Eternal sunshine of a spotty mind

2007-02-12T09:00:00.000+08:00

Bent

Kids.

your Ms Nat wants some privacy.

Therefore i have decided to terminate the blog.

I'll be moving to another locale but i hope you guys will understand.

I really need some air!

Hahaha.

This blog will remain open but i'll not be updating anything that hasnt got to do with school.

Let it be a suggestion blog ya.

For my adult blog viewers, ill let you noe where you guys can reach me soon.

Love, Nat

2007-02-07T14:02:00.000+08:00

Unlucky!

I ran into that person again today!

Ahahahha.

Freak.

Eye sore man!

Today it is pink with yellow pokka dots!

And the person even said hi to me and wanted me to acknowledge how nice it looked today!

I have to be hypocritical sometimes.

Hehehe.

Please, please, god...

Dun let me run into it again.

I might just be forced to tell the truth!

2007-02-06T18:18:00.000+08:00

Generic rant

I really cannot stand people with bad fashion sense.

Really really cannot stand!

Hahaha.

One of my pet peeves.

I just saw this person...horrible horrible.

Not the first time though.

No colour coordination.

No taste.

Not even the slightest clue of body proportion.

No self-awareness.

Hahahaha.

Once is accidental.

Twice is forgivable.

Thrice is simply inexcusable.

Think the person got out on the wrong side of the bed.

Or have no mirrors in the house.

Or has a malicious psyche within.

Gawdy! What a drab!

I can go on and on hahaha.

Simplicity people!

2007-01-30T22:53:00.000+08:00

Specially for Noor...

"Usah biarku bersendirian...

Usah biar hatimu ditawan...

Usah biar diriku disini...

Seorang menunggu tanpa teman...

Usah lepaskan genggaman tangan mu...

Usah biar semua berlalu...

Usah terlupa perasaan hati...

Pertama kali kita bertemu...

Usah lepaskan.."

As much as i hate Taufiq Batisah, its hard to deny that he has really good vocals.

I hate him pretty much like i hate Siti Nurhaliza.

Yes, hate is a very strong word.

Hahaha.

I just dun like to see them but i like to hear them.

Oh, just thought of another hear-me-but-dun-look-at-me singer that i looove.

Mariah Carey.

(KarSien's all time fav...i have never seen a more ardent and defensive fan. Mariah can do no wrong in his eyes...hahaha)

Im currently lip-synching and occassionally attempting to sing (off-key admittedly) Taufiq's virginal attempt at a Malay song, Usah Lepaskan.

I like the song a lot though i dun quite fancy the last verse cos its like a freaking twist that sealed the song's fate as a potential anthem for the broken-hearted.

I mean, without the last verse, the song can be much richer cos then it can be diversely interpreted.

That's the problem with Malay songs i guess.

Spoken like a true mat..."Direk la"

Hahaha.

Unless of cos its an M.Nasir song.

He can get so poetic that i give up dissecting his lyrics after a while.

Hahaha.

Anyways, Noor did something really sweet the other day.

Shan't divulge what he did but it was definitely sweet and we are definitely including it in the entire scheme of things.

Everytime i think of it, it just reinforces the fact that he's the ONE.

Aiiiii....

And no, he didnt do anything big nor did he spend a single cent.

He's that good i tell you.

Hehehe.

Im back to doing my lit lesson plan for Friday's observation by Boss.

Yikes!

2007-01-29T23:38:00.000+08:00

Another of my closest bro MARRIED!

Sunday was Zubir's wedding (BirBir is my term of endearment for him hahaha).
Am so happy for him.

His wife is a really cute chick...

Check 'em out.
BirBir looked so handsome!Noor and I went to the wedding and guess who we saw?
Taufiq. Not Taufiq Batisah. Hahaha.He's a BLSS senior who, i have to sadly announce, once had a short term crush on.
(was into my nerdy guy phase hahaha...forgive my lack of taste hahaha)He's filled out a bit more now and has floppy hair.Nonetheless, being a true blue nerd, he still opted against wearing contacts.Hehehe.Ive come a long way since Boon Lay sec.But ive got a long way to go...(hehehe...insider's joke with Kar Sien)

2007-01-26T17:33:00.000+08:00

We have decided not to get it.

Dun think we are ready for it.

So no rush there.

But i really want it...

Crap!

If there's anything that i learnt from my dearie, it's got to be this.

More pragmatism, less idealism.

Anyway, that can wait.

But the waiting is starting to gnaw at me!

Was searching for some stuff over the net...

So gorgeous!

But so bloody ex!

My finances are looking very bleak.

Sad, sad...

Muuuaaach!

2007-01-26T11:21:00.001+08:00

Just wanted to post an old old pic (about 3 years old!!!) to offset the rather wordy post earlier.
Heh!

What can i say?

I'm noooice!

2007-01-24T23:33:00.000+08:00

Aching

If you were to ask me when was the last time i jogged, i wouldnt even know where to even begin!

Hahaha.

Been putting off exercising for soooo long.

Noor and i have resorted to exercising becos we have run out of places to go to.

Had our late afternoon run on Monday.

After i knocked off from work (running away from work more like it hehe), Noor came over to my place cos we decided to run around my area.

Knowing how i struggle everytime i try to run after a hiatus, we limited our run to about 50 minutes.

10 minutes of warm up (slow jog).

10 minutes of stretching.

20 minutes of run.

10 minutes of warm down.

Sounds easy peasy rite?

Hell no!

The 10-minute jog was manageable and i was amazed at my latent stamina hahaha.

Tot i was gg to pancit (fizzle out) in the first 10 minutes.

Noor is the expert jogger cos he jogs like every other day!

Freak hahaha.

After all the stretching, we began our run.

I WANTED TO DIE!

5 minutes into the run, i could feel stitches at the side of my tummy.

(i get this everytime i run so im quite used to it)

Noor told me to press on the area where i felt the stitches to alleviate the pain.

I kept telling him that i feel like im dying.

Hahaha.

But i didnt stop.

MIND OVER BODY.

Always works for me.

Helps me push myself further.

Noor insisted that since i was adamant about running for 20 minutes, we should stick by it.

I should have kept my BIG mouth shut!

He refused to tell me how long we have been running.

But he relented after like 15 minutes.

"5 more minutes left? Really? Great!"

The idea of being able to stop for a rest in 5 more minutes spurred me to keep on running.

All i can say is that im pathetic.

Hahaha.

Somehow, it gave me renewed energy.

We went on to jog for another 5 mintues.

All in all, we ran for 25m 05s.

Not bad for my first run in.....nearly 2 years!

My body has been aching since yesterday.

But heck, its all part and parcel of exercising.

Think my body should have recovered enough for another run on Friday.

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What the hell does he want to prove by sending Aide Iskandar out of the pitch?!

@%$&!

Stoooopid referee.

Aide Iskandar looked so cute during the Malaysia-Singapore match (Ist league semis)

Shucks, i shouldnt have such thoughts about somebody else's husband.

Hahaha.

Noor came over my house to watch the match last night...Mummy stuffed him with so much food...poor dear...

Too bad Noor will be working this Sat, so we are gg to be missing out the match at the stadium.

For fear of my safety, Noor refuse to let me go on my own.

Think of the atmosphere, the swearing, the cursing, the ooooooohhhsss, the ahhhhhhhsssss.

Curses.

Let's hope Singapore makes it to the finals and the final match will be played on the day Noor isnt working.

Hehe.

Have been going to the National Stadium to watch soccer over the past 2 weeks.

First match Noor and I caught was Singapore vs Vietnam (0-0)..horribly boring!

Last week we caught Singapore vs Indonesia (2-2). an eventful match - on and off pitch!

We came quite early cos we were nearby at the Kallang KFC, so we were seated at lower tier of the stadium.

The stadium was quickly filling up.

Final stadium capacity for the night: 13,000.

Suddenly there was this 2 couples seating just below us.

One of the couple consists of a mismatched duo.

The female was huge and had a very dark skin tone...Noor said she looked like a he.

Hahaha.

Mean i noe...but later on, you will realise that they really deserve all our mockery.

The guy was thin and effeminate and ridiculously stupid.

Yes, a dumb piece of meat.

And they made such a racket even before the match started.

Undoubtedly attention-seekers of the worst kind.

Then the weather started to turn.

"Pitter Patter"...raindrops started coming down slowly but surely.

Noor and i had an umbrella but these 2 idiots (the couples) had brought ponchos with them.

For easy reference, let's name them Muck 1 (the female) and Muck 2 ( the male).

Still no bad blood.

The stadium was soon a sea of umbrellas so obviously some people might find it difficult to watch the match.

But it shouldnt be that big of an issue if everyone had their butts on their seats.

Then team Singapore and Indonesia came out onto the pitch.

Of cos we all stood up when Majulah Singapura came on.

The game got on immediately after the ceremony and guess what?

Muck 1 and 2 continued to stand.

Stand!

And i paid $6 to view their behind?!

Such AUDACITY!

Everyone was pissed with the 2 idiots!

But it was me who spoke out.

I pulled Muck 1 - that pile of lard by her poncho (cos i kept calling out but she couldnt hear me/ or she refused to hear me..whatever)

"Excuse me, could you guys sit down cos you are blocking other people's view."

I said it in the calmest and most polite manner i could.

I thought i could appeal to her conscience.

Apparently she has NONE!

She said (in her horrible Malay accented English )"Oh, we cant see either if we sit down!"

Noor was fuming mad...i could tell that he almost wanted to punch the guy.

He hated the fact that the guy was just shadowing his gf and not even exercising an ounce of brain cell.

"Fine! Whatever!"

I shouted back.

I was really holding back from saying anything too mean.

I don't usually scream and shout in public (cos its not in my nature except for the time when i shouted at Khalid for being such a pain on the mrt platform, much to his embarrassment...ive already apologised hahaha)

What i could have said but did not was...

"Its really okay if you were stick-thin and cute but everyone can see that you are NOT! So is it really possible for you sit down or are you so fat, you are just STUCK?"

Muck 1's reply was enough to tick Noor off.

He grabbed my hands, pulled me up and said "Dah, jalan!" (Come, lets go!)

We moved to a better seat...

We were soooo pissed!

They should be blungeoned to death!

Hope i never see them again.

Grrrr!

*I apologise for such crude use of language but please understand the use of those words/descriptions are appropriate in this particularly harrowing context.

2007-01-22T00:37:00.001+08:00

An ode to a teacher

YuXuan...i really appreciate it...

Thank you...

2007-01-21T16:37:00.000+08:00

Barney - The purple walkman

I got this...for free! hahaha.

Courtesy of Eileen.

Thanks beb!

I tot of getting this when Precious (my ipodmini) went into a pseudo cardiac arrest a few months back.

Hahaha.

But Precious has bounced back and its now working fine.

It seems that i have a way with things hehe.

****************

Presenting to u...all the way from Funan Digital IT Mall hahaha....

Ive christened it "Barney" cos its purple...duh!

Anyway, Barney is great cos its has an inbuilt usb port and i can just upload anything into it as and when i like.

Precious is great too but i have to attach a usb wire before connecting to my lappy.

Im thinking of donating one to Noor.

Maybe he can use Precious for now...or i mite get him a walkman/ipod as an anniversary gift.

That or the cute Cat shoes we saw the other day.

The NoorNat Empire is gg to be 6 come March!

Yay!

2007-01-21T00:58:00.000+08:00

Better late than never...

I just got hold of the camp photos but have yet to seive through them.

Janne and Chin Fen have yet to pass me the Settlers' pics.

Still chasing Vani for Benny's and Janne's bdae celebration at Fish & Co last Monday.

I wanna blog about Ra's bdae celebration last Saturday.

Since she's one of my very best friends, i think she deserves some mention.

Hahahaha.

So Liz, Kay and Daryl came up with the idea of surprising our dear Ra with a surprise bdae party.

Liz had a hard time trying to converse with Ra'a mum cos she sux at Malay.

Hahaha.

But anyway I met up wit Wens at around 3 and Kitty arrived in a cab a few seconds after us.

He ran hurriedly out of the cab and made a beeline for us.

I knew that we haven met in a long time but i didnt realise he would miss us that much.

NOT.

He actually lacked cash so he begged Wens for some money.

Hahhaha.

Well, anything for a pet cat.

Kekekeke.

The theme for the party was everything and anything pink.

But i didnt wanna wear pink so i brought along my pink Clueless-inspired pen.

Being the "creative" person that i am, i stuck the pen in my hair and it doubled up as a hair accessorie.

Voila!

When we came, the table was already filled with glorious food.

So i helped out with the decor.

Im so good at this.

Hahaha.

We made such a racket doing up the decorations.

Ra's family took her out shopping and they were supposed to be back by 4.

After a false alarm which saw Daryl scrambling to hide hahaha,

and the chocolate treat given to us by Ra's nice maid plus the short sms msgs volley between Kak Fatha and Liz, relating every single movement of the As'art family ("at the carpark", "at the void deck", "going into the lift"...), we finally scurried to our hiding places, ready to spring our surprise!

Daryl (botak hahaha), Kay in pink (his poor gf..when you noe what Daryl is capable of, you will realise why i pity Kay hahaha), Kitty @ Faizal - pet cat to Ra and Wens, Nat and Wens standing pretty on the staircase.

Our masterpiece....so pretty rite. U can definitely guess Ra's favourite colour.

Hahaha.

Food, food, glorious food!

The bdae girl. Of all days, she chose NOT to wear pink on her bdae! For that infamous touch of pink, we made her wear Daryl's pink garland hahaha.

The party people. From back left: Feng, Daryl, Hui Ping, Kitty, Nat, Wens, Ra (hahahahaha), Liz and Kay.

Finally got to see Michiko@ Najiha (Ra's niece)...sooo cute. I swear to God she is Japanese!

Afiq (my don juan) was tempremental as usual hahaha.

Something really funny happened.

Afiq told me that he wanted to play spaceship and he wanted to to go upstairs.

He even asked me if i wanted to join him.

Hahaha.

Of cos i declined and continued to wolf down delectable spread.

We were laughing and joking and obviously making quite a racket.

So much so that Afiq stomped down the stairs and at the top of his lungs, said...

"Excuse me, i'm trying to play spaceships upstairs, can you please be quiet?!"

And he stomped back up into one of the rooms upstairs.

(He has got this accent and he is only 3/4 years old!)

We were all stumped and at loss for words.

Daryl managed a "Oh, we are...sorry, Afiq"

Hahahahaha.

We all had similar thoughts.

"What the hell was that about!"

Hahaha.

He can be so bratty.

But he's sooo adorable.

***********

I remembered thinking aloud to Wens while we were busy trying to put up the balloons.

"U mean, she is this important?!"

Hahahahaha.

We still owe each other our bdae gifts. You see, we have this tradition since uni that we'll let the bdae girl choose whatever she wants.

We figured that it would be best cos that way, we cant complain about our gifts.

Hahaha.

Of cos it eliminates the element of surprise.

But it beats muttering curses 'neath your breath while trying to fake contentment.

Wens will turn 25 this cuming Wed.

But we'll be meeting on Saturday.

Guess we will get each other's prezzies then.

Hahaha.

Better late than never.

Kapish?

2007-01-13T08:53:00.000+08:00

Gratification

I really miss my sec 2s.

And im glad they have not forgotten me.

The boys may have started donning on long pants but they are still my bratty boys.

And my girls.

They make it a point to stop outside the staffroom just to have a chat with me after school.

Kinda sad that im not teaching them now that they are in sec 3.

Some of them have been asking me to appeal just so im actually the one teaching them.

Hahaha.

I have one classic one from Yu Xuan.

"Miss Nat, i just realised how good a teacher you are..."

Hmmm...i think it is a compliment.

Hahahaha.

They are so funny this sec 2 batch of mine.

I love all of them.

Well i just hope they noe tat im still here for them if they need me.

**********

yes guys, i feel the same way.

if only, if only

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-01-06T23:08:00.001+08:00

Went to get both our jeans altered a few days back.
Tot i'd share some pics with you goons.
Hehehe.

2007-01-06T21:57:00.000+08:00

Updates

Just got back from a 3 day 2 nights camp with my sec 2s.

Ya.

Have you ever heard of a school that starts the year off with camps for ALL the levels?

I told you my school is special.

Hehehe.

Had sooooo much fun with the kiddies, the sec 2 mentors and of cos..ehmm, the instructors.

Ill blog about it on Monday after i grab the pics from Choon Hwa.

Still pending: My evening at Settler's with the Kranji gang.

Im so tired.

I just got home from a whole day in school.

Yes, on a freaking Saturday.

Had my first NCC meeting at 930am.

Then it was Lit overview plan.

Followed by Lit sow changes.

And my History overview plan.

Still have pending lesson plans and worksheets to complete for next week's lessons.

Im taking it one day at a time.

It will be great if i can just finish planning for Monday.

Just Monday.

Arrrgh!

My eyebags are so bad that im starting to look like a 'racoon' according to Yiyuan and KarSien.

Evil but true.

Hahaha.

So now i have to resume my lesson planning.

Must profusely apologise to Diana.

Sorry for missing out on your chalet but i really have to prioritise stuff.

Work comes first.

Believe me when i say i dun have a life.

I really dont.

2007-01-02T03:49:00.000+08:00

2007 Resolutions

To be...

better at my job.
a less frustrating fiancee.
a better friend.
spending less.
saving more.

There.

My resolutions in brief.

After years of resolution setting, i have learnt to make it as realistic and as succintly as i possible can.

Hehehe.

2007-01-02T02:21:00.000+08:00

2007 - A new chapter

...the same load of crap...

...all over again...

Forgive me for being overly pessimistic.
I live by the motto.."Prepare for the worst and hope for the best"

So that figures.

Eve of Aidiladha was spent lavishing myself with new clothes.

I didnt sleep the previous night cos i was busy doing the sec 1NA sow.

Not a wink.

Was so tired and it really didnt help my already grossly obvious eyebags.

Noor wanted to make the downpayment for the thing he bought so we met up early.

Noor was sweet cos he told me to get some shut eyes.

All i needed was a small retail boost and i was wide awake.
:)

Got a top from Zara...on sale...had to get it.
Hahaha.

A gorgeous pair of workpants from ToppyShoppy (a pet name haha)

So bloody expensive!

I dun think it deserves to be paraded in school.

Hehehe.

On top of that, a cute vinyl bag caught my eye.

It was on sale...unlike the pants.

Darn, i know.

Noor tot i looked good carrying it.

Plus my puma carrier has been at service for about 3 long mths now.

Obviously time for a new bag.

Hahaha.

Part of the cost was offset by the giftcard given to me by my dear sweet fren.

As a christmas gift.

Sweet.

Finally a cute ultra mini skirt from Fox.

On sale too.

Had to get that one too.

Love their denim.

So comfy.

Then i got home and my sis called from down under and told me she got me a black Sportsgirl bag.

Sportsgirl...i remembered that brand.

Hahaha.

It used to be sold in Singapore.

Another bag.

Its sounds mighty fine to me.

A girl cant have tooo many bags.

(Ra and Nat declares in unison)

The rest of the day was spent at Settler's with the Kranji gang.

Kar Sien gave us a treat to celebrate his bdae.

Hehehe.

Myself, Janne, Chin Fen, Benny, YiYuan and of cos, our bdae boy Kar Sien.

We had a blast.

Stupid things happened.

It was a blessing that no one knew we were actually teachers.

Educators of young minds.

Bah!

Hahaha.

Will blog about it but not just yet cos i need pics to upload.

**********

Hari Raya Haji.

Not much happened.

Noor had to work.

Mummy and Daddy went to Johor to watch the "korban" thingee.

My bro was asleep for most part of the morning while i did the household chores.

Had to entertain the kiddies next door.

Scolded Haziq for making a mess of the chocs i gave him.

Which explains why he looked the way he did in the pictures.

Hahaha.

1. Iwan..my Chicken Little.

2. Ezan comparing his newly acquired gameboy (he just turned 5) with M's psp which he endearingly and mistakenly calls SPM hahahaha.

3 & 4. Ezan and Haziq. Just look at Haziq's sulky face...so cute!

**********

New Year's Day.

Today.

We had our first small "scuffle" in the afternoon.

Yeah, we started the year off with a BANG!

Hahaha.

But all was well when we decided to meet up in the evening.

Had some munchies at Mac's.

We went back to his place and watched "A night at the museum"

Senseless fun.

The movie i mean.

Noor absolutely detested the movie.

So it was a good thing we didnt watch it at the theatre.

**********

Im kinda into Gwen Stefani's new single "Wind it up."

Weird...no more like quirky.

She yoodles.

But i kinda like it.

Strange.

Hahaha.

*****we fight, we frustrate, we converse, we love.*****

2006-12-28T23:25:00.000+08:00

What happened to me these past few days...

Got high fever.
Im now deaf in one ear. Gery is half blind. Great.
Got a cute pair of shorts. Ra and Wens call it my British-soldier shorts fetish.
Noor got me my Nike socks and shoebag. Sweet. As always.
I found it. Weeeee.
My spongebob is nowhere to be found. Ayang promised to get me the small one but we cant find it anywhere! I found my scoobydoo though. Sehr cute.
Noor and I went for a night adventure at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Scary shit.
Watched my ultimate guy fantasy last night. Captain Jack Sparrow....my great grandparents were buckaneers too...hehehehe.
Just slogged through sec 1 Express Lit sow and portfolio worksheets...barely alive now.
Am suffering from purging bouts.
I have to quell this sudden urge to shop.
Now working on my sec 1 Na Lit sow. Got a nagging feeling that im gg to name my son Charlie or Oompa Loompa after tonite. Really.
Staff Meeting at 9am tmr.
Chrismas dinner at Daddy's workplace at 630pm in the evening.
We are getting another bounty from the govt next year, otherwise known as the Progress Package. Yayness!
GST is at 7% next year. Oh for the love of GOD!

2006-12-26T12:26:00.000+08:00

Honeymooners

My dear sis sure noes how to make me broke.

Got her that adidas jacket yesterday.

It was nice so i decided to get one myself.

Hahaha.

That's how i went broke.

Well, she wanted a GShock watch that cost nearly $300 as her wedding gift.

And since i was so nice, Noor and I went hunting for the elusive watch.

We couldnt find it (thank god! Hahaha) but i did promise her a gift.

She decided that she wanted a jacket.

And so here she is posing unshamelessly with the jacket I bought her!

Hahaha.

They flew off to Australia last night.

Both families were there to send the idiots off.

Hahaha.

Im planning for my honeymoon too.

But i doubt Noor and I will get to go anyways cos our schedules clash like nobody's business and its so hard for Noor to get a decent extended leave.

We shall see lah.

Ive got a few places in mind but i'll have the final say in this one cos Noor isnt into ideas such as cultural exchange or immersing oneself into another's way of life.

Since im an avid historian, its obvious that the places i wanna visit are those with plenty of historical sites to explore!

Hehe.

My sis has it good cos the idiots only had to pay for the flight tixs and they didnt even spent a single cent cos the trip was a gift from Rudy's mum, Aunt Ogy.

How lucky.

And to top it off, accomodation's free too cos the idiots are staying at Rudy's aunt's place!

Thats not half bad cos my parents are planning a trip together with the in-laws.

And hell will freeze over if i dun tag along!

Hahahaha

Nadia and Natasha.

Pple think we are of mixed blood.

Cheh!

Hahaha.

Ya, we are of mixed blood.

Chinese, Indian, Bugis, Javanese, Malay.

I always tell pple that my family will make for a good Singapore ad campaign.

We are so multiracial.

Im the Indian, my sis is the Chinese and my bro is the Eurasian.

Muhahahha.

Presenting the Kuching Parsi (Persian Cat)

Hehehe.

She's so cute rite.

Nur Puteri.

Rudy's cuzzin.

But she keeps barfing every few minutes.

My mummy says i was exactly like that when i was her age.

She was highly amused by our antics (Andy's and mine)

The woman next too her is Aunt Ogy, Nadia's mama-in-law.

Hehe.

The crazy siblings.

Too bad M wasnt there with us.

He had "to play with his band" in Orchard.

Hahaha.

Andy is Rudy's extremely cute and good looking lil brother.

My dad calls him the Singapore Idol.

Hahaha.

He plays club soccer and he's the fantasy of a lot of girls.

Guys who look like him have it easy.

Buts he's a good catch.

Polite boy.

Has good fashion sense.

Farnee too.

With good parents.

Hehehehe.

He forced me to pose all these stoopid poses while our parents were busy chatting the dollars away at Macs in Terminal 2.

Of cos Puteri was gigling non-stop watching us make a fool out of ourselves.

2006-12-21T13:36:00.000+08:00

This is a farce.

Hahahaha.

2006-12-21T12:36:00.000+08:00

Mohawk

My sayang is gg hair crazy.

Just last week we went to Far East to get his haircut.

I kinda liked it even though it was a bit longish but he looked nice in it.

Some pics from his haircut at Far East.

Then yesterday he decided that it was getting a tad too long for him.

So he went down to Lot 1 to have it "styled".

An almost mohawk cut!

Hahahaha.

Too bad i didnt manage to snap a shot of it yesterday.

It doenst look "mohawkish" yet cos his hair is now super short.

But its coming along alright.

Haiyah, doesnt matter cos Noor looks nice in almost anything lah, unlike me.

Hahaha.

2006-12-20T02:14:00.000+08:00

A bawling fun time

Mr Kat just got back from HK where he almost blew all his bonus away.

Kidding hahahaha.

So he got a 2gig thumbdrive there for only $20++!

And he didnt even think of getting one for me since my thummie is fast running out of space!

I was suppose to meet up with Gery to discuss Lit stuff for next year but the poor dear is down with the flu bug.

So I ended up chatting away with Kar Sien in school.

Vanitha was also here to keep me company while she waited for Chin Fen to come.

Kar Sien got us each a magnetic clip with engravings ranging from pandas (in HK? I was wondering about that too..hahahaha) to riverboats.

And since he felt that he wasnt really part of the Topshop gift card that the rest got for me on my bdae, he got me a PUMA sweater!

Yay-ness!

At first i tot it was an imitation piece, you noe, since he came back from imitation paradise.

Hahahaha.

But heck, he got me an original old skool sweater!

I had wanted this ash-blue colour but i jus couldnt find a nice one in Spore.

Lookie!

My gift from KarSien.............Me posing in it, doing i dunno what hahahaha!
I also got a few other gifts from my overseas-faring colleagues.
Bee Leng gave me a nice handmade wallet from Cambodia...She let me choose the colour that i wanted hahaha.
And Meow gave me a whiskey cup with couple of nougats from Australia.
Dunno if you can see but i have geckos on my whiskey cup!

We actually asked Janne out to bowl with us but she couldnt make it at the last minute and since Chin Fen and Van were working on their SOW, it was left to Karsien and myself to salvage the rest of the afternoon.
We went down to our usual bowling haunt and decided that 3 games a piece should suffice.
The queue was rather long so while waiting, we went down to the arcade and tried our hands at Dayton Racing.
I beat Kar Sien in the first time round but he managed to pull one back in the second.
Sounds like tennis dunnit?
Hahaha.
Yes, Mr Kat, we all noe you are a tennis freak!
Got some photos of our "fierce" match at the bowling alley.
Us, preparing to duel.
Kar Sien showing off his bowling prowess.
Hehehe.

Nat...the calm before the storm hahaha.
This was how Kar Sien looked when i beat him in first game.
Muhahahaha.
He came back strong in the second game and won.
I had such a dismal number of pin drops.
I was ashamed.
I tot i could make a comeback in the 3rd round but i failed again.
But they say, if first you dun succeed, try and try again!
Kar Sien was fast losing his strength and i took back the 4th game.
(We decided to play another game hahahaha)
So we had a draw at the end of the day.
BUT was Kar Sien satisfied?
NOOOOOOOO!
He wanted to play another game.
I was too tired and my wrist was already hurting so Kar Sien played on his own to better his pin drops.
Must say he's competitive and determined that way.
Hahahaha.

Kar Sien did better his score and he had to open his big mouth and suggested that we have dessert.
We went to West Mall and we had initially wanted to eat Swensens or Sakae Sushi but the queues were so darn long!
We went up a level higher.
Kar Sien: "Eh BaliThai looks empty..."
Nat: "I want Swensens'...we just wait lah.."
Kar Sien: "I repeat...BaliThai looks empty."
Nat: "Fine..we shall dine there....grrr.."
It was such a bad bad mistake.
The food totally suxed.
I wanted Tom Yum noodle but guess what?
According to Kar Sien "BALI" comes first in BaliThai, so i shouldnt be surprised to find out that they do not serve Tom Yum noodle.
But what puzzles me is the fact that they have Tom Yum soup but not Tom Yum noodle.
Is it so hard to just add rice noodle to the soup????!!!
So i ended up ordering Phad Thai...something which Ra introduced to me while we were in Bangkok and i really liked it.
The Phai Thai in BaliThai is a far far cry from the one i had in Bangkok.
It tasted as though someone accidentally spilled an entire bottle of tomato sauce into it!
Kar Sien forced himself to eat the horrible green curry chicken which tasted as though it came fresh from a can!
You should have seen us laughing non stop in the presence of bad food.
The only good thing was the hotplate beancurd.
But that too was marred by the lack of beancurds in the dish.
With a plate that big, you would think that there would be more than just 4 pieces of beancurds!!!!
The surprises at BaliThai didnt end there.
Not even close.
Kar Sien had to stand up and go to the counter to request for iced water before he choked to death.
Hahahaha.
The final surprise came when it was time to pay the bill.
It was Kar Sien's treat...i really felt bad cos he had to pay for such a horrid dinner.
I wanted to go Dutch but he was adamant on paying for the whole thing.
So iwas hell bent that dessert at Swensen's would be on me.
The freaking crackers served to us as appetizers costs 3 freaking dollars!
Wth!
My mum could have fried that for less than a dime!

The Phai Thai looked so inviting but looks can be deceiving.
We ended up not finishing our food...see!
Yuck factor: 8/10
2 words: NEVER AGAIN
Swensen's was definitely a welcome respite.
I got myself my fav Cookies Summit and Kar Sien got himself some Malted Milkshake.
And i spent the next 1 hr bitching to him about the kind of people i hate and how Noor and i got together.
Hahahahaha.
Thanks Mr Kat for the wonderful and not to mention, a memorable day out!

2006-12-19T23:45:00.000+08:00

SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU...NADIA & RUDY

16/12/06

A momentus day for my baby sis.

She became a Mrs.

Am so happy for my sis and my dear bro-in-law, Rudy.

Doesnt she look gorgeous?!

Cant believe she is married!

She's has always been the flighty one.

But everyone knew she was gg to be the first to marry off.

Hahaha.

Im celebrating becos i now have the room all to myself.

Mine, mine, all mine!

Muhahahaha!

But im starting to miss the nightly conversations we usually have as we prepare to doze off.

I miss my sister, though she can sometimes be the bane of my very existence.

So was really busy the whole of saturday, attending to the throngs of guests at the void deck.

I didnt even eat the whole day, unless you count the very late dinner that i had over at Rudy's wedding reception which i attended with some of my cuzzins.

I kinda had fun helping out.

Wonder how it will be like when my turn comes.

Yikes.

Shall not think too much about it lest it freaks me out.

Hahaha.

Am more afraid for Noor cos he has more reason to be worried about.

Trust me on that.

Nyahaha!

Rudy aka The Groom.........................Nadia aka The Bride

My sis, me and Haziq (one of the defacto grandkids wearing the top i got for him and Ezan..soo cute rite!) Dun let appearances fool you...my sis is very fair, my bro is fair and im the "Keling" (Indian) at home hahaha! I just got a lil' fairer as i grew older...still very much the "Keling" :)

2006-12-19T15:51:00.000+08:00

Good Morning!

The day cant seem to get any better when i see Noor the first thing in the morning!

Hehehe.

What more if both of us are clad in the same colour albeit in different shades.

Trust me, its a coincidence.

We dun plan this sort of things unlike some people i know.

Hahaha.

Think our sense of telepathy has got better through the years hehehe.

Yesterday we headed down to get our fav breakfast and we did some minor shopping (as usual).

Got myself a new huge photo frame, some flowers and a vacuum, yes a vacuum.

Heh.

We then got some new stuff affixed, which was cool.

Now he insists that it is his and no longer adamant that it is mine.

Idiot, i noe.

Hahaha.

We got to meet a cat named Xiao Maow Mi.

It has a Chinese name cos the owner is obviously Chinese.

Hahaha.

So cute and playful.

She even decided that she wanted to go at the flowers on my sandals!

Watched Eragon at our favourite cineplex.

Noor went in sceptical, came out a believer.

Hahaha.

We both loved the show!

Ed Speleers is sooooooooooo absolutely delectable!

Jeremy Irons's a dreamboat.

But as with the Harry Potter series, the book is definitely a better measure of the story.

But go watch it...im getting the DVD once its out.

Hehe.

Such an uplifting feeling when i stepped out of the theatre.

Helps that the main ost is Avril Lavigne's "Keep Holding On"

Very, very apt.

*******************

The day before my sis got married, Noor and I went to the Nike sale at Expo.

Alas, the crowd and queue (you have to see it to believe it) made it impossible to browse, let alone purchase anything.

Had wanted to get myself a pair of running shoes so that i could start losing the flab and regaining the FAB.

Hahaha.

That's our new year's resolution.

To live healthy.

So Noor's next off day came after my sis's wedding.

The poor dear couldnt even make it for the wedding cos he couldnt take the day off.

So the next day we went to Queensway shopping centre.

I ended up buying cute mini skirt which surprisingly won the affections of my Mummy.

Hahaha.

As well as a pair of jeans.

I got Noor a pair as well cos he's wanted some durable, non-expensive ones that he can use for riding.

Finally got the running shoes i wanted though its a bit too pink for my androgynous taste.

Hehehe.

The model is the exact same one that i saw during the Nike sale though that one was in yellow.

They actually had the yellow one in Queensway but somehow, i decided that the pink one looks better on me.

Pink.

Not really my colour but i dun really give a damn cos im running in it, not modelling in it.

Anyway, the colour is a good deterrent for my errant lil' brother who by the way, successfully ruined my other blue Nike pair which i had worn for a grand total of 2 times, by squeezing his oversized feet into them.

My shoes died a horrible death.

I was just sorry that they had to suffer at my brother's feet for as long as they did.

Their soles (souls) were literally ripped away from their body.

Im not kidding.

Hahahaha.

I have an idiot for a brother.

I had to tell him that there is a reason that shoes have sizes!

Aaaargh!

I created a Slide Show! Check it out!

2006-12-11T00:11:00.001+08:00

A week without Noor...

Has been hell.

He's been working extra shifts and ive been making dates with my friends and kids.

We just kept missing each other this whole week.

Saw him last on Sunday when we attended his friend's wedding...you know, the one with the weird girl...yes, that one!

Hahaha.

Sidetrack: Saw her today at Vivo. Blessed. She didnt see me!

After the whole morning spent with my parents and the kiddies, Noor and I met up.

Since we didnt have anywhere to go, i suggested we go to Vivo.

Yes, that's twice in a row.

I had the whole thing mentally planned out.

We would go to Vivo, then to Bugis and then to Orchard.

Got my candies and after about 1 hr, we decided that we wanted to go to Expo instead.

There's the John Little sale there and i thought we could get Noor some nice shirts.

It turned out to be so much fun!

I almost managed to convince him to get this really old school looking shirt from crocodile.

It was so retro and i love it.

He wasnt so sure he could pull it off.

But, i think im gg to get it for him if i ever see it again and then force him to wear it.

Hahahaha!

We left Expo but our shopping escapade continued.

Noor was feeling generous cos he was apologetic for neglecting me the whole week...aint he sweet?

So i got myself a nice pair of khaki and sweater from Abercrombie.

Noor got himself a nice pair of Volcom knee-length shorts and a really cute Tommy Hilfiger polo shirt which i chose of cos hehehe.

There's more shopping to be done next week.

I feel it in my bones.

Hahaha.

We wanted to head back to Vivo to try the chicken rice there but the traffic was so bloody horrible that we ended up having dinner at Al Azhar.

Noor was bopping around to the music while he was eating.

Can you believe it?

I almost choked on my food!

But i really enjoyed myself yesterday.

Nothing beats spending quality time with your loved ones.

3 pics i took yesterday...with captions...enjoy :)

I created a Slide Show! Check it out!

2006-12-10T13:55:00.001+08:00

Spent the entire morning yesterday entertaining my parents and their defacto grandkids!(my next-door-neighbour's grandkids heh)
I didnt have to meet Noor until later in the afternoon so i obliged.
The 2 kiddies wanted to follow cos they knew they were in for a whole morning of fun and most importantly, food.
Hahaha.
We went to NUS which also happens to be my dad's workplace to get some stuff from his office.
Went over to Orchard to my sis's workplace next to get some of the gifts her friends have already showered on her.
Then it was off to Geylang to get some Haj stuff for my dad's frens who are gg away for this coming Haj.
Speaking of Haj, Im so proud to say that this year im gg to korban kambing (trans: sacrifice a lamb) cos my dad says its good to do this every year since we have the means. Its just our way of giving to the less fortunate cos the meat from the sacrificed lamb will be given to the less fortunate. So my dad is sacrificing one and im sacrificing one. Im not gg to the mosque cos i personally dun like to see animals being killed. So im just gg to pray for the lamb.
Hehehe.
Anyway, since we were in the Geylang area, i suggested that we eat at Arnold's.
Ezan was bent on KFC but i managed to convince him...wasnt too hard after he was served with the chicken.
He tucked right in as a sign of his approval.
Hahahaha!
Haziq had no preference cos he would even eat a stone if i put ketchup on it.
Hehehe.
After filling our tummys, we went to the old Woodlands interchange to drop of the Haj stuff before heading back home.
Met Noor at around 4 and i had so much fun shopping with my dear...will blog abt it later.
I better get ready.
Gotto head down to sheng siong to get some stuff with my parents and sis and the 2 kiddies.
Later...

meow

2006-12-07T22:47:00.000+08:00

Meow

There's this cat at my place who likes to follow me.

Everywhere.

In the lift, up the stairs, in front of my door.

U name it.
Think she has recognised my scent.

She has gotten so fat over the past couple of months.

Decided to monkey around with her yest.

She was striking so many different poses for the camera.

Hehehe.

She's like so "manja".

Chooooo cute!

at jp

2006-12-07T22:46:00.000+08:00

With my 2 fav chicas

I was really groggy after i got home from the chalet at 1am the previous night.

But if Wens could make the tumultuous effort to get her butt down to Jurong Point at 930 am from Simei, i can definitely drag my lazy a** body outta my bed and into the shower!

Okay so Ra was late too cos she had to take pics of her niece whom we affectionately call Michiko.

Hehehe.

It was 945 when we finally reached Mac's and we were greeted by a groggy looking Wens who was looking at the both of us with piercing-menacing (or so she would have you think hehe) eyes.

Hahahaha.

The Mac breakfast was fantastic esp since it has been a very long time since the 3 of us last ate Macs.

Wens was telling us about her experience during the officer training course for NCDCC and i was relating to them about that weird fiancee of Noor's fren.

They totally find her weird but they concluded that her fiance was equally weird too.

Hahaha.

Ra worked me up into stitches when she talked about her ___________ received the news of her __________________.

Muhahahahaha!

Ra's facial appointment wasnt until 1 so we decided to go up to Swensen's and have dessert.

When it came time for Ra to leave, Wens and I decided that we wanted to walk around for a bit.

We went to the 3rd floor and i suddenly have an itch to go for a manicure...so did Wens.

I refuse to blog about what happened in there but all i can say is that the Malay girls working at B.B. are super b******!

I will never put a foot there even if it was the last nail shop there is.

I dun know if they knew im Malay or not but they happily bitched about all the customers that they were "pampering".

One of the Malay girls was tending to me while the other 2 were working on the same bulky Chinese lady.

They had the audacity to bitch about this Chinese lady in Malay.

Something about not wanting to give her a drink cos they were betting that she probably hadnt brushed her teeth!

How racist is that?

And from the moment i entered the shop, the 3 of them had already given me a look of displeasure.

F***!

This is why Malays rarely succeed in business cos they love to pick and choose customers!

And then give shoddy service!

The worst part about it was that they dun even own the shop.

Think the shop belonged to the Chinese lady who tended to Wens.

I was so pissed off!

I so cant stand these minas!

To think that i even tried to be nice and flashed the occasional smile at them!?!

And they simply gave me a look that says, "Why the hell did you just do that for?"

F***!

Lesson learnt no 1: Always pick and choose the right nail salon if you dun want your theraputic session to go awry!

Lesson learnt no 2: Make sure there are no Malay manicurists.

2d bbq

2006-12-07T21:14:00.000+08:00

Amused and Bloated

Our bowling session got cancelled again cos the "good sheperd had to tend to his sheeps."

Okay, so it wasnt entirely his fault since he wasnt dg it willingly.

Hahaha.

Anyway, Kar Sien and I decided to get a lil' something for our 2D kids.

We wanted to get those sparklin fruit juice and i had vehemently told him that we ought to try the Esso at Bukit Batok cos they have them there.

But noooooo....

He wants to stop by the NTUC at Pasir Ris.

Ya, like we knew if there were any NTUC in that god-forsaken place.

I decided to be helpful and told him that we should just head on down to Elias Mall.

When we got there, no NTUC in sight.

Obviously Kar Sien gave the smug look and proclaimed that " See, no NTUC!"

Fine..i can see that!

So they obviously didnt have any sparklin juice.

Hehehe.

I suggested getting ice-cream instead.

So problem solved.

And no unnecessary bloodshed.

Hahaha.

We didnt have to look hard to find their chalet cos they were already awaiting our "royal" arrival.

Hahahaha.

They had plenty of food and i was shamelessly chowing down on the stingray and squid.

Mmmmmm....yummy!

When i say i eat like a pig, im not exaggerating...i just dont share their table manners.

Took a lot of pics and were constantly being entertained by the kids.

Entertainer of the night award: Jun Chi

Hahaha.

If only he puts in as much effort in his studies as he did cracking us up...

Our dear Mr Kat tried his hands at bbqing and he decided that he wanted to bbq some crabmeat.

He ate like 2 before i took one from off the grill and popped it in my mouth.

Ewww..

Have you ever tasted crabmeat glazed with garlic?

I hope you never.

Hahaha.

He then laughed citing that he accidentally glazed the crabmeat with the garlic spread instead of the butter spread.

I could have forgiven him as the two were in identical cups and they looked the same under the badly lit lampost if not for the fact that he could have smelled the 2 spread first!

I doubt he would have missed the garlicy smell!

Hehehehe.

Later Kar Sien got so thirsty that he was complaining of dehydration.

Hahaha.

He disappeared for like close to 1/2 and hr and emerged with 2 huge plastic bags of drinks!

Of cos since i refused to accompany him (cos i was dead beat), and accounting for his vengeful nature, he made me join the kids for their night walk.

It was already 1130 when we began the night walk.

Kinda fun but a lil scary.

We headed for the beach and Izmir went like..." Eh dun go that side..got swam"

Muhahhahah.

We all burst out laughing cos what he really meant was swamp!

Then we got attacked by ferocious little sand flies.

God, they really felt nasty on the skin.

We headed back to the chalet after Pris and the kids went to look for some snakes (they found only mudskippers hahahaha), while Ming Hui, Kar Sien, our kids Si Min, Maryanne and Weisheng and myself waited by the pavement.

Si Min, Maryanne and Weisheng were scaring themselves with ghost stories and made up sightings!

Hahaha.

These kids just love to scare themselves and they are so good at it that it spills over into the classroom and they scare the teachers with their grades.

Hahahaha.

I was so exhausted by the time we finally headed back home.

Something hilarious happened on the way home and i shall not embarrass Kar Sien by blogging about it.

Since he did send me all the way to my door steps.

But it was like something that came out of a comedy show.

Hahahahaha.

Here are some meshed up pics of me and some of the kids.

Sadali and me.

Izmir and me.

Kwai Ga and me.

Hafiz and me.

Our star footballer, Zahrul and me.

Pris, Ming Hui, (i dunno her name but she is a relief teacher), Kar Sien and me.

2006-12-04T18:47:00.000+08:00

Get me a new telcom company!

Good golly.

Its such an insult to me that i just got to noe the latest news about my dear fren Ra.

Im such a K.P.O.

Starhub has once again proved to be highly f**ked up!

Seems that Wens and Ra has been continually messaging me and yet they think i have gone awol on them.

"Ra, ________________________? Is _______________"

"Ya babe, i told you the day ______________________ but you didnt reply."

*Nat curses and swears at the stooopid telcom company*

"Aiya! I was wondering why you had nothing to say la babe...Unusual behaviour from you la ha ha ha!"

Ra knows me too well.

Finally made plans with Ra and Brat on Wed.

I miss them so much.

I miss Tiffany too...

I just so bad at keepin' in contact.

I have like tons of work that i have kept at bay but i will need to submit my finalised SOW for sec1 and 2 hist by the 15th.

Ill be so busy then helping my parents.

Shucks!

I totally forgot about the costumes i sent for sewing!

Double shucks!

Arrrgh!

Nvr...no need to panic...

Noor can definitely accompany me to Geylang.

Sucha dodgy place.

My dad has barred me from going there alone or even with Noor cos there were like so many Indo guys (they looked like illegal immigrants to me) hanging around and if they were to band together, not even my "hunky-dory" Noor would be able to take them on.

Hahaha.

The last time we went, there were no signs of these illegalites.

Thank God.

Just getting those costumes sewn is gg to cost me a bomb.

You should see how Noor's face lit up in disbelief hahaha.

It will set me back...oh...about $300 freaking!

What do they use to sew these days?

Golden needles and threads?!

Grrrrr!

But i cant like air my grievances to my mummy cos she paid for those materials.

And that costs her about $300++.

So thanks mummy!

Love you!

Hehehe.

Anyway I have no choice, my mum expect me to look my best!

Not like im getting married...yet.

Hahaha.

*Noor always says, "Like mother, like daughter."*

I can tell that he is afraid...very afraid...

Muahahhaa!

Okay so apart from Ra's TW and my impending bankruptcy, i recently learnt that one of my frens from uni and who also happens to be Noor's pri school fren is getting hitched in a couple of months' time.

Not surprising if she was getting married to her bf.

But she's not.

Her bf is also one of Noor's closest buddies and we both knew about their split in Jan this year. Was just chatting with Noor's mum and she told me that my fren was getting married.

*Noor's mum is a fren of our fren's family.

Noor's mum just wanted to see the reaction on my face.

And she was like, "Kan terkejutkan Shasha?"

*trans: Shocking rite Shasha...she calls me shasha..hehehe.

I really cannot fathom how one could just give up on a relationship they have built on for like 7or 8 years (i think) and then find somebody else in like a few months after that.

I wouldnt know cos you cant simply judge and put a certain label on a person for his or her actions alone.

I sincerely hope she will find the happiness she seeks.

****************

Okay so tmr's bowling day with my colleagues.

Had actually wanted to bowl today after an over-excited Kar Sien rang me up at noon hahaha.

But too many missing kakis....Chin Fen's gone back to Penang, Yiyuan was somewhere in Malaysia when he smsed me, Pris and Ming Hui were busy preparing for 2D's chalet cos they are the outgg mentors and Benny had made plans already.

Janne was missed when she couldnt join us for the session we had earlier this week.

You must see Kar Sien bowl to believe it.

Benny's can bowl pretty well.

Cant say the same for me but i always try hard.

Hahaha.

Plus after bowling, Kar Sien and I have to grace 2D's barbeque chalet with our royal presence.

Hahahaha.

Guan Yeow had earlier smsed me and reminded me to bring extra clothes "in case get pushed in."

I assume its into the pool.

You see how scheming and yet not-so-smart 2D can sometimes be.

Hahaha.

I'll definitely steer clear away from the pool.

But then again they might just dunk water on us like 2B did on our Mr Kat.

Whatever it is, im game cos ill get my revenge when i see them struggling in sec 3 next year.

Muhahaha.

Revenge can be ultra-sweet.

Okay i need to take a breather and watch these old vcds of Take That that i managed to uncover.

Gonna feast my eyes.

Good nite world.

my cutie pie

2006-12-04T01:31:00.000+08:00

Noor striking an almost cool pose.

Hahaha.

His sense of fashion has improved leaps and bounds under my omnipresent eyes.

Hehehe.

I got him the top...nice rite *wink wink*

Must get him some more shirts esp since a lot of our frens are getting married beginning next year.

Can you believe his parents have already gotten several invitation cards for weddings in Dec 07!!

Kiasu like hell man!

Just look at him...

Hahaha.

He's cute when he's not angry with me.

Period.

a lovely day!

2006-12-04T00:22:00.000+08:00

A day for appreciatin' what im blessed with :)

As I rattle on, you will realise what my post is all about.

I didnt put the title there for no reason rite.

I totally forgot about my lunch date with wens and ra!

I was feeling so bored that i actually called up Noor to entertain me.
Its really STARHUB's fault.

Can you believe i just got brat's sms!

Its like 1230 am!

Im sorry brat...ill make it up to you.

Promise.

**************

Accompanied Noor to his colleague's wedding in Bedok.

A nice quaint affair which i liked very much.

Very simple, yet meaningful.

So met a whole horde of his friends from work.

I know about 5 or 6 of them already cos we actually went out for a karaoke session a few weeks ago, where i came back at like 4 am in the morning hehehe.

But it was fun.

Now i know why Noor loves gg to work.

The guys are nice and terribly funny but one of their fiancee is super weird!

Hahaha.

I wun do her any justice if i were to list down the weird things she does.

Let's just say that im thankful i have Noor and Noor's thankful he has me.

Hehe.

Im seldom pretentious.

Have gotten more so since uni.

So i just stuck to Noor and i refused to utter a single word to that weirdo.

Hahaha.

I can be so mean sometimes.

But you really cannot blame me, seriously.

We met with many of his other colleagues and they were looking so surprised that their dear Noor brought along his fiancee.

I even caught one of them giving him a thumbs up, behind my back.

Weirdos.

Hahaha.

The food was quite good and i had a generous helping cos i was so hungry!

*Im still a growing girl...growing horizontally...yikes!*

After the wedding reception, Noor and i decided to hang out at East Coast Park.

Finally got to see the cable ski park which was really enticing.

Noor was particularly *itchy* to get on the wakeboard.

So was i.

Kinda expensive but the cost shouldnt deter one so interested like Noor.

He was ranting about how he wanted to mount the ramps and try some stunts.

I burst his bubbles when i told him that he will need his own board to do stunts on the ramps cos it wasnt allowed if he was using the rental equipments.

So we went to check out the price of the wakeboards and blimey, they are nearly 2 grand each!

Wohoo!

Told him that i could get it for him, only if he promised me that it will be a sport that he's taking on.

Not for leisure.

Not for stunts only.

He's still deciding.

Hahaha.

Think we'll come back for a try soon.

I have a nagging doubt that i would be able to even stand on the board, let alone balance on it once the cord yanks me.

Falling on my face at about 30km/hr into saltwater will definitely not be a pretty nor painless sight.

Hahaha.

We lazed around the beach and just sat and ate some ice-cream.

Suddenly i had an itch to take some photos.

We took some photos earlier in the day before we went to the wedding reception.

Hilarious shots i tell you.

But very nice.

I'll upload em as and when i feel like it hahhaha.

Then we headed to Orchard and window-shopped till we dropped.

Gosh it was tiring.

Trying to beat the Orchard crowd.

I hate people!

Hahaha.

Here's a picture we took just now, with Noor trying to fake a smile.

I hate it when he does that.

And he knows it!

Arrrgh!

If you have noticed, ive been doing modifications to the pics i post on my blog..

Kinda cool rite.

Im so outdated hahaha.

People have been doing this since yonks ago.

I appreciate him for being there...not all the time, but when i need him most.

I appreciate him for correcting me...when im wrong.

I appreciate him for loving my strengths...and my flaws.

I appreciate him for all the sacrifices...for us.

I appreciate his trust...especially when we are apart.

I appreciate God...for the love of my life.

kranjigradnite2006

2006-12-03T09:51:00.000+08:00

Kranji Graduation Nite 2006

From clockwise direction: Yiyuan, Kar Sien, Benny, Nat, Chin Fen, Priscilla, Ming Hui and Janne.

*Priscilla and Minghui are our dear contract teachers who would be leaving us soon for the sanctuary of NIE hahaha....i hope they come back cos they have been such great colleagues and frens to us.

No.

We were not the ones graduating.

Hahahaha.

The sec 4s and 5s had their grad nite 6 daes ago on the 27th of Nov.

Orchard Hotel.

Though the theme was world culture,

no one turned up looking like a red indian, an eskimo or even donned on a scottish kilt armed with a bagpipe!

Muahahaha.

I had guessed as much cos it only natural that everyone wanted to look their prettiest and "handsomest" (got such a word or not? hahaha)

I didnt have to drown myself in work that day so i went out with Noor in the morning and we kept each other company until ard 4 pm.

Wished he could have joined me cos i didnt want him to be so alone.

Anyways, i made my way home and decided that i didnt want to take the bus that the school had chartered for us.

So called up Chin Fen and we arranged to meet and go together.

So nice to see Chin Fen dress up...soooo pretty!

I had initially thought that i didnt wanna wear a dress cos Janne wasnt dressing up.

But after "consulting" my dear Chin Fen, i tot i might as well wear a friggin dress cos i'd already ironed it hahaha.

Traffic was bad, coupled with the incessant rain.

Sooo many accidents.

I actually saw a guy lying down on the ground, with his helmet still intact, unable to move after being hit by a car.

Thats the second time already.

Okay..happy thoughts!

Saw a couple of my students in the lobby and i was like..."Weimun, you look like a girl!" hahahhaha.

Had to pose for so many pictures that i nearly got blind!

I remembered my JC prom...it was similar to this but it was held at the Mandarin Hotel.

Gosh...so many bad/funny things happened hahaha.

It was definitely a nite of revelations.

Thats another story for another time.

The kids looked so grown up!

Some of them had impeccable dress sense but i could have sworn i would have called up the fashion police on many of the kids.

Hahaha.

When dressing, i always go for simplicity.

And with the occasionally accessories.

Though i decided to go retro that nite.

Or maybe im just boring or lack the eye for fashion.

Yeah, maybe that's it.

Retro.

Errrmmm.

I feel old.

Hahaha.

The food was quite good minus the tandoori lamb which made me almost puke.

They had a horrible horrible magician who goes by the misnomer KIKI.

With a name like that, who would take him seriously?

Hahahaha.

But the highlight of the night would have to be the host.

He brings an all new meaning to the phrase "the host with the most"

He is sooooo cute!

Learnt from Fazy (she's part of the grad committee) that he is one of Cleo's most eligible bachelor.

Joshua Tan.

He looks more angmoh than anything else but with a superb tan. (he looks like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson but far more better looking)

Ahhhhhhh!

He was gyrating on stage and the girls were all screaming, me included.

The teachers at my table were once again reminded of how childlike and childish i can be.

Hehehe.

Oh so cute!

But Noor is still way cuter!

2006-11-30T23:21:00.000+08:00

2D will love this hahaha!

i tot i make a panorama of myself and Kar Sien...one of my dearest colleague and fren.

He is like one of the funniest guy on EARTH!

Though his English is terrible..i know cos i have to keep on correcting him (an occupational hazard i must say hahaha), he comes up with really witty one liners which are just so out of this world.

Despite his "bad English",

He would always go the extra mile for a fren...

He accompanied me on the first day of ELDDS camp just 2 days ago...

But i had to pay a heavy price for it.

2 hrs of Mariah Carey's acting.

Hahahaha!

But must say "Wise Girls" was definitely a million times better than glitter!

And we stayed up to prepare instant noodles for some of my EL kids who suffered from hunger pangs at like 3 freaking am!

Gosh! Hahaha!

I had initially placed my sleeping bag near Fazlin's place but Mr Kat assured me that I didnt want to be sleeping there.

No need for second thoughts really hahaha.

So we decided to plonk ourselves in the middle of the staff room in full blast of the aircon!
Gery came in soon after and i had a little chat with her while Kar Sien slept...actually our "little" chat lasted for an hour hahaha.

"Gery, go and sleep lah...my eyes cant take this anymore...You got the exercise matress rite...Karsien and i got one each and Choon Wa took the last on one the chair."

"Ermmm, actually those are my mats hahaha..."

Hahahaha...but Gery's sweet and thank god she had her sleeping bag!

Cos i would have still fought for that sleeping mat!

Hehehehe!

So back to Kar Sien.

Don't you think he is such a nice guy? Hehehe

So sweet...so ladies, he's 25 although he will have you think he is 24... single and available.

Hahaha.

These pics were taken over 2 days during our annual strategic planning meeting held in Changi Hotel.

Rather posh and a stark yet subtle contrast to the surrounding Changi Village area.

We had our DISC profiling done on an earlier Monday.

Its just this personal behavioural analysis test that categorises you into 4 dominant categories.

Namely D-where one is dominant, direct....@ my dear EL HOD, Serene hehehe...

I- where one is highly interactive, hyper, flighty, insipiring...believe it or not, i fall under this category hahaha. So does Gery and Fazlin...all the drama mamas!

S- where you get the stable, cautious and one who has clearly defined directions and goals...Chin Fen and Yi Yuan...Chin Fen is a super super S.

C- where one is very pragmatic and precise, and vengeful...Kar Sien and Benny, both great eg of Cs.

Hahahaha!

1st day.

We had a full day of interactive and fun activities done to highlight the characteristics of these different types of individuals.

The 2nd pic shows u a building of the future Kranji as envisioned by the groups of Is (there were 14 of us, compared to 5 Ds, and the bulk of the teaching staff fell under S and C)...and boy was it full of nonsense...we were just spontaneous, no task delegation, no colour coding...we just started and we found it hard to stop constructing....and to stop laughing hehehe.

We were more concerned about having fun than anything else.

And so, we Is work that way hahaha.

You can imagine how Kranji ELDDS is being run.

With 3 extremely high Is.

Muaaaahahaha!

And there's a "paparazzi" shot of Mr Kat hahaha...

Got him the cute alien plush cos just look at the uncanny resemblance!

And anyway, it has "Im an alien" sewn on it!

How can i not !

Hehehehe.

2nd day.

The first half of the day was all fun and games but after lunch we had our strategic planning with presentations from the various commitees and their plans for next year while the rest of us gave constructive feedbacks.

So i shall spare you details on the 2nd half of the day.

Hehehe.

In the morning, we were placed into different groups and my group included Chin Fen, Ashley, Christabel, Mdm Tan and Amy.

We had to make our way to 5 different stations around the Changi Village area and we had 2 hours to complete all the task.

At each station, each group will be timed and the group with the fastest completion time will be ranked 1 at that particular station.

So the winning team will be decided based on their performance at every individual station and not how long we took to get to every station.

So we dilly-dallied...ahahahaha.

We got to our first station, which was in the coffeeshop in Changi Village and we saw the station master, Cikgu Zainal who was eating lontong!

Hahaha..he is one hilarious guy!

We had to complete a string of 5 words using the names of food found in surrounding stalls.

We were so good tat we didnt even have to move away from our spot while the rest of the groups searched the entire cofeeshop hahaha.

We completed it in the record time of 2 minutes ++.

Then off to Soon Kit's station where we had to pitch a tent while being blindfolded!

We managed to do it in 8 minutes.

I swear that Karen (from the other group) purposely stepped on one of my rods!

"Eh...who's stepping on my rod???"

"Eh, not me ah! I never step on people's rod...*snigger snigger*" (Karen's unmistakable voice)

Hahahha...that could have easily shaved off another 2 minutes from our original timing!

Then we got complacent...but i think we just had too many short people in the group!

We came to Kai Ming's toxic waste station and our task was to lift the volleyball (toxic waste) over the top pillar of this really high ceiling using only softball sticks!

Of cos we tried and tried and we tried but we just couldnt get it over the freaking pillar.

So we decided to put infinity as our timing hahahha.

Moving on...

We got to Chee Ping's station where i didnt bother to even think cos it was such a mathematical situation we were in.

Had to move people from 2 sides simultaneously to the opposite side, respectively.

We got the initial 3 tries wrong but we soon got into the game and we finished it in 3 minutes...think we were the 2nd fastest group!

Last station.

Maybelline's station where we had to cross over to the other side of a maze.

We had to resort to a trial-and-error method and we were half-way there but it suddenly poured and we took shelter in one of the unoccupied chalets hahaha.

We resumed the game but we made Maybelline throw us a new set of route!

And guess what?

We were the fastest team to complete the station, clocking in at 2 minutes ++.

Guess, the only rotten station that we encountered was the toxic waste station!

And so our group came in 2nd!

Hoooray!

We got back to the hotel and we got the white set of the Kranji drifit polo t-shirts for teachers. The black one was not yet ready so think we'll get that when school reopens.

So we got down to the meeting proper and by the end of the day,

i was in a not-so-good state of mind.

Our school deployment for 2007 was momentarily flashed on the screen.

Im no longer in ELDDS but in a new CCA.

NCC.

And i finally have a CDC...im in the I & E com.

That's short for innovation and enterprise.

I was not feeling good cos ill definitely miss my ELDDS kids.

So you can imagine how Noor had to console me when he came to pick me up in the afternoon.

He knew that there was only one thing that could console me.

He led us to Vivo and he allowed me to pick 2 things i wanted to get for myself.

I got myself a nice top from Pull & Bear but i couldnt find the nice mini skirt tat i was contemplating of getting the last time i was there.

U will believe me when i say that i have yet to wear the stuff Noor got for me the last time we went shopping.

I went shopping after a meeting at Bugis just the other day and i got myself 4 dresses in all shapes and colours in a span of 2 hours.

Think i need help.

Hahaha.

I did feel better at the end of the day but i would still miss the kids esp after their great showing of their SYF performance in front of the P yesterday.

The P didnt even realise i was in the room then she turned around once again and was startled when she saw me and said, "Eh, Natasha...i didnt realise you were here...you look just like one of them (my kids)!"

Hahaha.

But good job guys....go for GOLD ya!

2006-11-30T21:00:00.000+08:00

Take That!

Ahhhhh!!!

Finally got to see the video for Take That's latest single!

Patience.

Beautifully sums up the 10 year wait...

Ahhhh!

Believe it or not, i do list down the things i want to see happening before the start of every year and think one that has to appear on every single one of my wishlists has to be the triumphant return of Take That!

Yes, i was a groupie hahahaha!

But what the hell, i loooove them to bits!

it would have been better if good ole Robbie was part of it again...

you noe esp after he cancelled his concert in Singapore which i was so looking forward to!!

Bluergh!

Mark Owen hasnt aged a bit...chooo cute!

My sis will go berserk when i show her this later hahaha...

Her ultimate dream guy happens to be "anything that looks and smiles like Mark Owen"

Hahahaha...

Too bad Rudy doesnt cut it though he is cute in his own spastic ways.

Well, enjoy the video....today rawks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFhkhRZhDas

Edited: Ahhhh!....

Im gg hysterical! i forgot how good Take That was LIVE! They sound so much better live!...Ahhhhh! Im like a 12 year old kid all over again! *bites nails* Ahhhhh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hxv-M-PfhA

He stole my heart! Hehehe!

2006-11-28T17:02:00.000+08:00

2006-11-11T16:56:00.000+08:00

Kranji Secondary Open House 2007

For those more visually inclined, im sorry but this is a blog entry with no pics watsoever hehe.

I did take a couple of pics of the history booth with some of my kiddies but its with Ms Koh so you'll have to wait till she pass it to moi.

On the 4th of Nov, Kranji had an open house to cater to the large number of parents who wanted to have a feel of the school and make an informed decision for the school selection exercise.

I was "selected" (cos im so good, obviously hahaha) to take charge of the booth together with Fazlin.

So the 2 of us, being highly efficient, managed to put our creative juices together at the last minute (cos thats when they are most potent heh) and were able to come up with several games for the visitors to try their hands on. Of cos we had displays of our kids' work and a wide selection of textbooks and videos to exhibit too.

Had help from Fazy' kids, Shairah and Izzat oh and my dear Kwai Ga...Shairah was especially helpful and extremely patient with me...sucha sweet girl..

So we had several games and quizes to test the kids and i was explaining to the parents what we really do in class and i had to convince them that history IS and not history WAS.

Wah, so deep rite hahaha...

Must say im a historian through and through.

Oh ya, i saw Mrs Catherine Chan, my ever so fav hist teacher who taught me when i was in sec school.

Upper sec...and since we were the only Exp class doing History, we had the distinction of being under the tutelage of a HOD.

She was in NIE doing some seminar which i had to attend but i didnt have the privilege to have her as my facilitator though she did facilitate Auntie's class!

So i ran into her and she was like "Natasha...Mrs Chan! Ahhhhh!" in the ladies hahaha!

She went like..."you are a teacher now? What are you teaching?"

"You guess?"

She totally freaked out when i told her that i was teaching history and lit.

"Why didnt you apply to come back to Boon Lay Sec? I really need history teachers!"

Told her i didnt noe that Boon Lay Sec had a shortage and if i knew i would have obviously preferred to go back to my alma mater.

So she asked me if i completed uni and stuff and she ended with a " you have made my day...i feel so gratified..all my hard work in class paid off afterall..."

So heart-warming right?! Hahahaha

She passed me her name card and she forced me to keep in touch and if i ever needed materials or any sort of help, she assured me that i could count on her.

A teacher's love for her students does trancends time and even after 12 years, she still wanted to see me do well...

This is what great teachers are made of...

She still looks the same just less daunting than i remember...

I was positively terrified of her man! The sound of her clicking heels were enuff to make me sink into my seat before i even caught a flutter of her red dress and scarlet-painted nails!

But she was an impactful teacher...something i aspire to be...

But i wish to be something more too..

I want to be able to inspire my kids...

An unrealisic dream? Perhaps...but not impossible...

2006-11-10T01:10:00.000+08:00

Meet the Hashims

Noor's parents came over my place today and of cos they had a nice time chatting about us and how Noor and i are perennially stuck at the hips hehehe...and they eventually sidetracked to talking about the paranormal. So there have been sightings. And ive seen some of it...scary but i really cant do much but to live with it. Im just glad that its just the area and not my house. Paranormal stuff outside the house is totally acceptable hahaha. Noor's mum insisted that i follow them jalan raya today so i dutifully tailed them. His parents are supernice and go out of their way to make me feel like im part of their family. I call this "the transition period" hehehe. Gosh, i have so much to blog about. So let me just list down the things i need to blog about before it slips my mind.

1. Jalan Raya with Noor's family...without Noor!

2. Kranji Open House 2007 (tis is for my kid, Sadali)

3. Sec 2 Streaming Exercise...just typing this down makes my blood boil...

That's about it...good nite world...

Wowee....

2006-11-06T17:01:00.000+08:00

2006-11-06T10:31:00.000+08:00

With nothing else to do

For those in the know, i have been slated as an invigilator for the entire duration of the 'O' levels examinations.

I cant tell you how ridiculously bored that makes me.

Honestly speaking, i rather be the one sitting for the paper.

I take that back hahahaha.

Least, i have the "freedom of movement" to qoute Gery and Fazy hahaha.

This means im not required back in school during the entire month of November.

But i love school too much hahaha.

Anyway, we have to be back for the staff retreat and work plan review.

Gotta meet my HOD for work review too...ill just tell her i sux and my kids will be more than willing to attest to that.

Congrats to my sayang...

You sooo deserve it!

Of cos, he was in a good mood and since am an opportunist (to a large extent sometimes hahaha), I dragged him down to Vivo City on Saturday.

We didnt managed to go up the padeo the other time cos the haze was so bad but the view is fantastic...

He got me my 3rd pair of Crocs and something from GAP (ran into Wens and her "lover" Hsia Yi hahaha and on a more worthy note hehe, i finally get to buy their stuff in Singapore and not have to go online to get them like i used to...i hear Ra cheering too heh) and this cute dispenser thingee from one of the avant garde shops.

I find my old pair of Cayman ugly but its pretty ugly...get it? No? Hahaha

Sayang looks good in his.

My second pair was also a gift from Noor...or rather, i coerced him into getting one for me.

My mum has been screaming...as if that will stop me from getting more shoes!

Muaahahaha!

I still have like this pair of red shoes which i got while shopping with Auntie, Ra and Wens a few months back which i have yet to wear.

I totally blame it on the compulsive stashing disorder that i have.

Really.

My good frens noe that i have like at least 10 pieces of clothing or several pairs of shoes at any one time which have not seen the light of day yet.

Hehehe.

And once again, becos of this medically proven disorder which i suffer from, i got myself another pair of cute wedges last week after dinner at Seoul Garden (Bugis) with non other than Ra and Wens.

Apart from my apparent disorder, do you see another pattern emerging???

Hehehehe!

But alas, they ran out of my size so i opted to pay for it first and collect them at a later date.

No problems there hahaha.

Do the math and as of today, i have 3 pairs of new footwear.

*Noor just continues to shake his head...

We popped by Bugis to collect my shoes and do some minor shopping at Bugis Street.

Got myself some new earrings and Noor got himself some stuff too.

We had actually wanted to go to the Airport to try the new halal fast food place..think the name is Popeye or something like that...

But i remembered that Noor have been wanting to try the Nasi Ayam Penyet since like forever so we went to Changi Village instead.

And boy was it worth it!

The bloody thing was darn nice!

It was a gastronomic delight for me but Noor was experiencing a lil' bit of a problem...it was too hot for him...

The poor thing was pespiring profusely. Sure it was hot, but i was a picture of calmness hahahaha!

He was so "paiseh" when i was wiping his sweat from off his face and neck :)

I just had to rub it in when i finished my chicken rice.

"Im done...and not a single drop of sweat!"

Hahahaha.

Ive got invigilation later...uuurgh!

2006-10-30T14:39:00.000+08:00

Loss and Gain

Im OoooLD...My bday has come and gone. Still waiting for my prezzies from Wens, Ra and my bdae buddy in school hahahha. Noor gave me such a nice surprise early in the morning. He crept into the carpark at ard midnite and placed the card and gift neatly on the seat. So when i was abt to head for work early the next morning, i was pleasantly surprised...He is soooooooo sweet...love him...

2006-10-16T13:30:00.000+08:00

Black is back

And so is my black hair.

Had a roaring good time with my parents yesterday.

Dyed my hair jet black.

Dyed my mum's hair jet black.

Dyed my dad's hair jet black.

Let's just say that my parents had to pay a very high price in a desperate attempt to disguise their old age.

My sis, bro and I were practically rolling all over the floor when we realise the product of Nat's hair-dyeing artistry.

Hahahaha.

But they look nice after washing the dye from off their faces hahahaha.

Cant say the same for me...

Think ill be trying to look goth for the next few months hehehe.

2006-10-13T15:27:00.000+08:00

Love, love, love....

2006-10-13T10:39:00.001+08:00

To trust is hardest

When does one go awry?

Why does one stop loving?

Why does one stop caring?

When does one say enough is enough?

Why is trust extremely hard to gain and yet so easily lost?

I feel for a tortured human soul, who is on the verge of giving up.

My words of sympathy will do little to quell its anguish.

As beautiful as love is, the mangled remains of a love lost disturbs.

My prayers.

Let not my love end the same way.

2006-10-09T09:52:00.000+08:00

Marking Hell

A picture does say a thousand words...

Im still lacking 3 sets of compo cos they are with Fazzy.

Managed to slog thru 4 classes of history during the weekend cos Noor had to work.

Didnt meet my target of completing 5 stacks though.

And then 2 more stacks of NA history papers and that ought to do it for history.

For History.

And i have 6 stacks of English compo to mark by this weekend...

Then I'll be history...

Mood: Hungry and Frustrated

2006-10-02T09:25:00.000+08:00

Im feeling happpppppiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee todae...

Life is wonderful.

For now at least.

Im gg shopping later.

And i sooo deserve it!

And guess whose card i have in my dainty lil' hands?

Hehehehe.

Noor's working, so im shopping on his behalf.

Happy, happy...

2006-09-20T14:24:00.000+08:00

A day out with my Noor

(well okay, a few days out hahahaha)

We went to Ikea during the last weekend and i managed to choke up a handsome 3 digit bill...

Got some stuff for the office...for my dear colleagues as well as well as for myself. And lookie...i got myself a cute blue octupus...technically it cant be an octupus cos it only has like 5 tentacles..plus its blue hahaha but its still cute! Tot i'd put it on my table but i already have a big yellow banana (which most of my colleagues found vulgar tsk tsk...) adorning it. So....got Noor to pose with it hahaha. The second pic was taken when we went to Desaru for the holidays...nice rite? NOT! got you for a moment there rite! Hahahaha. I was actually at East Coast for a sandcastle workshop...if only i have kids heeee...now ive got to complete my history e-o-y paper with Fazzie. What is that woman still doing? It's 4++ and im still at the office. Usual knock off time: 630 pm. Damn tired.

Message : Happy bdae Vernon and get lots of rest Sim Lin...

2006-09-18T00:05:00.000+08:00

Happy Teachers' Day to me :)

I had a marvelous first teachers' day! The kids really blew me away...u guys can be so sweet :) Here's to many more Teachers' Day ahead.

The two pseudo princesses on board the bus home from a highly entertaining Teachers' Day Lunch at the Malay Village hahahaha. Who'd ever guess we were once mentor and mentee...love her to bits!

Nat and Janne...she's such a noiiice fren...yes, i have very nice colleagues...hehehe

A gift from one of my boys Qiheng of 2D...he was so coy about the gift hahahaha. It was at though he did not want anyone to see him passing anything to me hehehe. I have one of these coolers, Yiyuan has one, Benny has one, Gery and Faz has 2 each. Lucky Gery had the freaking pink one! (Why cant i get the pink one???? Hmmph!) But no one...and i mean no one can top Kar Sien's...cos like a magician, he pulled out like 6 of the exact same coolers from under his table! hahahhaha...

This is from one of my girls, Kar Yien of 1D. Like all my girls in 1D, i find them so cute! I dunno if you can make out the words but Yiyuan almost laughed his head off when he read it hahahha....idiot!

I have forgotten who gave me this...but i really like it....so cute rite!!! It's sitting pretty on my table now :)

Of the many gifts i got, this has got to be my favourite! ( I had tons of chocs, flowers and many smalll trinkets...the chocs have long been gobbled up hahaha) From Kwai Ga of 2D. She gave me an additional card with this laminated "report card". The message on the card strangely resembled one of the history question i gave them in class, though the subject matter has been altered drastically heh. "Do you agree that Ms Natasha is a good history teacher?" hahahhahaha and of cos to be politically correct, she agreed to a large extent...hahahahahaha! Love, love, love this "report card"...

2006-09-04T22:26:00.000+08:00

Condolences

Steve Irwin

I started loving crocodiles cos of him.

It's a sad day for animal lovers.

God Bless.

2006-08-05T14:11:00.000+08:00

A step before taking the plunge...

My heartiest congrats to a couple of my frens who are gg engaged...

My dear sis Nad...love you so much...

Fizah....my childhood fren...we attended kindergarten and sec school together....

Zanna and Marican....

And my cuz, Kak Huda who is gg to sanding next weekend...which is weird cos she had already solemnised her wedding like 2 mths back hahaha...

2006-07-31T13:53:00.001+08:00

Panda Nat

I have NO life.

Even my weekends are spent marking and devising lessons for my students.

Noor has been complaining.

Well you cant blame him.

I made him staple my students' work over dinner while i mark.

So much for spending quality time together.

I have a treasure trove of unmarked "jewels" under my desk.

Yes, under my desk...becos ignorance is bliss hehehe.

Im in my office rite now, refusing to do work cos im sooo tired.

And i only have 60% of workload cos im a BT!!!

I just wanna sleep and never wake up...

i cant help but feel that im so underpaid...so underpaid...

Even with honours, im still feel that im severely short-changed.

If it wasnt for the love for my charges, i dun think im gg to stay long in the profession.

This sentiment is shared by many of my friends who are in the same line.

But i loooove teaching new things to my kiddies.

Today 2D was very engaged in class.

I appreciated ur undivided attention 2D.

I noe you are tired but you made the effort to be attentive.

Kudos!

Mr Kat was very impressed with your behaviour today.

Hehehe.

Wish you would be as attentive during his Chemistry lessons.

Mr Kat is my dear colleague who wanted to sit in my lesson and observe the way i teach.

My 2D have managed to collectively weaved a marvelous tale of us being a couple.

They even greeted me as Mrs Kat.

Of cos being the semi-disciplinarian that i was, i didnt put up with their nonsense.

Though they occasionally get on my nerves, i really do like my sec 2 classes.

************

On another note, i finally got some good quotations for the wedding reception.

Haiz..poor sayang.

We are trying to see if we could eliminate the unnecessary.

Will still cost him a bomb though.

My mum loves him like her own son.

She goes ard boasting about how he is such a fillial son.

Gosh hahahaha.

And she "endearingly" calls him "Laki kau" haha.

Trans: My husband.

2006-07-27T17:26:00.000+08:00

Been a while since i uploaded a photo of sayang and me. This is us a few months back when we "hijacked" his sister's car and pretended to own it for 3 days hahaha. Pathetic...i noe. Anyway, you dun have to look far and wonder why i have such an expression on my face...Noor kept irritating me cos he went snapshot-crazy that day (he usually has to be coaxed gently into posing for a photo). He's pretending to be shocked....but its just not working for me hahaha.

2006-07-27T17:07:00.000+08:00

My heart bleds...

My 2A kiddies did pretty well in general for their common test, esp after its been a year since they were "Historified"!

And all of them passed :)

However, some of my kids are were visibly disturbed with their grades.

One even shed some tears...

Their passion for history shows...but for some, its the grades that matter.

Either way, i fully emphatise.

Gosh...i feel so bad.

Maybe its my fault...

I dunno what to think.

What i do know is that things can only get better.

I really believe i can do so much more to help them.

Ms Nat now has a new resolution.

We can do it....Ganbatte ne!

2006-07-26T11:12:00.000+08:00

Ramblings of a bored teacher...

In the staff room, at my table.

Its my super free day today cos ive only got 2 periods to teach.

In the teacher's dictionary, free period more often than not, refers to 40 minutes of non-stop marking.

Sigh.

The things i do for my kiddies...

Im in the midst of trying to collate the marks for my sec2 kiddies' hist common test.

Must say, im feel like rather good cos they did better than expected.

Maybe the paper i set was too simple?

Hahaha.

So kids, what Ms Nat infers is that she will have to set a more challenging paper at the end of the year :)

Really looking forward to all the "wonderful", "enlightening" and sometimes out-of-this-world answers.

NOT.

Hahahaha.

*************

Still thinking about it...financing and budgeting is so not my cuppa tea....

2006-07-22T22:28:00.000+08:00

NIE graduation'2006

With ma parents...Daddy was sweet enuff to take a whole day's leave just to attend my function...rite! hahahaha. After the ceremony, he went shopping with Mummy courtesy of moi sob sob. And yet again, my graduation was punctured with disappointment cos Noor wasnt able to make it...As usual, he had work commitments but he did promised him a gift. So i was consoled. Hehehe! What can i say, im easily bought over :P

Here i am, giving in to my usual narcissistic impulses cos i was soooooo bored waiting for my 5 seconds of fame on stage. When it came to receiving my scroll, the deans and principals on stage were whispering to one another, pointing out at me (was it my hair colour???, my stilletoes maybe???) and i even heard two of them go like..."ooooh, look her..." Scary. Wondered what they were talking about hahaha.

Wens and myself after we have "shed" our ugly gowns. Some of us drove down to Baghdad street and grabbed some delectable lunch at one of the restaurants. (cant remember the name of the restaurant). For the rest of the day, i walked around Suntec and Marina with my stilletoes off hahahaha. I think i might have started off a trend cos later, i spotted a few angmohs walking barefooted around the mall. I didnt attract much attention lest you count this bemused Malay guy who kept nugdging his gf to give me a second look cos he noticed that my stilletoes were in my hand and not on my feet hahahaha.

I managed to splurge on chocolates and even bought Noor this adorable fireman candy which came in a bottle resembling a fire extinguisher! Hehehehe...he absolutely loved it :o What a nice fiancee i am...*Nat gives herself a pat on the back*

Later we were joined by the rest of the gang at Marina to catch Pirates. I literally screamed out when Johnny blasted his way out of the coffin, much to the embarrassment of auntie and the rest of the gang hahahaha. He's just way toooo beautiful not to scream at...the only guy i noe who looks good with eyeliner. (sorry Taufiq Batisah fans!)

Pirates was hilarious! The movie, as i'd sum it up, is all about the men- jilted men to be exact hahaha. A fantastic end to another great milestone in my otherwise uneventful life.

On another note, the date has been set, preparations are under way..but it wun be anytime tis year cos i have to make way for my sis first. (see, im sucha unimportant family member hahaha) Now to get my sis outta my house at the end of the year hahahaha.

P.S:
My school celebrated racial harmony day with a bang. We had the Cultural Fiesta Night where the kids came in soo many different outfits. We had mummies, we had arabs, we had pirates, we had victorians, we had koreans, we even had the 3 musketeers! And i had to represent the humanities dept for the Teacher's parade together with Maybelline. Of cos we got sabo-ed by our dear HOD, Mrs Ram. The two of us paraded around doing the royal wave (cupping the air with our hands) hahahaha. It was hilarious. Faz and Gery found us extremely amusing. And yes, Gery was in an extremely good mood cos her IB won the folkdance segment for the sec 1s and cos my CCA has been finalised and im in ELDDS. Yey! And with that, im officially her "slave" hahahaha.

To 1B, congrats my dears...you all danced great....you have made me a proud "mummy"! A
well deserved win!

To 2A, though i slogged hard for the past 2 days trying to learn the dance steps and managed
to gloriously embarrass myself dancing in front of the entire school yest, i am glad that
you guys were named the sec 2 folkdance champs! Cheers!

To 1A, you guys were great too...though you came in 2nd, you should all be proud of yourself
and instead of being disappointed, take pride in the fact that you guys did your best! I am
so proud of you...i really am...

2006-07-10T21:43:00.000+08:00

CANNAVARO FOR PRESIDENT!

To my 2D, i hate to say this but i TOLD you so :p

Hehehehe.

Good thing i didnt have to swallow my pride and hand out chocs to 2D.

Italy won!

To Kay who was taunting me the entire nite esp after Italy was down by 1 goal in the 8th minute.

My condolences bro.

Hahaha.

My Italian stallions were all out in full force...never a doubt in my mind that they will win.

Zizou...i forgive you for that moment of madness.

In the words of my dear colleague Faz, "crazy or what?!"

Heard several good news today.

Italy won.

Oh, i mentioned that already.

I think i'll repeat it just for kicks.

Italy won!

Congrats my dear...you deserve all the happiness in the world. Im so happy for you.

Ive finally completed marking my virgin batches of English assignments.

Compo and Compre included.

All 80 scripts.

Must thank Siew Chin for nominating me as timekeeper for the 'N' level el oral examination.

Not only do i get da extra income, i get to concentrate on my marking.

As marking goes, the end never seems to be in sight.

Haiz...

I concede that its an occupational hazard.

So my school is not gg to celebrate racial harmony day.

They have decided to call it International Nite instead.

The kids are gg to perform some street dance and do a lil' folk dancing as well.

Its part of their academic curriculum.

There goes the beautiful punjabi suit i had specially tailored in anticipation of racial harmony day.

Hmph!

Spent my Sunday with Noor,my sis and her bf.

Drove to Suntec.

Took us one entire hour!

No thanks to Rudy - the direction idiot.

Was so tempted to get him DIRECTIONS for DUMMIES!

Noor got me my mini SD card and a nice belt.

Hehehehe.

Im a spoilt brat.

Im just waiting for payday...BONUS!!!

Gg to go on a euphoric-table-decorating mode.

Hahahaha.

My new table in the staff room seriously lacks colour.

Waiting for the school's laptop cos i cant bear using my personal lappie anymore.

Its too precious to be mangled and mishandled by my kids in school.

Hahahahha.

I am most probably gg to get that old dinosaur of a laptop but i dun care cos its for use in school anyways .

My heart aches seeing the way Faz manhandles her new MOE-sponsored Fujitsu lappie.

She used to have the old dinosuar until a week back cos of us BTs.

Ahhhh!

Before i forget....Happy Bdae Hema baby! (her bdae's on wed hahahaha)

Love ya....

Im gg to try to mark the 1C's and 1D's newspaper reflections.

I doubt i can survive the first few scripts.

Gg to concuss soon....

Graduation on Thursday.

No clothes.

Upset.

No teaching for the whole day.

Estatic.

Hehehehe.

2006-06-19T14:35:00.000+08:00

The return of der Fuhrer

"Auntie" Evelyn just got back from the States this morning.

Of cos the first person she called was me...her darling Nat.

Hehehehe.

I think i was the first person she called hahaahaha.

Seems like she had so much fun in Las Vegas.

She got to stay at the Venetian!!!

I saw that place the other day.....on tv!

Hahahaha.

She spent an obsence amount of money buying all the different brands you can think of.

She didnt manage to get me my Victoria Secret stuff cos she couldnt find the boutique...so sad but nvm, i can get Tiffany to get me those things!

She did get me chocolates though! Yey!

And she got to fly over the Grand Canyon.

Hate the woman.

2006-06-19T13:15:00.000+08:00

Oh, oh, now for the reason why i needed a massage...

I had to chaperone the Sports Students Commitee for their leadership camp last wednesday.

It was a 3 day 2 nite thingee at Moe Jalan Bahtera Adventure Camp.

Since the entire P.E. department of Kranji is made up of only guys, they enlisted my help to look after the girls during the camp.

So yes, i was the only female teacher around.

Noor was nice enough to send me to the super-ulu campsite.

He's rather familiar with the place cos that's where he had one of his OCS navigation exercises during his ns days.

Now i know why that place was choosen.

Pitch black with no lamposts leading into the site.

Whole armies of stray dogs lining the street.

Noor said that its the kind of place where if you die, no one will know.

Hahahaha.

As if that wasnt bad enough, i was presented with yet another predicament.

As soon as i arrived,one of my colleagues, Mike, took the liberty of showing me my room.

"You have the luxury of having the room all to yourself."

A smiled flashed across my face.

That smile was quickly wiped out when the door to the room opened.

As fast as my eyes could scan the room, i counted 8 empty beds.

Actually they were double-decked but still, 8 empty beds.

My little heart started screaming away but of cos i managed to put on a composed front.

I turned to Mike and he saw the expression on my face and started laughing.

I asked him a rather silly qn.

"So Mike, who are sleeping in other 7 beds?"

He laughed again.

Hahahahahaha.

I seriously wanted to shrivel away and die.

Looking back at it, it was damn funny lah hahahhaha.

The first person i called was Noor, followed by Ra and Wens.

They all found the predicament im in terribly funny.

Not for the person who had to endure 2 nites in a room full of empty beds!

During dinner, all the teacher sat together and we chatted and they heard about my room.

Sun Kiat, was like " dun worry, you definitely wun be alone."

Hahahhahahhaha.

Funny.

The idea of sleeping with unseen beings is not my way of getting a good nite's sleep.

I asked Andy if i could get a few of the girls to sleep with me.

Thanks god for my two senior girls, Weiman and Yong Jia who agreed to sleep in my room cos they heard that it was air-conditioned.

Hahahhaha.

However, i spent the first nite sleeping on my own because the two girls kept going in and out of the room to prepare for the sec 2's circuit training at 330 am in the morning.

Those poor sec 2s were tricked into believing that they had until 6 am to rest.

Hehehe.

So efffectively, i spent the entire nite in the room on my own.

Surprisingly, i wasnt scared at all.

There was no tingling feeling running down my spine, no sudden rush of wind in my hair, no mystical voices calling out my name.

Hahahaha.

The second day saw the sec 2s leaving for home.

Which meant that there were only about 20 odd students left.

We did the high element activities and went kayaking.

I had so much fun kayaking.

The instuctor though that i was one of the students.

Took me a good 5 minutes to convince him that im the teacher.

Finally...

"You...the teacher? Seriously?"

"Yes, im the teacher, seriously."

Hahahahha.

The kayaks we had were the open top ones, different from the enclosed one im used to.

But this one allowed you to sit, lie, stand on it.

We were made to stand on our kayaks, do a cheering routine while still standing.

In the middle of the sea.

Hehehehe.

Then came the dreaded capsizing drill.

The stupid pfd was more like a strangling jacket than it was a life jacket.

So the kids had fun making me wet.

They are sucha a fun loving bunch.

The kind of students that would make me love to wake up in the early mornings to come to school and teach.

Alas, we rarely get students like that.

Hahahhaha.

2006-06-19T12:30:00.000+08:00

Feeling much better...thanks...

Was up till 2am watching the Brazil-Aussie match.

What has happened to Ronaldo?

Aiiiiiii.

The first half was horrible! Almost unwatchable!

The Brazillian lacked their usual samba-styled soccer, while the Aussies' jersey made the match seemed like it was the Brazillians against the entire World Cup Referee squad.

My sis was like..."Kak, where is the referee?"

Hahahahaha.

True to my own World Cup tradition, I have come up with a list of soccer cuties deserving of my adoration throughout the tournament.

Argentina's Lionel Messi...ooooooooohhhhh.

Brazil's Kaka....aaaaaaaaaaahhhh.

Japan's Nakata...haaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Guys watch soccer cos according to them it's a "beautiful game."

I personally watch soccer for the beautiful guys.

Hahahaha.

Im not into Cheena looking guys...except Nakata of cos.

Sorry Ra, but i totally disagree with your infatuation with "pretty" Ahn Jung Hwan.

Buta ke? Trans: Are you blind?

Hahaha.

I did watch the earlier match between Japan and Croatia with Noor.

He had work today so he couldnt stay for the Brazil- Australia match.

The fact that he fell asleep on my couch is telling of how exciting the game was.

Very.

Hehehehe.

******************************

Ra got us the Robbie William concert tixs!

Woooooohoooooo!

Thats probably one of the very few things that will keep me gg from now till November.

Been agonising over how to teach my lessons.

Im currently adopting the passive stance towards my work.

Yes, i have many different stances which i have perfected over the years.

Hahahaha.

Though im History and Lit trained, i have been tasked to teach History and ELang due to the severe lack of ELang teachers in Kranji.

Hopefully, i dun have to teach the latter next year owing to the simple fact that i have no apptitude in it whatsoever, i think.

No, no, no. I know it for a fact!

Who can blame me?

One thing's for sure, i'll just have to slog it out till the end of the year and pray that everything will go well.

I sincerely doubt it though.

In the words of Yoda, a journey fraught with perils i forsee.

Hahahaha.

Guess i'll have to take things in my stride.

If things do go bad, I'll just have to think of Ra and the kind of hell she must be gg through in her school.

Or of Wens with her hair standing on ends, fuming with contempt for her kids.

Then i will definitely feel better.

This is what you call, making yourself feel better at the expense of others.

Hahahhahahahhahaha.

2006-06-06T23:28:00.000+08:00

My paternal grandad passed away at 5pm today.
His body is still in the hospital morgue.
Im a lil' upset...so ya...

2006-06-04T20:02:00.000+08:00

Dun i look like crap? It was taken a few months back.

Hahahaha. Very sleepy....*yawns*

2006-06-04T18:19:00.000+08:00

My sayang has a god damn huge ulcer in his mouth.

Trust me when I say it's huge.

5 days on and the ulcer hasn't shown the faintest signs of receding.

This even after a visit to the doctor.

According to Noor the doc gave him the "...wah lau, ulcer also want to see doc meh...this must be another one of those seeking to buy mc..." kinda look.

After she saw that gigantic ulcer at the side of his tongue, she went like...."Ohhhhh ya ha....erm, do you need mc?"

Hahahahaha.

Noor has difficulty eating, esp when it comes to swallowing stuff.

I feel for him but im thinking revenge is really sweet...

I remembered how Noor, without exercising any sensitivity at all, bought char kuey (those esp hard ones) while i was in excruciating pain, no thanks to my wisdom tooth.

Hai...in the words of my chemical romance...3 cheers for sweet revenge!

Hehehehe.

Despite being in pain, we managed to catch the DISMAL soccer (they call that soccer?!!!) match between the Singapore Lions (kittens more like it) and Malaysia.

As you can imagine, i have lots to say about this outing to the National Stadium.

I did enjoy looking at Noor's facial expressions throughout the match though hahahaha.

So here's a low down.

Singapore won 3-2 through a penalty shoot out.

Pure luck.

That Precious guy should pack up and go back to his country of origin.

That guy donning on the number 2 jersey (dun noe his name) should seriously consider looking for a day job.

Ahmad Latiff and Indra Shahdan were the only 2 working their butts off to try and punch a hole in the Malaysian defense.

Horrible, horibble match.

'Nuff said.

We went to auntie's shop yesterday with the full intention of only surveying the cost of changing the scram's tail.

And naturally, we came out of the shop nearly 2 hrs later with a newly installed tail complete with stickers.

It looks good.

Hehehehe.

Im still seriously thinking about it.

I can afford it.

I want it.

So what is stopping me?

Haiz.

Wait, i dun need it.

Urgh!

If i got posted a lil' further, it mite have provided that impetus i need.

As it is, i'm gg back to Kranji Sec and it's a good thing....

I love it there...

Just that, i now have no reasons whatsoever to splurge!

Hmph!!!

2006-06-04T01:08:00.000+08:00

So long and goodnight...

The graduating class of 2005/2006.

It's kinda surreal...especially since Prac is over. Our entire dip programme was geared towards preparing us for that dreaded two months of actual teaching. Now that it's over, it feels kinda good. I can look back at my prac and boldly declare that "it wasnt as bad as i had imagined it to be..." Can't say the same for Ra though... if you ask me, her ct deserves that Singapore Caskets voucher Chris proposed hehehehe.

So we ended our last history session with a dinner at Amirah's Grill. We carpooled and since i was one of Auntie's posse, i landed in her mpv. Auntie is one tough woman...she actually fought for her parking space and won! "...Want to challenge with auntie....hmph!" Hahahaha.

Amirah's Grill serves the best Lebenese food i tell you...The KG gang heaved a heavy sigh of relief when the class unanimously gave a thumbs up for the delish buffet cos we recommended the place. You see, Uncle gave us a treat there after our very successful fieldtrip :)

I wasn't feeling like a million bucks that's for sure cos i had a temperature of 39.3 degrees the day before. The good doctor gave me mc but being the stubborn mule that i am, i made my way to class - during the course of which , i had most probably infected several of my classmates hahahaha. Though im certain that i didnt give you your headache Wens...The lil' brat thinks headaches are contagious...since when i ask!!! I have weird friends. I was soooo hot ( in all sense of the word as my students would have you think hahaha) that i developed pus in my right ear...yuck! I have never wanted to die more...It was Black Tuesday for me. But i survived, thanks to Noor who nursed me back to health...he's so sweet...sooo sweet...

2006-05-20T21:17:00.000+08:00

Lunch Buffet at the Bendahara House

I was suppose to eat grass instead of the rendang at the Bendahara House after my unstoppable jibes at uncle during our fieldtrip module last sem hahahaha. And that includes Chin Chye. Alas, that poor dear was still recovering from the news of his posting back to his practicum school...poor Chin Chye!

I literally made a grand entrance hahahaha cos when i burst through the door, all my "subjects" were seated awaiting my arrival. They will tell you that was only because i was late! hahaha. The best dish there had to be the spicy stingray (no offence uncle but the rendang wasnt as fantastic as you purported it to be hehehe) The ambience was great though..uncle even suggested that i have my wedding there. All i can say is my parents are very Malay so its the void deck for me hahahahhaa.

While the rest were busy chatting, i was busy posing for my camera. So it's an ugly photo, who cares :). Had my hair trimmed and highlighted nearly 2 weeks back. I wanted blond streaks but after exercising basic common sense, i decided against it. Why? Im a teacher for goodness sake, cant make it too obvious. It's just something i have to live with i guess but im sure there are ways around these things....*grins*

2006-04-26T00:02:00.000+08:00

Hello peeps, i know i know. I deserve to be spanked for my dwindling attention towards my blog. Blame it on practicum. Glad that it is coming to end next week. 10 long weeks but my kids have been superb- superbly entertaining and superbly irritating all at the same time. But i still love them all the same. My 1A, 1B and 1C...they will be the "things", yes"things" i will be missing the most :)! Will update on the many laughable, tear-jerking, hair-pulling moments i have enjoyed/ endured with them over the past 2 months. See the picture?! That's my lastest splurge...well not really, since my fujitsu is literally falling to pieces. My fujitsu has served me well over these past 5 years and it is amazingly still in a working condition but it is time to move on to better and more beautiful things hahaha!

2006-03-19T01:52:00.000+08:00

The only problem with this picture is that the bike is stationary. Hahahahha! Finally, after 5 long years, Noor can finally say he rides a scrambler. He loves his scramblers but he couldnt get his hands on one when he first got his license cos his dad wouldn't budge. I looove his scrambler cos he looks good riding it plus i make him look even better simply by sitting at the back hahahaha!My Kranji kids have seen Noor ferrying me to and fro school and they never fail to ask me, "Cher, you wear skirt, how to get on the bike?" My answer is simple, " I did get on it, didnt i?"

2006-03-17T21:46:00.000+08:00

Time for a change

I need to be sexier.
Really.
What do you guys reckon.?
More tubes, halters.
Gg to stock up on those.
im gg cuukooo.
Too much of the vulgur word i guess.
P-R-A-C-T-I-C-U-M

2006-02-18T22:11:00.000+08:00

Your Five Factor Personality Profile

Extroversion:

You have medium extroversion.
You're not the life of the party, but you do show up for the party.
Sometimes you are full of energy and open to new social experiences.
But you also need to hibernate and enjoy your "down time."

Conscientiousness:

You have medium conscientiousness.
You're generally good at balancing work and play.
When you need to buckle down, you can usually get tasks done.
But you've been known to goof off when you know you can get away with it.

Agreeableness:

You have medium agreeableness.
You're generally a friendly and trusting person.
But you also have a healthy dose of cynicism.
You get along well with others, as long as they play fair.

Neuroticism:

You have low neuroticism.
You are very emotionally stable and mentally together.
Only the greatest setbacks upset you, and you bounce back quickly.
Overall, you are typically calm and relaxed - making others feel secure.

Openness to experience:

Your openness to new experiences is medium.
You are generally broad minded when it come to new things.
But if something crosses a moral line, there's no way you'll approve of it.
You are suspicious of anything too wacky, though you do still consider creativity a virtue.

The Five Factor Personality Test

2006-02-18T21:28:00.000+08:00

In the loo...a habit we've picked up since secondary school....strange...hahahaha
And yes, i cut my hair again! A cute bob...looked like a toadstool mushroom from Super Mario according to Chee Keong...very fluffy! It was horrible on the 2nd and 3rd day but after that it got very nice hahaha! Nice rite? Fine, im delusional hehehe! But seriously, nice rite!!!! *nat shamelessly asks for approval*

Tongues for sale...any takers?? Someone? Anyone?

Da bdae girl with her bdae cake, flanked by her posse hahaha

Happy Bdae Shah! It's been a while since i last blogged.
Tot i share with you guys a couple of photos we took celebrating Aishah's 24th birthdae.
When you put the three of us together, what you get is mayhem!
The conversation topics have gotten more serious though.
Marriage, Engagement, Wedding preparation, Babies....NOT!
Hahahaha.

2006-02-18T21:08:00.000+08:00

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2006-02-09T22:42:00.000+08:00

Watch Video Here


Karaoke for the Deaf

My sayang and i had a blast watching this.
Damn funny!
Ingenious!
A must watch...just click on the pic.
Enjoy...

2006-01-23T21:40:00.000+08:00

Just look at the 2 idiots will you. Ra tot it was funny to keep poppin' the listerine brochure to my face. Still nursing my toothache by the way. With friends like these, who needs enemies! Best thing was that they decided to tear the brochure in half, so they'd have a "tooth" each hahahaha. I curse them lah. Btw, happy bdae brat....your electronic dictionary awaits hahahahhaha. (she cant spell so we decided tat it'll be the best gift for our resident brat who persistently alleges that she's dyslexic. This has since been proven false. Muuuuhahahahha)

2006-01-22T14:49:00.000+08:00

Some Words of WISDOM (pun fully intended)

Happy belated BDAE to R(A).
Thats how Noor spells her name!
Hahaha.
We developed stitches over lunch at Fish & Co at Wheelocks.
Courtesy of our resident joker, Hen.
Had ultra dodgy calamari.
We all felt like puking afterwards.
Wens was the only one unaffected cos she had skilfully exercised her "Toby-sense" and steered clear of the calamari after a few bites.
And no, we didnt get Ra's present from Cash Converters hahahaha.
The pink (yes pink) Baby G we got her was pretty la...must say...
Happy BDAE to our resident brat.
She's turning 24 on tues.
Mind you, her age is hardly reflective of her height.
Or rather, the lack of it hahahahhahaha!
Guess what she wants???
A pair of DIOR sunglasses.
I have 2 words for you Wens.
BRAND WHORE.
Hahahahhaa.
It's alright cos Ra and I are in the same league as well lah.
Though with varying degrees of "whore-ness"
Hehehe.

*************

Now, to the real purpose of my blog entry.
Been suffering from a severe gum and toothache for the past 4 days.
The pain has subsided somewhat after my painful, painful visit to the dentist on Friday.
I cried myself to sleep the nite before cos the pain was unbearable.
The culprit was non other than my i-though-you-were-dormant-wisdom-tooth.
The pain was so severe i felt it strain my eyes!
If you thought menstrual cramps were bad, wait till your wisdom tooth acts up.
Ra took the liberty of "entertaining" me with her "delightful" stories to the dentist.
U memang kawan sejati Ra.
(trans: You are really a true friend Ra)
Hahahaha.
We had earlier hitched a ride from Sarah to JP.
Instead of dropping me off at the dentist and heading down to Jean Yip to accompany Wens for her redundant haricut,
Ra decided that she wanted to loiter around the dental clinic cos she wanted to hear me scream!
Nat: Oh, i hope it isnt my wisdom tooth.
Ra: (with a vindictive look on her otherwise angelic face) I HOPE its your wisdom tooth!
I've also got 2 words for you Ra.
PLAIN EVIL.
Hahahaha.
The dentist was a nice chap but his instruments were not.
And by instruments i mean his surgical tools.
Hehehe.
Horrible.
He told me that my wisdom tooth could only be removed surgically only after i have nursed my current infection.
Cos it will be too painful to remove.
More pain, no way!
So he scaled my wisdom tooth and cleaned the infected area.
It was the worst 10 minutes of my life.
Though he numbed the area he was working on, i could feel the searing heat cutting through the corner of my gums.
I did let out a few "uuuhh" and "aaaah", hoping that he would ease on my gums.
But of cos, he didnt relent.
After he was done, he made me rinse my bloodied mouth.
Noor would have fainted if he had witnessed it.
Hahahaha.
2 hours later, my lips were still numb.
I looked like a puffer fish.
So unglamourous!

2006-01-16T21:28:00.000+08:00

My Life in Transition

Fiance = he makes me smile everyday
Wedding = Not happening anytime soon...sorry guys
Friends = excitable...especially when they saw my rocks hahahaha
NIE = sucks
Practicum = vulgar word
Mummy = menopausing...most definitely
Wens = very cute and non evasive today hahaha
Ra = a sick puppy...oops, a sick labu :)
Pumpkin =sleeping on his bed as of this very moment
Fiance = Pumpkin
Sleep = need it badly....zzzzzzzz

2005-12-31T01:25:00.000+08:00

The drama unfolds...

Life is never boring whenever you are in the company of Ra and Wens.

Wens especially.

Finally met up with the bratty one.

She went on her Taiwan trip shortly after Ra and me returned from Bangkok.

Her trip was rather disappointing...didnt enjoy it as much as she thought she would.

Bodoh, says Ra and me.

"Seelah, dun want to go to Bangkok with us!"

Hahaha.

We arrived at Holland V 10 minutes late.

Ra patiently waited for us.

I absolve myself from any faults whatsoever hahahaha.

I was early.

Arrived at clementi mrt at 1255.

Wens called.

"Im at Boon Lay now...i slept and overshot."

Must be you lah Wens.

Even then, we wouldnt be late if not for the fact that we took 7 and dropped off 4 bus stops away from the Holland V!!!

Hahaha.

So we walked and walked while i entertained her with silly stories of my misadventures in Bangkok.

We managed the 3rd bustop when it finally got too much.

Hailed a cab and was in it for less than 2 minutes!

Ra was laughing at our sheer stupidity...actually at Wens hahaha.

We talked over lunch at Swensens'.

Ra got herself a nice coach bag...i hate her hahahaha.

Decided to head on down to Jurong East library after lunch.

Walked past Cold Storage.

Spotted a camera crew lurking outside the supermarket, possibly preying on the unsuspecting passersby.

We were unceremoniously stopped by one of the crew members.

"Have you ever heard of Norwegian salmon?"

NO00Ooo!!!

Hahahaha and we just walked off laughing.

What kind of a qn is that anyways?!!!

Plus im with 2 supermarket-idiots..they wouldnt have a clue now, would they?!!

Hahaha..but i still love you guys lah!

Took a cab to JE...not becos Wens successfully persuaded us to

It was more becos of the rain that was coming down fast and hard on us hehehe.

Ra was animatedly telling us Chen Kaige's "The Promise".

Here are some memorable quotes from Ra.

P.S: Ra, you could actually do well as a movie critic hahahahaha.

"It looks promising but it's not lah!"

"Some of the scenes you have to watch to believe..."

Yes, from what ive heard...i really have to watch it beb hahahaha.

Kai joined us at around 430 and Wens just cracked me up with her "1/3 story"

Really gross if you ask me.

Hahaha.

Needless to say...Kai went red in the face and Ra was simply speechless hahahaha.

They left me all alone at around 520 to head on down for Kendo training in NUS.

Would have joined them but ive already made plans with Noor.

*****

Noor came down straight from work and we headed to JP for dinner.

We bumped into Kak Faridah (Marican's sis) and her bf.

After dinner, Noor craved for some Waffles and while in the queue we spotted Zanna and Marican.

They were on their way to join Marican's sis at Banquet.

Since they were already there in person, Noor and I decided that we just ought to break the news.

Must have been a shock for them.

Hahahaha.

Their turn will come soon, im sure :)

I just want to get tmr over and done with.

Even more so now.

As of this very moment, im having severe menstrual cramps...i feel like putting an end to my life.

Hahaha.

Im about to turn in now...

Wish me luck tmr.

Sweet dreams peeps!

*Muuuaach!*

2005-12-27T17:53:00.000+08:00

Today im feeling: Happy

A blessing in disguise.

That is what NIE is.

Sure had a tough first sem.

In spite of those tears i occasionally shed (im very emotional hahaha), days of sleepless nites, the sheer terror in my eyes when confronted with those deadlines hehehe, the hols have more than made up for it.

There's an excellent Malay saying for this.

"Bersusah-susah dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian"

(singlish trans: you slog hard now...later, you can enjoy!)

I have definitely been enjoying myself hahaha.

Went on a holiday, got my license, and soon i'll be getting something else.

Im busy anticipating Saturday.

Nevermind that im still sick.

It's something big yet small.

So im bad at providing clues.

Hahaha.

One thing's for sure, i'll enjoy looking at Wens when she begs me to tell her Saturday's happenings.

No doubt Ra will be the only other person who will enjoy this more than me hahahha.

But then there's also Hen :)

Too bad i cant divulge anymore than i already have.

Everything will sort itself out on Saturday, hopefully.

Oh, before i forgot, must mention that Aishah went "hunting" for the stuff with me last week.

She exercised so much self-restraint!

You noe since ive made it clear to her that it was all about me that day hahaha.

Kudos Shah!

But she finally cracked under the intense pressure when she cast her sights on one of them things in the shop!

After which, she tried (rather unskillfully i might add hahaha) to put on her powers of persuasion on me.

So i caved in and promised that we (Nad and me) will chip in our share for that thing she was so smittened by for her bdae in Feb.

Told Nad about it this morning hahahaha.

She can be so bratty.

Reminds me of "some little thing" really.

Hahaha.

Yes Wens, im making a not-so-subtle reference to you.

Hehehehe.

I forsee myself going broke in January.

Ra has already picked out a Baby G that she wants.

Wens...well since she loves money (cash to be exact), we will probably give her a box of paper money.

Least she'll have a "reserve" once she runs out of real cash.

Hahahha.

Im so EeeViil!!!

2005-12-22T11:00:00.000+08:00

Puke, puke, puke...lalalalalalalalaladidididididdudududu...

Been feeling under the weather as of late.

Feverishly fighting a severe vomitting bout for the past 2 days.

Was on the bike when i felt nausea starting to take over.

Had to make an unplanned stop over at NUH...jus for the toilet lah hahaha.

Then we headed down to Noor's place to check my exam results.

Yay! I did very well...tot it was a joke :)

Couldnt celebrate though...like DUH!

Noor tot it would be best if i rested for a while.

I ended up sleeping on his bed while he and his parents watched tv in the living room.

They came in to check on me from time to time.

Woke up a couple of hours later, accompanied by a sudden need to puke!

Noor heard my fervent coughing and came running into the room.

Saw me puking all over his floor...the boy must have secretly been relieved i didnt puke on his bed hahaha.

Uuuuurgggh!

Not a sight i wanted him to see.

But he was nonplussed about it.

Even helped me clean up the mess.

Sucha a sweetie pie!

And then i puked again.

And again downstairs.

This was after Noor's mum hounded us to go to the doc's seeing how i was so pale and almost devoid of life hahaha.

Despite not feeling well, i had to brave through my driving revision lessons.

Couldnt concentrate much.

Just had my driving test yesterday.

After a couple of unsuccessful tries, i was rather nonchalant about it.

Was more worried that i mite puke in the car.

My major demerit point came from striking the kerb while doing my directional change.

I tot to myself.

"Yep, today. Of all days, today!"

Tot i had mounted the kerb which would have constituted as an immediate failure.

I muttured "Shit!"

The tester was apparently tickled and said i had only received 10 demerit points..."Nevermind Miss, only 10 points, still got chance to pass okay...dun worry, try your best..."

He was sooo nice.

He was quick to note that i wasnt feeling well...wouldnt be hard to tell since i looked like roadkill hehehe.

He chatted furiously with me...even flirted a bit but all was harmless of cos.

Went all the way out to make me feel comfortable.

"Miss, the aircon too cold for you?"

"What's your hobby?"

"When are you getting married?"

Hehehehe.

My test route was actually hideously long but i only had to make it pass teck whye, do a u-turn and was instructed to head back down to BBDC.

Tot it was a bad sign but i didnt wave the white flag just yet.

The tester made me promise that i will invite him to my wedding.

Even gave me his email address.

Hahahaha.

Usually after the test ends, we will be required to go up to the the "deliberation room" on the 2nd floor to receive our fates.

But seeing how i wasnt feeling well, the tester gave his verdict as soon as i changed to free gear.

He said..."Aiyah, i will put you out of your misery...Pass lah, pass lah! You are a good driver on the road. Just remember to slow down at junctions and you'll drive fine. Now you go to the toilet and then watch the video okay! Oh and remember to invite me to your wedding!"

I was beaming from ear to ear hahahaha.

Finally i get to give Noor what he's been waiting for a while now...chauffeur him around!

Well i think he deserves it...

Afterall, he got me something precious ;)

2005-12-21T18:47:00.000+08:00

Finally, im in the mood to upload my Bangkok photos hehehe. Sadly, im not in possession of those dodgy photos that Ra mercilessly snapped in a tiny lil' cosy bookshop. For those interested, visit Ra's blog @ ichaya.livejournal.com.

Our (Hema, Ra and me) "errant lil' brother...Iskandar babu! He's really a nice boy who would otherwise make a good boyfriend(he's good with shopping and bargaining) if not for the fact that he's a lil' darf when it comes to the ladies hahaha. This was taken in the shopping maze that is Chatuchak! It is a place that has since been etched in my heart hahaha...its got to be one of my fav places in the world, though technically that cant be right since ive only been to Malaysia, Mecca, Medina and Turkey but who the hell cares hahahah. I looooove Chatuchak...the next time im in Bangkok, which i suspect will be in the very near future, i will definitely be making a beeline for it hahaha.

In one of the many lanes in Chatuchak with Hema...Ra was busy trying to create a miniature flowerbed for her sister so she didnt have time to grace her presence in the picture hahaha. Got my mum some stuff from the shop cos they were so cute...almost edible!

Wendy House...located in Soi Kasemsan 1. My Thai isnt fantastic but i can manage. Hema came up with her own version of Thai- what Ra and I have since termed pseudo-Thai hahaha. Taking into account the fact that we only paid $16 per person a nite, it was a really nice place. No complaints, well except maybe for the bed which mite just shrivel in embarassment at the mere comparison with my dear waterbed at home hahaha.

Hema, Nat and Ra outside Chatuchak!

I just had to take the pics with these beautifully crafted statues adorning the breathtakingly gorgeous Grand Palace...just awesome...

Suan Lum Night Bazaar...filled with trendy and cool stuff though you could get a better buy in Chatuchak hehehehe

We got to meet up with a few of Ra's Thai friends...there was Win who had to leave early unfortunately. Unfortunately for Hema that is...she was having such a good time talking to Win hehehe. Well i had my eyes on Tik..he's so cute. (He's the one at the back) And there's Naty to my left...such a homely boy and boyfriend material no doubt.

Ra and Me outside Playground!... a really upmarket haven for the arty farty at heart. Love it!

MBK- Mah Boon Krong...the "shrine" that Ra flocks to every other year according to Kai hahaha.

Im all cheery here...of cos, im finally going home to NOOR! Had to convince him that this pic was taken on the very last day we were in Bangkok hahaha. Everything was nice and dandy until the taxi decided to drive off as soon as Ra and Kai slammed the taxi door shut, with Hema's butt still half jutting out and me standing outside the cab. The freaking driver drove over the entire of my left foot. I was shouting "my foot, my foot!"...and Hema decided to check what the fuss was all about. To her horror and my amusement, she began shouting "Her foot, her foot!" The cabby stopped the taxi and came out to check what the hell was gg on. All this while my foot was still under the tyre! The cabby laughed...How could anyone not find it amusing??!! A sick sick man he was! He got back in the cab and reversed his freaking vehicle...my foot was flattened! And im not exaggerating...thank god no bones were broken though i did have to contend with a few swollen toes. Yes, what drama...

2005-12-09T15:42:00.000+08:00

Hangover from Bangkok

Hey peeps...

Finally got my ass back in sunny Spore.

Actually i got back 3 days ago but was feeling jet-lagged for 3 full days!

A fantastic week i had in Bangkok :)

Will blog about it as soon as i get home.

Am at Ra's now...watching Hindustani films hahaha

Later.

2005-11-28T02:37:00.000+08:00

Pumpkin trying to ease his frustrations with my graphic organiser by listening to some music :)

2005-11-28T02:32:00.000+08:00

Bumming on Noor's bed while he's busy helping me do up my graphic organiser hahahaha!

2005-11-28T02:24:00.000+08:00

Mummy & Daddy

2005-11-28T02:15:00.000+08:00

Hari Raya 2005...my sis and I

2005-11-27T22:26:00.000+08:00

Halo Volks!

Lately i haven been up to bloggin'. Blame it on PMS, blame it on sheer indolence, whatever.

Loads of stuff happened. Some good, some bad but mostly good i feel.

Ive always found writing in point form allows better digestabilty of facts hahaha.

Thought we should start on a more sombre note.

My paternal grandma-my Nyanyi died in September. Was too distraught to blog about it then. For days, i couldnt forget the way my Yahyi cried...he must have loved her though he seldom showed it...
Hari Raya was rather humdrum. No emotional outbursts i have come to expect from my maternal grandmother hahaha. One time, she slammed the gates at my auntie's house and stormed out angrily...on hari raya! She definitely has issues. One of my uncles incurred the wrath of everyone on my mother's side, like he always does ever since he married into the family. Uses asthma as an excuse for not being able to do hard manual labour @ work. I have this burning desire to kill him ever since he tricked me into picking his nose for him when i was still at a young, impressionable age and this desire has since been rekindled when he tried to electrocute me with his freakin' trick pen. He thinks he's hilarious. Rite. Sounds funny doesnt it?? Not to me it doesnt. It was a better experience over at my Yahyi's in Telok Blangah. Seeing that my Nyahyi was no longer there, it was a bit quieter. The silence was shattered as soon as my hyperactive cousins came over. Our bfs- mine and my sis's have been duly acquainted with my dad's family and it was suffice to say that they were rather "overwhelmed" hahaha.
Returned to school for one last lit lecture. That lil' thing in class did her "bibik-belachan-type-teacher-centered-grossly-unentertaining micro-teaching. Everyone just wanted it to end and i did my best as timekeeper to put everyone out of their misery hahaha. Got back our grades. Got all As for my lit assignments save for the 2 individual lit essays that have yet to be graded. So it's all good. More worried for my history though. Im just hoping for a B. But the mother of all fears for me would be my upcoming practicum in Feb. Am scared outta my pants!
Completed the Northern Ireland graphic organisers. Had help from my dear bf. Was bumming at his place the entire day...his mum made satay for me :) I had everything written and drawn on paper so he offered to type one of the organisers while i worked on the other 2. I believe we spent more time picking on each other's mistakes actually hahaha. Both of us are perfectionists. But everyone knows im a lil more of a stickler than he is. I think "anal" is the word...just ask my dear members of Kumpulan Bendahara if you're skeptical.
The Mafia -my secondary schoolmates- planned a hari raya outing. I had fun, especially with Iskandar. He's so funny. And by funny i mean, funny to look at and funny to converse with hahaha. Talk about having colour coordination. That boy had PINK hair to go with his pink baju kurung hahahaha. Mite be a lil' absurb to normal people like us but i think it suits his personality to a T. Is is crazy, loony, unconventional yet down-to-earth and a freakin' nice guy! Played babysitter to our lil Bollywood hunk Feroz (Ridiana's son). He's just so adorable! Noor particulary enjoyed watching Feroz inching up to JJ (Fahsha's damn huge cat...it's huge...just huge...but very domesticated...and very cute) and trying to "stroke" that poor cat. It was more like a hard pat if you ask me hehehehe. We managed all of the houses cos we had 4 cars between ourselves. It was good to see everyone...
Noor and his parents came over to my house for Hari Raya the very next day. His parents have met my parents on several ocassions but never had a chance to really sit down and talk. Things went very well. Noor and Nat very happy hahaha...
Watched GOF with Noor. After the disaster that was the POA, i tot it be best if i were to ease on the comparisons im bound to make between the movie and the book. As hard as i tried, i couldnt help but be disappointed with the movie cos GOF was my fav read out of the lot. They eliminated the Dudleys, the freaking Quidditch match for godsakes, Dobby and Winky. Lemme think...what else is bad...hmmmm... Oh yeah, that Cho Chang- urgh! Her and Emma Watson's overacting. Shudders! But the dragon scene was good albeit slightly inaccurate. The underwater scene was rather entertaining too. So was the scene with Voldemort who by the way, was devilishly delicious! That Radcliffe boy is hot with a capital H hahaha. The Weasley twins and Ron were hilarious as always. And Victor Krum was- surprise, surprise!-more attractive than Cedric Diggory hahahaha. Noor actually liked the show! He's more of a physical being hehehe. He especially liked the Drumstrung entrance into the dining hall...in his words, it was "fierce", just the way he likes it hahahaha!
Spent the entire day at Noor's place yest...dvd marathon! It was jubilation for me when he flashed the DVD for Salaam Namaste! It was soooo gooood...love the leads but still trying to get used to seeing them make out with each other. Kinda awkward since its a Hindi show! "My dil goes hmmmmm...." Love the songs...gg to "persuade" Ra into buying the soundtrack and then force her to upload the songs into precious hahahaha.
Think ive done enough storytelling for today. Tmr i need to be up bright and early. Gg to Kak Shima's place and i will get to play with the cats yipeee! Sure hope they miss me...And ive got a history BBQ to coordinate in the afternoon. Busy, busy day ahead....

Will be uploading some pics up for your viewing pleasure aite...later...

2005-11-06T03:35:00.000+08:00

Tis' da season to be jolly?

It's Aidilfitri.

Im suppose to be enjoying myself.

Visiting my relatives.

Putting on a couple of pounds from all that festive binge

Giving "alms" to those lil' kids (i dun enjoy this by the way...it's a strain on my bank account)

Basically to not think about school, let alone DO anything remotely associated with school.

But what am i doing?

The very thing i shouldnt be doing.

SCHOOL WORK.

Fieldtrip package and my lit essay.

The latter is still untouched by the way.

Piss off.

2005-11-01T03:04:00.000+08:00

I love the car rides with Noor. He has a face that reads concentration whenever he drives. Hahaha! I consider myself to be a distraction, a nuisance really...constantly pointing out stuff to him, making him pose for the occasional photo hehehe! But he indulges me. Though he doesnt like to admit it, he actually likes the attention i give him hahahha...He gets very uncomfortable when im not my loud, irritable and bubbly self :) We often give Ezan and Haziq (my parents' defacto grandkids) cheap thrills during the weekends cos they love car rides hahaha. (Btw, there is a new addition to the duo. Their mum just gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Ewan Shafiq... and get this, Shafiq and I...we share the same birthdate yay!)My parents usually tag along to keep those two cuties in check so they- my parents, are now really well acquainted with Noor. My dad likes him, which is a good sign cos my dad is very hard to please hahaha.If he can win over my dad, he can win over anyone hehehe.

2005-10-31T23:55:00.000+08:00

All in all a GREAT day!

"I feel good (tenenenenenene), I knew that i would now (tenenenenenenene)

I feeeeel good (tenenenenenenene), like i knew that i would now

So good (awwww), so good..."

Dismal attempt at singing. Hahaha! But who the hell cares?! I feel darn good today! You see, a good day in NIE is like a good class- extremely hard to come by but when it does...simply gratifying! Hehehe! For the benefit of you-my avid readers, here's da low down on my entire day.

Having spent the entire night working on my Lit micro-teaching lesson plan, that and having to contend with fickle Ra and Wens who made my life difficult hahaha, i ended up waking at 730am!!! Late, late, late! By the time i left home and flagged down a cab, it was already 830am. I was suppose to be in school by 820am cos the 3 of us had to print and zap stuff for the class since we are required to simulate a classroom scenario during our micro-teaching. We were so flustered by the time we got to class...we were late by half and hour! But guess what, Ms Y came even later than us hahahahha! We had 4 hours for 7 micro-teaching so we were hard pressed for time...but this little thing in class fanned Ms Y's tendency to digress and they started talking about the weather and the jam. You should have seen the look on dear Sophie hahaha. Thank YOU Pearl for getting things moving!

Really enjoyed lit class today. The lessons were so fun. Bern's lesson was THE best. She had pre-grouped us and it was soooo nice of her to group Uncle and me together. NOT! Hahaha. The outcome was hilarious! We were suppose to act out scenes from Romeo and Juliet using very simple English- non of that "chim" Shakespearean language. Lo and behold, uncle and i had to act out the balconey scene. And that man refused to believe my colloquial rendition of the scene. "Are you sure or not???" Ms Y observed the two of us with glee. The entire class burst out laughing when i said, "I wished i didnt have to say goodbye..." while in character hehehe! So drama. Oh yeah, Raaha was Count Paris but we all thought she was a servant...and why shouldnt we when all she said was "Muunday, my lord..." hahahahahahhahaha! Sophie's lesson was equally interesting...i had to act as Ma Dong in Hang Nadim, complete with sarong! So kewl! Really had a blast :)

Soon it was my turn. I was doing the post activity after Wens and Ra. I thought i did okay. Felt really good. they did fire some difficult questions at me but thankfully i managed to answer them in a calm and collected manner hahaha. Ms Y and the class thought i was a hilarious teacher and my lesson was good. Hehehe...but you see, i was working with a bunch of mature (or maybe not) PGDE trainee teachers, not a bunch of restless or indifferent, angsty adolescents. God only knows how much i look forward to my practicum in Feb hahahaha!

The day just got better and better. Ms Y returned both our poetry and play packages. Both were fluff guised intellectually hahahaha! We collectively agreed that the amount of effort we put in for the poetry package far surpasses what we did for the play package. A stark difference really hahahha! We were taken aback when we got an A for the poetry package! Imagine our shock when we realised that we had gotten an A for our play package too hahahahaha! When we turned over the cover page for the play package and saw the A, our first instinct was to burst out laughing! Hehehe! If it was a joke, it was a darn good one lah ahahahaha! The packages were vetted and marked by 3 lecturers and that is saying something- either we were too good or that the 3 lecturers were taken in by our fluff hehehe! Either way, im not going to fight them on that :)

After class, Ra and I went down to ACM to choose the exhibit for our history writeup. We did it in record time...very *chop chop*! Think we spent more time in the Museum shop that we did the galleries hahaha! Ra and i were adamant about the need to purchase something from the shop, be it a $0.60 postcard so long as we got something! Girls! I managed to chanced upon this really cool puzzle block that has pictures of old Spore all over it, depending on how you turn the blocks...tot it will come in handy when i start teaching! The price was a lil steep...$8 but it was sooo cool, i had to get it! Hahahaha. Ra tot it was cool too and we both got a puzzle block each :)

Got home at around 5 and for the first time in a long while, i went for a nap with no worries...my mind was clear and i was at peace.

Okay, so i lied about the part where i seemingly had "no worries". I still have my lit essay and fieldtrip package due on the 7th. That and the ungraded-therefore-i-couldnt-be-the-least-bit-bothered Northern Ireland graphic organisers by the 25th. Hahaha! But for now, i'm good!

P.S: Happy Deevapali and Selamat Hari Raya to all!

2005-10-30T02:44:00.000+08:00

Sem 1 far from o.v.e.r...

Friday was tecnically the last day of school for the PGDE batch.

Can't say i was esthetic.

Have several make up sessions to attend and a few more assignments due by the 7th.

Ra and i are so wired just thinking about Bangkok.

It's probably the only thing that is keeping us sane...until the 25th at least.

That's when we clear all these academic twaddle.

Am looking forward to the History chalet from the 27th-29th.

And i'll be flying off on the 30th.

Too bad Noor has to work.

Otherwise, he'd be on the same plane en route to Bangkok.

Haiz..the perils of shift work.

He'll be pleased to know that though i'll be enjoying myself in Bangkok, my heart pines for him.

Hehehehe.

I dunno what i'm doing blogging but im actually suppose to be harnessing my brain juices for something far more important.

My Lit micro teaching.

On M.O.N.D.A.Y!

Hahaha.

Teaching something from Guy De Maupassant.

Hope i do a good job at it.

In any case i don't, (and in the words of Ms Y...) i'll go find a wall and *ponk* myself!

Hahahaha.

2005-10-22T21:47:00.000+08:00

Kumpulan Bendahara

I got so many prezzies this year :) Some i got like 2 months back...courtesy of the Bin Hendris. They wanted to cheer me up after a disastrous visit to the salon hahahha! Ive got a GAP bag, a Topshop belt and a cute lil red purse- all of which i shamelessly chose myself hahaha. Isabella made me a song compilation- she has great taste in music by the way (see belle, free advert for you hehe) Noor got me a very expensive gift from Topshop. I got some stuff there last week cos it was payday hahaha and i chanced upon this beautiful jacket that costs nearly $200!!! Even i am not crazy enough to get that! So this sneaky boy whisked me down to Topshop on Thursday and he pointed out to that jacket and asked me to try on for size. Hahaha! I was taken aback but he literally forced the jacket on me. I felt very very bad cos i didnt want him to spend that kind of money on a jacket. I procrastinated...walked all around the shop, all in the hope that he would change his mind! Knowing my dear bf, there was no such chance of that ever happening. So stubborn! But im thankful for having such wonderful friends who showered me with lots of well-wishes :) I didnt noe i was so loved. My bdae was spent doing my fieldtrip package in NUS. What a bummer!!! Well at least it beats having to do stuff in NIE hahaha. The whole gang bought a cake for me...aint it sweet?! E for Excellent aye guys! Hahaha..that's what we got for the Kampong Galm Fieldtrip we conducted 2 weeks back! We are a such a fun bunch...there is that ocassional tension between me and wens which often leaves Uncle feeling awkward hahahha. The look on his face-PRICELESS! Ive got so many things i wanna blog about but ive got to work on collating the fieldtrip report hahahaha. Later!

2005-10-04T18:19:00.000+08:00

2005-10-04T18:10:00.000+08:00

Dun i look so cool on the bike??? hahahahah! Noor forced me to mount the freaking bike...Was at CDA last friday for his graduation. It's really a small affair...when compared to his grand army functions when he was in OCS. Though small, it was quite nice. Didnt know that Noor had a surprise in store for moi! He was the Best Cadet for the 17th ERS batch. It seems that he's always the best cadet for some weird reason hahaha. He even had to lead his entire batch in the pledge-taking ceremony. It was an eye-opening experience. He can definitely shout! I got a bit scared really hahahha! So it's official, we look like siblings! And i remind them of Sarah Sechan...must be the hair hahaha! What the hell!!!!!

2005-09-09T23:35:00.000+08:00

Where's Noor?

Noor and his ERS mates. They are nice guys. Funny actually, very hahaha! Noor's one of the oldest in his batch by the sheer fact that most of them are in NS and only a minute number are regulars. So that naturally makes me one of the oldest gf as well. Sheesh! hahahah! Well i firmly believe in what Ra says, "It's okay to be older, as long as awet muda!" (trans: It's okay to be older as long as you look young hehe) I get mistaken as his younger sis all the time. Not cos i look like Siti (his younger sis), but maybe cos Noor and I look alike (this is possibly one of the detriments of being stuck to one another for an extended period of time heh!) plus im smaller, hence the association. The world is a fugged-up place...that's all i can say :) And for those blur folks out there, my bf is the first guy on your right. See that cute smile? (this is really subjective, i understand hehehe) Makes me miss him more...

2005-09-03T02:26:00.000+08:00

Pumpkin was really pleasantly surprised when he saw me with a cake box hehehe. His smile was worth all da trouble i had to go through to get his ice cream cake home today. Rushed down from Kampung Glam to Jurong Point. Definitely not for the faint hearted hahaha! It was literally a race against time. I had half and hour to get back home before the cake melted into nothingness. And just when i thought i could whizz home in a cab, the sight of the queue just left me in utter despair. No choice. Had to take the bus back home. Good thing the cake was still in one piece by the time i got home :) Noor still got to enjoy his cake afterall hehehe.

2005-09-02T01:43:00.000+08:00

In denial mode.

Ta ma de.

My "curse-word" of the moment.

Ppl in class seem to be higly amused by it.

Hahaha.

Finally my poetry package is done.

Finito.

We ended up with 80-90 pages of intellectual fluff.

All i can say is good luck to the future of generation of Singapore.

Hehehe.

Admittedly, i have a problem.

No one can wake me up from sleep anymore.

I sleep like a log.

Guess school's sapping whatever little energy i have left in this frail body of mine.

Just now, i was suppose to nap from 730pm to 830pm.

Woke up at ard 1245am!

Angry?

Of cos i was.

Threw a tantrum in front of mum and dad.

Mummy started cursing and swearing at me.

"Tried to wake you at 8.30, 9, 9.30, 10...but still, you refuse to wake up!!!"

Sorry mum.

The fault is entirely mine.

Good thing my pbl meeting online with my groupmates didnt materialise.

Would have missed a great deal of stuff if the meeting went on without me.

Germany role play...done!

40 pages!!!

The group with purpose and zest.

Hahaha.

But really, my role play group is good!

My PBL group is, in the words of Yueheng, " in shambles"

Hahaha.

My history fieldtrip group...

Haiz...

Think i have just the perfect name for that particular group of mine.

"DEAD MEN WALKIN"

Hahaha.

Tmr gg to recce Kampung Glam....again!

This time we had better thrash out everything.

Especially coming up with the freaking activities for all the 6 stations!

Now you now why im soo stressed??!

*****

"Dear, I'm so so tired. I just want to go to sleep and never wake up..."

My sms note to Noor.

Imagine his panic.

He tot i was contemplating suicide.

Hahahaha.

My darling has been so encouraging and supportive.

Despite his busy schedule, (mine too) he's been furiously calling me up during his training breaks.

Just to check on my mental state of mind.

Hehehe.

He noes exactly what to do to help alleviate my stress.

Retail Therapy.

Instant gratification and cure.

When i see something i like, he'll go...

"Hmmm its nice dear, you want it? I'll get it for you okay?"

Sometimes i'll refuse, at other times i'll relent.

He got me my Doc Martens' a few days back.

Been eyeing it for the past couple of weeks.

It cost Noor a bomb.

Hahaha.

Thanks pumpkin!

I'll parade my new shoes to Ra tmr.

Hehehe.

My sayang really is the best thing in my life.

Not cos he buys me stuff.

But cos he' s always going out on a limb to make my life a lil' more bearable.

It was his 23rd birthday yesterday.

But we haven gotten round to celebrating it yet cos he's in camp.

We're having a double celebration tmr.

Bdae for Noor and teachers' day for me!

Ordered a cake from Anderson's Ice-cream this afternoon.

Yummy.

Hope he likes it.

And i'll probably get him his Keds or Nike.

The poor boy needs them lah.

Hahaha.

After a series of unfortunate events,

his old nike and converse have runneth their course of service.

Hehehehe.

2005-08-20T15:55:00.000+08:00

Everything right, everything wrong

Im broke.

Once again.

Seems like a perennial occurance lah.

Hehehehe.

At Ra's place trying to start on our redundant poetry package.

I have unilaterally apointed myself the group leader.

Ra and Wens are simply useless!

Hahaha.

Not only that, they had the cheek to mock me about my treatment of Peanuts.

He really likes the pulsating beat of the waterjet on his back!

Really!

How can they malign me???

"Nat, this is an extreme act of cruelty!"

I was trying to bathe him!!!

Hahahaha.

************

Daddy's in hospital.

Had a successful upper spine operation :)

Thank God for that.

Been spending my evenings in NUH.

Had Noor for company for the last 2 days cos he managed to get his nites off.

My dad seems to be enjoying his company.

Hahahaha.

Rudy (my sis's bf) is in hospital too.

On same floor as my dad, only different wards!

He had an accident while riding his bike at the 2nd link.

Poor guy.

His body took most of the beatings.

But all's well i guess.

Here's wishing both of them a speedy recovery.

**********

My entire weekend is gg to be"burnt" working on the poetry package.

Aaaargh!

And Noor's gg for his attachment at Alexandra Fire Station next weekend.

That will definitely truncate the time Noor and I have to spend with each other.

Haiz.

2005-08-09T17:49:00.000+08:00

Besar periuk, besar lagi keraknya!
(trans: the more you have, the more you spent!)

I second what Ra said on her blog.
I live for the 12th of every month.
Hehehe.
Savings aside (which is not much neways),
Im down to my last $50!!!
It seems that i can really spend:)
So there you have it.
It takes minimal effort to squander away a couple of thous in a span of 3 weeks.
Gave my parents $500 and on top of that i volunteered to sponsor half the cost of my daddy's x-ray.
Which set me back another $500.
And even though my bro is sucha an arse, he got his share of the bounty.
What can i say, Im nicee.
Besides, it's for my family so i dun feel that much of a pinch.
Now, having said that, i had plenty more for myself.
I wondered where it all went.
Noor wondered too.
Hehehehe.
I have 3 feet worth of new clothes in my wardrobe :0
My Nokia 3230 is turning out to be great buy, thanks to Noor who successfully convinced me to pick the Nokia over the Erricson.
Esp. since it's brilliantly catering to my narcissistic impulses.
Hehehe.
I experienced severe heartpain when i was punching in my pin number at the Starhub shop.
Aiii.
2 beautiful watches!
I noe it's a bit much but i loove watches.
Hehehehe.
Im broke...oh, so broke.
But friday is payday!!!

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