My 'Organised-Mess' Room!

SMI Birthday Dinners!

Jinni's birthday @ Mount Emily's

Val and Yun's @ Oosh
Eve's, Tina's and my early birthday @ NYDC

HK / Macau / Shen Zhen

Hong Kong street food -- The Disneyland parade! -- Me at disney!

Lunch and gambling at Macau's Venetian Hotel -- Doing the spiritual walk

Christmas / Taiwan

Christmas 2007

The gorgeous Singtel Chocolate Hamper! -- No turkey cos the oven broke down:(

New Year's Eve @ Taiwan

Giant garlic bread wheel Sue bought for me -- My favourite Hot Springs! -- Our indoor sulphate spring bath pool -- The Japanese tatami house/room -- Dinner at the Japanese restaurante

Dinner in the mountains at Uncle Roger's holiday house -- Writing well wishes on the 'hot air balloon' lantern -- Lighting the lantern and watching it fly away into the sky:)

Waiting for the new year's eve fireworks at Taipei 101 --- the blazing building as fireworks are shot out from all angles of the tower

My favourite Taiwan street hawkers!!! -- Me and sue on the way to shop -- The really interesting Burger-cake we found at their bakery! (its actually vanilla sponge cake with fruits in the shape of a burger;)

A new year, a new continuation...

Ok, so I have been super lazy... more than a year since my last post! Anyway I've decided to start this thing up again so welcome back!

leaking aircon, happy days??

i'm awake at 6.30 in the morning because my aircon started leaking this morning and the droplets falling on my head woke me up with a start. and i can't believe it, but i was actually glad and even said thank you! on a normal day, an incident such as this one would mean me being grumpy and complaining all day, but what with so many things to finish in the next few weeks... i'm actually starting to feel guilty for sleeping. 4 tests next week, and another 4 reports due the week after, along with 2 more presentations to get through. i'm forcing myself to say.. that's it! that's it! and thinking less. because i know if i REALLY thought about it, those stress zits would come back, with an even greater vengence than they are coming back now:) so tell yourself, 'it's nothing. i'm happy!' :) :) :)

the gastric flu....

urgg. just spend a god-awful day over the sink yesterday. i hate vomitting! went home early the day before because i was down with the flu...rushed out a report..slept at 4.30.. and ended up running to the toilet at 8 to puke my guts out. how sick.. i can't believe people can become bulimic by choice. by the fifth time, i was vomitting out this bitter stuff because there was basically nothing left in my stomach to push out, and the feeling was so awful i couldnt help crying. in fact, i couldnt help crying the entire day.. vomitting does that to me all the time! and a huge thanks to lea and glenn who specially drove over to the house to fetch me to the doctors (with me looking very unglam and very much like the living dead mind you) and to the nice doctor who made me feel all better... by giving me TWO injections on the buttocks! i now have symmetrical plastic scars on my two cheeks. haha. my mum and sis laughed so hard when i showed them... it's not like i wanted them ok! anyways.. after a not-so-good night's sleep, its as if the ordeal almost never happened, and its back to catching up on work and projects. urggggg.

a long overdue post

it's been a while! i finally uploaded whatever photos were on my camera to the lappie, so i'm gonna share:) some are reallllly old!
sue's birthday back in june; out with charlotte in august; lunch with grace and regina in august; class gathering in september; lea's birthday last week (stolen from duckie!)

Tickled Orange @ Hilton

I'm really quite excited for my first fair! Been super busy preparing.. and it's been a bit of a struggle, what with all that preparation and 4 quizzes to handle. But I think (or rather, hope) that everything's going to play out just fine. I really don't mind the sacrifices and late nights... I just hope it'll be a success! *crossing all my fingers and toes* Anyway I'm super happy this week.. my jewellery got chosen to be displayed at the Singapore Tourism Board Visitor's Centre at orchard. It's like this promotion they have in relation to the Hilton Fair advertisement. I feel so blessed. Yays!! Also, the fashion shoot is going really well. Despite rainy days and delays, we've got quite a bit done already, and any progress is good news right?? So expect a new 'Lookbook' section on the site soon... my latest mini project!

renewal

School has started, and I've been busy just living day to day. Trying to get as many things as possible done, trying to stay on top of my schoolwork (no regrets this sem!), preparing for my upcoming fair, squeezing in time to meet up with friends and have some fun, tuition... everyday I just look at my to-do list and follow whatever is up there. And when I think I'm facing a slight burnout, I come across this while doing one of my readings for class:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumphs of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

--Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 speech at Sorbonne


Isn't it funny how inspiration and support come from all things around you? This somehow gave me the strength and conviction to carry on and follow a dream which path and end I have no idea of. Especially now, at a time when I’m wavering and yet frantically chasing, it just makes me stop and think, ‘hey, at least I’ve tried’. Let’s hope all goes well for the fair. *fingers crossed*