Happy Lunar New Year!! haha.. my first blog entry this lunar year. surprised i'm up so early on a holiday? haha. that's cos i didn't go to bed :P played my first 2 rounds of mahjong this lunar year through the night. yeap, two rounds n we managed to play through the night. haha.

it's not just my first 2 rounds of mahjong this year, it's also the first time i played mahjong with my relatives. Haha. that's cos normally we could never find enough players to start a game. it used to be only my auntie n uncle who knew how to play, i learned the game 3 years ago, then my brother n my cousin just learnt it. so we finally could play a game together. haha. but because my brother, my cousin n i aren't good at the game yet, it took us super long to play 2 rounds. about 10 hours. hahaha.

so tired n sleepy now, but going out in a couple of hours, so i decided not to sleep, else i'll definitely not be able to wake up.

one thing i realised, staying up through the night is bad for ur skin, especially if u're already suffering from severe lack of sleep for a few nights in a row. i think i can sense a super pimple outbreak on the way. hahaha. that means no make-up fot today, n no contact lenses cos my eyes will be so dry. so, i will have to spend the 3rd day of this lunar year looking like an extreme nerd. haha >_<

alrighty, think my brain is hardly functioning, shall stop before i start talking non-sense here. till my next blog!

oh yar, before i go, here's a shot of my cousin sleeping. we caught him sleeping like that during one of out many toilet breaks in the middle of the night. haha. cute ehz?

爱上王子变青蛙

okie, for the benefit of some, my title means falling in love with a prince who turned into a frog.

Been watching this Taiwanese show called 王子变青蛙 (wang zi bian qing wa). Best 偶像剧that I’ve watched so far. (sorry dunnoe what the English term for 偶像剧 is. Haha. It’s the kind of show that showcasts those idols.) watched it twice wor. It’s the only ou xiang ju that I bother to watch again. Story is not bad, though a little lame n crappy at certain points. N the two main leads are actually not too bad at acting though this kind of shows are characterized by lousy acting. Really enjoyed the show. Very funny = P I enjoyed it so much I actually developed the urge to blog about it.

For those who have not watched it, here’s what the show’s about:
The show is somewhat a cross between frog prince n Cinderella. The official website describes it as a story of love n fairy tales. The female lead (ye tian yu, acted by chen qiao en) is a poor girl, who is money hungry, n is constantly dreaming of marrying a rich man. The male lead (shan jun hao, acted by ming dao) is a rich young man, the heir of the largest hotel chain in asia. Though rich n handsome, he is cold n unfeeling. His competitive n incompassionate character makes him many enemies in the corporate world.

On the day of his engagement to his fiancee whom he grew up together with, he meets an accident and loses his memory. He ends up staying with tian yu’s family and his encounter with this family n the neighbourhood changes him and he falls in love with tian yu. the rest of the story I shall leave to those who are interested to watch. Those who wan the show can ask me or miao.

From left to right: yunxi, junhao's fiancee(zhao hong qiao), ziqian, junhao's childhood friend(wang shao wei), junhao(ming dao), and tianyu (chen qiao en)

ming dao n qiao en. isn't he cute?

Here are some of my favorite lines in the show:

junhao to tianyu when they fell into a cave：
只要在紧要关头不放弃，绝望就会变成希望。在你想要放弃的每一秒钟都是紧要关头。

tianyu thinking to herself when she finds out about junhao's true identity：
现在他离我才几步远，这段短短的距离，却好像怎么走都走不到

junhao to tianyu when he finds out about his identity:
我可以不要当单均昊吗？我比较喜欢当茼蒿。一个偷渡过海的大陆渔工，失忆。他的人生从遇到一个叫叶天瑜的女孩子开始。她会骗人哦，认为只要有钱就是一切，不过只要了解她就会知道，在她的心里面住着一个天使。

another part of the same conversation:
昊：对过去，对未来，我什么都没有办法确定，唯一能够确定的是，我喜欢你。我的记忆里面只有你，这样的人生，对我来说就已经很足够了。

and another part:
昊：别哭，叶天瑜永远是开心的，如果是我害她伤心难过的话，那我宁可从来都没有遇到她。

the night before tianyu takes junhao back to his family, while they were star-gazing:
瑜：茼蒿，谢谢你，谢谢你给我一段这么棒的回忆。我想，就算是我活到一百岁，头发都变白了，脸皱得跟梅干一样，视力、听力、体力都减退了，哪里都去不了，只能坐在摇椅上面摇啊摇的，可是我只要想到现在，我就会有一种很幸福的感觉。

昊：这算是告白吗？你再讲一次吧，我挺喜欢听你告白的感觉。

瑜：可是我不记得我刚刚怎么讲了

昊：（点头）我想就算我活到一百岁，也能够记住你现在告白的样子。

another part of their conversation
昊：你相信有像那颗恒星一样，永远的爱情吗？
瑜：我相信
昊：为什么？
瑜：因为... 相信比较幸福。

junhao's fiancee, yunxi, to junhao when he returns home after regaining his memory:
我爱你。这三个字，对象我这种女孩子来说，需要多大的勇气才说得出口。但是，如果这样可以换取你对我多一份的关心，我愿意随时对你说这三个字。

junhao to tianyu, the night of junhao's wedding, after yunxi agrees on a divorce:
我愿意，陪你、一直当你的灯塔，不过，只有在一种情况下才能够成立，那就是：我要一直都看得到你。

another part of the same conversation:
瑜：我从头到尾，都只爱着一个人，他性单名均昊，字茼蒿，号猪头。

and another part:
昊：谢谢你到最后都没有放弃我，我们一直在一起，永远都不要分开好不好？

touching sia? haha. besides the story, I really love the songs in the sound track, haha. Very nice tunes n lyrics. Some of my recent msn nicks came from there. Haha. A lot of pple thought something happened n came n asked me.. haha.. funny. But shows I have friends who are concerned though. Quite glad = P

oh, n I really think ming dao is very cute! Haha. He’s not the drop dead gorgeous kind but I really love the way he smiles, it’s so sweet n then u can’t help smiling too. Haha. He just has that kind of charm lar. He’s really very cute. Ok… dione says I’m obsessed. I shall stop before I bore everyone to death. Hehe.

it's amazing how much one can grow in a year. n it's even more amazing how time flies by without ur notice. hours, days, months, even years can suddenly slip by u, before u realise how much time u have wasted.

this is one year that i've learnt a lot in, about myself, about pple, about life, about things, about attitudes.

looking back, i used to think i was mature enough, thinking that i was already an adult. yet, now, looking at myself then, i can't help but realise how much of a child i was, in my desperate hopes n yearnings to be an adult. n now, so many years have passed, n i know i still have many lessons ahead to learn.

the past year that has been a great milestone in my life, marking a new beginning. n hence, this year is my first in 21 years (oops... heehee) to set my new year resolutions.

i hope in this new year, i will continue on my journey of self-discovery, moving on to become better self: i want to become a stonger, wiser me, a more real and hopefully less imperfect me, n of cos, a happier me. i hope to acheive the many things that i have always wanted to, n not just sit, wait, n dream like i have so often did in the past. i want to better my relationships with the pple who are so dear to me, pple i've neglected, pple i've taken for granted.

i guess there's a lot i have to do to attain all these in a year, n i seriously doubt i will be to achieve half of these things, haha. but i've still got to try hafn't i? hope u guys can see the better me soon.. (in 10 years maybe? hahaha:P)

right, i promised i'll devote a whole post to miao. haha. so here's my update for new year's eve.

actually we started with plans to go east coast to blade. then in the end, it was raining at east coast. so, we didn't meet libby at east coast. went suntec to shop instead. it was quite interesting how both our phones died. no batt. haha. went to a lot of trouble to go back suntec to attempt to recharge my phone, in the end, the adapter at the phone recharge station at carrefour was spoiled, so i wasted my $4 (which is enough to charge my phone for 1 hour, or, equivalent to 2 sessions.. grr) and wasted miao's n my energy walking back to suntec when we were actually in ms already. tell me about being suay man.. haha.

miao kept asking me to go countdown with her so, we stayed to countdown, but thanx to all the walking to n fro, we got there quite late n so the place was so swarming with pple that we almost couldn't find a spot to stand in, but all the pushing n squeezing was rather worth it. the fireworks were no less than spectacular n i rather enjoyed it esp since i missed the fireworks at last national day.

was a bit the boring lar... that there were only two of us, but unfortunately, none of our common friends came to join us though we called up at least half a dozen pple. haha. we thought maybe ronald might have come since he was only a station away from us, unfortunately, he had to disappoint us, thanx to the rain in the afternoon. sobz. haha.

alright, that ends my new year eve update. pales in comparison to my christmas eve but still, i was glad to have miao's company. MIAO'S THE BEST! haha (shh, i only said it to make her happy... dun tell her ah... hahahahaha = P kidding = D)