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Welcome to andra's diary..
Friday, May 23, 2008Y

recently there's lots of publicity from the sg sports smthg tt calls children to go outside n play... and i thought, "you should have seen it coming.."

when i was in pri sch, everyone else played hop-scotch or skipping ropes or catching or any weird games anyone can come up with.. we loved the sch field, neighbourhood playgrounds with sand and even invented block-hide-and-seek, meaning we ran up and down the whole block, hiding in whichever storeys we like.. we'd go to the field and pulled at all the funny plants we see. and my proudest moment was when i caught a huge bright green grasshopper and presented it to my Form Teacher (until i stupidly put it in a glass jar and covered it with paper. it ate its way through in 5 seconds, hopping away with its butt laughing at me)

(ok i made dat up. i didnt see it run away with its butt laughing at me. but it did escape pretty soon.)

when i was in p3, trs started encouraging us to use computers. we had to do maths qns and type the sentence "the fox jumped over a log" or smthg lidat into the black screen with colourful dots and lines. we had to type /autoexec into the black screen whenever the program screwed up and the screen hung.

den p4 or p5, cant rem, someone brought a "CD-ROM" to sch and inserted into the sch library's newest computer. all of the student librarians (including me) squatted ard that man n watched as the screen started playing colourful animations like cartoons while teaching English lessons. It was like MAGIC! everybody fought arm and leg to be the next one to do the lesson on the computer. i felt excited even when i dragged the mouse over to click 'Next Question'. dat was how mountain tortoise i was o_o even so, everyone still much preferred a senseless chasing/running game at the playground to staying in front of the computer..

we oso used to read the YG (Young Generation) and followed closely the stories of Vinny the Vampire.. some of us even made pen-pals from the last section of the magazine, where ppl write things like "I am 8 and I like Barbie dolls/Power Rangers. Write to me at Blk 222, Street AAA, and be my pen-pal!" etc..

in p6 or sec 1, if not wrong, someone introduced the mIRC to us. we even know IRC stood for Internet Relay Chat. That's how obsessed we were, considering that some of us didnt even know wad does BKE stand for. we would go online to find someone to chat with almost everyday. this craze carried on till my JC times.. all of us had a cyber-fren, or cyber-girlfren or cyber-boyfren at some point of time. u could have a boyfren AND a cyber-bf at the same time, and u wouldnt be two timing. puleease, wad can u do online(at dat time)?

then we had ICQ, then MSN came along n devoured the whole world. but even with all this cyber-craze, guys were still crazy abt football after school, and girls were still going for ice-cream to have those 'girl-talks'..

but now, it's completely different. so many free and challenging games available online. parents want to keep their eyes on their children all the time anyway, so isnt it better to have them in front of the home desktop? "come on, only children with lousy parents will run around and shout wildly like some ill-bred brat in the public playground. I wouldnt want to be caught dead with a child like dat. my child will be perfect, coming home after sch everyday. juz need to get him one maple card every month. haha."

and now the haha is back at them. they are now playing ads on tv to get children interested in the outside world again. to use their real legs to run instead of hitting the directional buttons on the keyboard to move the RPG magician character, to play real football instead of the football game on the computer/PSP/Wii and maybe, get into a real physical fight instead of playing Warcraft. hahaha.

i mean, come on, you really should have seen it coming!

ends at 11:45 PM

Thursday, May 22, 2008Y

did i say i was going to do the dumbbells every day? x_x they are still in the same position as i last saw them the other day.. haha to me. bleah

every thursday is like cm's off day. he gets to play pool wif his pool cca in nus.. they play at places like bugis and now jalan besar (i think..) and every time it's thursday, he's so happy and excited. i can almost feel the air buzzing ard him as he waves bye bye and drives off after dinner. damn sometimes i am jealous of his pool cue, which to me is juz a wodden stick. hahaha..

anyway, today had been a crazy day at work.. a lot of trs n students, including P himself, are flying over to China tonite.. so everyone's trying to get some last min work done... and i had some pressing matters to settle as well.. sigh if everyday was like today, my brain will die! >_<

anyway, being left alone at home, i finished a chic novel, Shopaholic & Baby, which is realli cool. it's not veri intelligent kind of material.. juz light-hearted, short of like a drama series, where everything is just so draaaaaama.. u know that kind. but here n there, i must say the author left some pleasantries.. so it is still quite a clever piece of work.

argh!!! boss called me on hp!!! still dun like ppl to call me after working hrs.. sigh but this is how the ppl in my sch work =( luckily it wasnt anything impt. ok shall stop blabbling...

ends at 10:47 PM

Wednesday, May 21, 2008Y

it's an old song from Mr Children... my fav song when i was in uni.. watching the MTV now still makes me feel like dropping a tear or two.. think everyone shd be able to relate to the lyrics or mtv one way or another.. but after dat, we all gotta move on! =)




Translation Kurumi

tell me, Kurumi
What do you see looking at this city
How do I look to you now?

tell me, Kurumi
When I start to hear the sarcasm in someone's kindness
What am I to do?

Remembering only the good times
though it makes me feel like I've aged a sum
But you gotta be one of the gears
trying to get turning
You can have only as much despair as you have hope.
but still, my heart trembles at the thought of the future
'what's going to happen?'
I try to imagine.

tell me, Kurumi
If time will eventually wash it all away
then life must be a simple affair.

tell me, Kurumi
since then I haven't cried once
but, neither have I had many good laughs

Somewhere I did up the buttons wrong,
by the time I notice, there's one button leftover
and similarly one button hole, in need of a button
If you find meaning in finding someone then fine
you can have only as many partings
as you do encounters
still my heart trembles at the thought of hope.
everytime I encounter a crossroads
I'll fret over which way to go but...

Even though I want more than I have now
I sing for an unchanging love
that's what makes the gears turn
with the burden of more than I need,
making a dull grinding sound
you can have only as much despair as you do hope
and still my heart trembles
at the thought of the future
"what's going to happen?"
let's imagine
you can have only as many partings
as you do encounters
and still my heart trembles at the thought of hope
guess there's no turning back,
so I'll go on, to a road without you.

ends at 11:58 PM


time flies.. the long weekend is long over =<

today is wed.. went to JP to collect our air tix to langkawi.. we were reminded of our trip to aussie last dec... how i dragged my heavy luggage to take bus to mrt and then to airport... all the while complaining abt how heavy it is.. and how was i supposed to carry it for the whole trip.. even made cm promise tt he will help me carry whenever i'm tired... blah blah blah.. and then we were back. zzz..

now we are on another short trip to langkawi~~ altho it is short trip.. still cost some $$$ and i am feeling so broke.. no choice la.. i guess after this trip, we'll not be gg anywhere else.. we'll save save save until he goes to aussie for his further studies!! no more expensive meals, no more lavish spending on clothes, no more no more!! T_T

yesterday received news that another AM quitting.. he juz joined for 6 mths.. guess he felt tt the job is not suitable for him.. den today again was informed tt a tr wans to quit.. oso veri new.. think she went thru quite a hard time cuz no training.. i guess onli la.. anyway, she says is for her child, dats why she wans to quit.. so i juz wanna wish her all the best.. omg i feel so old.. i actualli worked long enuff to see ppl come n go.. did i realli work a long time or does working realli sucks? haha..
there r times when i still feel like giving up.. hope i can last longer.. a bit more... one yr anni is almost here.. take a look at the increment b4 making rash decisions... =p

cm is gg to start on his fyp too.. gonna be so busy tt he cant spend all his time on me liao.. sobs sobs.. but work is more impt.. esp if he wans to do masters.. jiayou jiayou!!! let's all jiayou tog~!

recently sis veri busy.. cuz of her intern n then she has a performance coming up.. hope she wun overstress herself!!

ends at 10:44 PM

Monday, May 19, 2008Y

i'm loving this long weekend~~ =D

fri nite went for fish & co dinner wif his family.. the best part was the choc milkshake~

sat morning went to gym to do some exercise.. my arms are aching now.. T_T but cm veri nice and massage for me today.. now feeling much better! i muz do more exercise.. all my muscles are becoming like toufu lidat.. shaking uncontrollably when i exercise.. ugly...

then today,after having breakfast wif my parents, i met cm n we went to orchard. sang ktv from 2pm to 5.30pm.. ex.. =( but nvm.. enjoyed ourselves.. after a quick dinner (shared a plate of char siew rice cuz not hungry..), we watched Speed Racer. not bad.. the animations were quite cool.. the races were quite exciting too. althou very cartoon-ish, i love the way it looks a bit retro (altho its supposed to be futuristic haha) after dat we went to grab a bite then came home.. and he helped me massage my arms somemore.. i juz took out my neglected red dumbbells again.. i muz try to make it a habit to do some toning exercise everyday!! my arms are becoming flabby to a disgusting extent!!

realli enjoyed myself today.. spent almost the whole day at orchard.. havent done this in the longest time. when i was a teenager, i could stay at orchard from noon till nite, n still dun wanna go home.. but now, i guess i'm getting old, no more stamina.. i always felt like going home after juz abt 2 hours of shopping.. i definitely need to get back in shape...

ends at 12:07 AM

Sunday, May 11, 2008Y

How to Play

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. No cheating.
4. With the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.
5. Tag 5 people.


How are you feeling today?

从台北到北京 - by Shi Xing Hui
er.. juz went Escape at Downtown east.. feeling kinda happy n excited so i guess this catchy song is quite relevant.. haha..

Will you get far in life? 爱爱 by Gary

how to relate to my life... does it mean my greatest achievement in my life is my love? hmm not bad too i guess.. but i hope to achieve much in my career too!! bleah..

How do your friends see you? 触摸 - Chen Wei Lian

My frens are very touched by my wonderful frenship~~ heeheehee..

i do treasure my frens very much..

Will you get married? 不需理由 by Chen Shi Wei

Getting married dun need to haf reason? er... i guess the song is abt not needing reason to love someone.. so i guess it means i will get married?

What is your best friend’s theme song? Way back into Love - Music and Lyrics

well.. perhaps bestest of best frenship still do turn sour.. is there a way back? mabe.. but hard..

What is the story of your life? 男人女人 by Xu Ru Yun and a guy

My life is NOT just abt 男人女人 definitely!! no link at all hahaha...

男人男人多希望你是好人
多希望用你的真让我不必再心疼
女人女人我答应做个好人
我答应用我一生来换你的快乐一生

but i guess i was looking for someone i could love without being hurt =) and i've found it! hope it will last forever.. and i hope everyone ard me will find theirs too!! yes u will! =)

What was high school like? 如果你也听说 - Zhang Hui Mei

gossips all ard?

突然发现站了好久 不知道要往哪走 - i was certainly lost during JC..

跌跌撞撞才明白了许多 - well true as well.. learnt alot in jc..


What’s in store for this weekend? 国王游戏 - Xiao Zhu

国王有让你happy的权力
让这命令不不不要停
国王游戏
所有规则都由我来定
输赢我都爱你
就让这游戏再再再继续

er..realli no idea how to link.. except the last sentence which i dun wan weekend to end. hee

How’s your life going? 你是我的答案 by Fan Fan

而你是我的答案最确定的答案
像走在一条花开的路不会错过美满
缘份转几个弯 证明我们不会走散
学会用眼神牵手那才浪漫

你是我的答案不变的答案
有了自己的天使 做什麽都显得勇敢
顺着梦的沿岸 只有收获没有遗憾
被握着手心看的未来 永远蔚蓝

=)

How can you get ahead in life? 梦里花

古老的巨石神像
守护神秘时光
清澈的蓝色河流
指引真实方向
穿越过风沙
划破了手掌
坚定着希望
去闯
some ancient mystique force will guide my path with a magic light i guess. haha..

What’s the best thing about your friends? 窗外

er.. my frens are juz outside the windows? haha..

What song will they play at your funeral? 彩虹的微笑

天空是绵绵的糖
就算塌下来又怎样
深呼吸甩开悲伤
生气想爆炸就大声唱

彩虹是微笑的脸
难过就抬起头大声唱

How does the world see you? 头号甜心 - Zhang Shao Han

你是头号甜心没错
你最爱我没错

yea the world loves me! =D

Will you have a happy life? 他是跳蚤 - by Dai Ai Ling

I guess i need all these qualities b4 i can haf a happy life!

別憐憫 別心虛 別心軟 別回憶
要勇氣 要自信 要小心 要用力

Do people secretly lust after you? 累格 by Dai Ai Ling

你說 不是所有愛情
都能夠釀成一首 流行歌
我說 不是所有分手
都能夠再虛偽的 做朋友

i guess this means NO.. haha but it's a great song..

How can you make yourself happy? 约好的以后 by Cai Chun Jia

dunno how to link again.. er let's look at lyrics...

我看见风在你头上留下小树叶
忍不住抚你白发容颜
你疼我眼角慢慢生起美丽的线
大树下抱我的肩

ok means i need everlasting love! haha..

What should you do with your life? 爱的天使 by Jolin and a guy..

er.. i muz somehow become an angel of love... cupid?

Will you ever have children? 穷开心

HUH? means i'll be happy for nthg? wad it means? no idea even if i look at the lyrics...

What song would you strip to? 庆幸有你爱我

not a strip song.. definitely.. but i dun haf any clubbing songs.. haha..

What does your mum think of you? 想念你的歌

my mum misses me?

What is your deep, dark secret? 对的人

k i haf limited songs.. repeated singer aleadi..haha..

What is your mortal enemy’s theme song? 对你有感觉

huh?

What’s your personality like? 精舞门

i wanna know 你行不行
you gonna know
别怀疑你自己的本领
you gonna know 我是冠军
you gonna know we got to show

What song will be played at your wedding? 你只有一个 by Fan Fan

不管如何都不要忘记 你是最好的
要相信你绝对有幸福的资格

你只有一个 独一无二

nice song to end this..

last part is tagging.. but not sure who reads my blog.. so.. tags whoever reads this =)

so drowsy now cuz of the cough med.. zzz.. better go sleep.. nitez..


ends at 10:46 PM

Saturday, May 10, 2008Y

Super cute song by Cyndi!! Very funny lyrics but actualli quite true la.. haha. i muz learn this song n sing in ktv!!! yea~ XD the rap part sounds so jolin.. or jay chou.. unlike cyndi.. but the rest of the song is juz her style. rather she skip the rap..



王心凌 - Hihi Byebye
专辑:红心凌


你生气来像火灾 我哭起来就像水灾
我们两个人加起来刚好就变成无害
你喜欢喝冰牛奶 我喜欢喝热牛奶
你的冰块加到我的牛奶就温暖起来
你喜欢走左边 因为你说会有安全感
我喜欢走右边 因为我觉得比较浪漫
你睡起来是早上 我睡起来是夜晚
我们一起翻脸一加一等于是零鸭蛋

我跟你说hihi 你跟我说byebye
我们看似奇怪其实默契一直在
我跟你说byebye 你跟我说hihi
你说奇不奇怪 我们见怪要更怪
三轮车 跑得快 上面坐着老太太
老太太去拜拜 小猴子们都好嗨
Rap:
我说ByeBye 其实就在说Hi
背朝着你走 绕着地球一周
走到你的背后 才跟你说HI
就连老太太也说 真有道理
你往东走我就往西走 一直走到最后
我们在地球 在另外一头
一起手牵手 小猴子都拍手

hihihihi oh~ byebyebye
hihihihi oh~ byebyebye
你说奇不奇怪 我们见怪要更怪
我跟你说hihi 你跟我说byebye
你把双手张开我就把你捆起来
我跟你说byebye 你跟我说hihi
一点都不奇怪 因为实在怪可爱
小老鼠上灯台 偷吃灯油下不来
叫妈妈它走来 叽哩咕噜说拜拜

ends at 12:48 AM

Wednesday, May 07, 2008Y

on sunday, me n cm went to marina sq for dinner n movie. we decided to haf our dinner at MOF.. the items on the menu all looked good.. we ordered cold sake, ramen and tempura ebi.. yummy~

our cold sake arrived glamorously with one waiter carrying a humongus bottle of sake and the girl carrying the glass on a tray.. then the guy started pouring the sake into the glass.. n pouring.. n pouring.. then it overflowed!! i was like "oh no!" n my eyes were big. but he continued pouring like he didnt realised it was full.. i glanced flusteredly at cm. n his eyes were as confused as i was. the sake flowed into the box that was holding the glass until it was filled juz to the brim. "phew..." i was heaving a sigh... until i realised.. dats wad he had meant to do in the 1st place!! why was i so worried for him?! o_O
then i asked cm.. "eh.. lidat how to drink.. drink from cup 1st or box 1st.."
he looked back at me n said "can drink the box one meh.."

he had no clue too.

haha.. after staring at each other, trying to look calm and wise to others (look at picture above again) i decided we shd drink from the glass 1st, then pour out from the box to drink too. they poured the sake into the box probably to keep the sake cold for a longer time. cm was saying "so wasteful.. if chinese ppl, sure put in ice water onli. why waste the wine.." haha.. jap ppl like to be fussy abt their food ma.. chi ppl oso can be fussy too. rite?

anyway, i ordered miso ramen.. not bad.. the egg was nice too!
as nice as the one dat weilin told me abt in Central Clarke Quay.. tho i think the Central one is nicer.. see the egg yolk? it was not fully cooked altho the egg white was.. and it was still quivering as i brought it to my gigantic n hungry mouth...
yummy~!

anyway, last wed, after visiting our colleague who was in hospital, we went to shop a bit.. well cant blame me.. need a dress for kk's wedding ma!! haha.. =p anyway, i bot a dress (which i kinda regret now) from this shop at Novena, Square 2, called the "Fashionact Wearart Gall" .. totally spoil my day! they keep hagging me to buy their overly priced clothes..

well i saw a dress which looked quite nice.. tho it was also pricey ($69.90 for a tube dress...) the material was the silky kind.. so i tot it was not bad.. but after i said i wanted to buy it, they still keep asking me to buy the other dress i had tried on earlier on. the cashier even almost wanted to juz key it in but i exclaimed "No I really dun wan dat dress!" then she cancelled it. really ridiculous!!

they told me that they do not have stock for dat dress now. and the display one had a large mark over the front, so i don't want it either.. they said they will transfer a new one to their branch at Causeway Point.. but i had to pay the full amount 1st.. i had no problems as i juz wanted to get away as soon as possible. but Jo went on to ask, "if dun haf stock anymore den wad happen to her money." den they say they will refund.. but now it's been a week n they havent call... n i juz saw on the receipt it says "Goods sold are non refundable".. T_T i'm so gonna call to complain tml.. anyway, this is the dress dat gave so much trouble.. TT_TT well cant really see n my face looks damn weird. anyway, realli hope they will keep their promise n give me that dress (altho i dun realli wan it now but hey I haf my principles)!!!

ends at 10:16 PM

Thursday, May 01, 2008Y

working is scary. i can nv be sure who to believe.. i hear different stories from different sides. and i cant tell which is true which is fake.. sigh.. anyway the temp staff resigned.. she went ard telling ppl abt how she was wrongly accused of smthg she didnt do. in the end, boss released her without the one month's notice. in a way i indirectly caused it to happen cuz i mention to a hod dat she was telling other trs. n the hod told the P too. but to just ask her to leave str away, isnt it a bit too harsh? although i must admit that P is veri good with giving bad news.. in a very diplomatic way.. it all sounded reasonable.. he decided to release her early bcuz we r not so busy during exam period.. n he was also very courteous n thanked her for her service. but she went out of the room n str away told a different story to another staff. dat staff later on told me that she said P was veri direct n blunt. only then i realised she is truly the one who had been twisting everyone's words around all along.. i had been so confused tt i almost got myself in to trouble.. sigh i realli got a lot to learn..

after work, me n jo then went to ttsh to visit mdm G. as she fell twice the previous nite.. seems quite serious. hope she get well soonish.. then jo told me abt wad she had learnt abt the new tr, Mr W... seems like he's not as carefree as he had described himself to be. i guess everyone has their fair share of problems. just want to wish him all the best.

today is Labour Day, so didnt haf to work..stayed at cm's place wif his whole family.. felt lousy the whole day cuz dunno wad kind of job do i wan to do.. i do not wish to become a job hopper.. wad exactly am i good at..?

ends at 10:50 PM