haha... I failed practical 1.03 for today

I failed today.. my 3rd lesson in practical driving and I failed it.. Instructor said I was too tired and not concentrating enough and my braking still not smooth enough.. But I should be good on my next lesson... Hopefully~

Gym & exercise session

Per Apple's suggestion, we went to the gym this morning to exercise. There were supposed to be about 10 of us ladies... but in the end, a lot couldn't make it, but we still went ahead. It's been so long since I last saw Apple's sec skool fren Lijun and we had a great time catching up, since we were the earliest. Other than the 3 of us, there were also Lvying and her fren and Zichun n her fren.. Sorry ladies, cannot recall your names! Thanks Chun for the delicious and healthy sandwiches you made for us!

We did some workout in the gym and I showed Apple & Lijun what kind of exercises I did in Contour Express previously and I think it's pretty difficult for them, like how I felt when I first learnt those... LOL... After that, had wanted to do for hair treatment with Apple, however, I did bring along the receipt, so had to come home and pick it up before meeting Apple at West Mall again. And to our dismay, the shop has shifted location. I called and found that it's re-located to Lake side MRT so we took the train there... It's super crowded but a nice feeling to get the hair treated as I had some spilt ends and my scalp's really oily!

My first practical lesson

Silly me! All along I tot that I have to pass my advance theory before I can book for practical lessons at BBDC. It's more logical isn't it? Since ATT will tell u how the car works etc, before you go for practical lessons. But actually it's NOT the case. As long as I passed the basic theory test, I can apply for the PDL (Which I really did right after I secured my BTT) and I left it there for almost a month without realising I can go for practical lessons.

So after speaking to ZQ before the K-session on Sunday evening, I went to BBDC to top with my $$ before booking for my practical lessons. I'm having mixed feelings actually.. coz all along I've no guts to go learn driving. I had my first practical lesson tonight and it was not as bad as I thought it will be. I think I made the right choice by going to BBDC instead of private.. coz I realised how the circuit really helps! Never tot I will be in the driver's seat controlling the car...

Naturally will be nervous and stiff on the first lesson and din have much chance to really drive a lot. Next lesson will be coming Sun afternoon, hope I can do better then! Gambatte!

I'm 28 today!

Gosh, can't believe time really flies. I'm reaching my 3s in 2 years' time!
Thanks everyone for the wishes over MSN, Facebook and sms today.
Had a really great afternoon today! Hee...
And dad cooked mee suah for my birthday too..



I feel blessed!~

And oh, Sat nite during the religious class, everyone celebrated my birthday for me too.. Haha.. At that instance, I feel I'm too old for celebrations! And sun nite, went to K with Apple, TM, Barry, Lvying & ZQ... Nice feeling after not K-ing for so long.. And I dunno all the new songs! I'm into oldies! Haha...

My first visit to USS - Treat by Shihua

Thanks to my Shihua dear, I visited USS for the first time ever today! Though we din take the rides but we went to the nite USS to see see look look and had dinner there.

It was really a nice catchup with her as it's been almost 3 months since we last met. Hee.. Thanks dear for the treat, presents and most importantly, your company! Hee... I was telling her abt the opportunity I had and she encouraged me as well... Oh well, we'll see how it goes. Seems like now, more than 1 boss wanna speak to me, though I'm not sure what the whole thing is about.. and if it's to my advantage... I know I'm not good in speaking and asking for stuffs, so let's see how it goes... :P

Some photos we took at USS this evening earlier:-

The main entrance.. Can't believe even the queue to get the tickets for Nite USS is so so so long~


Shihua's fav.. :D


That's me.. Think I looked really tired that nite...


Our dinner.. Yummy bread... Thanks dear!


That's us!


Shihua trying on the different hats in the shop~


Nice pose? Haha...


I'm working~


It's so late, where's Cindy? Haha...


I really love this pic! Shihua even developed the $12 one for me coz I said it's nice~ :p






This is her gift to me.. from Europe~

Still in state of consideration...

I'm still in a deep state of consideration of whether I should take up the new offer.
Some colleagues and close frens who know are encouraging me to take the step forward... But still, I cannot say what's exactly holding me back.. And the best part is, I have to give answer by tmr... haha... *faint*

Anyway, I took sometime today to visit granny in JB. Been really a long time since I last visited her, from CNY... Hee... I used to go very often, but after they changed the customs and the security in JB is not that good, I haven't been visiting as often as I should.

It's really nice to see granny, though her health is not good and failing her, pain here n there.. at least she's still mobile and doing good. :) Had a good chat with her and my aunties as well... I also saw my cute little cousins and nephews... Kawaii nehz!!! 2 more nieces joining the big family in Nov, so excited to meet them... Tsk tsk... Hitched a ride from 6th to come back home as she's coming to SG to collect some insurance premium from her customers... :D

Today is Saturday and my mind is tangling..

Well... I really can't get to sleep last nite...
Basically, there might be upcoming changes in my job soon...
Been in the current job for 5 years, and now there might be a chance that the scope and boss will be changing, I'm in a state of dilemma... Who can help me? :(

Crazy tots

Had some crazy tots in mind this afternoon in office... Haha... Let's see how it goes...
Was "chatting" with Lynn, Apple & Qing in FB and we think we wanna go to the USS sometime soon after the young ladies finish their exams in poly! :)

National Day

Time flies... It's National Day tomorrow again.
Can't believe that it's ND again, 1 year passed just like that...
Was working on National Day last year and it will be no exception this year either.
Juz praying that time will fly by faster... :)

Happy birthday to mum!

I took 1/2 day leave this afternoon.
Took my parents to National Skin Centre as my mum's hands have been very bad - dry skin with lots of blisters. She's gone to many docs but the problem keeps coming back. So I told her to go polyclinic to get referral letter so I can bring her to NSC to check it out.

Today we went and luckily it's nothing serious, but more of old skin issue and irritants. Advised to keep dry as much as possible and to apply the medication. After NSC, we took a bus to Bugis to pray and walk a bit before coming home...

Waited for my sis to knock off work and then we went to plaza for dinner and some grocery shopping. Hope my mum enjoys her day today! :)

Sigh...

Was uploading more pics and then blogger hangs on me, oh well, I give up uploading pics :P

I'm back and it's Aug!

I'm back from Beijing, China. :)
A very nice and fun trip though it's for work purposes!

First, I was supposed to board SQ805 departing at 4pm yesterday from Beijing back to SG, however due to some unforeseen circumstances (and I din know about it till I read the papers today), the flight was delayed for almost 3 hours... Yes, 3 hours... At about 6.50pm then the flight took off from the Beijing airport. Supposed to arrive in SG before 10pm last nite, but I reached at 12.10am 1 Aug.. So I was in China from Jul to Aug.. Haha... Ok, cold joke. :P

After office hours during weekdays as well as whole of Friday, I was out touring the place and went to some places of interest. Indeed, comparing Beijing and Shanghai, Beijing has more places for me to go to and see see look look. I even went up the Badaling Great Wall on Friday and though it's so foggy, I can't see anything, but it was a very nice experience. At least I've stepped foot on it.. Like what my mum said, a Chinese must go there at least one.. The steps and slopes on the wall are much difficult and steep to conquer. Not as simple as I tot they were. :\ What's impressive is that you can see so many gray haired grandmothers and grandfathers climbing the stairs.. And because it happens to be the summer holiday in China from Jul-Aug, every place of interest is so crowded with people... Phew...

One thing, the weather is really really hot. Just on Friday when I was out in the "sun" whole day, my skin turned so dark on my face, neck n limbs. Almost 40 deg C and I'm not joking. You practically can't see the sun, but it's so humid, just standing there doing nothing for 3 mins, you'll sweat like hell. I think the sweat for Fri itself, surpass the amount of sweat in my whole life. :P Whole shirt was wet... and still sweating non stop. And the air in Beijing in really polluted. :(

Ok, some photos here to share which I took during the trip:


Forbidden city entrance


Forbidden city building












These walls, were said to be the walls those guys who went for imperial exams for but failed and killed themselves by knocking into the walls using their heads.




This one.. I paid $5 to wear the costumes and headwear at 天坛... they also gave a pic with nice frame. It think it's nice and worth it. :)


Full length pic.. I like this :)


Summer Palace... Huge place... Very tiring and I think there are still places we din go to. The bridge shown behind is known as the Marco Polo bridge.


On top of the mountain, there's a thousand hand Guanyin.. Too bad I din have the chance or energy to climb up since this is the last destination of the day.


And oh, this is WangFuJin Jie, basically Singapore's Orchard. That's how the sky looks like, but the temp was 37 deg C... Faint


Frens from Poland... Taken at the entrance of Ming Tombs.