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Tried to take a picture; Of love
I wanna fill this new frame; But it's Empty

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im still trying to think of what to do to fill up this space

Tried to write a letter; In ink
I've got a peice of paper; But it's Empty

Sunday, August 31, 2008 ( 10:29 PM )

NIKE+

prisoners we are..thanks to yiming

haha its kinda cool coz everyone has a shirt with a different number printed on it so no one has the same shirt as u.. n we thus don't have to pin on those stupid number bibs =)

today was Nike+ 10km run.. it was a good run though it drizzled a little..hmm.. tzeyuan n yiming were complaining of bad air..but i duno y i didnt smell it =X haha i think my brain wasn't registering anything la...

anyway, im v happy! i finished in approximately 1 hr 5 min =) but was SOO tired after the run..n alll drenched in sweat n a lil bit of rain

tired but happy after the run

us and our finisher's band(quite nice! though looks lyk a dog collar)

the post-run concert was supposed to have a gig by Boys like Girls , but it was lyk the LAST performance so we went to Raffles city for dinner first...

the stage n all the smelly ppl who didnt change their shirts(red)

wahaha n after dinner i was too tired to want to go back just to watch them.. =X coz my parents were around there so i met up with them so can get a ride home =)

see! we CHANGED out of our sweaty shirts okie!

okie im really feeling very happy wahaha maybe its still the endorphins doing their thing + the ice cream effect(we had andersons icecream) =)

Saturday, August 30, 2008 ( 9:31 PM )

just for completion's sake, i didnt go jogging dat morning wahaha coz i couldnt get up n it was raining BUT most importantly, i had crazily aching legs! i can complete 10km w/o muscle aches but when i TRIED to get started practicing some taiji on my own the day before, yes, it resulted in full-blown aching legs.. LOL.. n i did only fen duan! -.-" how terribly ive deteriorated..

hmm been lazing around these 2 days, now i can hear the scouts from VS singing some campfire(i assume) songs.. thats quite a distance man! they're having some sort of camp la.. sounds fun though! remembered when i was in guides for ONE pathetic year wahaha.. i think i only enjoyed the obs course! the rest of it? well.. im just skeptical.. haha.. but was an enjoyable year, coz the whole patrol was v together.. as all uniform groups lyk to emphasize.. 1) sense of urgency-which i did not like.. 2) unity- which is cool, though annoying at times .. haha

AND i have one piece of BAD news n one piece of GOOD news today..

BAD NEWS:
this morning while having tuition at suntec starbucks, i LOST MY PHONE! =( left it in the toilet . how v careless of me..

GOOD NEWS:
the person who picked up my phone is a kind good soul, who phoned my dad to tell him that he/she (i duno) picked up my phone..n would return it to me tmr! what a relief!

i seem to be losing things, getting absent minded this whole year.. tsk tsk

anyway, tmr's our Nike+ run.. please dont rain anymore! i sure don't want to be drenched esp not halfway during the run!

Friday, August 29, 2008 ( 12:23 AM )

today i finally started on pinxiu's bday present.. luckily i started early.. coz i tink its rather disastrous.. (sorry xiu!) wahaha but nvm! i still have time to try n save it =)

jus finished drawing some mindmaps for my pri sch kids.. v time consuming .. but i tink its effective..

tmr gonna go watch the 3D movie with sam n the retard(her idea of course) LOL

n brendan's bday party is tmr nite as well! but shall jus drop by for a while tgt with the other wuzhong ppl.

shall go jogging in e morning tmr..

off to sleep! hope im able to wake up on time tmr..

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ( 10:44 PM )

My Ying Zhao vid frm nationals

my 9 jie bian vid

had a hard time getting these vids of mine uploaded..somehow my mac cant upload them for some unknown reason.. im using alfred's laptop to upload them in fact..

quite lousy la actually..haha but nvm! as long as it better than the others can liao..DUN LAUGH!

ahh..headache still persists.

2 lessons of tuition tmr..training at TNS..at least i get to wake up late =)

Monday, August 25, 2008 ( 8:10 PM )

shocker

haha still suffering from after-schock..

im still having a headache n its a weird headache..a dull ache at the base of my head..near the neck..

i'll bet its lack of sleep..haha drank tea last night thus wasnt able to fall asleep LOL.

yes, back to the after-shock thing.. as we were about to close up our account, count n tally the money for today at mount pleasant, we all got a shock! coz we were $300+ short.. zomg.. if it can't be accounted for it'd be from our pockets.. so we were panicing coz 300+ is no small sum! den after trying to help, though i probably was more of a hindrance..

first we counted the "float" which is supposed to be 300bucks..erm..thats all i did.. n i couldn't even do it leh..LOL i was counting the SAME stack of money but everytime i count, i get different total amount..anything but 300bucks..SIGH! all the other complicated(to me but not to them) stuff i let them handle..and eunice finally found out where the 300+ went..or rather found out the reason for the absence of the 300+

erm..n turns out its my fault HAHA.. i really have no affinity with money/accounts u noe! coz there was a client who paid by visa, his bill was 515.40..and when i keyed in for his credit card payment, i went to key in 151.40..GOSH! so blockhead!! anyway, luckily for us, our $364 short was accounted for.. called up the owner to tell him we undercharged him..n problem solved..

but as i said, after-shock.. i was so scared lo! n i felt very bad.. coz it was my fault.. lyk.. i cant even handle a simple job lyk collecting money -.-" nvm..it shall NOT happen again..

and yes..my headache..accompanied with hot n tired eyes..im gonna take a nap..too tired to bathe now..haha..im just gona plonk myself on the bed and take a nap for a while..i THINK theres HEROES on tonight..btr wake up in time for that

Sunday, August 24, 2008 ( 10:25 PM )

Nike + Human Queue 10 km

met up with yiming tzeyuan + my sis this morning at clarke quat to collect our Nike+ Human Race race kit.. gosh.. besides being known as one of the largest scale run with a million runners taking part world wide, it should also be recognised as the Nike+ Human Queue 10km.. with (according to them) 10000 runners in singapore taking part, they should have had prepared more than just TEN booths for collection of kits shouldn't they? the queue was crazy..it would have taken about 3 hours to complete..(PSST! thats lyk 3 times the time it takes to run 10km!)

LUCKILY we were priveleged enough..we cut queue..hahaha.. thank goodness yiming spotted his friend amidst the many many people queueing up..so we got thru in about 1 hr? the goody bag was quite gd compared to others.. i lyk e shirt =) its RED! n every single shirt has a different serial number printed on it..which is pretty cool actually.. nobody will have identical shirts.. hmm n i lyk the nike bottle! 1 litre bottle hahaha..can lug it to chalets/trips/gym

n got caught in the rain AGAIN.. on the way to tutor my pri sch student.. but tuition as enjoyable as usual n for once she sprang one on me by asking me to set her a mini mock testpaper of problem sums..coz she has a test tmr.. wahaha..first time setting qns n i realised it really isnt easy at all! gotta choose e right numbers and everythin.. hehe but quite fun!

been raining these few days..cold weather makes me hungry..

oh .. was watching the closing ceremony for the Olympic Games.. China is displaying tons of fireworks lyk nobody's business..but i really liked the olympic rings fireworks.. hmm n London Olympics 2012 looks promising! =) China has indeed set a v high standard for them to meet!

( 12:39 AM )

dedicated to the DUDU BIRD-sbpcp!

results of boredom + webcamming session + healthy dose of dudu bird power

Saturday, August 23, 2008 ( 12:49 PM )

LOL slept at 4 am last nite, as i sudddenly felt lyk writing a story. it was worth it coz i like my final piece of work! =) i shall post it up here so give me comments k! wahaha.. its posted on the "e" of "joyce" so click there for my story.. wahaha

im gonna write more stuff more often in future and hopefully can put together a nice compilation of stories

Friday, August 22, 2008 ( 11:17 PM )

wat a day!

wanted to wake up early this morning but couldn't haha

i had lyk MANY weird dreams last nite la! mayb thats y i couldnt wake up LOL too engrossed/tired from dreaming

i cant rmb most of it now though..i only rmb one.. which involved me having a talking ferret as a pet HAHAHA! it was v loving but in e end it died n i was v sad.. LOL

when i woke up i was lyk.. HMM..OKAY..ferret.. sounds lyk a gd pet! too bad they dun allow in singapore i think..

n in e afternoon when i went out for my tuition, i FORGOT my handphone! terrible. n i didnt have a watch with me either haha so i couldn't tell the time.. first was Junwei 3-5pm den had to go suntec, Fangjie 7-9pm.. tired!

ended late for Junwei n got caught in the heavy rain with a kinda-spoilt umbrella that felt like it would be blown away..den took bus to changi n then train to city hall, reached just on time at 7pm so went straight to starbucks.. but he was late! i duno how late..coz i dun haf a watch but id say abt half an hour late? sianz..i was rly v pissed off..didnt help that his stats was not up to expectations.. he'd better not fail his paper 2 prelims or else! too bad la, its too last min to go thru everything in detail..will haf to make do for now..

its gonna b another relaxing wkend =)

( 1:06 AM )

oooh! Nike+ run is next sunday =) im so excited!!

i practiced driving to my tuition class just now, with my mum sitting next to me of course.. i think i improved! this car is better to drive than my dad's haha its smaller n feels more.. stable or sth.. shall grab more opportunities to drive since i realised that it would be most unlikely that i'd be able to drive in sydney.. LIVING COSTS R HIGH! haha so i must try to drive more in singapore!

sleeping late is a bad habit im wanting to but not even trying to kick.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 ( 6:11 PM )

=)

looks lyk all that rest did me well! feeling back to normal today.. n i finished watching season one of gossip girl..haha

shall go for training later at taonan!

i packed my room today, which would have made my mum extremely happy i suppose..

i need to keep myself occupied.. im getting bored again..

/add ons

miss dee wanted to go hawker centre eat the day b4 flying off to illinois.. half of jams indeed haha now we're only 3/4

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 ( 9:34 PM )

2 wonderful gold medals for nationals again this yr. beautiful swan song for me =) coz i doubt ill be able to take part in singapore's wushu nationals anymore next yr once i go to sydney. haha but i'll try to compete there! yes, im ambitious. LOL. or maybe i'd say i just can't resist a competition! wasn't expecting to win, but i enjoyed myself very much! i missed the thrills of competing, and of winning too!

after much shouting at the comp, now im down with a bad sore throat(from lyk 2 wks ago till now) n flu.. everything got worse =( luckily i crashed after comp ended. spent my day feeling so sick! no energy to do anything at all! so my day was spent sleeping, and watching gossip girl(i finished 7 episodes at a go) .. *COUCH POTATO* haha

cancelled tuition tmr, dun wanna spread germs to the kids, so it'd probably be a day of bumming around n resting again. pls let me recover soon! i wanna go for training tmr night! hehe! excited! coz im gona train up my taiji again n im thinking of learning sth new.. hehe! i'll rly be like a jack of all trades n master of none.. but its fine with me! im just practicing for fun nowadays =)

i hate being sick.

i actually took photos at the comp! but my camera bailed out on me..the images cant be uploaded. dang! im so upset!

then again, we all did v well so congrats to everyone! we r dreamteam numero uno.

Maybe the timing
Is beating our hearts; We're Empty

SCRIBBLINGS

an outlet for my creative juices to flow

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

Rise and shine my dear, my darling,
Sunshine through the window, birds are calling.
Awake from your sweet, sweet slumber,
Your day awaits, with many new wonders.

Cactus plants on your windowsill come to life,
Growing with vigour, they greet you with feist.
Fluffy white clouds sail across the sky,
Look up, look out, as love comes cruising by.

Wear a bright coloured top and your favourite scent,
Matched with a smile and your ribbon headband.
Carry with you some laughter in your heart,
For a little joy would bring you some luck.

The aroma of freshly brewed coffee wafts through the air,
Tempting, tantalising, drawing you close unaware.
A soy cappuccino in your left, an old book in your right,
Spend some time with yourself; blow some bubbles, fly a kite.

Sounds of the sea come together like a melody,
Notes played on the piano, a perfect rhapsody.
Dreamy weekend filled with my favourite things,
And peace fluttering by on white dove wings.

MOON
A pearl glowing luminous in the dark.
Beautiful. Tragically lonesome.
Tear drops glistening as i looked up.
Tragic. Lonesomely beautiful.

Disco ball spinning amidst parties of stars,
Glitzy, smoky, mysteriously enchanting.
Spotlight glaring down on an empty stage,
Naked, forsaken, enchantingly mysterious.

Outside my window, the night sky loomed.
Inky, somber, ominous, enigmatic.
DARK.
Dark against the pearl, my tears, disco ball, spotlight.

As i lust after the pearl so coveted,
I brush away tears undiscovered.
Drifting along under flashes of the disco ball,
I'm shrinking away from the spotlight where i used to belong.

My moon, so bright, perfectly round tonight.
My heart, heavy. Filled with thoughts of you inside.
Your heart, so light, perfectly sound this night.
Your moon, my moon. Our moon.
Your heart, is now her heart. Sweethearts.
My moon. I'll moon. Over you tonight.

my little tribute to the full moon tonight n the mysteries it brings. for what power the quiet night has, that tugs on heart strings, stirring emotions and letting loose inspiration.

MISSION P.C.

“Sssh!” The coast is clear! Sam and Joyce, heartbeats thumping with excitement, miniature drums beating furiously against their chests, hid behind the door of the room. Yet in the background of the heavy rhythm of the drums, there was the hint of laughter, a giggle perhaps, faintly chiming in the midst of all the commotion.

They were on an important mission. Top secret and highly classified. Stealth, speed and skill were the key factors. They had to initiate the machine- technical expertise was called for. Grasped tightly in their fists were the precious artefacts, which they could not afford to forget.

The matriarch had left the premises about 5 minutes ago and the girls had got into their positions without much haste. Silence filled the room, with the exception of that incessant drumbeat and the imperceptible flitter of glee. The curtains were left undrawn, blocking out much of the sunshine from the outside world. In the dim-lit room, the musky smell wafted by each time they inhaled. It smelt of old lacquered wood mixed with that distinctive smell of fresh paper, dappled with a pinch of a metallic scent- ink, they gathered. The machine sat solemnly at the other corner of the room, enticing, anticipating the girls’ next move. So calm and composed it seemed, patiently waiting for something to happen, like the calm before the storm.

The time for action had come. There was to be no delay. They had to get to the machine, activate it, fulfill their task and retreat, leaving no clues behind of their presence, all before the matriarch returned.

“On the count of 3! 1… 2… 3!” Joyce scurried over to the corner of the room, taking cover behind the machine as Sam followed behind, light-footed and nimble, after shutting the door behind her quietly and deftly turning the lock. Nobody had seen them. Good. For how dangerous and risky this was, with the door being slightly translucent. They had succeeded in securing the room. Now all they had to do was to complete their task and retreat.

The drumbeats faded slowly. Having done this before, Joyce took the lead, guiding and instructing Sam as she went along, activating the machine. With the push of a few specific buttons, a green light blinked on and the machine whirred to life. A cheeky grin smirked on their faces, still balled up in their fists were the artefacts. The giggle in the background began to grow louder, their hearts lighter.

Joyce gingerly lifted the lid of the machine, delicately placing the artefact from her hand onto the glistening panel, smoothening it out. She had to make sure the artefact was placed exactly within the specified margins or the plan would not work. After double-checking that everything was in place, she shut the lid with silent confidence. Sam stood close, observing carefully and learning the procedure for it would be her turn next. With a steady finality to it all, Joyce then pushed the big green button. The machine beeped and started to move, scanning the artefact across from one end to the other. Then, with a sudden burst of energy, it began to chug. Slowly at first, then picking up speed, its rhythm most peculiarly irregular yet hypnotic.

The giggle rose up like a bubble and broke as Joyce gave a little quip. It looks like her task was almost completed! Just as abruptly as it started, the chugging stopped and the machine gave out a loud beep, announcing that its job had been done. Breaking into a smile, lips curling upwards to reveal her teeth, Joyce reached out for the document that slid out onto the tray. As she laid her eyes on the result of her meticulous planning, rumbling laughter erupted from her little body as she held it up proudly with both hands, displaying it for Sam to see. Sam doubled over, clutching her stomach. She could hardly believe what she saw. It was like magic! Sam could not help but join in the throes of uncontrollable laughter and celebration of her sister’s success.

There, imprinted on the stark white sheet of paper, was the unmistakable, most humouring thing of all- the perfect print of her favourite snoopy panties!

Joyce and Sam laughed until tears began to form in their eyes as they repeated the process, Sam enthusiastically trying out her first shot at this.

Then came the screeching of the main gate and the grumble of the matriarch vehicle. She had returned. Each holding about 2-3 copies of warm and crisply printed paper in their hands, Sam and Joyce quickly snatched up their prized possessions and “certificates of achievements”, flipped the power switch to OFF, putting the machine back to sleep and dashed out of the study room. In a flash of motions, they quickly stashed the evidence in the secret compartment in their closet and rushed to the living room, plopped themselves on the sofa, turned on the television and acted like they had been watching Powerpuff Girls this whole time.

Still giggling intermittently at the outrageous adventure they just had, it was perfect timing as the main door clicked open and in stepped the matriarch. “Hi, Mom!” Both girls called in that coyly sweet voice of theirs, plastered on their faces were the “ innocent-puppy-eyed” expressions.

With a nod of approval, their mummy dearest carried her bag of groceries to the kitchen and Sam and Joyce let loose their infectious but final bout of laughter. With a high-five to seal the deal, there was nothing more exhilarating and satisfying than a task well planned and executed. What more was there to say, other than- MISSION PANTY-COPY ACCOMPLISHED!