this is what you look like revising Bio...

Hmmm...should be quite ok. cannot be that hard.

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Damn...the bloody text is not helping.
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ttttttsssskkkk.........what's with the lousy lect notes......

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SIANNNN.....forget it.

remind me why i f***ing chose this module.

If You Believe

for all my beloved single-pals out there...one day you'll get to sing this to him.

..... [now practice!]


I close my eyes,
And even when I'm sleeping I'm alright,
'Cause You were, in my life.
Once upon a time,
I only imagined this And now You're mine.
Wished for you so hard. Prayed that You'd find me;
Maybe your here today, Here to remind me:

If you believe that dreams come true,
There's One that's waiting there for you.
'Cause I believed when I saw You That when you want something enough, That it can't escape Your love.
There is nothing in the world that cannot be...If you believe.

Everybody said That I was a fool to think That we'd connect.
But I couldn't get my heart out of my head,
And they just didn't see;No, they just couldnt know
The feeling that You get,The places that You go...

If you believe that dreams come true,
There's One that's waiting there for you.
'Cause I believed when I saw You That when you want something enough,
Then it can't escape Your love.
There is nothing in the world that cannot be...If you believe.

Never wished for material things;
Never needed wind in my wings.
I never wished for anything but You..

I can't explain it, Someone just told me,
"Go where your heart is,You'll never be lonely."

If you believe that dreams come true,
There's One that's waiting there for you.
'Cause I believed when I saw YouThat (when you believe) when You want Someone enough,
Then they can't escape Your love.
There is nothing in the world that cannot be,
If you believe.
Believe, believe, believe, ooh...




MARVELOUS!

FUNNY students in a academically acclaimed school.

yes it's a double entry today....cus i so have to blog about this. almost forgot!

was reading my school's publication called 'the Ridge' yesterday on the train back...almost laughed aloud when i came across a few things inside. why am i even reading campus stuff? cus they're freaking FREE. lol. Anyways, you know how i hate to suppress my laughter...read these!

polled out of 50 undergrads: my comments in [brackets]

Qn: With the demise of the Arts canteen, where do you eat your meals now?

2- at home [sure not? non-stop hits in a day not hungry meh?]
9- at techno egde [man, i can't find a canteen with a name more compatible with it's fac. the food there....simply tastes technological.]
15- business canteen [clearly a more rational choice.]
13- Elsewhere [WHERE???]
9- doesn't concern me, i don't eat at Arts canteen anyway [OH, really? you must be from ntu...hee.]
2- anywhere that has hot babes or hunks [my personal fave.] :)
addtional comments by a student: "i miss Deck. period." [short and sweet]

Qn: Which is the best media on campus?

8- Hooked
9- The Ridge
4- Campus Observer
2- Radiopulze
6- Hall Publication
11- ALL SUCK [LOL...how funny is that?!?!]
10- All are good in their own right [ a very politically correct answer...these people must be aspiring Ms SinaporeS.]
additional comments by another student: "we should all save paper and stop littering the campus with magazines." [FUNNIEST]
*** should add another choice: NUS have what kind of media? haha...you'll be surprised some students can't even name 3...i was one of them.. WAS. haha.

Qn: Singapore and 6.5 million population...

4- i think it's necessary for continued economic growth. [yet another politically right answer...can be more interesting please..]
23- it'll be too crowded! [YEEESSSssssSSSsss]
11- as long as we're not swamped with foreigners [this is quite anti-social..if they realize, our school has lots.]
8- don't care as i'll migrate by then [...that's why lah...foreigners are precisely chalking up cus of people like eeeEWWW]
4- don't care as i'll live in a comfortable condo and drive a nice car by then [ wwwaaaahhh........count me in.]
...some more comments: "i'm definitely looking forward to more jam-packed MRT and buses" [i totally feel you...]

...and the issue's highlight: DIRTY INSIGHTS

just ONE example...

"my dirtiest fantasy is trying to imagine what shit actually tastes like"-stickyyicky, year 3 medicine.


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and you wonder what nus students are like....


i can only say, they're only humans.....


[again, i don't plagiarize: cited from NUSSU PUBLICATIONS]

FLOOWWW..

you know what is 'flow'?

It happens when you're sleeping, aimlessly surfing away on youtube or nosily browsing other's profiles on friendster.

that's when you experience flow...

i've been experiencing flow for the past 3 days. i bet u did too... when you're so focused on writing that shitty piece of essay. time flies by without you even knowing. and the satisfaction you get after writing each essay.....uncomprehendable.

but my version of flow excludes satisfaction. it's been eons since i last wrote 3 essays in 2 hrs.... that feeling sucked. should i be rejoicing at the thought of no more essays until next sem? or should i weep over the indecent quality of the essays i wrote the past 3 days? maybe that's something i should reflect before i fall asleep tonight.

but for now, i feel damn sian. so i say, HECK THEM ALL. it's so over already. i should just come up with a masterplan to get an A for the bio mcq...HA HA HA. and the saddest fact: masterplans hardly work. -_-


oh man...utterly besotted.
his legs must be damn tired...cus he's been running through my mind since i saw him....muuahahahahaa....-adapted from CLEO.

Blog revamp

i should be mugging..i know...lol.
it's just me, i HAVE to do the wrong stuff at the wrong time.

the world is gonna rejoice with me when i get my results.

Anyway, does my blog tune reminds you of 'A walk to remember'?

Man...how can it not...[and MAN oh MAN, how can you not have watched the movie before?!] it's like not listening to spicegirls in primary school. LOL.

and damn....i think i'm damn infatuated with that soc gamer-guy...

and and and...time to mug~

High and DRY

High as in HAPPY-high. Dry as in BROKE-dry. haha... kinda oxymoronic... but i like

i ought to reward myself for sleeping at 3am last night. Man oh man....finally EVERY DAMN THING IS DONE, excluding the mugging. so u can only imagine how high i am today. but sleepiness has gotten the better of me.LOL. it's the 3am shit. i cannot take late nights. there comes a point where my human clock simply dies on me. and i become a bloody zombie.

ANYWAYS.... met my dear long lost beloved LIRONG at the lt11 bus stop today. it wasnt planned so if dear wydia reads this, lol...i didn't skip Southeast lecture on purpose....i was hungry, and drenched...so lirong came to save the day!! lol. no lah...we simply saved each other. we went MS's Xing Wang. can't help it, i suddenly crave for french toast. haha... food makes us HIGH!!!

i love sunny-side-ups...but i hate the sunniest part of it all...the yucky yolks!
look at how fascinated she was with her food...

.....lili, i don't think you smiled that much at the food in school. lol!

oh man....look at that sheepish smile....

the simplest food tastes like heaven when you're hungry....

hehe...so we happily ate away...and chatted and ate and chatted.... it's been sometime since we had such a long chat. from the bus stop to the bus, then to the mrt then to marina Sq and then suntec. lol. havent been enjoying myself lately so you can imagine how high i was. lol. so high that i had to splurge. i bought a fossil wallet. my guess one spoilt. so sad. so daddy's sponsoring me...and this time i upgrade. yes, before you think guess is more ex. and i bought a nice stripped top too, picked by dear lili. lol. she calls me an impulse buyer, but ironically she was also the same person who encouraged me to buy stuff....lol. girls are funny. we don't mean what we say most of the time. shall elaborate on this another time cus i can go on and on about that.

...on the Broke-dry part...please exercise your knowledge of inference. i'm now in zombie-mode, it's a chore to go on.

from tomorrow onwards, i'll HAVE to be in full-fletched mugger-mode.

Long and Random

it's just one of my typical dreadful entries....read at your own discretion.

First: Had a wonderful time with my singing khakis....you know what? i think "singing-Quartet" sounds good for the 4 of us...LOL. better than the whatever one collin came up with. haha.. anyway, it's like in our blood, whenever the 4 of us get together, it will be such a waste if we don't go K. it's just a bloody waste. that is why...we eneded up K-ing at partyworld. the 4 of us...the usual antics...the laughter. we went AMK hub at first then Novena then Orchard with my damn[lok-kok outfit]. oh man, i miss Novena. it's so different now...used to be the POS' fav hangout...and i can go on forever about those days...lol. we took lotsa pics @ Mos burger and i couldn't complain enough about my fat face. They commented on something ultra appalling, which is why i'm not saying what. In case you guys will kill to differ. haha. to our dear collin: Don't worry k? it'll be over sooner than you think, less painful than you wish. your best buds will be praying for you! you'll be bringing the KTV down in no time!!!

Next: Kent's Birthday party at K-union was much funner than i expected. almost all the guys were there...QiQi is still THAT shy...cannot make it. sit next to Jane also paiseh...is she really THAT intimidating?? lol. Kent is one lucky guy. his girlfreind is so sweet, planned everything, blind-folded and brought him up for the surprise, made a sugar-sweet video dedicated to him, and helped him wipe off cream from his face....waaaah...sometimes i wonder if i'll go THAT far for my boyfriend. maybe i'm different, i'm not really a great fan of PDA anyways. we'll see, we'll see. played some lame games with the guys...super corny and funny. my duet with Koon Yuan was classic lah...much as i tried to concentrate on singing my part i just could not. lol. what can i say, he's THAT cute. in the end kent was drunk like don't know what....he was lying on the couch for the rest of the night and his friends had to drag his unconcious form out of the place. so much for being the birthday boy huh....what a grand exit. haha. but i'm sure it was a night to remember for the rest of his life. i would've sobbed my eyes sore if someone surprised me like that.

And then: here comes the boring part...about school! lol. more like about my schoolmates. stayed in school till like 8plus today to finish up the damn project. im sorry to say but this project's the most dreadful one so far. but don't get me wrong, my project mates are fine...they're all quite nice. and one of them even blogged about us during lecture when we were sitting right next to her. luckily she said nice stuff about me...lol... and she's not the kinda average girl you find in school... she's really unconventional. and our laptops are friends! cus mine is called 'xiaohei' her's is 'xiaobai'! LOL. k anyways...i must credit my groupmates for doing their parts and coming up with MASTERPLANS throughout for us to fall back on. and to JT: haha if we were that nice to each other, i don't think we'll be good friends anymore. it's the mean-ness that counts! lol. so pardon me for all my quirks.

Before that, met yy for lunch at our fav jap-rest in YIH and went for bio lecture. here at Nus, we have the funniest bio lecturer EVER. what kind of a lecturer brings a whole black trashbag full of soft toys as examples of animals or even plants taller than himself, or artifacts from the museum or live fishes???? man...i can only salute him. i don't even need to start on the way he lectures....i can only say he's THAT good.

After project meeting, daddy came to fetch me and we went NTU to fetch fefe. she was having a friendly there with MI. what a coincidence. didn't know that until i met Grace and Nadrah there. wah lau, i wana comment on something but knowing that i'll get flamed for saying that, i better not. i just wana say, how can any undergraduate NOT know the meaning of a hockey pitch??? which part of the two words is SO difficult to discipher? enlighten me. and it's not even a problem of nationality. whatever....fefe said she finally got praised by her coach for playing well....k for once, i really feel proud of her. the reason she ever played hockey was because of me so i'm not that bad. i'm just not into saying cheesy stuff...i'm supposed to be evil....she's been sacrificing SO much for the game. exhaustion is written all over her SIAN face. lol. i hope at least for her own record she can do well in the sport.

are you feeling dizzy after reading all of the above???

i save the best for the last man.....alas!!! pictures!!!

the laughing-machines....wahahahahhaaaaa...

don't you just LOVE shopping...with your mom?!

can you believe it?! my mom and i spent over a hundred bucks just on Sally Hansen products??

i don't know about you, but i love shopping with my mom man! that's where i can trial my persuasive skills and manipulative tricks...lol.

one thing for sure, i wasn't the one who psychoed her into buying those. haha. you should know, women.....we can only rely on those to perfect ourselves....and it never ends...

one amazing product amongst them is this:

The "Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Cuticle Pen". it's so damn handy u can even put it in your pencil case!! hey before u think it's just one of those dainty-girlish products, it's not ok! this one's really good. your nails will shine instantly without feeling oily. and u can even apply them on colored nails! your nails will grow longer and stronger w/o breakage in just 7 days! and u can apply it as often as u wish!!! so convenient!!! lol.

they should so pay me for this man! free advert!!! price: $12.90!

ladies...you all should really pamper yourselves man! don't wait until you're too old cus that's when repairing takes place. haha.

anyways...the point is, i just love to shop with my mom. all i need is a basket and my pair of hands to throw stuff in...lol.

"Fly to the Sky"

OoOooo....

Want more? CLICK IT!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8Fv7Qi5DgQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L1JY0s_OaI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt6law5x9Uk

a trip down memory lane....

Today's entry will be based entirely on the title. =)

some interesting stuff i found while i was packing my box of 'treasures'.

1) the KCPSS school tie: reminds me of how i used to compete with the guys over the OHP mirror just so i can check if my tie's straight. after all that effort to 'look-good', we ended up dozing-off during chapel service.

2) the mini greeting cards which are so popular back then: you remember recieving those tiny cards with words of encouragement written by a friend behind? those were the times man...there's always a reason for giving one to your friend. at times, you just run outta things to write. Eg "stay suay basically forever" by Lim Jiayi. what the heck was that for?? no idea, but thanks. lol.

3) the horrific photos of you and your friends: it's good to keep those just so you can admire how much you've 'evolved' through the years. and in case your friends turn against you, black mailing's a great way to retaliate. haha. and the fashion sense i had back then...i don't even wana recall.........pure disaster.

4) letters: slow-mailing is such an exciting process. i can still vividly remember the anticipation while waiting for my childhood friend's letter. and to think that the stuff we wrote were all crap. children are children. so innocent.

5) letters from my ex: the grossest ones are from my 2nd bf.......what was i thinking, AGAIN? why him? greatest regrets. lol. he's the only one who made me feel this way. the others are fine. and the letter K wrote to me after we broke up. sigh. come to think of it, he's much more mature than i am.

6) Diaries: my gosh, i really am aspiring to be a script writer. i was reading my old diaries and the funny thing was none of them had more than 5 entries...lol. and i was writing stories more than my daily happenings. then i came across this cheesy story i wrote in sec 4. GROSS......childish, moronic, disgusting. i can do better.

7) the nike watch: SIGH.....the only thing that's left of him. it could've been in the bin along with the stack of movie tix. luckily i'm sane enough to keep it...cus it's not cheap. lol.

.....these stuff are real treasures man. treasures cus it's a boxfull of memories.......i wouldn't trade it for anything! [ok, maybe a million bucks] who the hell will wana buy.....LOL

HAIL TO THE KTV GODDESS

why am i blogging at this hour? lol. btw, does my blog tune irritate you? haha, i find it kinda irritating after some time, even though it's sung by my love. hee...

okay, i just came out from shower and am waiting for my hair to dry. no correlation to my title? you should know me by now, i'm never to the point. just to make you read and roll your eyes. :) [and my webtune is STILL repeating itself in the background] wahahahahaaa!!! don't you dare mute your com!!!!

anyways, on the subject of KTV [if you still don't know how much i DIG singing, then you really don't know me well enough], just came back from a round of singing/screaming/shouting...[whatever loud discriptions come to mind] with my family and relatives.

then i have this sudden realization...that i'm not a ktv-friendly person.
i'd pretty much have a secret hatred towards a character like me when it comes to k-ing. LOL.

why is that?

for one, i'm a known mic-hogger, at times when i'm too high to bother about exercising self-control, i'd just continue singing for hours. just treat it as my concert.

two, i am a control-freak, as in i hog the controller as well. quite as bad as the former.

if anyone says he/she doesn't know how to sing a song, i'll might as well sing the entire song for them. how helpful...

worst of all, i like to secretly cut my own songs in. in my dictionary, it is only fair if i get to sing my share, if you don't, well that's just too bad. :)

i'm horrible, i know. but lucky you, i don't think i've been this extreme so far. i could be that horrible but i know it's not very nice. haha.

and today, i think i've sung the least in my record. only 8 songs. but i had great fun!was laughing and cheering more than anything else. and the super VIP room was huge man!

i'm really sorry if i was ever close to the horrible self i mentioned earlier.
i can still be your best singing partner =)


okay time to sleep...gotta do project in the morning.

what hell of a SUNDAY is that man.

DEAD-lines...

with deadlines to meet, i become an ANGRY person.

with deadlines to meet, anyone standing in my way is as good as dead.

with deadlines to meet, i learn to swear at everything i don't like.

with deadlines to meet, i don't feel happy even when i'm full.

with deadlines to meet, chocolates hardly take effect.

with deadlines to meet, i will still not compromise my tv time.

with deadlines to meet, i always do the wrong stuff at the wrong time.

with deadlines to meet, i just wish everyone else is suffering like me.

And with deadlines to meet, you won't want to mess with me.

-_-

FOOD POISONING TRAUMA!

whatever i ate, i hope the company that manufactured it COLLAPSE.

that is exactly what comes into your mind every other second you pause to gag [plus a string of random vulgarities].

Dammit. it MUST be the chocs in the hamper!

now i know why people seldom accept hampers....cus they come with all sorts of expired food. eeks!

it was a damn miserable night for me man. at first i thought it was mensus cramp, then maybe it's stomach flu.....finally.....

FOOD POISONING!!!! Of all sicknesses, my greatest nightmare is PUKING.

i puked in my mom's toilet, the kitchen toilet, near the lift and in the dustbin next to my bed. man....felt like my whole gut flipped.

i even felt like puking in my sleep.

So the whole of Friday was spent lying on the sofa, motionless....too drowsy from all the medication i took, too weak for puking so much.

the good news: i lost a KG.

the bad news: i MISSED THE BACHELOR PARTY!!!!!! @#$%
p.s. gotta apologise to glynis....really didn't know it was on friday..and thanks to this food poisoning episode, i couldn't make it as well. sorry about the tix! wasted...nvm, we'll be back!!!

i said BYE, you BASTARD!

ha...hahahaha...haaa...haha...ha.

it's not me, in case you think i'm turning vulgar. LOL. [i am a bit la, sometimes]

my encounter with this notorious lil chap:

was on my way to meet my friends in Orchard yesterday night. i was standing near the door and there was this family with 3 kids. the mom, daughter and a tiny lil boy who's like 4 yr old, were seated and their father was standing near the other door with another son. fyi, the boy's damn cute cus he's mix blood [Indian n Chinese]. then there's another family seated opposite them who's got 2 sons too. think they're friends.

k enough of the boring details.... so the OTHER family was leaving and their kids said 'bye bye' to the mixed-blood 4 yr old boy. guess what, in the midst of exchanging goodbyes, apparently the two didn't hear him so the cute lil boy shouted damn loudly " I SAID BYE U BASTARD! "

how funny is THAT???!!! i could hardly contain my laughter.

so his dad shouted across: "boy you cannot say that!"

his mom even tried to cover his mouth in shock:"do you know it's very rude...you cannot say that you know?!"

the annoyed lil boy: "but he cannot hear me!"

mom: "where you learn that from?!?!"

boy: "power ranger got say what..."

mom: "ok you don't watch power ranger anymore."




really? you mean the power rangers these days say stuff like that and the show's allowed to air?? i'm really surprised.........

......that kids these days learn to lie at such a young age young.

i wonder if the two boys [who were older than him] knew what the hell that means.

getting used to liking loneliness

a lot of things are on my list of "getting-used-to"





loneliness for example, is a bit of an old news to me... i've been trying to overcome it all these years...and i'm not just referring to the 'BGR' part.

i used to think i'll DIE without someone to accompany me.


Now adays, i think it's fine doing things alone. simple things like:





-strolling home


-taking long bus rides


-going to the library


-eating


-studying


-shopping


-even operating 'alien' machines in my school





in fact, i'm beginning to like the feel of it. spending time with myself is cool. i'll never know when the day comes where i'll have to share my life with another...maybe then i'll miss myself. Still, even if you are with someone, do spend some time on your own.

Loneliness isn't something to be sad about. sometimes, it's a blessing.

Something outta NOTHING

if you realise, i haven't been blogging faithfully. why? cus i have nothing special to say? nothing new right.

Oh wait, maybe i have! i spent 6 hours+++ writing a BIO essay yesterday. how's that? lol. this is by far the highest record for someone who has great crapping abilities...haha. science is definitely not my forte and never have i, in my years of education, reach such a bottleneck: no matter how hard i think, i can't squeeze logical sentences out. In arts, we don't really speak logic, we speak theories....and the rest, pretty much comes from the crap you read. SCIENCE, hmmm let's just say you can't write stuff like "the greatest factor affecting global warming is heat from the sun". cus even if you give a 5 page argument about how this is a credible, it simply cannot hold.

Wana feel smart? go do some research and write a scientific essay.

***On my mom and dad: they just came back from KL yesterday. something funny about their trip....they took business class on JAL to and fro but the entire journey was like around 45mins only. what a waste. just as my dad adjusted the sofa seat nicely to get some sleep, the stewardess had to ask him to position it back again for landing. WAHAHAHAHA!! booboo....that's what he gets for abandoning us at home!! kidding.
at least they promised us a Hokkaido trip this June. YAY!!!

I can't find a better analogy for smoking...

This is what my New Media project is all about... hell no, we're not exploring the realms of smoking or the likes but rather what kind of fear appeal in such anti-smoking posters is most effective for ordinary people. lol.

wonder why i sound so academic...maybe it finally occured to me that there's only a term left? probably....

and where can you get worse remarks for your project proposals? here at NuS..where you get the most spiteful and insulting comments EVER. blood literally spurts out at a single prick. haaa...luckily our skin are thick.

Anyways, just so you know, i BLOODY HATE SMOKERS. if you have money to spend, why don't you go for a gold-plated parang, find yourself a nice cosy corner with no one around, and hack yourself with it. it's faster that way. at least you die fast and less painfully. most importantly, you won't bother or endager anyone in the process. if you think i'll change my mind cus you look cute or something, i probably will....if i really care though, i'll attempt to talk you out of it. if i don't bother, it's quite likely that i'd prefer you dead. lol. why sacrfice the whole forest when one rotting tree can be eliminated right? so, Quit or Die. only idiots smoke.

In My Shoes

If you were in my shoes, you're gonna be bored-stiff everyday.

did i hear someone say it's still cny?? makes no diff to me.

Take for example Today..... it's a boring day [like which day is ever interesting to me right].

i feel stupid in one of my new media tutorials cus i seriously don't know what i've learnt. i'm a mess in that module man. no wonder they made it a compulsory one.

You in for more boring news?
Okay, i'm gonna say something real stupid for a 20 year old standard. Everyweek, i'll at least ask myself once 'how the hell am i ever considered an NUS undergrad'. there's never a week that passes by which i'll feel knowledgeable or clever or at least worthwhile for taking up that place which could've been meant for a more diligent student. i can only feel sorry for myself for thinking this way cus i know it's all in the mind. and the fact that i'm a habitual procrastinator just makes things worst. in the end i'll make it for sure but there's always room for what could've been if i had not wasted so much of my time.

i am so honest about my feelings yet it just stops there. *sigh*

right this moment, i have a stack of notes before me but guess what, it's been in front of me for hours......and what have i been doing?

Ah lim- My GREATEST besty of all times...

was reading ur blog and i totally dig this pic of ur's. it's so self-explanatory and comical. lol!!! p.s. send me those pics we took at ur place thru email leh...

*i don't plagiarize: http://groovette.blogspot.com/

CNY *Gong Xi[x3] NI!!!!

I HAVE to share this with u all!! it's ultra hilarious right?! credits to my 2 warped cousins georgia and eleanor Chin.

my dad joked about sending me into rehab. in case you think i'm any similar to that infamous divorced mother-of-two [OOPS!] he was referring to MAHJONG!!! i simply can't get enough of it. hee... and the crash course i had with my 3 other expert cousins really made my losses value for money. LOL. i lost a grand total of $56 bucks in mahjong in just 2 days. yes, hail to the goddess of [ZHA hu, xiao xiang gong and da xiang gong].

BUT, there's always light at the end of a tunnel, right? lol. honestly, i'm not a "BA KA" [meat leg in hokkien]. at least i did HU quite a number of times. hee...

Obviously there's more to CNY than gambling... for the last time, YES I OPENED ALL MY ANG POWS ALREADY, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT?! just can't stand people giving me the "HUH....cannot leh" crap....haha. C'mon lah, you don't seriously wear RED undies to gamble do you?? or maybe u really do, so shoot me, i'm not that particular about these kinda stuff...HAAAAA...

besides all that ang pow collection and GAMBLING [OH GOD, maybe i should check myself into rehab..] haha, there's nothing i like about cny....it gets boring as you age.... okay, i do enjoy the once in a BLUE moon gathering with my friends too... but that's about it. the next CNY, i wana be OUT OF TOWN!!