the amantha's life (:

2012

2012-01-03T05:51:00.001+08:00

HI.

I miss blogging. I miss how I used to pen down my life. I miss how I used to keep those memories here.

Was randomly looking through the posts here and it so make me want to return to update this little corner. Tumblr aren't as user friendly, so I gave up after like one post. Haha.

2011 was an awesome-long-year for me! Many many MANY things can happen within a short span of a year! Will be back updating this little corner, at least once every month. Would really want to keep the memories of my life, once again :)

P.S. Am blogging from the phone. Will be back with pictures! ;)

2011-04-03T02:30:00.006+08:00

ALOHA :)

It's been a month-ish since I last set foot here. Apologies for that!
March was an indeeeeeeeed a fun-packed month.
P.S.Time passes sooooooooo quickly till I totally lose track of it!

(camwhoring with the girls, more on FB)

Like I just said, March was a gooooooooooood month, it was packed with a couple of gatherings-gatherings with my fellow s15 classmates, the girls, and a beach outing with my uni-mates. Had a goooooood camwhoring session with the girls on peifen's birthday on the 11th March (Actual day is the 12th). She is the first among the girls to enter the BIG TWO club. Seriously, am really NOT looking forward to tell people that I'm Twenty. Twenty just sounds, so old. Darn. I know I have many friends who are already in their twenties, but Two-Zero seems so far away from the One-Nine. Laughs. Pardon me for this! Am sure many will not be looking forward to this 'huge jump' in life, laughs. Anyway, attended a couple of 21st birthday parties too. Yes, 21st. The big birthday party majority will have, to officially allow one to be the real adult. Hahaha. Am definitely getting inspirations as I attend the parties! Need to start thinking for my TWENTYFIRST too.

SOME PHOTOS:

(S15 gathering, Margaret's 21st, Emelyn's 21st!)

ALSO I JUST HAD A GATHERING WITH MY PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSMATES. The feeling of meeting up with my good old friends is really awesome. Despite not seeing each other for a long while, the camaraderie between one another is still strong. Even though there are a couple of awkward silence in between, somehow, someone will start engaging the group with an interesting topic for conversation. My primary school days' memories were not the fondest memory I had, but the annual meet up sessions with my fellow 6d'03 classmates will definitely be one of the good old memories I will remember, for a long time. Am really proud to say "I'm gonna meet up with my primary school friends." Who else actually still keep in contact with their primary school classmates?! Not many I supposed :) Thanks to all who have made this gathering/past gatherings possible! Am definitely looking forward to the next few outings!

Life is pretty much the same! Finals is coming and thus it's study break time! Am glad to be positively influence by my uni peers. We are all working hard to excel in every exams :) As usual, totally want to get over the exams ASAP. Less than a month more!!

Haven't been updating much recently, and this post will prolly mark my last post here at blogspot, gonna move over to a tumblr account after my finals! But I'll still keep The Amantha's Life, as many good old memories are kept here! So that's all for now :)
♥

2011-02-26T23:49:00.008+08:00

HI ALL,

(weheartit.com)

Last year this period, was enjoying my loooooooooooooong post A-level holiday. And fast forward a year later, here I am, pursuing my tertiary education. I cannot believe time passes that quickly. That's a thing in life one cannot change. We cannot change the fact that time passes quickly, but we definitely can do something about our life with the ever-changing time. My life (so far) is pretty good, am definitely enjoying every single bit in life. I believe nurture beats nature. The surrounding plays an important role in shaping oneself, that is why I am open to meeting new people, and braving to be 'the only few' who dares to volunteer alone.

Despite that, there are times when I find my life aren't as meaningful as what I think it can be. There are so many things around that I want to do. There are also times when I really want to beat the societal norm to do something different, something that is outrageous, something that is not the 'oh-so-typical-routine' life many are experiencing today. But, the courage, the ability is not within my reach.

Laughs. Till now, I have no idea what I want to do after my tertiary education. A new friend of mine asked me this question yesterday. That's actually the normal question one will ask. By now, I should have "an aim", have that "ideal job I want to do". But am still uncertain.

(adorable photo from weheartit.com)

Haha, this post is rather solemn and wordy, apologies for that. ANYWAY, School, school and school is keeping me rather packed lately. Completed 2 tests so far, and still a few more to go! Need a lot of discipline to get my revision done, but apparently am really lazy :| Thankfully, I have hardworking peers around, who are of positive influence, hence encouraging/motivating me to get to work. THANKYOUALL. Hahaha.

Another month-ish plus till exams (mid/end April), cannot wait to get it done ASAP. laughs. That's all for now!

P.S Am soooooo into nude/neutral colours lately! IDK whyyyyy. HAHA. P.P.S Bought 2 new comfy pumps today! Soooooo happy :D
♥

2011-02-12T00:54:00.016+08:00

ALOHA!

Am back againnnnnnnnnn. This time, with photos to 'spice' up this page a little :)
A short photo-update in The Amantha's Life.

Here we goooooooooooooooooooooooooo:

Daddy's birthday on the 17th!
Celebrated daddy's 50-ish birthday on the 17th :)

JB trip with fellow uni-mates on the 21st!
Had a day trip to JB with my fellow uni-mates! Can't believe JB is actually not that far from Singapore. It's only an hour-ish trip over! Had a food galore session the entire day: Steam-boat, Auntie-Annie, Baskin Robins, Nandos, all within a day!

Meet-up with Lynne and Jiayan on 25th!
Lynne was back from Xiamen for a holiday, had a short meetup with Jiayan and her! A great catch-up and an insane camwhoring session!

'Reunion dinner' with uni-mates on the 31st!
CRYSTAL JADE WITH THE GANG, XLB buffet as our reunion dinner! The XLBs are really yummy, but the XLB buffet + steamboat is just TOO MUCH for us all to take. All ate till the brim and was nauseous after the meal! Laughs. Chill-ed out at CMPB, a nice place for all to gather.

Chinese New Year 2011
Had a goooooooooood catch up session during the CNY week. Many cam-whoring sessions too! DAY ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR:

DAY TWO:

DAY TWO, THREE:

DAY FOUR:

This post is indeed flooded with many many many photos! Most of it can be found on FB :)

That's all for now!
ADIOS.
♥

CNY

2011-02-11T00:46:00.002+08:00

GONGXIFCAI ALL,

It's been while yeah? As usual, have been rather busy these few weeks! IT'S THE CNY WEEEEEEEK. Time really past really really fast! I can still remember the scenes from last year's CNY, and boom, it's CNY again! Like many, repeated the annual routine for this CNY-visitings and gatherings with family and relatives. It's supposedly an event one should look forward to as it's a (rare) annual affair. But apparently, those visitings are just too routine-d, so there aren't many things to look forward to. Laughs.
Having said that, am always looking forward to such events, as it is not a frequent affair for all my relatives to gather and catch up with one another. Hence, such moments are definitely cherished dearly :)

Besides CNY, am REALLY HAPPY AND RELIVED that the senior citizen pageant is FINALLY over! It was on 29th January at St James, Movida! Am satisfied with the turnout and the event was definitely a blast! YAY ME, EILEEN, JANICE, PEI LING AND ALL WHO HAVE MADE THIS EVENT SUCCESSFUL :D

School is gooooooooood (for now), but the many upcoming tests this month is definitely stressing many up! Work is going pretty well, but am working less often due to school :|

Am actually blogging from my phone ( Am taking a break while studying econs, test tomorrow!! Hahaha), so no photos for now!

A short update for now :D
ADIOS ALL!

♥

2011-01-21T22:47:00.009+08:00

HI ALL,

It's been a long long while! Have been really really busy lately; with school, work, pageant preparation. It's either school and work or school and pageant meetingS. Had started school for about 3 weeks and am glad that It's going fine so far. Even though the number of modules I am taking for this semester remain the same, the work-load of some mods have increased. This means more research, MUCH MORE readings and tutorials! What to do, this is the life of a tertiary student. Laughs.

(Cut my hair!! No more long fringe and really long hair :/)

Am into 1.5 months of work and am glad that I'm coping well with school and work. Despite moving to the sunset way branch (due to school?), am hearten that the people in sunset way are equally friendly, so fitting in ain't that difficult. After all, we are YOUNG PEOPLE (as quoted from my ex-colleague :)), so it's definitely easier for us to work together. The short 1.5 months stint at Daily Scoop have really taught me a lot. Have you mopped the floor before? Have you gone on a delivery before? Do you know how an ice-cream is being made? Do you know how to churn ice-cream? Laughs. Learned many MANY things, and have no regrets joining them. My boss and colleagues are all nice people! So yay me :)

This place is a place for me to update the things that had happened to me, about The Amantha's Life, however, I realised I haven't been updating about my life recently! So here are some short updates! Had a picnic cum bonding session with my cousins and siblings on the 31st, picnic session went on awesome and we had a good mingling session despite the sudden rain. Also, had a count-down with some uni friends on the 31st too. Did I mentioned that I suspect my 31st December-aka-count-down day- is a cursed day? Laughs. It's because for 3 years straight, the friends who 'welcomed' the new year with me was not with me for the rest of the year. Pretty odd yeah? Celebrated with them the new year, but did not meet them after the day. A 'curse' perhaps? Hahaha. But this year, am still hanging out with my uni friends who celebrated the new year with me. Probably the curse is broken, or am just too paranoid. Laughs.

Celebrated the New Year with a meetup with my fellow s15 classmates! Despite canceling the cycling session (due to the rain), it was a short but nice meet-up. And just 2 weeks back, had a 4B class outing! It was not that successful, as only 6 turned up; a little disappointed, but am glad to still meet those who make a point to come for it. Had dinner and was at playnation for board games! Am sure all had fun, and I'm really glad to catch up with my dearest secondary school mates :)

Additional to the above all, had my pageant pre-event session on the 15th and am glad that the photo-shoot and kite-making session day is over! Many many MANY more things to be done for the pageant, with unexpected problems surfacing. But am satisfied with the pace we are going. Seeing the smiles of those contestants and receiving positive feedbacks from people out there, definitely make this better.
Celebrated Daddy's birthday on the 17th too :)
ALSO, I just came back from JB! Had a one day road trip with my fellow uni-mates, a not so impromptu trip, but still think this group of friends is one insane group! Laughs. Will update this with photos again!

Another lengthy one! Will update this as much as I can, so till then!
♥

New Year

2011-01-01T23:56:00.005+08:00

"BE YOURSELF"

My first resolution of the year.

And yes, HAPPY NEW YEAR. Gosh, 2010 is over as soon as I realised. It's the year 2011 already!!! Am really glad that 2010 was a fruitful year for me, learnt many many many new things, and met many new people around. I actually cannot believe that I did that many things in a short span of just one year:
1. Had a total of 3 jobs (EZ-link, JobsCentral, Daily Scoop-current job),
2. Volunteered at MPS,
3. Playing volleyball for TJP,
4. Still volunteering at YEC,
5. Am in the university,
6. Went to my grandfather's home-town in CHINA,
7. GOTTEN MY DRIVING LICENSE!!!!!
Looking at the list, realised that those aren't that many things. laughs. But the year passed really quickly! Random: And the it feels like a really long time ago since my days at Ez-link. Laughs.

Anyway, am looking forward to this brand new year. Even though, it feels like just another day, the fact the it's another year make me look forward to it. Oh yes, back to the new year resolution above "Be Yourself" is what I'm going to remind myself each day. It's a daily 'mantra' I'm keeping to. It seems easy to just be yourself, but it's actually not as easy as it seems. Especially when one gets older and we enter that 'different world', it's even harder for one to be themselves.

Idk why, but i always take a really longgggggggggggg time to draft just a single post. Just a short post for now :)

'My year 2010 was good, and I believe 2011 will be a better year!'
♥

People

2010-12-24T21:04:00.001+08:00

"There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they’re the way they are. They aren’t just like that because they want to. Something in the past created them, and sometimes it’s impossible to fix them."

Saw this from a tumblr post. So true. One can never fully understands someone, since there is bound to be a story behind every one out there. Just felt it's something everyone should take note of. Do be more sensitive among the people out there :) Yeaps, Another random post :D

Christmas is cominggggggggg(in a few hours time), wishing all Merry MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

2010-12-19T23:38:00.007+08:00

Gosh, Year 2010 is coming to an end.

It's really scary how fast this year actually passed. I think out of my 10 posts, at least 8 posts will have me ranting on how time passes REALLY quickly. Hahaha. I havent been updating this site frequently, but each time i update the space, it reminds me how fast the year actually is.

Yes, I'm really glad that 2010 was a really fruitful year for me-despite some downs-I'm glad I've grown much more over this short year. Officially worked at companies and gained invaluable experience in both EZ-link and Jobscentral. The short span there really provided me with a deeper insight to the 'real working life'. It's not really not as simple as it seems to be. The school life is definitely much MUCH better than the working life. But what to do, we all must move on. So, one will inevitably stepped out to this. Yes, the working life out there is complicated (Avril Lavigne's "Why do you make things so complicatedddddddddd? Hahaha), but it's something I'll look forward to. It's where we all want to end up in after school, isnt it? We studied SO HARD, just to get that 'ideal' job, the job that enable you to make your own living and blahhhhh. Learn that it's important to do what you like, but most of the time one have to adjust themselves to the situation, by liking what you do.

This is the cycle in life; We learn as we grow. The life will never be a perfect/ideal one for every individual. I feel one needs to earn it, one is responsible for their success or failure. Yeah, am doing all I can to lead a meaningful life. I don't think there's a definite meaning to one's definition of 'meaningful life'. Some will be contented leading a happy aka meaningful life. I myself am unsure of what exactly is that meaningful life I'm after. I supposed would just want to do as many things as I can when I'm young to gain as much as experience. Something along that line I guess :)

(sorry for spamming my photos.)

Am oh-so-naggy these days, idk why, but am constantly having self-reflection. I supposed this is good? It allows me to stop and think if I'm really capable to lead my current life, and it also aid me in 're-organising' my life. Hahaha.

OKAY, back to the more light hearted stuffs.
Am done with my training week at Daily Scoooooooooop, Yipee! Laughs. Also, have been cracking my head to think of RESOLUTIONS FOR YEAR 2011. Yeaps, a 'resolution list' that was never done by myself before. I have never thought of such time when I was younger. Now, being much older, I would like to have an aim/target each year. This will allow me to continue to move on in the days ahead :) It's really RANDOM-impromptu resolutions, so will prolly only list like 3 (till I think of more of it) :

A) NO MORE FLORA PRINTS FOR AMANTHA. Yeaps, am well-known for the ah-ma style. The table-cloth, boxer, you name it, I've got it. LOL. So, am determined to LIMIT the flora print stuffs I purchase. (Eventhough prints/maybe some flora is the 'in' thing next year. Or is always the favorite print, I will RESTRICT myself from getting stuffs like that.)

B) TO MASTER HEY-SOUL SISTER on the guitar! My mom just bought my brother a guitar and am meddling with it. Will go onto youtube to master that song by the end of the year!! :D

C) TO GET AN OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE/DOCUMENTS FOR (I-D-K what) ON 11.11.2011 to 'save' this date down in my life. (A little stupid resolution -.- HAHA, but yeah, the date is an uber cool date. So would like to have it captured.)

I know my resolution for 2011 is rather retarded, BUT it's my first attempt on this. Hence, I think i did pretty well. HAHA. Anyway, those are only 3 things that I can think of so far, will definitely have more resolutions, but will have it penned down in my room to constantly remind myself of the things I want to achieve in 2011 :)

ANOTHER LONG POST. Entertaining I hope?
That's all for now! Adios!
♥

Those were the days

2010-12-13T13:12:00.002+08:00

Hi,

I've no idea what's with me, but these days, I'm constantly reminiscing the good old days. I'm probably at an age old enough to reminisce those 'younger days' of mine.

Some how, my 19 years of existence is a rather eventful one. I really hope things will still be the same in 50-80 years time (HAHA, will be an old woman alreadyyyyyy). Would really loved to be constantly reminiscing the good old times I had with my love ones.

(pretty photo from the tumblr.)

Yes, am blogging on the go. Am on bus 111, the superb bus that can bring me to town from my place. This bus brings back so much memories. When I was younger, going out/'shopping'/to town with mummy was something we all look forward to each week. My mom would make an effort to check out on the latest kids' show/event, and would bring the 3 of us out. Those were the good childhood days I had :) 10years down the road, coming to town no longer feels the same. Coming to town have become such a 'norm', such that it's no longer something I'm looking forward to. Oh well, this is what time will do to us. As time progresses, things change, people changes, the feeling changes too. Some things no longer feel the same. Reminiscing is good, but one must know there's a need to move forward.

'Live like there is no tomorrow' will be a good option. It's important to live your life to the fullest. Yeaps, another random post! That's all for now!
Adios ;)

2010-12-12T00:46:00.003+08:00

Hi,

Am here for an impromptu post :) Just had a class gathering with s15, and had a good mini heart to heart session with the people. Despite not having most of the 'usuals' there, I supposed (and hope) all enjoyed themselves as much as i do. 'Played the game' that was played during one of the YEC's work retreat. Inspired by the toilet-paper-know-about-yourself-game, we played the poker-know-more-about-oneself-game :D One will have to choose a number from a deck of poker card, and the number you choose determines the number of stuffs you have to say about yourself. It's definitely a game that will allow us to know each other better. Am so glad that I 'played' this game with them, it's really nice to know my fellow classmates better.

We were asked some personal questions, like what do you look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend, traffic-light status and blah. A question that really caused one to think in depth. Usually when 'the one' really comes, subconsciously that 'check-list' will be out. And yeaps, got to know some of their 'check-list', it's pretty interesting to hear what they look for in that ideal person and this actually really allow us to know them better and know them for who they really are.

ALSO, I actually found out that many of my peers would like their current/future boyfriend/girlfriend to be their future husband/wife. I'm not sure if you finds it shocking, but was quite surprised by their comment. At this age, marriage never come across my mind (UNLESS the one i joke about: Getting married at 11.11.2011, such a cool date yeah? Wanted to have this date on my marriage certificate, hence secretly(or maybe not that secretly), i want to get married on that day. HAHA). Oh yes, back to the topic. At 19, I cannot imagine myself getting engaged/married to someone in 5-8 years time? However, that's the ideal age for one to be married and blah. It's funny how me, being a very family oriented person, never thought of starting my own family. To be honest, I'm rather skeptical about such long-time-commitment aka marriage, and I really applaud my parents for sustaining such a l o n g term relationship (22 years and counting ;)). Am someone who thinks that there's really no such thing as forever and ever. It's probably because I have yet to have such experiences which caused me to feel this way. But I cannot deny the fact that I really admire lovey-dovey couples, such joy is something really heartwarming and I like it when both are happily in love. (Maybe I can work at some ROM place/marriage agency or something? Hahaha.)

Yes i know, this post is really random. But the HTHT session/gathering really got me thinking about this adult-ish situation, am actually at the age whereby we not only talk about the latest idol-craze and stuffs. Many of my friends and peers are more matured (not for some of my JC class guys), and the conversation usually varies from issues like marriage, politics, the community and so on; the really 'adult' kind of topic. Am secretly really interested in such stuffs :D It's something not the norm that we use to talk about, it allows one to feel more knowledgeable. Me likey. Hahaha.

Back to the more light-hearted stuffs. Had a good start to my December! Cousins gathering was good, and I'm really glad my cousins and brother enjoyed themselves. Work is going fine for Amantha, it's definitely a new environment. With a much younger group of colleagues, and it's definitely less 'work-like' as it is in the service line; the concern is more on how to make your customers happy rather than the office-ish issues. Also, did i mentioned I'm organising a senior citizen pageant? Anyway, am rather occupied with the admin stuffs for the pageant. It's hard to work with people of other district/area/YECs/places etc. Lesson learnt: A 'Black and White' must be given in order to 'prove' the credibility of a certain issue. It's all about "Black and White" in the real world.

Woohoo, a looooooooooooooong post. Awesome possum! Am enjoying my holiday as much as I can! Yes, I'm still trying to convince my dad to lend me his car. I SO need to start to drive on the 'real road'. Oh wait, needa buy my P plate first. Laughs. An impromptu post with an abrupt ending. Hehe. That's all for now! ADIOS :D
♥

Hi December

2010-12-09T18:58:00.004+08:00

HI ALL,

It's the L A S T month of the yearrrrrrr, are you guys as shock as I am that time passes just wayyyyyy too fast :| it feels as though I just finished my A's. But the fact is that I'm already in uni. Gosh, this is really scary. I supposed my 'packed schedule' just make my days/months/year passed really really quickly. My December started fine so far, hope it will end well tooooo :)

Anyway, Am blogging-on-the-go again :) Have been spending some time with myself recently and am constantly questioning myself on life. It's been a while since I last have anything like that. Feeling good I guess!

Guess what, I started work on MONDAY :) Am at Holland V's Daily Scoop, do drop by to say HI :D Work is TIRING. My brother was saying "how tough it is to scoop ice-cream, just scooping of ice-cream what", at first, I thought the same too, B U T, it's not the case, scooping ice-cream requires ALOT of skills/energy/strength. Laughs. Gosh, am exhausted just after a 5h job schedule :( oh well, am determined to survive!

(The kohs without Mr Brianston)

OH YES, I had my driving test on Tuesday, and I passed my test!!!! Am extremely elated to have passed my test, so glad that all is over. 10 points for striking kerb :( Was sooooooooo disappointed when I strikes the kerb, cause I thought I was about to fail. But thankfully, I DIDN'T. Yay meeee, am looking forward to drive on the road (provided if my dad agrees to lend me his car.hahaha).

This place is getting boring, will try my best to do something. Oh yes, manage yo watch Easy A and Eat Pray Love thanks to my brother. Easy A was Awesome with the capital A ;) That's all for now! As for Eat Pray Love, to have a better understanding to her story, you should read the story. The movie somehow do not gel that well together, which explains the low rating. Oh well, the book is BETTER.

Ending a quote from Eat Pray Love, "Ruin is a gift, ruin is the road to transformation; and we must be prepared for such transformation."

So long again!
♥

Cool Tech

2010-11-30T02:46:00.002+08:00

HI HI HI,

(photo drawn by a friend, a really well drawn piece! :))

Am trying out a new app from my phone, looking more avenues for blog-on-the-go :)

Can't helped but to have the love-hate thing for technology; technology have greatly improved the standard of living of many people, however such convenience will inevitably come at the expense of many other things. Oh well, this is life, we can't have the best of both world :)

Driving intensive will commence this week, as TP will be next week. Can't wait for all the driving lessonszxzzz to be over! ANYWAY, I've gotten myself a long-term-part-time-jobbbbbb ;) Hope im able to juggle my time well.

That's all for now!
ADIOS ;)

2010-11-29T00:04:00.020+08:00

HELLO,
Here's a photo-post for the month of
November 2010.

Xiamen and Quanzhou (4th to 8th)

19th Birthday Celebrations with Friends :)

19th with family ♥

Cousin's wedding at Sheraton (12th)

Caz's Choir performance (13th)

KL Trip (14th to 17th)

Leycia's Dance Recital (21st)

Outing with awesome people (end of Nov)

My November was/is indeed filled with many awesome activities! Can't believe that so many events happened in JUST ONE MONTH :D
Thanks to AWESOME people around, November have became one of the best month of my year2010 :) And yeaps, I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE that the year is coming to an end.

Year 2010 seems exceptionally fast, and it's gonna enddddddddddd. I guess it's because of my 8 months long post-ALevels-holiday which allow this year to pass that quickly. Worked, volunteered, and had fun for the past 8 months plus.
Did many first tooooooooo, first time driving, first time chairing an event, first time doing many more things :) Will definitely not forget the awesome moments and awesome people i met this year! Again, am thankful to one and all who have contributed in making a difference to my life. Can't helped but to re-emphasize how blessed I am. If given a choice for me to choose how I want my life to be, I would have lived my life like how it is.

Am Contented.
Okay, another random post in The Amantha's Life.
Adios!
♥

Amantha's

2010-11-26T20:52:00.001+08:00

IT'S BEEN A LONG WHILE :)

I'm actually on a vacation for about 3weeks plus, but am just tooooooooooo lazy to update this space. Am actually blogging from my phone, 'blog on the go'; the wonders of technology!

Am doing good, had a gooooooood holiday so far! The only down side is that I'm jobless :( Am on the last lapse of my driving lessons as my test is nearing. This also means intensive sessions, so have slight difficulty finding jobs as my schedule alway clashes with something. Beside, my holiday will end by year end, so I've less than a month (after the end of test)! BUT, I'm still looking for a long term part time job :)

Managed to 'encourage' my brother to take up guitar lessons so that he can teach me how to play a guitar when he masters it :D I just realized i'm a little old to start learning guitar, so am pinning my hope on my brother. HEHE.

"There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

Will definitely do a proper update during the weekend! ADIOS :)

Life

2010-11-15T00:00:00.001+08:00

"There is more to life than increasing its speed," Mahatma Ghandi. Slow down, take a breather and you can enjoy the beauty in life :)

Leaving for a short trip to KL; will he back with post/photos from China, my birthday, cousin's wedding and this KL trip!

Adios! :)

2010-11-12T01:43:00.001+08:00

Happy (Belated) Birthday to Me.

I'm officially 19, yay or yay. Lol.
AM BACK FROM CHEENA LAND, in one piece :)
5days trip; Was at Xiamen for the first 3 days and Quanzhou City on the last 2 days.

It was indeed an eye opener for me at Xiamen, Fujian, especially when I get to visit my Grandfather's hometown. Am still amazed that I've many more "new-found" relatives in China. And they are definitely a generous host; gotten the best in my 2 days stay at Quanzhou City (Jinjiang), which is in Fujian. Life in China is progressing, however many are still not living in the best condition. I supposed my relatives are lucky that they are doing rather well in their business, thus they are the more well-to-do in the area. However, there are many other people who aren't as lucky or as capable as them. Many are still living in environment with poor sanitation and hygiene, which resulted in poor living condition and poor health.

This trip to China is an educational trip for me. It's a trip for me to trace back my roots, to know what my ancestors have done to enable me to enjoy what I have today. If my grandfather didn't escape from the "China's National Service" to Singapore a long time ago, there wouldn't be any of us here, we wouldn't be enjoying the life we are having today. I'm really thankful for all that he have done. Even though my grandfather is no longer with us for 7 years, I'm hearten that there are many people out there who looks up to him (my relatives in China), and have the utmost respect for him.

This is probably the reason why my relatives from China are so generous, my grandfather contributed to their success today, hence his children and grandchildren are enjoying the fruit of labour from his hardwork.
Thank you Ah Gong.
"Without you, there wouldnt be daddy, and it means I will not exist. Grateful for all the things you have done for us."

Communication with my relatives is not easy, they communicate using Min Nan Language, also known as Hokkien in Singapore. (Even kids as young as 3 years old can speak FLUENT hokkien, like the little girl in the picture below!) I'm really thankful I picked up some Hokkien from my grandfather when I was younger, so I'm able to understand the language. But the problem is, conversing in that language is really difficult. They have different slangs for the Min language, and my parents even don't understand some slangs as they aren't the same as the Hokkien in Singapore. What a joke. But still, my Hokkien have improved after the trip :) Yeaps, My roots are still intact.

Meal time is crazy for me! Every meal time take at least an hour or more to finish. They enjoy feeding their guests with a widespread of sumptuous meal, to the extend that they will order from restaurant to serve the best meal for their guests. I have crabs, prawns, fish, and about 5 other more dishes for every meal! It's way tooooo insane. My parents and I always died after a meal. Hahaha. But I do appreciate their hospitality and generosity :)

Am really glad I went for this short getaway with my parents. Without this, I doubt I will ever get to see my distant relatives. I will return to the place to visit them again (Maybe in 5years time?When their housing gets better :D); this is my root, my relatives, hence I will cherish them dearly.

Went Xiamen for the first 3 days; and it is quite a nice place to be at :) Met my JC friend, Lynne at Xiamen! Really an impromptu but nice meetup! Hope a goooooooood holiday with my parents :) More updates on the China trip and also the happenings of my birthday soon! Cousin's wedding today! Yippie, so cannot waittttt.
AND, It's Jolene's Birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOLENE TAN!!

Will be back for more updates! :)
♥

2010-11-03T00:35:00.008+08:00

The reason why I'm here again it's because EXAM'S OVERRRRRR.

AWESOME MOSOME.
My 2 weeks plus of ordeal have finally came to an end; and i'm sooooooooooo glad that all is over. Was thankful to have my friends around me to pull through my first exam. Many thanks to the 'cool-esplanade-gang'; life in uni will definitely be hard without such awesome people around :)

(The 'cool' gang on the last day of studying.HAHA)
And yeaps, it's the holidayyyyyyyyyyyyy, and my first 2 weeks of holiday is rather pack with activities :|
Going to the middle kingdom (zhongguo-china :D) this Thursday with my parents, and KL with my friends in 2 weeks time. And it's driving, driving and more driving (I'm like taking driving lessons forever ah?But all is ending sooooooooon;hopefully).

Life is good to me, am really blessed to have so many awesome people around me (uni/jc/secondary/volleyball friends & more). I'm thankful for what I have and I'll cherished these wonderful moments I had with every single friend out there. Without you guys, Amantha would not have enjoyed her life as much as she does right now. Thank you all!
A part from friends, I really really cherished the time spent with my family members. They are definitely my no. 1 priority (eventhough I'm spending lesser time with them due to school commitments), my Family is still the no. 1 thing i cherish in life. Am really excited to go on the trip with my parents! It's a pity my brothers will not be able to join us; oh well, i'll do my part, by enjoying the trip for them ;) laughs.

(Our 'liberation' moments)

OH YES, I'm turning 19 soooooooooooon :| That's insane. I feel old at 19. I can still vividly remember how I'll 'look up' to those people who are 17/18/19years old, thinking they are mature and cool at the same time. Now me at 19 is neither feeling cool nor excited. Hahaha. Am just really glad that I have led a rather fulfilling 19 years of my life, and I'm definitely eager to learn as much as I can now. I want to do much more to help myself, to help the people around, there are still MANY people out there who needs the more capable one (like us) to help them. Am already planning out my resolution/to-do-list for 2011. I cannot wait to have them pen down so that I can have some things to look forward to next year (It's the first year I'm doing this, and I'm rather excited about it ;))

Am having the weirdest dreams these days. It must be the sudden excessive workload from the examination-revision. I supposed I will get better sleep already (since exams are ALL over). Gonna catch ANTM CYCLE 15 and finish readiing my Eat Pray Love ASAP :D More 'me-time' too. Yayyyyyy ;) This post seeeeeeeeeeeeems long; am not gonna be back till next week? (I supposed so!) That's all for now.
ADIOS.
♥

Hi

2010-10-20T01:31:00.001+08:00

Hello,

I am blogging from my phone! How cool can it get!

Life's BORING for Amantha.

Am just trying on this new app; that's all!

ADIOS :)

2010-10-17T00:14:00.003+08:00

School's out and exam break is here!

CCCCAAANNNNOOOOTTT WWWWAAAAIIIITTTT FFFOOORRRR EEEXXXAAMMMSSS TTTTOOOO BBBBEEEEE OOOOVVVVEEEERRRR.
(Cannot wait for exams to be over :D)

Woohoo, so cannot wait :D
I neeeeeeeeeeed to get a job soooooon. hehehe. Amantha is ALWAYS procrastinating.
Amantha-Procrastinator-Koh; Procrastinator is my middle name. LOL.
Yeah mans, am gonna (hopefully) get a job during my breakkkkk.
Am also delaying my TP because of schoooooooool/examsssss and blah; i will hopefully get my driving done by the end of december! ;)

I think i should stop dragging my words-.- It's kinda irritating? But i just cant helped it! Will definitely reduce this. Hahaha.

Okay, another random post in The Amantha's Life.
Adios people!
♥

2010-10-16T23:46:00.004+08:00

Hi,

I'm thankful for the choices I have made.

Past

vs
Present

:)

Class gathering a week ago. Time flies, we have already graduated from school for close to a year. Miss those good-old-school-days. Am glad to know you guys in one of the best 2 years of my life.
Thank you, my friends; for all the good and not- so- good(rare) memories.
Will definitely have these memories kept close to my heart.
♥

2010-10-09T01:21:00.004+08:00

" And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are ".

My brother played this song for a million of times, after hearing umpteen times, realised it's quite good :)
♥

2010-10-08T23:58:00.004+08:00

Yoohoooooooooooooooooooo

Yeaps, THERE GOES SEPTEMBER :/
IT'S OKTOBERRRRRRRRR. Woohoo, the time just flea FLY flo (i meant fliessssssss)!
Had a not-so-awesome 2 weeks. Was busyyyyyyyyyyy. Gosh, i never seem to know why am i always packedddd.

It was the competition week, for open tournament! Had a gooooood experience with the TJP girls :) A green and young team, but i'm sure we definitely have the potential. COME ON GIRLS, we have another year to work & strive hard!
First match was on the 2nd of October, which unfortunately clashes with JCLF, so I had to forgo the job at JCLF for competition. But i guess it's worth it; (though i really REALLY want to be at JCLF :( )
For my passion passion Passion ♥.

School for me is B U S Y too, am occupied with marketing project and ASSIGNMENT. The horrible business computing assignment. I'm having a love-hate thing for business computing. On one hand, it's REALLY useful for projects (and prolly for us in the future), however, it's RATHER tediousssss. The need for us to picture the scenario for a business is not easy. And with the additional terms, formulas and steps we have to remember, it's really driving us crazyyyy.

Thankfully, project (The bad news is, the project never seems to end. So much to be done :/) and assignment will be due next Thursday and Friday, which means THE END OF IT :D Woohoooooo. HOWEVER, Exams are in TWO WEEKS TIME. Good Luck Amantha. How i wish i can fast forward the time to bring me to the holidays. Oh well, am already trying to do revision and stuffs! FIRST exam after soooooooooooo long, really want to get over and done with it.

(Photos from caz's birthday celebration on the 25th Sep! Check out FB for MORE)

The reason why I cant wait for holiday to come is because I'M GOING ABROAD IN NOVEMBER ;) Okay, to a not-so-cool place-called-China. BUT, I'm still excitedddddddd. Yay, have been wanting to go oversea after A's, but didn't get to go since i've I-d-k-what-stuff-on. BUT ANYWAY, i'll be going somewhere in November! Yayyyyyyyyyyyy :)

So many things I still want/need to do.
But before that, I need to get my school stuffs done first. Project & assignment, AND STUDY FOR EXAMS. Okay, Amantha shall STOP procrastinating, and start doing what she's suppose to do. Loooooooooooong post. Adios!
♥

2010-09-24T21:27:00.006+08:00

The Only Exception.

"Maybe I know somewhere deep in my soul that love never lasts And we've got to find other ways to make it alone Keep a straight face I've always lived like this Keeping a comfortable distance And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness Because none of it was ever worth the risk"

Awesome song; really love it. The Only Exception, when will I have my only exception? Laughs.

Was ill the whole of my last weekend :( And it DEFINITELY suck big time when one is ill, E V E R Y single thing just taste/feel horrible. Oh well, I'm SO glad Ive recovered. And before I fell ill, I manage to enjoy myself a little with my fellow YOG-buddy, Charlene, and Emelyn, my fellow hot schoolmate at Universal Studio Singapore. We had our long awaited YOG treat to USS :) The place is definitely an awesome place, and I will definitely go back there some day! The atmosphere in USS was fantastic, it felt as though we are at some holiday-ish place, it dont feel like Singapore at all! Had a gooooooooood experience with the two babes! It's definitely a place one must go!

Been packed with projects and assignments for the past 2 weeks! Gosh, I'm SO thankful that both business computing and accounting assignments are done! Yay me :D It's now down to my Marketing project! My fellow group mates are awesome and we are doing goooooooood. Okay, school is pretty much alright, the term is coming to an end soon, and this also means EXAMINATION is coming; late October! Gosh, this means mugging time again.

Also also, my volleyball competition will be next week (early October), insanely fast! Wish the TJP Volleyball team luck ;) We are a fresh and new team and will prolly be owned by the more experienced team, but oh well, we will go in strong and do our best!! Am also looking forward to the Jobscentral Career and Learning Fair on the 2nd and 3rd October, it will definitely be an eyeopener. I will be going back to help out a little, cannot wait to see my ex colleagues :) Hahaha.

Oh well, there goes another boring post in The Amantha's Life. laughs. Will definitely post more interesting stuffs when I'm more inspired ;)
♥

2010-09-11T23:47:00.006+08:00

"Summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last,

Wake me up when September (reminds me of Greeenday) ends"
Woohoo, MORE than half a year has passed. Scary isn't it? It's 3 more months to the end of 2010, and i'm still quite amazed with how fast time flies!

My 2010 is indeed a year filled with many new things, many ups and many downs. And I have never felt that good learning as I grow up; Amantha has picked up a number of new life-skills, which will definitely be essential for me in future :) The job that I took up during my long break after A's is definitely allowed me to grow even more. It have provided me with exposure to how is it like in reality, in the real world. I'm quite sure I'm still not prepared to be working, and I would still like to continue enjoying my school life. It's no doubt an eye opener for me, and I'm thankful to be given the opportunity to work under EZ-Link and Jobscentral.

If given another chance/choice, I would still choose to take up these part time jobs to be exposed to the 'working world'. Now, Amantha is packed with i-dont-know-what-stuff, but I will definitely look for a part time job soooooooooon. It's not as if i'm cash-strapped or anything, it's just that I would like to experience what my fellow peers are experiencing. Maintaining a work-life balance now will be a good skill to grasp too. Laughs.

My week was awesome.
A.

Had a picnic+hangout with my fellow uni-mates on 7th :D I supposed everyone enjoyed themselves quite a bit that day!

B. & C.

Also, met up with my fellow hexagonals for HEXAGONALS founder's/friendship day on 09.09.10 :) I'm soooooooooo glad Jiayan actually reminded all about it. If not for her, we would not have the gathering. Thanks Jiayan! ;) And of course, to my hexagonals (including Susan), You girls will always have a special place in my heart! My fellow babes from 08s15 ♥ Had a long-awaited-class gathering on the 11th! Steamboat at Brandon's place; special thanks to him for lending us his house for it! A nice catch-up with my fellow friends! Also, had a small catch up with Crystal and Rusdi!

Ooooooooooookay, the coming week will be a H E C T I C week; with marketing test and both accounting and business computing assignments to be handed in. Oh gosh, may this week passed quicklyyyyy. Laughs. Woah, a lengthy post :D Adios, my friends!
♥

2010-09-05T01:43:00.002+08:00

I'm sure my mother is cooooooooooooooooler than your mother! HAHA.
The No. 1 MUMMY :D

Mommy's birthday was yesterday: 4th Sep! LOVE her manyyyyyyyyyy
:D

2010-09-05T00:48:00.007+08:00

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every Obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind"
In Life, one will no doubt faced challenges and obstacles. It is difficult, extremely difficult at times to overcome certain obstacles in life. However, I believe if there's a will, there's a way. Yeaps, Amantha is able to do it, I'm sure many out there will be able to overcome the monster called "obstacles". Overcome it, fight it, and conquer it, and you will definitely lead a happier and more meaningful life :)

Hi all, I hereby announced YELLOW IS THE NEW BLACK ;)
I'm suddenly into Y E L L O W :D I think it's prolly because of the colour of the new adidas deodarant I bought that caused me to be attracted to the colour-yellow! Jokeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Okay, I'm sorry, but Amantha is always that random!

Last week was an extremely hectic weeeeeeeeeeeeek, had Econs and Accounting Tests! Gosh, was insanely packed, with trainings, friendly competiton for TJP, and also tests!! I'm soooooooooooooo glad that it's all over! Looking forward to the coming week, it's prolly the only shorter week for me, 3 days school week, with a day for og outing and a public holidayyyyyyyyyy :D Yay! School is treating Amantha well, and I guess i've prolly gotten over the fact that I'm a marketing student, instead of a Arts & Social Science/Psych student. Oh well, that's life.

It's My Life, It's My Choice. And I've realised that Marketing ain't that bad after-all, it's a business skill/knowledge which is known to every one. Any one will know how to market a product, they will somehow know what a consumer wants (since they are consumers for themselves). However, to master this subject and to know what the consumer exactly wants is the challenge. Many what-ifs, and may-be (and many other discrepancies) in marketing. It is no doubt an interesting, exciting, yet challenging subject. My fellow marketers are the one who have kept me going during this month plus! Gosh, I cannot believe we are already into a month of schoooooooool.

( Some photo updates: My fellows marketers @ Island Creamery, Wenhui's 19th Birthday, Met-up with Jo & Ma, Cherry's farewell dinner! )

As usual, Life's good for Amantha. Cannot get enough of fun, laughter, peace and joy (Hahaha). Have been meeting up some old friends, and i cannot wait to meet more of them! My external volleyball team is improving as time passes! Even though training was SERIOUSLY HORRENDOUS, we survived! Looking forward to more of this torture, before our actual game :)

There goes another short update to The Amantha's Life!
♥

2010-08-22T00:50:00.005+08:00

Life's ajojdsjkfjfeafoqp.
Nothing interesting happened recently, am still adjusting to school life. School is fine, friends are nice, but the fact that i'm not doing something that i really wanted makes it slightly hard for me. Oh well, gotta face it; i'll prolly get over this soon.

(loves this photo!)

Had awesome HTHT with jo last night, it feels really good to have nice-long-talk about our life with my good friends.

"There will always be
a lie in believe,
an over in lover,
an end in friend,
an us in trust and
an if in life."

Life?
Life is relative, if only life is ... ?
It's good and bad at the same time; It's probably how one look at it that determines if it's 'good' or 'bad'. Am turning 19 this year, feeling (rather) old.
But it's this age, that allows one to do 'whatever they want'.
What's the so called 'whatever-they-want' thing? I guess it prolly ranges from individuals to individual, I myself do not even know what I really want :/
I will figure it out sooooooooooon, i hope. laughs.

Oh ya, I'm prolly starting muaythai with my school mates next next Thursday ;) yay me! I did something to it! Laughs. If not for my friend, I wouldn't have made an effort to join :/ But still, yay me!
There goes another RANDOM post in The Amantha's Life!
Enjoy your weekends people!

♥

2010-08-15T23:38:00.006+08:00

H.E.L.L.O

Summer is endingggggggggggggg (random). School have already started for Amantha and she is surviving well well well.

My new-found-friends (og mates, fellow jail-breakers) are nice people and we are doing fine (so far) :D I'm so thankful that I went for the orientation before school started, if not I would not have found out that there are people out there with the same predicament as me. Oh wells, we are striving hard, aiming to do well. Orientation was not a grand affair as compared to the other schools, but it was sufficient for me to meet new people and to have my own fair bit of fun before school really starts :)

Went for National Day Parade and YOG Rehearsal! :) I have no idea why I was so excited for the NDP this year, was really looking forward to it. My brother thought I was mad when I let out occasional screams on our way to padang, hahaha. But yeaps, it was a niceeeeeeeeeeee experience, enjoyed my time with Clanston! Went for YOG Rehersal on the 11th with my brothers and mummy, we were rather late though. But we managed to watch the show, it felt rather NDP-ish, but overall it was good.

Anyway, I was/am a volunteer for YOG opening/closing ceremony! Despite only being the marshal, I'm glad to contribute a little to the Youth Olympic Games. Though I was made to stand for long hours, and was almost-scolded by retarded individuals, I managed to make some new friends. And yeaps, did enjoy myself a little :)

I realised my last 'proper post' was in July! Gosh, Amantha is getting oh-so-lazy. Laughs. I even stop going on msn (opps :/ yes I'm really really lazy). School and I-dont-know-what-stuffs is some how always keeping me occupied. AND I STILL HAVE YET TO START MY AFTER-A-LEVELS-TO-DO-LIST; muaythai, and guitar is the 2 things I want to learn since January, but I have yet to get started in any :(( OKAY, I need to stop procrastinating and do something to it; I will at least get started in one by the end of 2010!!

Oh well, that's about it I guess.
Another abrupt ending.
Just a short update in The Amantha's Life about her life.
♥

2010-08-08T21:29:00.005+08:00

22nd.

(Aww, daddy is really sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet)

08/08/2010, my parent's 22nd anniversary :)
I'm really proud of my parents, maintaining this long marriage is definitely not an easy feat, yay to mummy and daddy!
The fine lines on their face is not deterring them from staying loving; I guess this is what true love is. (I wonder when will it be my turn? HAHAHA.)

On a side note, Amantha is surviving well!
I'll definitely blog more about The Amantha's Life soonnnn :/ National Day tomorrowwwww, and I'll be attending NDP'10 with my brotherrrrr. Exciting much! ;)
I'll be back really, really soon.
Till then!
♥

2010-07-23T15:38:00.006+08:00

I titled this in my email heading-

HAHAHA by Ja(e)son Chew:

18 is young

20 is alright

21 just nice

22 ok la

22 hmm

23 tick tok

24 ahh knock knock

25 ting!

26 hmm wake up

27 right u knw it urself

That's my (ex)colleague’s perspective of how appealing a woman is by her age. Had random conversations with my colleague a long time ago (when i was still in JC). And somehow, we arrived at this topic. The age of the woman vs how appeal she is. I have no idea if this applies to all the guys out that, but that's his perspective. A really interesting perspective; I wonder if people out there agree with this, it is funny how this young(looking) guy (he looked rather young, but he's 24 this year by the way) feels about the importance of one's age. He is definitely really particular on one's age, like how he is really upset he dont look like his age (both a good and bad thing.hahaha).

As I have said earlier, a RANDOM post ;) hahaha. Idk why, but I really find this rather funny! Tata :D

2010-07-23T14:28:00.006+08:00

HELLO THERE,

It's been a while!
Just in a span of the short two weeks, many many things happened.

I dont exactly know where to start, but i'm leading a carefree and enjoyable life right now :)
Jobless, but i'm quite enjoying my time so far.

I cannot help but to emphasize how vulnerable life is, one can never predicts what will happen the next year, the next month, the next week, the next day or even the next minute.
Just last week, some one I know had passed on. It's really really sudden; I just saw the uncle that particular Monday night at MPS, and I was told that he passed away on Wednesday morning. It's pretty scary isnt it? I was told by my friends that he died suddenly from a heart attack. And according to his wife, that uncle is illness-free? Yeaps. Life is indeed fragile. I sincerely hope the family of Uncle Peter will be strong, cause it's really hard to deal with situation like that.

Okay, enough of the sad things. As i mentioned earlier, I'm enjoying myself quite a bit so far! :)
Driving is my first love for now, enjoying driving on the road (for now). However, the checking of blindspot is such a chore(totally dislike ittttttt.hahaha)!
Had a couple of gatherings with old friends; s15 one night chalet, the orion gathering, 6d gathering, outing with lixin & jolene! Also had an eggtart making session+ museum outing with Jiayan!

(yeaps, more can be found on facebooook)

For those who have not gone to the National Museum of Singapore, DO CHECK IT OUT!! It's an uber coooooooooool place, definitely an eyeopener for me! For students out there, you are definitely encouraged to go; as the entry fee for the NMS is freeeeeeeeeee! It's definitely a place you do not want to miss out ;)

July is coming to an end :O oooooooooooh my! I know I've said this like a million and one time, (and here i am, gonna repeat what i always say), TIME FLIESSSSSSSSSSSS. I'm sure everyone out there will have to agree with me! It's pretty scary how our days passed that quickly when we get older. I'm turning 19 soon (okay, not that soon.hahaha). I (so) cannot imagine how so many things had happened in my "long-but-short-post-a-level-holiday". 8 months sounds long, but it's actually not that long after all. It's coming to an enddddddddddd :O (in shock.laughs). Looking forward to a new beginning in life; The tertiary education. It's probably the last lap of school life for Amantha, and I'll definitely cherish and enjoy the last few years in school (i hope :D).

Awesome, I'm sooooooooooo naggy. Yah, i'm getting older, that's why. laughs. The next post will be a rather random one! Wanted to post it for awhile, but was way tooooo lazy to post it up.
Okay, I guess i'm done with this. Yay me!
Adios people :D
(I wonder if there's still any one who still bother to pop by.Hahaha. Whatever it is, tata! ;) )

♥

2010-07-08T17:21:00.006+08:00

"I don't wanna' spend my life jaded,
waiting to wake up one day
and find that I've let all these years go by;
Wasted"

Carrie Underwood's "Wasted".
Just found out this song is in my iTunes; i didnt even realised I have this nice song! Replayed this over and over again.
You guys should totally listen to it :)

Life's good good good.
Despite being jobless, I'm doing greattttttttt.

My stint at jobscentral officially ended last wednesday,
thank you one and all who have made it possible for me to enjoy my stay at JCJF ;D

Volunteered in a school-camp under the Student Advisory Centre at BTSS last Friday! Had a good time facilitating the young kids (I really felt really old when I see those secondary two kids having fun and stuffs.).

Caught Eclipse with Jolene on Monday! :) Not a fantastic show, but i'm still glad i caught that show. laughs. Have been watching a couple of movies recently: Toys Story 3, A Team, Eclipse, Letters to Juliet :) Finally ended my movie-drought!

Celebrated Jiayan's 19th on tuesdayyyyyyyyy :) Went Minds Cafe! We had a good time! And i supposed Jiayan was a happy girl that day! hahaha.

HAD MY FIRST DRIVING PRACTICAL LAST THURSDAYYYYY ;) Driving practical is funnnnnnnn. I still cannot believe I can actually drive on the road! :O Hahaha. The driving instructors are an interesting lot, had 5 practical lessons so far, with 5 different instructors. The 5 instructors all have different personality, there are those who are friendly, those who dont comment much during the lessons, and others who talk nonnnnnnnn stop! I met one funny instructor today! He just go on and on and on and on, never stop talking for the entire 100 minutes -.- hahaha. But it's somehow good, as i was quite entertained by him! Looking forward to more driving practical! :D

Holiday is goooood so far! I'm still enjoying myself quite a bit ;)
That's about it for nowwwww.
So long, my friends!
♥

2010-06-27T22:07:00.009+08:00

Yoohoooooo :D
June is ending ending endingggg.

And it means i'll be leaving jobscentral :( / :)
I'm really fortunate to be given a chance to work at JC, my colleagues are one awesome lot of people! Without them, I would not have survived/enjoyed my past 3 months at work.
Thank you one and all, who have made a difference (in one way or another) during my days in JC :)

This also signals the start of freeeeeeeeeedom :D Driving practical is calling out for me! I think I'm the joke of BBDC, passed both my BTT & FTT about a month ago, but I have yet to go for any practical lessons! My first practical will be on 1st of Julyyyyyy. Exciting exciting ;)

My week was awesomeeeeee, with my 'farewell' outing with some of the sales people on Fridayyyy, had my 2nd LAN game of the week -.- (I think I'm getting better; but it's still not my kind of game. hahaha).
Susan's birthday celebration on Saturday with my girls :D It's always nice to spend some time with the girls. Cam-whoringxzxzzx (LOL) sessions, and had a good time catching up with them.

(More can be found on facebook!)

I'm definitely looking forward to July!
Will need to plan out my days carefully, so that I can (finally) enjoy my holiday. It'll definitely be a month filled with awesome activitiessss :)

So long for now!
♥

2010-06-20T22:45:00.007+08:00

(edited)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY :D
Woahhhh. It's been awhile! And yeaps, my past two weeks was a blast! Had a s15 pool session+stayover at Brandon's place with the usuals, awesome outing with the KOH's @ The Hangout Cafe, iACT activities with fellow TapTap Camp-mates, and also the 4days 3nights iACT camp!

T is for Taupok, we'll taupok you.
A is for awesome, cause this is what we are.
P is for penang laksa, TAP TAP wo men sa!
SA :D

(photos credit to Eunice!)

Had a great time with my fellow taptap camp-mates! Met many new people and forged more good friendship :) A camp which allowed me to feel young againnnnn. It's been a million and one years since i last went for a campppp-exaggerating-but I feel really feel good about this camp :) It really brought back a lot of good camp memories I used to have. Yay to iACT camp!

Father's day today was simple and nice!Just break camp and had a good dinner time with my family at home :) Daddy was extremely funny when he took photos with the presents we gave him. I will let the picture do the talking :D

My Funny Daddy:

That's my cute daddy + his spon-ge-bob(that's how daddy pronounce it,JOKE ttm!) boxers!

"How one generation loves, the next generation learns."
I find the new MCYS advertisement very heartwarming and enlightening, as they highlighted the importance of how the young ones should learn and appreciate what our older generation have done for us to allow us to lead a better life today. A thumbs up for the touching and meaningful advertisement.

June is coming to an end, and it also means that I'll be stopping work soooooon(last day: 30thJune). I feel good about not working, but I will definitely miss those fun and memorable moments (+sleepy job posting time) I had in Jobscentral. My colleagues are all really nice people! They constantly look after and care for me, and I'm really blessed to have them as my colleagues. The 3 months plus in JC is(was) goooooood because of my lovable colleagues :)

I realised this post is rather inconsistent, with random things popping out here and there :D
This is the Amantha's life.
Random with the element of suspense here and there.laughs.
That's all for now!
♥

2010-06-04T23:02:00.006+08:00

Is Language a barrier?

I speak no Japanese (okay, maybe only those really simple ones). The Japanese speak little English. Nonetheless, from our very first meeting, there was some kind of connection between them and me that was surprising and sincere, which also grew stronger over the long day we had.

Was a facilitator cum volunteer for YEC's Japanese engagement programme held today. They are members of the Junior Chamber International, on an exchange trip to Singapore to spread the message of world peace and stability. Had a blast! :) Our role was to bring the Japanese from Kyoto(working adults age ranging from late 20s to 40s) to iconic places like Little India and Chinatown, for them to immerse in the multiracial culture in Singapore. Chinatown Heritage Centre, The Chinese temple, Maxwell Food Centre, Little India, Merlion Park were the few places we went. It was no doubt a long and tiring day! But we all had an awesomeeeeeeeeeee day!

No photos available, as I did not bring my camera along. However, those awesome memories are kept within ourselves, and it'll definitely be there for some time. Hence, photos are not necessarily needed(but the japanese did took some photos.afterall, they are tourists here!). Cultural exchanges session through origami foldings and Japanese games after the day-trip, further closed up that gap between us. Somehow, language is no longer a barrier. Group 11/Team Azusushi(idk the spelling) is one AWESOME team!

East Side Gallery: No More Wars No More Walls by Rene Ehrhardt (Flickr)

That's The Amantha's Life on June 4th 2010 :)
Sayonara!
♥

2010-05-30T15:50:00.004+08:00

Had an awesome ending to the month of May.

Spent precious moments with my lovely friends :)
Dinner with the JC interns/people on the 27th, 08s15 class dinner on the 28th, and UP YEC's achievement night on the 29th. How awesome is this?
:)

That's all for nowwwwwwwww.
Yay or yay,June is cominggggg.
My May was great, and I'm sure June will definitely be a better month!
♥

2010-05-28T15:13:00.006+08:00

IT'S ALREADY THE END OF MAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY :O

I dont know how should my feelings be, but for some reason or another, my days are passing pretty quickly! Yay or Boo? Idk.

But Anyway, LG,Life's good.
I am enjoying my life nowwwwwww; not exactly enjoying, but I'm liking how life is treating me now :)

Many things happened in the month of May, and Amantha is doing fine fine fine. She's just really blessed to have so many wonderful people around her, giving her the necessary support when she needed it.
THANK YOU, MY FRIENDS.
To anyone who have helped me in one way or another - it emotional/moral support- Amantha really appreciates it.

On a side note, How nice will life be if Justina is back in Singapore, I'm like free now, buttttttttttt, she's somewhere far away! hahaha. But I know she's still the same, because of the short and sometimes brainless conversation we have at times, which allows me to keep in touch with her. And i am sure she's crazy and slightly retarded at times. Please come back sooooon. I know time passes really quicklyyyyy, so I'm looking forward to your return trip back homeeeeeeee :)

Another random thing, i just realised an iphone is a rather useful phone; I know there are many Pro and Anti iphone people out there.
But I guess I'm some what in the middle.
At times, I am rather ashamed to use the iphone, as almost everyone owns an iphone!! You can easily get 10 people on the train/street with an iphone! hahaha. But I cannot deny it is really useful.
I like how there are many functions in it, which provides convenience on-the-go. (But, I still regret not getting a qwerty pad phone!! -.-)
Okay, for those who are deciding on whether to get an iphone or a blackberry bold (a rather common question I have been hearing from the people around me.hahaha), For those going for convenience or practicality, iphone can be a good option :)

Okay, this is just another random post. Hahaha.
That's all for now! I will be back soooooooooooon.
Looking forward to the remaining months in 2010 :D
♥

2010-05-28T15:05:00.003+08:00

OH HENRY PARK, WE SALUTE TO THEE :)

Had an awesome get together with the henry parkers last week, or maybe the week before?hahaha.
Eventhough we ALWAYS stone for a rather long period of time, but it's still really nice to see my fellow primary school classmates, after 6years plus?
It's no doubt an awesome feeeeeeling.
Thanks seetoh for organising this one!
♥

2010-05-15T22:42:00.006+08:00

HELLO ALL,
It's been a long long while again!
Havent been blogging as my lappy was down!Besides, my life is pretty mundane too, so have not been updatinggggg :)

Work is good (still as boring as ever.hahaha), was supposed to end work by the end of May, but was asked to be extended till end of June! Hmm. I wonder if it's good or bad. But oh wells, i'll still be as occupied as ever till June! And for my driving practical, my first lesson will only commence on the last week of June(was supposed to start in March -.-), 2 months after my FTT!

I realised i havent been uploading photos here!
(uploading most/all of it on Facebook)

So here are some photos taken last Sunday; Queen Mummy's day!
Went for a nice family lunch :D
Check out the Ferrero Rocher Bouquet my brothers made for my mum!Coooool thing :)

Amantha NEVER fails to enjoy quality time with her family!
I'll try to make this place more livelier sooooooooon :D

Meanwhile, So long!

2010-05-01T22:30:00.005+08:00

Hello All,
Beautiful Disaster by Kelly Clarkson have became my NEW favorite song!
And the movie Dear John (i'm a little lagged with this, but oh wells!) is rather good (:

It's been a while since i last land foot on this place(HAHAH,like astronaut landing foot on some planet.Jokeeeee.Okay, not funny.)
Anyway, in case you dint realised, IT'S ALREADY MAY!!!OMG, MAYYYYYYY. I just cannot emphasize how fasttttttttttttttt time flies.
What to do with this?Make full use of your time and live with no regrets!
So far, life's treating me good.
Occasional gatherings, weekly MPS and volleyball training PLUS work is sufficient to keep me occupied (:

(carefree?)

This place is seriously ... (fill in the blanks yourself, cause i dont know what to say. lol). Nevermind. Let me be rather random for now, here to tell you people 3 RANDOM things about AMANTHA.

One: Amantha can listen to the same 'new' favorite song for a million and one time, replaying it over and over again non stop, just to be able to learn the lyrics and melody of the song. (what a joke ah)

Two: Yogurt always work on her; just give her some yogurt and it will probably make her day better. HAHAH. (it's fail proof for now.HAHAHA)

Three: She loves reading aloud! (she secretly wants to be a news broadcaster!but...HAHA)

(the colours of the pretty looking 'icecream')

Okay, i know the three points aren't exactly related to each other. But like i said, those are the RANDOM things about Amantha; a light entertainment for my friends who still pop by occasionally to the amantha's life to check out this place.

My dear young(below 21?) friends out there, do cherish the time you have now, do something different/new to lead a happier life. (Learn something new-language/skills etc, be a volunteer somewhere, helped up in family chores! anything!! just try to do something different from your mundane life and it'll definitely make you a happier person!)

That's about it for now,
so long my friendssss.

2010-04-18T00:36:00.002+08:00

I had a good week;

I did something good on Monday(hahaha), helped some residents to draft out letters at the Meet The People Session, listening to some of their grievances makes me realised how lucky i am. Trust me, there are many others out there who are worst off than us.

I realised Secret Recipe serves rather goooood food for dinner(yummy and affordable!). Dinner at secret recipe with Crystal and Jiayan for Crystal's 19th on Tuesday!

I enjoyed myself on Wednesday; not so much of the Volleyball friendly at IMH (IMH is a rather scary placeeeeeee, quiet ttm at night! i know, i'm a scaredy cat -.-), but more of the interesting trip (Cabbed to Yio Chu Kang, Trained to Bishan, Bused to Clementi, Walked more than 2.2km back homeeeee) back home with Wenhui and Liping after the volleyball. 3 girls trying so hard to get home from Hougang at 11plus pm. But i supposed it's kinda worth it? As we spent good quality talking time together, reminiscing our rather memorable secondary school days (:

I had an awesome retail therapy day with Jolene today! We spent quite alot today, but we're more than satisfied with the loot that we've gotten :D Awesome awesome!

Welcome to The Amantha's Life.
I'm so looking forward to next weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek;
cause i believed tomorrow will be a better day (:

2010-04-11T23:32:00.005+08:00

We are the ones who make a better day, so let's start giving.

Michael Jackson's we are the world. This song is constantly played in my head ( for the pass few days), a really meaningful song. If one person begins to give back to the society, there will be a slight difference they can make and aid at least one other people somewhere around. One may seems insignificant, but if we multiply this 'one' a few times, it will eventually become something significant. That's why i always believe in trying my best to play a part in the community. Joining the Youth Executive Committee is the first step for me to do something for the people around, it have also give me the opportunities to be exposed to different kind of people around; definitely an eye opener for me.

Many people at my age may find me crazy/weird(have got nothing better to do?!), why bother doing things like that, i guess it's because this run in my genes :D hahaha. My daddy brought me up, 'instilling' this into me. (Joke, i'm kidding.) Okay, maybe is partly due to my dad's role as a volunteer in the RC, which have created this "community service interest" in me.

Okay, was just being reallllllllly random. hahaha. Anyway, I cannot helped but to empahsise how fast time flies, as another week have passed!!! It was a goooooooood week for Amantha, had a packed but great weekend. Weekdays was just about work, work and more work; plus volleyball training! Oh ya, had popeye's with jiayan on fridayyyy; the mash potato is still as good as ever!(that's like the only thing i like thereee.hahaha). I mentioned i've gotten a new phone in my previous post. Just an add on to it, the phone is goooood (i think), and i have discovered cool apps available for it. Yay :D Sorry for the retarded-ness, but i'm just overjoyed to make new discoveries of my phone. hahaha.

Looking (a little) forward to this weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. hahaha. Gonna have a volleyball friendlies with the outside team at IMH(LOL,yes!It's the one at hougang!!!hahaha) on wednesday! So looking forward to the first friendly we're having as a team (: Also, jobscentral will be having some hangout session on thursday! Cool thingggggg.

Okay, that's about it!
That's all for now, my friends. Tata :D

2010-04-04T01:07:00.003+08:00

Money buys happiness;
but not forever.
We all need money,
money for us to buy our needs and wants;
money for us to enrich and enhance our lives;
money (literally) for survival.

It certainly can make us happier, but how long can this last? (:

According to one study, joining a group that meets just once a month produces the same happiness gain as doubling your income.
According to another, being married produces a physic gain equivalent to more than US$100,000(S$140,000) a year.
Impressive figures?
There are many things we can do to make ourselves happier, those are just a few examples to show that simple things can actually make us a happier person, other than having money.

The Conclusion?
Money is definitely not a good gauge for happiness.

Anyway, It's already April!
I-so-cannot-believe-it!!!
Hahaha. This is how scary time is. Before you even know, time just passes so so so quickly!
Had an awesome time for the past 2 weeks, outing outing with my family and my lovely friends (jo and margaret, the hexagonals, and my fellow s15).
Colleagues are treating me well, and i'm doing good at work.
Volleyball training is still as enjoyable as ever.
And and i've gotten myself a new phone,finally gotten rid of the rotten old one :D
Life haven't been better (:
Nothing much from me alreadyyyyy.

That's all for now!
Adios, my friends!
♥

2010-03-19T23:20:00.006+08:00

Branding.
Is branding very important?

(one photo which i love :D more can be found on facebook!)

I feel it is no doubt important. Even though, most of the time some may say they do not bother about the brand/their looks/appearance etc, but in actual fact, they are much more concern about it than any one else. Laughs. This is Life. We live in a world of denial. We lie to ourselves that it's alright not to be so mindful of such branding. At least some kind of denial (: I do live in the world of denial/delusion, if not how can i lead such a happy go lucky life :D Okay, I'm not saying my life is bad, I'm just doing my best to lead a happier life. After all, one can never go back in time again; and life is short, we have to cherish every moment we have with our love ones, to make full use of it and to create memorable moments with them.
So, i just feel one have to derive joy from what they have.

I know I'm side tracking alot, so is branding really important? It's up to individual to think about it. But i do feel it is.
(Wrote a lot here at first, but kinda deleted it. Oh wells. )
Life's pretty good to me, i survived my first week at work (: Work is good, with nice colleagues around. It's only the mundane job scope which bores me at times. But wait, I'm bored and busy at the same time. How ironic. Laughs. Training at BMCC is getting better, gotten use of the training, enjoying each training. Rapport with the girls have to be built, but i think it's going fine now! Did i mentioned i sprained my ankle because of training? Hahaha. A minor one, it's just that i'm like an old lady, limping all the way. But it's healing fast, so will prolly be fine by the next training.

Okidoky, there goes another week!
Adios people :D

2010-03-14T15:42:00.006+08:00

What makes you happy?

That was the random question i asked jolene yesterday. Oh boy, this is really a tough question; because i myself do not have an answer for it. Have you ever thought about it before? Is there a moment you can recall that was the happiest moment in your life. I don't exactly have the happiest moment though; no impression of something that was that happy/memorable. For me, those "happy moments" are only temporary, after that feel good moment, it's back to reality. So, is'nt that a tough question? (:

Anyway, my A's result was rather disappointing. Gotten only average grades, insufficient to get into mass communication in NTU( :( ); but i'm moving on. The university courses are prolly one of the more important decision one have to make in life, it's either you will be enjoying the next 4years or you'll suffer(doing the course you do not like) for the next 4 years. It kinda determines your future too. So, My dearest friends out there, do make the correct decision (:

University life is no longer like the JC life, much more independent learning, and more exposure to reality. Sounds rather exciting. And I'm really looking forward to the new stage of my life!

Life's pretty good so far, have already stopped working for Antasis(Ezlink) for about 2weeks. Enjoying myself pretty much with the outings with my mum, and my friends. Went for my first facial with mummy on the 4th! A really painful but fufilling experience! The lady removed most of the blackheads on my face and it was REALLY painful!!! Hopefully, it will be less painful when i go there next month! laughs. Had an excursion (photo taking) with jiayan on the 8th and also a baking session on the 11th! Also, celebrated Peifen's 19th birthday last friday; A simple and sweet one (: Met up with jo for 2 saturdays; the 6th and 13th! We had our little gossiping moments. Another crazy day with her; full of ups and downs :D jokeeeeee. Those were just some of the outings i had for the past 2 weeks :D

Some photos taken yesterday!

More can be found on Facebook! :D

Anyway, i've yet to sign up for my muay thai lesson :D Lazy boneeee. laughs. I'm also putting my driving lessons on a hold, as i've gotten a new job! A temp customer service cum admin, working under Jobsfactory. A rather cool job, as the jobscope is much easier as compared to the previous one. The working hour, the location of the job and the pay are all much better. Awesome or awesome! A 3months contract till the end of May (: So i'll prolly only continue driving in june! It's fine, i can better concentrate on driving later!

Okidoky, that's a not so short summary of the amantha's life so far!

Amantha is still survivingggggggggggggg :D

That's all for now!

So long people!

2010-03-04T23:41:00.005+08:00

Hello there.

Yes,This is it.
The day is finally here, this is the probably the reason why i'm in the JC;
The A Level Results.

Tomorrow is the day, the make or break day. Like many of my fellow JC friends, i'm like riding on a roller-coaster filled with mixed feelings.

I'm afraid. Not because of the results that i'll be getting; I'm afraid that i may disappoint my parents; if my results don't turn out well. I know, the A level results will probably only affects me, it's my future, not my parents', why should i be afraid of upsetting them?
But yeah, i just do not want them to be upset or to be worried for me.

But anyway, I'm quite sure that i have done my best, i have already put in a lot of effort in the preparation of the A's, and i felt that I've given all i can into the papers. That's all i can say now, i really do not know what my results will be like.
But whatever it is, i've already given in my all.

Okay, it's either make or break.
Wish me luck :D
Adios People!

2010-02-16T12:51:00.003+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai :D
It's been a nong nong while since i last visited my blog.The last time was in januaryyyyyyyy; and now it's already the mid february!Oh my,it's amazing how fast time flies.
I've been enjoying my freedom for 2months or so already.

Havent been blogging as most of my photos can be found on facebook, and i have nothing much to blog about as my life is pretty mundane (: Life revolves around work,volleyball training @bbmc,bbdc, and gatherings(Outings with the s15 peeps,outing with the fellow 4b classmates, outing with antasis colleagues, and also with VANN&PAM)with my AWESOME friends.

Chanced upon an interesting write up about my horoscope; it's pretty detailed but i only extracted some of the relevant points about me (:

SCORPIO WOMEN:
She will use her X-ray eyes reading your thought of what you just said or what you are going to say.
She always smiles and she can really hide her feeling.
She has her own sixth sense of people and you can feel that energy feed back when you around her.
Sometimes she shows her weakness, but it won’t be long.
She will put herself together and back to be that hot chili again.

The detailed version can be found at http://fantasyworld.wordpress.com/scorpio-women/

The A's result will be released out soon!!!
Oh my oh my, this is scary. It's in 2weeks time or so?
Looking so forward to it.Laughs.
Adios people!

2010-01-26T16:38:00.007+08:00

Hey there.
Had a bad dream. laughs. Reminiscing the past.
A year on now, things are no longer the same.
Anyway, it was justina's birthday yesterday!

HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY, MY DEAREST GIRL.
Hope everything went on fine for you; really really misses you!

Okay, Amantha is finally at home :D So far, i'm doing fineeeeeeee.
Work is alright, Amantha is surviving :D
Had a couple of meet ups recently: With huahui!!Really an impromptu one,ultra last minute. hahaha. With the BM peeps(jo,margaret and andy) to bm, girls outing(dinner cum camwhoring) with my hexagonals and a really small gathering with clifford & joash.
Photos are all available on facebooooooooook.
But will upload some to brighten up this place:

With limhuahui! (:

The CRAZY girls!! :D

MORE on faceboooooook :D

Okay, today is my day off! Had a greeeeeeeeeeat day; packing my stuffs, having time alone, and completed my photos compilation (: I really need more materials/space for the remaining photossss.laughs.
The next post will be on my roooooooom, really love it now!!! I hearts IKEA(as all the furnitures are from there.LOL) the RED wall is super hot. Love it too (:
Gonna meet mummy for shopping laterrrr. Time really fliesssss; Chinese New Year is coming sooon! Cannot wait to get more new clothes. LOL.

P.S I'm gonna sign up muay thai with jo!!Mixed martial arts academy (: Awesome awesome!

TATA,my friends!
♥

2010-01-17T23:39:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday, DADDY :D

Hello hello hello.
It's been awhile since i last visited my blog. Laughs. And i've yet to come online for a loooooooooong time. Work just occupy my so much of my time. Imagine working from 8to6 almost daily; just drain so much of my energyyyyyyyyy.
But anyway, i'm ultra glad that my room looks good now!!! :D I likey it alot, cannot believe it's RED now, i'm so gonna have a post to show you guys the makeover (but not that soon! dont exactly have the time at the momenttttt.)

2010, a new year with new add ons!
I'm taking up driving lessonsssssssss :D That's because daddy finally got rid the seven seater car, so i can now take up driving! Not so excited though, but saw many friends at the centre.laughs.
I'm also going for volleyball trainings at BMCC every wednesday with wenhui and the others; glad that i can touch the ball again, cannot wait to play it more often! Amantha so so SO need to exerciseeeeeeeeee. My stamina SUCKS, and i'm SOOOOOOOOO lazy to start my engine again. Somebody, please help me!!! HAHAHA.

Life for Amantha now is pretty mundane, work, work and WORK.
What an irony. Human always complain (I'm a classic example). When you're studying; you complain, when you're NOT studying, you also complain. When i do not have a job, i complain, now that i'm working, i still complain. Nothing can ever satisfy me. Hahaha.
P.S: I really want to take up my muay thai lessons soon soon soon, targeting next month!

Time really flies flies flies, last year this time, i just started school, as a J2 student. Having fun as an OGL, with my fellow orion mates! Having fun with my fellow s15 classmates, enjoying our honeymoon period before the nightmarish A level.
Fast forward one year, here i am blogging about my boring life. laughs. I wonder what will i be doing next year, this time. I'll prolly be in university or something(hopefully), hopefully a better life than now! laughs.

Okay people, live your life the fullest and enjoy the good and bad times you are experiencing at present, as we can never go back in time again. It's either we stay optimistic or suffer as a pessimist; Either one, Life goes on.
So people, STAY OPTIMISTC, be happy! :D
TATA!

2010-01-06T23:46:00.004+08:00

Hi all,

photo credit: Yuting (:
Amantha is busy, again :D Workinggggggggggggggggggggg, thus wont be updating that often. What's more, i'm working, there arent any that exciting things to talk about. But I'm doing fine at my work :D

My last week of december was awesome!With many outings and gathering, yay to one and all that make this possible (: Went for volleyball training at BMCC today, quite a good one.

As Amantha FINALLY get to exercise. Stamina is horrendous and i'm still working on this. "Volleyball it's actually not very difficult, discover your mistakes, dont complicate it, understand your mistakes and change those mistakes, and you can be a better player." Something from the coach.
Try this simple mathematics question:
(x-a)(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)(.........)(x-y)(x-z)=?
Guess what is the answer!It's something not complicated :D

Ans: 0

Want to know why?Shall tell you the reason in the next entry (:
Mingsoon and Ted have been enlisted into army last monday!More of my friends are going in.OH MY,just cannot believe how fast time flies. To the others who are waiting for enlistment,BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR NS, my fellow friends. :D

Intoxicated.
♥

2010-01-01T23:41:00.005+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR, my fellow friends!

2009 was a memorable year for Amantha! Had an Awesome start and a perfect ending to it, not forgetting those horrible in-betweeen moments i've experienced. Life have been pretty good to me, and i'm SO SO SO SO SO glad that the A Level is over!I swear i'll not want to go through this again. It is prolly the most tedious exam i've ever encounter. Stress constantly piled up, and frequent breakdowns are uncommon. But again, IT"S ALL OVER :D

I'm really glad to have my family members and friends to be around with me in the year 2009. My family is still the utmost priority in my life and i really cherished every single moments we shared together (: I cannot deny that my parents are really wonderful and i'm really blessed to be loved by them. THANK YOU MUMMY & DADDY (: I LOVE YOU BOTH MANY!(Okay,they dont visit my blog-.- laughs.) But anyway, i'm really fortunate to have them as my parents! My brother are oh-so-lovely-and-horrible! But as a 'nice sister', i'll still love them many!

My awesome friends around really made my 2009 even better. My fellow Hexagonals, 08s15, volleyball-mates, and other friends are just the most wonderful bunch of people! Amantha would not have pulled through without you people!Once again, Thank you for making a difference in my life in 2009 (:

I'm so looking forward to 2010: Amantha is NO LONGER a student (at least for next 7months, as i'm paying adult fare now!!!Laughs), i'm sure 2010 will be a much better year, and hope it'll really turn out fine for me! My next half of the year will be dedicated to my work (yes yes, I FOUND A JOB (: ), plus YEC activities, and also mini gatherings with my dearest friends. SO Amantha is really looking forward to it! Hope it'll be another AWESOME YEAR (:

And yes, Happy New Year! Again,Thank you one and all for being a part in my life in the year 2009, I'm glad to share memorable memories with every one of my friends.
Best of luck to all in the year 2010 :D
♥

2009-12-30T01:31:00.005+08:00

To my dearest justina.

Hey girl, i know we haven't been talking much lately. I know i have too many commitments, but you will, (really) will never be forgotten. Trust me girl! Jo and I never fails to think of you whenever we are out. Yearning for you to be around with us, cause there's always that gap there. It is definitely not complete without you :( Three is definitely better than one and two.

I really hope you're doing fine there. It is not easy to be studying abroad, i wouldn't have much courage to try it. Fitting in to their culture, getting use to the 'new' lifestyle is not easy (at least this is how i feel). Justina have always been a brave girl, and i really hope things are good there now (: Oh my! You have been studying there for a year plus, coming to two. With a few return trips for your break. This is so scary, how fast time flies yeah?

But anyway, do you know i'm always looking forward to your return trip to Singapore! Really glad to see you back in Singapore, being bubbly and cheerful as usual, the nice big sister i guess?Laughs. I apologies for causing you to feel neglected, really do not want you to feel this way!

It's amazing how we are friends for like 10 years?(since P3 till now!) AWESOME is the word! Anyway, The year is coming to an end. I really hope you're doing well there, would not want my dearest friend to feel upset in a foreign land, some where so faraway from me. I truly hope i can fast forward the time to meet up with you soon!! I miss you alot girl, i really do :(

It's just not the same, without you.
I ♥ you many, Justina!

2009-12-25T23:26:00.008+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS, to one and all (:
Had another greaaaaaaaaaaaaat week, and i really cannot deny how fast time flies!
Here i am blogging again, after another fruitful week!
Baking sessions, Pitstop cafe, Sentosa, Class chalet, Christmas countdown, Christmas celebration, all done in the past 7 days :D
Amantha is just 'wasting' her holiday away-No job, no income=wasting the holiday!
But it's fine, i'm quite enjoying it. Room revamp will start on Sunday, first by packing up the room and buying the furnitures! SO CANNOT WAIT (:
Buttttttttttttttttt, i still need a job.Will really start looking for it!
Shall let the pictures do the talking:

Pitstop Cafe with the Usuals!

Class Chalet!

:D

Christmas EVE
Lunch with Mummy and Clanston at Somerset!

Countdown with the BM peeps!

Christmas!
Justin & Jasmine :D

Really sorry to spam their photos; but they are just too cute!

Happy 14th Birthday, Clanston :D

The ABC KOHS.

There goes another week!

Some people blog about their perspective on life, some just have their blog as an avenue to make money, and the others just blog about their life-the daily routinese. Like the majority, The Amantha's Life is a place whereby i summarise my life and rant on the things i do and stuffs. It's literally about my life, and it is here where i can keep my memories. I'm not trying to publicise my life or anything (with the photos and blahs), but i'm just capturing precious moments of my life here. A place where i can find my past and the beautiful memories i once had (: Something rather abrupt, but just want the people to know that theamanthaslife is a place close to Amantha.

ADIOS people!
♥

2009-12-19T00:31:00.006+08:00

Another awesome week for Amantha (:

Jub hunting+Shopping with Jo on monday :D Awesome deals at forever21;the one at somerset313 is hugeeeeeee.Great place to shop! Dinner outing with Wenhui, it's been soooooooooooooo long since i last saw her (: Yay her! Had a fruitful monday!

Mini photo taking at Changi Airport with Jiayan on tuesday! A pity there's not many place for good photos.Laughs.But i did enjoy myself. Had a random stayover on tuesday night!Not a bad stayover,we derived fun from boredom :D Laughs. The phone call game,charades,movie,orientation games,truth & dare are some activities that kept us awake for all night. It's prolly a 'pre-chalet' session. A goooooood, but tiring night!

Jiayan!

Wednesday and Thursday are home sweet home days for Amantha.Read,bake and cook at home.It's nice to be at home at times.Anyway, i'm getting a ROOM REVAMP soon!!!Amantha is so excited :D Cannot wait to change the colour, furnitures, layout of my room!Will be revamping it after christmassss.Eggcitingggg!

Friday was outing with FANGYU & PAMELA (: The laughter never ceased.Great great day with them!Photos, photos and more photos together. Caught up with the girls and enjoys their company!Cannot wait for the next one (till we get our job so that we can go for shoppingggggggg)!
Dinner with Mark and Ryan :D It's been awhile since i last saw ryan; The person who is always hiding in his hole! Queued up at Ashton's for almost an hour,catching up with my primary school friends! It's really nice to meet up with them after so long. Pool session after dinner. Amantha is a really bad at it, but the two are nice enough to give me some chances! Overall, an awesome Friday! :D

Vann & Pam :D

Ryan & Mark :D

(more photos on facebook :D)
Yellow is the new black. The new addition to my favorite colour :D It never fails to brighten up one's day. Amantha is now a dirty fellow.Yellow, yellow, dirty fellow! Laughs. So glad that a week just passed like that. It seems as though the A's have just ended. But no!It's been awhile already. I NEED A JOB!!!Oh my oh my!This the the problem what many of us(the A level students) are facingggg. We need a job! Recommendations, anyone? Anyway, i'm looking forward to more weeks ahead :D

♥

2009-12-13T22:45:00.009+08:00

Hello world!

Amantha had an A W E S O M E and packed week, last week :D
Had a greaaaaaaaaaaaaat Prom, and enjoyed myself quite a bit on wednesday! Mini masquerade was so cooooooooooool; thanks to cassandra for those awesome masks! Really worth the money.Yay her!Post prom; the s15 way was fun too. Despite not getting into butterfactory, most of us enjoyed our night. Was at esplanade for more photo taking and headed to brandon's place to have more fun: card games with forfeit. Had a great wednesday night, thanks to every single one who have made it an awesome night for amantha!

Celebrated Brianston's birthday on thursday with the family!caught Twilight together and had dinner at Yuki Yaki.Twilight was an alright show, just one of those sweet romance, but i'm still looking forward to the next one.Laughs.
Happy 17th Birthday,My dearest brother!!

4B gathering on Friday was gooooooooood.I hope it was fine for the others.Planned this mini gathering with jo and ben, had it at Timbre.Not a bad place,with good pizza and a nice surrounding.Just that it's not as accessible, as we need to walk quite a bit from cityhall mrt.And and the long table prevent us from more interaction.hahaha.
Met jo earlier and shopped around,jolene tan will never fails to make my day!Thanks girl :D
P.S Justinaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, (trust me) you're not forgotten!

Yay to us all :D

Amantha had a wonderful week and will be looking forward to the next few weeks. It's a loooooooooooooooong break for Amantha (and the other JC girls). Our 'well deserved' break after so so so long. Will be looking for a job sooooooon. Meanwhile, it's more meetups with people :D
P.S. Oh yah, special thanks to Miss zhong jiayan for this nice blog layout. A new layout which marks a new start!

I can't seems to upload other photos,will prolly do so some other time!
MORE can be found in facebook (:

♥

This is real, this is me, i'm exactly what i'm supposed to be.
Fate shall decide my destinay (:

2009-12-09T02:29:00.018+08:00

The short getaway with the volleyballers to Penang and KL:

Bus ride to Penang :D

Matches in Penang: With Covent Green Lane and Penang Girl's High :D

Penang Seafood Restaurant (:

Really love the contrast between the new and the old buildings.Just so beautiful.

Lunch timeeeeeeeee :D

Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang

The Peakkkkk (:

Penang Hill :D

The Awesome Buggy ride on top of Penang hill :D

Chilling session on the last night(in KL) with Zhenren, Tomio & Marcus :D

This marks the end of my short Volleyball trip to Penang/KL.

The next entry will be on Prom Night :D Prom is todayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!Excitingggg.Cannot wait for this!Prom prom prom (: Actually, amantha only cannot wait to have photos taken with her dearest friends,that's all.Alrighty.So long for now! :D

P.S. Tuesday with morrie is an AWESOME book,you guys should read up on it (:

♥

2009-12-09T01:32:00.009+08:00

I'm back I'm back! :D

Volleyball trip went on fine.Finally get to touch the ball after 6months?
Really rusty at it,body was aching ALL OVER.Amantha is indeed getting old.Tsk tsk.
Sightseeing at penang was alright,did a little shopping too.Time at KL was mostly volleyball,volleyball and more volleyball.Yeah mans,i've gotten my touch as the spiker.
Imagine not playing that position for almost a year,i'm thankful i have gotten some touch back.
Overall,the trip went on well.It's a good one,especially it's AFTER THE A's :D Loads of photos will be uploaded ASAP (:

Meanwhile,gotta upload the photos of the back dated entries:My 18th's celebration and many other random ones.

18th's celebration: Simple but lovely (:

More (:

18th's celebration with the class(more on facebook :D)

Daily scoops+Crytal Jade Buffet with the volleyballers (:

Prom shopping with Huahuiiiiiiiii :D

More can be found in facebooooooooooook :D
♥

2009-12-09T00:24:00.006+08:00

i am a young photographer. ;}

2009-12-01T22:03:00.003+08:00

YIPEEEEEEYIPEEEEEEEEEEEE :D
THE A'S OFFICIALLY OVER FOR AMANTHA (:
I still cant believe that i have survived this! Awesome or whats.
Overall,i find the exams manageable, but gp is a little tough. Hope for the better, results will prolly be out in march. Pray hardddddddddd.

Anyway, have been enjoying quite a bit; even before the last mcq paper have ended :D
Had Mini volleyball gathering at crystal jade, Movie outing with the class (2012), Haji lane-d with jolene, ben, aaron & haiqal, Beloved classmates celebrating my belated birthday, Outings (ikea & citysquare) with the family, all done last week,even before the last paper!opps :D Caught the gory Ninja Assassin today with Jiayan, not a bad show, but it's just too gory, this explains why it's M18.laughs.

Okido, have a number of photos to post, need to update my past few outings too!
But will get all this done after my KL-Penang Trip with PJ volleyball team.
Will be away for 5dayssssssssss. After which, Amantha will definitely be back to add some colors to her post.I need a new skin too!Hahahha.

So long people :D
♥

2009-11-24T23:30:00.002+08:00

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee :D
The A's (almost) over!(with Physics Paper1 left). This feeling is just so greattttttttttttttt.The thought of getting over with this is just too AWESOME!!
Okay,Amantha is trying hard to contain her joy.Yay yay yay!
I cannot believed that i have survived this;and i'm still in one piece (: laughs.
After this one and a half years of hard work and the months of intensive revision,IT'S OVER!

Many ups and downs during this arduous period, and i'm really really really thankful to have my families and friends to be around with me.
I don't think i could have done this without all of them,Thank you,people (:
The A's obstacle is finally over,and it marks the NEW beginning of my lifeeeeeeeeee.Amantha is looking forward to alot alot alot of things.
Like many others, i've a loooooooooooooooooooooong list of things to do :D
Going to try to make FULL use of my long break to get the things done.Yay!

Caught 2012 with some of my fellow classmates today!
The show is no doubt impressive!
It's a show that can really triggers one's emotion(or prolly i'm too emotional),THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END ON 21-12-2012! :O Laughs.An awesome depiction of natural disasters that will plague and destroy the world,a must watch show this season :D
So people, beware,be warn of 21st December 2012!

So long for now :D

♥

2009-11-15T01:12:00.003+08:00

Happy 18th Birthday,Amantha.

11 November have always been a significant day for me.Laughs.
This year,the GP paper falls on the special day,awesome or whats.
But my day went on fine (:
Was showered with birthday text and wishes on facebooks.
Thankful to those who made an effort to wish me,really appreciates it.
Had a mini celebration at home with the family on Sunday,really love my Mom and Dad,am so blessed to have them.Had the most heart warming birthday ever,it's prolly because of the exams and everything that i didnt spend much time with my family.Love every single one,including my 2 not-so-good brothers (: Thanks for being around on my 18th birthday!

A week have passed,this is how fast time flies.Just a few more papers to go!
Papers are pretty fine,but i'm not certain that i will do well.
Shall look forward to the release of the result next year!
2 more weeks to go.
I smell freedom (:

2009-10-25T22:36:00.002+08:00

The A Level Examination is really nearing;2weeks to be exact.
Amantha is filled with mixed emotions,i'm rather eager for the examination as i cannot wait for it to be over.Will be back after my A's! (:
Best of luck to those who will be taking their A's.
The last lap,Let's all strive hard for it :D

LOVES.

2009-09-29T23:19:00.003+08:00

Had an Awesome monday with limhuahui!
And yeaps, Monday marks the last day of me not touching my books!
It's back to intensive studying.
Okay,Amantha really really will not be coming here that often!
Results out from tomorrow,oh my!The anxiety is killing me.
Okay,a short reminder: I'm 5weeks6days or 41days to my first paper!

(more on facebook)

So long my friends! :D

2009-09-29T23:14:00.004+08:00

Cassandra's 18th on Sunday was great?LOL.
Happy 18th babe!
She spoiled the surprise,but anyway thankful to those who had contributed.I suppose caz is happy (: Hope you had a greaaaaaaaaaat birthday! (:
A group photo:

loves!

2009-09-26T00:28:00.003+08:00

Hello world.It's been awhile!

(Took this in China last year; Chongming Island.)

Just ended my prelims today,and i feel really good.
Awesome (:
But i know,the end or prelim means that the A's is really nearing.
I really really really x100000000000000 want to get over and be done with this.
Of course,not forgetting to do well for it.
Amantha have been working really hard during this period,i supposed many others are too.
Will prolly not update that often.I'm only left with 45more days!
A short break for now,afterwhich it's intensive studying.
So long people! :D

2009-09-05T01:15:00.002+08:00

Cherished little moments like these.
It's really hard for all of us to get together,let alone having a meal.
Today, taking some time off from studies seems to be an uphill task for many.
The exam stress is taking is toll on practically everyone.It's life mans.
Welcome to the cruel reality.
Anyway,It is not easy to see the smile on their face, really love this photo!
Amantha is just being a little random.

Had a mini celebration at Pizza hut for neil's 18th!I supposed he's quite happy.Brandon came too.Awesome! (:
Mummy's birthday was on 4th of september too!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MUMMY and NEIL (: Dinner at the usual restaurant;enjoy my time with my family :D

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.: -- Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks

LOVES to one & all.

2009-08-19T23:42:00.003+08:00

If only time machine exist,i would have just fast forward my life till the end of A's.Laughs.
Prelim is in a month time!and the A's is in 3.Oh my!
There's really really not much time to spare.
Dread going to school,how i wish we can just stop returning to school till exams or something.
It's really an exhausting routine.
(I know,i chose this.Will be able to pull through man :D)
Anyway,I can foresee the end for my JC life,
it's arriving soon;really soon.

Hang on there people!I suppose we are all in this together.laughs.
(:

2009-08-09T01:47:00.005+08:00

HELLO THERE.
There goes another week!It's amazing how time really flies.Before i even know,it's another week!Every Monday will be ranting day;will be ranting to Janelle how badly i want the week to end.It became a routine.Laughs.
Looking back,my previous week was not so fruitful;despite spending my days under the stacks of notes and papers.I DONT KNOW.ahhhhhh.It's so convenient to say I dont know.
H1 mock exams last week;a total disaster.So not looking forward for the results.
Hongda's 18th and Erin's 19th was on the 7th!Celebrated with hongda and the class (: And went over for erin's party too!
Met justina and jolene today,just enjoy the time with them :D
just enjoy the heart to heart talks with them.

Liping's 18th!

08s15 :D

Hongda's 18th!

Erin's 19th! :D

Study study study time!
"Take one step at a time,there's no need to rush" from the wise commando.
Will not rush!
ADIOS (:
♥

2009-08-09T01:02:00.002+08:00

I NEED A PLACE TO VENT MY STRESS :(
Prelim papers are piling up,this stress is gonna overtake me anytime.Amantha is not working that hard but she's feeling the stress.How ironic!But yeah,the thought of prelim in a month time and A level in about 90plus days time is really killing me.

Is it wrong to know many friends.I dont know.I'm really blessed to have many friends.I'm really blessed to have group of close friends.
But getting to know too many groups of people is not something to be proud of.Amantha cherishes every single friend;particularly her closer friends.
She thought that someone out there may understand her,but sadly there's none.
Do you know how hard it is to be caught in between 2groups of friends you are close with.The feeling sucks,it's a really bad feeling.I'm really apologetic towards both sides,cause i dont know what's the best decision/solution.Amantha do not want any of her friend to be upset because they felt neglected,but it's really hard.I'm already trying my best to do whatever i can.
No one likes to be rejected,neither will any one bears to reject a friend.It is definitely a hobson's choice for one to make the decision.
Welcome to my life.Laughs.
Anyway,Thank you my friends for being my friends.

2009-08-02T00:22:00.008+08:00

100 days to go.

Yeaps.That's the number of days left to my first paper.
I dont know. For some, 100days may seems really long,but it's actually not.
I can't wait for this to be over!Another 130days,Amantha will be free from A Level (:
For now, it's really intensive revision.
My life is no longer like the past,rather mundane these days.
But i'm still enjoying it i guess?Enjoy this process to reduce the sufferings.Laughs.
My Saturday evenings are prolly the only time i'll be out with my friends,slightly free from the 'stress'.(prolly reducing these outings as the exams get nearer!)

Last Saturday was an early celebration for Liping's 18th!Enjoyed myself and was really glad to see the BM volleyballers (:
Yesterday(Saturday), Amantha went for FOP with huahui!Had a really awesome night,the company was great and overall,it was well spent.
Venezia night with Jiayan on Friday night was great too!Me love the raspberry gelato!
Amantha have been eating really late at night these days,this explain why she gets fatter and fatter each day.Face is big as ever.Oh my!Laughs.
Anyway,there goes another boring post in the amantha's life.
So long! :D

♥

2009-07-28T21:20:00.004+08:00

Is DETERMINATION the key?
105days left!
♥

2009-07-24T01:25:00.003+08:00

Expect the Unexpected.
The Irony in Life.
♥

2009-07-18T00:14:00.005+08:00

Hello.

I love school on Friday!(will prolly be looking forward to friday everyweek!)
Awesome timetable;only for friday.
There goes the week :D BUT we're one week closer to A level.
4months(3.5months to be exact) will determine my next 4 years.
Yeaps,A level is only in 3months(plus) time.
Mr Dennis Yeo's assembly talk was inspiring.I dont know what the others feel,but i'm rather motivated by his talk. 'Pay now and play later, rather than play now and pay later.
Plan B?Is there a plan B for me.I doubt so,it's partly because i fear,fear to look at the down side.laughs.
So,Amantha will not let this happen (:
Revision starts now.
♥

2009-07-12T23:19:00.015+08:00

edited.
Curious?
When we are in an unknown territory, leaning towards exploring instead of avoiding is the key to a rich,meaningful life.
Anyway,
The Mid year is finally over.
Yayness!
Had my 3day break,and i'm TRYING to start my revision again.
It's rather scary to hear that prelim is less than 2months away!
Yeah.i promised myself not to make the same mistake again,and i'm gonna
S T A R T.

Amantha had an awesome Saturday and Sunday!
Saturday had a mini photoshoot session with Jiayan after tuition.
Yeaps,the lunch you made tasted REALLY good (: Amantha love it!No doubt,you can cook.(so stop putting yourself down) Thanks for the scrumptious lunch!
Anyway,I love peace and serenity.I can just spend my entire afternoon enjoying the tranquility around.It's just a great feeling!

Met Jolene,Justina,Margaret and Raymond in the evening!
Raymond is back!but yeah,he is leaving tomorrow.
Take care,polem!See you soon(prolly in a year or two?)
Chilled and caught up at Clarke Quay.I'm so glad to see Margaret again :D
Yayness,gonna have study sessions with mama every friday!

Day with Jiayan!

Night with Jolene,Justina,Margaret,Raymond (:

Polem & the girls @ The Clinic :D

Justina!

YAY TO US :D love them ttm!

Will upload the other photos soon!Unable to upload the photos due to some blogger error.Laughs.
Spend my day well with mummy today! (: Yes,Amantha had retail therapy and I'm more than satisfied!School is starting tomorrow,and i'm sure everyone around dont want to go to school;especially for the j2s.Hmm.Oh well,will just have to endure this for few more months.
Looking forward to the brand new week.Strive on,girl :D

A crush will always only be a crush.
Finally understands this.The dream feels so real,but i know in reality,it's not true.

♥