Shine oh shine

SHINE '08 starts tomorrow!!!!!

Which means I won't come back to Dunedin till Sunday late afternoon.

These past few weeks have been hectic as never before, but come to think about it, I wouldn't trade it in for anything else.

Cons of working at ACC for the past 7 months: walk long way to work, spent less time studying/doing assignments, bought more formal working clothes than I'll ever need.

But, the pros aren't that bad either: at least I have an office/government work experience, being a colleague with some cool people and Michelle, bought nice working clothes hehe, have more income HEHEHE, feel like a pro now that I'm training newbees to the office muaHAHA.

I'll be sad yet happy at the same time to leave next week. 5th of Sept shall be my last day at work. Good luck Yale (my successor ;P) with all the dental and orthotics invoices. Which made me think: should I find another job next year? I don't mind the extra pocket money, but if it takes up more time, I'll have to settle to being a full time student then WITH no extra pocket money. Jaq is doing her honours this year, taking the one MICR490 paper and is always at her lab; I wonder how long I'd have to stay in labs next year when I have to take that paper plus 4 or 5 other papers too. She even mentioned a PHD student in the lab practically living the lab, eg. sleeping in the lab, showering in the toilets, not going home till 4am in the morning most days. Which translates to LAB=LIFE. *gulp*

Anyway, finally settled my air-ticketing issues:

Leave Dunedin =( on the 7th of Nov- 3 days after final exam.
Singapore airlines direct flight from Dud-Christchurch-Singapore-Kuching. Well, as direct as can be.
8th Nov (morning) - MAS flight to Singapore with my old folks.
10th Nov - Start GIS attachment!!! *double gulp*
(work work work work work) + (earn a bit of money too) + (shopping at orchard road) + (meet up with friends!)
(is there holiday for me?)
8th Feb 09 - End of attachment. pheww....
15th Feb 09 - Back to Kuching
23rd Feb 09 (tbc) - Back to Dunedin

I can't believe I told my mum I finish work on the week ending of 15th Feb when I changed the dates to 1 week earlier. oooops. And the tickets have been booked already. Paiseh-nya. Which means I either stay at Sg for 1 more week shopping, or work extra 1 week, or ignore the ticket and buy another one for 8th Feb. HMMMMM....

Still lazy to upload/resize the Agnes photos.

I've been told at least twice these past few days that I look tired aka my eye bags are looking heavier than usual. Extra panda eyes, yay. My biological clock is not operating in its usual fashion: I've been sleeping at times past 5am, waking up at 9 or 10am to go work, coming back late to work on assignments etc etc. Last night, I was so tired and had to go to bed at 9pm, waking up at 2am to do my presentation idea proposal, then finally sleeping at close to 6am THEN waking up at 9am to go to work (1 cup of tea, 1 cup of strong cappuccino helped).

Anyway. Good thing the weather forecast for this weekend is still looking good. Rain, rain go away! Looking forward to the fun fun fun activities planned and camp fire on Saturday night! WOOHOOOOOO~! =)

To strangle or not to strangle

Update on Sam the Scammer

This is what he replied after the confrontation (see previous post):

Thanks for the mail , I understand how you feel, but i want you to understand that i only own an Apartment in Singapore, i noted that my number been use for scam, I have reported this to the Authority and they are makeing investingation about it .

I will like you to secure the Apartment fast as My mother need an urgent tenant for the Apartment since she is not presently in Singapore now, As i want you to know that she is presently in West Africa for a teaching programm, and i am in london for My job .

Kindly understand that my lawyer will need your detail to get the contract ready.

get back to me with this detail full name and Address, move in date , move out date , and a copy of your international passport or driver Licenses.

Thanks for the mail
Sam

  • Number of spelling mistakes spotted: at least 5
  • Unnecessary capitalisation of letters: MANY. GOSH, so annoying.
  • Why need my passport? Unless want to use it to pose as me when scamming future victims, eh?
The worse thing about this: he doesn't even admit that he's the one at fault. And kept stressing that he's working in London and how his mum needs an urgent tenant. UNBELIEVABLE la this person. GRRRRR.
Solution? So I told him I don't trust him at all. WAHAHAHA! Serve him right. Hope he gets caught by the police someday.

***

Back in the Studholme days (2006), Halo was a BIG deal.

No, I'm not referring to the ring of light on top of angels' heads. (by the way, why would angels need those rings anyway?)

Anyway. For those of you who don't play Xbox/Xbox360, Halo (ori, 2 and 3) is a first person shooter game played on Xbox or PC platforms.

I personally have not played any kind of video game before I came to NZ, so was quite hesitant to pick up video games then. But soon enough, became quite addicted to shooting the aliens, shouting/jumping up and down while playing Halo with Rebec, May, and Ramon in Arana (2006). Once, we played until so late when on the way back to the hall, I actually heard birds chirping and thought to myself, "HMM, that's weird. It's quite early for birds to be chirping now, right?" then realised that it was actually 5-ish am already.

The Halo craze continued on till last year- courtesy of flat 1/777 Great King street. =) Then this year, though not as intense, played Halo 3 occassionally at Unicol. Ahhhhhh the fun-ness and adrenaline. The best part would be firing away the big-as guns (aka rocket launchers) at each other. Ultimate syokness if playing on big screens.

So when I heard about Halo Wars (read here for more info), I seriously can't wait for the release in 2009. (why so late?!) Though I'm not a fan of real-time strategy games, for Halo, I'll definitely give it a try. The OST for Halo3 is still one the best soundtracks I'd ever heard for a game.




Oozing with coolness.
Pictures taken from http://www.halowars.com.

P.S. I struggled to control myself from strangling my micro presentation team member this morning. How can you NOT want to when he's content in getting 65% for a 30% internal project?!!!

Scam alert #2

What is it about me which attracts scammers?

Well, I'm 97.5% sure that this guy, Sam McMahon (remember the name), is a scammer. Let me present the facts.

So you might have known by now that I've been looking for a flat in Singapore for my summer work placement. Which in the process, I've emailed a few people looking for flatmates through property websites.

When last night I received this email from a so-called Sam about 2 rooms in his apartment in Singapore, I was so happy. $450 for each room including all the utilities, and the photos were too good to be true.

first email to me.
seems like a pretty normal, decent guy, right?
even mentioned about losing his father bla bla to get my empathy.
PFFFT!

2nd email.
he must be thinking, "gotcha!!!"
still, he mentioned about signing contracts etc, sounds legit to me.
anyone could have fallen for that.

So I did a little bit of googling and came up with these results.
  • Googled his phone number and came up with this. Rooms for rent in many countries? Sound dodgy to you?

the number he provided in his emails.

A testimony of how GOOGLE SAVED MY LIFE!!!
or rather, my money.
theory 1: real estate agent dude owning all these flats in different countries?
not saying that it's not possible.. but c'mon it's so obvious that theory 1 is a no-no.

theory 2: a dumb-as scammer using same phony phone number. to SAM the scammer: "there's this technology called search engines eg GOOGLE which let's people find out similar items..."
  • In one of those searches, the photo of the toilet in a flat in Barcelona and the one in Spore is exactly the same. As in every pixel is the same. Too pretty to be true.
photos as attached in his email to me.

ad for flat in Singapore- the one I responded to.

Spot the similarity
  • Googled "scam phone numbers" and came up with a shocking find. Apparently there has been a major scam going on, and they always provide the phone number with the suffix +44 70xxxxxxxx. It's proven that these scammers provide UK calling codes (the +44 in front), but the calls actually get redirected to somewhere in Nigeria or West Africa when called.

So I decided to confront him.
I'd also flagged his ad on the property website as inappropriate, haha!



So far, no reply yet.

Darn you scammers. Get a real job already.

Reality: escape or embrace

A very blessed birthday to Pastor Graeme!

Senior pastor of Nations Christian Church, awesom-est speaker EVER.
Cut a cake and sang birthday song to him just now at music practice @ Southside =)

This is random: was browsing through his facebook profile and saw this among the many birthday blessings he received.


In case you're not in NZ, John Key is the National party leader- aka "leader of the opposition". I wonder how they even know each other.

Anyway. I thought my bioc354 practical report was due today so ended up sleeping little. Went to lecture today and GOSH it's due tomorrow at 5pm instead. So -___-'''


I've gotten the In-principle approval letter from Ministry of Manpower (Singapore) for the work holiday pass!! Which means I have the right now to work there for 6 months from the date I pick the official documents up. It's all beginning to feel even more REAL now. eeeks.

Sleep deprivation mode: ON

Searched for "maximum daily caffeine intake" and I stumbled on this website.

Here is a non exhaustive list of the causes of sleep deprivation:

• Caffeine consumption (check)
• Alcohol consumption
• Smoking
• Stress (CHECK!)
• Working shifts
• Lack of routine (check)
• Poor scheduling (hmm. do i plan properly?)
• Inadequate exposure to light (improper amount and wrong time) (Dunedin lo, lack of sunshine)
• Bad bed (poor student, how to buy Sleepyhead?)
• Inadequate room temperature (check- below 0 degree more like it)
• Poor diet (does indomee as a midnight snack count?)
• Being overweight/obese
• Inadequate "before bed activities" (such as watching TV, working, being on the computer...) (check!)
• Lack of or no exercise (hmm. check)
• Medication consumption
• etc...

So out of 15, I scored 10.

Oh wait. They forgot to mention
neverending assignments
.

Bye bye sleep. I'll see you again on Saturday.

P.S. over 100 photos taken from Monday night's Agnes pre-birthday/A&D-safe-journey-to-europe celebration- to be posted up once the goal above is achieved, aka when I do get to have at least 5 hours of sleep a day.

Quit being a bore

This is something I still struggle until right now.

And it's also one of my resolutions to achieve this year (and beyond).

Not to discourage (and bore) others by complaining.

how to be boring?

So when I logged into Facebook and saw THAT, I began thinking:

I can understand the feeling of being bored. But seriously, friends, the OLYMPICS is on, for goodness' sake. Michael Phelps has just won his 7th gold medal by 1 hundredth of a second (that's 0.01 secs) in the 100m butterfly, with Covic Cavic (corrected by Sam) at second place.

Well maybe you're not into either sports or Phelps. Totally understandable. There's a million other things a person can do to NOT feel bored. I can try listing some, but I do have important things to do/plan/write/read. So PLEASE, UN-BORE yourself: challenge yourself by doing something that scares you every single day.

As for myself, I can't say that I'm a good example for that, but I try to start a friendly conversation with people of other races every day- my coursemates, lab partners, colleagues- it's not that much of a daunting task, but if I were to do that voluntarily 3 years ago, no way I'll agree to that. I DREAD being in the centre of attention, or worse singing in front of a group of people- so when I was asked to be one of the worship leaders at Lighthouse Fellowship, I very reluctantly said yes. It's still scary at times; leading worship and trying to sing in-tune in front of 30-0dd people every week, and I'll have to take over the worship team next year as canai is leaving for Hawke's bay =(

It's not so much about shying away from scary stuff or saying no to a task that might just make you stronger as a person, but for me I hate the idea that my inability to tackle a difficulty might discourage others and make the rest of their days moody. You can argue on this: showing how crap you feel by yakking all day to people coming your way to pull them down too just because you think people should be true to their feelings, OR being a positive influence by staying cheerful despite (eg the bad weather/you simple hate that Phelps is winning all the gold medals) things not going your way. Trust me: when others start smiling and feeling good, you will too.

If you're still finding it hard to break free from boredom/unpositiveness, the late Randy Pausch will make you want to live every single day of your life to the fullest. If you've never heard of him, he gave the famous "last lecture" last year after finding out he had only few months to live as a result of cancer. On youtube, the lecture has been viewed sooo many times. I love this quote of his:

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.

So if you're one of those uninspired souls, find that spark; and if you find that hard, find someone who can and stick with them. If you're having a bad time coping, help someone cope with their hard times- you'll find it surprisingly refreshing. If you feel like the world has turned against you, it's because you're not facing the world the right way. Life sucks. Yeah, don't we all know it. But if you're always dwelling on it, you're only digging deeper into that pit of sorrow. Then don't go complaining that no one cares about how you feel when you're not helping yourself either.

Reality's harsh. So play it smart, and enjoy the laughter it brings.

A legend in the making



(remember to breathe)

Michael Phelps.

All eyes are on him now. Shame on you if you don't already know who he is.

Once bullied as a kid, I wonder what his bullies have to say now.
One thing for sure, he's not only breaking world records- but also breaking the hearts of many girls out there ;P

I'm wondering if this photo is even legal in some countries. (close this now if you're under 18 or get jealous at the sight of perfect abs).


Now if you haven't yet noticed, he has a tattoo- barely noticeable but yes ladies it's there.
(OOooOooo the olympic rings...)

Ok. *slaps myself in the face* Time to finish up the report- 1500 words down, 500 more to go.

Rain rain please go away


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Nyeh. I still feel like my neurons have wrapped themselves up totally with myelin sheaths and refused to transmit neurotransmitters to make me want to finish my 2000-word management essay (due Friday) and bioinformatics practical report due tomorrow afternoon.

No sleep again tonight I guess.

Today was hectic as.
Ron and I ended up running from the microbiology building (micr lab) to st davids (management tutorial), stayed there for 15 minutes, back to micr building for experiments, go have lunch for 20 mins, go back to lab bla bla. A LOOOOOONG day it has been. Next week would be much worse- micr and bioc353 labs running at the same week. Which means a total of 31 hours of working in labs next week. *faints* And that time excludes time needed to write lab reports.

I'm going headachey trying to organise things for micr336 presentation idea- something related to biotech, original, creative, and has the potential to make big bucks on the market :S Have to come up with draft very soon!

Well, at least I'm happy with the exam timetable which just came out recently.

Oct 21st - mant303
Oct 30th - bioc353
Nov 3rd - bioc354
Nov 4th - micr336

Finishing early is the important thing; which means I can probably start the attachment/internship thing 1 week earlier and have more time to really enjoy my summer holiday. Airtickets/accomodation still not sorted!!!

Speaking of which, quite pissed off at the Singapore Airlines hotline lady which I spoke to the other night. She had absolutely no idea what I information I wanted- to find out if a delay from Sg to Kch flight is possible so I don't have to book another flight back to Singapore. Spent more than 15 mins on the line and she kept telling me (in a very strong accent) "sorry m'am, I can't seem to help you..." I was up to my boiling point and answered (quite harshly oops) "so would you like me to call back some other time when someone else is answering the phone?" *snicker* Yes I know it was mean but I never had the same problem with MAS before. And please lo, my question just needs a simple yes/no answer, and she couldn't even use the search functions on the database correctly. Sien. Which means I'll have to call again (at a different time) or go to STA for help.

...and the rain continues to haunt Dunedin.

The caffeine race

TODAY

9am - Drank a cup of Jarrah coffee.

2pm - at work. Drank a cup of super strong cappuccino (those packet ones from Nestle)

a few minutes ago (11.39pm) - Drank a cup of Moccona coffee.


That makes 3 cups of coffee in a day.
I pity my tummy, but all the assignments have left me no choice.

Must write at least 1000 words tonight!!!

Just for your info, a cup of coffee lasts me for about 5 to 6 hours, which means I'm bound to stay awake till at least 6am tomorrow.

... and I have an 8am lecture tomorrow.

The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.

:::UPDATE::: 4.05am

WOO. I've reached my goal! Now if only I can sleep... and wake up at 7am

Sunny Dunedin

The sun was out today!!!
So pretty with snow capped mountains to the north!
Today- one of the last days of winter with sun, the not so miserable ones.

Went out shopping/lunching @ BK with Chyi and May after church. Wah couldn't believe all the sales going around atm, especially at SUPRE. So I bought 2 pretty checkered skirts (though it's still too cold to wear skirts), BUT it's called preparing for hot weather at Singapore, ok. Tops are going as cheap as $6.50 each, it's crazy not to buy. The skirts weren't too bad, 10 bucks each.

And on such a pretty day like this, how can I NOT bring out my trusty camera?

On the way to church, down the steeeeeep Queen Street hill. Notice that it was so frosty at the pathway to the left, there was practically still ice on the road.

I think this was taken yesterday.
Always wanted to take a photo of the med buildings.

At unicol for the music team meeting; enjoying the view at the balcony with Valerie.
I think we were talking about flying...
and then I heard her singing "I believe I can fly...."

Normal pic.

Snow on the mountains.
Can you spot Aquinas hall?

At home; outside my bedroom again.
See the little flowers started to bloom, such a nice sight!

Another photo of the once-botak trees.
In a few weeks, the leaves will return ;P

Was happily snapping away when I saw this bird stopping on a tree.
Guess it wanted to be part of the photo too, haha!

Everyone's mood seems good today. Could be the whole unity thing with the Olympics going on. Could be because of the beautiful weather after a horrid week of rain and wind.

Whatever the reason, I hope the good weather is here to stay.

Join the olympics hype!

WOAHHHHH....

Indescribable is the word to describe the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympics 2008.

Saw the live telecast at unicol's super big projector screen from 12 to 4.30am today. *teehee*

So much planning, time, and effort have been put into it, and looking at the performances, fireworks displays, dances, speeches, timing, incredibly awesome lighting just made me want to be part of it.

Some really great pics can be found here at the NZ herald website.
Or, if you're really interested in all things to do with the Olympics, why not go to the official website here?

I know I was- busy googling the budget the committee had for the whole event, and I'm also curious to how much they spent for the opening ceremony alone. Gosh, those costumes, lights, special effects, pyrotechnics must have cost A LOT (more than USD 2 billion for it all, I think).

I can't even start to imagine how it would feel to be THERE. Not just watching a live telecast from the comfort (or coldness if you're in Dunedin- it briefly snowed last night) of your home, but actually being there physically. The atmosphere, the passion, the sweat (it would be HOT there, right?), and just being together celebrating the glorious event.

That's why we (jokingly?) mentioned about all of us being at the London Olympics in 2012.

I mean, it's not impossible since we would all have graduated and started work by then. Probably earning big bucks too. Maybe some (ahem Janice?) might even move to the UK. Honestly, it has crossed my mind a few times- working/doing postgrad in the far west. And I seriously don't mind living close to the Old Trafford stadium and being able to watch live football matches every week. *drools*

So I went to the official page of the London Olympics and registered to volunteer at the 2012 games.
YES, I really did it.

Want proof?



So who's coming with me? ;P

08.08.08 dun play play


How can I not blog on an auspicious day like this?

Ah. The BIG lucky day.
08.08.08
Once in a lifetime.

No wonder over 10,000 people decided to get registered in China alone.
I imagine the news tomorrow would be about 3 things:
  1. Olympics. DUH.
  2. (insert big number here) people got married/registered/engaged.
  3. Babies born on the lucky day (treated like kings and queens)
I like the story covered on Campbell live today- about women of 3 generations- a daughter, a mother, and a grandmother all born on the exact same day! A mathematician was called in to calculate the chances of that happening. The probability came to 3653, which comes to almost 1 in 50 million, and that's excluding the probability of finding and televising the event in New Zealand (taking into account NZ's small population, of course). I'm curious to see how the little girl who turned 8 on 08.08.08 turn out to be in the future. It's one of these little wonders in life that make me put a mental note in my head to ask the big guy up there when I see Him. Was it pure coincidence? Or maybe He was just trying to have some fun/showing His funny side?

It's official! My last day at work would be on the 5th of September- the week of HORROR. The week when MICR336 presentation would be held- giving talks to not only fellow coursemates, lecturers, but also REAL LIFE entrepreneurs/venture capitalists aka people who are rich enough to fund your product for say, $10 million, AND they base that decision during the first 30 seconds of your talk. And they will decide on my 30% final grade too. OOOLALA.

Talk about pressure.

As team members are selected at random, we HAVE to stick to our groups. I couldn't be any more SOI-er than having the *ahem* weirdest guy in the class to be my team. I don't want to judge, but my friend suspects that he was the guy who stalked/peeped into her flat a few days ago (yes her flatmate called the police and gave the exact description of THAT guy. believe me, not a lot of people matches his description).

2000 word essay due next Friday. Which, when I read Chyi's blog and saw her word count of 11,000 words, I was quite relieved. Heh. Congrats on Agnes too in handing in her masters thesis last week. =)

Time to get started on that. OOH, and of course, not miss out on the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Weekend's ALMOST here

WhhhEEEEE. New blog layout.
Too bad the last one didn't last 2 months. Or was it 1 month?

I like that it reminds me of SPRING. which is just round the corner.
Btw so happy that the sun was shining oh so brightly today despite few showers late afternoon.

Congrats Pancakes on getting the internship at Hawke's Bay.
So ulu the place, though apparently it's bigger than Dunedin and has more population. I'm curious to see how it looks like. Guess there's a reason for me to go there for a visit next year then.

It seems like *almost* everyone's internship stuff is sorted now. A few months ago, I was still worried about the work placement. And now, all I have to worry about is finding accommodation. I put almost there because May is still not sure if she'll get sent to Wellington to do her fourth medical year. Pray, hope, and wish that she stays!

One more good news to share with you all. We're signing the lease for next year's flat this Saturday! It's at 143 Frederick Street, super close to uni (5 mins away from central library and less than 10 mins walk to the hospital and town area). Rent is $100 per week. It's a 4 bedroom flat, so if May DOES have to go to Welly (which we all hope she wouldn't), there'll be a vacancy. I can't take anymore of people leaving Dunedin =(

Anyway. I'll end with this random photo taken by Davina a few months back before the ice skating trip. Some sort of festival, (can't remember which one was it) at the union lawn. (Notice his furry backside).

Countdown: 90 days to hot weather

I keep reminding myself that winter is ALMOST over. Not liking the feeling of wet jeans sticking to my skin at all.

Anyway, Ron got a job at SG too! I think his is at the Bioprocessing Tech Institute or something. Also part of the biopolis, few mins walk to GIS. So unfair, he's getting paid more... and the person in contact even asked if he needed accommodation and helped him apply for a working visa. -__- And yet I have to apply for a visa myself and find accommodation myself. Oh well, the thrill of it.

Been posting many ads on property and real estate websites, looking for a room for rent. Gotten quite a few replies too, actually. None that stood out yet, either too far away or too pricey. I know shouldn't be that picky, but then I dread the thought of spending 100 bucks a month on transport and waking up super early to catch the mrt. We'll see. God will provide.

Thanks guys who're helping me with this task. Chyi, Julianna, Davina, John, Greg, etc.

So yeah, can't wait to get there.

Out of the cold weather for once. Into the land of good food and shopping. Ahhhh....

Plus, a few people would be there too. Janice, Greg, and Chyi. hehehe.

And of course, looking forward to the trip to Philippines. Still working on the exact dates or travel etc, wondering if there'll even be time to go home to Kuching or not. I have a feeling I'll only spend a week or less back home, probably during Christmas or Chinese New Year. I know it's un-daughterly of me to only go home for such a short period of time, but what to do? Time is unwilling. Oh well, I'll just have to make full use of it, however short the time may be.

***

Cell group last night was... INTERESTING. and that's an understatement.


We had a "music concert" last night. Which just means a whole night of praise and worship, and good food of course. We started jumping a lot toward the 2nd and 3rd song... (Alex's suggestion). Then I got a tap on the back by Greg, saying there was someone at the door wanting to get in. I opened the door, and there stood a Kiwi guy explaining how our jumping has caused the floor (his room's ceiling as he's staying downstairs) to CRACK ("it's very unsafe", and I quote). I mumbled a quick sorry and got back, shocked at what we just did. Goodness, CONCRETE floor can break so easily? Well, maybe it's possible as last night was absolutely packed- 30 I'd say- and the impact of us jumping altogether probably generated enough force to crack the floor/ceiling. OOPS. So yeah, we stopped jumping after that :P

Sang the "Dessert song" by Brooke Fraser/Hillsong too last night as part of the cafe style session. Love love love the song. Love the lyrics, especially the bridge.

All of my life
In every season
You are still God
I have a reason to sing
I have a reason to worship

Alex had the random idea of putting together a video of our beginnings. Of how lighthouse fellowship started- at Arana Hall, 2006, with just the 7 of us- Raymond, Alex, Sam, May, Janice, Rebec, and I. Compared to now- regulars totalling to 30+ (and counting). It was so fun making the video, even FUNNIER watching it, and seeing people laugh =)

Below is a snippet of the video (unedited). *upload failed. lazy to upload again as taking up time* Scene is when Ramon was making some food for us to eat after cell. Note that Greg is narrating as Ramon lost his voice. We all laughed sooooooooo hard- ah, the good times. And yes, I do like eating "chao-ta" (slightly burnt in hokkien) food hehe.

Am I really that forgettable? A primary/school friend just asked me who I was after I sent her a message on friendster. I AM 100% SURE SHE KNOWS ME. Either that or I changed a lot since sec sch. Which is more likely?