Eyebag

I hate ma droopy eyebags! musn't drink water before i go to bed anymore. or was it due to too much reading? or slept too much during the day? impossible.

had a treacherous tanning session yesterday. de sun was directly above mi. no clouds. yet i stayed motionless for an hour. now ma skin feels like tearing apart. but am happi cos i got back ma tanline.

then went for a joyride yesterday. wind was quite cool so it brightened ma night? watched mariah carey's dvd. din noe she's so plump. her thigh's totalli like pig's trotter. but thankfulli she's got a beautiful face and powerful voice.

onli started raining today as i had predicted. initialli we planned for a swim. but stayed indoor, had brunch, read ma notes b4 heading to marina square at 3pm plus.

Sunny side up, please... cos i hate the rain =(

So tired

Today was a disastrous day at tutorial.

Had tis stupid "Service operations management" module. Initially before we attended de veri 1st lesson, we thought it'll onli teach us how to provide good service, how to recover service failure.

who noes tis module is full of mathematical calculations! Process analysis almost killed mi. Haf to determine inventory level by finding throughput rate (such as how many guests are arriving at a hotel per day on average), throughput time (how long each guest stays at a hotel on average).

today's quiz on tis kind of question almost left mi half-dead.

after quiz, continued to do exercise question on finding "capacity utilisation rate" of a polyclinic. so many manpower hours and resource hours to calculate till i don't know if i should + - x or /. worse was calculating batch size of production. totalli alien to mi.

Looked to de gal on ma left, she was super-pro. felt demoralised. Looked to de gal on ma right, she was one step behind mi. so i felt a little relieved.

tink i'll get "C" for tis module cos am no good wif numbers. Imagine if employer see i got a "C" for "Service Operations Management," will he tink ma service skills sucks if he don't know tis module is all about mathematical calculations?

i don't know wat will become of mi when we move on to queuing model (yes! now i know queuing oso got formula), workforce scheduling and yield management.

i don't remember i'm so stupid last time. de older i get de stupid-er i become. read too much words indeed made mi stupid with numbers. Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 0 - why are you so simple to write/say yet so difficult to understand?

aniwae. went running at bedok stadium. stress till i was in need of a good sweat-out. now feeling better.

weekend is so fast here, but soon it will be over.

Lost ma way

Got so frantic tis morning looking for ma new class. had to ask one gal from another class who pointed mi to de right direction. i was practically going round n round.

met kt at ps. had ma quick lunch at kopitiam. ma stomach has gone abnormal. cos i haf no time to eat in sch. most of de time now i spent in photocopying room to photocopy textbook. until de photocopy auntie oso becoming like ma fren.

wanted to buy a backpack from muji. i thot it was simple n clean-look. costs 89 bucks. but kt said not value-4-money. aniwae i shall heed marketing expert's opinion, so i did not buy in de end. but come to tink of value, each person has different perception when it comes to value?

walked all de way wif ma heavy bag to ION. bought a fruit juice (orange + apple + cucumber) tat costs mi 5 bucks! i'd haf bought a cup of ice blended coffee from starbucks instead. tat's how i define value. kt bought roasted meat n peking duck, each for 6 bucks. de roasted meat tasted like rock. but de peking duck was uber yummy! however, onli got 5 pieces. so 1 small piece costs 1.20 bucks. still it was value-4-money to mi in tis case. cos de satisfaction level more than justified de cost.

walked ard b4 i needed some peace to study, at raffles city's mac. all de way till 9pm. breeze was cooling n i was in a "tra-la-la" mood. had a piece of tiramisu donut at J.CO before heading home.

class at 5.30pm tomolo. shall go swim de water b4 tat.

and oh, i juz came across tis quote:

"Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking" - Albert Einstein.

I tink i'm falling into tis trap. shall read less n use brain more.

Dim sum lunch

met nb at raffles city to study yesterday at mac. from windy to sunny. till ma right face so hot.

getting stress cos haf research paper to complete within a tight deadline. haf to conduct survey as well.

we had dinner at sakura where nb break fast before continuing to do ma assignment at starbucks till 10pm.

today kn picked mi up at 12nn n we had lunch at Hai Tien Lo in Pan Pacific Hotel. de restaurant offers a 360-degree bird's eyeview of singapore. tried a few kinds of dim sum, but shark's fins soup with abalone was de best. saw thick clouds hovering de sky and within moments, singapore had a heavy downpour.

left at 2 plus n walked around suntec city. so mani ppl n i felt disoriented.

reached home at 6 plus.

school again tomolo. sian.

wasted effort

went cycling at sentosa juz on tue. veri sad tat ma favourite hilly path no longer there. tink being developed for hotel.

watched GI joes at vivocity after having bread at kim gary cafe.

today i managed to swap modules. initialli i've registered for a year 3 module cos de year 2 module wasn't available initially. but today slot for dat stupid year 2 module (research method) got vacancy sia.

thank god i no longer nid to take de year 3 module when i'm onli in year 2. but sadly, i've prepared so much for tat year 3 module. both mentalli n physically. stood in front of de photocopier to photocopy its textbook, read into the cases. but now i'm not taking it. stupid strategic management. i almost gonna buy de textbook. but heng de queue was so long tat i dun wanna buy.

tomolo's fri again. gotta catch up wif dat stupid year 2 module's 1st & 2nd lecture tat i missed.

Donkeys can swim?

Had a bad sleep yesterday. At 5am plus kena sinus attack. Then i tot to maself: oh shit. come mon morning i'll be awake by tis time. so sad. have to wake up earlier than mr sun, n sleep earlier than mr moon. thanks to ma 0830 class schedule. so gotta be up latest by 0600. still cant get over tis grief.

read ma book on negotiation skills while doing hula hoop for almost half an hour. haf 2 maintain ma waistline. if not rougher than sis den i dunno if i shld kill maself or isolate maself.

after some contemplation, i decided to go to swim. initialli cant make ma decision. so i draw lots. Either "go" or "no." when i open up ma lot n saw "go" i was so sad. lazy to go. but i muz treat tat "go" piece of paper with respect. so i went.

reached de pool n to ma dismay, saw a herd of donkeys swimming in de water. obviously, donkeys cant swim. so dey onli play with water. donkeys mainly below de age of 12 and donkeys from china. water tasted different oso. how could it taste like de sea? something muz be so wrong.

so i swam onli 4 laps. to-and-fro, to-and-fro, before getting up and head to swim in de shower room. weekend rate costs 30 cents more than weekday rate, yet i cant make full use of de water. in de end i thought i juz came to de pool to bathe. God's gracious mi.

Last weekend to slack

It's gonna be de last weekend to slack. Lotsa readings coming up next week.

went vivo after class with kn. Had a veri nice frozen cappucino at modesto cafe. den went amoy street for dinner. had tze char at de market famous for har chiong gai.

tdy's super tiring. din slp well last nite. had coffee at t2's gloria jean's cafe with rk before i was dropped off at de national library to photocopy a reference book. de same reference book i photocopied days ago, because de careless mi left out some pages.

went mac at raffles city alone to read on business communication. n prepared a draft speech for ma presentation next week. weekend's ending soon. hardcore week is coming.

Post-holiday blues

Watched ma long-awaited movie "Up" on mon at marina square wif cal. had yoshinoya's teriyaki chicken for dinner n read ma book - A thousand splendid suns - at mac in raffles city. tis book almost left mi in tears on de bus to school. sooooo heartbreaking. abt 2 afghan women who led such miserable lives tat i could not imagine exisiting in de 1st place.

when i read till de veri last page, de author said dat both de characters "mariam" and "laila" were fictional. I was like "duh!" seldom did i read a fiction book totalli engrossed!

sch juz started tdy. felt a heavy post-holiday blues since days back. suddenli i'm transported back into reality, juz like teleport of some sort. 3-month juz whizzed past like a passing shower. N tdy it's all printing of notes. Gone to national library after temple to photocopy a reference book, which I was supposed to buy. But due to money constraints, decided not to buy de original book. Original book costs 26.50. But i onli spent abt 12 bucks on photocopying in total! So mi ish veri happi for de big savings.

ytd cooked fried rice for dinner. compliments from everione in ma household so was happi too. so i'm veri proud of maself. tdy juz a simple campbell's cream of chicken (added in shitake), baked beans n lettuce. decided not to spend $ on food outside since i gotta backup for buying textbooks. But anihow, i've no time to cook liao! Sch's reopening. Tink i'll have to put nissin, tung-I, chu-qian-yi-ding, nongshim etc on standby mode.

ealier tdy had interview by ritz carlton. in group of 5 to solve a case on service recovery in F&B settings. As usual, wat else could be say but: apologise, show empathy, waiver of bill, offer meal voucher, assure customer we will resolve it, follow-up, SHOO-AND-OUT-YOU-GO!

am realli veri scared now. am taking a year 3 module whereby i'm onli in year 2. somemore dunno anione. blame ma laptop for not reacting fast enough during course registration. aniwae ma laptop is juz up and i realli thank sis followed by God. Or shld it be de other way round? days without internet seriously were hard to pass.

New hair style

went for a haircut yesterdae at espirit salon in tamp one.

cut a two-stripe design to de left of ma head.

returned home n mum got a shock.

"Huh! want to die ah. dad see sure scold. only malay cut tis kind of hairstyle!"

but i was veri happi tat she isn't please with ma hair. cos if she were to say ma hair style looks good, it's de end for mi. in her eyes, a smart student-look is her definition of nicely-done hair.

anihow, i went raffles city earlier. slacked at mac while people-watching n read ma book.

waited for br to pick mi up from swissotel. had a night swim n soaked in jacuzzi before continuing to read ma book till past midnite. a group of teenagers came to sit next to our table making unwarrant noises tat i could not concentrate on ma reading.

decided to go home then.

3 more daze to sch reopening. got a few well wishes from frenz. hopefulli it'll be a fast semester. ganbareyo~

Back from Kuching

Spent 4 days rotting in Kuching from 02-05 Aug 09. Tis year's travel hasn't been smooth-sailing. Why did i say so?

- flight by emirates to paris from dubai was so turbulent n got mi panicking for de 1st time of all my flight experiences

- got left stranded by hotel in Rome, such that I felt like a mad dog running to-and-fro other hotels

- my flight to kuching by jetstar got delayed for 5 hours (from ETD 1650 to ETD 2200). In de end I consoled myself by really enjoying a plate of chicken rice in T1's food gallery, provided complimentary by Jetstar as refreshment

- was on our way to Gunung Gading National Park in de outskirt of Kuching, but connecting bus' timing doesn't allow (have to wait for another 2 hours which was a definite no-no under de hot weather)

- got so seriously bored that I was completely loss at wat to do in kuching (no wonder the cheap air tickets?)

however, now that i'm back home, i am starting to miss the hotel experience tat i had in Hilton Kuching.

Perhaps de most enjoyable part of ma kuching trip was soaking in de foam bath everidae! Yes! Practicalli everidae i would request for 3 bottles of Crab Tree & Evelyn's body wash. So tat I could make de bathtub as foamy as it could get. Even though I had not a red wine beside mi, at least I got a bottle of sparkling ribena on day 3 and a can of chrysanthemum on day 4. de latter cools mi down.

Next most enjoyable was tanning in de hotel's pool. two days in a row i tanned, but when i asked sis if i've become darker, she said no? unfortunately i had not any tanning oil with mi, cos mine's a big bottle at home which could not get on flight due to liquid restriction of less than 100ml? seriously i hate de osama incident. air travel has been so much of a hassle since then.

anihow, we got ourselves a good treat at Benson Seafood Restaurant. Fried squids were nice, prawns, deer meat n four seasons' vegetables which tasted so crispy - ma first time trying.

got to try sarawak kolo mee at a food outlet near de hotel, which tastes like maggi mee to mi? and sarawak laksa at de hotel's breakfast buffet (oh! so sinful earli in de morning). but ma continuous swimming at de pool later in de afternoon did compensate for it.

went to de Spring, which was kuching's biggest shopping mall. but sadly, it looks solemn n empty to mi. cal bought mi a levi's bag by surprise. if onli i knew i wud get something as a present, i would haf realli shopped all over n make a careful evaluation.

had tomato mee for lunch. veri nice n appetising. 1st time i hear of tomato mee. it tastes like mee bandung, juz tat it wasn't spicy.

lastly, i am glad tat our return flight isn't delayed by some operational reasons tat budget airlines like Jetstar are capable of coming up with. so tat i could reach home on-time. though, in ma opinion, air asia is de worst in "on-time performance."

went bugis temple earlier tis afternoon before having buffet lunch with sis at funan. was happi to be able to make use of ma ntu student card to get youth price for de buffet at onli 13.90 bucks. perhaps 1 dae i shld go n conquer as much sushi as possible by maself when i have a lion's share of appetite.

read ma book at macdonald's in raffles city, titled "a thousand splendid suns" which i bought from MPH in Spring shopping mall in kuching. veri engaging story~ i seldom read storybooks because too few authors could excite mi with their no-substance stories. shall stop here n continue reading.

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