Looking for a room?

being a foreigner in a foreign place, especially for one who plans to stay for a long period of time,
or being a student in a foreign country can be quite a daunting journey. for me included.
we always get very excited and everything. preparing, packing and planning.
so, what do we do first before anything else?
i say, find a room.

i stumbled across something interesting - rooms for rent in Singapore. so i thought that it would be useful to some of us who are planning to study in Singapore. having a home, well in this case a room to come back to is pretty important especially for students. we need our own space, you see =D

so, what does the website help with?
the first thing i thought was that the homepage was pretty simple. with a map of Singapore in front. pretty decent.
then at the right hand, there is a side bar with places around Singapore, which i thought was pretty cool, at least they separated it for you. and by clicking the place we are mostly likely to be interested in when it comes to renting a room was definitely important. better than going through the whole list.

the web page provided a lot of information i must say. there is a wide range of rooms to choose from and prices are reasonable. prices i think i would pay if i was studying in Singapore and didnt have a place to stay after my 1st year. and it provides information about public transport that are nearby and facilities available as well. contract details are adequate. however, to contact the specific person from the web page itself for more information requires you be a member of the web page. it might be pretty inconvenient for people who just want to ask a few questions about the place but dont really want to register.
what i thought lacked was pictures, i thought that more pictures would be better as we want to know how the place looks like before committing to anything.
the web page is user-friendly and is easy to explore. its pretty straight forward and makes finding things easy.

overall, i would say, its a useful web page and would definitely benefit students and other people intending to rent a room in Singapore. i'll recommend this website to people, definitely =D

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captain AWESOME

so, its been awhile.
seems to me that, i've been saying that a lot lately.
i wonder why? hmm.. *points at assignment booklet*

anyway, its the new year right?
i thought what better way than to dedicate a post to all the people that helped me make 2009 an awesome year.
even though its a little late, but whatever

to the threesome, regina, annora and pree
plus me, makes the awesome foursome. *get my lame joke?* lol
i dont know how to begin,
you guys are the coolest, bestest, awesomest friends anyone can ask for.
my banana leaf buddy pree, my literature guru jien, and my creative juice bestie ann.
thanks so much for a good 2009, even with the ups and downs, im glad i had all of them with you guys =D

to the rest of the gang,
you know who you guys are,
thanks for making 2009 a pool-tastic year,
to name a few funny things, my slave and image consultant,
crazy cf sleepovers, kuantan trips and murni's
i bet there's more, just cant remember now.

and of course to the new people from uni
JAMIE of course!! *im suppose to write BIG BIG because no picture*
your awesomeness is through the roof lah. and its nice to have someone to talk nonsense with as well as talk serious with. my twin apparently. haha
hui hui!! the person i always sit with and tell lame jokes to. makan with and sit at that dark mini-stairs with. lol.
to the rest as well, all of you guys make my uni life pretty interesting and colourful =)

im pretty sure this is something shan would say. when i came across it, the first person i thought was shan. LOL
but ultimately, everyone is awesome in their own way =)

and of course, my family!! =)
mum, dad, and alisson,
you guys ROCK!!!


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spooked

have you been scared?
i bet i'll be right in saying that everyone is scared of at least one thing.
im no different.
im pretty much scared of most things

im scared of frogs, lizards, snakes, snails, leeches, slugs
im scared of falling, getting hit, getting bitten
im scared of food in tubes, like those salmon in tubes?
but maybe im not scared about the tubes thing but more like weird out from the fact that salmon can come out from a tube. not really natural you see.
the only thing that i can accept coming out from tubes, that i'll put into my mouth, is toothpaste.
and maybe sauces, like ketchup.

im even scared of my own dog. how weird is that? my own dog. heh heh

i just watched seven pounds.
only at the end i figured out that our hearts weigh seven pounds.
nice show, quite sad, i got all choked up, but i didnt spill. =D


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jump jump, points at fireworks

new year resolutions?
i havent thought of any

one thing i know,
i dont want the holidays to end
though its inevitable. =(

i need to get out more.
i want to listen to more good music,
read more good books,
write more,
listen more,
play more,
draw more,
work harder,
and have fun all the while.
i guess that's part of a new year resolution huh?!

i really hope this year will be as good as 2009 if not better!

As we approach a New Year, i thought we could do with a bit of good advice,
"when in deadly danger,
when beset by doubt,
run in little circles, wave your arms and shout
'Happy 2010 everyone'"

HAPPY NEW YEAR people!! =)


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not really a normal monday

back home in kuantan.
its been raining but its ok, i like the rain, especially when i can sleep in cozily under the warm blanket.
so, something funny happened today.

i was kinda excited because i was going to watch Avatar with my parents.
then my sister was saying avatar and all, so i thought i would
sort of swim on my bed, you know 'cos the avatars do swim.
so, i got ready to "dive"
weeeee.....CRASHHHH!!!!!!

next thing i know,
the bed is lopsided and broken. -_-
then i spent the next 30 minutes or so, hammering the nails back in place.
the bed is now ok, just so you all know.
and yes, im planning to go jogging with my sister.
i think the bed breaking was a BIG enough sign. =(

oh, Avatar was AWESOME!!!
i recommend.
now, i want to get myself a blue, gold eyed avatar
though the hair with tentacles thing is kinda weird.
i want to watch again!!


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art

Preface to Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.
The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography.
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

Those who find beautiful meaning in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.
They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass. The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass. The moral like of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything. Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.
Vice and virtue are to the artist materials of an art. From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician. From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type. All art is at once surface and symbol.
Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. We can forgive a man for making useful things as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

All art is quite useless.



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20 birthdays

so, i have just turned 20
next time that day comes around again, i wont be able to count with my fingers and my toes.
anyway, had a small bash at my grandma's place. something low-key, with the family and just nice =D

now, its been awhile since i had any top5's
so, here's alithea's top 5 birthday wishes by sms =)

5. From Sandy,
Alithea my darling.happy happy birthday!! i hope you have a fabulous timeee.you rock my toe socks!!take care.lots of love.xxx

4. From Rayna,
Alithea! Sayang! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :-) Have an awesome one. Make sure you partayy like the rockstar that you are! Forget about the past, you can't change it. Forget about the present, i didn't get you one! :-) :-P :-) haha. Only kidding. Have a good one alryt! :-P Heaps of love and hugs, rayna. :-) :-)

3. From David,
Wow...tink tink tink...Oh blessed bday. Dont do anything i wouldn't do. Stay close to God and follow Him day by day. :-)

2. From Jamie,
Haha dear alithea! Happy birthday! =) pray that God will continue to bless you richly and to use you to impact lives of others around you...ie me! =P continue shining for Heavenly Daddy and being the awesome person as you are. have a blast today. oh happy birthday granny! long live granny.love you.

and no.1. there are two for two different reasons.

1. From Regina,
Happy 20th birthday alithea wong!!! All the birthday wishes are prob flooding in already? not that u are suddenly special only on this particular day, but to me you are every day, just the way you are. Much love! :)

- regina was the 1st to sms me =)

1. From Stephen,
Happy birthday cave girl.i couldnt sleep without saying it.i tried smoke signals bt i gues u culdnt see...:-) hope we can go hunting smetym..much love..:-*

- i couldnt stop laughing. my mum laughed too when i told this to her. for all you people out there wondering, im cave girl because i sort of live in a "cave". i've got no tv and i dont listen to the radio. so kinda ulu abit lah. LOL


anyway, thanks EVERYONE for sending me all the birthday wishes by sms as well as the ones on facebook. they really made my day =D i even had smses from the UK and India =) thanks ruben, rachel and antony!


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