A new haircut... A new hope?
finally gotten my hair cut today... it's been quite a while since my last one... think it's the longest hair i have kept so far... now that it's all short... it feels kinda funny... but i suppose it's good... my head feels light now... better for studying? I hope so... supposedly to finish econs studying by today... but apparently i din study a single bit the whole day... suppose i have to resume to my midnight oil studying... din have good experience last night.... studied till about reaching 5am last night... woke up with a headache this morning... hope it doesnt happen tonight... got lots to catch up... sigh... oh the new hope thing... a hope that i wont screw my JCT... haha..
oh ya... my mom is finally back from her holiday.. she got me 2 pairs of pants and a deck of poker cards.. quite unique i suppose...i mean the cards... she got it from Hong Kong disneyland.. a collectable i suppose... nevertheless, she's back and she enjoyed herself, which i'm glad... i mean she worked hard for this family...she deserved the holiday... but right now she's back... means i need not to cook anymore... supposedly to be happy... but upon hearing me saying that i cooked during the days of her absence... she has the intention to teach me to cook... hmm... ok la.. not say i hate cooking...it's kinda interesting...a new experience.. we'll see if we have the time.. hehe...
waiting for you to come back @ 1:05 AM
Price of eating...
i dunno what gotten into me these few days...maybe it's the cooking sessions, maybe it's the books, maybe is the JCT... i dunno... it has never happened before, but lately i kept eating for no reason...it is not as if i'm very hungry... i just feel like munching on something every now and then... bread, breakfast cereal, ice cream, instant noodles, fast food, tibits... i thought...hey...maybe it is my time to gain some weight, gain some muscles... been doing my pushups daily...shouldnt be a problem...
little do i know...as the saying goes,' what goes around comes around. (let's add one more phrase to that). What goes in must come out.' the price of eating strikes today...just had a severe stomachache... visited the toilet, but still feeling the pain in my stomach and feeling weak...bet i look pale now... haha... lesson learnt... eating is not always good, especially when you are eating all day long... =(
waiting for you to come back @ 10:30 PM
Welcome to Ah Pek's Cooking time -.-''...
ok la... not gonna blog much about today's cooking la... blogged about it twice le... got bored myself...haha... just take a look... it's my third self-cooked dinner... looks good right? haha.. the taste is not bad la...as usual... ahha.. that's about it... ciao!~
waiting for you to come back @ 7:43 PM
My Second dinner...Cooked by yours truly...
Yay! i suceeded in making another dinner all by myself....so cool...feels so accomplished...very proud of myself...haha...managed to finish cooking in about 45 mins...not bad lor...considering i made 3 dishes... this time got proof...i took photos of my dishes....gonna show my mom when she gets back...think she's gonna be shocked...cos i'm known for my bad cooking skills...haha... oh well.. this time the dishes were microwaved luncheon meat, soup and steamed egg.. not bad la... the steamed egg...i managed to get the texture that my bro always got...the egg will literally 'shake' one lor...haha... taste...ok la...not fantastic but quite edible la... soup... i spent time cutting those stuff up la...to make it look very full you know...it's hard la...i forgot to thaw them in advance, in the end i was like cutting ice? still ok la...i cant find more ingredients for the soup...that's about all i can find in the fridge...so couldnt be helped... not bad right, considering i'm still such a amateur in cooking...haha...oh well that's about it...dont think i cooking tomorrow, unless i go to market to buy food, which...hmm... dunno...we'll see...haha... ciao!
waiting for you to come back @ 7:49 PM
Start of the 'study' weeks..
today is the start of the last two weeks of holiday...i kinda planned for these two weeks to be study weeks... the first two weeks of holiday was too busy le...
anyway...let's see how the first day is...hmmm... woke up at about 10.... ate my breakfast...then played a game of dota with com( oops) , followed by reading of a issue of TIME...ok...i kept walking around during the reading time, but at least i managed to finish reading it...haha...but it was about 1 plus when i finished reading...hai...
afternoon...bought my lunch and finished it quite quickly and went back to studying(so guai le)...started with chemistry, considering it's the first subject to be tested...progress so far...not much....started with organic chem, only finished alkanes, alkenes and started on benzene( gonna continue later)
evening....this is hard to believe...at least for me....i cooked dinner...maybe it doesnt really sound quite a big deal, but hey, the last time i cooked a meal...was like sec 2 homec lessons? haha... ok la... not say i'm a great cook...the dishes i made were kinda easy la... microwaved chicken pieces and steaming a frozen-type Otah and a pot of plain porrige...but hey...the cooks of our family- namely my mom and my brother- aint around and i did it by myself...i din screw up, din make a mess of the kitchen, which was quite a miracle...haha...not bad for a start of my cooking, considering i will have to settle my meals for 10 days without my mom being around, oh well...good experience..haha... that's about it ba.... have to get back to studying le...otherwise really cannot finish then i die liao...haa... ciao!~
waiting for you to come back @ 7:35 PM
Gunung Stong... Conquered...
finally back from our climbing expedition...supposedly to last for 5 days ended up with one more day spent at the base camp due to a small situation...but nevertheless it was quite an enjoyable trip, just that i totally missed my AV camp....only managed to make it back in time for the BBQ, but i was too tired to go for it...feels kinda bad to 'pang seh' my AV friends...oh well....what's done cannot be undone...here i'm blogging when i'm supposed to be at the BBQ...haha...
anyway...back to the expedition...i will try to recall most of the details....though it's kinda impossible...haha..
Day 1... well...we set off in train at Tanjong Pagar train station in the evening...all of us were excited...most of the people got the sleepers, while the 7 of us namely Bel, graham, jingwen, claire, shu hui, terrence and me got the seats...well there isnt enough sleepers to go around...couldnt be helped... so we din complain and started chatting happily on the train.. we got all excited...so maybe we did talk a bit too loud...which two women travellers who were sitting in front got kinda pissed...then i think it was because of a small cockroach that claire gave out a loud scream... it cant be helped ba...i mean quite a number of girls are afraid of such stuff...but one of the women travellers gave a comment, ' Too much...This is Too much'.. i din really hear it for myself..but that was what the others said... then while we were sleeping...i think it was about midnight or so...Bel told us that one of the women travellers tried to film us making a lot of noise...but sadly she din succeed...cos we were all sleeping? so she complained to the conductor...fine...do whatever you want... oh ya...a interesting fact told by Bel... reliability of it is up to you guys to decide...Bel said the two of them actually kissed on the train...hmm...
day 2...we reached dabong station... first programme of the day....caving....started off with a dark cave...i dunno what to say...pictures are all with weicheng and the others...cant really remember much... after caving we started to trek up to base camp... not a very smooth trek.... quite tiring even for me...i was panting quite heavily when i reached the half way mark...some were ok...while some were struggling...joey had muscle cramp and rachel got too tired... in the end we used 3 hours instead of 2 to reach base camp... we pitched our tents and rested for the day...
day 3... we woke up early in the morning to prepare ourselves to trek up to the summit of Gunung Stong... it took us about 4 hours to reach the summit...not a very easy trek...luckily we were only carrying our day pack... but the reward was kinda disappointing... it was a cloudy day i suppose...so when we finally reached the summit.... we could see nothing below except clouds and more clouds surrounding us... quite depressing... i could see a mountain directly opposite us when the clouds cleared for a moment...but after that it was all white again...we ate our lunch, took photos and chatted for a while before going down the summit.... going down the summit was harder than coming up...though it used less strength and energy, but the fact is that we need to control our speed due to gravity and the trek down was slippery... nonetheless...we finished the whole trek down and rested at base camp for the day...
day 4...the day's programme was to trek up to the top of the waterfall...for me the initial trek was horrible.. apparently my shoes are not cut off for trekking on soil... i kept falling and holding on to trees and branches for support...kinda embarassing.... but after the forest trek... it was easy for me...it just travelling between rocks and going up slopes without slippery soil... my shoes din fail this stage... quite fun to jump from rock to rock... then we finally reached the top...not really the top ba... but it's the highest we can go...we could see the top of the waterfall from where we were... under Mr tan's approval with his actions...the guys took off their tops and went into the water... we enjoyed the water falling on our backs...once in a lifetime experience... we stayed there...enjoyed playing with the water and took some photos and headed back down to base camp... heading back down... i got a little accident.... hmm...better not comment on it ba... anyway... was supposed to prepare to go back to singapore after the waterfall trip...but something cropped up...in the end we needed to stay at base camp for another 1 more day... we enjoyed dinner at the guide's house...having fried rice and BBQ chicken...the chicken is fabulous...especially when you hadn't had meat for a few days...after dinner we sat around to listen to stories...said by Bel, weicheng and even Mr tan with his ghost encounters...
day 5...i woke up early in a hope to watch sunrise...but mr tan forbid us to go to the edge of the waterfall.... in the end i couldnt see the sunrise...which was very disappointing... we spent our time playing cards for the rest of the day excluding the time taken to trek down and until we boarded the train... oh ya...i din manage to enjoy the malaysia night sky...the nights that we spent...it's either cloudy or raining...hai...oh well... nevertheless...it's a great experience and great bonding between people... that's about it... ciao~
waiting for you to come back @ 8:26 PM
Expedition..
Ok...this is gonna be a short one...kinda in a rush of time...haha.. just eaten two of my grandma's dumplings...man they are good...hehe... in the evening i will be taking train to malaysia and start on our climbing expedition... not say i'm not looking forward to the trip...just that it's my first time and i dont really know what to expect...all i'm hoping to see is the Malaysia night sky once again....the last time i saw it was during our pahang trip...the sky is way cool, beyong description...therefore i really hope to see it once again....
with the start of the expedition will follow by a series of tiring, yet fun( i think) days....straight after that will be work and studying...sigh...but i think that's JC life...cant really blame...just hope i can really enjoy these days to the fullest....oh well..that's about it...ciao....see you guys after my trip... =)
waiting for you to come back @ 11:46 AM