Pretty Chinese teachers.. 

As we sat around the table waiting for the whole course of the wedding dinner to take place, most of us were talking about the topic of marriage and wedding. Well, I think it's a common scene since we're all girls and most women spend a lot of their time wishing for a happy marriage to complete their life. And a perfect wedding, as well. It always happened during a wedding dinner. Naturally.

I was quiet. Frankly, I have not much opinions on what my own wedding dinner would be like. None, if possible. I tried closing my eyes and tried visualizing how it would be.. but the whole idea is just too cliche for me to stomach.

Two years before this, getting married is definitely not a thing for me. However in these few years, some people around me are either getting engaged or married. Slowly, bit by bit, I accepted the fact that it might happen to myself one day. But then again, it mightn't. Well, well.. people do change a lot in their twenties.

Anyway, it's easy to spot me in the above pic as I'm the one looking like an Indian. This had happened as I had spent 80% of my waking hours of the past 2 weeks out in the sea. For the remaining two weeks of my hols (gasp! how times flies..), I think I deserve a break and I'm finally flying off to the island resort in another 38 hours. More blogging after that..=)

Easiest quiz in the world, only idiots can't get it right.

Saw this in a forum, so interesting that I'm reposting it in my blog. Go ahead, try it!! And let me know if you are an idiot, okay? No cheating, pls.

("Passing" requires 4 correct answers)

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

3) From which animal do we get catgut?

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7) What was King George VI's first name?

8) What color is a purple finch?

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?




Answers Below




















































ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ:


1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?

*116 years

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

*Ecuador

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

*Sheep and Horses

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

*November

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

*Squirrel fur

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

*Dogs

7) What was King George VI's first name?

*Albert

8) What color is a purple finch?

*Crimson

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

*New Zealand

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

*Orange


Black box are painted orange so it's easier to find after a crash 

Updates

Just a few lines..

To the losers who are working out there: I'm having my hols! =P

Was sandfly-bitten last week at Chek Jawa. Spent $80 just to visit the doc. =(

Bought my blades, picking up blading right now. =)

Will have longer updates when things get interesting.. Enjoy your days!

On Thurs, after the ITE tour as part of our enrichment program, we had an impromptu session of mahjong at Peiling's place again. I must say that it was a fun session and with some luck, me and Huiyi managed to minimize our losses a bit more than the previous time. Of course, with the mahjong queen and king around, that's the best we can do..hahaha..

In the evening, I met up with my OEP gang for dinner. We visited the group of restaurants at the renovated Marina Square (Centre stage) and it's quite a new and refreshing experience. I like the concept of patrons being able to order food from more than one restuarant, and the ambience there was good too (though I suspect its going to be quite crowded during weekends).

After the dinner, we started observing the tables near to us and try to guess the relationships between the people who are sitting around it. It was quite fun making speculations and we spotted people who went there for a secondary-sch-gathering, and also a group of colleagues, totally based on our assumptions!! It then occurred to us that we were the weirdest combination and people would have a hard time guessing why we were there if they were also boring enough to try the same thing. For one thing, our age differ from one another by a year or two.. ranging from 18-26 years old. And also, we were literally from all walks of life. I'm the only one who's working... as for the rest, one is waiting to be enlisted, one is waiting to enrol into uni, one is studying in uni and the youngest among us is in JC2 this year. Hahaha..what a combination.

This shows that a similar mindset is a strong force for bringing people together. Its quite amazing how the five of us became closer after the China trip last year, even though in the team there were others that I had known for a longer time, and there were also those who were my age. Even though the team doesn't meet up anymore, we still catch up together every now and then.. and that's a very nice thing to do. =)


My OEP clique 

Christmas at Lijiang, China (Yuhuan wasn't in this shot) 

Was looking through my photos to find a shot with the five of us when we were at China last Decemeber. I realised that we didn't have one taken then, and this is the closest.. with Xiaofen in place of Yuhuan. We were in the hotel room just after midnight of Christmas 2004, it had been a tiring day but we were too excited to sleep.

As I looked at all those photos, it seemed so long ago.. not just half a year gone since I went to China with the OEP (YEP) team. Missed those days...

Happy 18th Birthday!

Yuhuan with the cake 

It's Yuhuan 18th birthday today (7th May), we celebrated for her in advance when we met up on Thurs. Oh man, 18 years old... that's so long ago for me. Other than the A's, I won't mind to relive that age again. =P

Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven 

Caught Kingdom of Heaven after our sumptuous meal, on the day it was screened! And, I must say that the main attraction of the movie is *drumroll please*... Orlando Bloom! Well, I don't think anyone would disagree with me unless he/she is the kind who simply loves historical war flick.

Other than a dramatic plot and handsome male lead, the movie depicted the very sensitive issues of religions (war between Christians and Muslims). As a non-history student, I don't really know whether it's a real protrayal of what happened in ancient Jerusalem. However, it's quite clear that after Osama pulled off his stunt 4 years ago, this movie is up for critics. A good thing is that the whole message at the end of the movie is quite clear: World peace! No more fighting! I find it quite ironic as humans were killed like ants in the movie, and the typical war scenes are oh-so-familiar after the LOTR trilogy. In my eyes, such historical war movies is quite cliche now and no matter how much money is thrown into making the film, it don't impress anyone anymore. Just give me a break, and move on to something else, please...