tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55082332012-02-07T05:49:56.734+08:00The Chronicles of an Undergraduate...Memories
Musings
WhiningsGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-88837759360677348862008-04-23T23:38:00.003+08:002008-04-23T23:45:21.998+08:00Hmmm.. my last post finally appeared. Oh well... I think it had to do with the template. Guess it's better this way. Saves me the trouble of changing the blogskin of my old blog (I was getting sick of the black background)Cya at my new place! :)GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-41277652295683193762008-04-20T14:28:00.001+08:002008-04-20T14:38:12.418+08:004 more posts short of the big 8-0-0. But i've moved...Look for me @ http://purelysimple.wordpress.comI'm still in a kind of transitional-ish state... so may still end up posting or double posting here and there. Some loose ends to wrap up to complete my memories over here. :)GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-81123476271414122512008-04-17T16:10:00.002+08:002008-04-17T16:12:24.922+08:00I feel like moving over to wordpress... But I've had this site for years... 5 to be precise.Let me think a bit more about this first. :)Midst of studying for my last paper on Sat morning and the jobhunt. Taking my time, but not sure what I should apply for. Haven't exactly looked at the HR postings yet. Maybe I should start looking there soon.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-52750564701987296562008-04-12T12:03:00.003+08:002008-04-12T12:06:23.765+08:00From the relatively unblocked view from my room window, I can actually see the streaks of lightning instead of just flashes of it... Study break... I can't seem to find my ethics notes. Haiz...GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-85797927219926031472008-04-07T13:58:00.002+08:002008-04-07T14:07:04.535+08:00Hmmm... my mind is in a blank after my last presentation at SMU.It went pretty well I think... or so I hope. And it's probably the first time in a long while that I prepared so much for a presentation and did up cue cards - insteead of writing my script out. I can't even remember when was that last time I used the cue cards...Slowly floating back to earth... 1 more paper and 2 more exams to studyGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-69150441801294290192008-04-07T00:16:00.005+08:002008-04-07T00:23:17.540+08:00So many things to blog about... I've moved, last week of school, last class in SMU...But.. i'm still busy with school stuff... will try to retain those memories and blog them down later..I'm preparing for my last presentation in SMU.. and it's MAJOR... Oral defense for my thesis.. May my brain be able to work at 9am tomorrow and I hope my examiners won't throw me tough questions that I can't GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-47538099801516884592008-03-23T01:02:00.003+08:002008-03-23T01:08:58.675+08:00This i gotta document... bits and pieces of undergraduate life to store and file away...Am writing up my thesis now. Started 2 days agom still writing due ot distractions like Viwawa, erm... viwawa and more viwawa. (Check it out if you dunno what it is yet! www.viwawa.com )Ya... and as I write, I have stacks of papers on both sides of the laptops. Most of them are journal articles... or hastily GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-76573570687906711722008-03-08T13:59:00.003+08:002008-03-08T14:04:41.527+08:00hmmm.. for some weird reason or other, i don't see my newest post when i visit my blog.. but I know you all have commented... so I guess as long as u all can see it, it's fine! :)This week has gone by in a blink of an eye... Ok.. I felt that this week was so much mroe relaxing than my break week... Hurhurhur... had time to chill, do my own stuff... Maybe a normal school week is better...GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-6873830313592706292008-03-06T15:56:00.002+08:002008-03-06T16:05:21.816+08:00The past few weeks have been busy with me running my study to collect data for my thesis, going for networking in week 8 and rushing my Wednesday presentations.All not very good excuses for not blogging huh? What about just not feeling like? Since there is nothing very much interesting going on in my life except for school work... The job hunt is not moving very well and I don't really have the GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-70127011147560097662008-02-21T01:58:00.002+08:002008-02-21T02:01:11.540+08:00I am a psychology student. I'm writing a commentary on political leadership transitions. The topic is interesting. A word limit of 600 doesn't get me very far even though I have different things to explore. Busy busy busy. Preparing for thesis... running thesis, rushing presentation for Psych of reasoning... running studies. It's a vicious cycle I say.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-81421683716387942962008-01-26T00:41:00.000+08:002008-01-27T16:32:17.304+08:00Updates updates updates...Well.. one week ago, I went for HIS concert! Jay Chou! Hahaha.. this is what seats at ROW 6 yielded! Hahaha... to be able to see him walk past you like barely one metre away and the chance to his sleeve... as that's what Yuanshan did... Yeah... just wanted to note that I was at Row 6!!! Doesn't he look good playing the drums?Ya... so I spent the past 1 week in lala JayGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45417147368921960162008-01-20T15:11:00.000+08:002008-01-20T15:25:41.089+08:00Ok... I need to snap out of this fangirling stage... At 23, it's a bit late no?Been on a Jay Chou high after going for Jay Chou's concert on Friday night. And been prettty obsessed with it for the past two days. (try going on youtube to search for a million and one fanclips). It doesn't help that we discussed him when we met yesterday. Hahaha... Wild thoughts of getting to meet him or sth has GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-61508691591826266282008-01-13T22:02:00.000+08:002008-01-14T00:17:04.398+08:00Heh.. realised I haven't posted much (or rather, anything) about my HK trip~!~ So here's a short short summary... Highlight of the trip would be I guess.... HIM!!! Yeah.. Went for a Jay Chou concert... which we decided in a spur of madness at 3am one night. And I liked it so much... that I'll be going for his concert on the 18th! Can't WAIT!! IT"S NEXT WEEK!hmmm.. so what else did we do with a 9 GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-50360175993104479782008-01-13T21:52:00.000+08:002008-01-13T21:58:16.679+08:00Week one of my final sem in uni came and went. Although only doing 3 mods this sem, but deadlines seem to be pretty tight with my thesis, commentaries and papers all due very close to each other. But must cherish this last semester...What else have I been busy with? Nothing much actually. I got a new phone! Wahahahhas.. it's a Motorola v9. Pretty ok.. and I like it cause its slick and I like the GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-29134376051152387452008-01-02T15:37:00.000+08:002008-01-02T16:45:39.857+08:00Happy New Year!!! Ok.. my new year greetings always comes a bit later than the 1st Jan.I was just looking through my archives... I've been blogging for 4 and a half years. That's quite a lot of things to say. From the 2nd half of my JC years to now, when I'm entering my last sem at Uni. Well.. wishes for the new year...I guess to be more focussed - work on my thesis and the last 3 modules of my GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-33609313521195770852007-12-28T00:02:00.000+08:002007-12-28T00:41:45.115+08:00 Hi! My name is 八万 (or bat man in Cantonese. Note: It is 'bat man' not batman!). In case you can't guess, I'm a reindeer! hurhurhur... I was born in Ocean Park and was 'adopted' on 17th December. Ya... here are my owner and her friends...Siyi, Adelene and yep.. there's my owner.. savouring and enjoying their egg tarts!They visited Mabel... and look! there's my good friend, Schwein in Mabel's armsGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-86476853861758901472007-12-09T00:14:00.000+08:002007-12-09T00:18:02.501+08:00And so I have neglected my blog... Do you see the cobwebs growing yet?A quick recap... Exams ended on Wed, 28th Nov... Was rushing a report and slides for a presentation for Friday morning. Had to finish up my IRB application as well... Not enough sleep even after exams.Presentation came and went. Seems quite ok. Filed for IRB approval before the Dec deadline. Yay! And then, it was mega-nua-ing GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-82210202834025793982007-11-27T01:03:00.000+08:002007-11-27T01:10:00.303+08:00I don't think I've ever felt so disgusted studying for any modules in my whole 3.5 years of uni life. I just feel like crying whenever I flip the developmental psych textbook.What's in the finals? Everything from text, slides and presentations.Some things in the slides are not in the textbook. A LOT of things in the textbook are not in the slides.I don't see a central theme or concept that I can GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-64690471597369490772007-11-22T20:57:00.000+08:002007-11-22T21:01:21.196+08:00It's Thursday! Ack! Where has the week gone???Trying to mug... mug... mug... Squeeze in a couple of meetings on some outstanding projects, some time spent slacking and having a long lunch. Yup, I have 4 days more to exams. Jiayou!On a happier note, I'm hooked onto jay Chou's new album. Happy Happy songs! I like almost all the songs except maybe for 无双 which is still ok, just not one that I can GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-12226357489540047142007-11-20T21:22:00.000+08:002007-11-20T21:24:53.868+08:00救命啊!!!Ok... I'll either need toa) lock up my laptop, orb) not turn it on, orc) ditch it, ord) let it rot at home while i'm in school and vice versa. ore) what other ways are there to not use a laptop?I'm just doing a million and one thing besides studying. Try... visiting blogs multiple times a day, reading news...I study. Just too little.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-73172171966106097702007-11-20T19:14:00.000+08:002007-11-20T19:17:16.921+08:00Just went to collect my new passport... Waiting 2 hours to get it.Annoying neighbours who are doing some reno work... prevented me from sleeping with the incessant and annoying drilling this morning.Mugging in school... books, papers strewn all over. Developmental psych...Reports and data analysis due.. soon...Hooked onto playing computer games. What is new? Control.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-79048009699324413252007-11-17T13:42:00.000+08:002007-11-17T13:53:41.242+08:00This sem has been tryingand i'm not winning.No matter how well I do,I'll still lose.I spent less time laughing this semI spent more time fretting this sem.Sometimes, I don't know myself anymore.What I want. Why i do certain things. How I escape.I run when things don't go wellI disappear.At the end of the day,does it matter so much?Thanks to those who have been by meI've been a pretty whiney bitchGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-77434403383608755012007-11-14T16:05:00.000+08:002007-11-14T16:37:14.719+08:00So today went ok... after rushing the paper, mugging for my term-end test... Did decently ok for the MCQ test... A couple of careless mistakes and not rusting myself got to me... but i am over it...Tired from lack of sleep. Running pilot study now...I have 2 more days of class... But I officially have met all deadlines for school related work now. Yay! 1 more report for the consulting project dueGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-61085781699610663452007-11-14T01:13:00.000+08:002007-11-14T01:16:41.570+08:00I'm frankly on the verge of hysteria now... I have a 20% MCQ/True-False test tomorrow at 830... I am still halfway through my stuff.. and I'm editing and touching up my Apple report. Due tomorrow as well.The test is important to me cause I think it makes or breaks my grade for this mod.. and I need to MAKE IT...It sucks. My groupmates are probably studying... and mugging or sleeping after muggingGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-82071460854044612022007-11-13T21:41:00.000+08:002007-11-13T22:15:49.101+08:00=== Start of Rant ===iPISSED!!!I sent out a report at 1 am on Sunday night. I did up most of the report. I just needed people to look through , edit and email me to tell me that it is ok.It was 9.45pm. Only 1 member replied me. They had Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to look through. At 10pm. I received another email telling me she just checked her mail. Don't kid me. Never check mail from Sunday to GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45220760770536990172007-11-05T21:04:00.000+08:002007-11-05T21:13:27.980+08:00Ok.. so in the last 6 days since I blogged, I finished... 2 presentations with 2 group papers... The presentation for cogpsych was pretty bad I would say... but then other things happened to make up for it.. Like me suddenly realising how to write my OCD paper on Apple (Thanks Fran!) and the getting my approval to start on my pilot study for my thesis.And then, it was pia-ing for my dev psych GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-41564919580893452772007-10-30T23:52:00.000+08:002007-10-31T00:04:37.797+08:00How often do we lose sight of the world around us. To know how to count our blessings and not bother ourselves to much with the extra stuff in life?I question my mindset on job search, on life.. and yet, I find myself slipping into it oh-so-often. Since when do I take time to count my blessings. For having been able to live my dream, for a superb family, wonderful and supportive friends who have GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-8480072741161467242007-10-28T18:30:00.000+08:002007-10-28T18:35:42.037+08:00Spent today doing work... Working on 3 papers and worrying about another one is not fun at all... This sem is not turning out the way I had envisioned it. But enough of that...So this weekend, I found myself having to prepare for 2 presentations and 2 related papers, on top of my part for a 3rd paper for OCD. Looming in the shadows is my research proposal for my thesis due next Monday. I have GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-2203392980463487352007-10-25T15:11:00.000+08:002007-10-25T15:19:12.586+08:00Ok.. besides random one-liner posts whining, i haven't really been blogging. Call it lack of time, blogstipation or what not... it's just that I feel this sem spinning far out within my control. It's hard to explain why.Been staying in school to clear work. Looking for articles, writing up my study, doing random stuff... Work is piling up. Thesis, projects, papers, presentations, proposal report.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-32317882005326665592007-10-19T12:34:00.000+08:002007-10-19T12:35:12.920+08:00Stressed! Stupid dev psych midterms!!!! *faints*GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-43568195751066867202007-10-18T00:50:00.000+08:002007-10-18T01:04:02.576+08:00Did some online job application just now... and was answering a string of questions to determine if I had a 'fit' with the kind of person they were looking for.Was just thinking... it is easy to 'lie' on the questions... Afterall, it is easy to guess the attributes that companies do look out for... But.. is it worth it? To get the interview.. . and even the job? Like... when you try and force GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-43033008875763065922007-10-17T17:09:00.000+08:002007-10-17T17:14:33.512+08:00Serious damage control needed. Can't do anything about midterms which have come and gone. Will work towards the rest of the stuff - presentation, papers and finals...It's after the mid term break liao.Need. to. focus.Was busy with my pilot study and studying for developmental psych towards the end of the midterm break. Dev psych midterm is finally over.. so now.. time to start clearing reports GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-29868057346886172092007-10-14T04:47:00.000+08:002007-10-14T04:59:31.168+08:00Term break came and went...While I tried to enjoy myself and cut myself some slack, I also spent time worry and agonising over my thesis, something which I'm kicking myself for taking it up, and yet enjoying certain parts of the process. It's seriously a love-hate relationship.However, as Siyi puts it, I think i will be 'damn proud' of it after I finish it. I'll let you know when I do...Then GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-9779556759910534372007-10-08T22:04:00.000+08:002007-10-08T22:09:31.371+08:00Sitting in a gsr, 10pm on Monday of Week 8. Yes, it's the same day since my last post. But I'm feeling happier as I sieve through a 4cm think pile of psych reading. I see ideas, definitions and research for my lit review shaping up. I don't mind reading it so much.I actually think I'm in an 'euphoria' stage, where I've kinda like gotten over my tiredness and am now gearing to working or piaing GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-68984485255256882312007-10-08T18:50:00.000+08:002007-10-08T18:55:01.637+08:00Just finished a meeting that started at 2.50 pm. 4 hours of intensive brain storming, tossing and turning of ideas, debating, justifications and elaboration of ideas. It's over finally...I still have tons of psych papers to read so that I can churn out my pilot studies by tomorrow, i'm tired.Guess what, it's week 8 (ie: break week)!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-73870881580429204252007-10-03T13:27:00.000+08:002007-10-03T13:29:49.473+08:00*stressed* I think i screwed my OCD midterm... *bangs head*But ya.. my fault... so bo bians... Not enough sleep, didn't really study, didn't read question properly... what am I thinking of when I have SO MUCH at stake? Sigh....I need to sleep... then... Cognitive psych for tomorrow....GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-3282733660839008352007-10-02T02:07:00.000+08:002007-10-02T02:09:08.508+08:00To go or not to go?If only I was back in Europe where I could make my own decisions where to go and things I wanna do.*think think think*Meanwhile, I wasn't very productive today... Need to mug now!!!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-66374880960423709912007-10-01T03:45:00.000+08:002007-10-01T03:53:49.228+08:00It;s 3.46. I logged off MSN almost 2 hours ago, thinking I would go and sleep...and then I got caught up in the online world of flash games, blogs... and news. (Well, I did read the Formula 1 news). I really should go to bed earlier. Not stay up till so late to do so much random stuff. Otherwise, I should probably spend my time on more productive stuff.There's the job applications coming along GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45166337438820441922007-09-25T01:22:00.000+08:002007-09-25T16:11:02.767+08:00Why did the man throw the butter out of the window?He wanted to see a butterfly!==========hurhurhur.... amused? Some lame joke my sis told me...This week is filled with mugging and meetings and prep for stuff. Oh well... battle ahead!Gosh.. my life seems to revolve round and round mugging and school and mugging and school. Come to think of it, haven't really been out out... Just school, school GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-85149190402905417552007-09-18T22:43:00.000+08:002007-09-18T23:00:44.878+08:00Jaded, Cynical, Judgmental, Critical... I think that kinda sums up the new me... or at least me these few days? weeks?Am not liking the change. Bah!Oh.. let me be a hermit... with no school and work commitments, no deadlines to meet, no imminent tests coming up or no need to do job serach and attedn career talks. Bleahz...I feel like going back to St Gallen . :( Seriously missing my semi-hermit GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-11600553336045853912007-09-12T12:30:00.000+08:002007-09-13T13:37:17.273+08:00Mid week, week 4.Life's hectic. Or maybe it's cause i'm not being particularly productive. So many things on my to-do list. Trying to clear them one by one, but at the same time, when I'm done with one task, my list is lengthened by a couple more. Yet, my social life is also picking up when work starts coming in and piling up. In between that those, I'm playing Microsoft Hearts, trying to collectGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-71064917811004032002007-09-10T02:05:00.000+08:002007-09-10T02:07:09.558+08:00Gillian --[noun]: A hermit living in the big city'How" will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com Sounds like me?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-64775752926807037182007-09-04T04:09:00.000+08:002007-09-04T04:14:37.113+08:00I'm feeling so nua... nua... nua...It's 4.10am now. I have a class at 10.15 tomorrow morning. I should go and sleep. yet, i'm preparing stuff I should have prepared over my 3 day weekend break. Procrastination is the thief of time. If I get $1 everytime I procrastinate, I should be pretty rich by now.How many other times have I blogged about procrastination? *big sigh!*Shall go sleep soon. need GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-19563990501525808752007-09-02T16:48:00.000+08:002007-09-02T19:22:22.975+08:00As I play the words around in my head, I shake my head and toss them out. Haven't blogged in days cause maybe there is nothing to blog about. I really don't know or don't have anything to write.School's started for 2 weeks. Days seem to pass in a blur. With a seemingly slack timetable with only 3 modules, I still feel as if I am losing track of my time. Where do those misplaced hours go? Surfing GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-90031554200085044532007-08-15T01:34:00.000+08:002007-08-15T01:51:18.147+08:00I had a hair cut today... and did something I never really thought I would do - I highlighted my hair reddish using my natural colour as the base. Turned out quite well I think. Now my hair has this purply/maroon hue to it. So yeah... Quite happy with the job and I think the stylist who cut my hair was pretty good. All thanks to Yuanshan for her recommendation.Other than that, it's been hanging GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-83796042491179488702007-08-10T12:58:00.000+08:002007-08-10T13:12:44.923+08:00Been back for a week... It's just been busy, busy, busy... I think I need a break from going out. To just chill at home, catch up on sleep, do nothing.My first feelings after I arrived is that I haven't exactly left at all. Nothing changed... except the Seiyu is now BHG, U2 is called G2000 blu. But all these are subtle changes...Was treated to lovely Donut Factory the day I arrived, courtesy of GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45348729894797665602007-07-31T16:02:00.001+08:002007-07-31T16:17:22.738+08:00Homecoming! Just a few more days... 3 to be exact.It sure doesn't feel like 4.5 months have passed. Time really flies. And in the process, I have learnt so much more about myself, gained so many intangible experiences that it is overwhelming.Before coming on exchange, I always wanted the opportunity to be able to work overseas. This goal hasn't really changed much, yet, I will be much better GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-33025435292044678432007-07-22T00:03:00.000+08:002007-07-22T00:11:00.731+08:00*rant rant rant*I am irritated... Budget airlines fly you fro mplaces cheaply, but at the same time, they are damn anal when it comes to the time when we have to make changes. Extra charges for making changes, no cancellation refunds... THIS SUCK!!!Cause I made some changes to travel plans, choosing to extend Prague for another two more days. With this change, I have to cancel the hostel I bookedGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-22156811440152518982007-07-02T04:24:00.001+08:002007-07-02T04:32:52.396+08:00Chanced upon these clips... and I really really wished I had gone for a musical when I was in UK. Both clips are songs from Les Miserables. My first musical and to date, still the most beautiful one I've gone for. Do You Hear the People Singand at the End of the Day and One Day More. Beautiful, simply beautiful!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-46671102427562334782007-07-01T10:01:00.000+08:002007-07-01T10:22:14.307+08:00I went to Interlaken and then to Geneva over the last two days. And I finished the above book - The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. It was a book I bought when I was in UK cause I was running out of reading options.This was a book that lasted me up for more than 12 hours. 3 hours on the train to Interlaken, another 3 to 4 hours in the Interlaken hostel, another 2 from Interlaken to GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-722904052631837882007-06-28T07:29:00.000+08:002007-06-28T07:39:20.692+08:00Ok.. so I've been tagged by Ade to do this.. and I can finally do so after my exams... So... here goes.. What's weird about me? I think I'm quite normal lehz...These are the rules: Each player of this game starts out by giving 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-19865699812153175012007-06-25T07:50:00.001+08:002007-06-25T07:51:30.872+08:00My first exam this semester in 12 hours time... still spending time with my beloved notes... Time ot end my break I guess... just a couple more chapters and I'm done... :)GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-44765637084743278452007-06-23T10:07:00.000+08:002007-06-23T10:08:08.705+08:00i.need.to.work.i.need.to.concentrate.and.finish.this.before.i.sleep.tonight.i.am.irritated.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-66200861946750091942007-06-20T08:07:00.001+08:002007-06-20T08:10:37.550+08:00The things I do when I don't feel like working would be... to surf the many various sites I have on my favourites list.Revisiting some forums a couple of them 'just in case there are some new posts/updates' Start posting replies to topics in forums that I usually just lurk in the background and read.Play games found in the forumListen to a MV continuously. for like 5 or 6 times. (Ok.. at least GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45200900632888851752007-06-19T00:44:00.001+08:002007-06-19T01:20:03.213+08:00Just finishing up my meal of lunch/tea or rather, it's more like dinner since it's almost 7 pm... Ultimate Indulgance I think...What did I have? Let's see... One cheese-filled sausage with bacon wrapped round it. Sinful ya? 2 buns, a slab of butter, a sunny side up with a runny yolk the way I like it. Plus a serving of salad - lettuce and carrot. See! I know how to balance my meals... and well.. GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-79664547081548308992007-06-16T20:36:00.000+08:002007-06-16T20:41:18.451+08:00Just heard the 2007 NDP song... 'There's No Place I'd Rather Be'(http://www.ndp.org.sg/multimedia/audio/index.html)It's by Kit Chan... and the lyrics are just so reflective of what I have felt and experienced these 3 months. (Yep! it's the 3rd month I'm in Switzerland today)http://www.ndp.org.sg/multimedia/audio/no_place.htmlGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-87227292206886204152007-06-07T05:45:00.000+08:002007-06-07T06:35:28.972+08:00Just read a post over at Char's blog.. which struck a chord and started the memories started flooding in...I particularly like this sentence (which Sheena, a junior said) and I quote: "There's a distinct difference between striving for the best.. and trying to maintain your top position... the former being more fulfilling."And I realise and can fully understand what that meant...My memories of VJGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-22678461723815714432007-05-24T06:37:00.000+08:002007-05-24T06:47:15.357+08:00I feel like aunt agony. Maybe that's why the procrastication. 600 comments to look through. I feel sad. Cause if they are so different, there is nothing I can do to help them look any better.*Edit 5 mins after last entry - ARGHZ!!! grandmother stories! Why bother writing 5 lines when 1 will suffice?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-78647803422650269052007-05-24T06:18:00.000+08:002007-05-24T06:29:47.037+08:00It is 12:18. I have work to do. I have school tomorrow at 9. Should I sleep? or should I plough on? I have been blog surfing instead of doing my work. Procrastination is bad. I know. and yet, i persist. I have unwritten blog entries. More procrastination. Vienna, Berlin, Heidiland, Engelberg, Yishan in St Gallen, my jog to the Wildpark. and after Saturday, UK and Spain. Dinner at my place for theGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-77269847522027500662007-05-20T20:21:00.000+08:002007-05-20T20:24:42.171+08:00I am spending my 22nd birthday in a domesticated way... Yishan, who 'bus-ed' over on Vienna to spend the last few days with me left this morning... Appreciate the gesture and had loads of fun. Since today's a Sunday... and I'm have rather tight schedules the next few days, I have to do my laundry today. Basically, going to chill at home, maybe even go for a run in the evening and straighten up myGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-77514234565145721812007-05-20T00:29:00.000+08:002007-05-20T00:34:06.233+08:00Dang! 5 minutes and everything changes! I was following livescores of both the soccer match of the FA Cup Final between Manchester United and Chelsea and the semifinal tennis match between Nadal and Hewitt. Man U and Chelsea were 0-0 and playing extra time and then within 5 minutes, Chelsea scored. Bleahz! and they went on to win the cup.and then, Hewitt, who was playing well against Nadal today GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45489651401952619212007-05-15T05:18:00.000+08:002007-05-15T05:42:10.853+08:00Life in Singapore seem so distant now. What do I do at home? What do I do on weekends? Definitely not vacuuming my floor, nor washing my clothes. I do not have to cook lunch or dinner, or worry about what to eat or if I have enough food to last me x days.I take the bus/MRT around, but where do I go? To school? To town? What do I do in town? How do I manage to stay in school for 6 hours 5 days a GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-2342281564004709382007-05-08T01:48:00.000+08:002007-05-15T05:18:16.791+08:00Having some kind of 'blogstipation' here... Topics pop out and then discarded, ideas drift in and out and I can't seem to string proper sentences together. This is going to be a rambling post, with loads of mished and mashed thoughts...Watched the Korean movie, 200 pounds Beauty last week. Of plastic surgery and attaining beauty. Would only pretty girls find happiness? Do all men look at girls GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-10860794630406681822007-05-02T05:12:00.000+08:002007-05-02T05:45:19.421+08:00AHHHHH!!! Liverpool!!!Just came back from watching the penalties of the Champions League semifinals between Liverpool and Chelsea! Liverpool beat Chelski on penalties! 4-1!!!Was kinda following the score online and when the aggregate was still 1-all after the extra time, I decided to go out to watch the penalties. Afterall, I am just like 1 hour ahead of UK. So not as if I would lose sleep over GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-32546463584116262062007-04-26T06:39:00.000+08:002007-04-26T06:40:32.209+08:00Venice. 17th May to 19th/20th May.to go or not to go?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-18103105306845121132007-04-24T17:55:00.001+08:002007-04-24T17:55:55.558+08:00I suddenly miss St Nicks A LOT!!!Anyone knows how choir did for SYF?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-82067967759379269902007-04-17T03:26:00.000+08:002007-04-17T05:10:47.995+08:00I finally did it!I booked tickets to watch the 3rd round of the Qatar Total Open - held in Berlin, Germany on 10th May...Today's my one-month anniversary in der Schweiz. Hahaha.. from the emo, slightly homesick feeling I had in the first week, to the 'I dun wanna leave Europe' feeling now.In the past one month,I have experienced snow, and now, Spring where all the pretty flowers bloom.I am used GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-86399845598190716842007-04-11T08:51:00.000+08:002007-04-11T08:54:03.936+08:00Hahaha.. this i have to blog..Manchester United beat AS Roma 7-1!!!! in the 2nd leg of the Champion's League quarterfinal match!!!Woohoo!!! and I watched it! It kicked off at 8.45 here... Hahahah... the benefits of living in the same/similar timezone!!!I couldn't believe my eyes as the goals just kept coming one after another... hahaha....GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-84531566842613379062007-04-10T06:51:00.000+08:002007-04-10T07:14:44.043+08:00Heh... Thanks to Siyi, I'm watching SG Wannabe mvs on youtube...Actually, I just watched 2 stories which is made up of 2 mvs each.What I can gather:1. they like elaborate mvs.2. their mvs usually involve gangsters or the Korean mob3. there is a love story involved4. the endings are usually like 'WHY!!!!!!'5. i like what I've seen so far. :)Can't seem the embed the videos from youtube... but here GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-61545772058567544612007-04-10T05:13:00.000+08:002007-04-10T05:23:36.888+08:00Trying to post in multiple blogs is super-multi tasking... but there are so many things I want to tell the world at the same time - to different audience, about different things.The survey which I was (kinda) slogging my ass off is out. I know it's long!!! But it's not my choice. Thank you to a dear friend, who is proud of my efforts and is excited for me, for my work. I really really appreciate GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-5605323556076949222007-04-03T01:03:00.000+08:002007-04-03T01:25:47.564+08:00It's been two and a half weeks.You know you are settled when:You start calling the room you live in 'home'.You can walk to town, navigate the streets and get to your destination quite easily.You feel fine walking up a hill and now take 15 minutes instead of the 25 minutes previously.You stop referring to a map!Definitely more settled in. Spring is here which makes it all the more better. It's GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-70926735372133956812007-04-01T01:10:00.000+08:002007-04-01T01:45:41.619+08:00Heh... Spent a lazy sat afternoon at home, researching for my Paris trip, just settling my courses and now, I'm watching Tennis now... Some final live featuring Justine Henin and Serena Williams. hahaha... Life is good...I feel domesticated again. Clothes washing downstairs, i cooked 'dunch' - Potato with mince meat and rice... Nowadays, I just cook like one dish - either a soup or sth with gravyGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-70616160214942539062007-03-29T20:24:00.000+08:002007-03-29T20:49:08.533+08:00Uh oh... the i-think-i-live-near-school-and-thus-can-dally syndrome has started. I decided not to go for 2:30 german class today cause I had just finished bathing at 2:10 and there was no way I could be in class on time. It's almost like back home. I stay a 15 to 20 mins walk from school.. sth like the half an hour bus ride from my place to school. The only diff is I can't and I won't pay for a GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-76943272766002776922007-03-28T03:07:00.000+08:002007-03-28T03:36:21.778+08:00Hmmmz... Day 12 in Switz...Ok.. i think i was kinda pms-ing before that, therefore, all the emo thingee. Plus now, things are more settled.I am enjoying German lessons. We kinda learn basic conversational German and how to form simple sentences likeIch heisse GillianIch bliebe ein Semester (i will be here for one semester)Ich arbeite erst zwolf tage (I have been here for only 12 days)Ich spiele GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-32927697621847063982007-03-25T16:30:00.000+08:002007-03-25T16:53:34.531+08:00Hmmm.. I think i just need to be around ppl.. The worse times are when I wake up in the morning... and I have nth much to do... Like dun have to rush to school... Then I'll just sit back and contemplate my surroundings... But not that I want to rush home immediately.. I want to go tour Europe! I want to go to Basel, Geneva and Bern...I dun miss home... not even the food... But I miss the people GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-54173436077867305672007-03-24T01:15:00.000+08:002007-03-24T01:31:36.793+08:00Heh... It's one week since I've been here... Yet.. I sometimes feel like I've been here far longer than that. Sometimes, I can't wait to leave cause I'm missing you all back home, but other times, I just think that 'gosh... I'll be here for only 3 more months'. I'm like a pro liao.. shopping at Migros, the grocery store here... walking to town, walking home from school. Even prepping dinner or GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-47117059052425265672007-03-18T23:56:00.000+08:002007-03-19T00:05:30.177+08:00Heh... I'm spending more time online thanks to the fact that I will go to my friend's place to charge my batt tmr.. and hopefully, I will get my package by Tues!!! *crosses fingers*Anyway, settling in quite nicely... I'm enjoying what I've seen so far... Like going grocery shopping - u just look for the budget stuff. Hahaha.. poor students ma.. the 'MarktPlatz' which well, is the marketplace.. GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-47665631827846102352007-03-16T19:31:00.000+08:002007-03-16T19:32:23.379+08:00Even the blogger interface is in German.I Love skype!!! Cheap calls out to overseass lines...GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-49107771723858373262007-03-16T19:13:00.000+08:002007-03-16T19:17:37.452+08:00Ok.. I'm finally here...I think I'm a bit slow. So indifferent the few days before I flew.. even up to the point when boarded the plane... and when I reached here, it kinda struck me that I'll be on my own for 4 months. I'm feeling a lil lost... hahaha... being so far away from the world that I know.. and to my horrors, I discovered I did not bring my laptop adaptor. So smart hor~!~ Gonna get my GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-25503011935380943742007-03-14T22:25:00.000+08:002007-03-15T10:50:16.320+08:00I'm ALMOST done packing... and that's actually quite a big almost. Cause I'll have some last min thing to stuff in... Prob is.. my big luggage is a wee bit heavy... Bah! I think I stuffed too many things inside.. maybe i should diversify some into my not-so-full other bag...A lot of should I bring this? or should I not... going to and fro. Taking things out, putting things back in.. yada yada GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-1413651668840522792007-03-14T01:09:00.000+08:002007-03-14T01:15:26.083+08:00This is starting to feel so unreal... I can't believe I'm leaving in slightly less than 48 hours to Switz for 4 to 5 months. Wow... Not particularly excited, not even feeling as emo about it as I thought I would be.Somehow, there is a little sense of indifference. Maybe cause I'm busy with trying to clear some work before I leave. Maybe I'll feel more hyped up after tomorrow. and get even more GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-87387859179945783192007-03-12T12:43:00.000+08:002007-03-12T12:46:42.535+08:00Stress.. and not from packing...So many things to clear before I leave! Argh!!! 钱真的不容易赚！GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-31101597712236036092007-03-11T21:48:00.000+08:002007-03-11T22:49:04.541+08:004 more days!!! I'm feeling more and more excited... and I'm still half done packing. What is necessary, what are extras. What to put in each bag? Is bringing too much?What other work do I need to clear before I leave... So many things to do...Oh... and thanks to all who took time out to meet up with me. Hahaha...Tea/Dinner/Coffee with Val and Zhumei on Wed. At least I don't think I will miss japGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-33616749470042680252007-03-07T22:35:00.000+08:002007-03-07T22:54:52.779+08:00Was just looking at some old photos when clearing my photos folder... Pics from trip to Down Under, Gold Coast in 2003, December...I especially like the above pic with the mother kangeroo with the joey's head sticking. Cause I remember that she actually stopped and posed for the photo, as if to show off her joey...And then the one below is of me feeding a kanga...GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-28838548685386659392007-03-07T22:20:00.000+08:002007-03-07T22:23:45.514+08:00I miss times like this...Ok.. maybe not so much of the mugging... but just G1 ppl sitting together in a GSR all doing work... I would presume this is rushing AS homework or studying for some test or sth...Gosh.. this was taken at old campus.. which is almost 2 yrs back!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-62324857627757064872007-03-07T13:17:00.000+08:002007-03-07T13:33:10.437+08:00Leaving in one week's time...So many things to do... Meeting up with friends, doing (very little) packing, just got my laptop back yesterday and Im now trying to load all the applications I usually use in... Being a temporary 'ahmad'...Can't wait to get over... I've been tempted too much by the many many pretty pics i've seen posted by other exchange student...I went back to school yesterday... GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-32758249025493574292007-03-04T01:19:00.000+08:002007-03-04T01:23:50.319+08:00Add baking pineapple tarts on the 14th night of the Lunar New Year @ 11pm to the list of quirky baking practices I am capable of... and that includes baking cookies till 3 at night.Hot and bothered and tired and irritated...I'm only getting my laptop back on Mon... and so far, I've just been... packing and repacking stuff, going to the school gym and driving. I kinda spent the whole day out from GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-68300008697497594002007-02-27T22:15:00.000+08:002007-02-27T22:22:07.225+08:00Haha is in hospital - 'Haha' being the name that my sister gave to my trusty ol' laptop.Going to reformat it so that it would be as good as new! Meanwhile... sobs.. i shall go read a book or sth.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-74251571487125800492007-02-25T01:00:00.000+08:002007-02-25T01:10:25.188+08:00A nice day out sharing, sitting, chilling, laughing, photo-whoring, eating, eating and eating! Oh... not to mention being fangirls and going gaga over Shinhwa... Royalties, I heart you two!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-75101893644796800922007-02-20T21:30:00.000+08:002007-02-20T21:40:24.395+08:00Heh.. this has been a rather quiet CNY... Maybe with a lousier substitute driver, they decided to spare me, the car and not let me drive so much.Except for a seemingly hectic Day 1 where we went first ot my aunt's place, followed by a gathering of my relatives from my maternal side at my place, yesterday and today have somewhat been rather activity-less. An ex-colleague of my dad came over GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-521076732351532222007-02-19T02:49:00.000+08:002007-02-19T03:06:29.179+08:00Driving is extremely tiring... and hazardous... yet liberating (going on expressways) and makes me feel in control.Heh.. have been behind the wheel a lot the last couple of days since my dad fractured his wrist last week and was put in a cast. Thus, I've become the chauffeur, driving ppl here and there. In the past, I only drive my brother back to camp on occassional weekends. IN the last couple GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-35560942085889282982007-02-15T02:17:00.000+08:002007-02-15T02:19:34.529+08:00Yesterday was such a lovey dovey day. Couples, roses everywhere. But why does this happen only on vday? A commercially celebrated day? But nevertheless, still a day for people to feel loved and appreciated.Me? Still a member of the Lonely Hearts Club. But hah! Went for a good lunch and wonderful dessert. Got my Jim Brickman CD which was aptly titled 'Valentine'. Came home and listened to it. Hah!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-22215788297816290532007-02-15T01:00:00.000+08:002007-02-15T01:14:23.380+08:00Heh.. this is a little fast.. but I have settled my housing. Walalalas...Actually, I didn't really have an issue with where I stay. But more of the location where my parents would be less worried. After troubling the housing coordinator (I may have been the most picky and fussy exchange student he ever dealt with... heez), I finally got myself a room in a modern house with a garden apparently. GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-30147890301121843012007-02-14T20:57:00.000+08:002007-02-14T21:09:11.338+08:00St Gallen housing woes...It's about 1 month to my departure date and I still haven't settled accomodation. Blame it on.. I also dunno who. Well.. hope i can confirm sth soon. *prays for a miracle*I'm damn sick of everything!!!GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-58624317166118448512007-02-12T22:36:00.000+08:002007-02-10T16:16:31.816+08:00Ever had the feeling that when you see something, sometimes, you would think 'oh.. it's perfect for so and so' or that 'this suits whoever'. But how often is that 'someone' your mum, your dad or even your siblings?That hit me real hard today when my dad and I were thinking of what to get my mum for her bday. How much do we know about our own family members?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-12807956158658536532007-02-10T15:40:00.000+08:002007-02-09T07:13:56.418+08:00Packing my room is like bringing me a trip down memory lane... (ok... not that long ago... but still...)Ojects of notable mention are:The farewell note that 校长 gave us when she retired in 2000. In it, she talked about her journey as Principal of St Nicks. Reading it brings back memories of her calling us 宝贝 and her treats, and her announcements to 多多喝水. It even has a note telling us her rationaleGiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-78483652544317808882007-02-09T07:09:00.000+08:002007-02-06T14:22:09.168+08:00Check out this video... Look at the grand piano in the middle of a frozen lake or sth... I'm now falling in love with Jim Brickman's song. They are totally beautiful... Pianist with New Age albums. But some of his songs has vocals as well. I just think the lyrics and melody is just oh-so-nice and some of them can be quite touching!Check out Valentine and The Gift if possible! :) :) :)GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-11755801256026662172007-02-06T03:24:00.000+08:002007-02-06T14:22:09.206+08:00Came across a 'recording' of John Cage's 4'33. Heh... just thought it is interesting because of the nature of the piece. -Silence- Hmmm... I wonder if the orchestra players/conductor got paid for sitting there and doing nothing.GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-1666456910916983802007-02-03T00:20:00.000+08:002007-02-03T00:25:16.353+08:00From Siyi...YOUR REPORT CARD:CategoryGradeLoveCFriends and FamilyA+BodyAMindA+Finance / CareerCYour Life's Average Grade: A'What" is your Life Grade?' at QuizGalaxy.comHeh.. Law of Averages? 2 Cs and 2A+ gives me an average of A?GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508233.post-45814284011066464332007-02-01T22:08:00.000+08:002007-02-01T22:47:00.168+08:00Heh...Went on a shopping spree yesterday...Bought myself this pretty white laptop case. hahaha... Cause my blue one's a bit wonky. And I needed something harder than the red one cause i wanna protect my lappy when I get over there...Let's see.. I bought earphones after all those I had at home decided to go on strike some time in the last sem.And I got my adaptor... the ever elusive adaptor for GiLLiAnnoreply@blogger.com2