SNGS

Track and fieldHockey pitch and new extension building

Hoiwen, Pat, Weiyi, Ruiling and I decided to catch a last glimpse of St nicks before it gets demolished in a couple of months time. Apparently the school has started executing plans in tearing down both the primary and secondary blocks. Well, I'm sure those of us who have many fond memories of the school will see this as a nightmare. Our school is how freaking gorgeous?! Stepping into St nicks was like taking a short trip back to history-- peppered with memories of hopscotch sessions, water battles, anti-gravity toilet papers plastered on ceilings, family dance (more like a propaganda exercise to worship our principal then), the good o' wholesome orange bowl meals during recess, chicken rice auntie, ice milo, wanton and having to face teachers with perpetual pms angst.

The SNGS canteen touts the cheapest and most delicious food in Singapore. No kidding!

And I wasted no time in devouring my favourite lao shu fen soup from the orange bowl stall(warning: those of you who love the orange bowl better go back and eat because uncle is retiring this year!), wanton, chicken wing ( I swear their sauce is divine) and uncle morbeen's ice milo!

Pat and Hoiwen--thanks for making SNGS the best time of my life.

Weiyi, Ruiling and I posing at the bridge which connects the secondary and primary school blocks. I remembered smuggling ikan bilis from the canteen by running across the bridge as fast as I could!

The picture above shows our famous koi pond and there inscribes the words 'yin shui si yuen': which basically reminds one not to forget their roots. As cliche as it can be, it's beautiful don't you think?I used to throw 5 cent coins into the pond so that my wish of getting fantastic results for my tests would come true! On recollection, I should have thrown in a dollar. haha. (yes, it didn't work.grr)

Revisiting our classroom mischief.
Hockey girls taking a break from training.

Bimbo 1: Ser using a soldering machine to curl her hair.

Bimbo 2: Hoi filing her nails with a flat file.

The Design and Technology Room was one of my favourite hideouts in St Nicks. Mr Ng would always entertain us with his stories and I used to pester him to do my D&T projects!

And how can we ever forget the daily recital of our SNGS communist inspired pledge (first school in Singapore to come out with a school pledge!).

Hoi outside the primary music room (area rumoured from past generations to be haunted.*roll eyes*)

Whatever it is, I always believe that a St nicks girl will always remain a St nicks girl whether a not she has graduated 7 years ago. Albeit the usual taunting from friends about our silly sewn on school badge and whatever stigma attached to IJ girls, I'm proud to be an SN girl (now, what do you want to do about it huh?!*heh*) for the fact that it has shaped me to be the person that I am right now. I would like to think that I've turned out really fine. *grinz*.

This Chinese New Year had a special feel to it because firstly, it was great to be back in Singapore celebrating the festive occasion. As most of you know, I was in Europe on an exchange program during this period. It was noteworthy as well because of the immense amount of errands I had to do for my Mother. Sometimes I wonder why we go about torturing ourselves with the Spring Cleaning-getting ourselves burnt by hot splashing oil, muscles ached from carrying loads of rubbish to dump after years of hoarding, waking up at dawn just to help out in the kitchen, not to mention it was just a couple of hours ago I was speed packing using a highly effective method called 'sweeping everything under the carpet' (sniggles!) etc. Well , casting just one word---Tradition.

Ah mah eating with aunts and uncle.

I suppose this year I feel most obligated to help out as I'm currently on a 3 months long holiday (unfortunately, it's ending in about a week's time=/)and to make up for my disappearance last year. As I was saying, this CNY is somewhat interesting because surprisingly, the newly bought mahjong table had this magic spell of conjuring relatives whom have never or for the longest time stepped into my house.

My Ah Mah did the honour of opening the mahjong set and started the ball rolling. Relatives opened another table and started to play 'buan lut' (black jack).

That's my cousin emmiline playing the role of a banker.

A temporary gambling den could only be made possible this year as my dad has decided to play the cool customary card-being a tad less strict and controlling with such stuff. The atmosphere heightened when my mum's god grandchild paid a visit to my house.

Mum and her god grandchild, Jaden.

Everyone was scrambling to carry the baby whilst I scurried around like a chamber maid serving drinks and food to my guests. It was such a hectic day that in the end I totally conked off and snoozed for a good 4 hours.

A toast to the most crazy affair of a frenzy aka Chinese New Year.!

Reunion dinner

Gung Bao chicken, Steamed lobsters with garlic and shallots, Roast Duck, Leeks with Deep sea Abalone, Cod fish with black bean sauce, Teochew soup with vegetables and fish maw and...

YU Sheng!

There's no other season like Chinese New Year! My favouritest of them all. =)

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovey doveys out there!!
I've got not one but two hot hunks as my date this V Day. They are...


Trust me, It will be romantic. *winks*

Good news to share! I got back every single penny from my previous work place plus a letter of apology! They revised my salary saying that there was a miscommunication at work. They also acknowledged their mistake for not providing proper guidance to transportation claims.
Praise Him for bringing justice to the situation! I got back my money, my dignity, fairness, and learning experience.
And for all those who have helped me, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. =D
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I refuse to let 14th Feb validate me. *sniggles*

Sadness. All the tickets to Melbourne have been fully booked because it's the peak period where Singaporean students fly back for the start of the new semester. I really kick myself for not planning earlier. Tickets to London were barely available but it's just too short of a time to do any traveling. =( Dad's pretty agreeable to my initial traveling plans too! I blame it on mental inertia! I also did consider going to Shenzhen to visit Jay, a fellow exchange student from China, and coincidentally, Stine is there too! Stine is this Danish girl whom I got to know through Jay at my 22nd birthday party. The three of us, plus Aline, were traveling buddies who trekked from Prague to Belgium to France during the summer holidays. Stine is going to stay with Jay for a month before going to another state in China to participate in her exchange program. I thought it could have been a good idea if we met up in Shenzhen whilst hopping a short train/boat ride to Hong Kong and Mecau. Unfortunately, even budget tickets were priced 3 times the usual. Guess it's just not a good time especially with the festive season around the corner. Bugger. Maybe my guardian angel has other plans for me. I was tadly freaked out by all the horror stories of hand choppers ( One moment you're holding onto your wallet, the other moment, you find your hand chopped off by some robber!), kidnappers and other riff raffs lurking around to prey on unsuspecting tourists. Oh well. ...

Hopefully something excitingly impromptu springs up so that I get to spend some romantic time with my good old primary school friend, Dyanne. ( She's my 'lao po' btw. It's just role playing. I'm affirmatively straight.)



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I wonder if a friendship can be deliberately made good.

Especially if it gets quite exhausting.

Yet another delightful, moment encapturing session with Kelvin.

It's been a month of slacking and guess what?! I'm Lurvvvvvvvvvvvvviiiiin it!!!! *grinz*. I'm practically living a 'Tai-tai' life! I wake up in the morning with nothing on my mind-a nice, complete, clean blank and I beam with joy. The rarest of such a period in my life should be very much appreciated! I think the month has been pretty fun because i spend my time catching up with friends. I'm a full time socialite and I'm proud to be one. Envy me people!! Hahahhaa
Best of all, my mama just bought a Mahjong set and table for less than 50 bucks! I'm going to undergo personal training lessons from my aunties and grandma. Pray wise one, tell me how to do the Pong, and the Gong and the HU!
Might be jet setting to Melbourne or London where I can squeeze into friends' apartments for free and spend like a princess pauper.