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I just read my sister's blog and HAD to "run" in here to post the photo that my sister found of the three of us! It seems like she has been packing her box of old photos and, oh boy! I LOVE this shot because my sister, brother and I were all smiling sooooo nicely (Well, maybe except for my brother because his hand is covering his mouth, but it's still quite a cute post)! Take a look! And this next shot is of me with my sister. By the way, I'm the baby in the photo. ;) I think our smiles are so nice in this photo as well! :) My sister and I didn't use to be very close, partly because of our big age gap of 10 years. I used to be very scared of her actually. But recently, after the BOTH of us discovered the great JOYS of drama serials, especially Korean ones, we started to bond over TV. My parents always call the TV the "one-eyed monster", but to me, it's the "bonding box" because I've found a grrreat friend in my sister!

I couldn't find a suitable picture of the VCD cover of this Japanese Drama serial so here is a picture of the 2 lead characters instead. I find that the guy has quite a "duh" look, whereas the girl is actually quite pretty. If you're wondering if this story is the same as the Japanese movie that was showing in cinemas sometime this year, yes it is. In fact, the movie is adapted from this drama serial, if I'm not wrong. I haven't watched the movie so I am not sure if the way the story is told is exactly the same. In this SLOOOWWW-moving drama serial, it flashes to the time when they were 17 years old (photo of them when they were 17) and flashes to the "present", which is 17 years after, which means, both of them should be 34 years old already. Except that the girl died of leukemia when she was 17. So this shows how the guy deals with her death, how he tries to move on in life and basically centers around how they actually met at age 17, their love st...

My Sec 1 cell girls came over to my house today to watch "Monster-in-law" starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda. Michael Vartan also acted in this movie but he doesn't appear much. I must confess that the most probable reason why I like this show is because it has Michael Vartan acting, just look at him! ;) I first "fell in love" with him when I watched "Never Been Kissed". There, he smiled and charmed his way into Drew Barrymore's heart, as well as my heart. ;) I never realized he acted in "Monster-in-law" as well, until today. Anyhow, it was an interesting show that ended really nicely. So far, the romantic movies that I've seen Jennifer Lopez star in, which is actually only "The Wedding Planner" and this movie, have been quite entertaining. It is not as if I have something against Jennifer Lopez, I just haven't been too fond of her. Oh well. Michael Vartan fans, if you want to see him being sweet and romantic, watch...

Otherwise known as "wang zi bian qing wa" in Chinese. It is now being shown on Channel U every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7.30-8.30pm (Although I think they're going to change the timing to 7-8, but I just don't know when). For impatient people like me, the show is sold in 3 volumes, and the 3rd volume is just out. There. Now that publicity is over. I must tell you what I think of this show. :) It's really funny, especially the sound effects that are placed in various scenes. The chemistry between the 2 leads in this show is palpable as well, which makes it very enjoyable! The ending was a little silly, but still funny! Initially, it's ALOT like a Korean Drama Serial entitled "Save the last dance for me" because the guy loses his memory, meets the girl, they fall in love, then he regains his memory only to forget the whole period where he fell in love with the girl. The difference here is that the Korean guy regains ALL his memory. Whereas i...

I can't believe that today was my last day as a JC1, I mean, it's quite unreal. I remember how 'alien' I felt the first day of school because I didn't know a single person in SAJC. At orientation, I had to be very thick-skinned and start conversations with people sitting with me in my OG. What more, I always asked myself if I had made the right choice to choose SAJC over ACJC. Now, there's no more turning back because next year, goodness, I'm going to be a JC TWO in SAJC! My last day didn't seem like a usual last day. A usual last day should hold some sentimental value, right? I mean, it's not only my last day as a JC1 student, it's also the last official day of lessons in our Malan Road campus. Yet nobody seemed sad. Once our last lesson was over, everybody just packed up and left like a normal day of school, as if we were going to see each other come Monday for lessons as usual. Not interesting one. ;) Anyway, here are some photos I took on the...

After reading this book, I feel SO proud to be a Singaporean! And I'm also so proud of myself that I've FINALLY completed this book! My father first lent me this book beginning of this year and I was quite diligent in reading it in the first three months. Then somehow, this book was buried under piles of stuff on my table, such that I forgot all about it. Until recently. Now that Promos are over, it seems like everybody's reading and I figured I better finish up this book so that I could give my dad a positive report about it. Anyhow, Kishore Mahbubani is currently the ambassador of Singapore to the United Nations, New York, and concurrently, as Singapore's High Commissioner to Canada. His English is so profound yet so concise. This book is actually a compilation of speeches and essays he has presented or written, where each argument he puts across is so persuasive, so convincing, and quite valid as well. After reading the second-last article in his book entitled "...

Please don't be mistaken, my birthday's long gone, but if you think about it in terms of NEXT year, it's QUITE soon! ;) Well, I'm actually talking about my dad's pre-birthday dinner at an Indian Restaurant called Chat Masala. I say "pre-birthday" because his birthday's only tomorrow and as much as we would have liked to have a family birthday dinner on the actual day itself, the church elders' board had already "choped" my dad for dinner come tomorrow night. My dad has been a perpetual lover of Indian cuisine since... who-knows-when. He's always joking that he has an Indian girlfriend hidden somewhere in Singapore so that he can always look for her when he feels like having an Indian meal. My family is not that keen on Indian food so my dad always finds Indian friends to have lunch with on weekdays so that he could enjoy his fair share of Indian cuisine. At this point, I must say that it is not as if my family hates Indian food to the...