Macau
10:31 PM
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Yesterday is not my day. I forgot to bring my passport when i reach the ferry terminal. Thanks to ho yin who changed the ferry timing and went back with me to collet it. I tin i damn blur and am oso in a rush as i came back fr poyi's place and left straigt for macau.

But i still managed to make it to MACAU. This is one place you muz visit when you're in HK. Macau is a place with alot of historical sites.

Places of Interest: Churches -- St. Dominic's Church, St. Augustine's Church, Holy House of Mercy and St. Lawrence's Church.

Others: Guia Fortress, St. Augustine's Square (filming site of Goong), Senado Square, Ruins of St. Paul's and the newest casino in town: The Venetian.

While waiting for the rest to meet us, ho yin brought me to this place to have milk pudding, tastes like beancurd...but with milk flavour. It's damn nice. No whr i tasted such nice milky stuff... will strongly recommend all of u there. I went there to get some portuguese egg tarts...damn good...costs bout 6hk each.

We went to have portuguese dinner, i like it...esp the curry liked chicken...maybe i missed curry too much...over here, the curry isn't spicy at all

After dinner, we headed to watch fireworks...it's betta in sg in any way. Thereafter, we quickly rush to the ferry terminal to change our tix, cos the guys wanna gamble...and they won at least a few hundred sg dollars. They gambled till 2plus, and we missed our ferry back so we took the 4am ferry. I din expect that we would spent such a long day in macau but it was fun!

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Day out with Poyi
12:54 AM
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I finally get to meet poyi after weeks in HK. We went shopping at kwai fong and had dinner there too. We bought alot of things and get a really cheap cheap pair of shoes. Kwai Fong is somehow like mongkok ctr and its bigger but the stuffs are not as cheap. We ate some meat balls outside the MTR and tried nice fish soup, dunno wat's known as in cantonese?

After Kwai Fong, we went to Grandville St b'cos poyi want to get her pants, unfortunately, it was closed. But we still shopped around there and i din even noe i missed my last bus. I can't take a cab back bcos it wld cost alot since i've to cross the sea and ferries dun operate till tat late, so i've got no choice but to stay over at Poyi's hse. It's pretty near to TST, taxi fare only costs less than 20hkd.

Her hse is small and cozy...like her place. Will stay over more often if she doesn't mind...and i tin she wun mind...rite, poyi?

Kwai Fong - New Shopping Place

Enjoying our last Meat Ball

Fishing with Paper NetsA Good Catch using 5 Nets
Our Dinner Back at Whampo GardensCozy Couch - for me to laze

Cozy Couch - oso for Poyi to work

Garden View fr her House

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Mid-Autumn Festival
11:30 PM
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Over here in HK, the following day will be a public holiday if it's mid-autumn festival. Cool rite?

Carol, Ivan, Cheryl, Desiree and Me @ Vic Park
Crowded Vic ParkThe whole Gp

Since we don't have sch the nxt day, we went to victoria park. I thought that it'll be a happening place but no. So disappointing, we din catch any performances, din carry any lanterns. We juz took some fotos and had dessert before leaving causeway bay.
Ivan & the Gals

Funniest Shot of the Month...

Sop and the rest went to watch lust & caution and i went back with carol and guys to rush for my assignments that are due within the nxt 2 days. Sad... :(

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Sai Kung - Outdoor Adventure Club (22/9 and 23/9)
11:47 AM
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Sophia and me signed up for this camp, which includes hiking, backwood cooking, campfire activities. We paid HKD140, I tot it was worth it! It takes about 2hrs to reach our west campsite. I was disappointed at first cos i expected the campsite to face the sea but NO, it's juz a open field.

We ate canned luncheon meat, pork cubes, peanut butter, jam and bread for lunch. It sounds pathetic but we managed to fill ourselves. We pitched our tents and i tin we din do a very good job cos it was flooded in the morning when it rained heavily the night before and i was like all wet but din bother to wake up.

During the camp, we played a game like amazing race where we have to complete tasks at 7 stations around the island. Some activities were fun, esp coming out with the 2 cheers in cantonese. And our Group came in 1st!!!

Campfire songs were like from my sec sch camps. I felt young again for once.

Backwood cooking was fun - we had to make 3 diff food (i.e. pizza, roast chicken, potatoes) and judges will give comments and decide on the winning gp. Our pizza was like burnt at the bottom, tin the crust too thin but looked nice fr the top.

This place is really close to nature. During our walks, we can find cows walking freely and cows came inside the campsite as well...was afraid if they come too near us when sleeping.

Made some really good frens...met junmin and lynn from nus and we singaporeans always like to do extraordinary things...so we did the "smu" jump...look at the pics, junmin & lynn really have nice jumps! but sophia and mine wasn't too bad.

This experience forms part of my Good Memories and will always stay with me for life! I'm Loving it!

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Wei Lun Hall - High Table Dinner
11:52 PM
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19 Sep 2007 is the 1st high table dinner i attended. The dinner is a formal function attended by all students living in the hall.

Dresscode: only black dress and black shoes

They're pretty strict about the dresscode. Not nice for us to wear tube dress, we have to dress decently, as told by my floorhead. so we gals had a hard time looking for black dresses! looking for one that is not too "orbit".




and what shocked me the most is the Wei Lun Hall Song. My goodness, they're so united. Alhough the song is bout dragons and cope cope cope, hope, hope, hope, soar soar soar...they sang it really nicely.

After dinner, we attended the EGM and it took really long long time to end. There was speech by the warden and all of the freshmen and exchange students did a self intro. The whole thing ended bout 11 plus. of course, after everything, we took some nice pics with nice poses!

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Subject Confirmation!
10:55 PM
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haha...i managed to get a 3-day week after all the adding & dropping. Initially, i din get any module but got it thru Christine, when I send her an email insiting that i need to take that particular module.

3-day week
means that i can play more...and bring any of u out when you're here...

Attention People: my free days are wed & fri. Only thur is a full day.

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WUS Gourmet Amazing Race!
10:25 PM
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All Members From WUS

The Wasabians

This Gourmet Race is organised by the World University Service. This is my very 1st activity in school and i believe there'll be more to come!

We were into groups of 10 and played some ice-breaking games before race starts. My gp had a mixture of students form mainland, hk, states and me singapore. Btw, i was surprised when our gp has a gp dad and gp mum, and they're the leaders for our gp. But y are they known as gp daddy and mummy? Anyway, this whole race is about tasting the world of delicacy in HK. Along the way, we were given clues and we had to complete tasks in order to proceed. One of the tasks is to know why the salted fishes' head were covered with paper when we are at the seafood st...and had to play some games along the way.

We tried HK style egg waffles, curry fish balls, egg tarts, desserts and you ji ding noodles. The food was good, at least i would noe whr to go for good food!

During this race, i made new frens; locals & exchange students. It was fun hanging out with them and of course i oso got to know more bout their cultures. The locals have oso introduced me to a number of new places and telling me the history of it...

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Steamboat @ Starr Hall
11:55 PM
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On a Sunday Evening, we had steamboat for dinner, with almost all singaporeans. Felt homely for that moment! We had dinner at starr hall, which is sophia's, sandra's and jiahe's hall. Dinner was good. Look at the food we have, got so many diff types of balls. My fav is the cheese ball, cheese juz flows right into my mouth...shiok!
Cooking Time!!!
Food, Food and More Food...Too Much For US...Ate leftovers the nxt day
Our "Family" Dinner

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Cheung Chau
11:28 PM
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This our 2nd island trip tgr...this place is betta than lantau. seafood & din sum are cheap. this place has no vehicles / bikes...their only form of tpt is bicycles! It's like a small village.
Cheng Chau...Here we Come!

Small Village..tat's free of pollution!

Steven is hungry...again! and buying some "bao"

With his mouth open so big...eating the delicious bao.

This bao has got Egg Yolk in it...for those who likes it..will like this bao...i hate it!

We went to the mini great wall of china...scenic view from there. There are nice beaches too, saw this guy doing this sport, but dunno wat it's known as? very interesting and fun. The wind is so strong that he can wakeboard. I believe linus will like this sport.

Tung Wan Beach

Nvr seen this watersport, sumtin like wakeboarding and parasailing...Looks Fun

Heading to Mini Great Wall Hike to our Great Wall Felt so free...free from everything!

Don't u guys think that it looks like a face?

Beautiful Sunset...

On a Dragonboat

After walking for the whole afternoon, we rented a bicycle and finish exploring the island. We went to the priates' cave, the place is cool. There was this uncle selling torches brought us into the cave and told us the history of the cave. But i din understand a word he was saying, it's all in cantonese. In the cave was pitch black and i dun even noe if there were some kinds of animals inside. So tat's the thrill of it!

Test Ride on a tricycle Preparing to get inside the Cave
It's not as scary as i thought...

Dinner Time!

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thur...ladies nite at lan kwai fong
12:05 AM
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The whole gp of us went clubbing last nite - and it's my 1st time clubbing in hk. Lan Kwai Fong is pretty near our sch...juz a short bus ride away! Went with the whole gp of exchange students...I felt the clubs wasn't as gd as those in sg...but still enjoyed it. It was the 1st time i danced non-stop...and felt damn tired...carol, pauline, desiree can really dance...tons of energy..not feeling tired after hrs...admire them!

At FeVar

The 4 PreTTy LaDies

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sch started but still playing hard everyday
11:52 PM
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I am unhappy cos i have a 5 day wk for 3 modules...can't stand it...i m goin to sch for 1-2 hrs a day...wasting my money and time...it's not cheap to travel to sch...bout S$1 for 2-3 stops. I can walk but lazy to..it will take bout 30 mins.

so now, i am trying to change it to a 3-day wk...and save the other 2days for myself. The add/drop system here is stupid...it's not updated automatically and it doesn't tell u how many vacancies are there in each class. so every now and then gotto check if can add the avail class...added some classes but it's TN=not approved...gotto drop and add again...damn troublesome! Tried calling the faculty but it doesn't help, telling me she'll only give me a place when everyone finalize the course selection. so as of now, juz attend the 5day wk 1st.

ohh ya...we have a floor orientation for 2 weeks...but carol and I only attended 1 day...which is the steamboat dinner...we din play games with them. sounds quite anti-social. but they din invite us as well and during the dinner, we were so awkward...ppl were whispering things bout us...hope we are wrong. It 's the worse dinner i have ever been! but i believe things will get better!

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Met some fellow singaporeans
11:13 PM
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Yeah...met up with this gal from my floor...happens to be a singaporean too...Her name is Carol. She's a typical sociology student from NUS. Let me describe her: Fun, Extrovert, Outspoken, Good Cook, Strong, Shopping Queen and Pretty. Through her, i get to know Sarah, Cheryl and Pauline, who are the other exchange students. Now, i noe i wun be bored for the nxt 4 mths...

This is the Pretty Carol Wong...

Cheryl and Carol

Carol brought me to arygle centre at mongkok to shop...gd place for gals...3 levels of clothes and bags and shoes... all for ladies. it's cheap...and tat's the place poyi mentioned. Can easily get a top for S$8-10. Shoes are oso bout that price...as for bags...slightly costly...but still cheap compared to Sg prices...it's bout S$20 for those bags that they sell in far east.

After arygle centre...went to fa yuen st...cheaper than arygle...we went crazy juz on shopping alone...

joanne...nxt time, i bring u here...definitely shop buay liao...and shop till siao...

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