No idea why people always say, "I'm having Monday Blues". Right now, I'm having Friday Reds okay. Don't mess with me! Anyway, I'm in my office now and am quite bored plus super duper hungry. There's gonna be a buggy test at 2pm to 3pm, I really hope I can PASS. Hi to bored and hungry Zoo mates who are reading my blog now! xD yada yada.

Last Saturday after lots of pleas to lovely friends, we went to Indochine to drink. Yay! Now I finally understand why depressed people drink to drown their sorrows cos' that's exactly how I was feeling. Right then, I ordered Stella Artois, Dear had Carlsberg and the rest of them ordered some cocktails. The ambience and atmosphere there is misty, dark, and there are terracottas everywhere. I love it. Pictures will be up soon okay!

Last Monday was my 2nd Year Anniversary together with Dear! But we didn't go out because of work. So we got out on Tuesday instead and slacked at Starbucks for the afternoon. My favourite, cheesecake!! Then watched a movie and that's it. Simple and nice. Oh yeah and Tuesday was my first day in school. Friends and I were SOOOO excited seeing each other again! It's great! The lecturers and tutors in SP are so nice. They kinda make me hope that I can study forever instead of stepping into the working world.

P.S. This entry is typed in a hurry.





Friends ask me why do I particularly like to post special events or experiences that happen everyday instead of sharing things like my thoughts or expressing my feelings and acknowledging them. Well, if I'm gonna acknowledge what and how I feel, my posts in this blog will be a depressing one almost everyday. With a stressful job, naggy parents, boyfriend who feels he is neglected but not, and no friends to turn to, I really don't see what other stuff can take my mind off things to stop me from becoming cynical except for this, blog. At some point in time, I do feel like screaming and shouting my lungs out so that I will feel better. But my parents will probably think that I'm mad and send me off to IMH before I can count to three. Anyway, I don't feel perky enough today to update anymore, but I prolly won't have any time left so a few pictures of my favourite places in London will satisfy you guys I hope. =)


The best musical ever - Phantom of the Opera. It's a MUST-WATCH in London.


Hampton Court Palace's garden. Cool weather, lovely trees and flowers, nice people, what more could one ask for?


Love love love the flowers in the garden.


I really wish I could sit there for the whole day.





I didn't go for work today cos' I've been surviving on Strepsils for the past few days and almost sneezed my nose out last night. Yeah and I love being at home! Oh and I'm listening to Boston by Augustana right now. It's gonna be my all-time favourite! If you want the song just drop a line in my tagboard and I'll send it to you if I see you online! Alright, and for those who wanna see Huang Biren or Jeff Wang, just drop by the Zoo this Saturday. =)


Presenting to you, the World's largest ferris wheel - The London Eye. Magnificent eh?


This is Big Ben! (the tower with the clock) For Shaman King lovers and Mr Bean fans, you'll find this place really familiar.


A picture of me and Bee at the exit of Westminster Abbey, a place with tombs of famous Kings and Queens. Lots of them.


There are buskers everywhere in London and this is only one of them in Covent Garden. I find her really cool cos' she was standing really still and I wanted to take a picture together with her very much. But but, I was very afraid that she'll do something to me if I stood a little closer to her, hence the big gap between me and her. Haha! Just as I was about to give a little money, she gave me quite a scare with her flower and sent me screaming. Londoners around me were all giggling. Grrrrr. How embarrassing.

Anyway, it's time for me to take my medicine and go to sleep. For those who are sick, please take care of yourself and classmates, I will be waiting for our crazy K-boxing session again. Can't wait for school to start!!





HOW can I let this opportunity slip through my fingers when I've been following Huang Biren and Jeff Wang for the whole day in the Zoo without taking any picture together with them!! 'Arrrrrrrrrrrr! So upset! Anyway, they were in the Zoo at about 3.30pm today doing a filming for their new programme which will be screened next month, A* something something something. Haa I'm not very sure what that programme is but you guys can check it out on Channel 8. Jeff Wang is quite friendly and so is Huang Biren but she looks quite tired prolly due to the hot weather and the mosquitoes.
Alrighty, back to London yippee! It's impossible to tell you guys what we've done for 9 days cos' it's simply too much! So I'm gonna highlight some of the popular landmarks and places that we have visited and interesting things that happened to us (probably can't finish in this entry cos' I'm only allowed to post 3 photos a day).


This is the famous Camden Market in London. It is the biggest market and look at the pop-out structures on the short little buildings! There were so many people around and we couldn't find a place to sit down and enjoy our lunch. So, we ate as we walked and our feet suffered miserably. After Camden Market, we hurried to Tower Hill to catch the Jack the Ripper Tour. It was abit of a disappointment because I expected it to be kinda scary but it was actually only a tour to places where Jack the Ripper murdered his victims brutally and ripped their internal organs out as he does so. The alleyways were really creepy though. I could've post a picture here but my camera failed me at that point in time. Oh well.


There. We were heading to Westminster Abbey when it started pouring without any warning. Such luck! So all of us hid under this small pathetic little shelter with our dejected faces. 5 minutes later, the rain stopped. We gleefully continued our journey to Westminster Abbey when it started pouring (all of sudden) again and we had to take cover. The weather is really unpredictable in London.

It will take me a few more entries to finish off London! Blogger's fault!






This is the first train we took when we were in London. It operates like the MRT in Singapore but it's called the tube and the only difference is the tube's really stuffy, hot, jerky, and during peak periods, you will be sandwiched between people to the extent that even if the train jerks really badly, there will be no room for you to fall.


A situation arose in the tube though. We were all quite surprised when humans and pets can travel in the same train, at the same time! So the excited me took my handphone swiftly and snapped a picture of these 3 HUGE black dogs. Aloysius (the guy at the back of the picture in white) did the same as well. BUT, he took his digi cam instead of using his handphone camera. The owner (the 'headless' man in brown jacket) of the dogs saw what he was doing, approached Aloysius and from our view, looked as if he was about to beat Aloysius up. It was a really tensed moment and I thought Chih Wee would go to Aloysius' rescue, but he didn't. Then I wondered, 'I took a direct shot of his dogs right in front of his FACE. How come he didn't scold me?' Hmmm. It is now that I realise he's probably a country bummer.


This is the route that we take when we're gonna head back to our hostel. It's a really long walk and trust me, you won't want to spend about 15 minutes walking back to your hostel when you didn't have any rest at all after a long day's walk.

Work in Zoo was alright for me today. First time in 2 weeks. That's because I went to walk around the Zoo and I didn't know that it can be so fun walking alone, observing certain animals that I particularly like without worrying about time. At about 10.30am, I rushed to the Amphitheatre from my favourite Reptile Garden to catch Carlos the Sealion. I fell in love with him! He's the most obedient sealion ever! Anyway, I went back to the office eventually cos' it started raining cats and dogs. Supervisor was packing up and getting ready to go home when I reached the office. So I had the whole afternoon to myself. I occupied myself by emailing Aisyah, researching about my favourite animals, wondering whether the 'stay in office, do not go out and do not be alarmed' practice is really due to an escaped animal or just a drill, and listening to a ghost story from Foong and got spooked by this umbrella in the office. That's my day.

P.S: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PATRICIA!<3






Continuing with my previous post, I was really happy when I get to have my dinner at 10pm in the plane. Yay! But I couldn't sleep for the whole night cos' the seats were just too small and cramped!


Okay check this out. I really have to apologise for the small picture but if you wanna see a bigger version, just click on the picture. It's actually Dubai's city lights and one of my favourites because when viewed from the plane, it's like the prettiest lights you'll ever get to see at night. Absolutely awesome.


Yeah, this is Dubai's airport. Weird golden tree-like lights huh! We had a short stopover at Dubai for about 1 hour and then..


Tada! London! Those brown structures are actually rows of houses. Isn't that cool?! Anyway, the moment we got out of the airplane, it was like whoosh. Strong but cool wind! The temperature there is lower than air-con's. I was kinda worried back there that I didn't have enough warm clothes with me. But after a few days, I don't even need to rely on my jacket or windbreaker to keep myself warm. A long-sleeved shirt will do the trick.

Gonna continue about London next time cos' I can't post any pictures anymore. My Secondary School band conductor, Ms Doreen Tan is leaving today and because of work, I couldn't find time to go back and see her one last time. =( I really hate scolding people but I had to when the band used to be so ill-disciplined. When I did scold them, Ms Tan will hug me in front of the band because she knows that I hate doing that and tears will follow soon after (of course not in front of the band but in the toilet). She's petite, active, philosophical, super optimistic, has a never-give-up attitude and lots more. Aye. We've gone through so much together and I will remember and respect her as the great SSO(Singapore Symphony Orchestra) librarian/frenchorn player/teacher. =)

Work didn't really go well today like always. Drove the buggy again but I missed the parking spot at the Australian Outback and was being reprimanded. Well, what can I say? I'm new to driving, and I really did my best to search for the yellow box while driving. It's not like I missed that parking spot on PURPOSE! Hai. I can hardly wait for school to start soon! My results are not really good btw. Don't wish to harp on it and hope all of you are well!





Due to time constraints, I can only update stuff about London bit-by-bit so please be patient with me! =) I miss London totally.


A picture of the 18 of us including Chih Wee before we step into the transit area, before Patricia got emo, before I felt like I'm free.


Dawn and I in the plane heading to Brunei for transit. She's my eating partner, toilet partner, chatting partner, sleeping partner (oops!) for 24 hours.

Pretty sky right? I got so bored in the plane I was snapping away with my digi-cam. Consequence: My rechargeable battery died within 2 days and I had no charger with me then. So kids, do not try it at home.


So after 3 hours, we finally stepped into Brunei's Airport full of anticipation as to what we can actually do there since we'll be in transit for 5 hours. As big as the airport may seem, it consists of only two interesting shops selling chocolates and souvenirs. The remaining two to three shops ain't worth mentioning. =) So in this airport, we waited for 5 hours and in the midst of boredom, we get to know everyone a little better. Alas, there was an awful announcement when we (hungry "ghosts") were in the holding area, about to board the plane to Dubai at 8pm. We were told that our plane was gonna be delayed for about another hour plusplusplus. Bee, Pat and I were really hungry so we trudged out of the holding area discontentedly to the small little cafe and got some food to fill our stomachs while Dawn and Margaret remained where they were. Food at the cafe was "scarce" and there was a really long queue. Luckily, we were able to grab some cakes (blueberry cheesecake for me!) and doughnuts for free before the cafe ran out of food. Then then, at about 9.30pm we finally boarded the plane! And I have to stop here because Blogger don't allow me to post photos anymore. WHY?

Haa. Btw, I had piano lesson after work just now and I tell you, music really de-stresses me from a day's work. I love music and I love teacher. Next entry will be more about London! Till then.

P.S: My demanding supervisor gave me a grade C for conduct and D for performance. Grr.





Zoo. I sat in buggy. I drove buggy. I parked buggy. I reversed buggy. I scared supervisor. I almost made buggy dive downhill. Screwed up!





I'm back in Singapore! Currently suffering from "culture shock" cos' the weather here is SO humid and moist! I absolutely hate it. I miss London and friends! Anyway, I'll not be updating about the millions and billions of stuff that happened in London until this weekend when I've got a short break from my attachment.


This is a picture of ALL of us who went to London excluding Chih Wee cos' he's the photographer. Look at all the smiley faces!

It's my first day of work in Zoo and I went for "Breakfast With The Wild" together with STB executives who came to Zoo for a site inspection. Lucky lucky me! Eat buffet FOC. =)

The 2 lemurs - widely known as the Madagascar monkeys.

This is like the cutest little elephant in Zoo. Really cute!!