wah~! it's been a super long time since i last came to blog about anything. almost one and half months~!!



let's see what have i been up to since the last entry.



1. finished my last two papers.

damn sian because i screwed up the Financial Intermediation paper. i screwed up because i couldn't recall all the damn facts. the questions were straight forward and i had prepared the relevent notes prior to the examination so you can say the information were at the back of my mind. but somehow i just COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING!! so my script has no names, no important figures and just some vague . sian - it's a can-score paper leh. urgh...



Corporate Finance paper was damn freaky because almost every question has a part related to efficient market theory. and people who studied it should be able to do decently while those who didn't, can just cry their hearts out. lol.

all in all, the general consenses is that all were GL papers except for Macroecons and ME.



2. after exams destress.

exams ended and i felt more lost than relief because i didn't know what i wanted to do now that exams were over. for the past few months, everyone singlemindedly worked towards preparing for exams ad when exams are over, life seems to be missing something... i did manage to catch half a korean drama and a movie. and life became a bit boring after one week. i think it partly has got something to do with me being very broke and everyone else was still having exams.. tsk tsk tsk..

and i needed funds to go travelling overseas. =(


3. getting a job.

actually i emailed alot of companies but there was no response from them but most companies were looking for a perm admin staff while i am only available for 3 months. sigh.. so i decided to move out of my comfort zone and interview for a job as a service crew in the F&B industry. it was one of the jobs that i kinda shunned in the past. and what do you know.. it's been more than a month since i got this job. i have to say this is my most enjoyable job thus far. because in the past - i never had the chance to talk to my collegues and i was almost always the youngest around.

but now i am happyily working.. and i am happy to work 7 days a week. maybe it's because it's fresh for me and time passes by very fast where i work.. the pay is not high but the people there are really fun~! so the decision to work in F&B had been right! and i was spending my leave in bed. just sleeping my day away. tomorrow is another day.. and i like it that my life is packed and with a purpose. hopefully such good things can last as long as possible.

soon soon

YES AH - two papers left.
and 4 days to freefom~! i can't hardly wait!

Quite relieved because most of it is already over~! I think alot of people were really excited over the long questions in the macro paper because among them were some questions from last year's paper. i know i was quite excited - even if it was somewhat muted excitement. lol. The lack of sleep kinda made me emotionally numb. By the end of the paper, my eyes were ready to pop out of my head because I was so freaking tired~! didn't even manage to fall asleep that night~!

apparently, this was the only other paper that was reasonably easy. all other papers this year were KILLERS!! omg - i cannot imagine what CF and FI will be like. maybe calculations will be a bitch. sigh~! maybe i wun be able know what they wanted to ask~! just like PBF. omg - this year's exams are so scary..

anyway just to destress - i rewatched some of those japanese game shows. please note: the last one is quite disturbing. but i watched it anyway because the really funny and super disgusting part was near the back. LOL~!

Japanese marshmallow game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1Q3q2zp50w

tug of warhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qMt-FaZw3I

Don't hit me in the balls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLz6guCuWWw

japanese game show (censored - but can still be quite disturbing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7VUApF6jhQ

it is finally here!!

it's been ages since i last blogged. anyway the day of our exams has finally arrived... so now i can start counting down to the end of exams!! woohoo 12 days to freedom whee~!!!

the next biggest headache is marketing and macroecons because they are both on the same day. so i am thinking of missing out on the marketing paper since my hand definitely can't handle another 3 hours of furious writing after macro... i don't wanna waste one mod when you can easily get a pretty high score. sigh. but i did study for a couple of chapters already. *moans*

wah - macroecons die die must pass this time round because syllbus will be changed next term to become 21 chapters worth of things to study.
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one paper down and four more to go. i shall not keep my hopes high just because being able to do the question doesn't means you are going to get it correct. but i think it's more managable than last year's paper. or maybe i was just too unprepared last year. hahahah this year's exams seems to be on a good start. anyway i think i will cry if i still don't pass POA. not that i am aiming to pass but as you know - the higher your hopes, then the harder you fall.

actually it seems that there is a shift in the university's approach to exams because they are including more short questions to test your knowledge on a wide range of topics rather than depth. maybe they figured out students don't really study and 'cheat' by studying pet topics. now you can't choose things to study - you just study EVERYTHING.

oh man - you know UOL is damn sneaky because i think alot of people where banking on cashflow statements in the POA exams and it didn't come out as a long question!! aiyo!! NPV and the P/L are quite standard so you should already secure 40% of the score. and unexpectedly, financial ratios were the focus this year!! and the cash budget question looked like it was phrased in greek! or maybe i didn't have enough time to read between the lines.



very long never blog arh - sudden;y there is so much that i wanna say. OH YESTERDAY I HAD THE MOST EXCITING BUSRIDE EVER!! i was on 190 from bukit panjang to town area. so it hits the highway and the bloody driver was half asleep. the bus was like snake on the lane. sometimes, the driver would unconciously exceed the borders of the lane, or miss going the wrong way my miliseconds. i was so freaking scared there would be an accident. so irresponsible!! hmppf.

My dream house

Oh man - i just watched 'Departures' - no wonder the film won an Oscar. nice nice!! combine it with beautiful music and you get a perfect match! I am glad i decided to watch it and i think today was that last day of screening. hmmm. lucky me.

nearer the climax at the end - i was crying so damn hard to suppress my sobs.. the theater was puny so if i burst out crying everyone will know!! and the worst thing that could happen was that i forgot to bring me tissue paper so i had to use my jacket sleeve to wipe away the tears and bits of mucus. lol! disgusting - i know. i might have i cried too much because i am having a headache. oops.

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This is a random post but my blog is growing weeds and cobwebs. i suddenly had this urge to look at real estate and San Francisco seems like a nice place to start. lol. wah fantastic view man..
I am quite stupid to think that TWIN PEAKS, having an excellent paranoma view of the golden bridge etc, wouldn't have people living on it. naive me - that place is packed with villa, terraces and bungalos. some of these houses are so nice!! OMG!! but it's not like i will ever get to live in one. Fucking expensive. Do you have any idea how much one costs? the ones that i really, really liked costs about USD2.5-3.5 mil lah. thats like double the amount if you convert to sing dollars. ($_$)

Front door #1 or #2?


Two living rooms in the house?


Kitchen #1 or #2?

Bathrooms?


the balcony?

bedroom and library - SO NICE RIGHT!!


This is one of my favourites!! i like my house to have alot of windows!!

This is going to be my goal in life. Material goal at least. I wanna own a big house!!! =D

Happy Birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YUHUA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

I shall stop moaning because of my reluctancy to accept that i am growing oldie moldie. *think happy thoughts* Now I blow the 23 candles and may all my wishes come true!!

#1. I wanna visit Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (沖縄美ら海水族館, Okinawa Churaumi Suizokukan) with Mommy!!

#2. I wanna conquer Japan!! visit their osen! Eat their wonderful food! See beautiful people!! Wear winter wear!

#3. I wanna travel the world and eat glorious food.

#4. I wanna buy my own semi-detach and deco it anyway i want!

#5. Actually - I want to own many houses and deco them anyway I want and still be able to rent them out.

#6. I wish I were an investment whizkid make my money work for me!

#7. I wanna do community work.

#8. I want an enjoyable job that pays like super duper well. Be my own boss maybe?

#9. I want be like my brother - eat loads of good food and still not get fat.

#10. I wanna to start driving again.

#11-23: The usual goood health. good results. Happiness to friends and family. peace and harmony. be a better person.. find the love of my life... yada.. yada...

Okay - I know I have alot of wants that aren't feasible at the moment but I mean alot of them's possible if I had TONNES OF MONEY. The power of money.. wah... It's not possible for money to fall from the sky. So let me win all the top 3 prizes for TOTO, 4D and BIG SWEEP for the entire year!! muahahaha


I bet that's what everyone else wants. bleah.


Anyway I popped this question to my parents..

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ONE DAY YOU FOUND A BAG FULL OF MONEY?!

Seriously. I bet you never really gave it much thought. I was thinking for a few nights and I couldn't come up with an answer. To take or not to take....

AGAINST 'JUST TAKE IT':
Reason 1:- Ransom money. A few million dollars that a family begged and borrowed to their kin and you took it. kidnapped person ends up dead. It's bad for Karma
Reason 2:- Drug trafficker's cash. you steal from us - we kill you.
Reason 3:- Drug trafficker's cash. The police might think you were one of them and arrest you. Then beat you into submission and give you the death penalty. What a way to die..
Reason 4:- You just ain't that lucky. What are the chances that God's being so nice to drop cash at your feet? You will probably have more luck trying to get knocked down by a car.

AGAINST 'NOT TO TAKE':
Reason 1:- Finders, Keepers. Whoever comes after you might take it and enjoy his newfound pot of gold.
Reason 2:- Greed's my middle name. I just can't bear the thought of leaving a pile of cash on the floor.
Reason 3:- Your parents are getting old. They could do with early retirement.
Reason 4:- Just think about the power of money. You can fulfil most of your birthday wishes this year.

So what is my final verdict. My mind tells me it is better not to take. But my heart wouldn't bear for me to part with the money. Maybe when that day comes when such a situation presents itself - I might be so filthy rich that that kinda money will be peanuts to me. So why would I wanna pick up peanuts off the streets? muahahaha

interesting book

ooo. i chanced upon this article on the net and i think that i just might go buy this guy's book. lol. this book's called "Act like a lady, Think like a man" by Steve Harvey.

it's a book about adting advice for women but i think that it's quite an interesting read! this is my favourite part.. =)

Gone Fishin'
Steve says men are like fishermen — but women are actually the ones looking for a good catch. You won't be able to find one, though, until you up your standards. "You've got sports fishermen, and you've got guys out there fishing to eat. You've got guys that are fishing to keep the fish, and you've got guys that are fishing to catch them, unhook them and throw them back," Steve says. "You've got to determine along the way which one of the fish you're going to be."

Without ironclad standards, Steve says you'll always end up back in the dating pool. "You've got to quit lowering your standards," he says. "Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business."

And don't let the man set the pace of the relationship — Steve says it's always the woman who has total control. "With all that power, why do you suddenly relinquish this power just because you want a guy to accept you? That's stupid," he says. "Say: 'Look, if you want to be with me, this is what you got to do. This is what it takes to get to me.'"

Article on MSN Relationship
Book Excerpts from Oprah.com

Macau 2009 Day Three

A good journey must start with a good meal. Our 1st breakfast was okay, abit boring. so our journey that day was also abit boring too. Hahaha this looks like a scene from old Chow Yun Fat movies - sitting puny chairs at road side stalls eating local breakfast. But they still serve wonderful Pork Chop Buns.

We crossed the border into Zhuhai (Pearl River) - that's part of China. I am not very brave so I we didn't eat food from the little shophouses. went to look at their wet markets though. and i have never seen so much vegetable and pork in my life.

But these are really the fresh food people. Even i being a nood at marketing can tell it's very fresh. But if you are looking for dried goods like dried scallop etc, it is still better to buy it Macau or HongKong. My dad was conned. HAHAHAHAH.

bird nest egg tarts, pastry, zhu chang fen fried in XO saucecream buns, har kwau, siew mai, porriage - hmmmm my favourite kind of breakfast. *big grin*

Sight seeing - for 30 cents i got to see this OLD, OLD, OLD temple. I love the architecture. I think China's littered with old temples. But it feels great stepping into one.

Plus, you get to see real monks there. not like the ones in singapore who carry iPhones and drive Merchedes.. Whatever happened to those humble Buddhist teachings to be frugal and have no desires?

Then for S$2, I got to see this White Elephant in some random part of Zhuhai after a 90 min bus ride. Developed claustropohia because I couldn't really move much in my cramped seat and my ass nearly glued itself to the chair.

but I got to saw a real life bottle-tree!! So cute!!

The white elephant mentioned above was an amusement park + spa and that was just one small part it. It's even bigger than our National Stadium multiplied by two!!!

oh i nearly forgot to add. If you intend to buy fake branded bags and pouch - Zhuhai is the place to go. just don't get caught on the way into Macau.

Dinner was back at that same resturant because we had no idea whereelse to eat. I know breakfast was not bad but dinner was super oishii leh!! Plus it's so darn cheap!!

Oh~! You have no idea how fast I inhaled the food!! It's almost disgusting!! hahahhaha. but what to do? Food must be eaten when it's hot. I am a masochist - I love to eat food that's pipping hot. And for two people so ALMOST finish so much food. it's quite an achievement. Ha!

Hey people - i know this is damn random but i saw this vid and i think it's SUPER DUPER cute!

Little girl's watever




hope you enjoyed it.

Macau 2009 Day two

氹仔 Taipa Island

--[[ Breakfast@Cafe Taipa ]]--
First stop - Taipa Gourmet village. It's an entire block of shophouses resturants and bakeries. Sigh - good food lah. *jealous* 

small little cafe with alot of choices - 149 to be exact.

the juicy pork chop bun. everything straight from the pan!!

北帝古廟 - estimated 300 year old ancient temple. Taipa itself is pretty peaceful and since it was early in the morning - the serenity of the temple reaches all the way into your soul and suddenly you feel like you have stepped into another world. very at peace like you don't have anything to worry about. Wah~~ feeling the stress from the coming exams - i do wonder if i should become a nun.. but i am a carnivour with raging hormones so i will never last more than a week. HAHAHHAHA..

OH YA - my virgin lot picking (qiu qian) was done at this temple. i was DAMN FREAKING ANXIOUS THE WHOLE TIME. FLUSTERED as to how to ask and shake the container, and AFRAID - what kind of lot was i going to be given. EMBARRESSED that i couldn't do it despite my numerous attempts. well - they always a good horse does not turn back on the path that it has walked on but damn i wasn't going to give up after flying many, many miles to reach macau. i finally succeeded on my fourth attempt!! yes - you shall succeed if you persever lol. *happy*

--[[ Portugese egg tarts@ Lord Stow's ]]--
**Warning: Best portugese egg tarts in Macau**

HEAVENLY TARTS. busy eating lah.. forgot to take photo of the food. 

--[[ lunch@法蘭度餐廳:- 路環黑沙海灘9號地下 ]]--

Important step - taking a walk to digest breakfast. old man sat at one of the beach bench to enjoy the ocean breeze. i went down to play with the sand. see - the sand in black. but i wouldn't go there a second time again though. nothing much there.

Restaurante Fernando - outside. recommended by a gourmet program.

Restaurante Fernando inside.

ang moh, ang moh. but too bad lah.. not cute.. =(

i decided to cam-whore abit before food came. actually i wanted to compare and see how round my face will become after this entire trip. now - you can still see my chin and jaw. hahahha i expected it to be SUPER round later.

yes - those buns are big but please do not overlook the innocent looking jug there. it costs more than MOP100 about S$20+. it is red wine mixed with alot of other stuff. quite nice. quite ex too. hmmm. and we didn't manage to finish it. *heart ache*

garlic prawns. sweet with the fragrance of garlic. not too bad

this isn't your usual roast suckling pig. i don't know what spices they used but the crispy skin has a great taste to it!

salt and pepper roasted pork ribs - sound nice right? so-so only lah. my dad the butcher reckons that they used frozen ribs rather than fresh ones - hence the lack of juices. so i conclude that this expensive meal is only so-so only. $100 for 2? not going back again. 

can you guess which hotel is this?

this is only a small part of a big ass six star hotel

ans: The Venetian by Four Seasons.

in search of dinner - we came to the less glamourous part of macau. and finally i managed to find road side stores!! you don't see many in Hongkong anymore. they are going extinct.

i intend to go back there for dessert. =)

fishing port.

i know it's a see of red but you should have been there to see them slaughter the fish. you can still see the gills moving.. *shudders*

i like to visit these streets. i didn't see much of them in hongkong 3 years ago. it makes me feel like i am in another time dimension. lol. i think chinatown used to be like that too. maybe a lot dirtier.

i think Singapore is abit too clean and too new. lol. so everything loses it uniqueness. which is very sad. why can't we retain abit of the old culture leh?

never heard of the phrase - ''jia you ti lao, ru you yi bao"?

eh - our sight-seeing was much longer than intended. we walked for nearly an hour before we found this place. it is supposedly very good. eh - my picky tastebuds have reconfirmed that fact. it is good and worth every second of search.

--[[ dinner@六記粥:- 地址 : 新馬路沙梨頭仁慕巷1號D（29號碼頭對面) ]]--

prawn wanton in fish soup. wah~ the first of many good things to come. 

chilli clams. OMG how come so nice!! it looks so normal!! 

crab and chicken porriage. OMG OMG OMG O.M.G. it's so nice!!


another night of sight seeing.

after walking so much - we decided to retire to the hotel early. wrong move. we should have gone to the Fishermen's Wharf. damn. 

Let's meet up

wooo~! the first week of mock just ended. slacking after papers are a must for me. actually i am just getting lazier. ho ho ho...

anyway POA mock was an adrenaline rush during the 15 minutes reading time. ' too exicited' to seeing the questions and realising you forgot how to handle disposal etc - sian. It's not like it affects my final score so i don't even know why i was so excited. plus the format had alot more theory questions this time so for the real thing they are also going to that too. oh no~!!! BAD cuz i will have alot more things to remember but GOOD cuz theory also makes it easier to score. you either know it or you don't.

Macro today was done at OTOT. slowly see slowly do. end up not doing the short questions because i don't know how to do the short questions!! hahahah it's not like i am going to pass the mock. oh well~! but i am quite confident that i am more prepared for exams than i was last year. let's hope i do it well this year. =)

anyway this is a super delayed update. a few days before chinese new year - i had a date with 3 gorgeous women. plus me equal four.

the star of the day was our dinner. super oiishii. i am gg back for more!

me being the mountain tortise that i am - only recently  realised that there were shops in haji lane that sell clothes and accessories. and almost all of them are freaking expensive. but really nice lah. if i were a rich man's daughter, i will go there regularly to shop instead of going to zara or F21. hahaha

did i mention that i love the way some of the shop houses were deco-ed inside? super sweet and some are really my style. simple and cosy =) i actually don't mind living in one of this shophouses again.. hee hee. i used to live in one. HAHAHA!!! how cool is that??

anyway can you recognise the book? wah~ super nostalgic lah. i think everyone had at least owned or read this book - exactly the same cover design.

anyway i think coming of age and having more cash has it perks. now i can go hang out with friends till late at night. go for a night movie marathon if i wanted to. have supper and maybe go overseas with friends. 


cakes - not very nice tho. hmm..

posing

posing.

anyway mocks is ending soon. my birthday is coming too. and i wanna mambo..
should i? hmm...