We didnt really become the best of friends with the people from our travel group. I guess over the years i've come to realize that such friendships don't last. In fact for the first few days, we pretty much kept to ourselves.
But then again my sister and i are, as always, completely capable of amusing each other. All the time.
Comment from our tour guide:Laughter from their hotelroom could be heard all the way down the corridor.
I wonder what the rest of the people thought of us. Heh.
ATV Motor cars at Jeju are such terrible, dangerous vehicles! I banged into the bushes, went off track and almost fell off the cliff. In the end the guy yelled at me in korean and i got chased off to ride with my dad.
My dad was singing and dancing to the song of three little bears.
Major advantages of DONGDAEMUN.
1.) It has alot of shops. 2.) It has alot of shops. 3.) It has alot of shops.
4.) Yay! :D
My sister bought the whole of Faceshop and i bought the whole of Artbox.
Fell ill by the end of the trip, If it hadn't been so bad that i have to live off Decolgen, i would have been reluctant to go home.
Citylights in Singapore are absolutely stunning.
♥ 3:28 PM
Saturday, December 22, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/> KIMCHI!!!!! :)
♥ 10:00 PM
Friday, December 21, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Take my heart, I'll take your hand
"In fact, counterfeiting is such a huge problem for the Louis Vuitton brand, it is estimated that almost 99 percent of the so-called Louis Vuitton purses currently owned by people around the world are NOT authentic."
Appalling :O
Had this argument with my parents the yesterday night, something i consider rare because most of the time its just my mum who yells.
Both my parents have this ingenious way of making me feel like they deserve a better daughter. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or feel strongly about it. I've never been made to feel inadequate by either of them (or made to feel on purpose anyway) Nor have i like those characters in heartbreaking novels, tried particularly hard to please my parents or anything. Most of the time i just did whatever i fancied or whatever i thought was right at that point of time. And i know that really is, something i ought to feel thankful about.
But there are certain things in my life i dont feel proud of. Things in which i've tried and failed and tried again. Im not giving up, but i would really appreciate it if they could have just kept it within our family. I dont care how our chinese culture is like or how much other people want to know about me. It is not what i consider as genuine concern. And I dont like hearing things said about me from a third person either. Especially things said by people i do care about.
Family problems aside, I've uploaded any form of visual and audio entertainment i could find into my Ipod. 18 episodes of some korean drama my sister insisted was good. Converting all the videos to MPEG4 Ipod format nearly killed me, but i managed it in the end. I sincerely hope that i dont die on the roadtrips - which im, by the way, not looking forward to.
P.S Romeo just called, i still can't believe i didnt go today. It was only until when i was having lunch at 1 when i saw Myra's message, Comm please meet at school 21/12, 8:45am I was like, WHATTTTT!?!
♥ 4:43 PM
Thursday, December 20, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Something to believe in
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY :D (hahah how embarrassing)
My dad is really, weird. Sunday morning we found out that the TV in the living room is no longer working, he called for celebration. Apparently he's been waiting for it to stop working, so that he'd have an excuse to buy a new one -.-
We've been visiting Thompson Plaza quite alot lately. Haha i swear when the instructor missed a step and Lou turned around and gave me this weird expression, i would have died laughing.
I painted my nails black. My parents are going to murder me. Haha.
♥ 7:22 PM
Sunday, December 16, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Dear John
I will write you a song That's how you'll know that my love is still strong I will write you a song And you'll know from this song That I just can't go on without you
We're leaving for Korea in less than a week. I really dont feel like packing. My mum's been after me for days (Are you even going with us or not!) Actually what im secretly hoping is that i'll fall asleep tonight and wake up tomorrow to find all my clothes and essentials miraculously arranged into neat little piles and ready to go.
♥ 12:33 AM
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Endless conversations about the better days
I've recently been reminded that im actually a volunteer at the National Library Board. Haha okay i guess the fact that i need reminding really shows that i havent exactly been an active volunteer of theirs over the past months. Its not that i don't bother or anything. I just, find volunteer work with other organizations much more fulfilling. Hmmmm.
Gets asked me along for this project, so i said okay, why not? Sent in our applications yesterday night, we recieved a response today in return:
Dear Teo Zhi Ying
Event Name:Well-wishers for Singapore Role Name: Event Assistants
Hello Friends, I am very grateful to you for coming forward and answering our call to do the well-wishers project. We have had an overwhelming response from our Friends of the Library, so all our spaces for volunteer are filled up. As such, it is with a sad heart that I have to inform you that we will not be accepting any more volunteers for this activity. Aside this, the response from the public to sign the balls is also very good - so good that now the organisers are very worried that they may not have enough balls for people to sign!! I do thank you for coming forward to help..."
..
HAHAHAHAHAHA.
Do visit down the nearest National Library during this period of time? Haha apart from the way she said it, you'll realise why I actually burst out laughing when i read the email.
♥ 11:25 PM
Monday, December 10, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Ever ever after
"The movies we love and admire are, to some extent, a function of who we are when we see them" -Mary Schmich.
The rainy weather kept me home all day. Re-reading to a kill a mockingbird is starting to frustrate me alittle. I find myself incapable of in-depth analysis of the different characters. Im not ready to write insanely long essays like we did on a Midsummer Night's dream.
And i just feel that i would have enjoyed the book alot more if i could just read it like a normal book instead of a fine pulitzer prize-winning work of literature. With multiple themes and a much more complicated plot than it seems.
♥ 5:14 PM
Friday, December 07, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Love actually is all around
I have successfully diverted my attention from A Midsummer Night's dream for forty five minutes. I think going online is quite a bad idea if you need to concentrate on your work.
I watched Love Actually at my room last night. My sister was supposed to be watching together with me but she fell asleep instead. Might not actually be that bad a thing really because i started crying. It just, wasn't one of my most glamorous moments.
I dont like how this scene reminds me of last Christmas and everything that has happened over the months. Its not something that i particularly enjoy reminiscing, which is why i think everything needs a proper closure.
Its been quite a year, i dont think i ever stopped feeling upset/crying for a long time. Death, dying, losing people - i've never exactly been that good or experienced in any of that. A while i stopped believing, i stopped trusting, when they said 'Trust God to fulfil your emotional, spiritual and physical needs' during mass, i wanted to cry.
Then everything just kind of, stopped. Im more than thankful for the people who stood by me. It was the most fool-proof way of finding out who is sincere and who is not.
)':
I have got nothing left to say. In my opinion, letting go of this really is one of the best decisions i've made in my life. Im not wrong, Yellowcard is. Its not "okay to be angry and never let go" unless you want to feel miserable and cry every other night for the rest of your life.
So i guess 2007, if anything, you might have just taught me one of the greatest lessons on Love.
I feel a oddly overwhelming desire to do something incredible. To find the true meaning of 1 Corinthians 13, to witness a Nicholas Sparks novel in action, to prove that Love, really is alot more than that.
P.S Children Ministry duty tomorrow! Can't wait :)
♥ 1:16 PM
Wednesday, December 05, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Takashimaya is a lousy place to do work Takashimaya is a lousy place to do work Takashimaya is a lousy place to do work
Never attempt to do any work at Takashimaya Never attempt to do any work at Takashimaya Never attempt to do any work at Takashimaya
You'd end up buying shoes You'd end up buying shoes You'd end up buying shoes
Oh no oh no oh no.
♥ 9:48 PM
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
Caught in between ten and twenty
I think i've heard quite enough happy birthday songs today to last a lifetime.
I try not to get overexcited about birthdays (haha though most of the time i can't help it) I guess i've seen too many people getting disappointed on their birthday because things didnt exactly go the way they hoped for. But thank you so much for every effort made in any way. Bursting into the bedroom at 1 am in the morning with a birthday cake, i didnt see that coming. I really am quite sorry for being most ungrateful today, i just thought taking pictures weren't necessary :/
(actually, i think i hate everything that involve cameras facing me)
I also think its a terrible plan to set up an ambush at the bus stop. There happens to be.. more than one kind of public transport in Singapore.
In any case, I had a splendid birthday. Really, thanks.
:)
After all that excitement, work starts tomorrow. More coffee and days away from home (and TV) hah i might as well get used to this early.
But for tonight I feel incredibly lucky :)
♥ 11:46 PM
Monday, December 03, 2007 <data:blog.pageTitle/>
From night skies dressed in clouds
Back from Malaysia. I guess im not the only one who suck at roadtrips. Class chalet later this afternoon, i feel like sleeping :/
♥ 11:05 AM
"It's ok if it's not a white christmas, we can sleigh ride on the sand - We'll bundle up in sweatshirts and sweaters just don't you let go of my hand"
Eliza Teo Zhi Ying
16,
CHIJ St Nicholas Girls'
St Andrew's Junior College
