4 weeks overdue

finally met up with my wonderful .I.E. colleagues (or ex-fellow-interns should i say), for lunch today. they're such a sweet bunch, came all the way to raffles place... i would love to think that it was solely to meet me and to accomodate my 1-hour lunch (as opposed to, *ahem*), but i later realised that kenneth had an ulterior motive. he managed to con everyone to eating at this spicy ramen place at far east sq, but too bad he only managed to con jiahuan into ordering the ramen with 4 chillis (what's the plural of chilli?) beside it. poor jiahuan was laboured much in terms of perspiration drops to finish the bowl... nonetheless, it was great meeting up and hearing the stories... and here are the pictures which have been sitting in my comp for 4 weeks now.

introducing... our favourite place in the entire office! (:

SAMEA (south asia, middle east and africa) interns

the sofas outside the rec club where we hang out sometimes (strictly only during lunch hour(s) of course :p)

our all-time favourite game(s), i think i've moved up a notch from beginner to 'intermediate'. one day i'll be able to take on the likes of kenneth, marc and sebas. haha. yeah right.

k now for the serious stuff...

thats our office. power packed. even my PA has 2 laptops. we're all busy pple, we are.

that's my impersonator (also known as our most frequent visitor), trying to usurp my authority of "big boss"! hee hee

the following series of pictures are just febri, zhuangman and ken playing a fool in our room. go figure what they are trying to do. confusing, but entertaining i must say.

i honestly don't know what that was, but what we really wanted to take was the door. ys and i are forever grateful to him for the wonderful office space... and the air filter. haha.

lunch with our supervisor on my last day (ys should be glad he got a free meal cos of me!)

thanks a lot, guys, for the sweet not-so-little PURPLE book. really didn't expect it, but believe me, it was only the people that made those 10 weeks so much more survive-able, and not just that, loads of fun too.

have a great last 2 weeks there! (:

the worst class in RJ

26 June 2007- plaza singapura.
Back (L-R): nikhil, chuen kang, eddie, jinghao, Reginald, dhruv, spencer
2nd row (L-R): Daniel, xinyi, yin ting, leslie, hwee boon, andee
Front: carol, zhen zhen

Oops, sorry this turned out so pixilated, guess it was too dark at our wonderful ‘blue light place’ (outside the Dubliner) where we meet to play stupid games… and hear Reginald sing (:

the working pple... sigh. regi, the smiley one; and nikhil, who's still too cool to smile. : (but aha! i have a pic of u smiling @ prom, the one and only... haha)

Updates:
1. Nikhil: medicine @ NUS, still as cheeky as ever
2. chuen kang: biochem @ Melbourne uni
3. eddie: physics @ Carnegie mellon (faithful to his calling as the physics rep… haha)
4. jinghao: econs and business @ michigan. Leaving on 22nd aug.
5. Reginald: graduating in 1 year! Interning as some big-shot investment banker @ JP Morgan now. Accountancy @ NTU. voice quality still as good.
6. Dhruv: chem engine @ cornell (leaving on 9th aug)
7. Spencer: accountancy and business @ smu. Busy studying ahead of starting school, sheesh.
8. Daniel: chem. Engine @ NUS, also busy revising math…
9. Xinyi: medicine @ monash, Melbourne (ms chia’s predictions came true)
10. yin ting: pharmacy @ NUS, busy working @ jurong polyclinic. Forgot our class… K
11. leslie: biology @ Harvard. Leaving on 31st aug
12. hwee boon: econs (or engineering? Sorry…) @ duke
13. andee: biology@ imperial. Leaving on …. (sorry slipped my mind!)
14. carol: business and accountancy @ smu. Interning @ Barclays. Hopes tt everyone will remember her when they become rich and famous (:
15. zhen zhen: medicine @ NUS. Queen of charades and all things silly… haha (:

missing pple:
16. charmain: biology@ york. Not coming home this summer L
17. Sabrina toh: medicine @ Birmingham. Home! (and her birthday was on 29th june..)
18. Sabrina ngasein: medicine @ NUS. Updates?
19. Sheryl: medicine @ NUS.
20. Yilin: medicine @ NUS
21. Wee xiang: medicine @ msia (comes back on weekends quite regularly, was in town when we had our gathering, but was too tired to come K)
22. yao jane: (she hasn’t told me what)@UNSW. Coming back end of the year!
23: manveen: (something) @university of Toronto. Haven’t heard from him in ages!
24. hui han: law @ smu? (at least that’s how the rumour goes..)
25. shu en: dentistry @ Melbourne uni. Migrating to aust?

Yay we accounted for everyone, and the turnout at the last outing was quite good.... :)

no time to die

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-11

orange is the present season; green is the season to be longed for

blue is what i believe in

there is no time to die now

maybe later.

a lil' break

new-found not-so-skillful skills in photography.

colourful random moments

the smelly air of pretense

i cant stand unappreciative and pretentious people; i dislike feeling cheated; and i don't believe in flaunting popularity, with the compromise of true friendship.

not everything can be important to one in life, why pretend that some things are when they clearly aren't?

but like they say, when u point a finger at others, there are 3 others pointing back at you.

time for mid-year reviews.