A simple day

Today, like every other day where I do not have to work, I would sleep until 1p.m. This is how late I wake up when I do not switch on my hand phone alarm clock. After brushing my teeth, my bathe and having breakfast, I sat down at the sofa to watch television programme until about 4p.m. Then, I packed my bag to get ready to go out.

Before meeting my friend, I went to Bukit Merah Central to do a little shopping. While walking, I saw a number of juniors. Well, I do not know them. But, perhaps they are from my secondary school so I say they are my juniors. I miss my school so much. When I opened up the cup board to place cleaned glasses at my working place, I found that the smell of the glasses and cup board was so familiar to me. It was the smell of my school science lab. Those were the days which will never return again.

It had been 1 year and 16 days since I last saw my friend. The last time when I saw him was when we met up for a movie named ‘I Not Stupid’. I still keep the movie ticket with me so I know. Like some other friends, he had asked me out for quite a number of times but I was always busy with something. Seriously, I think he has become a little more muscular than before. I guess it is due to his training in NS. He is in the diver side which is so cool. I asked him some weird questions like did he get to see sharks. Anyway, he told me that he saw a very big jellyfish on the surface of the water before. It is so cool! After walking around at Tiong Bahru Plaza to shop for his stuff, we walked to the playground nearby there.

What is so special about the playground? Nowadays, it is rather difficult to find a playground with sanded ground and with swings. There were quite a number of people when we reached there. We actually sat a distance away from the swings to wait and chat at the same time. A moment later, we shifted nearer to the swings to wait. It was only awhile later then we got to play. He was so weird today. He kept saying I kept peeping at him. So, I said if you were not looking at me, how did you know that I was looking at you? He said that he could feel it. What a weird guy. I swear that I did not peep at him at all. Anyway, he was so nice too. I forgot what he said to me when he passed me a bar of Ferrero Rocher chocolate. If I am not wrong, he said he accidentally bought one for me. He is still always like that. Later, he actually used one the wrapper to make into a rose for me. That gold rose which I always see on TV commercial for Ferrero Rocher. Sadly, I lost it on my way home. He had to book in early tomorrow morning so we bided goodbye rather early.

Tomorrow till Sunday would be my working marathon because I have to work from 10a.m. to 11p.m. for each day. This is what I do when I have nothing to do. It is so much better than staying at home and using my computer for the whole day.

A terrible day!

Luck was not with me yesterday. Early in the morning when I was packing my bag, to my horror, I realized that I left my cash card in school. I knew that if my mum were to know it, I am going to get a good scolding from her. Sometimes, I am just so pissed off with myself for being so careless. It is no wonder my nickname is “blur sotong” among my family members. I quickly called for help. Eventually, Lei Sim was the one who went back to school to help me to get it back. Sadly, her effort was wasted as someone took it. I was quite disappointed. Ever since young, their teachers should have taught them to return found items to the right owners instead of keeping to themselves. If not, this is a dishonest act. This is surely another good lesson for me. I told myself I was lucky enough to lose cash card but not any important item like identification card. Anyway, I have decided to buy a new one for my mum and tell her the truth.

I left my house at about 10.50 a.m. yesterday to collect my uniform. My sis was kind enough to draw out a little map to guide me but eventually, I still lost my way. It was more difficult than I thought it would be. I guess we had a little miscommunication so I misunderstood her map. This surely proves that I am not a geographic student.

While searching, I asked quite a number of people. I was surely glad to meet them. I am wondering if there were about 10 people in total. Walking streets after streets, lanes after lanes, I was totally exhausted. I actually unconsciously moaned aloud at a road junction while waiting for the traffic light to turn red as a ready signal for me to cross the road. Within a flicker of moment later, I realized that I moaned aloud so I turned around and looked at other pedestrians. From the strange look of one of them, I was sure that he heard me. So, I looked around and pretended to look for a place. Actually, it was half true that I was looking for a place but I had no idea where the place is. After about 1 hour of walking, I finally found the place. I really cannot imagine myself staying in a much bigger country. I think I might take days instead. Anyway, it was not the end yet!

The time on my hand phone displayed 12.16 p.m. when I reached the office. I just felt a little relieved when I got to sit down and drink water. Then, a lady told me to come back at 2p.m. as everyone was still very busy with their work at that time. I was a little pissed off as the man who called, told me to go at any time. So, I asked her politely if I was allowed to sit down there until 2p.m. She did not agree. I guess it is one of the policies of the company which I do not understand. That moment I just felt like crying. Before stepping out of the office, she apologized to me. But, I left without a word.

I felt so lost when stepping out of the building because it was my first time there. I was afraid to lose my way. I dared not walk far. I decided to buy for myself a cold gassy drink. After a little distance of walking, I found a cold storage nearby. Then, I looked for a place to sit down until 2p.m.

After the collection of my uniform, I went to work. On the way there, I was not excited, neither was I reluctant. The place which I am working at is near my house. This is an advantage to me because I could spend less on transport.

What I will be doing for the next few months is totally different from my job for the past 1 year plus. After yesterday, I thought that I could like this new job and I am definitely going to miss it when leaving.

Afiq & Nas-9th of Feb

Yesterday was the surprise birthday celebration for my two beloved friends, Afiq and Nas. It was a success. I could see that both of them were quite touched and happy.

The planning and preparation were rather tedious due to the time constraints.

They know that Lei Sim would usually not join them for gathering or outing if I am not going. In order to make sure everything went smoothly, I actually told Lei Sim a few times what to say. It is a white lie! I was scared that she might give herself away when she said that because I could see through her almost easily if she were to tell any lies. She was supposed to say “Chu Er is sick so she is not turning up anymore.” As I was afraid that they might ask her the reason of her turning up since I did not join them so I told her to say “I have already promised everyone so I turn up.” You see, nice and perfect! AS predicted, a few of them would surely be late so I took my own sweet time to leave the house. I was not supposed to let Nas and Afiq know that I would turn up. Chin Leat excused himself to help me with the cake by telling them he wanted to go to the washroom. As planned, we went to a place where they could not see us to light the candles. I actually saw that they were caught by surprise when I appeared with the cake.


The cake



Their reaction=p


















Present for Afiq- From us



Present for Nas- From us



Present for Afiq- From me!=)
(a pair of slippers and a letter)



Present for Nas- From me!=)
(a pair of soccer socks, a cap and a letter)



After the celebration, we went to Jurong East Entertainment Center to play at the arcade. Lei Sim and I only played the car race. Then, after that, she and I went to the ice-skating center. When we reached there, a man was trying to mend the ice by driving a big machine around. We could see that a competition was going to start. I am not too sure what the sport is called so let me call it ‘hockey on ice”. The two teams played were mainly from Singapore and USA. I thought that the competition was exciting and cool. Their ice-skating skills were great. The referee could even jump on the ice and everyone was skating so fast. I found it so difficult to walk on the ice when I tried ice-skating a few years back, let alone jump and run. I guess yesterday was one of the few times where I could not take my eyes off when watching a sport competition.


The goal keeper.




Me, Lei Sim and Lester



Me and Lei Sim



MORE PICTURES TO COME! COME BACK TWO DAYS LATER!

My 18th birthday..

My 18th birthday is going to be one of the days which I will never forget in my whole life. I had a wonderful and sweet one. I would like to thank all the people who wished me, bought me something me and celebrated with me. I really appreciate them a lot. The day before my birthday, I told a friend that I hoped that my friends would celebrate with me. I understand that everyone is studying hard for their examinations so I did not expect much. Seriously, I thought that Nas and Afiq had forgotten my birthday so I was a little disappointed.=p Then when I was going to leave my house, I saw lei sim standing at my door and did a funny face. I was shocked to see her because she was going to have a paper at 2pm so I thought she would stay at home to study. The next persons I saw were Nas and Afiq. They came with a cake and sang a birthday song to me. I think they should be rather disappointed with my expression as it seemed that I was not appreciating it. I just could not believe that my wish came true. At that time, I felt as if I was floating but of course it was not a dream. I was really so touched! I am still glad that I joined the Mentoring club. It is where I met so many wonderful friends. Some of them will be promoting Year 3 soon and we would have less time for interaction. Because of them, I have the motivation to work hard and ignore all the obstacles I faced all these months. I am wondering how my poly life would be like without them. I love you all! Mentoring rocks!


I would like to take this opportunity to thank Adeline, Adrian, Afiq, Alister, Andrew Ho & Goh, Angie, Ben, Bing Hui, Chin Leat, Cedrick, Eng Keong, Guan Jie, Guo Wei, Jackson, Jia Wei, Jethro, Lan Nee, Lei Sim, Lester, Li Gang, Marie, Marzuk, Ming En, Nas, Sam, Seth, Tian Xi, Wende, Xin Rong for remembering my birthday and me!

Below are all the photos:

Blowing the cake








The cake





Jovin, me & Afiq. She and I love this picture. It seems that the Afiq was trying to pollute my cake.=( Just kidding!=)



Nas, Me & Afiq. Why did I close my eyes?=(


Nas, Jovin & me


Me with the cake. I look so happy.=)





The presents. NOTE:They are not arranged in terms of how much I like. I love them all!=)


A cute bear from Afiq








A bag from Nas



A necklace, a pair of earrings & letters by Jovin & Afiq







A cookie candy from Adeline



A handphone pouch & card from Marzuk





An organiser from Li Gang



A necklace from Yash & Kai Yuan. If both of you happen to read my blog, I would like to apologize for not able to meet both of you on that day. I really appreciate it! I take that both of you have celebrated with me. =) Thank you so much!



A pair of earrings from Marie