Dedicated to Juliet
Better put this up quickly before Juliet comes back! Shhh...
Dedicated to Juliet (You have to feel honoured lah~~~ Not a little but VERY!! Lolz)
To thee Juliet,
A lovely (lousy) poem is made
The time has come
To say goodbye
The days we’d spent
Were gone in flash
The memories we made
Will forever be dear.
To Juliet Jacobs I have to say….
Although you’re mad
I’m still very glad
It’s my luck
Or misfortune disguised
To know your face
And learn your ways
Learnt well I did
So the above in bold
Is nothing but jest
In return to the track
I’ll continue my praise
A weirder person I never seen
Who likes to jump, to tumble and hiss
Like the sun which always raise
It’s the truth that can’t (be) denied
And poor me who stayed with you
Is lost to the powerful fate unseen
Look what bad habit I’d cultivate
Off the track I go again
With good praises in mind
I’m being so kind
But still is so difficult to describe
So I leave it to thy
the next victim in line
To sing, to dance and faithfully chant
“Oh~ Juliet Jacobs is so very the bright!”
And so I hand over the pen today
To celebrate the separation with the source of my ‘pain’
This again is your pattern well-learnt
So you know your effort’s not in vain
Take care of yourself and see you (again) one day
Goodbye!
_______ H U G Z ---------*
haha.. I forgot which night I wrote it though, it was just for fun! Lolz~~
Last night in Perth!
mOod: Excited!
bAckground music: "Sarah Yelling"
Yoohoo~! Tonight will be the last night in Perth!!! Well.. At least for this semester lah!! I'll be coming back to Singapore tomorrow!! Yoohoo~!~!~! Now looking back, this semester seemed to fly past really fast, even though I remembered in the process I was quite bored here and there. Heh.
For the first time in this semester and the last time for the year, Juliet and I are sleeping in the same room again! Ha, checked out of my room earlier in the afternoon, so now I'm homeless! ^-^ Tonight the WHOLE HOUSE belongs to Juliet and I!!! Muahahaha!
(find the feeling a little weird to be typing an entry from her computer)
Anyway, so long for now! Cya in Singapore! *muakz*
In the Move
Current Music: Chop Suey
Finally finished packing all my stuffs! 'til the very last minute!! Phew~ Tiring. Luckily I do not have that much things to put away. Another flatmate of mine started packing 2 days earlier and still is.. Lolz~ At the thought that I have to do this at the end of every year....... Mum~~ Do you want to buy a house here???
Done moving all my stuffs to Corinna’s house too! Well, almost. I discovered when I came back to SV that I left out a package of shoes and basketball. So duh~ I shall ask Fen to bring it to Corinna’s house when she moved.
Think many people are moving out these few days. I saw the SV personnel running up and down the entire day, checking people out. At the laundry room, there was a constant stirring of activities going on; people like me, doing last minute laundry. Every single washing machines and dryers were busy, with many baskets of damp clothes “queuing” at the dryers waiting to be dried.
Ah… I realized I forgot to call and order my apple strudels today. Geez, I hope I can directly buy 6 boxes from the shop tomorrow. *cross fingers and pray harder* My mother already have plans for their future le, so I better make sure by hook or crook, I get them for her.
p.s: It is exactly 1 month to M.E.R.R.Y..C.H.R.I.S.T.M.A.S !!!!
p.s.s: COUNTDOWN:: 2 :: DAYS!
Photos~
Photos taken yesterday_----
This is one of the purple trees that are blooming beautifully in Perth now. Although the purple seemed light in the photo (the contrast is not so good), in fact the hue of the purple is deep and strong. So pretty~~~ It's actually all flowers. In spring, the leaves will sprout and grow, after which they sorta disappear, so from green it slowly became purple little by little until the entire tree canopy became flowers = purple. I heard that it will turn pink after purple, but I won't get to see it~~ Such funny tree deshoo?
This was taken in Sterlings Garden near the bus stop where we dropped in City.
The clouds were really pretty yesterday. It had so much volume and density. The sun was covered but its rays were peeking out from all directions.
Close up!
Took the pictures on the bus while going back to school aka home. Imagine in the midst of a slightly crowded bus of office people, a camera was raised above the heads up and down to capture the awesome scenary. The actual thingy was WAY WAY WAY nicer than the photos.
Yummy~ Chilli Mussels
Woah, today was certainly a happening day.
Send off my flatmate, Emily in the morning. Wish each other “Happy Vacation~” and “Goodbye~”.
In the later afternoon, went to Perth City with Fen, Cornelius and Elaine. Elaine was slow as usual ^_^;; so we met up with her in the city afterwards. Ate sushi for lunch at a foodcourt, although it was not 100% perfect, but it was nice. I miss Genki/Frog Sushi in Singapore. Merry-Go-Around Sushi in Perth is certainly expensive!!! Unagi sushi (2 on a plate) cost AUD 4.30!! Hmmm……… *narrow eyes* Bought quite a number of stuffs in the city, but too bad, due to insufficient time, plan to go to Habour Town was forsaken. I must go to Habour Town one more time before going back Singapore! ^_^
Chilli mussels was on the menu for 10:00:PM supper. HmmmMmmm…. Suggested and brought to us by Jonathan. Being a big group, we went to the destination by 4 cars and the funny thing was, at a junction point when we were lining up side by side with another car, we discovered that while our car was ‘packed’ with 5 people, there was only 2 people waving back to us in the other car, that’s including the driver. -__-;; Very good planning people. Lolz~
Unfortunately, I didn’t have the mind to think of taking along my camera to take photos of the delicious mussels. (Yummy~) Simply assuming in the first place that I won’t like it because I don’t like big heads aka ‘tua dao’. See the link there? However, with the first bite of that little mussle meat, I discovered I was so terribly wrong. Never jump to conclusions, even it is ‘jumped’ on yourself. You might actually find out that you do not know yourself very well, even though you thought you are your own best friend. I’m a very good example.
The whole midnight supper was enjoyable, even though it was quite a big group. I thought there will be awkward moments since not everyone knew everyone, but it turn out much better than I thought in the form of happy mini familiar groups talking among each others, no hard feelings of ‘being anti-social’ and not interacting with other people. Hehe… The chilli mussels made the whole meal even more enjoyable. Lolz~ I figured despite my initial stand, I ate more than 15 or even 25 mussels. Yummy~~ In conclusion to this happy mussel; realization made experience, I must say a BIG THANK YOU to JONATHAN!!! Thank you for this mussel TREAT yar!! (n_________n)
Here I am, tired and beady eyes, typing my blog entry for the day, which had already became Yesterday. Juliet is still lalalah-ing on her computer and Jonathan is packing his stuffs into boxes. Hmm… Perhaps I should do mine tomorrow. I think I will be free in the afternoon. Hmmm… If nobody calls me to scream that I’m late for something, I probably am. ^-^ End of the recollection of today’s happenings session then. It is time to say goodbye and goodnight! *bows and exits*
To Buy List
So much for now.. Updated anytime~ Hehe
Background Song: The Other Side of Love - M.FloTo Buy/>To Do/*Check-Out List!
Better write it all down before I forget any. ^-^Tsuyoshi Dohmoto - [Si] albumArashi - 5x5 2002-2004 Best Selection albumArashi - {Pikanichi Double - Life is Hard, Happy} Movie*Daigo Stardust - [The Space Toy] album*Casey Donovah album?>Kanjani8 - [Nani wa Iroha Bushi] Single>Kanjani8 - mini album? (rumoured 15/12/05 @ 2000Yen)>Tackey & Tsubasa - [Serende] Single !out of listShinhwa - [Brand New] repackaged 7th album{Hoshi Kimie} - Dorama>Search Tina Arena - [Symphony of Life] mp3*Popolo - November IssueDiana Wayne Jones - Howl's Moving CastleBleach - MangaA new wallet! (mine already CMI liao) //added on 25.11//
I dreamt..
Oh, I dreamt of a shark last night. Nothing scary about it, very sweet actually.. (n_____n)
EXAMS ARE OVER!!
MY EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!!
I'M FREEEEEEEEEEEEE~~~~
(free as a bird)
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!LALALALALALALAL
5 MORE DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!
Casey is Australian Idol 2004~!~!
Casey Donovah is Australian Idol 2004~!~!~! Congratulations!!!!This girl is only 16, but her voice is sooo big. Out of the songs that she sang, the deepest impression is the one she sang during Final 12 - Symphony of Life - Tina Arena. As she was singing it, chills were just ranning up and down my spine. She sang it really really really well!!! Ok, if anyone have the mp3 (original version will do) or know where I can download it, just leave me a note k? Hehe.. I can't find it through Yahoo! Search.
Hugs Counter Installed~
Ohayou~~
Beautiful day today in Perth! Sunny weather, breezy winds, Perfect weather to go to the Beach!!! Hooray~! But no... I have to study for tomorrow's exam. YESH! It is the final one of this semester and after that I'm FREE!!! Yipees~! ^-^
Anyway, see that?? *looks to the right* That little new thing on my blog?? *looks to the right again* Hehe, I saw that on someone else's blog before, and it looks so cute.
Hug = Heart to heart
Sometimes when you are feeling down, a simple hug will make you feel better; Sometimes when you are happy and you share your joy through a hug! Of course, there are many reasons to give another person a hug.. Back to topic, so whenever you feel like it, just come and give me a hug k? Haha..
Summer Is Here!
I'm dehydrated.
After 2 days of extreme chilliness, SUMMER IS HERE!!! (Actually.. I was just told that Summer will be arriving only in December. Oops. Nevermind! ^-^ As long as I have summer in my heart~~~~ *laming* /added @ 10.05P.M.) ASUI!!! Time to put away the little heater and take out the power fan! Hehehe... Phoo, one thing I'm sure I'll be VERY happy to avoid in Perth is the heat! Today is only the first day, and it is already so hot. Went Frementle to get some stuffs today, but stupid me, forgot something to buy something, so in the end have to walk all the way back to the place where I dropped. *wipes sweats*
Oh, I have a scary dream this morning when going dozing off again after the alarm went off. Some flat's alarm was going off at 7 this morning. Stuffing my head under the pillow doesn't work. Nope, not at all. Didn't dare to cover too tightly too, in case I closed out my alarm clock too and miss my Japanese exam too. Anyway, it was a pretty stupid dream but the last part gave me a shock out of my life. I saw my brother (in the dream of course), with a girl in hand, (IN HAND LEH!!!!!!! *faint*) and plus two ear piercings too! And he's wearing diamond studs!!! O.o Even his character became abit Beng.
!!!!!!!!
*FAINTS*
Did some people said that dreams reflect what you think in the day???? Anyway, I'm very positive(!!!) that I didn't want him to be that way. Err.. not that I have anything against this particular image but it just so NOT my brother. *sweats* If that really happens in reality (he must has been kidnapped by an Alien!), I wonder... Will my mother faint first or I faint first. Hmmm.... *make a mental note to ask my mum later* Lolz~
Raging Fire
Is Blogspot going a little crazy?
When I accessed the blogspot main page earlier, wad.. gave me a shock. Staring back at me at the profile section is a photograph of a girl whom I don’ t know at all (She looks abit like my JC friend, Annbelle though.) And I’m the only one using this laptop. So I signed out and logged in again. And It’s still her!?! Must be Blogspot side then. *wait*
Anyway, Santa Claus (cos he looks like one), the maintenance guy around SV, came this morning and told us they will be changing the locks back to the key system on coming Monday morning. What’s the heck?!?!? I have a paper on that afternoon and they want me out of the house in the morning?!?! Furthermore, by 28th November, that’s in 9 days time, everybody will already be checking out from SV. Why not wait until then?! By that time, no one will care or give a heck if they want to demolish the whole flat and rebuild another one. They can BOOM! BAM! WHAM!and create all the noise they want. Why now?! Everyone is still mugging for their exams during this period of time and here they are creating inconvenience and noise pollution. So much for their “No Noise Tolerance” notices that they had been giving out. HA! Make me want to curse and swear. Stupid A******s!! Now I must start thinking where I could go with my laptop where all my notes and answers are stored.
*in the midst of raging fire*
One Shot 3
I could feel their stares.
Cold...
Accusing...
like pins in my body.
The low chattering among them
like leaves rustling in the wind
in the dark forest,
Trailing...
Hunting...
I know what they are talking
I heard too much
I know too well.
The looks on their face.
Disgust.
Contempt.
Gloating.
Something hit my face.
Then another and another.
If they want me to show my tears,
Fear I show not.
Soon it would be over.
No more would anyone could..........
I have come to the end.
The place where everything started.
Someone tied a big rock to my legs.
Another hold up a black cloth.
All’s the better.
No longer would I have to see their faces.
Darkness fell.
The bell is strike,
the time has come.
The hand behind my back gave a rough push.
I felt myself falling
Suddenly the world is silent.
Sinking...
Sinking.....
Sinking.......
The quietness.
The calmness.
I have never felt so peaceful before.
Except for the pain in my lungs,
I think...
I would enjoy this alternative world.
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*just one comment after writing this, "My tenses is HORRIBLE!!!!" I think I need to go re-look at my primary English textbook again. As soon as possible!!!
Am I...?
Dear Blog,
Do you feel guilty to be reading a blog that belongs to a person whom you don't know well?
I don't, at least not until a few minutes ago. I always thought that there is no so-called privacy on public blogs. What you want the people of the world to know is what's written on your blog. But.. a little while ago, I just read what I felt were very personal thoughts and feelings of that person (I can only say, it was nothing to be happy about), and now I’m feeling a little guilty and embarrassed about reading it. It’s like invading another person’s personal space without asking for permission. Even though the person wrote it out for all to see but.... am I supposed to know about it? Geez…. I wonder.
Something to mull about overnight.
Anyway, hopefully things will turn out better for that person soon!!
The Sinner
Eeek~ Today is another cockroach day!!! *shiver up the spine* Was preparing for my psy exams when this little brown thing popped out behind my laptop and says "Hello~~"
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekss!!! Of course, immediately went to the living room to grab a killing weapon. It's immediate death sentence for it. EEw.
And the most yucky part of it is.. after I flattened it with 2 whacks (send it on the road to insects' heaven hell), after cleaning up the crime scene and while putting my things back on the table, i saw.......
a complete cockroach head on the other side of the table top. Eeeeeeeew!!!!! *full of digust* It must have flew off when I whack the bugger.
Yikes. *turns green* I find it funny that I'm so scared of this little insect but... no matter what, I really CAN'T stand cockroaches!!!! They just give me the creeps!! Everything I saw them, even now as I'm typing this, chills are running up my spine and usually my most natural instinct when i see them is to scream and run as. far. as. possible!!! Unless, like today, I have to defend my territory. I don't care if they are the longest living creature since prehistoric times. The moment they stepped, they crossed, they fly by MY PATH........ get ready to receive the immediate death sentence!!!!
So hear it?!?!?!?! Don't you all dare to appear before me again!!!!!!! SERIOUS WARNING TO ALL BLACK/BROWN WINGED SIX-LEGGED INSECTS NAMED COCKROACH! AND THE SAME GOES TO ANY OTHER INSECTS TOO!!!! *GLARE*
P.s: nothing to do with above. Just suddenly wondering, how many people actually clicked the "next blog" and let themselves to be led to some unknown worlds??
Well, I do that sometimes when I'm bored and want to be surprised. From there, i'll just keep on clicking and clicking until something that's interest me. Hehe, I came across one or two nice blogs before (already added to my fav) and I also came over some blogs that make me go ???!??!??!?!!? *laugh*
If you have not click that little button on the top right hand corner before, try it one day and sees where Fate leads you. C'mon be more ADVENTUROUS!! *twinkle* It is quite fun~! Shhh... confess a little secret of mine, I always get very pissed off by those blogs who broke the 'follow the rabbit' link. Keke...
Burp. Full dinner.
Current music: O-Town – Painter (It’s such a romantic song~ *swoon*)
It’s the exam period now~! Everybody raise their hands and say “Eh-O!” Perth and Singapore alike! No wonder when I go online these few days, no one is ever around. Ganbatte minna! It will be over soon and we can get our freedom back again. Well at least not everybody, my crazy flatmate, Juliet is already laughing her head off like a mad woman at 6 plus in the evening. Last assignment handed up and SHE IS FREE!!!! Now she is dancing outside my door..... Tsk tsk. Speaking of rubbing salt onto other people's wounds. But oh well, at least next year during May probably, she will be working her head off in some newspaper companies while I will be sleeping late, slacking off and having fun. Talking about having the last laugh. Ha! *make a mental note to rub it into her later* The little form of entertainment that I have in Perth. ^-^
I can’t wait to fly back to Singapore as soon as possible. There is so much so much things that I want to do AND of course most importantly, get to see my family and all my friends! I miss all our shopping places too. There is far more things to see in Singapore shopping locations. Geez, I think the place which I miss most is Kinokuniya. All the books!! I could spent my whole afternoon browsing among their huge, numerous collection.
Looking forward to the chalet with my dear dear friends too!! It has been such a long time since we have actually spent good times with each other. Now with everyone at different places, doing different things, it is hard to get to meet with everyone at the same time. It’s the sad truth. I didn’t even have one single photograph with the 5 of us together during the last holiday break!!! There was always one missing. Booo~~~ But it wouldn’t be this time. I’ll make sure I snap tons of photos during our chalet!!! Still, I’m just glad glad glad that we are still together. Heez~ (Someone is going to say I’m being mushy again.) What to do, even my friends in Aussie have also said I’m just like an old grandmother. ^^;
Feeling very sleepy after a full dinner with Ting, half the pizza for each of us. I didn’t know I can eat such a big piece. *pat pat* Stomach very bloated now. I want to close my eyes and say goodnight but nah.. better finish 2 chapters of psy and culture before painting the town red. *Yawnz*
p.s: I realized that every time when I just change my layout. I’m so excited to be just adding brand new entries to the blog on the block. Hmm.. Very bad habit. Tsk.
Happy 18th Birthday!!!
Oh, I have almost forgot..
One Shot 2
I can't believe I'm writing this at 3 plus in the morning. It must have been the stimulants in the teh-peng that's over-working my brains and preventing me for taking my beauty sleep. *pat pat*
The Missing Piece
[Scene 1]
7.15 P.M.
In a posh restaurant, Person A nervously gulped another glass of water.
On the brink of excitement, his eyes darted around his surroundings.
He checked his watch.
[Scene 2]
8.10 P.M.
In an apartment, a heated argument is going on.
Person C looked angry and hurt, face is flushed.
Person B is bewildered at her accusations but being quick-tempered, he soon lost his temper too.
Person C raised her hand…
Slap.
Twirled around, grabbed her hangbag and walked out of the door.
Person B is stunned for a moment but soon stormed after her.
[Scene 3]
9.30 P.M.
Person D smiled, sipping her wine slowly.
Finally, her man had divorced his wife.
She had waited for this day for a very long time.
The day when they did not have to hide their relationship from the rest of the world.
Now, she would just wait,
to say the words “I do”.
[Scene 4]
9.55 P.M.
In the park, Person C and Person B are sitting on swings.
Both looked calmer.
Person C explained the reason for throwing her temper.
Person B looked surprised, then confused.
He told her the side of his story.
But Person C didn’t know whether to believe Person B or not.
Person B further insisted on his innocence.
Pause.
They looked at each other in puzzlement.
[Scene 5]
10.30 P.M.
Person A looked very disappointed.
His carefully preened hair is already slightly disarrayed, his necktie loosened.
Looking outside for the final time, his shoulders slumped.
He asked for the bill, finally decided to give up.
Rewind.
Rewind.
Rewind.
12.00 P.M.
John finally gathered up his courage to ask the girl that he always liked out for dinner. However, lacking that little bit of courage to ask her directly face to face, he decided to write it in the form of a note and place it in the file that he was going to pass to her.
3.45 P.M.
Due to the large amount of work she had on her desk, some cases needed her immediate attention, Agnes had insufficient time to handle the daily cases. Instead, she passed some files to her subordinate. Although he had only entered the company not too long ago, she believed that he had the capability and potential to handle these cases well.
4.30 P.M.
Selina walked over to her boyfriend’s desk with the intention to inform him that she’ll be cooking tonight (co-habiting). She accidentally knocked over some files on his desk in her carelessness. While picking up the loose sheets of documents, she saw a note or rather it was an invitation for dinner on that night. She fumed when she saw that it was signed off with “John”. She couldn’t help but got angry. It had only been 1 month and her boyfriend was back to his old ways. So much for his promises and claims that he had already turned over a new leaf. She shouldn’t have believed him in the first place. What a fool she had been.
The End
Does everything fall into place now?
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Do tell me whoever read it whether the above is understandable or not. This is an very weak attempt to try something new, so I will be very happy if you say "I do." (Note! This is definitely NOT an marriage proposal!!! xP *laming* Ignore... ^^;)
//added on 2.40 P.M.//
the Origin
The idea came from the afterthoughts of an author. Don't know whether I construct the story well enough or not to bring out the idea or not. Anyway, going to paste what the author wrote below. I didn’t want to translate or rephrase what she said for fear of distorting or losing the original meaning. I think it is quite meaningful though, something to think about.
To read, Go View >> Encoding >> Unicode (UTF-8)
Basically whatever strange symbols appeared in this blog, just encode it to UTF-8 ^-^
来讲拼图。 凌某人
作者是全知观点，所以好像应该站出来，给读者一个清清楚楚的解说——其实当时的情况是谁跟谁吵架，吵的内容是这般如此、如此这般，让我把完整的情况写给你们看：後来他跑到哪里去之後，在那里的生活又是这样和那样，让我也写给你们看。後来谁去找谁讲了什么话，详细内情则是A加B与C加D，让我也写给你们看……
然而，生命往往不是如此。
我们生命片段不只属於我们而已，而是由许多牵涉在其中的人组合而成，每个人都是拼图的一部分。不管我们认为自己多么清楚一件事的真相，我们都可能少了别人的那一块图片。
生命本来就没有全知的，也因此，凌某人一开始就不打算花太多篇幅去倒叙，或安排「他最後终於记起了一切」的情节。我的男主角会努力地追寻，他能追到几片就是几片，但是他没追到的部分，仍然不会平空获得。
一切都从现在开始。
nothing in particular
Am i a fool?
Twiddling, dwindling, waiting for the special someone who doesn't exist.
at least, not yet.
Dadididum
the apple dropped.
newton got his strings of thoughts lined up.
the night is still young
red little figures beckoning
nobody i knew is up online
looking out, looking down
a pair of unblinking eyes is staring back at me
what did i see?
-stoned-
a startled jump into the air
newspapers all rolled up
you know what happen'll next.
-smile-
Dadididum
can't you see?
this is an effort
such an obvious method to stop me from doing my thing
my work
for my oh-so-important events at this end of the semester.
tsk tsk.
mother, i'm bored......
One Shot
Beneath the gloomy skies of London, the streets still bustled with people. They seemed to be rushing to some destinations that they had in mind, each going about their own business, no one seemed to take notice of the light drizzling rain.
"Sorry Mister. Can you help us take a photo please?"
I felt a tap on my shoulder.
A young girl held out her camera with a look of hesitation on her face. Behind her, her group of friends were already posing and waiting, with bright smiles on their faces. The gloomy weather of London did not seem to dampen their spirits.
Tourists. I thought to myself. At the same time, briskly nodded my head and took over her camera, noticing that it was almost the latest model in the digital cameras market.
Through the camera screen, I saw un-pretended smiling faces, each one cheerful and true in their own ways. It was a refreshing change from the false, calculating smiles I faced everyday in my line of work.
When I pressed down on the button, I suddenly recalled a figure from my past.
She was always going around the school campus with a camera, taking photos of anything that caught her eye. It can be couples hugging, a smile, the nfinity blue sky with their white fluffy companions or even just a newly grown green. When people questioned her, she only smiled and replied that she wanted to see something from a different perspective, learnt about different stories around her. And also to capture each special moments before they became memories of the past.
Even when digital cameras became popular, she had continued to stick with her film camera, insisting that whatever happened in life could not be un-happened or replayed. As the saying goes, what is done could not be completely undone. Whether the photo turned out good or bad, it is an evidence of a moment in time.
What will she see if she was the one taking the photo now? I wondered to myself.
Handing the camera back to its owner, I continued on my way, with her in thought.
Has she realized her dream to be a photographer and still is, taking pictures? Strangely, I had an urge to see her again.
//written yesterday (13/11) when the internet is down. oh well, what luck//
Out from my second hibernation.
Out from my second hibernation. Hopefully this re-activity will last slightly longer? No ideas, no promises~
Another layout change! Didn't take me too long, thanks to the picture, I found another website to explore. It is, quite interesting place.
Starting from yesterday, it is just 2 more weeks, 14 more days, 323 more hours before flying back to Singapore! Yipees!
End of resting period, back to Study, study, study again. Bb~