happy mothers' day to you mommmmmmyyyyyy~
a little slip-short for our gift to you but well, i guess you cld take both our graduations this year as yr belated presents okay? HAHA. (depending on how each turns out;)

well, i utterly enjoyed this video my pastor showed us today--tribute to mom thing..
u can view it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX6flpUweIQ
it's hilarious! haha. and almost pin points precisely what every mom has said at least once in their lives. hahaa.

anyway, apart from that, i rem looking at the old cards i used to write for my mom and they inevitably mentioned "nagging". but it often doesnt end just there--the sentences usually start with "thank you" anyhows. somehow, in spite of all our complaints abt how terrible these naggy comments are, as kids, i think we secretly quite like some of them. after all, it means that there's actually someone who cares whether you brush your teeth or do your work or what not. HAHA. though, i must say, it's always my dad who asks "have you brushed yr teeth? do it now!" heheh.

whatever the case, it's a nice sweet little day to thank mothers. for all the long months carry this heavy load in front of them, enduring tough childbirth and hving to watch these little things grow up from their annoying cries to their annoying remarks abt you. HAHA. though, im sure (RIGHT MOMMYYY??) they nv thought them annoying. i thank my mommyyy for all the love showered on both the weird little girls. it was nice growing up with all the "sweetieee", "sweetheart" and what nots even though we gave gross faces after. and of course, all the "try my cake/cookie/stuff/whatever" and "just eat one bite--if you dont eat, how wld you know how it tastes like" <-------this was best used to con us into eating yucky (oops!) stuff which we normally nv wld.... the list goes on. but for all the wonderful things--staying up and waiting for me to finish studying, attempting to read jap words to me, massaging my poor shoulder and neck throughout my thesis-writing and exam period. LOVEYOU MOMSIE!

( pics from the quiet little dinner.. )

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God bless all our mothers (:

it's study break this week! but of course, i had to sneak out to experience my first free cone day with wuieeee! (21april09)
we enjoyed a wondering lunch tgt at carl's junior (thankfully sharing a yummy-licious portobello burger with cheesy beef chilli fries before heading down to join the ever-increasing queue of pple headed for ben&jerry's free cone day. HAHA. after all the lovely trips to b&j with fx and all, i finally got to taste my first free cone! oooh of course, i also learnt that wuieeee dearieeee actually volunteered to help scoop for free cone day back during her exchange days in wisconsin! i also met karen there with her collegues..

( pics taken that day: courtesy of wuieeeee )

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you scream, i scream, we all scream for icecream... 

( ps. this is specially for puffy (and his mom fifi) )

(okay.. back to work now)

haha. yep. yr eyes did not deceive you. im finally posting one (that is, if anyone still refreshes this little corner of mine). it's been a really tiring semester--not that it has ended, mind you (i've got 2 more exam papers to go) but today marked the end of official sch-going days, for lect or lab or whatever. haha. it was so funny when i shouted across 2 rows of pple to tell sharon that "today's the last day of sch!!"

a day where we had to come by to drop our thesis, walk ard in the sweltering heat (fifi understands), wave and say hi to friends hanging around the faculty possibly for the last time. i thought it would be a wow thing.. something more to look forward to.. but it seemed... a little too anti-climatic. perhaps it was the mad rush to finish my experiments, then my presentations, then my poster, then my thesis, .... and when it all just dwindled down to a close... yea, anti-climatic. heh. oddly enough.

i guess you could see how busy i was--judging from the lack of ANY posts for that matter. haha. thought my blog died, didnt you? (: but i realised that i'd always have things to be thankful abt. we're given so much.. and yea, all these are blessingsbeyond! i thank God for bringing me through all the crazy typings, the shoulder and neck pains (fr all the crazy typings), the late nights (ok, i usually before midnight!), the depressing times when i think i'm nv gg to finish, the weird routine all final year students wld understand (quote pammie "sleep-type-eat" and the whole process just repeats itself until said thesis/poster is done), the dropping by school twice a wk for ONE lecture in betwn all that typings.. hahaha. the list goes on.  

im also really really thankful for my parents who managed to survive my weirdness and mumbles... and mommyyyyy who massaged my shoulder and neck night after night, listened to my crappy presentations (x3??), poster presentations, stress-accompanied complaints (HAHA! there's still my exam quirkiness >< to come).. of course, daddyyyyyyyyy too for holding my poster and listening to my trial run #XXX and all. thanks a bunch.

then there's fifi--the im-hving-fun-come-play-w-me sister who very nicely turns her music softer when i ask, not disturb me MUCH and always cracks me up with her attempts to make me pay for her lunch. (note: fifi-->im not gg to sch anymore, not until my exam days.. guess you hv to buy yr own! oh and thanks for claypot today :)

and then there's also fx who listens to all my whines abt nv finishing my poster/thesis and everything else. now it's gg to be exam worry whines. haha. are u up for it? (: appreciate the many times you just managed to make me rem how to laugh again in the midst of all my complains.

and of course all my friends who've heard me whine and shared tgt how we must finish up all these step by step. it's amazing how far we've come. ALL THE BEST FOR EXAMS! :D (if u hv any that is ;)

( poster presentation pics! )

oops. i kinda left this one out the last time i blogged. anyhows, last saturday (6dec) TRAFFIC went down to fort canning park for a time of icecream in the .. well.. erratic weather after a hilariously funny lunch tgt at fish&co.

so we were happy that it rained before the fest started (-->meaning fewer pple wld've made it there earlier). but that meant that everywhere was rather wet. we took that well, with timmy playing some 4x4 rubix and me gg ard taking funny poses of them. then the rain came. what started out as a drizzle became a pouring rain, and amongst the 9 of us, only ONE was smart enough to bring an umbrella. (thanks shaun!)
it was a quite a sight i must admit, 9 heads trying to pop under shaun's foldable umbrella meant for a max of 2 pple. haha. some gave up and stood in the rain (i hope no one got sick!! ><) while others--like myself--squeezed under that little umbrella. HAHA. mymy. all for 12 new flavors of ben&jerry's icecream?! haha.

anyw, the sad part was that we had to order in the rain and shelter those precious scoops of icecream to a dry enough place to enjoy. haha. it was an interesting day :D we even got to see this really cool machine (check collage pics) which produced foam-y stars and hearts and all sorts of shapes which floated ard (and up into) the sky.

guess it all ended with 9 smellies walking away, happy to hv tried some pretty amazing flavors.. ooh recap! we tried: cake batter, half baked, peanut butter cookie dough (me: LOVELOVE!), choc peanut butter swirl, cinnamon buns, triple caramel chunk, vanilla choc chunk, lemonade sorbet, mango sorbet, strawberry cheesecake, and some cappucino one which i obv didnt try ;) .... *sorry if i missed out some! let me know if u rem :D

( some pictures to rem the occassion (: )
mmmMM. i wish they'd bring peanut butter cookie dough here.
oooooooh, swei and i might be doing sthing similar soon! *excited*

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a big THANK YOU to all my lovelies who stood by in the hot sun and the dreary rain (and the hot sun again) just to satisfy my little icecream indulgence (:

well, forgive the excitement :D im stuck w gg to sch almost everyday anyway.. for my fyp. pah. i sure hope things go well >< so far so.. okay. ive got quite a bit more expts to run and well.. time's runningggggggggg~

anyhows, here's a little update since the exams..^^

( there was pauline & jake's wedding dinner... )

haha. i'd bet no one wld read this unless they've got an lj. but anyhows, i've been too busy (sadly) and posts now--must warrant loads. (hear that fifi!) so, here's a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear (ever-annoying) sister :D
HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY! haha.
i'd always remember the numb hand (fingers) which stretched across just cuz someone was afraid. ^^
have a very blessed day ahead(:

( my little something (for now). im sure you can wait for the other part :) )* * *
smile!

and we all sing along..
"happy birthday to you, you are born in the zoo, with the monkeys (fellow friends) and tigers (me?HAHA),
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUU!!"

haha. happy birthday mama. :D

( a little sthing~ )

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keep smiling (even with that peace sign.. keep doing it :D haha) . stay young (as if you dont alr ^^)..
we love you loads mom.

haha. well, ive been pretty busy with sch these days (hence the zero updates). running in and out of lab and back and forth from lectures.. 
year4 is tough. definitely. but i sure hope i enjoy it. (: 
anyhows, wrt my fyp.. there's still progress.. moving on pretty ok-ly. much hopes and expectations from my prof and he's so nice that.. heh.. no one wants to disappoint him as well. sure hope all goes well and i DONT start getting wayy too busy for pple or (other) things!

but the good news i wanted to share was really just abt my braces. haha. i finally got them off today.. after abt 3years. heh. though, we really shld exclude my exchange and all the long hols and what nots where i didnt do much to them. it's sad when all yr kids (in church) and friends take theirs off after a year or two and you're still stuck with yours. butbut! today i finally got to feel my teeth again for the first time in close to 3 years. hahaa. like my orthodontist describes, they feel 'slimy' (cuz yr saliva's coating all of yr teeth suddenly) and a little funny that there's no more metal/hard stuff in front--less need to run my tongue ard to get the food that got stuck at lunch out.. yea. all that jazz. haha. :D my retainers are coming nxt wk. heh. for now, i'd enjoy a wk of total freedom, with no tough meat or what nots. 



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i continue to pray that we keep our eyes on Him and nothing else..

well, after a fantastic holiday in melb with my dear fx, im back home again.
safely, thank God :D my flight yest arrived 30min earlier in fact.
haha. shld be heading to school this afternoon to check if i can start stuff (eeps!) soon.
singapore--yes you've guessed it--is HOT HOT HOT. heh. even fifi betted on what i'd say when i first got back. that's embarrassing.

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that's much to smile abt(:
(a/e/i)misseeww.