"The Heart Asks the Pleasure First"

This tune and line came to the mind randomly a few days ago.
And Hey Presto! A few days after the random thought, while reading "The Time-Traveller's Wife", this very phrase appeared in the book.
Talk about uncanny.

And to update on my SLP course application-
I have gone for the test (which was a major blow on the ego- how lack of analytical skills and how indecisive can one get?! - ME)
And there was a 10mins open-ended question...
Actually, at the end of the test, felt kinda down.
After being in the comfort zone for so long (4 years...) , i realised how rusty my brains have become... And also wondered if i should be trying for SLP at all...
Am I up to it...?
After having joked with Dad during lunch about the test... felt better. At least, like i told him, most of the people who went for the test have hao3 ren2 lian3...
So even if i don't get chosen (only 50% chance *fingers crossed*), can be assured that there will be alot of nice new Speech Pathologists in Singapore. Oh Well!

And btw, I am going for interview next week! Like Dad said, I have beaten another about 20 applicants to go to the next round.
Hope can let you all hear good news...
Also must thank my ex-principal for writing testimonial for me... hope that i can tell her that I got it... think she has a bit more faith in me than i have in myself..

Another happy update,
Went for audition at Music Dreamer Cafe and i got into the 2nd round!
But like i told zhuz, 20 million other pple got in... so i'm only one of the lucky ones chosen i guess... Still, am just glad for a second chance
So, what song should i sing?!! Any suggestions?!

Guess realise that for many things in life, I'd never know until I try. If I get it, its a bonus, if i don't, at least I've tried...

Still unable to convince myself that i have what in takes in most things...
But perhaps i am not as bad as i make myself out to be...
Just maybe.
But at least there's a but?

I WANT them badly.
Please continue to conspire to give them to me...

If you want something bad enough, the whole world will conspire to give it to you.

?

My Lucky Day!

Oh man... today is really my lucky day!
Managed to find more videos on Ah Bu on YouTube!
*beam*
For those of you who wanna listen to his lovely voice and infectious laugh, watch these videos...
kekeke~

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe1XqTCI_o&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Olw49zFT7ps

My lovely Ah Bu

I am so happy to find this site!

Have been looking high and low for him...Apparently he is not that famous in Taiwan... therefore its very difficult to find news on him.

And the fact that he is not going to appear on my TV on thursdays make me kinda sad..

PRESENTING TO YOU:

Brian Zhou Yong Xun, otherwise known as Ah Bu

Is he adorable or is he adorable?! haha

So cute yeah?

I'll miss your voice!!!

haha... the 15-year old in me is rearing its head...

What's Up?

Wedding Number 3 this year ended yesterday.
And coming up would be Wedding 4 and news from a classmate yesterday - Wedding 5!
"Tis the season to be jolly ...."

Yesterday's wedding was held at Rasa Sentosa, which was pretty nice because its by the seaside. Nothing beats sea, sun and sand really. And because it started at around 6, we get to enjoy some light before night fell. Furthermore, it is so relaxing to have wedding dinner at that time. You don't have to worry that its getting late (it will take many hours to be late haha). So a few of us (JC classmates) had a pretty good time catching up. All those antics and nonsense things we did seemed so recent though it was already freaking 8 years ago! *gasp*
And i so enjoy buffet dinners. You get to walk about once in a while, and choose exactly what you want to eat, and also get to taste different kinds of food. There's salad , with walnuts! And sushi, and of course dessert. The only complaint I have- NO COFFEE to go with my dessert!

It was a simple Christian wedding with singing, sermon and the ceremony. I don't usually enjoy sermons but i can't help but think that what the pastor said is very true. "A marriage with 2 strings will be stronger than one. A marriage with a cord of 3 strings will be the strongest. (well... something like that). And its not the couple with one third party. Its the couple and God.
How true. In many marriages, its up to the couple to iron out differences. For a Christian family, you can count on the faith , and will probably even have the whole congregation of church to support you. Afterall, its a marriage blessed by God, they would say. Who could dispute that?

Another thought- Friends asked me, so what's up?
And when usually when people ask me that, I'll just reply "Nothing much, still the same"
But ...
I had eye surgery on Monday, had new specs, met up with friend, went for dance, am enjoying afternoon naps, going for show, shifted to new school, applying for SLP, going for audition etc...
So what do we decide to tell people? Why do we have to rack our brains when we are asked that question?
Is it because we only want to say what is deemed as important to other pple? Especially for people we haven't met in the longest time, do we have the tendency to sift our brains for the biggest "news" that had just happened in our lives?
Oh well... maybe the next time someone asks me this question, I'm going to tell them the first thing that pops up, even the most trivial thing. For example "Oh crap. I've been constipated for a few days." Or "My eye is feeling itchy, i think its my contacts" Or "I have been having afternoon naps almost every day, eat your hearts out!"

Maybe this would stop them from asking such an open-ended question like "What have you been up to?"

Anyway, Before I end off, i should announce- i finished my lesson plan this week by 4pm on a Sunday. Cheers!

Random thought:
I actually chose Times New Roman for this entry. Its so pleasing! *snigger*
I guess its a sign that I'm ready to return to a life using this Font, Double spacing, 1000 words. Am I?
Please let me have a chance to go back to NUS!!! *fingers crossed*

Aye Eye!

Went for Left Barrier Laser Treatment today and that is because i suffer from:

LATTICE DEGENERATION










Lattice degeneration of the retina is a type of thinning of the outside edges of the retina, which occurs in 6%-8% of the general population. The lattice degeneration, so-called because the thinned retina resembles the crisscross pattern of a lattice, often contains small holes. Lattice degeneration is more common in patients with nearsightedness (myopia). This tendency to lattice degeneration occurs because myopic eyes are larger than normal eyes and, therefore, the peripheral retina is stretched more thinly.
Fortunately, only about 1% of patients with lattice degeneration go on to develop a retinal detachment.

Btw, here's how my left eye look like now:




















[The white color dots form the barrier to prevent my retina from tearing]

Not a very pleasant experience.
Pupils enlarged with eye drops. Vision cloudy, unable to see objects up close (that includes my bill. A blessing? hoho)
"Now I'm going to give you some painkillers because its going to hurt abit"
"You're not supposed to move your eye..."
"Look left", "Look down" , "Don't move!"
Some bright green or bright light going "tiak tiak tiak tiak" per second and aching pain with every tiak...
"You moved again"

Frankly, I don't even know whether my eyes are moving or opened or closed.
All I know is... Tiak- yikes! tiak- oww! tiak- urgh! tiak- is it over yet?!