| good to see familiar faces |
[Oct. 24th, 2009|08:13 pm] |
 Thursday saw me cancelling all plans I had to take the bus down to Stockholm just to see good old Ryan! It was so nice to see such familiar faces! Brings back the memories of alumni group b :) although there HAVE been a few changes. BUT STILL!! i miss alumni b. So, we had a sushi buffet with 2 of his friends and we walked around Gamla Stan (the old town). After the old town, it was off to do some shopping. I did MAJOR shopping in stockholm. ok not so major cos i have done worst. Anyway, I took the 6.20 bus home and met Eugene in the bus (eugene lives in my corridor). YESTERDAY saw me going to VARMLANDS with Karin, Julius and Dolly! One word to describe last night: FUN Im off to study! Tonight I will be going for the Geeks and Nerds Party :) xx |
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[Oct. 1st, 2009|08:33 am] |
hey guys! greetings from great britain! Arrived two days ago but never got round to updating my livejournal. I am starting to miss Uppsala so much already! all the parties that i'm missing (BLUE LITE!) but no worries, the pimps and hoes parties has been postponed to next weekend *thank god*. although i AM going to miss varmlands this week. omg i LOVE club 054. on the bright side, i got to see aunt pat and the rest. i was especially more excited to see sarah cos i haven seen her in ages. we met up with laura after work. laura is absolutely fantastic. she followed me around primark and oxford street. and i was being so fussy about the dress i wanted to buy (i have to get a dress for the gasque). Aunt Pat on top of that is so nice. She paid for all my winter stuff and a little shopping that i did in watford. So i have shit loads of money to spend ( i see yuan han rolling her eyes now). OH! i forgot to mention that i bumped into MING when I was walking around in H&M in oxford street!
Im going to watch inglorious basterds tonight with andy, laura and sarah tonight at flinchley road toinght. Akso, sarah might book tickets for me for the lion king or wicked. i really want to watch both! i heard lion king is AMAZING. oh well, im off to bathe! I will be going down to oxford street in abit to do some shopping before meeting up with sarah at 1 for coffee.
ps: i am going to oslo from the 13th to 15th! |
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[Sep. 5th, 2009|03:06 pm] |
School has already started. I had my first lecture on Wednesday. My lecturer is this Indian guy who has stayed in Sweden for a long time so he has this weird swedish indian accent who tried to speak english. its horrible i swear. I signed up for the basic swedish course and the group results are out on Monday.
Yesterday saw me and the whole gang going to BJ (a club in uppsala). It was free entry for all students. All I had to dowas show my nation id. We thought we couldnt get in cos Marco was drunk. Like really drunk. Drunk that he knocked over the barrier, fell over a fence and landed into a piles of bicycles. Drunk till he got kicked out of BJ after a while. Swedish clubs are awesome I tell you. The music is just fab. Going there again next week with Bettie :) I love her to bits. She walked home from BJ drunk even though her leg is sore. She went to the hospital yesterday cos her knee gave in when she gave Charlie a piggy back. So the doctor said to stay in bed for a whole week. Knowing bettie, she went clubbing that vry night she went to see the hospital. Aww I just love her man. Anyway I got a really bad cut on my knee from giving marco a piggyback. Stupid kaiyong thought I was some superwoman so he decided to jump onto marco while I was carrying him. fuck la I AM NOT BERTIE OK. IM JUST A GIRL. so anyway my legs gave in and i fell onto the gravel. and even though I was wearing tights, I could tell my knee was injured so badly. I checked on it only when I got back from BJ with Jan, Kyle and Paul. Kyle applied some hand alcohol thingy and it hurt like mad. It was so funny actually cos I was whining about the pain and they were like 'its going to be over soon hana. we'll have some pizza after this ok?' they really do treat me like their little sister haha.
So that was a quick update! Im going to meet them later at 1000 at the bus stop cos we are going to stockholm today! I will take lots of photos :)
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| MARCOOO |
[Sep. 1st, 2009|07:50 pm] |
Hi again guys! School starts tmrw! Im so excited but really nervous at the same time! Yesterday saw me cooking sheperds pie and salmon for the gang. Then this greek girl came out of nowhere. Oh well, I love Alison's corridor. Ansor treats me like his baby sister that he bullies ALL the time. Marco calls me his favourite Singaporean girl (I call him my favourite Italian guy. but he doesnt believe hahah) and Arvid is so nice! Soft and deep voice that is very charming. He is very shy but talks to me alot!
Im having a blast here everyone! |
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[Aug. 29th, 2009|08:14 am] |
Hey guys UPDATE! A long post calls for bullets:
- A little shopping with Johanna. Gina Tricot and Dea!
- Went to the park with Alison and Filip just for fun to meet the rest!
- Went to Norrlands (as usual)
- BERTIE ALMOST BROUGHT TWO GIRLS HOME!
- SHOPPINGGGG. H&M GINA TRICOT CUBUS. HAPPPPY!
- Pulp fiction at Ali's corridor
- Had a pub crawl tonight
- BERTIE ALMOST WENT UP TO THIS PARTY
Life here is sooo good. Might go to Stockholm next weekend!
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[Aug. 23rd, 2009|10:16 pm] |
It has only been 2 days and I've made such good friends :) Yesterday saw me, Alison, Paul, Jan, Kai and Kyle going to the flea market. It was RAINING and when we went there it was pathetic cos it was raining. I will go next Saturday :) We decided to go into the small mall and had coffee there. Then, Paul got really excited cos he found the System Bolaget. It's basically the alcohol shop in in Sweden. It's so high class and not near to dodgy. And the System Bolaget has a security guard! They bought some alcohol but all had to be ID-ed and Paul, the oldest amongst all of u, didnt have an ID on him and hence they couldnt buy. Paul was bummed but they found another System Bolaget around the city centre! We had BK in Sweden fr lunch while waiting for Paul to come over cos he went back to Flogsta to collect his bed (at long last, he was sleeping on the floor). After which, we headed down to IKEA cos Alison and Kyle had to buy some stuff. We bumped into Sheen Yee and Nick. Kai, Paul and Jan bought a bike and dragged it all the way back to Flogsta! It was hilarious. While the men went to build their bikes, me and Alison went over to ICA (the cold storage equivalent in Sweden) to buy some groceries! We were going to having a cookout and I WAS GOING TO COOK CEREAL PRAWN AND SWEET AND SOUR FISH. I brought all my stuff over to Paul's kitchen adn started to cook. After cooking and everything, I was so nervous about their critique and and THEY LOVED IT! Especially the sweet and sour fish! Phew! Then, the party started proper. Here are some pictures (:
 
Berite (UK) , Kyle (US) and Kai (Singapore, need I say more?) in the first photo :) Then in the second photo is Johanna (Germany) and Philip (Sweden)
 
Me with Alison (UK) and Sheen Yee. Then there's Paul who is so drunk. KEY!
 
The two girls are swedish and then there's Jan (Germany). The guy with the curly hair is Nick and the guy with the mohawk is Charlie. Both very funny and both from the US.
 
 
 
 
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| IKEA! |
[Aug. 22nd, 2009|01:13 pm] |
Yesterday, I did what any other foreigner would do in Sweden. Visit IKEA. Its massive I swear. Soo much bigger than the one we have at home. But once you step into IKEA, it feels like home cos its THE SAME as in Singapore but then EVERYTHING IS IN GOD DAMN SWEDISH.
 
It looks exactly like the one at home right?! Its just WAYY bigger
 
That's Paul's new desk! He is so funny I swear!
 
That's the amount of stuff we bought. And thats the amount of stuff we carried back to flogsta. Yes,CARRIED. Jan's mattress was 12kg. It was like a life size doll!
 
After IKEA, we had a cookout in Paul's kitchen. The kitchen was in a mess but the food was good! We had Alison, Frauka and Johanna over. Then Paul's flat mate joined us as he JUST moved in.
Im off now! I need to meet them to go to the flea market to buy a bike.
Missing Singapore loads :)
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| VALKOMMEN! |
[Aug. 22nd, 2009|06:08 am] |
As promised, pictures from Day 1 :)
The ones in the first picture are Paul and Sarah. Paul is from Australia and Sarah is from Columbia. They are really nice. Paul is soo funny. The one on the next photo is Nick. Nick is from California!
 
Thats Sarah, me and Sarah (again from California) and Nick. The ones in the other photo are Kai Yong and Sheen Yee. They are from NUS. Kai Yong is from Law while Sheen Yee is from Science
 
We were at the train station that goes from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Uppsala. Its underground and very well air conditioned! It was freezing! And dont you think that the tunnel reminds you of harry potter??
 
The people in the second photo are Jan, from Germany, Jessica, from the US, Sheen Yee, me, Elaine, from the US (she is a masters student and is Jessica's buddy!), Elisabeth, from Sweden and Paul. Elisabeth is my buddy! She is half americans and half swedish!
 
After that, we went to Eric'sbirthday party which was themed as the blue party. Jan got braveheart. I got sunshi
 
 
I had alot of fun yesterday! Today as well! I will do that in another post though!
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| where my party people at? |
[Aug. 21st, 2009|07:15 am] |
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Greetings from Uppsala, Sweden!
I finally got my LAN cable so I can access internet (Im a very lucky student who got my passwrds even before I arrive. Apparently it takes 2 weeks upon arrival. lucky me). Anyway, It's 01:17 as I am typing write now. Here's an update!
That day at Terminal 1, it was CHAOTIC! Soo many people were there and so many gifts were given to me. Im so touched and I appreciate it (: Anyway, I thought my back was going to break. I was carrying a deuter harvesack, my agnes b handbag and my laptop. On top of that, I got one plastic bag worth of gifts/notes. My flight to Bangkok was CRAP cos I sat to this northern Indian guy who thinks he is a damn big shot. He sat in the middle seat and stepped all over my stuff to get in. WTF right? He broke yuan han's cloud (the tip) I was so angry I swear.
I got off Bangkok and had a 3 hour transit. I walked 700 metres to my gate and went over to coffee world to get internet access. I skyped the family and missed them soo much. After that was the gruelling 10 hours that I need to go through. I sat next to these 2 thai kids that had like some sort of spasms and kept kicking me as I was sleeping. Bloody annoying I swear. I slept 8 hours out of the 10 hour flight though (explains why Im still up!). I reached Stockholm Arlanda Airport at 0700 and only got out of immigration at 8. I met Paul, this Aussie guy doing his masters here. We waited for the rest of the internation students. After waiting for 5 hours, we finally met Charlie, Nick and Sarah from California, Sarah from Columbia, Alison from the UK, Jessica from Madesto and like 8 other germans. I met kai and sheen yee. Kai is from law in NUS and sheen ya is from science in NUS. So weird but they were so helpful especially Kai. The train was fun but the pain in the neck is moving your luggage from one place to another. In sweden, the taxi's are very ex so everyone takes a bus. So I had to carry ALL my luggage (29.5kg for the biggest one) to the bus stop that goes to flogsta. On top of that I had to collect my key at building 10 and walk back to my block which is building 3. I wanted to die dragging the luggage I swear.
I did some settling in for 2 hours before meeting up with Paul, Kai, Sheen yee, jessica and Jan (german dude) and we all had dinner at pinnnochio pizzeria. It was damn good but damn ex. Considered cheap compared to most foods found in sweden. Since the shops close at like 6 in sweden, we decided to head back to flogsta. We managed to convince Kai to stay at our place so we went over to hotel uppsala to get his stuff only to find out that there was a party at flogsta. So we did what everyone else in the right mind did. We crashed. It waw a blue party and it was meant to celebrate this guy's birthday. Anyway, dont even asking the number of people i met tonight cos I dont rmbr. I did meet this awesome french guy WHO IS SO CUTE AND LANDED 2 DAYS AGO. ahahaha okok. I will stop being boy crazy. I will post up more pictures tmrw. Im so dead tired and I just got bck. I need to wash the blue paint off my face that they painted on me. Then im going to sleep!
Tmrw Im going to IKEA and get my welcome package. And I will also go get my temp nation cards and then we can get into one of the nations for a party. So yup. Updates and pictures tmrw!
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| its shabu shabu cos of the sound it makes when you shake |
[Aug. 13th, 2009|11:34 pm] |
The morning was spent with the father and my grandmother. They brought me to this holy shrine right smack in the middle of shenton way. I was rather amused over that fact. The place is the burial of this holy man called habib noh. I was really shocked when the holy man knew which country I was going to for exchange. Throughout the whole time we were there, I was very distant from reality. He told me to smile as we are in the presence of god. I smiled but he then said this:
"Hana means the light of all happiness. If that light dies, the whole world will be filled with sorrow. Stop trying to prove yourself to others as in due time they will see you for who you really are. He is not your true friend for saying those hurtful things to you."
At that moment I was shocked. Like seriously 100% shocked. You know how creeped out/amazed I was? Bet you didnt know.
Well, a little heads up on the shrine. Apparently there was some earthquake/natural disaster and everything around it except for the shrine. cool huh.
Anyway, after the visit to the shrine, we ate pariaman. BEST FOOD ON EARTH. Then it was off to the dentist. Small cavitiy that she patched up and she coated my teeth with flouride.
Thats about it for the day. Going to meet charles and steph tmrw. YAY! Saturday JAM N HOP BITCHES
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[Aug. 11th, 2009|08:05 pm] |
Today saw me spending quality time with my sister and my cousin. We set off from home really early to go mustafa to buy spices for me. I think we totally ransacked the whole spice aisle. My cousin just kept dumping spice after spice after spice into my trolley. After that, we went to tiong bahru plaza to get my electronics. Next was queensway to do my glasses. The last stop was vivo. It was a long day but I come to realise that my sister knows what is best for me cos she has been through what i am going to go through (ok, maybe not the subzero winter part).
Cheryl and Janice are coming over my place in just a bit. I haven seen them in ages. I really miss them alot.LOVE YOU BOTH.
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[Aug. 10th, 2009|11:27 am] |
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After months of saving up, we finally cracked the savings box open.
And the grand total of savings (after 5 months) is
$1,223.80
HOORAY! 9 more days and I still have yet to pack. I haven't even brought down the luggage from the cupboard. I tihnk I will do it today! Yesterday saw us sending Ryan off to Italy. He packed soo much stuff but mnaged to keep it to 32kg. Kudos to Ryan. Im going to miss you so much! |
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| saying hello form the east side! |
[Aug. 9th, 2009|12:36 pm] |
Yesterday, I stayed over at Tampines cos the mother was staying over at my aunt's place. Since I was staying over at Tampines, Alfie and Sheng Jie decided to bring me out for supper. They kept on making fun of my appparent lack of directions. I had a good time though. We talked and laughed the night away, up till 4am!! And I was still so damn bloody awake. Shopping trip and Timbre outing before i leave ok?
10 more days before I leave! I wanna hang out with as much people as possible!
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| its over |
[Aug. 7th, 2009|07:45 pm] |
Oweek is finally over
After 1 week, Oweek is finally over. I had never imagined that being a clan head would have been so so demanding. There were perks here and there. Xumao and I were slacking half the time cos we didnt have any OG.So during mass games, we would be inside the LT watching harry potter. Or more like I would be watching harry potter and HE would be sleeping. Anyway, Oweek is soooo much better than last years oweek. Last year's oweek sucked damn badly. The hi-light of this year's oweek would have to be the masquerade ball goodjob sheng jie). It was really good. I had so much fun seeing people in their masks and taking pictures. We danced for half an hour while the judges were tallying the scores for Mr and Ms Redken. Shengjie was so bad at dancing that we had to teach him. HAHA. Oops sorry SJ. You admitted that you were horrible.
After the event, I had to rush off and get my barang barang cos Aziz and Wilfred were rushing me to go makan. We headed down to Al-Azhar like old times! Then xumao, david, nathalie and dexter bumped into us and they sat with us. I had such a good time that night! Managed to catch up with the stars hahaha.
Rag tmrw. Amanda has requested for my help in makeup. That means I have to be in school at friggin 0400. After Rag, Im going to meet charles and his norwegian and austrian buddies. Bringing them out at night. Any suggestions (BESIDES CLUBBING).
See you guys around! I know school starts for most of you. I on the other hand have to start packing. 12 more days before I leaveee!
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| a whole lot of money spent |
[Jul. 27th, 2009|10:10 pm] |
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This is the reason why I need to learn how to drive: 1) Cab fare to Change - $18.20
2) Cab fare from Changi Airport to Changi Cargo Complex to NUS - $65
3) Cab fare to Pasir Panjang - $6.40
Total Cab fare = $89.60
On top of that my two lovely men had no SGD on them only USD. So I paid for their prepaid sim card and phone. Thats $108. I also brought them to FongSeng to eat prata (which they love). Thats $17.40.
I spent so much today. But they were sweet. They said they couldnt thank me enough cos they would have been so lost without my help. They had alot of hiccups with everything when they landed. I felt rather sad for them. Oh well. Im meeting them at 9 at PGP.
I just hope mommy doesnt go into the hospital again. I pray actually. She is having a 37.1 fever. Goodness. Im so worried for her. She was crying and said that the going is tough. sigh. |
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| im not chef but it's a start |
[Jul. 26th, 2009|11:20 pm] |
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I am a proud woman. For the past two days, I have been cooking my own meals! Mom says its going to be expensive to eat out. iPod index (similar to its predecessor the big mac index) clearly states that Sweden is the 3rd most expensive country to live in. So yes, I have to learn how to cook. AND I HAVE FINALLY LEARNT THE AMAZING SHEPERDS PIE MY MOM MAKES SO FRIENDS, I CAN MAKE FOR U!
I finally bought Norwegian Wood! Im going to do as much reading before I leave and I need a book to keep me sane through the 4 hour wait at Arlanda airport (waiting for Jess to fly in from US) . On an even HAPPIER note, my SEP buddies are coming tmrw! They arrive Singapore from (guess guess! Cant guess?) FRANCE (both guys btw and sooo cute) and Im going to pick them up at the airport :) Then I'll help them settle in and bring them to Newton for dinner. Any suggestions to where I can bring them to eat besides newton?
Ok, cant wait for Friday :) CLASS CHALET! one last gathering before ryan leaves for italy, jenn roy and jialin leaves for canada, justin and michelle for brussels, brillyn for UK and me for sweden! I know sem 2 is going to be so incomplete without marcus and yuan han :( Marcus, have fun in germany and yuan, kick some canadian ass!
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[Jul. 24th, 2009|10:50 pm] |
And I want to play hide-and-seek and give you my clothes and tell you I like your shoes and sit on the steps while you take a bath and massage your neck and kiss your feet and hold your hand and go for a meal and not mind when you eat my food and meet you at Rudy's and talk about the day and type your letters and carry your boxes and laugh at your paranoia and give you tapes you don't listen to and watch great films and watch terrible films and complain about the radio and take pictures of you when you're sleeping and get up to fetch you coffee and bagels and Danish and go to Florent and drink coffee at midnight and have you steal my cigarettes and never be able to find a match and tell you about the the programme I saw the night before and take you to the eye hospital and not laugh at your jokes and want you in the morning but let you sleep for a while and kiss your back and stroke your skin and tell you how much I love your hair your eyes your lips your neck your breasts your arse your
and sit on the steps smoking till your neighbour comes home and sit on the steps smoking till you come home and worry when you're late and be amazed when you're early and give you sunflowers and go to your party and dance till I'm black and be sorry when I'm wrong and happy when you forgive me and look at your photos and wish I'd known you forever and hear your voice in my ear and feel your skin on my skin and get scared when you're angry and your eye has gone red and the other eye blue and your hair to the left and your face oriental and tell you you're gorgeous and hug you when you're anxious and hold you when you hurt and want you when I smell you and offend you when I touch you and whimper when I'm next to you and whimper when I'm not and dribble on your breast and smother you in the night and get cold when you take the blanket and hot when you don't and melt when you smile and dissolve when you laugh and not understand why you think I'm rejecting you when I'm not rejecting you and wonder how you could think I'd ever reject you and wonder who you are but accept you anyway and tell you about the tree angel enchanted forest boy who flew across the ocean because he loved you and write poems for you and wonder why you don't believe me and have a feeling so deep I can't find words for it and want to buy you a kitten I'd get jealous of because it would get more attention than me and keep you in bed when you have to go and cry like a baby when you finally do and get rid of the roaches and buy you presents you don't want and take them away again and ask you to marry me and you say no again but keep on asking because though you think I don't mean it I do always have from the first time I asked you and wander the city thinking it's empty without you and want want you want and think I'm losing myself but know I'm safe with you and tell you the worst of me and try to give you the best of me because you don't deserve any less and answer your questions when I'd rather not and tell you the truth when I really dont' want to and try to be honest because I know you prefer it and think it's all over but hang on in for just ten more minutes before you throw me out of your life and forget who I am and try to get closer to you because it's a beautiful learning to know you and well worth the effort and speak German to you badly and Hebrew to you worse and make love with you at three in the morning and somehow somehow somehow communicate some of the overwhelming undying overpowering unconditional all-encompassing heart-enriching mind-expanding on-going never-ending love I have for you
"Crave" by Sarah Kane
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[Jul. 24th, 2009|04:20 pm] |
Homecoming yesterday! I almost didnt go but I was really touched at what da en said. I msged him saying I might not go cos i was accompanying my mom at the hospital. Immedieately he called me and said this:
'Hana, I have half the mind to tell everyone to boycott FOC homecoming and just come down and see you. whatever we win means nothing to us without you there.'
TOUCHED RIGHT? So I decided to go late (I wasnt really late anyway cos homecoming as I expected didnt start on time). I feel kinda bad for not spending much time with my nemos that day cos I was busy helping them take photos and also during the homecoming itself I was telecasting it to shuhui via video call.
Countdown: 26 more days till i leave.
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[Jul. 23rd, 2009|12:39 am] |
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HTHT with stephy and a damn good unagi dish at sushi tei. i feel happy.
did i tell you, i bought a pair of zara platforms at $50. original price? $189.90. I love sales :) |
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[Jul. 20th, 2009|11:02 am] |
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Dear friends,
It's about another month before I fly off to Sweden. I am going to miss you guys a whole lot.
Skype when I leave.
xoxo
Hana |
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