Check out my new ear rings! Lolz...
9 acupuncture needles into the ears and 1 into the head... cool huhz! lolz... i noe... i'm a masochist.. hahaz

Friends

Had wanted to go to Ukiah to look for Eric today, but the storm was so bad that it was safer to stay home. Turned out to be a good thing afterall. Got to chat through skype with Nathaniel using my webcam. The wonders of technology...

And got to chat with Jeffrey on msn later too. Miss u guys man... Can't wait to fly back to sg...

Been procrastinating the whole day on my studying for tml's test... and in place of studying, i was chatting, watching animes, and worst of all, munching!

Sighz... おれは太ったなりたくない！。。。　だれが助けて！！！

Nian Gao

Brought nian gao 年糕 to offer at the monastery today and its amazing how the mums in the kitchen could do magic to it, and what's more, without eggs! Everyone loved it, and it somehow made me happy.. heez... guess this is what they call the joy of giving.

Kenny came down to BBM to help Marty too. Poor guy, got lost in the BART system and came late looking all worried. But i guess the good lunch from all the mums made it go away.

Followed Rev Heng Sure to Tsu Chi Youth where he spoke dharma to hundreds of kids using the Lord of the Rings movie! pretty innovative. I managed to get some studying done in the midst too. After that, Sandy kept askin me to join her at her family's reunion dinner... crazy... why wld i do that? Furthermore its a seafood dinner... give up dharma lecture just to go sit among strangers and rot away? No way man!

At the end of the day, Aunt Guo Hua packed some food for me to take home, and she said that if i ever fall sick, i must immediately call her or Aunt Guo Juan and stay at their place so that they can look after me. They are such nice people...

Housework

Finally got inspired to start cooking again. Cooked Yaki Soba with Broccoli, Watercrest & King Oyster Mushrooms! Those are the best kinds of mushrooms! Also started working on my herb garden, a gift fr Aunt Agnes. Guess we'll see if its successful in a months time =)

Anatomy class ended early today and we decided to have a class outing! Went to this bar called the Monk's Kettle. They had hundreds of different kinds of beer from around the world. I had water of course. But it was still cool to hang out with Milly, Jill, Nicole & Lawerence. Nicole's husband joined us later too.
I also told the waitress serving our table that the tattoo on her arm "1314" stands for 一生一世. And she got so happy afterwards. She didn't know the meaning b4, but it was the apt no. of the place where she's living with her bf. Well, guess that was a good end to her long shift at work. She was beaming.

Finally got the pictures to my CNY celebrations. Credit goes to my cousin Nicola!

Loh! ah Loh!

Quick pass me the plate before Jonathan takes everthing!

My cousins Natashia and Nicola

My family in the states

怒った

今日はちょう困らせるだろ。さきは先生は経た、つぎはおれの物はほかの伯母さんが無くなった。
そしても、いとこは探してと言って、でも帰る時、無いと言って。さがしないと思ているんだろ。
そしても、いもとの家が特別に行ったですが、いもとは、全日いないし。図書官へ行った。なんだろ。。。
そしても、今日は町でたくさんばかの人！ぜんぜn運転するできない！ちょう怒ったよ。。。

ま。。。おれが別に。。。おまえはおまえの命がある。おれはおれの命生きる。。。自分で。。。一人で！

Miku

ミクはアメリカへ来っている！でもさ。。。どうしてシアテル？おれの事は遠いだろ。。。
またく。。。でもね、それが、日本の方が近く！

おれは今日は何もしない。。。そう。。。全日が、浪費した。。。そしても、伯母さんの電話をもらった。
おれのお金が、使った、なんの物を買っている。ははのために。。。
なんだろ。。。いつも、いつも、その理由。。。

おれの性命が。。。悲しい。。。

Healing

Went to the chiropractor again, she just press abit here and there, and then the session was over... Felt like I was cheated of my money man...

Got back our papers for Biology today, and bcoz my teacher kept announcing my results, now everyone is asking me to be the Teaching Assistant for other classes, classes that i didn't even complete...

Decided to check out the Ear Acupuncture Clinic after with some classmates. It was scary at first, but its not so bad actually... Its free anyway, so since i'm in the school, gotta try them all!

Eric!!!

Went up to the city of ten thousand buddhas in ukiah today n got to meet some of the boy's school students again! Poor Jackie burnt his hands while trying to cook...

Also got introduced by Edwin to a new friend, Kenny who's an italian from Buffalo, NY. Guess we hit off pretty well, started exchanging buddhist stories until we forgot about dinner. I guess that's what they meant by taking Dhyana bliss for food! Lolz...

And i got to meet Eric!!! Finally man... When i last saw him, I used to carry him up so easily... this time, when we hugged, he lifted me completely off the ground! Crazy... So in the past 3 years, he picked up weight lifting, wrestling and martial arts and got so much stronger... But too bad... I still managed to counter all his martial arts move... I'm still the master! Lolz...

But yah... thank you so much for your love all these years! To Andrew and Eric, its such a blessing for me to have the 2 of u in my life over here! Thank u all soo soooo much!

Teance

Went BBM again and they had Chocolate coated bananas during lunch! Hella good! Also met Jim Bo there! Later, went to Teance with Laura, Sandy, Helen and Andrew! And Darius n Winnie were there busy serving tea, and they had Lion Dance performance too! So here are some pictures of the day, Check out the tea bar, pretty cool design huhz:

Happy Valentine's Day

Had a great valentines day today. And no... i'm not attached. But just tot that it'll be just another boring day for me as how it always had been the past 23 years. So I was walking to have lunch alone as always when i bump into some classmates at a cafe. So my lonely lunch turned out to be lunch with 5 beautifuls girls of my school! Lolz. Jill, Andrea, Michelle, Amanda n Kristine, thanks for making lunch so fun!

In class, when Amanda found out that i didn't do my homework, she hit me with her pen saying "bad kid"... and then Nicole comes along and when she found out, she did the same exact thing with her notes! Lolz... And yes... i know i blush really easily... so stop making me red!

Academic wise, got 89/100 for my Chemistry test, and topped the Biology class test with 98/100. Lolz. 2 more down, 1 left to go!

Also got a call from Eric! Sorry i can't make it to Ukiah this weekend, but i'll definitely go look for u next week? Mayb this sunday.

Finally ended the day exploring SF with Gerald who's flying off tml.. So fast... But anyway, its still great to be able to see u here. HAve a safe flight back to Sg.

Oh yah, Happy valentines Day everyone! =)

Gerald Tay

Went down to SF to meet Gerald Tay who's in town for only 2 1/2 days. So short... Right smack in my exam schedule. So I can only meet him at night. Went to Cheesecake Factory for supper! Roof top dining n They had like 2 pages worth of different cheesecakes! Cheesecake heaven man... but its so filling...

So this friend is the creator of my urban ninja photo.. which randomly happened one day in Dhoby Ghaut Mrt station sidewalk... lolz... But it came out really cool =)

Thank You Jeffrey!!!

Jeffrey!!! I love U!!!! Lolz...
After a long day at school, seeing that envelope slid beneath my door and opening it to see what's inside just made my day!!! Thank you soooo soooo much! U know, in the 6 years that I've lived overseas, think this is the 1st time i ever receive anything in the mail from a friend!

The postman didn't take care of it properly thou, so it got a little crumpled, but still... I love it! Thank u so much!
ありがとうを奏で奏で

Gal at the counter

Went to the chiropractor's today, diagnosed with: flat spine, knots in the neck, weakness in several organs... complicating case, she said she needed a few days to look thru my case and told me to come back 3 days later... so no charge.. lolz

Headed over to Berkeley for yet another sumptous lunch, then had tea n chocolates with Sandy, Laura and Tina. Then Hung showed up later, haven't seen tt guy for ages, so i skipped lecture to help him wf his hmwk...

Around 9pm, David Williams finally shows up, tot he would not come. So we went for supper at Telegraph Ave at Thai Basil. I popped by Quickly for some snacks and the cute girl at the counter asked if i was gonna party tonight. Lolz. So i chatted with her for a while... she tot i was still studying in Berkeley. Too bad i live so far away, else it'd be cool to make another new friend! =)

2nd Day of CNY

2nd Day of CNY was just like any other day, had school... but my tutor from elementary sch popped by with books but also gifts from my mom - New Year Goodies!!! Yum... my fav's still pineapple tarts! Lolz. Thanks mom!

CNY

Started New Years with a ceremony at BBM, then great lunch as always! Followed by movie "Enchanted"! Finally watched it since nobody in sg wanted to watch it wf me.. lolz...

New Year's Eve

Went back to De Anza aand bumped into Mrs Patton! And she exclaimed "Why are u so free, always popping up here!" Lolz... My fav teacher ever.

Finally got myself a macbook too! Gonna start the new year with all things new! And my new clothes are all gifts from friends. From shirt, to jeans, to even the underclothes...Lolz.. What would i do without u all... =)

Had reunion dinner with my relatives...was wondering what were they gonna say about me this time round, if not about me being vegetarian, it'll be about my unruly hair, else abt my studies, or my personal life... but i guess everyone was too busy about everything! Lolz.

Good thing was that i got to spend time with my grandfather. He has really aged alot and no one has the time to give him much attention. So i chatted with him for about 2 hours... and it was the first time i saw him broke into smiles in many years... I think... that's the best gift i could give him... and i got the best gift in return... not the red packets... but a true, sincere smile filled with happiness....
Happy new year... =)

Asian Art Museum

Went to the Asian Art museum today. Thought i would meet some of my classmates, but in the end, didn't see anyone.

So i spent the day alone visiting SF. Civic Center, Union Square, Chinatown... sometimes i prefer it this way, coz i get to buy the things i wan, see the things i wan...

Kyou kara maou

Started on a new anime, on top of the ongoing Naruto and Bleach. Lolz. Had a weird story line to it, but i guess it made me proud to have black hair and black eyes. I used to always want to have brown hair and green eyes... lolz. But I'm satisfied now... =)

Walked around my neighbourhood today, found a spot where i could see the pacific ocean. It was beautiful. Went to the mall later, but couldn't find anything my size. Everythings too large..

Had dinner alone at burger king and was reflecting whether or not it was the right choice, to leave everything and come when i was 16, and again at 23. The prime time of growing up... and of these 8 years, only 2 years were spent in singapore.

If I were in sg, I'd probably be eating with my friends, thou not at BK coz they have no vege burgers there. Yet I'm glad that within those 2 years, I got to meet up with many old friends, and made many new onez...ありがとうを奏で奏で...遠く離れたとしても...

Stupid Laptop

My laptop crashed on me 9 times while I was doing my presentation... I've just about had it with this stupid laptop!

Dreams and Dead bodies

Had a really interesting dream last night. So the story behind it is that its Alvin Lee's birthday today and i can't make it to his party in Singapore, but i went there still... in my dreams. Just went there, wished him happy birthday and left. And when i woke up, it was 11:30pm in Singapore. And when i spoke to Nelson, the party ended at 11:30pm... scary... but cool! lolz


The drive down to Canada college was beautiful, lakes, mountains, trees and deers... and it was exciting to go on a excursion with my classmates. Then came time for the cadavers... the stench was strong... and it is a little eerie... but i guess we survived as a class. Decided not to include pictures of the body and organs as it's too gruelsome... so here's the milder version, just bones...


A cool class we have, everyone in this class have an agreement to progress together, and it took us only a short while to know each other, where we live, and all that. One of the coolest classes I've had in USA.


After all the dead bodies, finally decided to go for a cleansing at Mercy Center, a catholic retreat center to join in the Buddhist-Catholic Dialouge. It was great to just be there with all these elders, Rev. Heng Sure, Heng Chih, Heng Gwei, Rev Jan, Father Rebert, Francis, Sister Susan, Magarita... Also join in the gospel singing in the cathedral after with hundreds of people from the community. Very healing...

Life

Gave my youngest sis a call today, heard she just had a tough time from dad. Glad she's alrite now... 2 more years and hopefully she can join the rest of us in the states...

Forgot to take back my water bottle from class last week and was so upset about it, and today, I got it back! My classmate Nicole had kept it for me over the weekend. So nice of her...

And tomorrow, our Anatomy class is having an excursion! We're gonna see... cadavers (dead human bodies...) to do disection. Not the best kind of excursion, but i'm glad that we're doing it now and not during the chinese new year period. And throughout class, Jill kept showing me these pictures of the brains and organs in our text book and giving me those disgusted looks, thinking about tml... lolz...she's so funny...

And more good news, because of good conduct (our teacher said we're the 1st batch of students he had in 10 years where no one missed or was late for a single class), we're having a take home finals! Yesh!