Jordin Sparks - This is My Now

I couldn't sleep tonight so I went to youtube and watched several videos by various artists.

I re-watched the one sang by Jordin Sparks, recent American Idol winner, and the youngest of the winners at age 17. By the way I just realized she has the same birthday as me haha.

Wow, looking at all the performances and this one especially, she is real good man. Look at how she puts the emotions in her songs. And it's unbelievable that she is only 17. So young! but so good! (not like joakim on sg idol :P)

Anyway, watch the video and enjoy :) Hail Jordin~ You deserve to win.





Lyrics
There was a time I packed my dreams away.
Living in a shell, hiding from myself.

There was a time when I was so afraid.
I thought I’d reached the end,
Baby that was then
I am made of more than my yesterdays.

This is my now, and I am breathing in the moment.
As I look around
I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts
That was then, this is my now.

Had to decide
was I going to play it safe
or look somewhere deep in inside
try to turn the tide
and find the strength to take that step of faith

This is my now, and I am breathing in the moment.
I look around I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.
That was then, this is my now.

And I have the courage like never before, yeah.
I’ve settled for less but I’m ready for more,
Ready for more.
This is my now

I’m living in the moment
As I look around I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.
That was then, this is my now.

I am breathing in the moment.
As I look around
Can’t believe the love I see
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts
That was then.
This is my now.
This is my now.

The Singapore Flyer

Just heard about the Singapore Flyer from CNA's website today. First reaction is WOW!

It is so cool! and you can do so many things in there, book the whole capsule, have a party, dinner, etc. Seriously man, I think SG is out to wow the world and to transform fast. Especially with all the recent developments like the Integrated resorts, the F1 Grand Prix, the NDP @ waterfront, Marina Bay and of course the Singapore Flyer. It's all the big, cool and happening stuff. No wonder foreign bankers and people are getting excited about the buzz going on here. They have a good reason to cause I'm also getting excited haha...

In the future, SG won't be a place where people would just drop by for a few days holiday (as was in the past), cause they would soon have lots to do and lots to see. In fact it's overwhelming lol.

I must say that all these are pretty good strategies and plans by the govt to transform Singapore into a more exciting place. Imagine what people and tourists could do. Go to the casino, enjoy the F1 race, go on board the SG flyer for a nice romantic dinner, etc. Not to mention all these would also attract more foreign investors, make the economy grow further, make the world more aware of SG, etc etc. And of course, the mention of Singapore in Pirates of the Carribean is certainly free advertisement for us hehe. Moreover it's such a popular movie all over the world.

The Singapore Flyer. Check it out at http://www.singaporeflyer.com.sg/

When I was listening to the video online, lots of ideas are already popping up in my head. Another idea added to my list of romantic marriage proposals for guys as started in the past. Think I should really either be a rich guy or a romance consultant for rich guys. Haha... Darn, all the good ideas I have. If I'm a rich guy, all the gals are gonna fly lor, with all my romantic ideas haha.

Anyway, new idea:
I did think about people booking the whole capsule (it's $1000 for it by the way) for a romantic dinner or anniversary, and wedding but i think it is best suited for a marriage proposal. It's too small for a wedding thing, not grand enough I feel. Think this one beats my previous idea of proposal on a yacht. Imagine booking the capsule, set up a nice romantic dinner for two after sunset, enjoy all the nice night scenery after everything is built, sipping champagne, and can even drop the ring inside the glass (as in spiderman 3), and best of all if got special stuff like fireworks. Even better if the question can be viewed from high up or maybe itz flying from some building. Oh and for billionaires maybe they can even employ disney's technology and have the question written in fireworks (i still duno how they do it), after the fireworks display. After which I think the girl can faint. haha...

Ok I'm mad. But ya more cool ideas. :P

Anything?

I tried Anything just yesterday. hehe....

Got the Cola flavour. Whee!

Actually I like the Anything & Whatever idea though it seems funny at times. I did talk about it before since people always say anything or whatever when asked about drinks. Well, that's the same reason why they made this series of drinks.

The good thing is, they are not a series of cheap and yucky drinks. It tastes pretty good I would say and if you look at the 6 flavours of Anything (carbonated drinks) and Whatever (non-carbonated drinks), those are really the stuff that people normally drink and stuff that I like! so Yay! Cheers to Anything & Whatever!

02S19 Outing on 19 May

10 of us met up on Saturday for dinner & chat.

We went to Miss Clarity Cafe for dinner then proceeded to Clarke Quay, Brewerkz to chill out.

I like the drinks & the dessert @ Brewerkz as well as the place. It's a soccer pub kinda thing but also serves main courses, desserts as well as alcoholic drink. The inside sitting area is really cool and different, and I like the way they positioned the tv screens.

Ordered Mango Virgin Margarita (Mocktail) and a Chocolate Fudge Cake as well. Both are nice but suprisingly, I liked the Virgin Mary (Mocktail) ordered by Yang Shan as well. hehe... They said I have exotic taste cause everyone else doesn't like it.

It's basically Tomato juice, with Tobasco Sauce inside and a stalk of celery. Maybe I like all of those that's way I like the drink and I find the celery pretty refreshing too. Haha... :P

Anyways, a few pics from that day. The rest are still with Cynthia.

The coaster from Brewerkz

Some of us drew on it hehe... Note the different symbols. Cake, Moon for night, Soccer & alcoholic drink :)

The ladies ^^

My new Levis Jeans

Ok I bought this like last month haha, but oh well, itz a belated post :P

My new Levis Jeans~ Whee~ :)

Nice Jam

We bought this jam last night as I wanted something nicer & without impurities (seeds or whatsoever that doesn't give the jam a nice smooth taste).

When I opened the bottle I was shocked to see that it was All Impurities. lol... meaning lots of whole blueberries. And I thought oh dear.... =/

But who knows when we ate it with bread, wowww it was heavenly~~ Yummy, yes though there are whole blueberries but it was soooo goood! Perfect.

Presenting the St. Dalfour Blueberry Jam~



This is how it looks on bread. Hope it doesn't look disgusting haha. else it's my poor photography skills :P Cause itz really delicious *drools* can't wait to eat it again later.

Food Plan (updates)

Food Plan (updates)

1. Pepper Crabs (Mattar Road Seafood)
   
2. Chilli Crabs (Eng Seng Coffeeshop. this is a hard one, must reach before 6pm else sold out.)
   
3. Coca Steamboat
4. Carnivore Buffet
5. Newly added: Hogsbreath
6. Newly added: Choc Cake from Morton's (think I can dream on for this one)
7. Bak Kut Teh
8. Scissors Cut Rice (eaten! @ food republic, vivocity. Yummy! definitely tastes better than it looks haha.)
9. Kway Chap - Blanco Court (eaten! @ food republic, vivocity.)
   
10. Mango Pudding (Crystal Jade)
11. Duck (Crystal Jade)
12. Chicken Rice (Sergeant's)
13. Maggi Mee (Eaten already)
14. Potato Soup
15. Misc. Soup
16. KFC (Ate already. First bite into the good part of the skin tastes so heavenly)
17. MacDonalds - McSpicy & Chicken Fantastic
18. Laksa
19. Duck Noodles
20. Joo Chiat Bak Chang & Food
21. Prawn Noodles (eaten! @ vivocity, kopitiam. Albert Street Prawn Noodles)
22. Newly added: Brownie with Vanilla Ice-cream
23. Sushi
24. Crab Buffet @ SG food festival
    
25. Anything!
    

Question

I have a question, again. Well I always like to observe, think and ponder. And it's no suprise when I ask weird qns out of curiosity. Moreover I'm a girl and would not have to think much about it.

Anyway I was wondering, How do guys save up so much money for weddings? Cause some time ago my proj mates (guys) were calculating the sum and I think we came up with $70k for a nice wedding dinner at hotel, honeymoon, dowry included etc. And we figured it probably take the average guy several years to save up that much. Well of course unless they get help from parents or the bank la.

No idea.... I really wonder if the guys my age or older (in university) thought about it or have a plan. Need to do some survey.

Gift from Erina

Here's what Erina made for me :)


Ai Lin's Takeaway :)

The top view

This is how it looks when you open the top :) Looks just like the takeaway for Chinese food in the U.S. Super cute! *amused*

Inside the box~ Card and...

5 roses! ^^

The Card



The front side. Blurred for our privacy hehe.

Her Lion mark

The back side~

Look at the cute drawings...

so sweet :) thank you!

Erinaaa...

*squeals* I discovered something outside my door before I slept last night. My very sweet dear neighbour in hall who lived opposite me for 1 year left a gift for me. It was called Ai Lin's Takeaway and it really looks like those takeaway boxes for Chinese food in the U.S. Super cute. Initially I didn't know who left the gift and I was pretty suprised cause there were already so little ppl left in hall. But when I saw the lion, hehe, I knew who it was from.

When you open up the takeaway box, it takes the shape of the chinese food takeaways like i've mentionede and it's so cute it amazes me. And inside the box, I saw a nice cute little card tied up, and below it are 5 roses, everything inside All handmade. It was a super beautiful thing to see and it was sooooooo sweetttt. First reaction when I was all these was, Oh my god. I couldn't believe it. It was so nice and so sweet of her to make that for me, and for the long note inside as well. It touched me and see laa it nearly made me cry if I hadn't controlled myself greatly.

Anyway ya, got to know Erina after 1 sem because of Josh Groban haha... Because before that I was just stuck in my room, busy with my work. It all started with one day when my door was open and I was playing JG's new song..... And then we slowly discovered that we shared the same interests for quite a bit of things and even had some similar stuff.

But, we are gonna leave hall soon and Erina is moving out tomorrow. I am definitely gonna miss my neighbour and all the fun times. :( boo. see, will really miss all these that I got to enjoy in hall.

Okie, will post pictures of it soon! Am now in school. :)

Volunteer Work

I have been looking at Volunteer work today. Was checking out SPCA, Acres and WWF.

Some people may ask, why help animals? or help humans too?

For me, I've made this decision whether I should help humans or animals first. And I think my choice is obvious. I chose animals first. and I made this decision since i was a kid. So why animals? I feel that they really need the help. Moreover they can't voice out for themselves and defend themselves. I think that humans can get help from fellow humans more readily and easily than animals from humans, that's why as an animal lover, I chose to devote myself to animals instead :) It's harder for animals to get help from us and there are already lesser people who are devoted to animals. Moreover, animals had played a part in my life and in educating me, so I'm helping them now :)

Actually I'm awaiting the reply from Acres about their volunteer opportunities. I have been waiting to work with animals ever since I was a kid and I felt that the only way I can be truly happy is to be in nature and to live my dream. The difference with acres and WWF is that they are probably more into wildlife than our local shelters. It also gives me an opportunity to do something bigger and fortunately help more. However, after looking at the programme of WWF, it seems too big for a start, plus you need your own cash which is something I don't have. So nevermind, I'm gonna start small for now. hehe, who knows, maybe one day I can proceed up and then help wildlife on a larger scale. Be a conservationist or animal videographer ;) Honestly it would be too ambitious to start at wildlife immediately as I know that I would need the necessary skills and knowledge before I can handle them or survive anything.

Hehe.... we'll see how it goes. Hopefully can volunteer soon, with fellow animal lovers. :)

Cheers!

Funny stuff

This was what my friend said about sex urges and males:

"most males have this feeling all the time..its not tough though.. once u get useed to it... its all about control...i think NUS is the cure. once a male comes to NUS... there is nothing more to think of besides assignments"


Haha.

Food Plan

I came up with this while I was recuperating from my wisdom tooth op.

Food Plan (to be fulfilled once I recover)

1. Pepper Crabs (Mattar Road Seafood)
   
2. Chilli Crabs (Eng Seng Coffeeshop. this is a hard one, must reach before 6pm else sold out.)
   
3. Coca Steamboat
4. Carnivore Buffet
5. Newly added: Hogsbreath
6. Newly added: Choc Cake from Morton's (think I can dream on for this one)
7. Bak Kut Teh
8. Scissors Cut Rice (doesn't seem that appetizing now hmm)
9. Kway Chap (Blanco Court)
10. Mango Pudding (Crystal Jade)
11. Duck (Crystal Jade)
12. Chicken Rice (Sergeant's)
13. Maggi Mee (Eaten already)
14. Potato Soup
15. Misc. Soup
16. KFC (Ate already. First bite into the good part of the skin tastes so heavenly)
17. MacDonalds - McSpicy & Chicken Fantastic
18. Laksa
19. Duck Noodles
20. Joo Chiat Bak Chang (in the fridge now) & Food
21. Prawn Noodles (hmm kinda ate already)
22. Anything!
    

Boredom kills.

When u are bored, you go do all sorts of random stuff to make yourself less bored. And when u go read ppls' blogs or photo albums.... (Actually i have many things to do, but i'm bored n tired till i don't feel like doing 'em.) y is everyone in Europe ????!! London, Germany, other parts of UK.. even my frd is on her way to Amsterdam. zzzZZZ...... makes the boredom worse.

People are already in my dream land while I'm still stuck here in my room alone.

bahhhh~~~

nvm, shall slack on the bed now and bathe after this. Can do other stuff or slp after my food digest. How on earth am I to survive till Thurs. hmm I should clean my room, do laundry, pack and study. But I feel bored to do it!!! :P

Bored RoomGal

Today is the first day of school (Special Term).

Someone is away for a holiday and I'm now feeling very Bored. There is virtually only me left on the level in hall now cause everyone is either already at home or out at chalet. While I have a few days on my own, freedom and lazing -round -time, I feel bored at the same time. Roar...... There are things to do but I feel lethargic. While I did go out to find myself something to do, hmmm.. still feels boring. Like the whole atmosphere here is so dead and quiet.

Many outings to come but it is all not within the 4 days.

The good thing is, I got a call from Karen today! while she was on transit to Europe! wah! What a suprise and wow, to Europe somemore.. my dreamland. But that was very nice of her to say hi, it was a sweet thing to do :)

Feel like a bored housewife now. Worse, at least a housewife has a house. I have only a room. Bored RoomGal. :(

Done

I'm officially done with my tooth and etc and is now fit for eating and playing.

However, I'm taking special term and i'll be gg to sch for a few hrs almost everyday. :)

looking fwd for outings soon!