Happy Winter Solstice! 冬至快乐！

说到冬至，汤圆即刻浮现在脑海中。。。

老人家说吃了汤圆就增加了一岁。。

更有人说，吃了一颗就长大一岁。。犹记得小时的我，格外馋嘴，才不信这种说法。。

今天一早，妈妈撮了汤圆，虽然我不是很喜欢吃这难吞的应节食品，但我还是吞下了数十颗。。

总算是长大一岁了吧。。。

冬至是一年里头的最后一个节日。。，象征着弃旧，也给人一个期待，过了冬至，就要开始准备过年了，那是迎新。

在这么一天，我们可以对过去一年所做过的一切进行检讨省思，并对即将来临的一年规划，让自己有一些期许。。。

祝大家 冬至快乐！！！

Things I want for my Christmas

Dear Santa Papa,

Alright ,let's get straight to the point..

You know , year 2010 have been a good year for me..I've been behaving good,trying my best to be the positive person..So let's make this as simple as possible okay?

I don't think it's too much to ask if you grant just some of these wishes this Christmas..

1.All my family members and friends to stay happy and healthy.

2.A Canon EOS 550D

I'm really into photoshooting..and I don't ask for a high range DSLR..

just a beginner type like this will do..

3. A 4.0 result for my coming semesters

To achieve this I have to get ALL AAAAAAAAAAssss...Amen!

4. An Apple Ipad

Everyone and their dogs has got this.Honestly speaking , I have never seen anyone using it productively. 99% of the time,people with an Ipad are using it to paly games/ browse pictures /pretend to be cool.

Heck,I want one too. Not to use it,but I don't mind one of them try-hards and carrying one of those as a fashion item.hehe.

5.Last but not least,let every person in the world have food on the table,a family to go to and a roof over their head.

Thank you Santa..

and wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!

I'm Officially HOME

I'm HOME finally..

The feeling of being back in Taiping is really great..

I have just celebrated my grandma 80th birthday yesterday..

The buffet cum birthday party was a great success..roughly 300 relatives turned up..

Although the pre and post-party works were tiring and taxing,we still find it worthwhile because we can see that my grandma was very happy yesterday...

I really hope that she will stay healthy,happy and be with us forever!

Happy Holiday!

My common test finally ended today!

My feeling was indescribable...at the moment I passed my test paper to the invigilator, I felt a great relief..I can start planning for my holiday (in fact I've already been thinking about it before the exam ended..hehe)..

ermmmm...what should I do for this coming holiday?

CELEBRATE BDAY WITH GRANDMA...it's her 80th bday this year...and we are celebrating it BIG this year to mark this meaningful golden age..ermm..can't imagine how she's going to feel...going to capture her every smile this Saturday night...hehe...

GO HOME...i miss my HOME...seriously..my bed..my pillow..my bolster..everything in Taiping!

FAMILY TIME...Time being with family is getting lesser when 1 leaves the home to further his/her studies or work..Home has become the so-called hotel where we only stay there for 10++ days in 2 months...I know this sounds pathetic..but this is the truth...So I'm going to make use of the short holiday to the most..prioritise my family!

CALIGRAPHY...last year i wrote a few 春联(chinese couplets which can be seen on the doorways in Chinese community especially during Chinese New Year) and gave away to some of my relatives..I didn't know they would be so sought after that everyone is asking for 1...so this year I'm going to write more...I think I should consider charging some amount as my side income..hehe

MEET UP WITH OLD FRIENDS...This is utmost important...meeting up with old friends,chatting,hanging out to know more about their latest changes...reminiscing sweet secondary school life...

To my DP1003 friends,I know I'm going to miss you all..

Absence makes the heart grow fonder..this 2 weeks break will foster a better bond among us..

and I'm wishing all of you a Happy Holiday!!!

Merry Christmas!

10.12.2010

Trying to arrange my thoughts...

I had been occupied with lots of thoughts lately...

I could still remember the first few weeks of my second sem were like a bed of roses..

free as in stress-free,homework-free(no homework)...

enjoyable ( had series of activities for me to join every week)..

fun-filled (have lots of fun bonding with classmates)

time really pass by in a jiffy...it's way too fast..

I could still remember my last sem break 8 weeks ago..it's like just ended..

This sem is the time where friendship among our classmates cherish..

I really enjoyed the time with my classmates..it somehow make my homesickness banish...

we spent almost every free time after classes end together..from sports,hanging out,mugging in library or even crapping around,they build up our friendship..from acquaintance--friends--good friends--TRUE FRIENDS...

Week 8 already ended...

Week 9 is going to start officially..

It's time where all of us will dig our eyes into lecturer notes,past year papers etc etc etc..

It's time where all of us will gather all our attentions into STUDY..

Although it's just a 3 days common test,I can see that all of us really put in effort to prepare for it..

Hopefully our hard work will pay off!

All the best!

Volunteer at SCMS 2010

It was my first time doing volunteer job for Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.

It's one of the biggest event which I had taken part in. There were 60,000 participants and 6,000 volunteers participating in it.

I was assigned to Baggage part which was in charged in the collection of baggage after the runners completed their run. Although it was quite tiring,where I was needed to usher in and out to look for the runners' bib number,find out their baggage,make sure they check their belongings before they leave and make a mark on their bib after they have taken their baggage.

It involved a lot of team work in this. Everyone had their respective responsibilities and all of us were committed in what we were doing. Always SMILE no matter how rude or unfriendly the person we dealt with. This is what I learnt.

It's not an easy job,I admitted that I did grumble,complain and blame the leaders when I was asked to do those so-called 'sai kang'...we needed to clean the place after they collected all the baggages. From taking out the number tags sticked on the floor,clean out the rubbish,move all the logistic items like tables and chairs back to the respective places etc etc etc...it was really taxing especially when we had been keeping vigil since 2am..

In conclusion I gained very important experience through this volunteer and of course I learnt a lot of things .

the last 5 days were the best day i ever had here..

it was the first time i got the feeling of family here..

it was the days when my family were here to visit me..

although i was really busy with tests coming+event+meeting i set all of them aside and dedicated my time after classes for them..

although it made me really busy..where i rushed to and fro at my uncle's house at Jurong West from Ang Mo Kio which took about 1 hour I find it worthwhile doing..

It really makes me realise that family comes before everything else..

Being with family is the best time ever..now I begin to understand why most of my friends who stay in JB would rush back home after the lessons end on Friday..

If my family were to stay in JB I guess I would have done the same thing..

Happy moments pass by the fastest..after 5 days being here,my family went back Taiping yesterday night..

After sending them off,although I felt a little bit sad..I told myself it's time to focus on study as examinations are coming next week..

Im going to buck up ,prepare for exams and anticipating for X'mas term break..

I love my family!

my big family