went to sentosa today... wasnt wad i had planned exactly, but turned out quite fun =)


had planned for a day of sun tanning wif cm, but somehow, i felt like bringing my parents along. since my dad is on leave anyway. so i asked them to go too.. had planned to let my parents walk around and visit Underwater world etc etc while we go sun tanning.. in the end... it rained!!! T_T so sad can... it was so cloudy lo.... super strong wind.. even sandstorm can. was so disappointed.. HAIZ...

then we went to take the Sky Tower ride.. hmm quite waste of money. juz go up veri high and look around sentosa.. haha.. ok la, quite nice to be so high up.. but realli quite ex.. =p

after dat, we went Images of Singapore.. a wax museum.. quite interesting.. the starting quite scary.. dark dark n foresty.. some of the wax figures looked quite real.. others simply looked eerie.. but overall, it was veri interesting.. took a lot of photos there too.. hehe..







after dat, went to watch musical fountain.. the tourists all veri kiasu u know?! the show started at 7.40pm, but the seats were almost fully filled by 7pm... so early! and its onli a weekday.. can u imagine how bad it is during weekends?

the musical fountain was veri beautiful.. although i had watched it b4, i still like it a lot. i think it is the best attraction of sentosa.. hehe.. so i think, i still enjoyed myself a lot.. =)

by the way, i won $4 from the world cups.. haha, might as well dun buy at all rite? =p but at least nv lose la.. hahaha...

yeay i've graduated! and my hat did not fall off while i was on the stage! haha... the ceremony was faster than i expected... we juz waited and waited for our names to be called.. den went up to collect an empty scroll-holder from the chancellor, which realli seem like a "jolly good fellow".. haha.. he was veri old, and round =p looking veri much like a nice ah pek who got woken up from his nap, slung his bath robes on and walked into the hall.. hahaha... and he's veri cute.. all he said during the whole thing was, I declare this commencement ceremoney open/close! at the start and end.. lol.. it was nice to see all my frens too. but sadly, i didnt take much photos.. after this day, i dun think i will ever see much of them again.. but still, nvm. still glad to haf known them during my studying years. =)


at 1st was quite disappointed dat my frens were all too busy to come down and takes photos.. but then my sis and cm finalli arrived. they bought me this cute piglet in a graduation gown and holding a scroll. so cute! and my dad bought me a new phone.. sony ericsson K800i... realli am veri veri touched.. they kept the phone secretly and gave me a surprise dat day.. although papa alreadi told me he got a present for me, and i had guessed it would be a phone. hehe.. its a realli nice phone, with 3.2 megapixel camera! cm says its more of a camera phone den an mp3 phone.. not like the sony ericsson walkman series.. i dun realli see the difference.. not much of a gadget person. but i like the phone =) i was veri veri happy dat day, cuz i was showered with love and presents. thank you so much...




i was reading an old issue of TIMES mag (28 Feb 2005), and there was a special report on Happiness. Scientists and sociologists had decided dat the level of happiness depends on 3 factors: Pleasure, Engagement and Meaning.


Pleasure: entertainment, enjoyment.. all the things u do to haf fun.. like music, movies, clubbing, and mabe for some guys, its watching porn =S but nonetheless, gives pleasure. however, this aspect is the least consequential, contributing to veri little of your overall happiness. so ppl, dun lose yourself in pleasure k?? haha...although u cannot do without it too..


Engagement: this is perhaps more impt, in my opinion.. its the engagement between u and your family, frens and loved ones.. good relationships gives u more satisfaction and happiness than any kind of pleasure activities.. oso, you can engage in creative hobbies, sports or some group activities. engage yourself actively in something will also make u happy and satisfied.


Meaning: making your life meaningful... by doing some kind deeds.. it can be anything, like giving up ur seat for an old man/lady, teaching your relative's child homework, being nice to your family members, donate money to the disabled baskers on the streets.. doing good deeds weekly makes u feel good too, bcuz u r doing smthg meaningful...


wad do u think abt dat? i think all these things we aleadi know it in ourselves, its juz a matter of carrying them out.. spend more time with your family, be more engaging in watever activites or relationships u r currently involved in, do smthg nice for someone every week. and we'll all be happier. =) juz so u know, education level, income and work onli contribute to 8% of overall happiness, so, dun overwork urself! it doesnt contribute to ur mental health at all! hehe..




i'm realli so down on my luck recently... ytd's chain of interviews was awful... one interview is bad enuff... i actualli went for 3 in a day.. mabe i shd put off job-seeking for now.. =(


and i was thinking, can things get any more worse? everything is aleadi so wrong.. my job seeking.. my co practices.. even with frens.. everything is juz wrong. and then today, when i had felt slightly better cuz i went to see dentist and found out dat i'm not having a wisdom tooth after all, i was starting to feel dat mabe, juz mabe things r gg to get better. and den i lost my phone. my new phone! the one same as cm.. the one with all my photos.. and all my frens' numbers.. some i rarely talk to now.. so will be hard to get their numbers.. plus i'm not working now.. where do i get the money to buy a new one?? i know perhaps papa is gg to buy me one.. but i'll be so guilty.. dat phone was aleadi paid by him.. n now, due to my own stupidity (and the thief's evil nature), i haf to spend even more money.. y cant i get things right these days? there seem to be nothing i can do properly. why? i wonder wad else can happen.. will things get worse n worse? mabe i'll lose my wallet? mabe i'll lose my whole bag and er hu too? mabe i'll not be able to find a job even at december? mabe i'll break a leg? mabe cm will meet some other girl and dump me? mabe i will fall sick seriously? or mabe i'll fall down the stage during my grad ceremony? so many things dat can go wrong..


i know i'm thinking too much.. but its hard not to.. when everything is juz so disappointing and u think the world is so sad. well at least cm hasn't dump me yet.




these few days had been realli bad.. things keep going the wrong way.. making myself feel like a lousy person who doesnt care abt others.. no sense of urgency and responsibility.. blur and poor memory.. but i realli wanna tell everybody dat actualli i'm not dat bad.. i'm a veri good girl who realli wans to do her best.. but sometimes, things juz happen. i realli didnt mean it..



however, after reading this small story sent by one of the members of alumni yahoo group, i feel slightly better..



Good or Bad? hard to say...



Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.



One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said,Good or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king was too bad that had to be cut.



The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.



One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by the native people lived inside the jungle.




They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But whenthey noticed that the king had one finger short, theyreleased him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he finally understood the follower's wise quote, 'Goodor bad, hard to say'. If he hadn't lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people.




He ordered to release the follower, and apologized tohim. But to the king amaze, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.'



Why? Because if the king hadn't locked the followerup, he would have brought the follower along to the jungle. If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower. Again,the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.

The moral of the story -

Everything that happens in this world, there is noabsolute good or bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become again. Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don't have to hold too tight to it, treat it as a surprise in your life. Whatever bad things that happen to you, don't have to feel too sad or despair,in the end, it might not be a total bad thing afterall.

If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier.

i think this story is realli veri meaningful.. i shd learn to think more abt the good things dat had happened rather than the bad things that had happened.. but still, i do need to be less scatterbrain. i need a new organizer.. ever since i finished the previous one, i juz cant seem to keep my life on track.. sigh.. i hope my frens still love me..