Last meal in singapore

Eating with one of my favourite friends, before taking flight at 1am...

At terminal 1
:)
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Watch me :) not

Have a good time in Hong Kong!

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My first queen size bed

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Dinner!!!

Wow, today, I have fishball, fish and beans.

And there's black glutinous rice soup... Ha ha... Translation makes the food sound funny
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Thanks to baskets!

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managing the mess

I have many fashion magazines from Japan, literary magazines from China and National Geographic.

Hence it stacked up to a messy height. This giddy mess was solved by the baskets from Ikea!!!

It's expensive though. Each costs $29.
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Free meals

At the hostel, I get free breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I am very well taken care of.

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Layout is attractive

Japanese magazine I bought a few years ago

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Bad style

I used to take my hats off to the Japanese women for their fashion style. No matter what they wear, they'll never look too dowdy. Truly amazing

I guess I did have some influence from them in getting my confidence in wearing whatever I want ;)

I did read more Japanese magazines than any other magazines. and I read them with more intensity as I hope to learn the language well. And I do love their layout too

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Inspiring wall

This is the photo on the cover of a card. And this card was one in a box sold at Ikea.

All these tiny knick knacks made life interesting
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SGD 6000 for world vision

Kim Hyun Jung autographed the lifesize posters and auction the two of them. The first one fetched a price of $6000. I could feel the tension as the price rises, some people can't help but'wow' when the auction reaches the $1000 mark. At $6000, kim finally spoke, "It's good that you are doing good, but no need to push yourself too hard."

I'm glad he said that. I was getting worried myself. Where are these people going to get the cash from? Or they are going into credit bill?

The second piece went off at $6686. And Kim himself said he would donate $6686 himself too. So children with aids at World vision receive a total of $19,372.00 because of three Kim Hyun Jungs. And all these in less than ten minutes.

Pop idol frenzy frightens me.
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Kim Hyun Jung @ IMM

This is the beginning of auction of the lifesize poster. Out of the three Kim, only one is real :)
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Nosey nosey

This is my terrible secret. I hate to admit that I'm a material girl.

Never admitted how much I love to collect perfumes. Solid perfumes, floral, woody, musky scents...

I really don't want to spend this much on scents. I shall vow here that I won't spend a single scent on perfume in the month of Dec and the year 2011.

I know my scents may last a lifetime so I should say I won't buy any perfumes for as long as I live. But hey, be merciful to an addict ya

I will try to succeed in the coming 13 months.
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Narciso Rodriguez

Perfume bottle of beauty, femininity, and elegance.

Designer, kudos to you

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Postcard from Hakone

Ever been greeted by the lovely green mountains of Japan when you open your eyes on your bed?

It's not impossible for me who has travelled to Japan six times. However, I am not in Japan today. It's the second morning in my new abode. I checked my phone to see what time it is and ta!da! Hakone mountains from Japan greeted me. What better way for a friend to say 'good morning' from overseas....

我是幸福的

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Dedicated to Bernice

Have you dedicated minutes to a person? I'm sure you have - it happens when you shop for a gift, when you explain a concept to a child or when you teach your parent how to use the computer.

Today, I needed to adhere to an emergency - Mad Pants Search 2010. Stuck at a toilet which has poor reception, it was tough to get the preference from her. Oh, but we managed to talk about size before the reception failed us. And so Espirit denim calf-length pants saved the day at $49.90. The brown corduroy material has no stock for the size we needed.

Mission accomplished at 2pm :) We left the emergency room happily ever after.
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7 minutes

I got a clothes rack for free when I bought the standing iron. It came in a box without instructions.

Now, I'm a person who browse through instructions whenever I buy an electronic item. I even read the safety instructions at every flight. I feel uncomfortable when I bought a blackberry phone and there was no instructions!

Thus, I am very pleased to assemble these parts in 7 minutes :)
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First trolley on travellator

With my own space, I need clothes hanger, hangers, dish detergent, sponge, broom, iron, drainer and two baskets for my toilet :)

They're all in this trolley. My first reason to use the travellator for items all my own! It's somehow affirming and freeing...
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Escentric molecules

This perfume 'Molecules' boast that everyone who had a whiff would like the person who has this scent.

For 100ml, I paid quite a price to own it. It has never run out after these three years, but I think it's. Time to say goodbye. Shifting house has. Made me ruthless ;p
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Italian and Spanish

My ambitions to master languages stems from a hunger to understand people, culture, and her systems.

Confession: I have never opened these two packs

Maybe, korean language should be my focus...
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无意中的沮丧

在打印机旁，看到几张图。一看这张，在脑海浮现的是：寂寞，伤心，无助 － 好悲哦！

但我却深深地被吸引了。
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Recycling efforts @ Starbucks

I was so frustrated that I just wanted to throw as much as I could during packing prior to shifting

But I read the message at the bottom of this paper bag and I couldn't throw this away...

Successful attempt, Starbucks.
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随心所欲

＇随心所欲＇应该是高深的思想家所创的成语吧。

因世上是不可能万事都心想事成的。可是人人又很渴望那份操纵与摆布的力量。

这短短三句是搬家惹的祸。
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Anger @ inefficiency

In short, I've a short fuse.

I need a reason for people's insufficiency. I start my complaints with 'why can't you...'

Someone kindly helped me to stuff my books from this shelf into my boxes. And she happily picked things up from the floor to put into my shelf to create more space. And I start complaining 'why can't people follow simple instructions?' All I wanted was things to be out of the shelf. I didn't allow you to put that item into my shelf.

And you know what, it's not me at all to lose my cool for such minor matters. I only have one conclusion: I take my mum for granted.

She didn't hear any of these complaints because I don't utter them. The fact that these complaints rise quickly in my heart shows how little I want her to be loved deeply by me. Of course I resent how quickly she loses her temper with me too. We're from the same mold afterall...

Sigh... Point for improvement.
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Woman's breakfast @ Wildhoney

My gal friend ordered these french toasts. It looks as sweet as its name : sweet delight

So pretty!!!
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Breakfast for a man @ Wildhoney

Wildhoney is located on 3rd floor of Mandarin Gallery (near Somerset MRT).

My friend ordered this to go with a glass of $8 orange juice :p
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Eat @ Wildhoney

$32 for this plate of breakfast with Ruboois Tea. Sausage, bacon, sauteed mushroom, potato, scrambled egg, and delicious bread... My friends bogged at the portion (you can see how little they eat in the next two photos) and I thought it wonderful.

It's a pity that there's just too much salt after a while... I couldn't finish it knowing how much salt is left on my tongue.

Love the place though :) too expensive for a simple breakfast but worthwhile to go again!
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Received a gift

I love gifts from the heart.

Today I received 'The Grand Weaver'- a book which gave my giver some food for thought in the dark hours.

And I start reading it today

Thank God for sisters who bless me richly
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Korean versus Japanese

'Mischievous Kiss' has now been produced by Korea! It was first a Japanese Manga, then a drama series, then Taiwan series.

Between the Japan series and Korean series, the Korean one wins hands down.

Lighting of the shots are done beautifully. Look at this photo, the romance, the beauty of youth can't be missed.

Winter in Singapore

Taken in jurong Point! My first ear muff :)

$18.90 @ Winter Time
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Ambush Drinks

Drinks alone at Ambush spans a whole menu page. The menu page is bigger than two A4 size papers
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AMBUSH in Jurong Point

I love it!!!

This new restaurant serve good sausage and has much variety....

Mash potato is fork-licking good!
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Forged and Forged

This Eddie who is notorious enough to appear on my blog deserves no less disgrace.

His insincere attempts in living leaves this society little to trust him. He has abused the trust of the government, the integrity of a young girl, preyed on people's fear of the law and has totally no respect for our education assessment.

Being fake is a choice. I admit that it takes courage to face the fact that you're not good enough or one needs a moral mind to have self-control. But choosing to harm others in our cowardice is not acceptable.
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CNA: Former AETOS officer jailed for asking underage girl for sex

Former AETOS officer jailed for asking underage girl for sex

Nov 15

SINGAPORE: A former officer from AETOS Security Consultants was on Monday jailed two years for offences including asking an underage girl to either have sex with him or give him money after he had caught her smoking and littering.

Twenty-six-year-old Eddie Quek Yu Meng, who used to be attached to the National Environment Agency (NEA) as an enforcement officer, spotted the 15-year-old student committing the offences near Woodlands Civic Centre at around 5pm on October 31, 2008.

He took down her particulars but instead of reporting her to the relevant authorities, released her on the spot.

Quek later called the girl on February 10, 2009 and pretended to be an NEA officer, even though he had already left AETOS in November 2008.

The pair met up at Block 365 Woodlands Avenue 1 at around 4pm where the girl pleaded with Quek not to inform her parents and school about her offences.

Quek asked what she could give him in return for helping her.

He claimed a girl once had sex with him while a boy paid him after he agreed to help them.

The 15-year-old girl refused to have sex with him and she made a police report after telling her boyfriend about her ordeal.

Besides this, Quek had also accepted a S$50 bribe from an unknown Chinese man whom he had caught littering near Woodlands MRT station in September 2008.

This, in exchange for not taking enforcement action against the man.

Quek had also used a forged Singapore-Cambridge GCE O Level certificate on November 13, 2007 to apply for a job at a bookshop.

He had found the original document in a pile of discarded items near a lift and decided to use it even though he did not even complete his primary school education.

Quek then pasted his own name onto the certificate and made a copy of it before applying for the job.

The tanned, bespectacled man had also been caught with two other forged documents in his possession.

One of them had the Singapore Police Force logo on its letterhead.

It contained instructions on how a strip search was supposedly conducted on both men and women.

The other bogus document was a blank Notice to Attend Court, purportedly signed by a Certis CISCO officer.

For asking the girl for gratification, Quek could have been jailed up to five years, fined a maximum of S$100,000 or both.

And for being in possession of the forged documents, for each charge, he could have been jailed up to four years and fined.

-CNA/wk

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One page in G2000 diary

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New Mobile Companion

Cute $5 mobile holder from Bu Xing Jie, Kunming.

Defination of its existence: CUTE
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Such beary tenderness

I've gotten a FOREVER FRIEND Stufftoy!!!! Whoopieeee.. Hip Hip Hooray

It was so soft to the touch when I lifted its veil of plastic wrapper. Rainy Day or Sunny Day, we are friends. A way to say we will keep in touch.

I like meaningful symbols like this.

You're coming with me!

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Surprises in Kinokuniya

While browsing the travel guides in Kino (Ngee Ann City), I had a pleasant surprise! They carry one book on Qinghai!

I've tried googling for information of this place near tibet with little satisfaction. Without hesitation, I used my $40 vouchers received from two colleagues to pay for it.

I'll be there from 9 to 20 Dec. I wonder if I'll survive the cold. What would I teach? I'll be planning that after I shifted to my new lodging end of this month...
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Tour Beijing

Going to Beijing in Dec is getting more and more exciting

My friend recommended this '地铁旅行' series for my Beijing trip. He has used this book well in his last trip and I trust that I'll be just as blessed.

In Singapore, both Kinokuniya and Prologue carries this series of guidebooks. Price at prologue is better :) even the one at 4th floor of Ion offers better pricing.
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Charm

All of us are blessed in different ways. Hyun Joong can't act. But he is charming, kind, witty and manly when he's not required to follow a script. All these qualities despite his mere 24 years of time on earth.

I first noticed him in variety show 'We're Married'. He was quick to defend his wife who's older than him with a most disarming charm. I was hooked by his personality. The quality of gentleness exuded from his interviews and play-acting. It was natural then, for me to expect a good performance from 'Boys before Flowers'. The name of the drama is weird because someone attempted to do a direct translation from the Japanese comic. His acting was at most, a fair attempt.

He's blessed with natural good looks (lighting, hairstyling play important roles too). He could sing and dance too. Perhaps a less melancholic role would suit him in his next attempt : Basic House
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Kim Hyung Jung

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My Singapore, my home?

Would a place filled with strife, life-threats and filth qualify the term 'home'?

What should one do as the reality that Singapore youths carry choppers to leisure spots such as Downtown East? A walk home could mean being hacked to pulp for mistaken identity?

The trauma to my sense of safety remains till this day when the lone woman danced in crowded Sentosa and was publicly groped by a group of men and no one came to rescue her... Even if she looked inviting with lewd or flirtatious moves, the crowd that saw her outraged said and did nothing.

The message could only be: I live in a silent and morally weak society.

What could I do when I see a group of youths bashing one youth right in the middle of a crowded park? What should I say when a woman screams 'molest' and I didn't see how he molested her... Why are these basic responses so far from basic for the Singaporean?
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Taiwan-a place for a good holiday?

Many advertisements have stated that Taiwan is fun and value-for-money. I don't know... I fear it would be a case of third class japan holiday.

Everyone who enjoyed their holiday in Taiwan talked about the food. And some people mentioned shopping. I don't need any more clothes or shoes. And I am not a fan of taiwanese cuisine. Then, I was told that the taiwanese food found here are not tasty compared to those found in taiwan!

Gosh... An air ticket to a place I do not look forward to go... But I must say that I am curious :)
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Book vouchers

Kinokuniya!!!

Here I come! Two colleagues gave me some book vouchers and they're from the bookshop I frequent most!

Such thoughtful gifts were given without announcement or hesitation. Some people will squeeze out time to go somewhere to get a gift, some people found that tiresome... Some people just pretend that giving gifts is none of their business...

I guess you could sense I've gone into the pensive mode again. Yes, and happy am I to finally bring God into these muddy thoughts. God saw it his business to offer the gift, He took much time to prepare the gift and He gave it while I rejected His existence and truth. I've experienced the beauty of giving and happily, I'm at the receiving end.
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丢弃

行旅纪事：
我决定凡是在三个月内没触碰的东西，都丢掉。

I realised that I have too many things which I won't throw:
-art & craft materials
-japanese, korean and thai books
-CDs
-clothes
-shoes
-bags

I could only bear to throw away some 2-yr old cosmetics and magazines....

Is this the habit of hoarding?
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Kawaii marshmellow

Flowers in hot chocolate!
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Area 4 Officers

Still incomplete but it sure is one rare shot!
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I've started packing

While searching for a document, I took the chance to throw away things.

Look at how filled my shelves are. This is only one level... And I discovered a photo which was taken earlier this year with area 4 teacher officers. I like it! There are some cordial ties which I've enjoyed there. Will miss Area 4 colleagues.

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Life on 22.10.2010

Today is Friday.

In the morning, we had staff meeting and promotion meeting. This lasted till 12.05pm. Lunch.

I continued with correcting the comments on students' result slips, meeting principal to discuss Risk Assessment Management for the kayak course, finalise ranks of cadets, communicate final details of tomorrow's enrichment programme to cadets via email and phone calls, stamp the result slips and sign on 40 of them.

By the time I finished, the afternoon has slipped past and I was waiting for the bus at 6 o'clock.

Now I'm on my way to dhoby gaut to meet Eunice and Jean. That is a promising good evening to come.

Reach home at 10pm I guess... I can afford to lie in later... Heart-breaking morning as some students will not get to stay in school anymore. They've reached the age limit given to secondary school education...
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flight to Phuket delayed

Friends whom I have never met checked in first. Then, they decided to go T3.

And I didn't realise that I chose not to check in my luggage when I bought the
ticketThen I decided to check in. In the end, I did not check in when the hefty
sum of $60 was demanded. I only have a few ten dollar notes with me. I threw
away all my liquids instead: make-up remover, moisturiser... 

So I have no check-in luggage and Threw away my bottles of fluid ruthlessly. I
thank God my Locciturne moisturiser bottle broke. My heart was hardly bleeding
when the bottle reached the inerts of one of the many dustbins.

After an unsatisfying bowl of laksa, it's only 8.30pm. Another 1.5 hour to enter
the gate! Not wanting to litter the airport floor with my entire 52kg (or
slightly more), I sacrificed $6.30 for a cheesecake to sit in a cafe. Now I
think I'm left with SGD14 for whatever happens when I return from Phuket.

What's the point of having so much baht but have so little SGD which I need now?
It's so real, the thought. What's the point of storing up for the future when I
have so little now?

There is only one reason
any wise person will store up
for the future and have less now:
he is sure that the future is far better than the present.

Charity Blocks

To raise funds for a foreign beneficiary has many blocks. And after all the different fund embezzlement among charitable organisations, I understand the rationale for MCYS' road blocks. What are the blocks?

1. A school needs the approval of the minister of education to raise funds. That's usually alright the moment your Principal approves.

2. Provide 4 documents to MCYS Charaties Unit for permit to raise funds:
Document to state that beneficiary is a bona fide organisation
A document from beneficiary to state the receipt and usage of the funds
A estimated expenditure and
Well... I forgot the fourth one.

3. All these should be done 2-3 months prior to the trip.

Where will a teacher get funds to do a pre-trip to secure the letters in rural areas which are not accessible by road? the simple organisation may incur $ which the teachers pay without claiming.

I miss Singapore International Foundation. They started funding groups which embark on service-learning projects (75% of the entire project). And the leader gets funds for pre-trip too! In a way, 有钱出钱，有力出力。to give Physical or monetary aid depends on the contributor's ability and possessions.

My colleague who heard of all the paper work commented, "Just bring students to adventure camps; no need to fund raise for foreign beneficiaries." I agree that the hassle of applying for a permit amidst all the heavy workload is frustrating. However, my next thought was what or how then will our students truly learn the value of fund-raising and helping those who have no means of help within their own society. CIP in Singapore is very meaningful. Let's not discount that. Yet, we'll not catch a glimpse of poor living conditions, unfriendly systems due to political and social reasons and ineffective municipal or effective municipal authorities. The world is bigger than robust economy and securing our own homeland...

See how the forest fire at Sumatra darkens the air we breathe in...


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First Heart

The first one I made

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