i think there are many reasons to Thank God today.

1) I remembered to check if my wireless transaction to Canada has been settled. Only to realise there was still 15 which was not paid cos the bank forgot to take into account the agent fee on the other side. Thank God i checked just before intending to go to the bank!

2) I managed to settle everything at the bank all by myself. the bank people were really nice friendly and kind. they helped me settle the problem. YAY. and i managed to do the bank draft. so Thank God for all that!

3) it sorta rained, which means i dont have to go help my auntie water her plants. HAHA. i think! i sorta volunteered to help her water her plants cos her maid went back for a month. but her garden is huge and watering those plants is really no joke. the last time i did i was drenched and muddy. it's actually quite fun playing with the water hose but must be in the right mood haha! tiring stuff. so Thank God it rained! (ohno think i still must go water the plants. dang! )

yep that's about it.

summary of summer.

i did these collages because i'm relatively free, and in preparation for Canada. HAHA.

i love reading the sunday times and lifestyle.

like for this week's sunday times, i was laughing at the horse called 'venezuela' owned by this monk with the 5 Cs. i found the horse name absolutely hilarious. and then there are the columnists that write really funny stuff! (funny in a good way!) it takes skill to be so funny.

Sumiko Tan talked about how actresses sob so beautifully. 'Their faces dont bunch up like a Cabbaage Patch Kid. Their make-up doesnt streak. Their eyes dont get red. Their tears trickle down so daintily. Their noses dont turn beetroot red'. HAHAHA!

and then fiona chan wrote about 'why guys are great pals'. here's what i found really interesting:

When a guy meets another guy for the first time, they shake hands and then stand around awkwardly. Weather talk ensues, perhaps followed by a lame joke. Then, out of desperattion, one of them will mention last night's 'game' or comment on a passing pretty girl and -bam!- instant friends.

For girls it's a bit different. The first meeting is invariably friendly, sometimes effusively so, filled with compliments on each other's clothing and accessories and - depending on how little there is to talk about-make up.

There are plenty of polite questions, mutually affirming responses and veritable flood of smiles and nods. Then, once the girls part ways, more often than not they will turn to their companions and make some cutting comment about the girl they just met.

she admits that not all girls are like that. but still, facinating stuff.

go read the sunday times!

okay that sounded too much like an ad.

Poor blog, it's been abandoned for almost a month now. so i am here to bring it back to life! -blows dust off- and i shall begin.

begin with talking about how the holidays have been. Despite spending much of my time pretty much rotting, i think i've done some things that were quite err fulfilling.

believe it or not, i actually volunteered with kids for an entire month! considering that i used to only admire kids/animals (ohmy i used to lump them together) from afar, this is quite a feat! the program was to prepare kids to organize a party for cerebral palsy kids. so it's like helping the helpers. but it was good fun! they're a bunch of cute kids. and one little boy talks to me on facebook calling me audrey jiejie which is a first. HAHA.

and then i spent 3 days taking temperatures for the Asian Youth Games at Raffles Hotel. so i held those gun thermometers at foreheads of delegates and gave them stickers. they're all really friendly people. one Japanese guy said 'hi present for you' and gave me a tokyo candidate city badge which i think is super coool! taking temperatures is surprisingly a fun job. okay, i only did it for 6 hours in total.

i also volunteered at the museum night festival! i was stationed at the side door to the museum, a carparkish place. it was a not-very-busy place which was gooood. the people i met - fellow volunteers, were really interesting people. it's like really meeting people from everywhere. one is the exchange coordinator for nus, and has done work and travel in alaska twice. another is a year younger taking a gap year, and interning at the new paper. she asked if i want to intern there too. which is ooooh. the list goes on!

carol and julia came to visit on the first night! which was YAY. they managed to go to all 3 museums mann! and took jump shots in front of the lambo. HAHA.

after 11.30pm volunteers/festival assistants (as they call us) have nothing much to do till about 2am, which is the time we sign out. so we go roaming the museum. the first night i just sat at the open air movie screening place to watch 881. first time watching a movie the old fashioned way- with rolling film. second night i was walking around the living galleries and stuff.

and ohoh we got to watch the fireworks too! from a super close proximity. i was cameraless, so had to take pictures using my laopok phone.

















felt as if the sparks were gonna drop on our heads or something. i was screaming the whole time. but i guess noone heard, since the fireworks were so loud anyway.





























the second night it was raining, so the fireworks were cut short and really not as spectacular. so sad it rained! people were wet and werent as happy. sweehuang and ida also werent able to come. heard last year's night festival was much bigger and better, but i didnt know it existed so no comparisons!

here's the view of orchard road on the second night after the fireworks. so misty!













enough about the museum.

i wanna end by saying that i really feel my age when i go for a haircut. i dont get student prices anymoreeee. it's a good thing the hairdresser sort of knows me, and still charged the student price. hoho!

didnt use smiley faces the entire entry. wowwee!