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Lusts 2010

Europe.
New Zealand.
South America.
Mauritius.
Egypt.

US
Maryland-Baltimore.
Washington-Seattle.
Utah.
Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
Oregon.
Texas-Houston.

Australia
Brisbane.
Cairns.
Christmas Island.
Darwin.
Perth.
Melbourne.
Sydney.
Queensland.
Canberra.

Asia
Maldives.
Korea.
Japan.
Taiwan.
China.
India.
Philippines.
Nikoi Island.
Lombok Gilis.
Bali.
Phuket.

Malaysia
Perhentian.
Sipadan.
Redang.
Langkawi.
Terengganu.
Pulau Rawa.
Pulau Pemanggil.
Sibu Island.
Kota Kinabalu.
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Wakeboarding.
DSLR.
Shades.
Facial regimen set.
UV protective face cream.
LV Tambour Diving Lady Watch.
Volkswagen Beetle
Remove all keloids on me.

Royals

Jie²
Amylia
WanPing
Mr Ng
Sandie WeiFen
Lai Yi
Jeremy

Pass it On!
sgtravelcafe
Riverkids Project
ASIAN GEOgraphic
Stanley William Moore
The Bitter Stickgirl

Of Yesterday
Looking back at 2011, Looking forward to 2012
You will always be in our heart
Western Australia Trip (Part 1)
The month of FEB in 2010
Fall in love again...
My 1st Bonus!
2009 Christmas Trip to KL, 2010 New Year Countdown...
Say "Hi" to 2010
7-16 Nov 09 Hong Kong, Macau & Zhu Hai
My Happie 23rd Birthday
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Advertlets.com

I was randomly sifting through blogs in hope of reading something interesting last night when I came across a sidebar banner like this:



As a law-abiding citizen (and of course netizen), I did follow instructions to click as told! By the way, you can click on that little banner to access their website too! Unfortunately, either my network or their website was having problems as the page did not manage to load fully. Feeling really tired, I left the page to load and went to sleep.

When I woke up this morning, the first thing that greeted me "good morning " was this cute illustration from my laptop:


Intriguing isn't it? I just had to find out more about it. (By the way, I constructed this picture myself and you can click on the picture to link to their website.)

Within 10 minutes, I am on the "register" page of Advertlets.com. Reason? I want to find out how the hybrid polling cum advertising system works. What's more? They pay advertising dollars to place an ad on your blog, so why not? I guess many other bloggers who signed up had that thought in mind too! It's fuss free and everything is set up nicely for you.

Disclaimer: Do not expect to earn great bucks if yours is just a personal blog with less than 100 hits per day =)

Putting an ad on your blog has another interesting advantage - you get to see different ad banners with fanciful designs to decorate your side bar and the service or product being marketed may be of concern to you too!

Well it turns out that the the ad is a standard sidebar banner and there are two tiny buttons at the bottom like this:

It's for readers to input comments and also do a simple 4-question survey. I personally feel that these buttons should be made more "visible", in other words, eye-catching. If I didn't pay close attention to the skyscraper, I would have missed it! I bet many of you reading this now didn't realise the existence of such a function right?

I have learnt all about target audience and research analysis through my communications and new media modules. Hopefully I can check out the demographics of my readers! See who are the loyal readers of my blog or to see it in another way which kind of people do i appeal to? =P

Do me a favour by doing that simple survey ok? It's not only for the benefit of Advertlets.com but also for my own pleasure to look at the survey results! =D


Saturday, August 25, 2007

Nm3217 PR project - Disney Children's

I am so excited! I suddenly thot of a campaign while I was pigging at swensens' with siew jus now. She was telling me abt her FYP for her poly course, radiational therapy and she mentioned that one of her classmate's team were trying to doing something like this - print cartoon characters on the face mask used during the radiation process. The mask is required to protect patients with brain cancer(or cancer around the facial area I'm not too sure) when radiation treatment is given. It's used to protect the face or jus not to let them see the equipments to prevent fear. Ok I'm not really sure of the usage, got to get hold of more info. But as you noe, the treatment may be painful and kids will be quite scared to even enter the therapy room. Hence they propse that printing cartoon characters on the mask will reduce their fear of the treatment as the cartoons will make it seem like a frenly environment. On top of that, they are looking into making videos with storylines that depicts how those cartoon characters defy all odds(i.e. their illness) to become heros or heroines and live happily ever after. In this way, kids will not be so traumatised by their own illness aft watching the video and with the mask put on, they will feel like they are brave heros as in the cartoon!

Great idea isn't it?

I was quite touched by this idea which triggered my brains to expand it to my own NM3217 project! As we all noe that disney characters are copyrighted and their copyright fees are really expensive. I was thinking of having Disney as my organization to start a PR initiative.

Some ideas brainstormed:
1) They can donate their copyrighted characters to manufacture this masks
2) Pay for the manufacturing cost of the mask
3) Lend their expertise to create the videos mentioned
4) Set up a fund to aid families with cancer children faced with financial difficulties in managing their medical expenses
5) Decorate the wards and treatment rooms with disney wallpapers
6) Distribute surplus disney merchandises and toys as rewards to patients who have fulfilled something e.g. bravery award for undergoing a surgery, obedience award for attending all scheduled treatments w/o playing traunts

Why is it a good idea?
1) Poor kids who do not have the opportunity to visit the real disneyland can experience the feel of a 'disneyland' in the hospital
2) In this way, those children who love the cartoons in the hospital will be more willing to visit the hospital and receive treatment rather than being 'forced' to go and be completely traumatised
3) Left over merchandises from disney are put to good use!

Now I need to do research on Disney and see if it's feasible. Also I'll need to see if my tutor approves of my choice and if I am able to contact them.


Thursday, August 23, 2007

Go -Kart 2

Yeah! My 2nd time gg to permas karting circuit! We needed some practice cos Wan Ping and Benny have both formed their own team to join the National Karting Challenge 2007 and abandon me =( Initial intention was to form a team among ourselves! Hmph! Hopefully i can find 3 karting enthusiats =P

WanPing and Me (Benny was the cameramen as usu)



We played 2 rounds and 'qie4' with some ang mos in the 1st one. THey ain't real good karters and one of them even bumped Benny's on his right rear wheel and sent him spinning! So irresponsible la! Benny kinda injure his back and was aching all the way... The 2nd round was fun too cos we raced with 4 sg guys who specially took an off day to go karting thr.

I have no idea why but Wan Ping started to become v frenly with the boss aft our 1st round. He taught us some techniques to complete a smooth turn and I tried it for the 2nd rd and it works! =D I was able to maintain in the 1st position w/o letting anyone overtake me (I was the 1st to set off) although one guy overtook me for a short while =P

Well dun tink tt's jus it, the highlight of the day for me was...



Yes! Tt's right! Mini Bike n_n I had always wanted to try on mini bike but nv had the chance. The boss no longer operate commercial mini bike rides due to the high percentage of injuries (9 out of 10 riders will start off their ride with a wide smile on their faces and return crying, according to the boss).

As said, Wan Ping suddenly became v frenly w the boss and he even showed us his new karts in the store. Being a little naughty, I asked WanPing to try asking him if he could allow me to ride on the mini bike for jus awhile and after much persuasion that i'll not come back crying, HE AGREED!!!!! =D Wahahaha I was super happy!

Getting ready...



I was once again reminded by uncle boss not to cry if i fall. He was nice enough to put on knee and elbow guards for me!

But...
I FELL...

I rammed straight into the tyres placed at the side of the tracks during the 1st bend. I cldn't bend well cos my long legs were stucked and I don't know how to adjust them to the right position. I didn't wan to stop cos i thot i cld complete tt turn and also cos I thot tt i may be thrown off the bike if i jam brake! The feeling of accident was quite "WoaH", just like Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider when he was thrown off his bike during his stunt. ahaha I noe i may sound crazy but i may kinda enjoy it if i'm well protected with jackets and all.



Anw, if u can't see clearly (cos the previous pic was cropped out from the previous previous and blown up), tt was me walking off the accident scene feeling so paiseh cos everyone at the karting circuit was looking at me! The workers there kept luffing at me and told me y go thru all the trouble to injure myself =( Boo!



I got some cuts on my left hand and right elbow. The boss immediately took out his medication when he saw me bleeding...



Thanks Benny for helping me apply the medication but he applied too much of the yellow medication over too huge an area!!! I dun wan cos it's v ugly =P



Close up of my wounds =( boo hoo hoo

And my manicure is gone too =<

I got free tee shirt prints too!

Tyre patterned ones somemore =>

My sneakers were injured too!


Oh and the last thing was...
My hip! It's not really clear in the pic but it's a red and black patch on my right hip! Guess I knocked them while I was "rolling" on the floor after being thrown off the mni bike.

Well I must say that I still enjoy tt 3secs of fame. None of the guys present at the place (except for the workers) played mini bike b4 and I'm proud of myself =D *applause* I hope tt uncle boss will let me ride on the bike agn! Of course not b4 teaching me some riding skills =D

p/s: I'm gonna die of painfulness ltr when i bathe!


Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Hey! Big spender

(Source: The Sunday Times dated 12 August 2007)


Read this article a fortnight ago, I was appalled by the current trend of these young girls and I can never agree enough to this quote "Parents are feeding their kids with money on the outside but not the inside." How True!!!

Teens spend money on their looks to boost their confidence and for acceptance by peers. I do agree that you need to groom yourself to look presentable as 1st impression counts but confidence does not come only from your dress sense! N if your friends regard u as their fren bcos u look gorgeous only with the expensive accessories, chances are, when the accessories leave u, they'll too!

In case you still do not understand, it means they are not your true frens. I have a bosom fren from primary sch for more than 10 years and I can go out with her ard the neighbourhood in slping wear yet feel so comfortable with no worries abt how i look knowing that she'll nv criticise me. This is what I define true frens as! You are yourself infront of them and u nv haf to worry abt presenting only ur best side to them bcos they are suppose to see u at ur worst! Don't mistake my words and think that I don't respect her enuff so I don't dress up when i meet up with her. The truth is that when we decide to venture somewhr further from our neighbourhood, we'll discuss abt dressing up too! N even to wad degree shd we dress up cos it depends on the place we'r gg and the occassion! =)

Knowing that girls as young as 14 years of age sign up for $300 packages and an 18 year old student spending $1k per month($400 in skincare products, $300 on designer labels and $300 in mani & pedi cures) is really disheartening. What's more? The girl even said that she don't feel guilty abt spending her mum's money as long as she don't overspend! DEFINE OVERSPEND for me please!!!! As far as I know, even OL(office ladies) don't spend that much per month!(Or maybe times have changed? Yeah certainly!) $1k a month is more of an once-in-a-while indulgence that does not happen more than once in 2 months for a working class unless u'r a taitai! (I'm sorry to just realise that tai tai doesn't fall into the working class category)

These teens are spending their parent's hard-earned money yet they don't appreciate what's given to them. It is terrible when they treat it as a right and not as a luxury! Sometimes parents should really do their part in controlling the expenditure of their children and give them what the deserve. If they need something deemed as an indulgence, get them to earn their own keep! By saying that I don't mean that they shuld be forced to take up part-time jobs. It can be just a simple task such as promising good results or sacrificing a few outings with frens to stay home etc.

Another girl spends between $300-$500 on clothes and make up to prepare for a Cleo magazine's beauty contest and wants to be a flight attendant bcos she can travel for free, it's a glamorous job and she gets to look pretty all day. How naive! Flight attendants of the past have been looked up to bcos of their well-groomed image, high pay and high job satisfaction. Now it seems that the standard of air stewardess have dropped so drastically together with their customer service level thanks to many people who enter the profession with the same thought in mind as the naive girl. Of late, this career path have been frowned-upon rather than applauded for! I'm sure many people haf heard stories of the dark side of air stewardess, welcome to the cruel dog-eat-dog world.

The worst have yet to come! Another 18 year old interviewed said she washes her face 10 times a day with 5 different cleansers for each wash. She spent 4 yrs experimenting with different cleansers before settling on this "five-step formula". Furthermore, she'll need 1 hr to doll up herself - after shower, apply mosituriser, cellulite gel and make up. The worst is here, a remark made by her: I'm late for school everyday, but I can't help it. I cannot sacrifice my beauty regimen just because I'm late for school, you know?

WHAT??????? I'm shocked!!! Such a statement from an 18 year old. It's not only about the extravagant amount of time spent on her so-called-regimen but more about her time management! If you were to be so conscious of your looks to the extent of not being concern about studies and being on time, you're gonna face a real prob when u get out to the workforce in future. I'm serious!

I have got a real big problem identifying with these kids bcos I have nv ever bought a bottle of cleanser b4 nor spend $1k on beauty products. My closest was spending $1.3k on my recent HK trip which includes alot of shopping! All thanks to Jizmine's Mummy who have inculcated the correct values into little jizmine when she was young. I learnt about the importance of natural beauty and the value of money from her and i'm really greatful for that.

I was nv allowed to apply any beauty products on my skin when I was young but the fact was that I had really wanted to! My mum repeatedly told me that young gers like myself at that age r naturally beautiful w/o 'anything' on the face. Using make-up will only spoil my beauty and facial products will cause my skin to age faster or produce black spots and pimples.

Her method works! Firstly telling me that i'm beautiful boost my confidence! Such that I do not feel like relying on make ups to feel good. Yes and every women, I repeat, EVERY WOMEN out thr is BEAUTIFUL in the eyes of someone else, her loved ones be it parents, grandparents, friends, husband, boyfriend or even strangers! Don't think that u'r not pretty jus bcos tt the person whom u wan him/her to think u'r pretty don't think tt u r! Or dun compare to other gers the no. of pple who thinks she's hot bcos the truth is that u do not know how many pple appreciate ur beauty w/o telling u!

*A side note* I'm very happy that Dove had set out this initiative, do visit the website and support this campaign (Campaign For Real Beauty) if u can!



Drawing the attention back to my mum, the fact that I haf nv put on make up (except for times of performances) until my jc prom night and when I started working in offices shows that her method does work. On a personal note, I fairly hate make-up for the hassle of putting them on and maintaining them throughout the day cos I can't rub my eyes or scratch my face!

Furthermore, as a notable beautician with many facial-product-malfunction stories to tell, I just have to trust her as she is the 'seen-it-all'. She explained that once u start using products on ur face, ur skin gets accustom to it and will constantly need those materials to be on to maintain in that state. So once u stop using the products, ur skin will appear dull due to the absence of the product ingredients which are in the 1st place not good for ur skin. Some may clog up pores or some are 'too strong' in such a way that they 'burn' away the top layer of ur facial skin. Initially it will look good bcos ur new skin underneath appears when the top layer wears off, but when such a process happens too fast for ur skin cells to recover n rejuvenate, that's when aged skins or scars appear. Prolong usage will also have the same effect as the chemical ingredients do not work as effectively anymore.

My skin is near-to-flawless except for a few pimples during 'aunty periods' and I'm still a proud user of johnson baby soap (to wash my face every morning and during baths). Yes, that's it! My beauty regimen! Soap! I do understand that some people have skin problems and need special care for their face hence prescription medications or facial washes are needed. I don't think it comprises of 5 cleansers and cost $1k does it?

My mother have made me beautiful on the outside and the inside, more than what these teens have but with much less money spent!



Feels good to have someone care for you...


Thank you n_n I'm touched


Monday, August 20, 2007

Bad day...

Sheese this ain't no good! I jus had a disagreement cum argument with Linda. I don't even know when was the last time we ever quarrelled! Or did we not? Well for the least reason expected cos she was very late for dance pract. If you dun understand y this can cause unhappiness, read my previous entry. I remembered that I was angry with Hock for the same reason once. It makes my blood boils.

Anyhow, it jus dun feel good to attitude ur close frens and I totally hate it. I did mention tt we didn't quarrel b4 rite? I can't believe tt we'r attitude-ing each other jus bcos of tis! I cld sense unfrenliness on the phone jus now and it was really bad. I dunno wad to say. Due to my personality, I jus had to make my stand clear so it was really unpleasant. Although on her part she did explain and apologise, we din noe how to end the conversation so it was jus POOF! Gone~

It doesn't help that I'm not feeling well. U noe those kinda v v cold cos fever is coming feeling? N my irritating sore throat plus splitting headache. Not forgetting tiredness from lessons!

Furthermore, I had tonnes of things to settle which i put aside jus to be in time for dance pract bcos if i were to start doing them i will nd alot of time and will be late. I dunwanna be late cos i noe i'm weak in dance alrdy and I nd more time and put in more effort to practice then others. Hence realising that I am wasting time jus to wait piss me off.

Seems like now it's all good... I can have all the time i wan to do my stuff w/o having to worry abt practices...


Saturday, August 18, 2007

Saturday in Hall...

is so boring cos everyone's gone home =( Had dance last nite, I must say it's some form of good workout for me. Can't rem the last time I excercised! =P Though it may be unpleasant to blog about wad i'm gonna write in the next paragraph or so, I'll still wanna say tht punctuality is very important. Dance was suppose to start at 8.30pm. I deliberately went to MFR at 8.45pm knowing that I will be waiting like an idiot there if I were to be on time. It happens to ALL dance practices. To my horror, practice hasn't start. Not wanting to waste time,I went back to my rm to do my own stuff and headed bk to studio at 9.20pm. Sheese they've already start on the 2nd 8's. Bad prediction, bad time management. Anw, it was the reason y i drop out of TH rag dance too!

Story(Do not read if you know that u'r gonna b offended):
b4 rag dance started, Dewi set up a yahoo grps for communication purposes. She posted msgs of how strict she wld be and abt punctuality. I rem reading a sentence that says "When Dewi says 7pm means 7pm, you're expected to come a few mins earlier or on time" something like tt. Yada yada here comes 1st lesson. Meeting time - 7pm(if i din rem wrongly). I reached TH at 6.45pm right after I knock off from internship and shortly after I saw Yi Wen and Xin Hui. By the time some other ppe came, it was alrdy 7plus. I still rem tt Yi Wen was wrking at tampines and she took a cab all the way from her workplace so that she wldn't b late and this was wad she got - dance started at 8/8.30 cos yayi was holding on to the keys and he was the latest to reach. Dewi herself, the head of Rag Dance, arrived at 7.30(or somewhr close to thr). So wad's those preaching for?

As for myself, there were other reasons why i eventually dropped out e.g. I was really tired aft wrk and travelling is quite sian. But a major part of the reason was timing. I dun wanna waste time waiting. Yup, tt said, nothing's gonna change still and I know I'm gonna upset pple agn but I'm entitled my "freedom of speech".

Really happy to have a surprise visit from:

Finally got to pass her the prezzie both wp and me shared to gif her from HK! After which, we went to Al Azaar for supper cos seek had a "personal chauffeur" and I ordered my usual Holicks Dino and Maggi Goreng =P Rockz SO happy~

Oh Realized that I didn't put any pics of my wavy hair so here it is! (Although I know that many of you haf alrdy seen me in real person =P Hee)

Right after I permed my hair...

I was quite sad cos i tink it's really ugly la. I was depressed for a day and decided to pick up myself by getting this:

Wanted to get a Gastby initially so tt I can a replica of Takuya Kimura but decided to stick to my feminine instinct. It's my 1st time using clay... the smell is bad, the stickiness on my hand is bad too! But it really works well! Look at my hair...

It can be normal sweet small curls...

Or crown fluffed-up with curls

This one is just a messy look haha


After showing nice pics of myself, I muz also reveal my not-so-nice side =P Haha Present to u Ms Jizmine the UNGLAMOUS...

Wahahahahhahahaha x10hundredmiliionthousand

Yes it's really funny-ly ugly. I can't stop luffing when I 1st saw it. the pic was unrightful-ly and unjust-ly taken during orientation in TH this yr! Rem I said that I zao O'wk to join TH for the evening? yeah this was it!

Xian Hong sent it to me while toking to me on msn last nite...
8/18/2007 12:23:41 AM Xi@n:
aniwaes i was sifting thru the orientation photos and found a rather unglam picture of u... i think u should have it..
8/18/2007 12:27:17 AM Jasmine ~: OMG damn bad damn bad the foto v chou faster help me delete

Ahahahaha still cannot stop luffing. Anw, it super nice to nua in my rm now. It's like air-con temperature due to the heavy rain this morning and afternoon. I jus can't bring myself to travel home... Tink by the time i finish nua-ing I can go to DXO from here alrdy =D Haha heard tt bash tis yr's quite cui. Got a surprise msg from jeremy last nite asking if i'll be gg. (Wonder how is he doing now... )Of course I will b gg. Hope tt everything will turn out fine ltr. It always does =)


Tuesday, August 14, 2007

881

is a touching hokkien movie by Royston Tan, my idol!!! =D Haha I really like his works and my "one-sided love affair" with him dated way back to when I was in secondary school. Woah, can't believe that I was that artistic since so young! Still remembered that he came to showcase his short films in my sch and I was really touched by a few of his films. Ever since then, I make it a point to take note of his productions and I personally feel that he should be admired cos he is one of the very few successful film makers in Singapore! What's more? Many more foreigners know him better than Singaporeans do!(In terms of appreciating his works and recognising his talent) What a shame =(

I watched this movie with my mum and sis last wednesday(8aug07) at tiong baru during the premiere screening super early in the morning at 10am. Haha cos my sis won 2 pairs of tix and we thot it wld be really nice to have my mum watch this show since it's has a very heartlander plot about getai performances. Moreover, approximately 60% of the show have their dialogue in Hokkien. It would be good if some organisation or just someone can hold a charity movie night(or fund raising event kinda stuff) for the elderly folks and screen this show for them to enjoy. I feel that they will appreciate the show more than youngsters do. Just my personal thot though... Maybe I can suggest this to arts club charity cell or NVAC =) OR even Royston Tan himself!!! Hee

Oh anw, the reason why I said it was a touching show and that the older generation will appreciate it better was cos I saw my mum crying during the show!!! OMG i was so shocked cos I didn't think tt it was a tear-jerking show. Anyhow, it jus made her cry and I tink it may apply to other older folks too?

And the song is quite nice too!

If you're thinking of watching this show with your friends,DO NOT! Bring your beloved mum or dad instead esp. those parents who are in their 50's or 60's and seldom watch movies in cinemas nowadays! You can even bring your ah gong and ah ma too! If they'r still ard [ =( mine's not...] Anw, very sweet Royston made this movie for his mum too! Cos his mum cldn't understand all his previous works which was too "artistic". One of the very very few movie with contents catered for the older generation.

P/s: Remember to bring a jacket to the freezing cinema for your loved ones n_n


Monday, August 13, 2007

Semester Starts!!!

Cool to be able to attend lectures once again after taking such a long long break! I'm indeed "well-rested". Managed to strike off may items on my To-Do list! Had my holidays, did my internship, went for orientation camps and did I mention that I permed my hair yesterday =P Haha Looking forward to my Hawaii cum Taiwan Trip =D just another 1 more month to go! Feeling so excited suddenly.

I may be able to check one more item on my wish-list too! N tt's to go diving!!! Went to the welcome tea for NUS diving club with LiXin just now. I overslpt hence there was no food left by the time I arrived (ok fine i noe it's 6pm but I wasn't feeling well due to 'aunty' and took a too-long nap). They're organising 2 diving trips to Pulau Aur (don't really noe whr's tis place) at $400nett for begginners. I can only make it for the 14-16th sep one as I'll be away from 20th sept onwards.

Tt's quite a problem cos I'll be gg to Hawaii already and I'm not sure if I wanna go on a diving trip jus 1 week b4 tt. Money is an issue and also what if I injure myself or something or worst... I get bitten by 'Big Fish'? =( I dunwan... But I'm really keen on diving and it's something I'll regret if I dun do it... Haiz...I've got till thurs to decide, registration will open then!

O'wk ended last sat and it happened to be Rag day too! Was down to support rag until after Arts fac performed. Straight after that, I left for to meet my sis, siew and Louis at PS. Louis was given 4 tix to the IBM starlight movie screening at Fort Canning Park. They screened Charlottle's Web, quite a nice show and another French movie which was a total crap!

The night b4 O'wk ended, we had an OG outing to watch "The Bourne Ultimatum" at Vivo. A total of 18 of us went! I thot it was quite a nice movie, as in the intelligence part. I particularly like this part where he's like anticipating all the moves and such.

Matt Damon reprises his role as Jason Bourne in the third installment of the franchise, The Bourne Ultimatum.

This lady is intelligent and very nice! Joan Allen as CIA internal investigator Pamela Landy.


Oh and a very very great Thank you to Leon who lent his car to Chong to drive me to my hall to book the tixs, if not I don't tink we can get such good seats. Great thanks to Chong Han too for helping me ask Leon cos i abit shy and driving me to TH ahaha and thanking Leon on my behalf cos i really very shy =P It's actually more of paiseh la =P Oh and BBQ tt nite was great! I thot it will be very messy and we'll be banned or sth cos it's "illegal". Luckily, everything turned out well =) So happie and it gave me time to finally sit down and tok to my og freshies! Woah and Joshua makes really good toasted Mashmallow *yummy* n_n Greedy me requested for like dunno how many from him la =P Thank you so much! I cannot imagine how he can patiently toast so many and it's not even for himself man! I would have selfishly kept it for my own pleasure consumption I swear!

Visited the newly-revamped and long-awaited arts canteen this afternoon. It indeed opened today as promised and all the shops were ready to serve! I queued for a whole 45mins for my laksa Yong Tou Hoo(breakdown: 30mins for main queue to select individual ingredients; 5mins for sub-queue to pass aunty my bowl and tell her in what style i wld like my yong tou hoo to be served with what gravy or wad beehoon; 10mins for sub sub-queue to wait for food to be cooked, collect and pay) It's worth the wait =) Tasty as usual. It has indeed live up to it's name! Will go on to try other stalls soon. I was quite disappointed that BK wasn't 24-hrs! I thot it was but nevertheless i'll not be frequent-ing it as Ms Jizmine haf only got 1 more yr to taste food from The Deck!

Haha I jus saw WanPing coming back to her room. Even though we'r opposite neighbours, we seldom see each other since we both shifted in and tt's called UNFRIENDLY! Hahaa nvm me and jess haf agreed to makeb3 the most friendliest and happiest place ard! Feeling excited now tt WanPing have passed me the photos of our HK trip! Will be a pictorial blog entry soon n_n


Sunday, August 12, 2007

What did Ms Jizmine do on National Day 2007?

Tadangs!!!

Snow in Singapore (o_O)???

Looks Familar??
Of course! It's in Here!

Feeling bored during this very special public holidays, me and siew decided to do something "special" Haha it was her 1st time visiting the ice-skating rink. As for me, it's been 6 years since I last stepped into there! Woah use to frequent the place when I was in sec1 and nv did go for any more ice-skating sessions since then...

Brought back wonderful memories and it feels really good to be sliding around in a cooling temperature =D Would strongly recommend to all!

THe Best part of it was that they had short sessions of snow falls now and then to "wish" Singapore Happy Birthday! So happie n_n lalala

Poor me fell down w/o jeans cos i went straight to jurong from hall and I didn't bring any jeans to hall yet =(

Haha was still telling siew to expect herself to fall down as a beginner. Surprise surprise, she din fall down at all during the whole 2 hrs of skating whereas me-the-act-pro fell down twice boo =P

Headed to Vivo to watch "Alone". Quite a nice show but not as impressive as "Shutter". Still haf to give credits to the director and producer. They're absolutely brillant! I wouldn't have thought of such plots or storylines. *applause*


Thursday, August 09, 2007

O'week 2007

Just got back from Sentosa. Super tired now... Waiting for laundry before I go to slp =) Haha need to clean the seawater-ed clothes plus the pair of socks lying outside my room since e day I zao arts O'wk to join TH orientation at nite. I muz say that the games they prepared are really fun! Shooting enemies with water guns walking in a maze and climbing the quandrangle pile with taboleng sheets and soap water.

Hahaha!!! I've finally found the correct position to sleep so that I dun get "disruptive" nites! Tt's to slp normally with my head near the window and legs facing the wardrobe! Ok I noe tt shd be the way but ever since the invasion of the lizards in my rm, I haf changed my slping position to that of feets nearer to window for fear that lizards might drop into my accidentally-opened mouth during my slp.

Went KTV wid my OG ytd at this KTV place at Katong Shopping Centre. Ate Katong laksa with 2 big spoons of Balachan Chilli Yummy =P Opps I noe I was suppose to flag but I overslpt and by the time I woke up it was 11 plus... I was tt tired! Got 3 miss calls form Euming and 2 from xinyu! Wonder why did Xinyu call. She din reply my msg and ltr in the nite when i was at the rag site, I din see her also...

Anw, coming back to ktv, the place is called Teo Heng Karaoke Music Centre and their rates from is only $8 per hour for a small room from 1-7pm! Think can house abt 4 person? Medium is $10 while Large room is $12 per hour. After 7pm will be more ex! $14,$16,$18 respectively. But the good thing is that drinks r at $1 nett ONLY!!! yup it's those can drinks and it's self service, just grab any drink u wan from the fridge Haha =D Will recommend it to frens! Quite a nice place and cheap too!

*_* collected laundry alrdy and jess juz came back with a clothes rack which she got a freshie to buy from clementi Haaha gonna be the 1st to use it! Yeah! @_@

Was really looking forward to going home tonite but it's kinda late... Haiz so sian to be in an empty room w/o the necessities such as food, more Food and alot more FOOD! N i'm very angry wid myself cos I spoiled the frame of my jigsaw puzzle >=( the hanger tt I previously used has now become v weak and cldn't support the jigsaw anymore and the whole thing jus crashed onto the floor =( N thanks to the stupid lizards, I pulled my bed away from the walls and leave a gap so that in case any lizards drop(which I really really hope they dun), they will drop onto the floor and not on the bed! Hmph! End up my jigsaw puzzle din get any support from the bed to cushion it's fall! So angry and sad! >=( heh =(


Monday, August 06, 2007

My day at home

I can't believe I slpt for the whole day!!! From last night 11 plus after I put down the phone to 6plus pm today!!!! Oh god! But it's a nice feeling slping soooo much cos I really haf great difficulty slping in my hall room =( Dunno if it's jus me or wad... I woke up quite a few times during my slp. I feel kinda lonely in the room & also i'm quite scare of lizrds falling onto my bed =P

Anw, I'm ultra addicted to this due to Mr Benny...






My handphone ringtone goes "I can give u gastby..." TOO! Wahaha and i'll start doing wad Takuya does in the ad. I even made an O'wk cheer and got my freshies to sing tt song =P Opps Ahaha

Ok a day at home means I got to clear up stuff and this means clearing files from my comp! Found something very cute =) I wrote a friendster testimonial for my bro years ago when he was posted to Brunei to work for a year. Could clearly rem that he was gg thru a very rough patch and I guess he missed home really much! He learnt how to use the comp over at thr too! And we often email each other n_n He's now a proud father of a cutish ger and handsome boy! My nephew is now recovering very well from his op and having a very good appetite! My sis told me one bottle of milk is not enuff for him! He actually signalled for 1 more aft finishing the 1st bottle! Considering he's only 6 months old, tt's quite alot =P

Here my testi written few yrs ago when i was still in jc for my bro...
yoZ the ever so BIG SIZED, BIG BULLY, funny, blood vomitting, lame, crappy, nonsensical, nonsense(which is the same as the previous one but juz to add more stuff to this testi), lame, crappy, rubbish, stupid and you-name-it kOR² of MINE!!!! and whom is one of the 4 person i have known for 17 years and 22 days until today the 22nd of nov 2003... oppz juz sorta revealed my age(not suppose to join friendster for those under 18!!!!)wah say~~~ somebody even faster than me in joining friendster sia~ now learn how to play comp ya~ya~ alreadi lah... MAN i am the first to write in ur testimonial hahaha *applause* can tell pple all the BAD!!! things u did to ME man....hahaha the computer idiot who is always dreaming of striking it rich in 4Ds and ToTos, always bullying me when I was younger...U TINK U BIG SIZE THEN CAN BULLY PPLE ISSIT!!!(*sob**sob* but actually really can lah... bcoz he succeeded in bullying ME!) really haf a tough time dealing wif him because he is like so extreme person…..serious u noe!!!! can be super nice and funny at times and really fierce and nasty the next moment…quite a family oriented guy(hey man finally some good things abt u!!!) but EXTREMELY BAD TEMPERED!!!! those who noe him should know rite??? :p and also friends of him would not fail to agree wif me tt meeting up with him at say 3 p.m. will be translated to him in some kinda way that he will turn up at 7 p.m. rite? And also, tink he used to be a very good sports person(not sure abt tt though) got all the trophies which ME and JIE ² haf to clean FOR U everytime we spring clean the house!!!! OK I noe tt u will wan to defend urself tt u still can play sports because u haf juz helped ur team won tt soccer match although I tink u r not the main cause of them winning…hahaha and also to help u announce tt “MY BELOVED BROTHER OVER HERE HAD WON FIRST RUNNR-UP IN SINGING COMPETITION” *applause**wolf-whistles*….yah man I still rememberd tt u were a soccer freak (now still one) who broke the house mirror when playing soccer in the house when mummy and daddy is not around even after they warned u not to do so…me was like sitting on the side looking at u do the stunts until u broke tt mirror and u haf to bribe me wif sweets so tt I would not ‘betray’ u but it’s kinda no use rite? Hahaha still remember tt u got into so much trouble bcoz of ur passion for soccer when young (now old already….hahhaha) most of the details u shd noe it urself rite? Haiz…those were the days…but anw I tink I will not onli be the first to write ur testi but also the one to write the most if I dun stop now, I can go on and on man…ok to cum to a conclusion (wah~~ like as if writing report), he is wad i call the ONE-IS-MORE-THEN-ENOUGH kind of brother that u can never haf enough of

He eventually rejected it and ask me to write another one that can only sing praises for him -_-|||


Saturday, August 04, 2007

My true thots I have to say...

On the surface, it may seem to everyone that you're very very nice to me but beneath that surface, I feel that I have given (in) to you so much more than what you have given to me.

I feel very very happy to have made that decision. I live happier than before and I have never had this feeling of freedom for such a long time. The truth is, I feel restricted when I'm with you. I feel tired being with you. Why? Because I'm always the one to accommodate you. When you are finally free from your busy schedule, I'll always be free to go out with you. When you are feeling low, I'll always be there to hear you out. When you want to venture into something new, I'll always be encouraging you. But sometimes, do you know that I just feel like telling you that "U ONLY HAF YOURSELF TO CARE FOR!!!!!!! Wad you wan to achieve for yourself, what you wanna do...It's all you, You, YOU and U! I'll always only fit into ur free slots rite?"

I feel I have such a low priority in your life that I'm just worth next to a meal. I'm never the main "factor" in your decisions. There's never a time when I am involved in your considerations.

When I'm having free time, I can't look for you. When I am feeling down, where are you? You have always failed to cheer me up, sometimes even becoming the one who bring me down. It may partly be that I don't tell you in words I'm sad but I thought a soul mate should be able to know.

You say you respect me and that's why you don't do things which I don't like. Your friend ask you why you are scared of me, just go ahead and play mahjong for all you want! You say no because I don't like it? I'm sorry but I have to make this clear. I hate people who gambles! This just me! If you abstain from gambling just because I don't like it doesn't make me like you more. The fact that you enjoy it already make me dislike you. The fact that you use me as a reason not to gamble makes me hate you, not feel respected. Do something because you genuinely want to, not because of someone else! Because if that person were to lose his/her importance to you, you will revert to your true self again.

In your opinion, paying for me is a form of love especially when you're not rich. I can agree to that. But pls remember that I have never ever requested for an expensive present from you. I have never ever asked you to pay for my share when we go travelling. I have never forced you to buy me a mobile phone/mp3/gadgets, not even when mine's spoiled. On the other hand, I've been all along trying to save money for you. looking out for discounts so that you pay less. Settling administrative work for you to enjoy the discounts cos you dunno how to do it. Getting free stuff/tickets for us to enjoy together. Paying for the more expensive meals that we eat out. Ask yourself, which is the most expensive present you ever gave to me? What is the most expensive dinner that you ever had wid me? So pls do not say that I did not do my part or spend too much of your money.

Not every ger can be the type who can quietly be the women behind a successful man.

At least I know i am not...


Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Back to TH!

Yeah I'm happily (eh maybe not so happy cos thr's blasting Pirates music from quadrangle and it's getting on my nerves) typing on my lappy in B301. I've shifted almost everything I need to my room this afternoon with the help of my dad, mum, sis and eh Gabriel (ahaha he came in at the last leg i.e. from car porch to my room). ahaha Stacy was super funny cos she complained that I "used" too many people to assist in my shifting. Opps =P

Anw, I feeling really sian in the room now... Jus finished watching the 7pm drama on channel 8 cos i realised i haven watch it for sometime and i was hoping to catch Elvin Ng!!! He's super hot!

Get what I mean?

Actually I could have be more "sociable" and take up either

option 1: go bugis and meet up wid o'wk OG for dinner so tt I will get to know them better b4 o'wk tmr
or
option 2: join hall orientation (which explains the loud music) and get to know more pple in hall (and secretly hope that thr's a drop dead gorgeous hunk in my OG and I'll get to scandal with him =P opps jus some wild thots)

But but but lazy jizmine jus decide to stay put on her roller chair in B301! Yeah mayb it's because i feel "old"... Dun really haf the energy to join games and rara at orientation...Or maybe it's jus me? Cos all along I have been an aloof chap =P I'm serious!

Do miss last year's arts camp as an OGL... My energy level was ten thousand million times of now. Looking back, I really happy that I've given my best as an OGL and given my then-freshies a wonderful experience(or so i thot =P). Yup! I tink i've told alot of pple who asked me y i wanna be OGL or y i can be so blardy rara during camp. It's really v different from the normal me and pple who know me b4 camp was really shocked by my behaviour during camp ahaha it's another side of me! i shall leave it to your imagination. Nevertheless I still wanna say it once more =)

During my freshmen year, blurr and uncertain jizmine cldn't decide on her uni path and didn't know of orientation camps at all. She missed out on the most happening and as-an-arts-student-u-definitely-mus-join camp --- Arts Camp 2005. It was a small regret that I hold after I came to know about it and joined Arts Club. Moreover, Hock was the PD and I heard that he was very shuai then. Mayb it would have been me who fall in love with him 1st =P He also had the same regret that I wasn't thr to see him at his most handsome moments. Guess sometimes things jus ain't meant to be n_n. On top of that, it didn't help that I'm an introvert. Ok I know it's really difficult to imagine me-the-loudspeaker as an introvert but I really am one!

Luckily, Linda forced me to join O'wk that yr and I mus say i really enjoy it! It was a culture shock! Still remembered that at sentosa, the 1st game was to dip ourselves in the sea and collect as much seawater in a bottle as possible! I was shocked bcos I had nv tried playing dirty games b4! All those orientations I joined last time was jus on paper or concrete floor, no water, no flour, no detergent, no nothing!

My then-ogl Paul did a really great job and I was inspired by him and esp one moment which I can still clearly rem up to now --- On one of the mornings during O'wk, the whole camp was asked to collect their breakfast from the logistic pple at the forum. All of us were sitting at the stand steps at the forum and I could clearly see every freshie walking towards the collection point except for our OG! Cos Paul told us to stay put and he went to collect it for the whole OG! Woah i was really touched at the sight of him juggling a tray of 20 over milos and distributing them to us! We were sitting there and he was serving us while other freshis had to queue for their own food =) This one really touched me and I thot to myself at that time "if I were to be an OGL, I muz b like Paul! A very caring OGL!"

And I did! One year later, I took on tt role and got Paul back to assist me as an AOGL! Ahaha he is super bad! Cos he confessed to me during the last day of Arts Camp 2006 that initially when i asked him to be my AOGL, he thot tt he's gonna die for sure and "pick up shit"(say in Hokkien) for me. Cos his idea of me still remained at the freshie stage - very blurr, gong, dunno wad's happening and always in need of help! But that camp totally changed his opinion of me! He said he was impressed by my performance. Haha =P *proud of myself face to be praised by OGL*

Well, in the end my og was one of the few OGs that contributed alot to rag. Alot of pple went down to help out last year. One of them is now the dance head for rag dance this year. 3 of my freshies eventually was elected into 27th Arts Club Management Committee last yr. One of my freshie have become my close fren in hall and he's really funny and lovable!

Looking at my freshies doing well now makes me really contented =) Really... bcos it means that I was thr to help them start off on the right footing when they 1st step into NUS. I'm not trying to praise myself here but tink abt it, wld u haf so much passion for ur faculty if ur orientation camp sucks? I bet not!



I'm back!!!

Yes I'm finally back in Singapore after my shopping spree cum foodfare in HK! =D Wahaha I feel really bad about troubling Benny and his uncle and his grand-uncle and his grandparents, (basically the whole family) throughout our stay there. Hmmm =P but I must say it was really really a fun and nice trip cos not only did I get to shop, eat, grow fat, sightsee and experience culture shock, I got to know WanPing and Benny better too! Ahaha both of them are actually the "treasure of their family"(zhang shang ming zhu). One is shao ye(prince), another is qian jing(princess), woah feel really stressed sia! But it's good =P Hee cos I get pampered too! But I feel quite bad cos I cld tell tt WanPing didn't enjoy the temperature thr! Will talk more abt my trip in a complete entry wid all the photos taken!

Went back to TH to clean up my room jus now, super duper dirty! Stupid room used by Clara previously. BOO! Luckily I got Hocky to help me =P (thanks for ya help, let me know if the broad shorts is too broad!)

Haaha Happily got my Hula prize cheque for the Hawaii trip too! Really looking forward to it! They gave me 2 tees to wear and take pics thr. The tee designs look good! The company is tinking of selling them on their official Hula website. Dunno how the response will be like =P

Ate XO fish beehoon at Holland V! Ahaha love it! As nice as ever but the shop service very lousy... I guess it's always like tt, good biz will result in the decrease in service quality of a shop! I tink only Al Azhar succeed in maintaining both!

Hope tt I will like the room... Apparently the window faces quadrangle and I dunno if i'm used to tt... Will be shifting in tomorrow with the help of my dad...