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title: my heart goes shalalala~
date: Thursday, June 03, 2010
time:6:26 AM

after 3 whole days in paris, ive changed my mind! paris is sooo beautiful and pretty. the buildings and their architecture, all the sculptures and curlywurly window grills on ALL the buildings. omg u can just sit down there and admire the scenery the whole day.

EIFFEL TOWER WAS PRETTTTTTTTYYY :D:D:D haha. we went on a bad weather day though. it was raining nonstop with cold chilly winds. my bro n i bought tickets to go all the way up to the top. cool experience indeed. it's totally indescribable. there were many blacks at the bottom selling mini eiffel towers to the tourists illegally and 2 policemen on bicycles had to ride around occasionally to chase them away. it's quite cute cause there were just too many blacks around selling and they keep coming back!

went to the LOUVRE today! da vinci code :D i shall be determined and read the book when i get back to singapore. i cant believe i saw the real monna lisa painting right before my eyes in the louvre hahaha. it's quite small actually and i think it's kinda overrated. maybe cause there were thousands of paintings in the louvre which were all amazingly beautiful n detailed :O

there were thousands of sculptures in the louvre, we didnt have time to see all as we reached the louvre at 8pm. but just the few hundreds we saw in that 1 hour were enough to make us 'WOWWW' in awe again and again i swear. the photos cant really depict how intricate and magnificent the sculptures were though :(

ohoh we went to notre dame too! the church in hunchback of notre dame the disney movie many years ago. i feel like im repeating this over and over again but seriously, it was so beautiful n grand. the sculptures and carvings and colored windows and paintings and the architecture of the building really makes u wonder how the hell isit even possible for people to even build all these 900 years ago.

apart from the tourist attractions, the streets n journeys were enjoyable as well because it's PARIS. haha we took the subway to various places and in one of the subways today, there was this old man walking from carriages to carriages, stopping in each to play his violin for the people to listen! so nice right? and the music was lovely. then today at some bridge there was a guy again playing that instrument (i forgot the name for it!) the one with a keyboard at the side then u can open and close the instrument sideways to vary the sound? yeah he was playing french music with it and i was so impressed haha. oh btw ALL i really mean ALL the buildings in paris are the same brownish stone colour! it's quite ironic cause it's kinda dull for the city supposedly filled with vibrancy in the arts. but the buildings still look pretty because of the architecture and their beautifully designed window grills the ones u always see in postcards or french cartoons? haha so pretty!

okay now for the ugly side, i swear i was damn gross/freaked out. omg. we were walking along this shopping district street which was buzzing with life when i saw water flowing out from behind the pillar on the road which we were heading. and as we walked past it. wts i saw this black girl squatting down peeing!! she was actually peeing right in front of everybody on this busy street?! can u imagine someone peeing right on orchard road?!!!!!? this is not the worst. when i turned around to take a closer look in disbelief, i saw this whole LUMP OF SHIT below her!!!! oh gawddd. it's damn disgusting. plus the amount of shit was like more than her body size or sth?! then i got reminded of how dirty n disgusting the underground passage was at eiffel tower ytd where urine and shit were all around at the sides of the passageway. i was still thinking to myself tt ppl let their dogs shit anyhow. .____. yucks right?!

ok shift topic =/ haha anyway tmr's my last day here in paris! will be taking the train back to london for 3 more days then home sweet home (:

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title: BONJOUR~
date: Tuesday, June 01, 2010
time:6:15 PM

greetings from paris people! (: it's 12.16 pm here, my 2nd romantic day in paris!

the place where love, music and the arts are alive and vibrant. the romantic city where beautiful renowned paintings like monolisa were created..

haha but mm i dont exactly feel anything special towards this place yet. maybe cause we havent been to the main attractions like effiel tower, the loft (is that how u spell it?) etc. going today! taking a river cruise at effiel tower first i think. when my family wakes up from their sleep. today's breakfast was quite good i love the croissant it's like the best croissant ive ever eaten. so soft on the inside yet crispy on the outside and there's this sweet special taste to the dough. ((:

the only thing i dont exactly fancy about here is how dirty the floors are. there're spits everywhere and random vomit-leftovers =/ but the buildings are kind of lovely it's like those cartoon paintings we use to see in films or drawings when we're young. and guess what, EVEYRTHING"S IN FRENCH. ha. i cant understand a single thing. the menu, street signs etc. french is the most foreign langauge to me cause i dont understand any bit of it neither was i ever exposed to it before unlike japanese, cantonese,malay when u go to the counterparts in asia. the culture's really different here too!

oh the train ride from london to paris was cool cause of the underwater bit where the train actually goes under the seabed to travel across the 2 lands. haha ur ears will feel the weird pressure as we enter and exit the underwater tunnel. it's 10 times worse than plane flights where i wont even feel a single thing after 4 plane flights in just 3 weeks =/ the king cross train station in london reminded me of harry potter where they filmed some scenes there. haha rmb harry trying to use the trolley to enter to the other realm?

i realised how soon i'll be packing my bags to return back to singapore. time really flies. the previous post seemed so far away from home. and now, just a few days more in paris then back to london for 3 days n home sweet home.

I REALLY MISS SINGAPORE THOUGH.(: gotta catch up wit my friends when i get back!!

rue de dunkerque <-- haha the street where my hotel is. cool french name eh. actually every street here is so cheem n cool sounding :P

chao!

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title: 1 month holiday
date: Thursday, May 27, 2010
time:1:26 PM

so im currently at my 4th pit stop: toronto canada. tmr night i'll be taking a 9 hours flight to london for my 5th pit stop. this really feels like a loooong looooong holiday it's quite good because it seems never-ending which means i wont have that 'oh no time really flies all these are ending so soon' feeling which i'll always have during 5-8 days trips. but i guess the feeling will arise after paris when we're back in london.

halfway through my trip with 2 more weeks to go and ive already learnt a whole bunch of stuff! think i prolly benefited the most during this trip, seeing how UCL is like, applying for my halls with a truly informed decision, exploring the transport system, experiencing the weather etc etc. to be honest, it scared me a whole lot actually when i first arrived in london because of the extreme coldness and jet lag. everyth seemed totally foreign and alien to me i didnt like the idea of staying there for long to study at all. what more without my dearest friends and family to care and spend time with. im so scared and afraid i'll become a lonely old hag / social pariah / unwanted loner / ostracised loser over there.(heiyi i feel for u totally inside out but much worse) oh and not forgetting the communication barrier especially when i dont have "that" accent yet. :( but oh wells, i'll get used to it i know i will. i'll make new friends (: while having the 'old; one close to my heart. (: (: hopefully

sunbathing in my first official bikini which i just bought from toronto was a cool experience especially since it was on the rooftop of the hotel with comfy beach chairs to lie down and the skyline of toronto just in front of u. the most enjoyable thing was the weather! it wasnt hot nor humid at all. just cooling refreshing breeze with the sun on you (: amazing. i think i havent perspired ever since i embarked on this holiday trip! haha

anw, ive been thinking a whole lot lately, about my life, my social circle, my future, things i've done be it good or regrettable. and these deep thoughts has made me realise how important everyone and every single thing around me is..

growing up is a loooonggggg happening process. but we've come to this junction where we stop growing UP but start growing OLD. it's kinda sad. and i really dread it.

at lunch today i said aloud to my family,

"i dont wanna grow oldddddd".

and my dad replied me with nonchalance and an almost invisible tiny tinge of encouragement,

"well.. go join the peter pan club then!"

oh i definitely would if it even existed!!

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date: Monday, May 10, 2010
time:2:34 PM

hello all who still visits this once abandoned place! (:

many of u have been bugging me to update my blog so here i am now to revive this forgotten place and clear up the spider webs at the corners of this page.

so school has ended finally after 4 months and 1 week. Bukit Merah Sec School what a nice sounding name after 4 months :D hahaha. it's actually just opposite the HDB flats where artemis did our fac cip and extreme makeover. I can still vividly remember a group of 65s lunching at the coffee shop downstairs (which happens to be just opposite my school?!) and i was thinking to myself then, what a ulu place to be in. Halfway through lunch, a few BMSS students walked out from the school gates to eat beside us and we were all wondering what school were they from!! exactly what school were we looking at just across the narrow road?!! hahaha to think we were such airheads and that bukit merah was so unheard of to hwachong students =/how ignorant can we get.

anyway, my internship at the school was awfully enjoyable with soo many lovely colleagues and mentors there to guide and help out. not forgetting the super friendly Mrs Chin, our principal (: as per normal, like in HCI, waking up at 6.30am every weekday was torturous. back when i was a student i would dread and try to find all sorts of reasons not to go school on time. eg skipping unimportant first lessons and going for the more important ones where attendance would be taken :p hahaha. but noooooooooooo. now as a teacher, i can no longer be so irresponsible. :( instead of the thought about being late for school and getting scolded by teachers, my students and my lesson plans would force-start that big fat body of mine out of bed. often i would panick and worry whether class would go fine and whether i will be able to complete the syllabus in time for their mid years!!

although there were many happy and totally hilarious moments during class time, im not going to lie and say it wasn't tough at all. getting used to standing in front of a class of 40 alone and speaking with a serious tone wasn't easy especially when u look like one of them who had forgotten to wear your uniform to school haha. and getting those lazy bums to do work and EVEN BRING their workbook to sch was draining :( noise control was another problem i had to overcome. and speaking out loud was challenging especially when ur students would complain how soft i am =/ (yes my dear friends i am soft to them hahaha. so pardon me if im too loud now it's an occupation illness :P )

i have so much to say about this school and my students, yet so little that can be put down in words. oh gawd. this school has really adorable and nice kids ((: but there're still a certain few whom u feel like strangling. oops. :P oh wells, hope they can do well in their mid years! although i've already given up hope on a certain few.

i'll miss the staffroom, staff pantry, the staff, my workstation AKA our heaven or refugee camp. and my homerooms H3-4, H5-4 AKA our battlefields. As well as the canteen and it's good but oily food AKA our favourite pastime (:

anyhows i'll be flying off to London tmr night 11.35pm flight. then to chicago, wisconsin. then torronto and back to london and paris (: returning on the 8th june! in the meantime, i'll be updating you all about my current city etc. PLEASE UPDATE ME WIth UR LIVES TOO KAY <3

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title: world behind my wall
date: Monday, December 21, 2009
time:2:02 PM

The sun will shine like never before.
one day i will be ready to go,
see the world behind my wall.

Trains in the sky,
are travelling through fragments of time
they're taking me to parts of my mind,
that no one can find.

i'm ready to fall,
i'm ready to crawl on my knees to know it all
i'm ready to heal,
i'm ready to feel.

they're telling me it's beautiful.

see the world behind my wall

:DDD

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title: .,.
date: Monday, December 14, 2009
time:10:00 AM

somehow this has got to stop.

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title: -o-o-o-
date: Wednesday, December 09, 2009
time:12:18 PM

gawd i feel like a housewife now seriously hahaha
sort clothes, dump them into the washing machine, handwash and scrub clothes, hang clothes, fold clothes, iron clothes
cook, wash pans, bowls

and guess what,
i feel like mopping the floor HAHAH.

omgg. my mom has only been overseas for barely a week and i have to take over all these chores for my dad and i =/

maybe after another week i'll officially be transformed into a huang lian po D:

the housewife-to-be T.T

on a side note, i dont like clubs. bleahs. wonder how my sis does that at least once a week =/

"l-o-v-e just another word i never learnt how to pronounce"

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