Good OLD fwen...

Had lunch today with Hang Papa, my bday treat. Hee..Deliberately didnt informed him tat I was bak though I told him I will when I was in Taiwan. I mean who will ask for a treat rite? Still, he remembers his daughter and asked me out, saying he wun wait months to give me my bday treat (oopppss..) I think I did tat..hee..

I am glad I still keep in contact with this old fwen, aside from my 3 sisters, he is the onli 1 I keep in constant contact from my poly gang. He mentioned that we are fwens for 10+yrs oredi, times flies.It seems like yesterday onli when we are still schooling. Giving him wake up calls everyday to make sure he comes to school, its a chore to make sure he wakes up when I call him. More often den not, I would have to keep asking him whether he is fully awake or not cuz he would go bak to slp after putting down his phone, so I resort to keep toking to piss him off n make him wake up. My mum use to say I sound like a crazy woman in the morning, screaming into the phone to wake him up. whahah

Tat being said, I did the same for another classmate who later dropped out of school( not becuz of me hor) and I was very upset. Its like I did so much to help but yet he choose to give up on his studies, years later when I met him for tea 1 day, this classmate told me that he hated school and the best thing it ever happen to him in poly is to know me as a fwen. It put a smile on my face, knowing that he appreciate my efforts back then and him doing well, getting more matured though he didnt go thru poly studies.We lost contact after that somehow, and I hope he is getting well now:)

Mugging in the library durin exam periods is also what we all will do together.Somehow the uncle gang usually would be able to get more notes, past yr questions to work on and the answers and sharing with us, hehe..Thus we always stick close to them to access to the materials.

During pratical lessons, I would sometimes need their help too. I remember Hang papa helping out on the EMD lessons where I cannot seems to figure out how to design the circuit breakers..The onli thing I can help him back is to do his japanese homework when he dun wanna write the 习字 ...

All is not so rosy among us initially, I still rememebered that I dun haf a good impression of him at 1st along with his pal Mason..Too loud, too flashly,too hao lian..When he told me he was on the national bb team, I scoffed at him, onli later to learn from some1 that he was not boasting. Hee, come to tink of it, I was more impressed with Ah Cai being on the dragon boat national team den Hang papa being on the bb team.whahah..

Once he took a thousand dollar note and asked for smaller change, the 1st tot that came into my mind is "shit u, who the hell will have this kind of change for u...even the stall vendors will not have so much change lo.." It was later den I noe its his pocket monies from his dad, but still...I dun remember was it me who loan him the monies for lunch or wat, but the got thru the day and went to bank to exchange for smaller note if I am not wrong..

Not sure how we became good fwens later, but I realised it is just his way of protecting himself being loud.Comparing him to Ah Cai who is the more sensible and caring fwen, you can feel the difference, but both are as dear to me as brothers though we have a bigger age gap den me n my own brohter. Perhaps of this, they haf always regard my gang n me as kids and thus would monkey ard us..

As we chatted over lunch, memories came flooding back. Once, we nearly fell out over an issue. I was crying 1 nite after a project meetin as 1 team member pull out of the team when our presentation was juz next day. It was the last semester oredi and I desperately wanted to do well. The blow of not able to get thru the presentation put a strain on me and I did wat I didnt do before in front of my classmates before..Tat is to Cry..Never in my life I cried infront of others except my own family. I was stubborn from young.

Hang papa was with us tat day and went dinner after our project meeting. I remembered him buying some noodles for me as I said I am not in the mood to eat and when I sat there tearing silently, refusing to eat my dinner, he got angry and dumped the noodles into the bin. I was even more angry at that point. I am onli worried thus not wanting dinner, and there he was, throwing his temper at me for no reason. So, I stood up, took my bag and went home. I contemplated not waking him up the next day for school since I was still angry with him for throwing temper at me for no reason but decided otherwise as I'm afriad he would not wake up in time and we did have a important presentation on that day. Called him but did not tok to him like usual to make him fully awake.

It was later my fwen told me that he tot I would not tok to him again and his alarm clock is gone. Wahaha I did consider this option to be frank. We did go bak to tokin terms later ( I forgot how) and this incident was neber brought up again. I neber got a chance to ask him why was he so angry with me that nite to the extend of dumping the noodles away and I neber got ard telling him why I was so upset that nite. And if you muz noe, I didnt tok to the guy who pulled out of the team ever again. I blamed him for making me cried infront of my classmates, for making me worried the whole nite before the presentation as I am afraid I would flunked and this is not even a core subject, most importantly, I blamed him for being so selfish, pulling the whole team down and pulling out even though he knew the lecturer told us she wan see TEAMWORK. I got A for this subject in the end while the others for B..Perhaps its becuz I went all out to do my best for the presentation to cover up for the lost team memeber...whahah..

I always suspected he was interested in the gals of my gang and thus he stuck close to us though we are kids in his eyes. Maybe is Miss A, maybe is Miss R. He neber admit no matter how many times I drilled him over this. My bet is on Miss A who is more homely, caring and down to earth than Miss R. But then again, Miss R is more trendy, more fashionable..Aggrrr..He refuse to admit till today so I have no way of knowing..Keep maintaining that he dun eat & shit in his own backyard.The other gals namely, my sisters should be not his cup of tea, thus I realli have no other candidates in mind oredi. haha...

The onli regrettful thing is we didnt graduated together as something happen in the final exams making him stayed back for half more yr. Ah Cai & me was so worried back then that we keep urging him to go school and completed his diploma studies so as not to waste the 3 years. And knowing his stupid big ego, we keep reminding him not to be too headstrong with the lecturers. We knew he was stubborn and on top of it, all of us graduated oredi and he would have no other pals in school. We were relieved that he eventually listened and graduated. Though half a year later, but still he did it.

Years later, I am glad all of us are getting well in life :) Though neber realli contact Ah Cai oredi, sometimes, Hang papa will update me about his well being during lunch. It feels good to have a bunch of fwens who went thru ups n downs with you and see you thru all these. People like bestie, my 3 sisters and Hang Papa. I know I always have them rally ard me. To me, they are as good as my siblings..I am blessed to meet them in some point of my life and the relationship stayed. May this be a life time of friendships my good old fwens..:)

Close to heart

I was randomly reading news on yahoo on Tue evening when I came across the news of a Navy serviceman injuried while onboard a ship. The name looks familar and the age and unit matches a poly coursemate of mine.

Wanting to confirm further, I went and checked his FB profile and confirmed his dialet name which I didnt noe.My worst fear came true. It was indeed my coursemate. I immediately posted the news to FB to get the other coursemates' attention, hoping someone will be able to give us updates and aso to help pray for his well being.

24hrs went past b4 the others picked up this news 1 by 1. Updates from the official channel were slow, we did not have many details and we were pretty anxious to know his condition. The next time when I saw the updates were, he lost both legs and an arm, though managed to save his right arms, 3 fingers were gone too.

I was in shocked, how can this happen to him? There were no answers, the official statement issued by the Navy states that investigations are on going and it would take ard a month for it to be complete.

You know when we usually see this kind of news, its always someone else's fwen, colleague, classmates,relative,kins etc etc?

I neber 1 day expect to see this kind of news and recognised the name to be some1 I know. The feeling of it is so awful, what is even more awful is, we have totally no details of the whole incident and there is onli so little we can do for him while he awaits for his fate.

Thinking back, we were not even close back in sch. Attending the same lecture, we werent even in the same class throughout our poly time. But still, he is part of the wonderful memories I had during my poly years. We do have common fwens who we will hang out together before or after lecture. Coming from different classes, we do exchange/swap tips and notes on n off. Its realli hit me hard to see him in this state, suffering from the wrost injury that any 1 could imagine.

News later came out with the appeal of blood donation for his blood type, O+ which I do not belong to. The onli thing our coursemates can do, is to spread the news ard, hoping some kind soul would donate their blood to him.

Meanwhile, we aso kept him in our prayers, hoping that he would be able to pull through this tough time.Though its easier said than done, I sincerely hope that you will be able to face this difficult times bravely Jason. Somewhere here, all our coursemates will be praying for your well being. We will be rallying behind you till you are able to receive visitors. Hang in strong there pal, be strong.

An old fwen found me after 11yrs..

I realli muz salute the founder of FB...

Juz yesterday, an old sec sch mate who is from Taiwan found us in FB..Reuniting alot of our sec sch mates in FB and brought bak fond memories of our sch days..

He left SG after graduating from sec sch and had neber came bak since..All thanks to FB, he managed to find 1 of our classmates and then the rest of us...

When he tried to add me, I was still wondering who this person is till he msg me and told me his name..whahah realli cannot recognised him after 11yrs..And all of a sudden, FB became our little reunion platform...

Caught up with him abit on his recent happenings and made a pact to meet up if he shd come to SG or when we r going Taiwan...Hopefully if he shd come bak here, we will be able to hold a big scale reunion with all the sch mates, after all, we have not see each other for 11 yrs..whahaha all we did is to see each others' updates on FB...

Happie to see you again Ting Jie, after al these while..and Thank you for igniting the flame of reunion among all the classmates...Hope to see you all soon ;)

Lack of posts...

Erm, the title explains it all, i've got alot of things to blog about, my taiwan trip is written half way onli, my sentosa trip is written till the 1st paragraph, my dinner with part time bf, my post on my 1st try on cookin bird nest, jokes about Mr Love..arrgggg so many things with so little time..

anyway, will be out of sight for quite a while from now till early dec as i am gonna studee 4 my exams...tat being said, i will still maybe continue to write the unfinish posting juz at a slower pace..

well, wish me good luck every 1!!i realli need it..gonna tie a white head band ard my fore head and back to my books...

the best of my sch years-part 2

Mon lunch was spent eating with Papa, its been a super long time since we last met..the last time was last yr i tink, after Kai wen's dad funeral, we met 4 dinner..after tat, we seldom keep in contact till recently when we chat on msn den settle on the lunch appointment...

Seriously, i forgot y i address him as papa..but i can vaugely rememeber i dun haf a good impression on him n his gang when we 1st noe them..we werent in the same class, but was in the same sport 4 PE lesson-Volleyball..their whole gang of guys were better players den us, n all we did is monkeyed ard the class, hoping to pass time...I rememeber findin them hao lianz cuz they can play better den us...whahaha

To the extend of when papa tells me about him being in the national team, i refuse to believe him..i tink i still make some smick comments...whahaha duno is who told me tat it is true den i believe..hehe

N the most shitty happens, we were being placed in the same class the next yr..whahaha n i realli cannot recall how we became fwens..n on top of it, good fwens..i rem papa was in the same class, hmmm i tink the others are we hang out together b4 the lectures...whahah..with the age gap of 6yrs, its a wonder how we all became fwens..we were the childish kids to them n always clown ard..whaha...

During the yrs, we all worked together closely to get thru sch..with papa rendering his help during out practical lessons, me doing his japanese hw cuz he simply hates it..whahah..the onli 2 japanese words i ever hear him say is "hai", "iie" to partner..whaahha Oh, n c-programmin, they always got ways to find answer before hand de..whahaha

during exam periods, he will dunno go where n find those past yr papers n share with us, so tat we can practice on..yesh, this papa helped me alot durin my study yrs, including helpin me to find a vacation job..yesh, i am beri grateful to this fwen,who saw me thru my sch yrs...

Even after so many yrs, till nw when i see him, i will always remembered the help n how he took care of me during the few yrs...thank you papa...cheers to our many yrs of fwenship n cya soon...

the best of my sch yrs-part 1

been meetin up with poly mates recently..whaha dunno y..fri was with partner, who came out for a chilling session with me..the 2 of us, although from different classes onli till the last semester, are close fwens thru out my poly yrs..


She understands me more than others, for maybe we went thru the same things at home..the way we handle things, the thinkings we haf, the sturggle we have within us, we both noe it beri well n can feel each other's pain, happiness, sorrow, helplessness...


Yesh, she is understand me far more better than hubs..beneath our happie exterior, there is a layer of feelings perhaps not many can understand n we may nt want plp to noe..its onli infront of plp we trust den we will let our guard down n let them walk into our little world..other than tat, we will shut out every 1 n upkeep our happie exterior, tt's us, the 2 partners, not tat we want it to be like tt, but we juz dun wan to bother every 1 with our problem n nt many will be able to understand us..


which is y, she can relate to me whenever i haf things that i cannot figure out, she may nt have the solutions for me, but hafin her as a listening ear, as a supporter no matter wat, is a great stength to me..I am grateful to haf meet her n haf her as a dearest partner, sister in my life..

My partner n I....

Final day of exam..

Finally, after months of studying, preparation, today is the last day of my exam and i have this bad feeling tat i am nt exactly ready..but nebertheless i will go n give my best shot..no need to score but at least pass the paper to avoid a retake next sem...

its been a tough mth 4 me startin in May with KL leaving us n joinin HR...juggling with the extra load of work, plus the leave i took 4 exam, the exam stress, my dad's pro has taken a toll on me..

I make mistakes at work, struggle to finish the work load, struggle to stay awake to studee at nitez, struggle to stay awake working in the day, try nt to neglect hubs, try to solve the pro at mum's side, trying to help her prepare her europe trip, listening to her complaints, and tryin to stay sane...all these hopefully will come to an end once i finish this paper today...

will be bak at work to clear the tons of work tat is piling up due to my exam leave, hopefully this mth will be a better mth den last mth during closin as i do not need to face exam stress..

Man, how i look fwd to a well deserved break but nt anytime soon in this mth as i would need to seriously look into tidyin up the work...this is the least i can do 4 them after my exams...

As i am doin my last min preparation, i sincerely pray tat i would be able to ans the questions later n pass this paper..tat, would be a reward 4 me for all the things i went thru during this period...cross ur fingers 4 me plsz....

day 2 of torture week

Hubs n I are eatin our cup noodles in our room nw..the smell filled our small little rm lo, n we r gonna slp with the smell tonitez..hahaha...eeekkkksss...

juz got bak frm sch and is damn hungry can, i onli took a cup of cuppa with a small bread 4 dinner as i dun feel like eatin as i'm in a rush to class...as usual keep fallin aslp in the last 30 mins..dunno y leh den suddenly i will become super alert n last thru the rest of the class le..haha i gotta resort to msgin plp to keep myself awake...

Am gettin beri tired nw...gonna slp soon once i dry my hair...for the time being,the 2 of us are bak to facin our lappies...surprisingly, in this small small room of ours, we each manage to find a space of our own n can do our own tings...its quite nice, but i will prefer a studee room any time cuz i'm sittin on the floor now doin my studyin lo...

exam is juz ard the corner n i realise i'm in deep shit..dun realli can recall the things i've learned when the lecturer was goin thru e revision..kua kua kua...seriously, i need to do some serious studee le.hahhaha

day 1 of torture week

today is the 1st day of the torture week where i have to attend 4 days of revision class plus the new jap class with lily n fennie..dunno whether they will fly me areoplane or nt...

keep fallin aslp again in the 1st half hr of class...win liaoz..1st day onli...got 3 more days to go...but then i become alert after tt..heheh

yest had a beri fulfillin day at eating..heheh..MIL cooked fried chicken and fish for us..the marinated fish is oiishi neh...den she aso made us papaya milk shake n soya bean..eat till we 2 cannot move..hehe she nearly every wkend make snacks for us lo..gonna be beri fat at this rate.. but whu cares..the food is superb!!

after that we went down to my pops' shop and took dinner at his highly recommended coffee shop..but then leh, we didnt eat much, cuz we r too full frm MIL's food..hehe but still eat the dishes w/o rice...the food nt nice 1 leh, small in portion smmore...

the onli more okie 1 is the shark fin soup..which every 1 of us took a bowl...costs 30bucks...after tat we went hm...mum was tokin none stop on the way home..cuz she is realli bored w/o me goin hm yest..hahaha

gonna go slp le..tmr is gonna be another long day...