Caries and Cream

2009-12-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

my ranting place.

i had this person today
was taking ut decay and was prob slightly uncomfy
than the mother said to child - naughty girl cause you pain
so much for educating a child.
i felt like letting the tooth rot to death.

free treatment is never appreciated.
i wish i can take back what i have done sometimes.
otherwise just don't come.
no one forced you to wait two hours for FREE treatment.
i seriously dun believe in free health care in an asian society.
cause its just abused.
the people are just too hard to please
the mentality is just so wrong.
ill educated ill brought up.
sighs
wonder what the next gen will turn out like.

2009-06-23T05:38:00.001-07:00

life is never fair
help is easily forgotten
rarely repayable

if i don't know what i want
how can i be satisfied.
i hate making decisions
i have made too many bad ones.

the bigger picture

2009-05-27T07:33:00.000-07:00

sometimes in life we just cannot see the bigger picture cause we are so involved with the now.
at this times it is so hard to take a step back.
and at this times God is so real.
Thank God for His grace.
seeing me thru all these years
without Him it would not have been possible.
Grace and favour, right place at the right time.
All the best Boyfriend. =)
God is with you!

2 Corinthians 12:9,10

2009-05-25T02:17:00.000-07:00

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2009-05-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

is the economy that bad that people are cutting down on aesthetic medicine that some "aestheticians" (in contrast to beauticians) have to model? i dunnoe whether to praise her for parading around in her underwear or to be appalled. i just feel a lil faint now.

2009-04-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

how the hell do you call throught to Fat Duck?
Oh what a chore.
How do i even know if i am calling the correct number?

2009-04-04T02:19:00.001-07:00

is it justifiable to eat a $300 dollar meal at the world's second best reastaurant?
sigh.
being thinking about it ever since i booked that ticket.
shouls i or should i not?
arghx.
on one hand its not every day that i go that way once a decade
on the other hand its so darn expensive and not even inclusive of wine!
oh the decisions i ponder over.

looks like this trip will make me a more cultured soul as opposed to blinged blinged.
to eat or not to eat?

2009-03-06T07:44:00.001-08:00

i need to diet.
i hate fattening food.
i hate butter.
i hate lard.
i hate laksa.
i hate carrot cake.
i hate chocolates.
i am on a diet.
i am fat.
i am sad.

story of the year

2009-02-18T07:01:00.001-08:00

its funny when you mishear cathetherize for categorize
this has got to be the best story i have heard.

2009-02-17T07:15:00.000-08:00

school

been so busy
self declaring few hours off tomorrow to get out of it
friday the 13th proved disasterous.
top off a hectic schdule with so many tests and vivas.

birthday was spent at Prive the restaurant.
overpriced. food was a 6/10
starter was a bitter foie.
never tasted any foie so foul before.
was saved by the main whch was lamb
interesting seasoning-macadamia nuts, orange peel and cannot remember wat else.
obviously forgettable.
not one of those meals you think about and the flavours ring out loud
the waitors gave me displeased looks when i sent back the foie.
a very snooty place
still or sparkling always irritates me
than again singapore and australia are the only countries where i dare to drink from the tap
we survived on dozens of bottles of mineral water in USA
yes imagine the amount of plastic disposed.
oh well
the cafe is friendlier and has view of the bay.
settled there for a capucino
cut my lana cake
=)

valentine's day was spent with me recovering from school stress
spent the past whole week studying for tests and rushing an important assignment
went parkway and shopped
had two cups of bubble tea

felt better in the afternoon
and started worrying about the upcoming perio tutorial
and whether the lecturer will stomp out on us again calling us poly students with blank faces giving poly answers.
yikes
discrimination against poly students to the max man.
dinner was wagyu steak not as good as usual
the cut that swiss butchery sold us was uneven
rushed to the airport to send the cousin off to melb.

had another test today
and some happenings have cause me to feel a little uneasy and creeped out
whats with all the stress of school?

so i need the break.

Happy New Year

2008-12-31T20:25:00.000-08:00

every year comes to an end eventually
2008 was a happening year. the last few hours were spent in JD's sisters living room playing guitar hero! so were the first few hours. anyone has their world tour?

Family
Cousin got married.

School
Completed my third year of dental school.
Started on the forth.
Did lots of things in clinics.

Travel
Went to a couple of places.
June: Los angeles, anaheim, fullerton, la jolla and san diego
Sep: KL and penang
Dec: Perth and margaret river
Quite accomplished this year considering the length of holidays each time.
USA has got to be my fave place in terms of entertainment and shoping!
Malaysia's food was very good especially penang. Going on a food hunt for all the famous hawkers and getting their signatures.

Next year, hopefully will get to go to the USA or japan.
Do a couple of trips to bangkok, kl, penang, genting or phuket so anyone who's interested do let me know!

Friends
My social life has been pretty quiet since dental school and even more so lately.
Sorry that we met up so little.
Hope next year will be better!
On the other hand, i now know my classmates better considering the amount of time we spend together.
Including the KL trip where we stayed at wl's house. thanks for having us!

Cooking
Cook quite alot this year.
There were some successful dinners.
wagyu beef, aglio olio pasta with caviar, deep fried braised duck, lamb roast, beef roast, thai salads, quails' eggs with truffle oil.
hope to learn more dishes next year. more autetic jap and italian and nonya.

2009 will also be the year i start work?
pray that God will bless my path. He'll go ahead and prepare the way for me.
And i pray that you will have a prosperous and blessed 2009! =) cheers!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T01:40:00.000-08:00

as you get older
christmas gets quieter?
my only christmas card was from my insurance agent.
lol.

back from Perth
has an allergy resulting in rashes all over my arms and legs
had to get a jab and a course of meds which i have no idea what they were
everything is quickly coming to an end.
2008.

school will end soon.
panics.
and more so the holidays are coming to an end.

2008-11-20T08:10:00.000-08:00

really tired
where is my place is this world?
dunnoe what i want out of life
if i knew at least i could work towards it
in sec sch i knew i wanted to go to jc
after jc
i din't know what i wanted out of life anymore

so so so sick of school
of rules
of ruthlessness
of oscars
i too will play my cards
not like i will have a chance too
i'm not good enough to put up such a show.

damn.
i hate it that you are such a good actor
i mean actress.

2008-11-06T07:14:00.001-08:00

will be in perth in one months' time
one month more of school to go
UROP presentation tomorrow.
marks the end of UROP.
not as if i am gonna get an honors.
rubbish.

punishing a person does not mean he learns
it may in fact spur the person to be worse
i hope not in this case.

PERTH.
have not been there in such a long while.
let me see..
2002?
oh well.
so many things have changed since than.
but i bet Perth will still be the same.
i remember the grass fields
the sirport
the chuck shop at margarete river

travel broadens the mind and widens the perspectives?
i dunnoe it just takes me away from all the school.
lab work patients school work tests exams requirements clinics UROP complains seminars tutorials
i spend so much time in school
it does not do any good to me as a person nor does it bring me any joy more like scoldings and punishments and late nights
hopefully it will pay for my early retirement
where i can travel the world carelessly.

show off

2008-10-20T08:28:00.000-07:00

die with the past.
thankyou very much.
strangers.
we do not know each other anymore.
face in the crowd.

twiddles

2008-10-16T06:35:00.000-07:00

a noisy kid an afternoon digging worms that refuse to budge
a sqirming kid a lickety lick lick tongue
machine gun
feel really ridiculous treating kids
chasing the daddy worm
looking for the mummy worm
killing the eggs
oh my
give me a new story
so much noise
a wake
uncomfortable
dunnoe where to look
new birks that schocked me
running around
but some friendly people make me smile
two
i'm so stressed
seriously.

sometimes i feel like giving up
more often than not
sometimes i feel like i cannot take it anymore
early lunch
send pt off
nothing spoils my day more than people taking photos of me for some frigging i dunnoe wat
this is not a circus
stressed.

help.
sinking.
only third week of school.

stressed

2008-10-14T06:00:00.000-07:00

i am so stressed.
my schdule has been pushed back again and again
redo od
more od
cannot make it
i really feel like i have been in school for weeks when in fact this is just my third week.
gosh.
HELP ME!
i need to get my FP done
i need to get my RP done.
i need to get my perio done!!!

2008-10-11T10:56:00.001-07:00

been sick for a bit
flu cough sore throat fever.
slept alot
canceled a pt.
but still went out for the cursory friday night dinner
went to chinatown and had organs frogs and mixed porridge
the fried intestines were really yummy
went to seventh heaven for ice cream
yummy yet disapointing and the wait was way too long for such a small place.
40 mins.
for ice cream mind you.

celebrated my cuzzies 21st birthday
how i have grown
from a lil brat to a older person
met a primary one friend there
can you believe it?
she regconises me.
ok.

life is so much easier to live when you can just streamline
cut the drama
cut the pleasantries
i dunnoe
its so much easier not being friends anymore
its like a relationship gone wrong
without the getting together and the breakups
but maybe with farewells
its good that we both have moved on
i can't wait oe hour for you to turn up for lunch
i can't be waiting everyday for i'll call you soon
i can't be waiting for you to be in the mood to talk before you answer my calls.
all that drama just so we can be friends.
its not worth it anymore.
took me a decade to realise.
we are from a different world.

i'm so old and boring.
so rushed around.
i need some space to breathe
you have all the time in the world
oh how i've aged.
is it for the better or worse?

2008-10-06T07:14:00.000-07:00

i miss sydney.

2008-10-02T07:10:00.000-07:00

in secondary school i used to leave school early
the weather was always nice
the mood would feel so sleepy
the skies are so nice and blue
people will say to me eh i saw you walking down the stairs at 11am

school lay out

new block
church
old block 1
old block 2
s
t
a stadium
i
r
s

school did not feel like school
don't need to study hard to do fine
don't need to do waste time things
the building were pretty spacious
it had this familiar feeling
especially the old blocks
with the weird linking stairs
when i first entered ahs i used to get lost in the old block
and the "haunted linkways" that were always locked
not forgetting the clock tower and its rumors
much as i like the school i never really felt part of it
it felt foreign
i felt like an outsider
never understood the culture
but at the same time it felt warm.
my fave subjects were probably home economics and design and technology
for d n t we had to make toys
i made this horse pull along
and later this joy in creating things lead me to choose dentistry.

stressed.

depressed

2008-10-01T06:27:00.000-07:00

the start of school has left me feeling supremely miserable.
not to mention the bad first day.
denture warped or impression distorted.
car vandalised.
horrible day.
burry hole and hide.
evil world.

Singapore GP rocks.

2008-09-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

got out of the house late
close to 3.
ate prata for lunch followed by a mrt ride to city hall.
watched playboy or some bunny movie.
lol damn brainless but kinda entertaining.
lots of skin.
haha.
had dinner at imperial treasure la mian than went on to watch the action.
carranza posche race was still on.
they make the porsches look damn ugly
with all the weird decals
like advertisements gone wrong.
ok.
Practice started.
vroom vroom...... when they change gears the sound is just totally jarring.
was sitting at the green section at marina bay.
just so happened to meet e and a there too!
think e is cute. haha.
just abit away from where they turn.
when they exit from the marina bay place at the tunnel you can get a pretty good view but the noice is deafening!
awesomw awesome awesome.
as the cars sped past.
the pole position was also a close fight.
went to oriental hotel to meet p n j
lambo club there
was brought in
stares stares cause i was not in evening where as they all were
lol.
totally don't care
i hate dressing up
i was in berms and t-shirt and birks
lol.
ok alot of the girls there looked my age.
the men are about 10 to 20 years older?
saw hel and dan.
yikes.
two faced people.
didn't bother to acknowledge them not like they would care too considering my attire or lack of it.
lol.
glup down a champange
watched the remaining race.
saw dr tan.
lol.
he seems so jolly.
richest dentists in sg i would think. after c s?
ride home was amazing
gtr fastest i ever went in my life
can feel the g force acting
but it was an awesome ride and made my day really memorable.
thanks again s and w for the tic!

independence

2008-09-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

its so nice to know that you can do things on your own
not that its not nice to know that there will always be someone to catch you if you fall
but still the power you give yourself when you do something all by your self
obviously i am a great believer in independence
things on earth can be temporal
on one hand you hope that things don't fail
on the other you must brace yourself for the day that you may need to stand alone
but than again you can never prepapre fully for it
if not life will be so cold.

love you darling!
thanks for being by my side all these years
everything feels so comfortable.
me with you and vice versa
can't imagine life without you.
love you to bits.

2008-09-04T09:48:00.000-07:00

sometimes in life only one person matters
what he feels about you
when you reach that stage people can say whatever they want or anything
as long as that one remains loyal.

even successful people cook.
impressed.
she can multitask so well.
career smart kids not divorced PATIENT husband.
patient man are so rare.

fyp has taught me more than i bargained for.

but school is giving me way too much.
this week passed so slowly and yet so quickly.
i feel like its not for real at times.

Neon Joh Mayer

2008-09-02T06:13:00.000-07:00

When sky blue gets dark enough
To see the colors of the city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Hits her like a sunrise

She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can

Tonight she's out to lose herself
And find a high on Peachtree Street
From mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
Heavy into everything

She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows
She's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like
Neon, neon
Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

I can't be her angel now
You know it's not my place to hold her down
And it's hard for me to take a stand
When I would take her anyway I can

She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like
Neon, neon
Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away, away.

She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands

She's always buzzing just like
Neon, neon
Neon, neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
She can go before she burns away

Stolen Dashboard Confessional

2008-09-02T06:03:00.000-07:00

I Am Stolen

We watch the season
Pull up it’s own stakes
And catch the last weekend
Of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced
Another sun soaked season fades away

You have stolen my heart

Invitation only
Grand Farewells
Crush the best one
Of the best ones
Clear liquor and cloudy eyed
Too early to say goodnight

You have stolen my heart

And from the ball room floor
We are in celebration
One good stretch before our hibernation
Our dreams assured and we all
Will sleep well
Sleep Well

you have stolen
you have stolen
you have stolen my heart

Watch you spin around
In your highest heels
You are the best one
Of the best ones
We
All
Look
Like
We
Feel

you have stolen my
you have stolen my
you have stolen my heart

USA June 2008

2008-08-30T01:23:00.000-07:00

From my suite in San Diego La Jolla Cove

wo hao lei

2008-08-29T20:27:00.000-07:00

last week of school is finlly here
so exhausted even though i semi have got used to this wirlwind speed that life moves at
been thinking of how unfair the stupid bond is
and its stupid is people get retained they have to pay another 9000
when we spend half our time assisting
do you actually know how much time tt is?
and they say we have it easy assistant and less requirement
but let me remind you that all that time went to assisting

some people really irritate me.
ughx.
their skin is so thick can?
class politics is taking its toll on everyone
but nothing new that i realised.
just don't act angelic and tell me you don't bitch about others in front of me and bitch benhind my back.
at least if you do don't let me find out.

i semi reasonable.
so sick of everything.

won't ask you to go won't ask to stay
who are you anyway
and who you do you think you are?
just do as you pls.

friendship

2008-08-25T07:01:00.000-07:00

when i was twele years old i had a friend.
a good friend in my eyes until one.
i dunnoe what those ill feelings towards me were based on but it could have been anything
this good friend of mine wrote a letter to this bamboo pole of a guy he was in em3 was chinese but spoke another language
in that letter she said that i liked him
when in real life our classes are separated by four rooms
contact was impossible
communication none
and of obviously i saw didn't have anything for bean poles
oh well he took offence due to me "liking" him
and life was hell
i was timid than
and clueless too
in my entire sheltered life i had never interacted with a thug
she was delighted by my humiliation
she was gleefull that she was not found out
and why do i know that it was her
because she stupidly stole one of my compositions and practiced copying my handwriting
what a ridiculous bitch.
till this day only i know the truth and i know it was her. TT

an ending to that guy lead him getting attach to a rather intelligent friend of mine.
no where in his league.
but she has mudslid down the mountain.
she was so smart.

fast forward to jc
TJ open house
this mass came up to me and scolded me
somehting in chinese about knowing a person and not acknowleding them
my friends were pretty motified by her outburst and pledged their loyalties to me saying they will never go near her.
one eventually was her friend while the other remained loyal.
i really treasure my loyal friends.
and i'm so glad i never went to TJ.
if not for such a strong push factor i would never have met such great friends.
in losing one i found many gems.
thank you bitch.

Take It Easy

2008-08-03T05:40:00.000-07:00

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Brick walls are there for a reason: They let us prove how badly we want things.Go check this out on you tube if you have time.

So glad my hell week is over.
Being staying back till 9pm plus everyday and going to school at 7am plus.
Sick and all i trudged on.
Thank God for His grace and strangth that saw me through the week.
And bf for helping me with various work.
Feel really blessed that this week went so well when most of the time i was feeling half dead with a cought flu and headache.
And the three tests went pretty ok.
God's grace was really so real that week.

Celebrated JD's birthday this weekend.
With sis at Imperial Treasure great yummy food.
Two of us at Hanabi.
At his home with a suckling pig.
Ate so much.
But i decided i'm done with buffets.
i prefer ala cart now.
italian in particular.

Have a good week a head. Having oral surgery week so its a slower week for me as i do not have to call so many pts and stuff

2008-07-24T07:09:00.000-07:00

i miss usa.
back hurt over the weekend so badly that i could barely move around properly.
horrible.
i remember when i was young i walked out of the toilet slipped and feell. nearly slid all the way down the stairs.
some days are kind but others are nightmares.
the only thing that keeps me sane is that i don't intentionally go and break rules or kill pple bla bla bla so i should not be paranoid about some pple banning me from clinic because they don't like my face
seriously that way any little wrong can go a loong way
on the other hand i fantasize about sleeping in and all the things that i can do.
but paying another 40000? for six months is not quite worth it?
dunnoe.
sometimes i think this is my worst decision in life.
and than i htink of the guys i used to date
than i think that i made way worst mistakes before.
haha.
oh well.
whats the past shall remain there.

i used to get nightmares once when ex was stalking me.
waiting for me at all the probable places.
freaky.
dun even know how to react?

went to dover park hospice its a nice place
very comfortable
respect the people who volunteer there
even though all is serene there
the place gives me a sense that there is an inner battle there
confusion and all.
really sad and depressing
dealing is death is so difficult for me
i'm just not comfortable with emotions sometimes
i wish logic can always override everything
like when you die would you miss everyone more before your last breaths
i dunnoe in your last days say you know you are going to die will you feel sad knowing you are going?
strange thoughts.
life.

back to school

2008-07-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

the day after i came back from usa i went back to school to do fyp
glad that i had the two weeks break
la jolla cove was really heaven for me
the ocean view from the balcony
and big branded shops behind along with the nice restaurants.
bliss.
why must i come back?
prospect st was really amazing.
and i love small towns.
nice nice nice.

open grass fields vast oceans with clear water and sea cretures
nice art gallaries at the turn of every street
the yummiest cake i evere ate
just the freedom
no schdules
no pts to call
no things to keep track of
no competencies to take
no planning who to bring in what to do
no scoldings for ridiculous things

what the hell am i doing
such torture!!!
got a really bad backache =(

on anothe note
went to buko nero yesterday for lunch cause that was the best we could get
didn't book early enough even though we book a month early
no pictures allowed. lol
so no food porn
took the lunch set
25+ each
reasonable i guess
starters:
1. melone with muscelin salad and lime juice mustard seeds were also added 3/5
2. corn soup with sea scallops nice amt of crack pepper to complement it with a chinese touch of spring onions 4/5
mains:
1. friend pork fillet in wine reduction with asparagus and mashed potatoes and cherry tomatoes 4/5
2. spicy shell pasta with salmond that was minced and acted like meet sauce. unusual but salmon does not rock my boat 3/5
desert:
1. peach shebet - homemade 3/5 nice but not more than that
2. almond cake with caramel sauce 4/5 almond was not in the cake but chopped andsprinkled on top nice bite
hmm... i dunnoe its very friendly food but nothing that i must go so far and book so early in advance for? maybe the face that i am eating it after all that super delicious italian food i had in la jolla (ladolcevita) so my expectations were raised. tau kwa tower costs a whooping 17.50 maybe when i start working and feel too rich i'll make a month and a half advance reservation for dinner.
and i forgot to mention the appetizer. maybe cuase it doesn't deserve one. mascapone with eggwhite and blended tuna wiht tomato salsa which i did not taste a hint of. the blended tuna tasted like the can type. the thing was like a quice without flavour. just didn't work for me.
but the company was awesome so it made the whole meal special not to include it was one of the rare times we dressed up. =)
the tomato focaccia was delicious though.
the highlight was prob the deserts.

bye bye

2008-06-13T08:52:00.000-07:00

leaving in less than 8 hours time!
ok will be gone till 30th june.
can't wait to be reunited with the boyfrind
and pull mickey mouse's tail!

this holiday is so deserved i worked so hard during school term.
haha.
gd bye!

2008-06-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

church was amazing
the message was fantastic
miss the boyfriend!

celebrated my brother's birthday!

sleep!!!

Holidays are here!!!

2008-06-08T07:47:00.000-07:00

so the boyfrind will not be aorund for the next few days.
went over today early morning to his place
and he left for the airport at 9 i drove myself home in his car. =)

on fri i smoked for the first time in my life!!!
smoked sheesha mint flavor
and i totally choked
i hate the feeling of the smoke going down my throat
yucks! But it taste pretty good.
went with a few classmates for our end of year three celebration!
kampong glam is a pretty happening place.

so sat morn i got back at like 5:30am
bid my grandma farewell cause she was gg to KL.
went back to sleep for a lil while and dad woke me up to ask me some nonsense. lol
didn't feel like sleeping anymore.
putted around
than off to watch sex and the city.
it was a tad boring the first hour or so.
improved gradually.
went to parkway has sashimi for lunch
JD had his hair cut
i drank grapefruit greentea
super yummy and can ask for less sugar from this shop called koi.
must try!!!
went library after that but din't have the books that i wanted!!!
in all my point is.. i did alot of things. i feel energized by the fact that i am having holidays.
i woke up earlier and felt like the day was longer.
how nice.

Thank you BOYFRIEND

2008-06-03T07:21:00.000-07:00

Had a super busy and streesful week end
had two presentations due on monday and both were pretty major
one was impt due to the audience - all the profs were there
the other due to the topic - squamous cell carcinoma
and one presentation needed casts and wax up in place.
and i was really really stress cause i only found out about the second presentation on thus and it was due on mon.
ok to cut the story short boyfriend helped me!!!
=)

something amusing happened today
had a tutorial and the lecturer placed the venue as TBC
in general rooms in the faculty is like seminar room (SM) an tutorial room (TR) so me and my friend were like TBC? some special place.
stupidly went into the dean's office and asked where it was.
upon realising how confused they looked i realised it meant To Be Confirmed.
sigh. amusing or what?

on another note boyfriend's house was featured on the front of style:living magazine.
pretty cool.

bf's going LA this sunday i'm going on next saturday.
unlikely i'll go beijing. can't decide.

2008-05-26T05:14:00.000-07:00

i watch xiaxue get her tongue pierced.
its so scary.
no analgesics before the piercing?
i think everything we do pales in comparrison to tongue piercing.
the tongue has so many blood vessels.
just lift your tongue up and look in the mirror.
besides its a direct vessel for bacteria to get into the bloodstream
imagine if you are immunocompromised.
and a permanently wet environment?
how can the wound heal?
alright if you wanna get get your tongue pierced maybe you should go for oral clearance first.
get your teeth check for decay
get your gums check for periodontal disease
you don't want any of this microbes staging a war against your defense system
step virudans bla bla bla.
and get chlorohexidine mouth rinse.
and maybe don't tell your dentist that you are gonna pierce your tongue in case they faint.

thinking of going beijing for exchange.
but with the tibet and quake am rethinking
not to forget olympics followed by paralympics
but its in sep so got some time to decide

meanwhile am planning my los angeles trip
not to mention last two weeks before school is finally out.
can't wait.

meanwhile still have lots of pt and clinic stuff on hand
not to mention urop
sigh.
till than

2008-05-13T05:58:00.000-07:00

i wish i had soilutions for all my problems.
i would hate it if we were to spend the holidays apart.
it seems like all my dreams are crashing.
i wish things could be bribe
i hate where i am at now in this point of life
i swear i would hate it more if it were to go further away from the plan.

2008-05-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

i think dental schools are the same through out the world.

i never liked being mediocre
i rather be lousy than average.
ofcourse i rather do well.
but i really hate being average.

2008-05-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

the one big thing that boy friend has impacted my non-social life
is...
the need to know more about something
curiosity
i used to read up on stuff
but as i grew older i got lazier and spent my time doing rubbish
now i spend a fair amount of time looking up useful information
thank you bf!!!

2008-05-02T08:43:00.000-07:00

one of my seniors is going for post grad studies in the us.
was looking at post grad dental school rankings
maryland is tops.
quite a few seniors are there
downside is that its a pretty dangerous place apparently.
havard is next apparently
but not so suitable for chinese
unc, washington, mich, upenn
wonder what i will do with my life after i graduate.
i think i better think about it rather than wait and see
i guess if you were a potential dental student in usa you will have a big headache due to the choice
where as we only have one.
its no doubt a good prog but sometimes i feel that doing neccessary things for some patients hinders doing more difficult interesting things.
and of course there are competencies and schdules to keep up with
perio surgery is so not my thing.
dun like seeing so much blood and results are only possible after a period of time.
i like immediate results
aethetic dentistry?

2008-05-01T07:27:00.000-07:00

met this famous dentist
ok i did not meet him
but went for his lecture.
it was a lunch time talk and by lunchtime talk i mean foregoing your only break during the day and going for a lecture.
and after school i went for another of his lectures.
wynn okuda one of the biggest names of aesthetic dentistry
his presentation skill are fantastic
he has the ability to captivate people for three hours by that i mean after dinner and work. 7pm to 10pm.
he is that amazing.
humorous knowledgable willing to share info affable entertaining.
he's part of a band matrix band. (pun intended)
some people are so entertaining.

on another note i spent today helping to cook.
help to make laksa.
and there was this mediacorp artist there who introduced herself to me
i didn't know who she was until i googled her.
hmmm...
ok i dun react well to this sort of things mainly cause i have no time for the tube.
the last person i recognise was xiang yun. maybe due to the fact that she was around when i had the time to watch tv.

i really wish i do not have to go to school tomorrow
i'm not planing well or i am just to lazy to go on to what i need to do next.
so bad.. tsk tsk,
need the momentum which i am lacking
my whole body is in holiday mood.
help.

congrats to the dr starting work tmr. the end of your five years and the beginging of the next six years. haha.

ome as you are.

2008-04-27T08:42:00.001-07:00

Come
As you are
As you were
As I want you to be
As a friend
As a friend
As a known memory
Take your time
Hurry up
The choice is your
Dont be late
Take a rest
As a friend
As a known memory
Memory ah
Memory ah
Memory ah

Come
Doused in mud
Cept in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend
A a friend
As a known memory ah
Memory ah
Memory ah
Memory ah

2008-04-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

third week into year 3.5
liting i grad next year. =)
i'm believing God that my seed will grow into a three and fruit
i still need people who need braces and bridges.
let me know if you want! =)

school is interesting.
lots of clinical sessions and few lessons.
pretty busy.

Faith -George Micheal
Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

Baby
I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules

Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more

first day of school year 3.5

2008-04-07T06:55:00.000-07:00

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
totally cannot believe nor accept the fact that it is here.
sigh.
and it didn't get off to the best start.
we had this email sent out during the holidays to us to do some readings and to prepare a case.
as it was so wordy i miss the part about preparing a case.
and so did the 11 others in my group.
so most of us were pretty shocked when she asked us about it.
and she was angry.
and stomped off and told us not to ask her anything reguarding the topic.
on the other hand.
how can we find a pt during the holiday to take impressions of?
its pretty bad organization of slots.
oh well.
should have read more closely.

2008-04-01T08:43:00.000-07:00

the last two weeks have been pretty busy ones.
with urop and all.
went to school today to get patients.
the allocation of slots is just crazy and irritating.
like you have to settle the slots divide with your parthner and than see if the patiet can come and than book it. and if your patient is unable to make it. and if your parthner is unable to take the slot. gd luck.
the whole thing seems so messy and messy things stress me.
oh well.
on another note we will be starting to see pedo pts.
i like pedo cause everything is so organized for now.

have idem this upcoming week
will be pretty busy again.
this is no holiday man.

on another note i have been eating eating eating.
penang buffet at york hotel
piles of ramdom hawker food
potluck at jd's place with cluster people
and my meal times are pretty screwed
no brekkie lunch/dinner at 3 and snacks at night, gosh.
and i have multiple craving now i feel like eating chee kueh, goreng pisang.... penang kway teow yums.

went fishing yesterday and the day before caught 16 fish and jd hooked a squid
and the next day 21 fish. cool?
haha.
too bad i dun eat fish.
and to top it off i have contact dermatitis.
any one knows why?
i was scaling the fishes and my hands became itchy and hot.
when i eat fish (except raw salmon) i get swollen lips and itchy palate.
weirdness.

anyone needs root canal treatment?

2008-03-24T08:43:00.000-07:00

went to the dentist today!!!
had a filling redone
the la to my front hurt like mad
seriously the numbness makes my nose hurt and it feels as if the nose is not there.

on another note
may i just don't understand relationships that well.
haha.

2008-03-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

went to a farm today.
singapore has farms.
even though it was only a vegetable farm.
and the farmer said he was gardening when in actual fact he was farming.
haha.
oh well.
long drive to nee soon area and back.
JD got himself a hydroponics set to grow herbs.
actually with the amount of money he paid he can actually bye quite abit of herbs from the supermarket.
oh well.
fresh is best i guess. and maybe if they actually grow it will be not too bad an investment.
i bought a spearmint plant!
can't think of much to do with it for now except place in drinks.
and i suggested chewing on one after brushing teeth.
maybe my clinic will have a mint plant next time.
how does that sound?

toured thomson. the traffic was terribly horribly scary.
triangular roads with traffic from everywhere.
not nice.
ate a heavy tea at herbs and spices.
its a euradian restaurant meaning it serves indain and european food.
had a garlic naan with two dishes.
mutton keema and a cottage cheese with butter sauce and mild spices.
was really yummy.
their mango lassi was a bit to sour and yogurt was just normal.
do try if you like indian food.

picutres soon hopefully.

liberation

2008-03-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

the extra time on hand
not needing to hold notes to give me the (fake) sense that i am studying when i am rushing about serving diners food (diner-dashing) or surfing the net for stuff that will normally not catch my attention or reading boring ads on the news paper or reading story books/ cook books/ tour guides.
crammed one year's worht of work into a week
cause i deem the subjects pretty irrelevent.
if anyone were to touch lower then the collar bone we will prolly get a letter from SDA. and be removed from the list striked off,
hence the comments from the examiners
"not into lifting up shirts"
"do you take pulse before dental treatment followed by hahahaha"
not so funny actually.

but i think the classic was when i got motion sickness from staring down the pinhole microscope and felt so nauseated. 18 odd slides was horrible la. some more one slide got two specimens. how to look??? in 3 minutes at a slower speed. yucks totally disgusting.

oh well..
was pretty sian after my oral path practical slacked away fri and sat and part of sun.
reality dawned that there will be 2 to 3 people laughing at me the next day and drove me to my books.
and oh well there were more than 2 people laughing at me but its fine.
we dental students provide you people with a once a year funny movie k.
prolly can sell it for bucks.

caught 27 dresses during my study break. and juno today. juno is pretty cool. ellen page is awesome. and the dialogue is sharp and witty.pretty nice even though i wished it was longer and more of the characters could be built up. on the whole pretty good.

mean while i am reading anthony boudain kitchen confidential. pretty good read thus far. he writes like he talks. sure as hell don't wanna be a cook.

still a friend of mine

2008-03-03T08:47:00.000-08:00

You know as true as trees are tall
And autumn leaves do fall
Oh, it sometimes rains in paradise
And even the warmest heart can turn to ice

I know it happend to us all
Every kind of people fall
And after all the tears are gone
Do we have the heart to carry on

Here and now, still somehow
Still a friend of mine, oh youre still a friend of mine
Still a friend of mine, youre still a friend of mine
Still a friend of mine, oh youre still a friend of mine
Oh

To think of all the times I hurt you
And never thought it through
Oh, I treated you so badly baby
Could such a cruel heart ever be free

I know it happens to us all
Every kind of people fall
Oh, and after all is said and done
Do we have the heart to carry on

I know as long as Ive got you
And we do the things we do
The next time baby
That our love breaks down
Ill do the best that I can
To turn it around

Time and time and time again
Im gonna be right here for you baby
Seasons come and seasons go
Gonna be right here for you

Cinderella

2008-03-03T08:45:00.001-08:00

She spins and she sways to whatever song plays,Without a care in the world.And I'm sitting here wearing the weight of the world on my shoulders.It's been a long day and there's still work to do,She's pulling at me saying "Dad I need you!There's a ball at the castle and I've been invited and I need to practice my dancin' "Oh please, daddy, please!"Chorus:So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be gone.Verse 2:She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressedShe wants to know if I approve of the dressShe says, "Dad the prom is just one week awayAnd I need to practice my dancin' "Oh please, daddy , please!"Chorus:So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be goneVerse 3:But she came home today with a ring on her handJust glowin' and tellin' us all they had plannedShe says, "Dad the wedding's still six months away but I need to practice my dancin'"Oh please, daddy , please!"Chorus:So I will dance with CinderellaWhile she is here in my arms'Cause I know something the prince never knewOh I will dance with CinderellaI don't want to miss even one song'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnightAnd she'll be gone

2008-03-02T20:24:00.000-08:00

i slacked most of last week away
had triple three buffet, the food was surprisingly very good. a belated family celebration of my birthday. very belated i must add.
watched 27 dresses. james marsden is so cute. its prob my fave movie after music and lyrics. the soundtrack could have been better though.
plaeyed alot of diner dash.
played alot more diner dash.
had the belgium waffles and gelato at golden mile was really yummy. saw shabert there.

service yesterday was surprisingly refreshing.
was a nice uplift from the whole boring week.
God can really change a person's life 180 degrees.

maybe maybe maybe
there is still conversation to be completed.
maybe friendship can continue all the way till you grow old
maybe we can be friends forever.
life is so weird with all its twists and turns.
puzzles me so much especially when i need to study for exams.
sigh.
i really like 27 dresses cause james marsden is so cute.
haha.

2008-02-24T09:01:00.000-08:00

i'm so excited.
i hope our plans don't fall through
say OC, LA bla bla bla
reading all the food blogs just opens another world
pls Lord....
You make the way.

2008-02-22T06:05:00.000-08:00

my holidays are here!!!
i really mean study break =(
can you believe i am at the end of my third year.

Read this ...."buy car easy, maintain car difficult". and Jesus would tell u the same thing, "baptize easy, but taking up the cross difficult".
the later part of that sentence is so untrue.
we are not asked to carry the cross if so God will provide us with strength.
Matthew 11:28-30
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yolk upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yolk is easy and my burden is light."
If we were to carry the cross and wear the crown of thorns and suffer the stripes on our own body what God took that day 2008 years ago was for a show. There's no such thing as double jeopardy in this world. What Jesus suffered that day was so that we will never suffer again.

2008-02-18T05:29:00.000-08:00

i spent valentine's day in the lab doing dentures.
lol.
it was only JD and I left in the usually crowded lab.
even the guys went out to celebrate vday with dinner at vivo.
it was a horrendous week rushing out a pair of dentures.
wed check wax up and invest and pack
thurs mount grind down polish
fri check and issue.
yucks.
and of course a denture must be worn in order to identify the pressure spots.
its not as if its done and it'll be perfect.
so i get complains that its pain when in the first place i told about it.
seriously.
its not worth the effort or time man.
thats the whole purpose of a one week recall.
oh well.

so we plan for friday to celebrate vday
but i have food poisoning
headache
hot cold hot cold
end school only at 5pm.
survived by popping panadol and caffine.

saturday
wake up with a sore throat and can't get back to sleep.
putt around the house
go parkway to get food to cook out love dinner.
feel hot cold dizzy tired
eat sashimi (one big slab) and rice
fever tummy ache headache
panadol poh chai pills

dinner
starter - steamed quail eggs with truffle oil a tetsuya delight
main- pan fried steak with two types of tomatoes

1. Spring tomatoes fried with wild mushroom and soy sauce with aioli
2. Baked cherry tomatoes with white buttom mushroom with summer herds paired cottage cheese with lemon zest finished with rosemary

desert - raspberry romanov with brandy snaps and tiramisu

i think boyfriend should start a dinner business.

sunday
great service.
mum made yummy bak kut teh.
yum yumm....

monday
skip morn lessons
went for 20 min demo which i already know.
what a waste of time.
should have went to watch 27 dresses instead.

that was my week from hell inclusive of a test and all. cny goodies.

Snuffles and ebeepeeps

2008-02-03T05:09:00.000-08:00

Brother's and sis in law's new baby of the family!!!

thanks for the so expensive hand cream and the diary sorry i swopped it though it was really cute but i have two 2008 diaries already. thanks alot girls! got a orange fabric photo album which hopefully i will use. paid another 20 for it. hmmm. i hope i use it. remind me to use it. will post a photo of it. i spent an hour in the shop choosing. couldn't really decide on what to get.

thanks for the cake too.

all the best in school.

2008-01-30T21:37:00.001-08:00

thanks for all the birthday wishes.
thanks dear for the flowers and dinner and silly game and tops. =)
he made me a game where i can shoot him with flowers and he will explode. cool? haha.
old. sigh.
can't believe it.

Coma White

2008-01-28T02:32:00.000-08:00

There's something cold and blank behind her smile
She's standing on an overpass
In her miracle mile
[coma:]
"You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away today
Today to run away"

A pill to make you numb
A pill to make you dumb
A pill to make you anybody else
But all the drugs in this world
Won't save her from herself
Her mouth was an empty cut
And she was waiting to fall
Just bleeding like a polaroid that
Lost all her dolls
[coma:]
"You were from a perfect world
A world that threw me away today
Today to run away"

A pill to make you numb
A pill to make you dumb [chorus repeat]

2008-01-25T19:48:00.000-08:00

Depression is more than just feeling lousy about yourself. We all feel that way one time or another. Depression usually strikes when you feel lousy about yourself over an extended period of time. There are three common symptoms of depression
- a sense of hopelessness
- inability to enjoy activities you once enjoyed
- sleeping too much or sleeping too little

the roles of a dental student:
1. Practitioner
2. Student
3. Lab technician - we do our own lab work
4. Dental assistant- we assist
5. Receptionist - we have to schdule our own appointments
6. Punchbag for the you know whos and you know whos. seriously who doesn't scold us?
all this does not take into account the fact that we may have a life. or maybe not. 24 hours is not enough.

2008-01-25T06:21:00.000-08:00

sometimes its just so difficult to smile and pretend that everything is alright
that you scolding me in front of the patient is alright
that you being so difficult and demanding is alright
that you being so unreasonable is alright
that you being so harsh on me is alright
that you being so rude to me just because you are paying peanuts is alright
that i am your slave
that i am not trying when i just can't get it
that you venting your frustrations on me is alright
NO its not alright
but what else can i do but to smile back and agree
when in actual fact i know the root of it
i'm sorry i'm human and make mistakes
not like you
you must have been perfect from the start
you must have known it all
you must be a semi demi god
while i'm just a mere lesser mortal
wow you must have been so perfect
i would love to have known you when i was young
and maybe bit one of your perfect fingers off.

2007-12-26T09:09:00.000-08:00

hey fiona thanks for always putting me on the invited list of all your parties all these years.
even though it may be that one time we meet through out the year but year in year out you still invite me.
appreciate it alot.
thanks for the friendship and help and everything. =)
thanks for being a friend where silence is not akward.

migranes and champange don't go
fell very ill on x'mas.
didn't get to enjoy dinner with my family much.
this year was a pretty quiet christmas
bro was away on honeymoon.
yes he's married and the house does feel different without him.
not the gone on holiday different but a quiet different.

oh well...
2007 has been a rather eventful year.
turned 21.
went to china for the first time in my life.
it was quite a trip.
travelled overseas by myself for the first time on SEP.
brother got married.
started treating patients.
jd moved house.

on the rougher side
had my first car accident
any many other things that should not be put into words here

the unpleasantness in some aspects has somewhat increased.
life in spore is some what quieter
not due to choice totally but also schedule
some unpleasantness in some friendships.
maybe its time i just drop them?
like stop wasting my time on them if they are not interested in being friends?
anyway, shut the door on a few friendships completely.
just not worth it anymore

maybe i hope that 2008 will bring along a new group of friends
or maybe not...
oh well..
just cause my fac is so small...
sigh...
somehow the quietness resonates...
and i long to be near the sheepshipsea

Caught in the Act

2007-12-06T22:43:00.000-08:00

He's the killer! says:
joanne!
show u a foto

Joanne says:
cool
Joanne says:
u went for linkin park concert?
He's the killer! says:
ehh
Joanne says:
and sat next to my bf
Joanne says:
haha
He's the killer! says:
u see the guy beside me
...

He's the killer! says:
so it was yourBF!
He's the killer! says:
HAHAHA
He's the killer! says:
whos the girl??
...

He's the killer! says:
y not u?
...

He's the killer! says:
so funny. i thought ur bf was cheating on u

He's the killer! says:
went to great pains to take a photo with him and that girl
its like dam hard to fit them in.
without being too obvious

Joanne says:
lol

He's the killer! says:
see we're such good frens righttttt
must tell ur bf to beware....cannot anyhow cheat......
cuz ur frens are pro.

this is hilarious
thanks alex =)

Party of the Year

2007-12-06T22:19:00.000-08:00

Autumn

She can really cook!

Chocolate pudding with ozzy outty sauce.

Em's look is priceless

the theme was autumn
we had to dress up
it was just a small lab table and lab table's friends dinner.
the decor was interesting
the food was awesome
late harvest white and a red wine
a soup, salad, potatoe wedges with speciall dip, lagsana, maynonice chicken, LAMB, chocolate pudding and burfday cake!!!
oh my gosh.
to die for just thinking of it.
thanks mar for the very generous dinner
of cause it was the topic of the week and such a nice almost end of term treat
though it did leave us pretty tired the rest of the week!
haha.
i want the recipe of the lamb!!!

2007-12-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

you know
when i was young i used to think that the class 3 look was the in look
haha
i always wondered how people got that look

2007-12-06T09:12:00.000-08:00

you know somethings in life are so fragile.
misplaced expectations.
but its also kinda expected judging the situation
its not the first time too.
probably the last time.

pretty sick of some thing.
maybe many things.
dunnoe why i spend time chasing fruitless things
who am i doing it for?
why do i even bother.
because i care
evven though i say i don't
but so what
they don't even care

today was a rather fruitful day
my alarm clock was set to silent
reached sch slightly late
fell sick when i got out of the bus( the drivers are seriously evil)
S T O for patient
but my right eye was blocked so my fave dr took it out for me!
haha.

obturated the canals.
called the dealers
went off.

since it was early i decided to take a detour.
had yella fellows!
interesting concept.
sat at MOS
pondered.
its being a long time since i had time to sit down and stare into the open
and people watch
and think
and think
and think
in general
i feel like my time here has been spent.
other than school i have no life
i wonder what it'll be like when school's over
there's just no holding power
this little city that use to captivate my heart has lost its dazzle
i dream somewhere else all the time
i see myself in its vast green fields in it large city
in front of the vast ocean.
just so much to see/do/take in
i dun feel any belonging to this city where i call home
i see my self like a pilgrim going through some journey that will hopefully end soon
and that i want to uproot fly break free
stay away form this city
it just does not hold my heart.
its true my world has shrunk
shrunk so much i know what i want
and i know what i have found and gained and learned in this city to make me want to leave it.
sigh.
i want to dissapear into nothingness
but can a man leave that sort of life
when all the friends dissapear
and where there's not even such a thing as family?

bored stiff

2007-12-02T02:39:00.000-08:00

jd boarded the plane for canada via hk yest.
boo hoo
i'm bored to tears.
seriously.
went shopping with mum
went to the new terminal alone.
ok quickly finish your exams people!

Touched

2007-11-19T04:34:00.000-08:00

she is an elderly lady, still working as a blue collar worker
someone gave her two lao po pings from hong kong
and she kept one for me cause she thought i may like it
she always tells me funny things and is very understanding about the school system although some times she is a little long winded and makes a little fuss.
brought her to buy denture cleaning stuff and she was really grateful.
sometimes a little goes a long way.

help.

2007-11-12T07:00:00.000-08:00

anyone knows where i can buy a vera wang or anna sui dress from in singpaore?
plss tell me.
or anyone has a nice gown shop/tailor??

an early dismiss

2007-11-06T05:52:00.000-08:00

leaving the world can be so sudden.
i wonder how it feels like to to unconsious.
will you still know whats going on around you?
will you still know who says what to you?

***

boyfriend offered me a free ticket from hong kong to canada and lodging for canada but dad disallowed.
too tired to fight with him. (not that he will change his mind)
sigh. sigh. sigh.
no engergy at all.
so well
do ask me out first week of dec.

thoughts

2007-10-27T09:51:00.000-07:00

you know once during a period when i was very sad
instead of kind words
i got harsh words it was than that my sadness turned to anger
fierce and bitter and helpless anger
and than i took control of my anger
and i took control of my life once again
i can't remember who that person was
i know you may not have meant your strong words
but they were indeed timely.
thanks. i vaguely remember the words but don't remember the person. haha.

sometimes a person needs a jolt to return to reality
sometimes i need a shock to get some sense into me
and today i did get one from a movie.
it shocked me and traumatized me.
how can people have sex so freely.
and treat it like nothing?
my mind cannot comprehend.
does your conscience bother you?
how do you feel about yourdelf?
wat does love mean to you than?
what are you going to teach your kids?
what about your family members, how do they feel?
aren't you worried about diseases?
when you wake up how do you feel?

pleasure to me
is a good meal with people i love
time spent with ebeegirls and other old good friends cousins
sitting on the couch with JD watching travel and living
sitting on the train with JD watching the scenery
just discovering new sights

the worse thing that can happen to me is probably waking up and feeling purposeless
that would take the meaning out of life.

2007-10-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

Made this on sat togerther with blueberry and cheese muffins but din take photo of them.

Creme Brulee made by JD and Me minus the sugar topping because i din take an end stage photo. lol.

you know when i start earning money
i want to cook
cook cook cook.
cooking is a pretty expensive hobby but nonetheless satisfying.

today i expressed interest in sitting on the A380 suite class to my dad.
than my mum said that when i start working in private practice i can afford too!
lol.
my reply that was no such sane person would fork out that type of money to fly.
lol.
than she said buisness class than.
lol.
a business class ticket to sydney on a normal plane is about 5000 if two were to fly it would be 10000.
than she said company pay.
lol.
dentist fly on business?
haha.
than she said offer to do dentistry on the plane.
right.
my mum has interesting ideas.
who would like to do his/her teeth on a plane pls let me know.

my dad offered me a different opinion.
he said many lawyers do not practice law.
why not you don't do dentistry next time (sic) and do something else?
i think he's still not very keen on me doing dentistry despite almost three years in the course.
sigh.
am here i am, working so hard.

my body does not know how to feel tired.
it just goes sick.
like splitting headaches and nausea.
totally horrendous.
good night.

At The Cross by Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan

2007-10-16T07:13:00.000-07:00

Key: E
Intro:
A – E/G# A | B |

Verse 1:
E/G# A2 B C#m7
Oh Lord You’ve searched me,
E/G# A2 B -
You know my way;
E/G# A2 B C#m7
Even when I fail You,
A2 Bsus B E/G# A2 B C#m7
I know You love me.

Verse 2:
E/G# A2 B C#m7
Your holy presence
E/G# A2 B -
Surrounding me
E/G# A2 B C#m7
In every season,
A2 Bsus B
I know You love me;
A2 Bsus B
I know You love me.

Chorus:
E C#m
At the cross I bow my knee,
E/G# A
Where Your blood was shed for me,
B
There’s no greater love than this.
E C#m
You have overcome the grave,
E/G# A
Your glory fills the highest place,
B
What can separate me now?

Verse 3:
E/G# A2 B C#m7
You go before me,
E/G# A2 B -
You shield my way,
E/G# A2 B C#m7
Your hand upholds me;
A2 Bsus B
I know You love me.

Verse 4:
E/G# A2 B C#m7
And when the earth fades,
E/G# A2 B -
Falls from my eyes,
E/G# A2 B C#m7
And You stand before me,
A2 Bsus B
I know You love me;
A2 Bsus B
I know You love me.

Bridge:
A2 B C#m7
You tore the veil, You made a way
A C#m7 B
When You said that it is done.

i remember my first time in Hillsongs Church.
but thats not the point,
God is every where
and He is here with me today
despite all my failures all my let downs all my baddies and all
He is here with me
even when it feels like the world has turned its back on me
He is here with me
and thats the most comforting thing i'll ever know.

i saboed myself during PBL today and i have the first learning issue of the term.
prob the only one too.
is ciggie smoke or tobaco smoke more harmful to the oral cavity.
if any of you have any answers please let me know.

Need to do:
1. Exchange report
2. Exchange presentation
3. Send in dentures to invest. (yes, i invest dentures no monetary profit though)
4. Bridge competency haven't equilibrated my teeth yet, dunnoe if can take.

happpy

2007-10-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

i just did something on facebook.
feel pretty please with myself.
but i have to put things in pespective.
who ask them to have such options.
i think its a big joke.
i wonder if it will get approve.

darling made watermelon steak today
basically you take watermelon
cut it up
put butter and cream sherry
we din't have cream sherry so we used honey umeshu, contrieu, and lychee liquer(which in my opinion is a bit off)
wrap it in aluminium foil and bake it
i din't get to taste the out come cause i had to rush off
and you serve it with salt and pepper.
interesting?

Bored

2007-10-13T09:11:00.000-07:00

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Grandma bday

2007-10-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

celebrated my grandma's 81st birthday today!
as usual the mum's side is very big
to me that is
and considering the size of dad's side.
caught up a fair bit with my cuzzies
they are all so big now.
i think my Grandma is very blessed to have such a family around her
she's one of the most respected people in my life
she brought up ten children
from humble beginings to pretty successful people
but i have never ever heard her complain once about having to cook for one more mouth
when ever i go to her place she always has food no matter what time it is
and yummy food that is.
she's so strong, capable and motherly.
i want to be like her.

went out with my cuzzies.
k box thing at marina is way expensive
ended up at Harry's at esplanade cause we had three kids and could not go elsewhere.
we should hang out more.

random

2007-10-11T08:41:00.000-07:00

sometimes things are just so dumb.
its so much easier to just zone out and not have to deal with it.
since i have seen more things i no longer feel like i have the capacity to deal with it nor the time for that matter.
is it wrong that all i want to do is just get out?
i have reached a stage in my life where if i was like this than i would despise myself.
now i just dun feel a sense of belonging or the need to do it.
now so more than ever i feel like i have to escape
my mind wanders around the world and lingers by the river, the beach, under a tree in the park.
such calming moments.
and it stays there.
refusing to accept the heat the torture and monoteny
but i know that despite all i have a Saviour.
the one who plans out my life
the one who charts out a map and
He too will cause my feet to walk down the path that is best.

i'm so glad i have moved on.
in many ways i feel much older
but deep within me i wonder if the jadedness still lingers.
the jadedness from seven years ago?
i doubt so i hope not.
i just can't seem to find the radiance to dazzle and impress me anymore nor the curiousity nor the mental activity.
am i tired?
ok this is such a vague post.
good nite.

updates

2007-10-04T06:26:00.000-07:00

have not been feeling well since yesterday.
parents are back from their cruise.
they asked me to go on it for honeymoon. lol.
wanna tour europe anyone?
went to taste by bro's wedding dinner food.
din eat much cause i was so nauseated by the winding sentosa roads that by the time we got there i felt incredibly sick.
it went on and on and on. like 3 hours.
ok i spent most of my time kissing the white throne.
i went to school late today!!!
JD thought it would be good if i took a rest.
so slept in abit.
school is really so busy.
i just have too much work and too many datelines.

Things i need to do:
1 Set up teeth
2 Tidy up my RP cast.
3 Mount my RP casts.
4 Sent in my RP casts for record blocks.
5 Send in my RP casts for co-cr frame
6 Do my ortho casts up
7 cut my posterior bridge preps

This is ripped off JD's blog cause i'm too lazy to type it out. i'll just put it into days.

Places visited:
Day 1
- Surry Hills (where we stayed at. it also where Kylie Kwong's Restaurant is but for some reason we missed it. there are lots of gay bars there. shops wise there are lots of small shops that sell pretty up market stuff from designer paper to house ware to clothes. and there's also a nice supermart, Daffy Brothers that sells absolutely heavenly wagyu beef. its a cool, fashionable and hip place with lots of restaurants and cafes)
- we basically walked around the area and had Oporto's for dinner. you must try it. the chicken with chilli sauce is so yummy. juicy tender and cooked to perfection with a nice hot sauce.
- walked around the chinatown area
- had baskin robbins - we settled on the super big sundae with like three scoops
- Darlinghurst (lots of indian food)

Day 2
- Sydney Aquarium (watched feeding time at the great barrier reef, had cute seals and interesting big swimming creature.)
- Botanic Gardens (beautiful, but no roses)
- Opera House (much more beautiful in real life)
- Sydney CBD (like Singapore, but with better weather and friendlier people)
- had my first Krispy Kreme at Queen Victoria Building
- we walked like crazy

Day 3
- took the ferry to Manly Beach (surfers don't feel the cold)
- had Jap noodles there at this authentic japanese run cafe but was normal.
- went to Chatswood to visit my aunt and had dinner at her place
- Artarmon (many pretty houses)

Day 4
- Paddy's Market (reminded me of Bangkok. or any pasar malam)
- star city casino
- ultimo
- Fish Market (great seafood)
- xic lo vietnamese food
- Chinatown (like any other Chinatown, but better food)

Day 5
wanted to go to Gosford but there was a crazy jam due to the APEC long weekend. in the end we toured the north shore beaches
eg. Dee Why and Palm Beach
- Dee Why (apparently the original aussie surfer town, gorgeous beachfront cafes)
- Palm Beach (gorgeous beachfront housing)
- had lunch at a super nice German burger place at Dee Why beach the burgers are HUGE and they have amazing calamari
- saw protesters at Hyde Pake (falungong type)
- at night my cousin who happened to be there on holiday too joined us for dinner at my aunt's place

Day 6
- Strathfield (DFO! great shopping!)
- lots of Koreans and chinese and asians in general around the area.

Day 7
-Hillsongs church (city)
- The Rocks (market was great fun, and we saw PM Lee and his entourage drive pass!)
- Bondi Beach (beautiful and totally not overrated. at least while we were there, mainly because it was the Festival of Winds, aka Aussie kite festival! during APEC, no less)
- bondi jn also has this crazily large shopping centre it is way cool

Day 8
- Sydney Dental Hospital

Day 9
- Westmead (dental hospital was rather antiquated)
- Grandville (there is this amazing sweet shop place that sells the best arabian sweets, its super posh in a sorta dangerous estate)
- Parramatta (nice mix of the old and the new, and the ferry back to Sydney was fantastic, more like beyond imaginable)
- Darling Harbour (oh so pretty at night, met up with my Dad's friends son. its funny how i go half way around the world to meet him and never saw him in Spore before. but oh well, Archipalego brewery yeah?)
- Sydney Harbour (ferries are fun to take)
- Harbour Bridge (uhh, like the golden gate bridge, but green)

Day 10, 11
- spent in the dental hospital
- are at Pasture's viestnamese food
- late night shopping at Chatswood also had a glimsp of their Spring festival. was way cool
- Jing Hao joined us on thursday

Day 12
- University of Sydney (the quadrangle is totally classic)
- FANTASTIC thai food - SPICE I AM (its a must go)

Day 13
finally went to Gosford
- Gosford (feels more australian than sydney does)
- The Entrance (pelican bay! lots of fishermen, a carousel, children's trains, cotton candy! there's this ice cream shop - Scoops its a must try)
- Bateau Bay (incredible scenery, and many many paragliders flying around overhead)
- had dinner at a hong kong restaurant in Chatswood superb food, the pork ribs melts in your mouth.

Day 14
- Krispy Kremes for brekkie 2 + coffee and a doughnut sundae
- boost juice (makes me sick)
- bought lots of lamb, salami and beef
- packed my way over stuffed bag it was approx 30kg.
- bye bye Sydney
-can't wait to go there again. LOL.

Enjoyed the excellent weather, breathed lots of fresh air, met loads of people, cooked lots of food (Wagyu wagyu wagyu), ate more food (Oporto's, Spice I am!), saw lots of things (paragliders!), and basically had a brilliant time!

Happy Birthday Li Ting

2007-09-19T04:25:00.000-07:00

hey girl.
you're miles away
hope this would put a smile on your face.
thanks for been such a great friend babe
for always writing us cute notes and doing sweet things for all of us before the exams and stuff.
i think you are like the best.
we're all busy mugging and you still have time to do this stuff.
its really sweet.
thanks for lending a ear when needed
thanks for your company.
take care in China dear
hope you enjoy your time there yeah?
Happy Twenty First Birthday.

(this year) is Tao Hua year. =)

yes i'm back from Sydney safe and sound.
more on that another time!

Flying oFF Soon

2007-09-02T02:00:00.000-07:00

JD's making his way to the airport now.
went to church this morning and got caught on a one hour jam just to go from my house to suntec.
horrendous.
new maid arrived at 3 old maid left at 3.
seems nice.
we'll see.
i haven't finished packing but i'm getting lazy.
JD left his card at Riverside Indo restaurant.
had to go all the way back to get it.
left it there since fri night and he din't know
he came to my house when i was out so i went to his house to bid him farewell.
haha.
good thing we live so near each other.

thanks to all the bee girls for their well wishes smses and whatnots.
its really nice to have you girls' support and care
and thanks for waiting with me last night. *hugs*
what a weird place.
never knew it was so happening in that way. yikes.

"and now its back to the little corner of the lab where i try to work magic and sometimes fail. my little field of dreams, where wax turns to gold. wish the damn ortho wires would turn to gold too, but they just confuse my eyes and hurt my hands."
this is ripped from a seniors blog it pretty much sums up a part of last term.

i'm so glad i'm moving on.
next sem will be more organised.
ok folks thats all for now.
Holiday Itenery:
1. Relax
2. Slack
3. Chill
4. Cook
5. Travel
6. Make friends.
Pray that Sydney remains free of angry crazed APEC protestors.
see ya!

2007-08-27T07:27:00.000-07:00

you know,
after my inspiring talk with mr potato on sat afternoon,
and joanne in the evening.
or more like me whining and complaining about various stuff
i feel much better.
thanks lt and cor for the messages too.

and today,
i was thinking about the line career is career.
how many of us actually know what you want to do at the age of 18/21(f/m)
or even if you know what you want to do
would you still want to do it after you start doing it?
i myself have been thinking about this for a long while.
like why i spend hours filling holes in teeth waxing up crowns/dentures/bridges, extracting teeth, scraping calculus off teeth...
and i realise suddenly that i actually like what i do.
its actually pretty fun and i actually want to learn more about whatever i am doing.
ok this is the first time in a long while (make it 3 years) that i actually fill inspired about anything.
and i guess its a start.
so i'm pretty glad i'm in this course (of course my God's grace)

like how pastor always says when things are at its worst thats when things start getting better.
God will never make us suffer beyond what we can bear.

so for those of you who feel caught in a rut take cheer that you're not alone.
and if you believe this same God will make things better for you.
all you need is to believe.

2007-08-24T22:14:00.000-07:00

i can't wait for school to end
this term has been so disorganised
i have been so uninterested in school
i don't believe......
school can just be so difficult.

i'm going for exchange for a week.
but will be in sydney for two weeks.
anyone who wants to meet up with me there pls let me know.
just can't wait to get out of here.
things are really too much.

2007-08-14T04:49:00.000-07:00

I am glad i'm alive and functiion.
whenever something bad happens something better is gonna happen.
thank God for His Hand of protection on me.
thank God no one got hurt.

i crashed into the road divider.
the front wheel burst and broke away from the car.
i dunnoe how it happened.
i still can't really believe it happen.
but the bang sound keeps playing in my head.
and the imagined taste of blood in my mouth
with my head banged against the steering wheel keeps playing in my head.
the car spun.
and i could feel myself being flung out of my seat.
some how there's a scratch on my hand.
its was so scary.
i was so shocked.
and than i looked around for my phone and called bf.
Thank God for him.
Sorry i crashed your car.
feel really bad about it.

Called mum and she came down.
she cancelled her plans for the day.
and brought us from one kaki bukit to kembangan to siglap to marine parade to kaki bukit to parkway to home to great world.
was quite touched

dad was also so sweet to me
he didn't scold me
and he offered to pay for the damages.

what a day.

You're Everything. You're all I need.

2007-07-30T07:03:00.000-07:00

That I may die to myself.
That through me you'll see Christ.
The Hope of Glory.
God not my will this day but yours.
Cause your ways are the best.

Pics Pics Pics

2007-07-30T05:52:00.000-07:00

Paisley and Cream. Looks nicer than it tastes. Haha.

Twin cousins. born and bread in england. can't speak a word of chinese. *tsktsk.

Grand uncle, grandma, grandaunt.

Some yam ball. Dinner at Pine Court Meritus Mandrain. It was horrible. The beijing duck came in green pita bread that was so thick. Like a kebad gone wrong.

Jd and I made calamari. Yums. Found a fish in the squid.

Emelia and I

Class Lunch at Kushinbo. Random Pic
Went out with JD for our little secret celebration. haha. he treated me to an Italian Restaurant tucked in no man land. seriously who would think there would be food there?yah it is that bad. saw xiang yun there though. (she's so pretty for such an age) so this is dinner. later went to archipalego brewery. had a nice calamensi and pandan beer, very local. very refreshing. archipelago is my absolutest fave now. they have gula melaka beers even.

Appetizer

Pizza

Lagsana

Choc cake. Yummy.

The following week saw us at brewerks. Lol. Ate lots. Beer chilli bowl (Jd's standard order) and a burger. We licked the plates clean. Haha.

Pasta de Waruku. at central. ebeegirls should go there soon. food looks good.

Why are the skies so blue there?

2007-07-21T09:45:00.000-07:00

Sometimes i wish my mind doesn't stray into grey areas.
areas i don't have an answer for.
i hate datelines.
i hate racking up decomposing leaves and finding pretty veins and yet these skeltons are so fragile.
way too fragile.

i hate oral path.
its driving me up the wall.
i hate uncertainties.
or rather i hate waiting.
why oh why.

i want everything planned out prettily.
i want the wind against my face
i want the sea in front of me
i want the mountains behind me
i want to be in sydney.

This is the title.

2007-07-16T07:14:00.000-07:00

Birthday Girl. Happy 21st burfday Shini Mayo babe! Love you!

Black tofu.
wonder what it tastes like.

Pretty sky in Sentosa.
Its nice to be a year 3.
when you talk to the freshies they listen to what you say.
they respect you and some even fear you.
too bad i'm not fierce.
they mistook me for a freshie.
lol.
but then now its their turn to feed us.
nice not to be so involved with orientation.
no responsibilities.
my fave.

In my free time i wax up teeth.

Free dentures anyone?

Bye Liting! have fun in China!

I bought Coach shoes for school
How dumb is that.
i'm not gonna wear it to school.
i think i think i print money.
whats wrong with me?
i think i have self denial.
or rather reality denial.

i've been so lazy at school lately.
not accomplishing much
no burst of fire or anything.
feeling pretty unmotivated as if it were still the holidays.
work has been piling up.

Blood ouzzes out

2007-07-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

I have a new ambition.
I want to be a stay home mum minus the children and cook.
I want to make lots of macaroons cause i love eating them.
If any one has any good macaroon recipe pls let me know.
Dental drop out turn stay home cook.
Hmm.. i think i will grow fat.
oh well..
my #21 hurts. spontaneous pain.
better start paying for it.

Destiny

2007-07-07T20:51:00.000-07:00

A peep at China. Mainly the Zhang Jia Jie photos. San Xia and Chongqing another time. Took less photos in the later places with my HP cause was lazy. Haha.

Bai Yun Airport Guandong or Canton. Spanking New.

The modernest civilization in China. haha. our alkie fix at Novetel Bai Yun. The second time there nearly caused us to miss our flight.

Mountain stores.

Zhang Jia Jie previously known as Dayong.

Tian zi mountain. with a natural hole in the middle.

what are those meats hanging out there? i dunnoe but i'm sure i had some for dinner. =( when you eat don't think.

me in a supermarket in zhangjiajie. iit was our night of adventure. we took a cab to town cause JD needed to use the internet. wasn't very familiar with the place and it was kind of dingy so we didn't feel so safe. but still we ventured out quite abit.

JD in a "wang ba" in zhang jia jie

Superman! the bags weighed a ton.

you know...
three years ago..
who would have guessed that i would take this route?
i now find myself searching the most ridiculous things
having to do with rot and gunk.
and why did i choose this path?
all i can say is you never know where life takes you too.

i miss china.

Thank full

2007-07-07T06:23:00.000-07:00

thank full for a stble family
for a good boyfriend
for good friends
for a good course in uni
for a simple life
for easy relationships
for a comfortable life
for many things

been thinking and contrasting
i can't be happier with the way things are despite school been so hectic that i dunnoe whats going on
and i'm not really taking control of school by planning things out but i figure that since this is the first week of YEAR 3 i'll take it a bit slower first.
but i wish i had more friends and i belonged to some where.
and i wish life was a bit more crazy.
and yet i'm happy the way it is.
as compared to any other situation that my mind can think of.

Boyfriend i'm happy with you.

Whats this feeling?

2007-06-21T07:29:00.000-07:00

Eversince i dunnoe when
i cannot quite put a time or date to it
i have been feeling this sense of odd restlessnesss
the sought you feel when you are unsatisfied
when you feel you need a greater stimulation of some sought that you can't quite put a name to
a deep dissatisfaction but you dunnoe what will feel it
why do some people have so many more friends to hang out with?
like friends to study with to go through life with?
why does it feel like friends are so difficult to make?
i long for some sort of careless abandonment
something which i now busk in
but the knowledge that school looms in the background
and that my days are numbered
argh such resposibilities
why so?
open conversations
deep mysteries
new paths to cross.
thats the life i want
the life in constant search of adventure
of challenge
of difficulties
of fulfillment.
question marks my sentences.

Back

2007-06-18T20:26:00.000-07:00

i'm back from china!
my plane from chingqing to guangzhou got delayed by like 1 and a half hours.
and than i smartly nearly miss my connecting flight back to spore cause i went to get some food.
it was like the worst flying experice ever.
i had to run like MAD and the gate was like right at the end!!!
first time to china first time on a tour first time taking a non-SIA plane, first time on a cruise, first time on the world's longest cable car, first time seeing a lot of other stuff.

made friends with the river guide. (What a weird title right?) its what the cruise guide is called. He's JD's age but looks way older. he brought us around chongqing on the last night cause he had some free time. brought us to the clubs pubs and just around the city. (no need to worry about racism and guns for once)

photos will come another day.

***

the thought of having to return to school is really dreadful. i can't imagine doing anything at this point in time.

***

Dr Ian Geh , MRCP, FRCR, is a Consultant Radio-Oncologist based at the University Hospital Birmingham. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer in cancer studies. His special research interests are bowel and urological cancer.

specialize in bowel. how weird is that.

Diss

2007-06-08T07:44:00.000-07:00

wish that i'm not staying at home on the first day of my hols.
=( what a horrible start to it.
left school late.
stayed back for nothing.
waiting for a bloody sticker.
didn't get it.
if they call me during the hols to scold me i'll be boiling mad. seriously.
inefficiency.
disgusting.
spending the first night of my hol at home.
disgusting.
i have no life.
i need a life.
ask me out.
(but i'll be away from 10 to 19)

Countdown With Me

2007-06-05T07:09:00.001-07:00

so many things to do but i choose to come online and not study for competency tomorrow or prepare for my two patients tomorrow. all hail the decay the rot and the germs. wat i really want now is to lie in bed and curl up and leave the world to hurry around. on a brighter note i completed my FP projects! woopee! took some planning and some overtime but its worth it cause i won't be around to go back to sch during the first week.
and on another note i really really really can't wait for my holidays. did i say that yet?
but i'll be away from 10 to 19 june so will have to catch up and do whatever when i get back.
you people enjoy!

The Past Month

2007-06-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

Went to One Rochester on fri with two other classmates and JD. had dinner prior to that at a coffeeshop near school. food was good. one rochester on the other hand was rather dissapointing.

Dad's first birthday celebration.

Dad's second birthday celebration at sumi. we had dinner at this jap bbq grill place. it was horrendous. spent most of our time waiting for food to come. upon arrival still need to wait so long for it to cook. i got really grumpy. by the way the above is a tomatoe. the foie gras was gd but that was about all.

Yummy Kang Kong - cooked by JD. I think of it quite often.

JD's mum's birthday celebration.

Crystal Jade Palace. JD's cute niece and nephew.

Appertisers. Mandrains Meritus Triple Three Dad's third birthday celebration.

Yummy deserts.

Junk Yard Sale at Mandrain Gardens

29/05 Hair cutted at Action by my fave hairstylist.

29/05 Dinner all alone

30/05 Drinks at Loof. Yummy.

Boyfriend on Business Times

2007-05-21T05:47:00.000-07:00

Click here.
Haha. Its hilarious one BIG photo.
And his quotes. Hahaha.
A very S'porean drinking game
Brainchild of four local undergrads, it involves cheeky, saucy questions, DANIEL BUENAS reports

'IF your significant other was invited to be featured in Playboy or Playgirl, would you say yes or no?'

This may not be something you'll ask a friend over drinks - yet. However, Singapore Management University (SMU) Business undergraduate Lester Chee and National University of Singapore (NUS) dentistry student Tan Jun Da hope to change that.

Lester and Jun Da (otherwise known as JD) are directors of Game Theory Pte Ltd, a company they started to market and sell a drinking game they have created.

Called Kinda Naughty . . . but Nice (KNN), the game is touted as a drinking game made for Singaporeans, by Singaporeans.

Each game comes with a set of over 200 cards with 'complex questions' printed on them, that is to say, questions that have only two possible answers.

Some of these questions are thought-provoking, some cheeky and some are downright saucy.

It was the brainchild of JD and Lester, along with two other good friends - SMU accounting undergraduate Benjamin Koh and SIM University student Loh Chung Jiat.

Before the game starts, a forfeit is decided - for example, a shot of an alcoholic beverage, and players are given an answer card which is basically a black-white card.

The game will begin with a player drawing a question card and reading the question and its two possible answers aloud to all the different players. Each answer is colour coded as white or black.

At the count of three, everyone will reveal their answers, which should be what the player thinks is the most honest answer the person reading the question can give, by flashing their answer cards together.

The person asking the question will then explain his choice, and if players are unconvinced by the explanation, they can challenge the answer.

If the majority agrees that the answer provided by the person asking the question is true, anyone who had a different answer from him will have to take the agreed-upon forfeit. Or, if the majority agrees that the answer provided is false, the person who read the question, together with all who chose his answer, will then have to drink the forfeit shot.

'The idea of coming up with a drinking game came about during a Christmas party where four of us were playing drinking games that some of our friends brought back from the United States,' says JD. 'They were so much fun, and we tried to find some similar games around, but they were mostly sub-par.

'That's why we decided to come up with something that was easy to carry around, that someone could whip up, and everyone could play and have fun with.'

While it was - to use a pun - mostly fun and games for the four creators of the game, the game also had commercial value.

'We always had this belief that whatever we do, it should be unique, different,' Lester said. 'We didn't want to follow the crowd, and that's why we came up with this game, which is actually very Singaporean.'

In 2005, the four entered an SMU Business Innovation Generator competition and came in joint-winners to claim a prize of $10,000 in seed money. It was with this money that JD and Lester started Game Theory in order to mass-market the game.

Currently, the game is being sold online at www.knn.com.sg through retail store Ig's Heaven. However, JD says that although everyone who's played the game has enjoyed it, sales have been slower than expected.

'The problem is that for a game like this, you do need to raise awareness, and we've been doing it mainly through word of mouth,' he says. 'We tried marketing the game to some pubs and bars, and they liked the game a lot, but in the end they were more focused on moving traffic.'

To date, the company has sold about 100 copies of the game, which comes in a normal, travel, deluxe and a 'play for forfeit' version, where the questions are less cheeky and there doesn't have to be drinking involved. The price of the sets range from $12.90-$39.90.

Moving forward, JD says the company hopes to publicise the game further, and hopefully get more shops to carry the product. He adds that the company is also thinking of tying up with third parties to help promote the game, as well as translating the game for overseas markets.

But in the end, he says it really isn't about the money. 'Dentistry is my career of choice really, and let's be honest - a drinking game like this is not going to make you big bucks,' he says. 'When you're doing a side business like this, the most important thing is not to lose track that you're having fun.'

http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/sub/campus/story/0,4574,234660,00.html?

Fatty Sweet Foods

2007-05-14T05:56:00.000-07:00

Hard day at school left me at home snacking of left over Famous Amos cookies, awfully chocholate cake and tolberone.
phe's note to me sweetened my day!
thanks again dear for the wonderful dinner.
wish i stayed longer.
anyways enjoy your hols!

For Every Guy Entering NS

2007-05-14T05:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.multinine.com.sg/index_files/page0009.htm
You need this.

Shoul I?

2007-05-12T03:29:00.001-07:00

should i go china three gorges dam for a holiday???
anyone being there before?
think its quite ex $1600.
hmm...

Goodnight and Go

2007-05-12T03:11:00.000-07:00

Why'd you have to be so cute
It's impossible to ignore you
Must you make me laugh so much
It's bad enough we get along so well
Say goodnight and go
.
.
.
One of these days
You'll miss your train, and come stay with me
It's always say goodnight and go
We'll have drinks and talk about things
And any excuse to stay awake with you
You'd sleep here, I'd sleep there
But then the heating may be down again
At my convenience
We'd be good, we'd be great together
Go

i miss oc

Phe!

2007-05-09T05:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Phebe Si! =) See you on fri at your BIG birthday bash. wonder if your soft spot is going.

*** (to seperate paras learn from june too)

i gave my first few injections and got my a few myself!
its quite fun to get a nerve block and to give injections.
on the other hand i prick my finger while taking the not so straight needle out of the cap and it was throbbing pain. lol.
for nerve blocks our long needle goes rather deep in about 5-8 cm.
how exciting rite?
haha. i give free injections tell me if you wanna try. lol.