Farewell Part 1: The DSA affair

23rd December 2010. So, the dance club that I've joined since Year one-DanceSport Academy (DSA) has take up a large chunk of my uni life. Most of my friends are dancers. And so I guess they are the people that I would really like to say so long, farewell to before I fly off. Therefore, I've planned a dinner, in Holland Village. Although there were only 8 of us, but I am sincerely very happy. Thank you Chek Lee, Duy, Hanh, Bao, Joyce, Chin Yun and of course Ethan for making yesterday's dinner so fun.

It started with Bakerzin Lunch with Chin Yun and Ethan. We had pastas! Some were nice, some were just so-so.

Seafood Pasta

Pork loin Pasta (Taste like sweet and sour pork)

Oglio Olio with crispy bacons and mushrooms

Brastwurst Pasta

Then we headed on to Orchard for some winter clothing window shopping and also to meet Joyce. Chin Yun suggested it but in the end, only Ethan and I bought it so winter wear. Haha anyway we gonna miss Chin Yun after this because she'll be flying off to the US on 31st December. Hmph..Joyce was still no where to be found.
To Chin Yun: Do take care of yourself in the US.

Chin Yun and I

We walked and walked and walked, from Orchard to Chinatown where we had our KOI bubble tea and also to meet Joyce. Oh I guess I'm gonna miss KOI when I'm in UK. And guess what, Chin Yun had her first KOI ever. After bubble tea and some shopping at Chinatown, we walked to Tanjong Pagar. Ethan managed to capture some interesting photos. But we still couldn't find Joyce. And we rested in Tanjong Pagar where we started to look at maps of Europe, UK and US. Such exciting thing to do when you are really travelling there, looking at places you are going to go, probably going. And it is also very exciting to be able to locate the places that you have heard before but never ever know where are they. I am sure that I will have so much fun.

So, we still couldn't meet up with Joyce. And we decided to head on to Buona Vista to meet everybody. Well, as expected, everybody was late. So the three of us waited, waited and waited when finally everybody arrived. And we walked to Holland Village, takes about 10 minutes to have our Mexican Dinner at El Patio. They have free Nachos.

Free flow of Nachos

Yes, free flow of Nachos if you can eat 10 buckets and still stuffed down their Buritos, Quesadillas or Fatija. The food are worth trying but they are quite pricey. This is what I had.

Tex-Mex Crispy something 

So we talked and laughed and cam-whored while munching away our Mexican delights. On that night, I actually picked up a few interview skills from everyone. I hope the next time I have an interview, I'll be able to nail that interview and get what I want.

Chek Lee and Joyce

Bao, Duy and Chin Yun

Hanh and Bao

Although not all friends that I wanted to meet were there that night, I thought the night ends well. But everybody was too tired to stay on and accompany Chek Lee for a drink, maybe due to long hours of shopping and may be due to energy drain from exams.

DSA has been a big part of me and will continue to. DSA is a one big family that I will miss and never forget when I go to England. I hope the juniors will continue to improve their dancing and that DSA will reach further milestones in competitions and performance during this half a year. So long farewell DSA.

Pre-Post-Exam post

Okay so after two weeks of battle, sleepless night, zombie-like days, I am finally down with one paper. Yes! One final paper on Wednesday! This is getting really excited as the semester seems so so long this semester. During exams, I sort of had a "reunion" with my family...on the virtual world that is. So, off they went to places that are so familiar to me such as Kedah and Melaka and savor all the delicacies that I miss much (Kedah's assam laksa, chendol, ais-kacang.....the list never ends). And off they went for chats and laughter and cam-whoring session without me. And I shouldn't continue on because I'll only sulk, sulk, sulk and sulk. Haha. I never knew how much I missed all of them. It's been a year since we've all met. And it will be another year when we meet again. *Sigh*

And within two months time, I'll be leaving home again but this time to a place which I am clueless about. For all my life, I've never taken airplane for more than 5 hours and now I'm gonna take a 14-hour flight to England. I am going to travel around countries where people might not even speak English. Yeap. I am finally leaving my comfort zone and I am finally reaching out for my dreams, to study in a Western country. This still seem very surreal although everything has been confirmed. Nonetheless, I am still very very excited about it. Too excited until all the study mood has gone. Too excited that I want to just pack up everything, wind the clock fast-forward so that I will be on that plane the next day. Too excited to go through four seasons (But I think at most it'll only be 3). Yes there are so many excitement lying ahead for me and I am really really looking forward to go.

After exams, it is gonna be party, meet-ups, good byes and back onto the dance floor. Yeah I miss slipping into my dance shoes, listening to Latin musics and move around with my partner. Miss the days that all dancers would just hang out in the dance studio and dance, laugh, argue, cry, sweat...

Every back home holiday is a rush one. This time, I'll finally have the time to meet up with my friends that I've never met for a long time. I've made a list on who to meet, who to say good bye to. Topping the list are Hui Qian and all my other girls as well as my A-Level mates (I think it's been two years since we've met). Next will be... Only then I realised, I actually have friends that can be counted using all my 10 fingers. Haha such an antisocial I was last time. Anyway, really hope to meet up with more people that I've missed for long time before I fly off.

I shall hit the books again. Merry merry Christmas everybody.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

心动

After watching 星光大道 this week, I fell in love with this song again

过去让它过去， 

来不及，

重头喜欢你，

百云缠绕着蓝天，

如果不能让我门永远走在一起，

也至少给我们，

怀念的勇气， 拥抱的权利，

好让你明白，我心动的痕迹。

Exams

Tomorrow marks the first day of exam in NTU (I am lucky that I only start on the 14th and lucky enough to only have 5 modules). Anyway, this sem is a haywire one. Maybe it's the effect from YOG. But I am so dreading for this semester to finish. My daily life gone upside down. From sleeping at 3 am and waking up at 9 am to at times sleeping at 11 pm and waking up at 6 am. Haha, yeah crazy. I am still a normal person. Some people, example boyfriend who has paper for nearly everyday (and goodness sake on a Saturday--never before in NTU since we were here), is leading zombie-like life. Really impressed by boyfriend who managed to cope with such heavy load and still a first class scorer.

Anyway, shall give myself a little treat after all these. Good luck to NTU peeps, happy holidays to the others and Merry Early Christmas :)