Thursday, August 31, 2006 @ 6:03 PM

Hello!!

Long time no blog. haha. i've had such an exhausting week. actually when you think abt it i guess i haven't done that many things but the presentation that i had to do for class on wed was so time-consuming and stressful! maybe cos it was the 1st presentation of my uni life. hehheh. we were all so relieved when we finished!

ohh but i think i was quite tired from bidding for my extra module too. WAH i really cant stand it! sara and i kept discussing how much to bid for one of our classes. in the end we bid pretty low so we didnt get it after so much discussion haha. but its okay cos both of us got our 1st choice courses! yay. BUT not getting that class meant that we wasted 3 precious hours on a lovely monday morning attending a class that we weren't given in the end. i'm not so concerned abt sleep. but cos of this class, i had to leave early from my last REW session with the p1 barker boys!!!

haha. i've been teaching a class of ac barker p1 kids for the past 6 weeks and they're seriously SUPER CUTE! i must tell you the stories next time. sometimes they make SO MUCH noise that my 2 other friends that take the class with me will be at a loss cos we have no clue on what to do! other times we have to stop the lesson cos they say really really adorable thigns and we'd just laugh and laugh. okay la tell you all more stories abt them. esp from my last day! ): but for now, pictures of the cute kids!

it's a bird, it's a plane, it's KC! hahaha. thats the boy's name. they were so excited abt taking pictures!

this one is my favourite!! his name's aaron. he's an absolute sweetie i tell you. very shy and guai but really hilarious!

this is a picture to keep! they actually asked me to take the picture for them and they posed for it so naturally! hahaha. when i asked the boy on the left if the other boy was his best friend, he looked at him wishfully and was like 'don't know?' haha

the little monkeys fooling around. haha.

okay i think i sound slightly obsessed. which is not a good thing and i'm really not crazy k. hahaha. they're just really cute and super sweet! so sad that they're going to grow up and become corrupted naughty boys. haha. kk anyway this is quite a long post. hope to see you girls tmrw! (and for those miles away, we'll continue thinking of you! (: )

-inezz

Monday, August 28, 2006 @ 10:08 AM

hello everybody! I am blogging about life in New York! NY is so fun! There's always things to do! I've been here for exactly one week and we've had splendid orientation! There aren't OGs, or OGLs..we do everything sort of as a whole big group of freshies, and if we have competitions, it's by floors (so your entire floor in your dorm is your group). There are 2 RAs (Resident Assistants) per floor and they are the people you go to when you have any qns (sort of like an OGL lah). My 2 RAs are the coolest people around! HAHA! every floor has a theme, and ours is the 'Models floor'. When you step out of the lift, there's this big poster with lots of ads of big brands like Gucci, Prada, CK etc with models on it..and somewhere on the poster it says '2006's hottest fashion designers' followed by all the names of the people on our floor! COOL HUH?? and outside each of our doors, they put up one ad with our names on it..my room's brand is BCBG..HAHAHA! one of our RAs is gay (and proud of it but he's really nice!) and he decided that NY is like fashion heaven so our floor must be the models floor..

Orientation has been really fun..we went on a free cruise with free FOOD along the river, and passed by the statue of liberty at night! it was nice! but my friend said it's nicer in the day when you can see the scenery around it..on our first night, we had an ice-cream social in the lounge of our dorm, with a special performance by some jazz students who call themselves the Sliq Soul brothers and they're really really really good! I was so impressed! the brass players beat Singapore brass players hands down man! there were people dancing and eating ice-cream! haha! 2 nights ago it was Movie Night and they played MI3 in the lounge and tonight its Movie Night again! this time its V for Vendetta...we had a scavenger hunt which took us all over NY today..and my floor won! yay! the gay RA told us 'i'm like really competitive, and i want to win!' he made us like run to all the destinations! ZZZ last night we went for a local restaurant tour, where they brought us to see all the good food around our area, and we finally ate at this Italian restaurant and food was quite good! we've also been to see the Lion King and Stomp, and tomoro we're going to this jazz club in Soho (i think) called the Village Vanguard and supposedly many students go there..but i think i won't go cos its quite late...other than that, we've had meetings and stuff and placement tests! bleaugh..i have like 3 placement tests tomoro..so retarded..i wanna test out of those, then i can do other courses..like learn FRENCH! haha!

the people here are very nice and friendly too..but like Wai May said, i don't want to make too many casual acquaintances...I have made some friends who i think will be close friends though..my 2 closest friends (one is my rommate) here are christians and that's such a blessing! we go church-hopping together till we've found a nice one which we like..we went to this church today and it was so solemn! and the pastor was very boring =pp haha he was speaking in a monotone and not really focusing on the topic..i was like falling asleep and i felt so bad for sleeping in front of him =S

lastly, SHOPPING! the shopping here is WOWOWOWOWOWOW! there are of course superduper high end stuff along 5th Avenue, but sometimes some places have discount racks because they want to bring in the new designs, and these discounted items are really discounted! and if you go into shopping centres like Macy's (the world's largest department store!) they ALSO have discount racks..like you can get a pair of Cole Haan capris for 30US! they have lots of stuff like that..i can't wait to go visit other good shopping places! food here is expensive though, plus you have to give TIPS! and sometimes the service is not very good so you don't feel like giving them tips but you have to....

ok i have to go now! blog more girls!=) take care and God bless you all!

love, shang

Sunday, August 27, 2006 @ 3:02 PM

O crappp whyy cant blogger add pics according to how upload them. so anyway, heres part one of my pics from my first week of sch. i didnt upload alll. just some to give you a gist of my new home and surroundings.

This is my notice board...prob the most messy thing you have ever seeen in ur life
people playing a friendly game of frisbeee in McCarthy quad- this where u can find alll sorts of people... doing alll sorts of stuff. i walk across theis field EVERY SINGLE DAY
My fav library... cos it is just so magnificent. thats my room mate in the background....

haaha i love the way this building is built. this pic looks like someone painted it right.

okokkk scroll up for part 2 hahaha

Sunday, August 20, 2006 @ 10:28 PM

HEY everyone!!! wow it's been ages since i last posted something...haha well as you know, 1 week of school has passed for me and i'm already super tired... My timetable is 8 to 5.30 from monday to thursday and we have an early day on friday( 8 to 5) yay!!! 1/2 and hr earlier!!! woohoo...sigh ok la somtimes the lecturer may end earlier like at 4 so not so bad. and on some days i have 2 hr breaks... oh well but i heard that when we actually go out into the working world it is not so bad...
Waimay: that's sounds like quite a lot of frens what... but they sound like a reallly interesting mix of people from extremely diverse backgrounds. haha yes LA definitely sounds like an expensive place to live in...If i ever go i'll stay with you k haaha then have more $ for shopping and food!!! so lucky waimay!!! have so many hot guys to look at sigh can't find a single one in dentistry. eh take some pictures and post them!!! haha i want to see...
BYE shang!!! i'm sorry i can't send you off at the air port sniff sniff cause i have lessons :( keep us updated on the blog k haha i'll try to find time to write fairly regularly too! Here's wishing you a smooth and safe journey to NY and may you have a good time there :) take care of yourself and buy pepper spray! haha all the best ya? will miss you!!!!

@ 12:30 PM

hihihi everyone. i dont even know whats going on in singapore since you people are so busy with alll your smu/dentistry/medicine life..tsk. bear some thoughts for the lonely me in california who has nothing better to do except hop from one blog to another...so keeep me occupied mans. i dont like to keep visiting my school webbie and make more changes to my timetable (thats what i do when i'm bored. look for more classes and lchange my schedule...)

o yes, this is what i'm doing for first sem: some class abt acct stufff, writing class, hist class abt war and america, geog class abt natural disasters ...thats abt it.

okkk yes, you all must be wondering whyy i'm complaining that i have so much time but no time to update this blog. cos you see, i cant seem to access the internet from my dorm cos theres just soooooo much admin shitt to do (reallly! i'm not kidding. getting internet connection was my no. one prioritywhen i moved into my dorm... btw, i havent even unpacked my clothes from the baggage...and since thurr till now, i stillllllllllllllll dont have internet cos it is just so complicated. you might think that getting a lan wire would solve all my probs, omggg u are severely mistaken. once u plug that stupid wire into the right places, u have to 'register' ur laptop and blahblahblahblah...theres where all the rubbish comes in. so frustrating) so because of alll these nonsense, i cant use my laptop. and so, i have to go to the library, and use their stifff keyboards to type emails and alll. so yea... i dont like to type a lot.

anw. LA is a very expensive city. if u want to come here for a long hol, becareful, money just flow out of your pocket like nobody;s business. parking fees in downtown LA for 3hrs can go up to 18USD, parking in beverlyhills/westwoood for first 20mins can cost you 8uSD. parking in U*SC (a university in the worse part of LA) is 7 USD a day. so doesnt matter if you are going into the sch for an hour, it will still cost you 7 friggin bucks. renting a car is gonna cost you an atomic bomb. and you cant travel around LA w/o a car... a car is a necessity cos cabs are insanely expensive...the meters justr move very quickly. then theres foood. omggg... one slice of pizza at a fooodcourt cost me 4USD. sheesh. foood court btw. FOODCOURT...the cost of an ave meal for 2 people: 45USD... that includes tip. hotel... omggggg omggg unless you dont intend to live until 45years old (at least), you have to fork out at least 100plus USD a night for a hotel room. then plus your fun sight-seeing places like LA's very own disneyland or universal studios or sixslfags or waltdisney concert hall and goodnessknowswhatotherplacesthereareinLA... $$$$$$$$$$$

alrights. U*SC... hmmm what can i say except the int students orientaltion is pitiful. so boringgg. i skipped most of the prog. people are... aye basically i kinda like the indians only. they are sooooo hilarious i telll you. and it is not because they intend to be funny. but it is just the things they do and say. i'm not racist la. i sincerely enjoy their company. hahahaha.... there are def a lot of above ave looking people here. reallly. dont think LA is where all the slim and welll-toned body people live... there are a lot a lot of obese people. but just within U*SC, yes, what you see in OC is true. and cos in my dorm, theres a mixture of guys and girls living on the same floor, so when you walk to the toilet, you can always spot a half naked guy walking to the toilet or back from the toilet and they are hot. hahaha seriously, ive never seen so many hot guys in my life. like every 10mins, this sufer looking dude will walk past you... regardless of where you are..in library/cafeteria/dorm/walking across the courtyard/student health centre...etc. there are a lot of bitchy girls around tooo. haha... cant wait for the whole chunk of them to move into sorority houses next year. heh. no la... they are nice, but i dont think i want to be their friends??? these type of people come and go. people here are generalllty nice, they acknowledge you, help you when you want... only thing is that, you cant form meaningful friendships with them. but thats ok..cos not all americans are like that.

my room mate is one perfect exception. shes sooooo niceee. omggg... by american standard, shes a hardcore nerd, but to me, shes a perfectly normal student who knows how to strike a balance between having fun and fulfilling her responsibilities as a student. so thats great. we hang out quite often and we both have similiar opinions. like we want classes to start soon cos both of us dont like to try to make friends. hahahahahaha i know. i dont like to go up to someone and intro myself. thats just stupid. i'd rather u come up to me and do that. hahaha so at this monent, i can count the no. of friends i have made so far. hahaha this vietnamese girl (who studied in czech republic alll her life), my dear roommate, this indian girl who is here for her masters, this hongkong guy, this korean guy called david (but all his life, he studied in mexico. ahhaha), this singaporean..omggg ive got so much to say abt her. she was from mg but left in sec 2 tostudy in hongkong...i think if u guys see her pic in the mg yearboook, u alll will confirm recognise her. her name is charmaine. this turkey guy (crap forgot his name..i think al), this shanghai guy (jordan, doing graduate studied), this korean girl called...shit i forgot, and this asian american girl called... uhm ashley or something... hmmm thats more or less it. i mean there are two other guys my roommate intro-ed... uhm this volleyball player called chris and this guy from chicago called west. there are a lot of hi and bye friends la... i cant remb their names. but when i see them around, yea... i will greeet them. thats the thing abt a big uni, u hardly see your new friends. haha... reallly. if they are not in the same sch (i.e the biz sch or communication sch etc), it is very hard to maintain those friendships.

U*SC is def a partyyy sch. wed-pizza party. thur- massive frat/sorority parties. woahhh... i didnt go la.cos i didnt know untiol this asian guy told me but then he told me aft i took a nice warm bath and was all clean and alll. soyea. wasnt in the mood to dress up and watch people get
wasted. not to worrry, i'm sure there are more of suchparties to come. haha then there was this outdoor disco party on fri. and a rock concert plus carnival on sat. yeps... o and welcome to biz sch lunch on fri tooo.

alrights. thats all folks. have fun in uni!! i will upload pics someother time when my com can access the internet!!!! i love my sch buildings... heh. and my dorm is damn nice and biggg. ive got a free mini fridge and microwave oven tooo... ok, not exactly freeee...but well, i wasnt expecting these stuffff.

take care and byeeee....love waimayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Friday, August 18, 2006 @ 11:22 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DENISE! :)

bel*

Thursday, August 10, 2006 @ 10:24 PM

Monday, August 07, 2006 @ 12:54 AM

hi everyone...

im grace n christina. guess who is typing..of cos its the smarter and prettier 1. the ans is obvious right? haha. stupid whiny steph is sleeping. finally we have some peace... we are in the lounge of our blk in the hostel now. it is very dark but my super ugly ibm is super good. it can shine on my keyboard. n i can see my fingers. yeAH! GRACE IS RETARDED.