Clique's steamboat

Hello hello!
My netball North Zone Championships have already started, and I am damn anxious.
My first game was on 27 Jan, with Yio Chu Kang, and my team lost.
Of course, I was furious of my team mates negligence and mistakes, I even shouted at them on court.
But on time, I chuckle in front of my opponent, to show that we are not losing our temper or showing our mood   on our sleeve.
Still, I was disappointed that we lost, we still have 5 more matches. I think I've said earlier on in one of my post, I secretly want to go to second round..
I thought, there's no teamwork, how to win?

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Yesterday, which is on Saturday, I invited my clique to my house for steamboat!
This is the second year I've hosted a friend steamboat, and I actually anticipate their arrivals!
In the past I don't like having my friends over but when I reached Sec 3, I began to ring my friends over and slack around.
My clique - Eve, Serene, Jasmine, Ying Cong, Jia Hong.
Once everyone's here we began to feast! Wahahaha!
We finished 3 packets of Cheese Tofu and one packet of hot-dogs.
It was really chatty on the table, gossiping and telling some unknown facts to each other - shocking, surprising, whatever.
Not to forget laughter :)
My mother put one whole pack of seaweed into the steamboat and the soup slowly turned green.
Look unappetising but the soup was nice! ^^
We never forget our o-ya-bey-ya-som , loser have to clear the leftovers.
In the end it was Jia Hong xD
After doing the dishes, we played Blackjack!
Coins come to me, come to me ^^
I'd lose some, win some, but in the end, I lose all my coins! :(
Cos at the last round, I bet in ALL my coins in, just to test my luck.
The place I was sitting, really bad feng shui :( Serene's side like damn good, always kena 'picture'.
I was sitting on Cong's shadow, so I'm on the 'dark side'.
The one who won the most is Cong, he's the zhuang also.
At around evening time, the rest (except for Eve) head to Jia Hong's house to take his PS3 to bring to Jas' house.
:( I couldn't tag along 'cause I'm having whole family dinner in later part of evening...
They were also watching a night movie! Either 'We Not Naughty' or 'I Love Hong Kong 2012' !!! I WANT TO WATCH 'I ♥ HK 2012' !!!!!!! D:
*Depressed*

At the restaurant, I saw my relatives and cousins, I even see my Ahpo & Ahgong!
It griefs me to see my Ahgong on wheelchair :(
The food there was relatively okay, my elder brother bet that the dessert will be something not cold - either yam paste or almond paste or something sticky and hot.
Turns out, he's wrong! It was mango pudding. ^^ 'Not bad, not bad', he admitted.

When we are leaving, I bade goodbye to my Ahpo and Ahgong, and my Ahpo smile widely, and it makes me glad also :)

I din't take any pictures :( Shall grab from Jia Hong once he uploads in online :)

Learning Journey with 5/1

A very good evening to everyone!

I just woken up from my afternoon nap, don't know why I'm so tired after Learning Journey. Maybe because we have to walk around to tour the place?
So this year's learning journey is my last, and the venue is Jurong Bird Park.
I wanted Zoo, but one classmate of mine remarked that going to Zoo to smell the poo.
Then if so, why still got many people go? =_=
Jurong Bird Park wasn't that bad either. I remember for Sec 1 & 2 my class went to Changi Airport Terminal 2; then in Sec 3 was Singapore History Musuem, slightly better but boring; in Sec 4 was Resort World Sentosa, but we din't get to play the rides there.
Darlene finally got her mandarin oranges from me, my Mum gave her 4. ^^
So got into a relatively good quality bus, cheh.
Our tour guide was also very nice and friendly! Pity that my class boys were talking to themselves, so it seems like she was talking to herself.

Mine on the left, Eve's on the right!

Quick pic! I'm not my best when I'm on the right :(

We got our tickets and off we go! I spotted black swans if I'm not wrong when stepped onto the ground.
The first bird we saw was cute almost cuddly creature:

African Penguins! Endangered species :(

They swan backwards and scratch their body! Eee why so cute?!

This bird refuse to turn no matter how I called it. LOL penguin photo bombed

Okay lah at least better than nothing

I wanted to see more of these adorable penguins!
Cos when they stand, they looked blur blur one, and always flapping their wings.
The tour guide brought us into a bigger area where more penguins lived. OMG OMG!

See the penguin I circled? All along its been staying they, dazing. 100% cuteness! #ForeverAlone

Ice! *Pwishh*

I thought they'd rolled around.. *Disappointed*

Scratching its body with its beak! Hehe furry furry animal.

I couldn't remember all of the penguins name but I know that the Emperor Penguins are devoted fathers.
They put their young on their feet and stay hungry for 6 whole months without eating until the chick hatch. Aww... ain't that nice. I've been listening to the tour guide! :D

Next we move to the flamingos and macaws!
There were a lot of flamingos in their home, and there's specifically one tall, outstanding flamingo.
Its slightly less-pink than the others, and Eve guess it was the grandfather or grandmother.

I can't spot where is it! 

Damn forget it

The tour guide enlighten us on how flamingos get their colour pink is because of their diet.
Shrimp if I'm not wrong, and they ate the pigment that's why they are pink.
The more pink = the healthier?
Now for the colourful and bright macaws!

 

Basically the tour guide told us why macaws are so colourful is because... I forgot. I was busy taking pictures I didn't pay attention to her..

She then brought my class to the World of Darkness where the owls lived!
She said it was so dark that she won't be able to see us and neither could we, turns out she's lying.
If so, we would bump into each other.
We can't on flash on our cameras so its pretty hard to make out what comes out in the photo.

Can you see? Max. zoom in. Its staying on its nest, how cute

A very big owl. It even turns 180° for us! Then we all 'whoa!!' 

It was a short walk-through ah, we can see it with our own eyes but my cam couldn't capture much :(
There is a show starting at 11am so we grab good seats and patiently wait for the show to start! *Excited*
The show began with white birds flying! The audience go 'whoa...'
First up - flamingos!

The entertainer :)

Beautiful isn't it? TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

Next up, we have our charming macaws!

The mascot! 

Competition between Berry and Cocky!

I don't know whether I spelled 'Cocky''s name correctly, but that's how the trainers called the bird on the right.
My side were cheering for Cocky while the other side cheered for Berry.
They played 2 rounds of games, both rounds Cocky wins! Woohoo! Go Cocky! xD

In the show, the trainers told us to be conservative, because the birds' lives are in danger due to water pollution like those plastic bags and all. Really good show I'd say.
Then we had pelicans!

They were going to the food master. xD See the pelican mascot on the right?

Argh blur! The one flying damn kan chiong sia.

I always imagine pelicans were birds that brought babies in their mouth. Too much cartoons I guess.
As the trainer escort them back, got one naughty pelican refuse to and run one circle around the table before running back into its home. Hahaha brought laughter to the audience.

Guess what's next?

Parrot! Sorry I forgot the name T.T

It greets us! So cute! Sounds weird but can understand!
It sang '客人来' and 'Rasa sayang' for us!
There are 2 audiences whose birthday is today. both are Riversidians! One of them is Arshad!
xD (It's also the i-couldn't-make-out-what-bird-is-that mascot's birthday), so it sang 'Happy Birthday' song to the birthday kids! :)

The show lasted about 30 minutes. Once the show ended, we went to take the tram to sight-see some more birds.
Damn it was super crowded with all those tourists and Riversidians, one foreigner push me aside and just walk off. F*ck you woman, don't you have any basic manners?

Look at Afiq! Eyes of a camera

Darlene, Eve, Me, Hasz. Haha xD

Once we reached our destination, its about eagles, Lory Loft and more.
The visitors can feed the birds there! It's actually an enclosed forest, so the birds and roam freely without leaving the park.

So close to me! OMG

There were like 3 of 'em! Have the urge to touch them but resist. x(

There's more to see!

A proud eagle. Majestic.

Why my camera focus on the cage?!

Then we go to dinosaur descendant:

This ostrich actually POSES for our cameras! Tour guide says it likes cameras. (see the way it stands)

It looked into my camera! Woohoo! I am the Chosen One. ITS SMILING TO ME?! OMG OMG OMG I MUST BE THE ONE!

After that we have a break, so we can either view the waterfall or buy some snacks to munch on.
Eve and I rest awhile before checking the waterfall.

On the pathway we saw this bird roaming freely:

(No frame, forgot to edit) Look like modified chicken

Waterfall was magnificent, but din't take any photos, many people are taking so didn't have the chance to.
While we were heading back the tram, I saw this bird on the floor very near to me!

Very brightly coloured, almost neon-like

Picture by Wafir, damn near to him

As we wait for the tram, the tram before us was full (obviously), and my class being over-friendly, wave and said 'hi' to the other tourist. They smile and wave back.
Darlene tried something different, she said 'annyeong hasaeyo' and the I saw the tourist turn to her friend like 'eh how they know we Koreans?', then they 'annyeong hasaeyo' back!
Darlene said 'eh try something different ah' so I said 'kimchi!' and the Koreans laughed. They laughed!
One of the Koreans shouted 'Seo Nyeo Shi Dae (SNSD), 4 minute!' and Darlene shouted back '2NE1!'
Hahaha! Funny interaction with the Korean tourists! We are so friendly!
When the tram took off, they wave goodbye and speak Korean language.

On the tram, we practically greet every tourists we see and the boys and the back, will be like saying something funny and loud that the whole tram laughs.
Ahh.. that's why I love my class ♥
Sadly, it was our Learning Journey together :( I'm glad we chose a good venue to go to! :)
That is the end, hopefully there are more excursions in future!

Lunar New Year 2012!

Hello! Firstly, I wanna greet everyone,

新年快乐，恭喜发财，万事如意，年年有余，步步高升，身体健康，学业进步！    

Today is 初一，where every Chinese gather at, most of it at their grandparents' house to visit.
The adults catch up with the other adults, while the unmarried cousins happily get angpaos ^^.
My mother said 'I hate to 过年 (go through CNY) because its where your father and I spend money and you and your brothers get money'.
Hahah, sad but true xD

The first day of the Chinese New Year is very important, every relatives and cousins gather at my Ahpo's house (how we call her, my grandmother).
Last year and this year we had steamboat, suddenly change :(
I remember last year Chinese New Year season, I hate steamboat for 4 consecutive days - one on family reunion dinner, another at Ahpo's house, another at my Dad's friend's house and the last one with my friends in my house. All 4 days having steamboat. Eat until I scared.
Because my Dad says, who want to cook? Very troublesome some more have to arrive there early to prepare and everything.
So, yah... One thing I don't really like about steamboat with all my relatives is, because me and my brothers are always the last one to eat, by the time the soup is filled with different kinds of DNA. Get it? So its pretty disgusting but I bear with it because by that time the soup is the most delicious. :)
Think about the bright side Xiaoyu.

My brothers and I! Nice pic I like.

There were people whom I can't recognise them so I asked my Dad how to address them.
But I just "hello, happy new year! Gong xi fa cai!" and that's that.
There are new generation too! ^^ Which make my Ahpo a great-grandmother!
My Korkor, which is my father's brother's son is already married, and had two sons!

This is one, dunno is the elder one and his name. Chubby max!

The other one, and my Korkor's wife. The baby was crying, and my cam had the 'children function'  at the LED screen so I caught his attention and he stopped crying. *Angel from above*

See?! He stopped crying. Jiejie was pointing at the screen. *Holy Angel to comfort babies*

It's pretty awkward because there's so many people gathering in the house and bags were on the sofa, so practically I stand 90% of the time.
Because I'm tall, without fail my relatives will be comparing heights and saying remarks like 'wah can be model liao hor!' or 'you go be model lah!' so on. Then I'll be very paiseh x.x

Then finally my brothers and my turn to eat.
My favourite steamboat ingredients? CHEESE TOFU AND PRAWNS!!!!
I keep on spamming the cheese tofu OMG it's so delicious.
But I told myself that I should control what I'm eating and all... GAAAH CAN'T RESIST! OMMNOMNOM!!

Every year, my relatives and cousins, after they have eaten their fill, they will hurriedly leave the house and then, my family will be the last one to leave.
We clean all their prawn shells, their fish bones, whatever they spat on the table.
Shit sia, its always my family clearing things, but oh well, seeing my father chatting with Ahpo just makes me happy :)

While my parents were having their meal with Ahpo, I notice something about the water dispenser.

Can you see the label?

It's Dunhill. The world's finest cigarettes or so they claim.

So I thought, among the brothers only my father smoked (so far I've known lah), so did he smoke like a certain number or packets to get this thing? What the..
Its my imagination.. my imagination..

Afterward my mother brought us to Second Aunt's house for visit, my Dad walk home cos he lazy to hail a taxi, knowing that it is hard to get one.
Saw my cousin and chat with them, watch TV, eat, etc.
That is our last stop before we cabbed home.
First thing me and my brother do when we reached home:

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LOL, this is my first time making a Rage comic. Cool.
Tomorrow like no plan, maybe going over to my First Aunt house..
Looking forward for tomorrow! How was your Chinese New Year guys? :D

Happy birthday Ying Cong!

Note: this post is at night, which means...
I'm not posting post-event entry! :)

So previously we had Chinese New Year celebration in school, there's suppose to be HL, but wet-weather programme so we stayed in class! Yay!
We did the usual quiz, and the prize is - chocolate coin.
So I managed to answer one question correct and got one chocolate coin, and manage to snatch one sweet from the Cai Shen Ye.
So we skipped, concert was awesome! There's many dancing, modern, Indian, Malay, Chinese dance all come out.
There's prize presentation for Best Decorated Class and Best Dress Mascot.
When the Cai Shen Ye (God of Wealth) came in the hall right, the students were like dogs begging for jerky bites, waving their hands frantically or standing up.
My class and 5/2 were very near the shutters, the wall there, so we couldn't get the sweets :( However, I managed to get one measly coke sweet, but i threw it to the crowd for fun.
Then, Darlene and I started to crush ang paos and throw at the students, to troll them.
Ryan joined in, and we three laughed like mad.
For the mascot right, I swear my class' mascot is so cool and creative, that we actually won 1st for the competition, but because we use cloth, we were disqualified. Damn f*cked up rule, they din't even tell us beforehand and because of that we are disqualified. What the hell?
But we know we are the best and we had the number 1 spot is already good enough :)

After school, we met the gang and Hui Shan, Vynx and Guan Ming, to celebrate Cong's birthday! :D
We watched a movie in CWP first, which is Dance Dance Dragon.

If you understand Hokkien, you will understand the movie better and it will add more laughters.
Seriously the reason why I love local movie is because I can relate to the real world and total laugh at the movie.
Because of the excessive usage of Hokkien, the movie turns to a super hilarious movie.
Seriously, though I'm a Hainanese, I don't know how to speak Hainan but understand Hokkien.
The movie, one small part is really, really heart-breaking, that I think Serene teared.
I rate this movie 3 dragons out of 5.

On the way down :) (someone photobombed :( )

Serene, Jas and Serene secretly go and buy Cong's present, while Eve and I stay so won't get suspicious.
So the present was a small bag and a wallet! :) This time not Billabong wallet, really, Billabong wallet cannot make it.

Ourside Courts! I dunno why also.

Hahaha heart-shaped frame by Hui Shan and Serene!

Hui Shan and I! Yup I'm on glasses

Guys! But the more I see, the more I think Cong isn't the spotlight... :(

We walked around, really suck because lack of planning :(
But the guys and Hui Shan din't stay for dinner, so we head to Kazokutei for dinner!
Yes, its my third time going there because its really affordable and oishi!
But cannot every time go there eat lah, must once in a blue moon that kind.

While waiting for food. Showing off his blue braces

I hope that Cong enjoyed the movie and dinner, and love his presents from his friends! :D

My online letter to Cong:

Chinese New Year is coming! Woohoo!!
This Sunday is the day to 守夜 (Stay until very late).
Can't wait hehehe so excited already! xD