It's the last day of 2009.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
新年快乐！
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Osaka Japan
Back from Japan!
Went to mainly these few places in Kansai Japan:
1. Osaka Namba/ Dotonbori/ Shinsaibashi area + Universal Studios Japan
2. Nara (experienced snow!)
3. Kyoto
Stayed at the Dotonbori Hotel throughout. The hotel was quite okay, rooms were clean, they had my fave type of toilet bowls (!), and they even gave each female guest Shiseido amenities, and the toiletries were all from Shiseido. The toilets are a little bigger than those on the cruise.
Learnt/ noticed a few things:
1. Osaka's people stand to their right, not left (like in Tokyo) in train stations' escalators
2. Though Kansai's train lines are less complicated than Tokyo's, we could still get lost HAHA
3. Their bus is like China's, enter from the back, exit by the front
4. The people there are extremely polite and helpful. :D :D
5. The people there walk extremely FAST! VERY VERY FAST!
6. The young women there have a standard way of dressing- leggings with high heels and a huge overcoat.
7. They have so many Uniqlo stores there
8. Many cosmetic stores there too!! (With shelves of beauty products costing so much cheaper than in Sg)
Things that I love(in no particular order):
1. The polite people
2. Their high-tech toilet bowls HAHAHAHA
3. Shopping for souvenirs at the Glico shop and the Universal Studios store
4. Rides in Universal Studios
5. Their cool vegetable drinks and chocolate bread!
Unexpected rewards:
1. Experienced snow in Nara
2. Bought boxes of Shiroi Koibito from Kansai Int Airport!!!
3. Bought some Shiseido toiletries from the one of the cosmetic stores
4. Experienced a unique farewell at the Kansai Int Airport from the JAL crew. (Since it was Christmas eve when we left) They even stood at the runway to bid us goodbye!
5. Some bird pooped on Shirin's umbrella at Nara. HAHA :) I was laughing all the way.
Not so good points:
1. Their cold windy weather.. (The wind was so strong in Nara that we had to wear masks)
2. Our feet hurt from all the walking
3. We were kind of lost in the fast paced life in Osaka (since the people walked so fast that we had to try not to block their way esp in train stations)
More pictures some other time. They take so long to be uploaded. :(
Bye
Oh yeah, a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance! :D
Went to mainly these few places in Kansai Japan:
1. Osaka Namba/ Dotonbori/ Shinsaibashi area + Universal Studios Japan
2. Nara (experienced snow!)
3. Kyoto
Stayed at the Dotonbori Hotel throughout. The hotel was quite okay, rooms were clean, they had my fave type of toilet bowls (!), and they even gave each female guest Shiseido amenities, and the toiletries were all from Shiseido. The toilets are a little bigger than those on the cruise.
Learnt/ noticed a few things:
1. Osaka's people stand to their right, not left (like in Tokyo) in train stations' escalators
2. Though Kansai's train lines are less complicated than Tokyo's, we could still get lost HAHA
3. Their bus is like China's, enter from the back, exit by the front
4. The people there are extremely polite and helpful. :D :D
5. The people there walk extremely FAST! VERY VERY FAST!
6. The young women there have a standard way of dressing- leggings with high heels and a huge overcoat.
7. They have so many Uniqlo stores there
8. Many cosmetic stores there too!! (With shelves of beauty products costing so much cheaper than in Sg)
Things that I love(in no particular order):
1. The polite people
2. Their high-tech toilet bowls HAHAHAHA
3. Shopping for souvenirs at the Glico shop and the Universal Studios store
4. Rides in Universal Studios
5. Their cool vegetable drinks and chocolate bread!
Unexpected rewards:
1. Experienced snow in Nara
2. Bought boxes of Shiroi Koibito from Kansai Int Airport!!!
3. Bought some Shiseido toiletries from the one of the cosmetic stores
4. Experienced a unique farewell at the Kansai Int Airport from the JAL crew. (Since it was Christmas eve when we left) They even stood at the runway to bid us goodbye!
5. Some bird pooped on Shirin's umbrella at Nara. HAHA :) I was laughing all the way.
Not so good points:
1. Their cold windy weather.. (The wind was so strong in Nara that we had to wear masks)
2. Our feet hurt from all the walking
3. We were kind of lost in the fast paced life in Osaka (since the people walked so fast that we had to try not to block their way esp in train stations)
Universal Studios Japan
At the Kyoto Tower
Our hotel- the Dotonbori Hotel
More pictures some other time. They take so long to be uploaded. :(
Bye
Oh yeah, a belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance! :D
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
15 Dec 2009
A very meaningful song, in my opinion. This song, "Little Wonders" is from a Disney movie, "Meet the Robinsons" and the ultimate message of the movie is 'Keep Moving Forward'.
Some of us indeed hold on to the past for certain reasons such that we do not allow ourselves to turn the next page of our lives..
The song lyrics, to me, mean that it is some of these 'little moments' in our lives that make up who we are, and it is hard to let go of these special moments. As such, keep moving forward is the message, and though letting go is hard, it is the only way we can move forward.
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain
Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And i don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain
All of my regret
Will wash away some how
But i can not forget
The way i feel right now
In these small hours
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away but these small hours
These small hours, still remain,
Still remain
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away
But these small hours
These little wonders still remain
Some of us indeed hold on to the past for certain reasons such that we do not allow ourselves to turn the next page of our lives..
The song lyrics, to me, mean that it is some of these 'little moments' in our lives that make up who we are, and it is hard to let go of these special moments. As such, keep moving forward is the message, and though letting go is hard, it is the only way we can move forward.
Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain
Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And i don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain
All of my regret
Will wash away some how
But i can not forget
The way i feel right now
In these small hours
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away but these small hours
These small hours, still remain,
Still remain
These little wonders
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away
But these small hours
These little wonders still remain
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
9 Dec 2009
Yesterday (8 Dec):
-Went to Velocity/ Novena Sq for lunch with mum. I tried Mos Burger for the first time yesterday! (quite hard to believe)
-Bought our favourite Chocolate Bowl bread from the bakery at Square2. :)
Today (9 Dec):
-Took a long long bus ride with Shirin (about 1 hr) from home all the way to IMM to meet dad for lunch. Ate at wan zai before visiting Best and Challenger in our attempt to purchase our spare camera battery, but sadly both places didn't have them.
-Shopped at Giant to buy some things before dad sent us to the Singapore Science Centre. It was raining really heavily that time, but fortunately our dad sent us there! :)
-Tickets to Body Worlds + Science Centre cost $13 each (total 26) so we kinda paid $4 in coins and the remaining were in notes, but the counter staff was so friendly! HAHA
-Body Worlds was great, amazing, and it really opened my eyes! :D It was like a very detailed Bio lesson, haha. Shirin was trying to rush through the whole exhibit, but I took my time to read the explanation and observe the exhibits.
-Pictures not allowed in there, so we could only use our eyes.. I especially loved the plastinated giraffe and horse exhibits! :D
-The exhibits are plastinated, so they aren't really made of real human/ animal water & fats, but the bodies are from people who are willing to donate their bodies for such research purposes.. Besides if the exhibits were real flesh it would be decaying... More info on plastination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastination
-The Science Centre exhibits were not as interesting as the Body Worlds one, but we could take pictures there.
-Time flew past in a whizz, and it was soon 5.30pm.
-Dad picked us up after work (his office is nearby), and we met mum at Thomson Plaza where we had our dinner. Bought some groceries before heading home..
Can't wait for next week, when dad will be on another week's leave!! Haha, he has to clear his "leftover" leave days which are brought forward from last year.. We will surely be going to Chinatown again!!! HAHA ilovechinatown
Then it'll be Osaka soon! :D
P.S. I feel guilty for spending so much money.. :( :S :S
-Went to Velocity/ Novena Sq for lunch with mum. I tried Mos Burger for the first time yesterday! (quite hard to believe)
-Bought our favourite Chocolate Bowl bread from the bakery at Square2. :)
Today (9 Dec):
-Took a long long bus ride with Shirin (about 1 hr) from home all the way to IMM to meet dad for lunch. Ate at wan zai before visiting Best and Challenger in our attempt to purchase our spare camera battery, but sadly both places didn't have them.
-Shopped at Giant to buy some things before dad sent us to the Singapore Science Centre. It was raining really heavily that time, but fortunately our dad sent us there! :)
-Tickets to Body Worlds + Science Centre cost $13 each (total 26) so we kinda paid $4 in coins and the remaining were in notes, but the counter staff was so friendly! HAHA
-Body Worlds was great, amazing, and it really opened my eyes! :D It was like a very detailed Bio lesson, haha. Shirin was trying to rush through the whole exhibit, but I took my time to read the explanation and observe the exhibits.
-Pictures not allowed in there, so we could only use our eyes.. I especially loved the plastinated giraffe and horse exhibits! :D
-The exhibits are plastinated, so they aren't really made of real human/ animal water & fats, but the bodies are from people who are willing to donate their bodies for such research purposes.. Besides if the exhibits were real flesh it would be decaying... More info on plastination: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastination
-The Science Centre exhibits were not as interesting as the Body Worlds one, but we could take pictures there.
-Time flew past in a whizz, and it was soon 5.30pm.
-Dad picked us up after work (his office is nearby), and we met mum at Thomson Plaza where we had our dinner. Bought some groceries before heading home..
Can't wait for next week, when dad will be on another week's leave!! Haha, he has to clear his "leftover" leave days which are brought forward from last year.. We will surely be going to Chinatown again!!! HAHA ilovechinatown
Then it'll be Osaka soon! :D
P.S. I feel guilty for spending so much money.. :( :S :S
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
29 November 2009
Haven't blogged for a long time. Haha.
Well, I went for a cruise to KL & Langkawi. Nothing much to say about the cruise, but it took my mind off things in Singapore for a few days with the food, activities and the rocky seas haha. When we reached home I was still feeling the ground swaying and that feeling only went off after the Sentosa trip on Sunday. HAHA I love that feeling
Oh and my dad seems to be making friends with every taxi driver, no matter in Singapore or in Malaysia. He has three new friends now. HAHA.
For the record-
Saturday night (21 Nov): Reached Singapore, had some food at the Cruise Centre before heading home.
Sunday (22 Nov): Family day at Sentosa and we went to take the Cineblast ride, but I felt that the ride was too short :( I am looking forward to the rides in Universal Studios Japan! Left for Chinatown (our fave place) to check some exchange rates and bought some things there before heading home to rest.
Monday (23 Nov): Went to the Botanical Gardens to walk with dad (since he was on another week's leave) in the morning. Lunch was at ToaPayoh Central's Pizza Hut, and we collected the Windows 7 package from the post office.
Tuesday (24 Nov): Badminton (& lunch) with dad and sister at club.
Wednesday (25 Nov): Morning walk at botanical gardens, then to Tiong Bahru Market for breakfast. To Chinatown (again) to change currency before buying lunch home.
Thursday (26 Nov): Had lunch at Novena Square/ Square 2 and tea at Donut Factory.
Friday (27 Nov, Public Hol): Morning walk at Botanical Gardens with the whole family today, and went for breakfast nearby. Met up with some primary school classmates at the steamboat buffet restaurant at Novena, gossipped and talked about each other. :D
Saturday (28 Nov): Went to Dian Xiao Er at AMK Hub for dinner and dad finally changed his phone!
Sunday (29 Nov): Centrepoint, Orchard Central, Novena Square/ Velocity, Revenue House (dinner at 日本村)
I feel guilty for spending so much money :S :S :S
This post has been about what I have been doing for the past week. (Quite boring post, actually)
Well, I went for a cruise to KL & Langkawi. Nothing much to say about the cruise, but it took my mind off things in Singapore for a few days with the food, activities and the rocky seas haha. When we reached home I was still feeling the ground swaying and that feeling only went off after the Sentosa trip on Sunday. HAHA I love that feeling
Oh and my dad seems to be making friends with every taxi driver, no matter in Singapore or in Malaysia. He has three new friends now. HAHA.
For the record-
Saturday night (21 Nov): Reached Singapore, had some food at the Cruise Centre before heading home.
Sunday (22 Nov): Family day at Sentosa and we went to take the Cineblast ride, but I felt that the ride was too short :( I am looking forward to the rides in Universal Studios Japan! Left for Chinatown (our fave place) to check some exchange rates and bought some things there before heading home to rest.
Monday (23 Nov): Went to the Botanical Gardens to walk with dad (since he was on another week's leave) in the morning. Lunch was at ToaPayoh Central's Pizza Hut, and we collected the Windows 7 package from the post office.
Tuesday (24 Nov): Badminton (& lunch) with dad and sister at club.
Wednesday (25 Nov): Morning walk at botanical gardens, then to Tiong Bahru Market for breakfast. To Chinatown (again) to change currency before buying lunch home.
Thursday (26 Nov): Had lunch at Novena Square/ Square 2 and tea at Donut Factory.
Friday (27 Nov, Public Hol): Morning walk at Botanical Gardens with the whole family today, and went for breakfast nearby. Met up with some primary school classmates at the steamboat buffet restaurant at Novena, gossipped and talked about each other. :D
Saturday (28 Nov): Went to Dian Xiao Er at AMK Hub for dinner and dad finally changed his phone!
Sunday (29 Nov): Centrepoint, Orchard Central, Novena Square/ Velocity, Revenue House (dinner at 日本村)
I feel guilty for spending so much money :S :S :S
This post has been about what I have been doing for the past week. (Quite boring post, actually)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
18 Nov 2009
Prom was a blast! :) It's amazing to see how mature your classmates look.
Woke up at 5.30am yesterday to go to the botanical gardens, and I feel like joining the groups there for taiji now (or every morning) haha.
I'll be M.I.A. for the time being till Sunday/ Monday so here's Hey jude by The Beatles! It's a very nice (but long song. You have to listen it all the way through till the end of the song! :D
Woke up at 5.30am yesterday to go to the botanical gardens, and I feel like joining the groups there for taiji now (or every morning) haha.
I'll be M.I.A. for the time being till Sunday/ Monday so here's Hey jude by The Beatles! It's a very nice (but long song. You have to listen it all the way through till the end of the song! :D
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
18 September 2009
Haven't updated for so long. :] Prelims are finally over, and here are two pictures (since pictures paint a thousand words). Haha, I know I'm boring. :S
No idea what to say here. I kinda planned what to say here, but when I'm in blogger, I just forget what I wanted to say. Call that blogging-phobia (or STM).
I love this song by M.J., so here's the music video of 'Man in the Mirror'. Enjoy this touching beautiful song. :) This song inspires me, and touches me deeply...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
7 July 2009
Hello!!
I am Shirin, blogging for Cindi. ;D
Yesterday was her birthday. :D :D Happy Sweet Sixteen!
Cindi has nothing much to say. Her mid-year exam has just finished.
:)
*this is a super short post..*
GO TO MY BLOGG!! ;D
THANKS.
AHAHAH
*taking this opportunity to advertise.*
http://th-unknownpath.blogspot.com/
BYEBYE!! ;D
I am Shirin, blogging for Cindi. ;D
Yesterday was her birthday. :D :D Happy Sweet Sixteen!
Cindi has nothing much to say. Her mid-year exam has just finished.
:)
*this is a super short post..*
GO TO MY BLOGG!! ;D
THANKS.
AHAHAH
*taking this opportunity to advertise.*
http://th-unknownpath.blogspot.com/
BYEBYE!! ;D
Monday, June 1, 2009
31 May 2009 international museum day
Yesterday was International Museum Day (IMD)! We went to the National Museum of Singapore and the Peranakan Museum. The National Museum of S'pore was much interesting as compared to the Peranakan Museum (in my opinion). :) Too bad we couldn't go to the Ancient Civiliations Museum (ACM). Haha
Pictures:
照片时间吧！
All pictures taken with the Nikon D60
所有照片是使用Nikon D60拍的
:D
Friday, April 17, 2009
17 April 2009
Dim Sum! (Haha, random) 
Haha, I haven't updated since February. :D It's Speech day tomorrow.
Anyway, i received a package/ parcel from Ruiqi in Hangzhou last week! (I'm so thrilled!) She sent me some local products, like a tin of Long Jing tea leaves (Dragon Well tea), which was the first grade type, some walnut snack,which tasted quite good [my family has finished the entire packet already:( ]. It must have cost a bomb!
My uncle came back from Suzhou the week before last (for Qingming) and he helped me to send some of Singapore's local products (like Bak Kwa and Tiger Balm) to both Dora and Ruiqi. :D The tiger balm was extremely bulky/ heavy and plus the Bak Kwa, the parcel weighed at least 300g.
It only cost 12RMB for each parcel, and a total of about 25 RMB for both parcels to be sent from Suzhou to Hangzhou, which is equivalent to about less than s$5. If I had sent it from Singapore, it would have cost more than S$20 for each parcel (enquired about this when I went to the post office to collect my parcel).
In addition, the courier service in China is extremely efficient! My uncle reached SZ on Tuesday, sent the parcels on Wednesday, and both of them received their parcels on Thursday. China's post service is indeed more efficeint than ours. Shan't elaborate on my unpleasant experience with them. :)
Some people may say that I am being lame as to send Tiger Balm, but they really want it okay! HAHA
My uncle's coming back during the June holidays so I can ponder further on what to send to both of them! :D
Till then. 
The parcel from Ruiqi :D
Dragon Kiln that we visited some time ago
(in Singapore)
Dragon Kiln
Friday, February 27, 2009
27 Feb 2009
It's been forever since I've updated. :D
I received a greeting card from Ruiqi a few days before Valentine's Day! :) I am so excited about sending maybe a package to her via my uncle (working in Suzhou) who's coming back in April.
On the very same day, I received a note from speedpost saying that I have an article from China too(!). However, I could only collect it on Friday (1 day before Vday) because of some transaction problem with Singpost.
Guess what, the article was sent by Jiang Hui (Dora)! She kinda sent a gift for my mum, younger sister and me. The speed delivery cost like 138RMB (about S$27+), which is rather expensive. :S She sent it just on time, as she wanted to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day! :D
The contents in both cards are touching... and private too. :D
sssshhh...
Although we're worlds apart, our friendship will last...
I received a greeting card from Ruiqi a few days before Valentine's Day! :) I am so excited about sending maybe a package to her via my uncle (working in Suzhou) who's coming back in April.
On the very same day, I received a note from speedpost saying that I have an article from China too(!). However, I could only collect it on Friday (1 day before Vday) because of some transaction problem with Singpost.
Guess what, the article was sent by Jiang Hui (Dora)! She kinda sent a gift for my mum, younger sister and me. The speed delivery cost like 138RMB (about S$27+), which is rather expensive. :S She sent it just on time, as she wanted to wish me a Happy Valentine's Day! :D
(I'm so touched. She received my Xmas card which I sent a long long time ago too)
I hope that my uncle will be able to help me send the items to both of them when he comes back to Singapore. :D
The contents in both cards are touching... and private too. :D
sssshhh...
Although we're worlds apart, our friendship will last...
Saturday, January 24, 2009
24 Jan 2008
Sorry for not updating. Have been busy lately.
Went to Chinatown yesterday. Here are some photographs. :D
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