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~Beautiful fragments of my life~
Friday, January 30, 2009
e cute boy boy!
oh wow! my house is neat for the first time!
my dad's cooking!
=)
happy family
random dance poses?
my naughty little cousin
the gambling den
cousins
reunion dinner?
my naughty little cousin
Dear Orange,
chinese new year without my yeye and ahma is v v different. Now i realise that it is the existence of our grandparents which bind us to the chinese culture and tradition. Its a shame that this culture, this festive mood and season is gradually eroding away..replaced by emptyness?
Lots of my friends are complaining that cny is getting really boring and meaningless, nothing like before.
I miss those days years back where we go our yeye's house to bai nian and he'll cook up sumptous meals for all of us. Then we, the young ones, will start filling our stomachs with new year goodies and start chasing each other around the house. I remember our excited faces when we line up for ang pows and the big smiley red faces when we were running up and down the stairs playing block catching. I really miss those days! Reuniion dinner is never the same nowadays. Without yeye and big uncle, it is really not like a reunion anymore. Hai..
How i wish i can have a time machine and travel back to year 2000. I miss Yeye. He is like the roots bonding the chan family together. Without him, we are not even meeting up for cny anymore. It is extremely saddening..
But anywae,
first day of cny is naturally spent at ah gong's house. We woke up pretty late. Dad drove us to temple to visit yeye. Read out the letter i wrote to him..haha abit sad. Well..after that headed to ah gong's house. Alot of our relatives reached already, so i just collected some ang pows and went around interacting with my cousins. When my younger cousins arrived, we headed to jp to play arcade! LOL! I pucked up a new skill today!! I finally know the trick to catching arcade bears! OMG! My sis miraculously caught one!! Haha when she did i was cheering and laughing away at the top of my voice! Too high to realise that alot of ppl are actually staring. Haha.. ok i take it that they're happy for us too! HAHA!!=D Fun!
After that headed back to ah gong's house. Played cards. I won about 10 bucks..haha quite a lucky year for me!
Second day was quite sian. Dad's friends came to our house..total close to 20 of them? Most of the time was sitting in front of the tv doing nothing. Anyway,we're strangers afterall. Towards the end, it got slightly better. We gambled a little and then a few of us went downstairs to play bball. Hahha.. actually i cannot play coz of my hand but did run about abit anywae. Darrell dropped by to say hi.lol. Thats enought to perk me up after a long boring day.And haha! There's this little boyboy called Weijie. Damn cute! Was playing with him the whole day and for the whole time he never stopped giggling away! I wish i can be as a carefree and happy as him!
Oh and reunion dinner. Nothing much. Dont feel like its one coz my impression of a reunion dinner have always been that of a large family gathering. This year's only my family and my uncle's. Well...the food is not bad afterall. and again, the few cousins went down to play bball which my dad and uncle later joined in. Haha!=D
Alright..this year's cny is overall a five out of ten. Haha..i bet next year it'll be failing. I wonder whether we'll still be celebrating this festival 2 decades later. I'll miss the old days!=(
with love,
cjiam
jiamin=) out
@ |Friday, January 30, 2009|
me, ying ross
ying's masterpiece
Raven's cow! it says: happy niu year!
our out-of-proportion gingerbread man
see ross's bro? e one who looks like ah peh haha!
Dear Orange,
I have just completed my mugging schedule for the next few months. Scary right? But i guess theres always the need to face reality. A levels is not going to be as easy as the past few government examinations i have taken. And the content knowledge is like a dozen more. I must study real hard since im not going to have any tuition. GOGOGO!
Anywae, yesterday's cny celebrations was ok, just that the row of boys sitting infront of us r super irritating. After that, went far east to trim eyebrows with Sheryl. Not that i am vain but i think i'll make it a practice to trim once a year so that i'll look neater when i go bai nian haha! Then after Sheryl left, we went Kino to buy Ying's book. I was v engrossed reading this bk teaching you how to be happy. Haha..quite inspirational.
Finally reached Ross's house after buying ingredients for baking pineapple tarts. I had a great time preparing e ingredients and mixing them together! Then me,Ross n Ying managed to mould out pineapple tarts of many diff shapes with the help of Ross's brother. He v cute n funny haha! Ross's family all like her one lol! So he moulded a pile of shit n forgot to put pinepple paste inside. Haha darn funny. Ying's moulding skills is e best, e sunflower she made is super pretty! And me n ross made a fat ginger bread man with big buttons on his body. Haha! All in all it was a fun baking experience! And the final product was surprisingly good. Even my family, even Ross's mother say the tarts are delicious! Haha!Maybe we ought to open a bakery shop! Sure earn a lot.
So it was a rather fufilling day. A great pleasure to meet Ross's 2 brothers haha!
Anywae, today i was downstairs waiting for my uncle n aunt to deliver salmon fish to us and i saw this huge dog which was trotting proudly past me. It was wearing red clogs on all its 4 legs! Wah damn cool! Hai even dogs seem to be treated better than humans. With this economic downturn, i dont know when i can buy pretty new shoes. And i learnt another thing. Puppies are like little kids. They love attention. Just now i was standing against a pole when an owner appeared with his white furry puppy ( dunno what breed..ps)So i turned to look at the puppy. When it lifted its head and saw me, it automatically came over and lick my feet. Omg damn cute. And then another boy boy walk past me and i smiled to him. Haha..then after he walked past, he kept turning backk to look at me until he near;y knock into a pole haha v cute too!
Ok so my point is puppies like little kids are inquisitive creatures and i think i have an affinity with them haha=D
Okay..i need to go eat my cha kway teow if not it'll turn cold! So i'll stop here. Wish everyone of you a happy chinese new year!!!!!!!!!!!=D
signing off,
cjiam
jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, January 24, 2009|
Dear Orange,
I've been thinking through alot of things these past few weeks: about how the year 2008 was different for me, about how i should really start intensive mugging for "A"s, about how i should step out of my comfort zone and try something new...
The year 2008 started fairly well for me; PAE at ACJC, meeting new people, attaining good O lvl results, coming to NJC, making good friends in class as well as cca, having nice and funny teachers like Ahwang, Ms Kavi and Mrs Chee. It had been lots of fun and i took great pleasure in building new friendships and of course not to forget the old ones. My greatest companions of all..my secondary school classmates and cca mates. And towards the year end when i received the most devasting piece of news, it was these people who stood by me.
I want to thank my best friends for lending me a listening ear and a shoulder to cry on, for showing their concerns through phonecalls, by visiting me in the hospital..through whatever means..if it wasnt for you people, i wouldnt have the courage to brave through the 2 operations. The 2 months were torturous and tough but you guys gave me strength to move on. Only you guys wont be deceived by my cheerful appearance because deep inside i do have my fears and you all know it. I truly appreciate for what you all have done for me. Thank you!
Of course not to forget my dearest Prof Pho, Dr Gan, Dr quek, Dr Doshi and the team of doctors. Thank you so much for making the second operation a successful one. Prof Pho, your words of encouragement and comfort is most warmly appreciated. I still remember how i was crying like a baby when you told me i had cancer. Well..i didnt thought that this would ever occur to such a healthy and fit person like me. I wasn't angry at that point of time, but i guess i was very worried and scared because upon hearing the word cancer, i just had a feeling that my future is very bleak. And for a 17 year old girl like me who have gone through an operation only 2 weeks ago, I wasn't prepared for another one. But yes, thank you doctors for giving me assurance and allowing me to have faith in you all.
Last but not least, my family. The biggest, the strongest support who will always be there for me to lean on. What you all have done for me, especially mummy, is more than what words can express. Your love transcends all boundaries; your giving, your care is the greatest I've experienced so far. I still remember the day of operation when i was wheeled into the operating theatre, every single one of you were by my side and every single one of us cried. Even dad. Even bro. I am so touched and glad to know that I do mean a lot to you all and you all mean everything to me too!
The going was extremely tough but with friends, with family, with faith and hope, I managed to overcome all these. Cancer is nothing, really.
Now I can still be the happy girl i used to be. I can dance(only stretch), i can run, i can joke, laugh..and that is of course thanks to advanced medical technology.
Thank you.
P.S. Phew, im finally able to let everything go.no more pondering about these unhappy things from now onwards!
with lotsa love,
cjiam
jiamin=) out
@ |Wednesday, January 21, 2009|
v v exhausting nowadays. Mountain loads of hmwrk n e lectures are getting so fast paced! Stress is building up...
I dont understand how i can become 2 v different person when im alone and when im with others.Hai..feels lousy.
cjiam, with love
jiamin=) out
@ |Wednesday, January 14, 2009|
Dear Orange,
its hard to believe this, but it feels really good to be back in school. To see my dearest teachers and peers! To chat and laugh until i drop.=D
Well, that is apart from my very screwed up time table. Me, ying,lim,ber,ross n ck are like seperated from the rest of a02 la!And our tutorial classes are now combined with people from other classes=(feels weird! And i miss ah wang! n ms kavi n mrs chee@! But its ok! Every year is a new start! Can get to make new friends anywae!=) And besides that, we got a new econs teacher from new zealand! Other than his accent which is v hard to catch, i think mr ward is pretty good!=)
I like Miss Ling too!I think her style of teaching math is really easy to understand!=)okay..haha so its still not too bad afterall!
Okay! i must really get down to study and prepare hard for "A"s! I want to get into uni! Haha! Its gonna b fun after i graduate..cant wait to start working n go for holidays!=)))
signing off,
cjiam
jiamin=) out
@ |Monday, January 12, 2009|
mahjong
a break water at pasir ris..fresh air!
omg my vietnam eyecandy! super gentleman!!!( e one on e left)
haha v cute baby!(steal from theo's fb)
Dear Orange,
i think i've been slacking alot in terms of studies and cca. This year i shall get more actively involved in greenlink activities because of the great team i have there! Small cca is not equivalent to insignificant! haha.
Spent half my day in e library mugging with Linyan yesterday. Not very effective=(( whys my progress so slow!
Very exhausting! I have been having 2,3 consecutive dreams every night! Dreamt about everything under the sun! My poor hand, my future...lol. Am i just thinking too much? Haha my soul is wandering around at night.
Yay! CNY is coming!!!!! Going to buy new year goodies this weekend!
loves,
cjiam
jiamin=) out
@ |Thursday, January 08, 2009|
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jiamin=) out
@ |Sunday, January 04, 2009|