A night which will forever be engraved in my heart

Yesterday, 3rd of December 2009, was a night which I will bring to my grave. Fun, laughter, food, friends, family and happiness were all brought together. Wai ling was the first person to reach my house (with her watermelon ^^). Then, we chatted and did a little preparation until Bryan and Yee Sing came. Half an hour later, few more people reached and my house began to loom with shrieks and laughter XD. It was indeed a memorable night for me. From playing cards to counting numbers, and eating one plateful of beehoon and eggs to drinking cocktails as punishments, all of us laughed, giggled, smiled and practically shouted at each other ^^. The whole thing was fun and jovial, acting as a magnet to restrain me from flying back to singapore T.T (I really wanna continue staying for at least until another week!!). However, I am still glad to be able to celebrate our friendship banquet before leaving home again. Thank you so, so much everyone for allocating your time and energy to come for this potluck! Without you, this potluck will never be the same. =) I hope we will be able to have another gathering like this during the next semester break! ^^ Take care everyone and all the best till we meet again~ *muakz*

~pek yee~

Finals around the corner

Its 2 more weeks to finals!!! Then I will be able to fly back home! My last paper will be on the 26th, 9-11am. So, I'm taking an evening flight back! Although it is pretty hectic and taxing these days due to the amount of revision I HAVE to do, but, still I can't hardly wait for the last paper to end. Just want to get it over with ^^ I'm so gonna utilize the 10 days time fully with my family and friends! Wait for my return guys~and we shall rock Subang together XD. yeah!!

A web connection

It's Saturday. This means that another day had passed. And a new day had begun. But the truth is, nothing much has changed since the day I started living in Singapore. I still eat, sleep, study and dawdle every single day which has been my lifestyle since young. The only thing that change is the environment. The workload, stress, people, education style and also, the food, all differs from what I had back home. From the outlook of me, I looked like an adaptable person, assimilating to the lifestyle without fail no matter where I go, just like the time I spend in NS for 2 months. In fact, it contradicts to how I actually feel. Deep in my heart, I cannot run away from the web, which connects myself to my family and friends to the very core . The web, build up from the hardwork and sweat by the spider, where it is coded by the intensity of memories leads to a strong and resistant network, tying us together. There are times it is shaken by rough winds and thunderstorms but it will not break, forcing me to face-to-face with the adversities which crossed my paths, not allowing me to break free and runaway. It was painful, trying to break free was impossible as the web tightens and and entangle around me, making me breathless and suffocated. This is then I realized, this weight of feelings, is the driving force for me to live all the time. Without such pain, I would not have realized how important are my family and friends to me. The web is like a protection, preventing me from straying away from who I really am and as a reminder that it is alright to be myself. As I learn the importance of the connectivity, I struggle less within the web and allow the spider to continue its webbing process regardless how strong or tremendous force which comes upon my path. Because, now I know as time goes by, the web will grow stronger and thicker, eventually covering me like a shell, not allowing me to get hurt by the storms anymore. And it is this moment, that I know I will transform into a person who will stand strong and stick to my virtues no matter what happens in the future.

The 7 days of shining moments

OK....I admit that it has been such a long time since I update my blog. I have my reasons so people, please accept my apology for your long-awaiting moment. ^^

Today, yes, TODAY...is Saturday. The LAST day of my recess week in Subang. For the past few days, I had been hanging out with my family and friends, and yes, ditching my assignments and revision at the same time. But it was these past few days, I for once in two months, had a good laugh. The stress in me shrinked into one corner of my mind as I stepped foot in Subang since I left to Singapore in end of July. I followed my parents back to my mom's hometown on Sunday and came back on Monday night. On the following day, I went to Mcd with panda bro and Ping Ying before meeting up the rest at 3K for badminton. It was and still is refreshing to be able to meet my friends (even when I flashback the memories of our time spend together). My week passed on with an outing on Wednesday at Pyramid, our usual hang-out place. I had lunch and dinner with them and also did some shopping with Grace (Jen Chong and Bryan were so KIND to accompany us ^^). Got to Secret Recipe later for a chat and a cake-eating session XD before having our dinner at Kim Gary. While later most went back to their homes, five of us (Me, Ying Wai, Ping Ying, Yew Ken and Grace) watched The Ugly Truth. It was a nice and humorous movie, really funny, and its worthwhile to watch if you ask me. =D On Thursday night, after shopping at Mid Valley with my parents at night, I went for a drink at Kayu, Taipan. It was around 10+pm but I was glad to be able to make it. I also had breakfast with pretty much the same gang the next day at the SAME place. lol! However, no matter how it turned out and no matter how frustrated am I for not doing my homework, I will not regret the days I spend with my dear friends and family for this whole week. The memories made are like my diamond-stars which glitters and shines upon me even when the world darkens and turned upside down. So, I really, really thank you! my fellow friends even if you do not came to read this post. My heartest gratitude to all of you and wish you all the best for your future undertakings~ we shall meet again in end of November ^^ Till then, take care *hugz*

~pekyee~

A mixture of feelings, like the rainbow colours when spinned together become a total whiteness

I woke up today, reluctantly getting off my bed to my study table to switch on my laptop. Laptop, yes, the only thing that will keeps me wide awake. So, as usual, as I log on to my Nus account, the first thing I always check is my NUSmail and IVLE. Well, guess what? I got selected to be part of the NUS choir family! And what more, a soprano singer. I was jovial and my heart really leaped when the news sinked into my mind. But this moment of happiness only lasted for a short while. I had to go to NUS sports complex along with a few of my friends to check the booking session for the courts. Not going to elaborate about it, because it will just bore you. It is just for the upcoming sports day event with NTU. After that, I went to the library and did some chemistry revision. Due to the fact that I did not revise even once after this week's lecture, I had to start my revision no matter what, or else, it will never begin. >.< Later on, I had Biodiversity practical, a field trip to Kent Ridge Park to learn the features and specificities of plants and some animals in order to be able to classify them in the future. It was a pretty long walk, but the trip was overall, a fun and beneficial one. Now, I will be able to tell my friends about plants in depth! Hope this statement will not shoo you guys away. Haha! After the field trip, I rushed to the piano ensemble, but it came to a disappointment. The room was not spacious, and there were so many people! I almost suffocated in the midst of the crowd. Me and Joan left before it even ended as we could not stand the crowd. We ended up heading back to PGP and had our dinner at the old canteen with Wai Chien and others who we bumped into. All in all, I felt happy, exhausted, hyper, bleary, disappointed, sleepy, etc, and these feelings lead to point zero, numb. Now as I'm typing this, I really want to ditch everything away and dive into a seaside and have a good swim. But, I don't think I have the energy left to swim anyway. Anyway care to throw me a float? =)

It begins!

It has entered the third week since I started staying here in NUS. So, Im already adapted to the lifestyle here =). Yesterday (Tuesday), I had my first lecture at 8am for "Samurai, Geisha & Yakuza", followed by another lecture at 4pm for Biodiversity. Each lasted almost 2 hours. The schedule is not hectic yet because the tutorials are only starting on the 3rd week of the academic timetable. So far, the lecturers are good. They are pretty humorous which at least will prevent me from dozing off. The coursemates I got to know are really cool and intelligent people. I hope I can keep up as more practicals and assignments will be thrown flat to us. (lol) Moving on to today's lesson, I had japanese language lecture. Name of the lecturer, Saito Yukiko sensei =). As for japanese, the tutorials which Im gonna have in the near future are strenous as I will have 5hours of tutorial weekly, which is divided into 3 tutorial classes per week. sigh~ While I am typing this blog, a man came to repair my study light! So, now I have my table light back. No more straining my eyes to do my reading. Hence, in my opinion, embarking the education in NUS is really fascinating and exhilarating. Eventhough at times it can be really exhausting however, in the end, taking this huge, courageous step into this competitive community, is indeed, a worthy decision.

Conformation of oneself to a new community

Today is already Saturday. The first day I checked in was on 27th of July, which was a Monday. The day I stepped into the campus as a student. From long queues for registration to showroom by ambassadors. Everything was pretty much a hassle on the first day. However, I got to settle down few days later. Eventhough, I know that more are going to come in the near future such as lab practicals, tutorials, activities, etc, which pretty much will take up most of my time. I think the only day I can allocate time for myself is Sunday, or maybe not. Organisational and well-structured planning will be vital at this point. I have to learn to grasp it as soon as possible. >.< All in all, the people here are mostly friendly and sociable considering the different backgrounds we all have. Apart from that, the university has a huge, condusive central library and reading areas. I will upload some photoes pertaining to the surroundings of NUS and my hostel later.

Modules I have to take for this semester:

1) Biodiversity (my bio classmates, look at what I have to study again...)

2) General physiology

3) Chemistry for life sciences

4) #English for academic purposes (failed qet..thats why I have to take T.T)

there are other two more which are elective modules. Will update it after I received the confirmation of modules. =)

*lots of love to my family and friends*