I dropped my laptop!!! there's crack on one side liaozZ!! it's injured!!! sobzZ.......................................................................................................................................

went down to NUS to make payment for my hostel application.. but before that i made a trip down to PLAB.. wanted to see if i could defer my ICT in september by showing them watever i have from NUS... yah.. ended up to be a waste of time... cos i could not defer it... not till i matriculate.. irritating... waste my time... anyways... i went NUS with kelly... drove to NUS... just to make a 3min payment... like a bit waste time also... haha... din want to waste our trip all the way down to the west... so i decided to go holland village... was there on sunday but din have the chance to walk around... so this was officially my second time there only.. so went to walk around with kelly.. the place really filled with lots of cafes, restaurants, pubs and such... we ended up at gelare, cos it's tuesday, waffles day!! haha... very long never eat liaozZ... still nice... the seats there quite cosy got a lot of big big cushions... and the waffles there like cheaper den normal... haha.. basically it's nice lar... hahaa...

today's monday.. monday's like KTV & KBOX day.. haha... went to parkway kbox again.. hahaa... met up with jass and wanyang at parkway for lunch before ktv... yupzZ.. ate at parkway food court.. cos lazy to choose.. i ate my fav duck rice.. cheap and nice.. haha.. jass got jured to the mango sale again.. diaozZ rite?? haha.. me and wanyang walked around ourselves... by the time we came back.. kelly was at the mango sale too.. the lure is unbeatable.. haha.. saw kelly's elder sister, her niece and her mum... her elder sis only 3 yrs older den me and she still looks real young... but got kid liaozZ.. hahaa.. her niece very cute.. big big big eyes.. but she like very scared of us.. haha.. no wonder kelly likes her niece so much...

k.. so the 4 of us went to kbox first.... initially they gave us a small room.. we wanted to change to a bigger one but they say wait till the rest of us come den change... so once esther came we change to a bigger room.. and we got the same room as we went to last monday.. haha.. so qiao rite?? kaiyu came to join us at around 340pm... yah... think they mixed around quite well lar... yupzZ... think they also quite impressed with his singing.. hahaa... wait till he hears this.. haha.. and wanyang.. i think he has a knack for oldies... he's really good at it... he has a voice for oldies too.. wanyang, kaiyu & esther all left early...

ending singing around 9 plus... with only jass kelly and me.. we were like singing till our voices turned hoarse.. hahaa.. jialat.. den that jasmine really happily carried out her mayday concert.. haha.. but nvm.. her singing's nice... k.. so the 3 of us went to mos burger for dinner.... i ate 2 burgers again!! this is bad.. haha...

tml going down to NUS to pay my hostel registration fees...

today's a sporty day... hahaa... morning... 9am.. i was at fengshan cc playing basketball with zhangjun, zip & co... din really played well... shooting quite dogged... only like 5% of my shots went in... like sai... but quite a good workout lor... play more often hope can improve... drove to play basketball... cos no one using the car so i use lor... was drizzling a little... after bball.. went to pick yanli up cos we going to find grandfather for lunch... went to pick mummy & keli after yanli... mummy kept whinning on why are we so late... haizZ.. alwys liddat one... hahaa..

pick grandfather... went to holland V to eat... there got lots of food to eat... but really very very hard to find parking space.. i dropped them there while i went to look for parking.. went round & round the carpaks for almost 45mins... den i gave up... i went to a nearby multi-storey carpark to park... top floor somemore cos most of the lots are already taken up... k... we went to this western seafood restaurant called crustacean... service not bad... food also quite nice... the steak was quite well done... i ordered medium rare... and it was perfectly done... i've tasted so many failures... hahaa... yah.. den i also order seafood bisque... super super super super think seafood soup.. the taste was ultra strong & heavy.. haha... almost couldnt stand it.. den ordered this drink... it's a banana and chocolate shake... think it's a protein shake... not bad lar... but very CoLd!!! bRaInFrEeZzZZzzzeee!! hahaa..

after sending grandfather home.. i drove home.. i needed a rest... while keli and mummy went shopping.. haha.. yah.. slept till 5 den dear woke me up.. cos me going bedok cc to play badminton with kaiyu & co... hahaa... got 6 of us there... not bad lar.. but i think i was quite off also... din really play well... but also shuang... haha.. went to eat BK for dinner... mushroom swiss whopper... yupzZ... it's huge.. hahaa.. and it has mushrooms... hahaa.. yumzZ....

tml going KTV!!! oh yah.. JC peeps!! GDLUCK!! HAVE FUN @ JCT.. WHAHAHAA!!!

today's mainly spent at orchard road... but in the early afternnon we were at bras basah cos keli wanted to get her eyes checked... and mummy supposingly has this fren working at bras basah.. but then the place was just so crowded so we went for lunch first... went to the food court at the complex... i ate chicken rice AGAIN!! hahaa... it's the victor's chicken... last time used to be at the food court behind the busstop one... after the place got torned down only today den i know it moved there.. hahaa.. liked the fried chicken alot... yumzZ...

went to orchard cos keli having piano lessons at paragon... while me and mummy went shopping aorund... and i bought a jacket from timberland.. and a pair of jeans... quite happy with them... but those cost more den $200 liaozZ.. yah... den mummy went to buy estee lauder cosmetics... guess how much she spent on those?! $300!! OMG!! she still say cheap... kaozZ...

went jack's place for dinner.. the one beside orchard partyworld... my little twin cousins were there with us for dinner.. couldnt stand them... super whinny and crybabies... but they still very cute.. hahaa.. aarrgghhh... ignored them most of the time.. if not sure cannot finish dinner peacefully.. they really attracted quite a lot of attention with they wailings...

after dinner went shopping again... went to buy tie.. cos gotta wear one when i go to instana on the 10th of july... yah... bought 3 for abt $100... not bad lar.. not too striking... some pretty safe colours and designs... i drove home.. and was hit by a huge jam... super sianzZ... a lot of roads are closed... cos of the NDP rehearsal.. everywhere jam... bought durian from geylang.. it's the season again... bought 3 for $20.. not bad.. couldnt finish all.. so still have some on my fridge... any takers?? hahaa... while stocks last..

went to play basketball this morning... suppose to go Tj.. but raining so went to bedok CC instead... lucky no one there.. i booked badminton court for sunday evening.. gonna play badminton with kaiyu & co... yah.. basketball there's only xinwei, joseph & fren... played okay.. very long never play but still quite accurate... yah.. quite tiring.. den got these group os school players wanted to challenge us.. but we were like damn tired.. so just play for fun.. yet they still almost lost to us... haha... still lost though.. after the game we went to the hawker opp tj for chicken rice... very long never eat liaozZ still not bad lar.. hahaa...

suppose to give tuition in the evening... but i was just too tired after basketball.. i could only slack on the bed... haha.. sleep till mummy came back and wanted to go for dinner.. went katong SC for dinner... ate chicken rice again!! hahaa... very shuang.. i love chicken rice.. hahaa...

ha!! finally get can my hands down to blog... wednesday din sleep whole nite... watching dvd... yah... quite shuang lar.. watched a few shows... den had my laptop infront of me while watching.. den i play CM4 at the same time lor.. hahaa... den things started happening around 3plus... kindda shocking... yah.. got sms from someone... yah.. asking me if i was asleep cos some DRUNKARD is msging that someone funny stuff on msn... hahaa... that someone was freak out by the DRUNKARD... the drunkard even called the someone a few times but the someone dare not pick up any of the calls at all... so i call the Drunkard... immediately i know the drunkard is knocked-out-drunk... asked him where he was, he can tell me i dunno... asked him is he drunk he also i dunno... totally lost it liaozZ.. den he hung up on me... well.. the poor someone was just freak out lar... never see the someone like so "lang bei" before... but i was glad that someone turned to me for help... it made me feel good being able to like kindda protect her like a brother... yah... or maybe cos i was just STILL online!! whahaa...

thursday.. after not sleeping for the whole nite.. i managed to drag myself all the way to AMK... met jass on the MRT.. and esther was late! well actually just a little late.. hee.. we were early... very long never take mrt liaozZ... since getting a license i've been going everywhere in a car... only once in a while will take bus... hahaa.. dun rmemever taking only half hr to get to AMK from Aljunied... well... we met up with some of esther's frens at AMK den we took bus to the warehse at AMK ave 3 there... FJ Benjamin... never do stock taking before... and it is such a tedious job.... so just for the experience lor... alot of climbing up and down... opening boxes... counting and RE-counting... well... we worked in pairs... esther was with me... we werent going very fast... hahaa... while jass and another malay gal zaiton or something were like... WOAH!! super fast... this kind of thing do so fast for wat?? hahaa... but den again the slower u go.. the more sianzZ u get.. but overall okay lar... suppose to go for another half a day today one... but dun wanna go... going to play basketball... going to be late... haha... faster faster...

esther left early cos she went to NAS alumni mtg... so me and jass left together.. mummy was picking me up so wanted to give jass a lift home too.. but we waited so long for mummy to come... ended up it was faster for her to bus home instead... hahaa so paiseh... jass>> hoped u had a good dinner last nite...

went to SIN HOI SAN beside the KAtong 5* chicken one... to eat... i dropped of mummy and her fren while i drove to pick dear from UBI... almost had an accident while i drove of from katong there.. i press too much on the accelerator and couldnt turn back in time... almost hit the car in the other lane... mercedes somemore... hahaha... when i came back.. i was like super tired... could barely keep my eyes open... hahaa... no more driving for the nite liaozZ.... had pepper crab for dinner.. quite nice... but very ex $42 for 2 crabs... small one somemore... hahaa... anyway... it was a good dinner lar...

now i'm late for basketball... hahaa... 935am liaozZ!!!

it's hay's bday today... yesterday nite arranged to fung's place to watch dvd den go dinner at 85 market... i did that cos i tot he doesnt have any prog on his bday... but turned out he still has KTV on at nite... so ok lar... anyway attendance for fung's place not good... think too last min den alot of them somehow never get the msg... yah.. in the end i was still first to reach.. den came zhuanzhen.. den zhiwei... den rach & alison, they came with the cake... quite nice.. chocolate cake with a bit of peppermint taste... waited for cuishan to come before going to 85 market for dinner... had bak chor mee, stingray, chicken wings... the usual stuff.. haha... not bad lar... chatted for a while before leaving... hoped he enjoyed his bday..

dear's sick today.. din go work.. went to find her when i woke up... which was abt 2plus.. hehe... den after dinner i bought pork porridge for her... see i so nice rite?? hahaa... so tired... watching dvd as i typed this... my house of fury is cantonese one... trying hard to understand...

tml going to do stock taking with esther and jass... hehe... all the way down to ang mo kio.. hehe... tired tired.. zZzzzzZZzzz....

just got home... highlight of the day: ma la huo guo @ bugis!!! really hot hot hot!! $10.. my stomach is still burning now... quite shiok but really cannot last long... too hot... my taste buds really getting less extreme... used to be able to take extremem hotness... but jus now... really felt a little unbearable... stomach burning... ass starting to burn after going to the toilet.. hahaa.. but still quite shiok.. hahaa... anyway.. i was there with my 12/00 frens.. xinwei, chengxi, joseph, desmond and shanyi were there... met des & shanyi on the way to the place.. very hard to find parking space.. in the end parked at bugis junction...

peiyi & zoeline joined us after dinner.. den we went to a cafe neardy.. forgot the name of the place... the coffee not bad lar... surroundings not bad... quite cosy... got durian milkshake... got ice cube coffee.. quite interesting lar.. but not cheap... $7-9 per drink... stayed there till quite late.. around 1130pm den leave... very long never see them liaozZ... last time we met up was dec last yr for xmas potluck... so fast 6 mths liaozZ.. very soon i'll be in NUS... for many of them.. they will be in their last yr or graduating liaozZ... so fast...

highlight of the day KTV @ Kbox.. hehe.. yesh KTV again... woke up early in the morning so i could send my mum to work den i can use the car for the rest of the day... yah... went to pick jass and esther at noon to go orchard... went to fill form for stack taking job this thursday... jass was lucky she was there.. so she got the job too... duhzZ... but that means got 1 more ppl pei me & esther on thurs.. after orchard i send jass and esther all the way to NTU to hand in their acceptance to NTU... haven been there in a while... but not bad lar.. din get lost...

drove down to parkway for KTV... waited for kelly to come... den we went for lunch at the hawker before singing... esther and kelly ate the wet wet char kuay tiao... but seems like it has deteriorated liaozZ... or maybe today the chef PMS... too much garlic... overwhelming garlic taste... not good any more...

we got the package from 2 to 7pm.. seems ultra long lar... but nvm... sing till very shiok... weijie came to join us almost an hr into the singing.. yupzZ.. the andy lau started singing and there goes his concert.. haha.. realised jass can actually sing very well... her voice suits landy's song very much.. very nice... and the way she sings really looks really effortless... really impressed... kelly's surprising too... 1. i'm surprised she sings chinese songs. 2. i'm surprised she has a high pitched voice... her voice suits selena quite well... but too bad there's lot's of chinese characters she cant read.. hahaa... super funny lar... she can sing halfway den suddenly "wat's that word?" yah.... overall had a great time singing... we kindda extended our stay at kbox by refusing to leave.. hehee... managed to squeeze more den an hr extra..

weijie went home after ktv... the remaining 4 of us went swensens for dinner... esther and me had baked rice, jass had pasta, kelly had mini burgers... i think the baked rice not bad... but abit too saltish... like baked rice i make myself more.. haha... dessert's more exciting... shared sizzling banana crumble with esther... not bad... but like too sweet liaozZ.. hehee... seems like my taste buds not as extreme as they used to be liaozZ... that's good... and i still think esther is not full.. hahaa... am i rite mei??

went back to tj to play vball today... quite shuang... hay asked me a qn... "what position am i training for in the alumni team"... well i told him i dunno... and that's really the truth... i dunno... i want to be the best spiker, best defender, best setter, best server... but but... that's just a dream... i seriously dunno wat position i shld fit into... well for now... i'm just training to get my basics, reaction time back... and also to sweat it out...

the gals came to play at around 12... i stayed back to join them also but i was really feeling tired... not really playing well... but i think most of them enjoyed themselves.... yah... fun is the most impt thing...

went for lunch with them... by then almost 3pm liaozZ... haha. super late lunch... esther and eileen had pig trotters.. quite tempted to have that also.. hhaa.. but in the end i ordered charsiew + roast duck... quite shuang.. very long never eat liaozZ....

rotting at home since den.... zZzzZzzz....

just now i said in the chatroom "i saw 100 hits at my BLOG for today"... i just realised i see wrongly... i saw 184 when it's only 104... hahahaa.... so only around 20 ppl lar... that's the normal number.. hehee.... so paiseh... but really thanks to the ppl who visit me here... i think i dun really know how to express myself when i speak... but here.. i type everythin i have in my mind... and ppl who care will read and learn abt me... THANKS PPL!!!

today!! todayis JB day... woke up around 9plus almost 10.. cos mum called to tell me she is at polyclinic... ask me if i want fish porridge... hahaa.. sounds a bit no link.. polyclinic-fish porridge... hahaa anyway.. i'm glad she finally went to visit the doctor... she's been coughing since she came back from hainan dao... that's like 3 weeks liaozZ!! she better get better, or else i'll drag her to a specialist... whahaa... kk.. so i had fish porridge for breakfast... rot awhile den went to bugis to meet fung and esther... they expecting to see kelly too.. but poor kelly couldnt come cos her mum's SO worried for her... yah.. so only left with the 3 of us...

we took the express bus to JB.. $2.40.. still remember the time when eileen only paid $1.20 cos the driver tot she primary sch kid!! OMG!! how blind can ppl get?? anyway.. today traffic quite good.. not too crowded.. reach city square in less den an hr... had lunch there... din really eat much cos ate porridge earlier and i wanna save my stomach for dinner... ate hotplate chicken w rice... ate the chicken din really touch the rice... fung paid.. hehe.. walked around at city square.. bought a pouch for my mp3player... S$9.. fake stussy one.. hahaa.. but nvm... can fit my player can liaozZ... we also ate this shaved ice... kindda like the taiwan one.. but not as good lar... not too bad though...

took a cab to holiday plaza... shopped around there for quite some time.. we bought 25 titles altogether... not bad... cant wait for them to come over... den we'll all go fung's place to watch... hahaa.. but sadly a lot of new shows still not out or not clear... sianzZ... spend quite some time at the comic shops too... esther and fung's heaven.. to me it's uncharted waters... we came across this shop that fung said sells comics, but now it sells posters.. very beautiful ones too... really very nice... they are collectibles... very well kepts and framed.. but they cost a bomb too... wish i had the money to buy one...

went to "da ma hua yuan", or taman sri tebrau in malay, for dinner... ate "jiao hua ji", oat prawn, vege, turtle soup, stew ferret and some shellfish called "gong gong" haha... ate till very shuang... dunno if esther was really full.. hahaa.. she looked like she could have more... hahaa.. anyway.. we went back to holiday plaza to buy some titbits to bring back to sg... den went to city square again.. apparently, fung's looking for some comic... i wun know and wun understand so i din ask... hahaa.. we went to eat satay after that... fung ordered from a diff stall from the usual.. the meat is fattier then the usual one.. although more tasty.. but i think the usual one still tastes better.. the meat more tender.. hahaa...

i took more den an hr to type my entry till here... why?? cos i was chatting in msn with the vball ppl... quite shuang... think i seldom say so much in the chat room... hahaa.. shall do that more often... anyway... ppl out there... to me, wanting will be known as fossil a.k.a. hua shi from now on, why?? cos i think she likes to stone, and not just stone.. i used to say weathering as the next stage of stoning.. but i think that's too outdated even more me.. hahaa.. so i chose fossilisation.. haha... so yah... wanting is a fossil a.k.a. hua shi k??!! hahaa....

just came back from ktv not long ago... highlight of the day is ktv... but better start at the beginning of the day which only started like 12 plus almost 1pm.. haha.. that's when dear called to ask me to go for lunch.. cos she and her boos came to a coffeeshop near my place for lunch, so i join them lar... ate sliced fish soup... the fish like no need money one... hahaa..

after lunch i went down to lawyer office to hand a cheque to the lawyer for my mum... owe them for some time liaozZ... the lawyer office very ulu... at the furniture mall at beach road there... walked very far in... irritating.... just for a cheque...

after den came home to rot... till about 6 plus den i finally took a jog on my treadmill.. haha... think too long never run on it... got a lot of funny sound... quite scary.. as if it's going to give way anytime... but heck lar... if give way den means time for a new one... hahaa.. or maybe time to go to the gym downstairs...

k... finally mum drove the car home and i can leave.. i went to bedok first.. to pick up my tao sar piah from penang.. asked alison to get it for me since she was going to penang... initially was still worried if she got the correct thing, cos she like dunno how it shld taste if it's nice... hahaa... but anyway.. it's nice... so THANKS SIS!!

now for the highlight... went to the partyworld at orchard... no diff from other partyworlds.. look almost the same... service the same.. taiwan still puts them to shame... anyway.. that's beside the point... the point is dear and i get to listen to my fren's singing.. this tj classmate of mine, puey yee has wonderful vocals.. i think all of us who has been to the ktv her before would agree with me... she is simply fantastic... whenever she sings, it's as if we were at a live concert.. and mine u, not just any concert... it's a world class act... as for my singing.. though i can reach some high notes but mine voice is boring and simple.. hahaa.. while hers... WOAH!!! idol!! hahaaa... some record company better sign her up fast... dun let this talent go to waste... hahaaa... dun think i'll be able to sleep without putting this down...

have been rotting at home the whole day... couldnt get myself onto my treadmill... hahaa... only refrained myself from eating.. hahaa... not a bad job i would say.. hahaa... but still a long way to my goal... somemore thurs going jb to makan... hmmm think will fast during the day before going jb... hahaa... not sur eif i can drive there... gotta convince my mum... tml den ask.... dun wanna give her time to change her mind...

just now cooked dinner... with my sis... whipped up quite a spread... quite impressed with myself.. hahaa.. but for those who have experienced my cooking.. it's always a spread.. hahaa...

i think i finally know how my hermit crab died... it was murdered!!! by another hermit crab!!! yesterday i put the empty shell back in the tank... and the murderer tookover the shell!! dumb crab... fight over shells of the same size... haizZ... hope this doesnt happen anymore cos the other 2 crabs still very small dun think they will rouse the murderer's interest... sobzZz...

din buy bowling ball yet... marina got no shop... so other time den go see see look look... went grandma house for dinner... food okay lor...

when i got home i realised one of my hermit crab DIED!!! it was still alive when i left home in the afternoon.. seriously dunno how it died... my sis pulled the crab out of it's shell.. it look kindda disgusting... so yah.. now i only have 3 crabs left.. sobzZ... so much for them being able to last 15 to 30 yrs....

just got home...went tj for vball in the morning... guys alumni training.. first training with only alumni... i asked 2 of my secondary school frens along.. since they know almost all of us in tj... think it's rather hard to control the crowd.. they they are no longer students... so cannot expect them to be guai kia... some will auto... some dilly dally, totally wasting time... today played okay.. played as setter... made a few good plays... but overall i still very lazy to move.. not like last time liddat... must continue to lose weight.. dunno if i lost any in the first place.. cos still eating as usual... gotta go buy a weighing machine... nian han came for today's training... he is totally out of touch... he is now a PC at 3rd guards with means marcus is one of his men... hahaa.. he's now super fit... army has done a lot for him... and he is definitely taller den when he left...

joined nianhan, andre and yishan for lunch at katong.. meiyuan restaurant, selling roasted meat and chicken rice.. always pass by there seeing the crowd.. today finally i'm among the crowded..the food not bad.. rather sinful, quite a lot of fatty meat.. but that's wat makes it nice.. hahaaa... i guess there goes my exercise for the day...

going to meet yanli soon.. gonna go see if there's a suitable bowling ball for me.. hehee... yeah... finally i can get my own bowling ball.. hahaa..

went back to tj for vball in the morning.. 4 new gals came today... 2 from NAS 2 fm Pasir Ris... the 2 from NAS quite good... and the left-hander from PRS also not bad.. she came on wednesday also.. but she wasnt as good as today... i think i have a problem bringing up team spirit... i see the way hay and eileen bring up the team while they are in the game.. while i kindda talk to myself... not encouraging enuff.. well i'm still learning... guess it's not in my nature to be the ultra noisy one.. unless i very high... wanting seems weird today... or rather i think she seems weird since last training... exam stress getting on her?? well.. maybe she was just traumatised by that hornet.... eileen came for training today.. good to see her.. she is still powerful... her short hair very stylo... look like miss ang.. seems like miss ang is her idol.. haha.. cannot blame.. miss ang really very stylo.. somebody please get lihui to study!!!

drove to tj.. drove around today.. kindda tired... came home to rest awhile before going to pick yanli and send my sis to plaza sing for guitar lessons... saw wang jian fu and fiona xie there.. they filming the "hao she er ren zu" quite lame... apple hung was there too she she quite short.. hahaa.. wang jian fu abt my height.. hahaa..

ate at this japanese restaurant at PS... shld be a co-company of fiesta.. the food quite normal.. not fantastic.. but good enough for me and yanli.. and most imptly.. mum's paying.. haha...

went back to tj for training today.. so long never play ball liaozZ.. pretty sucky... but it was great to see everyone... most of us still having a little post-taiwan blues... hehee... think some of them saw the scandalous pic of choonfu and isa... if they cannot take it... I APOLOGISE... but just one word from anyone and i'll take off the pic immediately... k.. back to training... had a lot of fun playing... trials for the sec 4s... not outstanding... but i see a few prospects lar... very happy to see all of them also... esp the yr 2s... vos this shld be one of the few times they will be back for vball... studies up and coming...

went to cut hair at pointers after vball... fell asleep while cutting.. luckily my hair still looks okay... slightly shorter on the sides cos the were irritating my ears...

did a bit of running in school... cannot make it... but it's a start... continue to exercise tml...

it's been a few days since i'm back.. doing nothing much at home.. but i've not been eating much (compared to my usual standards lar)... my aim is to lose at least 10kgs before NUS starts... yah that will be my aim... hahaa... anyway for pple who dun know yet... i've up all my photos at my fotopic website... can follow my link on the lefthand side to the pics... happy viewing... going back to tj tml... fung say got some trials.. dunno trial guys or gals... but will be back lar...

had been back for a day liaozZ... and now i'm finally in front of my comp... typing my blog while i arrange my pics... i have lot of photos to arrange... it's a good thing... hehee... the trip had been fun... spent my bday there... unforgetable experience they have given me.. taiwanese have given me a very good impression... i've met many frenly pple and their service attitude has really put us to shame...

<29/05>
first day, we reached in the early afternoon... waited a long long time for our bus to arrive... we hung around at the airport for almost 2 hours before the pink "pin guan" bus came... we were quite happy with the bus.. it was huge and spacious... although it wasnt really new but it was good enough i guess... i din hear anyone complain.. hahaa.. first nite we went to a nite market near NTU (National Taiwan Uni)... din buy anything that nite... just walk walk see see... some of them had their first taste of local food.. like chou dou fu... i warn you, it's nice... nothing much for the first day... went back to the hostel quite early den started playing games... played mahjong initially with shengli, choonfu and ben... bad idea.. lost money... not that enjoyable also... after that played hay's version of heart-attack.. it's very fun... wanted to join them while i was still playing mahjong cos it really looked fun... realised my was reaction was ultra slow cos i always lost... played thru the nite cos next morning going to hualien... gonna take 8hrs of bus...

<30/05>
the journey was long and torturous... my head was spinning most of the time... but thanks to my "wu hua guo" i managed to survive and was able to enjoy the beautiful scenary along the way... hualien is literally cool... and i din bring a single warm clothe at all... dinner there was at a local stall... not too hygenic but i think not many of us bother about that... bought rice wine to try... rather disappointing... hahaa... played mahjong at nite again... although i won... i still find it boring... luckily no more for the next few days... also becos of mahjong i missed the nite walk that some of them went on... guess i miss a lot of fun on that one...

<31/05>
after one night at the hostel at hualien, we took another 8 hrs ride back to taipei... but this time we made a detour to "ye liu" where we visited the legendary rocks... i was there before... so i was a partial guide to them... that nite was more exciting... went to "hua xi" street.. haven been there before... it feels kindda like hongkong.. a lot of shops selling tonic soups and providing foot massages... fung, kaiyang and me ate an interesting snake tonic... it consists of snake soup, glass each of snake blood, snake bile and snake poison... not that bad.. they all just taste like tonic wine that's all... nothing too scary... but really felt hot after the "cuisine"... walked around the area and we found HERMIT CRABS... i bought 4... pretty active... hahaa. and they are now alive and kicking in front of my tv... whahaaa... my sis and yanli are pretty excited about them.. hahaa... it was ms ang's bday and we could only hastily get a tub of ice-cream as present for her... but i think she's happy with the surprise... hahaa... made her drink quite a lot of jim bean also.. hahaa... the yr 2 gals came to our room that nite... din really know why... guess they din want to be on the 4th floor alone... so i shared bed with bryan... haha and i survived his snores... ahhaa

<01/06>
woke up rather early cos i was freezing... esp after i bathed... so i went to the lobby area there where there's no aircon... we went to "wu fen pu" that morning, not the place for me.. i'm really not there to buy clothes... so went with fung to "guang hua shang chang" taiwan's version of sim lim sq... the stuff there really cheap... so i bought my mp3 player there... 1 GB with almost every function u can think of for only S$200... yah.. fung bought more stuff there... he really is go there to pack himself with electronics one... went to Taipei Main Station to look at train schedules cos we may be taking it to go somewhere further... but in the end din materialise cos dunno where to go... hahaa.. den it was nite liaozZ... off to shilin we went... and here comes my super big fried chicken... hahaa... bought 2 singles and 2 tshirts there.. quite cheap so still ok... ate a lot of stuff... after awhile i was walking alone liaozZ... den i saw jass, she told me she couldnt find ZZ... den came rach and alison saying the same thing... so we walked around looking for her... den saw hay... he got into the search too... everyone's anxious abt losing her... somehow i was still relax.. still stight-seeing.. not that i'm not worried she may look a little naive... but i believe she's better that how she looks... definitely smart enuff to take care of herself... i stopped to buy some fruits while the others continue the search... after buying the fruits i tried to ctach up with the search party and i saw ZZ at the next bend... hahaa.. wat a joke... while they were looking so high and low... she just appeared in front of me after i bought some fruits... hahaa.. i said there was nothing to worry rite?? hahaaa... felt EARTHQUAKE close to midnite... scary feeling... first u get a dizzy feeling... den things starting becoming wavy, including the walls, bed and doors... unlike wat we always see in movies where things go jerky... scary!! guess i was quite calm... when we evacuated to the lobby... it seems like we are the only ones who evacuated... but i really discourage their indifference... if something worst was to come... will they be able to leave in time? i believe we could be the only one in safe grounds...

<02/06>
this morning we took the MRT all the way to e end station at "Dan Shui" it's a port... we went to the famous "yu ren ma tou" interesting place... nice scenary.. took a lot photos there... there was this bunch of kindergarten kids who turned up... and the yr 1s just went gaga over them.. haa.. kids going crazy over kids.. hahaa.. wat a sight.. hahaa... after that went to "dan shui lao jie" to buy "tie dan" bought a lot of it... hahaa... also ate the local speciality "ah gei"... on the way back on the MRT.. there was this kid.. very active.. very cute.. and he's simply crazy abt choonfu.. hahaa.. he even chose choonfu over this parents... hahaa.. went to KTV... kindda lost at first cos din know how it works over there... but after a while got used to it liaozZ.. sang a lot of songs.. cos i kept hogging onto the mike.. hahaa... think the service there is very good... much better den in singapore... almost the same price as in singapore... yah.. sang till 11plus before going back to the hostel... i got into a cosy position and i fell sleep quite early...

<03/06>
it's my bday... but i wasnt expecting anything much except some handshakes and greetings cos i was hoping at least some ppl remembered... it was a free and easy day... so we went to bookshop area near "xing guang san yue"... but i wasnt interested in books so i walked to "ximenting" from there... ron and shengli followed me... so we walked around.. but the 2 of them felt sick and tired soon and went back to the hostel themselves first... while i waited for the rest to come to ximenting.. brought jass to go buy posters while the rest continued shopping... me and jass went to see see look look at the arcade and we saw a super accurate hoop shooter... and we took a vid of him strutting his skills.. super zai... we went to a cafe that has swinging chairs for a bite... nice place... order some cakes and they sang birthday song for me... i was happy... really touched... as the day creeps away i tot i would have spent my bday with on some greetings... shopping has not ended.. went back to NTU nite market there... to shop again... hay finally bought the gifts he wanna get... while i got a shoe bag... alison's the cute one, she wanted to buy a pants but she din have enough money so she called me to help her.. hahaa.. super funny... but i was glad she called me for help... she's always a sister to me... we went back to the hostel after that... i bought noodles from 7eleven for supper... and was packing my stuff on my bed when everyone walked in with a birthday cake... i was super touched... it's been years since i had pple celebrate my bday with me... hay got me 2 vball books... i like them very much cos there's a lot of pictures.. hahaa... i just wanna say thanks to everyone for giving me this memory... for making my bday more den ordinary...

<04/06>
last day... wanted to take a lot of photos with everyone... but somehow it din materialise also... really wanted to take photo with everyone but it seems like not many of them were interested... yah.... that's the end of the trip... a week just past liddat... like quite sad... but i had fun...