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i just did my accounts for the month of july. im proud of myself. if i didnt shop yesterday, the numbers would have looked impressive.

anyway, i have 2 vouchers up for grabs.
1. $20 Birkenstock voucher (condition: spend $200)
2. Prestat fine chocolates $30 voucher (condition: spend $100)
sms/ email me if u want it.

got tagged by en. i shall do this.

Rule 1: List 5 weird or random things about myself.
1. i go shopping by myself.
2. i'm a self-professed mugger. im proud dat i mug hard.
3. i talk to my hongbai and sleep with her everynite.
4. i'm a tyrant. but i'm easily bullied as well.
5. i'm addicted to the hallmark channel, especially the "judging amy" series.

Rule 2: 5 people i want to do this
1. elise
2. huijie
3. pan
4. kaishi
5. jx

i cant even think of more than 5 pple...

i lost count of how many weeks i've slacked.

anyway mon to wed was spent at rag. super deprived of sleep. so when i came home on wed nite, i just slept my thursday away.

today is friday and jo is leaving for australia. so sad. my fren of 19 years is leaving. and im very sorry i cant send u off at the airport :( but i'll see u online and we'll catch up okie. get a cute guy for me! hahha.

the construction of circle line just outside my condo doorstep is getting on my nerves. i cant even sleep through 10am without getting interrupted. there's this rich man in my condo who's so irritated by the noise dat he actually recorded the number of decibels made by the noise and sued the construction company. i think the case is still being heard at subordinate courts. i hope he wins. but according to my dad, this rich man doesnt mind losing the case. he just wants to make a statement that singaporeans are not to be bullied. (the construction firm is japanese)

i just made scrambled eggs with cheese for brunch. im extremely hungry. my bro's coming home with more food. hurray.

enough of crap. this week, i've learnt an important lesson on human nature. we want to believe in fairy tales, in perfect endings, in exhilarating stories. when they turn out to be non-existing, we deny the truth. we shy ourselves from reality. we live in false hope that things are the other way round.

do not despair.

" Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "

Whatever on earth that's false and illusional is real and abundant in heaven, God's kingdom.

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plz support the charity fiesta thats going to be at jurong east from 28th - 30th july. (fri to sun) there'll be food, games and fashion stalls. all profits go to charity.

anyway, catch one of those postcards at ZO stands. they're designed by none other than our own cai huijie!!! i'm so proud of u, huijie!!!!

my boss likes to call me at 9am in the morning. this is how it usually goes...
"hi huimin, i hope u're awake"
"yeah i'm awake."
"i thought u might be sleeping."
"no la. i'm awake already."

boos. i really dun wake up dat early. but when the phone rings, i will pick it up. actually its okie cuz i love my boss. she's such a nice lady. very sincere and kind-hearted. but i think she gives too much discounts to the students. (deprive me of money) haha.

i think i'm too soft with my piano students. they can literally climb over my head and still roll off safely. i dunno how to be fierce! i think i'm afraid they will hate me and then not come anymore. grrrrrr. my colleague at the music school suggested dat we attend "child control" classes. she has problems with her kids too. kids nowadays, all spoiled brats! its okie if they're smart but spoiled. at least i get some stuff done. if they're slow to learn and troublesome to handle, good luck to me. the only thing i can do is to make them sit outside to do theory work.

here is where i get egoistic. i think im such a good kid dat i dun understand wat the brats are scared of. i especially hate the rude kids. plz give me some ideas on how to handle those chipmunks.

i have this new G.shirmer book to sight-read. its so tough i feel like im drinking listerine down my throat every time i try to play it.

2 weeks more till school starts. here is a list of pple i would like to meet before i get busy:
1. cai huijie and candy chen chen, before they fly off, far far away!!
2. sarahhhh...before u go off to good old oxford!
3. my cousins: ying, huili. ktv or anything. dun say i always pangseh!
4. ny aep and hc aep cuz i missed our last gathering.
5. old shepherd group: ks, jx, nat, cass, jo, yaohong.
6. enzie, elise, pan (hl prob wont come) for a round of drinks. pub, not club.
7. m4!! the muggers must meet to motivate each other before we embark on our next mugging period.
8. time for guides to meet. roll-call.

dats all. interested personnels are to contact me.

Let me share a joke from Behind Everyman (Book no.6 in the list below):
How do you make God laugh? Come up with a plan.

And now a quote...
" 'Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had' " -quoted from The Great Gatsby. (book no.5 in the list below)
I think this quote is truly meaningful. the world isn't fair. some people are born with good looks, some with smarter brains and others with unspeakable charm. when we look at others, we honour whatever little advantages we had and do not impose them on those who did not get to enjoy them.


The Holiday of My LIfe
Books completed to date:-
1.This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
2.Girl with a Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
3.The Story of a Nobody - Anton Chekhov
4.My Life as a Fake - Peter Carey (didnt complete cuz it was due too soon)
5.The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
6.Behind Everyman - David Israel

I finished 2 books this week. (cuz no one asked me out :( ) My goal is to finish 10 books before school starts. gogogo!

Summary of my IQ Test resultS:
Your IQ score is 113. This means that you are smarter than 81.0% of all other Super IQ test takers.

Your test results indicate that the way you process information makes you a Concrete Thinker.

You have unusually strong verbal and numerical skills. This dynamic combination gives you an exceptional aptitude for solving equations and then communicating those solutions to others in lay terms. Your intelligence is grounded and based on a very clear interpretation of what is happening around you. Because you are so realistic, most things are crystal clear to you, while others may get confused by this or that.

Your objective is to make things real and clear. People count on you to find and give the sober, cold-hard facts. You learn most easily when things are explained in numbers and words and so you enjoy the education you get through books and lectures. Unlike others, you do not have to experience something first-hand to understand it, nor do you have a lot of interest in how things work mechanically. On the other hand, if you find the information in your books or lectures too abstract, you might tend toward first-hand experience as you'll get nothing but the facts that way.

As you can see, your top scores are in the areas of Numerical, Spatial, and Visual. This is a very unusual combination — only 6 in 1,000 people have it.

Dear friends and readers,
as you can see, you have a smart and unique friend here. another way of explanation is that the brainiest of the world population did not take this iq test, that makes your friend in the category of SMARTbrain.

another good news from the genius: i got a SYF gold award for my a level art project. speaking of which, my artwork is named "Judging Worth" after my fave TV series, Judging Amy. yes, i love amy dat much.

Thank you very much.

the last few days have been spent at NUS bizAd Rag...on wed, after finishing up rev shen's video clip of the 125th presbyterian anniversary carnival and a meeting with the xiaomianyang team, i went to teach rose piano and then went nus for rag welfare nite~ pizza and games.

on thurs, taught piano in the morning, went to work for jessline and then at nite went rag to stay over. we played I NEVER and some other random card games. i learnt a new card game called 24. its mind-boggling, but rather addictive. haha.

fri, i woke up at 10am. didnt know it was so late until kaishi called to report her grand arrival. then came home at 3 to sleep and prepare for piano lesson.

dats how busy i am..i'm packed till sunday. and elise, pan and en, i think we should hang out this sun!!

i've been waiting for One Tree Hill Season 3 to come to singapore. but it isn't and i dun think its ever gonna come!!! the show's quite good wat. i know only pet and i watches it, but 2 pple are also considered audience rite? channel 5 and starworld should play shows dat cater to the public. well technically, i'm the only person left in singapore who watches it cuz pet has moved to palo alto and she has finished the entire season there, while i had to beg her every week not to feed me with details. i expected season 3 to come, and it didnt. how disappointing!

anyway, thank goodness i have hallmark. i forgive them for re-playing Season 1 to 4 of Judging Amy over and over again cuz they've finally started on the new Season 5. apparently no one watches Judging Amy but i seriously think it's the best show ever. it's wat keeps me alive and kicking. amy's passion for life and her conviction for her work as a juvenile court judge rocks. and even though her love life is always in a mess, its kind of interesting to see how she gets out of the entanglements. like yesterday, she walked down the aisles to marry steward and decided not to, at the altar. amy, u rock! but why did u break stewart's heart??!!!! i feel so heartbroken for him!!!

but i think u're courageous. u're brave enough to say no in front of the hundreds of pple who came to rejoice for u, but despair instead.

and dun forget Judging Amy's wonderful supporting cast: her mum, bro Vincent, bro Michael, cousin Carl, eccentric friend and colleague Donna (and Bruce). they make the show so vibrant and interesting to watch. i'm in love, with amy....

may one tree hill season 3 come to spore soon!!

i'm blogging before i get further slandered by pet.

anyway this weekend was quite different. on sat, after a hectic day of teaching piano, i went home and then went out to suntec to have dinner with Boran-ians. quite a lot of pple came...most of the seniors and 2/3 of the freshies. after dat we went to the BizAd Bash at Club Momo. we watched the match between England and Portugal on big screen. rosie dragged us onto the dancefloor. surprisingly, i didnt see any hardcore grinding of any sort. so i'm still quite innocent.

anyway we got out at around 3am. after a lengthy discussion, the serangoon area pple hopped onto a taxi and went Gardens, intending to get prata for supper. BUT the prata was sold out already so we had some lousy roti john and talked cock till 5am. walked to chinwei's place and he drove us home in his bro's car.

slept around 3 hours then woke up to go church for our 72nd anniversary service. after dat i went for the walkathon at labrador park. i was quite tired but i still hung on! when i got home it was like 5pm. after bathing, i slept from 6pm to 8pm, woke up for dinner and went back to sleep from 9pm till this morning 9am. so i slept a total of 14 hours. and im still a bit drowsy rite now.

dats all the update for now. happy, pet??