The island named singapore 2

Thanks to rachel, upon seeing my sg entry, send this to enlight me on the true singapore....

Complaints Choir of Singapore - Live
We get fined for almost anything
Drivers won't give chance when you want to change lane
The indoors are cold, the outdoors are hot;
And the humid air, it wrecks my hair
Those answering machines always make you hold
Only to hang up on you

When a pregnant lady gets on the train
Everyone pretends to be asleep
I'm stuck with my parents till I'm 35
Cause I can't apply for HDB
We don't recycle any plastic bags
But we purify our pee

*chorus:
What's wrong with Singapore?
Losing always makes me feel so sore
Cause if you're not the best
Then you're just one of the rest

My oh my Singapore
What exactly are we voting for?
What's not expressly permitted
is prohibited

"Ooh"

When I'm hungry at the food court, I see
People "chope" seats with their tissue paper
To the auntie staying upstairs:
Your laundry's dripping on my bed sheets
Please don't squat on the toilet seats
And don't clip your nails on MRT

Stray cats get into noisy affairs
At night my neighbor makes weird animal sounds
People put on fake accents to sound posh
And queue up 3 hours for donuts
Will I ever live till 85
to collect CPF?

*chorus

Singaporeans too kiasu! (so scared to lose)
Singaporeans too kiasi! (so scared to die)
Singaporeans too kiabor! (scared of their wives)
Maybe we’re just too stressed out! (even the kids)

"Ooh"

Old National Library was replaced by an ugly tunnel
Singaporean men can’t take independent women
People blow their nose into the swimming pool (and pee too)
And fall asleep on my shoulder in the train

Singapore’s national bird is the crane (the one with yellow steel girders)
Real estate agents’ leaflets clogging up my mailbox (en bloc, en bloc, en bloc, en bloc)
Why can’t we be buried when we die?
No one wants to climb Bukit Timah with me

*chorus

There are not enough public holidays
My neighbor sings KTV all night
Wedding dinners never start on time
My hair is always cut shorter than I want
Channel 5 commercials are way too long
Why do men turn bald?

*At first it was to speak more mandarin
Then it was to speak proper English
What’s wrong with my powderful Singlish?

People sit down during rock concerts
We have to pay for tap water at restaurants
ERP gantries are everywhere
But I can still see traffic jams on the road
All the bus stops have tilted benches
Cannot access playboy.com

The Island named Singapore

Temptation

View from Orchard Road



Prince George Park Residence
Prince George Park Residence back view
Restaurant at PGP

Clock at PGP residence

zhen lin and I went to singpore the last few day to take our test and explore the environment.
Indeed, I'm amazed by the advancement in Singpore.

1. the acessible public transport
MRT which travel at fast speed, wide coverage and located at strategic location.
Lin and I was shocked to see primary school student cycle to bus station, lock their bicycles, walk to MRT and took MRT to school. Every main building/school/administration is at most15min walk
from nearest MRT.

2 Powerful Broadband Network
While streXXXXX proudly offer their "high connection broadband", broadband @ sg doesnt need any flashy advert. I mean, who would spend time looking at advert when you can stream drama or download movie at 500kb/SEC!

my emule highest download ( using streXXXX) only 40/kb, my sister and I even celebrated it. now i know how 'katak tempurung" i was.


the little garden near our foyer
my room=]SHEARES HALL

3 Courtesy
People actually line up for taxi and bus- in one STRAIGht long line....
Maybe we have this "help! we're lost" look on our face, their citizen will approach us and ask whether we need help, their might not know the exact transport we need to take, but the gesture is very heart-warming

4 Extreme form of fanaticism
Student in Sg has to work very hard for attained grades, get into prestigious school, get involve in activities.

When we were walking pass a supermarket, I noticed an aunty selling exam question of 25 famous school's test paper at a roadside stall.
They dont just to past yer question, they do test question from ALL FAMOUS SCHOOL.The aunty has a good business going on cause lots of parent actually buy that for their child.
Tong shien told me that parent put alot of efforts in getting their children in prestigious school, starting from primary school. Some school requested parent be a voluntaries in the school as the pre-criteria for their child to study in their school.

My senior shared with me her experience.She said that she had a cultural shock when she entered NUS ( she;s a singaporean)- as we cover much more module in SHORTER TIME.
In Arts and Social Science, tehy spend one year learning general module+ other faculty module.
therefore, we only spend 2 year doing our major

so, 2 year Economics in NUS=3 year Economics in UM!

5 Enthusistic in Sport
Thurs night-11pm

On our way to mamak, we passed by several NUS student, RUNNING UPHILL.
IF you're thinking,hey, they're probably athletic, you;re wrong.
Even average student, jog/ play basketball at night. They just used to run around. I mean, you would see alot of youngster wearing sport suit, taking public transport to stadium.
The government invest heavily on sport, my senior stated. Each district must would have a swimming. track, field complexe.
Athletic will be given certain privileges when its come to study( Sportman/women projects).



Lin and I will be going back sg this wed, for good. Guess we need to learn alot to adapt the island culture.
To our friends, come down here and visit us.....

Pig eats Pig World

The girls is back and we're hanging out. hmm, I noticed our outings is always gastronomically pleasing...

Location : El elcerdo , Changkat Bkt Bintang

I was indeed surprised by our main dish....
Roasted Suckling Piglet

It looked huge , compared to chinese roasted piglet. Served on a wooden board, the piglet is nicely displayed and marianated. The skin is cracker-like crunchy, at the same time , the meat texture remains tender and succulent. Judging by the light-sourly taste of the meat, I guess they use vinegar to marianate, skip the herbs , using sause to complement it. I'm going to experiment this method with char siew!

The waiter performed a Spanish traditionfro us, we're asked to wish for money or relationship.
Its was funny to see him smirked " hmm,... you sure you want relationship.?" After that, using the plate to chop the piglet in to 3 section, he instructed us to make a wish and break the plate into pieces!

Break a plates (leg) huh?
Its must be rather profitable to sell plate in Spain....."plate that worth breaking!"
Baked potatoes that comes with the suckling pig.

Besides, i think its very thoughtful for them to give us a shot ,for better digestion, they said. Lime juice, white wine and martini good for digestion?


Chocolate Molten cake at 21 bar( finished by us after several scoop..)

After we;re done with dessert, we sat on the lounge and talked. Its quite sometime since I last chatted with them, hmm.....just like those good old day....

T.T

Today would be the fifth day my dad stopped talking to me......

whenever I try to make a conversation, it end with a uncomfortable silence.

" Take any professional course you like, but ECONS? in Singapore? You can graduate as a acountant, locally with 80k"

"I guess I'm those ordinary people who take ordinary courses" I beseeched.

He sighed.


what wrong with un-professional courses?

以后靠自己了。。。。

陳綺貞-After17

一步一步走过昨天我的孩子气
孩子气保护我身体
每天每天电视里贩卖新的玩具
我的玩具就是我自己

自从那一天起我自己做决定
自从那一天起不在意谁的否定
自从那一天起听我说的道理
when i am after 17…

Orientation Week @ UM

KOLEJ KEDIAMAN KEEMPAT

Reached at 29th June, its was lunch time then. Along the road, parent were carrying bulky luggage bag, while their child holding files, with a glorious face read- I"M A UM STUDent.

Fortunately, my dad doesnt need to suffer that, as his daugther has managed to drag her bag all the way through the uphill road.
Tahap keusangan yang tinggi floor
Looks like Harry Potter;s hall stair huh> I do hope it could move like those stairs in the movie.


4th college is built at 1962, and from my point of view, it hasnt changed much. The design, wall, window are..... erm... rich with historical values.
3 bed room

Roommates are from Sungai Buloh and Pahang. They are warm-hearted, throughout the orientation I'd borrowed pails, hangers, food, cloths....... I"m very grateful they put up with my carelessness. Yes, I ;m a "big headed prawn"

My floor, B 300, situated at the 5th floor... can u imagine how i walked up and down numerous time a day?


MOnkey evening meeting is held here... participant.. 5-10 monkey DAILY!!!

UM is a university surrounded by greens. Lots of lush green woods, field. I felt like I was on a vacation everyday! Especially at night, as my college is beside the wood, its quite chilly ( like genting) , I slept everyday serened by the sound of buzzing insect. Lying on the mattress, i could feel the tranquility . This might be the only place in KL to have such environment.

Then all those competition came in. I participated in choir,its a challenging one, my leader talk to me 2 hour before the performance and ask me to play the piano. They are good in persuading, keep telling me " you diploma, can do it one.... think abt 4th college..!!! you love 4th college rite~~"

Well, I ended up playing at Dewan Tunku Cansellor... Its pretty amazing experience to performace at such huge hall!

Sadly, our choir lost-miserably.

The trainers, Mr Syaid, always gives us inspirational ideas. He is a CAPTAIN in PALAPES ( stand by army force) and he mentioned lots of his notion about MAHASISWA, how we should " membangkitkan semangat bangsa", "bersumbang kepada negara dengan pengetahuan kita"

He make me believe that, as a undergraduate, we have so many potential to contribute to our country. Nevertheless, the Uni education will mould us into that great being.

He quoted ,"Kalau nak senang di masa depan, belajarlah menghadapi kesusahan and kecabaran sekarang juga". He dissented about how youth now acting LEMBIk, and how we should be more independant, and participate in our country issue

Suprisingly, few of my close friend in the orientation is malays. Initially I was concerned I couldnt fit in with them. The things is, they are real friendly and impart me about they " common term" (bengong, puyu, gugup), constantly explain to me about the meaning of words, song. Tikah, my sel mate even teach me how to speak kelantan malay... real funny lesson!

I would say I learn a lot from them. Majority of them are from east coast, perlis, kedah , terrengganu. They discussed with me about their family expectation, financial problem and opinions . Alot of them taking loans and have to strive in studies as well as work hard for their loan.

I look and them, at the same time, I felt ashamed of myself.

If they, without any backing from family, without strong financial plan,able to take up the chance, then I should able to do that.

Seriously, UM is good... locally. While NUS.... internationally.