but RAG GIRLS.. missing meiyan here, is probably one of the best things that happened during these 4 years of university life.. not to sound super nostalgic and sentimental.. *puke* but i am really thankful for them.. comprising of a bunch of ppl from different faculties, working on a common project, which i was the most clueless of all.. it's been 3 years since we formed that team back then.. thanks for maintaining my sanity in this school and for all the moments.. though we don't meet up much, and with everyone so busy but thanks for everything.. we may not tell each other the darkest secrets but it's just so comfortable to be with you all.. hmm.. i really do miss you all around in school.. but then again, the end for me is near as well.. hmm.. so much to say, but just ain't know how to say it.. take care and work hard!! huiying, don't kill the kids yeah!! missing you all again.. =P
just trying to recall the number of times that i've missed school.. well, plenty.. missing lectures is a norm.. minus the fass modules, which i've faithfully attended.. engineering.. opps.. but to miss school for being sick.. i think i've not done that much.. even remembered dragging myself to class despite coming down with i-don't-know-what.. so yeah, i missed school today.. for a bug bite..nope!! i wasn't playing with any bugs.. *yuck!!* but rather, i was innocently standing at the bus stop, waiting for a bus to go home last friday evening and was unfortunately attacked by some bug, which i didn't even see!!! oh gosh!! how misfortunate is that!! and thanks to my eczema condition, the stupid swelling did not go away.. and so i finally dragged myself downtown to my skin specialist..what is really annoying is that, i got bitten in singapore!! of all countries!! i was in indonesia, taiwan, germany and wherever else.. but of all places, singapore!!! it's so annoying!! so much for being the cleanest country around and being non-trash.. right!! where in the world did the bug come from!! ARGH!!! kill the bug!!!so i skipped school.. and yes, thesis submission is just a week away and my lit review section is an encouraging number of 0 page!!! kill myself!! faint..
either i'm really confident, with loads of gut.. or i'm just plain stupid.. fyp thesis is due in 19 days and i've not even put down the first word.. and i still have the guts to go out on a weekday evening, without commiting even a minute to lab.. went on a shopping spree at marks and spenser again!! and fizzy fishes were once again on offer!! *wide smile*.. coupled with leftover goodies from the festive season, can you just imagine the stash i came home with?? and i met florence for dinner as well.. at this really interesting place, which has been in town for quite some time, but i've yet to give it a try.. it's called pepper lunch.. where you pay to cook your own food.. and it's not even steamboat.. and this is made possible with a patented electromagnetic hotplate, originating from the land of the rising sun!! it can heat up to a temperature of 260 degree Celsius.. my only question is, where is the circuit hidden??today, we went to kinokuniya instead of borders.. but we had a really good time looking at cookbooks, non-fictions, fictions, children's books.. and even the really nicely bounded christmas carol, which was a leftover from christmas but ain't going on a discount!! *humph*.. and we finally made some sense out of the ending of never let me go by kazuo ishiguro.. and boy, it's very much of a read-between-the-lines story!! hmm.. i really love these bookstore-outings with florence.. we always have good discussions about book titles and.. at least for me, drool over the pictorials of food and wish that some kind soul will cook that for me!! i'm sorry but that's just me and food..and it's still raining!! had to walk through a mini-flood, so i gave up and walked barefooted.. thank God that there's no creepy crawlies in the murky waters.. else the whole orchard road will hear me, loud and clear..and back to the title.. fizzy fishes are not fizzed out!! well, at least for this afternoon when i was at marks and spenser.. but they are all over the shelves.. so that's why, they are on an expedition!! i love fizzy fishes.. it used to be percy pigs but the piggies got too expensive.. =( so till further notice?? i love the fishes!! =)
and yes, yet another year has gone past.. this reflection post has taken a tad too long to be posted due to all the craziness in the past few weeks, days.. whatever..2006.. for those of you who knew and for those of you who don't know.. it had been a roller-coaster year.. in the nutshell, it might have been a year of new friendships and lost friendships.. a year of regrets and new experiences.. a year of both good and bad decisions, but sometimes the line blurs so much, that it becomes difficult to determine either.. a year of realisation and growing up.. and yes, i do grow up mentally much slower than others.. =P and many others.. it was a tough year of struggling with pretty much thoughts and emotions..my mum always teases me, saying that the moon overseas shines much brighter than that back home.. and i won't deny it by saying that, the grass is indeed greener on the other side.. even though life is tough out there alone, and there's more snakes than rabbits out in the fields, i still look over to that side of the world.. shoot me if you must, but that's how it feels to be in a love-hate relationship.. i'm sorry to say this, but there are many things i miss..somehow, this year, i really felt like a potato, whose skin is slowing peeling off.. revealing perhaps my true nature?? or allowing others to know me better, ie, my dark side?? well, it's pretty horrible to be a potato, coz like they always say, some things are better left unknown.. and yes, ignorance is bliss.. but perhaps, growing up means being more aware of the truth and being ignorant is not the way to be.. and then important step to take, is to work towards correcting the ugly spots and turn them into strengths..and enough on all these thought-provoking or rather, what-is-she-talking-about paragraphs.. i just wanna thank everyone present and around for this past year.. as a support, encouragement, pillar, anchor, listener, advisor, befriender, cheer-me-up folks.. taking care of me, loving me and letting me act crazy.. the list is too long to be fully written out here but to everyone, kudos, bows & curtsies.. =)and half a year more to graduation and what we all like to have, a graduation road trip.. i just got 'shot' by peijia for going off to taiwan without her.. sorry girl.. we go europe, okay?? well, that's one of the possibilities.. but europe will be more of a trip of visiting friends and learning about more cultures.. otherwise, i really do want to go to beijing.. and there's canada too, with the incentive of attending an awesome friend's graduation ceremony.. =) so where shall i go??2006 ended with a quiet note.. no fireworks like that at taipei 101 coz i was stuck out in some supposedly to be a peaceful place, sun moon lake, that got overran with tourists.. no lighting of the eiffel tower, no fireworks at brandenburger tor, no crystal ball at time sqaure.. just me and sleep.. =Pand if you didn't know, i ended the year with a trip to taiwan.. with visits to yeliu, where i learnt that i have adverse phobia towards crashing waves and strong winds.. and how much i do not want to be floating out in the pacific ocean.. and to alishan, where thick cloud cover kept the sun away from me!! =(.. and to taipei 101, where it was just an engineering WOW!! and who can forget the many food in taiwan.. well, i ate more than my parents combined together.. so enough said..2006 sounds like an emotional journey.. so what will 2007 be?? a need to finish up school.. find myself a job that i will love.. continue acting stupid with the kids, though there is a rise of the new generation and suddenly, i feel much redundant!! =(.. save money so i can go travel around and perhaps, a countdown in another country.. =) man sagt 'tschüs' zum 2006 und 'herzliche willkommen' zum 2007.. i will miss the fun, the laughters, the craziness, the satisfaction.. but what life is all about, is to look forward and move on.. so take a deep breathe and welcome 2007!!! =Pon a very small sidenote that will definitely catch my large attention.. 24 days left to the submission of project thesis!! i'm so doomed!!!