Jan + Feb = Jab? Jeb? FAB!!!

This is such a late posting thingie that i'm doing here.. but i just wanted to share the wonderful things that happened recently!! this is also supposed to be an end of exam post which helps me release all the tension in my neck and eye-lids (if even possible).. but it instead stirred up more tension cause it's taking ages to upload the pics!!!

i know i'm supposed to be asleep right now.. need to catch up on my sleep!!! have been sleeping like 1 hour per day!! LOL!!! jokess... but yeaa.. i'm drained!! the three mock papers today, just killed my brain cells!! not everything.. but a large percentage of it!! this is torture!! I checked my June exam timetable and i dont even have 2 papers on a particular day!! if i'm wrong, please prove me wrong asap so i can get my act together!! YES SHARON, this refers to you!! cause apparently NOBODY reads our blog.. it's only for our entertainment!! HAHA!!

so... follower no. 1 goes to!!!! *drumroll*

ZHUZHU8TH!!!

sorry but this is not some kind of.. "YOU'RE OUR NUMBER 1,000,000th VISITOR!! you win a prize!!" type of thing.. LOL!! but i actually posted your name thing on this post!! so BE HAPPY!! ^.^ i've never had my name in CAPS LOCK in someone else's post!! lol.....

so my dear friend (Sabrina QIAN) who's like my mummy is school had her birthday celebration like a few weeks ago!! i wanted to post it but it clashed with CNY so i though i should post the CNY greetings on the day itself and not like this post (3 weeks late?)

this is just a post to enjoy the good memories using photography!! :)

ENJOY!!

sab & hattie (ang moh) :)

Dorthe and I (ang moh?? jokes!!)

irene & sharon

Me & mayang

^.^

sorry this is all for now... stay tuned for more pictures!! :)

hui

Mocks and valentine

After 2 days of mock.. I can finally have a short break...

St Mary's is currently having our mock... traditionally it should be after half term but this year the school organised a ski trip during the half term and to not spoil the fun of the ski trip participants the mock was moved forward.. and thus we, st Mary-ian is having mock which strike on the same day as valentine days... NiCe~~~

Some of my friends had status like "Broke up with psychology and now dating with Economics and M1".. can't agree more....

So I just broke up with Economics and M1.. going to turn back to my Chemistry who i broke up earlier this mon and also my new found lover... C3

Lets me ask.. how was ur valentine day? As I said, my valentine was dating with books... so how about you?

I never fully understand the need for valentine day..... the last time we had a group activity in church which asked about valentine and i said

"A meaningless created by entepreneur to boost sales"

Alright.. i know that sounds quite mean and spoiler.. but trust me its true.. while valentine is all romantic and all.. its also a day where firms rub their hands and await as lovers rush to spend their money.....

No matter what.. I hope everyone had a nice valentine day's

However remember... valentine day is only a day.. falling in love with the right person... you will celebrate valentine everyday... :D

Sharon

Occupation

There are various type of jobs in this world.

What type of jobs would you like?
Whatever you are doing now might not be your favourite. There are a heap of reasons why you might be in a job. Be in for the wages or perks, or the nice working hours you can get.

I came across an article today regarding the most dangerous type of jobs and funny enough we talked about labour market and employment in Economics lesson.

What do you think is the most dangerous occupation in the world?

I could probably come out with a long list but this occupation would not be in my list:

Sulphur mining in an active volcano


It surprised me that one of the most dangerous job in the world actually really close to my hometown: Indonesia

Matches and white sugar are among the products made with sulphur hewn by hand from an active volcano in Indonesia.

The miners have little in the way of protective gear beyond a damp cloth to cover the nose and mouth. Gloves and gas masks are an unaffordable luxury for men paid $10 to $15 a day.

In the past 40 years, 74 miners have died after being overpowered by fumes that can suddenly swirl from fissures in the rock. The poisonous clouds are not steam, but hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide gases so concentrated they burn the eyes and throat, and can eventually dissolve the miners' teeth.

I find the notion of working close to acidic fume really frightening and dissolving teeth......... not very pleasant.... However no matter how hard the condition is... there is still people who are willing to work...:

"Our families worry when we come here. They say working here can shorten your life," says Hartomo, 34, a sulphur miner for 12 years.

"I do it to feed my wife and kid. No other job pays this well," adds Sulaiman.

Even putting their life at risk..they are willing to work in order to support their family....

Wage differential is prevalent in our economy. Footballers like Rooney actually earn more than the prime minister! Celebrity like Beyonce could earn up to $55 000 000 a year and yet enjoy her job and be safe and comfortable?

Lets say a job like sewage cleaner. Not risky (I dont think people die from inhaling too much smelly stuff can die right) but utterly disgusting. How much do you think they should be paid? In Singapore, rubbish collector is one of the highly paid job, obviously as a compensation for the work involved.

Should the miner be paid more than celebrity or the sewage cleaner? How much each should be paid differ greatly from each person's opinion Market forces is at work (demand and supply). However what is fairer might be different in our eyes.

Here's the link for the article if you would like to know the whole story about the sulpur miner:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12301421

Sharon

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!!!

恭喜發財

年年有餘

It's going to be the second year that we're not spending Chinese New Year at home... :'( sad thing is... there's more years to come... when we get back in i dont know how many years, we'd be older and more mature and i guess all the perks of CNY that we used to enjoy won't really be how we used to imagine it to be......

TO THE PEEPS IN BRUNEI!! enjoy this CNY cause it might be the last as you'll be coming over to UK next year!!! ^.^

i wana eat nian gao.... wana eat mandarins... tapak kuda (lol.. i know it's a malay cake)... and all the other wonderful thingss!! SHARK FIN SOUP!!! <3

pics of CNY eve in St. Mary's.. if you think this is boring, it's a great improvement compared to last year!!

the closest we can get to CNY decor (not including chinatown)

handmade CNY decor... should be made by the junior boarders...

gong xi fa cai,

hong bao na lai,

if you dont gimme hong-bao,

i give you black-eye.

poem.. with compliments from my singaporean friend.... :D

- hui -

Holocaust Rememberance Day

Holocaust - genocide of Jews during the World War II

I know it's not the Holocaust rememberance day today... but it was on the 27th January... to tell the truth, it wasn't like marked on my calendar, reminding me to remember of that day.. but isn't it normal?? nobody actually remembers the bad things... well.. nobody actually tries to remember them...

But in this case, it's a part of history that was seriously in humane... against human rights and being racist (religionist?).... yet... it's a day that we should forever engrave in our hearts, to remember the mistakes of our forefathers and learn from the past.....

Sir Nicholas Winton did something great back then...... he's a Briton who organised the rescue of 669, mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War I (think about great timing!!)... Winton found homes for them and arrange for their safe passage to Britain... starting a new life with foster parents....

Here's a touching video.. get ready to be touched... :')

what he did was, is and forever will be remarkable and remembered... he might not have looked at it thinking that he's going to make much of a difference.. but it did...

" Sometimes you'd think that you've not been heard. Your presence, your thoughts, your voice doesn't matter anymore... shout a little louder.... don't ever let it pull you down.. cause He's listening.... God's definitely listening... " - huiyi :)

have a great week!!

remember....

MOVE ON..... DON'T DWELL ON THE PAST... BUT LEARN FROM IT....

- hui -

rainforest of the sea

If I ask you to picture a scene underwater what would come to your mind? 1) The beautiful, majestic coral teeming with beautifully coloured fishes or 2)a dead sea with hardened ground and no life?

Before I go on,
Do you know coral reef, called the rainforest of the sea house one of the most diverse ecosystem in the world and is largest structures made by living organisms? (Coral reefs are living structure) Unfortunately, Coral reefs that took millions of years to build have been disappearing within just decades as a result of human activities.

This video makes a summary of coral reef:



The greatest collection of coral reef is located at the north-east coast of Australia, the Great Barrier reef. Does that location strike a bell? Yeap, the great barrier reef is located close to Queensland, the land currently suffering from flood. As water floods into the seas west of the reef, it inevitably freshens the environment around the reef; which is not good news.

Freshwater kills corals.

Pesticides, herbicides, fertilisers and sediment - mud - are washed off the farms, into the rivers and then onto the reef. Floodwater, with is cargo of mud and nutrients, is pouring into the sea from the Fitzroy and other riversThe fertilisers do in the sea what they do on land - stimulate the growth of plants.But here, that is a problem, as the marine plants cover growing coral, choking it to death

Not only are properties destroyed, human lives lose, even the marine life suffer!

For more info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12190895

Back to my inital question: whichever picture you had in mind. You were right. However, the former scene is slowly disappearing, replaced by the latter.

I hope you found this post interesting and helpful.

Regards,
Sharon

Beelzebub

Helllooooooooo

It's been a long time since the last blog!! almost a year in fact.. sorry for deserting this blog for so long.......>.<

Life is good in Cambridge... I just finished my retake this week.. (utterly annoying.... =.=") I am having a whole day free today without a single lesson due to classmates having exams and class cancelled.. so yeah.. super free!!

It's difficult to decide on my first topic since I had such a long break before this.. The only thing that came to my mind is this new anime that I really liked... (wanted to talk about Economics but lets go a easier topic)

Since this is a NEW year... a NEW anime came out... ^^ and I highly recommend this anime....:

http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/beelzebub-online

It's about a young delinquent picking up a little baby and it turns out that the baby is a demon king. What I like about this anime is the humour that makes me unable to stop laughing.... the manga is also most popular manga at the moment....

Do give it a try.. ^^

A new year.. new beginning and a new anime to start chasing..

PS: Beelzebub means The Devil; Satan. Ah well a new vocab for you? =P

Regards,
Snow

underwater city soon to be.....

Recognise this place? Bet you do.. It is world's renowned Venice...

and thats the effect of global warming......

The one thing that bewildered me is that everyone looks so calm...

Life still have to go on I guess.... even if you will be living with other aquatic organisms... =P

Hope this raise your awareness~~~

EVERYONE SAVE THE PLANET...

Right.. ^^

Snow

Innovation = Obnoxious?

Heyyyyy guys..

its me again....

just found this video really interesting....



Just think that sometime innovation could be taking us a little toooo far.........

By the by

Microsoft is noooo longer the biggest tecnology company in the world......

Congratulation to our favourite iphone/ipod/mac producers........ ^^

APPLE!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10168684.stm

read this if you don't believe me.....

i m on a technology frenzy... so i am gonna blog more about technology and stufff....

there is just too much too write about in one post... LOL......

snow

hiiii again

woooo

finally i can get in.....

been trying to get in here since last september............

^^

hi everyone how are you?

the three blogger are currently having their AS examination....

emiko should be having her physcis soon and snow is jobless n thats why she is here.....

sorry that i haven't been updating much...... >.<

but i kinda decide to start blogging........

1st of all... if anyone has noticed.. yes... all the bloggers have turned 18........ still dont really admit that... but ah welll......... so we are all legal to drive and drink........

2nd... happy birthday to olivia anggggggggg....... who just turned a year older this monday.. <3

3rd.... wish everyone whos having examination good luck....

So what have i been doing for the last 7 months?

LOL!!!!!!

I ll tell u next time...

Snow...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR & VALENTINES' DAY!!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR PEEPS!!!!

GONG XI FA CAI!!

i soo miss..

ang pao collecting..

the excitement when you open it to find CASH inside!!!

MAHJONG WITH FRIENDS!!!! =(

visiting relatives and friends.........

HAPPY VALENTINES' DAY, LOVERS!!!

=)

From "US" all the way in UK!!!!

*emi*

Back to cooking!!!

it's been awhile since i've posted something.. my school internet is to be blamed for it!!! =)

it's been such a stressful week!! i mean it was exeat at first then Sharon & I left for Netherlands (whoever didn't know this... YEAH we went to Netherlands).. so we practically missed a whole week of school.. when we came back i was sooo not in the mood to study.. i mean NETHERLANDS man!! i need time to settle down again.. but after that.. who knew i had exams day after day....

anyways.. we decided to cook fried rice mid tests period.. well for me, it was more of a de-stressing period.. in brunei it used to be baking but i guess i have to compromise here.. it was the first time cooking at Bateman House!!! they practically have nearly everything.. except the most essential 0.O... "PEPPER!!!!!!".. well I mainly did the cooking and they did the wash-up.. washing up is such a bore... so yeap!!!

LOVE COOKING!!!!

<3

here are pics from the ohhh-soo-wonderful experience... =)

oo.. are the brussel sprouts done???

vege preperation..

before..

voilà!!!

HEHE!!!!

will blog about our (sharon & my) trip to bristol with annabelleeee and our trip to netherlands soon!!!

KEEP IN TOUCH!!! ^.^

*emi*

random~

My exam started and also ended three weeks ago. We then celebrate Gina's birthday in Red chilli (a chinese restaurant). I love their seafood soup there. At first, i was kinda pissed because the waitress didn't understand what i wanted to order. Then they even served the wrong dish but in the end the manager came out and asked again so in the end we could eat peacefully. Overall, the service wasn't that bad. When the bill came, they didn't charge for the service. Damn tan tio(not paying for what we were supposed to pay).

In the past three weeks, many things have happened. Sprained my ankle, argued with someone, then led my break down, changed bedroom.... Talking about changing bedroom, we were asked to change because our original room is undergoing a makeover. New colour for the walls, new lamps, new carpet... I can't wait!!! I like the new room though. it's really damn cosy. Half term is coming soon! Going down to London again and going to celebrate my first chinese new year in UK; first chinese new year eve without my family. T.T... shall end abruptly here..

ps: LOTS OF PREP(HOMEWORK) TO DO!!! STRESS!!!

#Jo

twenty

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYJ!

You know i love you. =)

From your one and only,

Jo

HAPPY NEW YEAR..

I know i'm late...

So, here comes 2010....

First and foremost...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

Looking back, 2009 passed by rather fast than i could imagine. It's a year full of slacking i swear. Getting into college, waiting for O level results, chinese new year spent with lots of awesome people, lots of parties, going in and out from moe, waiting for their calls, waiting for an answer, FULLLLLL OF WAITING, going overseas with friends for the first time, spending huge amount of money, going abroad to study, meeting lots of new people, see another part of world with my own eyes, learning new things, learning how to be independent, learning how to adapt, learning how to give and take, learning how to....... lots more. It's never ending...

So i've been thinking whether to have a list of new year resolutions or not... I clearly know that i can't fulfill it or make it happen. Well, there will be less disappointment when there is less expectation isn't it? HOWEVER... I'm still going to list down things to do/things to be done/wishlists for this year.

1) Save money $$$$( to fulfill point no 3)

2) freaking get a driving license

3) get latest iphone

4) ace every tests/exams

5) Stronger relationship

6) Stronger friendships

7) Everyone in my family to be happy and healthy

8) Have a better temper

9) Be slim and pretty

10) Lose weights on the thighs and tummy and face areas; around 5 kg. ( to fulfill point number 9)

11) To get a nice bag

12) Meet XXXXXXXXXXXX

13) Nice flawless skin (k, highly impossible)

14) Grow taller, jump jump jump!!!

15) Become more mature inside NOT outside (apparently, i don't look my age, I look 22) what do you think?

16) Go overseas with friends again.

17) leave this

18) leave this

19)leave this

20) leave this

Leave 17, 18, 19 and 20 in case i have something to add on....

2010 will be better than 2009.

#Jo