flyaway.

FLY AWAY TO SYD
on the journey to Sydney.

4 years in Sydney is an awefully long time.
Catch me before I fly away, cause I'm having the time of my life.
Friends come and go, but the close ones never part irregardless of the distance.

Friday, December 31, 2004

01:36

a happy day! shalala lala~

i actually received a msg on christmas from an unknown person.
person: hi susan! merry chrismas.
shuwen[me]: ermm, i think you got the wrong number.
person: huh? you are chua shu wen susan right?
shuwen: i'm shuwen, but i'm not susan.

its so freaky! like when was i ever susan?
plus, i nvr liked the name susan.
too classical and i dno...
bu the number seemed quite familiar, but the person nvr replied again!

the doubles ranking thingy started yesterday.
went down to take a look in the morning.
had some misunderstanding with coach.
so, i didn partner erica to play douboes in the end.
partnered shujen for two games
felt helpless and pissed
cabbed down to tampines with pam for trg.
waited 20min for a cab to stop for us!
and the ride only took 15min!

played doubles as usual
played agst siti and tiff, and diana's back hurt a lot!
and there's nothing i could do to help her?
cause she insisted on continuing
trained with tiff later, and she said i had a secret weapon.
like huh? hahas. cause i didn even know i had one
ran 2.2km at the track in 13:03.
it was supposed to be 3km.
ate tog at macs.
played the guess-the-number game with a super smelly sauce invented by mayyee.
its like a lil of everything, including coke.
and i lost the first round. so i was made to eat!
almost puked. eeks!
bus-ed home with diana and pam after tht.

slept for ten hours last night cause i was super tired.
skipped trg, cause diana wasnt going anw.
met ivan in town and we were competing on who would arrive later.
i won!
ate at thai express.
and silly me cant even tell tht rose milk is actually bandong!
such a waste of $4.50
went to shop for a wallet.
cause he initially wanted to get me a bikini, but i changed my mind.
anw, it was too embarrassing for him.
met sam and her friend in town.
headed down to robinsons to try and collect my commission of $30.
the miscommunication in robinsons is horrendous!
didn manage to get it in the end!
waste of my time.

caught national treasure.
nice show, but the ending didn live up to its high expectations
which means, its not a fantastic show.
headed down to paragon to buy buns for breakfast tmrr and to treat ivan to some green tea ice cream.
tht's all i could do actually, considering the fact tht he paid for everything today.
lunch, movie tickets, wallet [which was my christmas present].
everything! such a nice guy!
homee!

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

02:27

we had joy, we had fun,
we had seasons in the sun :D

had snbt chalet at coasta sands.
it was terrible! the facilities and all.
its like two storey, but they only had a small room with two pathetic beds.
super single beds. with lousy springs!
arrived there late, and we, the seniors had no more food left?
and they actually promised to reserve for us.
only had a few sticks of satays.
whts left is chicken and prawns.
sheesh.
headed to the restaurant for dinner with the hungry others like virn, trish and pebbs.

returned to the chalet and it was still boring.
filled with those marist ppl.
coach wanted to talk to us.
had a long talk, till bout 1230.
i was still bored!
he made me think bout lots of things, but its all not within my reach.
went to the beach with trish and pebbs.
talked and drank alcohol.
the other secFOURs went back after the talk cause they realised there were no space for them.
returned from the beach and saw the team in the midst of a meeting with no objective.
so the three of us sort of told them the current situation and the things they had to do.
and tada! off we go to bed!

i cunt sleep the whole night!
and there were mosquitoes in the aircon room.
slept on one side, and the other side of my face was bitten my mosquitoes!
on my eyelid too! horrified.
woke up like five times during the 4 hours of sleep.
headed down to tk for trg in the morning.
cabbed with trish. had breakfast at the coffeeshop.
went for trg, and pam was still at home!
physical was tiring. till now, my right buttock and thigh aches!
lunched at parkway and headed back to chalet thereafter.
left almost immediately tho.
was damn tired! took a lift from ger.

in other words, i dno wht to say bout the current situation of snbt.
the farewell present was so last minute.
anyone could have seen tht.
and now they want to make up to us by having dinner at someone's house when school reopens on a training day.
like how much more fun can it get?
~~disappointing.~~

Saturday, December 25, 2004

19:19

merry christmas everyone!
we wish you a merry christmas,
we wish you a merry christmas,
we wish you a merry christmas,
and a happy new year.

i wna say a big THANK YOU to those who sent me christmas cards.
valen, chai, carolyn, wendy, brenda, nat khoo, cherie.
i'll make sure i take note of the address and sent you people a card next year!
had dinner at home today.
had turkey stuffed with meat, sausages, salad and tomatoes [my fave!]
damn full now.
and i ate quite alot! plus the lunch in the afternoon.
totally bloated! -burps

13:04

christmas eve
nothing much happened yesterday.
just tht we went hougang sports hall to train.
and i was late as usual.
didn knoe how to get there, and decided to arrive late anw.
met up with pamela and took a bus down.
she gave me a christmas present.
its seashells, some bought, some picked.
thanks pamela! :)

ate at compass point, all the way at sengkang.
mos burger. and i couldn even finish my fish burger meal.
gave my fries to shujuan, and i still cant eat finish my burger.
like its something's changing within me, and i dont feel like eating tht much now.
came home to sleep after tht.
had 2 long hours of it.
didn get enough sleep last night cause of a 'nightmare'.
-laughs

trained again today. plus its christmas eve! damn sian.
but surprisingly, i reached vj ON TIME.
amazing feat cause i thought i would be late again.
did drills, played doubles.
was supposed to head home after tht, but someone called.
ivan came back from canada for holiday,
and he going got my number from my younger bro!
thru relations larr. wht sort of good friend is tht mann?

anw, met up with him in town, instead of going parkway to see them eat lunch. laughs.
when to coffee bean in wisma.
couldnt find a seat till bout 20mins later.
met chew, bel and their friends there.
think they are surprised i was with him?
i must be the dirtiest person in town.
everyone's well-dressed, while i'm in shorts, stinky!
shared the christmas set meal with him, with rambutan freeze.
the food was good. esp the pumpkin soup and the honey baked ham.
and i think i ate quite alot! more then the last two lunchs i had anw!
sat there till bout 5.
left and went home.
most probably i'm gonna meet him at least once again,
cause he's leaving on the 11th jan.
quite excited seeing him again larr. -but there's no other things involved-

Thursday, December 23, 2004

14:25

good news travels fast
just heard something from my bestie today.
its obviously good news for me.
hopefully it is for her too.
met her at old airport road after trg today.
she was with yanmin and her youngest sis.
lunched there with the the tk and vj ppl.
they ordered table full of food.
like carrot cake, soon queh, rojak, omelette, etc.
i wasnt very hungry, or rather i didn feel like eating.
ended up drinking sugar cane, agar agar and pinching some of the food on the table.

watched cheers youth internationals today. finals.
stayed till bout 9.
played bridge as usual.
did stupid things larr.
so embarrasing asking for balloons and being caught on camera.
and asking santa claus for sweets too.
-hides face-

travelled home with yannyee, pris and nessa.
had a long talk with yy.
the more i listen to her, i admire her courage, determination and foresight.
things are happening in the team.
just hopes it turns out all right soon.
cause comp is just round the corner!

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

18:06

imaginations lead to complications
went to my grandma's house for tangyuan just now
its dongzhi!
ate my mom's share and i knoe its fattening.
didn take dinner as a result.
feeling a 'lil hungry now.
BUT i cant eat!
according to jolene, a friend i met at jurong point while working, you'll be fatter if you eat and drink 1 hour before you go to bed.
which means, i have a very bad habit!

just found out where my classmates are going.

cj 15
aj 3
yj 5
mj 1
vj 2
nj 2
sa 2
ny 1
unknown 6
not going 5
which means, only chai and i are the only ones from our class going vj.
how pathetic.
sometimes, i feel as tho i'm very lucky.
lucky tht most things have all gone so smoothly for me in the past 16 years.
lucky tht i take up sports and can sort of excel in it.
i fel sorry for those who did so much better for me in my clas and yet cant go to a jc of their choice.
oh gosh! :(
anw, now my older bro wants the comp to be returned!
so yupps, there i go again. tada!

07:18

work makes your life hay wire
was working through saturday and sunday.
sunday was my last day!
met some unbelievable customers.

first, there was this guy with a deformed feet.
then he started asking was the price of the shoes were go low.
and asked if it was defected goods.
and i was like:" this is a pre-christmas warehouse sale!"
a warehouse sale doesnt mean it has to be defected!
sheesh.
then i got him the shoes and he inspected it.
and he was like:" see see! i told you it was defected, look at this!"
i went like, its NOT! it just needs some polishing! toots.
ended up helping him to polishing the shoes until he was satisfied.
if you want good quality shoes, then dont how to such warehouse sales!

the second one was a china family, or rather china lady helping her son buy leather shoes for functions.
she was asking for all the lowest priced shoes there.
and she wanted her son to try it immediately, when the displayed shoes was too small for the son.
and her accent was horrible!
her son was indecisive, which made things worse.
i told her tht certain models doesnt have her son's size and she didn believe me.
like who's the promoter? me or you?
then she started to move all the shoes boxes to find it herself!
messing up all the things.
in the end, she starting opening up the shoe boxes herself, at any model tht has her son's size!
i felt like punching her at tht time.
in the end, she bought one pair of shoes and left all the mess for me to pack up.
damn angry at tht point of time. :/

the happy thing was tht it was my last day of work!
headed down to clementi for my grandma's birthday dinner.
oh, i was working at jurong point, at boon lay.
so its nearby.
met my aunt tht has migrated to australia with her husband.
i call him mr kentucky!
had dinner and my bro pissed me off.
tht outright bully made me tear!
an 18 yr old behaving like a 12 yr old.

had morning training yesterday at 830.
was made to wake up at 630. its too cold to get up!
arranged to meet trish on 76, cause she didn knoe her way there.
and we did footwork again, cause mr wong was late.
i shall not say how tiring it is. hahas.
did smashing and pushing. then played matches.
partnered diana, and we didn knoe how to run well.
at least still can cover each other larr.
then we taught mr wong how to play bridge. cause he wanted too.
and there we go, happily playing it in the school hall of tk.
mr wong said he let us play and not do physical cause he wanted to see the sparkle in our eyes. hahas.
anw, we did physical in the end. but it was slack catching!
spent half the time laughing, talking and collaborating rather than running.

lunched at parkway again!
met annabel and her friend.
forgot to ask if she was going for the sn chalet!
played bridge at a so-called secluded place there, but was still caught by the security guard.
so me+annabelle+jean+amanda+yiqun+wanyun+shulin crashed out at annabelle's house nearby.
as usual, we played bridge and ate alot!
and they decided to give me an english name, called kristine.
and they gave wanyun, maggie!
hahas.
left at 715pm.
got a scolding from my mom when i reached home.

i gna play in cheers national.
partnering diana.
cause they were asking me if i was playing at annabelle's house.
then i said i dont have a partner.
then they were like, partner diana larr.
cause she said if she was playing, she would partner me.
then on the way home, i msged diana.
and she said mr wong should be putting both of us as a pair.
so yupps.
i wonder if pamela has got a partner.
i'll feel bad if she's not entering larr.
prays hard.
gotta go do christmas presents now!

Tuesday, December 21, 2004