MERRY CHRISTMAS // musings

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! <3

:> tehee it's finally christmas! Didn't really feel the mood initially but these few days have been amazing; basking in the christmas mood, going for christmas shopping, going out with people etc. I'm sure all of you are also doing that too! :>

Looking back at 2015, I guess it's been full of ups and downs. There are times when I was really really down, but there are also times when I enjoyed myself so much! It has been extraordinary, especially after leaving JC and entering university. Getting my grades, still being ever so uncertain on my future path, doing everything spontaneously, working, entering university... Everything made this year so special :> 

BBB

Y'ALL plz don't forget me when y'all have boyfriends k :< Spending Christmas eve eve and eve with you guys was amazingggg <3 We even finally have a sleepover together!!! (although we r 5ever missing Nhu :<) Gardens by the Bay was beautiful but crowd was horrible but y'all made everything hilarious and fun!!! Nevertheless, thanks for being my overly attached BBB where we met nearly everyday during the break before uni during one period of time :> Though I can be mean sometimes but I can never get enough of you guys and I rly love how we all just bare our souls to each other and just judge openly <3 Although we are mostly in different schools, I'm so so glad we still got to meet up and Es is even back in Singapore! (and Qi out of Pulau NTU) And everyone else in NUS we have been meeting constantly nearly everyday to study during the exams period :> vvvvv fortunate to have y'all by my side in everything <3

吃不肥

GUYS this name is rly rly weird but HAHA fine. It's really weird how we got so close together doing all the stupid shits together and having each other's back and working together :> Y'all have been an awesome bunch, and although we are all in different schools ever since ANDSS but I'm so glad we are still as close as ever :> We don't meet much cause our timings always clash but we are still able to be so comfortable and talk cock with each other all the time <3 

Ms. Noob

HI nooby I was trying to think of a group of friends you are in but I can pinpoint exactly so -.- ANYWAY, plz be my lawyer next time ok!! And I rly dk why you like cats so much so here's some cats for you!!! :> Thanks for being my wife-y/ex wife-y/wife-y again and being there for me ever since sec 1 <3 I can't believe how long we have known each other already?? And I still rmb you scolded me for eating your popcorn chicken with cheese in school :< sobz. But really, I always feel so comfortable with you talking rubbish although we don't meet each other so often and sharing everything and being weird around you LOL. Only you know how I really am no matter how old we have grown ;> plz come to the main campus more often and study in school more plz!!! :> <3

Janey Waney

HI DARLINGS we rly need to stop have clashing timings :< y'all were one of my closest JC friends and being able to just say what's on our minds without thinking and although all of you are rly popz now I rly rly rly miss y'all :< miss the times when we could see each other so often in school and when we went for runs!! (plz go for a run together again!) Being able to just post random rants in the chat group and not afraid of being judged, backing each other up for anything and everything, supporting each other, giving each other advice made our friendship even stronger ;> This was a really weird group combination at the start initially for JAE kids in the og but I'm so glad we have became so much closer and for that thank you <3

14S06R

HARLO OMG GUYS I MISS U SO MUCH HAVEN'T SEEN YALL IN AGES. I really miss all of your bullshit every single time :< especially in class when we just do shit together, pon class sometimes, dilemmas, etc. Though we're not all in the same school I rly rly do miss your bullshits and the fun we've had :< so so so thankful for yall and PLZ MEET UP K. <3

T5

T5NDERRRRR maybe I have swiped y'all right in my previous life so that I'm able to meet you guys???? ;> tehee I think all of you know my story of how I accepted FASS just to go for the camp LOL. Although we met each other only during camp this year but we are all still able to be so comfortable with each other :> Thanks for making my uni life so much more fun and interesting with all the tap ins and tap outs from mon-fri and knowing all your stupid timetables when I should be memorizing my books instead and also just talking cock and asking the weirdest questions on earth (seriously). Especially even though I don't meet some of you often during school, we are still able to talk as much whenever we see each other!! <3 And thanks for studying together during the exams period in starbucks and being so patient with my questions and being aunties/uncles choping seats in Starbucks ;> Maybe we might have different timetables next sem but plz don't forget me and spend time tgt too k!!! vvvvvvv lucky to have yall <3

D Block

#dblockbestblock :> OMG HAHAHA GUYS sorry I have been phantom-ing for so so so long ever since exams period and even after that :< y'all have made hall life so so so wonderful and I had so much fun in hall!! All the late night talks, drinking sessions, birthday celebrations etc. has made me really love hall life :> and yall D2 girls rly rly rly blessed to have yall in the same level cause yall have been an AMAZING bunch to be with :> I'll be in hall more often next sem k!! :> tehee (just that I prolly won't wanna stay in my own room often ._.) LOL sobz. [I have my reasons ,_,]

Everyone

:>> Don't be sad I didn't dedicate anything for you k!!:< Maybe cause I couldn't think of a group for y'all to be in :< LOL but if you're reading this plz know that I am rly rly rly lucky to have you in my life!!! I may not have seen you often around this year but plz plz plz let's meet up next year okz!!! <3 

Nevertheless, hope you have an amazing and blessed day! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

<3, Tingz

Fun fact: Did you know <3 was a heart turned to the side??? (I knew ok :>)

Road trip: KL - Cameron Highlands - Kuantan Part 1

hey :>

So, on a random after-study-supper session, Tai asked "Anyone wanna go on a road trip to
Malaysia?" Zitt and I were really spontaneous, so we tagged along with NUS motoring club's road trip to Malaysia :>

DAY 1
Kuala Lumpur
Blastacars

Our first destination was KL. It took us about 5-6h to reach KL, including rest stops along the way. The first thing we went for was Blastacars. It's a place where we got to do driftkarting which was rly fun :> I've added think link of the website so you can check it out!:> The price ranges from 50RM-100RM, depending on the level you are playing, and whether you come in a huge group or not. So preferably come together with your friends to be able to enjoy the group discounts! :> The area was quite inaccessible, especially when we took the wrong road in and went to the muddy terrain. There was actually another road that was paved LOL.

The level we got was Intermediate, for 60RM. The truth is, the levels are the speed of the car, and it is set using a button on their remote. I really don't think it's worth it to pay so much for their advance speed :<

We had to watch a safety video in a small room before being able to drive.


And IT. WAS. RLY. FUN!!!

Although the circuit was quite small, it's really really really exciting to keep trying to drift, and failing, and trying again. I even crashed into the sides of the circuit LOL but luckily they are filled with tyres :> Personally, I felt that I can't ride this twice or else the thrill would be gone. And it's quite expensive even after conversion!

Headed to a car mechanic to get the cars checked for a while before going to our hotel to check in and dump our bags there :>

Concorde Hotel Shah Alam
Checked into Concorde Hotel which made me stunned?!?!?!?^&
I didn't know we were going to be staying in a 4 star hotel and I was PLEASANTLY SURPRISED :> hehehe the rooms were HUGEEE and we got an extra bed since there were only 2 beds in the room.

Dinner was at a restaurant serving pork knuckles and zi char which was awesome <3 I really didn't know what was pork knuckles until it actually came ._. HAHAHA oopsies! But it was really delicious :> Since we went there around 8 plus, we were the last few customers there cause it was closing alr (can't believe it was closing?!?!) OK maybe cause we ate damn slowly lol.

The trip started off with a few problems but day 1 was amazing and I was excited for the upcoming days :>

Car buddies!

DAY 2
Cameron Highlands

The view from our room was AMAZING

Breakfast in the hotel was A W E S O M E???
The buffet was served really well with many different kinds of dishes, and they even have the special kinds of cheese, pastries, cooked eggs, american breakfast, yoghurt... We were totally spoilt for choice and ate a really filling breakfast before hitting the road to Cameron Highlands.

got bubble gum!!:>

Everyone was late so we left the hotel at around 12pm. I really have no idea why but the road to Cameron Highlands was loooooonnnnngggg after taking so many breaks in between ._. We reached Cameron Highlands at around 8pm and we were all starving. The road up the hill was really exciting and thrilling at the same time cause it was just a one lane road with no lights at all, and there were many blind turns with no safety mirrors for us to look out for and it was daaaarrrrkkkk -.-

Yeap partly cause it was raining :<

the roads were pitch black

Dinner was delicious but maybe cause everyone was starving but lets just say it was good :> (zi char again)

Nova Highlands Resort and Residence
Our hotel was a short distance away from the 'main area' where the night market is at, and it seemed really new as the carpark was still being renovated.

road back to hotel

Really love times in the room when you can just chill and talk cock and just do stupid stuff like trying to dry your hair using 2 towels which doesn't work at all.

Part 2 will be out soon! :>

Luv, Tingz

New hair colour: Purple!

hey :>

Finally back to write a short post on my recently dyed hair. I went to Penang to dye this at True Hair Salon for about 180-200RM, and I'm really happy about the results :> So I'll just talk abit about my experience dying a new colour!

I had ombre brown hair before, and I decided to change it to another interesting colour, since I can chop off my hair anytime I want LOL. Initially, I wanted blue ombre, but since the salon doesn't have blue, I made do with purple :>

It took me a total of 10h (7h+3h) in the salon and my butt hurt like crazy sitting on the chair for so long :< So it's best to bring a book along cause you can't possibly use the phone for 7h straight (maybe you can HAHA)

ANYWAY, this was the end result!

Rly rly rly loved the purple :>

Sitting for >7h straight was TIRING. but I guess it was well worth it :>

 

Pre-dye!

After 1st bleach

After 3rd bleach!

Was rly hungry cause I hadn't had food since 9am (it was alr 4pm) so my mom went to buy Mcnuggets for me :> tehee didn't wanna eat unhealthy food but wtv la hungry > everything else.

I also finished the book below, as you can see; it's "Mummy told me not to tell" by Cathy Glass. It's a really good read :> The story was really touching as to how Cathy (under a pseudonym) talked about her experience as a foster carer and took care of Reece, a 7 year old boy who experienced abuse at home. She totally changed the life of Reece and his attitude towards everything around him, and changed his view of what is 'normal' in society. At the end of the book, I teared but since I was at the salon and it's weird to cry so I had to stop my tears HAHAH. 

Since I dyed my hair before (brown), they had to dye it back to black if not it'll be rly weird HAHA. 

This was the end product after another 3h on another day :> Previously, the colour was greyish-blue and it actually looked black from far so I went back to the salon to dye. They were really nice about it and even offered to dye my hair again for free :>

So I bleached again and changed it to purple!

HAHAHAH and she was rly rly rly nice to curl my hair and even braided my fringe :> awwww <3 She's a rly sweet hairdresser :>

My experience there was amazing (albeit having chronic butt pain HAHA) but it's a process I need to go through so it's ok!

update: purple rly fades quickly now its a rly dull purple HAHAH and it's turning brown again! :<

Dk if can see anot but ya the colour is duller alr!!

Thinking of redying another colour, or maybe keep it purple first!! :> But that's gonna be for another time!!

:> Cyall around!!

Luv, Tingz

Finals: Study tips

hey ;>

It's finally the finals season in uni, where everyone just chiong study all day err day. Even I have to mug like siao, and getting into the zone is TOUGH. BUT whenever I get into the zone I'm really productive (+antisocial +looks dao) BUT I get to study alot alot alot. And it goes on for HOURS. And I can't eat cause I'll get food coma LOL.

But these are some of tips and things I do when I'm seriously set on studying:

1. Plan out what needs to be studied on the day

VVVVVVV IMPT!!!! If you don't know what to study, it'll be really 'jerky' cause you'll need to think about what to study everytime you finish something which is annoying and disruptive :< And you need to strategically study since your exams would prolly stagger.

2. Phones aside

Really damn impt too!! As my phone is constantly on 'Do Not Disturb' mode (to save battery), I won't be able to receive notifs when I receive messages. Unless I get calls. Personally, I would think that calls are more impt than messages so anything important? CALL.

3. Light healthy snacks, don't overeat

Light snacks are my BAeeEEEe. Because I won't really eat my main meals when I'm studying, it's always handy to have some snacks on hand. Cereal, granola bars, candy etc will definitely be in my bag. Don't get chips cause you'll prolly get addicted and you'll definitely digress :< OH and get coffee!!!

4. Study with friends!

Actually it doesnt really matter whether I study with friends or not, since being in the zone means being in the zone, but whenever I'm with friends, I feel more motivated to study :> Like, since everyone's studying, I have no reason to slack off! And if I happen to stumble onto any question or concept I don't understand, it'll be really easy to ask for help :> Thanks guys <3

5. Find out the format of the papers
It's overlooked by many but one of the most important information of all-- knowing the format of the papers. This helps you to be more prepared for the exams and you won't get a shock when you get the paper :> (it happened to me before LOL)

6. SLEEP
Sleep is REALLY REALLY IMPT. It lets you become more concentrated, and the information would be absorbed much faster if you're awake and energised, AND you won't really need to reread as much :> It also helps to retain and process information you just studied so that there wouldn't be information overload, and you won't forget stuff you studied previously :> When you're studying and if you feel really tired suddenly, just go and get a 15-20 min quick nap to revitalize yourself. I find that a 15-20 min nap makes me more awake and able to study better.

7. Relax and DON'T GIVE UP!
YOU CAN DO IT ! <3 I have faith in you :>

Luv, Tingz

Our Times 我的少女时代 Review

heyyo :>

It's been a really really long time since I've went to the cinemas to watch a movie as I was really busy, so I finally set aside time and got down to it. Our Times has been one of the hottest movie topics among everyone, so it kinda sparked my interest. Especially the movie's theme song. Everyone's CRAZY about it, my friends at least. I refused to listen to it till my friend just played it in my room and made me listen to it, which I instantly fell in love with. I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD WHY PEOPLE LOVE THIS SONG.

Anyway, it went on replay for a few days while I was studying, and on Friday, some of us decided to watch it. (finally)

We couldn't make it to vivo in time, so we went to The Cathay to watch the movie at 4.20pm. Personally, when I saw the movie poster, I wouldn't have thought of watching it ._.

Really, who would watch this

And I haven't actually watched the trailer, so whatever I knew about the movie, was just shown in the MTV. BUT it's kinda like a spoiler so I knew the gist of the story, but I refused to confirm it with anyone till I watched the show. 

Review

It's a really really great Taiwan romcom <3 The leads are really cool/pretty and although the plot is quite cliche, there are really many unexpected parts. ITS SO CUTE. Especially the romantic parts. :'> This made me cry at a few parts, especially at the end. When you realised everything the guy did :'''') AWWWWW. But anyway, shall not spoil it JIC you guys haven't watched the movie :P

There were times when I raged, times when it was hilarious (alot of it), times when everything was so romantic, and times that was so sad I cried :'<

Even so, although it's a really great movie on it's own, but I think my expectations were too high before I watched the movie, cause everyone was saying how great it was, I expected more. I used 'The Apple of my Eye' to compare with this movie, since it's quite similar. Personally, The Apple of my Eye was a much better movie. But both movies are equally sweet <3

Rating: 3.5/5

Regardless, it's a movie worth watching, for both schoolday feelz and loads of sweetness and romance <3 AND you definitely MUST listen to the theme song, 'A Little Happiness' AKA '小幸福'  I've added the link so it's easier to listen to it :> 

Oh and during the trailers I saw that The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is coming out!!! OMG EXCITEDDDD. 

Anyway, have a great day ahead! :>

(The theme song is still constantly on replay in my com ._.)

Luv, Tingz <3

HHN 5 x D BLOCK

I'm back! :)

Life's been really hectic for the past few weeks and I reached the point where I've started to sleep alot more. I didn't have enough sleep in hall since I usually sleep at 3am+ and wake up at 8am to study. Nevertheless, I'm really excited that I have finally had my virgin experience to Halloween Horror Nights in USS with my D Blockers :>

The queue for entry was realllllyyyy long although the gates were not even open yet. Because there were too many people, we couldn't even find the queue cause it was just one big chunk of people. There were many stuff being sold there, like lighted headbands etc. The colours were really pretty!! Didn't get a headband though cause it was quite expensive ->2 for $5 :(

D block!!!!

So after entering, everyone just had to wait for the opening show which was DAMN GOOD. And exciting. But we couldn't really hear what the guy was shouting cause it was too muffled LOL.

"THEY ARE HEREEEEEE"

After the show ended, all of us just ran to Waterworld, which was THE MRT. Although we ran, the queue was still damn long and we queued for around 1h+. But since the queue was moving, it didn't felt that long :>

THE MRT

The MRT was seriously DAMN GOOD. But at the start, cause I didn't know what to expect, I got a little nervous before going in but there were people who were more scared than me so all's well ^^ The acting and the makeup was REALLY LEGIT and damn coooollll, and the place really looked like the MRT. HAHA. There were jump scares from the scarers and ofc I chua tio but cause there were so many people, it wasn't as scary at all :> Would definitely have gone again but the queue was too long. :<


We wanted to go to Hell House after but the waiting time was 160 min ?!?!?!?! omg seriously. And we didn't wanna waste time queueing so we just carried on to the next haunted house.

BUT we saw The Accelerator with a waiting time of 5min ;> tehhee. so we all just went for that ride and be like KIDS. HAHAHAH

Got tired from trying to turn the seats around so we gave up after LOL.

Looks legit manz look at dat laziness HAHAHAHAH but ya this drew alot of attention cause he was just lying there like a dead corpse. But my friend went to disturb him so he jumped up and guailan him HAHAHAHAH.

TUNNEL

Went to The Tunnel next cause the waiting time seemed alot shorter so we just went into the queue. This wasn't really well known by everyone cause The HDB and The MRT were the ones that left the most impression on people HAHA. Anyway, the queue was quite fast again, prolly around 1h+ (1h is considered fast alr when you're with fun people :>)

Got Blueberry flavoured Jello Shots along the way cause it looked damn cool, and it actually tasted quite good!!!! ;> Personally, the Tunnel haunted house was really not as scary but it was really really dark so there was a point where I couldn't see anything cause it was pitch black. But ok la I flinched a few times cause of the jump scares HAHA.

THE HDB

FINALLY the HDB. Everyone all wanted to see the HDB cause the reviews were really good. Same queue timings (1h+) but it was all worth it :>

The concept was really interesting with zombies in HDB cause of some disease or something, similar to Resident Evil HAHAHA. And personally it was the most legit out of all. It was also air-conditioned which made it even better and when we walked past the 'rubbish dump', it really smelled baddddd. :<

After that, since we still had time, we went to queue for the Battlestar Galactica (Ailens). But the queue was DAMN LONG. Like, 2h??? OMG cause there were so many disruptions and we had to wait for really long which made me so sad and tired :( But the queue was worth it too cause THE THRILL WAS AMAZING (no matter how many times I've sat inside it)

This guy suddenly jumped in front of us while walking so HIIIII.

Overall HHN was AMAZEBALLZ <3 And everyone made it so so so awesome :> Maybe next year I'll consider trying out to be a scarer HAHAHAH cause it'll be actually quite interesting to scare your friends ;>

Luv, 

Tingz