Anti-Chocolate Sentiments

I'm going to be sick after eating so much of chocolate since last week.... Juz now, I receive some very rich chocolates ~Jacquot Confiseur. Chocolatier... (which means chocolates). Its only 3 slices of chocolate n 2 chocolate butter cookies n I'm full to the brim.... My wound hurts...Groan...

I hav a big Choocy log cake waiting for me to clear at hm.... Can anyone pls help me?

My Birthday Party

Yeah!!! I celebrated my 21st birthday on the 17 Dec on its was great fun! Thanks to my family n friends for attending celebration.


This is where the fun begins.
I love the unit no ~ S.11

My sec sch friends. Catching up wif one another's life n telling lots of ghost stories!!! Arh... did not hav much chance to listen to all these stories.

My sec sch friends cum cycling + fun-making + mischief making khakis!!

My OBS(2003) camp friends.Friendship nutured in a rubber dinghy out in the open sea for 12 hrs. Then snoring on pochos in the pier of sch1. Our lobster skin paid off!

My birthday cake!! Thanks mum!!! Its simple n nice!!

Candles n grape juice wif the birthday cake. Thanks again to my mum n my aunt.

Presenting xuan, the birthday gal. That's me...

My mum, me n my bro. Mum looks so happy=)

My relatives n I ~ My uncle n aunt, Cousins: Kai Xuan, Marcus, Vanessa n Benjamin(Small boy).

All my friends!!!

My sec sch friends, Pang, Wen, Lin, my buddy Karen n me.

The guys n I.

My OBS friends n I

Making my birthday adulthood wishes.

Then its some cheering session!!!

Yum Seng!!! Toast to our friendship, health n many fun days!

I would like to thank my mum for helping out so much in all whole chalet, my uncle & aunt for the satay, Vanessa for being the camera gal always, Pang, Wen, Feng for helping in cake delivery, Karen for the wonderful Fried rice, Zhi Ming for helping start the fire without any gruntles, Cheng Xun & Co for being the balloon masters + my cousins n everyone who has helped in any way =)

Meeting wif Sal

Sal n I had a meeting in town n a dinner treat on 12 Dec from Sal!!! It feels so gd to meet up for a chat n meal =)

Here r some snap shots

A photo b4 food

Where's my pasta? Nvm, I will take the Spanish wine instead... Its $75 per bottle.


Finally my bacon spaghetti is here!!! Not too bad but its on the oily side...


Sal's Crayfish Spaghetti. Look at the succulent Crayfish!!!

After dinner, we had walk down to PS cos I wanted to shop for some stuff at carrefour. Sorry to make u walk all the way to PS, Sal. Hee! But we had some of the xmas decos along Orchard Road to pep us up =)

Argh... What heavy traffic.

Nice xmas tree outside paragon.

One thing that makes strolling along orchard road distasteful is this mushroom/shower cap like thing which plays repeating xmas tunes in a horrible wail! Yucks! Its sounds like Moaning Myrtle is in town for Xmas.

It has been such a great evening =)

Winter Solstice Festival

Today is Dong Zhi festival or Winter Solstice festival, which marks the end of the year in the chinese calendar n I shall be 22 years old according the the chinese calendar....(Gosh... I'm still 20!!). Dong Zhi falls in the middle of winter... where its bitter cold n dark in seasonal countries n families gather to celebrate the past year then sip a steaming bowl of Glutinous rice ball soup which symbolises reunion. Its like a chinese thanksgiving day!

I can't wait to get hm to make my very own glutinous rice balls!!!I juz love making glutinous rice balls since I was a kid. I love the fun of pinching the dough, mixing colouring into the dough, rolling out little balls, then dumping them into the boiling water n watch the multi-coloured rice balls gently floating to the water surface (which means they r cooked). Then relishing the chewy texture of the rice ball n devouring in the sweetness of the sugary soup its is served in.

I can't wait for my bowl of glutinous rice soup!!! I shall post some pictures of the tang yuan tmr!!!

Tips on Interviews

Hi everyone. Hav u felt nervous n not performing up to the mark in interviews? I have written a java aplication on interview tips n hope it helps to ease those interview creep.

* Disclaimer - Read at your own risk. The writer is not responsible for any failed interviews or unpredictable scenarios. Any resemblance of the following scenarios is purely fictitious or coincidental.

public class InterviewApp{
public static void main (String [ ] args) {

Console.writeln("How to succeed in interviews");
Console.writeln();
Console.writeln(" ----------Interview Menu ----------");
Console.writeln();
Console.writeln(" 1. Speak confidently and answer questions politely ");
Console.writeln(“ 2. Keep quiet, dun answer any questions n stare at the interviewer. That’s right keep staring.”);
Console.writeln(” 3 Feeling hot? Remove ur shirt button slowly.”);
Console.writeln(“ 4. Be comfortable n prick ur nose. Then lick ur fingers n say Mamamia!”);
Console.writeln(" 5. Seduce The interviewer… Tell him/her about the ur personal assets ");
Console.writeln(" 6. Feeling gassy or wanting to pee? Juz let it out in front of the interviewer.");
Console.writeln(" 7. Turn off the lights in the interview rm n sing loudly “U Light Up My Life ");
Console.writeln(" 8. Threaten the interviewer… If u dun employ me, I’m going to lock u in the rm. Juz u n me. ");
Console.writeln(“ 9. Tell long soap operas-stories… make the interviewer sleep n grab the sheet of paper he/she is holding n write ~ Suitable candidate, employed”);
Console.writeln(“10. At the end of the interview, remember to shake hands n say “ I will be missing u so much.”);

int opt = Console.readInt("Enter Your Choice:___ );

if (opt != 0 && opt =<10)
{
Console.writeln("Fail Interview!");
}
else
{
Console.writeln("Fail Interview!");
}
}}

Xuan's thesis on the application ~ The truth is always ugly.

Work...Work

Its going towards the end of December...

Its amazing how time flys. A few mths back, I was slogging away in the computer labs ~ trapped in the confines of 4 walls, with the companion of an Acer desktop in near sub zero temperature. Working from 8am to 10pm daily. For FYP, cursing at the increasing errors during debugging, fretting over stubborn crystal reports extractions, endless of documentations, logic charts, UATs n making stupid calls for a finanical analysis.

Then rushing to complete the ever-lagging SAP execrises, fitting in time to meet for business prosposals in technoprenuership. The never ending minning for unknown data in Business Intelligence, wif the 7 KDD steps n followed by horribly difficult analysis for a stupid Spine clinic( I hope the clinic closes down cos they provide stupid useless data) Preparing endless Business presentations n donning Business wear is an automatic affair.

Come to think of it as I'm typing here in a slightly warmer office n wearing a T-shirt instead of biz wear. Its much slower paced at work but I hav so much fun back then. I miss those gd days where my friends n I seat at the last row giggling in class, smuggling cup noodles to labs, munching of piles of pancakes/ oreos in lectures n the carefree moments when u can run away from lectures as n when u like. Going to NE forums for buffets. Those moments where u can be daring n open. The projects were tough but at least there is a bunch of nice ppl to lend a helping hand n most importantly, to spur n motivate one another to our final goal of graduation. I hav a sense n taste of achievement, joy of team-builiding n the labs aren't that cold with the warmth of companionship.

There are lots of valuable lessons at work. It is a great plus for my personal development n stuff. But gone r the days of reckless adventure, old sch innocence, the little bounce in my feet as I head to sch n nobody to turn to spur on n what's next? I dunno.

I miss sch life...

U/C

After a week of endless sneezing, the source of my cold came from the construction of my office extension( which is less than 5 m away fr me).... The air is juz so filthy. Arh!!!

My table is dusty, the continous banging is so irritating that I stopped listening to my MP3 player. Grrr!!!!
The air is laced wif all those volatile gases from the paint + dust..At first, I had a headache, but after ignoring the source, I develop a high feeling at the end of the day.

The smell of turpentine juz reminds me of my internship days.

Anyway, I decided its time of my blog to be under construction too. Dreamweaver 8 n Fireworks 8 totally rocks!!! (who cares abt the Adobe Illustrator CS =P).

For the meantime, pls stop the banging n drilling!!!

My Favourite day, Thursday

I'm so tired from a stupid cold. Have been sneezing all day long n being given the looks as if I'm a germball doesn't feel gd.

I juz feel like a sodden piece of stale donut.

Finally, Thursday is here!

Thursday gives me the feeling that weekend is approaching n thus, it gives me the motivation to enjoy my day ahead, wif the thirst to play harder (thirst-day).

Yeah!!! Y should I let the rhinovirus damp my mood?

I'm so hungry n happy cos the day in office has ended! Time to go home!!!