Sunday, December 17, 2006
went to the hair salon today and may, tiff cheryl and i decided to change our hairstyles! lol din realli noe wat to do, so we decided to let the stylist decide. wow their service is realli good! starting from the hair wash..unlike singapore hair salons, taiwan's hair salons realli take their time and make sure every nook and crook of ur hair is washed. firstly, they let u choose the hair oil scent, then they put a mask over ur face to make sure its not wet. aft tt, they even ask u wat drinks u want! so professional right..
haha anyway, cheryl started cutting first and the result was a realli cool punky kinda style yet feminine. aft tt it was my turn! i ended up getting those wa wa fringe and they gave me a temporary perm!!! LOL i love it sooooo much! am thinking of making it permanent heh...(: hm cheryl tiff tot i looked quite mature though and they kept calling me a tai tai for the rest of the day lol. sigh the perm will cost around 100 bucks but im realli tempted!!! shall ponder for a few more days b4 i come to a decision hehe.. even aft the temporary perm,tiff's hair treatment etc. we still paid only around 21 bucks each! so affordable right! sigh u will nvr get such GREAT service at such an AFFORDABLE rate in singapore. and get this, the stylist even pressed the lift for us aft tt larh! their service is like 10/10 man..
think this is my most adventurous hair cutting experience in such a loooonnngg while. anyway, may got a similar hairstyle to cheryl and she changed her parting! hehe oh last but not least, tiff had a realli daring hair cut where from the back, there is this sloping v shape and from the front, u can see the vast difference in hair lengths. haha tot it realli suits her though.. shall show u guys the fotos aft i upload them! :P
aft tt we went to gong guan to buy our sports shoes!!! was trying to decide between a purple pair of nike shoes and a halloween nike shoes. ended up getting the lavender one (_thus the current font colour_)cos it was a unanimous decision among the rest!! :P lol and all i can say is, im loving my shoe! tiff bought a red nike one while cheryl got a purple converse shoes and my buddy got a sparkly pink nike shoe. hehe it was a SUPERB day and i realli enjoyd myself! anyway, last nite was aso spent shopping..hehe OH YARH..tiff cheryl and i saw a SUPER ULTRA pretty pair of tinketbell earrings. though it cost like $20, we decided to get one each anyway! haha and the thing is, there was only 1 pair in the entire shop so we had to order. its gg to arrive next wed and we totally cant wait!
taiwan's getting realli cold these few days cos the cold currents have arrived. luckily i took my mom's advice and brought the thick coat or else i wld have been freezing my socks off..its been raining alot too which is realli quite dampening..hope it doesnt rain tmr though! gg to liu fu chun (amusement park) wif the gang. gosh im feeling so excited right now..shall fall aslp happy again.. (: till then cya guys!
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
its going to be a VERY long post since im gonna blog abt...my 1st 3 days at YCSH!! (: so skip all these if ur not interested then lol..just tot i shld put this all down before i forget anything since i realli wanna remember this memorable period of my life..every single day is like so precious to me i feel and i will definitely not slacken in updating abt this trip since its like my diary..anyway i feel that its a great experience so tot i will share this with all of you (:
Day 1 at Yong Chun Senior High (YCSH)
was really nervous & excited at the same time when i woke up this morning to get ready for school. being it my first time attending an exchange program, i was quite worried tt the taiwanese may not like us or smth..however it was clear very soon tt all my worries were totally uncalled for.
1st impression of the taiwanese students : they are all so warm & friendly! when i stepped into my buddy xin yu's class on the 1st day, alot of her friends all smiled and said hi to me. even ppl we din know came over to tok to us at the bball court when we were standing there watching students play. its quite unlike when our buddies came to singapore, i realised tt not many tjcians came fwd to say hi to them and start conversation. in fact, most of them dun really seem to care abt their existence, i would say.
the 1st lesson of the day was French. and let me tell you, this lesson is totally AWESOME!!! the french teacher was super cool and she just started speaking to us in french the moment we walked in and we were all like HUH? haha but very quickly, we learnt to order things in a french restaurant lol(: for eg, things like "je voudrais de les glaces!'' (meaning i would like to have ice cream! ) haha basically, the meal is split into 4 parts: entree, plat principal (main course) & dessert. aft learning all this, we say bon appetit! hehe:P not only did we learn tt, we learnt a french song called chevaliers de la table ronde! hehe i can sing to u guys next time if u want (: ohoh and the COOLEST part of the whole lesson was we got to sample things like french wine, le cafe(coffee) ,le the (tea), chocolates, le glateau(cake) & le fromage! (cheese). haha aint tt totally totally cool!?
aft tt, we had a traditional arts lesson where we got to blow candy! i dun think u will understand unless i show u pictures, so i shant elaborate abt it now till i upload the fotos. ohoh and we got to make animal figurines with food dough too!:P haha it was great!
anyway, another thing i noticed abt the school culture is tt teachers and students are just like friends ya noe..though the students tend to be a TAD bit disrespectful but i must definitely admire the teachers for their high level of tolerance! lol
ohoh another thing is tt taiwanese have a thing against 5566! no matter where u go, 1 of the first things they will ask is " who is ur fav taiwanese celebrity? " or "do you like 5566?" lol and when u say no, they will start cheering. haha! :p anyway, the reason why 5566 is not well-liked is cos they are very "tai ke" in their opinion..
so anyway this kinda wraps up the 1st day at school which i will rate 10/10 on the fun scale! :P
Day 2 at YCSH
got my set of uniform today and i must say, it really sucks!! the cutting is bad and the color coordination is bad too..its green & yellow, haha so basically, we look like corn -_- for the 1st time, i actualy appreciate the tj uniform alot. haha and their blazer is grey, yarh so ours is considered super cool already hehe..
we learnt to tie some chinese knots in class today. and its again been proven tt i do suck at handicraft!!! kept tying the stupid knots wrongly lah and i had to redo over and over again..argghhhh~ shant say this in detail, since it was quite a boring klaz..
had home economics lesson today with my buddy's class-class 203. while we were sitting at the table listening to the teacher tok, managed to get to noe her classmates more and i tell u they are all realli super interesting ppl! (not just their hair, which they take like 30min! to style lol! and NOTE: THEY ARE GUYS!!) haah ohoh on a side note, i have to comment that the guys here are really vain! lots of them are like armed with a comb, wax and mirror and they just style their hairs openly in class! lol
anyway, wat i realli want to say is tt the taiwanese guys are really cool! u noe in this lesson, its the guys that are doing all the cutting, washing and cooking, lol i took so many pictures and videoed them cos i was super impressed. hehe and they call themselves the "xin hao nan ren" which i quite agree. this is smth singapore guys shld learn frm them!
hehe anyway, the way their lessons are conducted are realli quite diff. from us. its like every morning without fail, everyone has to stay in class and do a class test and their "jiao guan" (equivalent to our discipline masters but in military uniform) will survey the corridors to make sure no one is walking around. oh and during lesson time, they can just eat and drink without the teacher even batting an eyelid. so cool right! and i realise tt taiwanse have a habit of bringing their own lunch boxes to school. they even have a steamer in their class rooms for steaming their food! haha so cute right..
ohoh smth realli interesting happened today. the class were supposed to have an english listening test where they will listen to the radio and ans qns. unfortunately they got the wrong cd so i ended up standing in front of the classroom, holding a mike and reading out the qns to them! hahaha so funny, and each time the teacher looks away, they will ask me for ans and i will just signal to them hehehe...(: played military paintball today too. wasnt as fun as i expected. listened to the instructor talk about the rules for a whooping 1 hour and guess what? we only managed to play for like 10min..-_- total waste of time man. haah anyway if ur interested to know, i got shot in the goggles lah lol dunno if i actually shot anyone cos i was just anyhow shooting like crazy hehe.
aft school today went to night market wif tiff,cheryl and our buddies. haha met up with tze woon,ben,daryl that bunch of guys and their buddies and ate and hung out. hha we had so much fun man!! cant wait to meet up wif them again on sat cos we are gg to an amusement park and staying over at someone's hse! lol can see may then and ask how shes doing :P
Day 3 at YCSHtoday's first lesson was kinda boring since we were learning abt taiwan history. haha history just nv fails to bore ppl. lol anyway aft tt we had a field trip to some archaelogical musuem which was kinda cool since i have nv been to a musuem like dat. aft tt we went to some forts and all tt to take a look which was realli kinda boring. visted a senior high school too and although it was boring, i have to say this cos we went to visit jay chou's senior high school! (this note goes out specially to xiangting lol)
aft tt the whole bunch of us (YCSH ppl) went to some night market to eat and just walk around..actually wanted to go shi lin night market today but it was kinda late so we plan to go another day..yep
anyway aft coming to taiwan, tiff and i have been gg to the arcade to play the bball shooting baskets game EVERY SINGLE DAY! lol each day we try to break our previous day record. haha and as usual we played again today and the guys were super impressed. gonna have a PK MATCH with them soon!! hehehe and we shall show them our prowess HAHA! :P
hm oh another thing tt tiff and i do everyday without fail is that we drink bubble tea EVERDAY! lol theirs is SO SUPER GOOD cann...and they have so many diff flavours. tried this bubble milk green tea which is so unique! their chocolate milk tea is like HEAVENLY too! they even have those very small pearls which are like realli Q and taste so much better than our pearls lahh...hm so far, in my opinion, the 1st prize for best milk tea goes to the one i tried today-ICE CREAM MILK TEA!! wooowww i tell u the taste is so super shuang can! vanilla ice cream with milk tea is THE best! :P
hm im having so much fun in taiwan..making so many new friends, having the experience of my life...i am most definitely gg to treasure my remaining days here and make the best of it by trying to learn their culture and learn more abt them. i think deciding to sign up for Taiwan Exchange Programme is really a superb decision and from the very first day i filled in the form till now, i have never ever regretted it! think this is realli the experience of the lifetime and i really feel very very lucky to be in it..
haha ok then, its getting late i will update again soon..lol wow its realli a super long entry..wonder which of u will achalli manage to read till here..:P
Sunday, December 10, 2006
im at taiwan now in my buddy's house!! haha i lurve her house its realli cosy..sitting in front of the com in her sis room now, which is going to be my room for the next 2 weeks..
went sightseeing and all at hualien, jiu fen, ji long, luo dong, yi lan during the past few days..haha though the bus rides were long and boring (esp. with a super boring and irritating tour guide!), i really enjoyed myself! :P haha oh and its so cool cos we can sing karaoke on the bus and may, tiff, cheryl & i just kept singing thorughout which made time pass super quickly! hehe
oh yarh anyway, we formed a family during this trip! tze woon became our father cos he is super fatherly! he helps us with packing our luggage and carrying our stuff and lending tiff and i money to play the bball game in arcade etc.. lol! :P ohoh then brotherly ben became our elder brother with tif,may,me and cheryl as the 4 sis and lastly joe the youngest bro. lol ohoh a new addition is guan wen who is our body guard. haahha! dun ask me why..i know its lame lol! :P
have been eating slping alot the past few days! so dead lah..may and i are so gg to hit the gyms asap when we reach sg lol..last nite was super fun cos it was sorta our last nite together as anthe TJC TIP ppl so many of us hung out at the girls' room and played stupid games like tt heart attack game which has the level 1 pig thingy and hunter and bear. hehe tiff may and i were like super high and kept laughing and laughing..the others insisted we were high from drinking the mei hua wine thingy but we werent lah!!! lol they simply refused to believe us..hehe
ok larh anyway tmr's the 1st day of school at Yong Chun Senior High School!! haah super excited..cant wait..okok shal update again another time..Yawnnn..very tired!!
see ya guys!! hehe my buddy's bringing me shopping aft school tmr! wah i cant wait! :P
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
6 December is here finally!!!!! :P wooohooo i'll be flying off to taiwan in just 12 hours!! naturally feeling super ultra extremely excited right now..haha maybe its the excitement tt made me overpack. lol i cant believe my luggage is already like 19 kg and the handcarry is 4 kg?! but i tried realli hard to take out the excess stuff but aft scruffling through all that stuff over and over again, all i managed to take out was 2 shirts and a pants only to add in a GC and cottonbud and camera batteries and hp charger -___________- lol think my efforts were really kinda futile haha..hm decided to dump in the GC as an afterthought, hope i realli will get some hwk there!! im keeping my fingers crossed..** (:hm think 6 december is a exciting day not just for me but also for the council, esp. the grad nite comm since today is the day where efforts frm the past few mths are finally gg to materialise. ++PERFECT CADENCE-TJC GRAD NITE 2006+sigh how i wish i can be a part of this special day too helping out with the crew and seeing the event take off..but since i wun be there, just want to wish everyone esp. caroline good luck for tmr!!! (: its going to be realli hectic and stuff may go wrong here and there but dun be stressed k!! lastly, hope tt grad nite 2006 will be a night to remember for all our seniors and also the 30th council aka SKW..lol! GOOD LUCK GUYS!!! :P love ya all..
