River Hongbao Photos!

Walked river hongbao this year too! Here are some pictures :) I didn't sit on any rides because I was wearing a dress. Darn.

 Throw a coin at it! I managed to hit the gong on the 4th try lol. First few tries weren't enough strength.

 Freaky monkeys.

More photos soon! :)

Anti Drug Game Challenge 30 Jan - 26 Feb 2012!

The National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA)  and Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) are organising an Anti-drug Online Gaming Challenge on the ‘Life Does Not Rewind’ Facebook fanpage (facebook.com/lifedoesnotrewind) !

Their new game, ‘Escape from Drugs Land’ runs from 30 Jan 2012 – 26 Feb 2012 and you can stand to win iPad 2 32GB  (1 winner) OR 1 pair of Sentosa adventure park combo package (16 winners)!

I think there’s a good chance that you might be a lucky winner!

The theme for the games is

Life Does Not Rewind

For example, in Escape from Drugs Land, the player begins his journey on a game board, where the dice determines the number of steps he can take each time. The player has to complete the board in the shortest time possible and his timing will be converted into a score.

In line with the theme ‘Life Does Not Rewind’, all games do not have the ‘undo’ function such that the player cannot go back to the previous step and can only advance. In Escape from Drugs Land, the player cannot move backwards on the game board.

You only have one life. No chances to turn back time (nobody has invented a time machine yet, and even if someone did it would alter the parallel universes and change the course of history blahblah… so nobody wants that) don’t do something that you will spend the rest of your life REGRETING.

Interested already? This is the story for Escape from Drugs Land.

Cute graphics!

Players encounter mini games, quizzes, refusal tips or drug knowledge, depending on the square he lands on. His score is based on the time he takes to complete the board.

A mini game! A game within a game haha. Better make sure your mouse is on high sensitivity and that you have a good mousepad.

Another mini game! Word searches!

This is so cute!!

Looks fun!

There are a few more mini games but I shan’t spoil the surprise for you! Don’t get too addicted and neglect your studies okay. Now learning has become fun!

Try the game at ‘Life Does Not Rewind’ (facebook.com/lifedoesnotrewind) ! Think of the prizes you can win!

Escape from Drugs Land was created by three students from ITE College Central.

HTC Dirty Beats at Zouk!

Was invited to this party by HTC the other day and it was a night of fun! Full house and everyone was soo into the music, I haven't seen partygoers so psyched before! The queue was crazy long when I arrived at like 11.30pm? HTC had a booth promoting their XE and XL too!Love the beats hanging out.

 Took two photos so you can see the lighting differences hahaha.

 Invited Cheryl!

 We spotted a UV painting booth!! The lady was happily drawing all over our backs and arms!

 GLOWS. Pretty awesome. She has really good artsy skills! (Unlike me)

 My arm!

 Cheryl's arm!

 If you've been to Zouk before, you'd know where this photo was taken haha.

 Trouse brothers!!! Waiting for the act!

 When the act started the crowd went WILD. Wanted to take a photo but it was soo crowded and people were spilling drinks everywhere (my feet and legs were victims) so I didn't want to risk my camera getting wet! But had an amazing fun night!

 Bumped into Hayley and Jayley!

THANK YOU HTC! 

I'm using the Sensation XE right now and listening to music on it is awesome (+my Dr Dre beats)

I miss long hair..

Shall wait patiently.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Hope you guys win at blackjack, poker, dai dee (tai tee), mahjong, texas holdem and every game you play! :D

Usher in the Dragon Year! Me and Singing.

With all the blogs sprouting up, it's becoming more and more difficult to decide which blogs to read right? Since blogs are all about being personal and unique I shall share more things about myself.

I learnt piano when I was really young but I stopped after a while because I... don't remember. But what I do remember is that the teacher kept hitting my hands with a ruler and giving me kit kat everytime I placed my fingers right. I think I stopped because I the percentage that I got hit was many times more than receiving kitkats. Hahah.

And so I am officially grade-less, never sat for a piano exam, and have been regretting ever since. I have a piano at home and I play it occasionally, when I just want to hear my emotions being played (yes there is a difference), whether it's anger or sadness. When I'm happy I rarely play the piano. I... sing.

Which brings me to the next part! Singing. I was in the school choir in secondary school. Considered joining choir in college but I think I didn't go for the auditions. (After first 3 months, I went for the audition in my first college during first 3 months and got in, but never joined). Our choir participated in international competitions in Sydney and Hawaii. Through these trips I found my love for travelling too!

I've always wanted to train up my vocal techniques but didn't have the $ to. Last year, I saw that Yamaha had some $5 singing trial lesson so I decided to go for it. And the teacher was so nice! But still unaffordable.  Setting myself back $300 a month??? Considering property prices, I think I can just have a quiet wedding at a church or something, at this rate.

So... I started uploading SOME songs onto YouTube. But they aren't perfect or extremely good but at least I can listen to it and hear my crappy bits. And receive comments from others too!

And now I borrowed Jordan's microphone in the hope of recording more songs! When I was using a MacbookPro, using garageband was pretty easy to edit and add effects! But now I am back to a Windows, been less motivated. All I have is Audacity.

Since singing makes me happy I shall strive to make more videos in 2012!! :) And that's my new year's wish.

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! It's the year of the dragon, the most powerful creature in the entire zodiac! And for references, I'm born in the year of the Snake. Ok now I can't hide my age anymore.

 So cute!! Saw this online :)

Don't forget to stay up as late as you can so that your parents can live long and prosper! #superstition

There's just something about Paris...

Paris is really a great place to visit especially when you're with a loved one! There's so much to do. I stayed 5 mins away from Champs-Élysées ! Turn into the lane just next to the Louis Vuitton store. Life was blissful. 

It was my first time to Paris too! So everything was completely new and foreign to me. We flew over from Milan to Paris and took a train down to get to our hotel.

The gate leading to the breakfast room

My friend and I were given the room 404 (or was it 444? Can't remember) but we had a bad feeling about the room number. My other friends were in the next room 405 (or was it 445?) I think it was 405. Haha. The first night, my friend and I kept waking up, tossing and turning but we didn't hear/see anything. The freaky thing was that we woke up at the same time. I knew because when I opened my eyes to turn, I saw her turning at the same time too. 

The next day I swopped rooms with the other friends, who slept with the TV on but also kept waking up. 

We're just glad we didn't see/hear anything seriously. 

The room was pretty small and simple but we just used it as a place to sleep in so it was fine. I considered posting a picture of the room but... it's just a room wasn't fantastically decorated or something. Haha. I shall post this picture instead.

Arc de  Triomphe. Do NOT attempt to cross this road. It's one of the busiest (and dangerous) roads in the world. 4 lanes of turning or something. There's an underpass that leads you there. You can pay $ to reach the top but... I felt that since I was going to Eiffiel I don't really need to see this view haha.

Tribute to the people who fought in the war and lost their lives. The tomb of the unknown soldier.

I took a really long time to pronounce Champs Elysees correctly! Let me try and type out the pronunciation so that you guys can say it accurately the next time!

Shompsehleezey hahahah. Ok that was my best try. Say it quickly and join the words together! Pronounce it right!

Imagine you lived here. Woah!

Pictures of the dinner soon :)