Fond Memories of the 80s

1. You grew up watching He-man, MASK, Transformers, Silver Hawk and Mickey Mouse. Not to forget Ninja Turtles, My Little Pony and Smurfs too..
> Land before time, robocop, captain planet ( i was water gal... hahhaahha)

2. You grew up brushing your teeth with a mug in Primary school during recess time. You will squat by a drain with all your classmates beside you and brush your teeth with a coloured mug. The teachers said you must brush each side 10 times too.
> nope. but during K2 in Peichun, we'll have afternoon naps on individuals "towels" laid on the floor. Will bring it back home every Friday to wash.

3. You know what SBC stands for.
> haha, of coz. still rem the logo

4. You pay 40 cents for Chocolate or Strawberry MILK every week in class.
> chocolate was my choice

5. Kopi-O is not just a kind of beverage to you but also a popular television serial.
> yup yup. "kopi-0, ooo nong nong de kopi-o"

6. Pagers are the in thing and numeric numbers are encoded with sweet lovey dovey messeges.
> during the Sec yrs

7. SBS buses used to be non-airconditioned. The bus seats are made of wood and the cushion is red. The big red bell gives a loud BEEP! when pressed.. There are colourful tickets forTIBS buses. The conductor will check for tickets by using a machine which punches a hole in the ticket.
> took those 25 cents non air-con feeder bus to Uncle's house every weekday

8. Envelopes given to us to donate to Sharity Elephant every Children's Day.
> think it was always $2 for me

9. You've probably read Young Generation magazine. You know who's Vinny the little vampire and Acai the constable.
> have a slight recollection on "who's Vinny the little vampire"

10. You were there when they first introduced MRT here. You went for the first ride with your parents and you would kneel on the seat to see the scenery.
> dont think so.

11. Movie tickets used to cost only $3.50.
> tickets were $5.50 during my Sec yrs

12. Gals are fascinated by Strawberry Short Cake and Barbie Dolls.
> not forgetting Twinkle little stars and Hello Kitty (who used to be only in red during those times)

13. You learn to laugh like The Count in Sesame Street .
> nope. Though we had a collection of Sesame St big A4 sized hard covered books

14. You longed to buy tibits called Kaka (20 cents per pack) and Ding Dang (50 cents per box), that had a toy in it and it changes every week. Not forgetting the 15 cents animal crackers and the ring pop, where the lollipop is the diamond on the ring.
> yup yup

15. KFC used to be a high class restaurant that serve food in plates with bottled ketchup and chilli sauce and also their metal forks and knives.
> even had a pic of me taken while biting into the big drumstick

16. Your English workbooks was made of some damn poor quality paper that was smooth and yellow.
> i think that was my sis's generation. some character's name, wonka or smth like that :p

17. CDIS were your bestfriend.
> eh... what's that?

18. The only computer lessons in school involved funny pixellised characters in 16 colours walking about trying to teach you maths.
> nope, not maths leh

19. Waterbottles were slinged around your neck and a must everywhere you go.
> yup yup. hello kitty, keropi & once, coke bottles was even In too.

20. Boys loved to play soccer with small plastic balls in the basketball court.
> dunno

21. Teng-teng, five stones, chapteh, hentam bola and zero point were all the rage with the girls and boys too...
> five stones, hopscotch

22. Science experiments includes incubating an egg and watching it hatch into a chick before a fully grown chicken.
> dont rem

23. Kids would be donning black, huge and nerdy looking plastic glasses to school.
> haha that would be the Principle instead of kids

24. Drinks cost 10 cents and food was only 50 cents in the school tuckshop.
> yup yup. still rem the 20 cents sausages, chicken wings, boiled crab meats... slurp

25. The bookshop does not only sell books but colourful pencils and pens, badminton rackets, balls, marbles, erasers with country flags on them etc.
> yup yup

26. Science was fun with the balsam and the angsana being the most important plants of our lives, guppies and swordtail being the most important fish.
> yesh!

27. Who can forget Ahmad, Bala, Sumei, XiaoMing and John, eternalized in our minds from the textbooks.
> ooo yes.... bala and ahmad as on point no. 16... haha not wonka

28. We carry out experiments of our own to get ourself badges for being a Young Zoologist/Botanist etc.
> yup, but never did I onced finished the booklet

29. Every Children's day and National day you either get pins or pens with 'Happy Children's Day 1993' or dumb files with 'Happy National Day 1994'.
> files, clip boards...

30. In Primary six you had to play buddy for the younger kids like big sister and brother.
> yup yup

31. We wear BM2000, BATA, or Pallas shoes.
> yup. dont like it when my shoes begins to give way... meaning I had to tell Mum to get a new pair :( Shoes were considered ex during those days Ok!

32. Your form teacher taught you Maths, Science and English.
> think so

33. The worksheets were made of brown rough paper of poor quality.
> in lower pri. upper pri, was changed to white sheets of paper ; )

34. You went to school in slippers and a raincoat when it rained, and you find a dry spot in the school to sit down, dry your feet, and wear your dry and warm socks and shoes.
> nope, not me

35. School dismissal time was normally around 1 pm.
> yup yup. took sch bus home with the bus auntie passing us our packed lunched (Mummy passed to her)

36. There would be spelling tests and mental sums to do almost everyday.
> haha dont rem. perhaps coz I didnt really care :p

37. Your friends considered you lucky and rich if your parents gave you $2 or more for pocket money everyday.
> I was the one who considered others lucky

38. You see Wee Kim Wee's face in the school hall and principle's room.
> eh... think so

39. You freak out when the teacher tells you to line up according to height and hold hands with the corresponding boy or girl.
> nope nope. didnt freaked out

40. Boys like to catch those gross fighting spiders.
> think so.. who cares abt them... THEN.. hahaha

41. Collecting and battling erasers was a pastime for boys.
> yup yup

42. Autograph books were loaded with "Best Wishes", "Forget Me Not", and small poems like "Bird fly high, hard catch.Friend like you, hard to forget".
> yesh yesh! and if u're not asked to write on someone's book, u might wonder y...

43. Class monitors and prefects loved to say "You talk somemore, I write your name ah!"
> yup, those teacher's pets! hmph..

44. There were at least 40 people in one class.
> yup yup

45. Large, colourful schoolbags were carried.
> yup yup

46. The worse you would do to a friend was get another friend to stop befriending him/her. "Don't friend him/her."
> childish... but yes....

47. Bookworm story books (added on my own)
> who'll forget - porky, mimi, smarty ect. they gave talks in schs, asking students to buy the sets and sets of book. which we did too.

There you have it...... how nostalgic ; )

The rubber band snapped; the gates to the water dam broke.

Not once but twice last Friday (1 day before my B’day). I’m not sure what happened, but I guessed the minor blunder which I made in work + external auditors in our office + terrible breakout + PMS just took it away. I was already feeling real down the whole of last week and decided to take half day leave and head back home. After writing a short note to Ghaya telling her that, she asked if I was crying. I shook my heads and "laughed" it off, muttering a “no” while heading to the toilet.

Alone in the toilet cubicle, tears flowed uncontrollably for around 5 mins. After seated back on my desk for less than 5 mins, I felt suffocated when the management people were around my desk talking about work. When Ghaya called and asked what happened, I found myself crying again. This time, I was sobbing away in the cubicle instead of tearing. (think I scared the hell out of her). Surprisingly, I felt much better after the shocking breakdown, and with urgent work stuffs to be settled that day, I canceled my leave during lunch hour (which led to the insensitive VP saying that I’m fickle minded).

I can say that last week was the worst days I’ve felt during all of my PMSs. But I’m thankful for the concern my friends gave + family members who endured my (yet another round of) bad temper.

No longer dreaming, but it still hurts to hear

He is moving place,
He might be staying on after his IA,
He asked her out for tennis,
He asked her about her studies.
etc ...

all from her.

Getting along pretty well, I’ll say…

It's My Birthday!

It was a day-out for food and more food.

Lunch was @ Lei Garden with family. Sad to say, most of the dishes (from the set) were the same as what we had the last time. Though that I could try their other unique dishes. Nether less, it was a sumptuous lunch and quality time spent with the family.

After lunch, Lx met up with me 1st as she wanted to do some shopping. As I’ve got to refrain myself from spending more $$, I didn’t really window shopped for fear that something might caught my eye. Keke.

Less then 4 hours after having my lunch, I was eating again. Our dinner was settled at a HK café (Tong Luo Wan) in Liang Seah St. It was super early after eating, so we were racking our heads on where we should head next – miss clarity/bens & jerrys/ktv???

. lemon drink + milk tea . wedges . stewed beef noodle .
. baked rice (fish) . hk instant noodle . ben & jerry’s .
. cheesecake . toothpicks . teapot .

A decision was finally made and we went to KBox @ Suntec. Half way through, Lx (with the excuse of gg to the toilet) came back with a slice of cheesecake from Coffee Bean. Oh!!!!!! I really didn’t expect that and was super surprised.

Since we still had 2 more hours to go, Hr and I went down to Bens & Jerry’s to get a pint of ice cream. Seriously, I was eating wayyy too much that day… To end the day, they selected 2 Bday song (Cantonese & Chinese) to be played while I blew the candle : ) haha. Thank gals!

Patience is the "next" best cure

Visited the skin clinic on Monday after work despite having my usual facial on the prev Saturday.

I was so sad when the pimples popped up after the facial. It was then, when I finally faced the fact that something else has to been done. I was tossing and turning on Sunday night as I cant wait for Monday evening to arrive so that I can seek other’s help.

Did a 15mins consultation (which I don’t think was necessary) and was surprised that they were able to accommodate me in to do a treatment that evening. So, dinner plans with my parents were cancelled despite Mummy was already with me in Orchard. Had to get them to buy back home for me.

The treatments lasted 2.5 hours plus I was cold and hungry in the room. But I’m willing to sacrifice many things to have a smooth complexion back. The treatment is so different from my usual facial as they don’t do extraction plus I think they let their botanical products do the work

Today, 4 days after the treatment, My cheeks still has pimples popping out and it’s itchy and painful at times. But my cheekbone area seems to be smoother (not that it was bad prev).

This is seriously a difficult time for me and I have to constantly remind myself that since this has already happened, all I can do is to be patient and have a positive mindset. It’s not the end of the world and I shall not let words put me down.

It’s hard but I’ll try.

I'm Hating It

- PMS
- Bad complexion
- MSNs

How can I change my world?

I'll try to be nicer :p

Daily Overview for November 02, 2006 - Scorpio
You know you need to change. You want to change. Astrological energies urge you to change. But part of you is scared about what that means. It's normal. Acknowledge that you're afraid. Then do what needs to be done.

Haha... Pretty true manz...