Grace Ho Ho Ho says: HELLO !!

gone

Mon, 11 May 2009 06:07:38 GMT

ouch wasted $150 ! how forgetful could i get ! i book my driving practical on 5th and 8th may but i totally forgot about it. i need to start writing on my notebook again.. i used to develop this habit but have stop since my break up cause they were so many things i wanna do but we never fulfill it and so i threw that book away and didn't jot down things anymore. how dumb could i get tossing away good habits that could help me with my daily life! arghhh... hard-earned money got totally wasted~ sighs.

bahhh.. need to work on illustrator today! don't be lazy grace!

taiwan prep

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:43:55 GMT

i finally had my two vaccinations today, flu and typhoid vaccine. It wasn't my great idea to go for sure because i am afraid of needles! but going with two very ferocious teachers which they constantly remind me i must go no matter what or else they will knock me and drag me there and finish it off! giving me the kind of stare each time they talked about vaccination! in that jabbing process i didn't shriek out loud, though i really wanted to dash out of the room! reminding and telling myself if i pass this i am AWESOME! lol :D great! finally trashed that phobia! or maybe the nurse had really live up to being professional because it wasn't at all painful and in my entire life so far i had loads of bad experiences with needles. Pricking or twisting constantly like 3 -4 times and nothing comes out or wrong points by past nurses and doctors. i will definitely go back there only if i need any jabs again xD. I am going taiwan on the 5th of june with my two colleagues and we are going on a backpacking trip! So to be safe i had to be vaccinated! but i had some after effects now like aching all over suddenly! probably because i ran 5km yesterday and suddenly after the jab my muscles start to ache, it wasn't hurting in the morning. :( we bought one way ticket to taiwan and not too sure how long would i be away this time. maybe even up to 2 weeks. if i see a big reason to be back early i probably will. i need a backpack now and a good pair of sneakers with lots of info to be embedded into my brain stream. the purpose is to explore the scenic beauty, live like a commoner and take railway trains and soak in springs! shopping will be very minimal :D

i am perfectly good

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:17:30 GMT

why is everyone thinking that i am venting on something, seriously i am not, and i am perfectly okay.

another weekend almost passing.. though this few weekends were all good i would say :) and i have visited the same exhibit, christian lacroix's, thrice! first with lex, second with colleagues, third with students, sharon and ron. i would agree the christian lacroix's haute couture was good, very inspiring sketches and interesting series of each collection. of cos the third time to the museum, i completed all the entire exhibits! YAY! :D

i got home early i was really tired, woke up at 6am to see skin doc with ron before the museum trip. barely slept 3 hours because of mahjong the evening before xD. ron challenged me to draw him. i did a sketch of him and he did a much nicer sketch of me. and because we had no eraser and struggling with an only HB pencil. made me 'stole' a partial of an eraser to save the day.

our very two different styles of drawings
me drawing him

& him drawing me, and he has a funny way of holding pencil when shading lol

it suddenly reminded me of lasalle days where we all take turns to pose for our classmates to draw. and i posed for 15mins where i crossed my arms and got so numb after that. i missed being a student :o

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:35:30 GMT

累。

过去了，过去了。

lousy katong hongkong cafe

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:19:11 GMT

everyone had finished eating, i've waited for almost an hour, it was almost 12 midnight and i had not had my dinner. my worse experience the second time at the same place, lousy attitude, lousy service quality. a cup of warm water upon request for my sick friend arrived in 5 minutes, drinks start arriving in 10 minutes, food start arriving in 25 minutes. everyone had finished their food except for mine. asking politely if my food is ready after 40 minutes of waiting time, the china waitress said: Coming coming. 5 minutes thereafter, waitress: less than a min it will be served(speaking with a can't be bothered attitude), an hour later the manager walked past, i asked: is my food ready? it always says coming soon but where is it?! the manager said he would check for me. walking back he said: sorry we missed out your order. do you want to order something else? i don't see what's the point of telling me that when i still have to wait if i order it again isn't it. and the fact that the rude waitress had lied and telling that it is on its way is so wrong! why does she have to lie and not even do a proper check and pretended it was really on its way. what bad service is this and the manager couldn't be bothered either although at the end i appreciate the fact that he was honest enough to tell me they actually missed my order. i was furiously mad. the lousiest hongkong cafe i had been to with lousiest standards. i will never ever go back to the katong one again.

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:24:23 GMT

spilled out my thoughts that has been embedded right within me for the past several months.. altho initially i was alright but now when i think back i feel quite sad.. a fair share of good memories and bad.. how much i have changed isn't really fair because we were one usually much similar.. i can't see myself holding onto it for a long time, each time i feel frustrated and stressed, i really disliked the seasonal waves.. what i want is a set of mutual understanding and respect too.. that one incident made me really upset.. i couldn't forget how heart wrenching that was..

But i finally said it

kicking up

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 12:32:28 GMT

i haven't died ever since the last i made my entry.. now here again :) life is pretty much good as usual and definitely with many fruitful events that seemed to have bypassed quickly. I had went to a Batam retreat with my fellow colleagues, got to know them better and ignited me with inspirations too like what i should do more in years to come.. they are all very nice people, which i like to the idea that this journey had lead me to know the different walks of life too. People with different intellect aspirations and the influences of being positive! :D

some things changed along the way, which i wanted to quit my job to pursue what i really want to do which is into media studies, doing my animation, video editing which i loved and enrich myself with more knowledge of 3D. tomorrow is the deadline for my portfolio submission and ever since i pondered over it for like 3 weeks, i hesitated.. because i know that i couldn't be selfish to do what i love and create a burden to my family. taking study loans of 18k and no contribution if i have start school would mean a greater load on my family for the next 3 years. i guess i will stick on to my current job, although it is not something i am ultimately good at, or something that i have great passion in it, i will make it worth since i have learned to adapt and it does not seemed like a bad choice after all because i have since learnt a lot of values too. well it is the choice i have made, i told myself i would not regret because i have got a clearer picture now of what i would want in 5 years time.

today had been a great day, went for a trip to the museum, my second trip to SAM for this month. the same artworks, but i got to learn and understand greater depth of the artworks. it was a trip with colleagues to show support for one of them whom is doing a tour guide exam on tuesday. she is very thankful that we were willing to come down to visit to let her bring us around for an hour to listen to her rehearsal. we of course were very thankful because we also absorbed the knowledge! there were quite a number of beautiful works! but too bad we couldn't take pictures there! except for one which i snapped, not an artwork but a part of the o' St Joseph Institute(the SAM building used to be this) which was preserved which we discovered up high almost the ceiling..

the words were very much faded away, should read as signum fidei, a latin word which means ''A sign of our faith", the motto of the school i think.

and YES i have since started drawing on my moleskine, very incomplete!!.. but still processing :D the first page would be "about me"; so it would be things of my daily life which i live with toys in my room and getting more things drawn soon to make it complete. i wish i would never grow up!

i am down with flu... runny nose ~~~~

truth

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:10:24 GMT

The utmost truth may hurt
somehow to believe
from what you ultimately feel
in your heart
that life isn't exactly fair
with things you wished you can edit
but to touch a life of someone
it is possible

i am totally touched by this video
you need to pick yourself up

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

fate

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:49:20 GMT

four plus this morning i could had been home lying on my bed after washing up and lie on bed at 5. i went chilling at vino vino and then to mr bean thereafter. flagging cabs all lethargic mode with zz monsters looping our heads finally board on one. after two alighted leaving me and ting, and were almost going to k.o and a motorcycle collided with us. we didn't even know that until our cab driver came out of his cab. goes to show how tired we were. we got down the cab and we saw the pillion, sitting and holding onto her feet and of course blood. we both shocked by what we saw and became very awaked, almost scare the shit out of us. her big toe seems to be coming off. she's malaysian and the rider wasn't sure how to get to the hospital, and he said he had to head to his workplace first -_-. we brought her to the nearby hospital and stayed with her till she's warded. A & E procedures took so long, lots of waiting and the blood kept dripping, it doesn't seem as emergency as we thought. she was trembling. after 3 hours she was finally in her ward awaiting for her surgery time, fortunately her boss came down for her. she is really thankful and we were happy that she is ok now and didn't lose a toe. though i think that she might worry a lot for the bills to come. ting and i shared a cab home both smiling widely and the taxi uncle said "i never see people board taxi from hospital taxi stand so happy one." i slept the entire saturday away.

i am watching this now before i go back to sleep again ^^ super hilarious!
silence i kill u!!

christmas day

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:02:53 GMT

Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day!!
I just got home this morning! Memorable one this year, tho it was simple chalet and bbQ with ting, april, maki, amy, lu and dewei. usually there would be either one missing, going overseas on festive xmas but thankful that this year we finally had a complete one! It was my first having chalet at aloha changi. The house was rather roomy and much difference from the chalets that i have been so far. Its like a house in the woods, very grassy surroundings and directly behind it was actually the ol' changi hospital and didn't took notice till we saw the stairways leading towards up there right next to us. Everyone participated in bbq, all of girls bbqing which is rarely seen :D at the same time we were killing big ants and mosquitoes, screaming when crickets hopping past. we had mahjong, jenga and monopoly and present exchange. love all the lovely thoughtful gifts and of course the great company! Glad that everyone is happy. Thankful for everything! will update pictures soon, awaiting for pictures from Lu! Thank you for the twilight book too! will read it very soon! =)

going back to work on Monday. its time to stop bumming around! i am so tired! barely slept 3 hrs, enduring to watch nya nya show! hehehe

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:46:44 GMT

this week has been meaningful, lots of xmas shopping, spending time out with close friends, catching up with old friends and attended the first malay wedding today. have watched twilight yesterday and made me decided that i ought to buy that book, written by a romance novelist. didn't think that vampires could be so romantic lol. just made me want to watch on... and then the rolling credits came. oh well part two then.. it seems like a day of vampires and zombies. we played LAN after that, our 3rd consecutive friday playing Left4dead slaying annoying zombies.

one more item from my wishlist crossed. moleskine! oh yeah. xmas pressie! from Ron! an invitation to join the moleskine gang xD i love it very much! Thank you Ron! really appreciate!! and my first xmas pressie for this yearr! =D

i will start drawing on it soon!

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:06:34 GMT

random one

trying out with photoshop after watching an online tutorial on editing.

Finally!!

My macbook parcel is here!! after waiting for two days! worth the wait and i am happy! :D

Tonight i will be out to play LAN with the girls! vs guys! we shall kill zombies together and we will win watch out! xD So nostalgic, back to the old days where we used to play counterstrike during o lvl days. lol

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:41:33 GMT

everyone seems surprised that i stayed home for 4 days straight, reading books and watching heroes season 3. even my mum said why the change in me suddenly such a good girl not willing to go out even my friends called? and i am going to stay home till friday for sure, its gonna be a total of 7 days, a week for sure :P real reason? blasted my account! have overspent totally this month! and i have decided not to touch my card anymore. checked the next card bills online and gonna be another big blast.. and so i have to stop buying, tho i have already written up a list of wants and must buy :P

1. my room curtains are an ugly shade of yellow which doesn't match my purple room.
2. never bought my own bedsheets in my life so far, my mum does it and i really don't like girly prints or those HELLO HELLO kitties!
3. always wanted to get one, tho i want a MBP but another 1k more! over costly, so jus macbook will do.
4. Moleskine. Its just 100pcs of paper, really good paper! overpriced at sg 40 dollars -_- and Nic's helping me buy from US! wee! $16 cheaper! Good buy. must have!
5. Headphones. I don't own one at home, for webcam :P
6. Foldable bicycle

so chio right? but i was just wondering since the wheels are small would it be more intensive to cycle?

look at how it neatly folds, like a pram. $299. not sure is it worth it to buy or not. maybe my cousin can get cheaper. tsk tsk. considering whether is it really practical to buy or not =/

7. ZAGG invisble shield. Totally awesome technology, i bet you read on their site about you would be impressed too. Once i have my macbook i must buy this for scratch protection. its totally scratch proof, life time warranty which is definitely worth it.

8. fake flowers. yes for home decoration for my living room which the old flowers are boring and made me detest to look at it.

~~Friday please come soon will you ?~~

Toys

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:09:01 GMT

My add-ons to my toy collection, some plushies and figurine and tomorrow i will get the entire set of Nightmare before christmas Jack figurine set! hope its not sold out by tomorrow, i need to splurge to cheer myself up.

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:48:30 GMT

Are times so bad that even dental clinics had to call me up to do my regular 6-month cleaning which they haven't been ringing me up for years and now buzzed me. I don't even visit them anymore and been there once during 2003 or 2004. How regular do you think its that? and i have obviously moved on to another random dentist, of course near my house area. I visited the dentist two days ago and i felt that it totally ripped me off! 74 dollars for just my regular cleaning, polishing and scaling. Well i felt cheated because the session lasted 10 mins and done! :( I had this short conversation with the dentist.

Dentist: Oh, you have a wisdom tooh coming out a little. You should have it remove.
Me: Yes i know. How much does it cost?
Dentist: $550 for one tooth.
Me: Wow thats costly.
Dentist: What about an appointment next week to remove your wisdom tooth?

Wooah! thats fast and i don't have to wait!

Almost every place u go now you would see many booths, especially train stations. Its either from an insurance company or a bank, salesmen trying to pull credit card sales or selling policies. Now now i feel dental clinics too. Are people all on desperate ends?

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:57:28 GMT

It all the hot news about USA, one of the most powerful country, unlike the tiny island here where World on Straits Times probably won't reflect us as hot hot news. I feel that Obama has always been calm in his speech, it feels soothing to hear but somehow he speaks like an automated-transmitted-soothing-voice-robot. Although he sounds to good to be true, totally like a father showing his love for nation, i still have that feeling uneasiness when i keep looking at him. I don't know why though. Just like You-know-who on Harry Potter :D

The video clip below is totally fiction and i think its quite well done if you just watch it for the first time. You probably won't notice much flaws until you watch it the second attempt.

But anyway congrats Obama! Bye McCain :)

Partial Biography

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 06:44:02 GMT

Here's Jannie!

One of the myths that people say: pets and their owners often grow to resemble one another in looks, and even in temperament. Well, looks may be in the eye of the beholder.
My guinea pig has frequent mood swings, sometimes very chirpy, squeaking and hopping when she sees me. On occasions she hides in her igloo all day and don't bother looking out at all. She is skinny for a guinea pig and she spent most of her time munching on food. Hmmm makes me wonder sometimes.

Random clip of my guinea pig eating

She's munching on a piece of sliced carrot. I show this clip to two of my colleagues. I asked the question, "Do you know what is my pig munching on?"
Colleague A: Tomato
Colleague B: Why is she chewing on a container?

LOL! WHAT? container? the clip isn't that clear because of bad lighting. I should have on the lights =O

Aftermath... Ummmm Yummyness.. all that orangy betacarotene at her mouth area..

Counting with my fingers, Jannie is 1 year and 11 months old ! Wow! She's getting bigger in size too! Actually not bigger in width, longer by the length of her body. I shall get her a new home. I was shopping in the morning, checking out the price of guinea pen. 80 dollars. Something like this.

I have to set aside 160 on my next pay day to get her a new bigger home and a husband. Just hope that they would get along and not fight. I would probably get a different breed. Maybe more fluffy so her babies would be fluffier? lol. Not really i guess.

I found a picture of Jannie's parents.

Yes. They are called Ginger and Garlic. Left-Mum, Right-Dad. Dad looks funky! Mum's fur looks very short and neat. xD

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:15:02 GMT

I spend my weekend marking loads of stuff. Gosh. Finished marking 9 classes and still left one more to go but now i am really really tired. Felt like a factory machine doing such monotonous stuff but relieved that i am finishing this soon, totally a big load off my mind. I have been even dreaming about the flipbooks. Now at last i can sleep in ease.

And finally i bought my digi cam! Oh yes its Casio! i am a fan of Casio stuff i don't know why.

$299, quite a budget camera. Until i saw Made in China. oh well.. if i had took note of it before purchasing i wouldn't have bought it. But still i guess most cameras are still assembled in China or the parts are from China.
Its 8.1 mega pixels and the video quality is a H.264 which is relatively okay. I think its a good buy and good enough if i want to do rotoscoping and snap shots for outdoor drawings. Tomorrow is coming! counting down 6 and a half more hours which i have to wake up and go to work!

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:35:23 GMT

a box - with papers
;with colour pencils
;i carry everyday
;reminds me 'have pride in my work'

but now
a box - ;soiled with dirt black paint
;soiled pencils
;soiled passes

it doesn't kill me but will make me stronger

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 08:15:13 GMT

I missed all my friends, my classmates in Lasalle. Everyone seems further apart now. Some are serving NS, some had went back to their hometown, some are continuing their BA, some are working.... As i grow older i feel that people around me always come and at a certain point of time they would leave, leaving further apart because at that point we would pursue the different things we want.. it makes me sad to see my friends getting further away from me when once we used to be so close seeing each other everyday. I really missed all of them. I want to say thank you my friends for being always there and made my Lasalle days cheery and memorable one. All the best in all of your future endeavours!

I am going on singapore flyer later! Well this time with my parents, bring them out to eat at popeyes there too. Sg flyer is a uber boring 30min ride.. it moves really really slow and you won't even feel it moving when you're on it but my both parents wants to go there.. today would be my last on singapore flyer! mum's birthday is coming and i want her to be happy!

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:47:54 GMT

Yay! Finally got the pictures for the Staff Appreciation night dinner! Thank you Ron for sharing :D

both Ron and i all ready to set off to OCC! The shorts people! xD

The beautiful teacher assistants and the awesome art teachers! The art teachers won the snooker match yesterday! 4-3! =D

The happiest person is always Ganesan! and he won the best dressed male award! two fiercely dragons! i think we saw his shirt selling at somewhere that day!! tsk tsk

It's Terry's birthday too

the art teachers!

The very pleasant music teacher! She has the image of motherly and very nice to her colleagues and she's very funny! :D

The theme was black and gold and most matched that theme. It was an short yet enjoyable night that you would see the different side of teachers. And i got sabo by christopher looking so dumb dumb on stage which was really an embarassing moment. :(

I finally got my convocation today! after a long awaited time for this day. It feels so good again to see all my close friends and do things together again! Although the start of the ceremony was rather boring like a really long speeeeeeech..... but it was quite worthwhile in the end. We cheered for our friends when they go onstage and get to see all our lecturers wearing their gowns too. It is kind of weird when the lecturers had gowns on and the gowns varies from some which is a total big difference from a standardized dark blue to a bright pink! That bright pink gown looks so pope-like with even a pope-like cap but somehow it totally stands out which made all of us wonder that the gown variation could be rankings like, dip, BA, Masters, doctorate? he totally look like the king of studies! xD There was this white guy who danced on the stage while recieving his prize which i totally admired his guts and that dude changed the whole boring mood of monotonous frequency! No wonder he is into the drama side :D

Time to sleep! i am tired :(
Will upload pictures of today soon!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:49:52 GMT

Happy Teacher's Day!

This is my very first teacher's day! I am happy and thankful for this joyous occasion and the gifts and surprises and all the HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY greetings by students. It was a sweet memorable and genuine heartfelt experience.

A Big thank you to all the students and enjoy your september holidays! Work hard and play hard too!

Remembering 400 students' name could be tough but i am still trying my very best to remember everyone's names. :)

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On Wednesday...
My colleague, Ron and I recieved our very first teacher's day present!

He's such a lovable teacher and younger than me and everyone loves Mr Lin! LOL. It was an enjoyable last week with him around and helping him take pictues with all the ten classes.

There would be a Staff Appreciation Dinner at orchid country club later! Theme is black and gold! and this is my first themed dinner that i would attend! Will post lots of pictures soon!

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:26:33 GMT

I love the surreal and dreamy feeling whenever i chance upon mirrormask. I haven't completed watching this but only half of it. Sighs my lost harddisk which has almost everything precious. :(

pulling up

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:08:10 GMT

Work has been fun and i am happy and thankful that i always had wonderful and fun colleagues around me. Although part of it today had became a heart wrenching experience for me, i know i have to hold it on and with countless persistent trys. It really felt heavy when i learned that some students had lost faith in themselves and they think the worst of themselves which is so wrong. Can't they feel that we actually care? I know i should never not throw the towel, the stage of ranging hormones could make these people doing things recklessly. I need to motivate myself and grow stronger day by day!

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:24:30 GMT

Its saturday and miss grace did not go out to play! :(
Home alone with Jannie.

Okay actually i did go out town for a little while to shop with Nic but its like 4 hours its saturday and i am home so early for the first time.. Nic has to go for her friend's bbq gathering, jogging with Jeff was rescheduled cuz he haven't completed studying for monday's exam and my boyfriend has to go back to camp for recall.. oh well.. today isn't a very good day for me. feeling especially weird and mixed feelings today, i really don't know why. Partially it might be the events of my nightmare few weeks back which i was traumatised by what i witnessed in that nightmare. I dreamt something really bad ~~(i refused to go into details)~~ about an acquaintence whom i haven't seen for a very long time in years. And guess what after two weeks of that traumatising nightmare, i saw her! I wished i hadn't seen her at all. But she was standing right in front of me. I had to smile since she smiled to me right. And so .. we smiled, exchanged a few words but of course i didn't tell her about that, if i had told her she probably think i am crazy.

I just watched a clip on youtube.. actually its a slideshow of an accident of a weightlifter during olympics. Looking throughout the slideshow itself i really don't intend to watch the actual video footage. They should BAN barbell lifting la its so dangerous. I know he must have felt really horrible about this with all his hardwork and practices. We all know he did his best and no one wants this to happen either! He shouldn't be blamed for this! Accidents can happen. I hope he has a speedy recovery soon! We all must pray for him!