My 2011 resolutions! ( tot i just wrote mine for 2010 not long ago!)

1. Grad happily and smoothly >>> to maintain or pull up my CGPA! SPeaking of this, I'm reminded of 18th Jan, the doomsday.

2. Do well for my FYP. My last and only hope.

3. Decide on what I wanna do in future.
Some job that will allow me to make a difference to the society, some job that gives me self-worth. In the midst of exploring!><

4. Find a job by end JUl 2011.

5. Clear my debts! By Feb 2012!

6. Chiong tuits over the weekends to cover my liabilities.

7. LEarn treasure the people, events and happenings around me, including my loved ones: family, him and friends.

8. Lose weight!(always my resolution)

9. Exercise 3 times a week.

10. Continue volunteering @ CDAC. I've missed out quite alot having been absent for most of the time this year.

11. Be stronger, tougher and more rugged than ever. Sometimes, I find myself too weak as I fall prey to stress easily!

12. GRAD trip: Taiwan and Cambodia. Must save $$$!

13. Gain more new experiences. Be willing to step out of my comfort zone.

and the list goes on...

365 days to fulfill them! HAPPY NEW YEAR in advanced!

Looking forward to the string of gatherings starting frm today! 24 more days to my last sem in NTU!

29th Dec 2010: After movie shots!

 

29th Dec 2010: Guiliver's Travel with u!

 

Picture perfect moment II

 

Picture perfect moment I

 

This xmas I gave you my heart and I hope our love will last forever~

This was our first xmas together and the first time you joined my friends and I for a gathering. Thanks for taking the first step, dear. It is such a coincidence that my friend’s boyfriend is your primary school friend! Haha everything seems so fated! Let's continue to work hard for our future ahead...

What a memorable eve and Xmas spent with you! ^^

幸福原来可以这么简单！

timE to start afresh!

A new haircut. A new life.

YES I WANNA get a life and not waste my youth.

After sorting out my thoughts during my morning walk in the park,I've come to realise something. All these while, I had been living up to people's expectations. From young till now. And I'm seriously tired of doing so. I shall learn to be me. Cry, laugh, be mad. Just like how a child would express his feelings with no qualms.

It may be hard for one to do so but I'll learn to be ME. NEO HUI LIN. I must grow up. Life is too short to waste every day living unhappily, brooding over minor gritty issues that weren't worth being sad over.

I wanna try new things, gain new experiences. I'm sick of the conventional me. I realised I had been vulnerable to emo attacks(on a monthly basis) ever since I'm back in Singapore. And I'm really sorry that you have been on the reeceiving end of it.

A friend once told me. Life is not just about studying. It is just one of the aspects/phase in your life. Just make the fullest out of everyday and do something that you would like to do. An equilibrium is acheivable if you believe you can.

I was once enlightened by this fact during my OCIP trip yet the intense competition faced in this city has transformed me into someone who keeps seeking for the grass that is greener on the other side. Not knowing how to be contented sends happiness beyond reach. Happiness is so near yet so far.

I won't wanna wait till the arrival of 2011 to start making resolution. The day I end my exams is the day i resurrected. HUILIN, chase after your dreams. Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone.

Just Day 2 into my holi...

And I'm feeling empty.

Maybe it's becos PMS.

Maybe it's becos I'm endorphin-deprived due to lack of exercise.

Maybe it's becos I can't stand rotting at home.

Maybe it's becos I'm a workaholic who can't stand not working.

Maybe it's just POST-EXAMS BLUES.

and I literally rot my day away just by completing Gossip Girls Season 1.

Holiday: Day 1

whee! finally ended my turmoil after having 5 back-to-back exams within a week!=)What I can do now is to believe in the bell curve god and pray for good grades.I'll just slack for the next month before my last sem in NTU.

2010 is coming to an end soon. In less than 2 weeks time!

2011 will be a new exciting phase, with new experiences coming up. Some of the to-dos which are alr on my mind:

> FYP
> Job-hunting
> Grad Trip
> Convo
> New phase: Working life and the list goes on.

Given the remaining two weeks left before we usher in the new year, there's really a couple of things which I would like to do... including meetups with my dear frens whom I've lost touch with during the sem!

1 more day to exam but 1 more week to freedom =)

My blog title said it all.

This is so fast! The week long exam marathon is coming.

The past one week had been very unbearable.

It all started with a sore throat that evolved into a fever and cough. TO add on to my suayness, my leg had been aching. Muscle tear or something I supposed. I can only know after I seek treatment after exams. An x-ray or something to see what's causing the ache for the past month. And so... I stopped my lib visits and cooped myself week long at home till today. Barred from my fav activity of unwinding- running, mugging was what I could only do.

Studying is boring but come to think of it, life as a full time mugger has its perks too. U have a reason not to do household chores. Plus there's hot-piping homecooked lunch and dinner waiting for me to savour when I'm in need of energy food. The only thing I could do is to study and study as if it's my fav hobby.

There were simply too much info to be inserted that tiny brain of mine. Studying is one thing. Whether I know how to apply is another. I need lotsa luck for the second last sem.


MEANWHILE JIAYOU and hang on!!! the worst will be over. Very fast. Before I know it.><

Looking forward to my month long holi and the new year 2011! ^^

3 months.

3 words to sum it up.

I love y.o.u.

Yes y.o.u!

Counting down to the end of the SEM!

YES it's alr more than halfway into the sem.

Oct had been a stressful and my darkest moments. But thanks to him and pple who've heard me out, I'm alr out of my blues.

Nov will be a better one. One that is full of drive and sheer determination. I promise. A sem in uni is like a 10km race. Just like how I persevere on and completed the NIKE CITY RUNon 24 Oct, I will push myself as hard till the end. =)

Prioritise, focus and persevere.

Left with 5 more weeks to go.

3 projs, 2 ppts, 1 oral test, 5 exams in a row and tADAH! It's time to say helLO to my holis, xmas outings and meetuPS with freNZ!^^

I MUST JIAYOU AND PUT IN MY BEST>>>>

快乐不起来~

自身难保了， 别人还求救于你。

人是自私的。

你须要他们时又不见得他们会出现。而他们须要你时， 就会立刻找你。

真是烦不甚烦。

心情真是跌如谷底， 无法抽身。

this sounds very depressing.

But I'm really tired of all this work.

Never ending, vicious cycle.

This isn't the kind of life I want. at all.

Struggling to push myself to do what life dictates.

STRESSED UP!!! =(

I know I shld be doing my readings for projects but I'm really drained and tired from all those ref books. my eyeballs are dropping out. =((((( With tonnes of unfinished businesses waiting for me to complete, there is no reason for me to be happy at this point of time.

Rest days are merely days for me to catch up but any delay in readings will lead to more of them stacking up like tt of uno Stacko, ready to tumble any point of time.

Maybe I'm just weak. Not as stressed-proof compared to my peers.

BACK TO THE DREADED READINGS >< I missed those days where studying and learning was fun and stress-less... I'm totally do not appreciate what's been studied at this point of time.

最近比较忙。。。

课业越来越忙。

又忙又烦！=(

教授说对了。

时间不多了！

累得喘不过气的我就像个活死人般， 一日覆一日。

一点都不期盼下周 RECESS WEEK 的到来。

=) I shall make this my daily motto...

Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself; I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

it's never too late to live, learn, love!

Sometimes, one can really get so caught up with life that he/she can easily forget the importance of treasuring the things tt's ard him/her. I'm guilty of this.

Some recent news issues has set me thinking about the death being a part and parcel of life. Take for instance the life of 20 yr old girl lost in a car accident and the departure of Mr Lee's wife. Life is indeed very fragile.

Why is it that people will only learn to treasure once the things ard them are lost?
What would happen if you have no time to bade farewell to your loved ones ard you?
I wouldn't wanna have any regrets in life.

Note to self:
BUCK UP and really live everyday as if it's your last!!! This is the way of life I've been trying to adapt but to no avail. 3 months before the end of the 2010! I must really learn to incorporate this vision in life no matter how tough the going gets!

my 1st month in sch after 9 months of holi...

Here's some of the unhappiness I wanna vent out!!!!

I'm seriously tired from the humdrum of uni life.
4 routine weeks had passed before I knew it.

1 moment I was complaining that I had no means to start my revision and the next, I'm starting to worry that I had no time to complete my enormous stack of readings. =X

Despite having a 3 day week, I was busy everyday.

Gone were the days when I could just sit around at home after sch and surf the net, watch dramas like no one's business.

This week, in particular, had been a tiring and stressful one for me. Having to wake up early for 830am lesson was no easy feat. To think that I spent the past Tue researching for my 3 projs at one go in sch the whole afternoon on my free day =( And my one of my proj was simply going nowhere as my grp mates and I were stucked whilst trying to ans our part.

# end of my complains.
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Here's some other happy things which brightened up my "dark" week:

1) Coffee which had seen me through 4/7 days this week.

2) The Jobhunting workshop conducted by Steven which was SO inspiring yet funny enough to send me bursting out in laughter during the 2 hrs workshop. Gained a new insight into the meaning of "convo" as my perception of graduating = the end of everything where one got to make a quick decision to find a job by the time convo comes or else he/she will gg. If one were to think carefully, graduating merely means "u r kicked out of NTU into the working society" and nothing more. For the next 50 years or so, you will be working your whole life. So make an informed choice and plan how you are gg to take off from your first step into the working world. Your first job need not be ur last job. Find out what interest u the most and plan to equip urself with the relevant skills that will prepare u for ur "dream career". Network. Ask around if you are not sure.

POSITIVE THINKING really helps. When u see urself doing well few years down the road, you will be more motivated and confident to progress on. JIAYOU!!!

3) The day I went crazy with my econs dearies=> Monday
Been a long time since we've attended classes together. Being able to spend that one hour of waiting time crapping and doing silly stuff like locking each other in the tut room really made me feel like we were back to our old days as freshies! I MUST relish their company while I can. Otherwise, I'll grow to regret one day upon stepping out into the society.=) I love school!

4) My SHG kid asked me whether I'm gg to SHG this sat and her "miss you" really made me feel the warmth in such stressful times.

5) Mummy for taking over some of my housework when she saw that I was too busy to do them., cooking for me.

6) Papa waking up so early in the morning to whip breakfast and herbal tea duper early at 530am.

Of course not missing the love of my life, who had never failed to provide me with his moral support whenever he knew tt I was down. And friends whom I missed terribly!

I must not succumb to pressure! Succumb to success will be the only goal this sem!

Into week 2 of sch! =)

Week 2 of yr 4 sem 2...

Everything had been good so far except that I haven't started studying yet. I need my textbooks to mug and the only bookstore in NTU had to be so crowded when I wanted to buy my text today...

NVM, I shall resort to the Singaporean kiasu means of queuing up early at the bookstore on FRi morning to beat the crowd.

Life has been very busy so far for me with all the commitments but I'm contended with what I have now. Had my first Jap class in today and it was fun learning a new language. Unlike the usual econs tut, Jap class was much more interesting and fun! But like what the sensei said, it is not easy to master a language without overcoming the initial phase of recognising the words. I must give it my all this sem! now or never! jiaYOUs!

Just when I thought I have reached my saturation point...

I found the reason to keep me going on. The motivation to help those who are in the predicament I was once in is burning stronger now. I started to see light at the end of the tunnel, why I'm forking out time away from studies, family, other matters just to see them once a week. =)

And it's all thanks to my 3 SHG sec 1 kids whose simple handmade TEACHER"S DAY cards touched me. It really warmed my heart to see them move on to a different phase in life over the past 2 yrs.

I actually felt guilty for harboring the thought of reducing my time spent volunteering at SHG in lieu of my busy schedule upon school reopening. However, their little act of appreciation for a volunteer like me made me feel that I could make some difference to them.

I was supposed to help them but they taught me something more important: TO be appreciative of things and people ard me and not to take them for granted.

Love makes the world goes round~

Those who have love, have wealth beyond measure.

I'm fortunate to be one. =)

Just dance!

STEP UP 3 was awesome! =)

Suddenly I feel so inspired to learn dancing...

back in Singapore for more than a month! =)

It has really been a long time since I've blogged. This blog has officially been dead for the past 7 months partly because happy times are busy times too. I had little time to update each and every events during my half a year exchange program in China. Nonetheless, whatever happened in China: the places I've been to, the people that I've met, the lifestyle which I've led and etc will always be deeply etched into my mind. People always come and go, but it is the fond memories that will stay no matter where we are right now. =) The pictures taken during my stay in China will always speak a thousand words.

After being away in China for 6 months, I returned home on July 11, 2010. For the first few days when I was back, feelings of emptiness and emo-ness even set in as I started to miss the company, my housemates, the freedom and the endless adventures we had whilst traveling. I was seriously having problems adapting to SG culture as my half year of stay in China had already transformed me into a chinese. Whatever unglam stuff I did in China shall stay there. On a few occasions, I gotta keep reminding myself that I'm no longer in China.

Well, life in China and Singapore is pretty similar for me, in the sense that life is still busy as usual. In China, mon-thurs were spent interning, Fris and Sats attending classes and Suns shopping, travelling, gathering at friends' houses for steamboat/card games/movies.
In Singapore, I'm still busy with FYP, temp assignments, tuitions, volunteer, IT classes, yoga, running, swimming and of course gatherings with people whom I've missed when I was away. This was especially so in the month of August. I can't believe that I only have 2 rest days for the remaining days of Aug before school starts.

Life in Singapore is indeed fast-paced, unlike the times when I was backpacking in Yunnan, where life is so relaxed with no troubles on my mind. They always say that the grass is greener on the other side but for me I will say that Singapore is truly where I belong. After all, all my friends and loved ones are here and the country has really done well to ensure equal opportunites for all to grow and excel. =)

14th January 2010

Forgot what we did but we spent almost the whole afternoon waiting for the agent and repairmen to come. Remembered combining lunch and dinner together and we had our first proper meal at Nanjing Dong Lu. Went to a shanghainese restaurant but the food totally cannot make it! Only the xiao long bao was alright. The fried rice that I ordered was very oily and salty. We were kind of disappointed with the first meal we had. Went on to shop around the vicinity and the guys brought themselves scarf and jacket while we girls just window-shopped. Had a try of shaved ice cream (like the ones sold in Can 2) in the chilly weather.

We went to metro(their equivalent of NTUC) again but this time with sufficient shopping bags. And the magnum ice cream here is duper cheap. RMB 9.99 for 5 sticks in a pack. That is like $0.50 per stick! OMG cheaper than SG! My housemate Sam was really going gaga over it and I ended up sharing a box with him. It’s really a good bargain!

Well, that’s for day 2.

Some pictures of the place we stay in..

The metro station that we frequent daily...

Housemates!

Our apartment...

The living room

The dining table AKA our common area for internet use at nite.

long outdated post~ 13/1/10 Arrival in Shanghai...

Onboard the China Eastern plane:

My first time taking a night flight and it was so cool to be able to star gaze from the window. It’s like a universe out there! Totally STAR-STRUCKED! Luckily, Huiyi and I got a window seat and we need not suffer the inconvenience of those cramped middle seats. Had our breakfast 15 minutes after we boarded the plane. It was my first time having breakfast at 1:15am! The food was alright but their serving was big… Eggs, sausages, fruits, bread, yogurt all at one go. We were quite stunned by how fast the other passengers (whom I shall not name) gobbled down their food.

Arrival in Shanghai:

Reached the airport at around 6am. The moment we alighted from the plane we were trembling like hell. From Singapore 28 degree Celsius to -4 degree Celsius, we braved through the custom and arrival hall before changing into our winter clothing. Well, the day of arrival was spent aimlessly waiting at the GIP office for the rest of the GIP participants who had their flights delayed. From 9am we waited till 1pm before the agent sent us to our apartments.

For my group, we were the most unlucky ones. Initially we approached the 1st housing agent recommended by NTU yet they took a very long time to respond to our emails and only replied after we sent a series of emails. Despite us rushing them for more choices of housing, they had failed to reply us and had left us hanging there. Even till now, we received no acknowledgements from them that they are unable to find us an accommodation. Should we continue to wait for their reply, we would have not been able to secure housing by now.

Hence, we turned to the other agent JS Bridges at the very last minute. Although eventually we did get an accommodation, it was not one of the better choices. On the Friday before our arrival in Shanghai, the agent did confirm with us an accommodation in Zhong Shan Gong Yu. However, it was after the confirmation that they backed out and told us that the landlord was not agreeable to renting it to us for half a year. The trust that we had in their professionalism had been thwarted as a result. But we were still glad they brought us around to seek out the housing they had on hand on the day of our arrival. In the end after viewing a total of 6 apartments in Wang Bang area, we managed to settle for a 3 room apartment with a common toilet at RMB 4800 per month. Although the location is way off our work place(requires a train ride of half an hour), the rent is really much cheaper than the RMB 6500 that we initially need to pay for the counterpart in Zhong Shan Gong Yu. This is a plus point. Furthermore, there’s around 5-6 households of NTU GIP students living in the wan bang area too so this makes future gatherings more accessible. What a blessing in disguise. =)

After settling down in the apartment, we were so busy unpacking, cleaning up and getting the internet connection done that we only had MAC for dinner at 10pm. All of us were deadbeat.
Right after dinner, we headed to the nearby super market (Metro) to get our basic necessities like pillow, bed sheets etc. The worst thing was that they didn’t provide any plastic bags for us to put our items when we have 2 trolleys full of items and we couldn’t push them back home. GG! We were left with no choice but to grab every item and walked for a journey of 10 minutes back home in the frigging cold weather. Despite wearing gloves, our fingers were so numb from carrying so many items that it seemed like they were going to drop off anytime. =X

It was tougher than the Ultimate Challenge because of the extreme coldness that barred us from progressing further. However, with sheer perseverance, we finally made it home! The string of unlucky events had not come to a standstill yet. To worsen our day, the heater in the living room wasn’t working. Instead of hot air, it was generating cold air and that affected our state of well-being. It was a struggle to bath as the bathroom heater could turn cold anytime. The whole episode lasted till 3am and we did not have a good sleep at all due to our inability to adapt to the cold temperature. Huiyi and I were shivering all the way to sleep till the following morning.

What an unforgettable 1st day I had on my adventure! =X

long outdated post~ farewell SG, hellO sHanghai! (Part 2) 13/1/10

Shall let the pictures speak for themselves...

long outdated posT~ farewell SG, hello Shanghai! (Part 1) 13/1/10

This marked the beginnning of my adventure to AT land: Shanghai!I had been very busy days prior to the departure. Many last minute meetups with my beloved friends whom I will be MIA-ing from their lives for half a year. The feelings of unwillingness to leave drew nearer as the day drew nearer. This is the journey which I've set my mind on for the past year so any thoughts of regrets dissipate before emotions got the better of me.

I was really glad to have quite a number of friends and relativesto send me off despite the 1am flight. Some have work and school early the following morning and a few( weiting and peishi) even lived at the other end of Singapore. Your presences were much appreciated! Not forgetting friends who couldn't make it yet send in their wishes, I really felt loved!

Was there at the airport quite early around 8 pm to have dinner with my sec school peeps( SHY+JJ+JL+Wendy+Jasmine) plus Hui Mun and Ming Li at XIn Wang Cafe. Our last dinner before I leave! Had a pre-b'day celebration for Shuz too!


TO Shuz:
So sorry that I couldn't celebrate with ya this year...! Nvm, lets go for a gd dinner to mark our 10th anniversary of frenship with the rest when i'M back !^^

TO wendy and Jasmine:
It's great to cya gals after 1 year! Tks for coming despite having sch and work the next day... haha I realised we meet every year to celebrate SHuz's b'day...


TO huiying, yiwen, JJ, JL, Hui MUn and mINg li:
Though it was jus a simple dinner, I really *hearts* you all for coming! More pig-out sessions and HTHTs (heart to heart talks) when I'm back! Hopefully, you all gt new stories/statuses to update me!=P

In between dinner went to meet up with TKD peeps who specially came just to have a last talk before I fly.

To chengyi, wenxiang, yiming:
Tks for coming despite being sick(YM), so tired after work(wx) and school( CY). haha it's always fun to be with you peeps! Had a great time laughing at the comical acts that u peeps were up to! (esp CY and his lame jokes!) Although our HK trip may not realise this JUlt due to uncertainties in everyone's schedule, we can still [plan for a mini weekend getaway to perhaps THailand? Hopefully we can work things out.

TO nu-er(weiting) and tua-ji(peishi):
Tks for training all the way to the far EAST of SG...haha really appreciated ur effort in writing the cards. *touched*leTS pUB when we are back k! haha we've been procrastinating on this since last year?

Not forgetting chee yun and lai bun as well as my friends and relatives who were there for me too.. manY thanks for coming!(once again ><)

long daY no. 2...

7/01/10 yet another long and hectic day for me...

Woke up duper early in the morning to settle some adminstrative stuff for GIP trip. Headed all the way to NTU just for the monetary gain which I'm more than willing to sacrifice for. =x

Thereafter, went to visit my ex-colleagues at SMS Infocomm during lunch hour and satisfied my craving for Maggie's lunch specialities! It's really heartwarming to have home-cooked lunch that is pipping hot under the luxury of air-con. It beats walking out to the crowded coffee shops under the sweltering mid day sun.

Mei jiao, Amelia, Maggie, Ana and I! The lunch kakis~

The long walk in that helped to offset the guilt built from snacking too much during work.

Although the company that I worked for last vacation wasn't as renowned as other companies that I've worked for, my colleagues @ SMS Infocomm were really unpretentious and this was the first time that I see no office politics among the staff. Although most of my colleagues were Malaysians, they were very amiable and caring towards a temp like me. Really greatful to have met such NICE colleagues! It'll be another 6 months before I join them for lunch again...=)

Rushed to the bank to telegraphic transfer the downpayment for housing agent before picking Mum up from the clinic after her surgery. How unlucky I was to be told that DBS offer no such service at the branch nearer my house... wasted trip. In the end , I had no choice but to head to Bedok central branch and travelled to Tampines again... So tiring... Seemed like I'm the most loyal SMRT passenger of the day. lol.

My last stop was to head to Shuz's house after dinner to scan the required documents for the housing agent. Luckily, she had a scanner or else I'll have to travel further just to scan the doc. TKs gal for being so ever ready to help whenever I need you!=)

eND of loNG day 2...

it'S 3 more daYS to shanghAi! *excited*

a lONg day...

6/01/10 morning: kayaking at Bedok Reservoir with Jun Long

It's been a long time since i've kayaked. The last time I did was when during my 1-star course? haha really damn long... finally put what I've learnt to use after so long. Kayaking at bedok reservoir is 100 times cleaner than at kallang where the water is really disgusting...to think that I actually gulped down some water from kallang river when I was learning my capsize drill... *eeeks!*

6/01/10 afternoon: MJ with huiyi, Junjie and Jun Long

Had some lady luck with me when MJ-ing but sadly, we didn't play real $. Nonetheless, still enjoyed MJ-ing my whole afternoon away. haha good workout for the mind.

6/01/10 evening: dinner+ wii with Loo Wee and Yiming

The last time we met was half a year ago and the next time will be half a year later! We shall make it a point to meet once every six months... Although the wii was disappointing, I had a great time catching up with them! Come next year will be our time to graduate and join him in the workforce... can't believe that we are entering a new phase real soon! ><

My 2010 resolutions

Don't follow your dreams; chase them.

I believe 2010 will be a very exciting year ahead for me considering that I'll be in away in Shanghai for at least half a year and won't be in town till July...

Nonetheless, some new year resolutions to kick start 2010:
- Continue to create many great memories with family and friends
- Learn how to express my love for the ones I care
- Tour other parts of China during my GIP exchange
- Stay healthy ( continue my exercise regime of jogging, swimming, badminton etc even when I"m overseas... i dun wanna come back looking like a 肉粽)
- Make many new friends @ work and sch ( inclusive of ATs and other nationalities) and establish my own global contacts...
- Give my 200% in work, studies and FYP (when I'm back)
- Be independent: in terms of taking care of myself and the peeps ard me.
- Be open-minded and accept people and their differences. Don't criticise and make judgements unnecessarily without proper understanding.
- Be financially independent.
- Learn how to cook
- Continue to volunteer at Tampines SHG in the second half of the year.
- Travel with sec besties to HK after my China tour

Most importantly, stay happy everyday amidst life's greatest challenges. 做个幸福小女人！Treasure every moment in life and not look back on things that have happened. Instead, try to make the next moment better and worth looking back on when old. One life, live it to the fullest! =)

-Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller

Goodbye 2009, heLLO 2010!

31/12/09-1/1/10: Spent the last day of 2009 and first day of 2010 in NTU with Yiming, wenxiang, chengyi, sky and darwin! =)
(too bad shuz, hy, seb and zs can't join us...)

We had our long awaited steamboat. It was a very full meal for us on the last day of 2009. $100 worth of steamboat ingredients coupled with durian and bailey(courtesy of sky)... luckily, no food poisoning incident for us =X and the shabu shabu sauce recommended by chengyi is really superb!

Ton at wx's room after steamboat and countdown. MJ-ed all the way from 1am to 5 plus in the morning... And i finally learnt how to play $ and count the tais after MJ101 Tutorial with Sky, Darwin and Yiming. Well, ended up paying some tuition fees haha but it's after all a learning process! Thereafter, we played some games like monopoly deal, saboteur. How lucky I was to keep getting the role of saboteur 4 in a row! maybe i should buy 4D since lady luck is with me... lol! Went for breakfast and we were in the eyes-going-to-close-anytime-kind- of -stage after a night of sleepless fun! really had an enjoyable time ushering the new year with u peeps!