Singapore trip

On wednesday morning, my mom burst into my room, where I was still sleeping soundly.

'Huey! Do you want to go Singapore?'

'Har? Why suddenly ask me that question?'
'Mrs Loo is driving down to Singapore, so there is still place in the car, so do you want to go?'
'Yay! Of course!'

Then we spent the whole morning looking for passports, see the expiry date. Whew! Lucky it's 2011, if not no way i could follow them to Singapore. On friday morning, after having breakfast at Maluri, off we go!The whole journey took us 4 hours, with stops in between. In the car,began ss, as it was really boring.


Me and Tiffany ; Wei Hong and Tiffany

When we were about to reach Malaysia's custom, Wei Hong took over as the driver, as Mrs Loo as a Singaporean cannot drive M'sian car. Later, we found that it is getting hotter in the car, and realised that the car's temperature has risen to a dangerous level. Immediately after passing Malaysia's custom, we stopped the car,and inspect the engine. The fan has stopped functioning, thus stop cooling the engine, and the water level is unusually low. We had to pour bottles of water to cool the engine. Didn't know that the car could drink so much water at one go..hehe.. Meanwhile its like sauna inside the car, it's really hot! While waiting for the temperature to drop, we had a picnic in the car, as it was already 4pm and we didn't had any lunch. As soon as the temperature dropped, we continued our journey.

What luck! We encounter another problem at the Singapore's custom. Since some of us fill in every detail and some put 3 days and some left it blank, we spent another half hour at the custom, with the officer questioning this and that. So mafan la! Then we head towards Mrs Loo's brother's house and left the car there. We took a bus to city plaza. Wow! their transport system is so effecient. We only waited like 5 minutes for our bus. Every 30 seconds there will be a bus. They even have TV on the bus for you to watch. So nice! Unlike our tansport system. Once there, we head towards Mrs Loo's Ah Sou's store, which sells 'mee hun ker'.Yummy! Besides getting it for free, we even have more ingredients than usual. How nice to know someone there.

Mee Hun Ker ; Ah Peng's store

After filling our stomach, Mrs chew, wei hong and Tiffany followed his uncle back home, leaving Mrs Loo, my mom and me. We went shopping at city plaza, I even bought a dress for my birthday party! Yay! Finally! Then we met up with Jack, Mrs Loo's son, who is soo handsome. Too bad didn't take a picture of him. So cannot show you. Blek! Jack brought us to another shopping complex , located at Bugis Street, where we just window shop. Guess everyone is soo tired after the 4 hours ride that we didn't have the mood to shop. Thereafter, after seeing us off in a cab, Jack went back to his place using the MRT.

The day is not over yet! After getting our bags at the Mrs Loo's brother's house, we head towards Mrs Loo's Ah Sou's place (from now on I'll call her Ah Peng). On the way, Ah Peng brought us to eat Satay Mee Hun, which is famous in Singapore, located at East Coast Lagoon. It's really tasty! Not spicy at all! Most suitable for me who can't stand spicy food.

East Coast Village ; Satay Mee Hun ; Fried Egg

At the parking lot, saw a car with cool hi-fi system and wanted to take a picture of it. The person saw me and move away to let me take picture...hehe..the picture is not so nice though. We then head to Ah Peng's house, which will be the place we sleep. Ah Peng's house is so big! Must be really successful to own such a house, especially in Singapore where the land prices are so high.

2nd Day
We woke up at 9am and had our breakfast at one of the local store. Had prawn mee for breakfast. Singaporeans are so curtious.They even line up when ordering food. We then went back to Mrs Loo's brother's place to pick up the car and sent it for service. Surprice...surprice, it's another one of Mrs Loo's relative, but this time need to pay :) Then we head to the housing board as Mrs Loo need to deal with her apartment or something like that. Then off we go to Orchard Street, by taking the MRT of course.

Plp lining up ;Prawn Mee Store ; Mrs Loo's car

The 1st thing to do is to head towards the Louis Vuitton shop..that's my mom and her friends' intention. Thus while following them, took random pictures of orchard street.

See the person trying to stop me from taking pictures of the shop? Hehe..didn't know they don't allow us to take picture, so faster apologise to him and run after my mom. Met up with my aunt who is working in Singapore there. My mom told me and my aunt to walk around as they would take awhile shopping for handbags. So, the 2 of us left them and walk around the building. But as it were something like the garden in Malaysia, most things were branded stuff, thus only window shop. Did try on a dress too.. like it..but too expensive, thus only take picture of it.

They were having a japanese food fair at the mall too. It was really really crowded with people, now I know why they say in chinese 'ren san ren hai'. My mom called, and we went to meet them and had luch. Had sotong set and chicken set between the 3 of us. Singapore's food is really cheap, even cheaper then m'sian. Then we went shopping around again and met with wei hong, his mom and Tiffany. They said there was an event where TVB artist 'Ma de chong' will sing for free at 4pm. Before that had ice-cream with biscuit or with bread. I had the one with bicuit. Taste quite good too!

Japanese food fair; Ice cream man; Wei hong's mom

The women enjoying ice-cream ; me and my aunt

Ice-cream biscuit ; Person playing flute ; me at orchard street

Then off we went to Bugis street where we found out it was actually 4.30pm. Thus went shopping around again before meeting back at the place. Only stayed for awhile to take pictures. Didn't really get close to them and had to take pictures with my camera raised in the air so the pictures turn out ok only. =)

Later, we back to take bath then had dinner at jumbo seafood restaurant.

Jumbo Seafood ; Mrs loo's brother; At Jumbo seafood

Abalone ; Flying Fish ; Fried something with oats

Feeling sleepy, we went back home to sleep......zzzzzz.....

3rd day
Were supposed to leave at 3pm, however ended up leaving only at 6pm...hehe... The whole morning was spent shopping again. Today is the day which we bought the most stuff..clothes, shoes, one big bag full of clothes..=)

Really enjoyed myself this trip although didn't went to visit Sentosa Island or Merlion..On the way back saw the 'ferris wheel'. Forgot what it's called de.

See ya Singapore!

Body massage

Have you all tried whole body massage before? It's really relaxing, to the point that you can fall asleep during the process..hehe..of course I didn't fell asleep, cause it's painful at some places, especially my ankle which I've hurt during ACCA sports day. Luckily, she apllied some ointment before rubbing the place, but keep telling me not to ignore and must should have attend to it immediately, before the joint starts hardening.

Went with my mom and her friends to the message centre. Since i'm on holiday, my mom pulled me along for a one time experience, all expense paid. (hehe, my mom being the payer) Do you know that you cannot massage your feet when having mensus? Cause it makes your blood circulation really fast and could make you bleed much more, or less, so it's abnormal and not good for your body. After that I really feel relax, like floating on the sky, lying on the clouds above...

Really recommend it to all my friends. Don't think it's just for adults,it's for all ages! Also, most suitable for those having deep anxiety and stress...

Genting Highlands

Woohoo! Just came back from Genting Highlands the day before yesterday. Really had fun at the trip. Although with just 5 person, we definitely had a blast!

On Monday, sat the 8am bus to genting skyway lower station, the whole journey being only 40 minutes, felt like it's faster then driving there. Then we proceed to Awana to check in. Although it's only 9.15am when we reached, they allowed us to check in and leave our baggage there. Whew! What a relief, if not we had no idea where to put our bags, then we would have to carry our bags to the theme park.

Went up by cable car to genting and straightaway went to the ticketing counter to buy the passes. Was quite curious to see so many school children as it was a monday, shouldn't they be studying? Went outdoor to play 1st, but, just our luck, both Corkscrew and Cyclone was under maintenance! What?!?! The 2 most thrilling rides are closed?!?! No choice then, went to the other rides. Even went to race car, was racing with the other people, and got thumb ups from them...haha..so fun! The solero shot was scary though, maybe its because i'm scared of height, on the way up (so slow) was getting more scared to look down. THEN, when it drops down, scream all the way down. What a good way to relief the stress! Good for those facing exams =)

Was drizzling at 2pm, so we head indoors to play bumper car and the indoor roller coaster. When it stops raining, but still hazy, Suan Li wanted to peddle boat so I teman her, but it was closed so we went next door to que for bumper boat. Was thinking that how much the air was polluted because of this 1 game, as they use kerosin for the engine, and had to keep filling up after a few rounds. During the game, saw that the Cyclone had open. But it has a long que so we decided to go for others 1st. Then, saw that the 'Rolling Thunder Mine Train' was open, which is quite lucky for us as they would have close if there were mist, and its rare that it would be open, as there were mist throughout the day. After that, Suan Li, William and me went to the 'Sungai Rejang Boat ride' and got ourselves all wet, haha..but that was so fun! We kept laughing and taking pictures throughout the ride.

Then as it was already 6pm and the theme park would be closed by 7pm, we rushed to sit the 'Flying dragon' and later run all the way to the Cyclone. Was running to que up but was stopped by the person in charge, saying that it was closed, although there were still many people lining up. Aww! Really wanted to sit that! Too bad though, went to motion master. Watched 'Alice in Wonderland', it has no story line, but man! What a loud scream the bunny had! After that went to sit the ferris wheel while waiting for Joanna and Pamela to come out from Snow World. Went for dinner, then Jo and Pamela went back to Awana while Suan Li, William and me stayed back to play bumper car! Really fully utilised our passes.

Also paid to sit the Flying coaster, where we had to stand throughout the ride. It was scary at first, but there was a part when it was so fast that we didn't know what was happening that it wasn't scary anymore. after that, we decided it wasn't worth our 6 bucks for it, although it's already at half price.

The next day, went to the Awana indoor sports complex to check it out. Went to check the horse riding session but it was only available on weekends. Wanted to try wall climbing but they say we have to book in advance. Saw that there's volleyball but we need to have our own ball. So asked her what we can do without paying and booking in advance, which was ping pong and squash, with them providing the equipment. Played ping pong 1st then turn to squash. 1st time playing squash, realising that you really need the stamina to play squash. Halfway through, an outsider came in to teach us the proper way to play the game. William was given the lesson while me and Suan Li watched them. After that we tried on our own. Played till 12pm then headed back to our room to take a bath and had maggi cup for lunch. Checked out at 1.30pm, realised the bus was 2.15pm, so went to the arcade to play for a while.sat the 2.15 shuttle bus to skyway station and sat the bus home at 3.15pm.

What a fun trip it was! But next time must go with a larger group, as i'm sure it will be double the fun then!

Holidays!!

From the faces of students in the exam hall, it's as if we are stepping into a world of horror and deranged. Everyone has different expression on their faces, some look estatic for it's their last paper and they can't wait to get over it, some look as if they have suffered severe pain, some look really tense up, does last minute studying really help? I've often wonder that, but to me the more you study the more you will panic, if you were to realise that you haven't finished the syllabus. Some may disagree with me, saying that it's still new input and it really helps. Well, I can't argue with that either, as different people have different ways of studying.

'Please stop writing as the exam has ended' ,still there are people rushing to finish their sentences. Whew, exam is finally over! with that begins the holidays. You can see the relief displayed on everyone's faces, some mixed with anxiety as they thought about their performance in the exam hall, but IT'S OVER NOW! NO USE THINKING ABOUT IT ANYMORE! GO ON AND ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!

For me, it's time to face the world. Went for the 2nd interview at EY, which I've applied for the advisory department, anxiously waiting for their call. Meanwhile have been on a movie marathon, chasing after dramas, horror movies, romance novel... even went out with friends to lepak. Went to celebrate Suan li's birthday at 1u, watched 'The Hulk' which is quite a nice movie to watch, but not that fantastic. Hope you have enjoyed the birthday celebration!

Next monday going up to Genting, going to play like crazy..haha...until then, see ya!

2nd progress test and upcoming interview

Booyah! How's everyone? still surviving i hope..it's been a killer week for me, rushing to college, attending classes, practising for my upcoming swimming competition, coming home, study study study, go for exams...yikes! Never knew Part 3 was so tough especially the finance paper. Oh well, since I have chosen the subject, might as well cross my heart and hope to die..oops.. I mean work really hard for all 4 papers..haha..

Recently went to visit Ernst & Young as we (pre graduate) get to go on a visit to all the big 4. Lunch was really nice. They even serve us lunch during our visit, how nice of them! Then on we go into the seminar room where they gave a talk on what EY is all about and why we should choose EY. Then they led us around the office and showed us where trainee (that's us) work. Files were everywhere..on the desk, floor, cabinet..and the office looks so empty, unlike what I imagine at all ; guess it's because more auditors are at the clients office. Then we proceed back to the seminar room where they tell us what to do if we were interested in joining their firm, how long it takes to become a manager level. then it's time to leave.

Just 2 days ago, received a call from Natalie from EY scheduling for an interview. Wow! So fast! It's barely been 3 weeks..guess they wanted to interview us 1st while they are free..feeling so nervous...don't know what to do, what to say..hopefully get to impress them =)

Darn it, just realised a major problem, somehow i've lost my p2 groups notes..and it's before exam too! How could this happen to me..arghh..all my personal notes are inside too..haiz..guess have to borrow someone's notes to photostate.

To those who are sitting for the progress test, all da best and good luck! Wishing everyone will score high marks this round! And for those who are facing exams soon, gambatei and study hard! Lets work hard together!