Hi ladies
So our 5 year reunion finally took place on 080808! Although it felt more like one of our usual makan + gossip sessions than a full-fledged class reunion, it was just heartwarming to see everyone who had bothered to make the time and effort to come down for this very special occasion. More importantly, I think it also showed that though we have grown, we have also stayed together, and that's what really counts=)
Ok, I sound like a speechwriter.
NIE is... boring. Not to mention, far. Travelling 2 hours to Boon Lay, the backside of Singapore, just to attend lectures on why nouns are nouns and verbs are not adverbs, is slowly killing off my brain cells one by one. However the classes are getting harder now, so I welcome the challenge of keeping my distracted brain occupied.
I never thought I'd say this, but I really miss NUS' efficiency and location. (No offense to the NTU grads among us though, Zihui and Shuhui.)
In other news, I've signed up for the Great Eastern marathon in late October and am looking for training partners! I'm also sponsoring two very adorable little boys in Nepal with my cell group through Prison Ministry! And I've started volunteering with a group of children aged 5-11 in my church... the little ones are the cutest~
Oh, and most interestingly, I get to fulfil my dream of learning conversational Italian for free! I got to know this Italian guy last weekend --he was one of my friends' friends and we shared a cab home after bar-hopping from Loof to Blu Jaz Bar to MOS-- and we are doing a language exchange! He will teach me Italian whhile I teach him Mandarin!
I'm also hoping to start salsa classes once my timetable stabilises. But being the major procrastinator that I am... who knows?
Lastly, I'm slowly building up a corporate wardrobe! I'm on the lookout for pieces that are versatile (can take me from day to night), effortless (doesn't require 3 handmaidens and a screwdriver to get into) and polished. I've found that it really helps to limit the wardrobe to just a few colours too, so I've got only four colours in mine: cobalt, turquoise, grey and beige.
A question to the ladies who are already working (I suspect this is a question Hui and Hami might enjoy answering!): what do your wardrobe basics comprise of?
so sorry for the late uploads. Was having prob with my cameras. but no worries, here are them now!
it started with the hanis ( i think it was him) who proposed to meet at this place , " the triangle" at changi airport t2 meeting pt.(above)
the first few to arrive: rosie, gunni and me behind the camera (above)
we are always in the mood to take pictures! but of course.. they dun always turn out perfect...(below)
this one is blur (above)
rosie got a bit mysterious in this one (above)
finally! our trademark pics - all heads in!!(above)
a proper shot taken for us by liwen (above)
and there was the usual confusion.. was it 3 or was it 8? or was it 33? ah.. heck care! (above)
our two teachers taking the pledge for us.. (above)
hamidah: aiyoh.. should be this way!! (above)
of course, our clever teachers improvised! (above)
and then there was the "Armpit holder holder incident"
victim: gunni
offender: joan
(above)
high 5 for singapore!
note: gunni with the perfect pose. (above)
it was a great 'class' outing nonetheless. we all had fun! too bad daidai and yl not around, no worries, we plan for the next ya! see ya guys at the next outing!
- will try to upload pics on facebook :)
Wow, it's been a long time since I've blogged on Blogspot!
Last Friday, us gals met up for a supposedly whole-JC-class event. One which was set by Hanis 5years ago. Zihui even brought the rectangular piece of handwritten note which Hanis wrote to each and everyone of us in 3302! (Honestly I don't know where mine went!)
On the evening of 08-August-2008 (080808), at 1800hrs... I mean 2000hrs/8pm (yes, we took the liberty of changing our meeting time 2 hours later as everyone was rushing down from work or home.. hee), we met at Changi Airport's T2, beneath the "Meeting Point" triangle. Turns out that only our clique -sans Daidai & Yingling who had something on-- remembered, or managed to spare some time to go. Liwen represented her Vases clique with her presence. Together, we spent much of the evening sharing little tidbits of our lives over dinner at T2's Swensens.
It was really crowded at Swensens, and we kinda concluded that a large part of our population doesn't really give a hoot about the Beijing Olympics. lol~ (The brief repeat telecasts showed that its opening was really spectacular though..!)
A brief run-through of the events of the night...
By the time I took the bus down to T2, it was a little past 8pm. I met Zihui & Rosie who were already there, walking around Cold Storage...
and followed by our "ancient beauty" ;)
Smile, ladies!
(notice their choice of colours for their masterpieces match the colours of their outfits!)
Jasmine and Liwen arrived just in time for snacks and desserts too!
We took more pictures after our dinner+desserts!
LIB= Ladies in Black!
Settling the 'accounts' ;)
We took our trademark 'headshots' photo at the Meeting Point too!
Much of 'em taken by Zihui's camera :)
Last but not least, we had a ball of a time posing in front of a pillar decorated with the "Celebrate the Singapore Spirit" banner!
Look at our 'chers posing! Groovy~!
Hami laughing hard as she does da pose! :D
The one thing which made tickled me so hard was what happened between Joan and I. Because we were all doing the Saturday-Night-Fever pose with our hands pointing in the air, someone said something about "armpit odour". Joan mistakenly heard something else and said, "ah? what armpit holder? like this?", and proceeded to HOLD MY ARMPITS FROM THE BACK OF ME! It was so totally unexpected, I was really stunned for awhile!Laughing uncontrollably after Joan VIOLATED Gunni!
Gunni's immediate proclamation, "I can hold my armpits myself, thankyouverymuch!"
Victim's statement to witnesses present, "When she held my pits, I was so violated that I felt that they weren't mine!"Let's do it together!
One more time!
(eh, Rosie, what are your eyes looking at??!)
With that, we ended our little gathering for the night~
It was good to see how everyone's been doing, how much we've changed, yet in a way, remained the same :) To know that as much as we can talk about the 'big issues' in life, of work, of relationships, of future plans, there's still a child-like part of us that keeps us alive, and not take ourselves too seriously sometimes, and to always look on the lighter side of things...
I am glad to have known each and every one of you, and to have journeyed together for the last 7 years of our lives =) God bless you gals!
A shot of everyone present on 080808 ^0^
Hey ladies,
It's been too long since we last met up, so let's set a date for us to meet before June ends...
As of now, I can only speak for myself and gunni:
monday & tuesday evenings are out;
sundays;
now till 14 june, 18, 26, 30 june.
Well, juz wanna ask, are fridays ok?
If they are, then I'll try set our date on a friday. Looking at things, it's probably going to be any day in the last week of june.
So girls, do tell us when u not free yea = )
Btw, if you wanna read about my Japan trip, go to my blog! Photos can be seen here and here. Of coz, not all photos will be there cos of storage limits and stuff like that, but one day, if we have another overnite stay at someone's house or have a chalet retreat again, I can show u all the rest!
In the meantime, take care everyone! To those who are working, keep working hard. To those who are still holidaying, I admire you but haha enjoy urself to the max before u enter the working world proper. As much I like work and all, I was soooo not ready for work when I returned from Japan, haha...So if circumstances permit, enjoy urself first before working!
Love y'all!
hey girls!
woahhhh finally can log in.
how was all your grad trips? do share the pictures! :)
i've graduated too, and have just stepped into the working world... i've been posted to teach at KC Primary! (yes, all girls i know) and work is piling up to my neck... gonna be really busy!
meet up really soon k? :)
Some updates for the ladies who are flying around:
Jasmine in Europe :19 May - 10 June
Rosie in Japan : 10 May - 17 May
Gunni in Taiwan : 15 May - 22 May
Hope u guys have fun!
Get some souveinors for us ya? dun have to exp.. and not so tradtional like australian koala clips.. lol ..
jasmine u going away again?? :( i thought u just came back? to keep u guys updated, rosie is going japan!! (ohayo!!!) from 10th - 17th May.. or is it june?
its been bz for me.. how is it for the rest of the gals out there?
Hi girls!
Zihui, thanks for setting up this blog, and I think the picnic sounds lovely! Who could ever go wrong with yummy local food... I would also like to suggest a movie marathon at someone's house where we munch popcorn and watch films all night!
I'll be away from 19 May to 10 June for my grad trip! I've decided to go (back) to Europe because I love it so much! I had turned down a couple of groups of friends who wanted to travel to Europe (because I was holding out for good travel partners- travel partners from hell can make the most beautiful place on Earth seem absolutely awful) , and was waiting for other groups of friends who wanted to go to HK and Taiwan but those plans never materialised, so when my friend asked me if I wanted to go to Turkey with him, I jumped at the chance, since Istanbul's on my "list of places to visit before I die"!
But I'll be covering different cities this time- Istanbul, Bucharest, Santorini, Milan, Valencia and Frankfurt. I spent three days checking out all the cheap flights and routes and finished booking all our tickets today, so I'm feeling extremely happy despite having an exam tomorrow! Yikes! Oh yes, one of my three travelling partners is Liwen!! I've never travelled with her before but the two of us have been friends for 10 years (since Sec 1, sheesh!) and we always have alot of things to talk about so I think the trip will be a blast!
I'll be starting a one-month attachment at a secondary school on June 16 so my weekdays are pretty much gone. But then again, I'm always free on Saturdays or weeknights! Hope to see you girls soon!
Luv
Jasmine
ideas gals.. been racking my brains where we should go for our next outing..haha.. wat to eat.. wat to do.. then i had this crazy thought.. and it involves this website..lol http://putri-berendam.blogspot.com/.. lol other food blogs will do too. we go to hawker center.. buy food..lots of it .. and then have a picnic! haah. somewat like a buffet.. noe its not some fantasic idea.. but we can have different stuff.. like. sishi. chicken wings.. fries.. ayam penyet..lol hows that?.. ok i am gettng hungry...
haha.. are u surprised to see this blog?
ok i was just bored.. just seeing wat i can do to sprice things up a bit. give me some suggestions ya?