The visit

Tuesday (28/10):
And so came my sis to my campus for that insane 3 days 2 night 'field trip' of hers. Didn't do much that day other than touring the place and making a visit to the nearby Giant to replenish my apparent depleting stock of junk food.

The gym. See that area above the Digi advertisement? Yeah. That's where I work out during my free time.


One of the computer rooms in the computer lab.

I think she was on Facebook

School of Fashion?

Microbiology lab

Examination hall. We snuck up to the forbidden floor for like, 2 minutes. Don't look at me! She insisted it!

FYI, my bed's on the right. Neat and tidy, ain't it? NOT. My sis even bombarded a portion of my roommate's desk with that toaster of mine!

Wednesday (29/10):
I swear, my room is a hell of heat-trapper. It's like living in a mild sauna in the morning, then a preheated oven by mid morning, a porcelain heater all through the afternoon and, even during the night, a thermoflask or some sort, keeping the hot air trapped in the room until it's literally impossible to sleep. What the heck happened to the continuous downpour of the monsoon season since the week before last?! I miss that! At least the air stayed cool all day long and I don't sweat like a pig and had my hair matted to my head. I hate smelling like dung.

Anyway, I pitied my sis, being cooked up in my room like a chicken being roasted over a fire. The suffering would be less had she came last week. Oh well. So, we spent as much time outside (and I don't mean sunbathing, mind you) as possible, taking a looooooong lunch (by chewing endlessly on the food) and lingering in air-conditioned shops, like Watson, on the way back to the campus.

At Fun OK (try saying it in Cantonese)

Vanilla milkshake, provides enough glucose for your body to last at least a month

I would probably say the same for my Blue Mountain drink

'Da bao' the milkshake. Saved all the fuss, and not to mention plastic bag.

Decorations

To prolong our time at the cafe to savour the cool air

The killer bear

Reached the hostel around 4pm, took a short nap, a quick shower and then it was pasar malam time! Seriously, even the press of bodies and the heat coming from the 'open-cooking' couldn't beat the heat in my room. Sheesh.


Thursday (30/10):
My sis couldn't be more thrill to leave one place. Especially when we were heading to a place with an opposite climate - the ice-skating rink! It might as well snow.

But first thing's first, lunch at Secret Recipe!
The sinfully delicious seafood macoroni with cheese

My expression said it all

Sis requested to take a photo with Joanne, so I had one taken too =)


In case you're wondering, I wasn't drenched in sweat. I just had my bath

One and a half hour later...
If only it was frigid cold in there...

My cousins

Hui Qing, me, sis and Hui Mei

=)

Weeeeee...

An update, finally

Monday (13/10):
Had the first quiz for Probability and Statistics, which was considered disturbingly late. I mean, most of the subjects are already having, or will be having, MIDTERMS. Not that I'm at all anxious about it or in the least bit a worshipper of the subject, I'm simply just not a fan of what the short semester people are currently going through: sitting for their finals barely 2 weeks after midterms. Though I doubt that would happen to us. But still.

The quiz was easy, to say the least. It was like retaking Add Maths all over again, in a simpler version. And no, I ain't boasting. Other than the awfully detailed steps and non-sensical formulas, it was merely the careful poking of calculator buttons. Seriously.

Tuesday (14/10):
Seems like Tuesday is our unofficial Pool Day. Either Ms Hazlin was in an oddly bright mood, or that she didn't have the mood to lecture, or simply because she finished lecturing what she intended to lecture, we were let out an hour and a half earlier. Weeeee...So to Fireball we went. And we brought along a 'Special Guest', and his friend, too (eyebrows arch knowingly at Wen Dee).

I must say, my skills fluctuated a lot. In one game I was hitting 3 balls consecutively and I was missing almost every single shot in the other. It was interesting playing against Stephan and Timothy from Foundation I, but, honestly, they shouldn't be allowed to stand next to each other. Everytime they did, Jia Wen and I couldn't score at all. And they kept scrutinizing us, purposefully staring with feigned concentration when it was our turn to strike, then gloated when we didn't score. *Rolls eyes* But they were sociable and friendly people, seeing as it was their first time playing pool, or even mixing, with us.

Wednesday (15/10):
Classes were usual. Had a replacement class for choir. Pasar malam sucked though. Thanks to the heavy downpour, the asphalt was slippery and wet, with muddy sludges of God-knows-what. Plus, we went right after the rain stopped, so plenty of the stalls were not open yet. In the end, I bought myself a chocolate ice bubble drink and ordered some food from a cafe at the doorstep of the campus. So much for my long-awaited junk food shopping at the night market.

Thursday (16/10):
Happy 18th Birthday, Bi Ying!

Went for lunch at Leisure Mall to celebrate the Yellow Girl's BIG 18! And just for the occasion, those who were informed tried our best to find and wear a yellow shirt/blouse, the birthday girl's favourite colour. On the full scale, the whole table looked rather yellowish indeed (okay, that came out wrong).

The only let-down of the day was the patience-testingly, blood-boilingly late arrival of our food. Well, maybe not mine, and Andrew's and Bi Ying's and Rays', since I ordered early. But the rest of the party (there were 12 of us in total) had to wait more or less an hour and a half for their orders! Apparently, the machine had some set-back or some shit. Meaning, their orders weren't sent in. What the heck! Everyone was so damn pissed off.

But let's forget about that. We just have to avoid going to that restaurant in the near future.

Hope you had a great time, Bi Ying!
(Photos will be uploaded once the birthday girl sent them to me)

Friday (17/10):
Our choir concert of the semester again (short semester for the Degree students)! Meaning, no more choir classes after this week! Cheers!

Okay, choir wasn't so bad after all, what with grumpy Ian teaching us only 1 of the 2 classes in a week and Cikgu Vincent the other, it was just the time slot that annoyed me. I mean, who with a sane mind would want to travel all the way to college on a Friday evening? And for merely 2 bloody hours? Not to mention the times when the class ended early and those people driving had to get stuck in the jam on the way home. Talk about time planning.

Anyway, all's well, ends well. The whole concert took a little over 45 minutes perhaps. Even my family came, partly to boost my attendance, partly to fetch me home. Plus, my sis wanted to see for herself the 'honorable Kang'. It was said he was 1 of the judges for the MSSD/MSSS choir she took part in (or was it Ian?).

Here's some photos:

Top row: me, Rachel, Wen Dee
Second row: Ee Ling, Phyllis, Song Lin, 'Cikgu', Jia Wen
Squatting at the front: Rays

Seriously, he looked better 'live', as in in-person