Tuesday, June 08, 2010

ROM hairstyle

I am thinking of using this hairstyle for my ROM. Its just a simple side ponytail with the ends curled. Going to practice with my curling iron so that I can DIY and save up on a having a hairstylist.

These curls were from the mini makeover on Sunday. I just tied my hair into a side ponytail to get the style.

Simple and nice.

Front view

Side View

~~Looking forward to being Mrs Tan~~

Guess what??

The moment i posted the previous entry, I got a reply to my email from Dr Phua to officiate at our ceremony. Yay!!

AND J just found a hotel which is cheap so that we can marry all our expectations. Double YAY!!

Keeping my fingers crossed that the information that he dug out is up to date and not eons ago. Now i can go to sleep with 2 things off my mind. Whew!!

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Monday, June 07, 2010

I feel like ..

.. I am planning a wedding for 5 ppl rather than for just the 2 of us. I have got to manage the expectation of my parents (mainly my dad's), J's mum, J's and mine. Recently I have been feeling like I am doing all these for other ppl and not for myself and J. It is just so hard to manage everyones expectations. Take for example, J's side is inviting 10 tables of his relatives and friends, my parents are asking for 20 tables so I'm being asked to reduce my guestlist from 10 tables to about 5. WTH??!!?? I want to hold my wedding in a hotel ballroom and my dad wants us to do it in a restaurant!!?! Being the stubborn daughter that I am (I also have a quick temper), I started arguing with my dad. Now J is caught between us. He have to make sure that he fulfil his future father in law's wishes and appease his fiancee. I almost wanted to call off the whole wedding.

To add on to our problems, we are having problems getting a JP to officiate at our ceremony. I think its because our ROM falls on a weekday and it so happens that there is a long weekend that week and many ppl are on leave. Haiz. I guess i just have to keep on calling and emailing JPs tomorrow.

I feel so lousy now that i totally have no mood to update on the photoshoot yest. Maybe tomorrow evening ..

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Saturday, June 05, 2010

Parent Meeting Session

I am soo not ready for the parents meeting session tomorrow morning!! Everything happened so fast. J was just telling me this morning that his mom would like to meet up with my parents before our ROM and then suddenly the have decided to meet tomorrow morning!! Hope everything turns out well ..

Anyway, I have something else to look forward to tomorrow evening. I have signed up for the mini makeover organised by Big and Beautiful. Their new stocks will also be on sale tomorrow .. Siao liao .. The hole in my pocket is going to get bigger and bigger .. .. ...

I realise that my writing style is very weird .. My topics are all over the place and they don't seem to flow too well .. Haha.. I guess this is what happens when you haven't been using your writing skills for more than 2 years .. But .. I WILL work hard to improve my writing .. If you are interested you can have a look at my previous blog here.  

Oh well, I haven't had the time to start on the Taiwan entry what with the site visits, work and chalet over the long holida last weekend. And I am also planning to write an entry on how J and I met. I'll probably start on them pretty soon .. Hopefully i'll somehow, miraculously get back my writing inspirations and am able to put my thoughts into words much better.. 

I was very pissed off yesterday. We have already visited a number of hotels to look at their ballrooms and discuss the package and we have decided on a venue for our AD ald just that we have not booked the place yet but seems that we might have to visit some more restaurants instead as the parents seem to prefer restaurants to hotels .. WTH!! Restaurants are cheaper than hotels but not by much. And personally i prefer the ambiance of holding the dinner in a hotel ballroom. But what choice do i have now?? As i posted in my previous post "Marriage is not between two persons but is between two families", I just have to pander to the elders wishes. Haiz. I'll just 走一步看一步了. What to do??

On a side note, I have received the 2nd edit of the PS photos. Everything looks great except for minor changes in 4 pics. Hopefully we can look at the album layout soon ..

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Friday, June 04, 2010

Obstacles in our path that we have no control over ..

A marriage is not between two persons but is between two families ..

How apt this phrase is. And we have only just started preparing for our wedding .. How do you ask your parent to be more understanding???

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Preview of Pre-wedding photoshoot in Taiwan

Here's a preview of our pre-wedding photoshoot with Judy Wedding in Taipei. It was both J and my second time there. I enjoyed myself loads there especially during the photoshoot. The taiwanese ppl were very friendly and fun. A proper post on our time in Taiwan will be up in the next few days but photos are limited because J was the photographer and he likes to take pictures of the streets and food. And we also did not bring along our camera during the photoshoot. These pictures you are seeing now are from the photographer's camera.


~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Monday, May 31, 2010

Grand Mecure Roxy Hotel

We have finally decided on our solemnisation venue after looking at soo many places. It will be Grand Mecure Roxy Hotel on 8 Sept 2010. We will be holding it in the boardroom rather than at the poolside for reasons non other than the difference in the price and that both J and I perspire very easily. We are going down to the hotel tomorrow evening to pay the deposit and sign the contract. Hopefully they are able to extend the perks for the wedding showcase for us tomorrow.

Yay!! One item off my To-Do list.

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~

Birdcage Veils ..

I have been thinking about what kind of hairstyle i would want for my solemnisation because i have decided against wearing a necklace as my gown has designs on the bodice and a necklace would be a tad too much. So, I have decided to bring the attention higher up, to my hair and face.  I want something different from the normal updo but not something too elaborate too. I was having a huge headache trying to find something that both me and J would like until i stumbled across this ...


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A birdcage veil .. with or without a facinator ..

Something simple with flowers ..


Or feathers ..

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Slightly more elaborate with a little hat ..


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Just a simple clip like what Drew Barrymore wore to the Grey Gardens Premier ..


These veils are perfect for me. I can have a simple high ponytail or a low side ponytail or i can do a haif ponytail. So far i have only seen these selling at Chomel but the veils are very short .. I want something that can at least cover my eyes so i have decided to DIY my own Birdcage Veil..

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Friday, May 28, 2010

Big is Sexy

Check out these clips on the interview with the contestants from the Miss/Ms Amazing Singapore 2010 inaugural Plus Size Pageant

Big is really sexy and big girls should walk out with more confidence :)

There are more and more shops and online blogshops sprouting out around the island and i think this goes to show that people are gradually accepting plus size women and not looking at us as if we are lazy and unsuccessful. In fact, I find that i carry myself with much more confidence now because i have already developed a very thick layer of skin and i do not bother about how others see me or what they say. Words can be hurtful but they can also make you stronger.

SO to all plus size gals out there, Love yourself! Love your Curves!!







~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Site Visiting Saturday


Last Saturday J and I went site visiting at Grand Mecure, Furama Riverfront, Pioneer Spring at Safra Mount Faber and Peony Jade at Keppel Bay ..

After much discusions, we have finally shortlisted Grand Mecure and Furama Riverfront for our ROM. I liked the idea of solemnizing by the sea at Peony Jade Keppel Bay. But we were concerned that our grandparents will not be able to handle the walking to and fro from the gazzabo to the restaurant. Not forgetting that both J and I perspire very easily .. SO no seaside solemnisation for us. 

I quite like Grand Mecure for its seaview .. Cannot solemnise in front of the sea got sea view also not bad .. I also like that they have an Oriental Theme which i can use for my solemnisation. The photos taken from my iPhone are not as clear .. Heres some pictures taken by Grand Mecure staffs.

Photos courtesy of Grand Mecure

We are also considering Furama Riverfront for the waterfall scenery .. 

Photos courtesy of Furama Riverfront

We'll have to make a decision on our venue soon and so that we can efile on the 8th of June .. But the chances of us choosing Grand Mecure over Furama is quite high as the boardroom provides a much more private setting compared to Furama which is in the public area.. Moreover, Grand Mecure is throwing in one night stay and they are able to provide me a room for changing unlike Furama..

On a side note, Mummy has recommended a JP whom she and Daddy knows and who alos shares the same surname as us. Like us he is also a Hainanese. Most probably we will be inviting him to be our JP since my parents knows him. He can also converse with my granny in hainanese and i know that this will make her very happy. :)

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Solemnisation favours and Placecards

I am going to DIY my own placecards cum favours for our solemnisation. I have a rough idea of what i am going to DIY. Going to start sourcing for materials once i have decided on the colour theme of the wedding.

I am now thinking of getting a pair of white lace high heel shoes for my ROM. But i have already gotten one silver pair with lots of blings for my photoshoot and i have not worn them yet. It'll be a waste of money if i get another pair and just wear them for the ceremony. But i think the lace pair will complement my dress better.. HOW?? Decisions .. Decisions .. Decisions ..

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~

Colour Themes for ROM

I chose my ROM gown during my trip in Taiwan. It is a spag tube long dress. White based with red flowers.
So the theme for my solemnisation will mainly consist of white and red.

Some colour themes i am considering are .. ..

Red and white with abit of pink and orange for that feeling of spring with a bit of sunshine..
 

 .. Red and white with a touch of black for that touch of class and elegance ..

 .. I'm considering getting a similar head dress or a tiara ..

 .. Red, white and blue for the something blue in the old folk lore ..
 

.. Red, white and gold for the oriental feel ..

 .. Red, white and pink for that little girl in me ..


All pictures courtesy of www.marthastewartweddings.com
  
~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Template needs more work ..

I'm going to start editing the layout of my template over the next few days. Looks so boring. Gonna add some pictures and try to jazz it up a bit.

Hopefully i'll be able to finish looking through my edited taiwan PS pics so that i can send it back to the BS for additional touchups ASAP. I so wanna go back to Taiwan!!

We signed up with Judy Wedding at one of the Bridal fair at Raffles City. I'll update more on the Taiwan trip and the Photoshoot in a later post. Gotta start checking the photos and then i'm going to turn in for the night. Good night to whoever's reading my humble blog :)

~~ Looking forward to being Mrs Tan ~~
Monday, May 17, 2010

1st Post

After such a long hiatus from blogging, I'm finally back to the blogosphere. This time to chronical my journey in preparing for my ROM and AD.

Just got of the phone with Mr Tan. We are now in the process of choosing our solemnization venue for our ROM in Sept. We have currently shortlisted a few places and have visited a couple of places last Sat. Will be visiting more sites this Saturday.

We visited The Tavern at Seletar Country Club last Saturday and found that the place although quite out of the way (not recommended if most of your guests don't drive) had quite a nice background for phototaking during the solemnization as it overlooked the golf course. However, they were doing some renovations on the golf course and part of the view was blocked by the zinc fences that they erected on the grass. The coordinator told us that if our ROM was to fall on Oct he would be confident that the fences would be gone. But too bad he could not confirm that it would be gone so we had to forgo this venue. Future BTBs might like to consider SCC as a possible venue if you are planning to ROM after Oct 2010.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
I noe i'm 3 days late but Happy New Year everybody!!! Lets hope 2009 is the year when the economy gets back on its feet and recession is no more .. I did not make any resolution last yr and this yr is n different.. Cos i usually break most of my resolutions .. Haha ... But if i really had to make one it would be to be a more understanding gf to my boy .. but u'm really thankful that he has been putting up with my tamtrums and unreasonable requests :P
Thank you so much for your understanding my boy .. I love you .. *muacks*
Well, New Years Eve was spent having seafood dinner with my family first then introducing Pepper Lunch to his family .. I'm glad that they found the food to their liking .. After tt my boy brought me down to Keppel Bay Marina where we caught the fireworks display at 3 places concurrently .. It first started with the fireworks at Mt Faber followed by Siloso beach and then Marina Bay .. Didn't expect to see all 3 at the same time but i enjoyed the display albeit the one at marina bay was partially blocked by the foliage and buildings. Didn't manage to go down to Carlton to join my poly mates for the countdown as it was quite late when we made the decision to go n catch the fireworks .. But i'm glad that i had the chance to usher in the new year with the one i love <3

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

It's time to revive this blog

This blog has been neglected long enough .. Time to revive it in time for the New Year ..
Enjoy the last day of 2008 and Happy Holidays!!
Monday, July 28, 2008

Mixed Feelings

Time flies ... I'll be leaving on a jet plane for Sydney tmr night. Was so looking forward to it not 2 mnths ago. But now i'm damn reluctant to leave .. can't bear to be away from the boy .. Yeah i noe .. its only 6 days .. But tt'll be the longest time tt we will be apart since we got to noe each other.. Gonna miss him soo much!! How i wish that he was going with me on this trip .. On the other hand i am looking forward to this long awaited break from work .. This is a much needed break from all those "stimulations", lab work. meetings, politics etc .. Gonna recharge myself on this trip .. I [romise that i'll be back with lots of photos!! Stay tuned .. .. ..
Sunday, July 06, 2008
I never knew that falling in love could make me feel this good n happy.. I'm loving this feeling and i'm praying that it will nv go away..

All those unhappiness and heartaches that i went thru makes me treasure this r/s more.. I'm never gonna take him for granted..

I've finally found my happiness :) Life is great!!

Monday, June 16, 2008
I'm fine .. Don't worry .. I'll update soon ..
Saturday, May 03, 2008

I'm Sick .. AGAIN

I can't believe it ... Falling sick on a weekend ..

How much worse can it get??

Went up to Tower block from Valley block at bout 3pm yest afternoon and i suddenly felt a headache coming on and my muscles aching ..

Pop-ed 2 panadol xtra but it was already too late ..

I was sneezing away like crazy after tt ..

Went home and pop-ed 2 more cold tablets and went to slp hoping that the cold will be gone by morning ..

But i woke up in the middle of the night after the medication has worn off .. and my nose was still running and stuffy .. Can feel a cough coming on too .. Arghh!!

Couldn't slp so took another dose of dhasedhyl to try to stop the running nose and cough and while waiting for the medication to work its magic i book-ed the air tix for Sydney ..

Will be travelling on the 29th of July and back on the 4th of August .. Accom will be with Wendy ..

Checked my work email and found several emails to increase my workload and also one from a colleague asking to swap the boardroom booking with him ..

They've got a meeting with MDs from dunno which company coinciding with the meeting that my boss wants to have with all the other DGMs and PHs ..

Where the hell am i going to find a room big enough to house all of them in??

How am i going to tell me boss that someone wanna use the boardroom at the time tt he wants??

*Headache*

I'll tackle this prob on Monday morning .. If i'm able to go to work ..

Went back to slp after tt and woke up this morning with an aching body, running nose and a scratchy itchy throat to boot!!

I was thinking of hitting the gym tmr morn but looks like i've gotta postpone again ..

Going out for Thai food later ..

Hope the Tom Yam soup can help to clear my stuffy nose ..

Friday, May 02, 2008

My Horoscope Today Says ..

Someone let you down, but others will swoop in and give you the support you need.
How true!!
Monday, April 28, 2008

Betrayed

Whats it like to finally find out that you have been backstabbed by someone whom u have treated as a sister, a confidante, whom u tot that u could trust?

Not once, not twice but countless of times??

Its like having a blunt knife plunged into ur heart and the knife is twisted and turned while its in. Tt's how it feels.

I've always thought that i'm able to judge a person's character fairly accurately.

Apparently NOT!!

Looking back there were signs tt i shld have paid attention to.

Many ppl were also trying to hint me n caution me about putting too much trust in her.

Guess i was too naive and wanted to believe the best in her.

She has proved me wrong and all the other ppl correct.

She is not wat she seems.

I've finally seen her for wat she is truly.

I'm feeling terribly upset and disappointed but i am not going to shed another tear for this betrayed friendship.

Not gonna waste any more time n energy on her.

I'm gonna learn from this very painful lesson and chalk this up to a lesson learnt.

This is the price that i've gotta pay to learn not to trust ppl so easily.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Found ..

Someone found my staff pass and passed it to the Lost and Found counter at the Student Services Center ..

Is this a sign??

Is it trying to tell me that things are turning better??

Is it telling me to stick ard a little bit longer??

Monday, April 21, 2008

See yourself as others see you...

You are trying to prove to others that nothing can really affect you. You are pretending to be stoical - indifferent to pain or pleasure and indeed even superior to any form of weakness. As a result, more often than not, you unfortunately act with undue harshness or severity by adopting an autocratic and self-willed attitude.
You are presently worried about your future and you feel that whatever you do will go wrong. At this time you are your own worst enemy. All the disappointment that you have experienced, coupled with the fear that there is no point in formulating fresh goals, have led to anxiety. You would like recognition and a position of trust but you are concerned that these hopes and dreams may not be realised. You are very argumentative and insistent that you are right - maybe you are - but you are pushing too hard. Take it easy, let go, and smile. Smiling and agreeing with people works wonders - try it and see.

For some time now your hopes and expectations have been denied and because of this you are becoming withdrawn and introverted. Continual disappointment has manifested itself in you becoming both suspicious and restrained you have become withdrawn from others and have receded more and more into yourself. You seem to have lost your innate enthusiasm and imaginative nature, for fear that you may be carried away by it only to find that you are wasting your time. You are loath to trust people, as in the past your trust has been misplaced. You seem to be keeping yourself cautiously aloof from others. At this moment in time your attitude is to trust nobody - until they can prove themselves to you.
You feel unhappy because you feel that you are not able to obtain the co-operation of those around you. All you would like at this time would be to achieve harmony within your circle.

You seem to lack the energy of late to get up and go. Your objectives appear to be unattainable and no one seems to care. You feel lost, neglected and need some W.T.C. (Warm tender care).
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Some peace and quiet please!!

Sometimes its not that i dun wanna stay at home ..
But i've got a splitting headache and its like a fish market sometimes ..

And mom will find every opportunity to nag at me ..

I have concluded that only 張家的女人 will scold and nag and bring in all other stuffs not related to the present quarrel. And they will only have this problem with the eldest child. Namely ME!! Apparently its the same situation with my 大姨 and 二姨 ..

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Second taste of Sake!!

I had my second taste of Sake last night. Went for dinner with some colleagues and my 2 bosses at this Japanese restaurant at Crown Center along Bukit Timah Road. According to D. San, this restaurant is an authentic jap restaurant. We even got to sit in the VIP room where we had to remove our foot wear and there's this depression in the center on the table for us to put our legs. Okay .. I'm not good at describing .. Its jus wat u usually c on TV in those Jap dramas. Back to the topic, the food was great and the sashimi very very fresh, we didn't eat much though, cos we were busy chatting and drinking beer and sake. The Sake that D. San ordered was sweet and fruity unlike my first time trying the sake which was a gift from my dad's friend from Japan. Well, D. San thought us the correct way of drinking Sake and the different grades of Sake. U r suppose to take a small sip of sake n hold it in ur mouth for a short time before swallowing it. Very much like drinking wine. At the end of the evening, i was damn high, 5 of us finished a 720 ml bottle of Sake with 15% alcoholic content. and 2 of them were drivers so they couldn't drink much ..
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Can't wait to get my hands on them ..

My Steve Madden Forgiven Knee High Black Boots have arrived!!
But it's in Sydney ..
Gotta have to wait till June when my aunt gets back before i can get them ..
According to Wendy, they're very nice ..
Cant wait to get my hands on them ..
I noe if i wear them in Sunny Singapore ppl will stare ..
But .. Who cares .. As long as i'm happy .. Haha ..
I'll definitely be wearing them when i'm in Sydney in August ..



Lost..

.. I lost my staff pass somewhere along the way from Valley Block to Can A ..
Is this a sign???
Is it trying to tell me something??
Sunday, April 13, 2008

Iced Teh Cino

Had a late dinner/early supper at the prata place at Casuarina. The moment i stepped in the uncle saw me and asked me "Iced Teh Cino? Sweet?" And he'll come with 2 cup, One with more milk specially for me. I'm such a regular customer there that one uncle in particular rmbs tt i like my iced teh cino sweet. Cos sometimes they dun put enough milk in and it tastes bland. Actually i havent been there for ages until there was this particular sunday aftn last sept when i went to choose the studio photos with wendy and then we went down there for lunch. Tt was when i tried their Iced Teh Cino and fell in love with it. Previously, i used to frequent the prata place opp thomson plaza. But their Iced Teh Cino gradually lost std until it tasted like iced water. So far no complaints for the Casuarina's Iced Teh Cino. If one day tt one also lost std then i've gotta find another place to satisfy this sweet tooth of mine ... But think tt day wun be too soon ..
Saturday, April 12, 2008

I've Forgotten ...

Forgotten how to be happy ... I miss the MeiQian who used to laugh so carefreely. I miss the happy-go-lucky MeiQian with a smile on her face. I want to go back to 1.5 yrs ago. Before i graduated. Before i started working.

Weekend off to a bad start

I've had a pretty bad day today. Woke up this morning to find that my mom threw away my Define contact lenses cos she couldn't find hers and thot that that box of CLs was hers. Y did she throw it away?? Cos she thot that fungi have grown on the lens!!?!! Its the design on the lens to make my pupils look bigger duh!! And she said that she didn't know ... I've been putting my lenses in the cabinet at a corner since dunno when and suddenly she decides to throw away my lenses and then she comes and blames me that its my fault and i should have labelled the box. Wah piang. My lens box and hers totally different lor. Totally different brand lor. Focus and Acuvue cannot differentiate and it becomes my fault. WTH!! To make things worse, she decided to bring in all those other stuffs not related to this into the quarrel. In the car!! and .. even worse, we were caught in a freaking jam the moment we turned onto TPE!!! WTH!! Somehow the topic of me not talking to my sis came up and it became my fault again. Hello!! How to talk to someone when everything that you say she treats it as if are picking a quarrel?? How to tok to someone when she already feels that you are an unfeeling bitch?? WT BLOODY H!! Everything that goes wrong at home becomes my fault. Could my day get any worse than this?? Yes it could!!! Read on..
At work, attended the usual friday presentation then straight away went down to lab .. Not to do do testing or simulations wor.. But to be odd job labourers!! Have to move the stuffs out of the lab so that they could do the flooring over the weekend. After lunch, I was happily doing my work when a call came in to ask me to help to get quotations for some barriers which I've already sourced for some the previous day but was waiting for them to get back to me. Told them gotta wait for them to get back they say cannot wor, try to find somemore suppliers. Okie .. nvm that's part of being lab in charge job. Near 5pm, my supplier called me to go down to collect some stuffs, collected, came back and someone saw the thing. First thing that came out. So lan!! You wan cheap you wan good. You go and find yourself lah!! ~!@#$%^&*() To top things off, i've spent my friday night alone at home with a splitting headache. I'm tired. I'm disappointed. I'm fed up. I'm freaking pissed off.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Step Up 2 the Streets and Sky of Love

Took leave yesterday to meet up for lunch and to catch 2 movies with Mei and Christy - Step Up 2 the Streets and Sky of Love. No regrets watching either show. I prefer Sky of Love although the ending wasn't very rosy. But it's so hard to see a guy and a gal so devoted to each other in real life and in this year and age. I wonder if there will be any guy who would really do anything for his gf in real life as Hiro did for Mika.

Sky of Love (Japanese)

Love forces two carefree youngsters to grow up in a hurry in this bittersweet coming-of-age romance from first-time feature director Natsuki Imai. Mika (Yui Aragaki) is a pretty but shy teenage girl who loses her cell phone and finds it a few days later, only to begin receiving calls from a secret admirer. Mika and the mystery boy finally meet a few weeks later, and when she sets eyes on handsome and mysterious Hiro (Haruma Miura), she's immediately smitten. The two quickly become a couple, but after Mika gives Hiro her virginity, his former flame Saeki (Asami Usada) decides to ruin her reputation at school, spreading lies about her past with other boys, and persuades three delinquents to sexually assault Mika. Hiro stands by Mika and displays a new willingness to show how he cares for her, but the young lovers face a new challenge when Mika discovers she's pregnant. Hiro is happy to marry Mika and raise a family, but their parents believe the teens are too young to deal with the responsibilities they now face, and their love is tested as they confront an uncertain future. Koizora (aka Sky of Love) was adapted from a popular novel for young people by Mika, which was originally distributed by a cell-phone network in Japan, reaching more than 11 million readers, and later went on to sell 1.5 million copies in paperback.


Step Up 2 the Streets

Step Up 2 the Streets is the sequel to 2006's Step Up. It's the story of 16-year-old street dancer Andie West (Briana Evigan). After her mother died, she was taken in by her mother's best friend, Sarah (Sonja Sohn). Since West often skips school and spends too much time as member of the notorious dance crew 410, Sarah wants her to go live with her aunt in Texas.
However, her friend and older brother figure, Tyler Gage (
Channing Tatum) convinces Sarah to give her another chance: she can audition for the Maryland School of the Arts. Though the director of the school is hesitant to accept Andie, she is still accepted. Due to her school commitments she misses many 410 rehearsals, and they throw her out. She assembles a new crew of classmates that includes Chase Collins (Robert Hoffman), the school's best dancer; they practice clandestinely in the school after school hours, to compete against the 410 in Baltimore's underground dance battle, The Streets.
After a humiliating prank from MSA, the 410 crew attacks Chase and vandalizes the school, after which Blake Collins (
Will Kemp), the director of the school and Chase's big brother, throws out West and forbids the school's students to participate in any competitions like The Streets. They go to the building where the event takes place anyway, but the 410 do not let them compete, and the crowd agrees. Since MSA believes the streets is more than just for dancing, they go in the streets, where the dancing really started, and perform in the pouring rain. Blake, who is observing, is impressed enough to allow West to return to the school, and integrate the dance style into the school program.


Monday, March 10, 2008

Photo Blog

* Warning * - Photo heavy post!!
As promised, here are the pictures taken at the airshow, Clarice n Richard's bday celebration and my company's DnD.
Airshow 2008





Clarice and Richard's Bday Celebration - Dinner buffet at Sakura and Drinks at ButterFactory


















Dinner n Dance '08 at M Hotel





Saturday, March 08, 2008

Colorgenics 2

My second attempt at Colourgenics .. Very accurate ..

You seem to be trying to sweep aside the situations (and maybe the people) that you feel are standing in your way. You are impulsive and apt to follow these impulses seeking to be involved in special or exciting happenings. In this way you hope to deaden the intensity of your conflicts, but your impulsive behaviour is leading you to take some unnecessary risks. Back down a little and remember 'more haste - less speed'.

You are in need of rest, some peace and quiet. You feel the need to be close to that someone special, that someone who can give you that special consideration and unquestioning affection that you seek. If you don't find that 'special someone' and resolve your problems very soon, you are liable to become extremely introverted and cut yourself off from society.

You feel that you should be appreciated far more than you are but no-one seems to care! You feel that you are receiving less than your share and the main problem is that there is no-one to whom you can turn to for sympathy and understanding. The inner stress that you are experiencing makes you quick to take offence but you realise that at this particular moment in time there is little that you can do to relieve the situation.

You pretend that you are a carefree individual and that nothing really bothers you - that you are so self-sufficient that whatever problems beset you they simply flow off you as water flows off a ducks back. You are experiencing considerable stress, trying to conceal yourself from the rest of the world. In actual fact - deep down, you are not at all happy. You feel lonely and you need someone with whom you can 'Let your hair down' and share your hopes, dreams and high standards. You are imposing unnecessary self restraint on yourself. You would like to demonstrate the unique quality of your character to all and sundry.

Whatever you have tried to do seems to have gone wrong and you are now quite convinced that there is little point of formulating new objectives and it is this belief that has resulted in the stress and anxiety. You would like to be able to communicate with other people who think as you do. At this time there seems to be no-one on the horizon nor is there any prospect of meeting anyone in the immediate future. But it must be said that you are really a 'trier' and indications are that you will, as indeed you have in the past, 'bounce back'.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

DEMORALISED!!

I'm feeling very demoralised .. Dun feel like blogging bout the DnD or the airshow or the bday celebration for clarice n richard 2 sat again. Will blog bout it in the next post.. I realise tt i have lots of photos to post up .. but i'm really not in the mood to do them now. I really dunno wats going on anymore .. .. .. .. .. .. Where r u when i need u??!!
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Singapore Airshow 2008

I'll be stationed at the A*STAR booth at the Singapore Airshow 2008 tmr and on Sat. Tmr's trade day and Sat is open to the public. Looking forward to seeing the aerial displays and hopefully get one of the tix to board the A380. Heard that there are only 7 very lucky ppl who can board every hour. I wanna be one of them .. Will be back with pics (hopefully) ..
There's loads of stuffs that i wanna put down but i cant seem to get my brain to process all the various thoughts coherently. Guess i'll jus have to keep it till the next post ..
Saturday, February 16, 2008

Happy Lunar New Year

Happy Lunar New Year!! I'm always late in posting. Haha. Today's already the 初十 and i'm just wishing everyone happy new year. I used to look forward to CNY when i was younger but as the years go by, i have been dreading this festive. One reason is the spring cleaning that has to be done before CNY. I have never been a great fan of doing housework and always try to get out of it whenever possible. But whenever CNY is ard the corner, my mom would always be nagging at me to clean up my room, wash the fans, clean the windows .. Without fail.
This year is the year of the Rat. My year liao. WOW. I've gone thru 2 whole cycles of the zodiac calender. So far, the yr of the Rat hasn't been too good. Although we r only 10 days in. Haha. I mean not to good for me financally. Have been losing money when i gamble. Sianz. That means i cannot play mahjong as often le. My cousin was also telling me last night tt he has got 3 friends who have got 烂桃花 ever since the start of the lunar new year. Praying very very very hard that mine is not one. But the feng shui master that my dad brought me to the other day seems to think that i'll have obstacles in my love life .. So what does this means??? Arghh .. Somethings jus 聽了就算了吧. If not my life would be damn hard to live. Haha.
Got 5 more days to go before 元宵節 which is also the Chinese's Valentines day and also the last day of the Lunar New Year Celebrations. Well, St, Valentines Day on the 14th has come and gone, and i spent it with some new found friends at the 2 day induction course that i had to take. The A*STAR core values have been engraved into my brain after 2 whole days of lectures and games revolving ard them. Was super tired after the course ended. Haven been running ard like that since the FOC camp in 2004. That was like 3.5 yrs ago. Gotta start admitting that age is slowly creeping up on me.