结束大理游

大理好风光，今天我却要离开他了。大理的苍山和洱海，真是太美丽了！优美的风景，让一路风尘仆仆的我们心旷神怡，一点都没为路上的奔波感到疲累。

昨天，我们参与了青年旅舍的所办的洱海一日游。导游是姓杨的两父子，是大理的白族人，一家都是捕鱼为生。父亲特别热情，儿子却稍微文静了些。

大理古城的夜晚，特别热闹。有条叫“洋人街”的地方，特别多酒吧和餐馆。路上的行人络绎不绝，有喝醉的、有溜达的、有照相的等。热闹得一点古城的味道都没有，却还是让人留连忘返。

现在的我们，正在旅舍里溜达。10点30分将乘车到丽江。我对丽江有更多的期待，想要观赏纳西古乐，还有认识东巴文化。

The setting of this pc is relly getting on my nerve. I've been using almost half an hour to write this. Kill me!!! Hahahaha!!!

Please look out for more updates from me.

Dali, Yunnan

I'm now using internet in a youth hostel I stay in Dali. Reached here last night at 10pm. Before reaching this youth hostel, I have been taking 4 different buses from Tu Lin. From Tu Lin to Yuan Mou, Yuan Mou to Chu Xiong, Chu Xiong to Xia Guan, Xia Guan to Da Li. This process had taken 10hours!!!! My sis and I simply had butt ache!

Anyway, interesting things happened in Tu Lin! We had our first horse riding for the first time! And we also fell out from the horse together for the first time!!! Hahahahahaha!! That's why we are having bad butt ache now! SHIT! Anyway, we're fine, so don't worry. We laugh whenever we imagine the scene of falling down.

I just had my breakfast and will be going to prepare for a one day tour around Da Li which is organized by the youth hostel. I really like to blog all my stories from the first day in Kun Ming in Chinese, but I do not really know how to use this PC. And I do not have enough time too!

Kunming is a big city.
Tu Lin is a super duper ULU place that I can never imagine, but the scenery is simply magnificent!!
Da Li is very lively and nice!

Please wait for my other updates from Yunnan!

云南之旅

周三一早，我就会和姐姐一同搭飞机到昆明。我的旅途总共是12天，本月23日抵达，六月四日回槟城。有点雀跃，但是却不知道改为自己准备些什么，看着背囊发呆了好久，结果又继续看astro。哈哈哈！

要旅行那么多天，恐怕就照顾不到这个部落格了。但是，我已经查了好几家青年旅社，多数都提供网络服务，可能有时间的话，还是会上来说一说我的经验。或是上载一些照片，如果网络的速度允许的话。呵呵。

去云南的那么多天，我们打算到访：

1. 昆明-当然啦，飞机场就在哪儿
2. 楚雄-远谋的土林，是个不可不去的地方
3. 大理-古城
4. 丽江-中国威尼斯
5. 香格里拉-人间天堂
6. 健水古城-顾名思义，古城
7. 元阳梯田-梯田咯！
8. 石林-也是云南不可不去的地方
   

原本想在旅行钱给你们介绍介绍，但是想想，我有没有照片，介绍啥呀？还是等我旅行了再说吧！

祝我可以健健康康的上路吧！

我病了!

已经好多天没update我的部落格，原因之一是我在家只是赖着生蘑菇，无所事事，所以也没什么好写的。难道你们想要我天天告诉你们我再生蘑菇？哈哈！不可能吧！

昨天睡醒，已经觉得有点不舒服，也不敢乱吃零食。下午时分，头疼也要硬撑着，因为姐姐的老板从槟城来到我家来给我们几个小瓜讲解一些关于financial planning的事。别人大老远来，我可不能说，对不起，我病了，下回见！所以，又是一番折腾。

傍晚时分，朋友们都回家了，我开始觉得有点冷。手脚冰冷，从房里拿了被单把自己裹起来，和爸爸在客厅看电视。但是看没多久，我就睡着了。爸妈就把我轰上房间休息。我睡睡醒醒好几次，直到深夜一点多吧，我开始发抖。抖了好一阵子，我只在受不了，就叫在外头用电脑的姐姐。但是，声音薄弱，姐姐也就没听见。只好等。

好不容易等到他了，我就叫她。姐姐马上到楼下领了一杯温水和退烧药，然后往衣橱里翻了一件外套给我。但是，越是看我，越是不对劲，所以还是看医生去了。哎……

其实也不想麻烦姐姐，因为她今早还要工作。但是没法子，我自己在那种情况又无法开车。只好这样办。城里唯一一家24小时的诊疗所，医生很是马虎。每个病人看病的时间都不到5分钟，随随便便就说看好了。我也糊里糊涂的给他看了5分钟。

我活了24个年头，还是第一回要在三更半夜十分看医生。也是第一回，发着高烧，直至身体发抖。想起来，有点可怕！所幸现在没事了。要不然，周三还要到云南去呢！

哎……老天爷，拜托了，别再让我生病了！我可不想自己的身体发生什么变故而影响云南之旅呢！

一场简单的聚会

我回家很少通知朋友，皆因朋友聚会都得到外吃饭去。而我却想在家吃妈妈煮的家常菜，所以，念了大学四年，我就变得越来越孤僻。这一点，顺有老师很清楚，他会问，你要在家吃饭吗？哈哈哈！

但是，有几个人，是我不得不通知的。就是我这帮老友。要是没事先让他们知道我回家，我下一次回家或许会被宰呢！

这次的人数稍微多了一些，因为涵健和建隆跟我一样，大学毕业了，回家乡生“蘑菇”。呵呵！佳慧和慧芳当然像平时一样，在这里欢迎我们。这一次，我们到autocity的The Manhattan Fish Market用晚餐。晚餐的价格昂贵，而且食物的品质也不过普普通通。看来，下次得找别的餐厅吃去！没法子，我们最主要的是要一间环境优良、可让我们聊上三、四个小时的地方。所以啊，价格往往比较昂贵。

大伙儿，下趟还是来我家吧！

以下是涵健用他那了不起的手机相机照的照片。（如果不是空虚的他七早八早把我拉出门，我或许不会忘了把相机带出门啦！）

还未上菜，当然不忘照相！我和佳慧，如往常的，我们都爱黑色。

我和慧芳。她当天带了个手袋，特别有女人味 ^_^

为什么只有佳慧看着镜头呢？

已有准备。

涵健和建隆有仇恨？


又被偷拍了？究竟在聊些什么，表情很是入神。


建隆在想什么？也被涵健捉到镜头里去。

慧芳一脸疑惑。

我和佳慧的手机也纷纷登场。

聚会虽然简单，而且很“公式化”，但是，就是那份朋友和朋友之间的熟悉，让我们再累也出来见面。

石媛、欣娣、欣怡、基胜，我们等你们回来哦！

Photos from MSE Graduation Nite (11th May 2007)

Mei Ni and I. She's my best friend, been listening to my crap for 4 years. Thanks a lot! *hugs*

Me, Minhua, Mei Ni, Jia Yan. We're the LT mates. (Xueling was absent and Meijin was missing when we took this)

My cool supervisor, Prof Raju. Great man!!!


The lab mates, Yiing See, Zheng Bang & I.


3 of us with Prof. Tan Lay Poh, Best Teacher Award of 2007. She's really a very nice lecturer.


Jiahui, Mei Ni & I. We were the GIP mates. They went to Shanghai though.


Shiau Juan, me, Mai Leng, Ivy and Yiing See. We were project group mates before.

Professors being sabotaged on the stage.

I have more pictures to come. Will have to collect them from my course mates. ^_^

I had a wonderful night with all these people from my course. Love them!

After THE Presentation

After our BIG FYP presentation(10th May), Mei Ni, Ai Mei, Jason and I went out to IMM to grab a dinner. And the poor Jason, he had to accompany the three gals to shop at Daiso, the favourite $2 shop. After that, AM and I "jio" the other two to go back to our house to enjoy our BIG watermelon.

Being the gentleman, Jason "willingly" sacrificed his "first time" to the three of us. And look at what had happened to the watermelon. ^_^

Jason:"I dunno how.....?"

AiMei:"What have you done to my watermelon....?"
Jason:"As long as they're edible...come on..."

And this are the products from Jason. First timer, lets forgive him. He'll cut the best watermelon for his future gf after the training ^^

离开

今天中午,我一直在回想自己大学里曾做过的事,曾要好的人。然后，突然很不舍。拿着手机，想给朋友发短讯。有四个名字，顿时就出现在我脑海里。爱媚、美妮、jerry、咸鱼。Jerry因为已经在马来西亚（今天中午我还在新加坡），并没有收到我的短讯。爱媚和美妮则分别都给我回了短讯。

我不知不觉就朦胧了视觉。

我再也没有机会和爱媚共处一室，也再也没有机会和美妮一起上课，再也没有机会找jerry吃中饭聊天至旷课、再也不会有条咸鱼在我家闹着喝咖啡。将来我们都分别为自己的工作忙碌，究竟还有多少见面的时间？究竟还有多少力气每个月搞一个gathering？

除了他们，爱媚的“吹水”gang，还有我的系友，也是让我觉得依依不舍。由于经常和爱媚在一起，她的吹水友，亦是我的吹水友。有时他们很搞笑，有时却把我气死！纵使如此，我还是坐在一旁听他们吹水的伟论。 而系友呢，则因为我的“不活动”，直到大四才因为经常在实验室里，才认识了比较多的朋友。虽然谈不上深交，但是，都是一群陪我度过大学生涯的朋友。偶尔一起闲聊、一起说废话，也是开开心心的过。当然，也忘不了司彦，那个在北京陪了我22周的朋友。虽然再也不如此亲密，但是，那份友谊，我依然珍惜。

大学四年，原来这么快就结束。还记得我之前还是不怎么背着“离开”的心情离开考场，只是淡淡的离开。昨天，经过MSE Grad Nite之后，我依然在场地和朋友教授闲话家常，我才知道，我是这么的不舍的。四年，就这样说走就走。

离开的，其实不是这个地方。我们不舍的，其实是这四年的我们，是这四年的心情。

朋友们，毕业愉快！生活顺利！

我真的毕业了

我真的毕业了

这才开始感到不舍
这才开始有点离愁

我以为我可以淡淡的走
我以为我可以淡淡的笑

虽然我并没有流泪
但是我真的不想离开

突然就这样，不想毕业了。

豪門夜宴

不小心再youtube上找到这个，笑死我了！你们都应该看过这部电影，最后许冠文和周星驰争鸡pat pat的部分超搞笑！

香港乐坛最重要的人物——许冠杰

其实，一早就想写一些关于许冠杰的事，但是，就因为懒惰而一直耽搁下来。而现在，写他也是因为懒惰。哈哈哈！

ah sam可以说是粤语歌坛的创始者。如果不是他，我们今天或许还听着一些像粤剧一样的歌曲。难以想象！他的歌曲之所以受人欢迎，是因为旋律简单，很容易就朗朗上口。而且，歌词很有意义，皆是当时香港市民的心声。在人民生活最困苦的时候，有人为他们唱出自己的心声。这种歌曲，有理由红不起来吗？相信大家都应该对他的代表作有点熟悉，半斤八两、铁塔凌云、最紧要好玩、日本娃娃、最佳拍档等。

除了他的音乐，当然少不了他的电影。ah sam并不是很好的演员，看他那千篇一律的表情，你就知道他的演戏天分其实有限。（最喜欢看阿恩模仿他生气的样子）但是，纵使他的演技不好，他的电影还是大受欢迎。尤其80年代，许氏三兄弟的电影几乎每一部都是卖座电影。电影当中的诙谐也夹着一些对社会的讽刺，又是吸引观众的卖点。虽然，无可否认的，许氏三兄弟的电影都很好看，但我本人最喜爱的许冠杰电影还是最佳拍档！！！在家里，我们三姐弟可以不断的重温这部电影，而且，我们偶尔闲来没事做，还一起模仿电影里一些精彩的对白。许冠杰和麦嘉，简直就是最佳拍档！（可惜，我在youtube找不到我最爱的片段，恩，帮我！！）

除了电影和歌曲，ah sam的MTV就精彩咯！哈哈哈！他的歌词唱得什么，就会从MTV里表现出来。让我给你们介绍：最紧要好玩、制水歌（简直是经典！）、半斤八两、日本娃娃，你们不放在youtube找找看看。我写保单你们会捧腹大笑！

ah sam也是一位在我家，上上下下都喜爱的艺人。他的歌曲和电影，都曾经陪伴我们三姐弟长大。我相信，对很多人来说，亦是如此。所以，说许冠杰是香港娱乐界的经典人物，是一点都不过分。

最佳拍档



半斤八两

更改

前阵子把自己该做和想做的事写在部落上，现在看看，应该有些更改。我不再是七月开工，而是六月十一日，而我的工作也不再需要我骑脚踏车。

1. 看很多书！（this is always on top of the list）
2. 不要看太多无畏的连续剧
3. 申请中国旅游签证
4. 准备云南旅游的资料
5. 准备FYP Presentation
6. 学骑脚踏车
7. 调理身体（运动！！！、早睡早起）
8. 学做一些简单的料理（自己煮，省钱啊！）

更改后：

1. 看很多书
2. 不要看太多无畏的连续剧
3. 准备云南旅游的资料
4. 调理身体
5. 学做简单料理
6. 学理财
7. 接受dental treatment，勇敢面对我应该面对的
8. 做身体检验
   
9. 计划，我的人生

你呢？有什么计划？

Not A Good Day!!

It's 3pm now and I'm only having my lunch while writing this post. I woke up early in the morning today, to go to school library. I photocopied my passport and later found that I lost my student pass. I was so panic that I called Ai Mei to help me to look for it in my drawer. And 5 minutes later, I found them in my bag...

By then, I was on the bus heading China Embassy to apply for visa. When I reached Tanglin Road, I was again panic! The queue to visa and passport application was sooooooooo FREAKINGLY long!! I can't see the main door of the embassy! All I knew was I was standing under the HOT SUN by the road with a bunch of people. It's already 10am and the Embassy closed on 11.30am for application. SHIT! I told myself, never mind, just queued, maybe they will extend the opening hours due to the traffic caused by the stupid labour day golden week.

Everybody was HOT, sweating, thirsty, panic, angry... But all we can do was follow the queue. After an hour, I started to see the main gate. So I was hoping that I can get into it before 11.30am. And yea, I got into the main gate. The lady in front of me and the young lad behind me were equally relief like me. But we're so DAMN WRONG!

When we got ouselves in front of the gate of the office, the security guards locked the door and SHOO-ed us off! I was very pissed off but I didn't know what to do. An old aunty accompanied by her daughter were even more pissed! The 70 year old lady had stood under the sun like me for more than one hour. And all we got is:"No more numbers! Come again tomorrow!!"

It was very chaotic in front of the gate. Some people tried to squeezed themselves into the gate, and I heard some of them shouting because the guards were forcing the gate to close. Some were shouting to the officers and guards. And some of them, like me and the lady in front, stood there helplessly and walked away.

When we left, there wasn't any officer out at the gate to tell people that the office had closed for applications. We being kind enough, informed the people in the queue. Same reactions all around the embassy...

I thought the officers could at least came out to the queue to count how many numbers they could handle and let the others go home. Instead of letting us queue under the HOT sun. The embassy had one whole week of holiday and I thought they could have been expecting this crowd today. But they chose to do nothing to this and continue their FREAKINGLY long lunch hour starts from 11.30am.

ARGH!

After that, I took a bus to Orchard as I planned, to look for presents to buy. But I couldn't find anything suitable and one hour later, I was hungry and suffering from headache. I didn't know what to eat as I was lepak-ing alone. Finally, I bought a pack of pasta and sauce from Cold Storage of Takashimaya and took a cab home. These are only things I bought from Orchard today.

Haiz... This is really not a very good day!

I'm a Lily!

You Are A Lily

You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize.

What Flower Are You?

涵健，生日快乐！

其他的好朋友们，不要跟我喊不公平啊！

第一次在部落上祝朋友生日快乐。我忘了，但应该不会错，第一年没有给孙涵健寄生日卡。哈哈哈！从烧烤会回来，便给他打个电话，祝他愉快。他还真是蛮愉快！在和一群朋友庆祝吧。

涵健是我从小学一年级就认识的朋友。虽然，我对一年级的回忆很模糊，但是，四年级开始却是那么清晰。这么久的朋友，算是青梅竹马吗？哈哈哈！（希望涵健不要打我啦！）我们两个在一起，都是吵吵闹闹的，很少拿起电话可以好好聊天。要是我回家，拿着听筒大呼小叫很久，妈妈就会问：“涵健啊？”也可能因为是那么多年的朋友，我妈妈很清楚地记得，涵健每回新年就要吃肉干还有巧克力蛋糕，所以每年都不缺。

涵健除了是我的青梅竹马，还是我曾经的“笔友”。不只这样，我们曾经有绯闻。而且，至今我小学的老师还是一直说为什么我俩就是做不成男女朋友。这样的一个朋友，竟然一交就交了17年。

他这个人，两个字，好人！但是，很喜欢讲废话。所以才会搞得我们每次讲话非要大呼小叫不可！才不过是前天的事，我把房门关上后，装着耳机对着电脑，喊了将近一个钟头。还好最后他朋友把他拉出去了，要不然，我的喉咙可沙哑了！哈哈哈！

关于他，还有很多很多的事，简直就可以说不完。但是我现在可累了，就让我的gang友们，再comment处，帮我加油添醋吧！

涵健，大个仔咯！

生日快乐！

Do you want some tips from us?

I know it sounds a little bit crazy, but roommates like Ai Mei and I can still talk for one whole night and went to bed when the sun is almost out on the sky. And we did it again last night (or this morning) again, and went to bed on 6.30am!!!

What did we talk about? We talked about love (don't get me wrong, we talk family love), about life, about friends, about future, about career, and most of all, about the experience we had for several interviews. YUP!

It seems like yesterday, that Ai Mei and I sat in our own bed and talk about our "old school stuffs", gossiping about people around us, telling each other how we felt for some tiny bits of things that happen in our life... Now, I feel that we've grown, to talk about more serious things, life and future. It suddenly makes growing up something to look forward to.

Anyway, back to my title, I wish to share some "tips" from our experience in interviews. Ai Mei made some good points about interviews which I never thought of, and after flashing back my own experience, they really make so much sense!

Ok, here are the tips:

1. You want the interviewers to remember you. But you think your answers to the questions are not unique enough. What you can do is fully utilize the time when the interviewer said "Do you have any questions for me?" Ask more to show your interest to this certain position and company, e.g. "How many people are there in this department?", "How many years have you been working in the company and what do you think about this?" and etc.
2. Be natural even though you know that you had prepared the standard answers for the common interview questions. Be NATURAL! Interviewer will not want to hear you memorizing your own answers. They prefer some prompt answers. So, be as natural as you can!
3. Smile even you know you're totally stressed out! When you smile, interviewer might feel pleasant talking to you. He/she might forget the tedious questions that they have prepared for you and you can carry on talking or chit-chatting with them without much sweat!
4. When you're asked with some technical questions (engineers) which you totally do not have any idea, just be honest that you do not know. Be frank!
5. Don't mind that you are not speaking the Queen's English, show your confidence.

I forgot what else we've talked about the interviews, but these are some. Ai Mei made the first point and YEA! That's very true! Try this next time when you have interviews.

^_^

失眠

睡不着。

睁眼闭眼，我满脑子都是明天的事。

我似乎已经作了决定，又似乎还有点徘徊。永远都如此，优柔寡断就是我的性格。没有到最后一刻，我都是逼不了自己做最后的决定。无奈。

我会否后悔？

Photos of Yang's Tour in Singapore

Ah Yang amused by the car park lot counter in front of Esplanade.

Talk to the hand!

At the Merlion Park.


A Merlion postcard ^_^


Taken with Yee Hau's Panasonic built in wide angle. nice!~


He didn't purposely pose that for me, but I like it!


I didn't purposely pose that for him too!!!


Just a nice view from the bridge at Boat Quay.


The Sea Angel at Underwater World. I like this, very dreamy~~

A photo taken in Jurong Waterfalls, The biggest MAN MADE waterfall in the world, in Bird Park.

Another one from Bird Park as well, just for fun!

Touring in Singapore

Been disappearing from my blog for quite some days... 4 or 5 days? Well, maybe some of you who did not know me very well will wonder what did I do for the past few days. I had been touring around Singapore, like a tourist. Yea, I did!

Ah Yang came to Singapore for architecture intake interview in NUS. After the interview, we started our tour in Singapore. This was my first time touring around Singapore like a tourist for 4 days straight! To be honest to all of you, I never been to some of the places that I've taken him to.

For the first day, due to limited time and he needed earlier rest caused of the interview on next day, we went to Orchard Road. This young man was very fast to get bored by all the similar looking malls and crowded places. Luckily I didn't plan to tour him at Orchard Road for long hours.
^^

Sunday was his interview. We went to NUS early in the morning and look for the lecture theatre where the intervie was held. Yee Hau came to accompany while waiting for him. After the interview, we went to a city tour. Merlion, Esplanade, Boat Quay and Raffles Place are definitely must go for a tourist. It's not my first time to take photos around here, but it's definitely fun to see this young man amused by lots of things! Hahaha...

After the city tour, we went to Night Safari. This was my 2nd visit. I still have the same feelings of visiting zoo. I hate to see them being caged in the very small pathetic "natural jungle". And the zoo authority claims that they are providing the best? These animals have lost their natural behaviour, so what's the best? Ah Yang asked me to think in a positive way, the animals are just staying in a 5 Star Hotel. Hehehe... Oh anyway, the animal show was entertaining. The trainer knows how to get attention of the audience and made all the normal things of animal show so amazing!

The next day, we went to City Gallery, Chinatown, Sentosa and Vivo City. Talk about Sentosa, I had only visited Sentosa for the freshmen orientation camp. This was again, my first time to go Underwater World, took the cable car, 4D Magix and Dolphin Lagoon. Underwater World was very disappointing. Small, lack of information of the creatures, not enough place for the visitors to move around etc. I prefer HK underwater world in Ocean Park. Dolphin Lagoon is popular with the pink dolphins. But the show was VERY disappointing! VERY! Audience cannot see the dolphins and the program was BORING! Some of the audience left before the show ended.

The last day of his Singapore stay, we went to Bird Park and Science Centre. Bird Park was a very nice place to visit, provided if you like nature. They have wide variety of BIRDS in the park. But still, I hate the way they cage them. The "performers" (birds used in bird show) were even tied on the pathetic steel bar and exhibited to everyone. The performers are big eagles and owls... What are they thinking? They think they can treat the eagles like parrots? I saw the bald eagle tried to fly from his steel bar and fell onto the floor because he forgot he was being tied up!

Science Centre?!! Oh crap.... Don't even think about paying any dollar to visit this shitty centre!!! Don't!! Waste of time and waste of money!

Anyway,it's nice to pretend to be a tourist in a place that you're familiar with once in a while. You see things from a different perspective. Try it for yourself sometimes.

At the end of it, I hope Ah Yang had enjoyed his stay with me in Singapore. And good luck to him!!!