Tuesday, September 30, 2008 @9:51 PM
Joyce Lim is back in Singapore(: I left for taipei last wednesday for a comp to build structures that could withstand shaking (similar to earthquakes) and i must say i really had alot of fun! plus i learnt alot of stuff too.. i really thank God for allowing me to go through such a valuable experience!! i made 2 new friends and got closer to 1 friend(: juanmin, jiali and zan are my team members who went along with me and im glad i had them in my team! plus mr ng and ms tan who took such great care of us, appreciate them!! ok i shall type out my journal:D anw the main purpose is to update my blog laaa.. dun read it if u're not interested ok(:
DAY 1
Hello! I'm on my bed now writing what happened today. Our team departed from Singapore at 830am and i was really happy to take the Singapore airlines! i did not feel tht giddy and i actually managed to watch half of 200pound beauty! Really a cool and nice movie! i sat between zan and jiali while juanmin sat with the 2tchers. Upon arrival, 2 taiwanese guys directed us to the bus and off we left for Chientan overseas youth recreation centre! the hostel was really big and grand.. almost like a hotel seriously! 4 of us shared a 6-bed rom:D and the toilet was so hotel-ish! we then planned to spend our free time to head towards taipei city mall.. we took the train from jiantan station! it was like 5 stops and our ticket cost NT20 each.. cheaper than singapore loh. We had our yummy dinner at this small restaurant that sells all kinds of fried cutlet. I ordered fish cullet and i really enjoyed it:D After which we went to search for the easy mall but to no avail:/ We ended taking the train back to Jiantan and spent 50mins at the shihlin night market:D i bought 12 pairs of socks and a shirt! hehe hope the person will like it! we returned to our hostel and bought big bottles of water at the convenient store.. yep and that pretty ends our day 1 in singapore. Big 2 time till we fall aslp!:D
DAY 2
it's a brand new day! we set our alarm at 645am and we were done by 715am. haha we went to play bball game at the mini arcade! it was really fun, though my hands ached after a few games:p ok breakfast wasnt too bad afterall.. im so glad i get to drink taiwan's soyabean ok:D its really nice and i felt really warm! we left for taizhong via the bus that was arranged for us and i swear the journey was damn long! it took around3-4 hrs.. We went to the shihkang dam and it was really burning hot.. we perspired like crazy and even y bagstrap was partially wet la. btw, we all got some ugly tans here and there. the dam looked really magnificent and powerful.. the scene was WHOAAA nice. another 1hr bus ride brought us to the 921 earthquake museum and the place showed how the place tht was once guangfu junior high sch has been destroyed by the 7.3 earthquake tht hit JIJI. we managed to see the destroyed classrooms n the collapsed sch. it was super disastrous and scary... (i never want to experience an earthquake) other than tht, we got to do some hands-on activities tht allowed us to gain a better understanding of how buildings collapse and what could be done to reinforce them. For example, a low frequency will cause a taller building to shake more while a high frequency earthquake will cause the shorter buildings to shake more. After which, we headed back to taipei to visit taipei101. this is my 2nd time there and i thought the experience was rather different. hahaha i was reminded of the korean/jap guy the 6 of us prev were looking at:p also, the audio tour thing has been modified!! its no longer tht bulky! fyi, the lift took only 37sec to reach the 89th floor! we then went to eslite bookstore to shop for books and dabao beef noodles back to our hostel to makan! haha i bought 4 chinese bks in total and it only cost $38! i am super happy:D will give to elmo and lime. yupyup anw there was a bus tht sent us back to the hostel and we had our beef noodles!! it was yummyyyyy:D the beef was tender! lastly, we went to the lobby to print our poster needed for the comp and yah! i forgot to mention tht there was a buddy(Lin) tht was attached to us.. shes a really sweet girl and she lived in singapore once for 3yrs!
`i thank God for keeping us safe and loving us. I pray tht u take care of my family back in singapore and i believe u haf alr done tht! in the mighty name of jesus, Amen!
DAY 3
Today, there wasnt much activity for us. But we started the day badly as all of us overslept:/ both tchers were quite... disappointed? haha we had a hard time gulping down the hot cup of soyabean in front of them:p also, breakfast was almost the same today! haha anw we proceeded to start on our timed practice in our room. We started at approx 820am and its rather unproductive laaa. i guess. mr ng came over to gif some advice and provide us help. at around 1, juanmin had a bad stomachache and cldnt join us for lunch. we went to the cafe right in front of our hostel and i thought their hotdog bread was really good! yumyum! Nt100 only:D after which, we got ramen for juanmin and the taiwanese waitress were really nice! they allowed us to bring the utensils and bowl up to our room! so sweet rite(: we had a great laugh when mr ng suggested us to pour away the soup into the toilet bowl. we explained to him tht even tissue paper used for big business are supposed to be thrown into the bin instead of the toilet bowl. The way mr ng kept saying tht its disgusting was damn farni laaa.. luffed till i teared laa. he even asked the receptionist about it! it was damn hilarious. yep, after our construction, we left for the banquet tht was organized to welcome the foreign students. haha i must say the food was good and i ate alot alot of brocolli:D every team had to put up a perf and we had to think so hard can! singapore poly n NUS were smart enuff to pon it:p we wanted to play ke ren lai with cups, but ms tan suggested us to sing Dedication instead(: overall, i thot the banquet was not v meaningful for us. oh but my fav perf was the hakka by the new zealand team! it was damn cool and power! yala, then it was back to hostel and getting our early slp for the actual comp tmr:D
DAY 4
hehe we werent late today! although i had a hard time trying to get out of bed, i managed to do so:D breakfast was the sameeeee, and the music played was the sameeee too. before leaving for the comp site, we spent 10mins playing with machine tht picks up soft toys!!! it was damn farni! each of us had a turn, but we dint succeed at all:p
yep, then off we went to the comp site! over there, we finally saw all the taiwan teams. the environment was quite stressful la, but it had a friendly feel too:D i like it when everyone is doing sth together!! i didnt really treat it as a comp, but a platform for us to perf and haf fun:D we sat at our allocated table for 6 1/2 hrs straight to complete our structure and i think its really tiring! we were really tired after tht and the worst was when we had to rush so much at the very last hour. singapore poly guys were really nice to help us mount our poster! they had extra wood to support our poster board and hey did it up for us.. really am thankful for their help:D
our structure was examined and the mass was 541.3g! haha we werent the heaviest at least:p after which, the shuttle bus took us back to the hostel and 4 of us had a quick change of our bottoms before leaving for wufenpu! its a really big shopping heaven! its like 4 times the size of bugis street and the clothes they sell are so much cheaper and nicer!!! i was so happy seeing the models being dressed up in such trendy and pretty clothes u noe! they were really pretty and i really had the urge to buy all of them:D in the end, i got a pink m&m shirt and a vest outfit for myself! juan and jiali got the m&m shirts in diff colours too:D ohyah we ate xue3 pian4 bing1 also! it was super yummy! its like sliced green tea icecream!! WHEEE GOOD. it was really good, wasnt creamy at all:D everyone should try it when yall go to taiwan alright! NT60 for 1 bowl!
DAY 5
*hehe im really lazy to type this out. all i can say is the stoopit typhoon stopped us from shopping. and we got the creative poster design award!*
and tada im back in singapore alr! photos will be uploaded at shutterfly alright! the link will be posted by 1am:D
TAG REPLIES!elmo! haha of cuz im back laaa. hope u like the chi bk k:D
lime! hehe paiseh no naicha or jiangcha:p hope u like the chi bk too k!
dom! heyo! i replied one of ur emails yea! sorry ar, let u wait for so long:p
schumann! im so sorry! i didnt have any reception over at taiwan:/ i miss u!
lynnette! i pray tht thurs outing will b a success alright! thank u friend.. love u(:
cass! haha luckily u nvr kill me laaa:p
CT! thanks anw(:
Sunday, September 21, 2008 @8:49 PM
haha update my blog again! anw first n foremost, im glad im attending Dare service again after a long long long while(: haha its been such a long time since i attended service with ppl of my age! i enjoyed myself during service and i thot what pastor preached was sth simple yet easily forgotten by me.
and not to forget, shermaine's bdae party was enjoyable too! haha its been super long time since i ate fishballs!!! haha so i ate 4 at one go.. v yummy!:p
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHERMAINEEE!(:ohyah im flying off to taiwan on wed!! really soon rite!!! haha im quite excited bout it.. and im pretty confident with the progress my team has made.. i believe we can at least get a placing:D alright man!!! ohyah ppl! anything yall wan to get from taiwan?? pls tell me soon k(:guitar lesson todae was not bad! although i havent managed to play a song, at least there were some techniques i managed to pick up! haha and my guitar tcher was nice today (although i dragged the lesson for 20mins:p) other than thaaaaaat, i haf philo COI tmr!! *freaks out* elmo, our plan is to thrashhhhhh younoewho. hahahaha ohyayyyy!! philosopher joyce is all ready man:D everybody have a blessed day tmr! ` Lord, i wan my height to shoot up!:D
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @5:05 PM
haha so how was options for me this week??:D
i guess its quite manageable laaa.. although i do feel that options arent really hypering me up as much as wad i've expected:p but nevertheless, its still much much better than normal lessons. at the v least, i can drift off during options since theres no graded assessment. haha kindof la:D im looking forward to the geog fieldtrip this fri and sat!!:D haha i hate learning in classroom environments.. enough of tht alr actually!
oh plus i haf
ideers going on too.. haha i shall not comment about it. i just noe tht i haf to work hard for the team this last week and put in our best to fly off for comp! comp will be next wk at taiwan:D if anybody wants sth from taiwan desperately or sth, can tell me la. i try to get for u!:D
ok to end off, wld want to announce to clan bout oct1st activity!! please keep yourselves freeee.. haha u haf no reason to be not free anw:p heee. *looks forward to oct1st!*
(:
Thursday, September 11, 2008 @8:25 PM
haha updates!!
tues- nothing much:D
wed- first day of options! it was quite bad laaaa. it wasnt as fun as i thot it would be:( and i dun like pharm chem lessons howwww. chowww. zen me ban! grah! 6weeks to go u noe:(
today- uber good! seems like today's session was more hiong. haha really felt the stretch and all! and running with cass for a short while after tht was gd too:D love u, cass the babyface:D
alright man.. im looking forward to dunno when? hmm mebbe shopping with cass and chow... plus sushi lunch with chow:D
and and and clan! theres a plan to go sentosa OR buying groceries to prepare dinner tgt:D and mebbe sleepover? ALRIGHT MAN:D
TAG REPLIES!elmo! haha we must spread tgt la wad toking u!:D
chow! haha i agree with u la ABSOLUTELY can. grahhhh!
clinton! really hope u had a great birthday this year! the Lord loves you everyday!!:D
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Monday, September 08, 2008 @10:14 PM
ok i guess the first day of sch wasnt too bad!:D but i seriously started it off badly.. cuz i woke up 40mins late and my mum had to rush me to sch.. and the bell rank 10sec after i stepped into the gate:D thank God!
yep then we had out batch phototaking and after which, there was some briefing bout graduation ceremony and options timetable.. we were done like at 930?? haha WHEE:D clan went to clementi to play badminton u noe! had lunch at sumo house.. haha damn yummy la! we all ordered the same thing:D and badminton was really fulfilling.. its been such a long time since i whacked the shuttlecock! chow, candice and i played for 3 hrs straight laaa.
haha ohoh and forgot to tell u the 7 of us went today ok!! its more than half of the clan:p heee!
and tmr will be playing bridge with clan?? tentative la. yep thts all! gdnite da jia:D
Sunday, September 07, 2008 @10:59 PM
helloooo! ok shall blog from ytd first(:
ytd was like springcleaning for me! haha i had the sudden urge to just clear every single junk in my house! so yep i spent like 2 hrs doing tht and my dining table has no more objects on it!! and the extra room is so much more organized now:D and and and!! my whole year4 books and w/s are alr compact in one carton(: wheehee now wads left on my shelf is jap, math, chi and philo! thats all!!
ohyes but sth bad happened ytd morn too:/ i missed the deadline for sth.. and although i found anuder alterntive alr.. its really damn mafan and was totally unneccesary:/ but i guess i really want to thank God for loving me so much.. and of cuz my mummy too(:
ok so around 7pm i met up with my relatives!! i love great quality times like this!:D my mum drove us down to tampines sports hall area! the nihon mura, a jap restaurant selling all kinds of jap cuisine, was uber good!! haha its like 99cents per plate then theres alot of other jap food and even dessert!! haha then my mum's 3 sisters' families all came over too u noe!! then i had alot of fun with my 5 cousins!! mary, darryl, audrey, royden and cheryl! they were so cute laaaa:D oh then i ate super alot can! i felt really fat after tht.. i had like 6 plates of sushi, a sashimi set, chawanmushi and a pancake topped with icecreaaaam.. haha but it was yummy la!! plus i had the craving for jap food for reallyyyy long!! the total bill amounted to 224bucks laaa! my mum treated all of us:D wheee love mummy!
haha after which, we all went to our 1st aunt's hse! super long nvr go there alr!! like 10yrs?! haha we went there to chat and watch tv and haf funnn:D had alot of fun crapping with my cousins! and they were jumping for 2hrs on the...trampoline? haha yes. ok la i really thot it was a meaningful day for me! the Lord taught me hard lessons and made me accomplish stuff and also gave me fellowship time with my kins:D thank you, Lord(:
okok for today!! it was like anuder day of eating u noe!!! i went for church along with my mum and sis for the 2nd service! and i must say it was a really powerful and annointed msg. it impacted me and i guess i need to spend time meditating on it..hmm my mum brought us to eat vegetarian mixed rice!:D it was yummy! the curry cabbage was... OOOOH:D haha then we went to COOS to hear abit of a pastor from hongkong. it was in chi though:/ heee then we had green bean and anuder plate of curry rice!!
blah then the music centre called to inform me my guitar teacher was on mc laaa. it was such a late notice can!!! like 30mins b4?!?! so annoyingggg.. so we went to anchorpoint to kill time before leaving for st john's chapel at st marg's sch. haha the service was like quite ok for me laaa.. i dint really get it though..
tht wasnt all u noe!! haha we went to jurong west to haf supper lehh!!! i had a plate of rojak all by myself:p hehe yummy.. so long nvr eat le.. plus tht stall gives alot of fruits! haha yay so my day was really good and im looking forward to slacking in sch tmr!:p
to suan everyone-- tmr is just batch phototaking for the sec4s!! haha and then we are dismissed:D wheeheehee. GOODNIGHT!!:D
Thursday, September 04, 2008 @6:51 PM
yayness.. went to sch today for the ideers comp prep again! i guess today was quite productive!:D our building is visible now hoho:D go team! we will do our very best(:
after which, i accompanied my mum to jp for some bank stuff and then we went to shop at ntuc:D hahaha im v happy cuz my mum bought a tray of salmon for meeee!! yummy!
lalala.. hapy hols everyone! 3 more days yea!(:
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 @9:51 PM
hellohello!:D hows all ur sch hols! i believe many are playing their lives out!:D yayyy!
haha anw theres so much i want to do but i tink i dun haf the time right now:/ this whole sept hols im so tied up with the taiwan competition thing and im going back to sch everyday without fail:( bad bad hols!!! haha but i heard from wx he's going back to sch everyday too.. ok so thts my only consolation:D honestly speaking, im missing out on alot of fun la! like how im going to miss the movie outing with clan tmr..ohwells.
things i wan to do!
1) clan sentosa outing!
2) clan cycling/rollerblading!
3) watch saw3!
4) watch hanayori dango season 1 and 2 (Im slow la i noeee)
5) embark on clan video
6) finish up taiwan comp
7) organise 201 outing
8) batch dinner!
9) brush up on my jap
10) practise more for my guitar!
ok shall list 10 first:D dun be over ambitious! hoho okok shall update soon again!:D
`and i thought i felt really happy today(:
