Sunday, December 31, 2006

happy 2007 everyone!

omg! 1 year is about to leave us...!! kowaii! resolutions undone and wishes unfulfilled. what does that leave us with? more resolutions for the new year!! shucks. and we need way more determination to carry them out for sure.
whatever it is, nobody can be as eager as me for 2006 to be history.. of course there're stuff i fondly look back on but in general, sucky year in all aspects of my lifee. yucks.
now, i just want to pig out my new year and exercise more in the new year! yay!

Saturday, December 30, 2006

new year...gathering time..

ha..check this tree out. adrian showed me this website with this tree called bottle tree.. so corny. but quite cute hors. it's in sembawang.. dunno which part also.

met up with bec, zhen and adrian at TCC today. adrian was a last minute addition to the gathering and it was really cool coz haven't seen him err..since god knows when..2 years ago? wow. he's in NIE now and we'll be fellow senseis..hah.. teaching art in secondary school! lucky guy.. i'm actually very keen in art but too bad, me no talent and no qualifications..;(

was good to see becca lam as well.. long time no seee and miss chean who wowed me with her dunno how many inches prada shoes and she actually managed to trod in the pradas down crowded orchard road with us for a good 5-6 hours! 3 kowtows to her!

hereby, i bestow upon her the title of The walking devil who wears prada.

apparently she's quite into those euro high end fashion brands like Karan Milan and BCBG (or BC BZ BCBQ? forgot le)...so for the 1st time in my whole life, i stepped into the shops and plough the shelves for clothes that would cost less than 500 bucks (before discount).. nai..zenzen nai yo! super difficult to find! tried on this Karen Milan kimono red dress which was so so pretty and suitable for CNY...after 55% discount, $234. so imagine..the original price was around $800... pukes. bec kept goading me on telling me it looked really nice on me... and ya..i did really like it quite a bit. but i exercised commendable self control this time. kudos to natsuri san!

some of the dresses were really really beautiful!! but they cost like $900 bucks!! beautiful price too.. haiz.. if only i have more okane!! i need to earn at least $4K to support this kind of spending lor... and i shall wait very very patiently for that day. -_-ll

yup..summary: town was bloody crowded today.

mochi says: my mayday CD kept skipping! shit..lousy quality leh..it's original somemore.. so shittified.

warning: a very 五月天post..

finally bought my mayday! haven't listened to it yet..maybe will bring my discman (such an ancient word huh hah) out later..meeting becca and zhen later. looking forward..haven't seen them in a while.. especially johorian becca.

okay.. pics time!! cd came with a set of black calendar cards which is stylo la but can't see the dates at all lor. and i was given a ticket to collect the poster and mouse pad next thursday coz the stocks haven't arrived.. so ma fan hor.

*~angels in action! but 怪兽looks abit too thin..doesn't look like him.~*





*~ 阿信好帅啊。。嗯。。the jacket he's wearing looks like the one i wore to japan leh! ~*

*~怪兽looks exceptionally good here. didn't think he can look so kawaii! the hairstyle maybe..and his double eyelids look super prominent here..looks like 小猪!~*

it taste like....

i promised i'll blog about the ice earl vanilla drink in Coffee Club.

without a choice, babu and maria helped me order ice earl vanilla. so 3 ice earl vanilla please. they said it's super dupa oishii.. ok lor.

1st try..weird. trying very hard to keep my enthusiasm to complain at bay, i gave it a second sip. omg! it tasted like baygon! ya..got an insecticide taste...really.. 3rd sip, 4th sip... onaji desu.

but it's high class baygon coz inside even got a scoop of sinful vanilla ice cream. hmm..it doesn't taste that bad really...maybe it's earl grey tea's taste.. but one thing for sure, it tasted baygon-ish. but well, i finished everything anyway, but i don't think i'll order that again. should have made maria paid for my drink can! both babu and maria didn't think it has the baygon taste at all and was really enjoying themselves.. err.. good for them. -_-

can someone go and order it one day and let me know if it taste like baygon? i'm really curious coz i don't think my taste bud is spoilt lor. but the pasta and mudpie was good though.. god.. i need to jog 10 rounds...haha.

visited lehlio buddy in SGH yesterday and bumped into buddy TAN and e-line! ward 45 was an ICU ward so upon reaching there, i got a little shock and thought i'll be seeing him for the last time or something. i pressed on the auto door several times but it couldn't open and a lady gestured me to approach the counter for help. think she scared i'll spoil the door lor.

after checking, lehlio buddy wasn't in ICU la..he was in one of the rooms on the ICU level. chey! haha.. he complained that everyone who visited seemed disappointed that he wasn't in ICU..haha..

mochi says: no la.. we're not so evil. ...muahahahahah.and oh! zhe is discharged! yay..

Thursday, December 28, 2006

when to be cruel is to be kind

zhe was admitted yesterday coz she had to do a biopsy for her kidney..some inflammation thingy. hope it's not serious.. praying hard for her lo. worse part is that she gotta hold her breath during the surgery...meaning... she can't be put on G.A.. omg.. imagine the pain!! doc warned her it'll be painful.. i mean imagine...jabbing a sharp UFO into your body when you're perfectly conscious is insanely sadistic.. but what to do.

visited her today and can tell that she was glad her biopsy is going to be postponed till tomorrow. ganbatte zhe san!

mochi says: health is wealth. life is wonderful.

"Life Is Wonderful" - Jason Mraz
It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors to make a story
It takes an egg to make a hen
It takes a hen to make an egg
There is no end to what I'm saying
It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes some words to make an action
It takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction
La la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Al la la la la
It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to make you yawn brother
And it takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other
And it takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
It takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes the dust to have it polished
Ha la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is so full of
Ah la la la la la la life is so rough
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is our love
Ah la la la la la
It takes some silence to make sound
It takes a loss before you found it
And it takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to make you care
It takes a hole to make a mountain
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ha la la la la la life is wonderful
Ha la la la la la life is meaningful
Ha la la la la la life is wonderful
Ha la la la la la life it is...so... wonderful
It is so meaningful
It is so wonderful
It is meaningful
It is wonderful
It is meaningful
It goes full circle
Wonderful
Meaningful
Full circle
Wonderful

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

yucky software and a suki xmas treat!

natsuri san!! you better stop all your wu liao downloads... if not, your comp would crash..and your life would be thrown into darkness just like a lost ship without the guidance of the lighthouse...

downloaded this MSN content plus program and i totally learnt my lesson. no matter how bored and itchy finger, i shall never attempt to ruin my comp in this way..ever again.

installing it was fine..but after finding it super useless, i uninstalled it through the usual add/remove programs method. but it didn't work coz they have like pop ups every 15 sec asking me register and buy the products. if i cancel the pop up, they'll auto-close my MSN! dam! *&%^$$#@@.. what gives them the right to close my msn leh?!

the pop ups were so frequent that i can't do anything on my comp in peace. lucky for the wonderful internet, i found a forum where millions of victims posted the solution for this disgusting program. have to restart the comp in safe mode and remove some hidden programs...blah blah.. shit lor.

from being stuck till wallowing in grief at my stupidity till when i finally solved the problem, it took me like a good half a day..where it could have been better spent.

okie..besides this shittified encounter, it was good fun eating suki with zhe and sharon san yesterday. food was good and loads of catching up made the session more valuable. discussing the highs and lows of 2006.. no fun, they all guessed my high lows!!! haha... too predictable natsuri san... ganbatte!

fingers crossed for 2007...

mochi says: waiting for the impossible.. muri desu ne..wakaru?

Monday, December 25, 2006

皆さん!

モ千says: クリシマスおめでとございます!
A great, peaceful, healthy, happy and... not forgetting the most auntie wish, for a prosperous 2007 year ahead for everyone... :)

死亡笔记

Caught Death Note 2 yesterday.. sequel was as exciting as the 1st. it was like 2 and a half hours lor..almost as long as Titanic. hah. but it was good.. why isn't it surprising. heh. guess a good storyline and casting makes magic.

am still mesmerised by L and went online to search for his profile. ya la..i'm very free..hehe. omg. he looks kinda different without the eyeliner.

Name: Matsuyama Kenichi 松山研 (松山ケンイチ)
DOB: 1985年3月5日 (urgh..so young!)
Before:



After:


anyway, though I can hardly understand the japanese website, i think he's talent scouted by some talent agency in a "new style men" competition.. don't ask me what is it..haha. wakaranai!

oh..found a cute cartoon version of L.. kawaii ne!

i got a huge ugly, irritating sore on my chin..eeeks. must be too stressed lately. nani?! it's bloody painful lor.. and ugly. so we decided not to BBQ today but instead go suki for our christmas dinner.. bBQ really too much work and too oily, sweaty and smoky. only 3 of us.. bbq also quite a waste. yes.. loads of excuses for being simply lazy!

mochi says: ya..i remember we had suki for xmas last year too.. but with less one person this time. zannen deshita ne. -_-

Friday, December 22, 2006

about being similar..

just realised that I'm not as lor sor as before already..hmm.. my posts are pretty short and to the point nowadays.. buddy ng, no chance for you to complain about my lengthy posts le. heh.

I was super pissed with my mum for being so indecisive in ikea that day buying something. so pissed that I suddenly saw myself in her.. !

kowaii... so all my friends must be bloody pissed with me for my indecisiveness when choosing what color watch to buy, what main course to order, what flavour of freeze I feel like drinking today... blah. but basically, i've got this thing about colors. if all T-shirts come in only 1 color, that'll probably solve this problem..zenzen. if they die die gotta come in 2 colors, one of the colors must be either yellow or red... coz i hate these 2 colors. heh.

i'm similar to my mama san in many ways in fact..character wise. just that i really hope i can cook half as well as her.. that'll be 饭-tastic lo. since i'm always lazy to go out buy food, then i can always cook at home. oh wait.. means i gotta buy ingredients to cook and...cook! okay..no point.

mochi says: omg, ikea was amazingly empty today.. coolz. and I gymed today..double coolz.!
Guilt list:
1) 1 swivel work chair... FOC..! thanks to my vouchers.. but points are goone..


2) a photoframe.. been wanting to get it ever since long loong time agoo..
3) 2 white storage boxes... yup..i bought white.. pic not avail in white.


4) and cute stationary storage boxes that comes in sets of 3.. really handy! urgh..but i can't find the pic online and i haven't found a use for them.....yet.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

words from an ikea fan

will be visiting ikea once again with zhe san.. really praying it'll be less crowded! mochi says: duh..come on, you know it's impossible lo.

My vouchers have arrived.. so gonna use them to purchase a comfy roller chair for myself..and some photoframes... storage boxes..the usual.

I hope to be able to eat my meatballs and chicken wings tomorrow also.. yummified.

School's starting soon and i'm having little panic attacks now and then.. but i'm sure 6 months will fly past soon enough before we even notice.. and I shall really treasure my 1 year of tedious NIE training... and then... okay..thinking too far and too much.

mochi says: what's meant to be, will be. .. hontoni?

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

the board came crashing down...

went gelek in the new Ikea and Courts with my mama san yesterday.. i dunno where all the human beings come from..scary. doesn't look like a weekday afternoon at all.. everybody seemed like they don't need to hatarakimasu..

suddenly remembered that as I was ironing the other day, our ironing board was bending precariously towards gravitational direction. so.. reminded my mum that we need to get a new ironing board in all seriousness... but mama san just dissed me off saying the ones in ikea are of bad quality, b;ah blah.. which i don't really agree.

so i was proven right. the ironing board crashed today. drove out in the heavy rain just to get the board so that the auntie can continue with her ironing. urgh. sticky and wet.. yucks.

proud of my deja vu.

Monday, December 18, 2006

all I want for christmas is you

good! busted $113 on mango today... bought a pair of jeans at $45, cropped shorts at $49 and a top for $19...

more to come as i've decided to get myself a baby G instead.. shucks.

i'm not rich as per popular belief. i'm just overspending like nobody's biz. haha

Quite a funny sight to see all the gals chiong into MangO digging at the piles of clothes.. as if there's no tomorrow... while the guys just stood outside the shop in a neat row, trying very hard not to look at all associated with the shop in any way. Some with babies in prams, some young ah bengs and some others who already had numerous shopping bags hung on them.

mochi says: that's what christmas is all about isn't it. the spirit of giving and caring...(^_^)v

Friday, December 15, 2006

shop away my hols..

managed to catch "The Holiday" free at Vivo City..thanks to ahmad's lobang.. was really an entertaining movie and unexpectedly good. hilarious.. haven't had such a good luff in a long time!

plus plus..bonus! jude law was simply irresistably gorgeous... i want to put up my house for house exchange too! Blk 549..who is interested ah? haha.. terms and conditions: only open to people who have jude law quality brothers or relatives who often visits you.

yup.. so next up would be the curse of the golden flower... jay chou time! what a lousy and song2 title... i would rename it.. the curse of jay.

maria and babu jio me for midnight shopping tomorrow... woah! they really don't care about my bank account hor! haha.. anyway, tempted to just take a look and check out the deals..for my watches! christmas purezento for myself... ! before that, will meet sharon and zhe san for mango sale......

mochi says: what happened today..was it my hallucination? love is blind... totally blind.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

watches galore......**~

ahhh..kawaii!! i wanna buy an adidas watch! Cleo's fault la.. saw the ads for these watches.. make me salivate only... urghz. gotta wait... natsuri san.. chotto matte...osoi.....忍。。。慢慢来k。okay..just prioritsing my choices first can rite.. heh.

~*this metallic pink one is my fave leh. *~
they have it in blue also..but not so nice I think.
It's either the white or the pinkish red for this model.. but this model like alot of people wearing liao. but quite classic though.

hmm.. this one is not bad also.. formal yet casual.. ii ne.what you all think?

mochi says: so hard to decide hor. but i'll only get 1..only 1.. only 1....one...hitotsu...ichi..satu...yat gor....一个

矛盾的 モチ

人是自相矛盾的。

假期没到,超期盼。现在到了,便埋怨没事做。因为朋友们都在上班!好闷啊。。

纪念品分配好了,房间整理了,部落格更新到不能再新了,silkpro卖了,杂志买齐了也读完了,现在该做什么呢??!哈哈。已经茅起了疯狂购物的念头了!shit。我的皮包在抗议了。

其实还有学校的东西必须做啦,但没有心情。已经看到临时抱佛脚的我了。。唉!

算一算。。时日也不多了。过三个星期当校门一开,便是我的死期。

现在还是别想那么多。能吃就吃,能睡就尽量睡。

モチ说:要趁机去多几次K-lunch啊。。和游泳,晒太阳。。从日本回来后,皮肤好像白了!我不要!看=一看瓶罐。。原来那个silkpro有美白作用。。。%#@#*&

Monday, December 11, 2006

i fOund u.

happened to bring along a sample bottle of SilkPro facial cleanser for my trip coz it's small and compact. but little did I expect to be able to find a cleanser that doubles up so well as a makeup remover as well!

really miraculous lor.. been playing around with mascara and eyeliners recently..sollie ah..senseis are too free now. heh. yup..so it was really cool when I realised that it totally removed the mascara without a trace while just casually washing my face.

even the fancl cleansing oil also not as nice to use.. very oily and cause temporary blindness when the oil gets into my eyes.

Did I mention i was collecting my printer? ya..actually a friend helped me buy it during the sitex fair. saved 50 bucks. supposed to meet him to collect today..and guess what. he forgot to bring the printer! omg. he's forgetful i always knew..just that i didn't think he would be able to miss such a huge printer.

it was a weird day. i felt weird. things went weird. interactions were weird. i want to know why i felt weird.

pics ready..

tada!

pics up.. so tired ne! just wanna get it over and done with while i'm still onz about it..hahaha.

can click "view slide show" to see the bigger version of the show"..it'll open a new window..more conducive for your eyes.

going to sleep... going to collect my printer tomorrow! yay..

Sunday, December 10, 2006

2 - 8 Dec 2006- Japan Trip..Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Yokohama, Tokyo

* A view of Mount Fuji from a highway toilet break stopover..sugoi ne.*

tadaima!
yeah..too many things to cover on my trip liaoz.....how to post! haha..

okie.. it was overall fun! visited loads of places..imagine..we never stayed in the same hotel for more than 1 day lor. I took like 700 pics..wahhaha. of course I'm not developing all..just need a little more time to sift out.. hehe.

Apparently winter is late this year and so we get to see the autumn's scenery! yokatta ne~ 1st time seeing a mixture of beautiful yellow, red, orange greenery.. breathtaking.

Highlights of the trip:

1) Mount Fuji! sugoi yo...though it was cold at 0 deg, risking fingers kena bitten off by the cold, i still managed to take loads of pics of Fuji san... pretty!

2) The Ramen Museum! I ate the nicest and also oiliest ramen i've ever eaten in all my 25 years of life. 好幸福唷... ^_^ stall number 4... yummy.

3) Visiting DisneyLand for the first time. I was really like in another land..so fairytale-like. Definitely a must-see if you haven't been. I enjoyed but wasn't thrilled coz I don't watch Disney cartoons. haha. Plus, the weather was so cold, the wind was strong and everywhere were Qs....Qs...and more Qs. I hyperventilated for a minute when the guide said we have till 6pm in Disneyland. It was only 9am.

4) Japanese food. I love Nihon ryori! katsu don.. ramen..tempura..udon.. soba.. red bean..green tea...mOchis...


Things I liked about Japan:
1) super dupa polite sales staff! ichiban!

2) the ichiban toilets!
i actually look forward to going to their toilets..heh..check out whether they got newer spray functions and sanitizers to make your toilet experience an unforgettable one..their toilets smell dam good. when the tour guide warns us that that particular toilet is verrry dirty, it is actually 10 times better than singapore toilet.

3) Mount fuji! ...kirei desu ne.

4) the language! .. it's still a mysterious language to me.. somehow, some way.. i thought i knew how to speak it.. till i was taken aback at the counter when the cashier rattled a string of some words which i totally wakaranai..and could only nod my head and "hai!"

5) innovative stuff japs come up with. little clever and yet pretty- to- look- at inventions to make work and life easier..for housewives..kids....students..babies...

Things I don't like about japan:

1) The young girls there slap on too much make up.. gimme the feeling that they're not what i'm seeing.

2) The shops there closes too early!.. 8pm...hayaku desu ne.

3) Their infatuation with Hello Kitty and Disneyland. but then again, if i'm born in japan, maybe i'll love kitty also. besides being cute, hello kitty is like a symbol of good luck for the japs.

4) Japanese culture in general. as per the tour guide, she said that japanese men hang out till late at night after work before going home so that it seems they've got alot of entertainment to do aka they're doing well at work. poor wives. lame chop lor.

5) I don't find the hot spring fascinating.. tried once and that's it. didn't cure my stiff neck also leh.

mochi says: guess this is the best way to recap my 6 day trip to Nihon. will leave the rest to the pictures, which will be up... soon!

nua-ing time~

Friday, December 01, 2006

30 November 2006..where the focus wasn't on food



*our mother tongue department!*


Attended school's 10th Anniversary gala dinner yesterday night at Changi Village Meridian Hotel... food was not very palatable.. bland and taste weird. period. the cold dish combination had this octopus thingy where the octopus and jellyfish were super huge, thick and slimy..not pleasing to the eye and taste buds. actually good for me also since my dress wasn't the stretchable sort...

the most popular corner was this photo corner that resembles a mini studio for staff to take pics by our school's photographer. they'll immediately print out the pics for us...quite cool la.. it's like an unspoken culture..everyone in this school love taking pics..including moi. heh.

since nothing to gush about the food, let's enjoy the pics!

*my fellow brownies sensei!...top left to right:Peilian and ferlynn.we look abit stiff coz of these weird poses..-_-ll*


*we are popularly known as The Contractors...reason:we are contract sensei and are from the same batch! haha. okie..cold joke. but we really do the stuff contractors do.... everything!starring:Miss Hu,Mr Firuz and Miss Chew*


*a pic taken in the toilet.. can't tell hor?! haha..*

**Miss Kwan, Miss Hu and watashi.. we're the youngest sensei in the school!*proudz* i'm actually the oldest among them..*not so proudz* **