MAGIC MIRROR
There is said to be a bar in New York where, in the Ladies Room, there is a very special mirror. If you stand in front of this mirror and tell the truth, you are granted a wish. However, if you tell a lie, POOF! you are instantly swallowed up by the mirror, never to be seen again.
A redhead of questionable looks walks into the Ladies Room and stands before the mirror and says, "I think I'm the most beautiful woman in the world." POOF! The mirror swallows her.
Next, a rather large brunette stands before the mirror and says, "I think I think I'm the sexiest woman alive! POOF! The mirror swallows her.
Then an absolutely gorgeous blonde comes in and stands before the mirror and says, "I think..." POOF! She is swallowed up and is never seen again.
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BLONDE TAKES BUS
A blonde was visiting Washington, DC for the first time. She wanted to see the Capitol building. Unfortunately, she couldn't find it, so she asked a police officer for directions, "Excuse me, officer, how do I get to the Capitol building?"

The officer replied, "Wait here at this bus stop for the number 54 bus. It'll take you right there." She thanked the officer and he drives off.

Three hours later the police officer returned to the same area and, sure enough, the blonde is still waiting at the same bus stop. The officer got out of his car and said, "Excuse me, but to get to the Capitol building, I said to wait here for the number 54 bus. That was three hours ago. Why are you still waiting?"

The blonde replied, "Don't worry, officer, it won't be long now. The 45th bus just went by!"
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WRONG WAY WARNING
A blonde was driving down the motorway when her car phone rang. It was her husband, urgently warning her, "Honey, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on the M25. Please be careful!"
"It's not just one car!" said the blonde.
"There are hundreds of them!"
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

FOOD, glorious food!
hear the cookie monster ROAR!!
yayy i love my mom! she really knows how to pamper me with good food :) how i wish i could just pack her into my suitcase and bring her to london with me, that way i don't have to worry 'bout food there. chuckles.


me and my bro. any resemblance?
yes, no? :)

just came back from tuition, oh i'm so tired now. i think one year of not touching physics has really drained everything outta me. hehs. Jolyn: hey girl, all the best for your test tmr k? hope you can remember all the formulae and stuff! jiayou! :):):)

went swimming in the afternoon. twas was a nice, hot and sultry day. would have loved the weather, but not when i'm already burnt. on top of OBS chao ta, i'm now SUPER chao ta. like a red lobster. or how he always puts it, like CHAR SIEW. hahaha.

eeks. i don't know what's wrong with my internt connection. i can't seem to log into msn! so i switched to my bro's com but it's so super ultra duper sloooow. i'm irritated, hmph! =( my poor bro's having mid-year exams now. but he keeps popping by my com to watch metacafe..he's addicted to it i tell you. haha. tsk tsk..one more day la, TAHAN!!

ok, i'm going to watch March Of The Penguins now. tata!

p.s.: GUYS! please go visit www.livingdeadart.blogspot.com!
this girl is really really talented, please support her art pieces :)
(click on LINKS when u get there)

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i've always dreamt of travelling around the world to visit beautiful cathedrals like these :)


Notre Dame Cathedral, France.


Plazza de los Laureles, fountain, and Cathedral by night. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.


*****

bumped into a group of school children on my way home. made me realise how much i miss school :(

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The Omen, a remake of the 1976 horror classic, tells the story of the coming of the antichrist – personified as a young boy named Damien.


Was watching The Omen and was personally freaked out by the boy. the boy was eerie because he was so silent - the filmmakers seemed to have kept his dialogue to a minimum. but it worked..his silence creeped me out. totally. and his dimples just didn't make him look any cuter.

Realised how horror movie filmmakers are now aggressively relying on a shopworn movie tradition: the creepy kid. you see the creepy kid character everywhere. Like "The Omen", "The Exorcist", "The Sixth Sense", "The Grudge" and "Dark Water". it's eerie. kids just somehow manage to play the creepy character so well. i could literally feel goosebumps when i watched The Exorcist (i admit, i was stupid enough to watch it in the dead middle of the night). there is something about corrupting innocents that feels so wrong - it is seeing evil manifesting itself in an innocent mind that ain't right. that could be why it is so frightening and disturbing, or maybe even 'appealing', according to Tony Timpone (editor of Fangoria magazine). now with all the hype about creepy kids in horror flicks, many parents are eagerly sending their children to Hollywood, probably secretly hoping that their kid would be creepy enough to look like an evil incarnate.

looks like rosemary's babies are here to stay.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Street Magic Revealed

Boo.

So cheaterbug, i feel so cheated . haha. i can levitate too!

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/152624/video/R/CFD_1002/



Criss Angel and half a woman.
oh my gosh, this is the freakiest thing i've ever seen in my life.

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Vamos Rafael!

he so totally rocks. on top of being a FANTASTIC clay court player, i must add that he's also very very cute =)



Nadal in his young prodigy days. cute guy...
and cute socks!

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Monday, June 26, 2006

uncle jason! and uncle alfred in the background.

the big wheel i've always wanted to take a pic of :)

with shimmie at thai express


Just got back from squash at slf. im feeling so so tired and shagged now. met shimmie in the afternoon, we just walked around marina square. and talked. the bulk of our time was spent foraging for FOOD! hahaha gluttons we are. =D yayyy and we both got ourselves green ARMY PANTS.

uncle jason pointed out my horrible sandfly scars on my legs. eeks. i didn't even notice them till he said so..ok time to get some anti-scar cream or sthg. BOO. ciao!

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me and my twin. haha

while sifting through some old photos in my com, i found many nice random shots :)

meepok: i miss sentosa! let's go back again..with char, han, von and jay! hahaha pls pls?

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Sunday, June 25, 2006

Nicole Vaidisova


This woman has it all:
She's definitely GOT GAME!
Check out her arms, she has got muscles (she must be lifting weights!)





Running at night is therapeutic =)

As i was running, i took the opportunity to spend my quiet time with God, wondering about how people's priorities in life change. it may be due to circumstances. it may be due to a change of heart. or it may be a combination of both. i have to admit that mine have changed over the past few months..not that i no longer cherished what i used to. but maybe for now, it has taken on a lower status in my life, and there are certain things that i have to give up as a result of this. as painful as it is for me to let go, i'm telling myself that it's going to be alright because i'm letting them go in God's hands.

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I want a chocolate fountain!!

Mmm...i agree that chocolates can make you very very happy indeed :)

Chocolates are like relationships in a box. It's fun. It's good. It's romance and friendship.

And chocolates don't make you fat! Good dark chocolate isn't fattening. It's the milk and sugar in milk chocolates that are. So eat more dark chocolate. =)

I am so going to get the Godiva Chocolixir soon. Dark Chocolate Decadence - "Extra dark solid chocolate pieces blitzed together with milk and ice, then pumped with a cloud of whipped cream and glossy chocolate sauce."

oh my god, how can anyone resist that?!

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Switchfoot :: Dare You To Move
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

At some point in our lives, we feel that we're like empty boats moving round and round in a circle..without any direction nor purpose. things get so comfortable and predictable that life becomes mundane. maybe it's time to break out of our comfort zones and challenge ourselves to things which we've once thought were impossible to achieve. as old men shall dream dreams, young men shall see visions. break out of the circle and you'll realise that you can achieve so much more.. expand that small circle and make it bigger. because God is going to give you a destiny that is bigger than yourself.

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Saturday, June 24, 2006

3c outing today! Turn out was not bad...8 guys and 8 girls...:P We trooped off to this place called The Mind Cafe at boat quay...To those who haven't heard of it, it's this cafe where you can order food to eat, and play board/card games at the same time...We started out playing taboo...where my team (me, yee wei, shen ye, teck tee, eng shing) promptly got trashed by the other darn pro team (weiting, sara loh, zhen chang, qi sheng, rong kai) Oh, for once, we didn't spend the whole class outing with the usual guy-girl divide!! Wah I'm proud of us man...:P Anyway, dinner was a set consisting of soup, main course of choice, brownie with ice-cream and drink...Then it was back to games...where we played Truth or Dare Jenga! Haha, luckily I didn't kena cause the thing to collapse, but then all the truths and dares were SO boring!! Eg. "What do you have under your bed?" and "What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?" Haha, teck tee was like, "err...do we care?!" ;) I think guys are inherently better in all these centre of gravity games though...Zhen chang and eng shing didn't even hesitate when they pull one tile out...While weiting and I are -poke poke prod prod- one tile, then if the whole structure shakes, then -poke poke prod prod- another tile, until we find one that we can pull out safely..:P Anyway, after that, I finally got to play Life for the very first time in my life! Quite fun...something like monopoly...Though as usual, my luck in the game is like crap...Started out owing the bank 100k cos of college education, then come out of college getting the lowest possible salary of 20k, then pick the house that is like on some fault line and is literally splitting in half...Haha talk about bad luck man...Though I suppose it DOES make playing the game exciting for me...Weiting was complaining about how her 'life' was so boring...:P Think I still prefer Lilian's Career game though..Pity it's not well known...couldn't even find it at the cafe...and there were A LOT of games there...

-XL :)

God has His own ways of showing that He cares..as i looked back on the past few months, i realised how He has placed so many people in my life. People who have helped me to make difficult decisions, people who have encouraged me when i'm down and people who have made me smile. it's incredible how God understands me, especially at times when i'm feeling discouraged or when i'm at a crossroad of my life and i don't know which way to turn. sometimes, i feel as if He is speaking directly to me through the people around me. these are the people who have in one way or another, impacted me greatly. and these are the people whom i'm going to miss a great deal when i leave. but God has His ways of assuring me i don't have to worry, because everything will be alright :)

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this photo brings back many good memories :)

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Barkers!

Lingz


Just came back from a 5-day course at OBS. i thoroughly enjoyed myself a lot! it was really an experience..so different from the previous OBS in sec 3 because this time i did marine mobile and cutter-sailing expedition :) man, sailing was uber fun. a first time for me...and im so dying to take up sailing now! haha. alongside scuba-diving and para-sailing. *grins*

Day 1:
today marks the start of OBS! exciting i must say, as i was really looking forward to a 5-day camp of adventure, fun and laughter. and lotsa sunshine! but more importantly, it's a bonding camp to get to know my DSTA buddies better, and i hope to bring back a lot of good memories with me on this trip. i like my group a lot! we're the Barkers =) hey Jaya, it's such a wonder how we always bump into each other during some turning point in our lives...RGS, RJC, and now DSTA! but im so glad we're in the same grp! haven't really gotten down to knowing my group members but hopefully over the next few days, i'll get to see their 'blind', 'unknown' and 'hidden' sides..as my instructor Natalie puts it.

we did the inverse tower today. the horizontal logs that i did in sec 3. initially,i was apprehensive as i knew of the difficulty. i only managed to reach the 2nd log before i had to be brought down the last time because i was so freaked out up there. i was shaking like a leaf (right, xinling?). haha. i have a terrible phobia for heights but this time, i told myself that im going to reach higher. maybe even the top. and i did! was so mightily happy when i was all the way up there...the view was so nice i didn't even notice the height. man, it feels good to be on top of the world! =D

Day 2:
We sailed today! It was rather disappointing because there was no sun at all the whole day. it just rained and rained while we were out on the sea. but we still had our fun in the rain =) There's so much to sailing...all the terms, techiniques, how to tack or gybe and even when to 'bear' with the wind. It was truly an eye-opening experience for me..we also did rowing on the cutter-sail with the oars when there was no wind. it was somewhat like dragon-boating 'cos everyone was so hyped up and coordinated as we shouted,"Dip, Pull! Dip, Pull!" We managed to catch the sunset in the evening...really pretty, especially when you're bobbing in the middle of the sea on a sailboat. Night was spent cooking! The food was really good. Natalie cooked really nice rice..haha. i remembered how our rice in sec3 OBS turned out 'crunchy' because of the sand. though we were all dirty and didnt get a chance to bathe, it didn't really bother me because we were all so busy helping out with the food and the tents, we almost forgot how grimy we all are. really praying for more sun tmr!!

Day 3:
Yayy! our prayers are finally answered. today's weather was bright and sunny! :) we went for a river-rafting activity in the morning, where we had to build our own raft out of pipes, barrels and ropes. then we tested our raft in the quarry. it was challenging as we had to make one that could hold the weight of all 13 of us. but we did it! and all within an hour! im so proud of ourselves :D swam in the quarry next..Oooo the water felt so nice after not bathing for an entire day. luxurious i must say. haha..As the weather was perfect today, with the sun out and the wind strong on our sails, we had a really enjoyable sail. lotsa tacking and gybing..really fun. managed to switch my roles around the ship..such as i learnt the roles of a bow-lookout, the jib-hand, the running stay and the main sails. realised how hard it was to manage the sails in strong winds...you really gotta use brute force to hold the ropes or the ship will capsize. hehe. we spent the night on the ship...was pretty amazed at how everyone managed to squeeze and sleep on the ship, considering the space constraint. watched the stars at night as i dozed off...very pretty and brought back nice memories. :)

Day 4:
Our last day sailing today. pretty sad 'cos i really enjoyed cutter-sailing tremendously. wished we could sail for more days, hehe. don't know when's gonna be the next time that im going to be on a sail boat again..unless i take up sailing. *cross fingers* i hope so!! i was the captain today! was a blur one at that, haha! but luckily wei hong and yan wen helped me out...teaching me how and when to tack, gybe and everything or i would be so tremendously lost! the wind was really strong today...very good for sailing indeed :) we had a lot of fun on the ship today..cracking lame jokes and reliving silly games like Johnny Woosh. haha and gorging on our rations, which turned out to be quite a lot actually. not much of rationing to be done..haha.

our campsite tonight was a nice place..not much mosquitoes. i had been bitten so often the past few days i think ive developed some kind of resistance to mosquitoes alr. talk about adaptation man. my legs are so horrible bitten and scarred..eeks. we did some tunnelling activity tonight, where everyone had to enter a tunnel one by one..and feel your way out. it was so super dark and spooky inside you really could not see a single thing. at first, i thought it was like those haunted house concept where you have people and 'things' jumping out to scare you, but thank god it was nothing like that. it's more of an activity to test your courage, and to show you how we're all gonna experience one part of our lives where we have to enter a tunnel of darkness all by ourselves. some may falter and break down inside this tunnel, but some will brave the darkness and eventually overcome it.

we stayed up playing Polar Bear tonight...it's exactly the same as Mafia, just that now the mafia is a polar bear (as the name suggests) haha. had a truly fun bonding time with my group..and everyone was so hooked onto the game, we just kept playing round after round. haha, we have Frank, the self-confessed dumb but valuable villager who talks so so much (he reminds me of Ashley!). William the poor chap who never survives past the 2nd round..and who usually gets killed by the polar bear the moment he wakes up! Wei Hong the really obscure one, i cant seem to figure out if he's the polar bear or not. lik sin, another one who cant seem to shut his mouth for one second. hahaha so much funnnn. i just wished tmr wasn't the last day :(

Day 5:
sailed back to our camp and packed our stuff. realised that this OBS was way past my expectations in terms of fun, challenges and the friendships that i made. was impressed by how our group members are all so efficient and enthusiastic about everything throughout the course. we're so team-oriented in everything we do..it's really nice to see that. and im glad that im going to bring back a lot of valuable lessons that i have learnt from this course..many choices that i have made, many challenging activities i have done, many obstacles that i have overcome, and many personal goals that i have set for myself. as natalie puts it, our life doesn't start when we entered OBS. but rather, it starts the day we leave OBS. because it is in OBS that we can afford to make all the mistakes that we want.

did a committment activity before we left. we got to choose from many activities but all require you to take a leap of faith. i chose one which required me to jump off a platform in mid-air and grab onto a handle-bar. was really scared up there. but everyone was supporting me from down there and even though i jumped and i missed... that leap of faith that i took really encouraged me so much. it's something which i'm not going to forget for the rest of my life..from this course, i have learnt also to make personal sacrifices. there are certain things which i am still not able to let go..but through this 5-day course, i have realised that letting go requires a great deal of courage. and i'm happy that i have done it :)

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Going for law orientation camp next week...Haha having mixed feelings...On one hand, it'll be great to get to know some of the law freshies...especially since, unlike med fac, most law people are not from rj...On the other hand, there's the dirt, flour, ketchup and whatever that the seniors can think of for us first years to roll around in..Haha, but I suppose getting bullied by the seniors is part of every orientation process...Just that this time...it's a five-day 24/7 bullying period...;) Oh, and apparantly there's this formal dinner thingy on thurs night...Haiz...I hate having to dress up...Christine was saying that she'll be wearing the prom gown she borrowed from Shi Ying..Darn...now I'll feel grossly underdressed...Cos I'm kind of unwilling to drag my prom dress all the way to kent ridge..Was thinking of just wearing something simpler...and hope to get away with it without looking too out-of-place...;) And then there's the whole process of MAKE-UP...-shudders-

-XL :)

Monday, June 19, 2006

Went for Andrew and Rina's wedding dinner last night...And for once, it wasn't as boring a night as other wedding dinners I've attended in the past...There was actually more people my age at my table than there are adults! Haha, think uncle lim specially arranged it this way...So at least all of us youths will have someone to talk to. Debbie was placed at the same table as I was, so there was already someone there I knew...:P Then there was her bro Dominic (President's scholar who had just graduated from Cambridge and had just returned to Singapore..Wah so zai...), Lynette, "Hyper" (err that's how it's pronounced anyway...don't know how to spell it...:P) and his bro...Not bad, they were all quite nice to talk to...:P Oh, and Debbie, Dominic and I have dubbed this wedding the marriage of James Lye and Corrinne May...Haha, cos Andrew looks somewhat like James Lye with his specs off, and Rina looks practically like Corrinne May's twin! Talking about which, Dominic actually interviewed her (Corrinne May, that is...) in person before! Wah I'm jealous...:P Oh, and he also knows Lianne! Haha...what a small world...;) It was good to see Debbie again though and to catch up on things, cos we usually only meet once a year during chinese new year...and she didn't even go this year...Learnt she's either trying Cambridge for Econs, or Oxford for PPE...Haha, I'm sure she'll get in...As smart as her bro...:P Oh, and Lynette was quite poor thing initially...Had to seat alone at our table while her parents sat at some other table quite far away...Could see she was quite down at first..but luckily after a few round of 'musical chairs'...she ended up seating next to me instead of being squashed between the adults...and after a while we managed to talk quite a bit...:P "Hyper" and his bro i didn't talk to much the whole evening though...but that's cos they were seated so far away...Plus from what I could hear from their conversations with Dominic, they were mostly talking about army life (argh guy talk...:P)

Anyway, what's a wedding dinner without talking about its food? ;) Haha, can't exactly remember how many courses there were...But just know that there was A LOT...We girls were so full by the time the chicken was served that we started eating very little for each course, while the guys...being guys...actually started complaining when the chicken was taken away before they had eaten their fill...and were all "Hey what happened to our chicken? How come after we finish talking, then it's gone already?!" :P Oh, and dessert was a dessert buffet! Haha, there was tirimisu, cheese cake, chocolate mousse, fruits and bread and butter pudding (yum my fav!!) Pity I was already so full by then that I couldn't eat much...darn...;) Haha, and Lynette couldn't even bring herself to eat any cos she was so full, even though I kept asking her to go get some or it'll be such a waste, since the dessert was SO GOOD..:P

-XL :)

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Went out with wan to bugis yesterday cos she greatly needed the retail therapy...:P:

First stop: We crossed the road to bugis street and headed straight for the second floor...(Wan cos she liked the stuff there better...me cos I'm basically heat-intolerant...:P) We both got this really cool hand-made t-shirt that says 'angel' when you just look at it like that...and 'devil' when you look at the same shirt through the mirror...Haha my mum couldn't understand why on earth i got it cos the shirt looks so PLAIN...but there's more to it than meets the eye man...:P Oh, and I don't know what's with the craze...but saw a lot of shops there that are selling this voodoo doll-like keychain...Wan actually thinks it is CUTE (you are kidding me)...But to me, they are just creepy...especially at one shop where there was this larger version of the doll hanging on display that said 'i am selling my babies at $2.50" Eek... -goosebumps- Oh, and the whole place actually blacked out for a while...Haha quite cool..as you see people all around you start whipping out their handphones...(it was so dark that you could barely see even the person standing next to you...) then before you know it, there are all these square little boxes of light everywhere...:P Oh, and I'm proud to say that i managed to find this really nice KNEE-LENGTH skirt at the shop i was at when the place blacked out...(haha don't worry...waited for the lights to turn on again first to see if it looks good before i bought it...:P) For once my mum couldn't complain about the length! :P

Second stop: Wan wanted to check out this new shopping place called Icon...so went with her across the street to look at it...Didn't find anything i like there...but wan managed to find this nice black skirt at only 15 bucks! Oh, but one thing i hated was having to jaywalk across the road to reach the place...You should have seen the traffic...Wan, the expert jaywalker, had to practically drag a very reluctant me as we weaved across the cars that come and go...kind of like one of those com games where you try to avoid the cars coming at different times at the different lanes...And by the time to cross back to bugis junction, i simply gave up and dragged a reluctant Wan to the traffic light (which was rather far away) to cross...Note to self: try to avoid driving on that road...Don't exactly want to knock down anyone jaywalking...

Anyway, attended uncle lim's son andrew's church wedding today...Realised what people mean when they say a girl looks her best on her wedding day...Rina look really great today! Oh, and there was this little boy sitting next to me at the wedding who was so cute!! Haha, every time someone came up to intro themselves, he would go all "Hi, my name is Owen. I am almost 8 years old. My birthday is coming soon!" :) Haha, also realise that in all my 19 years, this is my first time attending a church wedding..(normally i just go for the feast at the wedding dinners...:P) It's quite an eye-opener...All the prayers and blessings...the proceedings that you go through...It really creates a warmth that you have all your friends, family and relatives blessing your marriage and being there to share in your happiness...:)

-XL :)
P.s. Saw this ice-cream booth that sells wasabi ice-cream at bugis yesterday...Think the very idea of it is just gross...but apparantly it's supposed to be quite good...Bleah...

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Memorable quote of the day: "Girls with asses like mine do not talk to guys with faces like yours" - from She's the Man

Watched She's the Man today at cine...And man did it surprise me...It was SUPER GOOD. Think it even surpassed the previous effort by the same team of producers/scriptwriters etc: 10 Things I Hate About You...and that's saying a lot, since that movie is already considered quite good...:P Think She's the Man is now considered my fav movie of the month...(ahead of Cars and Over the Hedge!!) For those who haven't yet heard about what the story is about, it is basically an adaptation of the Shakespearean play Twelfth Night. Amanda Bynes stars as Viola, a girl from a disbanded girls' soccer team who decides to prove to her school's boys' team that a girl can play football as well as a guy by dressing up as her twin brother, Sebastian, in his new boarding school and joining the football team there. As with all films of this genre, a love triangle develops where Viola falls for Duke, this really good-looking football captain who also happens to be Sebastian's roommate, while Duke has a huge crush on the most sought-after girl in the school, Olivia, who instead has a crush on Sebastian (who is really Viola in disguise). Ya that's about all I should say really, but this movie is a must-watch!

Oh, on a slightly different note, Channing Tatum (who acts as Duke) reminds me a lot of Chad Michael Murray. Shall post a picture of him up here (Chad Michael Murray I assume most people know how he looks like...so shall not bother to find his pic...:P)




Haha, this means Xiu Fang...you have another incentive to watch She's the Man!

Oh, and I was reading about his resume when I saw that he is acting in another film that is coming up soon, called Step Up. Saw the synopsis for the film and it looks good:
Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum) is a street smart juvenile delinquent, with a reckless streak that lands him in a world of trouble after he and his friends trash an auditorium at a high school for the performing arts. Sentenced to do community service at the school, he at first wants nothing to do with the students, until he meets a beautiful dancer who's willing to give him a shot. Against all expectations, Ty gets drawn into her world, and discovers his own talent for dance.
Haha...a story about dancing...Personally, for me...a movie can't go too wrong with that genre...;)
-XL :)
P.s. Weiting and I have resolved to master manual for Daytona and to challenge our class guys one day! Who says all girls have to use auto?! :P

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

oh man. i was bumming around just now and the sudden realisation that im going to leave in around 3 months' time hit me. it hit me real hard. wow. seems like time took off like an express train the past few months! haha. although i haven't exactly accomplished anything constructive (as my mom never fails to remind me) , i had a really nice and enjoyable break. i've never been on a holiday for so long after exams. as much as i want school to start, there's this laziness in me that just wants time to stop so that i can bum around forever. =D i'm so full of contradictions.

i'm really looking forward to going london. what with all the mad Christmas sales, crazy LIVE football matches (haha! jasho don't forget k!), summer breaks spent travelling around europe and meeting new people. i'm really excited..but deep down inside, there is still gonna be an inevitable lonely part of me 'cos of all my friends and family will be here. and i'm gonna miss them. so so so much. i may only have photos to keep me constantly reminded of you guys..but they really mean a lot to me! :)

more often than not, people change in university. whether it's staying here or going overseas. but thinking on the bright side, changes don't necessarily have to be bad or negative. many people change for the good. i hope that after 4 yrs, no matter how much we have changed, we'd still be able to talk and hang out like old times. let's keep the childish spirit in us yea? haha!
i would like to age living my life in crazy ways.. hehs =) and i believe that all it takes is faith in that we can and will remain in contact over the next 4 years.

over this long break, i've also grown to know myself better. in terms of what i want in life and what decisions i should or should not make. some decisions are hard and painful. but in life, nothing is ever fair. one should learn to sacrifice certain things in life, move on and look forward so that God himself may bless you with greater things to come. i've lamented on life's unfairness once, but i've since come to realise that this is really God's way of pouring out his miraculous blessings upon us...

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*drools*


talking about cars.. oh my god xinling! you must must check out the Lamborghini-Gallardo! it's so so cool, it's the prettiest car on earth. hahaha if i were filthy rich i would definitely get it. :) grins.

i've always wanted a racing car badly. but then again, singapore has so many traffic lights..it's kinda impractical. haha.


Yellowcard :: Lights and Sounds
Stop, turn, take a look around
At all the lights and sounds
Let ‘em bring you in
Slow, burn, let it all fade out
And pull the curtain down
I Wonder where you've been


.:Xiufang:.

My Dream Car:


Steps to getting it:
1. Get my driving license. Check.
2. Find some sort of reason that I need it. eg. my uni is very far away and it's more convenient to drive there than to take public transport. Check.
3. Convince my parents of the rationale of step 2. Haha, now THAT poses a problem...:P
Yay...finally got my driving license today! 10 demerit points from the test...Not the most excellent result...but hey...what's important is that i PASSED right? :P Haha, at first when i saw what lousy test route i managed to ballot myself into, (route 6...which is like one of the hardest) was like "darn...why such bad luck...", but luckily the tester was quite nice...He could have failed me really...when some bus in front of me suddenly stopped to cut lane and i had to stop within the yellow box (aka stop at junction and cause obstruction to traffic which= immediate failure)... Thank goodness he decided to let me off on that though... Realised what ppl mean when they say that my centre's pass rate is quite low though...Out of the 19 ppl taking the test during the same time slot...Only 5 ppl (including me) passed...That's like about 25%...Bleah...
As for piano exam yesterday...kind of screwed up the Prelude section for the J.S Bach English Suite...which was the very first piece..(haha nervous...so my fingers went haywire..) but guess the rest of the sections of the suite, as well as the other pieces, went fine...I didn't blank out during Debussy's Toccata...(which i memorised for the exam) Phew!! :) The good thing about the exam venue at parkway is that the examiner seats directly behind you...So after some time, you can will yourself to forget about his existance...since he doesn't talk, and you can't see him anyway...:P It certainly helped calmed my nerves...the part about pretending the examiner is not there...;) Haha, it was kind of weird to have the examiner not mouth a single word the entire time though...unlike in my previous piano exams...Not that I'm complaining that LTCL has no aural and sight-reading and stuff...Actually prefer it this way..:P
-XL :)

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Xiufang, you're a Pro Shopper

Buyer beware. Maybe you've learned from experience or perhaps that's just the way you are, but it's clear that you're a savvy shopper who isn't afraid to shop around. Impulse purchases? Not your style.

From a pair of sneakers to a flat-screen TV to a jacket, you do your research before you buy. Knowing where to go to get what you want at a good price takes work. Whether you go around to different stores, test out the merchandise, compare prices, research on the Internet, or ask other people's opinions, you do what it takes to find the best buy. And that's why you're such a pro. Congrats!
oh my gosh. really? i thought i was more of an impulse shopper.haha

It's only been a day since 'So you think you can dance?' ended...and already I'm getting withdrawal symptoms...Haha guess the show kind of made me miss dancing a lot...Actually was planning on taking up some form of dance lessons again this break...either jazz or hip-hop...but somehow that never materialised...My dad wants me to go back to learn ballet...But my bones are so stiff already...(I can't even do splits anymore) I bet I'll really suck if I go back now...:P As it is, I was already one of the weakest in my grade 8 ballet class last time...Haha, then again, my batch then was "one of the best batches ever", quoting my ballet teacher's words...:P And no wonder, with ppl like ying shan, who practised ballet 24/7 until her toenails came off (ouch) and got like full marks for her grade 7 ballet exam...or vanessa, who's so naturally good and flexible (she can do more than 180 degree splits!) she barely even has to work hard to dance well...Wah...I felt so lousy dancing next to them man...;) Wonder how all my ballet friends are doing nowadays though...Have kind of lost contact since I quit in sec 4...The only ppl I ever see around recently are ying shan (who was also in rj) and rebecca (whom I keep bumping into at driving lessons..) Heard most of them have quit ballet as well...Not surprising really...most ppl stop at grade 8..like me...:P

-XL :)
P.s. Oh, got into NUS law after all...Was on the waiting list...
P.p.s Piano exam at 2pm! Ahhhhhhh! *cross my fingers and hope i do well*

Monday, June 12, 2006

Hillsong :: Always
Did You rise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever I will seek You

Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?


.:Xiufang:.

Oopz the previous entry was not supposed to end off with me sounding so pissed off like that..Actually was planning on writing more about other stuff, but my parents came home...so had to quickly publish whatever's written...and then frantic -close window close window-

Hmmm anyway...being feeling somewhat dizzy the past few days...don't know what's wrong with me...My mum reckons that it's cos i've been on the com too much lately...so i'm becoming short-sighted...Which doesn't make sense cos i only start getting dizzy when i stare at NEAR objects...So have come to the conclusion that either:

1. My ears are off-balance again because I kind of flattened my left ear sleeping on it one night...so aside from being pain...one side effect is dizziness...
2. I'm becoming LONG-sighted...which...yucks please NO...I'm still young man...:P (Oh and did I mention that my mum found my wisdom hair aka my single strand of white hair the other day? Haha yet another sign of premature aging...-shudder- ;) )

Anyway whatever it is...really hope it'll stop soon...Cos whenever I play my piano for too long now..it's like -whee i feel like the world is rocking to and fro- and my head starts bobbing a bit to counter the rocking...which hopefully will be interpreted by my piano examiner tomorrow as being i'm feeling emotional with my piece...:P

Oh...and asked my driving instructor a really stupid question the other day...

Me: Oh...you know the 'yellow box' at the bus stop in front? Do you have to stop behind it like the actual yellow boxes if there's traffic in front?
Instructor: And why do you think you have to stop behind it?
Me: Well...cos in case there are buses coming...then the bus can go into the box and allow passengers to alight.
Instructor: -stares at stationary traffic all around my car and at the empty 'yellow box' in front- (I had already stopped behind it as suggested...) Eh...and how do you suppose the bus can somehow get to the bus stop if you stop like that? By dropping down from the sky?? -tries hard to suppress laughter-...-tries unsuccessfully to suppress laughter-...HAHA...

Darn...sometimes I lack common sense...

-XL :)

P.s. Tally so far of the rewards from the GSS:
Me: A wallet (my old one, which was threatening for a long time to fall apart...finally did...), a top, a belt/sash
My Mum: 3 tops and a pair of trousers...(and that's for this week..I can't recall exactly what she got the past two weeks when I was practising my piano at the exam venue at parkway...:P)

Haha...clearly we have a winner...:P You know I think my mum is feeling kind of sorry for me for not being able to find anything I like compared to her...so much so that she's been super easy to negociate with when buying stuff...Hence being able to get the $33 wallet (oh lilian yes i got it!) when normally it takes much more persuasion...:P

Saturday, June 10, 2006

It pisses me to find out how NUS allocates places for its law faculty...I know ppl who really want to get in, but didn't even make it to the interview round...Then there are those who put down law for the sake of it just to fill up the choices...and not only made it to the interview round... (that apparantly is computer generated...so if anyone is to blame...it's NUS' system for using a com to determine who are 'worthy' law students...) but actually GOT INto the law faculty! I mean, if the 250+ ppl who had made it through had been ppl who were genuinely interested in getting into law...then I'd have just been sad but resigned to the fact that I just did not match up to others...But shouldn't the law faculty take into consideration one's desire to go into the profession as opposed to simply judging one's capabilities as a lawyer based on their language abilities on paper?? On one hand, we have the newspapers talking about the shortage of lawyers as many leave the profession after practising for just a few years...Then on the other, we have the uni taking ppl who are not interested in getting into the faculty...So no wonder we are short of lawyers man!!

-XL

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

You Are Jean Grey

Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death). Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally! Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals
Which of the X-Men Are You?

oh my i am evil. mwahahahaha

.:|Xiufang|:.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Saw this on a friend's blog...so decided to do it myself...:P


You Are Iceman

You tried to live a normal life, but it just wasn't possibleA bit of a slacker, you rather tell jokes than cultivate your powers Powers: turning self and others into ice, making ice weapons, becoming nearly invisible
Which of the X-Men Are You?


-XL :)

P.s. For some funny reason, the html link above does not seem to work...So to those who are interested in doing the quiz too, the webby is http://www.blogthings.com/whichofthexmenareyouquiz/

Monday, June 05, 2006

Some things are difficult to read, and painful to know...
Check out life's review of Pixar's Cars: "Pixar! Pixar! Pixar! Who cares about the content, it's a new Pixar cartoon! -4 stars" Lol...though I admit Pixar is THE animation powerhouse in our time, and Cars is a must watch...but what kind of review is this?? If I remember correctly, life also gave a similar review for King Kong..."Peter Jackson is the director. Enough said. -4 stars" Haha...like that even I can become a movie critic...;)
Anyway, finally got to watch X-men yesterday! Initially got stuck in a huge jam cos of the suntec book fair cum PC fair...but thank goodness the released tickets (I arrived later than 30min before the start of the movie) had not yet been snatched up by the time I went to collect them...so all in all got good seats! :P Contrary to popular belief, I actually thought the movie was not too bad..considering how many spoilers I already knew! :P If I were James Marsden (Cyclops), I would have been appalled at the script though...He barely said 5 lines...and it's GOODBYE...Darn, and I LIKE cyclops...Oh, and it's sad that Rogue barely got to do anything at all in this film too...:(
Oh...and also saw the trailer for the Superman movie...and it looks darn good! Haha, can't believe I am saying this..(not a great Superman fan...) but I actually want to watch it! This adds to my collection of movies to watch...Pirates of the Carribean, Just my Luck, Cars etc...And add in the GSS...and man I'm gonna be BROKE...Haha, I've vowed to build up my wardrobe this couple of months cos the SMU people are all so well-dressed...and I have to find something to wear every single day...not like the good old uniform days anymore...:) So this month is really byebye to all my $$...;)
-XL :)

Saturday, June 03, 2006

EMERGE!'06 day 3

Wendy

arm-wrestling finals (heavyweight category!)
chuan yu was so pro. he thrashed his opponent who towered like 2 heads over him

make-up fashion parade

make-up finalist! by jie yun =)

sun :)
emerge day3: missed the preaching challenge in the morning 'cos i was feeling slightly sick. but i heard that sarah teo, sally and michelle were so good it's confirmed top three positions alr. whee! so i only went in the afternoon..just in time to catch the second half of Talentime! it was good..i like the dance by Joyous Celebration. xiao xian was pro and her tiger-mane hairdo was so funky. haha! i like..makes me wanna take up hip-hop. right shim! :p
take all of me
i give you my all
for all of you
move in your power
open the heavens Lord today
take all of me
make us your light for all to see
change this world we live in
let your harvest in
let your harvest in
.:Xiufang:.

Hmm...The offer for a place in the NUS University Scholar's Programme came through the mail today...Pity I already accepted the SMU Scholarship! Haha..ah wells...some things are just not meant to be...It would seriously have swayed me towards NUS actually...(and my dad would have rejoiced at that) but nevermind lah...What's done is done...I shadn't look back...:P

Anyway, was trying to promote all the taiwan and korean serials I have been watching to Lilian today...Haha, but she kind of gave me this realisation. Before I even started describing, she was like "let me guess...there is some good-looking, rich guy who then falls in love with some poor, but very hard-working and kind-hearted girl...right?" I actually started to protest...but hey guess what? When I think about it...Haha it's really IS like that...:P Let me give you a brief idea...

E Mo Zai Shen Bian: A good-looking rich guy falls for a poor (well actually more middle-class) girl who is really kind-hearted, but who is also going to be his older stepsister. (His dad and her mum were getting married)
E Zuo Ju Zhi Wen: A good-looking, smart, and rich guy is pestered by a poor and stupid girl...but over time falls in love with her.
Wo De Ming Zi Jiao Jin San Shun: A good-looking rich guy falls for a fat, not so good-looking older girl who has a great personality.

Wah...the more I said...the more stupid I felt...Man, Lilian's one sentence REALLY does summarise all the shows I watch darn well...;) (Note to self: Never be a promoter for these kind of serials...EVER. I'll put people off with my um...wondering summaries...:P)

Anyway, since Lilian stated that she liked doing the previous batch of puzzles I posted...here's more!! :P

1.

2.




3. Would you rather a crocodile attack you or an alligator?
4. There is a closed room with a light in it. Outside, there are 3 light switches. You can flick any of the switches any number of times. You can only open the door and go into the room once. You know that the light is initially off. How can you determine which light switch operates the light?
5.
Read each line aloud without making any mistakes. If you make a mistake you MUST start again without going any further.
This is this puzzle
This is is puzzle
This is how puzzle
This is to puzzle
This is keep puzzle
This is an puzzle
This is idiot puzzle
This is busy puzzle
This is for puzzle
This is forty puzzle
This is seconds! puzzle
-XL :)
Ans. 1. are you ready 2. split second timing 3. I would rather the crocodile attack the alligator. 4. Leave switch 1 alone. Flick switch 2 for 1 hour, then flick back. Flick switch 3. Now look. If the light is on, then the switch is 3, if the light bulb is warm, then switch 2, else switch 1. 5. Now go back and read the THIRD word in each line from the top.
P.s. Aiyah...how come blogspot can't read chinese?? And to think I spent SO LONG trying to recall my han yu pin yin so as to type the names of the serials out in chinese...;)

Friday, June 02, 2006

Yan Ping & Myrna!

From top left (clockwise): Joanna, Mich, Sally & Sally's hair extensions

Hong Jun Yang & TAUFIK!!
emerge! '06 day 2

two great services today! :) only slept for 3 hours after i came back from night service yesterday...so i was super zombified when i reached expo at 8am. but thank god i had potato salad to keep me full and awake throughout the whole morning service! pastor talked about how to be like a powerful and effective daniel in today's marketplace. and he also touched on the da vinci code, harry potter and how the church should view these influences on society. though it was a familiar message which pastor had already shared with us before a few weeks ago, it still brought new revelations and insights to me. "Though we are IN this world, we are NOT OF this world!" that was the main theme of today's message.

then went for PHS concert after service with shiqi, sally and zhen yi. it was not that bad la..but i felt bad for sleeping during the chinese orchestra performance. *sheepish grin* oops! haha. but the finale item with the lightsticks was quite hilarious... it got sally hooked onto the song You Raise Me Up with the funny airplane traffic-controller actions =D haha. we should bring lightsticks tmr night..it'll be great fun!

rushed down for night service after the concert. oh my gosh, it's a sin to miss the night service 'cos it was really good! guess wad?? the highlight of the service was when they invited Kelly Poon, Hong Jun Yang and TAUFIK BATISAH!!! a star-studded night indeed. wow we screamed and screamed till our throats were sore and dry and hoarse. thats why im sucking on lozanges now. hehe :) the night preaching was even better, 'cos pastor preached about the importance of cultivating our spiritual hunger. he shared about how Jabez had extraordinary visions because he was thirsty for the Lord every single day. that's why we should experience God and have daily encounters with Him. =D

goodniteee. im really tired alr.

.:Xiufang:.