end of internship

finally ended my internship, still have lots of things to keep and stuff. i feel a little sad bcos of all the nice interns and ppl im leaving behind, but im happy that i've finally ended work and can sleep in!

ok not really, i have lots of things on my to-do list b4 i go to usa - outings, sleepovers, tennis, books to read and dramas/anime to watch! (+ revise a level syllabus...)

how am i going to finish all that in a mere 3 weeks or less, plus the packing i need to do!?!?

gah nvm, i'll take things one day at a time. im still teaching tuition for this weekend and the next though, then the weekend after will be the one loaded with 2 sleepovers and one outing in between erhem. seems like no breaks for me any weekend at all T.T

anw i just wanted to share this with all of you, esp useful when you're going to work in the future (after uni?).

30 second Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola)

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the
air. You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you're
keeping all of these in the Air.

You will soon understand that Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will
bounce back.

But the other four balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - are made of
glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked,
nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must
understand that and strive for it."

Work efficiently during office hours and leave on time. Give the required time to your family, friends and have proper rest.

i think we are all guilty of this at one point or another, and even if we're not working now, it can still apply to all of us - just replace work with studies. esp with uni upon us all, we'll become busier than ever.

all the best and good luck to all of you then! ^^

a 19th birthday

i found out there's such a thing called shisha in singapore. it's kindof like smoking except there's different fruity flavours and stuff, and it's filtered through water, but research shows that it's worse than cigarettes. glad i didn't go along for the shisha >.>

thank you IDG interns, esp WK, "CC" (HAHA) and WL for organising the lunch and the nice ice cream cake and all! first time i celebrated my birthday in the work context, it's kindof unforgettable. through the lunch, i found out the real personalities of a few of you erhem.

got an ocbc supplementary card from my dad! hmm i should go apply for some debit card too, ocbc or posb better?

oh yeah thanks everyone for their birthday well wishes! am really happy and surprised that so many ppl rmbed/checked their facebook birthday reminders xD

the 19th birthday is a special one, as our 农历生日 coincides with our birthday on the gregorian calendar that day. in case you never noticed, this happens once every 19 years, so this is a very special day indeed.

i like my 农历生日 - 六月初六， 真容易记! ^^

i feel old already. but then again, constantly hanging around ppl who are older than me makes me feel super young xD at spring, im the youngest as everyone is either already in uni, or are already working haha. still, some of them thought i am some uni student, and even one thought i was a permanent staff! looks like i can pass off as some adult already (:

i feel old compared to all my juniors at rj though. i'm still receiving constant updates about jap club and astro club, but i'll be away in usa and won't be able to go attend all their fun events anymore, and then i won't know the juniors' juniors, then in just one year more and i won't know anyone in jap club and astro club at all! -horrified-

what to do then?

toutes les couleurs de l'arc en ciel

been tired these days, doing work in the day then bringing work home to do. hardly enough time to sleep/read/do anything other than check emails. sianz. im alrd looking forward to end of internship, bcos im kindof loaded with work, extra work and intern's presentation.

and i've enrolled in my first two classes for ucb! im taking only 17 units my first sem, which includes a math, a physics, a comparative lit class and japanese! yepp im going to learn jap finally ^^ i just nv have the self-discipline and initiative to actually get down to self-learning the language, so i figured it's easier to just go for lessons where i'll be forced to learn and talk the language, then if i want to, i can self-learn more in the future! yay im alrd looking forward to not just going to cali, but also to starting my classes! ^^

anw i saw a rainbow today! first time i saw a rainbow with the full 7 colours very distinctly, and it was a complete semi-circle! there was a secondary rainbow, but very faint, and the rainbow's really pretty bcos the sun was kindof setting at around 7pm. i must be in luck tomorrow then.

sorry my phone camera's lousy (1.3megapixel only but it's a free phone so ya haha). enjoy the pics!





p.s. you all can try guessing where i was xD

a chinese tall story

i watched a chinese tall story bcos of the interesting mv posted on blaws' blog, showing charlene as an unimaginably weird character. at first the movie seemed quite silly and just lame, but as it went along, it became better and better! (except for all the lame cartoon animation that i felt was so bleh, esp when charlene was the pro galactic warrior! why she become cartoon! so low budget humph)

**SPOILERS AHEAD SKIP THIS PARAGRAPH IF YOU REFUSE TO BE SPOILED!** but the most profound moment was when it showed that the princess had fallen in love with charlene('s eyes) instead of the guy's. it just shows how the princess looked past her appearance and felt her warmth and sincerity right from the beginning. then the saddest moment was when i realised that she never had a name, and meiyan was the name she picked from the princess. SUPER SAD LA i cried then! the dramatic climb up the stone at the end was touching too, but i've seen it b4 so not a big deal haha.

anw after watching the ending part in the heavens, i realised i've watched the movie b4 on tv, but probably only watched that last part, bcos i have no recollection whatsoever of the front parts. it's a sad ending though...i finally understood the phrase at the beginning.

世界上最遥远的距离
不是你站在我面前却不知道我爱你
而是明明相爱
却不能在一起

though if u think about it, they actually get to stay together forever.