letter was completed. Now I just have to hand that letter back to the social worker and the deed would be done.

From kenny sia's blog I jumped over to xx's friend's blog - wanyi. And discover a great quiz. PErsonality quiz. Quite accurate I think. At least of my feelings at the moment. Im feeling really lousy.

It says:You are seeking an affectionate relationship, offering fulfillment and happiness. You are capable of powerful emotional enthusiasm. Deep down, you are a kind loving person, always helpful and willing to adapt yourself if necessary to realize the bond of affection that you desire. But you need the same consideration and understanding from others and it is this need that will sometimes hold you back... so let go, trust and you may pleasantly surprised at what happens.

You are a leader in every sense of the word. You know where you are going and you know what you need to do in order to get there. You exercise an inherent initiative in overcoming obstacles and difficulties. You either hold, or wish to achieve, a position of authority by means of which full control can be exerted over events.

Loneliness is soul destroying and at this time you feel lost and lonely, perhaps it is because you feel so frustrated that you are prepared to go out of your way to become emotionally involved with someone who could accept you for what you are. You are egocentric, antagonistic and quick to take offense, although it must be said, you can control your pent-up up emotion and thus avoid open conflict.

You are an emotional, sincere and impressionable individual experiencing frustration and unnecessary stress. You vehemently resist any form of pressure from outside sources, insisting on your independence as an individual. You want to be a decision maker - to make up your own mind without interference. You wish to be able to draw your own conclusions and arrive at your own decisions. You detest uniformity and mediocrity as you want to be regarded as one who gives authoritative opinions. Your favourite expression could well be that 'I may not always be right but I am never wrong'. You're a perfectionist and even though you may feel that the other person's point of view may be right, you find it extremely difficult to admit that you could be wrong.

You would like to be respected and valued for yourself and this can only be achieved from within a close and harmonious relationship.

lala I know im a perfectionist, im mind my own opinions and I detest pressure and im hot tempered haha! ;P

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Well, it seems that the fella who tried to commit suicide is a guy. He was rescued by 3 SCDF personnels who grabbed him and tussle hussle with him on the rooftop.

Anyhow, It was a rainy wednesday and I was 10 mins late for my morning class today. Handed in the portfolio that took up lots of my time for the past 2 months. voila! another one off my back. However, that also mean the new wave of assignments are slowlt crepting up my back.

Some of my friends are still busy doing theirs in the library.. the one opposite me is still doing because she's handing it up tomorrow. It has come to a point where I just couldn't quite care less about how my assignment turned out. So tired of going back and checking for errors. As long as i handed it in, I have done it prior to the dateline, that's all good for me.

I am not going to be chasing for distinctions and wear myself down. Something I had initially wanted to do. But its just starting to annoy me, all these unnecessary stress.

Somehow, blogging about how days in the campus are lately depresses me further.
Right at this moment, I wish I can go back home and watch some hongkong serial and just switch off.

Too bad, I have got my communication studies afterwards.. another dead boring topic. But I sat for a test last week.. wonder if I can get back my paper. Shouldnt be too bad i guess, should be chicken feet for me that one.

Oh yea, reason why i decided to blog was also the fact that I met up with my secondary school classmate in campus today. Shucks, he's in the same boat as me. Good news or not.. I dont know. He seemed pretty happy here I guess. Good for him.

It was a real shock to be reunited with friends from so long past, I havent seen him since a decade a ago! Brought up the much needed happy, embarrassing and funny memories from your growing up years. Definitely enlightening experience!

Also today I received a letter from a girl in the Singapore children's society. I have signed up as a volunteer to exchange letters with children from this group, so as to give them something to do as well as to encourage them to reveal their feelings to us. I guess these children are from some troubled family background. I hope through the letter writing and sharing, I can help to ease some of their pains.

I have already written the reply to the kid and I have got to pass the letter to the person who is the in charge. MY letter would be screened so that it doesnt contains any undesirable content or language but heck lar.. nothing much there anyway.

I just thought that helping others would help me cheer myself up.
I hope so.
but Im not very cheered up at themoment..

I miss my bed ...

Monday, September 19, 2005

I wonder what's with the school system.
What's with all the coinciding datelines?
Are they juust trying to push us to our graves>?
Are they happy to know that some students are not able to complete the course out of the sheer stress and workload of the course?
Are they happy when they finally drop out of the course?

Today a student in my cohort, attempted suicide
I did not know if its a he or a she. But that person was just outside my tutorial room. He/she was standing at the roof ledge when i left the room for another lesson. I did not stay to watch for fear that if he/she really jump i might also crack under the immense pressure.

Its just sickening and hell demoralising when such things happen so close to you.

I do not know what eventually happened. last I heard, psychiatrists were being called in to dissuade the jump.

what fuck has happened to the world?

This is going to be a lengthy post with no pictures. *yes they are still on holiday.. probably freezing their lenses off but they would be back soon- mutter mutter*

I stayed inthe orchard road equivalent of Kl - Jalan Bukit Bintang (well i think that's what it is called)

So I had a good choice of shopping centres near my door step. I could walk to Bejaya Times square, which is just behind my hotel (Federal Hotel), Sungei wang ( the equivalent of MBK in bangkok or Far East plaza in Sg) BB plaza, Lot 10 (with Isetan etc), Plaza Low Yat and some IT mall that resembles our Funan centre.

To be honest, I did not do much shopping there.
While some people find that Kl is the haven for shoes shopping, I hardly find any nice trendy shoes except for platforms which are so passe.

Clothes wise, we have what they offer there.. so i dont see the point really in shopping in Kl especially when the prices are about the same.

I dont know why some people say the food is interesting. I personally do not find them to be that interesting. On my first day there, I had Kenny rogers for lunch. While the chicken tastes as good as those in Sg, the side dishes was horrifying. I dont know what's with their potatoes.. it just tastes awfully bad. I am a potato fanatic, so i have eaten most potatoes available.. i just do not know why are theirs so horrifying repulsive. And their chicken rice costs an average of MYR 9.00! that's like SGD 4.50. Why so expensive?! And it doesnt taste as good as the one offered in the coffeeshop near my home which I could get 360 SGD for drumstick chicken rice. -.-

AS for their dressing wise, I think that the Sg-reans are generally more well dressed and well heeled than the kl-ians. From the points of our youngsters that is. The aunties and uncles generally dress more or less the same.

Electronics are more expensive in Kl and the sales person are usually friendly and will greet all chinese customers with a flurry of speedy cantonese.

What I did bought there was crystals and some ornaments. Nothing else.
Weather was swelteringly humid. You perspire the moment u walk out of the cool hotel lobby.

If i were to go back to KL again, I probably visit petaling jaya and the midvalley area for more shopping of crystals and ornaments. If given a chance I would probably not visit Kl since it is so similar to our good old singapore, I would prefer bustling Bangkok anytime! =)

Friday, September 16, 2005

Yeah! After such a long time slogging out my guts out for those essays and the tons of to be due nonsense when I return to school next week, I guess Im pretty over due for a short break in KL.

In fact, I just came down on our neighbouring country's "Mt. Akina" Genting Highlands. The weather is wonderful. Although I frigging despise things sold there... they usually cost you a head and a pair of limbs.

And yes im here without my cameras! holly crap! Really feel like dying. Cannot take pictures. !#@%^#%@%@^!

Because Im returning to Sg tomorrow afternoon, I dont think I would be venturing out to petaling jaya. And be subjected to the nonsense that XX went through.

I'm just going to indulge in the many shopping centres surrounding my very nice poshie hotel and binging on food!

Tee hee! Till I next see you again..

Hurricane Ophelia Signing out from Sweltering hot and humid plus heavily polluted KL.

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Im dying without my cameras. All two of them.

I was so darn tempted to blow myself broke, really badly broke to buy a 7 megapixel canon ixus that I have laid my eyes on the moment it came onto the market because of its marvellous features and size at the recent comex fair. Comes with lots of freebies too!

Having been so snap happy ever since my dad bought the other camera, I bring it with me everywhere I go. Im suddenly left helpless without it.

They went on a holiday and wont be back till much later. sniff

But when they are back, they would be back with lots of beautiful beautiful taken photographs... im sure of it =)

Monday, September 05, 2005

This morning while I was on the way out to the bus stop to school, I saw a golden syrian hamster on the void deck of one of the HDB blocks.

I had wanted to carry it home, but if I were to do that I probably would have to be late for my class. And my tutors are very fussy about punctuality.

I tried looking near its vicinity for some kind of a container to house it if i were to take it to school but cannot find!

Argh.. so i left it alone. Now im suffering from a guilt trip. What if it is being eaten up by a cat?! ARGH!

I feel so very horrible right now.
Doesnt help to know that in another 2 more hours I would be due for a psychology project presentation.

Shitt shitty day!