I told my friends I couldn't go batam because I need to spend time on my thesis. Ended up rushing to school on friday to discuss bout the coming lunch gathering, and I stayed in school until evening. Emailed the math majors on saturday morning. I thought I could take a rest after that and start on my thesis. Surprisingly, my jc teacher suddenly sent a sms to ask me if I would be free for lunch. And as you've guessed, I replied yes immediately, changed and rushed out of the house.

Haha. And so, the time I was supposed to spend in batam was spent doing every other thing, except my thesis. In fact, it was lucky that I didn't go to batam. Otherwise, we'll have to wait till monday before I get to fix some details for the lunch gathering with the math department, which I feel that, we should really get such details fixed asap. And of course, I may have to wait for another year or more before I get to meet my teacher.

Anyway, for the lunch gathering with the math department, I found a MC for the event. Woohoo. And one kind soul offered to edit pictures for me. Haha. Great. I didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic. :)

Went to the bird park on thursday. Had a good time there. Haha. Too bad my digital camera went out of battery halfway. :( And the twins album I bought at jurong point was spoilt. Oh man, that blue blouse really jinx me.





Haha. I miss the bird park too. Lazy to post more photos.

I'm still very much in holiday mood. Still thinking of disneyland. Haha. Seriously don't mind going there again. It's like heaven on earth. :)


see the chipmunk?


donald hugging me!

Heez.

Went back to school for a consultation session with my supervisor. I've more work to do. So much that it gonna keep me occupied for the next one week or so. Certainly, it's a good thing that I've started working on it and have time to make some progress before the start of the semester. Imagine how I'll struggle when I gonna start attending lectures, tutorials, and conducting tutorials or lab sessions.

But then, it may be a great opportunity for me to lose the weight I've gained in the past two years. Haha. I started ballooning ever since I started taking four modules or less each semester.

The workload of my thesis somehow remind me that I gonna spend more time on it and stop dreaming bout disneyland. But disneyland is such a nice place. I wanna see the fireworks again.

Shall be going to the bird park tomorrow. :) The last time I went there was like erm, when I was primary 6. Or is it primary 5? Haha. That was like so long ago. So many things have changed since then.

I'm currently reading some of my fellow math majors' blogs. It's quite fun reading bout people's past. Especially when they're so frank bout their thoughts. So unlike me. Haha.

Today's the interview for hiring of graduate marshals and frontliners. I remember going for the interview with juan last year. And the times we worked during commencement. It's one year since then! I remember going to the library with her after one of our traning sessions. The library. From now on, I'll be going there alone.

Somehow, there's this bit of emptiness when I realize I gonna be alone from now on. I've a new godzilla to construct (that's my thesis), my supervisor, my lecturers, and that's all. The honours room gonna be occupied by a new group of students, so are the purple round tables we used to eat at in the science canteen. Sigh. I gonna miss my friends.

Anyway, heard that "harry potter" gonna have a farewell dinner. And he wanna invite me. Erm. Surprising huh. If he sends me an invitation card, I'll get him a farewell gift. Haha.

Disney Fireworks I



Disney Fireworks II

More photos taken in HK disneyland:


Big Mickey float


The Chipmunk


The Dwarfs


Cinderella and Snow White


Pluto!


Donald!

Big thanks to Eugene for the photos (haha, though he doesn't know the existence of this blog :)).

And in Ocean Park, we took this picture with its mascot, Whiskers:



Now I wonder when can I go on such holiday trips again. Haha. Although it's like so tiring, but on the other hand, it's so much more fun to go travelling with friends. Now I miss those days in HK.

I'll try to upload the video clip taken during fireworks, when I've time. Gonna start working on my masters thesis, gonna meet my supervisor this wednesday.

Though the outcome is still unknown, I'm grateful to all those who made the nomination.

I'm back. Super tiring trip. Lots of walking. Haha. And I realize that

1. my voice can be quite sweet. Especially when I was asking for directions. Haha. I thought I should sound sweet, so that people would be more willing to help.
2. my sense of direction can be quite good when there's a need for it to be good.
3. I really missed my parents when I was craving for restaurant food in Hong Kong and when I was tired of walking.
4. my dress sense differs from fellow Singaporeans, but along the streets in Hong Kong, I saw many with similar dress sense.
5. the salesgirls there know more than just standing around and bringing your stuff to the cashier.
6. there's always this sense of urgency and competitiveness in hong kongers.
7. guys enjoy shopping as much as girls.

Now some photos:

Near Star Ferry Station. Background: buildings on HK Island.

On Victoria Peak

At Ocean Park with the toys

On the train to Disneyland

Fireworks in Disneyland

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Hong Kong is such a shopping paradise. We could have shopped more if we got to spend one or two more days there. :) Ocean Park and Disneyland are good tourist attractions. Had great fun there. Everyday, there's so much to see, so much to do, so much to enjoy. Now, it's again back to reality, back to my thesis and so on.

I received this shocking email from math department, asking a few of us to gather feedback from our fellow math majors bout having a lunch gathering to celebrate our commencement. Sigh. This must be my retribution for constantly bugging the math department. Anyway, I just hope that my friends will reply to our emails so that we can feedback to the department next week. Argh. No easy task. :( Or perhaps, this just isn't my cup of tea.

Went to Bugis Siam Kitchen to have dinner yesterday. Shouldn't have ordered the buffet. Haha. We couldn't finished the food and it was quite expensive too. And guess what, my lower lip is swollen now. Haha. Thanks to the spicy food. But some of the dishes are delicious, I must say. :)



Company was good. We've known each other since sec one. It's really good that we still get to meet up once in a while. There're occasions when I thought I saw other secondary school friends in school, on public transports or in shopping centres, but I never go up to say hi. I don't know is it out of shyness, or is it because I don't know how to continue after the word 'hi'. Or maybe I'm just afraid that the person flashed me the "hey, who are you?" kind of look.





They shared their working experiences. Now, I really appreciate the fact that I'm still a student. I don't see how I can handle a class of attention seeking children, neither can I stand people wrongly accusing me of mistakes I never made.

Haha, if time permits, we should meet up more often. :)

Going to HK tomorrow, I'm excited bout the trip. Haha. First time being tour guide overseas. And I printed many maps, just in case I lose my way. :P

Haha. Got this when I went suntec on wednesday. The white thing in its hand is aries.



And I made this by following a link from ms pot.

Had been staring at the computer screen for more than 12 hours. For once, it isn't for my thesis.

Looked at many maps. This is one of the few occasions when I look at the hong kong map. Now, I begin to appreciate the times when I just follow my dad around. He has a very good direction sense. He plans the route, he pays for the transportation fares, and I just have to follow. Sounds good, doesn't it? :)

Very often, how dependent you are on a person reflects the level of trust you placed upon the person. When I'm with my dad, I know I can depend on him to give me the right directions. Even if it is a wrong direction, I'm very sure he will bring me to the right destination eventually. When I go out with anyone else to some unfamiliar place, I'll make sure I check out the route beforehand, and bring my street directory with me. Quite often, I ended up leading the way.

For me, it isn't so much bout looking for people with ability to lead the way. Ability isn't enough. I need to trust the person before I'll depend on him/her to lead.

Some women are lucky, because they are born to be protected. I know I don't belong to this category. So I keep reminding myself, if nobody provides shelter for me, I must have the ability to find a shelter for myself; if I lose my way, I must be able to read a map to get myself back onto the right route; I must have ability to solve problems.

Talking so much bout abilities. But in fact, abilities aren't enough to bring me here today. Even though I'm able to move forward, I'm accelerating because there're people behind me pushing me. :)

Digressed too much. Anyway, had some fun planning out the routes. Haha. Like what my teacher used to say, I take pleasure in almost everything I do willingly.

Before I go off to take a rest, here's some photos we took on tueday:





Haha. Sometimes I find it so amazing that despite leading quite different lives right now, we all originated from the same secondary school, same class. And after so many years, we're still friends. :)

Shall be meeting up with another two friends from tk tomorrow. Shall bring my camera along. :)