Earthquake!!

Not in Singapore of course. But in Indonesia. Sumatra. Singapore's Meteorological Services said the earthquake measured 8.5 on the Richter Scale. The preliminary reading was 7.9. The earthquake struck out at sea at 7.10pm. Its epicentre was 120 kilometres south-west of the Sumatran town of Bengkulu, at a depth of 15 kilometres,670 m away from singapore. All together 2 times. I felt it at my home at around 7.15pm. While I was eating noodles on the floor when I felt the floor shaking. hehe.

O ya. Yesterday forgot to blog. Yesterday was bro's big day. His POP from BMTC. hehe. went there with my parents and I must say that it's good. Early in the morning, there was this super heavy rain and we though it was going to be the wet weather plan. Luckily it stopped b4 the parade started. but becos of the rain, the waves were very rough and so, the platform to board the boat and the boat itself, was shaking quite badly.1st time seeing a parade so close, the form up and march pass... make me feel like I'm a VIP. lol. And the refreshment was delicious...yummy... the cake come in 1 box wif around 5 small cute items in it... didn't get to take a picture of it b4 it went into our sotmach.Congrats bro.

Itchy throat

O no... my throat is starting to itch. Don't tell me I'm going to start coughing again....please don't... anyway, I already received my results by mail on Friday. I've graduated. lol. Hope I can find something to do soon enough. Congrats to all of my friends who have graduated and to the rest who managed to clear their subjects. Went to career fair and food fair at suntec earlier today. Not much things to see. hehe. So tired today. I shall stop here le. nites.

results....

SIM released results yesterday. Good to hear that my friends there did ok. though some were disappointed.... As I am keying this entry, tya jie jie is on her way to school to see her results. I'm scared so I don't quite dare to go and see mine. Consider consider consider.....

Tired....

Just ended a 4 day work at a retail store. Rather quiet... maybe because of the comex show 2007 at suntec.... Thursday and Friday was like so empty lor... even for others within the shopping mall. Saturday was slightly better, but still not as crowded as other Saturdays. Sunday was better than Saturday but people seem to come in groups....lol.... busy means very very busy then suddenly, the whole shop becomes so quiet.lol. Special thanks to pipi jie, tya jie and jer mama for dropping by to kacau me and see camera.... F50fd looks nice..yeah.. lol.

As for today, it has been raining since late morning all the way to the evening...brrr.... so cold...haha... originally wanted to visit army open house since today is the last day but because of the rain, I didn't feel like going out.hehe. I also heard of another news.... originally, results suppose to be released today but now, it'll be released tomorrow.... I'm afraid to see my results, at the same time, wanting to know about it.... hope I can clear all 4 subjects and get my cert... pray for me. ciao

Nice gathering

Yesterday was lq's birthday so we went out for our usual meeting today at settlers. When we went there, we were told that the tables were all fully booked when we actually already booked online. hehe... apparently, online booking has to be done like a few days before. When we were about to leave the place, 1 table actually also left so we were luckily to be able to play from around 6.30pm to 9 pm. Not many games played but had fun and great company. Next stop was our usual activity.... Photo taking. :) went to The Central or is it called central.... ah... whatever lah. took pictures inside the building and by the river, trying so hard to take a picture with the self timer. lol. To the extent that one kind tourist ( or maybe he isn't. but he don't look like a local) actually saw me trying so hard to "climb" to see if all of us was in place in the LCD. haha... really thanks for his help. And he volunteered to help wpr... we didn't approach him. how nice of him. Looking forward to our next meeting. Thanks gals for the company tonight. I really enjoyed myself and happy belated birthday lq.

cough cough

haiz.... I'm coughing again... just less than 3 months since I recovered from my last cough...sob... yesterday started to feel cold and coughing... hope it gets better. To all my friends : take care of yourself. :)

Happy Birthday Singapore

Today, Singapore celebrates it's birthday for the first time at Marina Bay. Lesser seats this time round... only 27,000. Security checks were surprisingly fast, and almost all was seated by the time pre-parade started.Amazing. 1st time they manage to put air, land and sea performance together in one show. And marina wave ...lol.

Combined school choir was missing. But there was live performance by SSO, SCO ,Malay and Indian Ensembles, talented local soloists and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Central Band, forming a 240 strong orchestra with Yeh Tsung as the conductor.The 3D show put up by the army and police were interesting and unexpected. Nice.

This year, the shows are divided into more parts ( 5 sections in total ) instead of the usual 3 longer "musical". The five segments are, Sea, Earth, Sky, People and Fire, weaved together by a central character, SING, which symbolises the tremendous willpower and bountiful energy of Singapore and Singaporeans.
The Sea segment portrays the discovery of the Singaporean identity as we mature from the early settlement days to modern Singapore.
The Earth segment is an analogy of the preservation of Singapore as a garden city even as the country pursues technological advancements.
The Sky segment depicts Singaporeans’ pursuit and realisation of their dreams and aspirations. The People segment pays tribute to the pioneers of Singapore while the Fire segment symbolises the passion in every Singaporean.
With the help of a water screen and lasers and light effect, I would say it's well matched together. Beautiful effects.

Lucky me, I got to go and see the parade at Marina Bay. 1st time NDP and marina bay and also coincidentally my 1st NDP. Feels different because you'll get small little "surprises".... fireworks lor... when you see from tv, the impact is not there. Wonderful experience, though you don't get to see the performance as you see on tv. It's a trade off I guess. With the surprises and fireworks just poping in front of you, it feels great.Shall post some photos if I'm not too lazy to choose some nicer ones out. lol. Happy 42nd Birthday Singapore.