Monday, February 26, 2007
Hi, for those who forgot, I'm Gerald. after so long, im finally here to update, and what a time to do it, coz i'm actually in the middle of my exams! lol. but it's one of the crazy things ppl do when they get sick of studying. and of coz last week was a week tt was filled with mixed emotions. i was happily visiting relatives and taking angbaos ($$$$!) and the next moment, i'm thinking of the exams.
yes as usual, the common qns during CNY... 'SO HOW? HAVEN NS AH?' and i had to fake a smile and say: NO, HAVEN. and my cousin, he totally read my mind. the next moment he came up to me and said: "HEY NEXT YR U DUN NEED TO WEAR ANY NICE CLOTHES LA, JUST WEAR A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS 'I'M GOING TO NS THIS YR.' " how i wish man haha.
Ok, on to a funi experience on CNY EVE..
Winda, my indonesian classmate for 3 yrs in sec sch who is currently studying in australia, dropped by Singapore when she had a transit flight from indonesia to sydney. coz she took SQ, she had to transit in Singapore. and she was here for.. 11hrs -_-". she really came on the wrong day, on Chinese New Year's eve and will be leaving on the same night on a 12am flight. Shing, Weeyang, Nic and I decided to drop by the airport at least to send her off, coz no one was going to receive her from the airport in the first place. i mean its CNY eve. she said she knew that we will be busy with cny but she could not change the date of her ticket coz it was a promo ticket by SIA.
i smsed Winda to inform her that we will be sending her off. and she replied, OK GREAT! DUN FORGET MY PRESENT! and i was like wat the hell! whoa really a panic moment. it was 3pm on CNY eve, with most shops closed. thankfully i managed to dig out a box of fererro rocher from my kitchen, and we decided to make do with that. Shing suggested that we could buy for her a last min card from the airport. coz CNY eve was really a busy day. so upon arrival at the airport, i met Nic. the rest were late. so we knew we had to go buy the card. we went to Mini-toons, but it was closed. the only other bookshop in the airport was TIMES... but it was at the other end of the departure hall. so we walked behind the check-in counters to avoid seeing Winda. coz obviously a person in the right frame of mind would wait in front of the counters instead of the back.
we were walking halfway... and suddenly i heard: "GERALD!" i didn't even want to turn. yup, so nic and i got 'caught' by Winda. couldnt buy her card. more panic moments. thankfully weeyang was late, so immediately i took out my phone to give him a call to buy the card. the moment i took out my phone... weeyang came and said 'HI!' oh my stars... he also kana 'caught.' our final hope, Shing. i called her and she agreed to buy the card. 5mins later, she called back to say: 'hey gerald, mini-toons closed, so now im gona walk behind the check-in counters to go to TIMES.' whoa when i heard her say that, i immediately said "NO NO! DUN COME HERE! LATER U KANA CAUGHT ALSO! DUN COMMIT THE SAME MISTAKE WE ALL DID!" haha so eventually Shing bought the card and all of us secretly found excuses to leave for a while to go and write the card. 4 of us wrote so bloody big tt we filled the card until the last page, leaving no space.
then suddenly, out of the blue, wenjun called and said: 'HI I REACHED AIRPORT! WHERE U ALL?' and my immediate reaction was: 'ALAMAK! NO SPACE!' and winda was questioning me about what space i was talking abt. of coz i had to avoid her qns. lol so eventually wenjun didnt wirte in the card. we took some group and individual photos with her, and in the process of doing so, weeyang needed someone to hold his ZEN MICRO (mp3 player) for him. he passed it to nic, and nic needed to take an individual photo with Winda, so he passed it to winda to put it into her bag. managed to snap quite a few photos before Winda left. i managed to upload one below.
From left: Wenjun, Nic (NS BOYS), Winda, Me, Shing & Weeyang. Shing AND Weeyang. shing AND weeyang. ShInG & WeEyAnG. sHiNg AnD wEeYaNg.
and not long after, Winda left... she will be missed.
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And Weeyang's Zen Micro, is now in Sydney...
HAHA! so long and good night. OK LA BYE!
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Wooo... yes yes finally an update! bet u all waited so long. well nth much happened during the past month, i was feeling the pressure when all the projects were piling up and with all the deadlines/presentations to meet. but i did take some time off to watch the ASEAN football championship semi-finals between Singapore and Malaysia! OWNING i tell u, serious. the stadium was fully packed. 55,000 fans. u could feel the stadium shaking when every1 stomps their feet for the kallang wave, u scream with ur lungs out when singapore scores but yet u cant hear urself coz every1 else is louder than u. the climax was when Lionel Lewis, the singapore goalkeeper, saved the final penalty and brought singapore to the finals. Every1 stood up and chanted so loudly to the tune of OLE OLE OLE OLE! and there i was doing the same, until after 10secs i realised tt getting out of the stadium will be a problem. and then i dragged shahid and omar along with me and we ran out of the stadium lol, and behind us there was like 10,000 more running, and it made us run faster. haha, what a night it was. a picture tells a thousand words...
anyway, the rest of last month was filled with projects projects and more projects. it's like every sem there's a cycle, and every student will have to go thru the cycle at least 6 times to graduate. i was so busy with projects tt i didnt have time to cut my hair...
but i'm glad its all over. however, now there's the exams. another chore. and it doesnt help tt CNY falls during the study break. and CNY, its also a cycle, but the diff is tt it repeats itself every damn year, for as long as i will live. the good thing is the of coz the money received. how i wish i can record my voice and let it playback at every place i visit. coz the qns will be the same.
The FAQs/Common Statements of CNY
1. Hi happy new year! whoa so big already ah?
this is sth tt i hate to ans. its like DUH im standing in front of u now. wat a dumb qns
2. haven ns?
another dumb qns. i HAVE HAIR for goodness sake.
3. poly yr wat/where u studying now ah?
i hate to ans this coz i will say tp business and then they will ask me wat do i take in business. then i will tell them. and they will nv get it.
4. aiyo i remember last time u small tt time i carried u leh, now u so big.
-_-" move on with life already pls
5. got girlfriend anot?
this is the worse qns ever. coz if its a YES, its a wrong ans. if its a no, its also a wrong ans. but normally i will tell the truth and say NO... and hear them nag for 2mins thereafter, b4 i leave their table to find food.
so after saying all these, i can proudly declare tt i PAINSTAKINGLY EARNED EVERY ANGBAO OF MINE!