The Perfect Poise
The Perfect Poise
that will never be perfect anymore
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Friday, July 30, 2004
Happy birthday to you..
Happy birthday to you..
Happy birthday to Ilda...
Happy birthday to you.... :D
*hugs*

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Thursday, July 29, 2004
Yup, matriculated finally. I'm a student once again. Hoho.. And I'm buying a laptop. Currently considering Toshiba Portege A100 (it's white), but will need more opinions, so.. what do you think of that? The price is $2,552. Can't remember if it includes GST already or not. Argh, why must laptop be so expensive.

Hah, I "was" at Steve Vai's concert for about 40 minutes (thanks to Collin). He's a very very very fine guitarist. Creative, thou not exactly my type. Sigh, I haven't been playing guitar for a long time. Just what was I doing for seven months before Uni start? Anyway, was listening to Steve Vai playing through my phone when I started regretting all that time I've wasted slacking. What to do now. Ok, I shall not slack anymore.

Oh, listening to concert through phone is quite exciting. Maybe cause it's illegal, and it's free!! Must make sure your friends have free incoming calls lah. Hmm.. Collin is actually a helpful guy, right Collin? Haha, think I've spoilt his reputation already. Ops.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Anyone interested to go to my sis's choir concert? It's this friday, 8 pm, at Victoria Concert Hall. Tix is selling at $16, quite ex i know. But my sis will give discount cause it's the last tix that she has to sell. :) Contact me if you're interested.

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Monday, July 26, 2004
Differences between 10-dollar and 30-dollar haircuts.

10-dollar :

   Total time taken : less than 30 mins

30-dollar :

   Total time taken : approx. 1 hr 30 mins

I say the 30-dollar haircut worths all of your 30 dollars, if compared to the 10-dollar one. But then, the 10-dollar one isn't worth 10 dollars at all. (I'm talking about QB, and yes, I'm naming names)

And this is the most expensive haircut I'd ever had. The second most was $28. Call me cheapskate if you must, but I don't think my hair deserve a 50 bucks haircut, if the hairdresser's skill is worth 50 that's it.

I recommend this shop at Far East Plaza 2nd floor (the old 1st floor) called Hairplus Studio. Ask for May. She has 15 years of experience in this line. She's from Hongkong and has been in Singapore for 10 years. (Let's hope she's not lying) Her English is not very good so be nice to her. After all, the fate of your hair is in her scissors.. I mean, her hands.

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Friday, July 23, 2004
Collected my IC today. It's blue for PR. Oh, ask me to show you my IC when you see me, I'm really excited about it, hoho. At first there was an error in the postal code, it's supposed to be 558235 but it printed 558218 (that's the postal code of the house beside mine). So I quickly informed the staff who then refer me to the "changing of address" counter. The only way to correct it is to paste a sticker over the old address. Of course I can't agree, I just got my IC and they're going to put some sticker on it. No way. So I asked the staff if there's alternative. And he told me that if the fault is theirs, I can have it changed free-of-charge. But if I'm willing to pay, then it's no problem at all.

Then I talked to more staffs, higher rank each time. And found out the fault is partly mine too. You see, they showed me a document to verify. I signed on it without really checking everything. But it turned out that the postal code was wrong. Lesson to be learnt : take your time to check every document before you declare that all the information on it are correct. Don't care if anyone laugh at you for being so overly cautious, don't care if the staff tap his/her finger on the table to hurry you up.

The senior consultant whom I talked to, he's Mr Ang by the way, was very very nice. He was trying to persuade me to opt for sticker. "It's very nice, very neat, no problem at all. Many people also put stickers. There's valid code on it so it won't look like somebody has tampered with it."

"But it's green," I said

Ok, so I sound like a bimbo. I am a bimbo. But it's my new IC and it's for life. Mr Ang promised to try his best to have it changed without me having to pay. But if he failed, I'm willing to pay 60 bucks. Then I called my sister and she scolded me "you siao ah, 60 is a lot you know" So I went back to the counter and told them I'm okay with sticker. I don't want them to be troubled also, I mean it's quite a small matter actually. Although it's big matter to me.. sobs..  But surprise surprise, Mr Ang has talked to his superiors and they agree to give me a new IC. I can't believe it, they are all fast and efficient workers. So nice also. First he asked me to come back on Tuesday to collect, then after 5 minutes he called and asked me to wait in the building for a while cause they're making the new one now and would give it to me on the spot. It was already after 5 pm, closing time. Guards were standing outside the building denying entry to visitors. And I was admitted because Mr Ang gave permission. I felt so important. Haha..

Anyway I was really touched that they would go to all these troubles for me. At one point my tear just flowed out of my eyes. I'm such a crybaby. Boo hoo.. :p

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Sunday, July 18, 2004
Hey, blogger got even more user-friendly now with all these Words-like options. Not bad, but I prefer the old one :)
 
Yup, I'm back to the old shelf me with a little bit of improvement here and there (I hope). Will learn to be nicer and more patient. And to think before I talk. Will learn to accept things as they are and if I don't get what I want, so be it, maybe things aren't supposed to be that way. But when it comes to my dreams, I should work hard and not give up easily. Right.
 
Err.. aren't my dreams things that I want?
 
Confusing, yeah. It's not easy to be humans. We have to know how to react to and in different situations. Say you fail your common tests, no big deal, don't despair, don't give up, try again. Then you're not allowed to try reverse-bungee, no big deal, don't despair, give it up, don't try to ask for it again, be good. Right.
 
Just exactly when do we have to give up and let go or try again and fight back? Try again when it comes to the "right" things like academics and sports, those important things? Give up things that you want, because they're not important?
 
Alright alright. Those are lousy examples, you'll probably get a headache after that damn bungee ride anyway.
 
So here I am, learning to handle situations better, learning not to be impulsive, learning to control my temper. And constantly reminding myself that the time will come, with the rewards. Hey, I'm not greedy. I just need some motivation. Right.

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Thursday, July 15, 2004
Why can't I learn to keep my mouth shut. Why can't I learn not to talk back. Why can't I have more patience and less temper.
Why can't I control my emotion. Why can't I learn to stop my tears.

Why can't they learn to leave me alone. Why can't they learn not to taunt me. Why can't they understand what I like. Why can't they stop trying to change me.

What's wrong with being a little more adventurous. What's wrong with being a little more active. What's wrong with crying easily. What's wrong with always wanting to voice out own opinions. What's wrong with not choosing to do what I don't like. What's wrong with jus trying to be myself.

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Friday, July 09, 2004
This is the cute caltex ad I'm talking about. Go see it. Anyone knows the title of the ad song?

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Pictures from Sungai Buloh


View from Aerie


Another view from Aerie


Pink flowers


Rain rain go away..

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Wednesday, July 07, 2004
If you cried yourself to sleep at night and woke up to puffy eyes and swollen eyelids, or you just happen to cry and rub your eyes a lot and get swollen eyelids, don't fret. Soak a face towel with cold water (no need ice cold) and press it on your closed eyes for a few seconds. Do it a few times but not too hard.

P.s Results are guaranteed.

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Sunday, July 04, 2004
Okay, my student has just cancelled tuition for today because she's sick. I wonder how I am going to earn money at this rate.

I don't know if I want to go for orientation camps. 4 days 3 nights seem very long for a get-to-know-your-friends-and-seniors camp. And I know my parents will both say no to my going. Sigh. I wish they'll let me decide on my own. It's like the more they don't allow, the more I want to go. Even though I realise (sub-consciously perhaps) that it'll be more tiring than fun.

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Saturday, July 03, 2004
Yay, finally get to change the look of my blog. It's to celebrate my blog's 6-month birthday. Hmm.. not bad looking I say. Will try to add more stuffs on it. Woo hoo!

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Friday, July 02, 2004
I forgot that I have tuition on Wednesday. I FORGOT! How could I? Haha.. Was happily shopping with my sis on Wed and my parents offered to fetch us home from Orchard since they were in the area. Then my tutee's msg came : "Cher, where are you?" And I was like : "Are you sure this msg is for me? :) I'm in a car" Then she called and I asked : "Why? I'm in my parent's car" And in the background I heard my other tutees shouting : "Cher,...tuition..." Then I realised.

Anyway, my sister is playing piano now with only 9 fingers. Her left forefinger got cut by scissors, by my mother. The cut was parallel to the finger and was quite deep. Luckily was not deep enough to cut through. It required 4 stitches though. But compared to my 14 stitches on the head, hmm.. I say she'll be fine.

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