Life

back again

2007-10-10T17:32:00.000+01:00

I'm now back again after a 5 months respite. haha, it's more like laziness. well, once again, i have things to get off my chest so here i am. Finally i was out of Singapore and away to Italy for abt 10 LOVELY days. it was Fantastic. the buildings were great, what with the ancient history in almost all their buildings. The food was fantastic too. Never eaten such delicious pizzas in my whole life, same goes for the pastas too, and i have to say, even the "fast food" retaurants serve al dente pastas and near to perfect pizzas. And i most definitely miss those food. think you can practically see me drooling. darn, i've forgotten to take some pics of the pizzas. haha. but, whatever, since it'll be in my memory for months to come..... LOL. i got to go Italy for the week cos my cousin met and Italian while working in Australia and got married. Perfect chance of going to Italy. haha. Free accomodation!!
My cousins and i visited Venice, it was beautiful! too bad the gondolas were expensive so we didn't get to take a ride in it. Verona was my favourite town cos of it's very old history. Went to the Arena, where the gladiators fought, but was kinda disappointed cos there was a stage set up in the center for a performance the following day. so was not able to capture the whole feel of the arena. we also visited another town, Udine, it's very near to where i stayed, Pordenone. Udine is so small, we used up abt half a day to finish the whole town. it was very cool. Overall, i only regret not going into any of the castles and palaces. darn it. :p
Well, as i am a girl, of cos i am on the look out for guys, especially the cute handsome ones. hahaha. i met one. but.. he's not an italian, he's a german. and he's really cute looking, polished, gentlemanly and funny. and smart. he's a friend of my cousin-in-law. oh yeah, my cousin-in-law, is very gd-looking, but his brother, is darn gd-looking. hahaha. back to topic, both of us were being sabotaged to baci (i'm not sure if i got the spelling right, it means kiss in italian) cos bot hof us were single and my cousin was trying to play match make. It was ok. haha. didn't feel anything cos maybe was too shy. haha. well. and the following day he had to go back to germany cos of work, so he got my email add from me and my other cousin. but you know what, i forgot to get his email!!! can you believe how blur i am? and i didn't even realise it til late at night. sigh. so now, all i am doing is waiting for him to gimme an email so that we can sorts like "talk". anyway, before he left, he gave me a kiss on the cheek again. hahaha. was kinda surprise by it. haha. cos my cousin and her husband was calling out baci. and was happy of cos.
Anyway, i can't wait to go back to Europe cos i was not able to visit my italian friend cos of the distance and lack of time. darn it. so the next time i go, i'm sure to visit much more places: London, France, Italy, Bulgaria (maybe) and Germany(if me and the german is in contact by then). hahaha.

Hibernating for a day.

2007-05-06T10:07:00.000+01:00

yesterday was a slping day for me. reached home at about 0000hr and slept at about 0130hr. woke up at abt 0430 to pee and went straight back to sleep. (3 hrs)
the other time i woke up was at 1330hr, felt i have slept too much and got up. (9 hrs) washed up and ate lunch.
abt 1 & a half hrs later, i went back to slp and only woke up at abt 1830hr. (3 hrs 30 min)
this time round, i was very awake. woke up. looked around for dinner. keep thinking about pizzas. have a craving for them now, think cos it's nearing my mens. but cost too much for delivery and too lazy to walk to Heartland Mall, so ended up gorging on the leftover Ben & Jerry's and a half finish pack of instant noodles. after dinner, did my nails (which i was too lazy to add on a top coat and so some of my nails' colour are destroyed.) Flipped the tv channels and not much is on. Boring! so i played my sudoku x.
oh! my sis finally got me the Phantom of The Opera! Love it. But only managed to listen to 1/3 of it cos it was getting late (0030hr) and i needed my slp. so i fell aslp at abt 0100hr. and woke up at 0830hr today. (7 hr 30 min)
So this all adds up to: app. 21 hrs of slp that lasted over the period of 2 nights. haha. but this isn't one of the longest that i've slpt. but i feel really refreshed! woo. haha

p.s. for those who used to see me online, my modem died on me. so u can't see me at all. wait til i bought a new modem. until then!

happy grinning away

2007-04-21T12:54:00.000+01:00

haha. i am happy! the cute guy i was talking abt, the aussie guy? he talked to me! and i mean he initiated the talk. hahaha. the convo was something like this.
AL (cute guy's nick): aren't you freezing here? it's so cold.
AL made the freezing action with his shoulders scrunched and hands warming his arms.
FTY: you get used to it.
FTY pondered *aren't u aussie, not used to cold?*
FTY: where are you from?
AL: australia.
FTY: arent u suppose to be used to the cold?
AL: well. yeah. but not from indoor.
FTY: ahhh.
FTY laughed a little and AL grinned and walked away as his transactions had finished.

handsome guys

2007-04-17T13:41:00.000+01:00

haha. i saw or u should say i'm seeing 3 gd looking guys here. the first, which is the most handsome, is an Australian aged 29 i suppose. he is Tall and Thin (not overly thin mind u, just nice). u can just droooool when u see him. the other one is a doctor, from Germany. (another hottie from germany.) not sure his age, and not as handsome as the one i met in ireland. he was gorgeous. the other one is from Germany as well, but not as gd looking as the others. hahaha. oops. think that is one of the incentive for working in a hotel.
oh oh. one of my colleague remind me of Mrs Brown! she talks like her man! with almost the same humour. makes me miss her so much. gosh.

the feeling of familiarity

2007-04-12T09:30:00.000+01:00

it has been the 2nd week since i've started work and i've started to see more and more familiar feel of some of my colleagues. there is one who reminds me of wee aw (this malaysian ah beng cousin of mine who was stunted til the age of 15 before he starts to grow much taller. heh.)
he is a malay who is as cheeky and of cos he looks a little like him too. another one good example is mr many (pronounced as mah-nee) who reminds me of my beloved older cousin, ah joo (he loves to have sudden movements and talks with some unwitty humour). mr many is a very easy to talk to person and is helpful too. actually, most of the colleagues here are very helpful and tries to help in ways to familiarise me with my work. and they are patient too. okok. i think i have commented that in my previous post up. there are many others who reminds me of certain people, but as many of you know me, i have very bad memory. so the next time i remember who they are, i'll update u guys. hahaha.

working life

2007-04-08T17:56:00.000+01:00

hello ppl, how have all of u been? haven't been online cos of this stupid website. it deleted all of my previous posting due to some unknown reason. damn. was so frustrated.
working life is kinda refreshing cos i get to meet rich people, and cute kids and of cos nice colleagues. the guests are not as bad as i thought. some of them are very understanding and friendly. they treat u like their friends. and i sincerely hope that most of them are like that. hahaha. either that, or they do not like people to bother them. :p for those who do not know, i am currently working in Somerset GrandCairnhill, which is behind The Heeren. the company is under Ascott International, which is under CapitaLand. oh yeah, as for my colleagues, they are understand and patient with me. they are very willing to teach me how to handle the system and procedures and the guests that we've met with. and really want to thank Joseph for being so patient cos i think i made alot of mistakes on his shift. hee. and also Fiza and Siti who are like my mentors during this 3 month probabtion period. :) big thanks!

resolution

2007-03-11T16:33:00.000Z

alright. i have to be totally honest with meself. i am putting on more and more weight. and i have a resolution to make. i will do all my very best to eat lesser and lesser. and for those who meets and have seen today's entry, please pleaSE PLEASE forbid me to eat. it's getting kinda out of hand anyway. i can't seem to fit in one of my jeans. my shirts are like tighter than before. argh! the list can go on and on and on. i want this nightmare to end! hahaha.

p.s. but once in awhile.. pls let me indulge in sinful food like those with super duper high cholestrol. hehehe. :D

oh yeah. take alook at this cute boy, his name is Ernest. though his unusually expressive face is not caught in the camera. :p

Sucky Life

2007-01-24T16:07:00.000Z

I'm kinda dissatisfied with my life. Feeling depressed and left out and all the negative thinkings. I've no idea why I'm feeling this way. It might be that I'm sick of Singapore. haha. Obviously not the food which I love and of course my grandmas, my mum and my little sis and maybe a few of my other friends.
Family's having some crisis that none of us can stop and prevent it from happening except for that person to get a firm grip on himself and God. Making me sick of home and in the mean time, miss home. Making me don't want to go home. Making me feel inadequate and helpless. I want my normal life back.
School is now busy busy busy, what with all the assignments and projects to hand in. I've no idea, maybe I've been slacking alot lately or did not take as much initiatives as i used to in Semester 3.1 so I feel redundant and not able to reach my groupmates' expectations.
All these are making me feel like going out of Singapore. Go somewhere that I don't have to think about life, about my future and everything that are going on now. Really.

restless

2007-01-06T15:15:00.000Z

time has fly by with just a blink of an eye. the promises that i'd made to myself, the things that i had done, the things that had touched me, all of them are countless. thank the Lord for giving me many opportunities that i might not happen without him. thanks everyone who has been so very kind to me and who have been very patient with all the craps that i gave them. thank u all my friends. hee.

a new year meaning a new beginning. i hope that applies to me too! i'm abit hesitant to go out into the working world. but then again, i cant wait for that to happen. cos it'll mean i'm independent (to a certain extend of course). just wish that i can rot at home all day long with swimming pool within my reach (a private pool just beside my house. haha. i wish.) so that i can exercise.

4 more days to touching down!!!

2006-11-23T12:45:00.000Z

my gosh. time really flies. i'm starting to miss this place and the people that i've met. all of whom are so nice to us and very helpful as well. and all the international friends that we've met! they are like from all over the world. haha. frenchies, spanishs, italians, chinese, turkishs, bolivian, hungarians, bulgarians, lithuanians, etc etc etc. hahaha. but i've no idea if i'm going to keep in contact with them becos, firstly, i'm not big on contacting people and i'm getting more and more reclusive; secondly, i don't really like talking online with people becos i'll get lazy to write back to people unless i'm bored. :/ (i know this is bad. i'll try to change.) but then again, i'll definitely try to keep in contact with the ones that i know better.
we finally went to the clubs here. it's not very very great but the people sure make a difference. the 1st one we went to was an international society party. we had alot of fun! and though the crowd has only like 50 - 70 people but everyone was having a good time. most of us were on the dance floor grooving to the music. it was really fun! everyone was spontaneous too! haha. and they really dance. and u can really see that the europeans especially are party people. they can drink and they can dance. haha. will miss them alot. oh... i will definitely miss the handsome dudes and pretty girls here. to imagine that i can't see them in TP... *sigh* i have to go back to reality! hahaha..some of the irish students are actually very friendly. we met one irish guy, kevin, a friend of our friends, at her house. he is so funny. and he looks like homer simpson. oh oh oh. and becos he's lazy to cook, he always order in pizza, almost every single day! can u imagine? pizza everyday? even me, an ultimate pizza lover doesn't eat as much man! hahaha. but he's a very sweet guys. and guess what. liz and i had 3 handsome guys from different countries sent us home. hahaha. they're from turkey, ireland and tunisia. how cool can it get. and all of them are good-looking. hahaha. but most of them are younger than i am i guess.
hahaha.
we'll be going to club tonight. tomorrow i hope we're staying in to pack our luggages IF we want to go for a trip to sligo, another town/county i'm not sure, on saturday......... so.. wish us luck! :p

the 3rd last wk in ireland

2006-11-13T16:43:00.000Z

the weekend was great! we were fed til we were like super bloated. and i had to take indigestion pills (po chi yi) but it didn't really work.. haha. we had egg, toast and tea for breakfast.

after that, we took a train to Tullamore (another town) to visit both our supervisors (they're a couple, isn't it handy? hee.) micheal, my supervisor, house was big! the garden was big too! it was a beautiful house. he has a dog, Jack, of 4 yrs old too! boy, is he hyper!! we had tea when we reached, a piece of hazelnut cake (all the way from France) and a cup of tea/coffee. we went out to a sculpture park and Jack just ran and ran and went into the icy cold river just to get himself wet and looked after celine's (liz supervisor) adorable sons, Matthias

(6 yrs old) and Nathaniel (4 yrs old). Nathaniel's a very talkative boy who is in awe of the phone camera that i had. and just kept snapping pictures away! for lunch we went to Tullamore Dew Whiskey Museum. i had panini sandwich, salad and fries (they are lovely!). oh oh. we had a few sips of cider, guiness and a shot of whiskey. (i had my "fainting" episode of sort again. :/ but it passed very quickly. :) ) hahaha. liz was dizzy for quite awhile.

after that we went to window shop at some stores. didn't buy anything though. hee. we went home to have dinner. we had spaghetti. boy were we filled to our brim!!

the next morning, we had full irish breakfast. fried sausages, fried potato-mixed-with-flour, tomato, pancake, fried egg, toast, bacons and some mushrooms. it was delicious!! but damn sinful, what with the oiiiiil. eeeeekssss. hahaha. and for dinner..... we had laksa!! it's from prima taste. it tastes more of the heh bee hiam than the katong laksa. but it wasn't half bad. and for dessert, we had warm rhubarb (a very common fruit in ireland. it's very tart and bitter without any sugar in it.) with custard cream. it was yummmy... hahaha.

guess what. we had an irish night out. not drinking, mind u. but watching an irish concert consisting of dancing (riverdance kinda dancing) and singing and instrumental playing. the kids who had only 2 months of practice together was very good! all of them played with great enthusiasm and they all have great memory. think some of them are only 5 yrs old at the least. there were other groups of players too. they are all very good too. really enjoyed the night. a great experience too!

16 more days to go!

2006-11-10T15:10:00.001Z

haha. okok. i'm really counting down to go back to singapore and enjoy the hot weather (but i'm sure i'll complain non-stop about it and the stupid rain, thunder and lightning. :p) tomorrow we'll be going to liz and my supervisors' (they're a couple. mine's a guy and liz's a woman) house for lunch and to see liz's supervisor's two sons. the sons seems to be very cute in the photos that she puts up in her office. will try to get some shots of them. :D
the weather's getting sucky again. :( rain and dreary and gloomy and cold and windy. arghhh. my hands are cold 24 hrs a day. and i'm now wearing 2 pullovers and a shirt and a tank top. :/ sounds exaggerating?? it isn't.. haha. but kinda sad that we won't be able to see snow though. haha. well. it's either the cold cold weather or the rainy and humid weather.

16 more days to go!

2006-11-10T15:10:00.000Z

another week closer to going home...

2006-11-07T14:44:00.000Z

yay!! we're going home soon. i know that some of u won't believe i'll be so happy to go home (at least my sis didn't think so. :p) But i really miss Singapore. miss my family and friends most importantly. miss the food. oh my char kwey tiao. hor fun. mee robus. hokkien mee. dou hua! heh mee. mee pok dah. Rojak! my grandma's cookings! mos burger! oh man.. thinking of those food made me feel hungry and greedy for them! to top it off. i think i've put on weight. haha. slightly. but still some. :p i can't imagine when i go back to singapore. i think i will balloon up man, what with all the good food that we have. hahaha.

BUT! over here, they have something that we don't have. Domino's pizza!!! we finally had it last week and it was FANTASTIC! starting to miss it now. haha. cos we won't have the chance of tasting it anytime soon now. hahaha.

new york pizza & garlic pizza bread

as for the weather. it's kinda getting chillier. more windy. but less rain. thank god for that! :D it's now abt 8 degree celcius to 11 degree celcius. it's raining soon and it's going to take our mood away. :(

let's talk abt london again. :p

2006-11-03T15:17:00.000Z

haha. i'm gonna talk abt london again cos i didnt talk much in details. haha. let's talk abt the tube. it's clean but small and doesnt have a flat standing area for u, it's sorta like curved. haha. but it's still alright. the most amazing thing is, they have vending machines inside their station. it's so coool. isn't it? haha. but it's very dirty, in the sense that the fumes are black and at the end of the day, your face will be covered with the black soots. okok. i'm exaggerating. more like when u wipe your face with a tissue, it comes off as black. more terrible than singapore's. and it's kinda complicating, their train tracks cos there are so so many of them. but u get used to it. hahaha. oh oh oh, when u're on the escalator, they have the stand to your right thingy too. haha. and 99% of them follows this rule. haha.
the streets in london are PACKED with people. it's just so crowded. it's like everyone and anyone is there shopping or having meals. we were really lucky that those 2 days we were there was a sunny day. if not, i have no idea what we'll do. haha.
i'm kinda disappointed that we didn't get to sit on the london bus tour (our hippo tour) and the london eye and the big big ferris wheel. and also the buckingham palace. and madame tussaud's. and alot more places that i can't think of at the moment. hahaha.

home

2006-11-03T09:39:00.000Z

well. i guess it's the weather and also because of time that i'm missing home so much now. and also because we have limited people to talk to and all we do at night is usually stay at home and sleep cos it's too freaking cold to go out in the night. and come to think of it, i'm not really interested in going out these days. no idea why. maybe cos it's tooooo cold. hahaha.
yesterday was the mtv europe awards. it's very very entertaining. learnt alot of new artists and their faces. hahaha. (those who know me should know i either know their name or their faces only.)

london london

2006-11-02T14:52:00.000Z

oh was it fun there! the people there are like, wow! their dressing is so gorgeous.. and most of them dress so well. there are more good-looking guys out there too. haha. the train tickets are still quite old fashion, somewhat like our previous bus card, but it seems like they're promoting smartcards like our ezlink. haha. the shopping area are so wonderful and so convenient. all u have to do is just walk round the whole area of the district and u can go back to point A. hahaha. its so convenient. the their tube is actuslly very clean. not at all dirty and smelly as i thought it would be. i swear i'm going there again. hahaha. really regretted not staying there for another day or 2. i really really really regret not flying over cos it's so much more faster and convenient and not so hard on us if we did that. but nonetheless, it's done. haha. but there won't be another time!

and and and. there were so so many musicals going on. and i would killl to watch it but there wasn't time for that at all. *sigh sigh sigh* the shopping there as well, the things are so pretty and chic. BUT when it's being converted to SGD, it's not cheap at all. :( haha. so i really really wanna come over when i finish working for a year or 2. hahaha. *hint hint to u gals, ting wen and joy. so we can have free accomodation paid by zhan. hahahaha* :p

ohhh.. but boy do i miss home. after seeing zhan, my cousin (whom i've not seen for like 3 yrs or more), i was soooo happy to see him! hahaha. he finally bear to cut his hair after sooo many years of having hair like ah du. hahaha. he looks handsome too. (kk. i'm bias cos i've not seen him for so long) but he's grown abit old. more wrinkles now. hahaha. i thought he had grown fat after living in london for so long and what with his wife feeding him supper every night. hahaha. well. when he was sending liz and i off in the bus station i teared. cos couldn't bear to leave him in a way cos i've no idea when i'll see him again. *sigh* and that idiot can't bear to take off for 1 2 months to go back asia in fear of losing his job. *sigh again* BUT. i'll never forget the time we spent together in london. hahaha. ;)

london here we come!

2006-10-26T12:33:00.000+01:00

hahaha. i can't wait. liz and i are going to london!!! but we're only going for one and a half day cos we didn't know we are able to get extra days off. sianz.. but anyway, we're still very excited. haha. i'm thinking of getting a perfume there cos i think i left mine at home and it's making me uncomfortable sometimes when i can't smell fragrance on myself. haha. :p shall see how much it costs 1st though. haha. :p hmm.. and should we go clubbing there? heard it's quite pricey over there. :/

this past week has been quite happening (what with me having mood swing and taking it out on liz.. sorry abt that.. :/) this past few days i've been quite tired, starting to sleep later and getting up early and feeling quite shitty after that. haha.

ohh. want to thank my chinese friend, Han Tao, for the lovely dinner he made us on last Sat. hee. kinda pacify my cravngs for chinese food. but he held back on alot of the flavourings cos he thought we couldn't really take spices. but it was nice on the whole. hee.

actually, i feel that last week was the most memorable stay of all the weeks i've been here, cos mrs Dobbie's brother, Jim was here. he is really sharp, witty and mischievious for a 63 year old. he made liz and i laughed non-stop for quite a number of times. he's a very smart old man too. really enjoyed his company. hee. anyway, here's a photo of them all. oh oh oh. he's really into cars too. and he used to drive a 2.6l car. tsk tsk tsk. haha.

traumatised

2006-10-23T15:02:00.000+01:00

haiz. guess what happened yesterday. we went to a small mountain called Slieve Bloom Way. It was lovely. (I have pictures, but not yet uploaded. so give me another day or two alright.) The numbers of christmas trees that are grown there.... amazing! it was lovely! haha. and we found out that there is a super big corporation that is somewhat like NTUC but bigger and sells more things than they do. they have petrol station, insurance deals, furnitures, online supermart, bookstores, flower shop, travel thingies, phones, broadbands, and many many many more! haha. had a very light dinner after that, soup and a glass of juice. after that i completed my 1st sudoku x. and it was then, that i realised, i had some animal's dung smeared on top of one of my shoe. so i cleaned it up. it was smelllllllllly!!!!!!!!!! then i went into my room to prepare for bed. the smell was still in the air, so, i went to check on my other side of the shoe. Boy was i lucky to do that becos i realised i had stepped on the animal's dung with that side of my bloody shoe! it was disgusting! argh!!! i panicked when it was to deep inside. and i had a brainstorm of using hot hot hot water to rinse it off. it didn;t work. so i used cold cold cold water and alternate between the both of them. managed to get most of it out. but there's stills some left. i was sitting on my bed talking to liz when i smelled the smell again. and i smelled my foot and eeeeeks!! the blooding smell has gone to my feeet! and i washed and washed and washed it away. boy was i traumatised!!! *sigh sigh sigh* i guess all of u out there must be laughing at me cos that's what liz did. *sigh once more*

handsomes....

2006-10-19T10:26:00.000+01:00

ohhh.. yesterday was really a feast-for-my-eyes day. i saw the german guy i think is cute looking, another german that liz thought was cute but not really to me, (but his actions were very funny, especially the way he ate. he looked as if he just woke up and was in a big hurry or somerthing. hahaha.) a frenchie with a thin model bod looking very stylish with a cap (but sadly his face isn't that great), 2 guys which i have vague ideas as to where they came from (germany or france i think) one of them is liz's (federick) and the other is mine (cederick).. hahaha. kept seeing them. and i kinda think an irish guy is good-looking cos his face is always smiley.. very different from the others i've met. haha. oh.. and liz has a change of target, i think. haha. to the federick guy.
we met mrs dobbie (our home stay parents) brother, jim. he's a very funny man who loves to tease people and is a very clever man. liz and i enjoyed talking to him last night for about 3 hrs. really made me laugh.
on monday, i was talking to my boss and the subject of food came up. and guess what we talked about. one of my favourites, roti prata!!! man did he make me crave for that man! thinking of trying to make them here. hopefully it works out just fine.. haha.

updating

2006-10-17T11:53:00.000+01:00

alrighty! i've finally have my photos uploaded. so u guys can go take a look. there's too many to be posted up here. so i've created photo albums at http://faithty.myphotoalbum.com. haha. so u guys can look at it all u wan. and be envoius of me. *just joking*
haha. saturday was really a shopping day. spent the day shopping for souvenirs and bought some things for meself. haha. we had a lovely dinner at a hotel which was really nice.
at the entrance of the hotel, Sean (the pastor who helped us find accomodation for us) knelt on his knee and presented his wife (Margaret) with a wild flower. it was soooo sweet! how i wish i'll be that fortunate to have a husband who's like him... *envious envious*

the weather has changed again. and apparently the weather foreman said that today will be the start of a rainy and cold cold autumn. haha. wish liz and me all the best man.
we thought we'll be able to go partying on sat as the hosts and her brother are going to visit their kids up in another county and we though they'll be staying overnight. BUT to our dismay, they're returning on the same day. bummer.

enjoy the photos.

another week has passed

2006-10-13T15:16:00.000+01:00

another week is going and i'm kinda sad. cos we didn't get to go to the international party on thur. liz decided to go too late and i was feeling neither like gg nor staying at home. and slp got in the way. haha. i heard from our friend that it was a nice party. alot of international students turned up. i wonder if my german cute guy is there or not. i heard from elizabeth that he's quite old. 25 yrs old. but not too old for me though. hahaha. blargh. liz is sad that she cant see her frenchie. it has been 6 days and counting and counting for her. hope she sees him to cheer him up! haha. right liz?
anyway, i heard about the haze in singapore that it was quite bad. i hope that all is fine and that none of u have caught more serious sickness other than sore throat and flu. *luckily liz and i aren't in singapore. hahaha*
cant wait to go to another county for shopping. to look around and look at guys. hahaha. hopefull there are nice ones to look at. and hopefully liz and i will be able to come across a nice and cheap rain/winter coat there. and.. that she will be able to buy a pair of nice nice boots. haa.
well. our week has been quite tortured by a small little domestic animal. a small gray mouse. liz saw it in the morning on wed morning. and she screamed and she woke me up of my sleepiness, in a way. hahaha. i caught a glimpse of it when i was trying to find where it is. *i'm not trying to be brave. but one of us has to! :\* i pray to god that it has already gone to its own nest and stop appearing in front of us and in our life, nibbling on our clothes and all!!!
time to sign off now. ciao ciao *that's what alot of the irish like to say. very snobbish-like isn't it? hahaha*

weekends = shopping time!

2006-10-08T20:34:00.000+01:00

hahaha. i've already spent €300 which is S$600 in just 3 weeks here. i'm so dead. but. but. but. almost half the money was spent on calling back home. it's so bloody expensive! they have so many little little things like gloves and boots that are so so pretty that i cant help it but buy them. this weekend i'm going down to another city to look around cos the pastor and his wife are going there for a conference. haha. so it means it's shopping time for us again! yey! (but have to look out for the hole that is forming in my pocket. :( )
i really feel blessed that i have so many good and caring hosts to bring liz and i around Ireland. it's really touching. so i was thinking of cooking some singaporean dishes for them. simple ones alright. and hopefully none of us get tummy-aches. hahaha.
now. to complain about my dear partner in crime. she has started me speaking hokkien vulgarities again. and she can't seem to stop doing that. she has to say "blue bird" and "700" almost everyday. it gets unnerving. but she just says it for fun. right liz? hahaha.
for today, i've known about 10 spanish guys and gals during lunch cos was saying hi to one of our friends that went with us to Dublin. haha. they're english are atrocious. but they're all funny and easy-going people. and some of them know about singapore too! haha. and we've been invited to the international party on coming thursday. still thinking whether to go or not cos we've got work on fri morning. hmmm.
i saw my german guy today. i wanted to smile to him but he glanced away and i can't do that. darn! hahaha. shall try that tomorrow. hopes he will be at the party on thursday though.

p.s. the photos are gonna be put up soon. so wait patiently yeah? hahaha.

fireworks

2006-10-06T14:04:00.000+01:00

haha. please don't get mistaken. the fireworks i'm talking about are those that u see in the sky with sulfuric thingy and all. it's gonna be at 10.30pm at night though, but most probably it'll start at 11pm. this is so way behind my bed time (i know it sounds ridiculous. but i sleep real early here. by 9pm i start to get tired. :/ this is gd cos then i won't be thinking so much about clubbing and all. :p) i hope it's as grand as the one in singapore or grander! haha.
tomorrow will be a shopping day! haha. elizabeth and i intend to shop to our hearts content in town for the whole afternoon and the early part of the evening. haha. hopefully i'll be able to get some clothings and that it'll STOP drizzling for tomorrow cos it'll really spoil my day when that happens.
u know what. i know a guy here that reminds me very much of kexin. he loves to loiter in school and gets the attention of the tutors. and he looks so arrogant with the "i-know-so-many-tutors" face. (ok. this is not one of kexin's characteristics.) he's basically a guy who is not likable by the students but the tutors. u get what i mean? hopefully... ha...
guess what. i saw a guy that's quite good looking. he's a german. age 25. kinda small face for his tall and broad body. but he's quite boyish looking. i'll give his height at abt 180cm or more. he has an unreadable name though. and to top it off, i see him almost everyday single day in school. hahaha. ok. i know so much cos bethie works in the international department and she's the one who pass me all these information. (Sorry elizabeth. i have so many names for u. hahaha. :p)
by the way, for those who know elizabeth. she is now very very into a frenchie name nessim (i'm not sure of the spelling. forgive me liz.) he's born in 1986. he is a tiny bit geekish and blur. he's quite short. i'll give him 170cm at the most. he wears specs some times and i personally feel that he's better with it on. haha. when he smiled at liz once, she was like "OMG OMG. he smiled at me" and she smiled non-stop for a long long while.
shall keep u guys updated soon.
p.s. u peeps can always write comments if u want to alright. cos then i can "hear" u guys. haha.

horseys and the smells...

2006-10-04T16:27:00.000+01:00

this is sure a once in a lifetime experience.. we get to go to Ballinasloe Horse Fair. it sounds very exciting don't it? especially when u hear that the horses comes from all over the world and the owners as well. also, that this is the biggest horse event in the world that anyone here can ever think of. and so.. we went..
it was crowded!! there were so many cars. and in order to avoid traffic, some of them even parked their cars quite a distance away from the fair and walked that loong distance to the fair.
the instant we were near the fair, u can SMELL the horses and i mean smell cos their dungs are everywhere (the same goes with the dogs in ireland. and the dogs poo are alot more than the ones we have in singapore. seems like they have better digestion than ours. hahaha) the horses and caravans (where the gypsies stay in) and the people are quite amazing. they are everywhere within sight and distance of the fair. will show the pics to u once i load them up. haha. :p elizabeth kinda regretted not wearing proper shoes cos the field was kinda muddy and she had to hold on to someone and walk real slowly so as not to fall or go shoeless. haha. no regrets going to the fair though, cos i won't be able to get that kinda experience anymore. ahaha.
the couple that we're staying with are so sweet. they take really gd care of us and care alot about us. stayed up late when we get home late, or even came to fetch us back home from work cos it was drizzling quite heavily and the rain is so so coold. and the wind... brrr.. (oh. i said drizzle cos the rain here are generally quite small and light.)
yesterday was the first time in my life that i encounter a fog. it was real misty and cold again. haha. that's cos it's nearing to winter. kinda dislike the cold weather cos i have to wear so many clothings. (it's now 1 shirt with either 1 or 2 sweaters and a rain coat. it's gonna be more as the day goes by.) I'm very free now cos my colleagues have nothing for me to do at the moment cos i'm pretty fast for them. (I didn't say this, they did. even liz's colleagues say that about her too.) oh oh oh. they're good to me too. will always get to eat chocolates almost once every week cos they love them. haha. ain't i fortunate. :p
let's talk abt dogs for now. the dogs here are dao. and i mean it. some of them just ignore u and walk away. so hurting. but there is this one. he should be a golden retriever. we played with him once and u know what? he followed to us from home to school twice! haha. and he came to find us during our tea break (oh. it's a law that they must give all working people breaks, before and after lunch time. cool isn't it. what the hell are the union in singapore doing man. hahaha) he wanted to follow us into the canteen and i kinda stopped him and the last i saw, he followed a china guy (i'm not being mean, cos the chinese u get here are all from china) into the school. hahaha. i've no idea what happen to the dog after. the irish are all animal lovers i think. cos when the doggie was following us to school, he dashed across the road for dozens of times and all the cars just slowed down to let him pass. (he made our hearts lurch though. :/)
time to go and say ciao.
happy mooncake festival!!!!!!!!!

In Ireland

2006-09-29T15:38:00.001+01:00

how are u? that's how the Irish greet everyone. it's that or "are u alright?" haha. i've no idea how that came about but that's the way they greet people. the people here are really nice and friendly. strangers smile at u and some of them even greet u. u don't get to see this kinda thing in Singapore. haha.. think they'll think u're weird or something back home.
the scenery here is FANTASTIC!!! there are greens everywhere (that's why they are called the Emerald Isle). cows, sheeps and horses everywhere! elizabeth and i took some or u can say a lot of photos around Ireland where i am staying at.
i actually think we're very fortunate to be staying with a couple of husband and wife cos they brought us around to see the local sights and bring us to events that they go to. they try to include us in almost eveything they do. it's really heart-warming. and their friends, which is actually the pastor and his wife, treat us very nicely too. in the 2 weeks i'm here, i've seen countless of hot air balloons which is very rare in Ireland, not to mention Singapore. and.. get this, i'll be going to a french fair and a horse fair sooon! the horse fair will be attended by horse lovers from ALL OVER THE WORLD! and the horses will be everywhere. u can see some of the pictures when u search Ballinasloe horse fair in Googles. it's quite a sight and i can't wait to experience it!
elizabeth and i were being excused to go to Dublin with the European students and i feel that i'm really very anti-social. haha.. din really want to mix around. or i'm shy to. i've no idea. but elizabeth helped to break the ice for me with them and we became quite good friends with 2 Bulgarians girls and a Hungary guy. the 2 girls are pretty and the guy is quite gd looking, and we kinda hit off. haha.. but i'm not thinking too much here. so don't u guys be thinking too much. hahaha.
i think i'm really going to overspend alot of bling bling here cos there are just oo many things that catches me eyes! and.. to top it off. they're prices for clothings and food are the same back home. BUT, it's only the numbers that are the same. so when u convert back to S$, it'll be double the price, which kinda sucks. but i don't really eat much out here maybe because of the home-cooked food by the Dobbie family (oh yeah.. that's the last name of the family i'm staying with).
alright i think i've said more than enough here and u guys are tired of reading. i shall post some other messages some other time. hopefully in due time i'll be able to post some pics here and let u guys see it.
so long...!!!

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