Because i miss Sydney and because the video quality in xanga was bad...






i now know why he gives bonus points...besides trying to elevate and not eliminate us...he set the A at 94!!! gah...messed up todae's bonus point quiz...grrr...need to get full marks for the next one..so sad i've to use my first one...rah!!!!

had fun shopping with andrea at marina, i bought stuff!!! 2 jeans, one top and a pair of earrings...thanks andrea for helping me find the jeans!! bowling with gary, william and eko was super fun!!!...i came in 2nd again!!! :D

ok tht's it. night night. :D












the 2 songs that are currently playing back and forth in my head are hey there delilah by plain white T's and the little things by colbie caillat

here's the music vid. of hey there delilah










---> this pic was taken 3 or 4 min to 11pm!!! this is the latest i've ever stayed in school until!!! we packed our stuff when we heard the announcement, first time hearing the annoucement too...haiz verk verk verk...







on monday our family of four went to east coast to have seafood...and no, we did not eat at No Signboard we ate at International Seafood?? can't rem the name but next door to it was No Signboard Seafood---no signboard has been around for a long time now, and the name still makes me cringe cos it's so ironic and so tacky??? but it's interesting...I can see Singapore flavor... in the name...haha





ooh when the food came, each dish came with tags...and i was quite amused by this...so cute. :)
































yeah i have this color on my nails now...i would prefer it to be a lil darker and less translucent but oh welsch...wanted the color i saw on drew barrymore in music and lyrics but i settled for this....i think it's a far cry...anywayz i have to thank mano and andrea for shopping with me and helping me search....haha









Jesus, lover of my soul, Jesus, I will never let you go. My life is good, my life is great. I just got back from cell and spending time with Him with my other cell members, resting in His presence, feels so so gooood. God is awesome! such peace. such happiness. I love Him. My soul is rejoicing......i'm feeling refreshed!!! and recharged!!!!






when i was young i was taught never to say the word, "So." like don't go asking "So?" after someone has said something about themselves or given an opinion etc. cos it's rude.


at my age, i find the words,"so what" to be particularly appealing...i may not say them out loud, cos i don't wish to be rude...but i say it in my head cos it gives me the same effect...because sometimes...some people are just too jerkified---yes i made this word up...and "so what" just seems to be the most appropriate response....


the above thoughts were partly influenced by watching the tyra banks show at 4am in the morning last night. the reason i was up at that hour was because i was doing some schoolwork (presentation stuff, and i'm so glad it is over!!!!) i DO NOT normally watch the tyra banks show.... unless there's really something interesting on it, i try to avoid it...cos i dun particularly like her style, i prefer ellen!!!! (who i think is also better than oprah) so so so...i only watched tyra yest cos as i was flipping through the channels, i saw one of my favorite comedy actresses!---Leah Remini from the King of Queens!!!---one of my favorite sitcoms!!! Leah Remini is so funny and honest....i just love her...she did not put up a front when she was on the show...she's just the way she is...i can tell...


anyhow, this is what i heard her say on the show, not her exact words but close, " i don't like it when people comment something bad after the event has occurred...like...i walk on the red carpet...and a friend calls up after and says you know you looked horrible??...like what am i supposed to do with this information? So what? are you trying to make me feel bad???"--- wow!!!! if i can only count the number of times this has happened to me! (not the red carpet of course). man...but then i have to admit i'm guilty of doing this sometimes, whether unconsciously or consciously...




right. i wanna discuss blogging.

one thing i don't get is why people blog if they wanna remain private, or why do they even keep a private blog?! it does not make sense. if you want to keep whatever you want to keep private, why on earth do you go onto the internet and type it all out there and then set it to private??? why not just write it in your own private diary at home...u wanna save space???---if this is your reason i think it is really quite silly, how much space can your diaries take??? plus the internet is not that safe...your seemingly private posts may not be so private afterall...grrr...

p.s.: if you wanna see the really cuuuuuute chihuahua puppies i videoed u can click on these:
chihuahua pups clip 1
chihuahua pups clip 2
chihuahua pups clip 3
(clip 1 is the least interesting..go watch clips 2 and 3..haha)




it feels really quite good to be awake at the right time..i forced myself to sleep at 2 plus and then wake up to study. the alternative was to stay awake and study all through the night and then sleep when i get back at 5...i'm currently studying will leave the hse at about 1.10? i have no idea how this mid-term is gonna be like...this professor is so EXPRESSIVE!!! ahaha...he's funny..but his less structured style of teaching is getting to me...cos i kinda like structure...i like to know what to expect...i like to learn in a structured environment....whether or not i lead a structured lifestyle is a different question altogether....haha...




Did some catching up with the boss who came back from Michigan for a break...











went bowling today...first round, i was in second place woohoo!, subsequent rounds i was shopping hahaha...i love this pic i took with raCh...(koped from her blog haha)


pics of puppies will come soon...i'm too tired...zonking off to bed now...nightz!




















Korea equals good looking people.






life is so complicated....

kids. who won't read this blog. because they are less than 5 years old. who probably would not be able to read anyways. will not understand.

life is not the playground. no swings, no see-saw, so slides. life is not even like a rollercoaster. it's not fun.






reality is sinking in...school has started...school has started...school has STARTED!!! time for school vomit: for the past 2 days i was still in a "limbo" mood...neither here nor there....crammed for today's quiz...cramming is not good period. din really study page one and so i think i probably got that question wrong...gah! felt so sian the entire day...

went for dinner at mezzanine with adeline, she had pork chops and i had roasted chicken and we had a dessert platter for two! (i forgot to take the picture of the food!---dunno how come i feel like taking pics of food these days...) yummy...went to look at sunglasses at isetan and i saw this gucci one i want! think i might get it from the net (it's cheaper)... then went to borders to look at books...and i asked her to help me read the ending of the vanishing act of esme lennox and see if she could tell me the ending..hahaha...she's also blur..but it's not fair...i'll have to lend her to read the entire book first i guess...gonna lend her my sister's keeper too...after that we had gelatissimo, i had hazelnut and she had cinnamon donut....ermz...dunno how come the hazelnut ice-cream kept dripping from the cone...i still think of the gelatissimo sis and i had in sydney...delicious!

so adeline drove me home and we were talking in the car and i actually dozed off!!!! i'm amazed that i could still answer her questions while sleeping leh....it's a first! i've heard of ppl doing that...my mom had this exp. before...hahahaha...and now i get to exp. it myself....hohoho...no more late nights/early mornings...

that's all for todae...nighty night.

p.s.: it's a no go for student council secretary...oh welsch...more time for other stuff then....

i surrender all
i surrender all
all to jesus
i surrender
i surrender all....

• Two names you go by

1. Bel (my parents n one auntie call me that, and "isabel" when my parents are angry)
   
2. Issy ( my frens, my uncles call be "IS" )
   

• Two things you are wearing right now

1. Quicksilver T-shirt
2. Shorts

• Two things you want in a relationship

1. Trust
2. Love

• Two of your favorite things to do

1. Sleeping
2. Watching the telly

• Two things you want very badly at this moment

1. Robot
   
2. More time to sleep

• Two pets you have/had

1. Had Chester ( English Cocker Spaniel)
   
2. Had Dexter ( Golden Retriever)
   

• Two people who will fill this out first

1. no one
2. nobody

• Two things you did last night

1. Bible Study Program at Church
2. "Dinner" before that with cell mates

• Two people that live in your house

1. My sister
2. My mom (my dad) or My dad (my mom)
   

• Things you ate today

1. Char Kway Teow (from church hawker, queued for a very long time!)
2. Nutella (about 5 tablespoonsful)

• Two people you talked to last

1. My Mom
2. My Sis (like La, i am at home....)
   

• Two things you are doing tomorrow

1. meet up with glenn and gwen
2. meet pauline

• Two longest car rides

1. Singapore to KL family trip using the north-south highway ( for my 21st b dae kinda)
2. JB to Singapore (from palm resort we sent my dad's fren home, then we came home)

• Two Favorite Holidays

1. L.A. (Disneyland! when i was 10?)
2. Perth ( my first holiday outside S.E. Asia, first airplane ride?? maybe..., i was 8...i think...)

• Two favorite beverages

1. Ice-water
2. Green Tea

• Two things you wanted to be when you grew up

1. A cashier ( we went shopping too often)
   
2. A mother ( i wanted 10 children, one to massage me, one to cook for me, one to...)

Got the above questions from La's blog

This was fun! now back to work~!




i love public transportation...the taxi is a public transport but lets not put it in the picture. I like the buses and the MRT trains, i like the feeling of traveling with everyone else...there are so many things and/or people to observe, sure, sometimes the BO of the person next to you can get to you but it's so interesting to observe people and see how they behave....and sometimes u realize you are being observed too haha...i don't mind the crowds in the buses and trains, i really don't...not with my iPOD ;D




school has officially started for me, less play more work? ermz...i'll balance...

today, i went for the secretary interview for the UB student council. after the interview i kept thinking about the things i could have said and how i could have phrased certain things better...etc....argh...there are other candidates of course...i've surrendered this to the lord :) i'll know the result on wednesday :) if it's meant to be, it's meant to be.

class was a blast! the prof is one of the best lecturers i've had in uni so far...class was not boring, it was entertaining yet informational. this is how i want all my lectures to be! :D glad i chose this class :D wait, is it too early to tell??? hee...but first impressions are important and can tell a lot (although sometimes i have to disagree), and he has definitely given me a very good first impression :D

and when i came home i started "training" for the Shape Run...(i'm joining the shape run with jo! woot!) went to the canal to jog...i wanted to jog all 4km of the way like the last time but i stopped to walk for a bit (so sad!), plus i did not even complete the whole 4km...well at least i started...

interesting thing, i came home from school and took the lift with a neighbor (i do not know) who i assume just came back from work and when i came home from the canal, he came back from his exercise too and we took the same lift again...such a coincidence...

p.s.: i LOVE my iPOD video!




school is starting tomorrow
glad that it is
sad that it is




i watched nancy drew by myself while my sis and my mom walked around in town a few days ago..

the experience was pleasant :) i give the show 3 out of 5 stars..actually 2.75, but let's round it up shall we??? hehe...

i was a small fan of nancy drew when i was 13-14 years old. that was why i wanted to watch it.

i remember wanting to collect the entire series of nancy drew books...the "teenage" ones...ended up only buying 3...and they are all gone now, they were given away....

and emma roberts really resembles julia roberts! her acting was not fantastic but i could imagine an 11 year old girl admiring her and wanting to be like her (both emma roberts and nancy drew in the movie)

i'm essentially nerdy. and so when i saw nancy drew all prim and proper, handing in those fantastic assignments (basically, doing well in school), i went "wow!" in my heart...hahaha...

p.s.: i'm trying to find out the difference between geeky and nerdy..are they the same???

p.p.s : i got myself this really cute turtle "handphone hanging thingy", really cute mushroom and a bigger version of the turtle...they are so cute...couldn't resist!!!! it really feels good to satisfy and pacify your inner child ;)









The last book i read before i went on my jolly holiday in Sydney was The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O' Farrell. i give it 3 stars out of 5.

I don't get the ending. I read it 3 times and I still don't get it.

Did she try to kill her sister or not??? Did her sister die??? What happened???













So after coming back from Sydney i found that my appetite for food grew tremendously...not exactly sure why but i have a feeling it's the serving portions in aussie...i miss Sydney~!

anyway, when i came back i bought myself a jar of nutella, why? because it's been a long time since i had it and they were advertising it in aussie...

i ate the whole jar as if it were ice-cream...i did not use it as a spread!! and so i grew fattttt!

i finished the jar in 4 days...

i'm craving for another one now...but the way i eat it is not healthy...i will grow fatter...no no no!!!




So Friday night was Makan Mania--two buses brought some people around Singapore to eat...

Here's what i ate at the 4 stops we went to:

first stop: Bedok Interchange
-- Sugar Cane drink and nibbled on carrot cake and some fried potato?
second stop: Old Airport Road
-- Pasta Manna's meatball pasta and one chicken wing
third stop: Liang Seah Street
-- Sesame Paste!
fourth stop: Geylang
-- beancurd and you tiao

i was super full!!! i'm still thinking about the Sesame Paste...mm mmmmmm~...yummy!!!

When a person looks good, does it mean he/she feels good?

Nope. I think not.

I was thinking about this the past few days...i was struggling with some fashion issues...having problems dressing myself...trying to find out what "me" really is...and how to fit myself into some of my clothes ...and my mind wandered to the ever so popular topic of models or women starving themselves to "look good".

For the sake of this post, the concept of "look good" will mean slim, model figure, celebrity-like, think supermodels...

ok so we go around calling this and that person "slim" "good-looking" "fashionable" "beautiful" all the positive adjectives u can think of pertaining to looks BUT have you ever considered if that person you are referring to actually feels good?

would you rather be on a perpetual "hunger strike" and constantly feel hungry or would you rather eat and feel sustained?

This may sound cheesy and cliche BUT it is an undeniable fact, "we live only once." And are we going to purposefully go hungry for the rest of our waking lives just for the sake of this world-made idea of what a "good-looking" person is and how he or she should look like??

This post was not written as an excuse for me to gorge myself with every kind of food i so happen to feel like eating any time during the day....cos, there is also the issue of obesity.

yeah i'm back here now, again, i'm keeping my xanga site up, maybe i'll keep that just for photos...

let me explain why i'm back here..it's all about the links (links to my frens' blogs)

i just could not find a way to link or change the template in xanga...and also i wrote a very long entry and xanga lost it...

so i'm back here...

yep :) so sad..no smileys here haiz..

but dun u just love this blogskin??? i love it!! i love the city and i love the country for short periods of time...haha...i can stay in the city FOREVER!!!!