once again.. have updated photologs. :)

This being the second last day of the year, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New YeaR from sunny singapore! been very rainy these past few days though.. hopefully NYE tomorrow will have no rain. next year, i'll be wishing you this from snowy Japan! hehe..

only slightly more than a week to go, final obstacle to the trip is the jap test. i am sooo worried! :S of cos, am trying to study for it, but there are just so many distractions along the way. planning for the trip, shopping for the trip, meeting up friends.. damn..

came home after jap and slept until 8pm.. my head ached & was throbbing very badly. i didn't expect the flu vaccination to have such a huge effect on me. according to my sis, she only felt slight soreness on her arm. darn.

some info for anyone wanting to donate to the tsunami victims, cash donations can be made by calling 1900 112 1226 for a $10 donation. and i saw that peninsula plaza has a collection point for clothing donations too. but that one i'm not too sure cos i only saw a piece of paper that says donations for red Cross.

i've decided to sing this b4 i leave right at the airport and make a fool of myself..
F.I.R.: "Fly away.... 不管留下了多少眼泪 坚持下去的动力还在..."

flu jab today! ironically, i had minor flu symptoms b4 going there. :( feeling groggy and giddy the whole morning. HS brought me to gleneagles, after the jab we went for lunch @ NYDC. hee.. thanks for the treat! :)

headed for the dentist for some polishing of my teeth.. headed home after that cos was feeling seriously sickly. blah. horrible feeling.

jap again yesterday.. i'm so worried i can't catch up!! esp now its so near the date of departure.. better go study the darn vocab.. :S

citibank is not very gd for their customer svc oso i realised. banks say one thing, hotline says another. don't know which to trust, so in the end faxed the form to the credit card side with a letter. now i understand why the starhub customers always fax, write and call in, cos the info they get is so ambiguous!! ...

capcom sent us a list of wat our monthly expenses would be like. we had to pay for a commuter pass for S$250 monthlY! and medical insurance etc. so .. our first time cost would be bout S$2369.92~! *Sobz* so much money..... it is damn ex to stay there man.. and apparently there were supposed to be 9 of us, another girl, she actually withdrew at the start citing bf not happy, family oso, all that kind of thing. !! its NUTS to give up this opportunity man...

xmas was so-so.

only good thing was dad brought us out for lunch. which was something he hasn't done in a looooong time. always got the feeling he didn't like me. very awkward feeling. he brought us all the way to old airport road to eat kuay chup. but luckily, the stall wasn't open. HENG. had a bad experience b4 eating kuay chup there and getting food poisoning after that. in the end we ate duck kuay chup .. :)

went to grandma's place for dinner. all the relatives were gathered there that day.. it was quite fun except last min hp jio-ed me for movie in amk.. so had to rush off after i been there for oni bout 2 hours. my aunty beckoned me into the room and gave me a present. i was quite shocked. then she gave me a pat on the back and told me to take care of myself in japan. Man... that almost got me cryin again, i was so touched. when i opened the present in the train, it was a authentic Ferragamo wallet. oh my... :S i felt very bad for not staying at my grandma's place longer. in the movie, my sis messaged me to say that some other aunts and uncles & my grandma also gave me a good luck ang bao. *touched..* these are the things i should really cry about right? i felt super guilty too..

moving on.. the movie Kungfu Hustle is sooo funny!! i must admit i was wrong to think that it would be a lame show. but then the last few stephen chow shows were really lame.. this is a much watch! there's nothing much to describe.. cos its mostly kungfu.. many movie spoofs to look out for..

sunday i went to see hp play basketball with his frens. a very boring thing to do. heh.. i was falling asleep. but we went orchard in the afternoon and i found the most wonderful black coat. luckily i didn't buy the mango one at the sale just b4 that. :) will post pics of the beautiful coat soon.. :P

xmas sux.

no programs today at all. my mom asked me at dinner why my eyes were puffy. i told her i had been crying. wHY? cos i quarrelled with my jc frens last nite and i cried the whole nite.. realised that i dun mean anything to them at all. decided to skip the class (guys) gathering today since my attendence was redundant.

no one was free at all. in the end, had dinner with my parents & sis. went to jurong west to find out we were a minute too late. my fav fish head curry stall was closing stall. and we had to settle for the fish head curry from the zi cha stall. haiz. was so disappointed i felt like crying. :(

now sitting at home transferrin files to my external hard disk so i can pack it in the luggage. my sisters say its huge.. but i dun really think so.. oh well. can't wait to leave.

saw ed today.. passed him his bday cum Xmas present.. a copy of The Da Vinci Code! Hehe.. i was going to lend him the book originally, but its really difficult to meet up with him, and i tot to leave a book with him i might prolly nv get it back again, so just gave him this wonderful book as a present. :) the system he's stuck in sounds really tough.. another shitty place where u have to be watching your back all the time. hope all goes well..

jap today was fun. learnt more. than usual. hmm. but when i tok to the other sensei, she stares at me so intently that i blank out and everything literally just flies out of my head so that i dun understand a word she's saying.

i'll be staying in Hiraki-Machi, also known as Hirakicho.. its really near a baseball stadium and near the sea as well. so it means more snow and lotsa atmosphere.. yAY!

suddenly feeling that i have not much time left. just picked my sis up from the airport. she's back from Cambodia. so fast. 18 days gone by le. b4 u pple know it, i'll be back le. 18 months will also go by in a flash..

bought my samsonite today! :) they're going to deliver it to my house on Friday morning.. can't wait!

afternoon qiyong treated me to thai express.. kinda regret ordering the thai laksa.. it was too spicy!! should have stuck to my safe choice of tom yam soup. darn. but the tung hoon salad is still as good. something else i will totally miss. :(

then HS met me to get the luggage, and then after that we went to scout for traVel books. we also received the email today.. our flight will be on SQ985 on 1am on 10-Jan (technically the nite of 9-jan, Sunday). SO LATE!! .. tot we could spend the weekend there at first.. now total change of plans.. no time to shop for necessities. damn.. but i should be at the airport at 10+ to check in early so that everyone that comes can go back early as well. take care my dear frens!! *boo hoO!*

mango is having a big sale tomolo. calvin klein is also having a 50% off sale. YIKES!! i wan to buy!! but no more $$ le... i see so many delicious jackets everywhere..

studied jap today.. its really boring.. :S

was cleaning up & arranging my songs in my iTunes folders.. that took quite a long time..

jack came to swim in the evening with his gf.. i didn't join in though.. it would be kinda weird.. they came just to borrow the pool anyway.. :P

repaired my aunt's comp later in the evening.. the system was infested with spyware as expected.. luckily i as prepared with Ad-aware.. the software is really quite wonderful.. :)

thanks yingyan for that wonderful treat at Nude!!

nude is the indochine restaurant @ wisma. i'm glad i got the chance to eat there. so posh! but i was dressed in a jersey and berms and specs and slippers.. :S shoddy ... but the food's cool and the service was good.. they gave us chocolates when we sat there to chat after we finished our food.. complimentary of cos.. and sorbet and buns to fill up gaps btw courses.. nice!!

today bought my thermal underwear & gloves. :P saw luggage @ robinsons.. samsonite had 15% off and free delivery home. is it worth it to buy the largest volume suitcase for $195? any comments bout samsonite hardcase?

psychoing HS, another colleague going capcom to buy his laptop in japan. and use his satellite until it dies there oso.. ;) Hope he takes my advice..

just updated photo log.. www.bbgphotos.blogspot.com

on saturday, studied jap at home.. set up the new webcam.. and it was clear! so.. my conclusion is creative webcam is better than logitech, having tried both. took a 2 hour nap.. studying is a boring thing to do.. and then went for dinner with my parents. another tiff, my mom gets agitated and offended very easily. oh well. just a few more weeks to tolerate her unreasonable behaviour. so in the end, dinner was just me and my sis talking to each other and our parents pointedly showing black faces and ignoring us.

after that went to Harry's @ Esplanade for Yangtai's bday celebration. did not know so many people turned up. he must be a very popular guy.. took some pictures, will be posting up on the photolog soon. so we had beer.. until bout 2am? quite a gd place with a live band to chill.

Sunday morning.. hp told me that funan got some mega sale, woke me @ 8+ to go queue for the HP IPAQ rz1710 for $50. its quite worth it i suppose, and me and his bro managed to get one each. we queued from 9-2, there were kiasu singaporeans who were there the nite b4 already. man... while waiting, bought a FIR cd.. only $10 so i tot it was darn worth it. see.. i do support originals.. must be priced correctly wor.. the songs are good.. :)

WJ happend to be in suntec so after the queueing up, met up with him for lunch. treated him to Ajisen ramen since i still owed him some money. we walked around looking for PDA and we realised PSP is only S$400 in japan. woohOO! anione wan to buy through me? apparently singapore sells it for >$700.

my legs were hurting quite badly, walked ard looking for a best price for his LOTR extended dvd set.. which cost bout $70. !! so ex!! but everywhere was either sold out or too ex.. in the end i had to meet up with the cApcom pple so didn't buy..

we toked crap awhile and in the end decided we could buy everything ourself there. no need to ask them buy for us. cheaper oso, since we have the choice to buy wat we want.

finally home.. pls send me links for software i can use on my pocket PC.. :)

OMG. the tears have started falling.

was on my way home after KTV and i started crying. fren was in the cab with me and he was abit shocked. i was asking if they would miss me. and i dunno why, so scared that i would nv see them again and that they won't miss me cos i would miss them super alot and i just starting crying. tearing at first then starting uncontrollable sobbing. all the way home. still sniffing now.

:( i think these few weeks i'll be crying quite alot. pls be patient with me and lend me ur shoulder to cry on. *sniff*

attended first jap lesson by EDB at bunka this morning. it was.. nothing much. mainly the teacher speaking, us speaking with no particular aim. haiz. think i will fail the test at the end of the 5 lessons. and there's homework!!! :(

after that we (3 of us going to Japan) went to the japan eMbassy to take a look @ wat information they had to offer. ended up nothing much there, but there was a heavy downpour and we were stuck in the embassy to chit chat for over an hour. hiakz. but the apts @ Nassim Road was cool. very classy. albeit abit far from the main road. If i was rich (which would mean i have car (s)), i would definitely consider living there.

they have finally told us where we will be staying. Nishinomiya-city, Hyogo. It is about an hour's subway ride from work. !!!! .... so far away. haiz. tot could save on transport fees. :( the city has a population of bout 440000 and is quite near the sea. so meaning the winter will be cold. COLD.. i can imagine myself freezing oredi..

haf set up a calendar to show my schedule upcoming for the rest of the month. keep check there and book early with me if wan to meet up k?
http://calendar.yahoo.com.sg/khoo_jocelyn

went shopping with my mom today for her CNY clothing.. she wants to buy early as i won't be here next year to shop with her.. :S kind of sad huh..

anyway.. walked around bugis , OG.. saw a scarf i wanted to buy cos it looked so gd on me! but its like $30+, i didn't noe scarves were so expensive. in the end didn't buy cos my mom said to wait for a sale.. oh well.. my sis bought sandals and i bought underwear.. in the end my mom didn't buy anything cos there wasn't anything that suited her. most of the clothes that were on display were meant for Christmas anyway. hehe..

watched National Treasure. Its GOOD.. cos i like all the historical facts they mentioned. i like to noe these things. the action was mostly concentrated at the end.. but its a very good movie to bring kids to, very healthy show, only one weird short kiss towards the end and at the end, but should be able to get them interested in finding out USA's history. must must go watch!

just received the email that Japan has approved the visa and we're supposed to go hand in our passport to the Japan Embassy on Friday. haiz. i guess this is it, really going to leave soon le. suddenly feeling very sad. B4 the visa was approved, i didn't really feel like that not much time left, but suddenly everything seems finalised. so many more things i have to do with my frens still! :(

yikes. time to rush my jap essays again. due date tomorrow.

spent the whole day trying to write a decent essay. 2 decent essays actually. one was to compare other game companies. decided to save myself the trouble of thinking up how to compare companies in japanese and just do a table and translate it. i mean, i definitely CANNOT compare companies in a whole essay. in japanese. yucks. but also procrastinated quite abit. won several gold medals in the crash events in the game BurnOut 3 . the fun of causing pileups of over 20 heavy vehicles is very addictive.

want to go JB one last time b4 i leave. also.. anione has any recommendations for bintan resorts? or lobangs?

sleepy. car trouble on lornie road, engine overheated. was stuck there for an hour plus.

spent today with xinhuan, was truly a girly day. went shopping, salon, colored and highlighted my hair while she cut hers. we are both very happy with our hair and our stylist nick. after that we went back to watch survival at her place. my first and last episode, it happend to be the finale. haven't been to her place in ages. almost 6/7 years since i was last there. taught her basic html for her to get started on her own site. after that supper at fong seng then its home sweet home.

shitty.

the day was ok. just that i didn't sleep enuff last nite. then. met up with hp @ bishan. it was too crowded. the flood of pple gave me a headache. after walking around for a while, decided to leave. went to his place, took a nap for 2 hours. woke up cos i was too hungry. we ate steamboat at amk central. things feel different. i feel grumpy towards him, easily irritable, while he read his comics while eating. felt a bit left out. it was like when u're out with someone and the person keeps sending messages on his phone like he has alot of people to talk to while u feel neglected. kinda rude right?

anyway. nowadays, nothing much to talk about. when my frens find out i'm going to japan for 18 months, they will ask "who will u miss?" i'll be like, the 61ders, my sisters, the people i see very often, xinhuan.. i think i have learnt to curb the feelings of thinking bout hp too much ever since the incident. given that he would rather i be independent, i seriously think i'll get used to not having him around easily.

i guess ultimately, one can only depend on oneself.

i have learnt that the only way to achieve family harmony is to live apart from them. my mom regrets having us kids as we only seem to be leeches to suck them of their money and to mess up Her House. when i've not actually even taken a single cent from her since i graduated. My dad is afraid i'll hurt his precious car and even in my last month here, refuses to let me drive it despite my licence of almost 3 years. asked them for a supp card in case of any emergency in japan and all they're afraid of is that i'll spend like there's no tomorrow. i seriously hope i'll die in japan and they will regret the things they do for the rest of their lives.

so now i have a sore left thumb from twirling around the PS directional control too much. can't sms properly.. :(

yupz.. played dynasty warriors the whole day yesterday. Damn frustrating, cos i got stuck at one of the stages in the final act. choosing Liu Bei to fight was a mistake. his weapon maxed out at Lvl 9 was like very weak still. boooo. had to replay that 4 times b4 realising i had to wack the boss b4 his help came. hee hee..

went for dinner with parents and sis. they utilised their one nite free stay at hyatt and we went to the room to see. the TV reception was sucky, the view from the window sucks for a 15th flr room, but the furnishings were quite nice.. the bed was BIG.. the bathroom was beautiful! bah.. aniway, me and my sis decided to come home to let them enjoy their honeymoon.

we walked abit to Tangs and taka and my mom kept complaining her legs were tired. she was the one who initially insisted upon shopping when all we wanted to do was watch tV in the hotel room. so it became her whining and my dad had to find benches for her to sit down while me and my sis continued walking around. man... the streets were crazy last nite.. at 11pm.. it was still so crowded. Were there really so many things to buy?

i had a horrible restless sleep last nite.

went to sleep unhappy bout being dua, then woke up to see jon tell me he got diarrhoea and cannot meet me today. haiz. talk about a bad start to a day.

had very weird dreams that the 61ders went on a trip, then everyone left me behind. we were supposed to push a car that had broke down, but suddenly it got going again & they clean forgot bout me. i was trying to run after it but of cos, how to run faster than a car!? and i think we were in SMU campus, where it was uphill. haiz. then we reached some campsite and they all totally ignored me. HELP!!! why am i invisible. then i answered my handphone which was a call from a angry starhub customer. :( handling a dispute call for the rest of my dream. hm.. not really. i dreamt of edwin. he said he was very happy, no more working there le. then he kept giggling bout something but refused to tell me wat it was. DAMN. i hate being in suspense.

so i'm free again today. ARGH.

went shopping with WJ & Irene today.. Val joined us later on. Our original intention was to get esther her bday present, in the end, i bought myself a pair of Levi's 577 with my CK Tangs Vouchers and a Nici bear that resembled Rudolpho with my Taka Voucher.. :P so only spent money on food today.. :)

after that dinner with Ray at Marche. that idiotic boy met me for barely an hour had to rush off back home to open the door for his housemate cos he lost his housemate's key. ..... apparently he had made arrangements to meet other frens after he reached home so he didn't hang ard with me. one thing i can't stand is pple making arrangements to meet other pple immediately after meeting me for a short while. liddat why waste my time!? feeling abit pissed to be going home so early. oh well.. i still have my playstation to keep me company.. :(

aside, congrats to Andy Lau for bagging a Golden HOrse Award!

Nua-ing aka slacking at home is something i haven done for a while.

I had thought WJ's off day was today and had told my dad I wasn't going to his office. But... turns out he had checked his timetable wrongly and it was tomorrow instead, decided not to waste the day. Woke up at 12 noon.. been waking up at this time these few days, which actually makes me feel even more tired. Went online, no one seemed to be around. I wanted to go shopping, checked that my pay had actually been deposited. :)

I was supposed to meet Alan, we decided to meet in the evening, so I sat myself in front of the TV and played Dynasty Warriors on PS2 until about 4.30pm. Which was a mistake, cos I was supposed to meet him at 5.30 pm @ Bugis. erh... I waited bout 20 min for the bus OUTSIDE my house, in the end told him to meet me at city hall instead. He was waiting for Esther, so I waited for them for a whole hour. ONE HOUR. haiz. In that hour, on impulse, I decided to buy a present for my mum. Walked past Lee Hwa, and couldn't resist the glittery gems. In half an hour, I came back out with a 0.13 carat pendant and a necklace wrapped up nicely. Affordable still, but was about 10% of my pay. hmm. I don't know if its a good thing or a bad thing, this impulse buy. On one hand, I will be gone for quite a while, and this will stop my mom from nagging so much this month, but on the other hand, I will have to cut back on some of the things that I had planned to get for myself. oh well. give and take for some family harmony.

Finally, met up with Alan & Esther, we walked to Cafe Cartel for dinner. Had Hawaiian Pork Chops, it was not that great, quite tough to chew in fact. But it was very filling. we managed to eat for nearly 2 hours, after that we walked around abit of Raffles City until hp came to find me after his work. 2 of them left and Hp wanted to eat dinner @ cafe Cartel (AGain!) so I ate a brownie while hp ate ribs. argh. we sat there for another 2 hours. I don't think I'll eat in Cafe Cartel again this year.

been a good girl these past 2 days and making my way down to my dad's ulu office to help him out. something wrong with the numbers apparently, he's supposed to be making a profit but the expenses that came out from his system is way too high so i'm supposed to check everything for him. despite waking up at 11am everyday, i manage to reach the office b4 1pm and then crunching at least 2 months of numbers out.

the guys jio-ed me to watch The Incredibles but already watched it. anyway, i dun mind watching it again but the timing wasn't right. met them for dinner and bought a book to read on the train. have finished it already actually, its "The Curious Incident" by Mike Haddon. Its sorta like Rainman, bout a boy who sort of suffers from autism, but is actually a mathematical genius. the story is interspersed with maths and physics and logical anecdotes and facts which makes it a pretty interesting read as it forces u to think. the author was gd, managed to force out a whole bunch of emotions in me. but u have to read the book. its gd.

andy refused to meet up with me on the grounds that he scared his gf angry. we gone thru so much and now cos of a stupid girl he dun wan to meet up with me b4 i leave? retribution i suppose. but still. even though its been a while, i couldn't help but start crying. another frenship lost cos of girlfrens that are too possessive. :(

watched the Movie without a PaddLe. it was not as dumb as i expected. the funny parts have mostly been shown in the trailers.. but was very happy to see shirley and chris again :) immediately, even b4 the movie began, we were cracked up over some duh things.. the movie was a little sentimental, although matthew lilliard, the guy that acted in Scream, always gives me a very Duh feeling when he speaks, even though he was the most serious person in this show. hah. and seth green is like super short. man... the other 2 guys were hunks next to him.. its worth a weekday watch.. :)

so many new movies coming up, anione up for Constantine ? its some movie btw gd and evil by Keanu Reeves and looks really scary and cool..

have set up some sort of a photo log. took me ages.. cos the damn picasa program doesn't allow multiple picts in one post. or is it i dunno how to use? ...

any way, u can view it here.. .. The Boo Boo PhotoLog ..

JLPT 4 today. was a nitemare. haiz. the listening part passed by in a blur. b4 i could even absorb wat the tape said, it was time for the next question. sobz. veri tough to pass that. the written papers were better. hopefully that will help. was surprised to see TC from our jap class there oso. no wonder he was so attentive/diligent in jap class, to ask the teachers questions after the lessons.. didn't noe he had signed up for the exam oso. spoke to him a little, after that we 3 took train back together but it was kinda awkward, nothing much to tok about after we got onto the bus..

after that ray wanted to buy a shirt for his company's d&d so we went to look ard. bugis had nothing much, so we went to Zara in taka and finally found a nice black top. we wandered ard somemore.. i saw some pretty shoes in URS & Mphosis, but decided against buying as my pay wasn't in yet. anyhow, i've oredi spent alot on tech gadgets this month. MUSt SAVE UP!

am home now.. the stove is spoilt, luckily my mom cooked soup with the crock pot today. pig's stomach. yay..

after i collected my offer letter, draft contract and training schedule from EDB yesterday, i went on a mini shopping spree. :P

not really that mini, bought a Nokia 7600
for just $388; its an export set with no warranty. which is fine with me, cos i won't be using it in singapore anyway. singtel sells it for $598 with a 2 year contract in its online store so its definitely a steal at less than $400! :)

bought a new digicam as well.. tadah!

yeah, its an Ixus 40! at only bout $620, another steal hahaha... have tried taking some pictures, its macro shots are very clear. with a 256MB card and resolution set to 1024 x 768, i can take >700 pictures. woohoo! :P

just sent my sis off at the airport, she went to Cambodia for some YEP program. haiz. wont see her for the next 3 weeks. by the time she's back, i'll be packed and ready to go off. boohoO!!!

at zhiwen's place after my belated bday dinner.. none of the girls turned up :P but anyway.. these are the people i'll miss loads when i'm in Japan. :'(

just back from phuture/zouk. ultra crowded. my alcohol tolerance is zilch. sux. but it was fun elbowing pple. :)

i've actually been trying to blog since yesterday but there was a scare and nearly all my blog entries disappeared so i'm only trying again today..

yesterday.. last day of both work and jap lessons. at the office, irene brought the Fuji polaroid instax camera and we took really cute polaroids of me and them. haiz. its really fun, i feel like buying one too! so convenient, take and can see photo immediately, but disadvantage is that must take 10 times if there 10 pple in the photo so that all 10 people can get to keep a copy of the photo..

just watched Bridget Jones Diary 2.. its hilarious! i actually saw a bad review b4 i went and was quite apprehensive bout watching it but it wasn't as wat the review said.. witty dialogue, alot of dry english sarcastic humour that needs some brains to understand so maybe that reviewer erm.. not that brainy? although this time, Hugh Grant aka Daniel Cleaver really appeared to be a sleazeball from the way he kept trying to seduce Bridget. but i think Renee Zellweger overdid her weight, she was a little frumpy, not like in the first movie, she was chubby in a cute way.. anyway, go read the novel as well.. its really very funny..