今天有点累，忙了整天，只想在十二点之前，跟所有的人说：儿童节快乐！
虽然我已经成年了，但偶尔回味一下童年也别有一番情调。那些在忙着筹备小六会考的朋友，加油，努力读书，不过还是希望你们都会有个快乐的儿童节。毕竟，不久后想庆祝都没机会了！就象我啊！哈哈！
不过我是个大小孩，因为又喜欢绒毛玩具，又喜欢娃娃，真是长不大。嘿嘿！
This was a gift from Utt last year. Linda took Spongebob, so I went home with Patrick. Cute eh?
HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!!
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It was a long wait at MediaCorp make-up unit last night and we (Jan, Ian, Chris and I) turned the place with bright lights and mirrors, into a “LAN gaming centre”. Jan was really sweet to let me play House Of The Dead 3 on his laptop and even watch half of Korean movie,
“200 pound beauty”. Yes, that was how long the wait was…
Ian, with a very nice computer. I don’t know what game that is, but I find racing games never fun without the simulator! *heehee*
Jan and Chris, fighting the king in the last chapter of House of The Dead 3. See how tiny the mouse was, they had to almost smash the keys to win the game. Haha!
The king…
Do I look like a cat? Last night’s scene was me running away from the 3 of them. So I crouched underneath a staircase to hide. But of course I got caught and almost got beaten up, until my brother (Li Nanxing) came to save the day!
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中秋节那晚，我和一位好朋友，一起喝茶，吃月饼，吃柚子，赏月，聊天。这是我们去年开始的 “传统”，因为家人都没有什么特别庆祝，所以我们两决定自搞气氛。
去年我们爬上她家的露台，搬了椅子，捧着 “月饼拼盘”，战战兢兢地在黑暗中摸索，结果还被她的女佣不小心把我们锁在露台上。她只好三更半夜，打自己家的电话，把八十岁的婆婆给吵醒了，真过意不去。还好她把手机带在身边，要不然我可要在十五的月亮下过夜，把星星当被盖咯！哈哈！今年她搬家了，那我们就只好在她家楼下的池边庆祝，虽然简单多了，但也别有一番情趣。
你们是否也有特别的庆祝方式呢？说来听听吧！
今晚的月亮听说特别圆，还好已经雨过天晴了，刚才才能看见月亮。好久没有这种闲情逸致，观赏大自然, 突然觉得自己很幸福，能够抬头望天，也能看的清楚。虽然是很简单的动作，但不应该是理所当然的。毕竟，还是有人在今天不能健康地与我分享这分感激。我很遗憾，但人生无常，所以我慢慢开始懂得 “不在乎天长地久，只在乎曾经拥有” 这句话的意义。
希望大家的中秋节都过的很圆满。:)
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买了新电脑，突然想玩电脑游戏，就上网找到了 Diner Dash. 游戏很简单，不需要什么动脑筋，只不过要眼明手快。还真好玩！已经好久没有玩游戏了！
小时候，我很喜欢玩打斗的游戏，尤其是那些 Street Fighter, X-Men vs Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom 等之类的游戏。而且我会和邻居打斗，那些男生都输给我呢！（哈哈，其实我是乱按的！没有象他们懂的什么 combo 招术）要么到电动游乐场，就喜欢玩 Lost World, House of The Dead. 上次到东京去，和朋友花了不少银币玩 House of The Dead 4，为的就是要打败大魔鬼 （再说那里玩也比这里便宜）。结果终于让我们赢了！哈哈！
现在都没有什么玩了。偶而玩 PSP 或是 Nintendo DS，可是已经没有像以前那么厉害了！哎，现在的游戏越来越难赢，所以我就玩简单些的！
那天跟一个人聊起电脑游戏，他说他常上网找一些游戏的 cheat code 因为他喜欢赢。我就说，那玩了又有什么意思？游戏的奥妙就是在于怎么突破障碍顺利过关嘛！他反而说，工作一整天，回到家就是想要通过游戏来松懈身心。如果在工作岗位受了一整天的气之后，回到家还要被游戏主宰，那根本没意思。所以他喜欢赢，而唯有找 cheat code 才能顺利过关。
Hmm…说的还蛮有道理的。
在游戏的世界或许无所谓，毕竟是个不真实的空间。但是在现实生活中，选择走捷径，又或者是比较简单的路，未必是最好的决定。我一直深信，没有经过风吹雨打，就不会懂得珍惜风平浪静；没有吃过苦，就不会尝到幸福。
所以如果你们现在遇到不愉快或不顺利的事，不要气馁也不要沮丧，因为能够活着的每一天其实就是一种幸福！
加油！周末快到了！嘿嘿！
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Faith and I
小妹妹在《黄金路》里饰演我的小女儿。她真的很可爱，说话还有一点中国腔。因为妈妈说他们在那儿呆了六个月，让 Faith 在那里上课，她才慢慢学会中文，还有怎么正确的用筷子。我自己也只不过最近才学会怎么不让筷子打叉哦！
你们可能会想为什么我那么喜欢用中文写日记？老实说，我的中文在我上初级学院后就变得一塌糊涂。因为中学时有考高级华文，所以到了初级学院就不用上中文课了。一旦没有开始阅读和写作，就慢慢忘了怎么运用。上了大学时，发现自己不能写作自如，也就没有选择华文的科目。当时并不觉得自己失去什么，一直到我去北京做我的毕业论文时才发现，哎呀，好多字看不懂，而且有需要花很长的时间看报纸收集资料。就连跟当地人交谈也有问题，总是想以英语来表达，好辛苦哦！
当时我才领悟到自己失去了一种很宝贵的沟通技巧。
那我就下定决心要克服障碍，把以前老师教过的都搬出来，复习一下。
我知道有好几个粉丝要求我用英文抒写，但是我还是喜欢用中文表达。因为我觉得情感比较细腻。再说也因为工作常用到中文，所以你们就当作让我练习一下啦，好吗？
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那天和大学的旧同学庆祝学校十五周年纪念日。让我印象最深刻的不是当晚的表演或丰富的晚餐，而是看见同学的变化。想想我们也只不过是去年毕业，可是在短短的一年内，大家都已经步入了各自的工作环境，关心的再也不是课业和成绩。和他们聊起最近的进展时，让我心里有一种怪怪的感觉，突然很想回到当年坐在木桌椅上讨论课业的时候。因为当时一切都简单很多。 现在，每个人的脸上都似乎有淡淡的“累痕”，而这跟当年通宵赶报告的疲倦不同。这是一种人生历练的开始， 是我们都避免不了的成长过程。
哎！有时，真的不想长大！
WKWSCI stands for Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, which is my previous school in NTU. During my time, it was only referred to School Of Communication and Information (SCI), which was a name change from School of Communication Studies (SCS). The name may differ, but a lot of what is inside remains, and that is to provide quality education for the students pursuing the various divisions – Public and Promotional Communication, Journalism, Electronic Broadcast Media and Communication Research.
On September 21 ,we had a 15th Anniversary dinner at The Oriental Hotel where all teachers, non-teaching staff and alumni students were invited to attend. The reunion dinner was 4-course, with special performance by Selena Tan. It was so much fun, seeing all my school mates again and perfect excuse for a get-together.
My 2006 batch. And this is not even the full strength. I thought the table was so in the way.
Our table picture. Not everyone turned up though.
Claire and I. We were in the same hall in year 1 and stuck out throughout most of the 4 years, even though she was majoring in EBM and I was majoring in Journalism.
Venga and I. No, he’s not Indian
Chuan Hui and I. We were from VJ and used to hang out together during Math breaks cos’ we don’t take Math in JC. Haha! She was an Econs genius!
Swee Jean, Me and Keith. Swee Jean’s was our Club President and Keith is now with SPH.
Daryl is leaving for London in a month’s time.
Yihui, Junlin and I. Yihui’s so sweet!!
Yuzheng, Hwee Shan, Fiona and I
We always go to them for loan of cameras and lenses and had, along the way, given them plenty of headaches with late returns or last minute requests. *oops*
Dr Alfred Choi and I. He’s a funny lecturer with a strong Cantonese-accent. We’ve always had a lot of fun in and outside his class!
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我今天好粗心，不小心撞到头，现在有一粒 “ba-lu-gu” 在头上，隐隐作痛。
刚才回到家，决定运动一下，要不然你们都那么担心我老是生病。所以满身汗的我决定拍张照，鼓励一下大家要多运动！
没有时间也要抽出时间！别再为自己找借口啦，很多时候我们只是懒惰，才不想运动。我也有懒惰的时候，可是懒惰就得付出代价。那就是容易病咯！所以要保持身体健康，尤其是那些快要考试的朋友，就一定要有足够睡眠，健康的饮食，还有适当的运动！
你们一直都为我加油，现在我也给你们打气！加油哦！
Exercise is good for you! Whenever I’m feeling lethargic or sickly, I’ll work up a good sweat, and that’s bound to make me feel better after. I know a lot of you are having exams soon, remember to find time to move those bones even as you are busy studying ok! Makes life a lot less boring. 🙂
That’s me above, after a good 1 hour of cardio-fat-blasting workout. Oops, such a mess! *haha*
今天有点不舒服，可能是天气的关系，整个人有些昏昏沉沉的。刚才又有点想吐。
这三只小熊让我想起了一首韩国儿歌，那是在 “Full House” 里听见宋慧桥唱的。后来建复和国黄到韩国拍 《有话好好说2》的时候，也唱给市场里的大婶们，把她们逗的多开心！很可爱！ 我跟建复说一定要教我，以后好讨岳母欢心！嘿嘿！
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My iBook has served me for over 4 years, and I must say, it has done a very good job. Except for one accident a few years back, when someone tripped over my wire and sent my entire laptop crashing to the floor, I never had any hardware problems with it. But age is catching up with it, and I’ve overloaded it with so many pictures and junk, I don’t know where to start clearing. So I got myself an iMac (above pic), which is much cheaper than the Macbooks. So there, now I’m starting with a brand new computer, and a brand new blog that is more organised (hopefully) and easily navigable.
But starting anew doesn’t always come easy.
I’m currently reading Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes” and I get very disturbed with every page. She is a compelling fiction writer, and the story is about a high school killing. She writes from the perspective of the victims, the victims’ parents, the detective, the young shooter, his parents, his representing lawyer and the emotional journey of each character is one that is very real, and unfortunately dismal.
When an incident that is as extensive as a high school shooting takes place, all fingers point at the shooter and his parents. But nobody feels sorry for the boy for his act of vengeance against a lifetime of hurt. It’s hard to forgive him, but as I’m led into his inner world, I begin to understand why he did what he did, and realise that it’s a catastrophe in the making. Not that what he did was right. I sympathise with his parents who struggle to identify how they have brought him up wrong; I feel the emptiness of losing a loved one; I see the desperate attempt of a parent trying to connect with her child; I empathise with the detective who has so much evidence to plough through in order to answer to everyone. It really amazes me how when I close the book before I sleep at night, my heart is soaked with sadness and despair.
I haven’t finished reading it yet, but it’s a book that has taught me many emotional lessons:
When tragedy strikes, mulling in sorrow actually reigns in the pain that otherwise would strike out viciously with each step towards starting anew
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Yay, this year I’m involved in the Christmas album! I’d be singing “Merry Christmas Everyone” with Jade, Felicia and Fiona (hee hee, double J double F). Last night was the photo shoot for the cover sleeve. I don’t know why it’s not with the other girls, but of course I’m not complaining either. *grins*
Nat is supposed to be my X’mas present
I had to put on this elaborate headpiece and Desmond is the dude behind the look.
This is Fion. The creative make-up artist. 🙂 Both of them started styling the artistes involved since afternoon. I was the last female artiste of the day, so Desmond wasn’t so stressed, can see him smiling!
Styling finito…
Nicole, the stylist for the Christmas album. She has to find outfits for all the artistes involved in the shoot and discuss with the hair and make-up stylists the sort of image to give us. Mind-racking job!! Thank you Nicole!! *muaks*
Ting Ting, stylist assistant at variety wardrobe. They work long hours, have to pick up after us, do the paperwork so as to make sure everything is in order and we wear the clothes (instead of having the clothes wear us, hee hee). Your silent presence is our source of support! Thanks a bunch!
No need to plant a star on top of the Christmas tree. My headpiece works too!
We still prefer spontaneous shots.
Ho ho ho…
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A Jolly Affair 