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i'm in shock. for the first time, i managed to figure out the alien html template of this blog and get the original line spacing back. i don't know why but when i switched to the new "customised" blog layout (colours! a more organised blog archive! and one of the Bible verses that i try to live by!), some of my posts looked so squashed together. and as all my friends wouldn't be surprised to know, this bugged me a lot. =P but html is the bane of my life. well, just when i was about to give up, it worked. wow. haha.

my other recent tech triumphs:

1) i got my scanner working again. even though i can print stuff, i can't scan stuff. and it's supposed to be a 3-in-1 machine! maybe i deleted the scanner programme by mistake (oops). anyhow, i re-installed everything and now it's back. yay! :D

2) i discovered that there was an easier way of transferring pics from the camera to the macbook. i can just slot my memory stick into that 3-in-1 machine (so now i've utilised all three functions of the machine!). yes. sigh. i used to do it the USB way, which could be quite troublesome.
[edit: it's not working anymore!!!]

3) i discovered microsoft word's format painter. why why why??? why did i only find out after school ended? this is like the best tool for someone who JUST LIKES EVERYTHING TO BE NICELY FORMATTED. haha oh man sincere apologies to all my project mates who had to put up with me these three years while i painstakingly formatted everything bit by bit. my jaw seriously dropped when kai-lin showed me how to do it the other day.

ok so even though all these came rather late, but but but... better late than never! :) be my project mate next time in uni and i'll make it up to you. i'll serve everyone around me better in future. now i can scan things, upload pics, etc etc. i can be EFFICIENT. :)

happy poly pictures

last day of preschi

it was definitely one of my favourite modules! the classmates were great, and the teacher was funny and super nice :)

沙拉秀 (me)，三马币 (samapi/sam) and 德士门 (desmond)
doing our version of a variety entertainment show. super fun and i'll always remember this, thanks guys!

lunchtime jokes (poor jenny, haha)

this is the block where we had most of our tutorials

half a happy preschi class with 郭老师
early jan '07

that is desmond's hair. haha.

with kai-lin the night before pitch competition

what i should really be doing...

is not this!
haha. but i really can't help slacking, sigh.
one paper down, one more to go...

got this from juan sometime ago but i don't know where it's from...
so i'm sorry i can't give it due credit.
but it's funny!!!

the host of the lazy virus

hey, come on, come on!! school's not over yet. still gotta study, you know... sarah loser momentum (yes that's my new name) has almost completely switched off her school mode, most unfortunately. it's always that way, sigh. i just leave the school fighting machine behind the moment the last presentation or deadline is over.

ok i'd better stay up tonight to prepare all that i can, and then meet kai-lin in school tomorrow to study together. coz looking at my calendar right now, i know if i don't get proactive, i'll just regret it on monday night. already i'm having it easier than other people coz one paper is open-book and the other, we already know the questions. so, i should make the best out of it. yeah come on!!!

but first... i gotta tell you about The Host. it was fantastic. one of the best korean movies ever. and the amazing thing was, my parents didn't fall asleep halfway like they usually do, haha. i think it was because it was too exciting. the monster gave me a huge shock a few times. apologies to my father's arm because i grabbed it pretty tightly. there were also some super funny and super sad parts... so i really liked that it was not just some scary flick but a movie with a good story and REALLY GOOD ACTING. :)

my loyal companions

three years of poly and it has almost come to an end. surreal!!
i would like to commemorate my very first rest day with a shout out to all my loyal companions who armed me well to face my final semester at NP:

1. black pencil case
i know it wasn't your fault that my green marker stained you and you unwittingly proceeded to stain every paper-based object in my bag.

2. yellow a'zone notebook
thank you for holding all my notes, consultation records, exam tips... and the list of DVDs that i want to rent. i know you tried hard to be a good notebook despite your paper-thin cover which had to put up with green stains, dog-ears and disintegrating edges.

3. water bottles
sigg, don't be jealous of the red water bottle from NDP. i just had to switch to it as the days in school got longer and longer... you'll always be good for church and outings.

4. nike bag
you were big enough to carry all my barang barang and the straps didn't hurt my shoulders much. i really appreciated that :)

5. laptop bag
you didn't make the cut the first time round when i needed a bag for my toshiba, but this semester you came in real handy for the macbook.

6. barracuda mousepad
sorry i didn't know how to appreciate you earlier until everyone started pointing out that you were a really good gaming mousepad. heh. but yeah i'd known you were good all along!! really.

7. macbook
you're pretty cool, helpful and portable, though a bit slow. =P plus, you have super funny ads.

8. fisherman lozenges
even though you were not popular with my friends, i still think you're the best. HAHA. what would i have done without you during a long day in school?

9. thumbdrive
i am so sorry i lost you on the last day of school. but you really did your job well. i will miss you...

go lions!

two years have passed and the AFC (formerly known as tiger cup) is back! my dear care group had Bible study at my place on saturday and then we watched the very kan cheong penalty shootout between singapore and malaysia. the girls had a good time screaming while the boys very optimistically predicted that each ball won't go in. -_- anyway, we got into the finals! so proud of our national team. managed to get tix to the wednesday match quite easily despite all the circumstances. really thank God for that. the arrangements for who to go, who can't go and who needs extra tix were, however, quite a logistical nightmare. :P haha but it all didn't matter anymore as we finally got into the national stadium along with 55,000 others and started cheering for singapore (though you know i have a soft spot for thailand too). certainly a very memorable night. best of all, i got to go with my two cool dudes little brothers who are back from NZ on holiday. go lions!! all the best for tomorrow. :)

edit: we won!!!