Birthday came early this year, all thanks to the parents!! Love it. Love the present, love the parents even more. Anyhow, the past couple of days isn't really all colorful and interesting and fun-filled because the exams are just round the corner and i've been slacking my lazy ass off like nobody's business! Damn boy, time to wake up and pull up your socks! Hahahaha. It's the last semester and i better not let my lazy gene ruin everything. Went out with Liyi to town on the day before Valentine's at a last minute notice from me. Thank you so so much. Help my brother shopped for his valentine's present cause he's too busy at camp to shop for his girlfriend. Seriously, i didn't know that an earring stand would be so hard to find! And it's weird to be carrying it around in that plastic bag that couldn't look any worse. Hahaha, but i'm doing all that cause my birthday present's at stake. Bribery really works on me, seriously. Hahaha. But it's all good though, cause i get to eat Tom Yum noodle! I've been craving it for a long long time. Tom Yum is like heaven on earth! Hahaha, i'm exaggerating. At least i've found a Tom Yum partner in Liyi! Looking forward to our next meet up already!!

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Finally bought Leona Lewis' Spirit album after comtemplating for quite some time and honestly, it's really really good! I'm sorry if i like to repeat my words but i'm just trying to emphasize how good it really is. I'm absolutely in love with this powerhouse's vocals. She is simply amazing and her falsetto, that's the bomb y'all! Hahaha. There are so many masterpieces in this beautifully put-together album. She's definitely on par to being the next Whitney or Mariah, or even greater simply because of her humble personality.

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Lastly, was watching Animal Planet just now and just before the show comes to an end, i was shown an image of a horny monkey's penis. That is absolutely disgusting and freaked me shitless. I mean, come on! Showing them mate would be a much better scene than an erected penis, cause there wouldn't be any close up to the private hoo-hoo! Gosh. Don't get me wrong. I love watching Animal Planet. It's fascinating and educating and i really learn a lot by watching those documentary but please, a hoo-hoo shot could be passed without complain. Hahaha. Alrighty, gotta head back to the books cause there's celebration for grandma's birthday tomorrow and i won't have time to study.

Two events yesterday managed to plaster a smile on my face for the entire day. Firstly, it's the 50th Grammy Award. I LOVE the Grammy. Every year, i would sit in front of the TV and watch this annual event live from the US. Though this year has the third lowest viewership in the history of the Grammy, maybe partly due to the writers' strike (which thankfully is over now), but i still love love love it. I don't really care who wins, though it'll be a bonus if my idol did win, but i'm more concerned over the performance. This year, the star-studded ceremony manages to come out with many top notched performances from the industry's most talked about singers. The following are the performances that i really enjoy. Firstly, there's Beyonce and the legendary diva, Tina Turner, setting the stage on fire with one of my all time favourite classic, Proud Mary. Man! This song is so full of energy, full of punch and full of attitute! When you got two diva on one stage, nothing can ever go wrong!
Then there's the very beautiful and talented Alicia Keys, singing her latest number 1 single, No One. I'm not a fan of R&B or Hip Hop music but i adore Alicia Key and her music. She's REALLY good.
Then there's america's country sweetheart cum superstar, Carrie Underwood, rocking out to her smash hit "Before He Cheats". This girl is always so pitch perfect and the last part really tore the roof apart!

Lastly, it's the performance that i looked forward to the most - Amy Winehouse. Taking time off her rehab-stint, the fresh-looking Jazz singer performed live via satellite from her hometown in London because her visa to the US was approved too late. Nonetheless, it's good to see such a talented singer doing so well and sweeping 5 out of the 6 awards she's nominated for. She sang "You Know I'm No Good" and her breakthrough single "Rehab", in which the latter won her the Record of the Year. When it's announced that she won, the expression on her face was priceless. She was shocked and loss for words and her emotions are so genuine. Love her. Hahaha. Now, i just wish that Britney will be the next to get well and get back on top!

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The second event that made my day was the meet up with the gang! Went to Nazi's place to chill after a simple lunch at Greenridge. We didn't really do anything significant but it's that simplicity that made it so much fun. I don't know really need to have some grand, extravagant event to make me enjoy myself because ultimately, it's the company that matters, seriously. We talked crap, laugh at each other, pillow fight (actually no. It's solely me hitting the rest as they sit down helplessly, haha) and took pictures. We actually took close to 260 pictures in that few hours at Nazi's place! I don't even know what we took! 260, to me, is a LOT! Such whores we were. Oh ya, we did a little of the Soulja Boy dance and talked in many accent! Hahahahaha. Will update pictures soon. Ah, it's so much fun. Can't wait to meet them again!!

Went on a visiting spree today, going from one relative's place to another to see people i'm supposedly related to but somehow, only sees each other on an annual basis. I guess it's an adult affair, where they'll do their catching up and stuff while we kids just munch on snacks and grow fat. Was bored to tears, cause i've decided to stop gambling this year due to my losing streak over the years. Therefore, i invited babe over to my place when she's free in the evening. We talked a bit, had dinner (me) and then suddenly, we thought of something fun to do!! You would never imagine how wacky we could get. Hahaha. We actually end up plucking my eyebrows! Hahaha, trimmed it to sound nicer. Well, it may seem pretty normal but LeeLian has absolutely ZERO experience in doing that! Hahaha. We nearly took 10 minutes to pluck off the first, erm, what's that thing called? Brow? Hair? Whatever it is, you get my point. But she's good at it and now, i got nicely trimmed eyebrow! Though it doesn't seems to differ, at least it's still neater now. Hahahaha. I was SO scared that i might end up eyebrow-less! After that, with my swollen brow, we watched The Notebook on Channel 5 before babe goes home. It's fun!! Hahaha. Anyway, word at home is that LeeLian is my girlfriend, cause my uncle saw us once and spread it to EVERYONE during Chinese New Year. I spent all 3 days of Chinese New Year clarifying it but to no avail. Therefore, i just gave up and let them believe what they want to, hahahaha. I'm just so tired of explaining! Hahaha. Lastly, I think people are scared of my entire family during Chinese New Year cause my grandma, leader of the "Huang" clan, will lead her entire entourage to the relatives' place and EVERYTIME, whoever outsider at the relative place will flee at the sight of the amount of people we have. But it's fun though, cause i don't really talk to the paternal side (grandma's the exception), and it's a good time to bond. Okay, i'm beat from all the visitings. Happy Chinese New Year!!!

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*The process. I know, it looks damn gay. But firstly, we're bored and secondly, it's better to be well groomed!*
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Sometimes, i wonder if i'm the one who inflict all the pain to myself. I'll admit that i'm a vain pot. Hell yeah i am, at times. Hahaha. That's something i don't want to deny. But what frustrates me about myself was the fact the i bought a shoe that is one size smaller cause all the bigger size were SOLD OUT at EVERY outlet i went to and thus, i wobble throughout the entire day. It's like Cinderella's stepsister trying desperately to fit into the glass shoe. Hahaha. I know, stupid stupid me. I'm willing to suffer the pain just to wear the shoe i like. And, i bought pants that fit the waist perfectly, thus limiting the amount of chinese new year goodies i can take in. I keep having self-dialogue in my brain "eat more bah kua and you'll bust the seam", and stuffs that are some sort similar. I KNOW! Why do i do that to myself? I'm such a dumbass. Hahahaha. But chinese new year's fun, with all the red packets! Hahaha. And i love catching up with my favourite cousin!

Looking back at the past couple of weeks, i'm still in disbelief that all the projects and assignments are done deal. What's only left are the examinations and if all goes well (pray really hard), we'll be graduating from the third stage of our education path. Wow, i'm really old. At times, i really regret choosing Marketing for this semester but on other occassions (like today for instance), i don't think it's that bad an option actually. Afterall, we learn much more as compared to what we were taught in Human Resource last semester. I love HR, don't get me wrong. It's much easier and simpler than Marketing cause most of the stuff there are theory based. And, it ain't that stressful. Marketing, on the other hand, gives us a more indepth knowledge on the whole marketing experience and we had many first. My group did a banner for the marketing clip competition, and it is placed outside of canteen 1. It may be ugly and simple, but i'm proud of it nonetheless. We shot our first commercial and it's a memorable experience, that's for sure. Then we had a taste on what it's like to be a marketing researcher, from developing the objective, coming up with the questionnaire with the class, conducting fieldwork, and lastly to analyzing all the informations and present it to the customer. A really tough and stressful period but i'm glad to say that we made it through. Gosh, it seems like i aged a lot during this period. Hahahahaha. I'm just kidding. Anyway, during this whole process, there are times where i flare up a little. Okay, maybe not so little but my point is, i admit that i have my share of throwing my tantrum here and there. It's really hard to control the temper when you're lacking of sleep and the hormones are running all over. And it doesn't help that there's clashes of character and ideas. That, i don't deny and i'm really apologetic about it. But somehow or rather, this whole process seems to bring all of us closer together. Well, that might be partly in due to the fact that we see each other everyday, other than the time we're sleeping. Hahaha. But still, i'm really thankful to have the friends in my project group and overcoming all the crazy obstacles together. Why am i so serious in this entry?! Okay, it's starting to nauseate me. I better stop right here before i become too sane for my own liking. Anyway, Chinese New Year is just hours away!! Well, i ain't really that excited about it but it'll be a good time to rest and have funnnnnn!

*Thankful*

The projects are finally done and over with. It felt like lifting two elephants off the shoulder. No more project marathon in school from morning to night. No more sneaking in of food into the library room. No more having to make use of the light from vending machine to do project in school cause the lights were switched off after 11. No more staring at the laptop 24/7. It's done. Over! Really grateful towards all the groupmates for their effort and though we feel like slithing off each other's throat at times, we managed to keep it all together and did our best to produce whatever we can. I'm so thankful to have the friends in the group.

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Secondly, thanks to my boo, who helped me with my chinese new year shopping. It's really nice of LeeLian to buy the shirt that i want on my behalf, while i was in the midst of rushing the projects. Thank you.

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Thank you Ms Ng Liyi, haha, for accompanying me shop for clothes on a last minute notice. If it weren't for the company, i wouldn't have found that cute looking shirt from Zara. Hahaha, too bad they don't have sizes for the female. But i'm really thankful that Liyi is able to make it and shopped with the frickle-minded me from evening all the way till shop closes.

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Lastly, i'm thankful towards Yas and Nazi, for compromising with my last minute demand and change all their initial plan for me. If it weren't for that, i wouldn't be able to get myself a new pair of shoes in time for chinese new year. I nearly freak out at the fact that it's only 2 days before CNY but thankfully, the two friends are willing to shop with me. I am really apologetic of having to make them walk from Far East to Taka and back to Far East, then Marina Square to Suntec, after which to Raffles before making a u-turn back to Marina Square. Hahahaha. Thank you to all.

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I know it's not Thanksgiving but who say we can only we thankful on that day right? We should be thankful for everyday. So thank you my friends!

Everything about my life right now seems so surreal. It's just like a bad nightmare that i desperately try to wake up from but to no avail. Actually, it's not that horrifying and i ain't that depress but the projects are driving me nuts. I haven't seen, or even talk, to anyone outside of the poly clique for the past week. And this is going to last till next monday, days before Chinese New Year. I don't even have time to go shopping for clothes, and have to resort to asking LeeLian to help me buy the one that i tried on when we went for late night shopping last friday. Even a tortoise has a more interesting life than me right now. I miss the friends terribly and my social life is frozen at zero. Not only is my social life non-existent, so is the time i get to spend watching TV. The only time i get to watch TV lately is every morning, those minutes while i was waiting to go to school. The school's library is slowly becoming my home instead of my real home. Gosh, i need to stop whining. Alright, enough of complaining and back to, what else but, the projectssss.