everyone says i look radiant with fringe and i look dull with my long fringe... is that so??

i think so. HAHAHAHHAS!

i like my new fringe, it's good to have fringe again! hahhahas =) i'm hyper, i dunno why. I FEEL GOOD! (:

IBSM, again. but it was fun though. groupmates are fun, everything is fine. hope it remains as it is till the trip begins, and the journey will be joyous. (: i'm really glad jasmine darl is with me for this trip, she's the best company. (: and also, the guys never fail to make jokes of the day. everything's good.

mr wong made us signed an exemption clause today, saying we shall eat chicken in china, at our own risk. HAHAHHAS. i dunno, it supposed to be a very serious matter but the guys made it sound like it's so funny. we've got the jokers(all four of them), two slow pokes (george & nicholas) and the big joker, benson.

yippeee-ya-ya-yippeee-ya~

-is it something virtual? or is it for real? i'm trying to tune in, trying.-

my heart goes out to all, suffering from the earthquake. may heaven and God bless the people in Indonesia. may God bless them.
we felt tremors from the earthquake in school today. we were all quite traumatised, but the remors we felt is definitely nothing compared to what the real magnitude was. it's the first time i felt tremors in singapore, we all felt the same. it's our first experience.

i cannot help but think, if we used to feel nothing at all for the past decades, n now we feel it at a richter scale of 6.6, so does that mean that the geographical location has somehow shifted that now singapore can get affected too? looking at the weather we are experiencing, i do think, something has changed, not on the bright side though.

sad things aside, on a lighter note.
IBSM was BUSINESS MANDARIN today. it's very very chinese, even someone who is VERY CHINESE LIKE ME, cannot take it. it's so chim, i felt i shouln't have got A1 in my O's chinese! there were dialouges, there were comprehension, lots and lots of translation of english to madarin, and vice versa. 现在我已情不自禁的，一直讲华语！！！i never knew tax benefits was known as 税务优惠 and bried report was 摘要简报。i swear i NEVER knew business madarin was so tough. OH! and that vouchers are 发票 and not 礼券 or 赠券!!! we even had to learn balance sheet, profit & loss statements, gross & net profits in chinese. i must say that gross profit is known as 毛利. did anyone knew this before hand? HAHAHHAHAS!
i'm fascinated, and amazed. i do like chinese, and i always have. now, it doesnt turn me away from chinese, but it just made me realise how poor i was when i thought i was fine with chinese. hahahhhahs!!

oh! and if anyone were to speak chinese, we would be penalised. there came a point where our group was supposed to answer the question, i knew one part of the answer was 仓储业 (which is supposed to mean storage but i thought was logistics). the tutor said the answer is right but she wants another part of the answer, which is logistics, in chinese. and logistics is 物流。we wanted to translate cargo to chinese, ALL of us had no idea.. and so Benson suggested it was 车走，in a joking manner. George actually replied: if cargo is 车走，then mango is 人走 lor!!??
omg! the whole group broke into hilarious laughter!! it's soooo damn funny at that point of time when we were all so stressed up trying to think of what cargo is.

i like my group mates, they are a fun loving bunch. they seem quiet, look quiet but when they ever speak, it's always hilarious. (:

tomorrow is the quiz, i think i'll have to read up abit on it, if not i might fail. hahahhas!
i'm looking forward to IBSM!!! (: i think i should start packing cos there's like so many things we needa bring. hahhas. i'm looking forward to jasmine dar's companion. my roomie for 12 days to come. (:

off i go. (:

-sometimes, i don't know if i'm just hanging on to something virtual, or it's just not the right time, not the right one. i just don't seem to be ale to tune in.-

expedition-ed.
it was 18kn long from changi sea sports club to many places, around ubin, through the magrove swamps, then back to sea sports club.
i must say that it is REALLY TIRING, and the waves and sea wrecked havoc by steering my kayak rightwards, out to the sea and i had a hard time trying to navigate my canoe back in line...... tiring, but fun...
loves xia darling, ezah darling and yingtao.. i would say we had a great time, plus the instructors are really fun people to hang out with. there was this one point of time when i felt like i was breaking down in the middle of the sea, like there's no destination, no aims, and my kayak just isnt moving at all due to the current, this instructor tried entertaining me alot, but i din really answer cos i was really on the verge of giving up.
he kept reminding me that he could tow me back to shore, BUT i remembered how i was towed back during my one star course, and i felt so embarrassed, which i dont want it to happen again, so i persevered on.... and i'm rally glad i did it eventually, without being towed back. (:

we were tricked that we have to get out of our kayaks and climb over a fence, and me, xia and this guy named, edwin, were the first three in the queue... edwin was instructed to get off his kayak, climb up the fence, and the instructor at the other side of the fence would try to pulley his kayak over, and it will be likewise for all of us... at this point of time, we already passed our paddles over to the other side, so we could climb the fence... when EVERYONE'S paddles were passed to the other side, and edwin was off his kayak, and up on the fence, the instructor took a picture of him, and told us there's an opening to go over the other side. oh, what's worse? paddle with our hands, and it's NOT NEAR. hahhas. open sea with bare hands into the swamp area, it was fun, cos xia and i pulled n pushed, that's what i call friendship (:

all in all, we made it. and it's really fun... i like it. there's one more coming up in june.... 2days 1 night to the causeway.. hmmm... june.... i think i will have to really really cut down alot alot of my weight to make through this... just in case my arms are not strong enough to kayak my body.. HAHAHS! what's more? i need to be really light cos this expedition, we'd be paired with a partner gor the whole entire trip... hmmm... actually, i'm kinda looking forward to it... (: let's go darlings!
yippee!

one expedition clocked for 3 star pre-requisites. FOUR more to go. okie, WE REALLY HAVE TO PUT IN ALOT ALOT OF EFFORT. jia you darlings!! (:

- when will i have that kind of look? one look and pple will know.......- *ezah knows what i'm saying.. HAHAHHAHAS!! (:

i gotta go rest.. im REALLY tired...

IBSM then to work. nothing much, except that it was raining so heavily i was shivering the whole day. especially at pianoforte, it was freezing cold, it's like i'm frozen in a fridge. i really like the place alot, and most of all, i really like jan and angeline alot. and i like giving sweets to the little children everyday. even though jan always insist to pay for the sweets i buy, but i think it's really ok as i'm the one who REALLY love to give them the sweets and see their sweet sweet smile, together with those sweet thank yous. (: it just warms me alot. the children there are getting used to the fact that when they come for piano lessons, this lady sittin at the front desk counter will give them sweets, and now when i forget to entertain them with sweets, they would ask for it. hahhas. they are really a cute bunch. to be honest, i look forward to each day when i go to work, especially saturdays cos i've got angeline to keep me accompanied. i like it. time flies, it's the end of my second month there, while i'm away to china and hk, angeline will take over me. it'd be two weeks away. thanks girl.

iibsm workshop was great. today was alot more gelling together with our groupmates. everyone settles well in their own groups, and during lunch we din sit separately like we did yesterday. we: me, jas, benson, nicholas, guan hong, george & denise lunch-ed together. it was rather hilarious in some ways. and thanks nicholas for the drink (: i'd really like to know more of these people as we will really be sticking together all the way till may, when the project dues.

after work when i was on my way home, i met third aunt. hahhas... we had a short talk and she boarded the bus while i walked home. it was good, cos we always have endless things to talk about. she told me what are the to dos and not to dos in china. hahhas. (:

oh, and mr wong shared some really funny experiences he had over the past two ibsm trips.. where he got cheated money. i know we should sympathize for the fact that he got cheated, but the way he said was really funny. and the most funny thing is, he said,
' IF YOU SEE ANYONE PICKPOCKETING THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, PLEASE DO NOT CONFRONT THEM! IF NOT YOU WILL GET INTO TROUBLE!!'
of cos that sounds logical, until guan hong popped a really hilarious question that made our whole group laughed. guan hong: what if he pickpocket-ed your friend????' he continued, 'keep quiet and let the pickpocket take the wallet. when ur fren realise then say i saw him ook ur wallet, but i cannot confront him.'
***laughs out loud***
it's true in a way, but it's just funny. and mr wong also said if we see anyone drop their things on the floor, being helpful singaporeans, we would pick up and return, but they would demand more~ as in they will say that we took parts of what we picked up for them. oh man...

we need to get many suits of formal wear... it's 12 days of formal wear.. ok, rather.. 11 days of formal wear.. mr wong said hong kong people wear real nice and neat for business functions, we are expected to wear nicely for any company visits, and we are to wear our blazers, casual with no jeans allowed. on wed after our workshop, i'm going to shop with jasmine for our formal wear. we only have two suits altogether.. one which we bought for our ocom presentation in year one.

sunday we are going for our kayaking expedition.. rain rain go away, come again another day...

i checked the weather forecast of hk and shen zhen.. it's gonna be 18 degrees celsius and rainy most of the times... alright... at home, the air con of mine has to be 22 or 23 sometimes 25, only cos joycie ongcie is super duper vulnerable to coldness... i think i might need 2 jackets over there. (:

back home from IBSM workshop... supposed to meet yingtao for movie de, but then i'm just too lazy and tired, plus it's the blue season.. i just hate to go out when it's raining heavily, non-stop... and that song came into my mind again: show me the meaning of being lonely..
whenever it rains, i can't stop but feel soooo blue...

i think the ozone layer is gone for good. the sun eats into the skin and scorch like nobody's business when it feels like it. or it rains and rains like nobody cares. isn't it weird how the weather changes?

IBSM workshop was good today. met most of the people going. and we formed into our own project groups already.. jasmine darling and i, together with 4 other guys : guan hong, george, benson and nicholas. they seem a big bunch of fun people. jas and i both agree we like this group alot. (: we foresee more fun. oh yes, and there's wei xuan. priscilla, kezia, shirley, tiffany, whom i already know before the trip. gotta know a new fren, denise.

it's good all in all. tmr is another long day at the workshop. (:

i miss my darlings, alot. take care girls. (:

joycie
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