Friday, February 25, 2005
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wad happened to the pourcel brothers...?well in case u peeps are not aware, the pourcel brothers are actually twins, jacques pourcel n laurent pourcel who owns a 3 michelin-ed star restaurant in mont pellier, france, called Le Jardin des Sens which translated in english meaning the garden of senses. they are in fact the youngest chefs to attain a 3 michelin star in europe and they were actually invited by raffles hotel to change the menu in raffles grill, the hotel's fine dining restaurant. n hence, raffles grill changed its name to raffles grill by jacques n laurent pourcel. during the wine, food n arts experience (the week of valentine's), the pourcel brothers were undoubtedly invited as guest chefs, together with various famous chefs as well. on 23 feb 2005, the pourcel brothers actually lost their 3 star restaurant... it is now only a 2 michelin star restaurant. whOOps. with that, raffles hotel is making a big hoo haa out of this n well, i dun know what's the outcome of it.
hmm.. well i know it isn't much a of concern. but it's pretty funny to know that a restaurant can actually lose its "grade" overnight, just like that. from what i know, michelin stars are awarded by relais & chateaux, n restaurants actually have to go thru very stringent tests before they are awarded michelin stars. but anyway, my sweetheart's ain't obssessed with them. he's more into the laurent pourcel's sifu, michel bras.
asparagus coulis: who would even have the heart, who would even bear to eat it all up!!! how beautiful!
enuff of these news. let's see.. oh yeah. i'm trying to collect pictures on people who are daring enough to take pictures of themselves emphasizing on the nose. be it digging it, makin urself look like a pig by pushin the tip up or simply makin ur nostrils look bigger. i wanna post it all up! n talk about it, our nose! but that's if i have the time yea.. hahaha.
my friendster primary pic. i still tink it's cool tho.
n there's wanling doing the "i'm tryin to look like a cute pig" shot. nice one.
Qeite < 9:04 PM
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
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satan's meeting.
found this on my bulletin board on friendster.
Satan called a worldwide conventionof demons. In his opening address he said,"We can't keep Christians from going to church.""We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth." "We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their Saviour." "Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken." "So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ."
"This is what I want you to do," said the devil: "Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!" "How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.
"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered. "Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow,borrow." "Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10- 12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles." "Keep them from spending time with their children." "As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"
"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice." "Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive." "To keep the TV,VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly." "This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ." "Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers." "Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day." "Invade their driving moments with billboards." "Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes."
"Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important,and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. " "Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night." Give them headaches too! "If they don't give their husbands the love they need,they will begin to look elsewhere." "That will fragment their families quickly!"
"Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas." "Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about His resurrection and power over sin and death."
"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive." "Have them return from their recreation exhausted." "Keep them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's creation. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead. "Keep them busy, busy, busy!" "And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences." "Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus." "Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause."
"It will work!" "It will work!" It was quite a plan! The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there. Having little time for their God or their families. Having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.
i guess the question is, has the devil been successful in his schemes? you judge. Maybe "busy" means: B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?
Qeite < 1:33 AM
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back in action.
Ciao!! Come stai? Io molto stanco...!
Hello! How are you? I'm very tired...! in an informal way in Italian.
Tsk tsk. peeps, you know something? i can't seem to find a breathing space in the pool of projects and assignments that are due soon! the moment i finish a certain task, i find myself having more things to complete! angela's right, bladdy tp doesn't want us to be able to leave the campus thaaaaat easily. basket. fuck my school. i won't come back to visit you tp, i will only be back for my certificate!! and the food!! =P
i noe how unbearable it is to burn the midnight oil for consecutive nights, i noe how tormenting it is to be stuck in school for the whole afternoon just to take an hour to find a computer in the lab and another couple of hours to do what you really need to do, and i definitely noe how nerve-racking it is to rush through tonnes and tonnes of assignment in like two weeks, just to be able to pass this semester which would mark our "freedom"? this is just too much, i feel.
i can recall how relaxed and comfortable i was in the beginning of the semester, having so little academic hours, so little lectures, so little tutorials and finding CPM the main focus for most of us. However, things changed, after cny. everyone was practically struggling thru the torments from then until now, and still struggling more, dat some of us kinda confused ourselves with all the datelines and the assignments that we need to do...! it became so serious that i'm terrified by the idea of me forgetting to do a particular assignment. and this catastrophe indeed happened. i ended up forgettin to do 2 online quizzes for my psychology n i was informed by the lecturer that he observed that for every quiz that was not submitted by the student, the end result would be approximately decrease by 4%. how's that? 2 quizzes are like equivalent to 8%. make it 10. fark me.
so let's see what's left for me to do...
critique paper
seminar portfolio
presentation preparation for ebiz n cpm
psychology quiz
hmmm... this doesn't seem to be right... i know there's more, but i can't seem to remember...! oh fuck.
Qeite < 1:01 AM
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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start cryin' fer me
Ulgh. these 3 weeks are so gonna be hell fer me... reports to be submitted one after another, week after week, presentation after presentation...! how shittie can this get. aRgh! ne'er mind. 1 mth 1 week n i'll be a free soul... for 22 mar 2005 will mark the last day of my TP school life (minus the graduation ceremony, of course). i haven't been able to get at least 3 hours of sleep man... i sleep at at least 4am everynight but find myself wakin up to the sound of taiji music at 7am in the morning... "one big watermelon to but into half one for him n one for her..." save meeeeee...
things to be completed
exploration report for psychology
group project for psychology
semester paper
critique paper
portfolio for CPM
portfolio for HT seminar
presentation preparation for cpm
presentation preparation for e-biz
presentation preparation for psychology
apel reflection
please people... let me know if i have forgotten any fuckin impt stuff. ur contribution will be greatly appreciated.
n!!! i can never seem to be able to work at any time of the day except in the wee hours. fuck man. my biological clock has gone all wrong. i dun mind, just no eye bags and panda eyes on me pls.
Qeite < 7:37 PM
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
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dang.so how was CNY for you guyss...? have u all become a l'il richer? maybe more shopping for chenchin? or more money to pay for hp bill debts like me? ehehe. well, i've just realised something. we're all gonna get our exam timetable tmr. yea, how fast eh? soon, we'll all leave this beautiful campus which diana thinks is "ying de college", and step into another stage of our lives: the working world. definitely gonna be so different from school life, or even our days as a part timer or even as an intern. hurhur. r u guys prepared for all that is coming...? frankly speaking, i can't wait to see the working world but at the same time, i don't think i'm really prepared for all these. tsk tsk! guys are gonna be national slaves for our small country, some of us to further our studies n the rest of us to start work. and maybe a handful to get married n have babies, i dun know. wadeva it is, we can never see each other as often as we want to. i'm gonna make the best out of this last semester to treasure what i have with all of u guys.
u all have been so dear to me, especially my best frens since secondary school, Cyndi the surf babe, Elaine the cat lover n Cissy the Dumb Hkie. i've been thru much shit, i've left you ladies but to come back to your arms cryin in the end, i've been silly, been dumb, been everything and i've finally learnt what it's like to have friends like the 3 of you. *SchmUcKs* thanks fer not givin' up on me.
My tp cooties!! how can i forget tb045 with all the silly n childish politics we play? ahaha. u guys rawk.
Legendary people from Raffles. From banquet to Longbar to Doc Cheng's which i've been to, right to extended depts like housekeeping, valet, kitchen, etc. You all have been so nice to me n i've made so many great frens there who were always around to feed me with glorious food n exciting drinks for fReE.
To Momma, Dad, Brothers whom lung affectionately calls Wanker n Shagger. we've been thru a hell load of shit, but whatever it is, i know u all will always be around to protect the little princess (who is ahem, me of course).
my sweetheart whom i've noticed last CNY and got acquainted with last June and finally together, you always find my blog dumb n dat's y u never read, but it's ok. i can never meet anyone else like you, who is such an idiotic yet great friend, you never judge me n yea, i don't know how much time i have with you but thanks fer everything. you've been wonderful, despite the fact that you can be simultaneously irritatin n funny. we never could bring ourselves to say sweet nothings to each other bcos it just makes us laugh but on a serious note, =D.
everyone whom in some way or another, came into my life. however short or long we've known each other, u've definitely made a difference to my life.
i suddenly feel like expressing my thanks to everybody who has made an impact in my life because life is so vulnerable that it could be lost the next moment even before you know it. The word is
cherish, my friends.
my best friends!!!
n dere's my love readin' one for my baby, n now he's claimin dat the book's his. basket.
Qeite < 2:02 AM
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Monday, February 07, 2005
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untitled.
everyone seems to be at the bleakest moment in their life at this time. geez, i dun know why but i feel that way as well. i don't know why exactly i'm feeling that way tho. maybe my emotions are easily affected by the people around me? well guys, i just want all of you to be strong alright... 2005 is here, without a doubt. we should all be embracing the new year and wishing for the best to come. =) no worries, the lunar new year's here as well in two days' time so let it be an occasion to forgo the bad yea?
seems that most are going thru this emotion turmoil within them because of love. love between lovers. love between friends. love between family members. love for thyself. n of course, grief, grief, grief. for the loss of someone.
that's us, humans. we are never selfish in this certain sense. because we love. n love is a kind of sharing ur affection or rather a part of ourselves to people whom we think deserve our love. Many a time we love so much that we forget to retain a tinge of love for ourselves n that's why, i tink, tears would always fall for others rather than for yourself. let's think back n reflect who we've cried for n how many times we've actually cried for ourselves.
i think we've learnt alot for those times we've cried for past relationships. did it teach you to appreciate the next one who comes along? did it teach you to think carefully if this is next man/woman is the person you would wanna spend your future with? did it teach you to be strong? did it teach you if what you've done in the relationship was worth it? did it teach you how to love yourself more?
we cry for our friends n friends cry for us. probably not as painful, but when friends leave, did it ever occur to you to keep in contact with them? when they cry, do u make it a point to lend them your shoulder? do you do your best to make them feel better? do u make sure that their wounds are healed before you let them fly again?
when we cry for our family, was it more painful than crying for your ex boyfriends/girlfriends? whether it's a yes or a no, did u learn to understand that they are the ones who'll be there for you no matter what? hence, did u learn to love them n cherish them more? did u learn not to take them for granted? did u learn to tell yourself to be there for them should they need you?
so how many times have you cried for yourself? when we end up crying for ourselves, we realise we can't take what's happening around us. we realise we ain't got space to breathe. we realise we overlooked a hell lot of things. when this happens, you know you've been neglecting yourself. when was the last time you spent time with yourself reflecting on what you've done and what you could have done? when was the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back for something that you've achieved?
my deepest condolences to the people around me who lost someone dear to them. so grief is a result of a love lost. my dear friends, i can't tell you to stop crying. i'm sorry. i'm sure you're all feeling this way because you love them n i believe with love, you have definitely did enough things to show your love when they were still around. don't reproach yourself on why you hadn't did this n u should have done this n done that. at his/her brink of death, to have thought of you means that they do acknowledge your love for them. =) can't say much i know, but time will heal everything. the scar in your heart is one that keeps reminding you how precious life is.
Think man! Think!
So what do i do now?
when i hope, i get uncertainties
i don't know
n i won't know
what lies ahead of me
can't be sure if it's good
or maybe, something bad
i'm not afraid of gettin hurt
but neither do i have courage
to face all dat i would possibly encounter
when you're gone.
Qeite < 5:45 PM
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
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i'm fuckin' 20
ho venti anni!!! ho venti anni!!! in case u guys don't know, that means "i'm twenty!!!" in italian. so wad happened on my day? wellllll... on the eve of my birthday i was out wif the ladies (minus elaine) to dine @ sushi tei. it was adventurous days for me as the first time in 20 years of my life, i tried the red baby octopus and smelt, that fish full of roe. elgh. i'm never gonna do it again. never. i simply cannot imagine those things inside my mouth. >_<
dearest cyndi n i hanged out at acid bar b4 dropping by zouk to say hi to my frens (apparently, they were waiting for my arrival) but i didn't stay there for long bcos it was simply toooooo boring! but it was great to see u guys there tho!! thanks for coming by. next stop: dbl o. lung n bun was there n since it was ladies night, we drank ourselves crazy that night b4 we went home. hahaaha... love ya cyndi. sorry i got u tipsy. =P but but but i know u enjoyed urself k!!!!!!! kekeke
i received a hell lot of birthday smses this year from people i didn't expect. they came like a surprise to me but i was elated to receive those wishes. thanks to all of ya... =) really appreciate it.
my birthday prezzies:
a pair of birks from my sweetheart!! thank u so much. love the sandals, n u, loads.
a pretty floral top from cissy n cyndi...!
the pair of huge floral earrings which i've always yearn from elaine!!
a happy house porcelain box & lunch box from jazzy bunnie!
a bracelet from cassandra & xiao xuan!
3 more tops from the crazy girls!!
$100 from my brother! but it's gone now.
n all the precious birthday wishes from my frens... =)
i've got too much on my mind man... shall tok more some other time. =)
Qeite < 9:49 PM
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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what's birthdays?
i'm scared i'm scared i'm scared. for 3 consecutive years, something unpleasant, be it big or small, would happen during my birthday. i thought this year would be different, but no. i just sensed it. in fact, i so want to talk about it now to my best friends, but they weren't free. i'm fine with that. but i just need someone... right now, to ease my pain. but where's everybody...?
i dun know what's wrong, i don't know. i just feel so... upset all of a sudden. maybe it was all cumulative. but i feel that i'll just lose whatever i have right now no matter how hard i'm trying to cherish them..
never felt such pain never felt such dejection never felt such helplessness
Qeite < 3:53 PM
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