Au Revoir

I shifted my blog! And this is the new link www.outlandishwhims.wordpress.com to continue our whimsical dialogue.

It's out of character that I will put away an important part of my memory. I don't like changes. Yet, out of a desperate need to break out of the cell of familiarity; Out of a heady rush to my mind and out of the desire to tag closely to what I am, I moved and it is exciting- In many ways, I am no longer the same girl who wrote the 2004, August 24th entry titled "Rambles". Some of the naive forthrightness to bitch and berate injustice or simple irritants have shrunk back into deep withins. The name of of the blog doesn't feel right anymore. Wordpress is great as it has an import function that you can change the address and move the contents there, much like shifting house and bringing the furnitures.

This address meant something and I mourn the loss but I look to the mirror and I like it. I like what I am now. I like my life. I like my varying independence and dependence and I am thankful still that all these can only be achieved with God by my side. That is one thing that never did change. There was a period of time when I felt lost, as if the line to Him is so faint and I just keep grasping and grasping. Now, its just there. Though, it gets more difficult to assert that God is on my mind, fact is that with so many consuming distractions, it is a struggle. BUT I try =) And this reminds me that Sean and I have finished our first unit of Bible Studies from Joshua- Esther. Next comes memorising the 8 books and the exam. It was a lovely way to spend my Tuesday nights for 10 weeks, with the Lord and a great friend.

Finally, a farewell to this blog address. This blog was created in JC1, first entered into Hwa Chong, the first few months of Council and very near to MAF preparation. I cringe when I look at some of the entries and in many ways, I am proud of them, regardless of how stupid, how childish and how disgusting they sound. And so, shifting to a new place and bringing along the old memories as well. It was damn embarrassing last week when the Archive function was enabled and Winston started reading through the old entries. I looked at myself through his critical and judging eyes and I go, 'O MY GOODNESS! This is so embarrassing'. It was quite funny for the both of us though. And speaking of funny, I digress again. Yesterday, we adopted a Fluff(friend) on facebook and it is a really cute baby wallaby (but we think it is actually a kangaroo). And he was happily petting it for 15 minutes while I was bathing. It was so adorable.

And so it shall be the end and let's move it!

And here is a picture for a friend, but he sure doesn't want that picture to look at me. And so, who else can he possibly want to look at?

Supper at Newton

Lovely cupcakes from C-Cup. On a whim, I bought 70 dollars worth of cup cakes, hoping to brighten up my day and they did- with their pretty decorations and cheerful colours.

BUT they are not as tasty as the Tiramisu birthday cake that Aloy is going to bake for me (He spent 6 months looking for a sweater for me last year and now decides that baking a cake is much easier.)

Pictures from a really long time ago: At Sarah's house for her farewell party.

Happy Birthday to my beloved Limin!! Seems like we spent my birthday and your birthday celebrating at the same place =) Hope that Aloy and I made you happy by spending the last hours of your birthday with you. Sorry that it was so rushed and even more so that I almost forgot (You have to thank Winston and his facebook alert. There are five birthdays that I really bother to remember in sequence- Ya Qi's, Huishan's, Joyce's, Aloy's and then yours, so be honoured ok). I love you dear!! Our memories go back to slogging for council together, stayovers at shihan's place, climbing the gates of Hwa Chong at night, hugging and getting emotional together at MAF and keeping each other sane for the exams. You will be prettiest and kindest doctor that I know and not to mention smart as well, Miss I-am-not-Dean's-Lister-but-top-20-in-Medicine. I swear that Aloy is jealous of you. He will be lucky if he keeps out of bottom 20 in medicine. =p Muacks. God Bless!

Another important person that I must wish is Junbin. Happy Belated Birthday. I swear that I was going to blog about your birthday celebration at Forture with 2 over-spilling tables of law people BUT I seem to have lost your photos in the mess of data transfer. Happy Birthday JB!! Thanks for being a lovely friend, for being willing to send me everywhere inconvenient, for providing a listening ear and for being good bitchy company =) It's one full circle again and this time last year, we were stressing each other out in the Law Library. It is THAT time again. Sigh. Be Happy!

I am so sorry that I have been absent from this space for quite some time.

The short story is that so many things have been happening and I am too busy to tap on my keyboard. But now, it is exams and so I have no choice but to start tapping on my keyboard. And I know you would want to know what I have been up to =) December holidays will be coming and some lovely people will be back-
Mandy- I miss you because you are like a sister to me. And I am blogging because I know you miss me =) I miss our phuket trip, our choc buffet at Fullerton; how chan and you came all the the way to my Comm's ball last year to give me a sneaky napkin and flowers. I think the officers thought that I was mad especially when the waiter went to all the tables and asked who is Fangyi. My goodness! I miss our high- tea at Goodwood. I miss talking to you and thank you for always being there! Somehow, we are only rational when advising each other but never ourselves.
Shihan- Be back quick and in time so that we can go Zoukout together. We can have steamboats and stayovers, bitching and boys. Ok. I think you are the only one with boys. But well, just be back quick!
Yixin- You haven't been back for one year! That is like a crime. And stayovers are never the same without the entire gang of you, Shihan, Welin, Yanling and Limin. I miss our last New Year's eve and the first day of new year.
Welin- Somehow, you have been back but I haven't seen you!!! So you need to appear infront of me soon after your exams =)

The long story would be that I bought a new Mac Book to replace the trusty but laggy Acer. I faced two major consequences- my new O2 Atom Life doesn't sync with it anymore and idiotic Winston has been very 'supportive', asking me to buy an iPhone. But seriously, the fact that the O2 cannot sync with the Mac OS is a major headache because it renders my phone NORMAL. Why would I want a normal phone that is big and ugly and black?

And for the longest time, Safari displays a blank page at my blog and so yes, I am using Flock which I tried so hard to not use with the confusing multiple buttons and even blogging facilities. Now my Mac is damn amazing thanks to Jon Kao's configuration of Leopard and Vishal's geeky work - he configured my network in school, the school printer, provided iLife'08, downloaded Quiksilver and tuned it further and so, my Leopard is purring in delight now. That is in addition to all the toys I bought for my Macbook. I feel happy studying now. And there is photobooth! Shit. I absolutely dislike blogger upload of photos. I need to figure out how to make this easier.

Sam and Dougie being as retarded as they can be (very). Mizra- I- so- good- looking- that-I have- 40- pictures-on-Fangyi's-photobooth. Winnie and me =)

 
Day 9
And this is the final chapter of our Europe trip and everything else. It was an amazing and poignant experience, yet tinged with sadness and regret. I will miss it so so much..
We travelled from Paris to London on the Eurostar =)

 
Big Ben. Chinatown. The little bookshop where I bought my Harry Potter.

 
Fa Lun Gong march. We were damn amazed bcause we haven't seen it before. Haha. Freedom of expression in Singapore anyone?

 
Buckingham Palace. St Paul's Cathedral.

 

Tower Bridge of London.

 

Day 10
We are damn proud of ourselves because we took the underground to all the places on this free day. British Museum. Oxford Street. Harrods. Auntie Jackie's house at Northolt. One day adventure in London.

 
Winston and I spent the later part of the day roaming Oxford Street and rushing down to Knightsbridge 20 minutes before Harrod closes. We had a typical English pub meal as well, complete with Fish&Chips.

 
At night, we went to Auntie Jackie's house for a cozy family dinner. That is Tristan, my cousin. Winston and Tristan. Auntie Jackie cooking in the kitchen. And all of us.

 
Yummy yummy food that Auntie Jackie prepared for us, by Winston's request- a typical English dinner.

 

And this brings us to the end of the beautiful journey. Thank you for everything Winston =)

 

Sailing Clinic: Sail w Us
After much planning and confusion, Bernard and I successfully organised "Sail w Us". This time we targetted experienced sailors and new sailors as well and we capped the number at 30 so that everyone will have fun in a small group. We got Tracey again, an ex- Olympic sailor who scares Kaixiang still, she was helpful and great with the participants (and still screams alot). The sailors gather for a short theory and after that they were dispatched to rig the boats, sail, play games, play poker and a enjoy a sumptious buffet dinner. We had damn lot of foreign students this time - Ziyang thinks that we should rename the club to NUS Expats Sailing Club. Haha.

 
Kenny and Matilda (who is pretty). Ashley and Fabio (who is hum sup). Sean and Pragyesh (Sean was probably sad that it is not a girl). Pamela and me.

 
It was raining and Cat 1 with lightning till 2pm so the participants were playing games in the fnction room. It was qt funny.

 
And now for the credits. Thank you very much to Ziyang for rushing down to Changi all the fricking way from SGH after clinicals, bringing along poker chips, cards and his typical toots funniness. Thank you for entertainig the participants with your gambling den, pissing off Max with the Singaporean Bo Chap way of playing poker. Haha. Really thankful and grateful for the effort.

And an even bigger thanks to Sean Kong who has only one vice, Johnny Walker (seriously ALMOST vice-less). Thank you so much for always being there to support and philosophize. Thank you for helping out without hesitation for all the events. Thank you for all the fun sailing experiences because you are retarded. Thank you for not caring about the safety of my participants and keep making them land in the water. Thank you for your lifesaving expertise that you might save them back again. Thank you for being shameless and funny. Thank you for making me laugh at you.

Ziyang and I were feeling sad and inferior to the sheer 'longitude' of the caucasians.

Haven't written anything real on this blog for some time, because I have been substituting it with the cheapskate option of 'spamming' it with pictures (according to the 'cool' lingo of my sister).

Many paradigm shifts. Experienced many disappointing moments and had the need to grab onto comforting friendships. Such emotionally draining moments when frustration and the need to cry rages against the want to laugh and be happy. Watching people going through it was just as enlightening, almost like a mirror reflecting my flaws and options.

But I am thankful. Really am. I am blessed with plenty- with God, with good friends who became brothers and sisters and a supportive family (my father volunteered to replace my cranky Acer - supporting in action. haha).

 

Rag 2007. Us with Limin. Sheares Rag was amazing. Law Rag won something as well =)

 
Day 7
Finallly, a post on the city of Paris. I know it took really long to get it up. Upon reaching Paris, we took a cruise down the Seine River.

 

 

 

 
City Sights around Paris

 
The Eiffel Tower.

 
Eiffel tower at night, Moulin Rouge and the Red- light district.

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Day 8
Morning sojourn to the Palace of Versailles.Opulent state rooms and chambers. Well- manicured gardens. The luxury was seriously overwhelming.

 

 
The flowers in European gardens are really so pretty, because of the climate and the season. So colourful, with hydrangeas and roses growing, unlike the cut and arranged ones in Singapore.

 

 
The Hall of Mirrors. The gates of Versailles.

 
Paris Eye. Lourve and I did the ultimate touristy thing of snapping a shot of the Mona Lisa. Barely got to see the picture with the throngs of people infront of it.

 
Last night of Paris spent at Montmarte, a little artiste village up the hills. It was a quaint and romantic square where there were so many talented artistes struggling to make a living. Had a typically french meal. Paris at night was beautiful and amazing.

 
Elderly outing to the Buddha Relic Temple. We miss the elderly so much and they missed us as well. So happy.

 
Fright Night Run. Sex scene.

 
Had SnR potluck at TP's house on Friday. Wasn't too successful because the only people who cooked were Aloy and Weiwen.

 
Claire in her roaring glory.

 

 
And this is it! SnR with its exclusivity, friendship, bitchings and happiness =)

 
04S73 gathers to send Ereneh off. I really do miss the class...sigh. Mollie. Yiwen. Chengjie. Hailing. Jasper. JY. Weikiat. Wanxin....so so many

 
Day 5
In the city of Berne (Bear), it is my favourite city in Switzerland, as well as being a UNESCO heritage site, it is devoid of high- rise or any buildings of modern architecture.

 
The rainbow flag says that the couple is homosexual and they live there together. How cool!

 
Scottish kilts and mating bears

 
Einstein's House/ Winnie and me along the cobbled streets of Berne/ the famous astronomical Clock Tower/ a big chess board for the elderly so that they can exercise by lifting the enormous chess pieces

 
After Berne, we had a stopover at a Marche, beside a river with a damn good view of the swiss alps.

 
To the valley where we will stay at at Zermatt, an alpine town at the bottom of Matterhorn.

 
Zermatt is a really small alpine village. The various tombs of mountaineers who have met with mishaps when climbing mountains./ the buildings of Zermatt/ the part of the village when they preserved the traditional alpine houses/ Edelweiss

 
Day 6
AS we are leaving Zermatt, the view of the mountain, Matterhon becomes clear. It is one of the mos familiar montains in Europe and it appears on the Toblerone wrapper =) We spent the day at Chillon Castle and Geneva.

 
At Chateau de Chillon for a picnic lunch and tour around the place. Located beside Lake Geneva at Montreux, it was made famous by Lord Byron who wrote a story about it.

 

 
Inside of Chillion Castle

 

 
Geneva was the last city that we stayed in before departing Switzerland. The Red Cross Building/ Flower Clock/ A statue which I forgot the significance of/ Jet d' Eau.
Nevertheless, I did the most amount of shopping at Geneva, within ONE measly hour- 2 tops, a belt and a Swatch. I would like to gripe about the negligible shopping I have done on this trip, except to buy key chains, scarves and Godiva for friends and family.

 

We had a primary school gathering once again after a space of...hmmm...3 years.
Introducing the protaganists that created my mental illnesses and delinquency tendencies since young. (From the Left)
Andrew Lau- Roly- poly class jester who taught all of us to burn everything and anything. We spent so much time meeting after school to swim, to run around playgrounds and create rockets from gunpowder. He has slimmed down and became SAJC council exco who cannot say his pledge properly.
Zhou Yiheng- The PRC who is more Singaporean than anything and is currently serving NS. We went to HC together as well. Yiheng is always damn nice and he used to have a coconut hair style =)
Desmond Chin- We know each other for 15 years, that's like 3/4 of my life. How cool! We were in the same kindergarten to Primary 4. Became VJC Soccer Capt and Faces of the Year. I think the whole world had a crush on him, he married Bridget Ow though. (She stole my diamond cross pendant in Pri 2)
Ruifen- She has the same surname as me. I love Ruifen, she was always a pretty and kind prefect. We met again because she is Joanna Chew's good friend from YJ.
Sock Peng- One of the top scorers of Zhangde who appeared in the papers. Sock Peng was damn scary as a prefect, fricking fierce and she couldn't stand alot of people. My sister still remembers her as 'the fierce one'.
Wanying- We were in the same clique since Pri 3. We have the longest history and the most amount of fun, playing truant, getting sacked as prefects, becoming traffic monitors, school conductors, ostracising people school trip to Bangkok and till now, the school teachers will still remember us for the achievements that we had in Pri school. Alot of childish fun but we turned out ok =)
Me =)
Minghui- Red hot chilli padi. She called her ex "si mor peng" sending all of us into convulses of laughter. Comment on her height and you will just die.

 
DAY 2 NIGHT
Retired the night to the sleepy town of egerkingen- home to pines, goats and a dingy sex mart

 
DAY 3
Up to Mount Titlis.

 
The beauty of Titlis

 

 
Ricky, our tour manager, decided that it was important for the guys to do something that few others have done - strip and bare their torsos amidst the chilly wind and sub- zero temperature.

 
the girls/ the guys/ winston and me/ taken from the chairlift that I was on

 
Enjoying a tour of Lucern after descending Titlis.

 
The houses in Lucern have really pretty and quirky frescos on them.

 

And that is the end of Day 3, in the charming city of Lucern.

 
DAY 4
On the 4th day we spent in Switzerland, we climbed another alp, tis time via rail. Jungfrau was actually much prettier than Titlis, with the glacier park and the view of the triple peaks. We spent the night at Interlaken, a touristy town at the bottom of Jungfrau.

 
Onboard the train ascending Jungfrau.

 

 
It was so so cold ad I was retarded enough to leave my winter jacket in the luggage. Winnie gallantly lent me his.

 

 
After coming down from Jungfrau, we spent a night at Interlaken, which is a place between two lakes and hence the name.
Shall update on Berne tomorrow or later, so so tired. I have weird sleeping hours these days. I realise that the posts are damn confusing and it is all Picasa's fault, it only allows me to post 4 pictures at one go and I hate using photo platforms so I shall do more sign posting =).

 

Pictures at Qatar Airport during transit. Winnie and I took over a thousand pictures in Switzerland, Paris and London. I shall upload them slowly. Photo credits mostly to Winnie. I was too lazy to photograph everything.

This post is on the first 2 days- Zurich, Rhinefalls, Blackforest and Titisee.

 

DAY 2
Here we are at Zurich Movenpick Airport Hotel, ready to begin our travel of Switzerland. Zurich Airport/ My fav Disneyland pyjamas which I lost at some obscure hotel in the trip/ bread rolls/ outside the hotel. We are barefooted and it is all Winston Yien's fault. Haha...I have no idea why we must be barefooted.

 

At Rhinefalls.

 
plenty of bliss/ a picture dedicated to ANDRE by winnie/ top of the rock in the middle of Rhinefalls/ rainbow - I remember Victoria Falls in Zim had plenty of rainbows as well.

 

 

As we crossed the border to Germany, we went through the Blackforest (home of the famous cake but I declare the Singapore version to be better) and we reached Titisee (see = lake in german).

 

We had a peaceful and romantic drive around Titisee aboard an electric boat. So fun!

 

Titisee is famous for cuckoo clocks. My kid's room shall have a cuckoo clock. I think they are really cute.

 

Various sights around Titisee.

 

Shihan's gross tattoo experience but the tattoo is quite pretty.

 
It was actually quite traumatic seeing her get a tattoo and a perverse sense of delight as well. Shihan was daring me to get a tattoo as well. Maybe. Somewhere that no one can see.

 

This is a long overdued post- Joyce's birhday which we celebrated at One Rochester as well as Brandon's Zouk Bak Kut Teh.

 
As usual with every year, we celebrate each other's birthday together- be it breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper.

 

Huishan bought a pinata for Joyce. It was pretty difficult to hit it such that it will be smashed. Brandon's anatomy looks more likely to be smashed than the pinata. So Joyce decided to rip it apart instead. Smart girl.

 

LAW! Can you see the words being formed?

 

Cheryl Toh is leaving for NZ to be with her family. A gathering with the law people, stories of drunk freshies, multi- level marketing SPs, horny year 2s were flying round the entire table. I can just imagined the field day our seniors had with us as well.

 

Aloy + 8 medicine guys + Huishan + Andre + Winston + I embarked on a mini outing to Batam to cable- ski.

 
The go- karters =)

 
Andre looking cute putt-ing around in his lil go kart.

 

Although it was termed as a cable- ski outing, as you can see, the sheer lack of photos tell us that the cable-ski part was a failure. Among us, winston went the furthest and all of us fell within 5m of the start off all the time. Never again.

 
The fun- filled aspect of law camp, most camps do not have pool days but law camp does. What does that tell us about law people? That they like their girls and guys wet and dripping. Missed most of law camp but one day, still, it was really fun.

 
Dan Mok loooking really sleazy, super hilarious and cute. These pictures will re- surface when Mok becomes SC or The Honourable Chief Justice.

 

As it is about the freshies, it brings back parallels when we went through the same kind of programme. One year and counting, so many changes that it is almost scary to look back =)

 

Mollie's mama said that I am sexy and that he was ugly. Haha. Treated Mollie to dinner to thank him for buying the King Lear tickets from me. I coerced him into the deal in like 2 minutes. Interestingly, we bumped into damn alot of people today. As we were getting dessert, Mollie's junior popped out of nowhere and said Hi. While we were heading towards Guess, we bumped into Yaqi, Emz and Stacey (in the picture above). We stopped to chat in the middle of Citilink and Cliff saw us on his way to meet Kai and David. Then, as we walked towards VnC, we saw Sze Lang who thought that Mollie and I got together after 4 years of Dunman and 2 years of HC. How retarded. When we were parting at the MRT, we saw Alan and Mols just exclaimed his name damn loudly.

It was really a hilarious dinner and comforting as well. I get to whine and whine with Mols dishing out advice here and there. I was feeling sick ok. The greatest theory that Mollie continued harping on was that we should never compromise being happy for anything. How self- centred it is, but I used to subscribe to that as well. It was easier in the past to maintain that arrogant posture and say fuck the rest. But I can't seem to do it now. I don't think I am that happy anymore, not the exuberent way Mols is. I need to regain a greater sense of self. As I was telling Erene, perhaps my quality of life has been greatly reduced, no longer as purposeful as before, no longer as driven with my commitments... This is really bad. I need to have a closer walk with God as well. Or maybe I am just whining to a screen because I feel sick and headachy.

 
The journey to FantaSHEARES begins. At the reception/ Carrying out forfeits/ Looking silly/ the girls =)

 
At Sentosa. Kenneth said that he feels like eating Joyce up because she looks like a Candy. Haha./ Ernie ponded by Kenneth/ The culprit looking pleased with himslef/ In prep for Secret Pal

 

All the seniors come back with the sole intent of participating in Secret Pal. Sean looking retarded frisking with Ivan's sister/ Humsup Shix/ Wei Sing, Edmund and Yean Ching disturbing Yati and Wee Ping. We suspect that Wee Ping is in love with Yati/ Cleo's Top 50 bachelor. We all want to slap him.

 

FantaSHEARES could not have been sucessful without a great team of people. I don't deny that there are certain unhappy and tense moments as the camp nears. I felt like slapping a few as well, but at the end of the day, they are a bunch of talented and dedicated people. MUACKS to SECC 07/08. A very big thank you!

 
Dirty war games. I was fricking ponded into the flour tub in the middle of my announcement by the guys. Apparently, I looked too clean for my own good. It was really fun because the councillors get to smear ketchup, paint and flour all over the freshies. Those poor young things.

There were also seiors who went too far in their fun and end up splashing paint into the freshies's eyes. It was quite irritatingto see that because they are supposed to be ensure safety. Sheesh..

 
Christine brought her 3 siblings to the zoo. I brought Chloe who was bored during the hols. Winston brought Shawn, who was the greatest kid arnd.

 
Winston: Maybe the advertisement worked afterall.

 
Chloe and her boys/ chloe and I/ the kids =)/ darling

 
winston with his guitar. So cute=)

 
Sheares Exposure Camp dry run. filling the tub/ power to Ernnie/ soaking wet/ kenneth and joseph looking old. haha

 
On our keelboat session where we even made it a point to buy chips, orange juice and green tea. The wind was good and once again, we sailed from buoy to buoy. This is really damn boring. Anyway, I passed my powerboat theory. Waikit failed and therefore, I shall wait for him to finish his theory before we take the practical. I figured that he will be able to ride anything that moves very soon- bike, car, horse and he even wants to learn to fly a plane.

 

We embarked on our "company retreat", to the sunny island at the southermost of the Asia Continent, to the paradise of flabby bikini babes and botak beach hunks set loose from Tekong. It was a fun day =)

 
Creative Directors- Ernnie and Kenneth/ Princess and the maid/ Keith and Cheekz/ Chronicles of Neh- Hia

 
Uncle looking surprisingly young/ the Queen and the sidekick/ Cynthia and Sandra/ Elizabeth

 
merv's sunglasses, abit too big for my face/ keith and I with similar gay slippers. He said it was the best Secret Pal karma. haha./ Kenneth looking manly with Liz's white handbag/Ernnie taking a picture of me taking a picture of her. =) It was rainy and we were so bored.

 
A little thing like this convinces me that chilvary is alive, pure and simple without delving into the debate on feminism and equality. Mervyn took off his slippers and lent it to Liz, who was wearing heels (which silly woman wears heels to the beach right? Not a reasonable thing to do even if you are less than 1.5m tall, which she is not. I think...)

 
The villain of SECC-Queen Trouble (read Tra-boo-la) with her venomous snake and cowardly side-kick, Mervyn.

 
Featuring the 5 clans for SECC in our hostile mode- Flubber, Ali Baba, Nemo, Triton, Atlantis (that's mine)

 

As we move to our individual profile shot, its got really hilarious with Ernnie, as Flubber,who tried to eat the leaves and camouflage into the bushes.

 
Unlike Ernnie with her own collage, the rest of us less hilarious people will settle for a shared collage. Keith/ myself/ Sandra- Mss Singapoe Universe wannabe/ Kenneth