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ALICE

31/01/87
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Took a day off from work today for my Tourism and Hospitality Management interview. It's hard to find someone as big and prominent as me. One of the prof there actually remembered me from last year's NTU-STB scholarship interview. Goodness. I was shocked that she still remembered me. Anyway, the interview was rather ok, more of a get-to-know-you-better and why-are-you-interested thingy. I still think results is the most important thing. The school is very pragmatic. Haix. Hope that I do get into the specialisation which I really want!


On life so far:

What else but work? Work is very tiring. I am working in the Accounts Payable(AP) department. There is work to do everyday. Work just comes in before you even finish clearing the pile in front of you. But surprisingly, I am ok with that cos time passes very quickly when u are busy. Before I know it, it's time to knock off!! Plus there's 2 other girls my age there, who are constantly chatting with me. *lol* =) After working in AP for a few days, I can safely say that I made the right choice by not going to accountancy. It takes a whole month's work and lots of invoices, Purchase orders and efforts just to slot that figure under the 'Accounts Payable' line. Maths is the bane of my existence. I can't imagine doing that for the rest of my life.


I can't wait for work to end soon!! Cos I want to do the things I wanna do!! It's a holiday afterall!! I shall perservere on at work and look forward to the fruits of my labour(moolah) in July!!


But on a brighter note, I visited St.James Power Station for the first time on Monday night after work. I was not there to club of course. I don't really like nightspots. I was there to watch Mister Singapore's presentation showcase!! Xf's friend (from NTU Chinese fac!!!! A cute guy reading Chinese!!!) is in the competition. So we went with her to support her friend. =) It was definitely an eye-candy galore. I think there were quite a few other contestants from NTU too. Haha. Hope her friend wins the competition. He seems really nice.


It's Wednesday already! Can't wait for the weekend to arrive!! =) Enjoy ur hols people!!

I just started work Friday, back at my ex-company. Haha, they are forever in need of people. The HR manager called me on Thursday when I was out playing at Kbox and asked if it's possible for me to start work on Friday. Think I will stop working by latest mid-july. It's my hols afterall. I still wanna do the things I want, like reading, exploring, learning new things and exercising! =)


It's been 1 yr since I left the place, but to my surprise, everyone there still remember me. *lol* They are still as nice as ever to me. For some weird reason, they seem to like me. Haha, no harm going back right? *winkx*


Farrago was back at SADeaf yesterday for the revision of our Chinese Course syllabus. Can't wait to get started on typing out the course materials for our new students. =) Admist all the discussions, we were crapping and doing some random stuff as usual.


10 of us then went to Cine for dinner after we were done with our meetings. Coincidentally, a group of HI youths were sitting at the table next to ours. Worried about our cmi signing skills, we sent YM the pro there to help us ask if they are interested in our Chinese Course. They were friendly but no one there seems to be interested in attending Chinese courses. Sad!!


Oh, I think Farragoians can really eat. We were pigging out like nobody's business. *lol* We took neoprints after dinner, at xf's suggestion. Haha. It's been ages since I took neoprints! I felt like I was back in JC all over again! Super fun! =)



Pretty neoprints~


And then we started walking aimlessly about Cine. Well, not aimlessly to be exact. We were looking for activties to do, like catching a movie or going K-ge. But it's a Sat afterall. Prices were either too steep or there was simply no appropriate activties for the 10 of us. We actually spent 2 hrs searching for stuffs to do before finally stopping at Ngee Ann City cos we felt hungry(again). And then, crazy us bought a 1kg Mango Mousse cake from Crystal Jade Kitchen cos it was on 40% discount and sat down at some place in Orchard MRT to devour the cake. And yes, the cake was followed by a random birthday song. My goodness. I think we were too high. I still couldn't believe we did that last night. Haha. The cake tasted weird, but what matters most is the company. =)


Busy we are, but I have never regretted joining WSC-RSPHI-Club Farago! Thanks Farragoians! May our recruitment for new students be successful!


Back to tomorrow! *sobx*

I might be starting work soon. Seems like my ex-company needs people urgently and they called me to see whether I have found a job or not. Wee~I can see cash rolling in again. =)


Anyway, I kind of love my life now. I had been out everyday, either meeting up with friends or roaming about our little island. Is it weird to walk about Singapore alone? I was out yesterday and I kept bumping into people on the way, exclaiming with disbelief that I was out walking alone. Hmm. I think it's nice to have a date with yourself once in a while, doing random stuffs you feel like doing, without anyone asking why are you doing this or why are you going to this place.


I went back to Hall to return my keys. Chatted with KL for awhile before embarking on my solo journey to clarke quay. I had this sudden urge to go there cos I haven been there in a while. Besides, there's this new shopping mall called The Central which I haven visited. That explains my trip to clarke quay. The mall was totally deserted and I had a great time exploring the place. Sat down by the riverside for awhile before shooting some pictures.



I never knew the shophouses looked that pretty from the other side of the river





The river taxis





Walked past Thong Chai Clinic(the free clinic) on my way to the bus stop






bike for delivering medicine?? haha






I was done with Clarke Quay at around 2pm. I decided to visit Parkway Parade next cos I haven been there before in my whole life. I was wondering how am I going to get to the east side of Singapore from the middle of Chinatown when I saw bus 197 at the road junction. I vaguely remembered someone telling me that bus 197 goes to Parkway Parade. I walked over to that bus stop, checked the board to verify that and boarded the next 197 which came. Recalling what I saw on the board, I remembered it as being 3 stops after TKGS. I kept that in mind and true enough, I safely arrived at Parkway Parade. I started walking around the place and I actually saw some of my NTU friends there. Haha. They were super shocked to see me at the eastern side of Singapore. Then again, what's wrong with that???? And it took me awhile to explain my presence there.


I left Parkway at around 4 something. Thought I would have to take 197 back to Kallang Station and spend a great deal of time travelling back to Jurong. Hah, but lucky-me spotted a bus 36 at the bus stop which goes to Suntec! It goes by the ECP and it took me less than 15 mins to travel from Parkway to Suntec! Saw the pretty skyline of Singapore from the bus window and the ferris wheel which is still under construction.



Ferris Wheel!





And that sums up my journey from the westernmost end of Singapore to the easternmost end. =)

This week had been a rather eventful week, though I have yet to find a job.
(Anyone has job lobangs?)


I had been out every single day, walking around and meeting up with friends. Haha, I even woke up at 6am yesterday just to watch the JC Chinese Orchestra SYF Central Judging Competition. Got to reach SCH by 8 something in order to get the entrance ticket. That explains why I woke up so early in the morning. Anyway, well done HCCO juniors, for obtaining the gold with honours award!!!! I was there at the audience seats and we all felt that you guys really stood out from the rest. =) There's something really deep and moving about your music, which made us really proud of u guys! I miss CO!!! Though I was more focused on HuangCheng than CO back in HC, I do enjoyed being in CO. Beyond Boundaries, Tian Lai Hui Yin concerts, SYF 2005...we had been through it all. I really do miss the friends I have made in there. Was so glad to see some familiar faces again at yesterday's SYF. =P


Wednesday evening was spent with jinx, sheepy and zy at little india. I have very interesting friends who share some common interests as me, such as exploring the unknown parts of Singapore and taking pictures of them! We went around shooting pictures, taking in the sights and sounds of the nightlife of Little India. We had dinner had a vegetarian Indian restaurant which served super huge portions. We -really- couldn't finish all our food. We felt guilty for wasting food, but then, the portions were unbelievably huge.



A dilapidated shophouse



The 3 of them



A beautiful mosque we spotted



Veggies!



See what I mean by huge portions?




Little India


I am off for WSC Farrago's chalet soon! Cya guys in a few days' time! Enjoy your hols! =)

I am back from KL with the other five 71 gals!!


This was my first time visiting KL and I went there by train! Super cool huh? We set off from Tanjong Pagar railway station on Tuesday night and reached KL Central Station on Wednesday morning. The train was not -posh- like the Hogwarts Express, but it's still kind of cool cos we got to sleep on bunk beds in the carriages. The journey by train was rather smooth throughout but it do get wobbly sometimes. *lol*



view from the window




In the top cabin


Our accommodation was at the Sunway Pyramid Hotel in Sunway Lagoon and my, it was super nice, comfy, posh and affordable!! The beds are super nice to sleep in, so you could imagine how hard it was to wake up in the morning. We love the rooms to bits and we spent every night playing mahjong cards in the rooms! The best part was that they actually gave us connecting rooms! =)



The nice display by the bedside


Anyway, we spent the whole of Wednesday afternoon at the theme park in Sunway Lagoon. It was my first time trying more exciting rides, cos there's more people taking the rides with me. Haha. There's some rather gay but nice rides like one where we sat on a float-boat and moved through the rapids and some others like the rather scary rollercoaster where all of us could feel our hearts drop. I almost got onto the pirate ship, thinking that it was a normal pirate ship--but it's not. kl and val went first and the rest of us in the queue chickened out when we saw this:




Goodness. It's a 360 degree pirate ship!!


We were totally shagged after taking those rides and we realised that we are really -old- compared to those energetic kids running around in the themepark. *sigh*


Thursday was spent shopping(which made us all energetic in an instant) at Sungei Wang and Time Square. Sungei Wang is something like Far East Plaza, where you could get stuff at bargain prices. It has so many shops that we actually managed to cover only half of them. Time Square had nothing which we could afford and we totally engaged in window-shopping. It's really for those people with the moolah for high-end goods. Even then, the shops don't really sell nice stuff. I wonder what's all these hype about Time Square about.


We went to Mid-Valley Mega Mall on Friday, and this time round, we had a much pleasant shopping experience. There's a lot of variety and mid-range goods which all of us could afford. And haha, with the combined efforts of us 6, we actually could redeem membership cards in the shops we went to. The atmosphere in the mall was rather good and it makes people feel like buying things. We ended up almost broke at the end of the day. *lol*


We had to check-out on Saturday noon, but out train was at 10 at night. So we left our baggages with the concierge and walked around the Sunway Pyramid Mall next to our hotel. We had like, 7 plus hours to kill before leaving for the train station. Haha. I bet we can remember the floorplan of the mall now after combing it for so long and stopping at so many places for drinks and food. Oooh, speaking of food, the hotel provides nice breakfast buffet and there's A&W and Dunkin' Donuts in the mall!!! We ate A&W at least 3 times during this trip and at least 2 Dunkin' Donuts each as well. Super sinful I would say. But just look at this, don't you miss them?



The root-beer float sorely missed by everyone



Dunkin' Donuts



Yum! =)



Photo-whoring in the lift



Us at the breakfast table


We boarded the train at 10 on Saturday night and finally reached Singapore at 7 on Sunday morning! All in all, it had been a fun trip with good company, good food and good shopping experiences!=)


After all the fun and excitement, it's time to settle down and look for a job. =/

Off to M'sia today. Will be back on Sunday. =) Enjoy ur hols!