Beauty In Simplicity

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

CELEBRATE & REJOICE

i can't believe my EXAMS are FINALLY over. like finally ((:

no more exams forever and ever and ever. praise the lord. i can watch all the dramas and play all the computer games i like without feeling any guilt at all.

met aud ching and brenda at town for our post exam celebration. shopped the whole afternoon and we actually bought quite alott of stuff at the end of the day. but it was definitely a well deserved break. anyway i received a registered mail today and it was my photo driving license!! yea!! i'm kinda addicted to driving now. busy fetching my bros to the station or my mum to junction 8..

and if theres one thing that i hate about my grad trip, its the packing which i have to do. gosh! i dun even know how many sets of clothes to bring la. its winter in australia so its either jeans or leggings. and jeans are so freaking heavy la. also, i dun know how many jackets to bring. why can't it be summer there?! it will make packing so much easier.. haiz. can't imagine how sinli and boon are going to pack for their 3 months trip to USA.

dad called and reassured that everything is settled. phew. now i just have to wait. i dunno how long i'll have to wait.. but if its really true, i think i'll be the happest girl on earth. not exactly what i ask for, but better than nothing (:

Sunday, April 26, 2009

DO NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

i can't upload the videos from you tube but you just have to watch this video

SUSAN BOYLE"S PERFORMANCE (click on the link)

SUSAN BOYLE's who had become an internet sensation after performing on Britain's Got Talent. Her amazing performance of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables blowed the entire audience. At the beginning, there were audience rolling their eyes and giving derisive wolf whistle. Nobody took her seriously. but when she started to sing, EVERYBODY sprang to their feet in adoration. 45 million hits on youtube!! GO WATCH IT!! A true example of how talent transcends looks, age and society's perception of people.

"The real problem is that too often we don’t have the courage to sustain wonder. Susan Boyle walked onto that stage and faced down a sea of smug. We need that kind of courage nowadays, and not just on reality shows. We need the courage to believe that stirring voices can be found in unlikely places."

Tom Bergeron

(Host of “Dancing With the Stars”and
“America’s Funniest Home Videos”)

oh and i will be joining Shape Run 2009 with darling FEL KOH!! 5km leh.. its time to start building up my stamina again.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

LOVE FOR SHEPHERD

went for my first cg today. it was held at one of smu's seminar room. was refreshed by HIS words and got to know a whole bunch of fun-loving friends (: whats more, it was weiyi's birthday today so we had a mini birthday celebration for her.

individual shots with the bdae girl

girls with the bdae girl

NTU BIZ CG (not full attendance today)

oh and please pray that CHUCK returns back for a third season!!
click on the link SAVE CHUCK !

5 more days to freedom
9 more days to down under paradise

anyway i've realized that i'll miss mother's day and the finals of american idol when i'm away )):

Sunday, April 19, 2009

I WANNA HOLD THEM LIKE THEY DO IN TEXAS GAMES

go watch the movie.. its super hilarious!! (once again thanx PS for the treat!!)

and PL, BLESSED BIRTHDAY!! may it be a smooth year and hope you like the present from all of us (:

mini BBQ party with aud ching bel and brenda. its like a short break after our first paper. our second and final paper is on 29th which is like two weeks away. so obviously none of us were studying for it. anyway it was really a mini bbq as there was only 5 of us but it was very fun. aud and i managed to start the fire in less than 30 mins, which was a feat alr considering it was our first time doing it. chatted the whole night away, which felt really really really good ((:

shopping for the food

preparing for the bbq

brenda was late and it was more photo taking when she arrived

can't wait for 4th May !

Saturday, April 18, 2009

DREAMS. HOPE. FAMILY

i seriously think my mum should stop freaking out when shes sitting beside me in the car.. like seriously stop freaking out! she freaks out at the slightest thing..whenever i make a turn or i'm changing lanes. the worst is when i'm parking the car la!! gosh. its only my second day driving the car. thank god YS was there or i think i might just scream my head off at her. too bad dad went back to china alr.. i prefer him sitting beside me in the car )):

anyway my newest tv addiction got to be EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. in each episode, ty pennington and a group of designers help a family to rebuild their entire house in a week. these families are no ordinary families. they are families that had faced some sort of recent or ongoing hardship – such as a natural disaster or a family member with a life-threatening illness.

theres this episode which truly touched my heart, and i'm pretty sure will touched all your hearts too. its so heartwarming that it will definitely moved you to tears. meet the Kadzis family. in this episode, ty pennington and the group of designers helped to fulfill a dying man's last wish. George Kadzis is no ordinary man. in the eyes of everybody, he is a hero. George and his wife adopts children with special needs to give them a better life. Unfortunately, George was diagnosed with brain cancer and had only a few months to leave. this left the father of 7 children fighting for his own future and desperate to secure his family. his last wish was to rebulit his home after it was destroyed by a hurricane so that his family will be able to leave in a safe and secure home where they will continue to grow and prosper after he dies. one day before the crew came to surprise the family, George was admitted to the hospital. and three days after the new house was built, he passed away. though he was not able to see the new house, at least he knew that his family was in safe hands. look out for the performance by stevie wonder at the end of the episode.

one episode which i strongly recommend. i posted three parts of the show. watch the rest of it from youtube. click the high quality button for clearer view and prepare tissues!!

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

Thursday, April 16, 2009

IT DOESN"T GET BETTER THAN THIS

i just have to blog about this now................

I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST !!

omg omg omg omg omg...
i think i was damn lucky that i passed my test
there was no traffic on the road and changing lanes never been so easy for me
and at the end of the day..

tester: you failed leh.. 24 points. you striked a kerb and you never look out for pedestrians on the road
me: (devastated) but sir, this is my 4th time taking the test.. can lenient abitt not. i promise i won't make the same mistakes again
tester: your 4th time?!! (gave a long sigh and stared at the paper for a super long time) haiz.. okay la. i won't count this mistake. give you 18 points... you pass
me: (((((((((((((((((((:
tester: but make sure next time MUST look out for pedestrians on the road
me: okay

1st attempt: 36 points 2nd attempt: 40 points 3rd attempt:immediate failure 4th and final attempt: 18 points
total duration: 10 months
total amount: $2500

now you know why i just have to pass the test this time around
zhiying is now a super happy girl ((:

so glad i never gave up after my third failure and i realized that praying really do work. and guess what, miracles do happen sometimes (:

2 more hours to my practical driving test later
the verdict till then.....

to all my dears pls pls pls wish me lots and lots of luck for my pt
but i think i need something else more than luck
I NEED A MIRACLE !

you will never know how much i need to pass this time around..

Thursday, April 9, 2009

ITS JUST A SINGALONGSONG

watched AMERICAN IDOL and i wanna say its really the best season so far!! there are some pretty good singers and they make the show so much more exciting and enjoyable.

top three prediction: danny gokey, kris allen and adam lambert!!

and this week, the top 8 finalists performed songs from the year they were born. adam lambert did a fantastic version of MAD WORLD that SIMON COWELL gave him a standing ovation. standing ovation leh.. i mean when was the last time this mean and straightforward guy gave somebody a standing ovation. adam's singing was really really good.

and check out his version of TRACK OF MY TEARS during the top 10 performance! he also got a standing ovation from the original singer and composer himself, smokey robinson. i prefer this song compared to mad world (: check out his falsettos throughout the song

and here are the other better performance this week. what you hear from the videos is the studio recording. the live performance is actually much nicer

Part-time Lover - Matt Giraud

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN

7th APRIL 2009!! this special day marks the official LAST DAY of SCHOOL for me. no more tutorials, lectures and seminars. no more last minute meetings to rush out projects and reports. and the best thing is no more having to travel to boon lay ever again. gone were the days when i have to travel 2 hours to school everyday.

but i know there will be a few things which i will defenitely miss. i guess i'll miss being able to study jap in school (for free haha). i will also miss the really cheap food from macs, old chang kee and my all time favourite MR BEAN )): and i guess the better memories were my days in sport camp, bike rally and getting to know TGL

anyway school is officially over and this means two more papers before i officially declare freedom. Then its off to paradise with my lovely hockey babes. so now its just study study study study and more studying! luckily i only have two mods and they are like 2 weeks apart. this means i have more than enough time to study for both. thank God!

as for whether i'll miss school in the future, time will tell. in fact i can't really wait to start working and start earning money. (if i can ever find one). so many things that i wanna do

come to think of it.. 3 years gone just like that.
so fast.................!

Monday, April 6, 2009

B-E-A-UTIFUL MORNING

marang trial - mount faber - henderson waves - forest walk - alexandra arch - HortPark - canopy walk - kent ridge park - breakfast !

Friday, April 3, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AH MA

76 years old and still looking young!! (anyway just to let you all know my ah ma is still driving all of us around ya) i think she must be the oldest driver around!! so proud of her ((:

cake cutting at her house on wednesday

and YY played a happy bdae song on his guitar specially for ah ma. so happy for him. he finally found something he likes to do and is willing to put his time and effort into learning it. (i'm going to take guitar lessons from him soon!) way to go bro!!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

ICE-CREAM, MOVIES & ITINERARY

love saturday

caught CONFESSIONS OF THE SHOPAHOLIC with PS, PY and YY. love love love the show alott. i love the humour, the clothes and shoes that isla fisher wore and bought in the show, and most of all i love HUGH DANCY!! hes damn cute la. and his british accent is omg! nothing the same as i picture it would be when i read the book. hope they have part 2 or sth..

after that, it was dinner with COUSINS to celebrate AH MA's bdae. had dinner at dian xiao er followed by dessert at azabu sabo. PS treated us to the desserts and we ended up ordering like 10 different type of ice creams. only manage to take a few shots of some of the desserts. the rest was already eaten before i could even take a photo of it. i just heart every outing with COUSINS ((:

boring sunday

spent the whole day doing my 311 individual case analysis and studying for 324 quiz. i actually had one week to finish both the report and to study for the quiz, but as usual, i left everything to the last day. was suppose to go HortPark in the morning, but i was too lazy to leave the house in the morning. maybe next week ya??

super interesting monday

my first ever GALA PREMIERE and it was for the show SHINJUKU INCIDENT. darling FEL KOH had free tickets and she invited me to accompany her! isn't she a dear? (: anway was super happy that she asked me along because DANIEL WU was going to be there. (jackie chan was going to be there too, but who cares about him). its daniel wu that matters. lol

cocktail reception was suppose to start at 7.30pm followed by the screening of the movie at 9pm. the stage was situated at the atrium of vivocity and there was this long red carpet leading to it. the cocktail reception was situated just right in front of the stage, so we were able to see both daniel wu and jackie chan up close.vivocity was super crowded that day. anyway they were late for about 45mins and when they arrived, the entire crowd went crazy. koh and i began on our photo taking frenzy, trying to capture the best shot of daniel wu. there was also a surprise birthday cake for jackie chan. and although i mentioned that i didn't really care about jackie chan, but i was quite amused with his hyped up energy and you can actually sense that hes really happy to be here (as compare to daniel wu) but still, koh and i both agree that daniel wu is super HOT ((:

the surprise bdae cake

afterwich, we headed to the gv max for the screening of the movie. the movie revolves around the various mob triads in japan and there was like four different type of language being spoken in the movie: chinese jap cantonese and hokkien. not the usual type of jackie chan movie you will expect where he will be running and jumping about and doing all the martial arts skills. he took on a more serious role where he was the mob triad leader. daniel wu's acting was amazing too. from a coward guy whose only dream was to own a chestnut cart to a drug addict who abuses his power. but the movie had some gory scenes too. it was so disgusting that koh and i almost puked our dinner out. but overall, i thought the movie was rather interesting and entertaining.

thanx babe for the wonderful invite ((((:

busy tuesday

met up with aud ching and bel to discuss on our grad trip. sat at starbucks for like three straight hours looking for accommodations and planning our itinerary. and we realized that we have a whole list of things to do, but so little time. shopped around for awhile before heading to meet parents for dinner. its really nice hanging out with them. i think the grad trip will be so fun with them around