hwish hwood

e set of veri interesting readings tat i've been studying these few days...

e topic is "food security issues in singapore" under e module "political economy of east asia" btw. e lecturer for tis topic has a farnie accent, n alwayz pronounce fish as hwish n food as hwood. amusing.

but even more amusing are these "animal talk" in e readings...

chickens

(wow e lecturer sure does spend alot of time in e supermkt!)

pigs

(oh i din noe pigs are disposed of)

crocodiles

(since when are crocs high value-added reptiles??)

i wonder if there's any other more graceful way of phrasing those terms, seriously.

but to see it in another way, tis set of readings is probably a gd source of entertainment amidst all e austere political issues lahz huh...

2 down, 2 more to go. 9 days to freedom, 10 days to take off!

canny heritage

im admittedly a lil slow in visiting myheritage.com, cuz i juz visited it recently even tho gen reco me tis site wks ago. but still, it's realli quite fun. haha~

in case u'r slower than me, u can upload ur photos on myheritage.com n they will analyse ur face n tell u which celebrity u resemble.

uploaded a few of my photos n some returned hilarious results...

andy lau n stephen chow... -_-

oh well, at least andy lau is gd looking. haha~

as for these results...

i like! cuz nicole richie n ayumi hamasaki are chiobus! wahahahaha~

some consistent results...

she's e eldest of e remaining charmed sisters, fyi.

wah if i realli look like tat charmed one, would i happen to have e freezing n atomising power??

then i can freeze e whole exam hall n buy more time to do my paper! i can oso atomise all e dean's listers so tat i have a higher chance of getting A+!!~ MUAHAHAHA~

ok im getting nuts frm all e hwish n hwood (more on this nx time).

i tried 2b farnie n uploaded photos of my fav bae yong jun n jang dong gun...

see, oni 70+% resemblance to their real selves lorz! meaning myheritage.com is siao keng-ing ppl, so don take e results too hard lahz huh... haha~

anywayz... tis is how e nazi trench coat look like without buttoning n belting...

it probably realli looks better like tat, but im definitely envisioning a red swastika band on e arm. haha~

e hip marxist

bought a trench coat frm mango previously, with e intention of bringing it to e US tis may (when it's late spring n it'll be 10+ deg cel).

buT when i was tryin it on again yester, i realised tat instead of looking like a hip youngster (cuz it's mango n 22 yrs old is still considered young) touring e US in late spring...

i look more like a nazi touring siberia. LoL~

guess im leaving e trench coat in sg instead then.

my last...

seminar in ntu

Venue: S3-SR7
Module: BF322 Advanced Corporate Finance

it happened to be my grp's turn to present on the tiffany case, hence my last seminar in ntu coincided wif my last presentation in ntu too.

ting commented tat i looked like a tiffany sales personnel cuz of my blue shirt tat day. haha~

lecture in ntu

Venue: North Spine LT19A
Module: AB312 Political Economy of East Asia

dar is my "chopstick sister" in sch cuz we alwayz take almost e same modules n are almost alwayz in e same class... we'r inseparable. haha~

somebody said we look like siblings...

i tink it's juz e hair colour n glasses lahz.

speaking of my bogus sibling, how can tis freaking disgusting creature ever look cuddly????

it's called a pangolin in english btw... grossssss lahz!! *shivers*

mugging moments in ntu

Venue: NIE Library
Modules: BF322, AB311, AB312 & AA306

e backgrd is seriously veri university-ish. reminds me of love story in harvard. haha~

wanted to find a screenshot frm love story in harvard where e characters were studying in the harvard library n put it alongside my university-ish photo. but cant find. google images finally failed me. LoL~

1 paper down (oni), 3 more to go. 16 days to freedom n 17 days to takeoff!

e great slides designer

tis is an attempt at escaping frm e realm of mugging by blogging! (oh wow, they rhyme!) haha~

tis sem i compiled a grand total of 4 sets of powerpoint slides for my various project presentations, n have somehow earned a reputation at compiling. my grpmates all lauded me on e pretty slide designs!

google presentation

slide design totally original! google has a clean n no cluster image, so i tried to follow their style. incidentally came across a pic of e 4 coloured circles at google's website n tot i can use em to decorate e boring pg number corner.

starbucks presentation

completely original slide design by me oso. spent a damn long time doing e design for these slides, cuz no inspiration. tried a few sucky designs b4 tis, then finally decided on tis when i realised im too close to deadline.

tis design is abit too cluttered, but oso not bad lahz. at least it's original. like e lil design at e top right hand corner, with e name of e presenter n pg number.

airasia n tiger airways presentation

ok i downloaded tis slide template frm e microsoft website, so e background design is not original. but other then e background e rest is pretty much original okayy...

e agenda slide is animated, in a veri airline way. haha~

i love e design at e bottom right hand corner, for e presenter's name. look so pilot-ish. my idea! hee~

tiffany presentation

oooohhh~ tiffany is like e dream company to do a project on, for gals!

was so distracted by their super chio jewelry when i was surfin their site for slide design inspiration lorz. i wan jewelry frm tiffany!

e oh-so-pretty blue box background is veri nice rite?? my idea too!

my slide designs are all veri suitable for marketing proj, but not business enough for finance project. n e tiffany case was a finance project. oops... haha~

but pretty wat! n tats wat matters to me! oh well, girls will be girls. LoL~

mayb i shd sell my slide design expertise to e marketing students. muahahaha~

e name game

i noe my name is not ez for non-chinese to pronounce, but i still cant help but feel slightly annoyed when ppl mispronounced my name.

most non-chinese will pronounce my name as "kian-wee", with e exception of my australian-indian fyp tutor, who conveniently left out e hui n called me "qi-an ". n some chinese mispronounced my qian as 钱 or 倩.

i've even heard of frens who alwayz tot my surname is 钱 n my name is juz 惠, as in 钱惠. *faintz*

but e most irritating thing is when locally-educated chinese tells me, "sorry if i mispronounced ur name, cuz my chinese is veri bad".

tats bullshit. if u'r locally-educated, u definitely hafta pass PSLE chinese, n e PSLE chinese standard is adequate for u to pronounce my name accurately. hehz~

it's 芊惠, everybody. pls do not mispronounce it, i will get annoyed.

tho i like my chinese name, i don like it when ppl mispronounce it. already having so many ppl mispronouncing my name in sg, it's ultra reasonable to predict tat much more ppl will mispronounce my name in e US. so i mite as well juz use a name tats easier for e angmohs to call me by.

in a weak attempt to preserve my chinese name, i've decided to use eng names starting with "q". after discussing with qing n nominated a few names, i tot i'll juz put it on blogpoll...

queenie - for some unknown reason, my roomie's bf calls me queenie, like a nickname. tis name sounds abit act cute, i fear ppl will get disgusted. haha~

quincie - special name. but quincy is a guy's name, tot quincie wld sound abit more girlish. then again, sound abit act cute.

qwin - pronounced as "queen", but in a different spelling. u noe, tis is like naming myself after my blog. LoL. qing said it resembles "sure-win", which is gd, i wanna win. haha~ but a lil pretentious oso, i tink.

tis is juz a name tat i MITE use in e states, for convenience's sake. im not gonna put it in my ic or anything. in fact, i may noT even use e eng name afterall. 芊惠 will alwayz be e most preferred. haha~

im juz doing tis for fun, so u ppl juz vote for fun oso lahz huh. any comments juz tag ya...

weather currency

besides housing a complete set of entertainment sys (21" tv + cable + vcr + vcd player + laptop + wifi), my room oso proudly possesses tis...

e nite view is nice oso, but my camera sucks at taking nite mode.

i love rainy days!

speaking of weather, it seems like e weather in jersey is heating up already.

guess my $73 mango trench coat will be of no use then. hehz~

on a related note...

USD is depreciating agst SGD! im gonna xchg $$ soon. US$1/S$1.61 is cheap lorz, hope it'll cont to drop. hee~

those eyes...

being e filial grand-daughter tat im, i stayed over at my ah ma's hse over e wkend to keep my ah ma companied while ah gong is in china. tats part of e cause behind my recent online inactivity. do cute guyz like filial grand-daughters?? LoL~

as there's no internet at ah ma's hse, i brought along e all abt eve 爱上女主播 vcd over to entertain myself. yes miao, i finally watched it. haha~

i tot i wun get hooked by e show lorz, cuz it's such an old show le...

but still, i did get hooked. finished all 20 episodes during my 4-nite stay there, when im supposed to start mugging. hehe~

recalling a particular conversation i had with ting...

ting: i like jang dong gun 张东健 lehz
me: huh why u like tat uncle?? jdg is so uncle-ish lorz!

n now i like tat uncle too. slapped myself in e face. hehz~

tink it's his character in e show lahz, veri charismatic n attractive n steadfast n ever-so giving. i heart! chae rim's so lucky to star as e one he loves lorz...

im such a sucker for shows with male characters tat are rich, powerful, confident, smart, devoted, charismatic, blahblah... e prince charming type lahz. then again, ting made a gd pt by sayin "who wun like tat kinda guy??" hee~

after watching numerous k-dramas, i conclude tat k-actors mostly look uncle-ish. tats cuz dey all have e ernest n mature aura. but hey, dey can also look hoT okayy...

lurveeee those eyes!!! how on earth can a typical korean man have such huge n dazzling eyes sia?? don tink he went for plastic surgery.

how i wish he cld gaze at me with those eyes! wahahaha~

rem e guy beside jdg?? he's e hottie carpenter frm a moment to remember. e above photo totally epitomise e saying "killing 2 birds with 1 stone". *droolz*

i din fall in love with jang dong gun in time to buy last last wk's you-weekly with him on e cover eh... =( anyone bought it n wld like to donate it to me????

all my fav k-stars have movies showing now lorz, but i have no time to watch em all cuz i needa mug!!~ grrr~~

n dey'r all blockbuster movies lorz... kwon sang woo 权相宇, jang dong gun 张东健 n woo sung jung 郑宇盛! sobz. let's hope ch56 shows these movies later on. *keeping fingers crossed*

okie finally updated my blog, tis is e longest lag ever man. now, back to mugging!

e obnox

i've nv seen such obnoxious ppl in my entire life. tis gang of ppl in my finance class realli widened my horizons man.

Seminar 4 (Jan)

e above is e seating plan in my finance class. my grpmates refer to obnoxious asshole no.1 as 小倩 cuz of her ugly hair, n obnoxious asshole no.2 is known as 宁采臣 cuz he's in cahoots with no.1.

when e presentation was in progress, 小倩 n 宁采臣 kept criticising e presenters. n as u can see, they were not sitting veri near each other. so they were basically criticising e presenters out loud across e classroom.

小倩 to 宁采臣: no lorz, wrong lahz!
宁采臣 to 小倩: ya, wrong lorz! my goodness!

prof to presenters: wat is e equation for free cash flows?
presenters: ermz... current assets minus current liabilities
小倩 to 宁采臣: HUH... tats net working capital lorz! aiyo 宁采臣 u go n present instead lahz!

im not kidding, they seriously said tat. i was soooo annoyed by e both of em tat i turned over n diao-ed 小倩 lorz. tho i donno e presenters personally, but frm wat i observed, they'r much nicer ppl than 小倩 n 宁采臣.

furthermore, e presenters are juz yr2 students n e case they presented on was sooo difficult lahz. do u have to be so harsh??

who are 小倩 n 宁采臣 to treat e presenters like tat anywayz?? so wat if they'r top dean's listers?? doesnt give em e right to look down on everybody else rite?? wtf.

Seminar 6 (Feb)

it's finally their turn to present. their slides were veri elaborate n pro looking, but e words were so small everybody had to squint their eyes. n they did tons of additional stuffs, mayb in a bid to show how smart n zai they r. however, even e prof said those super chim additional stuffs were redundant for e case. wahahahaha~

n their remaining relevant stuffs were greatly scrutinised n rebuked by e prof oso. muahahaha~

u wld tink tat since they were soooo zai to e pt of being snobs, their presentation skills muz be excellent. sorry to disappoint u, cuz 宁采臣 was stuttering away. hehz~

Seminar 13 (todae)

they sat at e last row todae, with their gang of obnox. n when my grp was presenting, they were chit chatting away.

nvm tat they were uninterested in our presentation n din even bother to show us some respect by shutting up, but e prof was sitting juz right in front of em lorz. tat din stop em frm chatting so loudly. tink e prof can hear every single word tat they were spouting.

when one of my grpmate asked e class if they can see e words on e projection screen, one member frm e obnox juz yelled out rudely, "CANNOT!" wtf.

my turn to present. n e prof had some queries for me...

prof: so wat is e COSO framework? can u tell me more abt it? i've nv heard of it b4.
me: it's a risk mgmt framework widely used by e accounting industry...

at tis pt, e whole gang of obnox burst into laughter. wtf is so ticklish abt e COSO framework?? by laughing they've made me so paisey lorz, cuz it's like i made e prof seem so stupid. n i nv meant for e prof to appear stupid. i mean, he's a finance prof n it's ok for him to not noe abt e accounting stuffs rite?? wtf~

ahhh well... they can be as snobbish n obnoxious as they wan, cuz i can despise em as much as i can too. n im not e oni one who dislikes em, so many other ppl have heard abt n dislike their infamous traits.

despite being smart n zai, they'r not well-endowed in e looks dept. 小倩 has a slutty aura n is not pretty at all, while 宁采臣 looks like he's in his 30s n is balding. also, i heard 宁采臣 still havent found a job even tho he's one of e top dean's lister who's graduating in 1 mth's time. WAHAHAHAHA~

i wish they rot in hell.

qian hearts JJ

im now waiting (rather impatiently) for ting to send me her part of e slides for e last presentation in my NTU life. none of e 306 stuffs are going into my head, hence decided to blog instead.

apparently im not e oni one blogging. JJ's blogging too!! thx sissy for giving me tis link. sooo much of JJ in e blog, heart! hee.

he's pretty cute to me, tho i noe miao wld beg to differ. hey, at least gimme a lil credit lahz. tis is e 1st time i heart an artiste not cuz of e artiste's looks eh. i fell for his voice 1st horz, n still truly love his voice! haha~

but after tat i realised he's cute too. hehe~

he's having his JJ party tis 23 apr at spore expo. i have e tix but have nobody to go with me. sobz.

worse still, he's having his 1st paid-entry concert in singapore in june n i cant go!! was still thinking can ask if miss wong can help me get a backstage pass... hehe~

sacrificed so many things for my work and travel usa prog lorz. (oh JJ went to e US recently too!) 1st world cup, then JJ's concert. n ting mentioned e great spore sale too. hehz~

it's alright, i'll have much more fun in usa while u ppl continue to rot in spore!! LoL~

okie back to work, ting juz sent me e long-awaited slides. ciaoz~

sorry, ah bek

one fine day, i was at e bus stop shown in e picture below, waiting for e ntu-bound 179.

there was an ah bek at e same bus stop too, looking a lil lost. ah bek not as in e chee ko bek kinda ah bek, but e lao ah bek kinda ah bek. he's probably 80 and more, considerably lao. frail but healthy-looking, tho he doesnt appear 2b veri mentally agile.

aiya e ah bek is juz veri old lahz. it's like, my ah ma is old too, but she's still mentally agile, if u noe wat i mean...

anywayz, ah bek approached me n asked (in english, to my surprise) "u noe... where... bus... 502... ??"

pointing in e direction of e pink arrow below, i replied, "502 at e interchg, not here. in-ter-chg."

ah bek thanked me n wobbly crossed e road. but juz when i tot he understood my instructions, he stopped at e opposite bus stop (see purple arrow below).

ah bek tot i was pointing to tat bus stop. *faintz*

after surveying e bus stop stand (or wateva u call tat), i guess ah bek probably wondered if his aging eyes were playing tricks on him.

cuz as u can see, there's no 502.

then he glanced in my direction. i tot he was looking at me so i pointed to e interchg again n yelled across e road, "in-ter-chg, no-t the-re!"

but apparently he's not realli looking at me. pengz~

i contemplated crossing e road to further furnish him with details of where e bus interchg is, but juz when i was abt to execute e plan, 179 arrived. realising i was late for class, i abandoned ah bek n jumped onto 179.

-_-

hope ah bek found 502 with e help of a kinder soul who's not late for class...

(yes i do feel silly when snapping those photos above. hehz~)

you mei you??

i was momentarily shocked beyond words when my mum told me she went to e doctor recently n asked e doc if she "有没有" cuz she missed her period.

OMG OMG OMG OMFG~~

i will FLIP if e doc said "有". seriously.

occasionally, i will dream of my mum getting pregs again. n i'll alwayz wake up soaked in cold sweat, completely freaked out.

tis dream of mine must never come true. *shiver*

NIS versus NUSIS

my club received NUS AWC's NUSIS email invitation tis wk. i was taken aback when i saw wat e NUSIS mgmt team has done so far...

tis yr, application to participate in NUSIS is done thru their website. n their mgmt team even set up a specialised NUSIS web link on their newly revamped website.

n they have sooo many sponsors! my goodness.

their specialised NUSIS website is so darn pro n cool tat i feel ultra guilty. NIS is juz but a tiny part on NTU ARC's website n our application is done thru email.

n we oni have PUB sponsoring us newater. -_-

after realising tat NTU ARC is paling so much in comparison, i start to wonder if
1) im not doing enough, or
2) they'r doing too much.

well, to console myself, at least we have our own range n air weapons n shooting equipments. wahahaha~

tis sucks.

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tis is e 2nd consecutive wk tat my tuition kid din reply my sms, n e 4th consecutive wk tat i havent been giving him tuition.

i presume e reasons for not replying my smses are:
(a) he don wan me as his amaths tuition teacher anymore
(b) he lost his hp
(c) he's toooo unwell to reply smses

it's ez to replace sim card n get back ur original hp number, so (b) is not a valid reason. n i don tink anyone cld be soooooo sick tat he cant reply smses for consecutively 2 wks.

it muz be (a) then. hehz~

he still owes me a balance of $50.

wat im gonna do to get back my $50:
1) sms him, until his hp explodes
2) threaten to mail anthrax to his house
3) decorate his door with generous amt of paint n dog shit

muahahahaha~

im mad.