Waa.. These cupcakes are too adorable. This image is taken from cupitcupcakes.blogspot.com. Do visit to satisfy sugar cravings. Min order 12 pieces.

shunfu days

I designed these 2 pics using photoshop in dec 2008 in Josette's (my friend) house. The photos- flowers and cupcake- do not belong to me though. ( Thx to the owners of these photos) Thanks a lot to josette for teaching and allowing me to use her photoshop! =D I was thrilled that I had an opportunity to experiment designing a picture which I enjoyed doing v.much...

I love this photo which is from an art website. A spectacular shot which captures the sea waves strong movement and the sun's boundless light energy. Ahhh.. The beauty of nature. Getting in touch with nature is very therapeutic for me and I think it is for many others as well.

My thoughts

I always get inspiration from someone esle. Whether it's from quotes, the people around me such as my family and Townsville primary, Whitley secondary and Yishun junior college teachers and principals (especially my mum, Ms chiang, Mr haniff, Mrs k.Oehlers- she came up with the bloom where u r planted saying, Mr Wu and Mrs kuang-v.humorous chinese sec teachers, whitley's principal( yr 06 to 07), some sch teachers whose faces i remember but names i forgot-opps! , Ms Camy Lee and more recently maths specialist Raymond and yjc principal Mdm Koh). The people under the especially category are those whose words, advice and teachings and lifes have impacted me greatly and spurred me on to live my life to the fullest and be righteous.

I am internally grateful to all the teachers in my life. Each one of them has influenced and moulded me to be who am I today. Without them, I would neither have grown up mentally nor possess the knowledge and wisdom that i currently have. I also admire and respect them for their dedication, passion for imparting and sharing their life and knowledge and skills with the future generation(s) and the amount of time and effort they put in for other people i.e. their students. They lead meaningful and fulfilling(i hope they feel this way) lifes indeed! All my teachers in yjc- Mr Oun, Mr Chung, Mrs Low, Mrs Saul, Mr Toh and my tuition teacher-camy have been very supportive and always encourage me, my very good friends encourage me and cheer me on in my life and studies(when they know im feeling down)- Yulei, Jaleen, lynnette, jacinth and jing hui. My father, brother and mum are always there for me all the time. Therefore, what I want to say is humans always get inspired many a time from other humans. Of course, we also get inspiration from God and maybe nature. Even if we didnt come into contact with that particular person, we still can get stimulation from that person because of mass media. For instance, actors, successful and famous people.

JC life is quite busy as u learn a lot of content in 2 years. The pace at which lectures and tutorials are conducted is one which i always struggle to keep up with. However, I think that the 'A' level course is worth the struggle. As my jc1 & jc2 chem teacher said respctively, view difficulties as challengers and 吃得起苦中苦，之为人上人。The chinese saying means if u can eat/survive through the bitter in the bitter/hardship u will become a better person than the others who cant. I think this is true indeed because every obstacle is a steping stone to success. Every challenge that we overcome will make us grow into a better person. The 'A' lvl year(this year) will be a challenging one for me but I'm going to do my best. All the people around me have faith in me and give me tremendous support( im v.thankful n touched!) and so I cannot let them down. i must do my part/job as a student(which is to study!)and show them that their hope in me is not for nothing.

It is in the darkest moments when u have to remain most positive and when the going gets tougher, u have to fight back harder. This is the right attitude that I must cultivate! Because ultimately, if u try to avoid the problem/deny the situation, no matter what u will still have to face it some time at a later date. The time spent running away from reality could be used more constructively to tackle the problem/ challenge. In my case, if i dont start studying some chapters now, i will be piling up all my work for the future which will cause me to feel more tensed up as the 'A' lvl approaches. This is the lesson that i have learned since sec4: Do not leave things to the last minute!

Ok, I normally keep saying all these things but there there are on v. few occassions in the past year or so where I really walked my talk. So therefore, from now on, I must must must!! wake up and eradicate my avoidance syndrome. My bad habits such as procrastination have not only caused myself harm and pain, I feel sad to say that my habits/I have made my family and maybe schfriend(s) suffer with me as well when i complain a lot, cry and affect them i a negative way. Since I made the jc route decision myself, (my mum also said that) it's unfair that i make everyone around me unhappy. i cried n complained to my family for quite a no. of times at hm sine the beginning of last year. Hence, I have to change for the better - take stalk of my time, de diligent and focused, determined and disciplined. If I demonstrate all these qualities, I should very well be able to do quite well for the A lvls. A teacher who counselled me for 2 times said that i must have faith that my abilities will pull me through. I appreciate that. Wish me motivation! Let's all fight for our goals and for what is right! As long as we put all our mind and heart into something, we can do it! 我们一起飞吧!

An investment/financial firm editor said this and I totally agree: We should not let age deter us and circumscribe our behaviour. Instead, focus on how to make the best of what life has dealt

us. ~ Embrace life in it's entirety- both it's ups and downs. ~

Action! Let's start living our life man! And make it a colourful one...

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Thanks Camy! for taking time out from ur work schedule to tutor me. I am touched by ur gesture.. I wil work hard. I promise.

ok, I must keep my word.

This is me at the Berlin wall in the capital of Germany.

1/6/08 at 3.32pm. Im glad I had the chance to go to Germany! Thanks to my parents, YJC teachers, principal n MOE. ^^ The wall that separate families n friend n where many innocent ppl died while trying to flee to West Berlin. Feel sad for them... If u want me to share more pics n my xperience in Germany, pls tell me...

Recommendations





Movie: Mama Mia!


Reason: Very lively n fun. A good movie for relaxing, chilling out n grooving to ABBA's hit songs! Meryl is gifted in singing n acting! Amanda is pretty n can sing really well!





Snack: Loacker Quadratini Vanille
Reason: I love the sweet vanilla wafer n it's of good quality.
More info: $3.70 from supermarkets or convenience stores.





Website: http://www.enakei.com/
Reason: Pretty girl illustrations in the gallery! ^O^ chirppy..





Advice: Dont do last-minute work!

Food Recommendations
Hey people! I went to eat lunch at Jacks place a few days ago and I ate Jack's special steak, new zealand tenderloin, a main course. I ordered the day's desert(fruit cocktail pie) n soup of the day(potato n leek soup) for $4.20 more, to make my meal more complete. The soup was fantastic, I think it was homemade( not from the can), simply nutritious. The tenderloin beef steak (welldone)came sizzling on a hotplate. It was the first time I was eating steak in my life n since Jacks place is reknowed for it's steaks, I was anticipating how delicious it would taste like. True enough, it didn't dissapoint. In fact, it sorta exceeded my expectations. Boy, it was so yummy... The beef was tender n succulent.Top gade beef topped with black mushroom sauce. When I took the first bite, a burst of flavour n juice spread through my mouth. Then I ate a bit of boiled potato n vegetable(cauliflower,carrot) to complement the taste of the beef. Then I ate some more of course.. A pity I didnt have a good camera with me to take food shots. The steak is best eaten hot. The cocktail pie put a nice fullstop to the meal. The pastry was flaky n yellow in colour. I can say it was my lucky day as there is a different soup n desert everyday n I happened to get the desert I liked. I was a satisfied consumer! So remember to try tenderloin steak the next time you dine in at Jack's place!

Try the Strawberry soy shake at Pinle! It tastes marvellous. Sweet n refreshing... It's just like having a healthier and perhaps tastier version of the strawberry milk shake. There's also chocolate flavour available. Each sells for $2.80. A little ex but worth the money. When you pass by a PinLe(sells soybean products) outlet, grab one n start slurping!

Time flies... sort of

Relishing happy memories...

This was taken in july 2004, when we were in sec1

It is the first time this photo is being shown to you all (i.e the ppl in e photo) Enjoy the pic!

From left: Aslina, my best friends Jaleen and Lynnette and me(leona). We wore Indian costumes for Whitley's Racial Harmony Day celebration.

I still remember being excited on the day itself and I had to wake up extra early to get dressed up, and ya, to eat breakfast as well. I'm not sure whether I ate honey stars with milk on that day.. haha. ( But I find nestle honey stars a tad too sweet for my tastebuds now. sry to deviate)

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh........hhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! This ah can go on 4ever! This can be considered one of the worst part of my life. My life used to be normal, quite relaxed .. but now, abnormal, hetic and terrible(in a way). All of a sudden there were so many changes.. Many bad things started happening in my family. My dad lost something important(which will affect our livelihood), we are shifting house again!(I have been shifting houses quite a few times now), I have moved on to JC. So far i have been practically failing all my tests although i worked hard for them. At first I thought like, well it's ok cos i will do well for the nxt one but now I dont know whether this will happen or not. Jc life is so different from sec sch... n there's an extra subject PW which is soo taking away a lot of my time... I had to stay until 2 or 3am a few times for it. My life was just sch, sitting on a chair to study, sch boring sch.. sedentary n screwed up life!!! I hate it... ok actually i think i can cope but it's just that when too many changes happen at one time it's hard to take it all in! n my parents told me to manage my time better bcos they say im slow in whatever i do.. I take an hour to bathe n nowadays 1/2 hrs juz to do 1 h/w assignment.. but i know i chose this road myself.. i tot i still wanted to study.... i still want to in case u r wondering... n im quite upset bcos I have been sleeping at 1-4am for the past 4 or 5 days.. n i noe my body will break down if i continue like this.. i may get fits as well.. On thursday night, I only had 2 hours of sleep bcos i had to complete a history essay.. if i dun hand it up on fri i will get 0 marks so i told myself that i had to complete it.. n when there rWEEKLY tests i have to stay up late as welll... i dun noe is it bcos my study method is wrong , my time managements sucks or whatever it is.... N in jc the teachers teach in LTs,.. the LTs especially the auditorium r super cold in yjc.., u attend some tutorials n some tutorials dun help n BAM! they want u to sit for weekly tests! I mean i think it's a little demaning.. ok, JC life is demanding.. On top of all this, my grade 7 piano exam is approaching. Everday passes without me practising n I relly dont want to go into the room n embarass myself in front of the examiner n fail my exam(WHICH WILL NOT HAPPEN!) n i feell so bad, n sacared.. worried...

Last time, sch ends at 1/2pm and i can go hm annd play com games, then i will go meet my playground frenz n sweat it out at the playground.. but now, seating on the LT chair to learn, no leisure...... no exercise.blahblah.. ok i know i decide what i wanna do right? oh yah, n i dub go out on weekends anymore bcos i have to stay home to do h/w or study for a stupid test or meet up for PW...

In spite of all this, I know that I must bravely carry on with my life. I tell myself ,n this is what the be happy book says, that if there r not challenges in life then life will be boring. It is only when we overcome difficulties and reap success from our hard work then we will feel we have achieved something. I think the main cause of all these problems is my poor time management but also I have to adjust to jc life.( I'm not used to the long hours in sch). I guess i just have to be optimistic and always look on the bright side of life lala lalalalala ..always look on the bright side of life.. After all, I live in a safe country like SG, have food to eat, have a family. If i quit sch, what can i work as? It's not as if im an entrepreneur inherently.. hmmmmmmmm, Life...