Au Revoir

I shifted my blog! And this is the new link www.outlandishwhims.wordpress.com to continue our whimsical dialogue.

It's out of character that I will put away an important part of my memory. I don't like changes. Yet, out of a desperate need to break out of the cell of familiarity; Out of a heady rush to my mind and out of the desire to tag closely to what I am, I moved and it is exciting- In many ways, I am no longer the same girl who wrote the 2004, August 24th entry titled "Rambles". Some of the naive forthrightness to bitch and berate injustice or simple irritants have shrunk back into deep withins. The name of of the blog doesn't feel right anymore. Wordpress is great as it has an import function that you can change the address and move the contents there, much like shifting house and bringing the furnitures.

This address meant something and I mourn the loss but I look to the mirror and I like it. I like what I am now. I like my life. I like my varying independence and dependence and I am thankful still that all these can only be achieved with God by my side. That is one thing that never did change. There was a period of time when I felt lost, as if the line to Him is so faint and I just keep grasping and grasping. Now, its just there. Though, it gets more difficult to assert that God is on my mind, fact is that with so many consuming distractions, it is a struggle. BUT I try =) And this reminds me that Sean and I have finished our first unit of Bible Studies from Joshua- Esther. Next comes memorising the 8 books and the exam. It was a lovely way to spend my Tuesday nights for 10 weeks, with the Lord and a great friend.

Finally, a farewell to this blog address. This blog was created in JC1, first entered into Hwa Chong, the first few months of Council and very near to MAF preparation. I cringe when I look at some of the entries and in many ways, I am proud of them, regardless of how stupid, how childish and how disgusting they sound. And so, shifting to a new place and bringing along the old memories as well. It was damn embarrassing last week when the Archive function was enabled and Winston started reading through the old entries. I looked at myself through his critical and judging eyes and I go, 'O MY GOODNESS! This is so embarrassing'. It was quite funny for the both of us though. And speaking of funny, I digress again. Yesterday, we adopted a Fluff(friend) on facebook and it is a really cute baby wallaby (but we think it is actually a kangaroo). And he was happily petting it for 15 minutes while I was bathing. It was so adorable.

And so it shall be the end and let's move it!

And here is a picture for a friend, but he sure doesn't want that picture to look at me. And so, who else can he possibly want to look at?

Supper at Newton

Lovely cupcakes from C-Cup. On a whim, I bought 70 dollars worth of cup cakes, hoping to brighten up my day and they did- with their pretty decorations and cheerful colours.

BUT they are not as tasty as the Tiramisu birthday cake that Aloy is going to bake for me (He spent 6 months looking for a sweater for me last year and now decides that baking a cake is much easier.)

Pictures from a really long time ago: At Sarah's house for her farewell party.

Happy Birthday to my beloved Limin!! Seems like we spent my birthday and your birthday celebrating at the same place =) Hope that Aloy and I made you happy by spending the last hours of your birthday with you. Sorry that it was so rushed and even more so that I almost forgot (You have to thank Winston and his facebook alert. There are five birthdays that I really bother to remember in sequence- Ya Qi's, Huishan's, Joyce's, Aloy's and then yours, so be honoured ok). I love you dear!! Our memories go back to slogging for council together, stayovers at shihan's place, climbing the gates of Hwa Chong at night, hugging and getting emotional together at MAF and keeping each other sane for the exams. You will be prettiest and kindest doctor that I know and not to mention smart as well, Miss I-am-not-Dean's-Lister-but-top-20-in-Medicine. I swear that Aloy is jealous of you. He will be lucky if he keeps out of bottom 20 in medicine. =p Muacks. God Bless!

Another important person that I must wish is Junbin. Happy Belated Birthday. I swear that I was going to blog about your birthday celebration at Forture with 2 over-spilling tables of law people BUT I seem to have lost your photos in the mess of data transfer. Happy Birthday JB!! Thanks for being a lovely friend, for being willing to send me everywhere inconvenient, for providing a listening ear and for being good bitchy company =) It's one full circle again and this time last year, we were stressing each other out in the Law Library. It is THAT time again. Sigh. Be Happy!

I am so sorry that I have been absent from this space for quite some time.

The short story is that so many things have been happening and I am too busy to tap on my keyboard. But now, it is exams and so I have no choice but to start tapping on my keyboard. And I know you would want to know what I have been up to =) December holidays will be coming and some lovely people will be back-
Mandy- I miss you because you are like a sister to me. And I am blogging because I know you miss me =) I miss our phuket trip, our choc buffet at Fullerton; how chan and you came all the the way to my Comm's ball last year to give me a sneaky napkin and flowers. I think the officers thought that I was mad especially when the waiter went to all the tables and asked who is Fangyi. My goodness! I miss our high- tea at Goodwood. I miss talking to you and thank you for always being there! Somehow, we are only rational when advising each other but never ourselves.
Shihan- Be back quick and in time so that we can go Zoukout together. We can have steamboats and stayovers, bitching and boys. Ok. I think you are the only one with boys. But well, just be back quick!
Yixin- You haven't been back for one year! That is like a crime. And stayovers are never the same without the entire gang of you, Shihan, Welin, Yanling and Limin. I miss our last New Year's eve and the first day of new year.
Welin- Somehow, you have been back but I haven't seen you!!! So you need to appear infront of me soon after your exams =)

The long story would be that I bought a new Mac Book to replace the trusty but laggy Acer. I faced two major consequences- my new O2 Atom Life doesn't sync with it anymore and idiotic Winston has been very 'supportive', asking me to buy an iPhone. But seriously, the fact that the O2 cannot sync with the Mac OS is a major headache because it renders my phone NORMAL. Why would I want a normal phone that is big and ugly and black?

And for the longest time, Safari displays a blank page at my blog and so yes, I am using Flock which I tried so hard to not use with the confusing multiple buttons and even blogging facilities. Now my Mac is damn amazing thanks to Jon Kao's configuration of Leopard and Vishal's geeky work - he configured my network in school, the school printer, provided iLife'08, downloaded Quiksilver and tuned it further and so, my Leopard is purring in delight now. That is in addition to all the toys I bought for my Macbook. I feel happy studying now. And there is photobooth! Shit. I absolutely dislike blogger upload of photos. I need to figure out how to make this easier.

Sam and Dougie being as retarded as they can be (very). Mizra- I- so- good- looking- that-I have- 40- pictures-on-Fangyi's-photobooth. Winnie and me =)

 
Day 9
And this is the final chapter of our Europe trip and everything else. It was an amazing and poignant experience, yet tinged with sadness and regret. I will miss it so so much..
We travelled from Paris to London on the Eurostar =)

 
Big Ben. Chinatown. The little bookshop where I bought my Harry Potter.

 
Fa Lun Gong march. We were damn amazed bcause we haven't seen it before. Haha. Freedom of expression in Singapore anyone?

 
Buckingham Palace. St Paul's Cathedral.

 

Tower Bridge of London.

 

Day 10
We are damn proud of ourselves because we took the underground to all the places on this free day. British Museum. Oxford Street. Harrods. Auntie Jackie's house at Northolt. One day adventure in London.

 
Winston and I spent the later part of the day roaming Oxford Street and rushing down to Knightsbridge 20 minutes before Harrod closes. We had a typical English pub meal as well, complete with Fish&Chips.

 
At night, we went to Auntie Jackie's house for a cozy family dinner. That is Tristan, my cousin. Winston and Tristan. Auntie Jackie cooking in the kitchen. And all of us.

 
Yummy yummy food that Auntie Jackie prepared for us, by Winston's request- a typical English dinner.

 

And this brings us to the end of the beautiful journey. Thank you for everything Winston =)

 

Sailing Clinic: Sail w Us
After much planning and confusion, Bernard and I successfully organised "Sail w Us". This time we targetted experienced sailors and new sailors as well and we capped the number at 30 so that everyone will have fun in a small group. We got Tracey again, an ex- Olympic sailor who scares Kaixiang still, she was helpful and great with the participants (and still screams alot). The sailors gather for a short theory and after that they were dispatched to rig the boats, sail, play games, play poker and a enjoy a sumptious buffet dinner. We had damn lot of foreign students this time - Ziyang thinks that we should rename the club to NUS Expats Sailing Club. Haha.

 
Kenny and Matilda (who is pretty). Ashley and Fabio (who is hum sup). Sean and Pragyesh (Sean was probably sad that it is not a girl). Pamela and me.

 
It was raining and Cat 1 with lightning till 2pm so the participants were playing games in the fnction room. It was qt funny.

 
And now for the credits. Thank you very much to Ziyang for rushing down to Changi all the fricking way from SGH after clinicals, bringing along poker chips, cards and his typical toots funniness. Thank you for entertainig the participants with your gambling den, pissing off Max with the Singaporean Bo Chap way of playing poker. Haha. Really thankful and grateful for the effort.

And an even bigger thanks to Sean Kong who has only one vice, Johnny Walker (seriously ALMOST vice-less). Thank you so much for always being there to support and philosophize. Thank you for helping out without hesitation for all the events. Thank you for all the fun sailing experiences because you are retarded. Thank you for not caring about the safety of my participants and keep making them land in the water. Thank you for your lifesaving expertise that you might save them back again. Thank you for being shameless and funny. Thank you for making me laugh at you.

Ziyang and I were feeling sad and inferior to the sheer 'longitude' of the caucasians.

Haven't written anything real on this blog for some time, because I have been substituting it with the cheapskate option of 'spamming' it with pictures (according to the 'cool' lingo of my sister).

Many paradigm shifts. Experienced many disappointing moments and had the need to grab onto comforting friendships. Such emotionally draining moments when frustration and the need to cry rages against the want to laugh and be happy. Watching people going through it was just as enlightening, almost like a mirror reflecting my flaws and options.

But I am thankful. Really am. I am blessed with plenty- with God, with good friends who became brothers and sisters and a supportive family (my father volunteered to replace my cranky Acer - supporting in action. haha).

 

Rag 2007. Us with Limin. Sheares Rag was amazing. Law Rag won something as well =)

 
Day 7
Finallly, a post on the city of Paris. I know it took really long to get it up. Upon reaching Paris, we took a cruise down the Seine River.

 

 

 

 
City Sights around Paris

 
The Eiffel Tower.

 
Eiffel tower at night, Moulin Rouge and the Red- light district.