well well.. u ppl muz have realised that there are again a few new things in my blog..

first things first, i would like to wish my kor (derek), HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY!!

next, i would thank my kor (derek) for helping me in the music thing.. thank you for ur patience.. i can sense u a bit qi-geh, but u cont. to persevere on.. Kudos to you!! anyway, thanx again.. will try to settle the photo problem.. it doesn't seem to work.. haiz.. =(

ok.. here are a list of new things:

*music to my blog.. its by Kenny G.. a jazz piece.. so that's y my webby is jazzkool lohz.. me being the jazzy person and all.. *chey*.. yupz.. some ppl gave me a feedback that the music makes them sleep.. however, i find it ok.. at least its soothing.. not so noisy.. can concentrate better on reading my blog.. so give me ur feedback on the music via my chatterbox yaz.. waiting for it.. but pls. spare me.. hehe..
oh yah: if u want to re-play the music or stop it (becos' its irritating), then scroll down until u see like a player control thingy.. just click the appropriate button either to cont or stop yaz?? I'm sure u koe wat i'm toking about right.. =P

*2 NEW blog links, named timothy seow and clement cheong.. both of them are friends of my kor.. yupz.. so me being a sociable person, i make friends with them thru' cyberspace lorhz.. hahazz...

* u wld realised by now that each link u click, it would open another window.. yupz.. this is one of the enhanced features of my blog.. so tiffany jie jie, finally found wat's the html code for it!! all thanx to my kor.. Hooray!! =)

ok.. wat i did today??

in the morning, choose some songs for my worship leading session at church nxt sun (11/1/2003).. wanted to follow wat I learnt during Meta workshop (title: how to lead worship).. however, realised that it was too long.. would drag the time of worship.. hence, in the notes of that workshop, the instructor, Simon Seow (who is the director of ForeRunners) gave a sample worship set.. so thought of following that lohz.. at least get some ideas.. so will cont. to work on it on fri (02/01/2004) lohz..

practically spend my whole day in front of my computer, doing my blog.. spend about 2 hrs on the music thing.. and asking my kor and all.. in the end, i found out that, its the additional word in the link and different spacing of the file name, that cause the music not to work.. haiz.. =(

nxt, wld be the photo thing.. spend another hour on inserting photo into my blog.. and u koe wat?? it can't work.. so that explains the 'x' sign u see there.. haiz.. need to fix that thing ASAP.. if not, will cancel the idea of putting photo into my blog.. =)

yupz.. thats about all lohz.. quite boring but i say its fulfilling.. at least my blog has a slight revamp.. dun think i will be that free once school reopens on 05/01/2004 (Mon).. haiz.. yesterday, a msg went round my cohart saying that we need to report to school at 8.30am on Mon (05/01).. i was like "huh.. so early??".. not used to waking up so early.. becos' if its at 8.30am, then i need to wake up at 6.30am to do my Quiet Time, bathe and all.. haiz.. =(.. well.. that's life for me..

k.. got to go liaoz.. need to get off the computer, and watch some quality TV.. going to catch the nation's countdown tonite at HOME!! =).. no need to rush and all that.. all in the comfort of my own home.. hahaz.. =)

so here's wishing u all,

BLESSED NEW YEAR 2004 !! =)

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, c,')
<<< aBrIeL >>>

allo.. how are u all feeling tonite?? good?? =)

before i say anything, check out some new things that were added in this blog:

* a NEW quote-of-the-week (at last!)

* NEW photos (entitled: Young Ones Outing At Esplanade).. click the link: Photos of Me (aka YANDAO)

* a NEW blog link, named Catherine.. a fellow TP friend as well as a team mate whom I have known when i was in Meta Conference 2003.. check out her blog ya?? its cool.. with all those girly stuff.. probably u gals who are avid readers of my blog, would like it.. it gives me a very jap. cartoon pinky feeling.. if u koe wat i mean.. =)

* a NEW blog link, named Amanda Lee.. u koe me lahz.. very sociable person.. hehe.. *thick skin*.. anyway, just want to make more friends.. read my kor's (derek) blog, then koe her one.. so yupz.. check out her blog yaz?? quite cool actually.. =)

* Baker's Inn Restaurant Link (if u are interested, find it on the "favourite links" column..)

* SAF Music & Drama Company (if u always wanted to fins out more about SAF Music & Drama Company, this is for u.. ) find the link also in the "favourite links column"..
thought of joining this after my BMT in NS, however, need to go for audition.. and i actually asked for details.. but until now, they have not replied yet.. haiz.. wat to do? its THE ARMY!! hahaz.. oopps.. shhh... dun tell anyone.. =)

k.. shall cont..

anyway, as mentioned on my blog yesterday, went to school today for self-training.. however, it turns out to be a wasted trip to school.. what happened was this..

we carry on our plan for our self-training of evaulation of things like mantou, bread, etc.. however, after like an hour of preparation work (ie, cutting both bread and mantou references and samples to accurate bite size [ie, 1 inch by 1 inch] and steaming the mantous) and about 15 minutes of evaluating (becos' we need to record our observations on paper on a scale of 1 to 10..), we finally gave up the idea of our own training, and follow back the way of how we are trained about 3 wks back..

we prefer our old way of training becos' we had done the training for 3 consective days (each day last about 8 hrs of training).. so yupz.. u can say its 24 hrs of training..

ok.. let me give u an example of each training method (both old and new)..

here is the OLD way of training (which we prefer):

on a scale of 1 to 10, there are 2 end pt. references.. let say we are evaluating on the characteristic (in my FYP/course of study, we call it attribute.. more scientific and more professional.. *chey!*) of firmness/hardness..
so the score of 1 would be very soft (reference: kopitiam bread) and the score of 10 would be very firm/hard (reference: Marks & Spencer's Ginger Snaps -- which is very nice.. u shld try it sumday.. i lurrvvee this biscuit.. my lecturer recommend this biscuit and i ate it b4 even my lecturer mentioned it.. so i asked my classmates to buy Marks & Spencer one.. and now i tell u.. they are addicted!! =P )

so yupz.. above is a brief explanation of the OLD method..

the NEW method (which we tried today, but decide to use back the OLD method):

same thing.. lets say we are evaluating the attribute/characteristic of firmness/hardness (again!).. so wat we did today was getting the sweets like "vita-c".. and this is a reference for firmness/hardness.. that is, it just tells u that this is wat it meant by firmness/hardness.. however, it does NOT determine that its the extreme end..
so in this case, its not that accurate.. becos' it may differ from time to time.. NOT as accurate as the OLD method.. becos' one of our FYP tasks is also to co-relate the data with instruments to see how accurate is the result.. yupz..

so as u can see, my FYP not easy huh.. well.. stresses of final yr..

anyway, since we had been trained the OLD method b4, therefore, we dun need to train ourselves again.. thank God!

yupz.. that almost take me up my whole afternoon lohz.

after our training, decide to cook lunch in school (instant noodles lahz.. wat u expect?? we cook in food lab.. so yupz.. we brought our own instant noodles complete with foodstuff and all bought yesterdya at Carrefour).. but right.. haiz.. no gas! so cannot cook.. so we happy-go-lucky wanted to boil the water.. but can't manage to on the stove.. so we shelved off that idea and took home our un-opened instant noodles.. haiz.. =(

when i reached home, bathe and ate my lunch, and then took an afternoon nap.. so that's y i still so awake.. hehe.. clever huh..

then nite time, wat TV, now then start blogging...

well.. think tml would be another boring day for me.. dun think will go happening tml.. so many ppl.. if i go out, traffic would definately be a killer.. (hmm.. tat sounds familiar.. where did i heard it??)

k.. need to write out an email for the movie that I'm planning on New Year's Day (01/01/2004).. i movie co-ordinater for my cell group..

k.. check in tml for more updates yaz??

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, =)
<<< aBrIeL >>>

now.. i'm back.. but this will be a short blog.. i promise.. =)

anyway, in the afternoon, went to Suntec Carrefour and do some shopping for my FYP training session tml with junting and limei (my team mates for FYP)..

we bought about 4 pkts of mantou (which is 24 altogether), and 4 different brands of bread (top one, bonjour, gardenia and sunshine).. well.. certainly feel that there would be a lot of bread left-overs.. so ya.. think gonna bring it home, and as junting said, gonna do sandwich.. wahaha..

and did i mention that there are sweets too for our training?? so good hor..

so yupz.. before this carrefour shopping thing, we wnet for lunch at "Congress Kopitiam"-- the 'so-called' kopitiam near Yes! Spectacle shop.. had laksa.. its been a while since I've eaten it.. yum! yum!.. junting also ate the same thing as me.. limei ate the wonton mee.. smells good.. limei also said that the roti prata was nice.. next time, i shld give BOTH items a try.. =).. looks like will visit Suntec now, since there are some nice food there, besides my beef noodles at the foodcourt.. wahaha..

k.. gtg and continue chatting with my friend whom I've not seen for years.. =).. check in tml for more updates yaz??

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, =)
<<< aBrIeL >>>

ok.. let me see how many days i've missed.. hmm.. sat, sun.. 1,2.. 2 days ?? 2 days!! ooppss.. hahaz...

Saturday (27/12)

well.. let me recap.. just can't really wat happen on this particular day..

orh.. k.. nothing really much happens on this day.. practically stayed home the whole day loh.. nothing much to do.. so do the usual stuff..

so wat I'm so happy about this day was there was NO cell group.. ooppss.. is carlise seeing this?? hehe.. well.. at least there is a break.. no breathing space manz.. =)

now, i think that's about all for sat.. quite boring hor. =)

Sunday (28/12)

ok.. let me see.. on this day, i went to church for service.. Wendy was leading.. i like the last 2 arrangements of the songs (draw me close & shout to the Lord).. wendy, if u are reading this, this 2 arrangements was GREAT! Keep up the good work huh..

which btw reminds me of this thing, which is that we had NOT had a worship evaluation for a long time.. dun u think so?? maybe we shld be disciplined to have one every week without fail.. wat do u think?? "WATCH" (btw, WATCH stands for our music team name: Wendy, Anastasia (my sis), Tiffany, Carlise, Huimin?? so with my name (Abriel), the music team would become "A WATCH".. u all ppl out there get it?? creative huh?? well.. this name was thought by wendy loh (who is the music director of HCC !!) =).. everyone at the count of 3 say wow! 1...2....3... "WOW"... hahaz.. =)

ok.. so that's about the worship part.. so the service continues.. it ended quite late. about 12.15pm.. usually, its only like 11.30pm.. but if have Holy Communion or guest speaker, the most it goes to is 12 noon.. this is becos' our service started late, about 10.15am, instead of the normal 10.00am.. and by the time the worship finish, its like 10.45am.. then there is testimonies and followed by the special song (title: you are here) sang by huimin and me.. so by the time these 2 programs finish, its about 11.30pm liaoz loh.. then with the sermon and all, it finishes at 12.15pm loh..
but i shall NOT complain, becos' yesterday sermon, my pastor gave an example of complaining that service end late.. so yupz.. so i shall NOT complain..

btw, yesterday I was quite discouraged by the size of the congregation.. it was like only half-full.. usually would be 3/4 full.. but yesterday is a bit small (btw, our NORMAL church congregation is quite small.. its a small church.. its only about 40 people).. haiz.. i had this disappointment of only 20+ ppl in the congregation yesterday b4 service loh.. but then, a thought came to my mind..

"we worship God is NOT for men! Its NOT a performance.. but its for God".. really thank God for placing that thought in my mind.. =)

anyway, if u want the lyrics of the song sang by huimin and me, "You Are Here", the following are the lyrics.. this song is really meaningful:


You are here among us
For we have gathered in Your name
We can feel Your presence
In this place

You are here among us
You are enthrone upon our praise
You are here
Here to heal and here to save

Chorus:
You are here in our midst
How we've waited for moments like this
Have Your way in this place
Holy Spirit come do as You wish
We are change as You move in our midst



yupz.. so that's the song.. anyway, after the service, we hang out a while at church.. thinking that there is an evaluation session after the service.. but apparently, there is none.. so anyway, wendy juz told me that we had to leave at about 1pm (and that was about 12.30pm) becos' she had to fetch sarah.. so to cut the long story short, wendy drove all those that are going for the movie (ie, huimin, my sis, sarah, myself and of course, including wendy lah) to PS loh.. and u koe wat movie we watched?? We watched, "Scary Movie 3" !!

before that movie (time of movie was 3.45pm at GV Plaza Singapura, but the time we reached there was 1.30pm.. so there is plenty of time to eat lunch), we went for lunch.. all could not decide where to eat for lunch.. wendy went to collect the tix at PS box office, while we juz stared at blank space in PS building of wat to eat for lunch..

huimin then ask me sumthing.. she asked me something like, "do u think Foo (which refers to my kor, derek) is here eating at the foodcourt??".. i den replied her, "don't koe".. duh.. stupid answer right..hahaz..
anyway, the reason y huimin and me koe that kor's usual hangout for lunch on sunday after service is at PS foodcourt, is becos' he's like mentioning this in every sunday's blog.. yupz.. so we are just wondering.. anyway, out of curiousity, juz now, i went to his site and see his blog, but surprisingly, he did NOT put the lunch thing at PS in his blog manz.. =)

so in the end, we decide to eat lunch at Baker's Inn (becos' huimin got Baker's Inn voucher as a Christmas present [from my family] mahz).. all 5 of us (wendy, huimin, sarah, my sis and me) had set lunches.. their set lunches was quite cheap actually.. it consist of a main course, a slice of cake/pastry and beverages (coffee/tea/italian sodas/soft drink, etc)...

The following are each of our menu:

Wendy

Main course: Roast Beef Bruschetta (Baked provencal tomato ciabatta topped with roast beef and served with house greens.)
Cake/Pastry: Walnut Cheescake
Beverage: Peach Italian Soda

Huimin

Main course: Spaghetti Bolognaise (Spaghetti pasta tossed in a minced beef and tomato sauce.)
Cake/Pastry: Cookies & Cream Cheesecake
Beverage: Rose Tea

Sarah

Main course: Penne in Mushroom Cream Sauce (Penne pasta cooked in a field mushroom sauce.)
Cake/Pastry: Tiramisu
Beverage: Earl Grey Tea

My sis

Main course: Spaghetti Bolognaise (Spaghetti pasta tossed in a minced beef and tomato sauce.)
Cake/Pastry: Walnut Cheesecake
Beverage: Strawberry Italian Soda

Myself

Main course: Champignons a la Creme (Herb flavored vol-au-vent served with field mushroom stew.)
Cake/Pastry: Chocolate Creme Brolette
Beverage: Peppermint Tea

Each set meal only costs $12.90++.. so its quite cheap actually, considering 1 main course at least costs $10.00.. so yupz..

we actually sat there for like an hour loh.. chatting and telling funny jokes, discussing some of the funny scenes in Cinderel-lah!, enjoying the air-con (wahaha) as well as the atmosphere of the whole restaurant.. nice ambience actually.. u shld go there sometime..

then there came the paying part.. we all thought vouchers can be used for the set lunches.. but to our surprise, we can't !! the vouchers ONLY valid for a la carte items.. so yupz.. so we had to use our own money and pay lohz.. huimin actually had $50 voucher.. haiz.. but it was a good lunch actually.. =)

btw, are all the food thing make ur mouth water?? hahaz..

want to koe more about baker's inn (PS branch) ?? visit the following webby: http://www.bakersinn.com.sg (or click on the link, "Baker's Inn Restaurant" on my Favourite Link's box)

anyway, carrying on the topic of Scary Movie 3, i koe this kind of show is lame loh, but i juz want to see how lame this show can get.. ha.. so anyway, my verdict of the show:
the show was a so-so show.. not a must-watch and not a definately-not-to-watch show.. u get wat i mean?? yeh!
If u have seen most of the horror movies (eg: the others, the ring (ang moh version), signs), then u would really understand the true meaning of each part loh..
but even if u never watch it, u would still laugh lahz..
so if u want some movie to really make u laugh, and u dun mind some disgusting scenes and/or foul language and/or lame shows (such as dude, where's my car), then this show is for u.. serious..
but i only 70% enjoy the show.. love the funeral and the man reading news scene the BEST.. that 2 scenes makes me laugh until stomachache loh.. =).. shall not reveal too much about the movie.. juz in case u all call me a spoiler.. =P..
(PS: Scary Movie 3 is rated NC-16, so that explains the disgusting scenes, foul langauge and all)

my kor (derek) actually stated in his blog that Scary Movie 3 is lame and he advice all those reading his blog NOT to watch it.. but its too late.. I've already book and paid the tix like a week back liao loh.. haiz..

after the movie, my sis and I spilt up from the group, leaving only sarah, wendy and huimin.. anyway, dun koe wat happen to them.. i think they went home or sumthing.. i koe huimin had to attend a wedding dinner.. =)

so where was i?? oh yahz.. my sis and I after the movie, joined our parents at Isetan Orchard.. we as a family went out for dinner.. we dun really koe where to eat.. so we walk down the 'so-called' ulu part of orchard.. the road to Tanglin Mall.. so we end up in Tanglin Mall's Foodcourt (Food Junction) for dinner.. I had Yong Tau Fou with soup and thin guo-tiao.. so yummy, becos' i''m craving for Chinese Food, after the filling lunch in the afternoon.. =)..
i muz say the standard of Yong Tau Foo can be as good as Plaza Singapura's one liaoz.. the only thing the Food Junction's Yong Tau Foo stall muz improve is give MORE spring onion.. u are too stingy.. i go to PS and when i ask them for more, they would give me like a lot loh and i like it that way!!

ya right... as if they can hear.. but just trying to commend loh.. but other than the spring onion issue, its alright.. i still enjoy it as much as PS.. so my Yong Tau Foo MUST-EAT places are:
1st place: Plaza Singapura Foodcourt (Located at Level 6 -- beside Sports Connection, and directly opposite (ie, on the other side) Yamaha Music School)
2nd place: Tanglin Mall Foodcourt (Food Junction) (Located Basement 2 -- near Tanglin Marketplace Supermarket)

so yupz.. after that, we took bus service 105 back home loh.. by the time we reached home, its like 9.30pm liaoz.. so i bathe and then watched the TV premiere of "Hollow Man".. so right.. its like half hour after the show starts, I fell asleep liaoz.. very tired.. not that the show was boring.. but my eyes are failing me.. as wat my kor said, i'm struggling with the Z-monster manz, and i lost! so yupz.. hahaz..

Monday (29/12)

Woke up at 8am in morning.. had breakfast.. then 9+am started on this blog.. until now then finish.. wahahaha.. so its like 2 hrs on this blog.. my gosh.. y i spend so long??

anyway, will be going to Carrefour Suntec to meet up with Limei and Junting about our FYP thing.. need to buy some things before we do our self-training (regarding my FYP) tml (30/12) at sch.. so yupz.. see.. during holiday, i still have to think about school.. haiz..

ok.. gtg and start to bathe... meeting there at 1pm.. cya.. visit my blog tml nite or sumthing for more updates ya?? =)

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead,
<<< aBrIeL >>>

"Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"... "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"... "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"... Darn! this phrase still can't get outa my mind.. ahhh..

allo.. I'm back.. well.. i think i've got quite a lot to update u all.. so stay on.. I'm sure u are as excited as I am right.. hehe.. *thick skin*..

Thursday (25/12)

Yesterday, met up with wendy, carlise, cindy, nicholas and sarah (all my church mates) for dinner first before the show, Cinderel-lah!..

We went to a shop called, "the soup spoon" at the basement level of Raffles City for dinner.. well.. its really filling lohz.. I had clam chowder in a bread bowl.. the bread bowl is literally bread bowl loh.. the bowl is actually bread (NOT just ordinary bread, but sourdough bread).. well.. i had really a filling dinner lohz... the clam chowder was already so rich.. imagine with the bread bowl.. wow.. i tell u.. i can't breathe manz.. it was really a torture.. my gosh.. but thank goodness, i managed to finish the whole bread bowl (including the soup)... wow.. *clap*.. *chey*.. but i muz say that it is quite cheap actually.. that bread bowl (of course with the soup) costs me like only $7.50..well.. quite a worth-it dinner.. anyway, we finished our dinner about 6pm..

and then, we decide to split up for jalan- jalan and meet back at Espirit at 7pm.. so nicholas and me went window shopping.. i so call be his image consultant for a few minutes or so.. juz advice him on wat to wear for CNY this yr.. yupz..

sorry nick, but I have to say this.. SHOPPING WITH NICHOLAS SURE IS BORING MANZ!!.. u koe y?? becos' he just agrees wat i said, but did not like tell me wat he want or sumthing like that.. i need to like prompt him.. no wonder he said to me, he DON'T like shopping... worse still!! i koe he had a Giordano voucher given as a gift by sumone i koe (but i wld NOT divulge).. and u koe wats the worse thing?? he have NOT used the voucher yet.. he CAN'T remember the denomination of the voucher as well as the date of expiry of the voucher.. i reminded him to use it (but of course, at tat time, i didn't vent out my feelings) , anyway, cont. on.. he actually still like "ok..".. my gosh!! he dun seemed interested manz.. after tat, i prompted him as to wat kind of clothing he wants to wear.. he said he's more interested in casual shirts and 3/4 pants.. at least he's got some dress sense !! =).. but i can't find it in Raffles City loh.. so in this case, I brought him to U2.. i dun think anything has caught his eye.. =)

i juz realise sumthing.. am i a bit too much?? ooopppss.. sorry nick.. have to let my feelings out somehow.. !! Nick, juz change ur way of thinking.. show some interest in shopping can?? pls?? treat it as i beg of u.. ok?? thanx.. =) (psst.. but i dun think he will read my blog, so nvm.. wahahaha.. =P)

frankly speaking, shopping is one of my favourite pastimes.. PROVIDED i buy sumthing.. or else, i wld be like very sianz lohz.. =).. dun u all feel that way too?? but just seeing clothes (by window shopping), has already satisfy my desire to shop.. so yupz.. u can say i'm a shopoholic.. =)

ok.. anyway, we then walked across the street from Raffles City to Raffles Hotel (Jubilee Hall)..

i muz say that the show (Cinderel-lah!) was VERY enjoyable..
the only phrase that rings in my mind all the time is, "feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".. (well.. i guess u koe wat that means.. for those of u dun koe wat is lor-han, it is actually a fish which Chinese ppl believe that it will bring them luck if they have the fish in their workplace/house..)..

well.. quite a lot of familiar faces/actors acted in this Cinderel-lah! musical.. some famous ppl that I koe were:
*Lim Kay Siu,
*Neo Swee Lin,
*Kumar,
*Darren Seah,
*Ivan Heng,
*the character of latchmi on the Channel 5 sitcom, Achar! (her name is Bridget Therese)
*Chua Enlai (the host of the kid-central reality show, Jobs for Juniors!)
*Sheikh Haikel
*Hossan Leong

of all the characters in the show, i love the cahracters played by the following actor/actress:
*kumar,
*neo swee lin,
*hossan leong,
*darren seah and
*ivan heng..

WARNING!! SPOILERS AHEAD.. read it ONLY if u DON'T intend to watch!!

ALL the man stated in the above list acted as a drag in more than one sceneS of the musical play.. well.. it was really funny loh... u shld look at Hossan Leong man.. he really looks like a she! serious.. I like the part where he (or shld i say she?? ah.. nvm lah..).. where was i?? anyway, ok.. he was wearing a wonder woman costume..

however, the 2 step sisters (played by hossan and sheikh) love this habit.. when the mother (which was neo swee lin acted the role) say lock the "cinderella" (played by Emma Yong) in the toilet, both are so happy.. they are like saddist loh.. and when Hossan was in wonder woman costume, he sing the wonder woman song loh.. its like u koe wonder woman locking ppl in toilet.. it was really sadistic..

n this part is even MORE sick.. lim kay siew act as a crab king, and he really have this habit of scratching his down there loh.. so yupz.. its like a small action, but its enough to make the audience laugh..

Kumar acted two roles.. one is ali, and the other was ali's wife, which I dun koe the character's name.. but anyway, "they" (ali and his wife) opened a shop call mamak-lemon.. ali narrated the story.. so wat he said was mamak is himself (which is ali) and lemon was his wife, as she is always sour.. so then he make two different kind of voices loh.. but I actually prefer he act as the "ali" role.. more natural.. complete with the indian accent and all ... =)

Darren Seah was another good actor.. he acted as a part of the siamese twins (he is 'eng' and ivan heng was 'cheng'.. so together, they are cheng and eng..).. so eng actually like treasure (which was cinderella's step-sister -- played by Shaikh Haikel).. and not only he acted as part of the Siamese twins, he also acted as a drag.. and this drag character right, is actually a bartop dancer !! believe it.. he did all those kind of disgusting moves loh.. which have this prominent part of the bartop dance.. so like whenever he comes out, he would like do that dance move loh.. and then, the audience would burst into laughter..

there is this part where cinderella (played by Emma Yong) had to reach home before midnight.. and becos' the prince (played by Chua Enlai) didn't want cinderella to go, he chased after her loh.. so then, the whole gang of actors, came down on the floor, and like desparately running about loh (to look for cinderella).. so this time right, darren seah was in a mermaid costume (becos' he's attending a Grand Fish Ball [get it?? fish ball??]..which also explains y hossan was in wonder woman costume.. they are all attending the Grand Fish Ball).. anyway, i was seating at the last 2nd row from the door (which is a back seat).. so hossan dun koe whether purposely or izzit scripted, actually squeezed darren's fake bra on the mermaid's costume.. and darren actually screamed.. anyway, it was all in a mass.. so i dun think anyone noticed it.. probably only me.. =P.. wat happen was darren was running in the direction of hossan.. so that's y.. yupz..

Shaikh Haikel acted as 'Precious' and hossan leong acted as 'treasure' (precious and treasure are both step-sisters of cinderella).. and cheng (part of siamese twins and acted by Ivan Heng) like precious.. so yupz.. not so much to say on Shaikh, but its more the song that precious sang lohz.. precious sang the part on "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han" part.. yupz.. it was an instruction for Cinderella to follow, but Shaikh sang it as a "rap" style.. "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"...

oh yah.. there is this part where finally treasure (acted by hossan) and her mother (acted by swee lin) found out that her daughter (cinderella) was actually the person that the prince is looking for.. so the mother was the first one to faint but can't remember wat she said b4 she faint.. then, next to faint was treasure.. she said sumthing like, "wo3 de4 ming4 hao2 ku3 ah4".. then she faint.. the funniest part is precious.. she said this, "hmmph.. i dun want to faint.. becos' nobody catch me..".. wahahaha.. the audience then started to burst out in laughter lohz.. =)


Neo Swee Lin acted as the evil step-mother of cinderella (NAME: evil-lyn).. her make-up was heavy manz.. if not for her voice, i can't recognise her.. serious.. i want to command on her sumthing.. Kudos to her on the impromptu part.. here's where the most memorable part of Cinderel-lah!..

wat happen was its about 30 mins to the ending of the play.. almost the finale liaoz.. so to cut the long story short, the fairy god mother (which the show calls it fairy god macik) turn the 2 step-sisters(precious and treasure) and the step-mother (named: evil-lyn.. get it??) into stone statues.. so in order to remove the spell, they need their one true love to kiss them.. so cheng and eng kissed them, and then, they woke up from the stone state loh.. then they decide to get married..

now left only the step-mother statue.. ali (narrator for the show -- acted by kumar) then asked the audience whether they shld forgive her.. the audience of course said, "no" lah.. then ali said its Christmas and all.. must forgive, etc.. so yupz.. ali then asked the audience whether they shld forgive her (ie, evil-lyn).. audience again said "no".. ali then asked the audience, "u want to go home or not??".. everyone laughed lohz.. ali then asked the audience whether they want to forgive.. crowd this time did not answer.. so ali answer his own qn by saying, "ok.. i'll decide for u..".. audience then laugh again..

there were children in the audience.. so this boy (i think its about 4 yrs old) seated about 5 rows in front of me, shouted, "NO!".. ali heard this and then begin to say sumthing like this: "so small already koe how to talk back".. wow.. audience that started to laugh again..

anyway, ali then tell the audience wat magic words to say in order to revive evil-lyn to a person again, instead of a stone statue.. so of course, audience was not so enthusiatic and as a result, evil-lyn was still a statue.. so ali said, "she needs more energy, becos' she is big..".. then, the audience start to see evil-lyn move a bit, showing a fist sign to ali.. everyone laughed lohz.. then the best part is yet to come.. here comes to the IMPROMPTU part..

one of the audience then shouted from his seat, "kiss evil-lyn".. everyone in the audience starts to get rousy.. ali of course, tried to decline but he can't.. he decline by sayings things like:
*i koe its Christmas time and its the time to give and all.. but there is a limit,ok..
*i got taste ok (y ali said this, is becos' evil-lyn very ugly -- becos' of her make-up)
*i'm married

so finally, he obliged loh.. ali kissed evil-lyn.. and then, ali added: "now tat i kissed her (refers to evil-lyn), i'm not sure whether my wife will still be married to me"..

of course, all laughed lahz.. then ali asked evil-lyn to say "i'm sorry".. however, she find it very hard to say the word, S.O.R.R.Y.. therefore, she said, "i apologize".. ali then added: "cannot! muz say sorry! sorry shorter!!".. audience then burst into laughter.. so in the end, evil-lyn said: "sorry lah".. then audience started to clap/applause..

evil-lyn than said, "since I became good, shall i change my name to things like good-lyn (pronounced as goo-d-lyn) or nice-lyn (pronounced as nine-si-lyn).. a member of the audience that shout out, "NEO SWEE LIN"..

and guess wat evil-lyn answered?? she said:
" never heard of her before.. but i heard that neo swee lin is a good actress..".. audience then started to laugh and clap lohz..

ali then use his hands like fan himself and evil-lyn did the same thing.. ali then call evil-lyn SHAMELESS (u koe wat it means right?? i dun need to explain hor..).. audience then started to laugh..

the play goes into the finale part...

yupz.. i think that's all about Cinderel-lah! that is interesting lohz.. really admire kumar and swee lin on their wit!! They think on their toes manz.. =).. Kudos to them!

PS (Cerdits):
*Ivan Heng is the artistic director of this production, Cinderel-lah!
*Selena Tan is BOTH the artistic director of this production, Cinderel-lah! and the person who wrote ALL the lyrics of this musical play, Cinderel-lah!

anyway, after the play, we went to Newton Circus to eat supper.. Nicholas had to leave, becos' he has to attend a remedial lesson today (26/12) in school.. so we each ordered food and share.. we had fishball noodles, sambal bbq stingray (yum!!yum!!), sambal la-la, hokkien mee and carrot cake.. but of all right, i find the fishball noodles the MOST expensive.. 1 small bowl of noodles costs us $4.. believe it or not.. its about the serving of wat they serve in foodcourts.. so ex.. well.. i certainly had a very FULL supper.. =) *burp*.. ooopsss...

Friday (26/12)

today was my mum's birthday, therefore my family went out and celebrate..

firstly, we made a stop at PS to eat our lunch at the foodcourt.. for once, I've changed my menu.. its always yong tau foo.. but today, its CHAR KWAY TEOW, and i muz say its not bad actually.. i asked them to fry it 'blacker' (which means more sweet sauce).. so yupz.. then ate my fave dessert, and its none other than COLD CHENG TNG.. yummy..

then, we walked down to Giordano at Takashimaya and bought our CNY clothing loh.. u wld NOT believe wat I'm wearing for CNY.. ask me if u are interested.. ask leh.. *hint**hint*.. hahaz.. and the reason y i bought Giordano as my CNY clothing, is becos'' now Giordano is having a 30% sale (that is if u wear ANY Giordano apparel) on regular-price shirt/pants... i also bought a 3/4 shirt, which comes with ANOTHER pattern of 3/4 shirt FREE, becos' current promotion on selected t-shirts is buy 1 get 1 free!! yupz.. so if u think this is cheap and want to take advantage of the 30% sale (ONLY if u wear ANY Giordano apparel) and the buy 1 get 1 free (selected t-shirts ONLY), head down to Giordano yaz??

so anyway, 3 of us (me, my dad and my sis) bought stuff from Giordano, becos' 30% off mahz.. i purposely wear Giordano apparel becos' of this reason.. hehe.. =P

PS: Ooppss.. i think i look like the spokesperson for Giordano.. =).. whahaha

After that, we proceed to have our tea-time.. my parents ate bread, and my sis and i each bought a box of octopus toko-pochi from Takashimaya.. very nice.. my fave.. my sis introduced me to put in chilli sauce and use it as a dip for the toko-pochi.. and i muz say its VERY NICE.. thanx sis !! =)

after which, we proceed to Metro at Paragon to jalan-jalan, as dinner time is far too early.. at Metro (in Paragon), my mum met her ex-colleague and from there, they talk loh.. i was like sitting there on a chair and watch them talk loh.. her ex-colleague (i call her aunty juliet) kept saying that I'm so big already.. the last time she saw me, i think i was in primary school.. =).. yupz.. time flies manz.. ppl start calling me uncle already.. =(.. want to koe y ppl call me uncle?? read my previous blog, 25/12, 11.05am
after that, we proceed to Lemongrass Rest. at the Heeren for my mum's birthday dinner.. we had:
*Green Mango Salad
*Chicken Feet Salad
*CLEAR Seafood Tom Yam Soup (Wendy's fave!!)
*Mixed Vegetable
*Claypot Tau Fu
*Pineapple Rice
*Fried Vermecilli
*Red Ruby
*Honeydew Pudding (Lemongrass's LATEST dessert.. not bad actually.. not so sweet!)
*Mango with Glutinous Rice..

this meal i must say is cheap.. even cheaper than my family (4 adults) go to Seoul Garden and eat their buffet.. in fact, i also feel very full after the mail.. =).. i dun think i binge manz.. i think i ate in moderation!! i nutritionist leh.. =P

the idea of lemongrass came from me.. i use my dad's and sis's Sunperk points (from M1) to redeem a $50 voucher.. all it takes is 1500 pts (which takes about a YEAR to accumulate..).. yupz.. so becos' of this voucher, we only pay a min. sum.. how minimum u dun need to koe lah hor?? its for my family to koe ONLY.. wahaha..

yupz.. then after that, we came home lohz.. =).. and there, i'm on the com writing my blog...

oopppss.. i think i have spent 2 hrs and 45 mins (from 10pm-12.45pm)on this blog !! believe it.. =).. the reason y the time still remains at 9.54pm, is becos' i kept on edit and publish it.. so its like save mahz.. or else.. *choy*..

for those who read the "quite detailed" description of the musical play (ie, Cinderel-lah!) i want to thank you for reading it.. at least my effort has NOT gone to waste!! i hope u enjoy reading as much as I do seeing it live of course.. but i certainly hope that u enjoy it, and u cld give me ur commends on my chatterbox yaz??

for those of u who had skipped about the musical play (ie, Cinderel-lah!) part, thanx for being so patient.. i koe its been hard on u.. thanx again for being so patient.. =)

sorry for the grandmother story kind of blog again.. but i hope u had fun reading it, as much as i had "fun" typing... whaha..


"Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".. I shall then shut-up.. "Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han"..

Gd nite peepz..

Ciaoz and have a GREAT day ahead,
<<< aBrIeL >>>

"Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".."Feed the lor-han, feed the lor-han".. etc...

HO! hO! ho! Christmas is finally here!! The holidays are here again.. Yippie.. =).. tell u sumthing... everytime when its Christmas, i would always think of when can i fulfill my childhood dream, which is to have a white christmas.. haiz.. hope that happens in the near future.. =)

Before i continue, i would formally like to thank my kor (Derek) for giving me a Christmas present.. huimin jie jie met my kor for LOTR movie on mon, and he actually passed my present to huimin.. so yesterday when huimin came to church for carolling practice session, she gave me the present that my kor has given me.. it was a transparent egg shell with 2 small chocolate inside.. think of easter.. and u wld roughly get an idea of how my present look like.. anyway, when i receive the present, i was like so touched loh.. *cry*.. juz thinking of it, makes me, cry.. *sob*.. ok.. shall stop being so emotional.. anyway, i juz can't bear to eat wat is in my present, becos' i dun want to spoil it.. but guess i muz eat it soon, or else, it would spoil.. =) so once again, KOR, THANK YOU !!! =).. this is one of the BEST presents that I have received so far of all my 19 yrs on earth!! serious.. no bluff... bluff u, got money to take mehz?? =P

anyway, the present thing given by my kor was the BEST thing that happen yesterday loh.. =) ok.. so continue on..

yesterday, altogether went to 4 hse for carolling.. the places are
* at Jarvis hse (at Ang Mo Kio), then we proceed to
* s'goon garden, then proceed
* back to a hse near my church (palm grove ave, off flower road), last stop,
* would be at Pasir Ris..
so yupz.. fortunately most of the members got cars, or else, dun koe how to go manz..

so yupz.. the order of the carooling session is sumthing like that.. we sit the 1st set of Christmas songs, then break for slight makan (aka refreshments/makan=dinner), then sing 2nd set of Christmas songs.. have a short prayer for the hosts of the hse, then sing last 2 Christmas songs b4 we go.. so its like 1 hse, we take abt. 45 mins.. so every hse we go, got makan.. so like going every hse for free dinner lohz.. hahaz.. =P..
so after the 1st hse (which was Jarvis hse), huimin actually told me secretly.. like pao3 ge1 tai2 (in English, it refers to like during 7th month-- hungry ghost festival, there wld be these performers running from place to place to sing.. their transport to each place wld be by cars loh..).. so now, u get the picture ?? =).. yupz.. so its quite fun in such a way, but very tiring.. fortunately, I slept for like an hour b4 the carolling session, or else, i dun koe how to cont. yesterday session.. but the funny thing is that i still feel tired manz.. well.. really getting old..

speaking of old, i feel quite bad yesterday.. becos' yesterday at the last carolling hse, one of the host call me "uncle".. my gosh.. here is wat happen..

as u all koe, i play the piano in church.. therefore, during the carolling session, naturally, I would be the pianist.. so for carolling, one of the church members had a portable keyboard, so he would bring it during every carolling session.. actually, this yr, i dun plan to play the keyboard, becos' i find the sound of the keyboard very weird.. but since he brought it, i have NO choice.. but to play it.. haiz.. so there i played the keyboard at every hse loh.. i only did NOT play the keyboard at Jarvis hse.. i used his piano.. sound better than keyboard.. =)..
so yupz.. then we came to the last hse for carolling.. so happen that they placed the keyboard just behind the couch and sitting on the couch was about 6-7 children (some are relatives of the host).. so one of the host actually tell them these words..
" you want to see the uncle play piano huh??".. i heard it, but no one heard it.. then, about 10 sec later, the person repeat the sentence, "u want to see the uncle play piano huh??".. my gosh.. this time the WHOLE carolling team heard it.. they are like laughing loh.. my gosh.. i was so embarassed.. my gosh.. imagine them calling me "uncle abriel".. my gosh.. i was like, "allo.. I'm only 19 loh !!.. i have NOT reach the no. which starts with 2.. even though in 3 mths time, i would still be young loh..".. haiz.. then, ppl start calling me uncle abriel loh.. tell me frankly.. do i look old??? tell me ur comments on my chatterbox yaz.. wld like to see ur comments...

so anyway, b4 we went off, the hosts gave out presents to ALL children (the hosts specifically said: only children have.. adults dun have!).. thank goodness I got one (this show that I'm still young).. so yupz.. huimin, also got one.. so yupz.. then, both of us (huimin and me) saw wendy also got one.. then, we decide to make fun of wendy.. we said sumthing like "only "children" have.. adults dun have.."..
becos' wendy koe of my uncle joke right, she said something like, "uncle abriel".. when i heard of the word, "uncle".. i was like "ok.. i'll shut up..".. Darn! now, i cannot make fun of wendy anymore.. =(.. wendy, u are clever manz!! =)

earlier in the nite, during our 2nd hse of carolling, wendy also make a joke (which i shall not say in this blog.. becos' quite unpolite..).. so i told wendy like "wendy, u so bad".. then, she did not respond.. so the thought of it, makes me laugh.. about 2 mins later, she look at me and said, "u so bad huh..".. i was like "wat the.. u are the one who make the joke lohz.. ".. not funny?? nvm.. u shld have see for urself, then u koe y i said this is funny.. yupz..

yupz.. so by the time we finish our LAST carolling session, it is about 11.40pm liaoz lorhz.. I was standing with huimin, so uncle wah sun (a church member), asked us not going to countdown huh?? I was actually quite interested.. but a qn came to mind, "where??".. i asked the qn.. uncle wah sun also dun koe where.. in the end, we dropped the idea lohz.. so uncle phillip gave my family a ride home from pasir ris (the last place of carolling..).. so when almost reached home, it was 12 midnight liaoz lohz.. so we wished "Merry Christmas" to each other in the car lohz.. so when reached home, took a bathe and watched the remaining portion of "waterboys" on Channel 8 lohz.. so by the time the show finish, its about 1am.. so then, i slept lohz..

this morning woke up at about 7.30am.. can't sleep.. so yupz.. may go out with family later.. in the evening, meeting up with the gang (ie, wendy, carlise, cindy, nicholas, sarah) to watch Cinderrel-lah at Jubilee Hall (at Raffles Hotel).. so we meeting up at 5pm for dinner.. but dun koe where yet.. yupz.. so excited about this.. =)

ok.. need to go liaoz.. dun koe what else to type.. hopefully will blog tml morning.. =).. tell u more about wat i did today yaz?? so check in tml.. dun miss it for the world!!

Happy Holidays everyone..

Ciaoz n have a GREAT Christmas 2003,
<<< aBrIeL >>>

Ho!Ho!Ho! Christmas is here.. in fact in about 13hrs time, its going to be Christmas.. can already feel the Christmas mood already.. dun u think so??

anyway, i blog this morning, as I have to attend my church carolling session tonite at 5pm.. worse still, I'm leading the carolling session.. so yupz.. quite nervous lohz.. =)

ooppss.. i dun think i have anything else to update u all.. hmmm... let me think..

ok.. shall just let u have a sneak preview of wat's on my calender this wk loh.. perhaps a few ppl want to koe..

* 24/12/2003 (TODAY!) - Christmas Carolling

* 25/12/2003 (Thursday) - Watching a musical play entitled, "Cinderel-lah" with my church friends (wendy, carlise, sarah, nicholas) @ Jubilee Hall (Raffles Hotel).. so yupz.. will update u all whether the show is funny.. =)

* 26/12/2003 (Friday) - Going out the whole day with family to celebrate my mum's birthday! Most probably her birthday dinner would be at LemonGrass Restaurant at Hereen.. (becos' we got a $50 LemonGrass Restaurant voucher from M1 Sunperks Rewards mahz.. so since have it, use it lohz.. also on that day, will buy my CNY clothing from Giordano, since wearing Giordano apparel will have 30% off.. so dun koe when this offer will last.. so since there is this offer, muz y buy my CNY clothes this mth.. better than my membership 15% lehz.. =)

* 27/12/2003 (Saturday) - Going out with my family again.. so go out loh.. spend some quality family time together.. becos' on this day, NO cell group mahz.. so yupz.. that's y we can go out.. =)

*28/12/2003 (Sunday) - Go to church..later in the afternoon, i will proceed to watch Scary Movie 3.. Time and place NOT confirmed yet.. =)

yupz.. that shld be all liaoz.. as u can see, my schedule is quite packed this wk.. so yupz.. anyway, need to log off liaoz, becos' my sis having tuition later.. =)

so check in here probably tml to hear more about my carolling session yaz??

Ciaoz n have a GREAT Christmas,
<<< aBrIeL >>>

hiz.. anyway, today is quite a tiring day becos' went shopping.. =)

anyway, here is an update of my day..

woke up about 8.15am, and call jingxian up.. he wants me to accompany him to go shopping for his CNY clothes as well as update his passport.. so yupz.. wat to do?? i am his image consultant.. wahahaha.. *chey*..

anyway, i gave him a morning call about 8.15am and then gave him another at 9am.. he is supposed to meet me at my hse void deck at 10am.. so yupz.. 9.30am, i went to bathe and during my bathe, i suddenly remembered that I need to update my passport photo.. i actually want to do this a few wks back, but alwayz forgot.. so yupz.. so since today I'm going to SIR building (which is NOW called ICA -- Immigration & Checkpoint Authority).. so on the way loh..

so by the time i reached there, is about 11am.. so when waited for my turn, etc.. its about 11.15am.. so i filled in the form and all.. and my passport photo was updated imeediately.. wat surprised me was how the photo is "pasted" on my passport.. the person just simply paste my photo on a visa page and then, sign and chop and that's it.. when both of us saw this, we were like "so cheapskate!".. my gosh.. we were expecting that they would have a way to tear off the plastic on the passport, and then insert the photo.. but i didn't expect to turn out this way.. haiz.. (PS: mine is the OLD international passport.. yupz.. ).. i called up ICA b4 i went.. and the customer service operator told me that this wld take 1-2hrs, depending on the queue.. i was like ok.. so that means i have to wait for my turn in the queue.. and after that, i still have to wait 1-2hrs for my new photo to be inserted into my passport.. but i really dun expect that it would turn out like that lohz.. haiz...

then after which, we proceed to Centrepoint to shop.. Jingxian got a $100 Robinsons Group (which the voucher can be used EITHER in Robinsons/John Little/Marks & Spencer) from her mother.. becos' his mother won this in the company's lucky draw..
(PS: i worked in jingxian's mother company b4 i came to poly.. but i quit the job like after 3 mths.. pay so little, but have to work like mad.. from 7am-7pm, and paid $59 per day.. sometimes, sat and sun have to work.. so now, i scared of working liaoz.. if i want to work, i would get a 9-5 office job and only work on weekdays.. more income and more comfortable.. dun u think so?? anyway, i was really fortunate that time.. just b4 i leaved the company, i was invited to their annual company dinner.. i was really privileged as i was only a temp. staff.. and guess wat.. i won a $100 Takashimaya voucher during the company dinner lucky draw.. i was so happy lohz !! anyway, that was like 3 yrs ago liaoz.. so no pt. mentioning.. )

yupz.. so Jingxian was contemplating as to whether to buy shoes with his voucher or shirts.. in the end, he decide to buy Hush Puppies shoes.. so there we find, and there is NO casual Hush Puppies shoes in Robinsons..
(PS: before going to centrepoint, we made a stop-over at City hall mrt, becos' change train to go to somerset.. we set off from lavendar mrt.. so yupz.. while waiting for the train at city hall mrt, i was thinking, whether we shld visit raffles city shopping centre.. then we proceed to Centrepoint.. but wat i didn't think of, is that Raffles City also has Robinsons.. and then, i decide to give it a miss and go to Centrepoint Robinson's instead..)
so as i said earlier (ie, b4 the PS note), i suddenly thought of Raffles City Robinsons sell Hush Puppies Casual shoes.. so yupz.. i regretted my decision and there, we went back to Raffles City loh.. haiz.. waste my bus fare.. =(.. but since we are at Centrepoint, we decide to go to Cuppage Food Centre and eat our lunch, before we go to Raffles City.. i ate the meat ball soup with 1 bowl of rice ($3.50), while jingxian ate the char kway teow ($3.00).. bothe dishes are very nice.. i like the char kway teow.. but oily though.. but nice.. i just ate a nibble.. just try try.. after which, we proceed to Marks & Spencer at Centrepoint to buy Christmas Cards.. Jingxian wants to buy them, NOT me.. so he chose the card loh.. actual price costs $11.90.. but becos' they having 20% discount on Christmas cards/wrappers/tags, it only costs him $9.10.. which is cheaper than wat i bought last time.. i bought a smaller one, but it cost me $9.90.. haiz... well.. it just dun pay to buy early.. =(

then after that, we took a train to Raffles City loh.. went to Robinsons and get the shoes that Jingxian want.. saw the shoe that I bought about 2 mths back.. then i recommend the shoe to jingxian.. i plan to wear that pair of shoe for this yr's CNY.. however, that time i bought the shoes, it costs me $110.. however, Robinsons is having 15% storewide discount.. therefore, that shoe only cost him $101.19.. my gosh.. SAME pair of shoe, but difference of $9.. haiz... another rip-off.. =(

then we proceed to U2.. he saw a shirt that he like.. however, i suggest him to check out Giordano first *hint**hint* (becos' I can earn pts mahz.. =P)
anyway, went to Giordano.. i asked him to try on mandrain collar shirt (black) with a plain lycra t-shirt (white) inside.. and guess wat.. manz.. he look good in it manz.. all thanx to my imaging consultant skills.. *chey*..
but in the end, after trying so many combinations (ie, different colour t-shirt and mandarin collar shirt), he decides to buy the U2 shirt he fancies and wear the lycra t-shirt inside.. so yupz.. in the end, he only bought 2 lycra t-shirt (one black and one white).. that costs him $28/=.. however, before paying, i asked the cashier that whether Giordano member gets additional discount on top of the 30% discount, becos' i wear Giordano apparel.. but to my surprise, he said no.. and he start keying in the 30% discount liaoz.. so i have no choice but to keep my i/c for membership discount..) me and my big mouth.. =(.. if not, i cld earn some pts.. haiz.. anyway, ppl cannot be so selfish one.. =(ok.. shall cont. on.. so therefore, he gets a further 30% discount.. i actually wanted to psycho him to use my membership card to get only the 15% discount.. i actualy hinted to him.. i said something like u want 15% or 30%.. he say "of course, 30%" lahz.. so i was quite disappointed lohz.. =(

so then, i wanted to get Michael Buble "so-called" NEW cd (entitled: totally buble).. so we proceed to Sembawang Music Centre still at Raffles City and the cashier told me its out of stock.. she also told me that its an old cd, even older than the Michael Buble CD i have in my cupboard.. she said its a 2001 cd, and they re-master it, therefore, it becomes a new cd.. so in the end, went up to HMV at Citylink.. manage to find the cd, however, it was $19.95.. then, i thought it was too ex.. so i went to Tower Records at Suntec and see how much was the cd.. to my surprise, the price was still $19.95.. my gosh!! i walked for nothing.. so yupz.. anyway, actually wanted to go to Carefpur at Suntec and see.. however, Jingxian was tired.. so i decided to buy from Tower Records instead..

so then frm there, we took bus service 133 back loh.. so yupz.. that shld be my day..

its quite long, becos' its really detailed lohz.. hope u dun mind.. i'm used to writing such long grandmother stories.. =)

ok.. gtg liaoz and listen to my "totally buble" cd..

Tata and have a GREAT day ahead, =)
<<< aBrIeL >>>

heyoz.. watzup ?? (the sky... wahahha)

anyway, here are some updates.. oh.. before that, i would like to announce that my Friendster pics and my Yahoo! pics are being UPDATED (ie, my muar holiday trip and Meta Conference 2003)!! go and see them yaz??.. ok.. shall cont. to update u ppl..

Saturday (20/12/2003)

well.. we had cell group at nite.. my mum prepared a feast (consisting of bacon-fried-spaghetti [delicious!!], turkey & salad!).. wow.. that day was really a christmas feast manz.. however, the turkey was bought lahz.. my mum no oven.. so cannot cook turkey.. but thanx to the initiative of NTUC Fairprice, my mum managed to buy a turkey.. so my mum ordered it like 5 days in advance, and of course, being a filial son *chey*.. i went to collect it lohz.. I went all the way to... Toa Payoh Central and collect it.. *chey*.. yupz.. even though it was raining outside, i still went.. =)

so by the time i reached home, a while later, wendy jie jie came to my hse and fix the NEW dvd player given as a christmas gift by WTCH (wendy, tiffany, carlise & huimin) to my family.. =).. then afterwhich, WT (wendy & tiffany) gave me my Christmas gift (which is a Nike cap).. it is not bad actually.. however, they said that this present is for my army nxt yr.. u koe.. with my bald head and all.. =(.. so yupz.. actually, it juz fitted nicely.. but i koe, when i shave bald my head, thats it manz.. the cap would be more than enuf space on my head.. haiz.. the though of army makes me tremble with fear.. =(.. wat really impress me was the wrapping of my present (ie, the Nike cap).. it was wrapped with a... *drum roll*.. serviette.. believe it! Carlise wrapped the present.. dun u think its incredible?? she even can use serviette to wrap a present.. Kudos to her!! =)

then later in the evening, guests and members of the cell group start to stream into my hse loh.. normally, the cell group is about 12 ppl strong.. but that day, it came up to 20 ppl.. wow.. Amen!.. everyone was like very squeezy loh (squeezy becos' my hse only 4 room flat mahz).. but it was ok.. =).. then.. in about an hour later, we exchange gifts at cell group level.. everyone of us are told to buy a present for the person whom we have "drawn lots" about a mth back.. so yupz.. and of course, thank God that mine is one of the easiest.. and u koe who is that?? That person is Jarvis.. my church mate.. he is a male and a teenager of merely 15-yrs.. so very ez loh.. i at least koe wat trend he is in (becos' i also young mahz.. 19 only.. =P).. so my trademark as some of u all koe is Giordano .. so yupz.. so i bought him a t-shirt of his fave colour, white.. its so nice.. thought of buying one for myself too.. but i think i dun buy, or else, we look like twins.. wahahaha.. so yupz..

then after that, we start our dinner feast lohz.. =).. so that's how the nite ended..

Sunday (21/12/2003)

So there came sunday.. the Christmas service.. it was a chilly day outside and really felt like Christmas.. well.. s'pore no snow.. so rainy weather is like snow lohz.. dun u think so.. hehe. =P..
anyway, yesterday's worship was led by Carlise.. and it in, she chose my fave. song, "shepherd of my soul".. the words are meaningful.. see below for the words:

Shepherd of my soul
I give You full control
Wherever You may lead I will follow
I have made the choice
To listen for Your voice
Wherever You may lead I will go

Be it in a quiet pasture
Or by a gentle stream
The Shepherd of my soul is by my side
Should I face a mighty mountain
Or a valley dark and deep
The Shepherd of my soul will be my guide

This song somehow appeal to me lohz..the words as well as the tune.. however, the words are simply very meaningful.. dun u think so??

so yupz.. after the service, we had finger food (eg: ham and pizza).. really finger food lohz.. not bad i muz say.. =).. after that, wendy and huimin was practicing for christmas carolling session on wed (24/12/2003) lohz.. so then, huimin, gave me a score sheet for "arms of love".. i played it while waiting for them.. and i tell u.. its very nice loh.. serious.. its like the CD version.. =).. ok.. i shall stop.. continuing on..

after that, we adjourn to Junction 8 @ Bishan for lunch.. I bought from Body Shop a shampoo (seaweed and peony) for my travel use.. apparently, the current shampoo i had was finishing and i thought Body Shop still carry that stock.. however, to my surprise, they said they stopped the stock liaoz.. so yupz.. therefore, have to settle for shampoo (seaweed and peony) lohz.. this is for normal hair.. wanted to buy the icy blue scent, however, that is for oily hair, whereas the seaween and peony one is for normal hair.. so haiz.. so settle for the seaweed and peony one loh.. wat really surprised me is the price.. the normal price for that shampoo is $9.90 for a 250ml bottle.. however, they are having a 20% discount storewide.. therefore, that shampoo only costs me like $7.50.. very cheap i muz say.. dun u think so??.. considering the branded name of "the body shop".. so u muz agree with me, yaz?? =)

after buying my shampoo, we adjourn to basement level in Junction 8, and went into a "so-called" restaurant called "AJISEN RAMEN".. well.. its my first time eating there.. so i order the picku ramen (which is pork rib ramen), a cup of ice lemon tea and a side dish (which was a plate of seasoned baby octopus).. and all this costs only $13.80.. cheap right?? the ramen itself costs $10.. can u believe it?? and u think the serving is small?? u are wrong manz.. the serving is big.. of course not as big as cafe cartel lahz.. however, it was enuf to make me full.. so yupz.. when it's enuf to make me full.. u can really safely say that the serving is quite big (or shld i say generous) becos' to make me feel full is a remarkable thing.. wahaha..

so yupz.. after that, we went our separate ways loh.. some go home, some go shopping, etc.. so my mum bought a few breads from Sweet Secrets.. i asked her to buy the bread called, apple & cinnamon.. and she gave it to me this morning for breakfast.. and wats my verdict?? its simply D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S... u shld try it sumtime yaz?? =)

Monday (22/12/2003)

well.. later going to Jingxian hse to use his scanner and scan some photos loh.. so guess that my Yahoo! pics would be updated soon huhz.. =).. so yupz.. dun think much will happen today..

oopps..i think i wrote too long.. well.. i think that shld be all that I want to update u all.. =).. Check in here tml for a new update of moi life yaz?? =)

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, c,")
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allo.. well.. yesterday, I did not blog.. hope u dun mind..

before i do anything, i would like to wish Wendy jie-jie HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! well.. guess I will NOT reveal her age, or else, she will kill me.. well.. gals are sensitive about revealing their age u koe.. hehe.. =P

ok.. shall cont..

well.. spend almost the whole morning yesterday editing my Muar photos.. toking about that.. i have not upload it yet.. well.. old already.. wat to do?? anyway, will upload them soon..

have developed some of the digital photos (in fact, 51 photos) that i took during my Meta conference 2003 & .. today will see the effects of my photographic skills.. can't wait for it..

yesterday, went out with Ivan and Dave to watch Lord Of The Rings (LOTR): The Return Of The King @ Plaza Singapura.. its a 8pm show and it lasts for 3hr 15 mins.. so movie started at 8.15pm and end at 11.30pm.. so by the time i reached home from PS, it was like 12.10am liaoz..
Its quite miraculous loh.. during the first 2 installments of LOTR (ie, the first 2 movies of LOTR), I would always be like restless loh.. but for this current installment that I watched yesterday, i was not restless.. in fact, I'm quite awake.. not very restless.. dun koe y.. but of course, i let out a few yawns during the show loh.. quite tiring leh.. first time I watch so late movie..
the miraculous thing is that there are even ppl watching midnight shows.. my gosh.. i just can't believe it.. so if they watch the same movie that I watched yesterday, it would be like 3am then finish loh.. my gosh..
anyway, u muz agree with me that this is the BEST of all LOTR shows.. i find this more interesting.. so yaz.. go and watch if u are interested.. =)

anyway, i also exchanged presents with ivan n dave loh.. n i got a shock of my life yesterday.. when i open the present that Dave gave me, guess wat I saw !! Its my DREAM present.. u want to koe?? ask me.. and I will tell u privately.. dun want to think ppl call me show of.. *chey*.. anyway, for this present, I want to say to Dave, THANK YOU!!

yupz.. that's about wat happen yesterday loh..

oh.. one more thing.. i got 2 of my primary school friends contacts on my hp now.. so yupz.. one of them suggest that we meet up someday.. and one of them is my BEST friend in primary sch, named, Bing Xun.. can't wait for the mtg.. this is really an "OLD" mtg (if u koe wat i mean...wahaha).. so yupz.. will try to take photos to show u.. provided I can remember yaz?? =)

k.. gtg liaoz.. need to upload photos liaoz.. =)..

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, c'',)
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hi.. at last.. i'm back from both holiday and Meta camp.. whew.. its been like about 2 wks since I blogged.. well.. do u miss me?? *chey*.. hahaz..

Oh.. btw.. frequent visitors to my site would koe that I have changed my blogskin twice.. the current one is the second one.. the first one was the tear-drop on a leaf thing.. however, i find it too dark, therefore, I changed it to this current one.. dory, well.. y did I choose that? I dun koe.. my sis chose it for me one.. i like it, so i used it loh.. that was b4 i went for holiday in Muar.. however, during the trip, i thought about my blog design.. so that's y i changed it to this current one.. it is not so bright.. a change.. so wat do u all think of this current blog background?? izzit nicer than my orange one or wat?? wat are ur commends?? I want to hear it.. so yupz.. give me ur commends via my chatterbox yaz?? =)

anyway, i koe i've got a lot to account for (ie, updates lahz..).. however, i think i would leave the account part to the pictures which I have taken.. going to upload them soon.. so look out for it yaz?? I'm going to upload in my Yahoo! account.. so u may ask how to go to that webby?? Simple.. juz find the link, Photos of ME (aka YANDAO) under the 'Personal Stuff' column, and click it.. it would bring u to my Yahoo! Photo album..
There would be 2 files, Meta Conference & Holiday in Muar.. just click any one (or even BOTH!) of the folders to see loh..

well.. just to say a highlight of each of the meta conference & my holiday in Muar.

METAMORPHOSIS CONFERENCE 2003
Well.. the personal objective that I set in this camp, was to experience God in a more powerful and meaningful way.. and surprisely, God answered my objective everyday WITHOUT fail during the worship session from Tues-Fri.. and during the first day that He has answered my prayer, I received a vision from Him.. the vision is about He opening up His arms and hug all ppl of the world.. even imperfect ppl like me.. when I saw that vision, i just cried like a baby.. it was so touching.. so happen on that day, the worship team was singing the song, "Arms of Love".. now, that has becoming my theme song.. so yupz.. even have the mp3.. its so encouraging loh.. yupz.. God can work wonders.. Amen?? =)

HOLIDAY IN MUAR
The highlight was the pao factory that my aunty (my grandma's sister-in-law) opens.. i've seen how they make pao... the photos explains all.. see it to believe it.. =P.. and their pao is VERY nice.. i can tell u its BETTER than kong guan pao.. serious.. no bluff..

well.. tat's about all loh.. thank goodness i shortened my blog update huh?? or else, u all would be spending like an hour just to read my blog.. =)

so yupz.. anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words.. so yupz.. i think the pic would give u a clearer pic.. moreover, its more enjoyable.. agree?? =)

k.. need to go and upload photos liaoz..

Cya soon..

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead,
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allo.. today is quite a LLOONNNGG day.. however, it's still "passable" lahz.. wahaha..

anyway, this morning, my dad remind me to check my passport to check its validity.. its only valid until end of this mth.. so i'm going holiday with my family to Muar (also to see my relative) on 15/12-17/12.. so yupz.. fortunately, my mum call me to call the immigration office and check.. so they say need 6mths - 1yr lohz.. so at that time, it was like almost 10am liaoz, and SIR building closes at 1pm, (becos' they work half day mahz).. so ya..
there i was, taking bus 133 to SIR building loh.. darn! waited the bus for like so long.. i think waited for like 20 mins..
so when i reach there, i was like.. wah! queue so long.. but i have no choice but to cont. queuing lohz.. so i got the number, 8219 (ahh.. ppl.. DUN buy 4D huhz.. =P).. and the no. there was only 8140.. so its like there is still 79 ppl in front of me lohz.. my gosh.. so i sat there for like 20mins, then came my turn..
Thank God that only took like 5 mins..

But the best thing was going home.. when i came up from lavender mrt station (took mrt station underpass to cross to their other side of SIR building..), bus 133 just came timely.. and its like going home, there was NO traffic.. so reached home like only 15 mins.. compared to my going which took about 20 mins.. yupz.. so Thank God for that..

Then when i came home, i ate my lunch and watch TV.. then, i changed the chords for tml worship, led by huimin jie jie.. then, sarah (aka latchmi <-- see Fri, 05/12, 1.42am blog to understand y she has this nick) came about 2.30pm to practice my worship songs for 14/12 (becos' i lead and she play piano mahz.. =).. thank you latchmi!)..
But before our practice, i saw my photos that she had taken during our outing on 04/12 (Thurs).. so nice.. i look quite yandao i muz say.. *chey*.. still waiting for the esplanade photos.. today latchmi go and develop, becos' today at cell, then finish that roll of film.. =).. so ya.. latchmi, i muz be the FIRST person to see the photo ok?? *chey*.. i friend of ur madam (ie, joshua)... can't wait for it.. *anxious*..


About 3.30pm, tiffany and wendy jie jies came.. tiffany passed me the digicam and taught me how to use it.. it was fun actually!! will definately take photos of Metamorphosis Conference 2003 (which is nxt wk, from 8/12-13/12) and my holiday in Muar (which is 2 wks time, 15/12-17/12).. and yes! they are that close! so yupz.. hope i dun get breakdown or sumthing.. =)

well.. i think that's about all... haiz.. now have 2 options..
(1) off the com and go out and watch Fear Factor Grossed Out special edition!
(2) play gunbound

well.. i think i shld play gunbound for the TIME being.. wait till 10pm, then i off.. =)

so check in here tml for more updates.. =)

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, c,')
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hi.. its that time of the nite where I'll give more updates.. =)

anyway, unlike yesterday,today has been quite a "sedate" day loh.. this is becos' i've been stayed home like morning, then go to school for my FYP update with my supervisor/lecturer..

went to school this afternooon for the FYP update thing lohz.. it supposed to last only 1 hr (ie, from 1pm-2pm).. however, we got carried away, and in the end, it lasted for 2 hrs (ie, from 1pm-3pm).. so its like i didn't eat my lunch until like 4pm in the afternoon lohz.. poor thing horz?? *give innocent look*..

well.. then after my lunch, i bathe and then took a nap for like 2 hrs! i slept at 2am yesterday becos' of my update of my blog mahz.. so this morning like woke up at 8.30am loh.. dun koe y cannot sleep liaoz.. so yupz.. then definately, afternoon felt tired.. so i slept for 2 hrs loh.. power huh.. =)

anyway, yupz.. that's about my day.. told u its somehow sedate.. dun u think so?? =)

k.. got to go and watch my TV dramas liaoz.. quite a lot of variety shows and nice shows on TV on Friday.. so yupz..

I'll see u when i c u yaz??

Ciaoz n have a GREAT weekend ahead,
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whew.. wat a joyous day I had!! Went out with some friends (will elaborate later) in the morning, since 11.30am, and until now, ie, 11.30pm, then reach home.. so yupz.. quite tired now.. *yawnz*.. oopppsss.. anyway, will cont. to type.. hope i dun fall asleep..

before i say anything, i would like to thank God for letting me in to M11 (Music For Evangelism) for the Metamorphosis Conference 2003 (08/12-13/12).. it is confirmed liaoz.. so only thing is the workshop thing.. not confirmed yet, as never heard of any news.. but i believe that I get in already lahz.. =)

ok.. will elaborate in detail since u all out there want to koe wat i did until i like so tired.. *chey*..

But first things first, muz give the credit to Joshua who actually planned this whole thing... *applause*.. see.. i so good.. *chey*

Anyway, this morning at 11.30am, my sis n I met our friends (Nicholas Jex, Sarah-Jane Tan and Joshua Guow) at PS breadtalk.. that was our meeting place loh.. Then joshua gave me this small tiny slip of paper which states the various movies and its respective timings.. so Sarah was like asking, "what shows we want to watch"?? I then replied her that there are 3 shows in mind that I want to watch.. they are Brother Bear, Duplex and Elf..
The funny part came.. we could not decide which shows we want to watch.. therefore, i suggested drawing lots.. then joshua being the funny one, he tore the suggested 3 titles of the shows, and i fold it, and the person to draw lots was Sarah.. i gave her the honour.. so anyway, she chose the show, brother bear.. but in her mind, she wanted to watch duplex.. so i being LAME, i showed her which is the duplex "paper".. ya.. then she laugh like crazy.. she could have said watch duplex and save all this trouble of drawing lots and stuff.. haiz... =P
so there we were, bought tix for the 2.50pm show.. we didn't buy nicholas share of tix, becos' he had to leave like 3pm in the afternoon.. so yupz..
so ya.. we bought the tix like 12 noon.. so we are practically have about 3 hrs before our show starts..
Then joshua being the organizer, starts arrowing.. he arrow me to plan where to eat for lunch.. Sarah suggested suntec city, as she has to collect her glamour shots (from her prom nite on wed, 03/12) photos.. so there we were from PS, and took a train to City hall.. walk past citylink, and then we were at Suntec..
During our walking at citylink, Joshua remembered that one of his church mate (called Joyce) works in Calvin Klein Underwear.. so he being the naughty one, msgs Joyce and ask whether she works today.. to his surprise, Joyce said yes.. but joshua is a "walka-dong-dong".. he asked Joyce whether she working, but did not ask the time.. so he was like pacing outside the Calvin Klein Underwear shop, and search high and low for Joyce.. but at that time, he didn't koe that Joyce was working at 4.30pm.. at that time when we were there, it was like 1.30pm in the afternoon.. so we (ie, my sis, sarah and nicholas) were like so embarassed.. oh my gosh.. then Sarah told joshua secretly (which i overheard lah.. =P).. sarah said to josh: "passer-bys might get the wrong idea.. ie, you NOT looking for ppl, but instead, u look at lingerie..i was like wah.. sarah.. u cheeky gal..
After that, we cont. to walk to Suntec and went to the foodcourt to have our lunch.... so as usual, i had my BEEF NOODLES SPECIAL SET.. yum yum.. i'm salivating..so yaz.. as usual, we even had fun making sarah laugh at the so-called "lunch table"..
After which, we accompanied Sarah to collect her glamour shots photo.. i tell u.. the so-called salesman, dun koe whether is he interested in Sarah or just talk sweet to Sarah becos' he is serving her, actually commend on the photos.. as being good friends with Sarah, we would koe her signiture pose in photos.. always the same "blowing kisses" pose.. and the salesman was like saying that photo that she took with her signiture pose was NOT nice.. i was like laughing my heads off.. *sorry sarah*.. but i think he felt bad.. so there is 3 photos of her.. 1 of which is complimentory, and the other 2 if she wants, she have to pay.. so in the end, she decided she wants to pay for the 2 photos, and therefore, she forked out $18/= for the 2 photos.. anyway, so what the salesman did was to use Adobe Photoshop and edit the complimentory photo.. and u guess wat he said.. he said he would edit Sarah's complementory photo until like SUPERMODEL.. i think sarah head swell at that time manz.. he really edit loh.. even the arms' position was crooked or sumthing, he can use the program and edit it until it looks straight.. my gosh.. that guy was so good with the prog.. juz certainly hope that i can reach that standard one day with that kind of standard..

Anyway, after collecting her photo, we went back to Citylink to catch a train from City hall mrt station, which we plan to go back to PS for the movie.. so Joshua as usual, do the peeping thing at Calvin Klein Underwear shop, and this time, he took even a CLOSER look... oh my gosh.. but to his dismay, Joyce was not there..

So there we were at PS and nicholas waved us goodbye once we went in for our movie.. so there we were, spending about 1.5 hrs on watching the show.. a show actually.. at a few parts, i laughed until i stomach-ache.. it was that funny.. go and catch it if u have not watched it yet.. But i didn't really catch the ending.. so sarah explained it to me.. now, i'm clearer about it.. =).. was quite surprised since this show opens in cinemas like 3 wks ago, the cinema is still 3/4 full.. well.. guess its the comedy of the show that attract ppl.. actually, didn't expect such a big turn-out for the show.. was quite shocked loh..
anyway, for those of u who forgot what show am I talking about, the show is called "duplex", starring ben stiller and drew barrymore..

after the show ended, the topic of the show, "Archar!" somehow was suggested by my sis.. so we were like talking about the funny parts of the show.. so funny..

after that, we realise that we were still left with 2 hrs before we met another friend, and that is none other than huimin jie jie.. so we were like want to arrow huimin to suggest a place for dinner.. after much suggestions, we decide on eating Sakae Sushi @ Wheelock Place for dinner.. so there, we walked from PS to Wheelock.. along the way, we bought some food.. when i reach Takashimaya, i cannot resist but to buy the Tako Pochi Octopus Ball.. it was a long time since i ate that.. yum yum... anyway, we reached there like 6pm and we had to wait for huimin, which she will meet us at 6.30pm.. so we were like finding a place to sit and talk crap loh.. so yupz.. it was good chatting and time well-spent (right?!?.. we rot ourselves.. wahaha).. so yupz..
Anyway, at Sakae sushi, i ordered Wakame Udon (which is cheap and good!.. Wakame Udon is FRESH seaweed, fish cake and udon noodles), a california handroll w/o avocado and fried tofu.. wow.. that meal costs me $12.60.. but it was worth it lah.. wat do u expect from Jap food right?? its that ex..
Anyway, during our dinner, Joshua got a bit "electrocuted".. he keeps on calling sarah, lachmy (which was the name of the maid in Archar!).. everytime joshua called sarah lachmy, sarah would laugh until her face naturally turn red.. then joshua, starts to speak with an indian accent and all.. it was so funny.. and this lasted the WHOLE nite ok.. will elaborate more as we go along... dun be impatient!! =)
Oh.. btw, lachmy is pronounced as lache-me.. =)

after our dinner, we went to Goodwood Park Hotel and took photos.. sarah brought camera mahz.. *chey*.. yaz.. so we were like posing under's the "professional" photographer's (which was huimin.. can't believe it?? then DON'T!.. wahahaha..) instructions.. so we managed to finish the roll of film.. however, we thought of having our "family" photos (ie, 5 of us -- sarah, my sis, me, huimin and joshua) taken.. but sarah last shot was asking me to take a photo of herself with her "lover", joshua.. but wat she didn't koe was that, that was the last shot of the film.. she thought got 1 more shot for our "family" photo.. so she was like hiding from huimin lohz... becos' huimin also thought that there is 1 more shot for "family" photo... but didn't expect she used up the last shot lohz.. well.. that was a funny scene.. can see huimin a bit disappointed..

after which, huimin suggested we go to esplanade to eat desserts (which was ice-cream at Haagan-Daz) and take photos again.. all agreed..
Once at guardian pharmacy at citylink, sarah bought another 2 rolls of film.. to take photos at esplanade loh.. it would be a pity if there is no camera.. the sights are so beautiful and pretty at nite..
anyway, Joshua got EXCITED again, becos' to esplanade, that means citylink (again!) and then pass thru' the underpass to esplanade.. so this time, josh actually koes wat time is Joyce's shift.. so yupz.. we were there and since we are on the way, we decide to pop in Calvin Klein Underwear shop to visit her loh.. and u guess wat Joshua said at the end (ie, before we leave).. he said to joyce, "HAPPY SELLING OF UNDERWEAR!!".. oh my gosh.. can't believe he said it..
so yupz.. there we were at esplanade.. we went all the way to the Merlion Park from esplanade to take photos loh.. it was definately a beatutiful sight.. then in the Merlion Park, there were quite a no. of artefacts that we could take a pic with.. and the one that gives me a GREATEST impressions was the toilet bowl artefact !! Joshua said something about me as we were about to leave the toilet bowl artefact, after we had taken the photos..
what Joshua said, i cannot say in this blog.. it is definately --CENSORED --.. that's how bad his words are.. Joshua, i will remember the words u said about me for LIFE, esp. when i see the photo.. "Thank YOU" for the memory hor.. will get u for this even though i was unsuccessful last nite... =P
Then, we had a lot of really nice "FAMILY" photos.. hope sarah would develop the photos, and i would find ways and means to scan the photos, and put it in my Yahoo! album.. so watch out for it yaz?? =)
After the photo-taking, we proceed back to Haagan Daaz @ esplanade.. we ordered a chocolate fondue (for 1 serve) and a divine ice- cream (3 scoops of ice-cream and 2 toppings; 3 flavours of ice-cream was Bailey's, Belgium chocolate and Midnight cookies and cream.. toppings were pitachio nuts and raspberry sauce.. it was fun eating the fondue, being my first time eating at Haagan Daaz.. so we actually all shared the ice-cream and fondue loh.. its better this way.. nicer and save $$.. yaz.. but in the end, when the bill came, huimin jie jie decide to give us a treat.. we were like over the moon.. so i want to thank huimin jie jie PUBLICLY, "Thanx for the ice-cream treat.. u are indeed a blessing!!"..

Then sarah's dad fetch us ALL home.. THANX UNCLE MENG.. or else, i cld have reached home later!! Oh yah.. we were like from esplanade, and uncle meng drove Joshua home first, which was in Yishun.. so its quite far.. so Joshua was like sitting next to me.. and i think becos' of the long journey, his right leg got numb! so when he got out of the car, he was like walking as if his right leg is made of metal!! You shld see the way how he walked.. i laughed my heads out, until my stomach hurts.. wahaha.. that was funny..

so yupz.. that typically ended my day lohz.. sianz ah.. tml at 1pm, have to go to sch and see my lecturer about my FYP project.. haiz.. thought tml can stay home.. haiz..

anyway, ooppppss.. i think i have spent like 2 hrs on this blog.. need to sleep liaoz.. *yawnz*.. sorry about the LLOOONNGGG details.. anyway, now u koe y i so tired right??

ok.. so check in here later in the nite (becos' now is 1.45am liaoz) for my latest blog on my happenings ya?? dun miss it for the world.. *chey*

Gd nite world...

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, c",)
<<< aBrIeL >>>

hi one and all.. gd evening.. well.. its that time of the nite where I'm writing my blog..

As i'm writing this blog, i'm listening to "Lift Up Your Heads" by Tommy Walker.. this is one of the best tracks that I have.. very jazzy.. juz the way I like it.. another track which i like is called, "Te Alabamos" and also by Tommy Walker.. this song is very latin.. and i really mean LATIN! Even my friend, Aloysius love this song so much.. so yupz..

Anyway, this morning (ie, my last blog), i wrote about converting cd tracks to mp3 format.. yupz.. the software to do this is called "Musicmatch Jukebox".. FYI.. sorry for telling all those out there who are interested to know what software is this..
I think i'm getting old liaoz.. i DIDN'T even thought of asking my kor whether he koes of any software that does this.. moreover, my kor is in IT course.. but y i didn't thought of asking him?? sorry ah kor.. hope u dun mind.. =)

anyway today, i was a so-called "lone ranger prayer christian" (ie, one of the younger generation christian) at the prayer meeting.. this is becos' my 3 jie jies, wendy, huimin and tiffany are all NOT here for prayer mtg.. so yupz.. feel a bit bored.. but felt refreshed after praying.. =) Amen!

this morning, went gym with my church friend, nick.. well.. went to Serangoon Gardens Community Centre gym.. i was expecting like a bit better.. but see the state of the gym, its like so old, and they call it a gym.. no wonder, Nick calls it a dilapitated gym.. hmmm.. well.. heard that 31/12 is the LAST day the gym would be there.. after that, its bye bye for it.. =).. But at least, they got some basic facilities that modern gyms have: air-con and radio..
Met a new friend, called Raymond, thru' Nick.. Nick known Raymond for i think like a few mths liaoz; while he was in the gym.. Raymond is actually older than Nick like 4 yrs.. i think so.. didn't really ask..
So 3 of us (raymond, nick & myself) get along quite well.. we even had lunchat serangoon garden market.. believe that 3 of us had a good time.. guess my openness to make friends QUICKLY helps huh.. *chey*.. but that's a good thing loh.. at least I'm more open than last time.. *applause*..

After the gym session, i came home to have a bath.. then off i was on my bed.. TOOK A NAP FOR A STRAIGHT 2 HOURS! that was how tired i am!! Now my arms hurt.. becos' i think i over-exert myself today at gym.. haiz.. thank goodness I still can move my arms.. hehe.. =P

hmm.. i think i shld end this blog post here.. dun koe wat to write liaoz.. i koe u want to read further.. *chey*.. but i really dun koe what to write liaoz.. so check in tml lah hor.. be patient.. may have more updates tml..

So i cya tml same time and same place only in jazzkool's blog.. yaz??

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead,
<<< aBrieL >>>

hi.. wonder y now then the blog is out?? This is becos' of this blog thing.. there's like error in my og.. only now, then i can open.. haiz.. stupid system... *ooppss*..

anyway, today i very happy.. because my friend, Aloysius, has recommend me a software which can convert cd tracks to mp3 format.. so i'm like happily doing that now.. kool huh.. didn't koe such software exists..

then tml during the prayer mtg, i thought i can got the digicam liaoz.. so got time to play with.. but unfortunately, jie jie wendy & tiffany can't attand, therefore, no digicam until sat cell group.. =(.. so tml dinner before the prayer mtg wld be all alone.. haiz.. =(

well.. stayed home the whole day lohz.. watch tv, read magazines, and i think the thing that took up most of my time today was PACKING MY LUGGAGE for META CONFERENCE 2003... I like pack my luggage for like 2 hrs! Dun koe y.. and the worse thing is that I have brought 2 bags with me for the 5 day conference.. i koe its a bit exaggerating, but my 1st luggage is "filled up to its brim of clothes".. and then the second, i dun really call it a luggage.. its actually a bag where i put in my Bible and stuff.. its more like a casual bag.. yupz.. so that's about it loh.. =)

Guess i have to end off this blog, becos' tml eaking up early to go gym with my church friend, nick.. need to lose some calories.. been eating a lot lately.. darn! =)

so check in here tml, same time and same place..

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead, =)
<<< aBrIeL >>>

well.. the below post is supposed to be yesterday's (at the time of writing and NOT posting of this blog).. but now, its a different one.. so read on yaz..

well.. spend the whole morning to repair this stupid blog site.. still cannot.. so i give up and do it on another site... speaking of which, my blood is boiling.. arrggghhh..

anyway, i spend the WHOLE day shopping for Christmas presents loh.. buying for 3 ppl.. spend quite a lot of $$ though.. but its worth it.. becos' i'm blessed to be a blessing to others.. moreover, they are ppl dear to me, so the more reason i shld get them gifts loh.. dun u agree?? =)

I'm actually lending a digicam from my Tiffany jie jie, to bring to the Metamorphosis Conference on nxt mon, as well as to my short holiday with my family to Muar.. so yupz.. will definately take photos to keep memories loh.. also to update my photos in Friendster and my yahoo! album. So wait for it yaz??

ok lah.. just found out from my friend, Aloysius, that there is such thing as net radio.. it's exactly like the radio station in singapore.. complete with the station advertisement radio and all.. so cool.. so take a listen.. but he's NOT full-time.. but its great to koe that such software exists.. kool huh??

btw, how do u like my NEW blog address name?? nice?? hehe.. give commends lah.. =).. thanx!!

k.. sleepy liaoz.. got to sleep liaoz.. *yawnz*.. tired after a LLOONNNGGG day..

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead,
<<< aBrIeL >>>

Yoz.. well.. i think this blogging system has gone a bit senile liaoz.. this is actually my yesterday's msg (sun) but i have make it to today's date.. i have actually added a PS note at my previous msg (which is sat) and changed my quote.. hmm.. doesn't seem to change.. but on the preview screen, it looks perfectly fine (ie, with all the changes and all..).. haiz.. so that's y i change to this address.. hope u all dun mind hor.. but life still goes on..

Pls. also note that from now, there is NO achives.. no good.. =)

Sunday (30/11)
this morning went to service.. it was a good service.. Thank goodness, the air-con was not spoiled or sumthing.. and with today's weather, the temp inside church was like freezing cold.. thank goodness, i wore a long-sleeve t-shirt.. so shld be able to keep me nice and warm..
Today's sermon is on Ministry- You were made to serve God. The sermon was inspiring though.. Then, we did a survey, to find out my spiritual gifts. The top 3 giftings of mine (from 1st to 3rd) was help, administration and faith. Yupz.. shall spare u the details of wat each gift means.. i think common sense and ur command of english shld be able to tell u lah horz.. so i was quite surprised to see such a gift (ie, help), besides my gift of music loh.. i guess i'm helpful, but i'm not aware of it.. =)

After service, went to Secret Recipe restaurant at Holland V for lunch.. ate a bowl of mushroom soup, grilled black pepper chicken and chocolate banana cake.. well.. from the sound of it, it sounds delicious right.. actually, frankly speaking, to my opinion, its not as good as i have expected it to be.. its nothing fantastic.. i dun koe lah.. but maybe, my expectation too high.. would actually prefer Sizzler instead.. more choice.. but one thing good about Secret Recipe is that, the price is economical.. the 3 things i ate is like only $18.10, whereas, Sizzler would cost more loh.. =)..
Anyway, since i say not very good right, i have to give some commends on the food.
ahem.. commends are as follows:

(1) Mushroom soup there is NOT as good as Marche's.. moreover, its the SAME price at Marche, so if i would to choose Mushroom soup, i would rather go to Marche.. the soup if i am not wrong, is campbell soup, and add sliced bottom mushroom, and they call this mushroom soup.. So if u were me, which would u prefer?? Marche or Secret Recipe?? But i tried the carrot and ginger soup.. its nicer.. shld try.. =)

(2) Now now.. the most impt part.. on my main course, which is Grilled Black Pepper chicken, there is a serving of herb rice and garden salad, which accompany the piece of chicken.. now, is the most impt part.. the rice.. i saw butter rice, and then i thought it was like Fish & Co.'s butter rice (ie, yellow in colour, and with raisins), so i asked whether it could be changed to butter rice.. so the waitress tell me that butter rice-herb rice, becos' its a combination of herbs and butter with rice.. so i had high expectations of it to be similar to Fish and Co.'s.. then, my verdict came.. it came white.. then nvm.. i tasted it, and it has NO butter taste.. it taste like plain rice.. i got cheated!! ahhh.. then i thought to myself at that time.. the butter rice on the menu costs $0.50, so i was thinking cheap wat and similar to Fish & Co.'s standard.. so there i was disappointed loh..
(PS: Fish and Co.'s butter rice is a MUST try, but its a bit ex.. one bowl costs u $2.50.. so yupz.. see the difference??)

(3) One of OCC member came to HCC today to help out in the survey.. so she joined us for lunch.. she recommend me to try the chocolate banana cake, she said better than baker's inn.. so there i tried... and to my surprise, baker's inn was BETTER.. not so rich, and the chocolate was bitter.. just the way i loved it!
Only today, i koe that my jie jie, Wendy, dun eat chocolate.. she ate the cake is becos' of banana.. she loves banana.. that's y..

yupz.. that was my commends loh.. u dun believe me, u go and try loh.. =)

After lunch, proceed to HCC committee meeting to kay-poh kay-poh... and u koe wat?? I got arrowed to be in charge of this yr's Christmas carolling session.. and u koe who arrow me loh.. Wendy jie jie, somemore who..=P.. well.. will believe God will give me creative juices to work with.. Amen??

Ok.. need to go out and watch the so-called SARS Channel 8 drama, Always on my mind, starring Fann Wong & Tay Ping Hui.. i like the show so much !! =)

Ciaoz.. can't talk anymore.. =)

Ciaoz n have a GREAT day ahead,
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