I CONFESS...

- When I was 15, because of insufficient funds for GIRO deduction, the parents gave me money to pay for the school fees at the General Office. I used the cash to buy a rabbit instead.

- Sometimes when I look at Tofu, I find myself wondering how tasty and tender his meat would be. Especially when I'm hungry.

- When I was in NUS, I mistakenly entered the gents once. And even washed my hands. With 2 guys inside, 1 of whom was using the urinal when I walked in. And I WAS STILL BLISSFULLY IGNORANT that I'm in the wrong place.

- I overslept last Friday (26th August) and woke up at 7.27am when the national anthem is to be sung at 7.30am and my first lesson starts at 7.40am. Imagine the horror! I quickly changed, petted the dog, ran, and reached the workplace at 7.39am. I didn't brush my teeth that morning.

- I've a bad sense of direction. I get lost in Orchard, Douby Ghaut, Suntec, Clarke Quay, and even Chinatown. There was once I got lost in Chinatown. Entered a shop and asked the assistant which direction leads to the MRT station. The Malaysian shop assistant directed me, and then asked bewilderedly am I a local. Shit!

- I sleeptalk occasionally. Especially when I'm tired / stressed. There was once, in an Overseas CIP trip to Bintan with the kids earlier this March, Angeline and I sleeptalk-ed with each other. Our conclusion? Two sleeptalkers sleeptalking to each other and having a conversation! The irony.

- Earlier this year, I cried and moaned because I had a bad dream in which I dreamt I'm lost (no surprise there). The younger brother heard it and initially thought it's something eerie because it so happened to be Qing Ming Festival that fateful day. The next morning, when I told him that I had a bad dream and cried and woke the dog, he exclaimed, "WAH LEU EH!! SO it's YOU!!! I thought it's a ghost la! I was so scared that I switched off the computer and slept early, you know!!! I switched on the living room light, then to the kitchen light, and then bathroom light, just to brush my teeth, you know!!!".

- One of my silly, inner worries is to, one day, discover that Tofu is able to swim. Because the whole family is not going to let me live it down if the dog knows how to swim, and not the owner.

- As long as I've lived, I have trouble pronouncing the word "permanent". My tongue always automatically pronounce it as 'per-mer-memt".

- I'm horrified of lizards. Even had a nightmare involving them once. Damnit.

- On some mornings, before I head out to work, I get deadly envious of Tofu. Eat, shit, sleep, play, eat, shit, sleep, play only. That stupid dog.

- I sometimes wonder how much does Tofu love me actually. If he is able to speak, would he declare and gush about his undying love for me?

- When I was younger, I had a plethora of ambitions. I wanted to be a singer and be Celine Dion version 2. Then an actress winning awards at the then-glamorous Hong Xing Da Jiang. Then a policewoman who gets rescued by a charmingly suave male colleague who is polite, good in character, doesn't smoke, respectful to elders, good with friends, well-rounded, dominant leader, cheerful, fit, healthy, and we live happily ever after. Then a hairdresser. Then a news anchor. Then a reporter for Lime magazine so that I can get up close and personal with Backstreet Boys. As age sets in, so does reality. My first serious ambition is to be a journalist / reporter. At 15, Biology entered my world. My new-found love for Biology overrode my love for language, and journalist got changed to doctor. Too bad I didn't have the brains for it. I didn't want to do research work either, so I somehow switched from Science to education at the last minute - mainly because I couldn't afford university tuition fees and a certain organisation timely offered to pay for it. The current work I'm doing? I've NEVER thought I'll be doing what I'm doing now.

- I talk / giggle to myself quite frequently.

- I've never believed in Santa Claus. The idea of a fat old man having so much time and money to buy presents for ALL the kids in the WHOLE WORLD and gets them delivered personally sounds ridiculous and far-fetched even to a young me. But I once believed there's toothfairy who'll buy my tooth and exchange it for money. Pui.

COINS

The savings habit. Except now, with the passage of time, there are some amendments to the rules.

Rule #1 : Upgrade to $100 maximum.

Rule #2 : Spend only notes, not the coins AND $5 notes.

Rule #3 : Save up all the coins AND $5 notes at the end of the day.

Unlike previously, I now also make a special effort to sort 10cents / 20cents and 50cents / 1dollar coins into 2 different coin boxes. Anyway, one of the coin boxes is FULL (yeah!!)!!! And it is the coin box which contains all the 50cents / 1dollar coins (yeah!!!).

 Tofu is always so kaypoh.

Anyway, I was done counting coins last night.

That small milk bottle containing 50cents / 1dollar coins add up to a grand total of ~$500!!! Can ya believe it???!!!

DO

There are so many things to do / have to do / can't do yet / yet to do.

- Might be meeting George and gang for Korean buffet dinner on 30th Aug (Tues, HARI RAYA!!!), if I'm free. He's still waiting for my confirmation. Oppps!

- Staff dinner on 1st Sept (Thurs). AND, after which, might be meeting Eric for supper. Provided he's not down for duty that night.

- Violet approached and asked me to calafare in a video for staff dinner. Think the making of the video would be quite a last-minute thing as no details are confirm YET.

- 2 wedding dinners to attend during the week of September holidays (one of which is at SENTOSA, omg).

- September holidays remedials to conduct. Shucks!

- Course to attend on Monday and Wednesday nights.

- Currency's pretty strong now. Ought to change currency now for December trip.

- Count my coin savings and either go for coin deposit in bank, or exchange for cash with the canteen aunties. I have saved too much coins over the years and months. SOOOO HEAVY!

How I wish time would fast-forward and these would get over and done with! But then, on another thought, all these are quite happening and exciting.

Anyway, it has been more than 2 weeks since course started. I've yet to follow up with my reading, neither have I completed the homework which have been assigned.

Teachers are bad students, really.

P.S. By the way, Yam Ah Mee is making a comback tonight!!! Cute guy, that one.

TIME FLIES

Going off for night course in 1.5hours time. So tempted to ponteng. Argh~

Anyway, in the blink of an eye, 2011 is ending soon! Oh my gosh! This is already Week 9 of Term 3 (there's 10 weeks in a term). This means that next week is the LAST WEEK of Term 3! 

After that, it'll be a week of September holidays (down for remedial again. 3 days of remedial. Shucks!). 

Term 4 continues after September holiday, and for the first 4 weeks, it'll be lessons as usual. 

End-of-year examinations commence on Week 5 onwards, and probably ends around Week 7. After which, there'll be a day of Marking Day for us poor souls. 

Finally, Week 8 - Week 10, we'll go through the scipts and key in results and meet-the-parents sessions and VOILA!!! Academic year 2011 has ended!!!

And, to top if off, come 2012, I'm down to the FINAL year of my bond!!!

I FEEL SO HAPPY NOW! *hop hop*

LOSE WEIGHT

I need to go on a diet!!!

D! I! E! T!

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow.....

 Tooommmoooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooowwwwwwwwww...

TOMORROW!

Self-discipline!!! ARGHHH!!!

ARGH

Still sick.

Awfully sick.

Wonder how am I going to talk tomorrow.

SOLUTION

While eating dinner just now, a random thought struck me.

I wonder, why can't we TELEPORT???


I mean, hey, imagine the numerous benefits!

1) More sleep. Need to report to work at 8am? Simple. Wake up at 730am. Take a shower, have a quick breakfast, dress up, and at 7.55am, VOILA!!!

2) Less air pollution. Simple. No burning of fossil fuel. No carbon emission. Goodbye, global warming.

3) Less money spent on transportation. SMRT and Transitlink wanna rise price again?? NEVER AGAIN!

4) More arable land to be used for recreational / commercial / public purpose.
More parks. More playgrounds. More cinemas. More shopping malls. More sports stadiums. More houses. Enough said.

5) No COE. No road tax. No ERP. Enough said. 

6) HDB prices may go down. (refer to point 4)


7) Lesser deaths. Due to nil probability of road / car accidents.

Of course, there are pros and cons. It would be total havoc if people are able to teleport as and when and where they like. Therefore, to deter uninvited guests, something akin to the firewall can be set up? For example, in order to teleport into my flat, a password is needed. Or maybe recite a tongue-twister backwards. Or maybe executing mambo-jambo techno dance steps to the tune of We Are The World.

Of course again, this would lead to the question of security and the possibility of hackers. But then again, it is another problem for another day.

You know what? I think I've just found the PERFECT solution to the worries of the average Singaporean.

Forget the 4 Tans.

Vote for me.

IN A NUTSHELL

Fell sick with flu and fever. Woke up on Sunday morning with an unexpected and severe symptom of super sore throat and runny/blocked nose. On Monday, it exacerbated into fever. Made a trip to the doctor, who suspected viral infection and gave me two days MC for the fever to subside. She mentioned something about taking in plenty of water and having good rest. Went to the pharmacy counter after that to collect the medication. The pharmacist behind the counter, while issuing the medication, giggled and joked that the doctor must have really wanted me to rest ALOT, as all the 3 medication prescribed (excluding lozenges) are super drowsy. Doctor had also prescribe a medication to bring down the swelling of the throat, but the pharmacist says the polyclinic has ran out of it (????!!!). Instead, she gave me a copy of the doctor's prescription list and asked me to get it from the Guardian pharmacy. In the end, I didn't. Because I don't see the need. Because I was lazy. Because I wanted to save the money, and reasoned that the throat soreness and swelling would go down by today.


I hate how the ear, nose, and throat are connected to each other. Because of this viral flu, my ears keep getting blocked, and I have to constantly 'pop' them (which always feel so oddly satisfying!), only to find them blocked again after a couple of hours. ARGHHH!!!


Anyway, thanks to the drugs, I was sleeping almost the WHOLE day today!
Woke at 730am (to eat breakfast), went back to sleep at 830am. Woke up at 1130am, used the computer for a while, and returned back to sleep at 1pm. Woke at 2pm, played with Tofu, had lunch, attempted to do some reading, and went back to sleep at 430pm. Woke up at 615pm, played with Tofu somemore, and had a shower. Now, at 730pm, I'm sitting in front of the computer, blogging away.




I feel so rested. FINALLY, I feel recovered. Granted, the super pain and sore throat is still there. But, still, at least the fever is gone and my nose is no longer blocked. It feels sooooooo good to be able to breathe normally again. Hope it'll sustain throughout the night later! Last night was horrible. I had to breathe through the mouth. And the already-sore throat feels even more irritated with the flow of air.





On a sidenote, the first CIBTAC lesson started last night!
It was pretty okay. In fact, studying Anatomy and Physiology reminds me of Poly days!




My throat is still as raw as sandpaper. Even swallowing of saliva hurts. Ok, I regret not getting the medication from Guardian pharmacy. =(

FAST!

Lesson's starting tomorrow! That's fast!


And I'm looking forward to it! 

CIBTAC

Registered!

:)

ESCARGOT

Title says it all!


Ate my first escargot a couple of hours ago.


Had quite a mental block trying to shove it into my mouth (omg, that's a SNAIL!!!!), but after sannakji (which I discovered I LOVE!!!), surely escargot is nothing.




Anyway, I survived escargot.


It's pretty nice and chewy. YUMMY.




Oh, yeah. Before I forget, Happy Birthday, Singapore. 

LEARNING (part 2)

CIBTAC Body Massage Diploma certification.

And knitting.

LEARNING

Currently looking at courses to take up. It's so hard not easy to slot one in into my already packed schedule. I'm only able to take part-time courses; and even with part-time courses (part time courses start at 630pm), it might not even work out because at 6.30pm, I am still in school on some days!
 


Arghhh~ Let's get something worked out!