Up at 9am!?!

For the very first time in a SUPER LONG WHILE,

I'm actually awake at 9am on a tuesday morning!! GOOD MORNING everyone:) It was cold last night, so around 7 plus I was already semi awake, tossing and turning. Only when my roomie's alarm rang at 9 cos she had to wake up for class, and some irritating drilling noise started coming from dunno where, I decided, NO TIME TO WASTE! OFF TO THE GYM! hahahaha. i wanna laugh at myself sometimes... this is ridiculous, giving up 2 hours of sleep! but, i'm actually feeling great! The sky is so so blue, sun is bright, Thank God for this beautiful morning:) I really love living here in Hongkong. I appreciate God's creation- nature, the weather so much more here. So before I head to the treadmill just downstairs,

here's a lousy picture I just took! in my very very cute bed room slippers =) Isn't the catty so cute? (Leen i'm really CAThy now haha)

Ok i think i better go now before i procrastinate any longer!

*Mum dad if you're reading this... aren't you proud of me? =) Love you all*

10.50am 1 and a half hours later...

This is absolutely ridiculous!!! I had such a positive start this morning right? So this is what happened... After writing that blog post, I went down to the gym. See, every hall is supposed to have a gym, and I've seen hall 4s, not bad with at least a treadmill and the bicycle thingy. BUT when I went down excitedly all pumped up, there is only ONE pathetic bicycle thing and a mini hockey table?!?! OH MY GOODNESS. haha and the room looks like it's not been used for ages.

Ok, so nevermind, I was disappointed, but decided to come up to take a nice shower and have a good start to the day. I took my stuff, went into the shower, all ready to hop in for a warm refreshing shower... only to find... the HEATER COULDN'T WORK!! i couldnt believe it, cos the light was off although the switch was down! So for 5 mins, I stood there, shivering in the cold, with the water running, hoping that I would feel some warm water asap. AHHH. hahahaha. Couldn't believe my luck really! So i got changed out, and marched downstairs to the guard post to complain, like a typical singaporean :P heh. guess what the guy did? He walked me to the lift, and pointed to this sign on the notice board which read:

"Fresh Water Supply will be switched off on 30/1/07 from 9am to 5pm due to maintenance works. Heaters will switched off as well..."

UGHH. JUST MY LUCK hahahha. Of all days, I had to choose to wake up so early today!!

pretty happening this morning really. i'm never doing this again man!

Pictures update

PICTURES GALORE!!!

Favourite instant noodles- Kimchi Ramen:)

Us with our krispy kremes we had for dinner last sunday...

When we went to Sham Shui Po for dinner with Juergen, new Hongkong friend...

My first holiday to Macau. Fri 26/1/07...

Walking in the cold wind to SANDS casino...

Typical houses in Macau , really pretty right? (Thanks Jingli for the great pictures!)

Ame and Tem at the entrance of the Library. The trees look like from the Harry Potter movie right?

Colourful streets of Macau

At the cross =) Beautiful Macau.

With Jings at St Pauls... We look so touristy!

Roomies in shades!

Macau has beautiful quaint places like this, small little fountains and squares.

Beautiful Catholic Cathedral.

With Ame and Zheming at this beautiful garden.

The bunch of us at St. Pauls :) Beautiful clear blue skies and picture perfect we were!

haha. my back view. ame thinks its a great shot, so here it is!

Me at St Pauls ruins. Macau is so beautiful.

Jings and me at the Senado Square.

Olympic exhibition!

My dearest roomie and I at Senado square, the first tourist destination we went to.

On the First ferry to Macau at 1pm. Tickets weren't cheap at all... Sing$60 for a return trip! e all got a shock cos we had thought tickets were at most S$30. haha, so this just means less extra cash for more shopping :s

Outing with Baptist Uni girls

Mahjong night with Juergen, Andy and Kit...

Overdue pics from HOCC concert day!

When Che and Claire were in town...

Thanks to Ame's great photograophy skills! Us excited before Hocc at the Hung Hom.

KTV again! We had a great time singing and performing for each other in the HUGE room we got! Claire and Che really sounded like professional singers la...

On the streets of Tsim Tsar Tsui...Look at our 'happy to be in Hongkong faces' :)

On the Mtr, when it was almost empty! It was great fun that few days!

THE END for now =) Love you all.

And i'm missing everyone. My mummy daddy, ah ma, hern. Popo, all my lovely cousins, auntys and uncles. Church buddies and Aunt carol and uncle henry. Che dern. Leen xinhe hong seetoh ade and all. Eudora shuo joany xia. Shauny. Shuen ven all my uni mates.

just a little quick update

Sorry for the lack of blog posts recently my dears. Due to circumstances and many factors such as the lack of free time in my room and how I've not gotten any pictures from my friends' cameras, I've been missing-in-action. Internet connection isnt very good still, so pictures and all will come tomorrow ok?

I stayed in the whole time today, was down with slight cramps this morning so had to give church a miss. So, I slept till 12. It was really cold, even under my blanket, so it's like, when I manage to fall into deep sleep, I don't ever feel getting out of bed. It was good being able to laze about, settle my internship applications online-something I dread cos it's just so troublesome and time consuming and I'm really slow at things like writing my resume :s , do my laundry, and skype with my parents :) I miss lazy days like this. The past 3 weeks have been filled with late nights- socializing with new friends in the cold downstairs, online writing blog posts etc. haha. Those of you who know me, will know that I really cant function well without lots of sleep, so really, I'm so glad I got today off in a sense.

I was chatting with michelle, my dear cousin, and I realised I really miss sunday nights at my grandmas place, fellowship with my cousins and relatives, my popo's cooking. I'll definitely cherish my chinese new year with them :)

There are many things I want to thank God for, He just has been so good to me. More in my next post yeah.

Tues 2pm

It's 2pm now Tuesday 23rd Jan, and i'm sitting at my table, having a packet of yummy,, black pepper chicken chop rice and hot horlicks i just bought from the cafe downstairs. I woke up at 1pm, had a good sleep! :) Mondays and Tuesdays are my free days, so I get to sleep in to replenish and recharge the energy lost over the hectic weekend...

haha. just thought i should show you all exactly what i'm up to now:)My desk doesnt have any books so far because school hasn;t actually started. haha. Maybe in time to come ya, just maybe, my desk will look more like a uni student's desk :p

Current view from my room window. Opposite my hall, is hall 9. by the way, my hall is called Jockey Club Harmony Hall. hee. interesting name right. Temmy's hall 2 is called HSBC Prosperity Hall. haha. how funny right. The weather's good today, pretty cool. I'm very thankful that it's not been raining at all lately, but according to locals, the rainy season will come in late feb or march? Not too sure.

This was taken yesterday evening around 530 when the sun was about to set.

No plans today, just resting in. oh my, i have yet to find the time to go apply for the gym membership!!! haha. I really need it. Maybe tomorrow when i have lessons in school!

Since pictures speak a thousand words, here are some shots from the past few days...

At church. It was a huge celebration at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium at Wanchai. Amelia's aunt was so nice to wait for us at the mtr station, despite us being 20min late.

The flight of 200+ stairs I gotta climb down and up everyday to school :s

Walkway from student residence to the steps. I'm on a hill, so the view's great on this walkway bridge. Kinda makes my day in the morning. And walking in the cold weather is fine cos i dont perspire like how i will in singapore.

Ice rink at Festival Walk, the huge shopping mall connected to City uni. About 5 min down from hostel. All branded boutiques, restaurants, fastfood, cinema, supermarket that closes at 12midnight everyday, underpass to MTR station (Kowloon Tong)...

Haha. Kinda a bad shot of me. Was at Lan Kwai Fong at this bar called twenty one that was SO SMALL. LKF is just like holland v, with some famous clubs there. Hmm. Not really my cup of tea. but the drinks were really pretty and quite reasonably priced. We just went there to chill and talk...

Us on the MTR. I like the trains here. They are fast, efficient, clean and gets us almost everywhere we wanna go in hongkong!

Oh gosh. Hongkong has Krispy Kremes!!! Amazing donuts!!! I plan to eat them every week on sunday when we go to church cos church is on Hongkong Island, near Times Square where the donuts are at :) really yummy.



Celebrating Jingli's birthday at Bubba Gump Restaurant on the Peak.

Had seafood, like fish n chips, shrimps and all.. Pretty cool view. The restaurant's themed after Forrest Gump, so its a must-go for Forrest gump fans =)

The 23 yr old birthday boy and his surprise cake!

The group of us, haha. Look at Temmy, like a small boy! and Henri!!! Jokers :)

Dinner with fellow Singaporeans from ntu cs....

At this Thai restaurant as Kowloon City, this area about 15 min from my uni. Famous for thai and vietnamese food. We had such good thai food for about S$10 per person!

SCGS girls in Hongkong:) Amelia, me, Victoria.

Star struck!

My life in Hongkong has been really exciting and filled with unexpected surprises so far, it's been an amazing experience to say the least. I'm star struck!! haha, lemme explain...


On friday I was at Times Square (Hongkong) in the afternoon... and as we were walking towards the shopping centre, we spotted a large crowd around this tiny stage right in front of Times Square, so excitedly we squeezed our way to the front and guess who we saw?? MIRIAM YEUNG, Yang Qian Hua in mandarin! She's this popular hongkong singer whose songs my friends always sing during Kbox sessions. haha. It was just exciting being so up close to a popular star, and ame and i are always hoping we'll spot more of these HK stars on the streets in time to come! hee. I'm getting really into the HK celebrities, other than those I was introduced to by cheryl! Maybe I'll really become a TVB junkie, then my canto will improve! Cantonese songs are really nice as well... Joey Yung, Denise Ho, Miriam etc. The entertainment scene here just seems so much more exciting, compared to Singapore(where I really don't find any celebrity close to attractive), or Taiwan(where the stars are just so act-cute and crappy it gets disgusting!) haha.

We were really quite close to Miriam! Just that there were thousands of cameras blocking out view! haha.


And on Saturday Night...

HOCC Live in Unity 2007 - we stand as one

I went for Denise Ho's concert, and it was SPECTACULAR to say the least!!!! REALLY. haha. for those of you who dont really know about canto pop, D ho is also known as HOCC, and she's this really cool, goodlooking and fantastic singer!!! I knew some of her songs before I went for her concert, but now, I'm a huge fan :) It was held at the HK coliseum, something equivalent of the indoor stadium here, almost as big i think. The atmosphere was really electric, with fans on their feet screaming and dancing along to her music. The stage design was sooo cool, quite simple but really COOL at the same time! The dancers' costumes and the props were really attractive and eye catching. AND of course, Denise HO was SUPERB! Her hairstyle, her singing, dancing, and her stage presence... WOW. haha. we were up on our feet dancing and rocking to the music with the rest of the crowd! and we weren't even fans to begin with, imagine that!! Hocc has this really spunky, funky, rockish, cool attitude- just absolutely her own sense of style! I really enjoyed myself. Somehow, being at a concert like that in HK makes me feel totally into the HK lifestyle, listening to all the canto songs, taking the MTR and railway all over hongkong, screaming at the top of my lungs with the whole bunch of crazy enthusiastic fans! =) an experience I'll never forget!

Check out the stadium- really huge, colorful, and everyone was given this lime green balloon banner thingy to wave and clap along to the rhythm! Simply awesome! haha. Me, amelia, cheryl and claire simply went crazy screaming and dancing and having a ball of a time!

Hocc was really fantastic! Her awesome stage presence kept us excited and energetic then whole night from 830 to 12 midnight!! Look at the musicians' costumes, so cool right!!

The dancers were really awesome!! haha. I dont know how else to describe it, but I felt inspired to learn proper hiphop/ or at least some form of dance after watching them! Hocc is just TOO COOL to be true! haha. look at her hot outfit too!

Hocc up close and personal! haha. She came around to the side I was seated at, and so i was able to zoom and capture this picture of her! Her hair is just so funky, and she's really very funky and goodlooking. I dont know if she can be considered to be pretty cos she's not the sweet, girly singer kind, but shes definitely really attractive and goodlooking! And her songs are very nice too!

Amazing how someone can pull off such a cool funky hairstyle SO well!

Another picture of her on stage in this doll dress- she was supposed to be a doll, something to do with the lyrics of her song!

AHH. haha the connection in my hostel room is really slow and I take about 30 mins to upload one pic. I have thousands more pictures I would love to show you all, but connection's simply making it impossible. Maybe tomorrow or something I'll try to upload again =)

Oh, I bought this Hocc concert poster for only HK $20!! And its up on my wall now :):):)

Sunday we went to church with ame's aunt again. It was ICA's (International Christian Assembly)thanksgiving sevice so it was held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium where all the 5 congregations came together once a yr! It was amazing to see Thais, Indonesians, Fillipinos, Cantonese, SriLankan and Indian congregations coming together to worship!

I do have lots more to blog about, but for now, this is it! will update soon, maybe later:) tata.